The idea of marrying Boss Cao or Ben Chu Gong is definitely not the occasional whim of Deputy Director Tao, this idea has actually been brewing in Deputy Director Tao's heart for a long time, and there are many reasons, one is that Deputy Director Tao knows history, knows that Yuan Sangong and Cao Boss will be the two biggest victors in the northern warlord melee, and it is a bit insufficient to completely change this history with this power in his own hands, and Deputy Director Tao, who hopes to become the biggest victor in the northern warlord melee, will certainly not consider the shortcut of hugging his thighs.

The second reason is that the allies left by the cheap father Tao Qian to Deputy Director Tao are too bad, when Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shu formed an alliance to confront the alliance of Cao Boss and Yuan Sangong, Tao Qian, who was in the cracks, chose to join the Gongsun Chan Group, and it turned out that Tao Qian's move was completely on the wrong side, not only attracting two god-like opponents to Xuzhou, but also bringing two pig-like teammates to Xuzhou.

Among the two pig-like allies, Zhi Dacai was extremely neglected by Yuan Sangong, not to mention, first colluded with the Black Mountain Thieves and the Xiongnu Zuoxian King to lose the support of the Central Plains scholars, and then self-proclaimed Xuzhou Bo put on a posture of encroaching on the territory of the allies, and punched the tiger in the inner nest, but externally he didn't even have the courage to border with Cao Boss, and hid in Huainan just to cause chaos in Xuzhou.

Gongsun Chan is slightly better, at least Gongsun Chan has saved Xuzhou once, but after the Battle of Jieqiao, the situation of Gongsun Chan's forces is already Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and the year is not as good as a year, the containment of Da Yuan Sangong is getting weaker and weaker, and the use value of Xuzhou is getting smaller and smaller, plus Gongsun Chan's head is in the water, and he listened to the instigation of his friend Uncle Liu Huang, and took the initiative to cut off the war horse trade with Xuzhou. And after getting rid of these two pig-like allies, Deputy Director Tao, who was not strong enough, of course had to find a thicker thigh to hug.

The third reason is that Tao Ying does have some appreciation for Da Yuan Sangong and Cao Boss, although these two bosses are not a good thing, but while participating in the warlord melee, Da Yuan Sangong and Cao Boss have never forgotten the sacred mission of resisting the nomads for the Chinese nation, no matter how hard they fought in the Central Plains, they always maintained a considerable number of troops on the northern front to suppress the alien races, and never did anything to borrow Qing troops to enter the customs and collude with foreign races. In contrast, Uncle Liu Huang's collusion with the barbarian king Shamoke and Xiao Yuan Sangong's brother Lang Wall to collude with the Xiongnu king in order to annex Eastern Wu made Deputy Director Tao disgusted, despised and despised too much.

It is precisely because of these reasons, and seeing that the time is basically ripe, in order not to be embattled and isolated in the future, Tao Ying naturally has to start preparing to join the action of Yuan Cao Group, and in order to win the favor and trust of Yuan Sangong and Boss Cao, Deputy Director Tao also painstakingly prepared a petition that will definitely satisfy Boss Cao and Yuan Sangong - Deputy Director Tao's good father-in-law, Lu Bu!

Of course, in order to annex the elite soldiers and strong generals under the command of the old father-in-law, Deputy Director Tao does not plan to dedicate the entire Lu Bu Group to Boss Cao and Yuan Sangong as a vote, nor does he plan to completely tear up the marriage contract with the cute little Luo Li Lu Die, so Deputy Director Tao is full of bad water, and it is inevitable that he has calculated such a wishful thinking, how can he make Lu Die's little Luo Li take the initiative to abdicate and make way for Xian, honestly demote herself to become a concubine, and vacate the position of the main wife to the baby daughter of Yuan Sangong? And how could he give the head of his old father-in-law, Lu Bu, to Boss Cao and Da Yuan Sangong as a vote under the condition of preserving the elite soldiers of Lu Bu's army as much as possible?

In order to achieve these evil goals, after sending Gao Shun and Cao and other two hundred traps out of the country, Deputy Director Tao unceremoniously closed the northern border of Xuzhou, not only stopped the money and grain support for Lu Bujun, but also completely cut off the trade between Xuzhou and Yanzhou, not a single grain, a piece of cloth and a pound of pig iron were not allowed to be sold to the controlled areas of Yanzhou Lu Bujun, and used the economic blockade to help Yuan Sangong and Cao Boss clean up their old father-in-law Lu Bu! As for the reason, it is very ready-made, Lu Bu did not believe in his words and stopped the alliance plan to send troops to help the training of the Xuzhou army, Tao Zhijun was humiliated and fought back angrily.

