Three Kingdoms: Economic mastermind, Cao Cao wins!

"Lord, now it is meaningless to care about who spread this news, from the very beginning Li Mo deliberately calculated this point with great fanfare before entering Xiapi City, and there were many people who saw this matter that day, this batch of gifts alone is worth at least tens of thousands of gold, it is impossible for any prince to ignore it, although Yuan Shu cooperates with the lord, it is impossible not to beware of the lord, and now that the lord has accepted such a big gift from Cao Cao, Yuan Shu must be suspicious."

At this time, Mi Zhu also said his thoughts, and at the same time secretly sighed that everyone was deceived by Li Mo's performance at that time, at that time, under the guidance of Li Mo, everyone felt that Cao Cao was seeking to cooperate with Tao Qian to deal with Yuan Shu, plus the value of these treasures shocked everyone present, and they all forgot the hidden problems, plus Tao Qian directly withdrew everyone after obtaining this kind of treasure, so he didn't find out about this matter for the first time

When the news spread completely, Chen Deng and Mi Zhu reacted immediately, this Cao Cao's purpose may not be to cooperate with Tao Qian from the beginning, but to use this matter to divide Yuan Shu and Tao Qian

"This ...... How to be good".

Since ancient times, wealth has moved people's hearts, Tao Qian didn't expect that he was also recruited, and now he also figured out that now he has been riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off

"Lord, there are only two ways to plan for now, one is to kill Cao Cao's envoys on the spot, and at the same time mobilize the army to prepare early, but if you plot against Yanzhou, I am afraid that my Xuzhou will be the main force to resist Cao Cao's army."

"Second, press the troops, and at the same time send personnel to explain the interests and disadvantages to Yuan Shu, and at the same time explain that everything is just Cao Cao's rumors, and wait for the opportunity."

Listening to Chen Deng's words, Tao Qian also frowned, being able to be the pastor of Xuzhou, Tao Qian is naturally not a stupid person, and naturally understands that once this news spreads, Yuan Shu will definitely be suspicious, and how Yuan Shu will raise troops at that time, and even begin to doubt whether Tao Qian is cooperating with Cao Cao

Especially there is no estrangement between Tao Qian and Cao Cao, at this time, he suddenly gave such a valuable gift, or in the case of Cao Cao's lack of money and food, I want to know that Yuan Shu will not believe it, and I will definitely doubt whether Tao Qian has a secret relationship with Cao Cao

"Lord, I suggest that we just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."

At this time, Cao Bao, who had not been very much in strategy, also expressed his thoughts, and hearing Cao Bao's words, Tao Qian also fell into hesitation

"Mi Zhu, I have a question, what is the value of the things Li Mo sent, is it really as high as rumored outside?"

At this time, Cao Bao suddenly turned around and asked Mi Zhu, and after Mi Zhu heard this, he hesitated a little and nodded

"It's true that it's worth a lot of money, especially the diamond ring, which I've never heard of, but the gems in the Western Regions have always been sky-high, and it's not uncommon to have a price of 10,000 gold."

"Lord, this is where I wonder, since the price of these things is so high, if Cao Cao sells all these things in exchange for grain and grass, not to mention more, he should be able to buy a hundred thousand stones of grain and grass from these families, in this case, why did Cao Cao give it to the lord?"

"Hiss ......

".

Tao Qian, who heard this, was also slightly stunned, Tao Qian was also born in a big family, and naturally understood the truth, the princes have no money and grain is the matter of the princes, which does not mean that the families in the corresponding area have no grain and grass, these families have a lot of grain in stock, and the family is not a stupid person, naturally understands the preciousness of grain and grass, and there are a lot of stored grains, and Cao Cao spends more money to buy some It is not impossible to do

it

Now not only did he not do this, but he gave it to Tao Qian, and the intention was very intriguing, and it can even be said to be very strange

"What do you all think?".

"Lord, what can be determined now is that Cao Cao must know about the alliance between the lord and Yuan Shu, otherwise he would not have sent an envoy at this time, and Cao Cao's purpose is nothing more than two, the first is to persuade the lord to strike the army, and the second is to persuade the lord to join forces to deal with Yuan Shu, plus now that he has given such a heavy gift, I think Cao Cao is most likely to want to join forces with the lord to deal with Yuan Shu."

"As for General Cao Bao's so-called whether the Cao army has surplus grain and grass, we don't need to pay attention to it for the time being, now that the matter has been spread, even if the alliance between the lord and Yuan Shu still exists, but with Yuan Shu's character, he will definitely no longer trust the lord, and if the lord marches according to the original plan, he will inevitably become the main target of Cao Cao's attack."

"The lord is different from Yuan Shu, even if Yuan Shu does not confront Cao Cao head-on, detour to Hexi, Hanoi can still threaten Yuan Shao from the flank, but the lord has no way, once Cao Cao marches, he can directly threaten the hinterland of Xuzhou, so the minister suggested that the lord should not move for the time being, look for opportunities, and wait for the opportunity to move."

At this time, Chen Deng said his own thoughts, this is the most suitable thing for Tao Qian at present, and it is also the best way to preserve his strength

"What about Yuan Shu?"

"The lord can explain, believe it or not, go with Yuan Shu, by the way to give some benefits, now Cao Cao is stationed in Yingchuan, Chen left a line, Yuan Shu will also mobilize an army to take strict precautions, it is naturally impossible to turn around to deal with the lord, once Yuan Shu really with Cao Cao to move, the lord will do it again, if Yuan Shu does not move, the lord can also be regarded as nothing happened, enter, the lord can send troops to the city, retreat, the lord can promise Cao Cao the so-called trade matters, to ensure the safety of my Xuzhou".

"In this way, the lord can ensure that between advance and retreat, Xuzhou is safe and sound, waiting for changes, and once the war starts, the lord can wait for the opportunity to come out."

Chen Deng finally gave what he thought was the most feasible way, in this period the princes had different thoughts, and the so-called alliance was just for a common good, once the interests changed, then the situation would change, and it was the same for Tao Qian

"Zizhong, what do you think?"

"I think Yuanlong's method is feasible."

"Alas, then let's leave it like this for the time being, treat this Li Mo well, and then send him back."

"Whoa".

In the end, Tao Qian hesitated again and again and decided to accept Chen Deng's opinion, for the time being, he had no better way, and Mi Zhu actually wanted to speak a little, Mi Zhu felt that Chen Deng ignored an important issue, that is, Cao Cao has an army of 300,000, and now it seems that it is indeed because of the shortage of grain and grass has become a constraint, but once this problem is waited until this autumn's harvest, all this will no longer be a problem