In the first few days when Cao Cao was shocked to hear that Suiyang had fallen and Xiahoudun was seriously injured, the whole person was in an extremely uncalm state, and he couldn't listen to anything others told him.

At that time, his mind was full of fighting Yuan Shu and Lu Bu at the same time, and he had to take revenge.

However, when Xiahou Yuan fled back with all his beards and tails, Cao Cao quickly calmed down a lot.

Perhaps this is the biggest difference between him and Liu Bei - even if someone really kills Cao Cao's brother, after he is angry at the initial wave, he should be calm or calm.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the sixth day after Xiahouyuan returned, it was also the fourth day after Xiahouyuan was confirmed to be safe.

Cao Cao, who had hurried back to Xudu the night before, barely slept in the pain of the head wind, and early the next morning summoned his confidants and important ministers to come to Sikong Mansion to discuss how to deal with Lu Bu.

Xun Yu Guo Jia and the others hadn't come yet, Cao Peng Sima Lang was a little unbearable at first, and when he was helping him prepare the document file, he persuaded in a low voice: "Sikong is tired on the journey, I just rushed back from the front line of Chen County, I still have to rest more, and I ...... most tired from the headwind."

Cao Cao waved his hand impatiently: "The heart disease has not gone, and I can't sleep even if I sleep!" On the contrary, he is more and more tormented by the head wind, it is better to agree on the right thing first, maybe the condition can get better! Go and fetch a few more futons, and you may lean on them when you are in deliberations. ”

After a while, Xun Yu, Xun You, and Guo Jia arrived one after another.

Cao Cao's current four major strategists, only Cheng Yu could not attend today's meeting, but Cheng Yu also wrote a letter back, stating a few points of his opinion.

Lu Bu has always been insatiable, and he couldn't ask for Xuzhou last year. If he is really helpless, it is a big deal to give him the position of state pastor, and he can even be promoted to the general of the Quartet. In this way, maybe he will accept it after the court gives him a way out.

Considering that before Yuan Cao started the war, the total population of Yuan Shu's territory was still about 4 million, and it is not surprising that hundreds of thousands fled to Guangling.

Liu Bei, who was located in Guangling County, and Zhuge Jin, who was in Wuhu, got two months of very stable opportunities for peaceful development.

Fortunately, within two months, Cao Cao could not besiege Chen County and Ku County, which were guarded by tens of thousands of Yuan troops, so the battlefield of Chen County from early September to November should be a stalemate stage.

Even if Cao Cao sent a private envoy to contact him, the other princes would not know, but Lu Bu himself would despise Cao Cao even more because of this, which was not conducive to the subsequent establishment of rules.

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Although the total amount of pollution is the same, if it is placed upstream, the upstream and downstream will be polluted, and if it is placed downstream, most of the polluted areas will be avoided.

No matter how high Cheng Yu's IQ is, he can't prevent this kind of hard battle of reducing ten meetings with one force.

"Indeed, Lu Bu and Berning don't know each other at all, what kind of enmity can they have? Lu Bu and Yang Biao have no friendship, this is the fig leaf that Lu Bu pulled, if I change the way to give him a step, he should be able to stop......" Cao Cao thought secretly in his heart.

When Cao Cao heard such frustrating words, he couldn't help but feel that his head was getting more and more painful, so he had to take the futon and put it on the side of his body and lean on the couch:

Historically, in the three years from the reign of emperor to his demise, Yuan Shu lost hundreds of thousands to nearly one million people almost every year.

Liu Bei wanted to ask Zhuge Liang what he thought about this, whether it was good or bad for us, and if there was anything to do.

After hearing that Xun Yu had broken this point, Cao Cao finally calmed down a little and was willing to think seriously about this suggestion.

Moreover, there is a tug-of-war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu in Chen County, and there is a war in the northwest direction of Yuan Shu's territory, and the population must have given priority to the southeast in order to avoid the war.

