The screams outside the hall suddenly sounded, and the discussion of the ministers in the hall also suddenly stopped.

Cao Cao's eyes were like lightning, swept over the faces of the ministers, and said coldly: "You also know about farming, how can there be thousands of catties of grain per mu in this world?" Zhuge Liang is scheming, he learned that I was the king, so he set up this plan to confuse our army and prepare for the Northern Expedition. ”

"No!" The crowd surrendered their orders. It's just that except for Sima Yi, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Jiang Ji and others, no one noticed the gloom in Cao Cao's eyes.

Cao Cao has been the master for more than 30 years, how can he not argue about loyalty and treachery, the words of this spy are clearly true!

Liu Bei really has a grain yield of several thousand catties per mu!

Although the scout's words are true, it is also possible that he was deceived by Liu Bei. Although Cao Cao didn't believe the words of the scout's family, he was also a little scared in his heart. Seeing that the ministers were talking about this, they were worried that it would be unfavorable to the situation, so they beheaded the spies to prevent the news from spreading.

If this news is true, once it spreads, it will be very detrimental to him.

If Liu Bei comes up with a set of divine food bestowed, then the hearts of the people in the world will be in Liu, not Cao.

Cao Cao's army will also be afraid of the Shu army, after all, there is an ancient theory of ghosts and gods.

Moreover, in Guanzhong, there are many locusts in the Central Plains, and natural disasters are continuous, once the people know that Liu Bei has a grain yield of several thousand catties per mu, if there is a hunger year, the people have a poor harvest, and the population will flow to Yizhou.

Cao Cao's first thought was to close the news, figure out the situation, and make corresponding decisions.

Days passed in a flash.

Wei Wangfu, Cao Cao's study.

Cao Cao sat in front of the desk, and Sima Yi arched his hand and said, "King Wei, now the Cao spies have returned from Yizhou one after another...... confirmed...... It was confirmed that Liu Bei did have the target of several thousand catties of grain, corn could yield 500 catties per mu, and sweet potatoes could target more than 2,000 catties. ”

Under Cao Cao, there was an intelligence department named Jin Cao Cao, which was led by the strategists Sima Yi and Jiang Ji.

Cao Cao frowned: "Can you really produce thousands of catties per mu?" ”

Sima Yi nodded and said, "All the spies are inconsistent, and they ......"

"And what?" Cao Cao's face sank.

Sima Yi glanced at Cao Cao in fear, gritted his teeth and said: "And in the territory of Wei, there has been news spread recently, saying that the king of Wei has ascended to the throne and angered the gods, so the gods helped Liu Bei and gave corn and sweet potatoes to deal with the king of Wei and restore the Han dynasty!" ”

"Damn!" Cao Cao slapped the table case and scolded: "Zhuge Pifu is really scheming! ”

It's just that Cao Cao scolded the wrong person this time, and this strategy was not proposed by Zhuge Liang, but proposed by Liu Chan.

When Liu Chan saw Cao Cao claim the throne, Liu Bei only issued a condemnation and did not make other strategies to deal with Cao Cao. At that time, there happened to be Wei scouts stealing sweet potatoes in Yizhou, so Liu Chan made such a suggestion to Liu Bei.

You Cao Cao is the king, and there is a god grain of thousands of catties per mu in my Yizhou, isn't this Cao Cao abandoned by God, and Liu Bei has become the darling of heaven?

Once this news spreads, the effect is naturally good, and now the people in Wei are panicking, and there are nursery rhymes in many places, saying that Cao Cao is the king, abandoned by heaven, Liu Bei is loyal to Han, and God gives divine food and the like.

Originally, natural disasters in ancient times were endless, and once this news spread, where natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred, the cause of this natural disaster was attributed to Cao Cao's claim to be the king.

The snow disaster blamed Cao Cao for being the king, the house collapsed and Cao Cao was blamed for being the king, and even the mother-in-law had a difficult birth, and the child died on Cao Cao's head.

