Chapter 456: External Soldiers and Internal Governance, Revisiting the Old Place [Subscription Request]

The specific action was to physically punish Diao Chan, asking her to get up and exercise, practicing the eighteen squats.

Diao Chan was tired from practicing and begged for mercy before being allowed to continue taking a nap.

Cao Cao looked at the time, got up and went out.

Yin was lying at the gate of the yard.

The tigress next to Yin had a round belly and was pregnant with cubs.

Yin often sneaks out in the middle of the night recently to store food and take care of the pregnant tiger.

Cao Cao received news that donkeys and pigs were stolen one after another from livestock sheds in the suburbs near Yecheng.

After Cao Cao left the yard, he went to the quiet room first, practiced, and then went to the main hall to attend court.

After Goguryeo surrendered to Wei, a series of adjustments would follow.

The current Wei Dynasty is waging war against foreign enemies and maintaining internal order.

At the court meeting, all the ministers reported various matters in turn.

The excavation of the North-South Canal and the construction of the East-West Straight Road are the two major projects currently underway and will soon require a large number of additional hard laborers.

After the court meeting, Cao Cao contacted Zhang Liao through Xunzhu to adjust the northern defense line, Buyeo, and Goryeo matters.

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While retreating northward, the Xianbei wanted to avoid pursuit by the Wei Dynasty, so they contacted the Kushan Empire and Goguryeo successively.

Besieging Wei to save Zhao is a strategic plan that always works.

The Xianbei used a strategy aimed at containing the Wei Dynasty.

But after Cao Wei opened up the Tianshan Gorge and destroyed Wusun, the Kushans were sandwiched between Parthia and Wei, and the situation was passive. Their plan to join forces with Xianbei to deal with Wei was defeated.

The Xianbei contacted Goguryeo again, trying to delay Cao Wei's troops in the northeast.

However, at this moment, Goguryeo was also defeated.

"Goguryeo surrendered to Wei..."

Afu Yu has recovered from his injuries.

Even he did not understand the reason why Goguryeo surrendered to Wei so quickly.

He opened the tent, looked up at the sky, and thought that the confrontation with Wei was inevitable after all, and would come faster than expected.

The Xianbei are about to face a war of life and death!
And in the direction he was looking at, thousands of miles away, a caravan passed through Hexi and had just entered the border county of the Wei Dynasty, approaching Chang'an.

The Great Wei was open to trade, and it was not difficult for merchants and travelers to enter the Great Wei as long as they presented a valid ID.

This caravan was organized to travel eastward from Shanshan County, which was the former Shanshan Kingdom in the Western Regions and surrendered to the Wei Dynasty.

There were also some people from Western countries in the team, who traveled to the Western Regions and joined forces with the Shanshan caravan to come east together.

Among them was a woman who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and was very beautiful.

"Zhanqi, are you ready?"

Inside the carriage, the person asking questions was the deputy leader of the caravan. He had Parthian appearance, a beard, brown eyes, and a handsome face. He was about forty years old.

The girl opposite him was charming and her eyes were as clear and smart as a deer's:

"Well, I'm quite sure."

The girl has a Han Chinese appearance.

But his hair is slightly brown, his face is very three-dimensional, with deep and undulating features, and his nose is straight. He is a mixed-race.

The girl said confidently, "Just let me get close to them, and I'll handle the rest according to circumstances."

The man nodded.

The girl in front of him looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, but her actual age was ten years older.

She is experienced in certain areas and is a rare genius, and he believes that she can succeed.

The young girl, Chanqi, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out.

On the trade route they were traveling on, there were many merchant teams with carriages and horses passing by.

"If I succeed this time, I will not leave and will stay in Dawei forever."

The girl whispered, "If I fail, I will die here."

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In early August, Cao Cao went on a tour incognito.

Yu Qing, Zhen Mi, Diao Chan, and Her Royal Highness the Princess were all accompanying them.

The cloth shop run by Diao Chan is open, I want to go and take a look.

Cao Cao took the opportunity to investigate the people's sentiments.

He likes to move around and keep abreast of the implementation of his policies.

One of his purposes of gathering so many civil and military talents was to free up more time for himself.

Cao Cao left Yecheng, and Dian Wei, Xu Chu and Chen Ying, along with several female guards, accompanied him to facilitate Yu Qing and others.

When we left Yecheng and headed south, we encountered continuous rain. After crossing the Yellow River and heading west, the weather gradually improved.

After passing through Henei County, they arrived in Luoyang in mid-August.

Among the cloth shops jointly run by Diao Chan, Bian Mei and others, the two largest ones are in Luoyang and Chang'an.

morning.

After entering Luoyang, Diao Chan and others lifted the curtain inside the car and looked outside.

The city is bustling with people.

"So many barbarians."

Ten years had passed since Yu Qing left and he returned to Luoyang.

She still remembered the scene ten years ago when she followed Cao Cao from Luoyang to Chenliu County to take up her post.

Ten years ago, Luoyang was the center of world strife.

Everything starts from here.

Countless people died and were injured in this city.

Overnight it became a battlefield for all parties to fight over.

However, Luoyang before us, like the Wei Dynasty, has quickly recovered from the war.

After the founding of the Wei Dynasty, efforts were made to promote commerce.

Chang'an and Luoyang are the most important trade centers in China.

After several rounds of population introduction, Luoyang became prosperous again and regained its former glory as the best place in the world.

On the streets, you can not only see Hu people, but also many camels carrying loads.

