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Therefore, at this juncture, he must restrain his subordinates, otherwise, if he hurts ordinary people, he will end up hurting him.

"Last year, when Hebei formed an alliance and was defeated by Cao Cao, our army received assistance from Bingzhou and Youzhou.

At that time, in order to strengthen the alliance, our army gave back some supplies to Bingzhou and Youzhou, and Bingzhou was willing to use money to buy poultry from us, and the price was very fair. "

Feng Ji explained unhurriedly that last year when the army was defeated, Cao Jun was chasing after him. In the end, it was only with the help of Youzhou and Bingzhou that he got rid of Cao Jun's pursuit. Therefore, the Hebei Alliance was somewhat effective at that time.

"So? What do you mean? Last year, Chen Feng was already buying poultry. Did he already know that there would be a locust plague?"

"This, my subordinates don't know about it. Come to think of it, even if Chen Feng had supernatural powers, he couldn't have guessed that there would be an outbreak of locust plague. Maybe it was to prevent it before it happened.

In short, most of the poultry in Jizhou was bought by Bingzhou and Youzhou last year. When the summer drought broke out this year, people in various places did not reduce food consumption. Many people slaughtered poultry and livestock, so the number of poultry was even smaller. "

Yuan Shang is now Ruo, come on, hahaha, there is a way to resist the locust plague, the locust plague on the Shangdang side has been weakened a lot, there is a way.

By the way, what about the Sinong who was summoned last time, hurry up, someone, go and invite him over immediately, the method he proposed at that time was useful, hahaha. "

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, the previous Si Nong hanged himself at home four days ago. Currently, the position of Si Nong is vacant, and no one dares to take the post."

This report from the soldiers made Cao Cao's smile freeze on his face.What's the situation? Why did he want to summon a Sinong, and he committed suicide a long time ago.

"The former Sinong? Hanged himself? What's going on here?"

"Uh, my lord, the last time I summoned Na Si Nong, my lord said that if he could not find a solution to the locust plague within three days, he would slaughter his nine clans. This man was afraid of hurting his family, so he hanged himself within two days after returning."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, what's the matter.It turned out that Sinong on his side once thought of a solution to the locust plague, but Cao Cao, who was furious, thought it was a perfunctory word.

In the end, because of a few angry words, Na Si Nong was so frightened that he went home and hanged himself, which also cut off the way to solve the locust plague.

"Forget it, pass on the order to buy poultry from the people immediately. Also, send people to Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places to buy poultry quickly."

Cao Cao's originally dissatisfied smiling face soon darkened. In fact, he did something wrong, but he was also angry at the time. Who knew the consequences would be like this.

However, a hero is a hero, such a shameful thing.He definitely won't admit it.

Chapter 546

In the living room, Cao Cao gathered together with several masterminds under his command.Summoning them late at night, Cao Cao was not just to announce that he had found a solution to the locust plague.

Yanzhou and Yuzhou suffered disasters one after another, and the food harvest failed. I am afraid that the next year will not be easy, which makes Cao Cao very headache.

Fortunately, when Xun Yu dissuaded Cao Cao in time last year when he fought in the Quartet, the vitality of all parts of the Central Plains was preserved. Therefore, Cao Cao still had a way to survive this disaster.

It's just that there is not much food harvested this year, so Cao Cao can't support the war, but Cao Cao feels very uncomfortable after a year's delay.

You know, the princes of the world are racing against time to become stronger, let alone a year's delay, even if it is ten days and a half months, the situation may change.

"The disaster in the Central Plains, Qingzhou is worse than us, Jizhou and Jingzhou have better backgrounds, so there won't be much trouble, but this year, we don't have any surplus food to support the war.

Chen Feng from the north is said to have a good harvest. Heh heh, he is lucky. If this thief recovers first, then we will be in big trouble. "

In just a few words, Cao Cao expressed his troubles.Indeed, the grain production in the Central Plains has decreased, but under Chen Feng's rule, the harvest has been bumper. The gap between the two sides has widened.

Guo Jia and the others also understand the current situation, and the Central Plains side is indeed at a disadvantage.Although there are no fewer than 20 strong soldiers on my side, there must be enough food and grass.

