Guo Jia and Cao Xi got married on the eighth day of August, and now it is the ninth month of the lunar calendar. As I thought at the beginning, as we gradually entered the winter, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban will inevitably face a new round of food crisis, so by this time, the two sides of the negotiation are no longer panicked on Cao Ying's side, but on the Qingzhou Yellow Turban's side.

This also means that things are about to become a foregone conclusion, and Cao Ying is finally going to completely incorporate the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!

In fact, at this time, I don't know how many people are probably waiting to see Cao Ying's jokes, to see how Cao Ying plans to feed more than a million people, could it be that the entire Yanzhou people are with him, stretching their belts? !

In Cao Ying, although Xi Zhicai has come up with a detailed plan, everyone knows that the situation to be faced next is definitely not as easy as imagined, especially in the first year, it is definitely the most critical, only after surviving such a year, everything after that can be put on the right track, and Xi Zhicai's plan can be regarded as a complete success!

Come to think of it, winter is not the season for grain production, and there is almost no grain in the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou. That is to say, from the time the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was recruited to come, until the grain harvest in the second year, more than one million people had to be raised by Cao Ying "out of his own pocket". Yanzhou is not as rich as Xuzhou, Yanzhou's grain output is average, and the grain stock is naturally limited, and Cao Ying is not without raising the army, so the grain stock in the state capital alone will definitely not last next year's harvest!

In this way, since Cao Ying wants to firmly incorporate the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, there is only one choice left - borrowing grain! Who to borrow from? Tao Qian in Xuzhou? Liu Biao in Jingzhou? Just kidding, if people don't take the opportunity to call, Cao Ying is going to burn incense, and you can still expect others to lend you food?

As for Yuan Shao, it's not that you can't talk about it, but it's good brothers, as long as you Cao Ying send all your family members to Yecheng, and the two families are more close, then I, Yuan Shao, will borrow grain, oh no, I will send grain directly to you as your solid backing for grain and grass. Needless to say, Cao Ying obviously won't choose this path.

So in the end, Cao Ying only had one way to go, borrowing grain from the local scholars in Yanzhou! Of course, what Cao Ying did would definitely not be the kind of empty check, borrowing but not repaying the transaction, the credit-worthy Cao Ying definitely borrowed and repaid, and only needed to wait for the next year, as long as there was no natural disaster [***], Cao Ying could immediately return all the grain and grass he had borrowed before.

Although this is the case, Cao Ying's actions originally affected the interests of the local scholars, how could these scholars be willing to lend grain and grass to Cao Ying?!

It's as if Cao Ying is a fundraiser, everyone knows that Cao Ying will collect the money, and he will immediately be able to open a company bigger than any of them, as an industry leader, and become a competitor that others can't shake, there is not much meat, and now there is one more person to share, and he is also a fierce man, which will inevitably affect the efficiency of other people's companies!

Just for that little interest, he created such a big enemy for himself, which is more important, those scholars are all smart people, don't they still have this foresight?

If in the end, no one is willing to borrow it, forcing Cao Ying to use coercive means, not to mention that the local scholars in Yanzhou will resist Cao Ying, Cao Ying is estimated to really offend all the scholars in the world this time!

In the past, those people could only say that they didn't like Cao Ying at most, because there were enough people for them to choose from, so why choose one they didn't like? And after that, it is estimated that these people will change from dislike to hate, and even resentment of Cao Ying!

How to solve this possible future crisis is what Cao Ying's camp needs to think about now.

As a pioneer of reform, Xi Zhicai may not live for a few years, and he doesn't have much time, so he is still as radical as ever. Xi Zhicai thinks that it is completely possible to kill chickens and show monkeys. These big families are used to oppressing the people, and there are no problems with them. Choose the most serious, the most unpopular, and the most angry among them, arrest him, try him, and then raid his house.

In this way, even if the food shortage cannot be solved, it is estimated that there will not be much left. And when the other scholars saw this situation, did they dare not borrow grain? Not to mention that Cao Ying himself has to repay the borrowed grain, even if Cao Ying doesn't plan to pay it back, then he will only lose a little, which is better than having all his homes raided. As for saying that he can't get used to Cao Ying, he rolls up and leaves? What are you kidding, the foundations of these scholars are all in Yanzhou, people can leave, and money can be taken away, but the land can't be taken away. If you really want to leave, it's better, and all the land left behind will belong to Cao Ying!

Xi Zhicai's methods are like catching a Heshen, and the treasury is full all of a sudden. And kill chickens and monkeys, see that those big families still dare not persuade their own clansmen, and dare to continue to be rampant like that?! At least Xi Zhicai is not just looking for someone to add to the crime. If these scholars really have a clear conscience, then there is nothing to be afraid of.

Obviously, Xi Zhicai's methods are too radical, and if this is in an era of high integrity, there is no problem with Xi Zhicai's way of dealing with it. But Xi Zhicai himself said that in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which family had no problem?

The so-called killing of chickens and monkeys should have been used to warn those who have not yet committed crimes not to commit crimes. But now that they are all criminals, you kill one so ferociously, not to put everyone in danger, although it may have a temporary effect, but it is more likely to force these criminals to unite together, and even resist you, after all, there has always been a feeling that a knife is on the neck and does not know when it will fall, which is not good.

These people are not monkeys without the ability to think, they not only have thoughts, they have read books, and they are very intelligent. It is not so easy to enslave these scholars in the same way as enslaving ordinary people.

Therefore, Xun Yu suggested that he should not threaten and persecute, but should try to win over. The Xun family has a good reputation among the scholars, and the circle of contacts is also very wide, relying on Xun Yu's three-inch tongue, pick some close to the scholars, easy to persuade, as long as they can win over a group of people in advance, even if it is only a small part, it can also play a leading role. As long as the alliance of those scholars no longer exists, after seeing that some people support Cao Ying one after another, there will inevitably be some wavering guys who are afraid of falling behind, and they will also run to support Cao Ying.

Then the other scholars saw that the overall situation had been decided, even without their support, Cao Ying would be able to survive the difficulties, and what the situation would be after Cao Ying survived the difficulties, everyone knew very well. Since it has become a foregone conclusion that Cao Ying will become the "industry leader", and the interests will inevitably be lost, it is better to take the opportunity to make a little money, and it is better than continuing to be a "nail household" to offend Cao Ying. By then, Cao Ying has already gained a firm foothold in Yanzhou, and as a person who offends Cao Ying, there will be no good fruits to eat in the future.

Xun Yu's suggestion, Xun Yu agreed, the newcomer Cheng Yu agreed, including Chen Gong also voted in favor, seeing that Cao Ying was about to make a decision, Guo Jia suddenly spoke at this time.

(To be continued)