Cao Cao has many lands under his jurisdiction.

However, the coastline of Qingzhou and Xuzhou was disturbed by Liu Chuang's Navy, which also made him suffer.

As early as when Gan Ning landed in Donglai, Cao Cao had the idea of ​​building a navy. However, the shipbuilding technology in the north was relatively backward, and the docks in Qingzhou and other places were abandoned, so it would take many trouble to reopen the construction. At that time, Cao Cao's main energy was to confront Liu Chuang. But even so, he still asked Man Chong to reopen the docks in Qingzhou and build sea ships. This also shows that Cao Cao's attention had begun to shift from simply land to sea... Speaking of which, it was also a change that Liu Chuang brought to Cao Cao.

Liu Chuang asked Lu Yu to send a message, which had two meanings.

Sun Quan will inevitably strengthen his offensive against Jingzhou if he gets my shipbuilding technology.

The Sun family in Jiangdong had long been eyeing the Jingxiang area. Lu Su's best plan has improved Jiangdong's strategic deployment to some extent.

If Sun Ce started a war against Jingzhou, it was an instinct.

Then once Sun Quan attacked Jingzhou, he must have been prepared...

The importance of Jing Xiang is not required to be reminded by Liu Chuang, and Cao Cao also knew it in his heart.

Once Sun Quan obtains the seven counties of Jingxiang, the total population of 115 counties will fall into the hands of Jiangdong, and Sun Quan will inevitably increase his strength.

Sun Quan is not Liu Biao. Although his enterprising spirit is not as good as Sun Ce, he is also an ambitious person.

Liu Chuang was reminding Cao Cao that if Sun Quan gained the technical advantages of boats, Jingzhou would inevitably fall into turmoil.

At that time, the first person to be threatened will be Cao Cao... Although Sun Quan is like a grandson now, once he gains power, he will be a Zhongshan wolf.

How could Cao Cao not understand?

However, while reminding Cao Cao, Liu Chuang also conveyed another message to Cao Cao.

The only heroes in the world are you, Cao Cao and I, Liu Chuang.

Whether it is the revival of the Han Dynasty or the competition in the world, only you, Cao Cao and I, Liu Chuang, can do it. I am fighting with you now. It is not for personal grudges, but for justice. Please guard the Central Plains for me and wait for me to take it out. Don’t let me be defeated by Sun Quan and others before I take action. In that case, you, Cao Cao, will really disappoint me, a kid...

This is actually the same as Cao Cao and Liu Bei's meaning of talking about heroes when they were cooking wine.

However, Cao Cao praised Liu Bei at that time, which meant temptation; while Liu Chuang expressed his ambition nakedly. The only one who can compete with me is Cao Cao. The only one who can be considered my opponent in the world is you, Cao Mengde. Therefore, don't lose to others before I defeat you.

Cao Cao happily accepted Liu Chuang's challenge.

He even had some excitement in his heart, a kind of excitement arising from being challenged.

After Lu Yu achieved his goal, he said goodbye and left.

Xun You couldn't help but say, "Lord, what does Liu Chuang mean?"

Cao Cao twisted his beard and smiled slightly.

He did not answer Xun You's words because he knew very well that he and Liu Chuang could understand some things in their hearts, but they didn't need to say them.

A look of expectation appeared in his eyes.

Liu Chuang, don’t let me down…

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In July of the eighth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao ordered his troops to return to the court.

He left Lu Qian as the prefect of Wei County. He also appointed Zhao Jian, a native of Changling, Jingzhao, as the prime minister of Zhao State, and ordered Lu Kuang to guard Wu'an and Cao Xiu stationed in Congtai...

Zhao Jian, whose courtesy name was Shumao, once opened the Duke's Mansion and was the Minister of Selection Department.

Dong Zhuo was about to let his people enter the Pavilion at that time, but Zhao Jian refused to obey, which made Dong Zhuo furious and wanted to kill Zhao Jian. However, Zhao Jian was calm and composed. After seeing Dong Zhuo, he talked about right and wrong, which made Dong Zhuo feel ashamed. Finally, he apologized to him and appointed him as the Pingling Order.

After Wang Yun was killed, Zhao Jian was the only one who restrained him.

Later, he lived in Jingzhou. At the beginning of the year, Cao Cao issued a recruitment order, and Zhao Jian came to Jingzhou to surrender.

This person is quite famous and has received many praises even in an extremely exclusive place like Jizhou.

Cao Cao asked him to be the Prime Minister of Zhao State, and he wanted to use Zhao Jian's reputation to appease the people of Jizhou. He had realized that it was not easy to deal with Liu Chuang. He had wanted to fight quickly before, so that everything was over Liu Chuang's plan.

Since it is impossible to fight quickly, I will just take it slowly.

Liu Chuang’s current situation is that although he has Hedong, it will take some time to completely digest it.

It depends on who is fast and who first digests the territory in his hand.

Cao Cao knew very well that if he wanted to kill Liu Chuang, he had to plan carefully and do it step by step, and not be too impatient...

After the Second World War in Jizhou, Liu Chuang had become a strong enemy in Cao Cao's mind. His threat even exceeded Yuan Shao, forcing him to treat him with caution. In the past, Cao Cao was also afraid of Liu Chuang, but overall, he did not really take it seriously.

But next...

When Cao Cao left Yecheng, he sent Cao Xiu to serve as a mission to Zhending.

"Take care, boy, let's fight again when I make a comeback."

This is a very wonderful relationship. Whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Chuang, they have already regarded each other as confidants without realizing it.

As Cao Cao left, Jizhou gradually returned to peace.

After Liu Chuang occupied Hedong, he immediately appointed Du Ji as the prefect of Hedong.

