Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 43 Provisional Agreement

Yuan Tan always felt strange when he heard Yuan Xi say this.

This kid isn't secretly mocking his father, is he?
Yuan Shao escaped from Luoyang and rebelled against Dong, indirectly killing Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji and his party of more than [-] people. This has always been a heart problem for the Yuan family, and they always feel that everyone in the world is criticizing them.

However, it is impossible to gag people's mouths. Even if Yuan Shao didn't intend to do so at the beginning, but things happened just like that, and they can only be commented on.

Now Yuan Tan understands Yuan Xi's meaning. Even if Tao Qian threatens Cao Cao with Cao Cao's father's life, Cao Cao may not necessarily retreat.

So it sounds a bit similar to his father Yuan Shao's matter?
And at this time, filial piety rules the world, does Cao Cao really dare to risk the disgrace of the world and kill his clansmen including his father Cao Song?

Yuan Tan pondered, and said: "If the second brother can rescue the Cao clan and send them back to Cao Cao, he will have no excuse to attack Xuzhou openly."

"Although it is impossible to prevent him from attacking Xuzhou, at least he will lose his reputation in righteousness, and the second brother can also gain fame. It is indeed a plan to kill two birds with one stone."

"But the point is, it might make father unhappy."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Isn't that better?"

Yuan Tan was startled for a moment, but then he realized that, in this way, Yuan Shao might be even more anxious to adopt Yuan Xi away!
He laughed loudly: "Not bad, not bad, the second brother really has the talent of a counselor!"

"Since this is the case, the eldest brother is also showing some sincerity."

"What does my second brother need me to do?"

Seeing that Yuan Tan had been persuaded, Yuan Xi nodded and said, "In that case, brother, I won't be polite."

"First of all, I have to do this myself, so I have to leave Beixincheng. During this time, I will trouble you to watch over me."

"I will leave General Zhao Yun as my representative to exercise the duty of guarding the city, and he will not be under the control of the eldest brother, is that possible?"

Yuan Tan said without hesitation, "No problem."

"I came here this time to bring you a message from my father to let you go back to Yecheng. You can use this opportunity to make plans."

He was puzzled immediately and said: "Then Zhao Yun is just a surrendered general, how can he deserve your attention and entrust the entire city?"

"Aren't you afraid that he is a spy sent by Gongsun Zan and will rebel again?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I don't think so."

"If he really does that, I'll give Youzhou to Big Brother."

Seeing that Yuan Xi was so determined, Yuan Tan couldn't say anything, so he nodded in agreement.

"Secondly, I will need a large number of craftsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, cobblers, etc., at least thousands of people, to manage Youzhou in the future."

After hearing this, Yuan Tan said in shock, "Second brother, you also know that craftsmen are extremely valuable in this chaotic world. Even if elder brother conquers Qingzhou in the future, I'm afraid there won't be many for you."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said, "It's okay, half of it is fine, but let them bring more apprentices."

After hearing this, Yuan Tan felt that five hundred craftsmen could do it, so he nodded in agreement.

Yuan Xi was secretly delighted. Generally speaking, it takes several years or even ten years for an apprentice to become a craftsman.

But that is a normal situation. Yuan Xi intends to follow the example of Liu Biaoguang in Jingzhou who started Yixue, allowing skilled craftsmen to pass on their skills on a large scale.

Of course, apprentices must learn to read and write first, so as to broaden the wisdom of the people, so that learning skills will get twice the result with half the effort.

This is also the reason why he asked Wu Zhao to teach women how to read a while ago. He wanted to see if his idea was feasible.

The result surprised him very much, those girls were able to read and write quite quickly, far beyond his expectation.

This shows that if taught well, the speed of learning can be significantly accelerated, which is a huge improvement.

Yuan Xi knew that all of this was due to Wu Zhao. He had seen Wu Zhao teach women how to read, and the explanations were easy to understand and profound, as if he had rich experience in teaching others.

Yuan Xi's idea is to set up a wide range of free schools in the future, use the experience and knowledge of the previous life, gather the knowledge of this life, compile a set of simple and easy-to-learn teaching materials, and teach the basic knowledge to children and apprentices, so as to cultivate officials and officials from humble backgrounds. artisan.

