Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 349
Cao Cao took Xing Ziang into the station.

The two sat facing each other, Cao Cao didn't joke any more, frowned, took out a map from his sleeve, and put it in front of Xing Ziang, Xing Ziang felt a little surprised, took the map in doubt, and slowly opened it, This is the map of the Sanhan area. Xing Ziang was surprised because he found that besides the local map, there was also an overseas map, which marked a small island in the sea.

Even the country of Yi on the other side.

Xing Ziang watched carefully, pointing to these areas little by little. He has been engaged in shipping in the south for many years. Through the information marked on the map, he can see the approximate location and even the distance of the islands. This is because the map is drawn exceptionally. Exquisite, Xing Ziang can see so clearly, if it is changed, maybe he can't see so clearly.

"Where did this come from?"

"It was drawn by someone I sent. The boatmen are from Yangzhou." Cao Cao grinned, but Xing Ziang was a little incredulous. How did this person bring the boatmen from Yangzhou all the way to Sanhan and draw such an exquisite map? Frowning, he asked, "What do you want?"

"Brother Ziang, if Yangzhou can achieve prosperity through trade with the southern sea, how can the land of the Three Koreas be able to trade with the northern sea?"

It was only then that Xing Ziang suddenly realized that he was looking for him for this matter. After thinking for a moment, he said, "If a wharf and ships are built in Sanhan, might Sanhan support it?"

"If there is no temple support, I'm afraid it won't work. However, as long as Sanhan's shipping takes shape, I can be sure that Sanhan's trade is not inferior to Yangzhou Lord. You must know that if Sanhan can trade with foreign countries, many products in the north will But they can go overseas through the port of Sanhan." Cao Cao directly talked about his plan, pointing to all directions on the map, and pointed out the importance of this move to Sanhan and even the entire North.

Xing Ziang can see that Cao Cao is not a sudden brain fever, he has a very complete and detailed plan, including the development of the entire north, Cao Cao did not hide the aggressiveness in his words, and the desire to establish the Prime Minister of the Yi Kingdom appeared directly In his eyes, Cao Cao said with a smile: "I heard that the hundreds of people in the Yi country are no different from us in appearance. They must be the people of Zhuxia. I also heard that they kill a lot and don't know the etiquette. I am a big man, why not?" help?"

Xing Ziang didn't rush to answer, he first listened to Cao Cao's plan, and then asked: "These plans, you should report to your majesty, I can't do anything about it."

"Hahaha, Brother Ziang, I only came to you because you are familiar with Yangzhou Shipping, so I hope you can give me some advice."

"I don't dare to advise. As for the ships, Yangzhou can exclude some boatmen to help build them. However, sailors, officials, and even the navy must be solved by the three Hans themselves. In addition, the emperor has ordered that the soldiers of the three Hans should not exceed [-]. If you rashly To build a navy, I'm afraid there will be many obstacles in the temple." Xing Ziang summed up the many troubles he encountered in Yangzhou, and explained them to Cao Cao in detail.

Cao Cao took out his pen and ink, and began to record, recording every suggestion made by Xing Ziang. Xing Ziang also slowed down his speech, and the two chatted until late at night. , Cao Cao is good at words, he and Xing Ziang just met for the first time, and they became close friends, talking about everything, and late at night, the two slept in the same bed.

Cao Cao even talked about the past with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others when he was young, which made Xing Ziang laugh out loud.

Xing Ziang stayed with Cao Cao for another two days. It was not until Tao Qian sent officials to greet him that Xing Ziang came to his senses, bid farewell to Cao Cao, and hurried to carry out the task of Chidao. Xing Ziang's suggestion was added to his own plan, written into a memorial, submitted to the temple, and the memorial went directly to Yuan Feng's hands.

As Sikong, Yuan Feng was in charge of water conservancy projects, city defense buildings, and palace construction. Xing Ziang and Wang Fu had to follow Yuan Feng's command when building roads or ship wharves. Not long after he took office as Sikong, the whole country's finances were in the hands of Zhisu Neishi, but later it was renamed Tainong Ling.

During Wen Rengong's time, Wen Ren publicized a very bad precedent, that is, Sikong had full power to interfere in the affairs of the Tainong Order. In Wen Rengong, almost no Sikong of that term acted like this. Yuan Feng inherited Wen Rengong's The official position naturally inherited his rights. Yuan Feng didn't think it was troublesome, and it was a good thing that he had more power in his hands. However, there was one thing he hadn't thought of.

Managing the national treasury is really not a simple matter. It was fine at first, relying on the policies established by Wen Rengong, everything was normal, but after Wang Fu and Xing Ziang started work at the same time, there was a large amount of expenditure in the national treasury, and Yuan Feng couldn't bear it. Sleepless day and night, thinking about how to adjust income and expenditure, this made Yuan Gong almost collapsed. While he was busy, he saw Cao Cao's performance again, his eyes darkened, and he almost fainted.

At this time, he realized the difficulty of Wen Rengong. The treasury has always been extremely sensitive, and ordinary officials cannot sit in this position. Only ministers who are deeply loved by the emperor can do it. At this point, all the officials are envious, but only he himself knows the pain.

He handed the report to the emperor, and the emperor just glanced at it briefly, then clapped his hands, and immediately held a court meeting.

Hundreds of officials gathered in the temple. Even though Wang Fu was not there, they still went through the process of inviting the king to cook the letter. Then, the emperor mentioned Cao Cao's performance. The officials were not very impressed with Cao Cao, but they only remembered that he had served as Minister of Jinan. Compared with Weishi's achievements in the north of Luoyang, the emperor seems to value him very much, and his words are full of praise, and they dare not disobey him.

The emperor looked at Yuan Feng. For some reason, after only a few days, Yuan Feng seemed to have aged several decades, and his whole body was a little sluggish. The emperor looked at him and asked, "Mr. Yuan, what's the matter? The treasury may support?"

Yuan Feng walked a few steps tremblingly, with tears in his eyes, looking at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty!!!"

All the officials were in an uproar. They knew in their hearts that Yuan Fengke had always looked down on Wen Renxi, thinking that he was too stingy. He failed to pay back the money owed to him until his death, but refused to admit it. Yuan Feng has always spurned him. When he first served as Sikong, he slapped his chest and told all the officials that in the future, he would definitely use the money from the treasury generously so that various policies could be implemented.

It's only been a few days, Mr. Yuan, have you fallen under Mr. Wen's evil?

Facing the puzzled eyes of the officials, Yuan Feng also wanted to cry but had no tears. He was not in his position, he didn't know the suffering, and he had no idea. One day, I, Yuan Feng, would also look like Wen Rengong. At this moment, He suddenly felt the expression of Wen Rengong in the past. At that time, he stood in the position of the officials and cast disdainful glances at him. Now, he is standing here, feeling the disdain of the officials. .

Wen Rengong, I was wrong! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)