Han counter current

This year, although natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, the princes of all parties did not stop their pace. Chen Feng wooed allies and established the Yongliang Camp. Cao Cao and the others also had new plans in the making.

Chapter 554

Chen Feng made moves one after another, which not only dispelled the influence of the previous rumors, but also strengthened the relationship with the Yuan brothers in Hebei.

The existence of the Northern Alliance will undoubtedly pose a great threat to Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao is very powerful, he will not be so stupid as to use the power of one family to fight against the army of three.

After failing to win over the Yuan brothers, and threatening them to no avail, Cao Cao immediately shifted his target to Liu Biao under the advice of Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others.

As Cao Cao's neighbor, Liu Biao's life is not easy now. The northern part of Jingzhou was hit by a disaster, and food relief had to be transported from the south, but as a result, those aristocratic families in the south complained a lot.

At this moment, an imperial decree from Xudu made Liu Biao feel a sense of goodwill.At least, Cao Cao had made it clear that he would not take advantage of it, and sent someone to inform Wancheng, ordering them to divide the purchased grain into three batches.

Send them to Hulao, Xudu, and Yanzhou respectively. Remember, you need to make a big splash and let everyone know about it. Only in this way can you stabilize the hearts of the people. "

"No, this subordinate will do it now."

This is the first batch of grain purchased from Jiangdong. In fact, the quantity is not large, but under Cao Cao's rule, the grain harvest was poor and the people's hearts were unstable. We must find a way to appease the people.

Divide the purchased food into three teams for publicity. When the people know that the government has food, they will naturally not flee the famine, and there will be no riots.

As long as he survives this year, after the summer harvest next year, Cao Cao's pressure should be much less. Right now, he must ensure that the people under his rule will not starve to death.

At the same time, batches of grain trucks from Bingzhou also passed through Jizhou and entered Qingzhou.Yuan Tan, who had been looking forward to the north, finally got the grain he bought.

The relationship between the North and South alliances has been strengthened a lot, so the confrontation between the two sides has also intensified, but, for the time being, the two sides will only confront each other.

"Pacify Liu Biao and win over Sun Quan. In this way, the south can be safe and stable. Then, taking the opportunity to separate Zhang Lu and Chen Feng can keep Xiliang in chaos."

In the hall, Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu were discussing the plan. Facing Chen Feng's big hand, Cao Cao had to fight back quickly, and Guo Jia was explaining the next steps.

I thought that using those rumors and using those poultry could make Chen Feng lose his head. Who would have thought that this matter would not affect Chen Feng.

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Feng was already at an absolute disadvantage. No matter how he accepted the move, it would be difficult for him to wash away his stigma, but unfortunately, Chen Feng accepted the move.

"Huh, Chen Feng, you are really getting smarter and wiser. I don't know why, but every time I underestimate him, every time I save him from danger."

Cao Cao sneered, he was still thinking about the poultry.Facing the continuous shots from his side, Chen Feng escaped with his life.

You know, with this plan about the poultry incident, Cao Cao himself lost a small amount of poultry. In addition, he also tried every means to win over Liu Bei and fooled Liu Biao.

Hearing that Cao Cao was still talking about that matter, Guo Jia couldn't help but wryly smiled. Indeed, let alone Cao Cao underestimated Chen Feng, even he himself seemed to underestimate Chen Feng, and underestimated Chen Feng many times.

"Cough cough cough, my lord, Chen Feng always has tricks. I thought he would explain the poultry incident last time.

Who knows that this guy is also straightforward, he didn't even have a word of excuse, and he was unwilling to sell poultry to us even if he was beaten to death.

The most unexpected thing is that he won Yuan Shang and Zhang Lu together at that juncture, and he also tried every means to pour dirty water on us.

In this way, we ourselves have endless troubles and stains that cannot be explained away, so at that time, no matter what we say, others will always have a skeptical attitude.

Chen Feng's move is really clever, it is similar to the military strategy of avoiding the elite and storming the rear, hehehe,,,,,, "

Although Guo Jia was smiling, the bitterness in his heart was undoubtedly revealed.For so many years, Guo Jia never missed his schemes against others.

Back then, Dong Zhuo, the leader of the Xiliang army, Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei, and Lu Bu, the current tiger, all of them were defeated by his schemes.

But after meeting Chen Feng, Guo Jia used more subtle strategies and more methods, but Chen Feng was not deceived many times, and he seldom suffered losses.