Merchants from all over the country can be seen everywhere. China is unified, with vast territory and abundant resources.

The boost to domestic demand from the northern and southern economies alone is significant enough and of an astonishing scale.

Goods and specialties from all over the country gathered in major cities such as Luoyang and Chang'an.

The eldest princess squeezed her little head to the window of the carriage, and suddenly pointed outside the carriage excitedly, only to see two baby elephants walking on the street.

There was a person sitting on the elephant's back.

That was a tribal team from south of Shu.

Cao Cao ordered Meng Huo to use Shu elephants, which were the Yunnan elephants in later generations, to carry Shu brocade and transport some specialties from southern Yizhou so that he could participate in the trade between the north and the south.

Apart from war, the only long-term solution is to link interests together through business.

The people under Meng Huo carried a large amount of supplies and followed the official caravans of Yizhou. They organized several shipments to the north and gained some profits, which they used to improve the tribal environment. They are currently very enthusiastic about business.

"Father, I want to raise an elephant." The eldest princess said excitedly.

Cao Cao smiled.

If we raise another elephant and Yin's tiger cub, will our home become a zoo?
Cao Cao was also checking the changes in Luoyang.

Under his rule, the Wei Dynasty had shown some signs of improvement over the past few years.

At this time, the vehicle arrives at the destination.

There are hundreds of shops on both sides of a main street in Luoyang.

The streets were crowded with people.

At the intersection, the first three-story wooden shop is the cloth shop opened by Diao Chan, Bian Mei and others.

What they sell are Shu brocade and even cloth and brocade from all over the world.

Merchants from the West would also come here to buy large quantities of cloth and brocade to be shipped westward.

Even Jiangnan embroidery can be found in cloth shops.

As Cao Cao and his companions approached, they heard people coming in and out of the shops talking:
"This official cloth shop is almost twice as expensive as other places."

“But here, if you buy three feet, you get one foot free, and there’s also… a free gift through a lottery, and one foot extra, so if you buy three feet, you get five feet.

After conversion, although it is still more expensive than outside, the difference is not that big.

It is said that the tailors in this village are able to make ready-made clothes, and they are all apprentices of the imperial embroidery masters in the palace. "

Several people passed by and they were talking about similar things.

This cloth shop has many tricks to run.

However, Diao Chan was good at squats, so Cao Cao casually gave her an idea for sales promotion.

The clichéd "another bottle" used in later generations and the "another foot" used in cloth shops have the same meaning.

Even though an extra foot is given as a gift, it is still expensive.

But if customers get the free gift of the lottery, they will feel very lucky, and it will add emotional value and a sense of freshness.

Opening a cloth shop was a trivial matter for Cao Cao, and it was one of his pilot methods to observe the economy.

He came over to take a look, but did not get off the car, and went to walk around somewhere else.

Evening glow.

The family came to Cao's mansion in Luoyang.

The imperial palace in Luoyang has now been renovated and is now magnificent.

But Cao Cao did not plan to live in the palace.

In Luoyang today, there is still a legend that ghosts cry in Luoyang Palace at night. No one goes to the area around the palace at night.

Too many people died in the palace back then.

Cao Mansion.

People living nearby were surprised to find that the gate of the mansion, which had been closed for years, was opened in the evening of that day to welcome the carriage in.

After Cao Wei took control of Luoyang, Cao's mansion was also renovated.

There are always servants on duty in the mansion to take care of it. The interior is as clean as new, and everything is still the same as it was in the past.

Yu Qing, Diao Chan, and Dian Wei all revisited the old place and were somewhat sentimentalized by the scene.

When Yu Qing saw the warm pool in the main hall in the backyard, she raised her eyebrows and glanced at Cao Cao sideways, full of charm.

The implicit meaning is to relive the old days.

She was "occupied" here in the past. When Yu Qing thinks back on it now, she actually feels a little happy.

night.

As expected, Yu Qing got what she wished for, it was the same warm pool and bed as before.

There is a seamless connection between ten years ago and now.

After Cao Cao stayed in Luoyang for three days, he received news that after the flood season began, there had been continuous rainfall and the Yellow River was flooding.

He hurried to the south bank of the Yellow River.

Xun Yu actually came to the Yellow River in person and organized officers and soldiers to be ready to prevent the river from flooding at any time along the bank.

This was the second time the Yellow River had flooded in the past ten years, and officers and soldiers were organized to protect the fertile fields along the river.

More than ten days later, the water level decreased, and only two small river estuaries overflowed the embankments.

But it was quickly blocked and no major disaster occurred.

By early September, Cao Cao continued to move along the Yellow River.

Most of the concubines had already returned to Yecheng, but the eldest princess was still with him.

One day, Cao Cao came to a county and settled down.

In the afternoon, local officials heard the news and came to report everything.

Her Royal Highness the Princess was very active and clamored to go out.

Cao Cao asked Xu Chu and Chen Ying to follow him out of the government office.

When Xu Chu was passing a long street with the princess, a frightened horse suddenly galloped towards them.

Xu Chu stepped forward and quickly stopped many frightened cattle and horses.

He suddenly became aware of something and when he looked back, he saw a group of people rushing out from the alley on the side of the street, picking up the eldest princess who was watching the excitement on the side and running away.

Xu Chu was shocked and rushed over to yell at Chen Ying: "Your Highness was captured, why didn't you take action?"

Chen Ying made a gesture. Xu Chu was stunned for a moment and immediately slowed down his pace.

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