Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2206 Beginning of the Empress?impossible

Chapter 2202 : Descendants of the Ying family?impossible

Cao Cao was also unlucky enough to choose Yanzhou as his starting place.

Facts have proved that Yanzhou is really not a good place, even if the terrain is flat and easy to attack and difficult to defend, it is still the state that has been most severely damaged by the Yellow Turban.

Yanzhou after Cao Cao's reunification can be described as poor and white, with nothing but people, and the strength of the princes on all sides is not weak, and the difficulty of developing it is comparable to hell.

The situation Cao Cao faced in this life was several times more difficult than that of the original history, but even so, he still gritted his teeth and listened to it, and the most important way for him to survive was to hug Qin Hao's thigh.

Cao Cao lowered his proud head and temporarily acted as Qin Hao's younger brother. He first recognized the legitimacy of the Luoyang court, and then followed Qin Hao's lead in all aspects, so as to exchange various development resources from Qin at the cheapest price.

At first Cao Cao thought that he would be able to make a steady profit when he traded with Qin Hao. After all, Wei State was too poor, and Qin State also sold it cheaply, so he couldn’t make much money in Wei State. On the contrary, Wei State could rely on Qin State’s money, food and armaments to develop grow up.

But as time went by, Cao Cao found that the situation was getting worse and worse. Wei State was too dependent on Qin State, and it didn't look like an independent country at all.

To what extent is Wei State dependent on Qin State?
The grain obtained from farming is not enough to feed the army?Find Qin Guo to buy.

After the expansion of the army, the weapons and equipment are not enough?Find Qin Guo to buy.

Want to build your own weapons, but iron ore is not enough?Find Qin Guo to buy.

Form cavalry, no horses?Find Qin Guo to buy.

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Everything that the State of Wei needs, ranging from armor, war horses, ore, to food, cloth, and salt, all need to be bought from the State of Qin.

Through this subtle and silent way of nourishing things, Qin State has subtly affected all aspects of Wei State, even to the point where Wei State cannot be separated from Qin State.

All the national power developed by the Wei State has been put into the pockets of the Qin State, which means that all the people in the whole country are working for the Qin State.

After realizing this, Cao Cao deeply felt the terror of Qin Hao, and he also desperately wanted to get rid of Qin's control.

Without getting rid of Qin's control, once Qin and Wei turn against each other, there is no need for the Qin army to fight over. It only needs to prohibit trade with Wei and block the delivery of materials, and Wei will be in chaos without a fight.

In order to get rid of Qin Hao's control, Cao Cao's advisers came up with many ways.

Fan Li offered a plan to recruit blacksmiths on a large scale.

Cheng Yu proposed to search for iron ore in Yanzhou.

Chen Qun is in charge of promoting new high-yield grain varieties.

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These strategies all worked, too.

Cheng Yu now discovered a large-scale iron mine in Chenliu, and later discovered a medium-sized iron mine in Dongjun County. This allowed Wei State to completely get rid of the iron ore shortage situation, and no longer needed to spend money to buy it from Qin State. iron ore.

With enough iron ore, enough weapons can be made, and Fan Li has also recruited enough blacksmiths, so naturally there is no need to buy weapons from Qin State.

In these two aspects, although the state of Wei got rid of its dependence on the state of Qin, it still had to buy materials such as war horses and cloth from the state of Qin.

In addition, after Chen Qun popularized new grains, although the grain output of Wei State increased greatly, due to the large number of troops supported by Wei State and the continuous large and small battles, the food was barely enough for self-sufficiency.

Wei State still needs to buy grain from Qin State, but the amount must not be as large as before.

It is precisely because of the lack of food that Cao Cao is eager to capture Jianghuai, because only by occupying the Jianghuai granary can Wei Guo get rid of the current predicament and open a new situation.

It's just that Cao Cao never thought that Zhu Di, who inherited his father's career, would be so difficult to deal with.

Under Cao Cao's various strategies, although Wei State has not completely got rid of its dependence on Qin State, the situation is much better than before.

But what happened in Wei State now directly gave Cao Cao a slap in the face, telling him that Wei State's dependence on Qin State is still there, but it has been transferred from the material and economic aspects to the hearts of the people.

In fact, public opinion in Wei State is so biased towards Qin Hao. Apart from Qin State's long-term favor to the people of Wei State and Qin Hao's own achievements, there is another important reason, that is, Cao Cao's reputation is too bad.

Cao Cao is really a wolf. In order to govern the country well, he used all available means, completely disregarding his own reputation, which also made the people in Wei foreign countries basically scold Cao Cao when they mentioned it.

Even in the native state of Wei, Cao Cao's reputation is mixed. Even if the people of Wei State are the beneficiaries, not everyone can understand Cao Cao's painstaking efforts.

The plastic surgery of Cao Cao's advisers is second only to Qin Hao, and it is easy to analyze the reason why Qin Hao is so popular in Wei State. In addition to Qin's constant favor to Wei, Cao Cao's own reputation is also a big reason.

For this, Cao Cao also regretted it very much, but he had no choice but to do it. He had no choice at all at the beginning. If he didn't do that, he wouldn't be able to get to where he is now.

"My lord, there is news from the school affairs office, and a message from Luoyang, saying that King Qin may be a descendant of Qin Shihuang, and that the Qin family has royal blood." Cheng Yu reported with a serious face.

The School Affairs Office is an espionage agency established by Cao Cao. It monitors civil and military officials internally and inquires about all important information externally. It is currently in charge of the army division Cheng Yu.

After hearing Cheng Yu's words, Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha, you can even come up with such a reason as the descendants of the First Empress, King Qin can't wait to usurp the throne, I don't know that Brother Qin Wen knows Will you stand up from the wheelchair and scold this unfilial son in the end?"

"My lord, the descendants of the first emperor may not be extinct, and the Qin family happened to come from Xianyang in Guanzhong, so it is really possible that they are the descendants of the first emperor." Chen Qun said.

"Impossible, it's absolutely impossible."

Cao Cao resolutely denied it, and said confidently: "I checked alone, and the ancestors of the Qin family were farmers for 300 years. There is no complete inheritance, and there has never been any prominent person. It was not until the Qinshan lineage gradually became prosperous by relying on merchants. How could it be a descendant of Qin Shihuang?"

"But the Qin family's family-inspired method is called "Ancestral Dragon Jue", which just corresponds to the name taboo of the First Emperor. Could it be that..."

Before Chen Qun could finish speaking, Cao Cao interrupted him.

"Brother Qin Wen and Gu mentioned that Zulongjue was obtained by accident from his father Qin Shan. If the Qin family had Zulongjue before, wouldn't they be able to resist the temptation to let their children practice?"

"This……"

Chen Qun was speechless.

"Okay, the fact that the Qin family is the descendant of the First Empress must be false. There is no need to continue the discussion. What should be discussed now is that Qin Hao has decided to proclaim himself emperor. After he proclaims himself emperor, how should our country Wei respond? ?”

Cao Cao looked at the group of counselors below, and asked in a deep voice: "Should we continue to respect the Han Dynasty? Or change the course and respect the Qin Dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)