Calming down, Cao Cao said: "You are all my confidant think tanks! Recently, you have been giving our army a lot of advice and making great contributions. But you all understand the current situation of our army!"

"Now our army has newly recruited the number of military and civilians in Qingzhou. Although there are many soldiers and generals, this weapon and food are really a problem that has bothered our army every day. I wonder how many of you have come up with feasible solutions in the past few days?"

Although the three people in the hall had long known the general situation in Yanzhou, the problem of food could not be solved by thinking of a simple solution. Food is not weapons and armor, so it is okay to slowly equip it for a while.

As the saying goes, "A man is a strong rice, and he will be hungry if he doesn't eat for a day!" If there is nothing in his stomach, no matter how much you think, it will be empty. If drawing cakes to satisfy his hunger, the world will be peaceful long ago.

I think the reason why the people of Qingzhou rebelled with the Yellow Turban was because they had no food to eat? If the problem of food cannot be solved, the Qingzhou change will sooner or later happen in Yanzhou.

On the surface, the Yanzhou army has increased significantly. However, due to the wars this year, the young and strong laborers were busy rebelling or suppressing the rebellion. When the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou were pacified, they had already missed the farming time.

The Qing and Yanzhou in Hedong have no grains this year. At present, they can only rely on the Yanzhou inventory from last year to support it here.

However, after Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai arrived, they carefully calculated the statistics.

The grain inventory in Yanzhou can only support the military and civilians in the whole province to spend the late spring and early summer next year. This will maximize the consideration of the situation where the people may still have grain storage. After all, using the grain of one state to raise the military and civilians in the two states, and the war has not been harvested, it is already the most optimistic result to be able to persevere until next spring.

In other words, it will take at least four to five months to harvest next year. Now, 1.5 million people in Yanzhou will have no food to eat.

After confirming that there was no calculation error, the two advisers were shocked and immediately reported to their lord Cao Cao in secret.

Cao Cao, who had always been calm, was shocked when he heard this. He was originally immersed in the rapid expansion of power and was extremely happy, and was poured with cold water on his head. It was the weather at that time, but he was sweating all over!

You can become fat in one breath, but if you don’t have that big appetite, you are more likely to be able to endure the person to death.

On the surface, the head of a state looks dazzling and has a great minister. Ordinary people don’t know that people like the state governor are often sitting on the volcano that is about to erupt and cannot be avoided.

In order to prevent the leak of news, it has been the third time that four people have such a high-level dinner. This party was not allowed to attend by the most trusted generals. The generals who were unknown thoughts that Cao Cao would favor these strategists so much, although they were indeed talented people who were convinced.

If the news is leaked, I am afraid that the whole Yanzhou will be in chaos by next spring. So every time Cao Cao arranged the loyal Dian Wei to guard the hall and issued strict orders, and no idle people are allowed to approach, and violators will be executed immediately.

However, although these strategists, including Cao Cao, are resourceful people, they are not gods after all, so naturally they cannot create a large amount of rice, flour, food and meat out of thin air!

In recent times, although all the solutions that can be thought of have been thought of and implemented, this is really a drop in the bucket. After discussing it several times, I can't come up with any effective solution.

Cao Cao looked at the three struggling men who were frowning and thoughtful, and felt sad: "It was almost four months before, it was almost astronomical to feed more than 1.5 million people.

Even if you have money, you have no place to buy it, let alone the current financial situation in Yanzhou is so tight. Even if you equip 100,000 soldiers with weapons, and armor and armor are things that you have never thought about."

"It is indeed a bit delusional to ask them to create a million hu of rice and grain out of thin air. But what should I do? Am I going to suffer another big failure? I don't know if I can survive this famine! As of now, this is a dead knot. It cannot be solved!"

"I'm really unwilling to give up. My career has just improved. Should I give up like this? But how can I solve the problem in front of me? This is really a success and a failure!"

Cao Cao was feeling a little relaxed a moment ago, but when he thought of the food problem that had been troubled for many days, it became extremely bad.

"Even if Yuan Shao asks for support, how much can he give me? Not to mention the large-scale grain transportation operation, it will definitely lead to the news of the shortage of food leaks! I'm afraid it will cause riots in advance. Should I just wait to die?"

After thinking for a while, I saw the three always resourceful strategists, but they were still frowning and had no countermeasures.

Cao Cao could only sigh and said, "I know it's difficult for three of you. But if we want us to give up like this, Cao is really unwilling to accept it! The three of you should go back first and think carefully. Cao hopes to wait for your good news here!"

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu both looked ashamed, and their originally fair faces turned a little red. They could not worry about the lord, which made these two wise men who have always regarded themselves feel a little ashamed.

But the problem is too big now, and it can only be solved by relying on the power of a state.

Xi Zhicai had no expression, but just followed the two of them and announced his farewell to the lord, who was a talented and not very conservative.

When the three of them arrived at the middle gate together, Xi Zhicai suddenly clapped his hands and said in surprise: "Oh! Mr. Cheng, Brother Xun, left first, and the boy also forgot to report to his lord for some trivial matters. It's rude! It's rude!"

Cheng Yu didn't say anything, just nodded. Xun Yu looked at the little brother who recommended him to his lord with confusion. However, he didn't say anything, sighed and turned around and left with Cheng Yu.

Xi Zhicai sent the two of them with respect, then straightened his waist, turned around and walked back into the banquet hall just now. However, Cao Cao seemed to know that he would come back and was still waiting here.

Seeing that Xi Zhi had just returned, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It seems that this resourceful young man has thought of helping me solve this problem! If it really works, I would not be too much to reward him! As long as it is something I have!"

Cao Cao hurriedly got up and walked to Xi Zhicai's side, holding his thin and fleshless palm. He patted his back kindly, but felt that the young man was really too thin and had almost no bits of meat on his body.

He couldn't help but feel a little distressed and said, "As a talent! I know that you are a talented person. Recently, you have tried your best to give advice to our army. Thank you for your hard work, but you must also pay attention to your own health. I don't want to finish the matter yet. You, a great talent, are exhausted!"

Xi Zhicai was cared for by the lord, but when he saw that the lord did not ask about the food supply that he was most concerned about, he came to care about his body. He was immediately grateful.

"The lord is so lenient to his subordinates, and he only regrets that his subordinates are shallow in their knowledge and cannot help them well. He is really guilty of his lord's love. He dares not do his best to do his best for his lord to achieve his meager power!"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhicai, I know your loyalty and righteousness. I will do my best to do my best for Yanzhou, but I still have to take care of my health. I have two newly-received Liaodong ginseng trees here. I will send them to you later. If you ask the servant to cook it and take it, you must also replenish your body well!"

When Xi Zhicai heard Cao Cao's care so much, he was very grateful and made up his mind.
Chapter completed!