Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 125 April Drought Seven States Locusts, This is a Critical Survival

——The people of Hong Kong City rule Hong Kong City.

These six big characters are like a door to a new world, which makes Xun Yu's eyes shine.

"What Lu Gongcao means is that the governance of Xuzhou should also follow the example of the Dragon Kingdom and Hong Kong City in the ancient times, and follow the method of 'Xuzhou people govern Xuzhou'?" Xun Yu asked anxiously.

He feels as if he has been given a key, and whether this key can open a new chapter is worth trying.

"That's right..." Lu Yu nodded. "The so-called Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou, also known as Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou! The first rule is the rule of governance, and the second system is the system of checks and balances!"

Lu Yu continued: "The Danyang faction, celebrity faction, and common people faction do not only exist in Xiapi City, but widely exist in every state and county in Xuzhou. Instead of being involved in the vortex of this force, it is better to let go of your hands and feet and let them go." Xuzhou has become an autonomous prefecture under Duke Cao!"

"As long as Xuzhou can provide Cao Gong with soldiers, food, military horses, and equipment, all other political power and military power can be attributed to the Xuzhou Gang... This is the so-called Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou."

Lu Yu quoted the concept of "Xuzhou Clan" here, and the Xuzhou Clan refers to the Danyang, Celebrities, and Common People factions!
Xun Yu was still thinking about these words carefully, but Lu Yu's words came out one after another.

I didn't give Xun Yu too much time to think about it...

In other words, Lu Yu planned to ask Xun Yu to think about it together after he finished all the words.

"I just talked about the governance of Xuzhou, and what I'm going to talk about next is the checks and balances of Xuzhou, which is the so-called Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou..."

"It's actually very simple. Cao Gong and Xun Sima can win over the Danyang faction, celebrity faction, and common people faction at the same time. The military power of the Danyang faction remains unchanged, and the administrative power of the famous scholar faction also remains unchanged. At the same time, the common people faction is given supervision. power of investigation."

Lu Yu's theory, to put it bluntly, is to completely separate the public security law from the administrative department...

Check and balance each other, restrict each other.

Speaking of this, Lu Yu paused for a moment, and then continued to speak. "In this way, the administrative power of the Celebrity Sect can check and balance the military power of the Danyang Sect; right…"

"Check and balance each other and complement each other. In this way, no matter which city or county it is, the three factions all want to show themselves in front of Duke Cao, so which one will stab the knife in the back?"

This…

It can be said that Lu Yu's words made Xun Yu more and more interested the more he listened. During the process, there was such a moment of forging that Xun Yu would feel that it was not practical, but now he has listened to all the words and savored them carefully.

He suddenly discovered that Lu Yu's words were not only logical, but also contained many principles about "checks and balances".

Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou, Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou... The more Xun Yu thinks about it, the more interesting he feels.

His eyes lit up, and he faintly felt that this strategy is feasible and feasible!

It's strange to say that Liu Bei couldn't grasp the complicated situation in Xuzhou, Cao Gong hesitated, and Xun Yu pondered over and over again to find the optimal solution, but Lu Yu explained it so thoroughly...

Xun Yu's admiration for Lu Yu added to his heart. In fact, it was those two points. Lu Yu's insight and judgment were beyond the reach of others!

Seeing Xun Yu's silence, Lu Yu took the initiative to ask, "What do Xun Sima think of the way Xuzhou people govern Xuzhou?"

"Good! Excellent!"

After all, Xun Yu couldn't say too many words to express his feelings at this moment.

Just like the method proposed by Lu Yu, it is simple but extremely effective.

"Lu Gongcao..." Xun Yu stood up. "Today, Xun has really been taught. This shows that Liu Bei is the prefect of Xiapi, and the people of Xuzhou govern Xuzhou. I will immediately write to Duke Cao. I think he is already hopeless in Xuzhou, right? Haha..."

A tiny wisp of beard...