Coupled with the fact that Chen Feng had Jia Xu and Li Ru, who never showed up, and Cao Cao didn't know the truth, Guo Jia's various schemes were considered failures.

What's more, compared to Cao Cao's decisiveness and ruthlessness, Chen Feng was far superior in insidiousness and rogueness. Guo Jia was also very helpless when confronted with such an opponent.

"My lord, the alliance of the three northern families is only temporary. If Qingzhou hadn't suffered severe disasters and Jizhou's strength had been greatly damaged, Chen Feng would not have had the opportunity to win them over.

This year can only be like this. After the situation changes next year, there will definitely be a gap in the Northern Alliance. Besides, hehe, how can the Yuan brothers be satisfied when the caravans in the Western Regions can earn so much money.

I have already dispatched agents to infiltrate the caravan of the Yuan Brothers, and let them cooperate for a while.

We know what kind of people the Yuan brothers are, and so does Chen Feng. Right now, Chen Feng is just using them.In the face of absolute interests, their alliance is also unreliable. "

Cheng Yu didn't bother to think about the previous things. His current task was to send agents to sneak into Chen Feng's rule.

Right now, spying on information is the most important thing. Cheng Yu has already made many preparations, but Chen Feng has not noticed it yet.

Chapter 555 It’s Autumn Again 1

With the arrival of the autumn season, the temperature in various places in Dahan has dropped, especially in the north of the Yangtze River. The howling north wind blows on people's faces, and it seems to take away a layer of skin.

The sudden drop in temperature was indeed abnormal, but it contained the locust plague to a certain extent. After all, no matter how powerful the locusts were, they could not withstand the cold wind.

Cao Cao, Yuan Tan and other princes quickly organized manpower to grab the limited harvest, and then sent officials to count the disaster situation in various places in order to prepare for the next disaster relief.

At the same time, grain from Jiangdong was transported north, and grain from Hetao was transported south. The grain trade among the princes was in full swing.

"Before it snows, build water conservancy facilities as soon as possible to store water. The sudden drought this year frightened me.

To be honest, that boy Yuan Shang is still happy. The water conservancy facilities in Jizhou are complete, and ordinary droughts can't help him at all. "

Looking at the harvest reports sent from various places, Chen Feng was quite happy in his heart, but he was not complacent, this was just the beginning.

The Hetao and grasslands have just been developed, and after the autumn harvest, hundreds of thousands of slaves and more common people have nothing to do.

In addition to basic work such as building roads and cities, Chen Feng felt that it was necessary to take this opportunity to build water conservancy facilities in the Hetao and grasslands.

Digging ponds, dredging rivers, etc., these are the top priorities, whether it is farming or grazing, water is inseparable, Chen Feng is very clear about this.

"With so many slaves here, it should be able to complete a certain amount of work. However, this year's weather is really strange. There are not many man-made disasters, but natural disasters keep coming and going."

After finishing his work in Bingzhou, Xu Shu rushed back to Hetao. Now, he is responsible for some livelihood work in Hetao.

Normally, he would report to Jia Xu, but after Chen Feng came back, he would directly report to Chen Feng. In many cases, he would directly express his thoughts.

Hearing the words natural disasters and man-made disasters, Chen Feng couldn't help but smile.Have there been fewer man-made disasters these years?From Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing to the melee among the princes, which time was not a man-made disaster.

This natural disaster directly led to a reduction in grain production in many places, which also made it impossible for the Central Plains to raise enough grain and grass. This prevented Cao Cao from launching a war.

In other words, the occurrence of man-made disasters has been reduced because of the strangeness of natural disasters this year.If next year is a good year, I don't know how many wars will happen again.

"Yuanzhi, there is one thing that cannot be ignored. The autumn harvest is basically completed, so there must be few people going to the fields now.

You pass on my order, and all the people under my rule should find a way to use this time to turn over the fields, to dig deep.

If someone asks why, you answer that it can reduce the possibility of locust plagues.If someone is unwilling to do this, they must be persuaded. If it doesn't work, they can be punished by the local government. "

Speaking of this year's locust plague, Chen Feng is actually a little bit afraid. Two of the three locust armies are coming towards his territory.

All the way directly into Bingzhou, fortunately, after sacrificing Shangdang's crops, he was finally blocked.On the other route, it stayed in the area east of Luoyang and Chang'an.