Three Kingdoms: Economic mastermind, Cao Cao wins!

All the way to the Prefectural Mufu, the entourage brought by Li Mo, including Dian Wei, were all placed in the post house. This itself was a place used to entertain envoys sent by various princes. As for Some of the gifts intended for Tao Qian were handed over to Mi Zhu.

Although Dian Wei intended to follow Li Mo to the Prefecture Mufu, he was eventually rejected by Li Mo. They were already in the city. Li Mo couldn't escape even if he tried.

"Lord Li Mo, please"

"Please."

After following Li Mo into the main hall of the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, Li Mo also saw Tao Qian sitting in the main seat at a glance. He was obviously gray-haired and had a kind face. But judging from his complexion, it was obvious that he was not too healthy. Tao Qian was already fifty-nine years old at this time.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when the average age was less than forty years old, Tao Qian was already an advanced age. Now, you can call yourself me old man now.

"Li Mo, the agricultural official of Yanzhou, met with the pastor of Taozhou"

"Well, what is the purpose of Cao Cao sending you here?"

Hearing the name Li Mo, Tao Qian's expression was obviously serious. Although Li Mo has some reputations, most of them are within Yanzhou, and his reputation outside is not great, and it is not enough to be praised by Tao. Tao Qian's attention, especially since Li Mo had no reputation among the gentry, Tao Qian naturally had to maintain his own airs.

"My lord sent me here to become friends with Taozhou Muyong and exchange knowledge with each other."

"What?"

After hearing Li Mo's words, Tao Qian was slightly startled. He never expected that Li Mo would actually say such a few words that were both salty and mild. Tao Qian originally thought that Cao Cao should send Li Mo here at this time. He planned to become an ally with Tao Qian, but now they actually came to exchange knowledge. Not only Tao Qian was surprised, but even the civil and military personnel around Tao Qian had a look of surprise.

"Is this the purpose of Caozhou Mu sending you here?"

At this time, Cao Bao also questioned Li Mo with a majestic look. Li Mo nodded decisively,

"My lord hopes to open up business exchanges with Xuzhou, exempt each other from commercial taxes, and further strengthen win-win cooperation with Xuzhou."

"I'm afraid that Caozhou Mu doesn't just want to open up trade, maybe he wants to borrow food from my lord." At this time, Chen Deng thought for a moment and directly explained one of the reasons. Although what Li Mo said was indeed unexpected, However, Chen Deng still thought of the biggest possibility, that is, Cao Cao was short of food. At this time, the probability of wanting to borrow food from Tao Qian was very high.

"Borrow food? What kind of food should I borrow and why should I borrow food?"

Listening to Chen Deng's words, Li Mo deliberately made a very surprised look, as if he had no idea what Chen Deng meant. At this moment, Tao Qian frowned. He felt something was wrong from the beginning, not to mention that the timing of Li Mo's arrival was so coincidental, and there was no movement along the way. He didn't make any noise until he arrived at Xiapi City, and now he looked like he had no idea about the war after the spring. If there were only one of them

, Tao Qian could still think that the other party was really ignorant. In addition, he might not have much ability even though he was unknown. Now Tao Qian could see that Li Mo was definitely not that simple. It also made Tao Qian change his plan from being passive at the beginning to being proactive.

"If that's the case, it's not a bad idea, but I'm afraid Caozhou Mu's trade may not be feasible. In my opinion, there must be a battle between your lord and Yuan Shu."

"Tao Zhoumu, my lord has an army of 300,000, how can he be afraid of Yuan Shu? Yuan Shu has an army of 200,000, but he has no way to win."

"Oh, it seems that Cao Cao is very confident"

"Taozhou Mu, Yuan Shu attacked our lord. Firstly, his master was unknown. If the name is not correct, his words will not go smoothly. The lord's men will definitely use all their strength to resist. Secondly, my lord is a talented man and has countless generals under his command. On the other hand, Yuan Shu, although he is the fourth member of the Yuan family. The three princes of the world are directly related to each other, but wherever they are, the people are full of complaints, and there is no strategy for what they do."

"When the princes were fighting against Dong, Tao Zhoumu and my lord were both 18th princes. During this period, Tao Zhoumu should be well aware of the gap between my lord and Yuan Shu."

"You are very clever with words."

Listening to Li Mo's eloquent talk, Tao Qian was so embarrassed for a moment that he had to admit that Li Mo was able to describe Yuan Shu as useless so easily. Didn't he seem to be different from Yuan Shu? Is it foolish to cooperate with us?

"This is not just a fancy word from a lower official. I would like to ask Tao Zhoumu, to Yuan Shu, which one is more important, my lord or Yuan Shao?"

"What does this mean?"

"Fundamentally speaking, Yuan Shu's main purpose is not to target our lord, but to fight between the brothers of the Yuan family. Everything he does is for this reason. My lord has an army of 300,000. If we step back 10,000 steps, Yuan Shu really If you dare to fight with my master, how much Yuan Shu's army will be left in the end? I'm afraid that Yuan Shu's attack is fake, and provoking a war is the real thing. I will take the opportunity to have other ideas."

Li Mo's words seemed unintentional. In fact, the meaning revealed is very clear, that is, Cao Cao now has an army of 300,000, and Yuan Shu's ultimate goal is Yuan Shao. If he fights Cao Cao to the end, even if he can win, it will be a miserable victory, so Yuan Shu cannot follow him at all. Cao Cao started a full-scale war, but he might have used this as a reason to deceive others.

Although Li Mo did not directly say that it was Tao Qian who was deceived, the people present were all smart people and no one could tell. Isn't this just talking about Tao Qian? Is it the same with Qian? When the time comes, Tao Qian and Yuan Shu are allies. Yuan Shu fights for a while, but Cao Cao turns around and comes over. Not to mention 300,000, even 200,000 troops are enough for Tao Qian to drink a pot, but Tao Qian ends up They all made wedding clothes for Yuan Shu.

"Haha, I am not ashamed of my words. My lord, don’t worry. Cao Cao has many soldiers but insufficient logistics and lack of food and grass. A pile of scattered sand will not be enough to support him. As for what Li Mo said, the imperial court has appointed the governor of Yanzhou as Jin Shang. , is now at Yuan Shu's place. Yuan Shu can help him recapture Yanzhou. Why not?"

"oh? So, Tao Zhoumu respected the imperial court's orders, right?"

"This is natural. We are all Han officials. Who dares to disobey orders?"

"Dare I ask, Tao Zhou Mu, if there is an order from the imperial court, if a Xuzhou Mu is replaced, will Mr. Tao Qian obey it?"

"You are brave."

Cao Bao on the other side had already taken out the sword worn on his waist and pointed it directly at Li Mo, with a posture of attacking if he disagreed with him, but Li Mo still had a look of no fear on his face. It's like I'm not worried at all,