Yuan Shao's death didn't seem to have set off much of a storm, and it didn't even take the opportunity to make money as Xu You thought, and everything seemed to be no different from before.

In fact, this is definitely a depth charge, and the people under the undercurrent have all made their own calculations because of Yuan Shao's death.

Not to mention the distance, the reason why Sima Yi felt that the Sima family could not dodge it was because he saw that Yuan Shao's death would cause turmoil and tilt the balance of victory in the Central Plains to Cao Cao, so he decided to go to Huaixian;

For example, Chen Deng also felt that from the perspective of the general trend, Cao Cao was more advantageous, with the death of Yuan Shao, the Northern Congress fell into a large period of division, and when it came to plunder, Lu Bu was not as good as Cao Cao, so the resentment that had accumulated in his heart also began to erupt.

The thoughts of the two are actually a reflection of the thoughts of the major families.

The families are still like this, not to mention the biggest beneficiaries of the Cao Lu family.

If it weren't for Guo Jia's grand strategy having been decided, and the Cai family in Jingzhou frequently flattered him, he really had the idea to rush to Jizhou, especially now in the autumn harvest, not to mention attacking the city, grabbing the land can take away two or three hundred thousand stones, grain and grass.

But he never moved.

Of course, in addition to Guo Jia's generous strategy, there is another very important reason, that is, Xuzhou can bear it without any moves.

Cao Cao had to take care of a problem, if he led the army north, if Yuan Shang did not play his cards according to common sense and really pulled the army out to confront, then the front line would become a huge quagmire, giving Lu Bu the advantage of being a preemptive strike.

After thinking about it a few times, Cao Cao still chose to brake quietly, but he sighed in his heart that Lu Bu's mind was becoming more and more stable now.

But where does Lu Bu himself actually have such good patience, you must know that his gains in the Central Plains War are compared with Cao Cao, which is the difference between cloud and mud.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Yuan Shao's hatred reached Xuzhou, Lu Bu began to gear up to make a big move, because at this time, Qingzhou must be in a panic, and the army is unstable, and it is an excellent time to kill the Quartet and seize territory.

Even Zhang Xiu and others have come to ask for war a few times, but they have all been refuted by Lin Mo.

For this reason, Lu Bu was very depressed in his heart, if it was his previous character, maybe he would have gone his own way.

Here, it can only be said that Wei Xu's death is still very valuable, thinking of what Lin Mo said after that defeat, no matter when, the opinions of the two Weng and son-in-law in this army should be the same, otherwise it will only bring disaster upon themselves.

Therefore, Lu Bu is smart, no matter how unhappy he is, he must be patient and grind with Lin Mo.

"Yunwen, are you worried that when I lead my troops north, Cao Cao will take the opportunity to make trouble? I have discussed this issue with Gongtai, Wenhe, Oh yes, and Yuanzhi, you can consider grabbing the land first and not attacking the city.

It was I who led 20,000 troops to the north, and at this time, Yuan Tan would definitely not dare to go out of the city to fight with me, so he asked the soldiers to take the opportunity to harvest the wheat fields in Qingzhou, so that they could earn him more than 100,000 or 200,000 stone of grain and grass.

I don't think it's a big problem, if you really don't worry, you can transfer the soldiers and horses in the city to Xiaoguan first, deter Cao Cao, if it's really dangerous, I can't use two days to come and go, you know the speed of the red rabbit horse. ”

Peng Cheng, Lin Mo of the examination office turned his back to Lu Bu and turned a deaf ear to his kind words.

He walked to the grinding disc on the side, picked up a hand of powder, frowned and said, "It should be about the same, after high-temperature calcination, it should theoretically be finished cement." ”

Then he took it to Lu Bu and said with a smile: "Lord Yue, this is a good thing, with them, Huainan should not be destroyed by the breaking of the embankment every once in a while." ”

During this time, Lin Mo was obsessed with all kinds of inventions, one of which was cement.

In this era, it is not too difficult to make cement, and at the same time, the technical barriers are strong enough, and it is still worth spending some time tossing.

First of all, of course, the raw materials are quicklime, clay, iron ore and coal.

Clay is the main material of pottery, this thing has been available for a long time, as for iron ore and coal, it is not too difficult to obtain, it is just that quicklime is a little troublesome.

In this era, quicklime has not been widely used, but Lin Mo knows how to obtain it, but he finds limestone, and then calcines it at high temperature and then becomes quicklime.

With the current manpower and financial resources of the nine counties, it is not too difficult to find these.

However, after a few tosses, Lin Mo found that the viscosity and hardness of the cement he made were a little far from the difference in later generations.

