Three Kingdoms: Economic mastermind, Cao Cao wins!

After more than twenty days, Li Mo finally arrived in Xuzhou ahead of schedule. Although he was delayed a lot along the way, fortunately it was relatively safe. It was also at this time that Li Mo also received his scattered messages. After seeing the news reported to him by merchants from several surrounding counties, Li Mo was slightly silent.

"Lord, what's wrong?"

Looking at Li Mo who seemed a little worried, Dian Wei also immediately stepped forward to ask. Although Dian Wei is no longer Li Mo's bodyguard and has become a general, Dian Wei still insists on calling Li Mo his lord. There is nothing Mo can do,

"It's okay, it's just that things are more troublesome than expected."

The main news Li Mo received was about the situation around the entire Cao Cao's sphere of influence. Although the changes were not too big before he left with Li Mo, Cao Cao was still besieged by many princes. In the middle position, fortunately, there is no need to worry about the border with Yuan Shao in the north. To the west are Hanoi, Hexi, and the two counties. To the east, there is Kong Rong of Beihai and Zang Ba of Langya.

Li Mo still knows Zang Ba, although in name He was assigned to Tao Qian's command, but Zang Ba still had his own ideas. He was not a pedantic person, and his abilities were very good. He also had meritorious service after he submitted to Cao Cao in the later period. Strictly speaking, Zang Ba conquered the Yellow Turbans and helped Tao Qian recover. Xuzhou was very capable whether it was marching, fighting, or sitting in command. However, after surrendering to Cao Cao, Zang Ba's reputation was not as good as before. The main reason was that on the one hand, Zang Ba was a reduced general, and on the other hand, because The generals of the Xuzhou faction were not so famous because Cao Cao did not do many massacres of the city, so they could not support each other. In the later period, they were guarded by Cao Cao, so they were not so famous. However, Zang Ba's ability value was still very good.

As for Beihai Kong Rong, Li Mo never paid attention to the other party Beihai Kong Rong. The reason why Kong Rong is famous is entirely because of his identity as a descendant of the Kong family. The so-called Kong Rong gave up the pear to him, but apart from the fact that Kong Rong gave up the pear , the real strength of Kong Rong is completely worth mentioning. Except for Taishi Ci, who is good at fighting, there is almost no one under his command. It can even be said that Kong Rong does not even have a decent counselor under his command. Kong Rong He can be said to be a great scholar in the world, and he can also be said to be an outstanding writer, but he is not good at marching and fighting. Naturally, he has never been noticed by Li Mo. So now there is no doubt that Tao Qian will be pacified as long as he is defeated. Tao Qian is enough, and the reason why Li Mo is anxious is because of a special character Que Xuan. It is also because of the existence of Que Xuan that he claimed to be the emperor in Xiapi, and then jointly raised troops with Tao Qian to attack Cao Cao, and was later Tao Qian was killed. Among the messages Li Mo received, there was a lot of relevant news in this regard. The message passed said that Que Xuan had gathered men in Xiapi and was preparing to raise an army.

"Lord, isn't this a good thing? Lord, isn't it just to persuade Tao Qian not to raise an army to attack Duke Cao? Now someone is raising an army in Xiapi. It's too late for Tao Qian to suppress the civil strife. How can he have time to attack Duke Cao?"

"Dian Wei, how many times have I told you to eat more fish and replenish your brain? Tao Qian has not been in Xuzhou for a year or two. He raised an army under his nose and only had a few thousand people. Do you really think that Tao Qian Is Qian a jobber?"

"What does lord mean?"

"Tao Qian joined forces with Yuan Shu, but if he attacks Yanzhou Mu at will, he must have a reputation. Que Xuan is his reason. When the time comes, he will use Que Xuan's hand to attack Yanzhou. Regardless of success or failure, Que Xuan will die. This is just an excuse for him to annihilate the bandit leader. Tao Qian has a role in Yanzhou. If he loses, he can blame everything on Que Xuan. When the time comes, Que Xuan will be dead."

"Ah, then my lord, if we go now, wouldn’t it be like putting a sheep in a tiger’s mouth? Let’s go back."

"Okay, Dian Wei, you can use idioms now, not bad"

"My lord, how can you still laugh? According to what my lord said, since Tao Qian has already had this idea, wouldn’t it be dangerous for my lord to go there?"

"Don't worry, there is definitely danger, but it's not without its benefits. Let's go."

""Here."

Since Li Mo is ready to go to Xuzhou as an envoy, how could he not be prepared at all? He has been cautious along the way, and now he no longer needs to be secretive. When Xiapi is approaching, Li Mo also Finally, his banner was made clear. Cao Cao sent an envoy to visit Tao Qian directly.

This news naturally fell into Tao Qian's ears. This also caught Tao Qian off guard for a while. He never expected it. , in this cold winter month, when spring was about to begin, Cao Cao's envoy suddenly arrived, and the fanfare was obviously premeditated.

Tao Qian also immediately gathered his subordinates, civil servants and generals for discussion. After all, At this critical point, Cao Cao's envoys suddenly visited, which did not change the situation at all.

In the Prefectural Mufu,

"Everyone, Cao Cao's envoy will arrive in Xiapi soon. What are your ways to deal with it?"

The matter of Que Xuan was something Tao Qian did intentionally, and he used it to silence everyone. However, Li Mo's sudden arrival did change things to some extent. The war has not started yet. Tao Qian was naturally reluctant to receive him, let alone directly kill Cao Cao's envoys. In this way, he was unknown and took the initiative to provoke a war. Tao Qian naturally did not want to bear this reputation. At the same time, he also had to consider Yuan Shu's thoughts. It has been agreed, but at this critical time, if Cao Cao's people arrive, it is inevitable that Yuan Shu will not think too much. Don't turn around and deal with him then, and the gain will outweigh the loss.

"My lord, Yuan Long felt that there was no other way for my lord to deal with Cao Cao's envoy. One was to meet with Cao Cao's envoy, ask for the reason, and then inform Yuan Shu about the matter. The other was to excuse his illness and send him This matter has been postponed until the spring, and then we can use some help to get rid of it."

Facing Tao Qian's inquiry, Chen Deng was the first to express his thoughts. There are only two outcomes: seeing or not seeing. The consequences were completely different.

Chen Deng was the son of Chen Gui, Prime Minister of Pei Province. Chen Deng was cheerful, calm and resourceful. When he was young, he had the ambition to help the world and the people, and he was well-read and knowledgeable. At the age of twenty-five, he was appointed as the magistrate of Dongyang County by promoting Xiaolian. Although he was young, he was able to understand the sentiments of the people, care for the weak and raise orphans, which won the respect of the people. Tao Qian later promoted him to the rank of Diannong Xiaowei, and followed him. Li Mo's official positions are actually the same, except that with the support of Cao Cao, although Li Mo is nominally in charge of agriculture, he is actually the same as the minister of finance under Cao Cao, with greater power than Chen Deng.