The messenger read out the order of the potter, the potter is the pastor of Xuzhou, this time Tao Ying did not know what to feel in his heart. It turned out that when Tao Ying and Lu Bu joined forces to attack Yanzhou, after the news reached Tan County, Liu Bei and everyone were a little angry.

They originally expected to accept Lu Bu and let him restrain Pengcheng Xiangtaoying, but they didn't want Lu Bu to come to Xuzhou, not only did he not obey the control, but he also became an ally with Pengcheng Xiangtaoying, the two of them, a lion and a tiger, were not controlled by him Xuzhou Muneng, and they even sent troops to provoke a war with Yanzhou without their permission.

This made the pottery merchant feel that his authority was challenged, and he wanted to teach Lu Bu a hard lesson, but if he sent troops to attack Pengcheng at this time, he was afraid of the myth that Tao Ying was invincible, and the people were all interested in Tao Ergongzi, so they could not send troops.

After waiting for nearly a month, Emperor Han finally sent an envoy to mediate with the two families. Cao Cao also offered a rich gift, and Liu Bei wanted to marry Cao Cao, so he urged Tao Shang to order Tao Ying to withdraw from Yanzhou, and then expel the troublemaker Lü Bu from Xuzhou.

So the potter sent a messenger to Pengcheng, the messenger announced the order, thought that Tao Ying would accept the order, but did not want Tao Ying but still sat at the stone table, and the others wanted to kneel, but they were all stopped by Tao Ying.

The envoy looked at Tao Ying, Tao Ying took a sip of the teacup in his hand, and then turned his head to Zhang Zhao next to him and said, "If you want to revitalize Pengcheng, you must be industrial." Agriculture can only solve the problem of food and clothing, and only industry can make Pengcheng go to the forefront of the world. Therefore, these iron-producing places in my paintings, whether they are leased, purchased, or even sent to troops, must be obtained. ”

Zhang Zhao looked at Tao Ying, and then at the messenger, Tao Ying was still pointing on a map: "Only with iron can we build a railway, and only with a railway can we quickly transport Pengcheng's paper, grain, fertilizer and various materials to all parts of the country!" ”

The envoy glared at Tao Ying angrily, and when he saw that Tao Ying ignored him, he reproached: "Is Tao Xiang going to refuse to accept the order? ”

Tao Ying turned his head to a person next to him and said, "Lord Li, have the coal in Xiao County and Xiang County been detected?" A person next to him hurriedly bowed and nodded and said: "Back to the Prime Minister, the coal in Xiao County and Xiang County has been found, as long as the Lord gives an order, it can be mined immediately." ”

Tao Ying nodded, then nodded Huainan on the map and said: "Coal mining will start tomorrow, and Huaibei and Huainan are all big coal mines, since Yuan Shu wants to harm me, I will take him Huainan." ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to attack Huainan, Zhang Zhao stopped him: "Lord, the war in Yanzhou is not over yet, Peng Chengguo is in ruins, and the people must recuperate!" ”

Tao Ying nodded and said, "I know, I won't send troops, let Wen Hou send troops." ”

When the envoy saw that Tao Ying didn't take him in his eyes like this, he was furious, he didn't represent himself, but the whole Xuzhou, the whole of Xuzhou's face was lost by him! Therefore, the messenger, who had lost face, began to thunder, and when he saw that the messenger was about to go crazy, several of the servants went up and pressed the messenger to the ground.

Tao Ying, who was in a bad mood, waved his hand and dragged him out to be killed. Seeing that Tao Ying was about to behead the envoy, Zhang Zhao hurriedly advised: "The lord can't, now the lord occupies Xiapi, Pengcheng and Guangling County, the lord has recently offended Yuan Shu, and fought against Cao Cao, now if he offends the eldest prince again, then we will be enemies on all sides, I'm afraid it will not be ......."

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Tao Ying thought about it, too. If they are enemies on all sides, what if they unite against themselves when the time comes? What's more, there is Lu Bu, a mad dog, if they give Lu Bu food, grass and money, and then promise Pengcheng to Lu Bu, it would be strange if Lu Bu didn't bite himself!

After thinking for a moment, Tao Ying pointed to Jiading and said, "Let him go and let him go back by himself!" In the future, remember that no one is allowed to spread wild on my territory, this is Pengcheng Country, not Donghai County! ”

The envoy was originally upright, but when he was frightened by Tao Ying, he lost his temper. Rising from the ground, the messenger did not take his leave, but turned and walked out of the door.

After the envoy left, Tao Ying was discussing coal mining with the experts of the Mining School. In the past two months, Tao Ying has already drawn the construction of the train track and the invention of the steam engine. When it comes to the steam engine, many ancient people are amazed and don't know what it is for.

However, with the steam engine, it is possible to continue to develop the most basic level of steam trains, which is not a problem for Tao Ying, who is a military professional and likes to study blindly. It's just that the industrial base of this world is almost zero, and it is nonsense to invent diesel locomotives and bullet trains, so he has to start the first industrial revolution or something all over again.

After sending off the teachers of the Smelting School and the Mining School on this day, in the evening, Tao Yinggang wanted to rest for a while, but there was a group of teachers from the Mechanical School pestering them to ask questions.

I don't know when the night came, the night was gone, and another day was coming to an end. After this busy day, Tao Ying was already exhausted.

After dinner, Tao Ying wanted to lie down and rest, but he didn't want the family to come in a hurry. The wooden door was knocked on, and the noisy Tao Ying really wanted to cover his ears and don't care anymore.

But with a squeak, the door was pushed open, and it was none other than Chen Deng, one of Tao Ying's most trusted three civil officials. Chen Deng said a little anxiously: "Lord, wake up first, Pengcheng has a great event!" ”

When it came to the big event, Tao Ying sat up smartly, Chen Deng, who was on the third watch in the middle of the night, could come from Pengcheng, and it was worth Chen Deng's big joy from Pengcheng, what kind of happy event was it?

"What's the happy event? Wen Hou Lu Bu killed Cao Cao to unify Yanzhou? ”

The first sentence that came out of Tao Ying's mouth was like this, Xiaohuan came in from outside the door and lit the candle. The candlelight flickered, and when the candle was lit, the door was closed when Xiaohuan went out.

Tao Ying asked Chen Deng to sit down, and the two of them sat down at the table like this. Chen Deng said happily: "Lord, I didn't want to come late at night to bother, but the matter is very urgent, so I have to come to tell you." ”

Looking at Chen Deng's happy appearance, Tao Ying knew that this must be great news. It was definitely impossible for Lü Bu to defeat Cao Cao and capture Yanzhou, so could it be that his first ally Liu Miao came to surrender? But it's impossible to think about it, after all, Liu Miao is the assassin of Yangzhou who was accepted by the Han Emperor, how can he surrender to himself, the minister of Peng Chengguo!

Could it be that Tai Shi Ci came to take refuge in himself? Tao Ying guessed in his heart again and again, but when he said it, he was vetoed by Chen Deng one by one. Seeing that it is not, Tao Ying really can't think of any good news.

Seeing that Tao Ying couldn't guess, Chen Deng hurriedly smiled and said, "The lord is like a god, how can he miscalculate this time?" This great event in Pengcheng has nothing to do with anything else, it has something to do with Qingzhou in the north! ”

When it comes to Qingzhou, Tao Ying recalled, what good news can Qingzhou have? Could it be that his memory is wrong, Yuan Tan captured Qingzhou? Since Qingzhou was defeated, Yuan Shao's next target was to attack Xuzhou, which was a disaster in Xuzhou, so how could there be any happy event?