Zhong Xuan, a child who played soy sauce, was sent to Lianyungang again this time, but it was impossible for Zhong Xuan to get a valuable answer in Lianyungang, so Zhong Xuan took a boat to the south again, compared with the north, the distance to the south seemed to be slightly shorter, of course, Zhong Xuan also had the idea of going to Jiangdong by the way.

Zhong Xuan took a boat until Poyang to go ashore, and as soon as he stepped on land, he immediately changed from the feeling of busyness on the water, Poyang is just a small port, so there are not many people and goods coming and going, and there is certainly no way to compare with the busyness on the Yangtze River.

As soon as he got out of Poyang, Zhong Miao had a feeling of being in Youzhou, the road was very wide, and the carriages and caravans on the road passed in front of him from time to time, and then there were endless fields, even if this was the hilly area of Jiangdong. The biggest difference between this and the Jianghuai area that I am familiar with is that once I leave the city circle, there are wild fields on both sides of the road, there is no farmland, no farms, and no people, which is exactly the same as the situation in Youzhou.

The carriage had been running on the wide road all day, and when he saw the farmland with no edge in sight, Zhong Xuan knew that he was almost there. Zhong Xuan never understood why the farmland he saw on Cao Cao's territory in Jianghuai was divided into small pieces, while on Fang Zhiwen's territory, the farmland was always large and large areas connected together, if it weren't for the canals and rows of trees, Zhong Xuan wondered if these farmlands would become a whole piece, could these farmers have other ways to distinguish the scope of their fields?

Zhong Xuan entered the city on his own, and no one came to greet him, and the soldiers in charge of escorting Zhong Xuan also left after sending him to the post house. Zhong Xuan was not in a hurry, he knew Fang Zhiwen's habits. As long as no one restricts you and doesn't say where you can't go, then you can move freely, and as for when you can see the main owner, the post house will naturally report your request to see. And then you just wait.

After Zhong Xuan settled down, he took two servants to the street, and the post house also arranged for a few guards to follow from afar, but they would not interfere with Zhong Xuan's actions.

Zhong Miao had never been to Fuzhou before, and he didn't know that Fuzhou had actually changed a lot, and the population was getting more and more. There were naturalized Shanyue people, Taihu Lake and Poyang water thieves who had scattered to live here, ordinary people who had emigrated from the surrounding villages and towns, and poor hired farmers who had fled from the south.

Compared with Lianyungang, Fuzhou naturally looks quite shabby, not to mention Miyun, and the faces of the people here are not like the people of Lianyungang who smile when they meet everyone. Full of confidence and friendliness, the people of Fuzhou still seem a little timid and humble, but the smiles on their faces are also common, which is still clearly different from the people in Cao Cao's territory.

Zhong Xuan saw a small vendor selling wooden daily necessities, who was looking up at the sky from time to time with a sad face, and walked forward with some curiosity, and picked up a pen holder with quite ordinary workmanship from the stall.

"The stall owner. How much does it cost? ”

"Wuwen."

"So expensive?"

"It's not expensive, it's lacquered and durable1

This vendor is a little stupid, he can't sell his goods skillfully, and his expression is still a little impatient, but he still has the patience to talk to Zhong Xuan.

"Stallholder, why are you so restless?"

"Well, sir, to tell you the truth, I'm worried that it's getting dark. I haven't sold a few things, and the family is still waiting for me to eat. ”

"The stall owner eats by this craft?"

"yes1

"Didn't you farm?"

"Naturally, Mr. is a foreigner, don't you know about our Fuzhou affairs?"

"Well, I turned out from it."

"No wonder. But I can't say a word or two about this, my family just came to Fuzhou, and it is impossible to harvest this field, so I took advantage of my free time to earn some money to subsidize my family. ”

"I see, the government only gives you land, and won't rent some rice and grain for you first?"

"Well, this is also there, but why do you need to borrow money when you have hands and feet?"

"This" Zhong Xuan was asked, how to answer this question? But the problem is that now this vendor is obviously worried that he will not make money and the family will starve!

"Didn't you say you were worried that the family would starve?"

"Starving? No, no, sir, you misunderstood, I was worried that the time was late, and the store that received the goods was closed, and these goods could not be exchanged for money, and I promised my son to buy meat and go back1

"Oh, that's the case, isn't the price of the receipt relatively low?"

"Hehe, that's right, that's why I came here to set up a stall, and some of the ones that can be sold are some, and if I can't sell them, I will take them to the store and sell them together."

"Where was the stall owner from?"

"It's from Ganxian County in the south."

"Why did you come to Fuzhou?"

"Hehe, didn't I hear from the villagers that the government here has a field to divide."

"It's very attractive, hehe, how does this compare to Gan County?"

