Chapter 621 Catastrophe
"Cao Cao has been farming for several months?!" Ma Chao angrily threw the report in his hand on the ground, his face pale and terrifying.

"Chaoer, you also know. These days, the shadows of the Ma family are all concentrated in Sili and Yuyan Prefectures... Even if you only learned the news of Cao Cao's farming at this time, it will have no effect on the Ma family, right?" Diao Chan went on In front of him, he picked up the paper that was on the ground.She couldn't figure out why Ma Chao had such a big reaction after learning the news about Cao Cao's farming.

"No effect?..." Ma Chao smirked twice, and said weakly: "Cicada, do you remember that I told you when did Cao Cao start farming?"

"The first year of Jian'an, according to you, is [-] AD." Diao Chan never forgot, especially what Ma Chao said about the future generations, she remembered clearly.

"That's right, but now is the first year of Xingping, and it's the year that Liu Xie rebelliously changed. According to the AD, this year is [-]. That is to say, Cao Cao started to implement the policy of garrisoning the fields three years ahead of schedule. And in three years, one can imagine how much food and fodder Cao Cao will accumulate!" Ma Chao smiled wryly, and at the end of his speech, Jin Shi unexpectedly felt generous indignation.

Diao Chan doesn't know, but Ma Chao definitely knows how important Cao Wei's farming system is to Cao Cao.In the late Han Dynasty, all operations seemed to revolve around two factors: one was population, and the other was food and grass.It is nothing to have a population, but if one side of the princes has enough food to feed more people, then a fool can also think that enough people and enough food and grass can easily form a huge and heroic army, thus crushing any opponent.

In the first year of Jian'an in history, Cao Cao adopted the suggestions of his subordinates Zao Zhi, Han Hao and others, and used the materials seized from breaking through the Yellow Turban to recruit people to farm under Xu.Cao Cao tasted the sweetness, so he ordered the establishment of field officials in all states and counties to set up farmland.

In other words, Cao Cao in history only realized the core issue of the war in the late Han Dynasty in [-] AD.According to historical records, Cao Cao said when he practiced farming, he said: The art of the husband's ruling the country is to strengthen the army and have enough food.

And Cao Wei's farming did effectively solve the food problem of Cao Cao Group.In response to the population loss and barren land at that time, Cao Cao successively adopted measures such as recruiting refugees, relocating the population, persuading farming and mulberry, building water conservancy, and checking household registration, etc., to enrich the registered households and resume agricultural production.In addition, Cao Cao also promulgated decrees one after another to restore the normal rent adjustment system and prevent the powerful from annexing small farmers.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao promulgated a new expropriation system. In the ninth year of Jian'an, it was clarified: "He collected four acres of land and rented four liters, and the household paid two horses of silk and two catties of cotton. He was not allowed to make money." A series of measures implemented finally made the self-cultivating peasant economy on the verge of collapse recover and develop continuously, all of which became the strong economic foundation of the Cao Cao Group.Through the above two measures, the agricultural production in Cao Cao's ruled area recovered rapidly.

But now, Cao Cao implemented the farming system three years ahead of schedule, although there must be Liu Xie's shadow in it.But it is conceivable that in three years, Cao Cao can avoid many detours and save much primitive accumulation of war... And the Three Kingdoms cattle belong to Cao Cao. This is an indisputable fact in the world. I dare not see Cao Cao's rapid development.

"How did Shadow find out about the news of Cao Cao's farming?" Ma Chao calmed down and asked.

"Yuan Shu moved his troops to Chenliu, and the garrison Fengqiu wanted to eat Luyang. From this, the shadow traced all the way, only to find the news that Cao Cao was stationed in Xuchang..." Diao Chan replied, but suddenly found that Ma Chao's face was All of a sudden it became paler.

"In [-] AD, Yuan Shu attacked Cao Cao. Is it a historical necessity?Or did Liu Xie allow Cao Cao to farm and change history, which made Yuan Shu covet Yanzhou? Ma Chao didn't dare to think about it. He felt that this history was getting more and more out of the original track.And he, Ma Chao, was still just an ordinary person except he knew some history inexplicably.

