The battle outside Bohai City touched the thoughts of all parties. Yuan Shao sent Xu You to Xuchang to persuade Cao Cao to send troops to attack Liu Bei.

Cao Cao knew Liu Bei's strength, so Cao Cao attached great importance to Xu You's arrival. However, Cao Cao did not send troops rashly. First, he had just eaten Yuan Shu's territory and had not digested it. Another thing is that the court was a little unstable recently. The ministers led by Fu Wan and Dong Cheng formed a private alliance, intending to force Cao Cao to return to power to the emperor!

At the same time, many rumors appeared in Xuchang City, some said that Cao Cao wanted to be the second Dong Zhuo! Some said that Cao Cao wanted to abolish the emperor and ascend the throne himself, etc. They all said that they had noses and eyes, and there were many versions.

Cao Cao naturally heard these rumors, and he was furious and sent someone to investigate in detail! But he could never find out the source of the rumors. At this moment, Xun Yu, one of his subordinates, accepted Fu Wan's invitation to go to the house to attend the banquet! This made Cao Cao a little difficult to accept! So the relationship between him and Xun Yu had an irreparable crack!

Therefore, Xu You's arrival gave Cao Cao an opportunity, but he did not dare to act rashly. After thinking about it, Cao Cao decided to use the cheapest weapon in his hands, which was the imperial edict. At this moment, Yuan Shu had been destroyed. Although everyone was in charge of their own affairs, they all claimed that they were Han officials! Therefore, Cao Cao wanted to use the imperial edict to solve the crisis, and it was not the Xiaohuangmen who sent to announce the edict, but Xun Yu!

Xun Yu was stunned when he received the order from Cao Cao to go to Qingzhou to announce the imperial edict, and then his face became ugly! This was a dangerous signal. Although Xun Yu was a humble gentleman, he was not stupid. On the contrary, he was very smart. After thinking about it, he knew that this must be because Cao Cao thought he was too close to the royalist party. So he wanted to hit him and figured out this festival. Xun Yu sighed and accepted the order helplessly. He chose the day to go to Qingzhou to announce the imperial edict!

Liu Bei was so proud at this time. Not to mention that he was about to have it, his subordinates are now strong and have enough money and food. This is also due to Qingzhou salt and Qingzhou paper. Qingzhou salt is not only produced in Qingzhou, but the Mi family has also established multiple salt fields in Xuzhou. Now Liu Bei can produce 5,000 dan of salt every day, and a dan can be sold for 200 dan. Think about how much wealth this is! This is just the first sales of Qingzhou salt, and the price of resale will be three or five times or even ten times higher! Salt makes the people crazy. In order to control the private salt sales of the people, Liu Bei opened specialty stores of Qingzhou salt in various cities under his rule. He also set up a special salt government office to manage this matter. Mi Zhu was the first salt administration envoy.

Compared with Qingzhou salt, Qingzhou paper is not cheap at all. Even orders for buying paper have been ordered from now until after the New Year. Han Fei, the top Qingzhou paper, only sold 200 ounces per piece, but if one piece of paper in Chang'an can be sold for two cents! The ten times profit will be enough to make a big family jealous.

Liu Bei had these two tools to make money, which made his wealth continue to accumulate at this moment. Therefore, Qingzhou and Xuzhou under his rule presented a prosperous scene of singing and dancing.

Since Xun Yu set foot on the land of Qingzhou, he felt another scene different from Yanzhou. The people here are rich, and although they can't even get to the state of not picking up their own houses at night, their lives are indeed more than better than Yanzhou.

Therefore, Xun Yu deliberately slowed down. Whenever he arrived at a place, he would observe carefully and then chat with the local people to understand. So it took him fifteen days to travel from Xuchang to Changyi. Xun Yu finally arrived in Changyi City! At this moment, Changyi City has basically been built. This is a super-large city. There are 10,000 merchants in the east and west cities in the outer city. In addition, the residential areas between the north and south make the entire outer city look extremely lively.

When Xun Yu and his party arrived, someone had come to greet them, and then arranged them to live in the inn. After a while, Xun Yu took a bath and changed his clothes, and came to the prefecture palace with the imperial edict.

Liu Bei warmly received Xun Yu and his party. After politely speaking, Xun Yu began to read the imperial edict. The content of the imperial edict was very simple, which meant that Liu Bei would stop his troops and not attack Yuan Shao. The neighbors should focus on harmony. Finally, it was said that if Liu Bei did not withdraw his troops, the court would send troops to attack him!

Liu Bei received the order but did not express his opinion. Xun Yu saw that he received the order, and his task was completed. He was about to say goodbye and leave. Liu Bei refused to accept it! He held a banquet in the mansion and invited Tian Feng, Sun Gan, Jian Yong and others to accompany him. The meal was eaten until late at night before it ended!

After the banquet, Xun Yu was sent back to the inn. Besides, Liu Bei called Tian Feng, Sun Gan and Jian Yong. They followed Liu Bei to his study. At this time, the guards took the tea and retreated.

Liu Bei signaled the three of them to sit down and said, "Cao Cao asked me to withdraw from Bohai City by borrowing the name of the emperor! What do you think?"

Jian Yong stroked his short beard and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the lord will ignore it! Everyone in the world knows that Cao Cao wanted to do Dong Zhuo's affairs, but the emperor's orders could not be left the palace at all! Naturally, there is no need to obey such a disorderly life!"

After hearing this, Liu Bei felt it was reasonable, so he nodded and turned to look at Tian Feng and Sun Gan. Sun Gan coughed lightly and said, "Lord, I think the lord might as well agree first! Then he has "just let the order of the outside king not give it to me" for a reason! In addition, you can go to a letter and ask the little military advisor how to decide!"

After hearing this, Liu Bei felt it was reasonable and nodded. At this time, Tian Feng, who had both said that the rest, also said: "Lord, the little military advisor took away the two generals Guan and Zhang, and General Taishi Ci. Currently, there are only two generals, Zangba and Zhang He, in Qingzhou. If Cao Cao really came to attack, it would be difficult to resist. It would be better to transfer Zhao Yun from Liaodong to prepare for emergencies!"

After hearing this, Liu Bei spoke, "What the three of you said makes sense. Let's drag the imperial edict first! I'll send a letter to Zicong! Let's see how he wants to deal with it. On the other hand, there are indeed fewer military generals in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. I'll transfer Zhao Yun back to listen to it!"

After talking about this, several people discussed the matters in Qingzhou again and did not disperse until the early morning! Liu Bei wrote two letters, one letter sent to Han Fei, the military camp overnight! The other letter was for Zhao Yun from Liaodong, asking him to quickly return to Qingzhou after receiving the letter!

Liu Bei's letter was delivered to him early the morning after Han Fei broke the formation! Han Fei opened the letter and couldn't help laughing! Cao Cao was really moving away from the way to wield the emperor to make the princes. He wouldn't really think that an imperial edict would lead him to surrender! Thinking of this, Han Fei replied to Liu Bei: "Lord, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Bohai City is about to break through! I hope the lord will not order the withdrawal of troops!"
Chapter completed!