Although Cao Cao called Liu Bei a straw shoe seller in his words, and belittled Liu Bei in terms of title, his tone and face were quite dignified, without a trace of contempt.

Yizhou's maladministration was quite tricky in Cao Cao's view, and even he was difficult to solve in a short time.

However, Liu Bei cleared the maladministration of Yizhou within three months.

What does this mean?

This shows that Liu Bei has grown again, his ability has become stronger again, and there are more intelligent people under his command.

Cao Cao asked again: "Is there anything else besides purging the maladministration?" ”

Cheng Yu arched his hand again and said: "When Liu Bei raised his army, he promised the soldiers that after taking Shuzhou City, the treasures in Liu Zhang's treasury would be taken by the soldiers. Later, Liu Bei captured Shuzhou City, and the soldiers really emptied the treasury, so that Liu Bei's army was insufficient. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and slapped the table and said: "This is a good thing, Liu Zhang doesn't repair the armor, this treasury is empty, plus the soldiers and horses brought by Liu Bei from Jingzhou, Liu Beijun's military is even more insufficient, Liu Bei wants to make up for the military, he has to work hard for a year or two." Even if Liu Bei and I compete for Hanzhong at that time, the military side will drag him down. ”

Cheng Yu hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "But Liu Bei has also solved this problem!" ”

Cao Cao's brows furrowed again, and he asked, "Solved again?" The lack of military resources cannot be made up for overnight, how did he solve it? ”

Cheng Yu explained: "Liu Bei ordered to mint 100 coins, stabilize prices, make officials open the market, and trade from the landlords and powerful to get the military. ”

Cao Cao was silent for a long time when he heard this, his face was quite ugly, and then he said in a cold voice: "I knew this was the case, I should have killed him in Xuzhou to prevent future troubles, but I didn't expect it to become a big trouble for me today!" ”

Cao Zhang arched his hand and said: "Father, Liu Bei is just a weaver and a peddler, and he took Yizhou by tricks, so what is there to fear?" When the time comes, if he fights with his father for Hanzhong, the child will be the first to cut off his head. ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly and said, "What do you know? Liu Bei solved the problem of Yizhou's maladministration and lack of military resources, which shows that he can fight for Hanzhong with all his strength with me at that time.

I Guanzhong, Xiliang was initially decided, and the grain and grass were put into Hanzhong for thousands of miles, and the manpower and material resources consumed did not know how much. And Liu Bei is much more convenient than us, and we can't have an advantage in competing with Liu Bei for Hanzhong. This Liu Bei has been stumbling for 30 years, and today it has finally become the climate! ”

Cao Cao paused and continued to ask, "Other than that, is there anything else important in Yizhou?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "There are no other major events, there is one thing that makes a big fuss, but it is just ......"

"Listen to it, know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles!" Cao Cao waved his hand.

"Yes!" Cheng Yu gave up his hand and continued: "This matter is that Liu Bei appointed his son as the captain of the school, and accompanied Lai Min, Meng Guang and others to gather the code books and eliminate various theories. ”

Cao Cao listened to Cheng Yu's words and thought for a long time before saying, "Liu Bei's son? Is that fake son Liu Feng? Well? Does this person still have the ability to learn? ”

Cheng Yu arched his hand and explained: "It's not Liu Feng, it's Liu Bei's son Liu Chan!" ”

"Liu Chan!" Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "I just looked down on this Liu Bei, why did he do such a foolish thing?" Liu Chan? Is it the child who was held in Zhao Zilong's arms on the Changban slope back then! ”

Cheng Yu nodded: "It's the child at the beginning, I heard that he is only seven years old this year!" ”

"I'm afraid this Liu Bei is not going to laugh at me!" Cao Cao laughed even more presumptuously when he heard this, laughing out of breath.

After laughing for a long time, Cao Cao said: "Lai Min, Meng Guang and others are people who sell their fame and reputation, and they have no real talent and real learning, and they are not qualified to handle this matter with them." Liu Chan, a child of a few years old, was actually appointed by Liu Bei as a lieutenant? Aren't the people of Yizhou going to make a fuss? ”

"Exactly! What Wei Gong said is not bad at all. Cheng Yu said with a smile: "I heard that Lai Min and others were just arguing all day long when they gave lectures, and the Yizhou scholars were disappointed, and Liu Bei's father and son were scolded by the Yizhou scholars. I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure out why Liu Bei did this! ”

"Liu Bei overestimated Lai Min and others, the captain of the school was just used to pave the way for his son, but he didn't expect that Lai Min and others were not virtuous, so he messed things up, and stealing chickens is not a countervail." Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled: "This is our great opportunity, Yang Xiu!" ”

"The minister is here!" His Highness, a middle-aged man who was nearly forty years old, came out.

"Call Zhi'er, Chen Lin, and Liu Zhen to Chang'an, and now that September is approaching, I ordered them to rush to Chang'an before the ninth day of September to give lectures and talk about the scriptures." Cao Cao smiled and said, "Since Liu Bei can't win the hearts of scholars, I will snatch them all!" ”

"No!" Yang Xiu gave up his hand to take the order.

Yang Xiu was about to return to his seat, but a soldier outside the hall suddenly entered with his hand in his hand, holding a bamboo tube, and said, "The latest information from Yizhou has arrived." ”

Cheng Yu took it when he heard this, stepped forward and handed it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao opened the bamboo tube, but poured out a paper book and a letter from the bamboo tube, and his letter was also written on paper, and the paper was as white as jade.

Cao Cao was quite curious when he saw this, and opened the letter to read it.

Cao Cao looked at the letter, and his face became more and more ugly.

Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao's face was wrong, and asked, "Lord, what happened in Yizhou?" ”

"It's a pity that I'm not here, otherwise where would it be my turn to get this son to become famous!" After reading the letter, Cao Cao sighed and threw the letter in his hand into a ball and threw it down to the palace.

"This ...... How is this possible? Cheng Yu picked up the letter and opened it, and his mouth was full of amazement.

Yang Xiu, Sima Yi, Jia Xu and others also came over.

Cao Cao picked up the paper book on the table and flipped through it, looked at it for a while and said: "You said that Liu Bei is a weaver and a shoemaker, how can He De give birth to such a smart son?" ”

After reading the letter, Yang Xiu's face was quite solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "Lord, this paper book is really not copied by man, but created by other means, and can be mass-produced?" ”

"See for yourselves!" Cao Cao stretched out his hand and handed over the paper book, but he was not willing to use the paper book.

Yang Xiu stepped forward to take the paper book, and several people gathered together to look at the paper book.

"It's not a transcription!" Yang Xiu looked at a few pages, and arched his hand and said: "This is a big trouble, as soon as this paper book comes out, the problem of Liu Chan serving as the captain of the school will be solved, and if Liu Bei controls the circulation of paper books only in Yizhou, I am afraid that the scholars under the rule of Wei will flock to Yizhou." ”

"It's a pity that I'm not here!" Cao Cao sighed and said, "Zhi'er is also very talented, why can't he figure out this thing?" ”

Sima Yi arched his hand and said, "Lord, now that Liu Bei has a paper book, he will win the hearts of the world's scholars, but you need to prepare early." ”