Chapter 26 Hilltop

Zhaozhuang was temporarily handed over to Cao Hong by Cao Mengde, but Cheng Yu followed him to Yandong.

Although Cao Mengde trusted Cheng Yu and even disclosed important matters in the village to him, such an important place as Zhaozhuang would not be left to him easily. Only relatives of the Cao family and Xiahou family can reassure Cao Mengde.

Before leading the troops to leave, Cao Mengde had already discussed and drafted the development plan for Dongjun with Zhao Yu and Cheng Yu, and Xia Houyuan only had to implement it step by step.

As for Zhao Yu, there is naturally no obstacle to entering and exiting Zhaozhuang. Within a few days after Cao Mengde left with his troops, fine paper was produced. However, this kind of paper, which is low in cost, high in quality, and can be popularized on a large scale, is extremely important and cannot be circulated for the time being. Both Cao Mengde and Cheng Yu knew this. Paper would replace bamboo slips and become the new carrier of civilization, so they should be treated with caution. If he does well, all the literati in the world will be grateful to Cao Mengde. Therefore, we cannot make arbitrary decisions for the time being.

After finishing the papermaking, Zhao Yu was completely free.

In the next half month, I didn't go to Zhaozhuang anymore. I either stayed at home and was lazy like a master, or I just wandered around the city. Regardless of the important military and political affairs of Zhaozhuang or Puyang, Zhao Yu completely ignored them. Even if Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong came to visit, he would ignore them if they could.

Probably because he was too busy, Zhao Yu went to the governor's house that day and found Xia Houyuan.

"Mr. Zhao."

Xia Houyuan did not dare to neglect.

Zhao Yu said: "I have nothing to do. I went out to the city yesterday and saw a few hills with good scenery. Please give them to me."

Without saying a word, Xia Houyuan asked someone to get the map. With a stroke of his pen, the hilltop became Zhao Yu's.

After he finished paddling, he asked, "What does Mr. Zhao want to do with these few hills?"

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "I told Meng De at the beginning that I wanted him to search for some rare medicinal materials for me. The hilltop has good feng shui and has both Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, which is perfect for growing medicinal materials. In addition, I plan to use my Taihe Immortal. The other courtyard of the gate is located on the top of the mountain, so a courtyard must be built."

When Zhao Yu mentioned the conditions to Cao Mengde, Xia Houyuan was not present. However, Xia Houyuan was not unaware of this matter.

Hearing this, he understood immediately and said: "Mr. Zhao, don't worry, the matter in the other hospital will take at most half a month..."

Zhao Yu smiled and waved his hand: "No, no, I'll just find some masons to repair it myself. It's not good for public tools to be used for private use."

Then, with a look of sigh on his face, Xia Houyuan turned around and left the Sheriff's Mansion.

Now Zhao Yu has no one who can be used. Bailishi, Zhang Wang, Wang Tian, ​​and Dian Wei were all handed over to Cao Mengde by Zhao Yu. Dian Wei directly joined the army and followed Cao Mengde to fight against the Yellow Turbans. So if you want to do something, you have to find someone to help you.

Likewise, take a walk around the city.

Although Dongjun is now under the rule of Cao Mengde, it will not take only three or five days to reverse the situation, and the market is still very prosperous.

Zhao Yu was not picky and bought two people directly, one old and one young, they are grandfather and grandson.

The older one is named Zhang Er, who has no name. The younger one is a girl, named Xiaoyu. She is only ten years old and as skinny as a firewood stick.

These two grandsons, even though they were from ordinary commoner backgrounds, didn't have much knowledge.

Zhao Yuxian took his grandparents back home and asked Xiaochun and Xiaoqiu to take care of Xiaoyu. He took Zhang Er, who had changed his clothes, to recruit carpenters and masons in the city.

This busy period lasted four or five days. The main reason is that Zhang Er doesn't know how to do it, so Zhao Yu has to handle everything by himself. However, after following him for a few days, Zhang Er gradually became familiar with him and was able to try to handle things on his own.

Naturally, the next step is to transform the hilltop.

The hillock that Zhao Yu was interested in was located thirty miles east of Puyang City, close to the bank of the river. Three hills stand on top of each other, not high, about 180 meters. But it's very exquisite and has good feng shui. Zhao Yu planned to build Taihe Villa in the valley between three hills.

The drawings had been prepared long ago, but the carpenters and masons recruited in the city were not good enough, so they had no choice but to ask Cao Hong to borrow some master craftsmen from Zhaozhuang for guidance.

He also called Zhang Er to supervise the work, and only then did Zhao Yu free himself.

But it was just to liberate himself from the infrastructure construction of other courtyards. He had more important things to do.

Since it is a separate courtyard of Xianmen, of course it must be different, and some medicinal materials must be grown here, and they cannot be left alone.

So Zhao Yu wants to do something on these three mountains.

Formation.

When it comes to formations, Zhao Yu is also extremely proficient in the Tian Yan Mirror illusion. From the lowest basic formations to Dutian Shensha, Zhoutian Xingdou, and Zhuxian Sword Formations, everything is covered. But those are all existences in the illusion, true and false. It still needs to be distilled to its essence before it can be useful.

But this does not trouble Zhao Yu.

Every branch system of the Immortal Way is connected. The formation technique is especially close to the talisman technique. Zhao Yu has already refined many of the essences of talismans. Now, with the help of principles from many books in the real world, it is not difficult to lay down some basic formations.

But with Zhao Yu's current level of magic power, he needs to use some external objects.

While Zhao Yuwo was making the formation base talisman at home, Dian Wei came back.

"Mr. Dong...!"

Originally he was going to call him Dongjia, but now that he was no longer Zhao Yu's servant, he was stunned, so Dianwei had to call him sir.

