Three Kingdoms: Hegemony System

Liu Jue squinted his eyes, instantly understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and said: "You mean to bring Ma Chao and Han Sui over to deal with Cao Cao? Han Sui is still possible, but Ma Teng is now a hostage in Yecheng, and Ma Chao is unlikely to raise troops, right?"

Zhuge Liang said inscrutablely: "Then let Cao Cao kill Ma Teng, Ma Chao in order to avenge his father, and see Cao Cao's army in the south, when the time comes, most of them will raise troops and take the opportunity to attack these places in Xuchang." "

Liu Jue said suspiciously: "What should I do?"

Zhuge Liang continued: "The lord can send an envoy to negotiate with Ma Chao and others, and at the same time send someone to the north to spread the rumor that Ma Chao is going to unite with us to resist Cao, and use Ma Teng as the internal response. "

Liu Jue's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "I understand!

I sent an envoy to discuss with Ma Chao to fight against Cao, no matter whether the cooperation can be achieved or not, but just make an appearance for Cao Cao to see.

" Now Cao Cao is determined to take Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and what he is most afraid of at this time is that his hometown will be stolen, so he will let Ma Teng be a hostage.

When the rumors spread, Cao Cao will definitely not be able to sit still in his heart, and he may kill Ma Teng.

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Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled: "That's exactly what I mean, if Ma Chao raises troops, Han Sui will definitely not be far behind, and then Cao Cao should burn his eyebrows." "

"It was a good idea, and I immediately asked people to do it. Liu Jue smiled, having a top strategist to give advice is just reassuring.

Zhuge Liang's method can be regarded as adding an extra layer of insurance to himself.

Although Liu Jue thought so, he never thought that he would fail, in history, the Sun-Liu coalition army was only 50,000, and he now has 100,000 people, can't he stop Cao Cao?

Sun Quan wanted to watch the play on the sidelines, but Liu Jue didn't let him get his wish, knowing that fighting to the death with Cao Cao would lead to a defeat for both sides, and his strength would be greatly damaged, and the fool would go up and fight hard.

Even if Sun Quan is really so iron-headed and insists on not being willing to send troops, he will not be able to go to sea to the treasure island, and when Sun Quan is defeated and killed, he can continue to be a remote prince.

Besides, Liu Jue knows Sun Quan too well, Sun Quan sits on the foundation of his father and brother, and what he lacks most is courage, and he lacks the courage to fight to the death with his opponent.

Just like the previous battle, if Liu Jue was in Sun Quan's position, he would definitely fight to the death, and the big deal was to surrender to Cao Cao in the end, and everyone would be finished together.

After discussing the matter with everyone, it was time for lunch, Liu Jue did not let everyone go back, but left them to eat together.

Zhuge Liang and the others did not refuse, and having dinner with the lord was also an opportunity to enhance their relationship.

The dishes of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty were not as rich as they were later, and there were not so many practices, which could only be regarded as average in Liu Jue's opinion.

Liu Jue also wants to carry forward the food culture, but unfortunately the time does not allow it, wait until the future to dominate the world, and then consider this matter.

At this time, the scholars generally ate mutton, and pork was on the elegant hall, which was a matter of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which was also because the pig was not castrated, and the meat would taste fishy.

However, Liu Jue had already asked people to try to castrate a batch of piglets at the end of last year, but they haven't grown up yet, and they can eat them after a while.

Today, what Liu Jue invited everyone to eat was, of course, not pork, but corn that had already been harvested.

Now the corn has not been promoted, and Liu Jue also has a lot of land in his hands, so he asked people to try to plant some, which was just harvested a few days ago, and the results are quite fruitful.

Soon the dishes were served, and at this time, everyone ate at one table per person, and when the corn was served, everyone was stunned for a moment.

I saw that the corn on the plate was grain by grain, yellow and clear, very beautiful, so that it exuded a faint fragrance.

But everyone had seen corn for the first time, and they didn't know what it was.

Pang Tong couldn't help but ask, "Lord, what's in this plate?"