Xun Yu is planning to go back home. After all, he still needs to summarize what Lu Yu said in detail today and send it out. This...is not easy!

"By the way...Xun Sima..." Lu Yu seemed to have thought of something again, and stood up to add another sentence.

"Does Lu Gongcao have anything else to say to Mr. Cao?"

Uh…

As the words came to his lips, Lu Yu finally swallowed them back, as if... for some reason, the words that had just come to mind just now could not be expressed so clearly.

Lu Yu immediately changed his mind. "It's nothing, I just hope that Cao Gong will return to Yanzhou as soon as possible, and solve Lu Bu's hidden danger as soon as possible..."

"This..." Xun Yu nodded, and then he patted Lu Yu's shoulder. "Don't worry, Lu Gongcao. After receiving this letter from Xun, your two clever plans will be sent to Xuzhou. With Mr. Cao's wisdom... you will probably be able to make a strategy right away. After he settles down in Xuzhou's counties, he will arrive in Xuzhou." It's time to come back and solve Lu Bu's hidden danger!"

Actually, what Lu Yu wanted to say was to let Cao Cao come back sooner...

It is now January, and it is very important to defeat Lu Bu before April at the latest.

As for the reason, Lu Yu suddenly thought of a record about the fourth year of Chuping in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".

At the beginning of April in the fourth year of Chuping, there was a severe drought, and the entire thirteen prefectures of Han Dynasty did not see any dew for four months...

The first rain did not come until the end of August.

The most direct impact is drought and locust plagues. Severe droughts are often accompanied by locust plagues. Locusts especially like warm and dry environments. Drought will also make them multiply and grow rapidly.

Drought and locust plague, under the double disaster, this year is doomed...the grain in July cannot be harvested...

Now, a large amount of grain in Yanzhou is hoarded in Puyang City. In other words, if Cao Cao can't defeat Lu Bu and take back the grain before April, then the whole of Yanzhou will suffer another huge grain disaster this year.

According to "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", the price of a grain of grain in July of the fourth year of Chuping has soared to 700 million.

What kind of concept is this... Dig the tomb of the descendants of King Jing of Zhongshan, and all the gold, silver and jewels inside are only tens of millions, not enough to buy a few hu grains.

The most exaggerated thing is that the scope of this severe drought is the entire thirteen states, and the scope of the locust plague is the entire seven states of the Central Plains. The so-called "seven state locusts"...

It is not an exaggeration to say that regardless of Cao Ying's current situation, if he really can't beat Lu Bu before April.

So... This year, we will be constrained by food and grass, and have no chance to deal with Lu Bu's hidden dangers. This will be delayed for another year, and there will be many new changes!

Alas... But this matter can't be said directly.

You can't tell Xun Yu or Lao Cao.

It is written in "Zizhi Tongjian" that there will be a severe drought after April, and it will last until August. There will be no rain, and the river will dry up...the grain harvest will never be harvested!
If you really want to say this, it is estimated that Lao Cao and Xun Yu must regard Lu Yu as a psychopath.

Now, I can only remind Xun Yu in a circumstantial way... let him persuade Lao Cao to come back quickly.

"Xun Sima must mention one more thing, let Cao Gong have an early meeting, and quickly solve Lu Bu's hidden danger..." Lu Yu did not forget to ask again...

"Xun has made a note. If Lu Gongcao has nothing else to do, Xun will leave." Xun Yu bowed his hands.

Lu Yu also bowed his hand in return. "I'll send Mr. Xun Ling..."

Pushing open the door, Xun Yu looked around, originally looking for Cao De, but where was he?
Cao Anmin was the only one in the entire courtyard.

At this time, Cao Anmin stepped forward quickly.

"The last general, Cao Anmin, meet...Lu Gongcao..."

Cao Anmin almost yelled to pay his respects to benefactor, but he restrained himself when the words came to his lips.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Lu Yu met Cao Anmin, the young man was very handsome, at least he was much more handsome than that Zhuge Liang...

