Even if Liu Bei himself has the initiative and bears great justice, Cao Sun is enough to turn against the enemy. In this situation, in terms of the result, there seems to be no difference in the next generation twenty years later.

So in Zhuge Liang's opinion, this thing was either sent directly to Liu Zhang, or to the three princes and Liu Zhang, and only sent to Cao Cao, which was completely causing trouble for Cao Cao.

It’s not that Zhuge Liang is not optimistic about Cao Cao’s will, but that Zhuge Liang feels that there is no need to take this risk. It’s best not to test the human heart if you can do it.

Everyone is dedicated to the country. Being able to pretend to be confused is good for everyone. At this most critical moment, it is better for everyone to say less and do less.

"Address." Lu Meng said without raising her head, always feeling that Sima Yi was deliberately testing Zhuge Liang recently. It seems that Sima Yi was still full of resentment towards Zhuge Liang's firm position in charge of the main base of the Pamir Mountains.

But it is normal. If nothing happens, Sima Yi either enters the old fox mode in his forties or fifties, or secretly conceives something bad. In this situation, it is not a big problem to test Zhuge Liang every day.

"Send one to the Yuan family in the north, too." Chen Gongxu said, knocking on his knuckles, "Don't underestimate this family, I always think they may surprise us."

"Okay, we, who are in the Pamir Mountains, should contact the Yuan family in Sizhao City in the northern part of the city. But do you think the name of this city is a bit too much?" Zhuge Liang nodded, but after he finished speaking, he frowned and said.

"It's too much, but it's natural for the Old Yuan family to call this name. According to the name of this city, the thing buried when the foundation of this city should be Yuan Benchu's sword. The Old Yuan family is indeed an opponent that should not be underestimated." Sima Yi spoke very formally.

Speaking of which, in Sima Yi's view, Yuan Tan's qualifications are just average. This general covers his mind and quality. In Sima Yi's view, Yuan Tan is a very ordinary middle-aged man, but Yuan Tan has a kind of courage. I don't know if it is because he is carrying the Yuan family. Now Yuan Tan is stumbled forward with the assistance of Shen Pei and others.

More importantly, the faster and faster it is. The old Yuan family now gives people the feeling that they are becoming more and more formal. Although it is messy, it is full of vitality. It is gone without the terrible momentum of the Yuan family overwhelming the world when Yuan Shao was in power. However, Yuan Tan has the kind of demeanor to lead the old Yuan family from the barbarism and trust his subordinates to move forward.

Yuan Tan was moving towards the pioneering lord. Although he did not have the terrible talent that Yuan Shao had at the time, Yuan Tan was obviously making progress. This kind of ridiculous and clumsy imitation that was no longer the boy imitating his father and wearing adult clothes!

Now Yuan Tan has taken his own path. No matter which division of the Yuan family, it seems that he has no talent to become an excellent commander or an excellent wise man. However, the Yuan family seems to be the kind of person who can hold up a capable and unite under his command, and strive for his own goals and everyone's goals.

As for Xu Shao's evaluation of Yuan Shao, everything will go away. I'm sorry, this is just an evaluation. In this life, except for that great war, Yuan Benchu ​​did not reveal the characteristics of his own success and everything will go away. From a historical perspective, rather than a brain-based perspective, he is still an excellent monarch.

Therefore, many aristocratic families have seemed to be separated but still connected. Even after Yuan Shu couldn't have a son, most aristocratic families have a high reputation for the old Yuan family, which is most likely to merge.

If the same person does different things, it will cause different evaluations, just like Liu Zhang in this life, like Yuan Shao in this life, and Yuan Tan now.

The wise men who know that Sizhao City now exists now cannot look at the old Yuan family as ordinary families. These are princes. Even if they have not recovered their vitality yet, as long as the war machines start, the old Yuan family will not be inferior to other princes.

The northern city of Sizhao was still in the cold winter. The return of Shen Pei and Yuan Tan made the city that had been silent restore the bustling again.

"Have you gone far away to the west of Ural Mountain?" Yuan Tan asked with a frown, "Aren't there many barbarians there? Is it a bit too dangerous now?"

"Lord, don't worry, Ziyuan has basically taken down the barbarians west of Ural Mountain. Now he is just discussing various matters with them to join our forces." Xun Chen shook his head, Xu You's progress was indeed beyond his thoughts.

As for the consumption of a lot of alcohol, Xun Chen has no good idea in this regard. Although Sizhao City is surrounded by good fertile land, the population of Sizhao City has been increasing in the past year, and the registered population has exceeded 800,000.

