To fight against Liaodong, there is still a lack of sufficient excuses at this time. So Tao Ying could only continue to prepare for the battle. After the transfer of the battleship, Tao Ying asked the transport ship to transport the military horses, and after thinking twice, Tao Ying decided to let Zang Ba, the assassin of Qingzhou, serve as the marshal of the expedition to Liaodong. Ordered Sun Guan to guard Qingzhou for Zang Ba, with Zhao Yun of Tianwei Army as the left vanguard, Pingyuan Taishou Tai Shici as the right vanguard, Langya ** political chief Gao Shun as the front, Pengchengguo Li Dian as the middle army, Pengchengguo Jiling as the left, Bianjing Zhang He as the right, and Wu Dun as the rear.

After the transfer of military horses was completed, Tao Ying ordered Xiao Jian of Langya State to be the governor of grain and grass, and appointed Liu Ye, the chief of the artillery manufacturing company, as a military division, and from August the army of 20,000 troops went north to camp at Yingkou to prepare for an attack on Liaodong.

Liaodong Iron City is the main base of ironmaking in the north. With the purchase of Tao Ying, Tiecheng gradually became rich because of iron production. After having money, Tao Ying widened the river from Tiecheng to Yingkou to transport refined steel. However, Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du violated the agreement, repeatedly raised various taxes, and with the gradual improvement of Tao Ying's iron smelting technology, the iron of Tiecheng was also smelted better and better, so Gongsun Du sent soldiers to besiege Tiecheng, preparing to seize this treasury by force.

But Tao Ying did not give him this opportunity, after the soldiers and horses stationed in Tiecheng defeated Gongsun Du, Tao Ying sent a messenger to question Gongsun Du, but Gongsun Du said that it was done by mountain bandits.

In October 201, with the continuous research of the Ironclad Academy, coupled with the invention and successful experiments of the small steam engine, Tao Ying decided to produce tugboats. Nowadays, the prosperity of water trade requires more and larger ships to deliver things. Tao Ying decided to produce a towing ship, and then pull the long train-like cabin to transport goods or soldiers and food and grass.

After this plan was formulated, Tao Ying asked the major shipyards to build it. Tao Ying knew that there were not only the Han Dynasty in this world, but also many maritime dynasties, so Tao Ying thought about ordering Pi to develop large maritime trading ships, and when Xuzhou's finances were good, he would build a caravan that could cross the sea, and then go to Southeast Asia, Korea and the Japanese Peninsula to seek trade with goods loaded with goods.

Maybe you can find a new continent through the sea, and then plunder more gold to strengthen yourself, and when you are strong enough, you can touch the Roman Empire to see who is stronger!

This side is dispatching military horses, and over there, Tao Ying is not idle. Tao Ying adopted Jia Xu's strategy, taking advantage of Cao Cao's southward movement to fight against Liu Bei and others, in addition to selling Cao Cao the military rations he urgently needed, Tao Ying decided to send an envoy to Yecheng, and then persuaded Yuan Shao to ascend the throne and become emperor. Yuan Shao has long had the heart of being the emperor, not to mention that he has Yuan Shu's jade seal on his body, and Yuan Shu originally wanted to dedicate the emperor's name to Yuan Shao.

Therefore, when the fickle messenger arrived in Yecheng, he offered Tao Ying's gift. The general Tao Ying presented ten carts of fine paper, 1,000 pieces of silk, 10 pottery cannons, and 10 boxes of jewelry and gold as gifts. Tao Ying was so generous that Yuan Shao was excited. In the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, Tao Ying did not move, the two did not help each other, and also accepted his own rebels, which made Yuan Shao very angry.

Now Tao Ying took the initiative to offer gifts, apologized, and said that he would fully support the powerful Yuan Shao to replace the Han dynasty emperor whose days had expired. For example, today's son has been held hostage by Cao Cao, the Son of Heaven has existed in name only, and the Yuan family is full of protégés and former officials all over the world, it is the time to benefit the people. What's more, Yuan Shao already has the land of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou in the north, and is the biggest prince in the late Han Dynasty!

Seeing that Tao Ying, who owned most of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yangzhou, supported himself as emperor, Yuan Shao was naturally very happy. Tian Feng is dead, and now Feng Ji and the trial match are at odds with the eldest prince Yuan Tan, and Xin Ping and Guo Tu are friendly with the eldest son Yuan Tan, seeing that Yuan Shao is about to die, and the struggle for rights about the future is becoming increasingly fierce.

So when Yuan Shao wanted to be the emperor, Feng Ji and the trial were all opposed. They support Yuan Shao's favorite Yuan Shang, but the ancients passed on the heirs but not the concubines, and the eldest son was there, and passed on to the younger son, this is the way to take chaos. For example, in Xuzhou in 194, Tao Qian, like Yuan Shao, was angry with Cao Cao and had a heart disease, and then died.

And Xuzhou passed the position of Xuzhou to the eldest son Tao Shang, and Tao Ying did not rob it. Sometimes there are some things that you are born to have, and when God does not favor you, it is useless to complain and give up on yourself, Tao Ying chose forbearance. Now the potter has completely corrupted Xuzhou by listening to the slander, and he has been guarding the ancient rites for his father for three years, and has won the praise of the world.

So when he expanded his father's foundation little by little, people not only did not accuse him of being a concubine, but supported him even more. The reason for supporting oneself is that one's focus is always on one's own people, not on unlimited militarism. Tao should keep in mind that in the past 5,000 years, the causes of China's demise have been poverty, chaos, and lack of food, and the people can't live anymore. Therefore, people's livelihood will always be the top priority of Xuzhou!

The monarch's boat is also, the people are on the water, the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat.

Therefore, the two strongly opposed Yuan Shao's claim to be emperor. can't be called the emperor, Yuan Shao is even more depressed, so the illness is even more serious. So much so that by November, Yuan Shao was holding the jade seal every day, and he didn't even have the heart to eat.

Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity!

The eight big characters deeply attracted Yuan Shao and tortured Yuan Shao deeply.

Especially after the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao felt more and more powerless. Because many talents feel that there is no hope here in Yuan Shao, they gradually go to the rookie Cao Cao.

Seeing that his body was failing, Yuan Shao wanted to set up a successor, but because his favorite wife cried in front of him every day, he never made a ruthless decision to establish Yuan Tan, so the hesitant Yuan Shao gradually dragged down this great vassal state.

The time soon came to December, Xuzhou's reform is getting faster and faster, coupled with eight years of basic education, Xuzhou has emerged a large number of available talents in science and technology. As a result, the steam engine was transformed again, and steelmaking became more sophisticated. Even the power of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger. After six or seven years of development, the Taoling cannon quickly developed from one generation to three generations.

The third-generation cannon is still only in the trial stage, and the second-generation cannon is not yet fully equipped in Xuzhou, Tao Ying feels that all this development seems to be too rapid. The wisdom of the Chinese, as long as it leads them to the right path, how can it be compared with Westerners?

With the improvement of the steam engine, Tao Ying also applied the steam engine to the mining industry. When the Western steam engine first came out, it was equipped for coal mining, but Tao Ying took the lead in equipping him on the ship, because it was for safety purposes. So when the danger could no longer touch Xuzhou, Tao Ying began to let these devices slowly serve human beings!