Since the end of last year, after Cao Cao stabilized the situation on the side of Xudu, he felt that there was also a lack of resourceful people on the eastern front, so he sent Cheng Yu from the Beijing official in the middle of the court to the Taishou of Jiyin County, which could be regarded as responsible for assisting in the defense of Lu Bu.

Cao Cao saw that everyone had arrived, so he put Cheng Yu's recital and Lu Bujun's essay on the desk, and then asked Xun Yu and the other three for their opinions:

In the end, it was a big deal to give Man Boning a charge of bending the law for personal gain by using torture for unclear information and because of greed for merit, and he was temporarily removed from his official post and punished slightly. Find a few more school officials and cool officials who specifically handled Yang Biao's case, and put the blame on them, saying that Berning was also deceived by them.

However, the kind of gillnet that Zhuge Jin wanted, the application scenario is still too simple, and it cannot be replicated in other production environments, so it cannot be promoted on a large scale, and it is too restricted by the factor of "tidal fluctuations in the canal estuary".

And Liu Bei also happened to receive the news sent back from the front on this day-

Perhaps more than half of the three million people who disappeared in history were killed, starved to death in exile, or died by accident. But now, as long as Liu Bei and Zhuge Jin do a good job of receiving them in Guangling, Yuzhang, and Danyang, appease the people, and give the newcomers a bite to eat.

The biggest problem now is that all this is a deduction by his own strategists, and he has not received a response from Lu Bu. And it is not good for the imperial court to send an envoy to Lu Bu now, because the status of the imperial court is there, and it can only be passed on after the verdict is confirmed, not to negotiate the conditions.

"What kind of person is Lu Bu? How could he really care about Man Boning's life and death? Ming Gong also said just now that Lu Bu is greedy and unwise, this must be the excuse that Chen Gong found for Lu Bu.

Along the Yangtze River in the south, the number of people is relatively small, and there is only a wave every few days, but as long as it appears, it is basically a scale of more than 1,000 people, and it needs to be assembled into a civilian fleet to act.

"Since ancient times, I have never heard that the army will be withdrawn after the banner of 'Qingjun Side' is played, isn't this also an endless game? Can Lu Bu be so shameless, can he take it back after clearing the king's side? ”

In Xuyi and Huaiyin, the situation was the most serious, and almost every day, hundreds to thousands of people under Yuan Shu's rule fled down the Huai River to Liu Bei's territory.

However, in order to appease so many fugitives, Guangling's current grain production capacity alone is still far from enough.

Therefore, Cao Cao calculated that Qiao Rui and Li Feng expected to use one county to levy grain to maintain the consumption of their respective 20,000 or 30,000 troops, and at most they could only carry it until winter, and then they would run out of food and collapse.

But Cao Cao is also very tolerant, he will not be as eager as Liu Bei to have a grudge and immediately revenge, he can concentrate on dealing with another enemy first, this side is temporarily recorded in the account, and the general account will be calculated after the autumn.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia glanced at each other, and then Xun Yu spoke first to set the tone: "Sikong, although our army is inspired by the righteousness of the imperial court, the soldiers use their lives. But at present, the battle with the anti-thief Yuan Shu has become an endless situation.

Moreover, Gao Shun attacked the city too quickly, and broke the city forcefully in a few days, or climbed over Mangdang Mountain, could not carry heavy siege weapons, and could only build a flying ladder on the spot to hit the wood, without any bells and whistles.

Zhuge Liang was very aware of danger in times of peace, so in the past two months, he persuaded Liu Bei to strengthen the rectification and irrigation management of the polders in Sheyangze.

This time, Lu Bu succeeded in the sneak attack on Suiyang, and Cheng Yu cannot be blamed, on the one hand, there was indeed no accident in Jiyin County, where Cheng Yu himself was located, and it was Liang County next door to the south that had an accident.

It is almost impossible to negotiate in one round, because there is bound to be a bargain. If you bargain once, it will be 40 days later, and if you bargain twice, it will be two months.