At the same time, in order to prevent his father-in-law from being annoyed and angry, Deputy Director Tao also sent the general Zang Ba to lead 7,000 troops to the north, increasing the number of troops stationed in Xiaopei at the north gate of Xuzhou to 10,000 in one go, and preparing for a rainy day to start a war with his father-in-law.

In order to avoid further angering the best son-in-law, the plan to kill Gao Shun and the surname Cao had to be temporarily abandoned, and at the same time sent the envoy Wang Kai south to Xuzhou to explain, under the pretext that the war in Yanzhou was urgent, he had to temporarily stop the plan to assist his son-in-law in training, and when the war situation in Yanzhou eased, Lu Wenhou would naturally send elite soldiers and strong generals south to Xuzhou to help his son-in-law train again. Therefore, at present, as a son-in-law, he must continue to support his poor father-in-law's money and food, lest the poor father-in-law run out of food and be broken by the Cao Yuan coalition army.

"When the war situation in Yanzhou eases, then send someone to help me train my troops?" The anger that had been accumulated for a long time towards his father-in-law finally caught an opportunity to vent, Tao Ying was no longer polite to Wang Kai this time, and rolled his triangular eyes out of his eyes, and snorted: "Thank you, no need, bother Lord Wang to return to his father-in-law, and the son-in-law is afraid that he will be suspected of bribing the generals under his father-in-law's command again, so there is no need, I will not borrow troops from my father-in-law in the future, and my father-in-law will not have to send someone to help." ”

"Envoy, envoy, envoy, please don't be rash." Wang Kai was in a hurry, and said with a bow and a bow: "Please make Jun Ming, the current military situation in Yanzhou is indeed critical, Cao, Yuan and Liu's three coalition troops totaling 100,000, have all arrived at the Juyang battlefield, Wen Hou He fought against the enemy alone, and the troops were overstretched, and he was really helpless, so he ordered to recall the two generals surnamed Gao Shun and Cao to return to the division to listen to it." ”

"In order to fight against 100,000 strong enemies, so you are in a hurry to transfer back the 200 infantry lent to me?" Tao Ying sneered again and again, and said: "Of course I know the war situation in Yanzhou, as a junior and a son-in-law, of course I will not embarrass my father-in-law, so I decided not to borrow troops anymore - so as not to make my father-in-law and his old man suspicious." ”

"Then ...... the grain and grass that the envoy promised?" Wang Kai asked cautiously.

"I have already given all the grain and grass promised before, and there is not a single grain missing, does Mr. Wang still have any questions?" Tao Ying asked rhetorically.

"No, no." Wang Kai waved his hand again and again, and asked more cautiously: "Envoy, does Marquis Wen want the little envoy to ask, can the envoy still support our army's food, grass and military supplies in the future?" ”

"I can't." Tao Ying replied without even blinking his eyelids: "Yuan Shupifu is ruthless and ruthless, digging up the Huaihe River to flood Huaiyin, and the county of Huaiyin, which has a population of nearly 10,000, has no harvest. ”

"Envoy-!" Wang Kai almost didn't cry, knelt down on his knees, and said with a sad face: "Envoy, Wenhou's grain and grass can only last for more than a month at most, you can't stand by at this time, and draw your salary from the bottom of the kettle." ”

"It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, and I really can't help it." Tao Ying faked a sigh and said, "Besides, my father-in-law still has more than a month's worth of military rations in his hand, as long as he hurries up and eliminates Cao Thief and Yuan Shao's reinforcements, won't there be no problems?" ”

"Hurry up and eliminate Cao Thief and Yuan Shao's reinforcements?" Wang Kai's feeling of wanting to cry became more and more impulsive, and he said in his heart that in the situation on the battlefield of Yanzhou, it would be good if Wen Hou was not eliminated by Cao Thief and Yuan Shao's reinforcements, and he still wanted to destroy them, so let's dream!

In desperation, Wang Kai could only stubbornly say: "Envoy, I won't say polite words below, I just want to convey Mr. Gongtai's two sentences, the first sentence, please don't forget the marriage covenant with Wen Hou, the second sentence, please make you don't forget the reason that your lips are dead and your teeth are cold, if Wen Hou is destroyed, I am afraid that it will be of no benefit to the envoy!" ”

Tao Ying stopped talking, got up from the table, walked in front of Wang Kai with his hands behind his back, and stared down at Wang Kai, until Wang Kai looked at him with a weak heart, Tao Ying said slowly: "Mr. Wang, please ask yourself, as a son-in-law, how do I treat Wen Hou?" As a father-in-law, how does Wen Hou treat me? Is it that I'm sorry for my father-in-law, or is my father-in-law sorry for me? ”