"Since this is the case, the plan for now is to recuperate. Send people to Jingzhou and Jiangdong to buy poultry and grain. In addition, you should send people to Chang'an to make friends with Chen Feng.

If possible, we can also buy food from him.Under Chen Feng's rule, there must be a good harvest, and there must be a lot of surplus food. As long as we can afford the price, he will not refuse. "

Xun Yu is in charge of Cao Cao's rear affairs, and he attaches great importance to food and grass.The Central Plains has already suffered such a disaster, and now it can temporarily bow its head.

Cheng Yu's face was gloomy. To be honest, if he had to choose, he really didn't want to be so low-key to befriend Chen Feng and other princes, and to buy food from them at a high price.

However, what can he do?Is it possible to fight in all directions like last year, conquering Hebei, conquering Xiliang, and conquering Jingzhou?

Even if Cao Cao has this strength, he must have this background. Without food and grass, there will be no need for war at that time, and the soldiers will directly mutiny.

"Actually, we can do the opposite..."

After a long time, Guo Jia suddenly said these words, scaring Xun Yu and Cheng Yu's expressions, while Cao Cao showed a rare smile.

"Those who know me are filial piety..."

Cao Cao seemed to have been waiting for someone to say this, and it seemed that he had already had an idea in his heart, but he just refused to say it.

But now, when Guo Jia brought it up, it was exactly what he wanted.Doing the opposite may sound absurd, but in fact, it is also the best way.

"Hehe, my lord is sending people to various parts of Jingzhou to buy poultry right now. It's obviously too late. Besides, even if Liu Biao and the others have poultry, will they sell it to us?"

"That's right, the locust plague is raging, and the princes of all places have received information that they can use poultry to ward off locusts. At this moment, I'm afraid no one will sell it."

Cao Cao nodded, he naturally understood what Guo Jia was going to say, because that was what he thought in his heart.

"In this case, why,,,,,,"

The silent Liu Ye next to him asked a question. To be honest, it was his first time attending a meeting of Cao Cao's inner circle, so he kept a low profile.

"Because the world would think we wouldn't do it."

Guo Jia smiled mysteriously, and Cao Cao also smiled heartily. This pair of master and servant really have a good understanding, and they can think of everything together.

Xun Yu and the others next to him seemed to understand something.Doing the opposite, perhaps, can really solve the immediate predicament.

The locust plague in the Central Plains was divided into three groups, and two groups went to the north, but were blocked in Shangdang and Chang'an respectively. When the news reached Meiji City, Chen Feng was overjoyed.

Using poultry to resist locust plagues sounds absurd, but the effect is really good. Poultry feeds on locusts, and people from all over the country participate in locust extermination, and resisting locust plagues is not empty talk.

In the first ten days of October, when news of locust extermination came from all over the country, the caravan that went to the Western Regions in February also returned.

The caravan, which lasted more than eight months and invested nearly [-] million yuan, finally came back. When Chen Feng got the news, he couldn't help but go to Chang'an himself.

This caravan trip to the Western Regions could not be said to be very smooth, otherwise it would not have taken so long, but the harvest was indeed very good.

Taking out so many goods, what they brought back were all kinds of specialties from the Western Regions. After going back and forth like this, the caravan earned at least twice the profit of the goods.

Moreover, many caravans used barter to bring back commodities. If these things were sold in Dahan territory, the profit would probably increase a lot.

The happiest thing was Chen Feng. Even though there were a lot of losses in the execution of the Western Regions, according to the information sent back by Ma Dai, the caravan was robbed several times, which almost aroused the covetousness of the countries in the Western Regions.

Fortunately, he finally came back safely, and Ma Dai also brought back a lot of information about the Western Regions.

In addition, due to the caravan trip to the Western Regions, aristocratic families from Chang'an, Bingzhou, Xiliang and other places participated, and the caravan they sent also made a lot of money.

This completely tied the interests of these aristocratic families with those of Chen Feng.If you make money, you can talk about anything.

Especially those aristocratic families who have been deprived of their land. Originally, they still had great opinions on Chen Feng, but this year there were many strange things.

First came the drought, and then the locust plague. Judging from the past situation, if they are still entangled in the land this year, they may lose money.