Three Kingdoms

"Sima clan actually..."

When the Sima family chose gold instead of fame, many people couldn't help but be surprised, because in the eyes of many people, the Sima family should be the most opposed to the restriction of names for the children of the gentry, and should even be the ones who suffer the most. , but what I didn't expect was that the Sima family would give up like this and simply choose interests, naked interests.

At the earliest, Fei Qian got a title from Sima Hui, and now he has given Sima a gold mining right. Although there is a ten-year limit, it is still repayment.

But from the perspective of an onlooker, grapes that cannot be eaten are naturally sour. When many people feel that the Sima family is morally corrupt, and even argue and accuse each other, it is inevitable that they will feel a little sad. After all, everyone knows what the gold mine means, even if most of the output can only be Selling to the Cavalry General Fei Qian at a lower price is also a business that is sure to make a profit...

"gold……"

Some people's eyes glowed red or green.

"The Cavalry General is so generous..."

Some people sighed and thought about it.

Wei Duan had no time to react to the sudden information. Even the Zhou Zhang that was originally written, he could not bear to put it in his sleeve first, not daring to deliver it. Then after thinking about it, he couldn't control the idea of ​​Qiaoqi. , Du Ji and Li Yuan were invited to their homes together to discuss and discuss with each other on the pretext of a banquet.

"Brother Wei!" What you say is totally wrong! 』

Li Yuan has never been too cold about Wei Duan's vacillating attitude, especially after the last time he learned that the Li family had been drinking Wei's foot washing water or other water for who knows how long. Every time he saw Wei Duan, They all feel a little uncomfortable in their hearts. Although Wei Duan has made a lot of changes now and the water source has been checked many times and there is no problem, but is this mentality...

Wei Duan held up his hand and said politely: "Please give me some advice from Li Xiandi..."

"Don't dare to teach me..." Li Yuan waved his hand, "False fame is an unknown benefit. Gold mines are a place of real gain. Why is it so strange to give up false fame and gain real benefit?" 』

Wei Duan nodded, "That being said...however..."

In fact, Wei Duan looks down on Li Yuan, just like Li Yuan also looks down on Wei Duan, but after all, they are both in Guanzhong, and their friendship started from their ancestors, so even though there are some conflicts now, the two still maintain a good relationship. A superficial rapport.

Li Yuan thinks that Wei Duan is too greedy and wants everything, while Wei Duan thinks that Li Yuan is too lazy and only knows how to hug Fei Qian. But in fact, Wei Duan's greed is not entirely his own nature, but to maintain Wei Duan's status in Guanzhong. Wei Duan has to be greedy. Similarly, the reason why Li Yuan clings to Fei Qian's thigh is not his nature. , but Li Yuan knew that the only way he could go now was to hold on to her tightly.

Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be deviations in the thinking directions of the two people.

In comparison, Du Ji was more detached, so when he saw Wei Duan and Li Yuan having major differences, he slowly said: "You two, I wonder... whether you have noticed in recent days. ...Some idle people were observing near the manor house..."

Before Li Yuan could react, Wei Duan's expression immediately changed. He shuddered and said solemnly: "Bohou's intention... this kind of person, could it be..."

Du Ji sighed slightly and nodded.

Wei Duan took a breath, pinched his beard and stopped talking.

Li Yuan only reacted at this time and jumped up immediately, "What?" Someone is spying on you and me? So brave, where is it located? Wait for someone to go and catch him! "Li Yuan is the captain of Lingyi, and he also has some soldiers under his command.

Du Ji shook his head and said, "Please be patient, dear brother. I'm not spying on you and me, or just a few people, but..." Du Ji turned his fingers in a circle on the table.

After all, the people of the Mo family are not a professional spy organization. They won't attract anyone's attention for a short period of time. But over time, they keep running into each other near their home. How can they not attract suspicion? In addition, Du Ji has a cautious personality, so he noticed a lot of things when he paid attention.

Wei Duan hesitantly stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of his door, "Bohou, there is a new diviner near a certain front street..."

Du Ji nodded slightly and said, "Nine times out of ten." 』

Wei Duan sighed.

Li Yuan's eyes widened, "What about my family?" 』

Du Ji stroked his beard and said, "That's the salesman wandering in front of my dear brother's house..."

