Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 84 Called into the Palace by the Empress

Chapter 84 Called into the Palace by the Empress

Back at their home, Diao Chan had already returned, the young couple washed up together, embraced each other, and fell asleep together.

Before going to bed, Cao Chong kept thinking about salt.

The system gave the task inexplicably, Cao Chong really couldn't figure out why the system gave this task.

Besides, there is no shortage of salt in the market now, who will sell the produced salt to.

What's more, Jiangdong area is rich in sea salt, which is sold all over the country. Can the salt produced by ourselves compete with the salt merchants in Jiangdong.

With these questions in mind, Cao Chong gradually fell asleep.

When he was asleep, he hugged Diao Chan tightly.

This is his habit.

Cao Chong enjoyed it very much, that feeling.

……

The next day, Xun Ridong rose.

It's time for Cao Cao to set off again.

Both Hefei and Nanjun are in an emergency, and Cao Cao must quickly resolve the danger of fighting on two fronts.

For this reason, Cao Cao did not hold a large-scale expedition ceremony, but simply held a meeting in the barracks, and then led the army to the expedition.

In this expedition, there were no officials sending off each other, nor father and son parting.

It's not that the officials and the heirs of the Prime Minister were unwilling to send Cao Cao, but that the military situation was so urgent that there was no time for those ceremonies.

Cao Cao took his elite troops and set off for Hefei with a cart full of naan.

After arriving in Hefei, as Cao Chong said, Sun Quan was persuaded and wanted to withdraw his troops.

But how could Cao Cao agree.

If Sun Quan left, Nanjun would be even more dangerous.

Ever since, when Sun Quan withdrew to the mouth of the Yangtze River, in order to prevent Sun Quan from crossing the river, Cao Cao sent troops to pester Sun Quan every day.

As a result, Sun Quan's army had no time to cross the Yangtze River.

Moreover, Cao Cao also said that he had already sent people to guard the Yangtze River. As long as Sun Quan crossed the river, his people would release oil on the Yangtze River, and then set fire to Sun Quan to death.

In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao lost because he lost to Huo Gong.

Sun Quan was well aware of the fierce fire attack, so he was too frightened to cross the river, so he could only spend time with Cao Cao on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

But news has come from Jiangdong that Shixie of Jiaozhou has raised troops to make trouble in the rear.

Sun Quan had no choice but to send Zhou Yu to Jiaozhou to deal with Shi Xie. With Zhou Yu gone, Liu Bei was no match for Cao Ren.

In addition, there is Sima Yi beside Cao Ren, who is Zhuge Liang's lifelong enemy.

Sure enough, Liu Bei was defeated soon, the danger in Nanjun was lifted, and Cao Ren could finally take a breather.

When the news reached Hefei, Cao Cao was overjoyed and sighed, "Sure enough, the tiger father has no desire for a son. He is indeed the youngest son of the truth!"

Cao Zhi beside him was extremely uncomfortable when he heard this.

But helpless.

"Zhi'er, when you're free, learn and study like your younger brother." Cao Cao began to teach Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi, like Cao Pi, was dissatisfied with Cao Chong.

Although Cao Zhi is not the eldest son, at least he is the eldest son.

Compared with the concubine, the concubine has a natural psychological advantage, and Cao Zhi is naturally not convinced.

"Father, although Brother Chong is quite talented, he still can't keep up with poetry and literature."

Cao Zhi is a famous great poet, and he is so talented that even Cao Cao likes his poems very much.

What's more, Cao Cao himself is a great writer, so he naturally likes descendants with literary qualities.

"Well, don't tell me, brother Chong is indeed inferior to you in this respect." Cao Cao sighed.

Now that Cao Zhi was balanced, Chen Sheng pursued, "Father, don't worry, when the child returns to Xudu, he will definitely teach Chong brother more."

"Well, brother Chong wants to make up for it in literature." Cao Cao successfully fell into the trap dug by Cao Zhi, and stopped saying that Cao Chong was good.

……

"Ah!"

Cao Chong, who was in Xudu, sneezed again.

Who is missing the young master this time?

Diao Chan?Zhen Ji?Or Cai Wenji?

No, the land of the Huns is far away from Xudu, Cai Wenji hasn't seen the young master yet, so how can she miss the young master?

Could it be Empress Fu in the palace?

……

At the same time, Sun Quan, who was on the north bank of the Yangtze River, was frowning and battered.

Sun Quan wanted to withdraw his army, but Cao Cao sent troops to bother him every day, so that he had no chance to withdraw.

Let's talk about fighting, but Cao Cao doesn't fight.

Once Sun Quan sent troops to fight, Cao Bing ran away after a few laps.

It's like having flies chirping in your ears when you're going to sleep.

"Lu Su, if this continues, there is no solution. We must find a way to retreat to Jiangdong." Sun Quan paced back and forth in the tent.

As the first person to propose a three-point world, Lu Su was not a vegetarian, so he quickly thought of a way.

"My lord, there is no need to bother. I have a plan to allow us to withdraw our troops smoothly."

Sun Quan was overjoyed, "Come quickly."

Lu Su smiled confidently, "Jiangdong is rich in salt, and it is sold all over the country. Even in Yizhou, there are salt merchants in Jiangdong. Once we control the sales of salt, the salt will become scarce."

"There is bound to be a shortage of salt in the north. Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of soldiers stationed in Nanjun and Hefei. If the soldiers lose their salt, they will have no strength. This battle cannot be fought."

"We can take the opportunity to withdraw our troops."

This economic method is really poisonous enough.

Sun Quan slapped his thigh, "It's a good strategy, let's use this method."

Immediately, Sun Quan issued an order that all salt merchants in Jiangdong controlled the production of salt, and salt became scarce all over the country for a while.

When Cao Cao noticed that the supply of salt was insufficient, the north had already become the hardest hit area.

If people do not eat salt, the consequences are very serious, especially for soldiers.

Cao Cao became worried. Jiangdong was rich in sea salt and almost monopolized the national salt market.

There are also salt-producing places in the north, such as sea salt in Xuzhou and well salt near Xudu. However, there are few places in Xuzhou that can produce salt, and it is difficult to supply the entire north.

Not to mention Xudu's well salt, the salt dug out is not edible at all.

Salt became a big problem for Cao Cao, so he immediately wrote to Xun Yu of Xudu, asking Xun Yu to find a solution.

Xun Yu had a headache.

All the salt in Xuzhou can only be supplied to the battlefield first, but this is only a temporary solution, not a long-term solution.

If you want to solve the salt problem, in the final analysis, you still need to be able to produce salt yourself.

But the problem is that in many salt mines in the north, the salt dug out contains toxins and cannot be eaten.

Xun Yu, who was in a state of desperation, really couldn't think of a solution, so he called Man Chong over and asked Man Chong to help him find a solution.

A full-fledged and cruel official, he can't think of any solution, he can only play football, "Young master has always had a lot of tricky ideas, why don't Xun Lingjun ask the young master."

"Maybe there's something he can do."

Xun Yu thought about it, "Is this okay?"

Salt production is a technical job, and Xun Yu always felt that Cao Chong would not know it.

"Never mind him, treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, in case the young master really knows how to do it." Man Chong continued.

Only then did Xun Yu decide to go to Cao Chong for help.

As a result, when he arrived at the prime minister's mansion, he found out that Cao Chong was not in the mansion, but was recruited into the palace by the queen.

(End of this chapter)