Mao Jue is thirty years old, he is not brilliant, and he does not pay attention to coarse cloth and coarse clothes, but he is such a person who has a different temperament, a fair and honest temperament, which makes people very comfortable;

Li Yu pushed and dragged Cao Cao to see Mao Jue, that kind of eagerness really made Cao Cao embarrassed, looking at the relationship between Li Yu and Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai smiled with envy in the back, to have such a close friend relationship with his lord is the highest state of being a minister!

"Chen Liu, Mao Xiaoxian! Meet Cao Gong! Mao Jue bowed, he has now begun to admire Cao Cao, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that are being incorporated under the mountain prove that Cao Cao took less than a month to subdue them, and this ability has far surpassed Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou;

And Cao Cao is to subdue the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is not to kill the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, which proves that Cao Cao has great ambitions and long-term vision, he knows the importance of population, he knows what Yanzhou is currently lacking, this kind of virtuous, benevolent and righteous lord is not worthy of his Mao Xiao's first service?

"Sir, please get up!" , Cao Cao hurriedly picked up Mao Jue, smiled at him and said, "It's a difficult time now, so I can't entertain Mr. with a banquet, I'm really sorry!" ”

Mao Jue shook his head and laughed: "Gong Cao said that he was joking, I, Mao Xiaoxian, am not here to eat white food!" A certain has always admired Cao Gong's prestige, and he came to help Cao Gong! ”

"It's good that Mr. understands me! In this troubled world, so many people can't eat, and they are forced to be thieves, and it is indeed not the time for me to enjoy! I'm baffled by the situation! I don't know if Mr. has a good plan to teach me! Cao Cao asked respectfully;

Mao Jue pondered for a while and said: "If the split is today, the Son of Heaven moves to Chang'an, the people give up their own business, and flee to other places due to famine, the country does not have a year's grain reserves, and the people have no idea of living in their own business, such a situation is really difficult to last." ”

"Now Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, although they occupy a rich land, have a large number of people, and have a strong army, they have no consideration of planning a lofty cause, nor do they have the intention of laying a foundation and establishing a foundation. In a war, a righteous army will be able to win, and it will rely on financial resources to maintain its position. Thou shalt obey the Son of Heaven, and in his name thou shalt give orders to the princes of the lands who do not fulfill the duties of their courtiers; Only by developing agricultural production and accumulating military supplies can hegemony and the royal road succeed. ”

There are two kinds of information revealed by Mao Jue's words, one is that the Son of Heaven is not subordinate to the order, and the other is to develop agricultural production; Cao Cao was overjoyed, and what Mao Jue said was very thoughtful to him, and he immediately decided to worship him as the shogunate's gongcao;

Li Yu also lost no time: "Haha! I've figured out a way to place these Qingzhou yellow scarves! ”

"Oh? Wilder has a way? Cao Cao asked happily;

"Hmm!" , Li Yu nodded: "Actually, it's very simple, we just need to implement Tuntian!" ”

"Tuntian?" , Tuntian is a way of self-sufficiency of the border guards during the period of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, due to the wars of recent years, this system has long been abandoned, and few people mention him, Li Yu said this made them all think thoughtfully;

"The current state capital of Yanzhou, Puyang, is located in the south of Dongjun, under the threat of Jizhou forces, it is not reliable, and there is no grain stored there, it is better to move the state capital to Xuchang, where there are few large households, and there are many ownerless and barren land."

"We now have enough labor and agricultural tools to divide the tuntian into two types: the people's tun and the juntun. Every 50 people in Mintun are a tun, and Sima is placed in the tun, and the captain of the farmer, the captain of the farmer, and the general of the farmer are placed on it, and they are not affiliated with the county. The harvest is divided between the state capital: those who use official cattle are divided into four parts by officials and six people; Those who use private cattle are divided equally between the government and the people. Tuntian peasants are not allowed to leave Tuntian casually. The military tun is a battalion with 60 soldiers on the day of the tun, and the garrison is guarded while tuntian. ”

"Good! Wynder, you've helped me a lot! Cao Cao laughed and patted Li Yu's shoulder vigorously;

"But do we still have seeds to farm? And what do these millions of people eat during this busy farming season? Mao Jue asked, he heard that there was no grain in Puyang, and he could imagine Cao Cao's current situation;