Although 700,000 of them are barbarians, this is not a problem for Sizhao City, which lacks population. Building cities, mining, and reclamation of plains all require population.

Even after arriving here at the beginning of last year, Xun Chen urgently asked someone to open up land, and then started farming in a suitable climate, relied on the fertile land to harvest a large amount of food and grass.

However, in the face of hundreds of thousands of mouths, the only little grain was barely supported by large-scale fishing and hunting. Although larger areas of land reclamation and replanting were carried out, even if the land in this place was not fertile, it would not be possible to produce enough food to support hundreds of thousands of people in a short period of time.

Of course, the old Yuan family lived in a long time last year, but with Xun Chen's plan, he barely supported it. With the information sent by Chen Xi and others when he left the Central Plains, Xun Chen forced a foundation for Sizhao City to take off in a year.

As one of the later Russian industrial centers, Sizhao City, located in Yekaterinburg, is completely lacking in resources. In this era, as long as Xun Chen needs, all the places can be sourced locally.

Without raising an idle person for a whole year, Xun Chen hoarded a lot of other basic supplies besides food like hamsters.

High-quality iron ore, gold, silver, copper ore, lime, etc., and various important materials, Xun Chen has now accumulated resources for a short time to start construction, but now the human resources problem has almost stuck the development of the old Yuan family.

Farming is a relatively simple thing. With the fertile land around Sizhao City, the professor can solve the problem of mining things. With the super rich mines near Sizhao City, he can just dig directly, and there is no need to teach the barbarians how to choose.

But burning lime, a slightly technical job, made the barbarian do two tricks, one wave kills people directly, and the other wave almost kills another when the kiln is opened.

Xun Chen had to choose to put things like casting, steelmaking, and coppermaking. Barbarians are also an important resource, especially these barbarians have no resistance to working hard. Xun Chen also hopes that these people will continue to ask them about their Yuan family’s crazy work.

"I remember when we left the north, we brought more than 4,000 craftsmen?" Yuan Tan asked in confusion. However, when he ran away from the north, Xun Chen and Xu You took away a lot of useful things while no one was in charge.

"If there were no more than four thousand craftsmen, the situation would be worse now." Xun Chen pressed his temple and said tiredly, "Let me say that, all the fire-related things have been smelted by me. Lord, you should know our situation."

Yuan Tan did not answer. He knew very well the route Xun Chen planned for him. He took Sizhao City as the foundation. After reclaiming land nearby to achieve self-reliance, he used weapons and equipment to arm the barbarians on the spot. Then, each of the middle-level technicians led one thousand people to form an army of 200,000 to 300,000 to carry out explosive expansion.

The weapons and equipment needed in this process were naturally provided by Sizhaocheng, and Xun Chen was busy last year and did not touch the ground for these two items.

Listening to Xun Chen's detailed explanation, Yuan Tan felt that Sizhao City was indeed getting better and better on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to admit that there are too many things that Sizhao City lacks at present.

"Lord, we actually have no shortage of other things. As long as people, no matter who they are, as long as they have a skill, it's fine. Compared with Chen Zichuan's way of developing Mount Tai, I think we can copy them with a lot of resources and manpower." Xun Chen said solemnly.

"What do you think?" Yuan Tan looked at Xun Chen and asked. He didn't believe that Xun Chen had said so much and had not made a reasonable plan.

"If we continue to maintain the current situation, there will be a waste of human resources in the barbarians soon. I am going to use the cement and lime we have accumulated now to build a road." Xun Chen said slowly, "It is built with the rumored road to the Western Regions."

"Is it too early?" Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard this. If the road is built, it would be a convenience for them, but it would also expose their current situation.

"No, it takes a long time to practice. I will go to build it when there is a overflow of human resources. If there is a need in other places, we will put it aside first. There is no need to worry about the rest of the repair. The most urgent task now is actually craftsmen. We may need to send someone back to the Central Plains." Xun Chen raised his head and said slowly.

"Return to Central Plains?" Yuan Tan raised his eyebrows, "Who are you going to let go back?"

"In fact, the most suitable person to go back is the lord himself. General Yuan Er has no descendants now. Although transferring the power to the Sun family is a good move, the Yuan family in Runan must have accumulated a lot of human and material resources in this process. Our current situation requires this resource very much." Xun Chen thought for a long time and spoke.
Chapter completed!