Liu Jue smiled slightly: "This thing is called corn, I found it by chance, and it is also a kind of grain, I planted some in my own manor, and it was just harvested a few days ago, while you are all here today, I invite you to taste it." "

"Corn?"

Everyone looked at the corn on the plate and felt that the name was quite appropriate, and this grain by grain didn't it look like jade?

"You're welcome, try it first. Liu Jue said that he tasted it first, this is a corn kernel fried in oil, although there is no chili pepper to increase the flavor, but the taste itself is very good.

When everyone saw Liu Jue moving chopsticks, they started to move, and the first thing to taste was, of course, the corn that Liu Jue said.

It's the first time they've seen this thing, and they think it's pretty good, but they don't know what it tastes like.

Zhuge Liang picked up a few grains of corn, put them in his mouth and chewed them carefully, only to feel that this thing was slightly sweet, with a peculiar fragrance, which was a taste he had never tasted.

The rest of the people tasted it too, and soon their eyes lit up.

"How does this corn taste?" Liu Jue asked with a smile.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "The taste is quite sweet, very peculiar!"

Liu Jue smiled slightly and said: "I don't plant this corn for my own consumption, this thing can be eaten as food, and the yield is higher than that of rice." "

Everyone here is a smart person, and when they heard what Liu Jue said, they immediately thought of the key, the reason why the population of Jiangnan is not as good as that of the north is that food is a big factor.

If the food problem can be solved, the population of the south will increase dramatically.

Zhuge Liang immediately asked: "Lord, I don't know how many catties of corn can be produced per mu?"

"If it grows well, one mu can produce about 1,000 catties, and even if it grows a little worse, it will look like seven or eight hundred catties. Liu Jue said with a smile.

Hiss!

Even Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others gasped when they heard this number, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

What is the concept of a mu yield of seven or eight hundred catties, or even a thousand catties, and now the rice planted by the people, two hundred catties per mu is considered a high yield, and seven or eight hundred catties is unthinkable.

After the shock, Zhuge Liang said excitedly: "If this is the case, wait until Cao Cao is defeated, recuperate for a few more years, and plant this corn on a large scale, and then the land of Jingzhou will have enough grain and grass, even if it is a state, it can compete with the world's heroes." "

What's more, there is such a treasure as corn, if it is another twenty years, the population is guaranteed to double.

With a population, there will be a source of soldiers, not to mention a 100,000 army, even if it raises 200,000, Jingzhou can still afford it.

Liu Jue nodded and said, "So I plan to vigorously promote corn after defeating Cao Cao, and I believe that the common people will be willing to plant it when they see such a high-yield crop." "

"Moreover, I also plan to let the people raise more pigs so that everyone can afford to eat meat. "

Pigs that are not castrated not only have a fishy smell of meat, but also grow slowly, and eat more, especially boars, whose temper is still very short-tempered, although it is one of the six animals, but the people do not like to raise this thing.

Of course, Zhuge Liang knew this very well, and couldn't help asking: "The pork is fishy, it is difficult to swallow, it is not the lord who has a solution." "

Liu Jue smiled and nodded: "Of course, I found that after the castration of domestic pigs, the fishy smell of pork will disappear, and it will grow relatively fast, I have raised dozens of pigs myself, and they can be slaughtered after a while, and you can come and taste them when the time comes." "

Castration of domestic pigs?

Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes, they had never thought about it that way, but they had long been used to Liu Jue's whimsy.

Pang Tong nodded and said: "A sheep can only give birth to one or two children, while pigs can give birth to seven or eight, or even more than ten, if it is really as the lord said, castration can remove the smell of fish, then it is really a blessing for the people." "

Liu Jue said with a smile: "The people have meat to eat, so that they can be strong and strong, and the soldiers will be more refined when they have meat to eat." "

At this time, the people can have a bite of food to eat, how can they still worry about eating meat, how much pigs eat and grow slowly, and mutton can't afford to eat, so they can only eat bran vegetables.

But this is not what Liu Jue wants.

When Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others heard this, they couldn't help but nodded, they only felt that they didn't look at the wrong person, and such a Ming master was worthy of assistance.