Wait, there seems to be something wrong. According to many ancient books, Zhuge Liang is a handsome guy. Is it because he is too young to bloom.

"Ahem...you are Mr. Anmin, sorry for your disrespect..." Lu Yu saluted back...

When Cao Anmin is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is the first battle in Wancheng.

When Cao Cao made the mistakes that all men would make, when Zhang Xiu surrendered and rebelled, when Dian Wei died in battle, when Cao Ang died in battle, and there was no time left, Cao Anmin handed over his horse to Cao Cao and fought Death, only Cao Cao escaped.

In Lu Yu's view, being able to make the act of giving up the horse to others on the battlefield is equivalent to giving the hope of living to others and leaving his life on this side of the battlefield.

There are really not many people who can do this kind of thing. As far as Lao Cao is concerned, Cao Anmin is one, Cao Hong is one, and... Jinbei Prime Minister Bao Xin is also one.

Lu Yu admired these people very much.

"I don't know what position Mr. An Min has now?" Lu Yu asked curiously...

He wants to poach people.

This kind of warrior who looks at death like home, there is one and one, and Lu Yu wants to dig into the Long Xiao camp.

"The last general..."

Cao Anmin originally wanted to say that he would be a young general under Xun Sima, but he didn't know that Xun Yu was one step ahead.

"Lu Gongcao, I was just about to tell you about this..."

"Mr. Anmin has been working under Xunmou before, but Xunmou's side is mostly civilian, which hinders his martial arts..." Speaking of this, Xun Yu asked. "Why don't you just let Mr. Anmin join the Long Xiao camp? One is to fight for Lu Gongcao, and the other is to live up to his martial arts skills. What does Lu Gongcao think?"

Hey…

Lu Yu thought it was Xun Yu's eyes that saw through his intention to poach people, so he said this on purpose.

Immediately overjoyed. "Since Xun Sima cut off his love, I can't ask for anything here."

In a word, Lu Yu turned and looked at Cao Anmin. "Mr. Anmin, how about this, clean up today, and report to General Wen Lie at the Longxiao camp tomorrow? How about it?"

Wen Lie is Cao Xiu's name. Although Lu Yu is actually the commander of the Longxiao Battalion, it is Cao Xiu who usually trains soldiers and leads the troops in battle. Therefore, Lu Yu directly arranged for Cao Anmin to report to Cao Xiu!
This is out of the way...

For Cao Anmin, this was simply—happiness came too suddenly.

To be able to work under En Gong is not only entrusted by Ah Weng and his grandfather, but also... it is his own dream!

Besides, where is Longxiao Camp?Aside from mentioning a catty of meat a day, the establishment of the Longxiao Battalion alone and the achievements made by it are innumerable...

It is no exaggeration to say that Longxiao Camp is the place that every soldier in Cao Ying dreams of.

Cao Anmin was stunned...

I didn't know how to express my excitement for a while.

Xun Yu was the first to react and slapped him on the back.

"It's your blessing that Lu Gongcao accepted you into Long Xiao camp, why don't you thank Lu Gongcao soon?"

Oh... Only now did Cao Anmin react... "Thank you Lu Gongcao, the general will be completely overwhelmed, go through fire and water, and never give up..."

Uh…

Having said that, Lu Yu was a little embarrassed.

These warriors are so heartbroken and go through fire and water at every turn... They really don't feel bad at all with their heads pinned to their waistbands?

Having said that, fighting and killing is so boring. Playing happily with my sister at home is like raising a child and teaching Xiao Kong Ming the art of war. He should eat and sleep, and he can learn new knowledge every night, isn’t it? Aren't those far from the battlefield delicious?

Life is not only a battlefield, but also poetry and distant places!

"Alas..." Lu Yu sighed inwardly... He felt that his realm had been sublimated again, and he helped Cao Anmin up. "Okay, remember to report on time tomorrow... General Wen Lie is very strict in leading troops, so be mentally prepared."

