Cao Ang had great expectations for Zhou Yu. Perhaps the current Zhou Yu has surpassed himself at the same time in history, but he has to admit that there is still a big gap between the current Zhou Yu and the great governor that Cao Ang expected.

Zhou Yu may have clearly seen that Cao Ang's enemy in Huainan was Yuan Shu, but he did not understand that in addition to Yuan Shu, Chen Wen and Zhou Ang were also enemies.

Cao Ang wanted to launch the Huainan War because he wanted to seize territory, not to help others defend their homeland.

Obviously, Zhou Yu still doesn't understand this truth.

Cao Ang is thinking that Zhou Yu and his sister Cao Xiu will get married next year, hoping to start a family and start a business, which will speed up his growth.

Cao Ang didn't stay in Suiling for long, and then continued by boat to Guangling. The fleet was on the Huaihe River in Suiling. The water surface became more open and there were more ships.

Thousands of sails racing across the river, hundreds of boats vying for the current, this prosperous scene made Cao Ang deeply moved.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world has been turbulent and uneasy. Such prosperity has rarely been seen in the world.

"This is how the world should be."

Going down the Huai River, the fleet quickly arrived at Huaiyin. From Huaiyin to the south, they could go directly to the Yangtze River via Hangou.

The world often thinks that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal. In fact, the entire Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canal, more than 4,000 miles long, mostly used existing river channels, and only a very small part was dug by the Sui Dynasty.

Including Yongji Canal (Honggou Section), Hangou, and Jiangnan River, they had been excavated as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Sui Dynasty mainly focused on dredging and widening the river to enable large ships to pass. Otherwise, how could it be completed within three years.

Cao Ang had no intention of delaying here, and was about to continue traveling south when an urgent report suddenly arrived from Pengcheng.

It turned out that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were engaged in a fierce battle and had already gained the upper hand. However, they were short of food and grass and insufficient military resources. They sent special personnel to Xuzhou to borrow millions of dan of food.

After Cao Ang read it, he laughed angrily.

It's really interesting that you, Yuan Shao, are backed by a wealthy family, and yet you came to borrow food from me. I don't know where to get food from.

Cao Ang immediately wanted to refuse.

But after Cao Ang calmed down, he thought about this matter again and again. Cao Ang didn't know whether Yuan Shao was sincerely borrowing food, or whether he was deliberately testing it. If it was the latter, it would be interesting.

However, before Cao Ang could make a decision, his subordinates began to dissuade him.

As for the reasons, there are all kinds of reasons, but the central meaning is not to borrow.

Although Cao Ang felt that what everyone said was reasonable, he still did not express his position. Cao Ang could still get millions of stones of food, but he didn't know what benefit it would have to him.

The fleet stopped at Huaiyin, and Cao Ang suppressed the matter.

When Cao Ang was playing with his daughter that day, he had a strange look on his face. Yuan Ying thought of the rumors she had heard and made some guesses about her husband's condition.

Of course, Yuan Ying could deliberately not mention it, but after all, she was reluctant to let go of her husband and was worried that the relationship between the Yuan and Cao families would be affected, so she tried to ask: "Is your husband in trouble because of my father's borrowing food?"

Cao Ang was stunned.

"I didn't expect Wei Rui to know about it too."

"You can't hide these things from anyone on board or off the boat."

Cao Ang nodded and said: "It is indeed related to this, but it is not just that. It's just that I haven't made up my mind about some things."

"Husband, just do your best."

Cao Ang laughed and said, "I thought Wei Rui would persuade me to borrow grain from my uncle."

"Of course I hope that my husband can help my father solve his worries, but now there is not much food anywhere. I can't force my husband to damage Xuzhou and make up for Jizhou."

"Don't worry Wei Rui, I know it well!"

Yuan Ying wanted to ask something, but in the end she didn't say anything. Yuan Ying was very smart, so she could see the situation more clearly than others. She didn't know where the relationship between the two families would go, but she tried her best to make the relationship between the two families better.

Relationships go further.

In the afternoon of that day, Cao Ang ordered that grain be allocated from Xuzhou, Qingzhou and other places to support Jizhou. The specific details were left to Zhang Hong to discuss.

After hearing this, the people below came to advise him one after another, but Cao Ang was nowhere to be seen.

At night, Cao Ang was reviewing documents. Bu Zhao hesitated again and again, then knelt on the ground and spoke to Cao Ang.

Cao Ang could stop the foreign ministers from coming to see him, but he couldn't stop the secretary beside him.

There was no sadness or joy on Cao Ang's face, and he asked without even raising his head: "Zishan, didn't I tell you not to mention this matter again?"

Bu Zhi said: "I have a story to tell my lord."

Cao Ang was noncommittal, but when Bu Zhi saw this, he said: "I am from Huaiyin, and the most famous figure in the local area is Han Xin, the former Han Dynasty Marquis of Huaiyin.

When Han Xin was poor in his early years, he often went to other people's houses to eat and drink. One of them was the head of the pavilion in Nanchang Pavilion (southeast of today's Huaiyin City, Jiangsu Province). After several months of idle meals at the Nanchang Pavilion head's house, Han Xin finally got angry.

The pavilion chief's wife ate early that day and didn't leave any food for Han Xin. Han Xin came to the pavilion chief's house at meal time and saw that there was no food left for him. He was so angry that he never returned.

Han Xin, who had no food to eat, went fishing and happened to meet a lady who washed clothes. She saw that Han Xin was hungry, so she gave him food.

Later, Han Xin threatened to repay this man, but was ridiculed by Piao's mother.

After Han Xin became famous, he returned to Huaiyin County and gave Piao's mother a thousand gold coins, but only gave the pavilion chief a hundred coins."

At this time, Cao Ang interrupted Bu Zhao and asked, "What does Zishan want to say to me today?"

"Sheng Mi En, fight Mi Enqi!"

Bu Zhi said firmly: "No matter what the purpose of the pavilion was, he did help Han Xin for a long time. Piao's mother's kindness was substantial, but compared with the help the pavilion chief gave Han Xin, it was still insufficient.

However, Han Xin had a completely different attitude towards the two of them. This was because the pavilion chief had been helping Han Xin for a long time, which made Han Xin feel that it was natural. If he suddenly stopped helping him, he would feel resentful.

Today, I, Xuzhou and Jizhou, are the pavilion chief and Han Xin.

Jizhou was unstable, so I, Xuzhou, sent troops and money to help Yuan Jizhou fight against Gongsun Zan, so that the people of Jizhou took our help for granted.

Nowadays, the world is in turmoil and there is a shortage of food everywhere, but Jizhou is asking for millions of dan to borrow food, without any regard for Xuzhou's difficulties.

If the Lord continues to help Jizhou, he is conniving at Jizhou. If Jizhou opens his mouth again in the future, if I, Xuzhou, are not satisfied in the slightest, Jizhou will definitely be dissatisfied and even resentful.

In this case, it is better to reject their unreasonable demands as early as possible, so as to save us in Xuzhou from helping them with all our heart and soul, but in the end we become enemies."

"Is this something you can discuss?"

"The general has said that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Today, the general has made a mistake. If I don't stop him, I will be derelict in my duty.

There will be a battle between Jizhou and Xuzhou in the future. If the general helps Yuan Jizhou today, he will regret it in the future."

Cao Ang looked up at Bu Zhi and said, "Do you know what you are talking about? If it shakes the morale of the army on the battlefield, it would not be an exaggeration to chop your head off."

Bu Zhao knelt down again at this time, raised his head and shouted: "Even if the general kills me, Bu Zhao is not afraid, but he does not want the general to make a mistake!"
Chapter completed!