Chapter 144: Just A Few Words

"Xuzhou Tao Qian is the best choice, but because the path to Xuzhou is in the hands of Liu Bei's Taishan county, we don't have a way in. So it becomes empty talk to want to borrow grain." Xun Yu calmly said, "So we can only be weak and strong like Liu Bei. Let's play here!"

Cao Cao stared at the location pointed by Xun Yu on the map, "Yuan Shu is indeed a good choice, but I am afraid I can't handle him alone!"

"Liu Bei borrowed the power of Gongsun Zan, why can't we use Liu Biao's hand to accomplish this? You must know that Nanyang county, a rich place, is under Jingzhou's rule, and now Liu Biao has completed the internal order of Jingzhou. "Xun Yu said with a smile.

"Really?" Cao Cao asked in surprise.

"Even if it is fake, Xi Zhicai will make it seem real. It is a rumor that Yuan Shu intends to accept Sun Jian's eldest son as his adoptive son. With Yuan Shu's loyalty and Sun Ce's stubbornness, there will be a battle between them and Liu Biao!" Xun Yu spoke about the current situation in a gentle tone. He planned to open up the channel with Liu Biao, and easily turned Yuzhou into an enclave. Then he will pull the sheep wools slowly. The money, food, and people, they would get everything.

Cao Cao stared at the place in Fan county where Xun Yu was pointing at, and estimated that as long as three thousand people were able to take down the city, 90% of the state would be gone for Yuzhou!

Following Xun Yu's fingertips to the right, Xun Yu's final goal appeared, it was Xuzhou. They would immediately border the big dog of Xuzhou after fighting Yuzhou. Taishan soldiers are a hard-bone Cao Cao admitted, but the properly experienced soldiers are Danyang. And steadily the soldiers will be gathered from Yuzhou. You, Tao Qian, will be under Cao Cao's sword if you move your nest!

"But, challenging both Xuzhou and Yuzhou at the same time..." Cao Cao thought for a long time and almost approved Xun Yu's strategy, but he hesitated. After all, Xuzhou is weak and has a lot of food. As for Yuan Shu, after Dong Zhuo's fall, he can be considered one of the top forces.

"Don't worry about this. Nanyang is the most prosperous place in the world. As long as Liu Biao shows a little peeping heart, Yuan Shu will not tolerate it. Even if that place belongs to Jingzhou!" Xun Yu said with a smile. "As for Tao Qian, if it were ten years ago, I would definitely dare not despise him. But now, the sun is set in the west, he no longer has the original vigor, and he is seeking people who wants Xuzhou!"

With Xun Yu's words, Cao Cao was no longer worried. He really needed a grain-producing area. Without such a place, his heart would never be at peace. Even if he could borrow grain from others, he would not be at ease. No warlord who is aspiring for the world would put their own lifeblood in the hands of others.

Not to mention Cao Cao, who has already started to pay attention to Yuan Shu. On the way back to Fenggao, Chen Xi had already begun to feel melancholy and started to think about what to do. The gap between the number of officials to people was too big.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, about 1.4 million Yellow Turbans require about 140 officials, while smaller official needs at least 700. Well, seven hundred is not enough. According to Chen Xi's calculations, seven hundred small officials could barely manage Qingzhou's agricultural affairs. As long as there were no big troublesome problems, the entire administrative framework would basically be able to operate.

This is the disadvantage of not having a local family. If there is a local family, as long as you throw the people within the control of the family, you don't need to deal with anything else. The family will take care of it. For the aristocratic family, even if you throw in 300,000 refugees, they will automatically plan it out. Of course, if one million is thrown down, even the Zhen family will not be able to play.

When Chen Xi led his troops back, Liu Bei personally led the left-behind civil and military officials to greet him, giving Chen Xi a lot of face. Generally speaking, Chen Xi didn't feel much about this kind of thing...

But the latest new is that Guan Yu's wife, after learning about Guan Yu recently, rushed over from Hedong Xie county with his son Guan Ping. But it seemed that this young man who looked very similar to Guan Yu was a little afraid due to his father's prestige and dared not get close to Guan Yu. And Guan Yu completely pressure his son by not speaking.

Looking at Guan Ping, who already has the level of refining Qi into liquid, Chen Xi can only say that the gene is really good enough. If he exercises more in the future, not to mention the comparison of Guan Yu, he can even compare with Hua Xiong? This figure and the muscles are too similar. Who said that Liu Bei has no backup? Guan Ping's high strength is enough to match Cao Cao's Xiahou brothers.

For people like Chen Xi, the strength of muscle size is innate. If you want more strength, there is really no other way except to rebuild the body. As for leading soldiers in battle, calculating, and planning, they can all be nurtured. Although they will not be comparable to geniuses, the level of middle-level people can still be educated. Chen Xi is very confident about this. Well, for example, universities can produce middle-level talents in batches, but it is not reliable to educate geniuses.

With a height of about 1.8 meters and strong muscles, he called Chen Xi, Zhang Fei, and the others uncle. Where did this strong sense of contradiction come from? Guan Ping seems to be fourteen years old, according to Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei brags that he should be brought on the battlefield at the age of sixteen...

Guan Yu, who had murdered people, fled for fourteen years. Now he is very excited to see his son, Guan Ping. While Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Taishi Ci was equally excited. Several big bachelors were very interested in this nephew who suddenly appeared.

Returning to Fenggao, the soldiers and horses returned to a military camp. After the military power was handed over, Chen Xi suddenly felt relieved. Without saying anything, he ordered someone to drive him home. This was because he could not ride a horse. If he could ride a horse, Chen Xi would not mind riding home.

As for the fact that horses are not allowed in the city, Chen Xi can guarantee that there is no such restraint on him. However, Chen Xi has secretly observed several times and it seems unlikely that horses will hurt people except when the city is more crowded during the New Year. But at that time, as long as you are not mentally disabled, you probably wouldn't run around on a horse!

As a result, before Chen Xi got home, he was blocked by Lu Su. After looking at the door of the house that was only three or five steps away, Chen Xi ignored Lu Su directly and entered. He, Chen Xi, still couldn't do those kinds of things like saying a few words of urgency and didn't go home because of it. And because of those few words he went missing from home, and eight years later, he had an extra son, alas~

Right now, the county guard of Taishan county is Lu Su. He is now an unemployed wanderer, and it would be Lu Su's problem if something goes wrong. It has no relation with him, so what is he afraid of? Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Lu Su, and Man Chong, all four are squatting in Fenggao. With this lineup, what could go wrong!

It is precisely because of such a guarantee that Lu Su will not make too much trouble, and Chen Xi will resolutely ignore him by covering his ears and pretending to be unaware. When I get home, I will take a good warm bath and sleep. Then eat a steamed bun tomorrow morning and drink some porridge before finally going to the government office to take over the government affairs. This is the right way. If you listen to it at this time, don't think about taking a good rest. If you don't see or hear it, it won't bother you. That is the kingly way!