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

Above the meeting hall, all the ministers shut their mouths when they saw that Cao Ang had opened his mouth.

After all, the scene where Cao Ang killed Xun Fang with a sword just now shocked them deeply.

If they don't know how to watch people's words at this time and still speak randomly, I'm afraid they will be the next ones to die.

At this time, Gao Yanyou did not dare to speak. After all, the sword on Cao Ang's waist was still smelling of blood.

When Cao Ang saw that everyone was silent, he calmly said to the ministers: "Okay, each of you, don't hold it back. If you have any ideas, just say it."

However, the ministers all shook their heads at this, and no one dared to touch Cao Ang's brow.

When Cao Ang saw this, he looked at Xun Yu.

After all, these ministers all chose to side with Xun Yu.

When Cao Ang saw that these ministers were silent, he could only look at their leader.

When Xun Yu saw Cao Ang looking at him, he chuckled and said, "Major General, just tell me what you think. After all, this matter started because of you, and we outsiders will not get involved."

When Cao Ang heard this, he laughed.

This Xun Yu's attitude of not caring about himself was exactly what he wanted.

Cao Ang chuckled and said, "Since Xun Lingjun said so, I won't be polite."

Regarding how to deal with Goguryeo, Cao Ang had actually taken the time to think about it.

It is nothing more than Goguryeo professing vassalage to the Han Dynasty and paying tribute every year.

Then there is the king of Goguryeo. He must be recognized by the Han Dynasty before he can officially ascend the throne, and he must master the Han Mandarin.

There is also this last point, which is to popularize Han Mandarin throughout Goguryeo, so that Han culture will slowly begin to become popular in the country.

In exchange, the big man will release the captives of Goguryeo and let those people go back with Gao Yanyou.

Gao Yanyou accepted all these conditions.

As long as he can bring back the elite soldiers under his command, he can stabilize the slightly turbulent government in Goguryeo.

Soon, Gao Yanyou completed his mission, left Luoyang, and headed to Liaodong with the imperial edict to receive their Goguryeo prisoners.

When he came to Liaodong to receive the prisoners, he found that the prisoners seemed to have become a little fatter, and not all of them seemed willing to leave.

Gao Yanyou was surprised and called a deputy general to ask about the situation.

"Your Majesty." The deputy general saluted Gao Yanyou respectfully.

Gao Yanyou waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, you should tell me how you lived during the days when you were captured. How do I look at you? You don't seem to be willing to leave?"

After the deputy general heard this question, he glanced at Gao Yanyou awkwardly and did not dare to speak.

Gao Yanyou waved his hand and said, "I will absolve you of your sins, but you just say it's okay."

The deputy general got Gao Yanyou's promise, and then told all what happened during the days when they were prisoners in Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, when we were prisoners here, we only had to do some farm work every day and we would have enough to eat!"

"And you can still have a sip of broth every now and then!"

"If the work is very heavy on any day, then each of us can have a bite of meat."

"The most important thing is that the rice they eat is made from pure white flour and is very delicious."

"Such a life will indeed make brothers reluctant to leave." Gao Yanyou frowned when he heard this.

Most of their Goguryeo territory is hilly and mountainous, so their grain production there is also very low.

If you want to have a bite of fine food, you can only enjoy it after becoming an official.

Moreover, except for Gao Yanyou and several other high-ranking ministers, it was simply impossible for the rest of the people to have a good meal.

Then there is this meat. In Goguryeo, only in their old days, ordinary people were willing to take a bite of meat.

At other times, people who herd cattle and sheep at home would only exchange these cattle and sheep for money and food.

After all, for them, meat is just something to satisfy their craving.

If you want to survive, you still have to eat food.

With this huge gap in life, these Goguryeo soldiers naturally did not want to go back.

As a prisoner of the Han Dynasty, you only need to work every day to have enough to eat.

But what about returning to Goguryeo?

They fought desperately so that they could have a full meal.

And this rice is different from rice.

If you compare this Goguryeo food to a big man's side, it is simply pig food.

In fact, before Liaodong was returned to imperial control, Cao Ang planned to get high-quality grain seeds there.

After all, the land in Liaodong is fertile enough, and the grain yield must be considerable.

Under Cao Ang's secret operation, these high-quality grain seeds were sent to Liaodong for the people there to plant.

The three brothers of the Yuan family were fighting for territory in Liaodong and were causing a lot of trouble, but the people there were innocent.

It is precisely because of this move and the fact that after Liaodong was recaptured by Cao Ang, the imperial court also allocated some relief grains. The grain reserves in Liaodong can be said to be sufficient.

In addition, not long after those Goguryeo prisoners were captured, it was the autumn harvest season, which was the time when farming was busy, and the people had better food than usual.

After all, only when you are full can you have the strength to work.

However, those Goguryeo soldiers did not know this. They thought that the life of the Han people was just that good.

In fact, even if it is not the busy farming season, the living standards of the Han people are definitely higher than those of the Goguryeo people.

Despite the continuous wars in the later period of the Han Dynasty, the princes all knew that if they wanted to develop and strengthen their own strength, they needed to recruit troops.

The first thing needed to recruit soldiers and horses is money, and the second thing is food.

After all, the four words "soldiers, horses, money and food" are connected together and are linked to marching and fighting.

While recruiting troops and horses, princes from all walks of life will vigorously develop agriculture to prepare food and grass.

Therefore, during this period, as long as it was not a large-scale siege war, the impact of the remaining wars on ordinary people would not be too great.

Those Goguryeo soldiers, no matter how reluctant they were, could only follow Gao Yanyou back to Goguryeo.

After handling the affairs of Goguryeo, all the things Cao Ang had done before had come to an end.

Now, what he has to do is to go south with all his strength, first conquer Zhang Xiu who is stationed in Nanyang, and then take the opportunity to break into Jingzhou, and then take over the entire south! (End of chapter)