Lu Bu led his troops to attack Yanzhou, and the war in Yanzhou was just stable, and it fell into war again, which made the people of Yanzhou suffer. Just when Cao Cao learned that Tao Ying would use Lü Bu as his commander to move his army north, the panicked Cao Cao had to personally lead his troops south to resist Lü Tao's coalition army.

The war spread in Yanzhou, but Tao Ying, who was in the Peace Castle, was doing nothing to write manuscripts every day, compiling new books one after another; Military, agriculture, machinery, etc. Tao Ying also wrote a lot about life in his time, and such novels were especially popular in this dynasty.

During this period of time, nearly seven or eight printing houses in Xuzhou were printing Tao Ying's novels, geography and science books day and night. These books were then sold to Huiji at a high price, or directly to Donghai County in Xuzhou and Langya Kingdom. Through Langya State, Tao Ying's book circulated to Qingzhou again.

For a time, Tao Ying's book caused Pengcheng paper to be expensive!

Tao Ying originally wanted to make money by selling paper, but he didn't expect this to make money faster, so that Tao Ying had to suspend the sale of paper. With the invention of movable type printing, Pengcheng printing pages also entered a period of great development.

Just when Pengcheng's industrial base was just starting out, Tao Ying originally thought that as long as Cao Cao learned a small lesson, he would be able to develop Pengcheng with peace of mind if he took back Shanyang County! I don't want to report the war in the south again, and Yuan Shu in the south and Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou who accepted the fate of the imperial court, continued to fight.

In particular, Yuan Shu's subordinate Sun Ce's combat effectiveness was off the charts, and he broke through several cities of Liu Xiang in a row, and Liu Xuan was defeated and retreated. This had nothing to do with Tao Ying, but at this time, Liu Miao wrote a letter and quickly handed it to Pengcheng.

After the messenger arrived in Pengcheng, he heard that Tao Ying was not in Pengcheng, so he hurriedly ran to Taoling Town to meet Tao Ying. Taoling Town in August is extremely hot, and after half a year of repair, Tao Ying's mansion has become more and more beautiful.

The original thatched house was demolished, and a brand new courtyard building came into view. In order to prevent the assassination of many disciples of the East China Sea family, Tao Ying expanded the Tao Mansion. So Tao Mansion changed from a small courtyard to six small courtyards, and Tao Ying lived in the middle.

The small courtyards next to it are all places where Tao Ying lectures, and they are also the places where Tao Ying's guards live. Liu Xuan's envoy dismounted from Taoling Town, walked all the way to the village, and then went around to the foot of the mountain. The foot of the mountain is also full of people, angry with smoke and smelling chickens and dogs.

Bypass the gate of Taoling Academy, walk inside, pass through several corridors, and bypass a stream before coming to the small courtyard where Tao Ying lives. Hearing that Liu Xuan's envoy had come, Tao Ying was a little surprised, so he was busy welcoming him in the small courtyard.

The noon sun was a little scorching, and the soldiers standing guard searched the messenger all over before putting the envoy into Tao Ying's small courtyard. Tao Ying and the chief inspector came out.

The envoy was dressed a little shabby, and when he saw Tao Ying, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "I've seen Master Pengcheng Xiangtao!" ”

Tao Ying helped the messenger up, and the messenger was a middle-aged man in his thirties, who looked very energetic although he was dressed a little shabby. The eyes are even more profound, and Tao Ying can see at a glance that he must be a lobbyist who can speak well.

The messenger was welcomed into the study, and the two sat down. Tao Ying asked the maid to serve tea, and after a while, Xiaohuan came in with two cups of tea. The envoy looked at Tao Ying, who seemed to pay little attention to etiquette.

"Liu Tingshi also knows that there is me in the world?"

Tao Ying didn't know what to say when he met, so he opened his mouth and asked. At this time, Liu Miao was the assassin of Yangzhou canonized by the imperial court. I don't know which bastard he is. Who doesn't know that Yangzhou is now Yuan Shu's territory? The reason for inserting Liu Shu in Yangzhou is to make Liu Miao and Yuan Shu fight each other, and then Yuan Shu will not be able to care about invading them.

