The territory of the Han Dynasty was vast, but although it was extremely large, it did not mean that these places were generally prosperous.

In this era, the most prosperous areas were naturally in the Central Plains and Hebei, which were the core areas of the Han Dynasty's economy, people's livelihood, etc., and it can even be said that these two regions were the core of the Han Dynasty.

In comparison, the south is not so valued - just look at the division of states and counties in the Han Dynasty, you can know that such a large place in the north was divided into more than a dozen states, while in the south there were only three or four places that were equally large.

Among them, Jiaozhou, Yangzhou and other regions under their jurisdiction are almost equivalent to two or three states in the north. If you look at it at it, you still think that it will be very good to serve in these two places, but in fact, those two places are no different from the bitter cold land outside the Sai Dynasty for the people of the Han Dynasty, and they are both barren lands.

Coupled with the fact that the mountains and hills are endless, and there are local natives living in the high mountains, the imperial court's control over the south is very weak, and even many areas controlled by the Han Dynasty are inhabited by many indigenous people who do not obey the laws of the Han Dynasty at all.

At the same time, the population of the south is much smaller than that of the north, except for the areas along the Yangtze River, there are few people in the mountains and mountains of the south - regardless of the size of the area, in fact, most of it is wasteland.

Cao Cao looked at this map and found that there were still large tracts of land in the southwest, and although he did not know what the situation was like in the places where the Nanban was under jurisdiction and further south, he felt that the southwest was already poor enough and the rivers were bad, and it would not be even worse to go further south? Compared with those places controlled by the Han Dynasty, although there were many things that were difficult to deal with, it was more cost-effective to really make up the mind to move some displaced people over and then develop them on a large scale than to attack the southwest.

"Could it be that Your Majesty asked me to govern the south?"

His face changed for a while, but soon he himself felt that this idea was too unreliable, and after thinking about it, the most likely thing was to let himself lead his troops to conquer more land.

Liu Xuan saw Cao Cao standing there silent for a long time, knowing that he couldn't figure it out, so he nodded to the northeast of the Han Dynasty: "Why should Meng De just stare at that side, there are also a lot of lands and alien races waiting for you to conquer here." ”

In addition to the fact that everyone knows that there was a large expanse of land in the west of the Han Dynasty, it was because the Xiongnu and other alien races who were enemies of the Han Dynasty were concentrated here. General Zhengxi had to guard against the invasion of the Xiongnu for many years, and naturally had extremely high power and status.

But Liu Xuan reminded Cao Cao...... Alien races, not only in the northwest, but also in the northeast, such as that Karasuma (or called Wuhuan), is not as friendly as the Xiongnu, Gongsun Chan has conflicts with Karasuma in Youzhou, and they don't know how many battles they have fought with each other.

At the same time, Liu Xuan learned that it was not peaceful in the east of Youzhou, that place was currently the territory of the Gao Goguryeo Dynasty, Liu Xuan had no idea about this dynasty, but he still attached great importance to that land.

There is a large area of land in the north of Youzhou, which is a land of poor mountains and bad rivers in the eyes of people at present, but Liu Xuan knows that the place is actually suitable for people to live in, and as long as there is a suitable grain seed, the northeast region will also be a high-yield grain area (or as long as there is a suitable grain seed, any area can become a grain base?).

More importantly, if you lay down the northeast, you can overlook the Korean Peninsula from the south, and then look at the Dongying islands across the sea. If you go north, it will be a larger and more expansive Siberian region, and at the same time, the northeast region is not like the steppes of the northern part of the state, and it is easy to lose your way if you rush into a large steppe recklessly.

If you rely on the Tohoku region to slowly move up, there will be no danger of losing your way, and at the same time, the Tohoku region is by the sea, and there is also a foundation for building a city, which will have a logistical support. Unlike on the grasslands, you need to find the right places to build a city, and these suitable places don't necessarily fit together in a straight line.

It can be said that Liu Xuan sees the Northeast as a pedal, so he has to incorporate that piece of land into his own territory no matter what.

"Here, within twenty years, it will become the land of the Great Han!"

Liu Xuan's circle not only circled the Northeast region, but even directly drew the Korean Peninsula into it. Cao Cao looked at it, and the ambition in his heart also burst out: "It will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations, and within twenty years, Your Majesty will definitely be asked to ride a horse and bend a bow on this land!"

The meaning of the words is nothing more than that Liu Xuan can walk his horse and hunt in that place at will, this is not just as simple as bringing that area into the control of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's words are equivalent to making a promise, within twenty years, not only will this area be brought down, but it will also be governed in an orderly manner - the place where the emperor can walk his horse and hunt at will, the minimum safety needs to be guaranteed, right? If it is an important border town, it is absolutely impossible to do those things.

Hearing the subtext of Cao Cao's words, Liu Xuan laughed: "Okay, seeing that Meng De has such ambitions, I am looking forward to the arrival of that day." ”

threw the long stick in his hand, and then waved his hand to Cao Bao, and the little eunuch immediately bent down to roll up the map, and then left with his arms to put the map away.