For a time, Cao Cao's hearts were greatly disappointed.

Jiang Ji arched his hand and said: "Duke Wei, now people in all parts of Wei are panicking, and natural and man-made disasters have occurred in many places, and the people blame it on your claim to be king, saying that it angered the gods and punished ......."

Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "This is simple, this is the reason why Zhuge Liang sent people to spread rumors, although he got corn and sweet potatoes, but he didn't dare to take them out, my people in Dawei can't see it, it's just that people are just clouds, but they can also send people to refute rumors about this matter and stabilize the people's hearts!" ”

"King Wei is wise!" Jiang Ji surrendered his hand.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and said: "The most troublesome thing now is not the rumors, but Liu Bei, he got sweet potatoes and corn, and the yield per mu is several thousand catties.

At that time, he will go on a northern expedition, how should I stop it, you must know that my advantage is this grain and grass, and when Liu Bei's northern expedition is not short of food, then ......"

The Wenchen were stunned for a while when they heard this.

Indeed, now between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, Cao Cao's advantage is that he has a lot of land and a wide land, and he fights with Liu Bei, so he doesn't have to worry about lack of food.

Once Liu Bei went on the Northern Expedition, Cao Cao had to stick to it without fighting, and Liu Bei would retire soon because of the lack of food. But now that Liu Bei has so much food, he doesn't have to worry about the problem of grain and grass at all, so Cao Cao's advantage is gone.

"Now we have to find a way to get sweet potatoes and corn!" Cao Cao slapped the table and said: "If you give him ten years, I'm afraid that Liu Bei's national strength will not be bad for me." ”

Jiang Ji sighed and said: "Lord, these times, the corn and sweet potatoes sent by the scouts add up to less than twenty catties, not even half an acre of land is not enough to plant, and these two kinds of food are very novel, our scouts don't know how to preserve and plant at all, and the sweet potatoes have begun to rot."

Liu Bei got the new paper at the beginning, and the paper book was heavily guarded, and I didn't get the manufacturing method for so many years, and now this sweet potato and corn are only afraid of ......"

"I don't care!" Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Send more people, within three years, I want sweet potatoes and corn to be planted all over Dawei!" ”

Jiang Ji's face was full of embarrassment, and he didn't know what to do.

Liu Bei is so well guarded, and now that it is winter, sweet potatoes and corn are returned to the warehouse, and the scouts can't get it at all.

Even if the scouts figured out how to preserve sweet potatoes and corn, and how to plant them. In the coming year, it will take at least ten years to rely on the seeds obtained now to plant them, and to accumulate them year by year at this rate, and expand the planting area.

Three years? I'm afraid that not a single village can be planted.

Sima Yi arched his hand and said: "King Wei, don't worry, I have a plan, I can let Liu Bei give away the new grain!" ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Oh? Zhongda has a plan, come quickly! ”

Sima Yi said: "Liu Bei has always claimed to be a loyal minister of the Han family, and the King of Wei can issue an edict to Liu Bei in the name of the Han Emperor, saying that His Majesty wants to eat sweet potatoes and corn, and order him to pay tribute to sweet potatoes and corn."

If he didn't give it, the king of Wei could suppress his name of benevolence and righteousness, and at the same time send people to Yizhou for a walk and speech, and force Liu Bei to take out sweet potatoes and corn with the mouth of the world!

If he gives, the advantage of King Wei is far better than Liu Bei, Liu Bei still does not give, he will lose the hearts of the world, and at the same time he can't bear the pressure, it is possible to go on a northern expedition in advance, and then King Wei's chances of victory will be greatly increased! ”

"Not bad, not bad!" Cao Cao laughed when he heard Sima Yi's strategy: "Zhongda has a good strategy, if Liu Bei doesn't follow, I can spread Liu Bei's disobedience everywhere, and see how he can gain a foothold!" Cheng Yu, you immediately write a holy decree and send it to Yizhou, so that Liu Bei can attack sweet potatoes and corn! ”