Chapter 36 Questioning Xuzhou
“Asking right?”
Liu Bei, who was just about to help the other party, was stunned. This is fine, what else are you asking about?
After being stunned for a moment, Liu Bei stood up and grabbed Liu Feng, helping him up.
"Children, if you have anything to say, let me tell you as a father. What's the point of doing this?"
Feeling Liu Bei's warmth, Liu Feng's heart became stronger.
After getting up and taking his seat, Liu Feng implored: "Father, please step aside for the time being. I have something important to report."
Liu Bei waved his hand without hesitation and called out several of his attendants. They all rushed off.
"Everyone, get out! Close the door and take five steps back. No one is allowed to approach the bedroom without my call."
The attendants respectfully obeyed the order and filed out.
"Okay, Feng'er, what do you want to say?"
Liu Bei looked very relaxed, leaning on the couch while using the quilt.
Pingji is a good thing. It is an artifact that allows people of the Eastern Han Dynasty to place Ge You lying on their beds.
Liu Bei's comfortable posture made Liu Feng feel a little itchy and wanted to lean against him.
Remembering that business was more important, Liu Feng could only hold his body upright and said seriously: "Father, the child has reached an agreement with the Biejia family. This silk document is the initialed agreement."
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Liu Feng took out the first silk book from the tray beside him, straightened up and handed it to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei took the silk book, flipped through it, and showed a surprised expression: "Mizi Zhongguo is a generous man, and he is willing to lend so much food and supplies."
said. At this point, Liu Bei did a mental calculation and couldn't help but gasped: "This may cost tens of millions of dollars."
Liu Bei was right, the supplies Mi Zhu promised to give were worth three Four million yuan, and that 100,000 shi of grain, at the current lowest price, is worth more than 20 million yuan.
Mi Zhu agreed without blinking an eye. It can be seen that the wealth of the Mi family in Haidong is really touching. No wonder Liu Bei was so emotional.
"Father, you understand the righteousness well and have helped my family a lot. This friendship must be kept in mind."
Liu Feng's words made Liu Bei nod repeatedly. He was also shocked by Mi Zhu's generosity. His temperament Although he is kind-hearted, there are times when he is shady, but most of the time, he still repays his kindness.
"Feng'er's words are indeed true."
Liu Bei continued to read the silk book and nodded repeatedly: "Mi Zi is so helpful in times of need. My father and son must not forget that he and Mi The family's kindness must be repaid in the future."
After reading, Liu Bei raised his head with a smile on his face: "Feng'er, you must have been greatly helped by Mi Zizhong in the matter of farming. It’s finally time to put it into practice.”
Liu Feng also showed approval and nodded, but then the conversation changed: "Father, I often hear that everything will be done if you are prepared, and if you are not prepared, it will be ruined. Today, we have the support of the Mi family and abundant supplies, but there are still major undecided matters. "
"What's the big deal? "
Liu Bei was shocked, thinking that he hadn't woken up yet, so something big happened suddenly.
Liu Feng said sternly: "Father, please sit down and let me explain the overall situation to you."
Liu Bei did not dare to underestimate his precious son, and immediately straightened his posture as if facing a formidable enemy.
Liu Feng began to narrate: "Xuzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. However, it is located in a plain, connected in all directions, and there is no danger to defend. It has always been easy to attack and difficult to defend. At present, Xuzhou has five counties under its jurisdiction. It was also briefly analyzed by my father before. In the current situation, my father can only control one county of Xiapi and a small half of Donghai County.
What is even more terrifying is that even Xiapi. The country, and his father relied on Chen Gongcao's family to win over him. Once Chen Gongcao separated from his father, Xiapi State would not listen to his father's orders, and the child would be very pessimistic. "
If Cao Bao were here, there would be great consequences. The shouting came again.
In this move, Liu Feng first made big words, used his power to bully others, led the opponent into his own rhythm, and then controlled the opponent.
Cao Bao was the first victim of this style of play.
But Liu Bei didn't know. When he thought about it carefully, it was exactly the same as what his son said.
Xiapi now obeys his orders and delivers money and grain to the state capital. It is really due to Chen Yuanlong's contribution.
But similarly, once Chen Yuanlong rebels, with his and the Chen family's influence in Xiapi, wouldn't it be possible for Yanzhou to rebel against Cao in any minute?
Thinking of this, Liu Bei was obviously lying in a warm and comfortable bedroom, but he felt cold all over his body.
Because according to Liu Feng, even the Donghai County where Liu Bei was located was settled for him by Chen Yuanlong and Mi Zhu.
Besides, Cao Bao's 20,000 Danyang soldiers are not his direct descendants. They are just surrendering at the moment. He can't digest them at all for a while.
The more Liu Bei thought about it, the more confused he became. How could he, a good Xuzhou shepherd, become completely useless after listening to his son's words?
Liu Feng continued: "Chen Gongcao and Mi Biejia are loyal to their father and are loyal ministers. Therefore, Donghai and Xiapi counties are not top priorities."
Liu Bei nodded slowly, I breathed a sigh of relief and said, Yuanlong and Zizhong are both kind people. As long as I treat them with sincerity, I don't think they will abandon me and they won't betray each other and repeat the old incident in Yanzhou.
"Father, what do you think is Xuzhou's top priority right now?"
Liu Feng's sudden question made Liu Bei fall into deep thought.
After a while, Liu Bei just replied: "Isn't it in Guangling County? Guangling has a large area and a large population, and has not experienced war. It can be said that there are many soldiers and food. At present, Yuan Sui is acting as the county official on behalf of Zhang Menggao, and this person is close to him. The Yuan family is afraid that he will collude with Yuan Shu, lead the wolf into the house, and attack our Xuzhou. Is this a top priority? "
Although Brother Big Ear's ability is not at the top level, he is also an average performer among various warlords.
Therefore, he could see that Yuan Sui's Guangling County was a big trouble.
This is not only a cancer, but also a cancer that cannot be easily punctured.
Because Zhang Chao and Zhang Menggao were still in Yanzhou at this time helping Zhang Miao and Lu Bu fight against Cao Cao, it was precisely because of the rebellion in Yanzhou that Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Xuzhou.
If you go to Guangling County at this time, not to mention Zhang Menggao's legacy in Guangling, this behavior is tantamount to repaying kindness with enmity. He will be shameless and will also be shamed by Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and other Xuzhou locals. Discouraged by scholars.
What is even more frightening is that during the fierce battle in Yanzhou, Cao Cao had been suffering from the war, and he actually wanted to go back and attack Xuzhou.
This is really because Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others have good fighting prowess, and both sides have mutual victory and defeat. There is no place as easy to fight as Xuzhou.
Cao Cao must have felt that instead of fighting to the death with Lu Bu and Zhang Miao in Yanzhou, it would be better to pick up the slack and capture Xuzhou first, and then turn around and deal with Lu and Zhang.
But this idea is simply stupid, and it does not take into account the blood feud between the local scholars in Xuzhou and him.
Not to mention that Cao Cao used all the strength of Yanzhou, but he failed to defeat Xuzhou in two attacks. But now that he only has a few counties left in his hands, and powerful enemies like Lu Bu and Zhang Miao on his side, can he defeat them?
What's more, even if they are lucky enough to win, the Xuzhou nobles only need to resist softly and hold off on money and food, and Cao Cao will probably collapse completely under Lu Bu's offensive.
Fortunately, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others persuaded Cao Cao to stop his foolish behavior of making enemies on both sides.
(End of this chapter)