"How brave!" Li Yuan stood up angrily and wanted to go out to deal with the salesman, but Du Ji held him back.

"What do you want, my dear brother?" Du Ji asked, "There is even one in front of Pang Shiyuan's mansion. What do you want?" Um? 』

Li Yuan grinded his teeth and suddenly became discouraged. He sat back down again without saying a word.

If it is what Du Ji said, it is not a secret surveillance, but an open surveillance! Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan could endure it without saying anything. Could it be that he, Li Yuan, was qualified not to endure it? What's more, from a certain perspective, this may also be a test by the Cavalry General...

Whoever touches these people means that they are most likely doing something that cannot be seen. The methods of the hussar generals have always been like this. They seem to be on the surface, but in fact there are pitfalls underneath. Li Yuan is very familiar with this method.

Du Ji slowly pointed to the bean plate in front of him, "This is my previous reputation..." Then he took the bean plate, poured all the pastries on it onto another bean plate, and then lit up. He turned on the empty bean tray and said, "This is the fame of the moment..."

Wei Duan leaned forward slightly, staring at an empty bean plate filled with pastries, "So Sima..."

"Of course..." Du Ji said again, "But the strategy of Qiusi is far more than that..." As he said that, Du Ji pushed the bean plate filled with cakes far away, until it was almost full. He stopped near the edge of the table and looked up at Wei Duan and Li Yuan.

Wei Duan pointed to another bean plate with some pastries still on the table.

Du Ji sighed slightly, took the food cover from the side, and then covered the empty bean plate and a bean plate with some pastries on the table.

Li Yuan scratched the back of his head, feeling that he understood something, but there still seemed to be something he didn't understand. He tilted his head, thought for a long time, and suddenly clapped his hands, "Dahan Chamber of Commerce!" 』

Du Ji nodded.

Wei Duan sighed, with a somewhat desolate look on his face. He looked at Du Ji and remained silent.

Du Ji also sighed softly: "I have been meditating for a long time, and then I can understand some of the scales... The hussar's game, the front and back are connected, and the steps are meticulous, it is simply unprecedented..."

Wei Duan turned his head and glanced at Li Yuan, then shook his head and nodded again, "What Bohou said...is really, really..."

Li Yuan looked at Du Ji and then at Wei Duan. He wanted to ask, but he felt that if they both understood, asking him would be exposing his own shortcomings and degrading his status. However, Regardless of asking, I feel uncomfortable in my heart, as if a hundred claws are scratching my heart.

Wei Duan's eyes wandered and he said: "In this case, can't we just wait for another day..."

Du Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't Xiu Fu very strict in choosing wives and concubines?" The Huang family, and now the Cai family, the deep meaning... is the future, I'm afraid..."

Wei Duan's hand shook, and two strands of his beard were pulled off. He didn't know whether it was because he felt sorry for his beard, or because of pain in his jaw, or for some other reason. He seemed to be grinning, "This...could it be that the hussars couldn't even do this?" Have you considered it? This, this...how is it possible? ! 』

Du Ji turned his head and looked at the setting sun on the horizon. After a long time, he sighed, "What's wrong with the Hussar's plan?" 』

The setting sun struggled on the horizon, showing its innocence, but it still couldn't defeat the mountains. After a while, it was dragged down by the mountains together, and its hands and feet wrapped around it, and then disappeared, leaving only a slight brilliance. It was like a few remaining screams.

At this moment, in Ye City, Cao Cao was also looking at the sunset.

"The general trend of the world... Fei Qian Fei Ziyuan..." Cao Cao sighed, and then snorted again.

Cao Pi, who was standing behind him, glanced at Cao Cao, then stood respectfully with his hands in a standard posture. Because according to Cao Pi's judgment, his father had called him over from Xu County, and he must have had classes again, so his posture was better, and maybe the reprimand he received would be lighter...

Sure enough, the question was thrown over.

"Come forward, you can read it..." Cao Cao pointed to the table in front of him and said to Cao Pi.

Cao Pi accepted the order with his hands, and then walked forward to the case. He quickly glanced at Cao Cao, and then started to look down at the news from the west on the table.

