Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 344 What you have to do is stay by the Lord’s side and protect his safety!

Cao Ang looked at the generals and said calmly: "I won't say who is the vanguard of the expedition to Xiliang now. I will give you a task later. Whoever does it well will be the vanguard!"

When the generals heard this, they thought it was a competition, so they all started gearing up.

"Hey, I'm going to get the weapons!" Dian Wei said, going to get his halberds.

Seeing this, Xiahou Dun quickly stopped him: "Why are you joining in the fun? What you have to do is stay by the Lord's side and protect his safety!"

Dian Wei laughed when he heard this: "Why are you so anxious? I won't compete with you for the vanguard position, but I can't do anything but gestures? My hands have been itchy recently."

Xiahou Dun had fought with Dian Wei several times, and of course he knew how fierce this guy, whom his eldest brother called the evil of the past, was.

Several other generals were also a little helpless.

Only a young general in silver armor and white robes standing at the back of the crowd said nothing, but the look in his eyes towards Dian Wei was so eager to try.

Cao Ang took in everyone's reactions, and then smiled slightly: "Who said I would let you compete in martial arts?"

When the generals heard this, they were immediately confused. If there is no martial arts competition, then what is the competition?
Reciting poems and composing them correctly?Neither can they!
Just when everyone was puzzled, Cao Ang spoke: "The task I want to give to the generals is actually very simple. It is to lead your sergeants to open up wasteland and farm fields!"

Everyone was even more confused when they heard this. We are also generals after all. We haven't fought much yet, and we are about to return to our old profession?
When Cao Cao saw this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Zixiu's method is good. You know, although we own the land of the five states now, we need to recuperate after the war. This strategy of farming is certainly good."

In fact, according to the previous division of states and counties, the scope of the imperial court's control at this time should be five and a half states.

It’s just that Yongzhou is gone and divided between Liangzhou and Sizhou.

The current Thirteen Prefectures of the Late Han Dynasty, the Five Prefectures of Si, Bing, Yan, Yu, and Qing are all within the Cao family's sphere of influence, which is also the area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

What Cao Ang wants to do is to implement the policy of farming in these five states.

Generals and soldiers, from top to bottom, were required to open up wasteland and cultivate land in addition to daily training to solve the problem of insufficient food and grass.

Cao Cao greatly agreed with this farming strategy, and he also added one more thing: "During the autumn harvest, no one is allowed to destroy farmland, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

Upon hearing the flag established by his father, Cao Ang silently praised it in his heart.

You're always waiting to get your hair cut!

When the generals saw that Cao Cao and Cao Ang had made up their minds, they had no choice but to take orders and go to their respective garrison locations to start implementing the farming strategy.

After the generals dispersed, Cao Cao said to Cao Ang: "Zixiu, the farming strategy you proposed is certainly good, but if you let these rough guys go farming, I'm afraid it won't be efficient. ah."

Cao Ang nodded when he heard this. Although most of these generals were from ordinary people, farming was their old profession.

But this kind of land and land reclamation are two different things.

If the land reclamation is completed, everything will be easy, but if it is not, the food growing on the land may not be as much as grass.

Thinking of this, Cao Ang spoke: "Father, it seems that Uncle Wenruo needs to take action."

As Cao Ang spoke, he took out the bamboo slips with pen and ink and wrote down all the precautions related to farming.

Cao Cao, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but get up and step forward to check after seeing Cao Ang's actions.

When he saw what Cao Ang wrote on the bamboo slip, his expression became strange: "Zixiu, do you still know the art of agriculture?" "You know a little bit." Cao Ang responded with a smile: "The child is fine. When I was young, I liked to go to the royal library to read books. I had seen this agricultural technique, so I knew a little bit about it."

"I see. No wonder your kid likes to run to the palace. Originally, my father thought you had fallen in love with some princess. It turns out you were there to read a book!"

Cao Cao smiled with satisfaction. He was very proud of his son.

At this time, Cao Ang also smiled with satisfaction.

This is a good reason. When I go to see the Queen Mother in the future, I will tell her that I am going to read a book.

The book has its own Yan Ruyu, and the book has its own golden house.

Cao Ang also liked to read the Queen Mother's book closely.

After Cao Ang wrote down all the precautions for the land reclamation, he sent someone to give it to Xun Yu, and asked the other party to send people to help the generals and soldiers with the land reclamation.

In fact, Cao Ang can also directly send these precautions to the hands of each general.

It's just that these generals, except for a few individuals, are all rough men. He is afraid that those generals will be careless and not look at the whole situation, so they will just open up wasteland indiscriminately, and in the end they will get twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, it is better to find some scribes to help.

Of course, Cao Ang also knew that these people from aristocratic families were all pampered, so he sent people to notify the generals in advance to treat each other with courtesy.

The generals also listened to Cao Ang's words, so they would treat the coming scribes politely.

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On Xun Yu's side, after getting Cao Ang's farming strategy and Cao Ang's letter hoping that Xun Yu would send people to assist various generals in farming, his face was also shocked.

"Let soldiers reclaim wasteland and carry out farming? Such a strategy is really beneficial to the country and the people!"

Xun Yu held the bamboo slips and kept sighing.

Then he summoned people from the Xun family who had official positions in the court, as well as some people who were close to him, to come to him and assigned them the task of assisting the generals in farming.

When those people were leaving, Xun Yu also told them: "Remember, you are only here to help implement the land reclamation policy. Only in matters of reclamation do you have the right to speak. As for what happens in the military camp, you have nothing to do with it." Don’t talk too much!”

"Yes!" Those scribes also knew that those generals were from Cao Cao and Cao Ang. They were usually the best at assessing the situation, so they naturally knew how to get along with these generals.

With the help of the scribes, the land reclamation project went very smoothly.

During this period, Cao Ang also went out for a walk and looked at the conditions of the generals' fields.

The vast majority of people work as supervisors on the ground.

Only the young general, dressed in coarse cloth, stood in the field clearing wasteland with the soldiers.

He would even find experienced farmers and humbly ask for advice.

Cao Ang looked at the little general who was about the same age as himself and couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, a hexagonal warrior is a hexagonal warrior. I am willing to call you No. 1 under me, Cao Ang!"

(End of this chapter)