At the banquet, Zhang Lang and Zhang Liao chatted while eating and inquired about the civil and military situation in Jingzhou. After the meeting was dismissed, Zhang Liao presented a report prepared for the past two days to Zhang Lang. Zhang Lang took the report and looked at it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction. raised his head and exclaimed: "Wen Yuan is really a general, and he is alone in Jingzhou, which makes me less worried!" Zhang Liao hurriedly left the table and knelt down and said: "The reason why Jingzhou can be like this is because of the martial arts of the Lord Gong, how dare the last general take credit!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled: "Wen Yuan doesn't have to be too humble! Don't kneel, get up. ”

Zhang Liao answered and stood up.

Zhang Lang stood up, walked up to Zhang Liao, and admonished: "Although Sun Jian is alone now, he can't take Jiang Xia lightly!" ”

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "Mr. Kong Ming also asked the last general like this before leaving!" The last general has already made arrangements, please rest assured! ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said with a smile: "I'm here this time, although I also want to inspect the civil and military situation in Jingzhou, but the main thing is to meet Mrs. Cai for a while." Is Mrs. Chua presentable now? ”

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "It's in Xiangyang." ”

Zhang Lang instructed: "Send someone to invite her, saying that I have something important to discuss." Zhang Liao said yes and left the hall.

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Cao Pi read the report he had just sent and breathed a sigh of relief, "Lu Bujun has finally been stopped!" Thankfully, we have a strong water army! Otherwise, this time will be unimaginable! ”

Xu You hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates think that Lu Bu's retreat will have at least a year of peace, and we should take this opportunity to train the new army to recover its strength to deal with the big war in the coming year!" ”

Cao Pi nodded, "That's what I mean." Then he frowned, "Now that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses are prosperous, if you don't restore your strength, the next year will be dangerous!" ”

Sima Yi hugged his fists and said: "The lord is wise!" At this moment, there is no room for delay, and it should be implemented immediately, and his subordinates should let Mr. Xun Yu take full responsibility for the formation and training of the new army! Xu You was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Huainan can't do without Mr. Xun Yu, and his subordinates are willing to take on this burden!" ”

Cao Pi glanced at Sima Yi and smiled, "Mr. Xu You can naturally take on this responsibility." But I can't do without Mr. here, let Mr. Xun Yu be responsible for this matter. Mr. Xu Yu still stayed by my side and gave me advice. ”

Xu You was very depressed, his face was dissatisfied, and he hugged his fists angrily and said: "My subordinates have a headache, please allow my subordinates to go back and rest." ”

Seeing Xu Yu like this, Cao Pi was displeased, so he said dryly: "You go down." Xu You bowed his hand slightly and left the hall.

As soon as Xu You left, Cao Pi said with a dissatisfied face: "Xu You, this person is becoming more and more disrespectful!" Sima Yi didn't say anything. Cao Pi said strangely: "This Xu You, who has never been cheating and cheating, can't endure hardships, how could he suddenly become so diligent and take the initiative to ask Ying to be responsible for the formation and training of the new army?" ”

Sima Yi smiled: "I'm afraid that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink......"

Cao Pi showed a puzzled look, "What does Mr. mean by this?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Xu You, this person is very greedy for money, and the new army will have countless amounts of money and food to turn around, and a little deduction is an incalculable amount of money!" ”

Cao Pi suddenly became enlightened, and then became furious, scolding: "Xu Yu, this traitorous villain! If it weren't for the time to employ him now, I would have slaughtered him! ”

"No, no! Although he is a traitorous villain, he is also a rare talent! In addition, our situation is not good now, at this time, unless we have to deal with Xu Yu coldly, otherwise, it will put those soldiers and ministers under the command of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who defected to me in danger, at this time, if someone fans the yin wind and lights a ghost fire, the situation will be difficult to clean up. ”

Cao Pi nodded thoughtfully, walked down the hall, and bowed deeply to Sima Yi. Sima Yi hurriedly returned the salute. Cao Pi sighed: "Mr. You is here, I have made a lot of mistakes!" Mr. is my son's room! ”

"The lord praises it! The lord treats his subordinates with the kindness of heaven and earth, and his subordinates should repay him! After a pause, "My lord, although my subordinates ask themselves to be resourceful and beyond the world, they don't have any advantage compared with Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang and others!" His subordinates can help the lord avoid the calculations of his opponents, but it is difficult to win them. Therefore, the key to determining victory or defeat in the future is strength! Whoever is stronger will have the possibility of winning the final victory! ”

Cao Pi thought so, "So I'm going to do my best to restore and further enhance our strength!" ”

Sima Yi said: "The foundation of military strength is economic strength. The lord and Lu Bu each occupy half of the country, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Within ten years, our economic strength will be superior, and after ten years, I am afraid that we will not be able to match it! Therefore, the key to winning or losing is within this decade! ”

Cao Pi asked puzzledly, "Why did Mr. say this?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Lu Bu's policy has touched the interests of the great scholar clan in the world, so the scholar clan openly and secretly opposes him, and at present, the money and grain wealth under Lu Bu's rule is mainly in the hands of the scholar clan!" Therefore, it was difficult for Lu Bu to get a lot of money and food from the Shi clan, so he could only find an opportunity to find an excuse to raid his home, so that the money and food he got were limited after all, and it worsened the relationship with the Shi clan! The lord is different, the scholars are worried about being ruled by Lu Bu, so they wholeheartedly support the lord, and the lord will have countless money and food to offer when he ascends to the heights! We don't have to worry about money! ”

Cao Pi nodded approvingly, and then asked puzzledly: "In that case, why did Mr. say that in ten years, our economic strength will be far inferior to Lu Bu?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Because of the current policy adopted by Lu Bu! Then he sighed with emotion: "According to the information sent back by Xizuo, many of the policies adopted by Lu Bu are unheard of, the development of private commerce and trade is beyond imagination, and the policy of encroaching on the scholars is a soft knife, within ten years, most of the property and fields in the hands of those scholars will only fall into the hands of Lu Bu!" So ten years from now, we will no longer be able to compete with Lu Bu! ”

Cao Pi frowned and nodded, muttering, "We have to hurry up!" Suddenly he thought of the Xianbei people and asked, "Sir, should we use the power of the Xianbei people?" ”

Sima Yi nodded, "I have a plan, and I'm about to discuss it with the lord. Immediately revealed his plan and plan, Cao Pi was overjoyed, "Okay! That's a great plan! I'm going to find my sister right away! So saying, he went to the back.

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Cai was busy checking the tent at home, when he suddenly received a call from Zhang Lang, and his heart was overjoyed, so he hurriedly put on heavy makeup and dressed in full costume, and followed the guards to the hall of the Assassin's Mansion. As soon as Cai saw Zhang Lang, a pair of eyes immediately rippled with boundless spring water, and Ying Ying bowed: "Cai has seen the general!" ”

Zhang Lang saw that Cai's dress was gorgeous, and he couldn't help but lose his mind.