Needless to say, this matter was not done by Liu Biao in Jingzhou, or by Cao Cao in Yanzhou!

The envoy saluted Tao Ying again and said, "How can my Liu Tingshi not know Tao Pengcheng? The name of Tao Pengcheng has already spread all over my country, and even Xu Zijiang can't praise the second son! ”

Xu Zijiang?

Who Xu Zijiang is, Tao Ying doesn't know at all. For the end of the Han Dynasty, Tao Ying knew such characters as Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Seeing that Tao Ying didn't know who Xu Zijiang was, the messenger was busy explaining to Tao Ying again.

"Xu Zijiang is the best at knowing people, even Cao Cao has begged him!"

As a sign of respect, Tao Ying nodded. Tao Ying didn't know that Xu Zijiang was Xu Shao. Xu Shao was a particularly famous character critic at that time, and he had to comment on some heroes every month, also known as the "Yuedan Review". Cao Cao's sentence was widely known by later generations, "The son rules the world, and the traitor in the troubled times." It is Xu Shao's evaluation of Cao Cao.

Looking at the envoy, Tao Ying couldn't help but ask, "Where is Xu Zijiang now?" ”

When Xu Zijiang was mentioned, perhaps the envoy felt that the time had come for his lord Liu Xuan at this time, so he hurriedly said: "Xu Zijiang is such a hero who has taken refuge in my father-in-law......"

"I'm blind! There is also the name of knowing people, why don't you see that Liu Miao will be destroyed by the Sun family sooner or later? ”

Tao Ying finally couldn't help but interrupt the envoy's words, this Xu Zijiang also has the name of knowing people. If you have the name of knowing people, you have to go to Cao Cao, Cao Cao is a hero. No matter how bad it is, you have to take refuge in Sun Ce or Liu Bei, who are all first-class warlords. ran to take refuge in Liu Xuan, a third-rate warlord, needless to say, he knew that it was not much better!

The envoy's face was a little ugly, blue and purple, I don't know if it was because Tao Ying was too straightforward, he was a little uncomfortable. However, as soon as he thought about the purpose of his visit, the messenger had to bow his head again.

"Gongzi has not left Pengcheng, how can he know about my Yangzhou?"

The envoy did not believe that Tao Ying would know the news of Liu Xuan's defeat. In ancient times, information was particularly underdeveloped, not to mention that the second son guarded filial piety in Pengcheng every day, and now he funded Lu Bu to attack Yanzhou, it seems that his eyes are always on Cao Cao!

Tao Ying took a sip of tea, and the tea was a little bitter.

"I was offended just now, I'm like this, too straightforward. However, although I have never been to Yangzhou, I also know that Yangzhou Yuan Shu is powerful. Liu Xuan, if it weren't for the fact that one of his subordinates was named Tai Shici, I wouldn't have known that there would be such a prince! ”

Tao Ying thought about it for a long time before he remembered. Historically, the little overlord Sun Ce was instigated by Zhou Yu to prepare to stand on his own. So, Sun Ce used the excuse that his uncle's family was in the district, and Wu Jing was driven out of Wu County by Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, so he wanted to avenge him. So he took the jade seal to Yuan Shu and borrowed 5,000 soldiers and horses to go down to Jiangdong.

Sun Ce fought Liu Xiang in Jiangdong, and then met Liu Xiang's subordinate Tai Shi Ci, and was almost caught by Tai Shi Ci. It seems that many people know this allusion, and Tao Ying forgot for a while that Tai Shici was mixed with Liu Xuan.

When the envoy heard the name of Tai Shi Ci, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "How did Tao Pengcheng know the name of Tai Shi Ci?" Tai Shi Ci is just a young general under my father-in-law, and my father-in-law has the former Pengcheng Xiang Xue Li, Xia Pi Xiang Zhenrong and others. These people ......"

"These people are all wine bags and rice bags, Sun Ce attacked the area?"