Only in this way can the potential of Youzhou be fully realized.

However, this method has high returns in the later stage, but slow results in the early stage, so investment is essential, so he and Yuan Tan joined forces to seek help in manpower and material resources.

So far, except for the telescope, Yuan Xi has not designed any other inventions. He just farmed the fields step by step. In other words, he kept it for himself.

Because he knew very well that with his current strength and territory, he could not keep some useful things invented in advance, but might help potential enemies instead.

Just like stirrups, he only had a few dozen cavalry, while others had hundreds or thousands of cavalry. If he invented the stirrup in advance, and let an enemy like Gongsun Zan learn it, wouldn't he be making himself feel uncomfortable?

Only when he has enough influence can he keep the fruit of his invention, otherwise, he can only make a wedding dress for others.

Yuan Xi stretched out his third finger: "Thirdly, I need weapons, food, grass and goods, and I also need the support of my elder brother."

Yuan Tan wondered: "I will help you defend the city, that is, during the few months of the new year, I will go to Qingzhou after that."

"This kind of thing is also what I urgently need."

Yuan Xi said decisively: "At that time, I will find a way to help eldest brother win Qingzhou in the shortest time."

"When the time comes, I will be the elder brother in terms of merit."

"Okay!" Yuan Tan slapped the table and said, "If the second brother can really help me a lot, it is not impossible for a certain county in Qingzhou to give it to the second brother in the future!"

What Yuan Tan lacks most now is time.

The sooner he wins Qingzhou, the sooner he manages, the sooner he can plan to go south!
This is so important to him!
As for Youzhou is a place of the Four Wars, with Bingzhou in the west and the Southern Huns, Wuhuan Xianbei in the north, and the Gongsun family in the east of Liaodong, Yuan Tan is not very interested.

Yuan Xi wanted Youzhou, and Yuan Tan wished Yuan Xi could help him guard the northern border and ensure the stability around Qingzhou.

The two brothers had their own thoughts, and they laughed and clapped hands at the moment, forming a temporary alliance.

Yuan Tan drank a few more cups, excused himself from too much alcohol, and left. Before leaving, he took four maids with him.

Yuan Xi sent Yuan Tan away, feeling more tired than fighting a battle. He understood that the two of them seemed to be having a good time, but in fact, neither of them would fully confess and expose their trump cards.

Moreover, the relationship between Yuan Tan and Xun Chen was definitely not as cold as it seemed on the surface. After Yuan Tan returned, he would probably tell Xun Chen what happened tonight and ask him to help him make suggestions.

Because according to the knowledge of Yuan Xi's later generations, Yuan Tan was supported by the Yingchuan gentry.

But it doesn't matter anymore, because what Yuan Xi said to Yuan Tan was all false and true, just like the plan to rescue Cao Song, he concealed a lot.

On the surface, he did intend to save people, but secretly, he had to get involved in another matter first.

Yanzhou rebellion.

This is Yuan Xi's real purpose, to slow down Cao Cao's growth rate as much as possible, and to divide the four prefectures with his two brothers ahead of schedule during this empty window.

Since internal fighting among the three sons of the Yuan family is inevitable, the process should be greatly advanced!

Fighting when Yuan Shao is alive is much better than fighting when Yuan Shao is dead!

Do the opposite!
Because now is the time when the Yuan family is the strongest, if they don't fight at this time, they will be seriously injured in the future battle of Guandu, and it will be too late to fight again!
Yuan Xi thought over and over again, and made a choice that seemed extremely absurd.

Don't join forces with Cao Cao and Liu Bei for the time being, but hook up with Lu Bu in private!

It's not that he thinks Cao and Liu are not good, but that they are too good.

Yuan Xi knows his own abilities well, he has absolutely no ability to control Cao Liu, Cao Cao is a hero, and Liu Bei is a hero, both of them are the most outstanding heroes of the Three Kingdoms, and they will never stay under others for a long time.

But how to use Lu Bu is also particular.

Lu Bu is too easy to turn back his teammates, so Yuan Xi is not going to use his real identity.

Instead, change the vest.

(End of this chapter)