The backyard of the palace built by Yuan Shu.

In the open space were many treasures collected by Cao's soldiers.

Looking at the mountains of wealth, Cao Shuo pursed his lips and said, "I thought there would be many, such a point, it is not enough to rebuild Huainan." ”

"What Gongzi wants to solve is nothing more than the people of Huainan to eat and dress." Sima Yi said: "So much wealth is enough. ”

"And housing, farming cattle." Cao Shuo said: "Those are really expensive. ”

"Villages can be built by themselves." Sima Yi said: "There are no ploughing cattle, so one or two heads are shared in a village, and the villagers are allowed to cultivate separately and the pavilion chief distributes them. ”

"That's a good idea." Cao Shuo smiled and patted Sima Yi's arm, and said to him: "There is also water conservancy and irrigation, as well as population expansion, all of which will be handled by Gongzi." ”

"The population is easy to manage." Sima Yi said: "As long as Gongzi asks the villagers to build a village on the edge of Huainan and does not collect taxes for several years, someone will naturally come to vote." ”

"That's a long-term process." Cao Shuo said: "It is impossible to rebuild Huainan without seventeen or eighteen years. We must not only attract people from outside, but also encourage childbearing and let the military and civilians in Huainan have more children. ”

"What are Childe's plans?" Sima Yi asked.

"When the grain and grass are returned, they will distribute it to every household, and it will be counted as the grain they have borrowed from me." Cao Shuo said: "When there is a harvest next year, let the people return the grain and grass to me." ”

"All the supplies that are allocated are like this?" Sima Yi asked again.

"Of course." Cao Shuo said: "However, they can be divided into 10 years to return, and when the grain and grass are collected next year, each family needs to return one-tenth of the borrowed grain." ”

"There is not much food, but I am afraid that the people will not give birth." Sima Yi said: "Even if you have children, I am afraid that many people will abandon them. ”

"The capital offense of abandoning a child." Cao Shuo said: "Giving birth to a child, whether male or female, rewards a dog." Raise three and reward a donkey, and raise five and reward a ploughing ox. All rewards can be cumulative, more than five, and each additional reward is a big penny! ”

"In this way, there must be a lot of children." Sima Yi said: "In a few years, I'm afraid that all over Huainan will be full of children running around. ”

"All I want is a lot of people." Cao Shuo said: "Someone has to plant the farmland, and the officers and soldiers in the army have to expand, no matter what you do, it's okay if there are fewer people?" If you don't want to increase the population by all means, I'm afraid that the Central Plains will one day become a barren land! ”

"That's what Childe said." Sima Yi responded.

He then asked, "Do these rewards have to be born to the same woman?" ”

"Of course not." Cao Shuo said: "If a man can marry many women, as long as he gives birth to them, all of them are counted." ”

"In that case, Childe will indeed need to spend a lot of money and food." Sima Yi said: "In the past ten years without taxes, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive. ”

"Fortunately, I have Lingyun Pavilion." Cao Shuo sighed: "No matter how much it costs, I can only admit it." You send someone to invite the steward of Lingyun Pavilion from Xu Du, I have something to say to him. ”

"Isn't Childe going back to Xudu in a few days?" Sima Yi said: "I'll talk to him then." ”

"I'm going to leave him in Huainan, what do you want to say when you go back to Xu?" Cao Shuo smiled slightly and said, "When Lingyun Pavilion enters Huainan, the economy here will definitely be boosted. Huainan is too poor, and it needs a careful capital injection to drive it around. ”

"The attack broke Yuan Shu, but it brought life to Huainan." Pang Tong said: "Ten years from now, I really don't know what will become of this place. ”

"Zhongda is preparing to rebuild Huainan, and Shiyuan can't be idle." Cao Shuo said: "Although we occupy Shouchun, Chaoxian and other places are not yet under control, especially the counties of Lujiang, Danyang, Yuzhang and other counties further south, now that Yuanshu has been breached, some places will become borderless land, and they must be completely occupied in a short time." ”

"Lujiang is okay, Liu Biao and Sun Ce's hands didn't reach there." Pang Tong said: "Danyang, Yuzhang and other places are more complicated. To seize the Yangzhou Assassin History Department, the first thing to do is to destroy the Jiangdong Sun family. ”

"The Jiangdong Sun family occupies the Yangtze River, and starting a war with them too early will only make our Cao family suffer from the enemy." Cao Shuo said: "Although I have already occupied Huainan, many things still have to be controlled by my father, and before my father does not allow it, try not to start a full-scale war in Jingzhou and Jiangdong." ”

"I see!" Pang Tong said: "I will lead the troops to seize the Lujiang River, and then try my best to occupy more cities in Yuzhang, Danyang and other places." ”

"A city is like a woman." Cao Shuo grinned at him: "Whoever occupies it first, it belongs to whom." Waiting for others to take it again is to grab people's territory, and only a war can solve it. ”

"In this way, Childe's territory is getting bigger and bigger, but it will be hard work." Pang Tong said.

"It's not hard to do things for your son!" Sima Yi replied.

"Shi Yuan sent troops this time, you have to pay attention to Xu Yuanzhi." Cao Shuo said: "I am very interested in this person, and it is best to bring him to me within a year. ”

"I'll search around." Pang Tong asked, "On this expedition, which general does Gongzi plan to let go with me?" ”

"You take Lu Bu, Ji Ling, and Wei Yan to go." Cao Shuo said: "Dong Zhao and Yang Chou stayed in Huainan Town to guard the city. As for Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and Chen Dao, I want them to step up their training of soldiers and horses. ”

"Childe really plans to break the camp and give a thousand centaurs?" Pang Tong asked.

"Infantry combat, of course, the more people, the better." Cao Shuo said: "However, the broken camp is taking the route of elite soldiers, and a thousand people are reasonable!" ”

"Zhong Da stayed behind and took people to count the treasures collected here." Cao Shuo instructed the others again: "The rest of the people should go and get busy." ”

Everyone retreated.

Cao Shuo and Sima Yi came to the treasures stacked in the open space.

Looking at those rich silks, Cao Shuo's brows furrowed slightly.

"Yuan Shu is extremely luxurious." Sima Yi said: "Huainan has been made like this, but now there is not much wealth left. It can be seen that he has long been far away from people's hearts, and he can't become a big thing after all! ”

"You and I will meet him later." Cao Shuo said: "I heard that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are very incompatible, so I took this opportunity to stimulate him, and I also sold it to Yuan Shao." ”

"The Cao family occupied Xuzhou, and Hedong and Hanoi also became borderless lands." Sima Yi said: "I'm afraid that the Yuan family in Hebei has a different opinion of the Cao family than before. ”

"You mean, Cao Yuan is about to go to war?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Although there may not be a war in the near future, Yuan Shao will definitely make some moves against the Cao family." Sima Yi said: "At least he will test whether the Cao family dares to be an enemy of him!" ”

(End of chapter)