Ye Mo called Cao Bao and the others into the study, and just talked about the situation in Xuzhou. Although Xuzhou is not in the midst of war, the situation is extremely complicated. Even Tao Qian can't fully control every county in Xuzhou.

If the imperial court wants to take back Xuzhou, the resistance is not only from Tao Qian and those families. It can even be said that since Tao Qian, there is almost no resistance. Tao Qian is old, but his two sons are not very powerful, if Tao Qian's two sons are allowed to inherit his inheritance, then the bloodline of the Tao family will end here.

Therefore, as long as Tao Qian did not burn his head, he would definitely hand over Xuzhou to others. In Ye Mo's previous life, Tao Qian handed over the foundation of Xuzhou to Liu Bei, but now Liu Bei has taken refuge in the Huns and become a national thief. If no other forces intervened in Xuzhou, Ye Mo guessed that Tao Qian would hand Xuzhou into the hands of the Chen family.

If it is handed over to the Chen family, then the Cao family will definitely have no good fruit to eat. The reason why Tao Qian reused Cao Bao was because Cao Bao could train and fight, but he didn't have much ability. When Tao Qian can recruit a good general, he can take back the military power from Cao Bao at any time. But Chen Deng is different, although Chen Deng is a scribe, he is also a Confucian general.

Chen Deng's ability to lead troops to fight is much more powerful than Cao Bao. However, Chen Deng was only a captain of the agricultural school, but he was in charge of agricultural production. It can be seen that Tao Qian does have a wary attitude towards the Chen family.

And Ye Mo and Cao Bao chatted in the study, and they finally learned some about the situation in Xuzhou through Cao Bao's end, which was also of great help to Ye Mo's plan. With Tao Qian's consent to the introduction of churches and newspapers, Ye Mo was able to reduce the influence of the Chen family on the people of Xuzhou as much as possible.

The reason why the family was able to control the vast number of people was because the people did not have access to the source of information, and they could only know the affairs of the world by attaching themselves to the major families. For example, a small trader in Xiapi wants to go to Guangling to do business, but he doesn't know what to make money, so he can only prepare goods through the news from the Chen family. When this vendor made money, he was not desperate to follow the Chen family, and apart from the Chen family, he had no other channel to get this kind of news.

But now it is different, the court first opened a church, and the children of poor families can read and write. In this way, it broke the monopoly of the Xuzhou family on cultural knowledge. Then, through the newspapers, those people were able to obtain more authentic information. Moreover, this newspaper is personally supervised by the Holy God today, that is to say, the things in this newspaper represent the words of the Son of Heaven, who dares not believe it?

In this way, those families who rely on cultural monopolies to profit from the people will face a cold winter of development, and if they want to get through, there are only two choices, one is to transform, and the other is to move away. It's just that the homeland is difficult to move, and who will leave if there is nothing to do, so these families will face a problem of how to transform.

The transformation of these families will inevitably have an impact on some established families in the field. For example, if the Chen family in Xuzhou wants to do business, the Mi family will make stumbling blocks in secret no matter what. After all, we don't know each other very well, so why would I give you a certain market share?

Of course, even if these families do not transform, they can survive well by relying on the large amount of grain they have hoarded. However, Ye Mo will not be soft on this type of family. Relying on the system's monthly grain harvest, the Luojia Chamber of Commerce controlled by Ye Mo will have an unprecedented impact on the grain prices of the entire Han Dynasty. Moreover, if Ye Mo remembers correctly, then within the past two years, there will be a large-scale locust plague. And that locust plague was an opportunity for the Luojia Chamber of Commerce to enter the grain market.

It's just that Ye Mo thought about these things in his heart, but he wouldn't come out to Cao Bao. If Cao Bao knew Ye Mo's plan, it would be strange that Cao Bao would still stand on Ye Mo's side.

After the two talked for nearly an hour, Cao Bao left the study of the state pastor's mansion.

After dawn on the second day, Sun Jian took the army to Jiangdong, and Cao Bao also wanted to return to Xiapi to resume his life. This time, Cao Bao not only completed the task, but also hugged a thigh, and he felt how comfortable he was.

Han Xian, on the other hand, led a total of 25,000 troops under his subordinates, and tens of millions of Huai County supported Lu Bu. Li Feng accompanied Han Xian to Huai County, as long as Lu Bu could take Jizhou by then, then Li Feng should go to Pingyuan City to take office.

As for Ye Mo, he took Dian Wei, Ye San, Sun Ce and the two hundred experienced two-handed swordsmen to Hangu Pass. There are so many things that have happened in Hangu Pass, and when Ye Yi has no news so far, Ye Mo is extremely worried about Ye Hua's situation in his heart.

After Ye Hua withdrew from Tongguan, he went to Qinling. Ye Mo had walked through the Qinling Mountains once, so Ye Mo knew how difficult it was to walk in the Qinling Mountains, not to mention that Ye Hua was still seriously injured now.

Hangu Pass has Koji Yi and Xu Rong, and it is naturally not easy for Yuan Shao to break through, but Ye Mo also knows that the strategists in Yuan Shao's hands are too powerful. Wei Zhongdao only made an envoy to Yangzhou, and said that Yuan Shu and Sun Jian both sent troops, and they could solve the crisis along the way, and Ye Mo was also lucky in his heart.

As for Han Fu, this person is ambitious and talented, no, not even Zhida. Han Fukong occupies the rich land of Jizhou and has a population of one million. If Jizhou Mu is Cao Cao at this time, Ye Mo dares to guarantee that there are few princes in the world who can compete with Cao Cao. It's just that now Cao Cao also has 100,000 soldiers in Qingzhou, but these soldiers are basically the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, and their combat effectiveness is a little better than that of ordinary people.

Ye Mo didn't understand that Cao Cao hadn't expressed his position yet, whether it was because Cao Cao was heading towards the Han Dynasty in his heart or because his preparations were not complete. Cao Cao now has uncles and nephews of the Xun family, Xiahou brothers, and a large group of military generals and ministers of the Cao family, and his talent reserve is no less than that of the imperial court. Even now, there are still many official positions vacant in the imperial court, just because no good alternate officials have been found.

It's just that when Ye Mo was thinking about these things, Sun Ce on the side interrupted him. "Big brother, let's go to Hangu Pass, do we want to guard the pass or take Tongguan?"

Ye Mo was pulled back to reality by Sun Ce's voice, and replied with a smile: "Since your eldest brother went to Hangu Pass, how could it be that it was just to defend Hangu Pass, then Tongguan will naturally be taken by your eldest brother." ”

Sun Ce listened to Ye Mo's words, and his eyes were suddenly full of little stars. Seeing this, Ye Mo only thought that Sun Ce admired him very much, and he also had a little color in his heart. It's just that Sun Ce's next words gave Ye Mo a slap in the face. "Big brother, when you capture Tongguan, can the eldest brother let the younger brother be the vanguard?" It turned out that Sun Ce was only excited and happy because he saw a fight, but Ye Mo was narcissistic.

Ye Mo looked at Sun Ce with an unhappy face and said, "On the battlefield, there are no eyes for swords and guns, how can a virtuous brother be a pioneer?" What's more, if you only rely on a strong attack to win Tongguan, how can you show your eldest brother's ability? After speaking, Ye Mo ignored Sun Ce and walked to the side directly.

It's just that Sun Ce didn't know that Ye Mo didn't let him be a pioneer, and at that time, Ye Mo was angry. Very angry, Sun Ce didn't praise him, how could it?