There are few people in Xuzhou who can be greeted by Liu Lan in person, and today thousands of soldiers in front of the south gate are heavily guarded, and Liu Lan waited for half an hour with dozens of lieutenant generals and school clerks on both sides of the road, and finally welcomed Chen Deng, who was the main master and a servant who had rushed from Moling.

To tell the truth, Liu Lan gave Chen Deng such courtesy, not because of his influence in Xuzhou, let alone because he was about to replace Chen Qun as the pastor of Xuzhou, but because of his previous misunderstanding, in such a form, let more people know that Liu Lan has not suppressed Chen Deng, nor has he thought about and suppressed the Xuzhou family.

At the moment of the Battle of Xuzhou, his performance like this can win people's hearts, and the most important thing is to let the people of the Xuzhou clan share the same hatred with him and resist foreign enemies together.

Liu Lan didn't know if he would be able to get the effect he wanted, but with Chen ascending to power, he believed that many of Xuzhou's troubles would be solved.

On the way to the General's Mansion, he whispered to Liu Lan about everything he had seen in Guangling, Chen Jiao, who used to be his right-hand man, and it can also be said that he recommended him to Liu Lan, but this person is now serving Liu Lan wholeheartedly.

This point is nothing that he can't get by, it's all for Liu Lan, how can there be any difference between high and low, it's just that this person is trying to climb up for himself, and he doesn't compromise his means, although he also knows that what he does is Liu Lan is borrowing his hands to get rid of some forces in Guangling, but his methods are too ruthless, and he doesn't leave any room for people at all, this is not to remove Liu Lan from the future, but to force the people of Guangling to rebel.

Regarding Chen Deng's request to immediately stop Chen Jiao's series of investigations in Guangling, Liu Lan just smiled faintly: "Forcing the people to rebel, I think it's a bit exaggerated, Chen Jiao is a person, dare to do it, have courage, I am very satisfied, as for the bloody storm he set off in Guangling, it was also made clear to me early in the morning, I also agreed, after all, all the counties in Xuzhou have been reformed, and they can't be an exception for Guangling County, right?"

Yuan Long has been in Guangling for three years, why hasn't there been any progress in even a small Yicang reform? I might as well make it clear, just because of this matter, I mistakenly thought that Yuanlong was deliberately obstructing, so I had to transfer you back to Moling, but when I arrived in Guangling, I found that it was not the case, it turned out that I was wrong to blame Yuanlong, but there is one thing, Yuanlong, you have to know, this wicked man, but Chen Jiao will carry it for you again.

As for you saying that he made Guangling angry and resentful, and the people wanted to rebel, I don't believe it, Chen Jiao's methods may be ruthless, but he is a Guangling person after all, and it is possible to be ruthless to those officials, but to the people, he will not, not only that, but he will try his best to protect it, are you right? ”

Although Chen Jiao's family also has a number one in Guangling, but the decline of the family, followed by the mother's family, can only be regarded as a down-and-out family.

You say it's the Hanmen clan, but there are Yishi clans who boast of themselves, and if they want to find the ballast, they are also looking for the children of the clan, as for the family of the Xu officials and even ordinary people, if they do something out of the ordinary, it is the real insult, and the children of the family of the Xu officials are different.

They wouldn't even look at them in the eyes of their clan, but the more they did, the more ruthless they became.

Therefore, Chen Jiao will never do anything out of line with the people, otherwise his backbone will be broken, and he is afraid that the backbones of his father and mother's families will also be broken.

Because of this credit, the reputation of the Chen and Liu families for hundreds of years was ruined, no matter how stupid Chen Jiao was, how could he see his hometown father in the future, and how could the family continue to live in Guangling?

If it weren't for these reasons, Liu Lan would dare to let Chen Jiao do something in Guangling?

And the man of the lake and the sea in front of him, his mind can't be measured by normal thinking, if you think he is really pleading for Guangling Xu officials, it is unlikely, but the character of the Chen family father and son is the kind of person who tends to be dark, and tricks are frequent, if this era is not because of the existence of Jia Xu, a poisonous man, Liu Lan actually wants to give Chen Deng such a name.

And the reason why he said these words, Liu Lan suspected that nine times out of ten he had already had an exchange with Chen Jiao, but he did not persuade Chen Jiao, or that the two had a disagreement on something.