Wang Kai's hands and feet trembled, and after a long time, he replied in a low voice: "I will say a heartfelt word below, the envoy is indeed benevolent and righteous to Wen Hou, but Wen Hou is ...... to the envoy, not very like words." After saying this sentence in his heart, Wang Kai hurriedly added, "But the envoy, even if Wen Hou is wrong in a thousand ways, he is also your father-in-law, and our army and your army are also each other's lips and teeth, and the fall of our army is not a blessing for the king." ”

"It's true that our army is dependent on your army, but the lips always want to pull out the teeth, so don't want such lips." Tao Ying snorted coldly, and said: "That's it, two conditions, first, send my fiancée Lu Die to Xuzhou immediately, and second, ask my father-in-law to apologize in public for the previous incident, and admit in front of the world that he had colluded with Liu Bei and Yuan Shu to try to annex the five counties of Xuzhou, which was unkind and unjust, apologize to me and the military and civilians of the five counties of Xuzhou in public, severely punish the culprit, and swear never to covet an inch of land in Xuzhou in the future, then everything can be discussed." ”

"Envoy, the first condition is negotiable, but the second condition is ......." Wang Kai smiled bitterly and said, "As for Wen Hou's temper, isn't the second condition of the envoy to Wen Hou's life?" ”

"Then forget it." Tao Ying waved his hand and shouted, "Send off guests." ”

Of course, Wang Kai refused to leave, but kept begging bitterly, but Tao Ying didn't pay attention to it at all, shook his hand and went out of the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion, leading several Xuzhou officials out of the city. However, Tao Ying is not deliberately putting up a shelf and embarrassing Wang Kai, but Tao Ying is really busy during this time, and the winter wheat in Xuzhou has begun to be planted, although Chen Deng, a genius in Tuntian, is responsible for this, but as the new boss of Xuzhou, Deputy Director Tao does not go to the field to see. In addition, Tao Ying also had to go to see the experimental field he requested, and investigate whether he could promote wheat bean rotation on a large scale in the five counties of Xuzhou.

Hit the horse came to the test field outside the south gate of Pengcheng, Chen Deng happened to also lead a group of Tuntian officials to inspect in this area, when the officials of Xuzhou and the people in the field came up to salute, Tao Ying waved his hand to stop, without saying a word, he jumped into the experimental field to personally inspect the soil situation, hundreds of acres of nearby Tuntian are sown and harvested according to Tao's requirements, after the Qingming Dynasty, the wheat in the field is planted, the farmland here is planted with soybeans, and then harvested in late August of the lunar calendar, and then planted winter wheat, using the fertilizer capacity of soybeans to increase wheat production, Some soybeans can also be harvested at the same time.

Speaking of which, it is very ridiculous that Deputy Director Tao, who is not diligent and does not distinguish between grains and grains, was able to know the common sense of the soybean fertilizer field -- in the 21 st century, Deputy Director Tao attended a meeting to rectify the bureaucratic style, and because the service quality of the entertainment venues was too hard the first night, he fell asleep on the table and snored, which caused the new county magistrate who presided over the meeting to be furious and scolded Deputy Director Tao in front of countless colleagues. It was very rare to listen attentively to the speeches made at the meeting.

Coincidentally, at this meeting, the new county magistrate gave an example of a layman servant forcing an expert farmer to plow soybeans (i.e., the Tiantai ploughing bean incident), and proudly showed his own erudition, saying that the reason why soybeans can fertilize the field is because the roots of soybeans are parasitic with rhizobia, which give humans a way to make natural nitrogen fertilizer, so planting soybeans only needs some grass ash fertilizer to ensure the yield. In addition, after the bean leaves fall to the ground, the nitrogen fertilizer is brought back to the field to fertilize the field, the developed soybean roots can loosen the soil, help the soil ventilation and ventilation, and solve the problem of soil compaction after planting wheat in the field. The scum of the plant!

In order not to be caught as a typical bureaucracy, I happened to listen to this passage attentively, and the deputy director Tao, who was not too stupid, also remembered the common sense of the farmers in later generations, and it turned out that this would happen to be used, and now from the perspective of the soil situation, the improvement effect of soybean in crops on wheat fields is still somewhat bit, at least the land that has been planted with soybeans is softer than the ordinary wheat fields used to compare next to it, and the farmers in charge of these fields are also in charge of the requirements of Deputy Director Tao, and the soybean stems and leaves after harvest are directly ploughed and left in the farmland. It is believed that through the decomposition of nature, a lot of natural nitrogen fertilizer can be added to these fields.

