Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 59 Prepare a few surprises for Lao Cao
Chapter 59 Prepare a few surprises for Lao Cao
The footsteps of spring are getting closer, the branches have buds, and the flower branches have small buds.

The north wind stopped whistling, and the earth returned to life.

The plan for a year lies in spring. If you want to harvest something in autumn, you must grasp spring.

Especially for food.

Food is the lifeblood of the economy.

Especially for the princes who dominate one side, without a food foundation, everything will be passive.

During the Warring States period, the biggest reason for the Changping battle between Qin and Zhao was food.

The two countries were at a stalemate in Changping. Qin was rich in food and could continue to fight for a long time. Although Zhao's military strength was strong, its economy could not compare with Qin's.

As the saying goes, fighting is burning money.

Zhao Guo's food could not keep up, Zhao Wang certainly hoped for a quick battle, so he fell into Qin's countermeasures and changed generals, hoping to quickly defeat Qin's army.

In the end, it was left to future generations, the allusions of talking about soldiers on paper, and the great achievements of Bai Qi, the god of war.

There is also the tragedy of 40 Zhao Jun being buried alive.

Cao Chong, who is familiar with history, knows the importance of food and knows that food is the foundation of the economy.

Through Diao Chan's reflection, Cao Chong realized that if he wanted to build the economy well, he not only needed Xudu's commercial prosperity, but also everyone could have enough to eat.

This requires an abundance of food.

Although Lao Cao used the farming system to solve the problem of food shortage.

But in the battle of Chibi, the family was wiped out, and food became a new problem.

Now that there is money, but there is a shortage of food internally, who can sell food to themselves?
Liu Bei?Sun Quan?Or Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu?
These people all regarded Lao Cao as an enemy, so how could they sell grain to Lao Cao.

There is only one solution: self-sufficiency.

If this food problem is not resolved, we will be very passive in the future.

And now the spring planting season is the best opportunity.

Lao Cao already had the farming system, so there was no need to deal with food in the system, what was needed was how to expand production.

In this regard, Cao Chong thought of a way.

That is Qu Yuanli.

"My lady, my husband will take care of this matter, and I guarantee that the common people will have a bumper harvest this autumn."

Cao Chong is very confident.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms period, the farming tools of the common people were still the straight shaft plow. This kind of plow required the cooperation of about three people, and the plowed land was still very shallow. Not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive, the plowing effect was very poor, which seriously affected production.

Quyuanli is different, one man and one ox can handle it, not only the area of ​​cultivated land is large but also deep, and the effect of the land can be maximized.

What three people can plow in one day, Qu Yuanli only needs one person for half a day, and the output of Qu Yuanli's plowing is much larger than that of Zhiyuanli.

With the Quyuan plow, the food production can be doubled, and it does not consume time or manpower. With the function of farming, it can definitely solve the food shortage during the autumn harvest.

With grain in hand, don't panic in my heart.

Lao Cao no longer worries about financial troubles.

"Ding, please pay attention to the host. Please accept the new task and popularize Quyuanli. There will be rewards after success."

The sound of the system suddenly remembered.

Yoyo, it's so rare, the stingy system even gave Xiaoye a sub-question.

Must pick up.

Cao Chong accepted the new task without hesitation.

Diao Chan was very excited, "Is what my husband said true?"

Cao Chong patted his chest, "My husband, when did I ever lie to you!"

"Just wait for the good news."

Such a good thing, Cao Chong will definitely not miss it.

Not only can you pretend to be aggressive in front of Diao Chan, but you can also gain merits from Lao Cao, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Calculating the time, Lao Cao has been training troops in Qiao County for several months, and he is about to return, so he must settle Quyuanli's matter before he returns.

This can be regarded as a surprise for Lao Cao.

Cao Chong understood very well that if the concubine wanted to rise to the top, and wanted to convince the aristocratic family and the people in Cao Ying, he had to show his merits.

In today's Xudu, the economy is undergoing crazy construction, and the food problem cannot be left behind.

As long as the problem of food shortage can be solved, this is the icing on the cake.

At that time, my credit will definitely be higher than that of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.

snort!
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Cao Chong took a shower, received Quyuanli from the system, and summoned Xiahouba. He rode a red rabbit horse, and Xiahouba carried Quyuanli on his shoulders, and went to the ordnance building together.

"Young master, why do you have time to come to us today?" asked the captain of the ordnance building department.

Cao Chong rested his hands on his back, looking like a leader inspecting the work, "What? Can't I come?"

The captain hurriedly apologized, "No, no, that's not what the little one meant, it's just that the young master is focusing on the economy, and he suddenly came to our barracks, which really made the little one curious."

Cao Chong snorted coldly, and didn't look at him at all, "Stop talking nonsense, I'll give you a task."

After finishing speaking, Cao Chong signaled Xia Houba to put Qu Yuanli down, and then continued: "Using this thing as a template, I want you to use the fastest time to build tens of thousands of them."

The captain looked at Quyuanli, not knowing what it was, and more importantly, he didn't have time to build it for Cao Chong.

"Young master, it's not that the young ones don't want to do it, it's that the young ones have no time to do it."

Cao Chong's face darkened, and someone dared to refuse the young master, "What do you mean?"

The captain looked embarrassed, and explained: "Not long ago, Prime Minister Cao gave us a death order to build [-] pairs of high-quality armor within half a month. The time is coming, and we are still short of [-] pairs." Woolen cloth."

Lao Cao actually wants new armor?

What does this mean?
According to the course of history, Lao Cao stayed in Xu for a while before going to Hefei to deal with Sun Quan.

It seems that the new armor made by Lao Cao was prepared for Sun Quan.

However, according to history, when Lao Cao went to Hefei and Sun Quan withdrew his troops, there was no spark at all, and these [-] armors were completely useless.

"Building any armor is useless. From now on, stop all the work at hand and focus on building Quyuanli for me." Cao Chong ordered directly.

Anyway, Hefei can't fight, so it's better to do something real.

The captain panicked, how could he dare to disobey Cao Cao's order, "Young master, the orders issued by Prime Minister Cao himself are like mountains, and the little ones really dare not disobey them."

"Let's not do this, you are afraid that my father will blame me. If he asks, he will say that I asked you to do this, and I will be responsible for the consequences."

The captain was waiting for Cao Chong's words, as long as Cao Chong could take responsibility, he would be willing to let him go on strike.

"Since that's the case, the little one will do it."

That's good.

Leaving Quyuanli behind, Cao Chong took Xiahouba and left contentedly.

Counting the days, Lao Cao is coming back soon, and it is time to make preparations, give him a few surprises, and at the same time pretend to be aggressive in front of Cao Pi.

Cao Chong began to plan the next move.

Some time ago, Cao Pi used Sima Yi to make Cao Chong suffer a lot. This time, Cao Pi will be unlucky no matter what he says.

As for Cao Zhi, there is no conflict yet, so he can be spared first.

But having said that, Cao Zhi was unlucky enough. Not long after he went to Hefei, Sun Quan led an army of [-] to march in.

Cao Zhi was able to struggle with Sun Quan for several months in Hefei, and it was really hard for him.

(End of this chapter)