Hanoi can send letters to Chang'an, and news from Chang'an can naturally be sent to Yecheng. What's more, Cao Cao has focused on strengthening the investigation of Chang'an, so compared with Chang'an, general news is delayed for about ten days. Just a look.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi and frowned slightly. What Cao Cao disliked the most was that Cao Pi would inadvertently reveal his cleverness in observing people's actions. In Cao Cao's view, observing words and expressions is not a skill at all. Any slave, or even a dog, knows how to read the master's face. This skill may not be any worse than Cao Pi. As Cao Pi is the heir, he needs to stand on a higher level. If you look at problems from a high position, how can you be on the sidelines?

Therefore, every time Cao Pi secretly glanced at Cao Cao, Cao Cao felt a little unhappy. But the problem is that Cao Pi never changes his bad habit!

Cao Pi browsed through it hastily, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw Cao Cao's frowning face, and trembled subconsciously.

"Can there be any gain?" ”Cao Cao snorted coldly.

"This..." Cao Pi stuttered.

Cao Cao frowned deeper, "Then read it again!" 』

"Wei, only..." Cao Pi quickly lowered his head and began to read it seriously for the second time. While reading, his head began to move crazily. "Hey, the hussar is also trying to suppress the reputation of the noble clan?" 』

Cao Cao nodded slightly and said, "Why do you want to suppress the soldiers?" 』

Cao Pi pointed at the table and said, "My father once said that the four dimensions of the world are all square and stable. However, now that there is a single one, the case will be overturned in a moment... so we should suppress it." However, you must not want to, so you should first remove the Geman and cut off the branches and leaves before you can touch its roots..."

Cao Cao put his hand on the table and nodded. Not long after, Cao Cao asked again: "How do you think the hussar's strategy is similar or different from ours?" 』

Before Cao Pi could take a breath of pride, he suddenly got stuck again, "This..."

In fact, overall, as a teenager, Cao Pi has such thinking ability, which is pretty good. But the problem is that Cao Cao is anxious... and for Cao Cao, it seems that the only one who can compare with the hussars general Fei Qian is The stronger one is having multiple wives and children, and the sons are older than the hussars, but now it seems that this advantage is not so obvious...

"Let me ask you, why didn't the Hussars attack Jiyu?" ” Cao Cao said.

The previous question was still swirling in Cao Pi's mind, and then a new question was poured into his head. Suddenly some programs were running out of memory, and he groaned before saying: "The hussars are not strong enough to fight for a long time, so they retreated..."

"wrong! ” Cao Cao patted the table, which made Cao Pi shake.

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Pi, "I thought that was the case for a while... until I heard about the Hussar's victory in the Western Regions... Hussar, it is true that the territory is vast, and each requires a certain number of troops, so the military strength is insufficient, but... …』

Cao Cao's slender eyes narrowed, "If the Hussars abandon their surroundings and gather their soldiers in such a monstrous manner, not to mention the two places of Hebei and Henan, they will sweep over Xu Qing, just like a backhand!" Why should it be taken for granted? 』

"You can think about it, if that's the case, why don't the hussars attack?" ” Cao Cao asked again.

Cao Pi subconsciously murmured, "In that case, why not attack?" ” Then under his father’s sharp eyes, his little head immediately started to spin wildly, and he turned on the turbo mode, “Is it possible that the hussar is worried? What are the concerns? money? grain? people? or……"

Cao Pi kept throwing out answers, praying for an answer to hit him, but unfortunately, Cao Cao kept staring at him without any reaction. Cao Pi became more and more anxious, and then he heard Cao Cao sigh, "It's just a little bit... You've said a little bit, but it's just a little bit..."

Cao Pi was so happy that his eyes immediately fell on the table, and then he looked up at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded slowly.

One thing makes sense, everything agrees. Cao Pi suddenly understood another question that Cao Cao asked before, and immediately smiled and said: "Yes!" Yes! The difference between me and Hussar is here! The Hussar planned early, first as an agricultural worker, then as a merchant guild, and now he has come to suppress the nobles. Just like the four legs of a table, after three of them are stable, the remaining one can be repaired... But where we are, one branch is dominant, and the rest are incomplete. If If you are not careful, it will be difficult to balance... Yes, that's it..."

Cao Cao nodded, then looked at Cao Pi's smile and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "It's so good, but...what do you think is so funny?" 』

As if a restraining spell had been cast on Cao Pi, his whole body suddenly became stiff, even his smile froze, and then he slowly collapsed. "Baby, baby...this..."