"It's a heaven and an underground, as long as you are willing to work here, you will definitely not have a bad stomach, the neighbors who came to the workshop early have white rice to eat, and you can eat meat every three or five times, you see I farm during the day, and do carpenter work at night, the weaver in my family can also earn some, although our family can not eat meat every three or five times, but I can always eat two or three times a month, and I am content 1

Zhong Xuan said goodbye to the stall owner with a pen holder, and his mood was a little complicated.

The next day, Zhong Miao visited Fang Zhiwen with this pen holder.

"Yuan Chang, what do you mean by taking such a gift? It looks like the workmanship is very ordinary, is it the handiwork of Yuan Chang? ”

"No, hehe, this is what I bought on the street side of Fuzhou." Zhong Xuan said a scene that happened on the street yesterday, and at the end, he said with some emotion: "Although Lord Fang does not say that Ze was born, but it does benefit one party, and this gift is a proof that the people live and work in peace and contentment." ”

Fang Zhiwen glanced at Taishi Zhaorong beside him, smiled and said, "This gift is good." Then I'll take it, what is Yuan Chang doing here? ”

"My lord, now that the war in the Central Plains is raging again, seeing that the people are about to fall into the flames of war, do you have to turn a blind eye?"

"Huh. Yuan Chang laughed, now the court has Cao Cao's dispatch and control inside, and there are strong generals fighting outside, and foreign ministers like me, that is, do their duty, and it is the greatest ability to stabilize one side and benefit one side. As for the Central Plains, that's not something I can put in the beak. ”

Zhong Xuan shook his head and said seriously: "My lord, we don't guess what thoughts Liu Bei harbors, but Yuan Shao has always been dissatisfied with the imperial court, and it is already known to the world. Cao Gong waved his army to attack, but he was ordered by the sky, why didn't the adults participate in the grand event? ”

"Yuan Chang, this matter has been mentioned, how about Yuan Shao, that's all speculation, you can't say that he has the ability to rebel, just say that he rebelled. What's more, Cao Cao's position as prime minister is probably not a legitimate thing, and everyone in the world says that Cao Cao colluded with outsiders and caused trouble to the world. ”

"This, this is a bloody mouth, is there any evidence?"

"Yes, there is no evidence, if there is, I would have raised the banner of righteousness and killed Cao Cao first1

"Well, it's different for Yuan Shao"

"Yuan Chang, I know your temperament. There are many things that are not as simple as you think, so you should tell me directly, what Cao Cao wants. ”

"Well, this is okay, Cao Gong said, Youzhou is in need of manpower to develop, and the battle of the Central Plains will have a lot of captives and homeless people, I hope that the adults can share the worries and solve the difficulties for the imperial court."

"Oh? Population1 Fang Zhiwen's eyes lit up, this Cao Cao's bait was really tempting.

"Exactly, the imperial court is also unable to deal with these populations, and the imperial court's treasury is now a light and incapable of helping, and adults also happen to need manpower, isn't this a good thing to kill two birds with one stone1

"Yes, but what does Cao Cao want."

"Without him, it's just food and supplies.1

"Hehe, this is not impossible, however, we will not take over these things directly, I heard that the alien city of Guangling is quite powerful, Yuan Chang told Cao Cao, or you can trade with the other side."

"I understand this below, and I will definitely tell Cao Gong in the next."

Sending Zhong Xuan away, Fang Zhiwen thought about something with a smile, and He Qi on the side couldn't help but ask: "Lord, don't you want to weaken Cao Cao, why do you want to agree to Cao Cao's deal, isn't this tantamount to implying that Cao Cao will not take substantive action against Cao Cao1."

"Hehe, yes, that's what it means, Cao Cao uses the population as bait, and what he wants to get is this tacit understanding, as long as we don't do it, Cao Cao can let go and deal with Yuan Shao, but although we don't do it to Cao Cao, we didn't say that we won't help Yuan Shao, the most important thing is that the population is such a thing, it must not be missed, the smaller the population, the more stable the Central Plains, and we are willing to do things that can take away the population from the Central Plains."

"It seems that Cao Cao has seen through our thoughts1

Tian Zhi said solemnly.

Fang Zhiwen smiled and waved his hand: "It's normal to see through it, it's strange if you can't see through it, Cao Cao can stand out from the crowd, how can it be easy to match him!" Childish, don't always think about hiding and deceiving your opponent, you should think about defeating him with integrity, strategists are definitely not synonymous with conspiracy. ”

"Oh, I remember 1

"Okay, our things in Fuzhou are almost over, pack up, we are ready to go north to Moling."

"Go north to Moling, lord, those people in the south don't care about them?"

"Don't you still believe in them, how long can those people in the south hold on, look at this." Fang Zhiwen raised the pen holder in his hand: "When the hired farmers in the south have come to Fuzhou, what are they still making trouble1."

"What if they adopt a policy similar to ours?"

"That's simpler, I'll just commend them, give them an official and thank them for implementing policy reforms for us! Hehe. "To be continued ...