It was mid-spring and Taoshen arrived.

With the spring flowers blooming and the ice and snow melting, the two major rivers running through the North Sea, Weishui and Jiaoshui, have also ushered in the flood season.

The river water surged and the water flowed rapidly.

The willows on both sides of the strait are green, showing a full sense of fun.

After a light rain, Liu Chuang took Zhuge Liang and Zhuge out of Gaomi County.

"Brother Meng Yan has good luck this time."

"Um?"

"Hehe, Yuan Shu did not rebel early or rebel late, but rebel at this time has given many conveniences."

Liu Chuang smiled, shook his head but did not speak.

Yes, he actually forgot about this!

In history, it seemed that Yuan Shu rebelled in this year, which also reduced the impact of Cao Cao's defeat in Wancheng to a minimum.

Now, the world is in chaos and there are many princes.

Everyone may be determined to be independent, but they know that it is not yet time.

People in the world still care about the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty has not yet been cut off. At this time, whoever dares to jump out and rebel is to seek trouble. The more they want to stand up, the more they have to show their attitude of supporting the Han Dynasty. Whoever jumps out will immediately become the target of public criticism. Cao Cao's defeat in Wancheng, losing his beloved son, losing his soldiers and losing his generals; Sun Ce's momentum in Jiangdong was unstoppable, and he had already formed his own climate; including Liu Chuang's appointment, which should have attracted jealousy from all sides, but it was because of Yuan Shu's rebellion that all this was no longer important...

This Yuan Shu is really a MT that can attract hatred!

Liu Chuangben was ready to break up with Zang Ba and turned against Yuan Tan.

Who knew that Yuan Shu's rebellion had caused all the things to be covered up.

"Yuan Gaolu was angry this time."

He sighed and said softly: "It's a pity that the Yuan family in Runan, four generations and three dukes, was destroyed by Yuan Highway. If his ancestors had spirits, it would be difficult to be peaceful. I heard that Yuan Shao had issued a manifesto to draw a clear line with Yuan Shu... Haha, next, there will be another turmoil. But this is good, I'm just accelerating the integration of Donglai County. Maybe it will be able to stabilize the situation in the Beihai in less than a year."

Taking advantage of the troubled waters, Liu Chuang naturally had to speed up while everyone's eyes were focused on Yuan Shu.

To be honest, the Donglai area in Beihai is good, with a back-to-ceiling mountain and sea, and the climate and environment are good. Unfortunately, Qingzhou is also a place of four battles. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu will not sit idly by and watch Liu Chuang expand. Once Liu Chuang stabilizes the situation, it will inevitably lead to war.

Moreover, the population of Beihai and Donglai County is too small!

Although Xuezhou said that refugees could be migrated from Xuzhou, it was just a drop in the bucket for the entire Jiaodong region.

The total population of the two counties is only 500,000 or 600,000, so how much development can it be?

Liu Chuang has been thinking about how to take this opportunity to strengthen himself. But no matter what he thinks, he feels that the room for development is too small.

"Brother Meng Yan, do you intend to join Yuan Shao?"

"Why did Kong Ming ask this?"

The group stopped by the Weishui River and looked into the distance and could see a piece of land burned after being burned.

This is also a place for military farming.

Located at the intersection of Weishui and Wenshui, you can reach Chunyu in just one day crossing the river.

Wang Xiu had recruited thousands of refugees here, preparing to plow and plow after the arrival of Jichun.

The farmland after the rain was charred.

The ashes left by burning the wasteland two days ago have merged with the land after the nourishment of this light rain. Liu Chuang kicked off his horse and walked to a hill. Zhuge Liang followed behind him, looking at the beautiful river, and couldn't help but feel a sense of heroism.

Under the hill, Zhou Cang took Zhuge Jun to play.

The child's innocent laughter made Liu Chuang feel even more responsible.

Since he has reached this point, he must work hard to protect everyone's happiness.

Zhuge Liang whispered: "Yuan Benchu ​​was dominant in Hebei and looked at Youzhou. Since his defeat, Gongsun Zan was depressed and powerless and could no longer compete with Yuan Shao. Once Gongsun Zan fails, Yuan Shao will dominate the four prefectures of Youjiqing, and will definitely look at the Central Plains. There will be a battle with Cao Cao. This battle will be the key battle to determine the Central Plains. No matter who wins and who loses, where should Brother Meng Yan go?"

Zhuge Liang is only sixteen years old, but his vision is very vicious.

Liu Chuang's face changed slightly and he said softly: "Kong Ming, how do you view the dispute between Yuan and Cao?"

Zhuge Liang was silent.

After a while, he said, "Liang doesn't care about the dispute between Yuan and Cao. What Liang cares about is how his brother will deal with it."

"Um?"

"Before the dispute between Yuan and Cao, brother Meng Yan had to make a decision.

They want to join one side or want to establish a prince. If they join one side, it is nothing more than the choice between Yuan and Cao, which is like a gambling. But even if they bet right, Meng Yan's identity as a relative of the Han Dynasty will inevitably be suspicious of the two, and it will inevitably be difficult in the future.

But if you want to become a prince..."

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and whispered: "Brother Meng Yan has only one chance."

Could it be that Zhuge Liang has already had a countermeasure?

Liu Chuang narrowed his eyes, looked at Zhuge Liang, and whispered: "Kong Ming, please tell me in detail."

But Zhuge Liang kept a secret and shook his head and said, "Brother Meng Yan, don't worry. Liang just has this idea now, but he has not come up with a charter for this specific purpose. Zheng Shi once talked to me about this matter. He said that if Brother Meng Yan just wants to protect himself, it is best to take this opportunity to resign and go to Xudu. In this way, no matter who wins or loses, Brother Meng Yan doesn't need to worry. Because whether it is Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, at this time, it will never be detrimental to you, and will even treat you well."