Taking the suppression of the Sili mob two days ago, Ma Chao thought to himself that he had achieved the ultimate.However, his plan of deceiving the sky and crossing the sea still failed to completely extinguish the flames of rebellion among the people of Sili. If Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Fazheng, Xun You, Li Ru and others hadn't acted in time to come up with that grand plan, the Ma family might have Will be destroyed in their own ignorance and arrogance.Seeing those people chatting and laughing, they stirred up the situation outside the Great Wall and hooked the hearts of all the victims in Sili, so that Ma's army could clean up the mob rebels in an orderly manner, and successfully returned all the victims in Sili.Ma Chao felt from the bottom of his heart that he was so different from the influential figures of this era.

Even though Ma Chao himself played tricks in the process, allowing Yu Fuluo to take advantage of the bewitchment of the glass wolf sculpture, which benefited both the Qiang and Yu Fuluo, but Guo Jia casually revealed the elegance of the strategy of letting the Qiang people encircle and fight for aid. The elegant demeanor deeply made Ma Chao amazed.There are also Jia Huli's contingency, Fazheng's dexterity, Li Ru's one step and three poisons, Xun You's overall planning, Yang Fu's comprehensive and meticulous... Ma Chao feels that he is really beyond the reach.

"Chao'er, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Ma Chao had finished listening to her report, Diao Chan walked towards Ma Chao and asked with concern, "Why is your face so ugly suddenly? Could it be that you are sick?" His soft and jade hands touched Ma Chao's forehead.

"Sick?" Ma Chao seemed to have suddenly realized this problem: so far, Ma Chao has relied on his strong body to survive the cold and heat. Apart from the wounds left by several battles, he has really forgotten about illness.

"Sure enough it's frighteningly hot!" After testing Ma Chao's forehead, Diao Chan was worried, and blamed herself: "These days, you have been worrying and overworked for almost a day, and your body has already been exhausted. And as a wife of the Ma family , I didn’t even realize it... Come here, get some ice cubes quickly!”

But with this command, the servants were not summoned to bring ice cubes.But he saw Chen Haojie running to the lobby covered in sweat, and said in a panic, "My lord! Something is wrong!!"

After Chen Haojie got married to Ma Chao that day, Ma Chao did not forget Chen Haojie, and told Us.And Chen Haojie lived up to Ma Chao's expectations, passed the test of Ma's army in one fell swoop, and became a personal guard by Ma Chao's side.It's just that, not long after Chen Haojie entered Ma's house, although he had memorized all the military orders and rules, he still showed a lack of reason when he was in a panic.

"Presumptuous! The important place of Shangshutai, is it a place for you, a little guard, to roar loudly?!" Diao Chan has been in charge of Shadow for many years. on the ground.

"What's the matter?..." Ma Chao is almost the person who cares the least about etiquette in this era, especially when it comes to Chen Haojie, who is simple in nature.After giving Diao Chan a look of ignorance, she asked in a hoarse voice.

"Ah, yes, my lord, something is wrong!" Chen Haojie was shocked by Diao Chan's brilliance and majesty, and didn't react for a while, but after hearing Ma Chao's voice, he said loudly and anxiously: "My lord, go to the city quickly!" Take a look outside! The locusts you mentioned are already a disaster!!"

Hearing this, Ma Chao felt even more thirsty and powerless, and murmured only one sentence: "Chen Haojie, Havoc...your name really lives up to it..."

Afterwards, Ma Chao felt dizzy again, and collapsed into Diao Chan's arms.When Diao Chan saw Ma Chao like this, the anger in his chest almost burned through the entire Shangshutai, and he shouted: "Come on! Drag this unruly personal guard out for me and chop it up!!"

"My lord, help me!" Chen Haojie cried out in fright, and fainted in the lobby...

(End of this chapter)

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