The army set up camp in the woods by the stream. Soon after, the officer in charge of the patrol came to report: "Your Majesty, many people have gathered outside the camp to get rid of the three armies!" ”

Cao Cao is no stranger to this situation, and I don't know how many times this similar scene has appeared.

"Let Meng Qi take charge of the reception!"

"No." The officer said yes and retreated.

Two days later, the army entered the territory of Wuwei, the first thing that caught the eye was the endless wheat field, in the wheat field there were many windmills and waterwheels in an orderly manner, this is also a rare scenery, at this time the spring wheat has already been harvested, only the wheat straw stacks are piled up in the wheat field, there are few farmers, the official road in front of it passes through the center of the wheat field.

"Your Majesty, this, so much fertile land!?" Xu Chu had an unbelievable look on his face, and Dian Wei and Ma Chao were also a little stunned

Cao Cao said a little dazedly: "I have long heard that there are ten times more fertile fields in Wuwei than there were two years ago!" But you can experience it for yourself to really feel the shock! ”

The army marched forward along the official road, and the peasants who were working in the surrounding wheat fields could not help but stop what they were doing when they saw this team, and when they saw the imperial flag in the center of the army, they could not help but be stunned, and then they abandoned the work at hand and ran towards the official road with an excited face.

More and more peasants gathered on both sides of the official road, and people knelt down on both sides of the official road as if they were worshiping the gods, and kept shouting, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

Xu Chu and the others looked very excited, especially Xu Chu, although he had seen such a scene before, but his feelings were particularly strong at this time.

The army continued to advance towards Wuwei, and more and more people rushed to hear the news, and when Wuwei City was in sight, the people on both sides of the official road were really crowded! Everyone looked very excited.

When they saw the city wall of Wuwei, Cao Cao, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, and Ma Chao couldn't help but be stunned, the city in front of them was completely different from the city in their impressions!

The city wall is as high as two zhang, the city gate tower is as majestic as a mountain, and the wide city gate can be parallel to three carriages.

"This is Wu Wei!? What a change!! Ma Chao sighed a little dazedly.

Hearing the news, the Wuwei County Guard, who rushed to the city, led a group of subordinates to hurriedly come out of the city gate and went straight to Cao Cao's side.

"Wuwei County Shouwang Han greets Your Majesty!" The county guard bowed excitedly, and then the subordinates behind him bowed down one after another, all looking a little cramped and uneasy, and at the same time excited.

Under the leadership of the Wuwei County Guard, Cao Cao and his party entered Wuwei and saw the changes in Wuwei more intuitively.

Wuwei in the Western Regions, which is close to it, has also taken the express train of commercial development under the stable external environment, and businessmen from all over the country come and go here, and the sound of selling is endless, and the unique coolness of Xiliang has also added a different kind of charm to Wuwei!

Cao Cao stayed in Wuwei City for a few days, and then set off south, when they left Wuwei, Wuwei was empty, and almost all the people went out of the city for miles to see each other.

Ten days later, Cao Cao's victorious army finally arrived in Chang'an, at this time, the scene outside Chang'an City is a little scary, more than ten miles of official roads on both sides of the crowd, the city head of the upper and lower clan flags like clouds, look at this posture, at least seven or eight hundred thousand people.

After a lengthy and exciting ceremony, Cao Cao led Ma Chao, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and thousands of Imperial Forest troops towards the imperial city amid the cheers of mountains and seas.

One morning after the tenth month, Cao Cao, who was in good spirits, came to the main hall early.

After the routine early dynasty began, Cao Cao asked Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, for the compensation of the fallen soldiers in the battle of the west and the east, your cabinet has a bill!" ”

Xun Yu replied: "According to the standard of the law formulated by His Majesty, a total of 6,560,000 taels of silver should be issued!" Since 10 million taels of silver were seized in the battles of the Western Regions and Fuso, there is no need to withdraw a tael of silver from the treasury! ”

Most of the ministers present only heard about the amount of money seized today, and they couldn't help but be shocked, looking stupid, no wonder they were like this, who had ever heard that there was still money to be made in a war!

Cao Cao nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "These seizures do not need to go into the treasury, they are all used to compensate the relatives and wounded soldiers of the fallen soldiers, and at the same time to restore the trade between Xizhou, Fusang Prefecture and the Central Plains!" ”

"But Your Majesty, this is not in line with the law!" Xun Yu admonished.

Cao Cao smiled, "This is done with a special purpose!" ”

The so-called special decree is actually a kind of prerogative of the emperor, and the emperor can do something beyond the legal code in the form of a special decree, but this special decree is still subject to the cabinet constraints, and if the majority of the cabinet ministers do not approve of it, the special decree cannot be passed.

Xun Yu thought for a moment and arched his hand: "Weichen agrees with His Majesty's resolution!" ”

Immediately, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai, and others, who are also cabinet ministers, also bowed their hands and said: "The ministers also approve!" ”

"Okay, since the cabinet ministers have no objections, then it has been decided, Gongtai, you are specifically responsible for this matter!"

"Command!"

The ministers in the court looked at the cabinet ministers with envy, and everyone knew that the cabinet ministers were the ministers who were truly important and trusted by His Majesty.

"The Book of Commerce!" Cao Cao raised his voice.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce immediately came out, "Your Majesty! ”

Cao Cao asked, "What's new in business with the West?" ”

Cao Cao had always been very interested in commercial activities with the West, as this item accounted for nearly half of the total commercial interests.

The Ministry of Commerce replied: "Your Majesty, the trade activities with the West are proceeding in order! The outlook is promising! Recently, however, caravans heading to Guishuang have been in trouble. ”

Cao Cao frowned, "Oh? What's the trouble? How did the Western Regions Governor's Mansion deal with it? ”

"Our caravan has been in trouble in Guishuang recently, and it doesn't look like the personal behavior of individual officials, but it seems like the other party did it on purpose! Sima Du Du has sent many people to negotiate with Guishuang's side many times, but the situation has not improved! ”

Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xi Zhicai. Xi Zhicai immediately replied: "Your Majesty, there is information from Guishuang that Guishuang is gathering a large army in its northwest!" It is said that he wants to get a piece of the rest that lasts for a while! The leader of the army will be the general of Guishan's Zhenxi, and the strength may be around 300,000! ”

Cao Cao frowned and said: "The Jin army is about to go down to Nisa, Guishuang dares to run to grab food at this time?!" ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true! Due to the difficult restrictions imposed on our caravans, the situation in the northeast is not clear! I'm worried about whether Guishuang's actions are the idea of fighting the Western Regions! (To be continued.) )