A few days later,

Yuzhou, Xuchang.

Cao Cao returned shortly after his return.

At this time, Cao Cao looked at the documents sent back from all over the country, his thick eyebrows were tightly frowned, his expression was even more cold and filled with murderous intent.

"Bang!"

Cao Cao slapped the Chinese book on the table and shouted loudly: "Zhang Xiu, are you so vicious and vicious, completely ignoring the lives and deaths of the people?"

When the words came out, everyone in the hall was silent.

It seems that billions of funds invested in Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou directly led to the lack of food for the people in the three states to pay taxes. Xuzhou is relatively better. Yuzhou and Yanzhou's grain prices have already exceeded one hu of 10,000 yuan.

The people had no food, so how did he move them to Xuzhou? Do you want to rely on him to use food and grass to help him? The key is that he doesn't have so much food to help him.

"Lord, there are rumors everywhere now, saying that Xuchang has no food, and Zhang Xiu from the south has left them with food, and countless people have already moved." Cheng Yu said with a serious expression.

"Lord, such a large amount of grain and grass will definitely not be able to be transported to Jingzhou. I think these merchants will hide these grain and grass first. The lord can order officials from all prefectures and counties to search in the countryside, and maybe they will gain something." Xun You said in a deep voice.

Cao Cao fell into deep thought. He was wondering where he should go next, and whether Yuan Shao would agree to his separatist Xuzhou. After all, it was too easy for Yuan Shao to destroy him now, and he had to walk on thin ice.

Especially the emperor ordered him to be appointed as the governor of Jizhou. It was obviously Zhang Xiu's trick, but I wonder if Yuan Shao would make any suggestions.

After a long time, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and had a headache. These people were actually designed as a burden by Zhang Xiu. At least he did not have the financial resources to accommodate these people, and immediately said in a deep voice:

"First, as Gongda said, send people to the countryside to search for it, and as much food as you can find, you will be as much as you want. In addition, find a way to collect the people's money and go to Jizhou and Jingzhou to buy grain."

Before Cheng Yu could respond, he saw Ya Jing strolling and said in a deep voice: "Report to the lord, Yuan Shao sent the envoy Xun Chen to come. He is outside the mansion. Will he receive him?"

"Xun Chen?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, then looked at Xun Yu, and couldn't help but say, "Wenruo, this Xun Chen should be your younger brother, right?"

"Back to the lord, that's right."

"Since that's the case, you can deal with it more later." Cao Cao reminded: "Please hurry."

Not long after, outside the mansion.

I saw Xun Chen dressed well and looked graceful. He entered, clasped his fists and said loudly, "I have met Cao Gong in the lower house."

Perhaps because of Xun Yu, he was not arrogant.

"If you don't need to be polite, I wonder what you are doing?" Cao Cao looked calm, but he was a little nervous.

"After my lord's order, I came to discuss the entry into the Central Plains with Cao Gong." Xun Chen said immediately, "Now the Central Plains are broken and the people are living in poverty. I just asked a little about it and heard that the people had no food in the autumn harvest, which is really a pity."

"The Central Plains are adjacent to Zhang Xiu, Jingzhou and Liu Bei, Guanzhong. Both of them are powerful lords, and they are eyeing the Central Plains prefectures and counties. However, our lord and Cao Gong have old age, and they are willing to share their worries for Cao Gong and enter the Central Plains to resist the thief for Cao Gong."

Hearing this, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha, I know that I will not be able to save you when I am in trouble."

"I am a friend of Honchu and I am a young friend. I remember that I was once a romantic relationship with each other. Once a family got married, I sneaked into someone else's house and fled after playing with the bride at night. Now I think about it, it's so touching."

Cao Cao looked a little happy and said loudly.

The generals were also rarely relieved and smiled.

Xun Chen smiled gently and said, "Don't be anxious. Although my lord agreed to enter the Central Plains, there are some conditions."

"Hmm~?" Cao Cao frowned, "What are the conditions?"

"My lord has indeed mentioned the relationship with Cao Gong many times, but now he is the overlord of the north and has countless civil and military under his command. He cannot abolish the public for personal gain. He also hopes that Cao Gong will take responsibility." Xun Chen bowed and explained.

Cao Cao did not answer the conversation and looked at him quietly.

"My Lord means that Yanzhou and Yuzhou are broken, there are not many people at all, and I hope that Cao will keep the people. Otherwise, after he enters the Central Plains, what should the soldiers eat and drink? They can't transport grain from thousands of miles away?"

After Xun Chen finished speaking, his eyes shiningly looked at Cao Cao.

Listening to Xun Chen's words, Cao Cao frowned.

However, he was also thinking about this matter in his mind, because it is difficult for the people of Yan and Yu provinces to move away, but even so, he didn't want to let Cao Cao go directly.

Seeing that Cao Cao was not kind, Xun Chen chuckled and said, "Of course, my master knows the difficulties of Cao Gong, so I will explain it specifically. As long as Cao Gong is willing to keep the people, my master is willing to give three thousand war horses, one trillion yuan in money, and one hundred thousand hu of grain."

"In addition, our lord is willing to cut off the Beihai in Qingzhou and the two counties of Donglai to Cao Gong to express his sincerity. I wonder what Cao Gong wants?" Xun Chen looked at Cao Cao with a bright look.

These conditions are undoubtedly very good, and it can also be seen that Jizhou is rich and powerful, at least much wealthier than Yuzhou.

Listening to Xun Chen's words, Cao Cao undoubtedly fell into deep thought, because he could not take these people away, and it would not be acceptable if he could exchange them, especially the three thousand war horses and 100,000 hu of military rations.

Now that Youbei and Yongliang are occupied by others, there are almost not many war horses under his command, which can be said to be particularly attractive.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu, and his little eyes seemed to want Xun Yu to ask for more things.

"Youruo, your lord is so good at making a plan? Two counties and two states, and the two counties in Beihai and Donglai have been persecuted by bandits for a long time. The households are only 70,000 and the people are only 300,000. But I want to change millions of people in Yan and Henan. Is this inappropriate?

Xun Yu said with a bad expression.

"What my brother said is that this time, Cao Gong begged my lord to enter the Central Plains, not to force me. What's more, the things that my lord promised are also due to the friendships in the past, not equivalent exchanges. Cao Gong refused, and my lord would never force me."

Xun Chen chuckled, not timid at all.

"But since my brother mentioned it, Cao Gong was not very satisfied. Then I can make a decision privately and divide Qingzhou prefectures and counties and Qi states with Cao Gong to govern it, how about it?" Xun Chen added.

"The Le'an Kingdom south of the Yellow River is divided together, and I will take my position as my lord. If not, I will ask my friend to go back and tell Mr. Yuan that since Mr. Yuan has not given enough things, I think Zhang Xiu should give more."

Xun Yu did not give in at all, his expression was as if you didn't agree and then you would go back.

Xun Chen frowned slightly, pondered for a long time, and chuckled and said, "Since Mr. Cao is strong, I think my master can't bear to be dissatisfied with Mr. Cao, so that's it."

"But I'm still worried that Cao Gong will lead his troops to Xuzhou as soon as possible, so that our lord will also accommodate the victims and rectify the local area." Xun Chen looked at Cao Cao and said.

"Naturally," Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief.

As a result, he was quite satisfied. He ceded the Central Plains of three counties and was quite capable. At that time, he could even build a dock in Donglai and sail out of the sea. According to literature, there were countries in the east of Donglai, but they were far weaker than the Han Dynasty.
Chapter completed!