In the end, I remembered that I forgot to mix gypsum into the finished product and grind it into powder.

It is the final product in front of him, although it has not been used in real tests, but Lin Mo feels that it is not bad.

Although there are technical barriers to cement, it is not realistic to use it to make money.

First of all, ordinary people are thatched houses made of mud bricks, and people can't afford to buy cement.

As for the family, in fact, they don't need it, because they don't lack serfs, and if there is any quality problem in the house, it can be repaired.

Even the princes of all walks of life are actually not eager for cement, because this thing is to strengthen the city wall, but even in the Central Plains, unless an important pass or strategic town will add green bricks to the surface of the rammed earth city wall, the others are not able to strengthen it at all.

So, after all, this thing is still for your own use.

However, Lin Mo still needs cement very much at present, because he found that in the past two years, too much manpower and financial resources have been spent on the restoration of river embankments and water damage in Lujiang, Jiujiang and even Guangling and other areas.

If the embankment can be strengthened with cement, then over time, the investment in these areas can be greatly reduced.

And, in the long run, cement will have to be made sooner or later.

In Lin Mo's opinion, it was also an artifact-level invention.

But in Lu Bu's opinion, compared to the current invasion of the Northern Kingdom, this thing is not important at all, he directly grabbed a handful of cement perfunctorily, nodded and said: "Okay, good, it's another disaster for the country and the people. No, it is an invention that benefits the country and the people, so can the north send troops? ”

"Master Yue, I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry about it yet."

Lin Mo patted the cement in his hand, the dust was flying, and he explained casually: "If we lead our troops to the north now, why did we return the prisoners of war from the north to Yuan Tan before?" Isn't it a stone to be struck in the foot? ”

Lu Bu didn't think so, shook his head and said: "At first, you did this, and asked me to write an invitation and letter to Yuan Tan, I thought it was to have enough time to rest after the two sides quit the army, so that even after the northern country regrouped, the pressure would only be on Cao Cao's side, and we could watch the fire from the other side."

But at this time and that time, Yuan Shao was not dead at that time, and the northern country was not in chaos, and now"

"There is nothing here and there, everything is advancing on the road I envisioned, so please be more patient with Lord Yue."

When Lin Mo said this, Lu Bu was a little confused.

What does it mean that everything is advancing on the road you envisioned, he looked back at Lin Mo tactically, "Could it be that you already knew that Yuan Shao would die of illness?" ”

Well, there are some things that I don't know how to explain, and it doesn't hurt to mythologize, Lin Mo said: "After the Central Plains War, I watched the sky at night, and I already knew that Yuan Shao's life would not be long, and as soon as he died, our plan would be half successful." ”

Hiss~

Lu Bu immediately felt goosebumps, don't you only compete with Ling'er at night, and you even know how to watch the sky at night?

This is a lofty skill, and it always makes people feel that the other party has a special ability.

Looking at Lin Mo's calm and unwavering appearance, Lu Bu began to believe that this was true.

Although there have been rumors in the market that his son-in-law will have supernatural powers, the old father-in-law knows in his heart that his son-in-law does have talents that have passed through the heavens and latitudes, but he definitely doesn't know any supernatural powers.

Now, he felt that he still didn't know enough about his son-in-law, and the anxiety in his heart immediately retreated, and asked, "Then how should I deal with myself?" ”

"I heard that Yuan Shang took over Yuan Shao's position, this son-in-law must be very jealous of Yuan Tan, shouldn't Lord Yue-in-law write a letter to Yuan Tan to appease and appease?"

"Placate him?" Lu Bu became more and more confused about what medicine was sold in Lin Mo's gourd.

"Lord Yue, as I expected, after Yuan Shang stabilizes the situation in the northern country, he will definitely clean up Yuan Tan's soldiers, horses, and grain on hand, and he will not be able to compete with Yuan Shang at all."

Lin Mo made a gesture of please, pulled the old father-in-law and said as he walked: "Yuan Tan, who is at the end of his rope, may give up resistance because of this, but if Lord Yuezhang gives him a way to live, will Yuan Tan be grateful, or even take help?" ”

Lu Bu, who was halfway through, suddenly stopped, seriously pondering the meaning of Lin Mo's words.

After a while, his pupils suddenly converged, and he exclaimed, "I understand, you want to borrow Yuan Tan to enter the Northern Kingdom?" ”

"This will save a lot of trouble, and after all, the Yuan family is the fourth and third princes, and there are many families in the northern country, and there are many soldiers, horses, money, and food, don't say that we can't fight, we really can't eat it, and we can't sit still."

"So, you have to blackmail Yuan Tan to order the northern kingdom" Lu Bu is completely enlightened.