"Why are you back?" Zhao Yu was surprised when he saw Dian Wei, and then realized: "What ideas does Meng De have?"

Zhao Yu didn't think Cao Mengde would be able to defeat the ragtag Yellow Turbans if he had enough sophisticated soldiers and armor.

Before Dian Wei could speak, Zhao Yu understood in a flash: "Meng De plans to conquer the Yellow Turban thieves?"

Dian Wei's eyes widened: "Sir, do you all know?!"

Zhao Yu laughed: "Meng De has excellent soldiers and armor, and Yuan Rang, Zi He and you are brave. It's just a yellow scarf. What's the use of having more people? Do you think I'm an elm-headed person?"

Dian Wei scratched his forehead: "No wonder my lord said that sir must know."

After entering the house, Zhao Yu did not ask about conquering the Yellow Turban first, but asked Liu Dai: "How is Liu Gongshan now? Is he dead?"

Dian Wei chuckled: "Dead." "Oh?"

"His fate was not good. My lord led his troops and rushed quickly, but when he arrived, he had just died."

"This is God's will." Zhao Yu laughed: "I thought he was not dead, so I had to find a way."

Then he said: "It's better to die. Now Meng De must have taken over Liu Gongshan's army, right?"

Dian Wei nodded quickly.

"Okay." Zhao Yu nodded: "Dong Zhuo was in chaos, and the western part of Yanzhou was raided back and forth by Dong Zhuo and the princes. It was sparsely populated and was short of people. Meng De must have taken a fancy to the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. As long as they are handled properly, these Yellow Turbans can not only provide Mengde with An elite army can also restore production in the western part of Yanzhou, killing two birds with one stone. So he didn't want to kill them in a big way, but wanted to subdue them. But he couldn't think of a good way, so he asked you to come back."

Dian Wei nodded vigorously.

In real history, Cao Mengde surrendered to the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and gained more than a million soldiers from the old, weak, young and strong. He immediately enriched the counties in western Yanzhou and greatly enhanced his own strength. But on the one hand, it is time-consuming and routine, and on the other hand, it is still difficult to do it specifically.

Without Zhao Yu, Cao Mengde and the Yellow Turban would have succeeded. But with Zhao Yu, Cao Mengde thought of a more convenient way.

Zhao Yu is a true immortal, and he is infinitely higher than the so-called great sage Zhang Jiao. As long as he comes forward and shows a little bit of his hands, he is not afraid that the Yellow Turban will not surrender.

Zhao Yu also thought of this and said, "In that case, I'll take a trip."

So Zhao Yu put down his affairs, called Zhang Er to give some instructions, and then together with Dian Wei, they rode all the way to Taishan County.

Qingzhou had no strong people to suppress it earlier, which led to the resurgence of the Yellow Turbans.

Gongsun Zan conspired with Yuan Shao to seize Han Fu's Jizhou, so Yuan Shao promised Qingzhou to Gongsun Zan.

At this time, Yuan Shao was still fighting with Han Fu, but Gongsun Zan had already sent troops to Qingzhou, fought and won consecutive battles, and drove the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans out of Qingzhou.

Among them, there is the shadow of another famous figure, that is Liu Bei.

The so-called eighteen princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo has nothing to do with Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was initially awarded the title of County Lieutenant of Anxi County for his meritorious service in suppressing the Yellow Turbans. Later, the imperial court issued an order: Anyone who became an official due to military merit would be selected and eliminated. The governor of the county wanted to dismiss Liu Bei. After Liu Bei learned the news, he He went to the inn where Duyou was staying to ask for an audience. Duyou complained that he was ill and refused to see Liu Bei. Liu Bei held a grudge, tied up Duyou and whipped him two hundred times, and then abandoned his official position and fled with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Later, General He Jin sent Guanqiu Yi to Danyang to recruit troops, and Liu Bei also joined him on the way. When he arrived at Xiapi, he fought with bandits and made meritorious deeds. He was appointed as the Prime Minister of Xiami County, but soon gave up his official position. Later, he was appointed Gaotang Wei, Gaotang Ling and other positions. Not long after, Gaotang County was conquered by thieves, so Liu Bei went to Gongsun Zan and was promoted to Sima of another department.

In other words, when the princes were attacking Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei was under the command of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou. When the princes wanted to attack Dong, it would be too far away if there was nothing to do with Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao conspired with Jizhou and sent Tian Kai to send troops to Qingzhou, with Liu Bei among them. At this time, Liu Bei, who had accumulated military exploits against the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, had been appointed by Tian Kai as the Pingyuan Commandery. He looked west at Jizhou and guarded the Yellow Turbans' northward route to the south.

Hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, with their families and families in tow, were now entrenched in the Taishan Mountains and the counties east of Mount Tai. Previously, the Yellow Turbans were unstoppable, and Liu Dai could not take the lead, and even died in the battle. After Cao Mengde led his troops to Jibei Kingdom, he fought and won consecutively and drove most of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans out of Jibei Kingdom.

However, the Yellow Turbans were powerful and Cao Mengde had few soldiers, so they could not defeat them in one battle. They also coveted the Yellow Turbans' population, so they started a stalemate in Juping and Chengxian counties on the border between Taishan County and Jibei Kingdom.

The Yellow Turban has a thief nature and does not engage in production. Wherever it passes, a layer of land will be scraped off. The battle with Cao Mengde was unfavorable, and its leader Guan Hai and others gradually turned their attention to Qi and Beihai to the east of Mount Tai.

If the stalemate continues like this, it will take more than a year before Cao Mengde can subdue the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans for his own use.

At this time, Zhao Yu arrived at Juping with Dian Wei.