Chapter 70: Preparing for a Great War

Diao Chan nodded, and then asked, "Sir, in what name should the concubine write a letter to Kong Ming?" ”

"You just tell him that there are some things that need to be dealt with in Yuzhou now, let him come over as soon as possible, if you delay the time, you may not be able to see me for the last time."

"It doesn't seem like a good thing to write like that."

Diao Chan was obviously a little hesitant after listening to Ye Hui's words, but Ye Hui waved his hand.

"I let you write like this, naturally I have my reasons, now Liu Bei is stationed in Jingzhou, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, they are all eyeing Jingzhou."

"They must not be worried that Kong Ming will leave, if I don't say something serious in the letter, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave."

"That's how the concubine was written."

"Good!"

Then Diao Chan wrote a letter in a free way:

Mr. Kong Ming said:

The concubine is Diao Chan, thanks to Mr. Shuijing's refusal to give up, to serve Mr. around, Mr. has been occasionally infected with wind and cold recently, and his body has deteriorated, and he has been missing Mr. Kong Ming every day, and he has never forgotten Mr. in his dreams.

The concubine can temporarily put aside the military affairs of Jingzhou and go to Yuzhou to visit Mr. Shuijing, so as to comfort Mr. and hope that Mr. will be healthy.

The concubine is worshipped!

After reading this letter, Ye Hui nodded with satisfaction: "During this time, your handwriting has become more and more beautiful. ”

"Mr. has been guiding on the side, and the concubine's body has naturally made rapid progress, all thanks to Mr.'s contributions."

"But now that there are frequent wars, I'm afraid that in the near future, it will be difficult for us to live in peace, you can inform Lu Lingqi in a while, let her prepare more potatoes, and let Kong Ming take them away when the time comes."

Potatoes are a food that can not only be stored for a long time, but also have a higher yield.

The main thing is that potatoes taste significantly better than those whole grains, and they are cooked in more ways.

Therefore, since Ye Hui took over Yuzhou, he began to vigorously promote the potato planting technology, so that most of the land in Yuzhou has now begun to try to grow potatoes.

And the yield of potatoes themselves is higher, at least several times higher than that of the previous grains.

Therefore, Yuzhou is now able to gather so many soldiers and horses for training.

Ye Hui can still pay no taxes to the imperial court in the past three years, so he is fully confident that he will build Yuzhou into an iron barrel within three years.

When the time comes, it will be possible to make this territory the most powerful capital of the Three Kingdoms!

Now almost all the granaries have been filled with potatoes, which also brings great confidence to these people.

No matter who is the emperor, the people only hope that they can eat enough and live and work in peace and contentment.

So life now is what they want.

After Ye Hui came here, he began to carry out drastic reforms, and all blacksmith shops were requisitioned into public ownership, and at the same time began to teach them some techniques for smelting metals.

In this way, the weapons used by the soldiers in Yuzhou are obviously of better quality than those used by the soldiers in other states and counties.

"I understand, sir, how much military rations do you need to send to Kong Ming?"

"Give him most of the grain in the granary, but let him take it away secretly, don't let Cao Cao know, and don't say to the outside world that these grains are military food!"

"The concubine understands!"

Diao Chan is a smart person, and she knows all of Ye Hui's plans now.

The situation in the world is also very clear now, it is nothing more than that Cao Cao has too much power and owns the northern counties, while Sun Quan is now in Jiangdong.

What's more, Sun Quan still has a lot of shrewd soldiers, including Zhou Yu.

Jiangdong was originally across the river from the north, and if Cao Cao really wanted to attack Jiangdong on a large scale, he would inevitably have to cross the river, but Cao Cao's soldiers were good at land warfare but not water warfare.

So at the moment, Cao Cao should not wave his army to attack Wu.

It is more likely that it will attack Jingzhou.

As long as the Jingzhou main road is opened, it will be easy to cross the river and attack Wu in the future.

Although Ye Hui has not been walking outside recently, he has a very clear control over the movements of the princes from all walks of life.

often makes some analysis, Diao Chan has been listening to the side, and over time he has become half a military strategist.

"Mr. just gave Kong Ming some grain and grass this time, didn't he lend Kong Ming some soldiers and horses?"

"After all, Yuzhou is just a small place, just such a small place, it is not enough to pry the princes from all walks of life, so even if all the soldiers in Yuzhou are exhausted, I am afraid that they are not Cao Cao's opponents, since this is the case, it is better to preserve the strength......"

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and the letter was finally delivered to Jingzhou.

When this letter was sent to Kong Ming, he was reading, and although he had not received any information about Yuzhou recently, he also knew that it was also a good thing.

At the very least, this means that his teacher did not defect to Cao Cao.

If this teacher of his own is really biased towards Cao Cao, then he is also ready to find another way.

"Report to the military division, there is a letter from Yuzhou!"

Hearing that it was a letter from Yuzhou, Zhuge Liang immediately came to the spirit: "Hurry up and bring it!" ”

Immediately after that, the messenger immediately delivered the letter.

Zhuge Liang took the letter and opened it immediately, and when he saw the contents inside, his hand shook violently, and then tears flowed down.

It just so happened that Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei here at this time, and seeing Zhuge Liang sitting in front of the table with tears in his eyes, Liu Bei opened his mouth and asked, "Military advisor, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly wiped his tears.

"Lord, the tutor is seriously ill, and he often remembers me in his heart before the sickbed, and this letter is written by the female relatives around the tutor."

Subsequently, Zhuge Liang handed the letter to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also sighed after reading the letter.

"It's really Mr. Lao, in the blink of an eye, I have been in the army for many years, but I have not been filial piety in front of Mr. Shuijing's hall, since Mr. is seriously ill and often misses the military division, then the military division might as well go to Yuzhou to visit."

"Lord, but now there is Sun Quan in the south, Cao Cao in the north, and Jingzhou is tired, it can be said that the tiger and wolf are fed, how can I leave at this time?"

Zhuge Liang's words were more for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Because since he served as a military advisor, these two people have always disobeyed his orders, but have always thought that he wants to replace Liu Bei's position in the army.

Liu Bei heard these words and hurriedly said: "Even so, it can't prevent Kong Ming from going back to fulfill your filial piety, if you really have the heart, please return as soon as possible after returning to Yuzhou, and share the overall situation with me." ”

At this time, Guan Yu touched his beard and said, "A certain family is willing to go with the military advisor!" ”