Liu Tao has only been dead for ten years, but his connections are still there.

Before Liu Tao's influence disappeared, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would not act rashly.

However, when Liu Tao's influence disappears, as long as Liu Chuang is honest and has no ambitions, he can still have a good end...

But the question is, will Liu Chuang be willing to be a subordinate?

Seeing that Liu Chuang didn't speak, Zhuge Liang smiled.

"Master Zheng said that Brother Meng Yan is strong and would rather break than bend.

In this regard, it is quite similar to Zhongling Hou... So he guessed that Brother Meng Yan would not be willing to do so. He would inevitably fight back. Besides, Brother Meng Yan is now considered to be some forces, so how could he wait for death? Master Zheng said, you will definitely not be willing."

When Liu Chuang heard this, he immediately laughed!

It seems that Zheng Xuan attaches great importance to Zhuge Liang.

Although Liu Chuang is also under Zheng Xuan's school, he doesn't have much time to study due to busy official business.

On the contrary, Zhuge Liang often asked Zheng Xuan for advice. In addition, Zhuge Liang was very talented and loved by Zheng Xuan. He could be said to have all his words. Zheng Xuan would not tell Liu Chuang, but he would remind Liu Chuang after passing Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang seemed to be quite comfortable with the work of sending the microphone. Every day when he came back from Zheng Xuan's house, he would always ask Liu Chuang and Balabala to say something.

Liu Chuang did not deliberately conceal Zhuge Liang about his own affairs. He even often consciously let him participate in it.

Liu Chuang copied an important official document submitted to Zhuge Liang every day and gave it to Zhuge Liang.

If Zhuge Liang encounters something he doesn't understand, he doesn't ask Liu Chuang, but asks Zheng Xuan for advice. When he is lucky, if Guan Ning Bingyuan is also there, he will discuss it with Guan Ning Bingyuan. This eloquence, insight, and judgment will increase a lot in a short period of time.

"Those who know me are Master Zheng!"

Liu Chuang took a deep breath and rubbed Zhuge Liang's head.

"Then please Kongming and plan for me so that I can protect myself in the future."

"What Brother Meng Yan wants to do now is to make good use of the identity of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

This was personally recognized by the emperor! With such an identity, why worry about Brother Meng Yan's failure to stabilize the situation? Have you not noticed that although Wang Shuzhi was willing to cooperate with you before, he did not show any intimacy. But now, he is reporting to you in everything. Why not recruit him? In addition, Yi'an Zuo Ziheng also intended to surrender to his brother, but his brother seemed not to notice it."

Liu Chuang was stunned and looked at Zhuge Liang. After a while, he suddenly smiled embarrassedly.

"I remembered this when Kong Ming said this.

The day before yesterday, Zuo Ziheng sent someone to present the paper he made... You can say that the paper made by Zuo Ziheng is indeed a hundred times stronger than the Cai paper circulating on the market."

Slowly, slow, slow!

Liu Chuang suddenly had an inspiration, but it was extremely vague.

Zuo Bo, whose courtesy name is Ziheng, was in the same hometown as Taishi Ci, and was from Donglaiye County.

This person is good at writing Bafen, and can be regarded as a master of calligraphy in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Chuping period, he became famous and slightly inferior to Zhong Yao. In addition to calligraphy, he also had another technique, which is papermaking. Later generations, because of the allusion of Cai Lun's papermaking, many people thought that paper was made by Cai Lun. In fact, paper had appeared as early as the end of the Qin and early Han Dynasties. However, because the production cost of paper was very high, the circulation was not particularly wide. In the reign of Emperor He of Han, Cai Lun improved the technology of papermaking, making paper more suitable for writing.

Zuo Bo further improved the papermaking process based on Cai Lun.

The paper he made, also called Zuobo paper, was praised by many scholars.

So in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Xiao Ziliang mentioned in his letter to Wang Sengqian that the paper made by Zuo Ziyi was beautiful and shiny. If it was used with the ink made by Wei Zhong, the ink would be as black as lacquer. In addition to the pen made by Zhang Boying, it can be said to be a combination of heaven.

Zuo Bo, Zuo Ziyi...

Liu Chuang suddenly asked, "Kong Ming, Master Zheng said, how about Zuo Ziyi being an official?"

Kong Ming was stunned and thought for a while and said, "Zheng Shiyan, Wang Shuzhi can take charge of a county, and Zuo Ziyi should enter the Shaofu."

This sentence also shows the difference in the talents of these two people.

Wang Shuzhi is a person who can stand alone, but Zuo Bo is not suitable for governing the country. It is not that Zuo Bo's talent is worse than Wang Xiu's, but that this person's ability is not in local government affairs. If it is simpler, Zuo Bo is a nerd. He is not good at governing local areas, but if you ask him to do research, the effect may be better.

After hearing this, Liu Chuang nodded repeatedly.

"Kong Ming, then if I ask my uncle to manage Jiaodong, will he be willing to agree?"

The Jiaodong mentioned by Liu Chuang at this time included Jimo and Jiaodong counties.

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, "Wang Shuzhi has lofty ambitions. He is in Gaomi, so he will eventually have various restrictions.

Although Zheng Shi did not ask about political affairs, he could not avoid him in many things. Brother Meng Yan, you stationed in Gaomi, and although you only control military affairs, Wang Shuzhi would be restrained. I think he should agree to go to Jiaodong. Although there is remote, you can use your fists."
To be continued...