Cao Cao asked rhetorically as he glanced at the rest of the strategists. Guo Jia and Cao Cao met their eyes, and then echoed and added:

"Duke Ming, during the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, after Emperor Xiaojing killed Chao Cuo, he also went to Liu Bi, the king of Wu, to persuade him to withdraw his troops. Although Liu Bi did not retreat, it was enough to show the world that the song of the world's chaos was in Wu and not in Emperor Xiaojing.

I believe that even if they borrow usury to the exiled people who are about to starve to death, and let them pay high land rent to repay their debts in the next few years, it can be regarded as benevolent government for them.

When Cao Cao heard this, he was more or less convinced that Lu Bu's matter could be resolved peacefully.

It's just that Zhuge Liang doesn't have too many population sources such as hidden households and Shanyue available, and the results are not as obvious and fast as the big brother's side.

It's a pity that the two sides are playing like this now, and I don't know when Chen Deng will come.

The timing of Cao Cao's attack this year was just after the autumn harvest and before the autumn grain was put into storage. Therefore, Cao Cao's attacking army was able to eat the wheat and millet that had just been harvested because of the grain to the enemy in Chen County.

As long as he is willing to withdraw his troops and attack Yuan Shu together with our army, these false titles can be discussed, and Lu Bu will not really die for Yuan Shu. ”

After letting the Shanyue people accept his rule, it was easier for the Han hermits who hid in the mountains to be detected.

Of course, Cao Cao is a grudge, and if something happens this time, he also knows that he will kill Lu Bu sooner or later.

If you do enough of these efforts, and then give Lu Bu Xu Guan, Lu Bu will most likely retreat. But if he is willing to immediately defect and attack Yuan Shu, he doesn't dare to guarantee it, and he may have to give Xu Guan more generously. ”

Yuan Shu for the protection of Yuan's foundation in Runan, will do whatever it takes to defend Chen County, the enemy and our armies have lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Chen, once one side gives up, it is the previous efforts are abandoned, the defeat is like a mountain.

After avoiding the pollution of river water in the mountainous areas, Zhuge Jin was able to teach the surplus labor force of the Shanyue people to plant tea trees in the terraced fields in the mountainous areas, or plant some potatoes.

Zhuge Liang wanted to continue to dig deep with Huang Yueying and get out the general-purpose gillnet that is not limited by the geographical environment, even if the yield of this general-purpose gillnet is lower, but it can expand the scale of the industry.

Now Liu Bei is still staying in Guangling, which happens to be downstream of Yuan Shu's territory. For the displaced people, drifting downstream along the river is the most labor-saving way to immigrate, and it is easier than going upriver and then crossing Tongbai Mountain to Jingzhou in Liubiao. Therefore, in the original history of the demise of Yuan Shu, it was Liu Biao who benefited the most from the population, but now it has naturally become Liu Bei.

One day in early September, Zhuge Liang finally had some eyebrows, made a new version of the experiment, and prepared to go to Liu Bei to show off.

However, since entering August, Guangling County has gradually begun to feel the trend of Yuan Shu's occupation area and the gradual eastward flow of people in the upper reaches of Jianghuai.

Although Lu Bu is hateful, but at this critical moment, he should still focus on appeasement for Lu Bu, since he sent a 'Qing Jun side' document, maybe there is still room to negotiate conditions. ”

Otherwise, once Lu Bu publicizes it, it will be too cheap, and it will seriously damage the prestige of the imperial court and cause the hearts of other princes to fluctuate.

The words are divided into two ends.

However, Qiao Rui and Li Feng did not have much grain in stock, and they only had time to grab the local grain in Chen County and Ku County. The grain of the other six counties of Chen County was occupied by Cao Cao before they had time to concentrate.

Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Lü Bu fought in the dark and chaotic between the three states of Yanyu and Xu throughout August of the second year of Jian'an, as well as in the first half of September.