However, Cao Cao still looked at the map fixedly, and Liu Xuan said while beckoning Cao Cao to sit down: "When I leave later, I will ask Cao Bao to send Meng De a slightly smaller map." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Cao Cao was naturally very happy when he heard this, he looked at the world map, and many thoughts suddenly rose in his chest, but he didn't have a clue for a while. I didn't want the emperor to agree to give him a pair, so he was naturally very happy, and he was going to take it back to take a good look and study it.

Seeing Cao Cao's happy face, Liu Xuan knew that Cao Cao had finally eliminated the dissatisfaction in his heart, and then talked about cultivation again, and even asked casually: "Meng De has been cultivating for so long, what tricks can he comprehend?"

Cao Cao has followed him for the longest time, and his cultivation is also the longest, and Cao Cao's talent is not bad, he should have comprehended the tricks after cultivating for so long, but Cao Cao has been training soldiers and horses, so he has never shown it.

This time he talked to Cao Cao alone, Liu Xuan was curious and asked.

"The minister learned the Excalibur and Excalibur Flash!"

When the Divine Sword is used, a long sword condensed by the True Yuan will appear, and then it will fly into the air and stab vertically. At the same time, the stab will also bring out a small shower of sword rain, and the amount and duration of this 'sword rain' are related to the user's cultivation. And Excalibur Foil is to add two more of the same attack on the basis of Excalibur.

"Oh, two moves?"

Liu Xuan didn't expect Cao Cao to comprehend two moves at once, but the Divine Sword and the Divine Sword Flash are both skills of a routine, at most a low-level and an intermediate-level relationship, so it is not surprising that Cao Cao comprehended.

In addition, he also comprehended a trick of domineering. ”

This really surprised Liu Xuan, he originally thought that after he took Cao Cao's dragon qi, this Cao Cao would not comprehend the domineering move, because the domineering move requires a person who has been in the top position for a long time because of the long-term condescension that slowly affects his own true yuan, so he can comprehend it, not that you can use it if you know the operation theory of this trick.

To put it bluntly, it requires a specific True Yuan Qi to do it, and those who have dragon qi are naturally no problem, but Cao Cao ......

Liu Xuan could only sigh with emotion: "Sure enough, some people are domineering because of natural skills, and others can't envy them......"

If you speculate like this, then Liu Bei is more likely to comprehend domineering than Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao was intercepted and killed by Liu Xuan halfway before he got his part of the dragon qi, and Liu Bei more or less let it exist in his body for a considerable period of time, and at the same time almost gave it to warm and grow.

"Excalibur!"

Liu Xuan suddenly remembered something and asked Cao Cao, "I heard that Meng De has a sword, and he usually never leaves his hand, but I don't know if I can bring it?"

Cao Cao didn't understand why this topic jumped to his saber all of a sudden, but he still replied immediately: "I brought it, but it ......."

Liu Xuan nodded, he naturally understood what was going on--when he went to court, he had to hand over his sword, and he would return it to him when he left--he called Zhang Liao in, and then instructed for a while, Zhang Liao went to get Cao Cao's sword.

"I exterminated Li Dao this time, but I didn't get any gains, but I got a few demon knives, and I guess Meng De also knew about it. ”

Of course Cao Cao knew, just seeing Lu Bu touching his Fang Tian painting halberd with a smile all day long, Cao Cao even got goosebumps. However, he was also a little envious in his heart, he now understood why Lu Bu cared so much about that Fang Tian Painting Halberd - since he comprehended the domineering, he felt that his saber was no longer so handy.

"Something I heard!"

Raising his eyes to look at the emperor, he secretly wondered in his heart: "Could it be that the Son of Heaven wants to help him solve the weapon problem?"

Just thinking about it, Zhang Liao had already walked in with Cao Cao's sword, and after respectfully handing it to the emperor, he retreated directly to the side, and was about to walk away, when he saw Liu Xuan and said: "Wenyuan doesn't have to go away, just take a look, you will also learn this trick in the future!"

As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, a large mass of fragments was suspended in mid-air, fluttering around Cao Cao.

"Pick one!"

Cao Cao Zheng didn't know what it meant, so he heard the words of the Son of Heaven, and took a look around, this large piece of fragments looked no different, but Cao Cao vaguely felt that this selection was very important, so with his feelings, he chose one of the inconspicuous small pieces.

After selecting the fragments, Liu Xuan moved the pile of fragments to Zhang Liao again, and asked him to choose one as well, and when Zhang Liao finished choosing, he put away the fragments again.

"Today happened to teach you a set of tricks, and with this recipe in the future, you don't have to worry about weapons anymore. However, Meng De often commands troops, so this sword will be refined by me for you!"

Pulling the long sword with his hand, he only felt that the brilliance flashed in front of him, and the room was cold, Liu Xuan fixed his eyes and saw that the word 'Yitian' was written on the blade.

"This is the Heavenly Sword!"

Immediately asked for the fragment in Cao Cao's hand, slapped it on the blade of the sword, and the blade of the long sword rippled like water, and the fragment immediately disappeared into it.