"Don't worry about filial piety, I have sent people to Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, and Tao Qian in Xuzhou to borrow grain and grass respectively, although it is not enough to eat for the whole summer, it can also be relieved; Count the days, and they'll be back soon! Cao Cao said with a smile;

As soon as he said this, Li Yu suddenly shouted: "It's broken! The boss quickly sent someone to pick up the three of them, especially Wei Hong from Xuzhou! Fast! I'll explain that later! ”

Cao Cao saw the eagerness on Li Yu's face, his mind also turned quickly, and he thought of it slightly, so he hurriedly sent Li Dian and Hua Xiong to lead the cavalry to Xuzhou and Yuzhou with a thousand cents each, and wrote a letter to Xiahou Yuan and Zang Hong in Dongjun, asking them to send troops to meet Cao Ren in Jizhou;

"I hope nothing happens!" , Li Yu stroked his forehead and scolded: "Fuck! If these princes and bigwigs are not monkeys, if they pretend to lend us grain and grass, and send soldiers and horses behind their backs to intercept and kill us in the name of bandits, we will not be able to make any money at that time, and we will have to bear a huge debt! ”

Among them, Li Yu was most worried about Wei Hong, who went to Xuzhou, Tao Qian was not a good bird, even Cao Cao's Laozi dared to assassinate him, let alone a small grain transportation team;

The second is Yuan Shu, and then Yuan Shao, he is not a reassuring person; Li Yu really wronged the brothers of the Yuan family, their situation is completely different from Tao Qian, they still hope that Cao Cao and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban will continue to stalemate, so that they will take the greatest benefit, they will never dismantle the stage in this matter;

"These days, I have been affected by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, I didn't expect it at all!" , Li Yu seemed to blame himself: "This matter is my dereliction of duty!" I hope the boss will punish you! ”

"Hmm!" , Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully: "It's true that you didn't think it through!" ”

Li Yu was stunned, isn't it! Top dog! I'm just putting on a show! Don't be so serious, okay?

Looking at Li Yu's expression of eating stool, Cao Cao said with a wicked taste: "Then punish you to be the captain of the agricultural school and be in charge of Tuntian!" Haha..."

"Uh... Farming? ”

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At this time, Cao Bao, who was loyal to him, led 5,000 cavalry to secretly follow Wei Hong all the way, just waiting for him to start robbing back the grain and grass as soon as he got out of Xuzhou's territory, and even if Cao Cao guessed that Tao Qian did it, there was no evidence, so he could only swallow his anger and owe Tao Qian a huge amount of grain and grass account;

Wei Hong was born in a big businessman, and he walked all year round in the north and south of the river, especially during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were bandits everywhere, and his perennial exercise made him very vigilant and guarded against the sudden appearance of bandits; Wei Hong sprinkled scouts all over the place, especially the Xuzhou realm behind him, he obviously felt that Tao Qian was not such a good talker, and he had always been on guard in his heart;

Soon, the scouts who had been scouting for several days found that there was a cavalry trailing fifty miles behind them, numbering about 5,000 people, and the banner was the Yellow Turban Army, but it was well-equipped;

"What the hell is it to lied to him! Yellow Turbans? Where did the Yellow Turbans come from? Wei Hong secretly scolded Tao Qian for being cunning in his heart, but he was also helpless, every day their three thousand men and horses only traveled about one hundred and fifty miles, the speed was too slow, Wei Hong faintly felt that as long as they left the Xuzhou boundary, they would definitely encounter a fierce blow, and the cavalry behind them could catch up with them with just one charge;

Wei Hong took out a map from his arms, constantly observing the terrain, he knew what these grains and grasses represented, this is hundreds of thousands of life-saving food, he will never allow it to be lost, the best choice now is to send someone to Cao Cao for help, but they are about to go out of the territory of Xuzhou, if they are walking while waiting for Cao Cao's assistance, they are afraid that they will be wiped out before the reinforcements arrive;

If you stay put, you will definitely be wary of the men and horses following behind, and you may be immediately and mercilessly attacked; This kind of critical moment can test a person's ability the most, and Wei Hong immediately decided the person behind the ambush in Qi County at the junction of Yan and Xu!

Burn one's ship! You're dead!