Chen Mo already has several strategies in his mind to take over Shangdang. He has Taiyuan and Shangdang in his hands. It will be much easier to take over Yanmen. Once the grain road is controlled, Yanmen will not be self-sufficient.

The ability to be self-sufficient, so in Chen Mo's plan, Taiyuan is followed by Shangdang and Yanmen. As for Xihe, Chen Mo puts it last. As for Wuyuan and Yunzhong, which are further away, Chen Mo is not ready to move yet.

Those places are sparsely populated, so it is useless to take them. Instead, it will restrict Chen Mo's combat power.

The clanking sound of the piano flows in the courtyard. Yun Si and Juan'er accompany Cai Yan. Yun Si understands music, so he can naturally hear the level of the piano sound. As for Juan'er, it's fine as long as it sounds good. As for how good it sounds, Juan'er

It's impossible to tell.

Cai Yan quietly played the piano for Chen Mo. There was a sense of tranquility in the sound of the piano, which could make people feel at peace. However, his watery eyes were quietly looking at Chen Mo who was making a sand table in the courtyard. The two parties did not disturb each other.

But Chen Mo likes the feeling of thinking about problems in the sound of the piano, and his mind will be more relaxed than before.

Bingzhou is just a temporary place of peace. If you rely on Bingzhou to do anything big, it is impossible. The total household registration of the entire Taiyuan County cannot reach 60,000. This is the county with the largest population in Bingzhou, which is just close to 200,000. Even if it is more

Including Shangdang, Yanmen, Xihe and other places, the combined population may be a little more than the current Hedong County, which is almost the entire population of Bingzhou.

Even if Chen Mo controls the promotion of manure in Bingzhou, Chen Mo has carefully calculated that it will take at least twenty years to expand the population of Bingzhou to 600,000 people by encouraging fertility and reclamation, excluding Hedong.

This is under the condition that everything goes well, there are no natural disasters, and there are no wars.

Why does Chen Mo want to annex Hanoi? Because Hanoi is also a prosperous county that can develop. Unless a large number of people migrate to Bingzhou in a short period of time, it will be difficult to develop rapidly.

In these days, food is important, but population is even more important. But now it is not difficult for Chen Mo to win Bingzhou. He does not even need to lead the army to fight in the next war. But after winning Bingzhou, he must find a place as soon as possible.

It's a territory that is enough for you to grow rapidly.

At first, Chen Mo wanted to plot against Jizhou, but through the meaning of Xu You's visit, Yuan Shao had obviously begun to plot against Jizhou. Although Yuan Shao only had one county at this time, it seemed that he was not as good as Chen Mo, but the reputation of the Four Generations and Three Dukes

It's too scary. Judging from the information obtained after discussing with Xu You these days, although Yuan Shao has not officially started to take action, most of the gentry in Jizhou welcome Yuan Shao.

Chen Mo is not afraid of fighting Yuan Shao, but it will definitely take a long time. In a war of attrition, Chen Mo can't fight. The most important thing is that most of the Jizhou scholars' hearts are towards Yuan Shao. Even if he can conquer the counties, it will be troublesome to defend them. This is also

The reason why Chen Mo agreed to form an alliance with Yuan Shao was that since they couldn't defeat Yuan Shao in a short time, they would join forces. There are no absolute friends and enemies in politics.

Like Bingzhou, Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and it also faces large-scale defense against the invasion of Xianbei, Wuhuan and other barbarians. Even if it is conquered, it will be a thankless task.

Therefore, Chen Mo's final choice was only the third auxiliary place, but Dong Zhuo was there, so Chen Mo couldn't take action.

"Lord, you are looking for me." Yang Ping trotted in from outside the garden, saluted Chen Mo, and then saluted Cai Yan who was playing the piano in the distance. When saluting Cai Yan, he did not dare to raise his head at all, for fear of offending Chen Mo.

"Are you used to living in Anyi these days?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Thank you for your concern, my lord. Anyi is prosperous and prosperous. Under my lord's governance, the people are prosperous. It is truly a humble honor to be able to work here," Yang Ping said with a smile.

"Yes, I said you are a talent." Chen Mo patted Yang Ping's shoulder and said with a smile, "It seems that the position of chief registrar is not suitable for you. Now Taiyuan County is short of a county magistrate. I think you are quite suitable."

Yang Ping's heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot, and his breathing became a little faster. He bowed lower and said, "Everything in my humble position is given by my lord. No matter what my lord wants to do, I will never give up my humble duty."

"You don't have to die." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help Yang Ping up and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about other things when you go to Taiyuan this time. There is only one thing you can do for me."

"Please give me your orders, my lord," Yang Ping said solemnly.

"Secretly collecting evidence of Wang's crime." Chen Mo came closer and said with a smile.

"Who is Wang?" Yang Ping felt a chill running down his spine when he heard this and pointed to the west.

"Not bad." Chen Mo smiled and nodded.

"I don't know if the evidence my lord wants is corruption or a certain Wang clan member," Yang Ping asked.

"Everything, no matter what, as long as it is evidence of the Wang family's crimes, I want it, but there are two things to remember," Chen Mo said in a deep voice.

"Please give me your orders, my lord," Yang Ping quickly bowed and said.

"First, this matter was investigated secretly. On the surface, Wang and I still have some friendship." Chen Mo said with a smile. "In addition, no matter how big or small the evidence is, it must be conclusive. It cannot be determined randomly, and there must be no injustice."