Finally waited for Tao Ying to straighten up, and saw Tao Ying turn his gaze to himself, and before Tao Ying could speak, Chen Deng, the first person in history to engage in the tuntian system, had already taken the initiative to say: "My lord, one hundred and twelve acres of land, the highest harvest per mu is one hundred and eighty-three catties and four taels of soybeans, the minimum harvest is one hundred and twenty-five catties and six taels, and the average harvest is one hundred and fifty catties and nine taels, and the harvest is not bad." ”

"How's the situation with the earthworm farming?" Tao Ying asked again.

"It's not easy to say this ......." Chen Deng, an outstanding agricultural expert in the Three Kingdoms era, frowned on agricultural matters and replied: "Because no one has ever raised earthworms, the people, the military and the people can only grope to raise, according to the explanation of the lord, the human and animal manure mixed with soil, green leaves, melon and fruit peels are stirred evenly, and put into the shallow pit to raise earthworms. ”

"Take your time, feel the stones and cross the river, that's it." Tao Ying comforted, and said: "The manure that has raised earthworms can be used as fertilizer and put into the field, as well as those artificially bred earthworms, you can also take a part of it and spread it evenly in these experimental fields, and wait for next year to see how the effect is." ”

"No, don't worry, my lord, I will arrange it as soon as possible." Chen Deng agreed, and asked suspiciously: "But my lord, earthworms are generally used in medicine, and you use them as fertilizer for wheat fields, is it useful?" ”

"Of course it works." Tao Ying smiled and said: "Earthworms are natural fertilizer machines, which can increase the fertility of the soil, relax the soil, increase the ventilation of the soil, and help increase the income of the farmland." But the only thing I'm not sure about right now is how effective it will be. ”

Chen Deng nodded as if he didn't understand, and then Chen Deng suggested: "Lord, since this is the case, then I think that the earthworm manure can be used for part of the test field, not a part, and then some earthworm manure can be used for part of the ordinary farmland, so that after the winter wheat harvest next year, we can know what the effect of earthworm manure is." ”

"Good idea, just do it." Tao Ying nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "There are also those harvested beans, we also have to use them carefully, boiling beans and eating them is a waste, it is difficult for the human body to directly absorb the unconverted soybean protein, if the beans are made into tofu, it is the best plant protein, so as long as there are conditions, the beans in the army must be processed into tofu, and then given to the soldiers to eat." In addition, tofu residue is used to feed horses, and it is also a good concentrate feed. ”

Facing Deputy Director Tao who refused to even waste tofu dregs, Chen Deng was puzzled by Deputy Director Tao's mouth full of strange new terms, and he was completely speechless with Deputy Director Tao's iron rooster surname, and after respectfully singing the promise, Chen Deng asked curiously: "Lord, the envoy of Wenhou is sent away?" ”

"It's okay if you don't leave, I'm not going to see him again anyway." Tao Ying smiled, casually introduced the general process of meeting Wang Kai, and then Tao Ying asked again: "Yuanlong, in your opinion, how will Wen Hou react after hearing my two conditions?" What's next? ”

"The ironclad must be like thunder, Wen Hou's face-loving and self-righteous surname is well-known in the Han Dynasty, and it is impossible to bow his head to the lord and admit his mistakes and slap himself in the face." Chen Deng replied with a smile: "As for Wen Hou's next move, it is unlikely that he will turn around and come south to trouble us, first, Wen Hou is not sure to take Xuzhou City from our main force, and second, Cao Ying and Yuan Shao will not let him go, and they will never allow him to entrench in the three counties of Yanzhou for a long time." Therefore, in the next opinion, Wen Hou is most likely to muster up the courage to take advantage of the fact that the grain and grass have not yet run out of money to gamble and fight a general battle with the Cao Yuan coalition army. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Deng added with a smile, "If there is really this battle, if Wen Hou loses, then everything is easy to say, Wen Hou will definitely go south to beg the lord again, if Wen Hou wins, then we may be a little in trouble." In view of this situation, it is best for the lord to take precautions and prepare for a rainy day, and not let Wen Hou win. ”

"Reasonable." Tao Ying nodded, frowned again, and said, "But Lu Bu still refuses to completely turn his face with me, there are many methods, and it is really inconvenient to use." ”

"It's easy." Chen Deng smiled, leaned into Tao Ying's ear and whispered: "The lord only needs to write the two conditions into a letter, the tone of the text is as arrogant as possible, and then send a messenger to Lu Wenhou, with the surname of Lu Wenhou, he will inevitably be cut off from the marriage, so that the lord will not have an excuse to act wantonly, and when the Marquis Wen turns back and begs the lord in the future, won't the lord take the lead and have the moral upper hand?" ”

Tao Ying smiled and said, "Let that adjutant named Ni Huan go, the 10,000 yuan used by the new Namei concubine is obviously from the Mi Ji firm, and he dares to say that it is his savings, it's time to send him on the road." ”

(To be continued)