Three Kingdoms: Economic mastermind, Cao Cao wins!

All the way to the governor's mansion, Li Mo's entourage and other personnel, including Dian Wei, were placed in the post house, which itself was used to entertain the envoys sent by various princes, and some of the gifts to be brought to Tao Qian were handed over to Mi Zhu to take over

Although Dian Wei intended to follow Li Mo to the State Pastoral Mansion, he was finally rejected by Li Mo, they were already in the city, and Li Mo couldn't run away if he really wanted to do it

"Lord Li Mo, please."

"Please".

After accompanying Li Mo into the main hall of the State Pastoral Mansion, Li Mo also saw Tao Qian sitting on the main seat at this time, obviously full of white temples, and a somewhat kind look on his face, but from the perspective of his complexion, it was obviously not too healthy, Tao Qian was already fifty-nine years old at this time

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the average age was only less than forty years old, Tao Qian's age was already old, and he could call himself an old man

"Yanzhou agricultural official Li Mo, visit Taozhou Mu".

"Well, what did Cao Cao send you to do?"

Hearing Li Mo's name, Tao Qian's expression was obviously a little more serious, although Li Mo has some names, but more of them are inside Yanzhou, and his reputation outside is not big, and it is not enough to be valued by Tao Qian, especially Li Mo has no reputation among the scholars, Tao Qian naturally has to hold his own shelf

"My lord sent me here to form a good relationship with Taozhou Muyong and communicate with each other."

"What?".

Hearing Li Mo's words, Tao Qian was slightly stunned, he never thought that Li Mo actually popped out such a few words that were not salty or light, originally Tao Qian thought that Cao Cao sent Li Mo to come at this time should be planning to become an ally with Tao Qian, but now there is an exchange, not only Tao Qian was surprised, but even the civil and military forces around Tao Qian also had a surprised look

"Is this the purpose for Cao Zhoumu to send you here?"

At this time, Cao Bao also questioned Li Mo with a majestic face, and Li Mo nodded decisively

"My father-in-law hopes to open up business and trade exchanges with Xuzhou, exempt each other from commercial taxes, and further strengthen win-win cooperation with Xuzhou."

"I'm afraid that Cao Zhoumu doesn't just want to open up trade, but also wants to borrow grain from my father-in-law."

At this time, after Chen Deng thought for a while, he also directly explained one of the reasons, although what Li Mo said was indeed unexpected, but Chen Deng still thought of the biggest possibility, that is, Cao Cao was short of food, and the probability of wanting to borrow food from Tao Qian at this time was very high

"What kind of food to borrow, why to borrow grain?".

Listening to Chen Deng's words, Li Mo deliberately made a very surprised look, as if he didn't know what Chen Deng meant by this, this time made Tao Qian frown directly, he felt something was wrong at the beginning, not to mention that Li Mo's time was such a coincidence, plus there was no movement along the way, and he didn't speak out until he was under Xiapi City, and now he looked like he didn't know anything about the war after the beginning of spring

If there is only one of them, Tao Qian can still think that the other party is really ignorant, plus the unknown nationality may not have any ability, now Tao Qian can be regarded as seeing it, this Li Mo is definitely not so simple, which also makes Tao Qian from the beginning of the passive plan to take the initiative to the idea,

"In that case, this is not unavoidable, but I'm afraid that Cao Zhoumu's trade may not be feasible, in my opinion, there will be a battle between your lord and Yuan Shu."

"Taozhou Mu, my lord has 300,000 soldiers, how can he be afraid of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu has an army of 200,000, but there is no way to win."

"Oh, it seems that Cao Cao is very confident."

"Taozhou Mu, Yuan Shu attacked my lord, first, the division is nameless, if the name is not right, the lord will do his best to resist, second, my lord is eloquent, and there are countless generals under his command, on the other hand, Yuan Shu, although he is the third prince of the Yuan family, but where he is, the people are all complaining, and what they do is even more strategic."

"When the princes discussed Dong, Taozhou Mu and my lord were both the princes of the Eighteen Roads, and the gap between my lord and Yuan Shu during the period, Taozhou Mu should know it."

"You're good at telling the truth."

Listening to Li Mo's eloquent talk, Tao Qian was choked up for a while, and he had to admit that Li Mo was able to say that Yuan Shu was useless so simply, didn't it seem that his cooperation with Yuan Shu was quite stupid

"This is not a clever remark from the lower officials, may I ask Tao Zhoumu, as far as Yuan Shu is concerned, is it my lord who is important, or Yuan Shao is important?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Yuan Shu's main purpose is fundamentally not aimed at my lord, but the dispute between the brothers of the Yuan family, everything he does is for this, my lord has an army of 300,000, take 10,000 steps back and say, Yuan Shu really dares to fight with my lord, and in the end, how much can Yuan Shu's army be left, I am afraid that Yuan Shu's attack is fake, and it is true to provoke a big war, and take the opportunity to give birth to the rest of the ideas."

Li Mo's words seem to be unintentional, but in fact, the meaning is very clear, that is, Cao Cao now has an army of 300,000, and Yuan Shu's ultimate goal is Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao will fight to the end, even if he can win, it will be a miserable victory, so it is impossible for Yuan Shu to start a full-scale war with Cao Cao, but it is possible to use this as a reason to let others be fooled

And although this fooled Li Mo did not directly say that it was Tao Qian, but the people present were all smart people, who couldn't hear it, isn't this just talking about Tao Qian, when the time comes, Tao Qian and Yuan Shu will be allies, Yuan Shu will not fight for a while, Cao Cao turned around, let alone 300,000, that is, 200,000 troops are enough for Tao Qian to drink a pot, and Tao Qian finally made a wedding dress for Yuan Shu

"Hehe, don't be ashamed, lord, don't worry, Cao Cao has a lot of soldiers, and the logistics are insufficient, and the lack of food and grass will be a scattered sand is not enough evidence, as for what Li Mo said, the Yanzhou assassin history that the imperial court has appointed is Jin Shang, and now it is in Yuan Shu's place, Yuan Shu helps him recapture Yanzhou, why not?"

"Oh, so, Tao Zhoumu, is it to respect the order of the imperial court, yes and no?".

"This is natural, we are all Hanchen, who dares not to listen to the order".

"Dare to ask, Tao Zhou Mu, if there is an order from the imperial court, if there is a Xuzhou Mu again, will Lord Tao Qian obey?"

"You are bold".

Cao Bao, who was on the side of speaking, had already taken out the sword he was wearing at his waist and aimed it directly at Li Mo, with a posture of doing something if he didn't agree with him, but Li Mo still had the slightest look of fear, as if he wasn't worried at all