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Cao Cao, who was resting in Xudu, couldn't help but look at the battle report that had been passed on to Xuzhou's victory a few days ago. Although he had read it many times, Cao Cao was as shocked as the first time. With hundreds of casualties, he surrounded and annihilated the more than 100,000 troops in Xuzhou. Although he escaped from Liu Bei, the entire Xuzhou fell into his hands with Lu Bu's death. Seeing such a brilliant victory, Cao Cao couldn't be happy.

The victory of this battle was too easy, so relaxing that it was unbelievable. Having such a super capable subordinate not only comforted Cao Cao, but also made him feel a strong sense of crisis. Before poisoning, although he sometimes had suspicion of Guo Jia, Cao Cao was confident that Guo Jia would never betray him. In addition to being the prime of Cao Cao's current Spring and Autumn Period and having experienced military and political affairs personally, it was also because the main generals in the army were either Cao Cao's relatives or promoted by him, and there was absolutely no problem with loyalty, so he was not worried about what happened to Guo Jia and Xun Yu's capable subordinates. But now that things have changed, Cao Cao can only lean on his bed for most of the time every day after the poisoning, and read some of the decrees sent by Xun Yu and others, and they had to be issued by him. Even so, he felt very tired.

If Cao Cao had no worries about his 200,000 troops handed over to Guo Jia, he would definitely be deceiving himself. However, because of the reason why he "used the emperor to command the princes", while gaining political advantages, he also pushed Cao Cao to the opposite side of all the princes.

The Kanto princes responded to the forgery of edicts and raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo. In addition to Dong Zhuo's unauthorized decree of the emperor and his own various mistakes, it was because the central government backed by the powerful Xiliang army posed a threat to the initial separatist situation of the princes. The Kanto princes nearest to Luoyang were the first to be reinstatement of centralization of the Han court. The Kanto princes who were unwilling to lose their power were united in the name of righteousness to fight. Dong Zhuo's move to the capital gave the Kanto princes politically room for maneuver, and they could also refuse the court's orders under the banner of anti-Dong, so Yuan Shao and others with territory naturally were unwilling to continue pursuing.

When the emperor fled from Chang'an to Luoyang, the reason why most of the princes did not raise troops to support the king except for a few princes who sent some rice, grain and cloth was that everyone was very satisfied with the current situation of the division of the princes. If no one paid attention to the declining Han court, then the court that could not even support the ministers in the past few years would completely lose its prestige among all the princes. Although the emperor was the nominal monarch of the Han Dynasty, the authority of the monarch was backed by strong strength. Now the army loyal to the central government has almost been consumed after several wars, and the central government without the army can only be a cowardly and incompetent government. Under the nominal rule of a cowardly and incompetent central government, the military and political power of the territorial areas is something that all the princes are willing to accept and see.

But Cao Cao ignored everyone's wishes and welcomed the emperor. For such a person who destroyed the rules of the game, all the princes were afraid and hated. Because everyone knew in their hearts that whether Cao Cao was Wang Mang or Zhou Gong, he would use the name of the central government to reduce the rights of the princes. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to welcome the emperor to his territory if Cao Cao violated the interests of the princes. The princes who had already tasted the sweetness of separatist rule would not be willing to return the power to the court. The princes who had little power would not be willing, let alone those with great power. But they were unwilling to hand over the power. But they were unwilling to hand over the power.

At the same time, the princes with a little wise mind will not declare independence or blatantly confront the court, because everyone knows that after hundreds of years of Confucian "Three Bonds" thought, the people and scholars and officials also have an unconscious loyalty to the emperor. The emperor has become a big burden that the princes have to bear, but now is not the time to put aside this burden. The rafters that stand out first will rot first. With Yuan Shu as an example, the princes still maintain respect for the court at least on the surface. However, the surface respect is the surface respect, and secretly the princes are always guarding against Cao Cao.