"The last general obeys orders..." Cao Anmin bowed again.

Lu Yu looked at him carefully again, he looked a bit like a soldier...

Very good, there is another new member of the Longxiao Camp...

Lu Yu pondered, how should he describe Cao Anmin?

It is a bit exaggerated to say that Cao Anmin is a fierce general, brave and good at fighting, so we can simply call him a hero who can disregard life and death.

...

Here, Xun Yu and Cao Anmin gradually withdrew from the Cai Mansion.

Lu Yu was sitting alone in the study, and he began to meditate, or, to think about new problems.

Although the current situation is very good, but because of the severe drought in April, if one is not handled well, it is very likely to take a turn for the worse...

Lu Yu had to think about the worst of the situation.

For example... Cao Cao can return as scheduled, but encountered new problems when attacking Puyang City!
Chen Gong and Lu Bu have one article and one military, and they also have Bingzhou wolf cavalry and eight strong generals. Even if they have fewer troops, they can rely on sufficient rations and strong cities. If they really want to attack by force, Cao Jun may not be able to attack.

From Chen Gong's point of view, Lu Bu's advantage is the abundance of food and grass, and Cao Jun's disadvantage is the lack of food.

As long as Chen Gong's brain is not kicked by the donkey, he will definitely not take the initiative to attack Cao Cao, but choose to stick to the city...even to clear the walls!
This came and went, time dragged on, and the battle in Puyang became a protracted war. There was a severe drought in April, locusts in June, and no harvest in July. This is another story for Lao Cao.

call…

Thinking of this, Lu Yu let out a long breath.

"How do you think about it, there is a feeling of a crisis of life and death..."

Lu Yu complained softly...

Looking at the frequent droughts in Dahan, it can be said that this severe drought covering thirteen states can be called the most drought.

After July, it is not only Yanzhou that lacks food, but other states and counties, even the black market will also be short of food. Now... everyone is waiting for this year's bumper harvest, even the black market is not rich...

Of course, except Puyang City!
This is a bit embarrassing. By July, it will not be a matter of money or not. Lu Yu reckoned that he would have to call Cheng Yu back from the field of tomb robbery, and let him work as a part-time chef. The buns with human flesh survived the famine!
Ah bah... return the human meat buns!
Tai Temeow took it for granted, the food was not harvested, and there was no noodles, so where did the human meat buns come from!

Thinking of Cheng Yu's creepy jerky, Lu Yu felt like he was going to spit out his morning meal.

The top priority is to make preparations early, store grain, and produce some renewable grain.

At this moment…

Lu Yu saw "Zhuge Liang", this kid, he carried a small schoolbag all day long, went to school happily, and left school happily, carefree...

At this time, Lu Yu's mind was full of food matters, and seeing him like this, he wanted to beat him up for no reason!
I was thinking that fooling Zhuge Liang over here would be of great help and make me feel more at ease, but I dare say that the person who came here is a dragger...

"Kong Ming..." Lu Yu screamed.

Zhuge Jun heard Lu Yu's call, and hurried over respectfully.

In his opinion, both Cai Yan and Lu Yu are his masters, and in this era, a master is equivalent to his father, Lu Yu is his father, Cai Zhaoji is his mother...

Such a metaphor is not an exaggeration at all.

"What orders does Master Lu have?" Zhuge Jun asked hastily.

Uh... Lu Yu paused for a moment, then immediately said: "Seeing that you have been out of your wits all day, today, let me teach you something other than books."

Ah...outside of books?
Zhuge Jun was slightly taken aback, what is this for?

As if seeing his mood, Lu Yu smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, it's not some kind of stealthy business. Today, your Master Lu will take you to learn a craft——Great change and storage of food!"

That's right, Lu Yu is going to change food.

People say that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, but...today, Lu Yu will try this "milling the wheat you picked up - a great way to save food without capital and huge profits!"

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(End of this chapter)