The Prime Minister's Estate.
All the employees of the Cao Corporation in Xuchang were gathered here. Cao Cao's face was so cold that it was almost dripping water.
"So ruthless!"
Cao Cao slapped the cloth on the table.
Xun Yu sighed, his face full of worry.""I'm afraid Yuan Shao is going to shed all pretense of cordiality this time.”
"The salt of the thirteen prefectures is produced in Qingzhou. Now, Yuan Shao has sent troops to block six transportation routes and cut off our salt routes!”
Xun You gritted his teeth and said,"This isn't just a punishment for the army, but also for the people!"”
Cheng Yu, who had some medical knowledge, frowned and said,""Once a person loses salt, they will become weak all over. After a long time, not to mention the people, even the indomitable soldiers will not be able to withstand it!”
Cao Cao took a deep breath, his expression extremely ugly.
He had thought of a poisonous salt scheme to delay the opportunity, but who knew that Yuan Shao would also counterattack on the same thing.
"For now, the only way is to use all the stocks of the Xuchang salt seller.”
"I just don't know how much they have left…"
Jia Xu did not dare to speculate. In order to open the salt line in Qingzhou, he had only used a day to purchase a large amount of salt in Xuchang. Now, the refined salt had been sent to Qingzhou.
Cao Hong immediately reported the situation,"The army's salt supply can still last for about half a month.”
"We can't think about the army now.”
Cao Cao rubbed his temples and said,"Once the salt supply is lost, the people will be in chaos."”
Once the supply of salt could not keep up, the price of salt would skyrocket, and in the end, there would be no salt to sell.
As time passed, the people would either migrate or the streets would be in chaos.
No matter what, it was a disaster for Xuchang.
Everyone present could foresee the consequences, and the atmosphere in the hall became extremely heavy.
"Do you have a way to turn things around?”
Cao Cao swept his gaze across the civil and military officials and asked,""Feng Xiao and Xuan Xian haven't arrived yet?"
"Xu Chu went to inform them. It should be soon.”
Xun You replied. After a short pause, he said,""The other dukes may not have received the news yet. We can order people to go to the various provinces to buy some salt. At the very least, it can alleviate the current crisis.”
"It's a good idea."
At this moment, Guo Yun, Guo Jia, and Xu Chu had also arrived. When they entered the residence, Yu Jin gave them a brief explanation.
"However, this is only a temporary solution, not a permanent solution. Moreover, it will offend the other dukes.”
"If Yuan Shao joins forces with Liu Zhang, Liu Biao, and the others to attack us, the situation will probably become even worse," Guo Jia said worriedly.
"Is there any way to smuggle it from Qingzhou?"
Jia Xu thought for a moment and suggested,"We should go through the mountain forest instead of the official road. Yuan Shao can't possibly seal off the mountain forest, right?"”
"Without transportation tools, how much can we carry with just manpower?”
Guo Jia asked.
Everyone fell silent again.
Cao Cao looked at Guo Yun and saw that he was deep in thought. He didn't disturb him,""Miaocai, you are in charge of purchasing salt from the various provinces.”
"Wen Ruo, Gongda, how much rations do we have now?”
" Can we support the Northern Expedition?!"
" What?" Xun Yu shook his head and said," If we send an army to the north, we can only support the army for 16 days at most…"
"Only sixteen days?"
Cao Cao sighed. 16 days of rations was meaningless.
An army moving out was a completely different concept from a single cavalry galloping. If they traveled day and night, it would take less than ten days at most for Xuchang to reach Qingzhou.
However, the time it took for the army to set off was at least twice as long.
Once there was a problem with the weather, the delay would be even longer.
In other words, even if Cao Cao wanted to fight Yuan Shao, there was nothing he could do. Before the army reached Qingzhou, half of them would probably starve to death on the way.
As such, Cao Cao did not even have the chance to go all out.
All kinds of methods were like drinking poison to quench one's thirst and could not achieve any substantial effect.
"Mystic Immortal, do you have any other opinions?”
Cao Cao finally couldn't help but ask.
Everyone looked at Guo Yun, who had been frowning in thought.
"Wait, it'll be ready soon!"
Guo Yun waved his hand and continued to ponder.
"Even Xuan Immortals are helpless?”
Cao Cao felt a splitting headache.
"My lord…"
Guo Jia worriedly replied. Cao Cao waved his hand and said,"Human strength will eventually come to an end, I understand.”
"For now, we can only proceed in three directions.”
After Guo Jia unified the suggestions of all parties, he said,
" First, the various states will purchase salt."
"Second, double the production of vinegar cloth to prevent the loss of salt.”
"Third, dispatch a portion of soldiers to disguise as commoners and enter Qingzhou to try to transport them by manpower.”
"As long as we can last until the first harvest of corn, we will have enough rations to attack Yuan Shao!”
"Let's do it according to Fengxiao's method…" Cao Cao nodded.
"Done!"
At this moment, Guo Yun suddenly opened her eyes and said with a smile,"My lord, there's no need to go through so much trouble. I have a way to solve the problem of salt!”
"Since Yuan Shao wants to seal off Qingzhou, then we'll take over his salt business!”
Hearing this, all the civil and military officials stared at Guo Yun with wide eyes.
Cao Cao stood up and said excitedly,"Mystic Immortal, what is it?!”
"Qingzhou is not the only place that produces salt.”
As soon as he said this, the mood in the entire hall seemed to have gone straight from heaven to hell. The atmosphere instantly froze.
Cao Cao was speechless.
Guo Jia was speechless.
Xun Yu was speechless.
"Mystic Immortal, there are salt pans in the pass, but they are poisonous and inedible.”
Jia Xu was in charge of the 'poisonous salt', so he was very clear about it. He sighed and said,"" It's normal that you don't know. After all, there are too many refugees and bandits in Guanzhong. The news is relatively blocked…"
"Mystic Immortal, you don't have to blame yourself."
Cao Cao still comforted Guo Yun despite having such a headache. It was obvious how important Guo Yun was to him.
"No, my lord, you're mistaken.”
Guo Yun thought for a moment and said," When big brother wanted to use the 'poisonous salt', I studied the poisonous salt in the pass. It's actually very simple. I just need to add two more steps in the process of refining the refined salt to reduce the toxicity. The harm…should be lower than the dry salt in Qingzhou.”
Guo Jia was speechless.
"Hmm?"
"My lord, no matter what, please believe me. I really don't like men!”
“……”
Guo Yun trembled in fear as he faced Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was speechless.
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