Where is his son-in-law who has no mind for the northern country, his mind is much bigger than his own, he just wants to fight the autumn breeze and make some benefits, you are good, you want to eat the northern country in one go.

But after thinking about it, this is indeed a clever move, once Yuan Tan is in a desperate situation, he will definitely come to his aid several times, and it will be an excellent time to enter the northern country.

And after entering the northern country, Yuan Tan opened the way for the Yuan family, and many families and people loyal to Yuan Tan will respond.

In this battle, you only need to face Yuan Shang alone, and even the trouble of the follow-up Fumin can be greatly reduced.

The division is famous, and it can be done in Qingzhou without a single soldier.

Wonderful.

Great!

As for Yuan Tan's final destination, it is a big deal to be able to eat and drink like Cao Cao, and he is absolutely sure of a poor son.

"Good, good! I'm going to write to Yuan Tan now! Don't fight Qingzhou, if you need to, you can also ask him if he lacks food and grass, haha! Lu Bu couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

Sure enough, this kid was not idle at any time, fortunately this time I learned wisely and did not forcibly use troops, otherwise it would ruin Yunwen's plan.

"You, if you have any big plans in the future, you have to tell me in advance, I can't sleep well these days." On the way back, Lu Bu had some resentment.

"Didn't you want to see if Lord Yue-in-law would go his own way?" Lin Mo laughed and quipped.

"Presumptuous."

Lu Bu glanced at Lin Mo and said, "Forget it this time, if you dare to commit it again, you will not be spared." ”

Lin Mo shrugged his shoulders, the old father-in-law was so happy, right, he wouldn't be scared anymore.

Qingzhou, Pingyuan County, Pingyuan County, in the council hall, Yuan Tan paced back and forth uneasily.

His situation was even worse than Lin Mo expected.

After Yuan Shao's death, he had the intention to go back to mourn, but when he thought that Yuan Shang had ascended the throne, he was really afraid that he would take the opportunity to make trouble, and even the Xin brothers did not recommend him to go back at this time.

However, not going back does not mean that Yuan Shang has no way to clean him up, and when he ascends to the throne, he has the absolute right to control the northern country, for example, in front of him, a herald came to Yecheng, demanding that Yuan Tan return to Yecheng immediately, otherwise he will be cut off from his food, grass and ordnance supplies.

Don't look at Yuan Tan still has an army of 100,000 on hand, what about Qingzhou, there are also some tax harvests in the autumn harvest, and there will be no trouble in a short time.

But if you disobey this military order, it will be equivalent to a clear rebellion.

If it is declared a rebel, not only will the food, grass and ordnance be gone, but even many local families will immediately cut off contact.

This can almost be regarded as a conspiracy, no matter what Yuan Tan does, he will fall into passivity.

To say that Yuan Shang doesn't understand mental strategy, it's obviously not.

It's just an insider in the civil war and an outsider in the foreign war.

"Sir, what should I do now?" Yuan Tan looked at the Xin brothers helplessly.

In the past, the two of them were also high-spirited and scolded Fang Xuan, but after such a situation, they began to cherish words like gold, because they themselves didn't have a decision about what to do.

Let Yuan Tan return to Yecheng, it is obviously impossible, once he goes back, it is equivalent to being captured, with the conflict with the past and the discipline and trial, the Xin brothers will not escape the fate of the burial.

Don't go back? I have to come up with an explanation, if Yuan Shang directly declares them rebels, the Xin family will be directly imprisoned for this.

In fact, the two brothers had no intention of giving advice to Yuan Tan at this moment, because they first had to ensure their future, and they supported Yuan Tan because they felt that he was the heir.

Now that they have lost this great position, the two of them have begun to waver.

Before Tian Feng died, he said that the Xin brothers were flatterers, but unfortunately Yuan Tan didn't listen to it, he didn't know that Tian Feng didn't make any mistakes when he looked at people.

If history does not change, when Yuan Tan asked Cao Cao for help, he sent Xin Bi to be an envoy.

Good guy, after this goods arrived, he directly suggested that Cao Cao take down Yuan Tan, which can not be described as disloyal.

What advice can you give to these two brothers at the moment, they can't do anything themselves.

"Report! Childe, there is a messenger asking to see you! A sergeant ran in and gave him his hand.

All three were taken aback by the movement.

At such times, any messenger may have arrived with a amulet.

Yuan Tan frowned, closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Bring it in." ”

The matter has come to this point, and it is time to face it whether it is a blessing or a curse.

Repentance, regret not being at the beginning.

If Mr. Tian is still here, An can make me go to this dead end

(End of chapter)