The sudden appearance of the emperor's blood edict gave these local emperors the excuse they needed. The princes who were unwilling to be eaten away by Cao Cao were likely to join forces to attack the enemy under the slogan of the edict. Not to mention the alliance of eighteen princes, it was already very difficult for Yuan Shao to deal with it alone. Therefore, under the pressure of the outside world, Cao Cao had to resolutely make the decision to hand over the military and political power to Guo Jia, Xun Yu, rather than Cao's clan and nephew.

But this unpredictable Guo Fengxiao led the army to fight in just a few days and took down a state of destruction. If Guo Jia had troops to stand up in Xuzhou, he would be afraid that he would be able to firmly control the army with his means. By then, the Cao clan would be dead and would not be buried.

Cao Ang walked in with a few volumes of documents sent by Xun Yu. Seeing that his father was holding the war report as usual, he put the things on the couch in a daze and said, "Father, the army that went to Xuzhou began to return yesterday."

"Oh!" Cao Cao relaxed his tense nerves, picked up the few volumes of documents sent by Cao Ang and read them. As he looked at them, Cao Cao laughed.

Cao Angjin's father suddenly became so happy and asked, "Why is my father so happy?"

Cao Cao put away his smile and said, "Your master is sick in Xuzhou!"

"Ah!" Cao Ang was shocked, but he did not dare to ask again.

"Your master fell ill in Xuzhou after taking Xuzhou because of his hard work. He wrote that he would recuperate in Xuzhou and would not return to Xudu within two or three years. He also said that during his recuperation, you will be in charge of the affairs of the House of Commons on his behalf." Speaking of this, Cao Cao looked up at Cao Ang and asked, "Zi Xiu! Do you know why your master did not get sick early and late, but fell ill after taking Xuzhou?"

Cao Ang thought for a while and said, "The master may be afraid of being a master of great achievements and doing a low-key plan."

Cao Cao said, "It seems that you haven't learned from your master for so long, but you only know one thing but not the other."

Cao Ang said: "Please teach me my father!"

Cao Cao said: "Your master did this this time so that I can rest assured to recuperate, because there will be no major wars in two or three years. And he will stay away from the center of power in these years, and he will not come back from Xuzhou until I need him."

Cao Ang said: "Will there be no war in a few years?"

Cao Cao said: "Since your master has made such a clear statement about the years of recuperation, then no one will come."

Cao Ang asked in confusion: "No one comes, so why don't we expand outward?"

Cao Cao said: "Although we have two states now, Xuzhou has not yet occupied people's hearts at the beginning, and it is unwise to use troops outside in the near future."

Cao Ang asked: "Since that's the case, why don't the master go back to Xudu or Yangdi to recuperate?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "This is exactly what your master is so smart. This time he sent troops to Xuzhou to take Xu Du and Yanzhou's soldiers. After the war, he asked the army to come back but stayed in Xuzhou. In addition to showing me that he had no ambitions, he was going to repair his way in Xuzhou and do his business! Haha! Zixiu, look at Zhongde and Wenhe's secret report. It turns out that Guo Fengxiao is not only a prodigal son, but also a prodigal son."

The army back to Xudu has been gone for almost a month. The other families originally thought that the battle in Xuzhou would take at least half a year. Although they were prepared to occupy Xuzhou, they still didn't expect that I could take Xuzhou down so quickly. So before they rushed to mobilize people to enter Xuzhou, the staff in charge of operating the industry in my family had already recruited local people in an orderly manner and started building roads in Xuzhou.

After leaving Xuzhou City, I passed Xia Pi and turned to Donghai City. After resting for a few days, I continued to walk east. After walking for another day, I finally saw the sea. The beautiful scenery of the sea and the sky is refreshing. The sea is now blue, and the rivers rushing into the sea from the inland do not carry any foul-smelling industrial sewage at all. The salty sea breeze makes me feel very comfortable. I can't help but chase the waves on the beach barefoot and run back and forth.