He also said that Lone took the opportunity to purge Yuan Shu's party and eliminate dissidents in the DPRK and China! It's really ridiculous, a person like Lu Bu who has no political opinions would think of such an excuse, hehe, this must be Chen Gongtai's handiwork! ”

According to this trend, if it flows for a whole year, I am afraid that under Yuan Shu's rule, hundreds of thousands of people will flee to Liu Bei's jurisdiction.

Looking at Cao Cao's sighing appearance, Xun You, who had never spoken just now, reminded in a low voice:

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However, Cao Cao still couldn't accept the conditions mentioned in Lu Bu's article. He sighed bitterly: "Have you all read the text?" Lu Bu actually said that he was seeking justice for Yang Biao! In solidarity with Kong Rong and other righteous ministers returning to the East!

In Danyang, Zhuge Jin used these two months of completely peaceful development time to further rectify and mine the copper mines in Tongling and the Dexing copper mines in Poyang.

At the latest, if Yuan Shu could not send reinforcements to Chen County to relieve the siege for Qiao Rui and Li Feng, then these two people could only surrender, or go out of the city to fight to the death to try to break through, and if they held on, they would starve to death.

If you smelt in Tongling, the sewage will eventually be discharged directly into the Yangtze River and flow to the sea, and it doesn't matter, because the huge flow of the Yangtze River is enough to dilute everything. In Poyang, it may lead to a large amount of sewage being discharged into Peng Lize, and the bottom of Peng Lize has poor fluidity and is easy to accumulate.

For example, by lending life-saving food and seed food to the destitute people who have just arrived, in exchange for them becoming tuntian, at least hundreds of thousands of people can survive.

At the same time, Zhuge Jin also directly built a copper, silver, and gold heavy metal smelter that was definitely large-scale in this era in Tongling, Chungu County.

While Zhuge Jin was farming in Jiangnan, Zhuge Liang was also doing similar things in Jiangbei.

If the communication is smooth, the crisis may be resolved within a month or two - at that time, a month or two was very fast, and the envoy had to go back and forth once a month from Xiapi to Xudu. Of course, now that Lu Bu himself is in Suiyang, not in Xiapi, it saves one-third of the distance for both parties, and it will take about 20 days to communicate.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao also talked about his concerns, and Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others really felt that it was difficult to do - this thing would definitely be done sooner or later, but it was difficult to say how long the trial process was in the middle.

It is estimated that the Yangtze River is more difficult to cross, and there is a certain mountainous barrier on both sides, unlike the Huai River, which is flat on both sides and can be docked everywhere. Ordinary people with only small fishing boats did not dare to go into exile on the Yangtze River casually, for fear of capsizing on the river.

So now it's best to wait for Lu Bu to take the initiative to send someone to Xudu, such as sending Chen Deng. In this way, Cao Cao can find out what the other party wants, how high the price is, and how to retreat and turn around. At the same time, Cao Cao was able to completely maintain the majesty of the imperial court.

After considering both factors, Cao Cao decided that Chen Jun would continue to be besieged by himself and Cao Hong. Cao Ren Xiahou Yuan defended Lu Bu tightly, defended in Liangdi, waited for negotiations, stabilized Lu Bu first, prevented Lu Bu from attacking again, and then negotiated slowly.

The real purpose of the text is to cover up the secret collusion between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and it seems that he came to the army on his own initiative and did not secretly cooperate with Yuan Shu. Therefore, as long as the imperial court expresses its position slightly, recognizes his reason for sending troops, and gives Lu Bu a way out, he will be able to push the boat down the river.

Originally, there was a deserted field to plant, so it was directly divided into fields and cultivated. Yuzhang was originally a vast and sparsely populated area, and the area of the entire Jiangxi Province in later generations, even if two million peasants were raised, the fields were absolutely enough to plant, but it was only a matter of the quality of the fields.

