The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes.

Success or failure turns empty, the country is still there, and the sunset is red several times.

On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.

A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet.

How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking.

……

Above the turbulent river, desolate singing resounded on the deck.

A building boat was parked in the middle of the river, accompanied by the rumbling sound of the river colliding with the embankment, on the deck, Cao Cao and Sun Ce were sitting opposite.

There was tea on the table, and behind the two sat Chen Qun and Zhou Yu respectively.

"Although Wang Xuan is a traitorous minister and ruthless, he is talented and learned, and this Linjiang Immortal is quite attained." After Cao Cao finished singing, he leisurely picked up the tea in front of him and drank it all.

In fact, no matter how urgent the previous discussion was, when it came to actual operation, it still relied on the following civil and military generals, especially when preparing to launch a full-scale attack this time.

The reason why this is so has something to do with the system of this era, or take Mizhu as an example.

The Mi family has its own independent estate.

What is a manor, that is, a small, independent kingdom that is basically self-sufficient.

Just like the pioneers in the legendary West, there are blacksmiths who are responsible for the production of farm tools, tools, and weapons, farmers who are responsible for planting land and cash crops, and their own mills, tailors, and carpenters, and even small school farms, after all, the manor also has its own protective force.

In this era, bandits are rampant, and you don't have to count on the protection of the surrounding cities, and by the time you call for help, send troops, and arrive, your manor is definitely a ruined area.

As for where did the bandits come from?

is that the Mi family itself has fed several bandits in the mountains, and no one has any black work.

And all of these families are like this, this is the legendary farming heirloom, which pays attention to self-sufficiency.

Since this is a full-scale war, of course, it can't all rely on Cao Cao's own efforts, these families also have to mobilize their forces, that is, Mi Zhu was able to support Liu Bei's army composed of tens of thousands of slaves, not to mention Xun, Chen, Zhong, Xu, Zhang, Xi and other families.

It's really a family that has been heirlooms of poetry and books for hundreds of years!

In the Han Dynasty, the official army was divided into two types: the central army and the local army, but in fact, during the time of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, he completely eliminated the county soldiers.

And how can local soldiers ensure law and order?

The handful of people led only by the thief Cao?

In fact, due to serious land annexation, there were very few yeoman farmers in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the common people were basically reduced to tenants.

Even wasteland is not allowed to be cultivated privately, not by law, but by clan, and it can be cultivated with the permission of the clan, but the ownership is still the clan's, but you are only allowed to farm, and you have to pay rent to the clan.

The local government is completely based on the clan as the basic administrative unit, and the private soldiers of the clan who are related to the clan are also responsible for public security issues.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" recorded: "Cao Hong, Taizu's younger brother...... There are more than 1,000 soldiers in General Hong's family, and Taizu will be in a good position."

This record shows that many powerful landlords at that time had family soldiers and used them to participate in wars to achieve their political goals.

Taking Huangfu Song as an example, when he presided over the Xiliang War, there were three soldiers, some recruits, some family soldiers, and some of the central army of the imperial court.

Therefore, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when there was no local army and local security was maintained by the private soldiers of various families, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was very funny.

This is also the reason why the war was quickly brought under control after Emperor Ling of Han ordered the local army to be recruited to defend against the rebels, and when the holy decree of the party was lifted, it was immediately extinguished.

Well, there's a certain amount of loss of control in there, but it's not a big problem.

Whoever owns the land should be to go back and rebuild the homeland, and as for the labor force, some displaced people can be recruited, and it will not take long to resume production.

As for that little loss, it is not worth mentioning compared to what is gained, and the real losses are the only remaining homesteaders.

Okay, it's far away, back to the present, Cao Cao is now waiting, waiting for those big families under his rule to coordinate and mobilize resources and organize troops, after all, it will be very troublesome when they are dispersed into a family with one surname, it is really simple if Cao Cao, the king of Wei, sends troops, it is not so troublesome, so he has the leisure to make tea on the river with Sun Ce.

In fact, even Cao Cao and Sun Ce didn't talk seriously......

It's not improper...... How to say that.

After all, the age gap is too big, Cao Cao is in his forties, Sun Ce is only in his twenties, and his father is the same age, what serious topics can the two of them talk about.

Don't think crookedly, although they are both the masters of one side, but the actual power is not the same, there is no common language, what they talk about is nothing more than the eventful years of Sun Jian in the past, after all, except for Sun Jian, the two have nothing in common.

As for scolding Wang Xuan and Liu Bei behind his back, that wasn't shameful enough.

The reason for this exchange is just to show the sincerity of the cooperation between the two sides, and the real negotiation Chen Qun will have a good chat with the big family of Soochow on his behalf.

When he got off the ship, Cao Cao stood on the shore, looking at the battleship that was gradually moving away, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, "The only heroes in the world are Liu Bei, Wang Xuan and Cao Er." ”

Chen Qun was slightly stunned, but he didn't refute anything, Liu Bei and Cao Cao needless to say, it was Wang Xuan, no matter how everyone scolded him in private, but in fact, no one didn't admire him.

"What does the lord think of this little overlord?"

"He, giving birth to a son should be like Sun Bofu, and he is ...... with that Zhou Gongjin" Cao Cao sighed, but what he thought in his heart was that his son could be as handsome as Sun Zhou, "The two of them add up, it's half of it, after all, there is more than enough to keep it, and it can't be aggressive." ”

Well...... With Cao Cao's honor, this is basically impossible, if this is the case, then I am afraid that there are things in it, I am afraid that Cao Cao himself will blow up the temple.

After playing with a wife all my life, I was turned green, is it unbearable!

……

Jizhou, Zhending New Town.

"In the next meeting, Yu Yao, Yu Ze, Zifeng, has seen the national teacher."

Wang Xuan was half-lying motionless on his Taishi chair, holding a big sun umbrella on it, glanced at Gan Ning, who had brought people to see him, and casually pointed to the side to indicate him to sit down, and then carefully glanced at the person in front of him.

Slender but very robust, dignified, but slightly rough and dark skin, he doesn't look like a simple literati, but has a feeling of being blown by the sea breeze all year round, anyway, Wang Xuan smells a trace of the salty smell of the sea.

It's the real taste of the sea, tainted from the outside!