Although the aristocratic family has an elegant appearance on the surface, many things cannot withstand in-depth investigation. Although the Yang family is not a wealthy family, it is also a local wealthy family. As a powerful figure in the Yang family, Yang Ping naturally knows this.

Logically, Chen Mo wanted to clean up the Wang family, but why, Yang Ping didn't know, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he responded respectfully.

"After this, if you can do a good job, you will work for me." Chen Mo said with a smile, if you leave a person like Yang Ping in the place for a long time, the people may resent him, but if he stays with you, some Chen Mo

He can do the dirty work that he can't do. Some people can't figure out why there are treacherous ministers and sycophant ministers around ancient wise kings. This is the reason. A monarch cannot be viewed from a black and white point of view such as a simple good person or a bad person. It is somewhat inappropriate.

Chen Mo felt that Yang Ping was very suitable for doing such things, and Yang Feng was still grateful to Yang Ping to this day.

"Don't worry, my lord, the peace will live up to my lord's great trust." Yang Ping tried his best to suppress his excitement and saluted Chen Mo.

"Go ahead, someone will give you the documents in a moment. Let's set off as soon as possible." Chen Mo nodded.

"Here" Yang Ping bowed and left.

Targeting the Wang family was not because of previous personal grudges, but because Chen Mo felt that if he wanted to reach out to the third assistant, Wang Yun would be a good breakthrough point.

It's just that Chen Mo hasn't figured out how to disrupt the current situation in Sanfu Land.

"Madam, you must be tired after playing the piano for a long time." After sending Yang Ping away, Chen Mo came to Cai Yan and stretched out his hand to help her up.

"Husband, you don't have to think about my concubine, you should put your official duties first." Cai Yan stood up and said to Chen Mo.

"We won't have to have so many etiquettes at home in the future. It's so tiring." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Sir, that person just now doesn't look like a good person." Juan'er looked at the direction Yang Ping left and whispered to Chen Mo.

"My husband is responsible for official business, so we can't interfere." Cai Yan frowned and looked at Juan'er, his pretty face a little serious.

"I know my mistake." Juan'er was startled. Nowadays, the Chen family's house is not as relaxed as before. Chen Mo doesn't care much about it. Yun Si and himself have similar status. After discussion, according to the rules, Cai Yan is the leader of this backyard.

Lord, if Cai Yan wants to punish her, Chen Mo won't even be able to plead for mercy.

This time, Chen Mo didn't stop her. Juan'er stayed by his side for a long time and was a little unruly. Cai Yan happened to be in charge, so Chen Mo called Yang Ping to the backyard to talk about the matter, because he didn't want others to know.

"Madam, you are weak these days, so you should move around more." Cai Yan did not criticize him harshly. He violated the warning for the first time, but if he did it again, Cai Yan, a lady, would have to follow the rules. Chen Mo took Cai Yan out and smiled.

road.

Cai Yan's face turned red and she responded softly, "There is something that I have been puzzled by."

"Tell me about it." Chen Mo took Cai Yan's hand and asked as he walked.

"My husband is so talented, he is good at chess, calligraphy and painting, why don't you just like the piano?" Cai Yan asked curiously.

"It can't be said that I don't like it." Chen Mo said with a smile, "My husband understands all the pieces that Madam plays and can compose them. He likes to appreciate them even more."

Cai Yan naturally knows this. Her husband is not unacquainted with music. It is impossible for a musician to fool Chen Mo, but since he can appreciate it, why not learn it? This makes Cai Yan a little curious. Just looking at Chen Mo, he obviously doesn't

Cai Yan wanted to explain this so much that he didn't ask any more questions.

Naturally, Chen Mo couldn't publicize the scene of his teacher playing the piano everywhere, so he started talking about some music scores with Cai Yan. Cai Yan was a master in this field, and Chen Mo also had a lot of experience. However, the two of them were not talking about advanced music scores, but about music scores.

Military music.

After the last time Xu Huang's Hunyuan Qi Formation was broken with a drum trumpet, Chen Mo has been thinking about this matter. This strategy is actually useless in ordinary battle formations. If it disrupts the enemy's army, his own side will also be in chaos, but if

When encountering an opponent who is good at using formations, this trick is quite useful. Just like with Xu Huang before, a random charge can overwhelm the opponent. If he composes a special music score based on the formation, can he make the enemy's formation be used to his advantage?

This idea is a bit fanciful, and it is extremely difficult to achieve this, but it does not prevent the couple from discussing it. After all, although they are married, they don’t actually know much about each other, and they have many common topics. Chen Mo passed

The System Immortal has gradually gained the ability to have a photographic memory, but this lady has indeed had a photographic memory since she was a child. She has learned a lot, even more than Chen Mo. When the two of them are together, there will be no shortage of topics to talk about. In terms of knowledge,

, Chen Mo is probably not as good as his own wife, so sometimes Chen Mo will discuss some of his wild ideas with Cai Yan.

As for Cai Yan, who has a more serious personality, he really thought about it carefully after hearing this, and finally shook his head and said, "If the formation is really trained into a battle formation, it will change without any reason. It is possible to break it by relying on music, but if

As I said to my husband, it is extremely difficult to use music to make him be used by me."

"A sudden thought, madam, don't worry about it." Chen Mo looked at Cai Yan who was thinking seriously, felt interesting in his heart, and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!