I walked along the beach for a long time but there was no people. I asked the local officials who accompanied me and found out that the land was mostly saline-alkali land because it was close to the sea, and it was not suitable for planting farmers. Every few years, there would be strong winds and heavy rains. The houses of the civil and the houses of the civil and the people could not withstand strong winds, so there were no villages in the near sea for many years. This was easy to deal with. If the houses of the civil and the houses could not withstand the crops, they would use bricks, stones and cement. The land was not suitable for growing crops, so the marine fishing industry was launched.

When I thought of marine fishing, I asked again why there were no ships going out to sea to fish. Even if there were no people going out to sea, there should be rich and wealthy farmers who raised some fishing boats. After asking, I realized that due to the lack of iron for shipbuilding, not to mention the creation of new ships, even the old ships of fishermen in the past could not be repaired after being damaged. In addition, the coastal roads were disrepaired, resulting in inconvenience in transportation, and fish caught would rot and cannot be transported out to the docks. Moreover, the fish smell in the sea is difficult to remove, and even the people on the coast are not liked to eat, and even if they can be transported out, it is difficult to find a buyer. Sea fish cannot be stored for a long time, so small households rely on fishing alone to make a living, and the large households have also built weapons and armor as the capital to protect their families in troubled times.

The lack of iron is a big problem nowadays. Not to mention that there is no iron among the people, even many princes are short of iron. In order to obtain the iron used to build weapons, I heard that many places have dug ownerless graves and taken out the iron nails on the coffin. The reason for iron deficiency is that most of the iron ore in the inland China are poor ore with low ore content. Such ores produce very low iron under the existing technical conditions. Although I still know some of the distribution of iron ore, I have to thank my previous experience in stock trading. The domestic stock market once

The classics formed a bull market for a long time under the leadership of the steel sector. Although I didn’t make any money, I still did a lot of homework to understand these steel companies. For example, the raw materials of Anshan Steel are produced in Anshan, Liaoning Province, including "Dagushan, Cherry Garden, East-West Anshan, Gongchangling, etc." Benxi, including "Fen, Waitoushan, Tongyuanbao, etc.". The raw materials of Shougang, Baotoushan, and Taigang are produced in Xuanhua, Qian'an and Handan of Hebei Province, Wu'an, Mining Village, Inner Mongolia and other areas in Xingtai.

In my memory, there should be iron ore near Xuzhou City, the prefecture of Xuzhou. Unfortunately, the conditions restricted the situation, although the iron smelting in Xuzhou has not been high, and the iron produced can only meet the military use of Xuzhou. However, with water discharge that can improve the smelting level and the use of coal, the iron ore near Xuzhou should be able to meet the needs of military and industrial for a long time. Moreover, based on the distribution of these iron ore that I have mastered, it can find an excuse for the future of fighting the Great Wall and entering the Northeast. Officials in Yanzhou have already made a lot of profits in the salt and iron monopoly. If they know that there are abundant minerals there, they will spontaneously want to own that land without me doing more encouragement.

With iron, there is naturally salt. During the Han Dynasty, there was a record of "boiling the sea into salt", but this was too expensive and it was not cost-effective. If the inland salt wells were used to make salt salt, it would be impossible to do it because the technical conditions were not mature. However, the technical aspects are no longer a problem. The seaside is windy. At present, the windmill technology in Yanzhou can generate enough power to drive the machinery to pump water to high salt fields to dry the sea salt. Then, the drop between the salt fields can promote the water wheel, which can accelerate the volatility of sea water. In this way, not only the output is high, but the cost will be much lower than that of the inland salt wells. In addition to having a large profit margin, mass-produced sea salt can also be dumped into other regions to attack the economy there.

The emergence of salt can also attract refugees to live in, and the villages surrounding the salt fields can also provide labor for the shipbuilding industry. When merchants find that the profit from sea transportation is greater than that of inland transportation, the shipbuilding industry will definitely be vigorous, and according to my plan, the future capital must be built on the seashore. When a country's capital is by the sea, a strong navy will become an indispensable equipment to defend the capital. A nation with a strong navy will inevitably explore where the end of the sea is, and the expansion of vision and the development of business will also bring about expansion ambitions.
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