Du Ji, who came to Liaodong from Xudu with Liu Chuang, performed very low-key.

However, Liu Chuang has always been very concerned about him, not for anything else, but for his future grandson named Du Yu.

Du Ji is low-key, but has good talent.

In the past five years, he has served as a supplementary official in Changli and Goguryeo, assisting Xianyu and Yan Rou in governing the local area, and has achieved remarkable political achievements.

If Liu Chuang had not been to transfer Du Ji back this time, Yan Rou would also be planning to recommend Du Ji to Liu Chuang as the prefect of Goguryeo. Goguryeo has now been completely included in Liu Chuang's hands. After repeated considerations, Liu Chuang decided to send Tian Chou as the prefect of Goguryeo and appointed Yan Rou as the governor of North Korea. According to Yan Rou's report, in a few years, Chameng rice will be promoted on the Korean Peninsula in large areas, which can be used as the granary of Liu Chuang.

This is so good that I don’t have to change someone else, and I have to adapt again at that time.

Du Ji, a native of Jingzhao.

It was also a very surprising thing to be able to return to Hedong this time.

When he arrived at Zhending, Liu Chuang immediately recruited him to the government office.

"In the past two years, Hedong has suffered consecutive wars and has become unbearable.

In the fourth year of Jian'an, Hedong had a population of 600,000. However, although this time, Hedong was taken, although there was no specific statistics, the population decreased a lot. I want you to stabilize the situation in Hedong in one year and strive to restore the population of Hedong to the number before the war by the end of next year.

This is an important channel for me to connect with Liangzhou.

Whether Guanzhong can be successfully recovered next year depends only on your efforts this year.

Bohou. Since you followed me, you have always been low-key and don’t like to fight with others, so you have not made a name for yourself. But I know your talents, and I also believe that you can manage Hedong properly. Now, bandits are rampant in Hedong. I will stay in Hedong for a long time and help you with your help."

Wei Yan. His military achievements were outstanding.

He followed Liu Chuang to fight in all directions, rose up from Liaodong, participated in several major wars, and was one of the top ten generals under Liu Chuang.

However, the meaning of Liu Chuang's words was obviously to be mainly Du Ji and Wei Yan as the auxiliary.

Du Ji was excited and nodded repeatedly.

"The capital has received great kindness from the emperor's uncle, but has not made any contribution yet.

Now I wish to pacify Hedong for the emperor, and I will definitely give Hedong a great governance."

Liu Chuang nodded and said, "The situation in Hedong is a bit complicated.

Although there are not many aristocratic families like Yuzhou and Jizhou, there are many powerful people. The Wei family in Hedong has been based in Hedong for hundreds of years and has a deep foundation. Wei Ji is Cao Cao's confidant, and his clan members will not bow to me easily. It takes more time to suppress the Wei family. Although this century-old prominent family of Wei family is now a sick tiger, it cannot be taken lightly. There are many powerful people in Hedong, so you can be kind and contacted with him.

Wenxi Pei, who once studied under his father, can be reused... In addition, I will provide you with an assistant, namely Jia Kui and Jia Liangdao, the eldest son of Jiangyi.

He is quite famous in Hedong and can communicate with him more.

In short, I will give you a letter to Bohou, don’t let my entrust..."

If you only listen to what Liu Chuang said on his face, you won’t hear too many problems.

But Du Ji's heart skipped a beat and he keenly realized that Liu Chuang deliberately aggravated his tone when he mentioned the four words "Hedong Wei Family".

Wei, is he a sick tiger?

In the eyes of others, the Wei family in Hedong is still a behemoth.

Its clan has been entrenched in Hedong for four hundred years, with thousands of people and over ten thousand servants, and can be regarded as the most powerful man in Hedong.

With the elegance of General Wei Qing, the Wei family has changed its court in the past four hundred years, but its influence in Hedong has increased day by day.

Such a huge clan is also kind to Cao Cao.

Du Ji immediately understood what Liu Chuang meant: he didn't want to, nor did he want to see such a huge power existed under his nose.

Lord, do you want to get rid of Wei?

Du Ji's heart was a little trembling, but nodded without hesitation: "Lord's will, Ji has understood that he will never let go of the lord's entrustedness."

Afterwards, Liu Chuang summoned Jia Kui and had some talks with him.

Originally, Liu Chuang meant to take Jia Kui back to Youzhou. However, Jia Kui was unwilling to leave Hedong now, hoping to stay and do something. Liu Chuang naturally would not refuse such a request. It is also a good thing for Jia Kui to stay. Du Ji was a new arrival and was not familiar with the place, so he would inevitably encounter some trouble. If Jia Kui was the local snake, coupled with Wei Yan's force, Hedong would be able to quickly recover his vitality.

After everything was arranged, Liu Chuang returned to Yanjing.

Before leaving, he sought Zhang Liao's opinions and appointed Hao Zhao as the eldest son of Guang and the captain of Tantai.

Subsequently, he appointed Zhang Liao as General Fenwu, stationed troops in Xiangguo, which is the Xingtai area in later generations... He was appointed as the prefect of Xu Sheng, Julu County, and was appointed as General Zhenwu, and Marquis of Yunting. Xu Sheng was also the first close minister to follow Liu Chuang, and his wife was Liu Chuang's sister, who was the close maid who followed Mi Feng. Over the years, Xu Sheng has mostly been behind the scenes, managing affairs for Liu Chuang, working diligently and never complained.

Now Liu Chuang has completely stabilized the situation, and Xu Sheng has also gone from behind to the stage and became the prefect of a county.

Previously, Xu Sheng was the prefect of Dingxiang and had political experience.

But in comparison, Julu and Dingxiang are completely two levels. The prosperity of Julu and the population of Julu are not comparable to Dingxiang County.
Chapter completed!