"Duke Ming, although Lu Bu mentioned these things, looking at the details, for the various public cases such as Yang Biao's imprisonment in the court, the main blame is on the head of the 'cool official full favor'. If you really want to reconcile, Ming Gong can still admit it generously, saying that he was unaware of it for a while and was blinded by the following......"

"Could it be that Gu really could kill Man Boning in order to let Lu Bu withdraw his troops!" Cao Cao rarely lost his patience and rudely interrupted Xun You's analysis, "Then who else in the world will really come to serve Gu and die for Gu in the future!" Emperor Xiaojing is the Son of Heaven, and killing Chao Wrong will disappoint the world's talented people, let alone now! ”

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In just one or two months, Zhuge Jin used both soft and hard measures, at least more than 10,000 Han hidden households, about 70,000 or 80,000 people, and relocated them to the Peng Lize Plain and the lower reaches of the Ganjiang Plain.

This does not require Liu Bei's efforts, it can be achieved completely by relying on natural geographical conditions.

Although the copper mine in Poyang County is much larger than the copper mine in Tongling, Zhuge Jin also insisted that the Shanyue people use Poshui to transport the copper ore water out and smelt it in Tongling.

With the use of surplus labor in Shanyue, the mountain roads and waterways needed for the copper mine were finally completely renovated. The rapids and reefs of the mountain rivers have also been disposed of, ensuring that copper ore and copper can be transported continuously and at low cost in the future.

Three years later, the total population of the entire Lianghuai fell from about 4 million to more than 1 million, and it changed from "sufficient military rations" to "withered population". Later, when Cao and Sun fought against each other, they fought between Maoxu, Hefei and Shouchun, resulting in Huainan becoming a semi-no-man's land.

Xun You also knew that it must be a bit unauthentic to let Cao Cao kill his own people, so he didn't rush to defend himself. Quietly waiting for Cao Cao to finish venting, he continued with a more detached and neutral attitude:

The fields around Peng Lize are easily affected by floods and droughts, so further dredging of polders and strengthening storage and storage of new polders will be announced by the government to announce that no rent will be collected within five years, and that it will be halved in six to ten years.

It's just that after thinking about it, he still feels that this matter is not accurate.

"Wen Ruo, Gongda, Fengxiao, don't be restrained, today but speak freely, express your opinions, don't worry about being alone and not letting go of hatred - you guys, how to deal with Lu Bu's entry into the Kou? And how to fight the follow-up battle of Chen County? ”

On the one hand, he is trying to find a way to build a new sea ship, trying to try the method that his eldest brother taught him to dig struvite on a small offshore island and bring it back as fertilizer and treat saline-alkali land.

When the two groups of people in Chen Jun are completely finished, Cao Cao can at least destroy Yuan Shu's 50,000 living forces, which is definitely not a small number, and if he does it against Yuan Shu next year, he can destroy it.

This is also done to protect the water resources of the Poshui Basin, after all, such a large-scale copper mine has to be smelted into copper, and the pollution is still not small. Copper smelting is a highly polluting industry, although the ancients did not care about it, and it could not be avoided, but it is still necessary to avoid pollution in the upper reaches of mountain rivers.

Moreover, from observing whether Lu Bu continues to attack strongly, it can also be seen whether Lu Bu has the sincerity to negotiate.

At each location in the north and south mouths of the Hangou Canal, the bottom of the river is covered with a flow gillnet that crosses the entire river, and large stones are used as counterweights, and thick empty bamboo tubes are used as pontoons on the top, so that many migratory fish from the river and sea can be harvested every day.

It is about Cao Cao and Lu Bu after the war, but they did not get in time as the Zhuge brothers expected before the war, and Lu Bu soon reaped enough benefits again to defect. Instead, Cao Cao and Lu Bu were at a stalemate because the negotiations did not go well.

Finally, Zhuge Liang also set his sights on the fixed sinking bottom gillnet fishing method invented by his eldest brother last year - Zhuge Jin's fishing method, which is currently very popular in Guangling and Huaiyin counties.