Cao Cao withdrew his gaze and said, "If you manage it, what should you do?" 』

Cao Pi murmured in his heart, but did not dare to say it out. Even you old man doesn't know what to do. Do I know what to do?

In fact, Cao Cao didn't expect to get any decent answers from Cao Pi. He just wanted to tell Cao Pi that the world is very dangerous and the enemies outside are very scary, so he should grow up quickly...

Therefore, Cao Cao did not ask Cao Pi to say anything immediately. Instead, he asked Cao Pi to take this information, go back and think about it carefully, and then submit a policy statement in two days.

In two days?

Cao Pi lowered his head. In fact, his eyes almost fell to the ground where Cao Cao couldn't see him. Isn't it New Year's Day in two days? What is this? Does the New Year beat money? Shouldn’t the New Year be a time for delicious food and fun? Why did you come to my place? What else do you need to submit?

However, Cao Pi did not dare to resist Cao Cao, so he could only accept the task and retreat silently.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and stared at Cao Pi sideways. He didn't sigh slightly until Cao Pi's figure disappeared in the corridor in the distance. Cao Cao didn't know what Cao Pi was thinking. If possible, Cao Cao also wanted to give Cao Pi a completely carefree New Year, where he could eat and drink happily, but others could eat and drink, and even eat and drink in a dark way. He has no scruples, but Cao Cao can't do it, and Cao Pi can't do it either.

This is also Cao Cao's way of telling Cao Pi in a subtle way, Cao Pi, you have no time to play happily. Now you must think diligently every moment to be able to resist foreign enemies. Regardless of how the Cao family is doing now, it is windy and rainy outside. Heavy frost and snow...

It's just that Cao Pi obviously still can't understand...

Why is there such a big gap between people?

Cao Cao pondered and recalled, when did Fei Qian discover these problems, formulate corresponding strategies, and then implement them step by step to this day?

In jujube?

No, maybe Fei Qian had already planned something while he was in Jingzhou...

Only in this way can it be explained, and only in this way can Cao Cao feel a little more balanced.

After all, judging from Fei Qian's step-by-step plans, they are really scary.

When Feiqian was engaged in business, many people disapproved of it. However, when the Hu-Han trade flourished and supported the construction of Beiland, many people looked at it blankly. It turns out that trade was so profitable, and they followed suit, but they couldn't compete with Feiqian no matter what. …

When Fei Qian was promoting the bachelor's degree in agriculture and engineering, some people thought that Fei Qian had a broken head. Why was he still helping his opponents build agricultural mulberry trees? But now Cao Cao understands that these so-called free agricultural and engineering bachelor's degrees by Fei Qian are actually the most expensive!

All the tools and scales in Cao Cao's current territory, even the distance between fields and crops, the width and thickness of roads, are all consistent with Fei Qian... In the past, Qin Shihuang implemented the unification of measurements through how many heads fell to the ground, but here Fei Qian It was completed quietly!

If Cao Cao wanted to change now and overthrow the standards of the hussar system that had penetrated into all aspects, the price he would have to pay would be more than double what he paid that day? Even ten times more!

What's even more frightening is that this business, this agricultural industry, not only that, but also has back-up tactics!

Just like the table in front of me, it has four legs of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Fei Qian's "farmers, industry and commerce" are strong. Naturally, he is not afraid of the turmoil caused by cutting off a "shi" and causing the table to overturn. But Cao Cao himself...

Cao Cao stroked the table as if stroking his most beloved treasure, but the next moment, he stood up, turned around, drew out the sword on his side, and chopped it down with one strike!

Cao Cao's sword is naturally of the highest quality. Regardless of whether it is called Qinghong Sword or not, at least it is decisive, so if he cuts it on the table leg, the cut will be smooth...

The desk made a click and suddenly tilted in the direction of the broken leg.

But Cao Cao didn't stop at all, and struck three times with his sword!

The table with all four legs shortened has regained its balance...

Cao Cao tilted his head, looked at it for a while, then laughed a few times, and was about to put the sword back into its sheath, but his eyes couldn't help but freeze.

On the long sword, I don't know whether it was there originally or whether it was just cut too much, but a small gap burst out...