But if this is the case, then what Chen Deng said will make him greatly discounted in front of him, but in the same way, it will inevitably win the hearts of many people in Xuzhou, if it is for this reason, he believes that Chen Deng will never do such a stupid thing.

So what kind of reason will it be, let Chen Deng say what he just said, will it be because of people's hearts, after all, it is wartime!

Liu Lan glanced at him, smiled, and said: "I don't know how you talked to Chen Jiao, but there is one thing he doesn't dare to tell you, that is, among these officials, some people have already been bought by Cao Cao, if you are worried that Chen Jiao may cause internal chaos in Guangling, I think you can rest assured now." “”

Liu Lan's words made Chen Deng suddenly wake up: "No wonder, I'll just say it, at that time, Chen Jiao wanted to speak and stopped, I asked him to make it clear, but he didn't dare to say it, so that's the case." ”

Chen Deng said so, but his thoughts when he looked at Liu Lan became extremely complicated, he did bad things with good intentions, but fortunately, Liu Lan did not misunderstand him again because of this, otherwise he would really regret his death.

And he was more mixed with personal feelings just now, if this matter was known by his father, that lesson would be inevitable, at this moment even Chen Deng felt that he was too unsophisticated, and he was completely digging a hole for himself.

"You don't have to take it too seriously, this matter has passed, there is no need to mention it again, but the matter that you and Chen ** took over is the top priority now, and this matter must be completed as soon as possible."

"No!"

The two of them looked at each other, and they both knew it, Chen Deng nodded, and said, "Tomorrow, I will personally come to the door to find Chen Qun." ”

"Well, you must hurry up, although Chen Qun is worthy of our trust, but he is leaving after all, the position of Xuzhou Thorn Shi cannot let him continue to be in office, and you must adapt as soon as possible."

In the General's Mansion, Liu Lan picked up the wind and washed the dust for Chen Deng, and there were very few people in attendance, only Xu Shu and him, a small gathering of the three of them, although it was nominally to catch the wind and wash the dust, but more to inform Chen Deng of the specific situation of the Battle of Xuzhou.

After all, he will succeed Chen Qun as the assassin of Xuzhou, plus he was originally a lieutenant in the general's mansion before, and he has the responsibility of a staff officer in the military, so let him, the assassin, understand the inside story, and he can also be more smoothly responsible for logistics for the next battle of Xuzhou, at least in several battlefields, he can clearly know which one is more important.

Chen Deng and Liu Lan have known each other relatively early, to be honest, Liu Lan has changed too much over the years, you can say that this is a sign of maturity, but one thing is just like his father said, the current Liu Lan is unpredictable, as if he was in Guangling, wasn't he suspected by Liu Lan, the key is that Liu Lan has not considered what he is doing before, and has become a little conceited, even if he wants to, he can't.

In the past, when his father said that a companion is like a tiger, he didn't take it seriously, and felt that whether it was the Son of Heaven or Tao Qian or even Liu Lan's thoughts, it was difficult to guess, but now even if it is a light meal, it can make him eat terrified, like a wax, until this moment, Chen Deng really understood the rhyme.

"What does Yuanlong think?" Liu Lan asked suddenly.

"Very good."

During the banquet, Liu Lan told Chen Deng about the plan to deal with Yan Liang, and he was full of praise for the plan, believing that the plan that Xu Shu and Guan Yu came up with was seamless.

First of all, he is not optimistic about the so-called alliance reached between Cao Yuan, such an alliance has no practical significance, and whether they can form a joint force is also unknown, and it may not even be as reliable as the Dong Alliance back then, under such a premise, if Yan Liang is defeated here, they must not have the courage to continue to attack Xuzhou, but in the period after the battle with Yan Liang and the battle, Cao Yuan's coalition army has the idea to threaten the strength of Peixian, so Peixian can give up at the appropriate time.

Chen Deng has some ideas about this, after all, Peixian is a special product of a specific period, and he is the experimental field set up by Liu Lan, but with the continuous expansion of Liu Lan's power, such an experimental field obviously cannot continue to develop, and his function should be transformed from a commercial town to the existence of the Acropolis military town in Xuzhou City.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a city that can replace Peixian.

And Pei County, in fact, does not meet the convenient geographical conditions of commercial towns, and even Xuzhou City is far inferior, after all, Xuzhou City still has Wenshui waterway, and Pei County, there is only one road.

He didn't think about this matter before, it was because he was Guangling Taishou and was engaged in Zhonglang, but now he felt that Guangling was the most suitable, first of all, Guangling has the Yangtze River waterway unblocked, although the land route is farther than Pei County, but as long as some inland rivers in Guangling and Wenshui, Surabaya and other inland rivers in Xuzhou are dredged, then its convenience is far more than Pei County.

For some reason, the topic suddenly shifted from the battle of Xuzhou to the commercial city, although Chen Deng's suggestion was directly rejected by him, but his suggestion to dredge Surabaya and Wenshui made Liu Lan suddenly wake up.

Isn't the historical Grand Canal the use of water sources from the lower reaches of Wenshui and Surabaya? As long as Liu Lan also excavates it, how much convenience will this section of Caoyun provide him?

Although he will not set up a commercial town in Guangling, but he will set up in Moling, Moling New City has set up a military port and a commercial port, if there can be excavated from Xuzhou, then this will be a real sense of the fast waterway, its convenience, than the current land route is several times faster.

"Caoyun is very necessary!"

Liu Lan praised Chen Deng in public, it can be said that he has not been in vain in Guangling in the past few years, and he can give him such a good suggestion, and after he takes over the history of Xuzhou, he must take this section of the canal from Xuzhou City to Guangling as a top priority.

Of course, this is after the end of the battle of Xuzhou, but Liu Lan still told him that although Xuzhou did not abolish the conscription, but not because of the progress of the production of the people, if necessary, the government can fund the employment of strong men, anyway, for the canal from Xuzhou to Guangling, it can hurt money, but it must not work for the people!

In response to Liu Lan's advice, Chen Deng immediately made a guarantee that there would never be public resentment.

Next, the topic has been around the matter of Cao Yun, if it is not for Qingzhou is already in Yuan Shao's control, it is completely possible to connect Xuzhou's Cao Yun with Qingzhou, and at that time, you can take a boat from the Yellow River to go all the way south to the Yangtze River, instead of thinking that you can only take the land route.

However, this matter can only be done temporarily, although it is a pity, but this is the reality, and even Liu Lan thinks that the north and south Cao Yun must have, and the Cao Yun of Xuzhou from east to west can also be considered, from Xuzhou to Qu County, from Guangling to Xuxi, two horizontal and one vertical Cao Yun, which is definitely an improvement for Xuzhou's business.

Moreover, the existence of east-west transportation will promote trade between the seaports along the way, and it will become convenient for merchant ships to go to Liaodong or even to Wu County in the south.

Although he will not set up a commercial town in Guangling, but he will set up in Moling, Moling New City has set up a military port and a commercial port, if there can be excavated from Xuzhou, then this will be a real sense of the fast waterway, its convenience, than the current land route is several times faster.

"Caoyun is very necessary!"

Liu Lan praised Chen Deng in public, it can be said that he has not been in vain in Guangling in the past few years, and he can give him such a good suggestion, and after he takes over the history of Xuzhou, he must take this section of the canal from Xuzhou City to Guangling as a top priority.

Of course, this is after the end of the battle of Xuzhou, but Liu Lan still told him that although Xuzhou did not abolish the conscription, but not because of the progress of the production of the people, if necessary, the government can fund the employment of strong men, anyway, for the canal from Xuzhou to Guangling, it can hurt money, but it must not work for the people!

In response to Liu Lan's advice, Chen Deng immediately made a guarantee that there would never be public resentment.

Next, the topic has been around the matter of Cao Yun, if it is not for Qingzhou is already in Yuan Shao's control, it is completely possible to connect Xuzhou's Cao Yun with Qingzhou, and at that time, you can take a boat from the Yellow River to go all the way south to the Yangtze River, instead of thinking that you can only take the land route.

However, this matter can only be done temporarily, although it is a pity, but this is the reality, and even Liu Lan thinks that the north and south Cao Yun must have, and the Cao Yun of Xuzhou from east to west can also be considered, from Xuzhou to Qu County, from Guangling to Xuxi, two horizontal and one vertical Cao Yun, which is definitely an improvement for Xuzhou's business.

Moreover, the existence of east-west transportation will promote trade between the seaports along the way, and it will become convenient for merchant ships to go to Liaodong or even to Wu County in the south.