Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Yuan Shu's roar immediately made the whole room silent, and no one dared to say a word.

"Gentlemen, who did this?" Yuan Shu shouted.

Xun Yu whispered, "My Lord, this must have been done by Xiahou Yuan. His target was Jizhou, and now he has succeeded."

Xun Yu was an old fox. He guessed from Yuan Shu's tone just now that Yuan Shu might want to take advantage of the situation and force Cao Ang.

"Oh? Xiahou Yuan did it?" Yuan Shu pretended to exclaim, and then roared: "Xiahou Yuan is too much! I will never forgive him."

Xun Yu knelt down hurriedly and said, "My Lord, the most important thing now is how to deal with the burning of the granary."

Yuan Shu sneered and said, "The food and grass are gone, isn't that easy? Just let the people continue to open up wasteland and plant crops. Jizhou is short of food now, so just let the people of Jizhou plant crops themselves."

"My lord, the granaries in all counties have been burned down. There is not enough granary for the people to reclaim wasteland," Guo Tu reminded.

"What? There is no food left?" Yuan Shu was dumbfounded.

Yuan Shu suddenly felt dizzy. His granary was burned down. The food and fodder he had worked hard to prepare for more than two years was gone.

"Someone come! Someone come!" Yuan Shu shouted frantically.

Yuan Shang walked in: "My son greets his father!"

Yuan Shang also learned that Yuan Shu's granary had been burned.

Yuan Shu pointed at Yuan Shang and said, "Rebellious son! Tell me, did you collude with Xiahou Yuan to destroy my granary?"

Yuan Shang was frightened and hastily denied it: "Father, I am innocent. How dare I collude with Xiahou Yuan?"

Yuan Shu stared at Yuan Shang: "It's really not you?"

"I have absolutely no contact with Xiahou Yuan." Yuan Shang immediately assured.

"In that case, I will let you go this time. But if I find out the truth, don't blame me for being rude." Yuan Shu warned.

"Thank you, father, for your forgiveness." Yuan Shang breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, the grain and grass have been burned and the people have no food left. What should we do?" Ju Su said hurriedly.

"Ju Shou, I leave this matter to you." Yuan Shu unceremoniously pushed the matter to Ju Shou.

Ju Su said with a sad face: "My Lord, Ju Su's responsibility is not to provide food and fodder."

"Ju Qing's duty is to govern Youzhou. Now that Jizhou has been conquered by Cao Cao, Youzhou will be handed over to you." Yuan Shu directly deprived Ju Su of his duties.

"This." Ju Su was hesitant to speak, but Yuan Shu was determined and he could not disobey.

"Ju Qing, I believe in you." Yuan Shu patted Ju Shou on the shoulder and said, "You must work hard, otherwise how can I trust you to manage Youzhou?"

Ju Su had no choice but to agree. This time he didn't want to be Yuan Shu's tool.

"Ju Gongyu, you stay, and the others can leave." After Yuan Shu said this, he left.

Ju Shou sighed helplessly, he knew that he would be busy again.

The other civil and military officials left the conference room one after another, leaving only Ju Shou and Xun Yu behind.

"My dear brother, this matter may affect your career, so you should think it over carefully." Xun Yu said worriedly.

Ju Shou said calmly: "I had expected this outcome a long time ago. It's all fate."

“Hey, even though the lord doesn’t like you, he is still your lord after all, and you will still need his support in the future.

If he knew that you rejected his promotion, he would probably bear a grudge against you." Xun Yu reminded.

"I understand!" Ju Su nodded in agreement.

“Gong Yu, you are prudent in your work, but this matter may not be that simple.

If Cao Cao or Cao Ang knew that you rejected Yuan Shao's promotion, they would definitely take revenge. "Xun Yu said worriedly. Ju Shou smiled slightly: "We have considered these issues, so we have prepared a backup plan. "

Xun Yu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Ju Shou already had a plan to deal with it.

"Gongyu, we are all serving the lord. If we fail this time, I'm afraid the lord's reputation will be ruined. We must try our best to recover this loss." Xun Yu advised.

Ju Su smiled and said, "Zhongde, you don't have to worry about this matter. Cao Cao and Cao Ang dare not do anything reckless."

"Are you sure?" Xun Yu asked.

"Well." Ju Shou said mysteriously, "Just wait and see."

Looking at Ju Shou's mysterious look, Xun Yu felt itchy in his heart. He really wanted to know what kind of preparations Ju Shou had made.

"Gong Yu, then tell us quickly how we should deal with this danger." Xun Yu urged.

Ju Shou chuckled and said, "Zhongde, have you forgotten how I helped the lord rise to power?"

Xun Yu suddenly realized and said excitedly: "You mean that the lord sent you to Yanzhou to buy grain, and then asked Chen Gong to take the grain to Xuzhou to sell it."

"That's right! And we have also bribed the Yanzhou noble families." Ju Su said.

“Haha, if the Yanzhou noble families knew that the food and grass they had worked so hard to accumulate were burned by Cao Cao’s army, they would probably vomit three liters of blood.

They will definitely send troops by then, and the situation in Yanzhou will change drastically!" Xun Yu said happily.

Ju Shou shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. Although the Yanzhou family will be indignant about this.

Unfortunately, they dare not disobey Cao Cao's orders. They will only do so if the Yanzhou family wants to exterminate them. "

After listening to Ju Su's analysis, Xun Yu fell silent.

Indeed, no matter how powerful the Yanzhou noble families were, they could not defeat the powerful Cao Cao. If Cao Cao really wanted to deal with them, they would not be his opponent at all.

"Then what should we do?" Xun Yu asked.

Ju Su said contemptuously: "It's just an empty city. What can they use to stop the lord?"

"We all know our lord's character," Xun Yu said.

"Once the lord makes a decision, no one can change it."

“We can only come according to what we have agreed before. You go and appease the people first and ask them to suspend farming for the time being.

I will gather the food and send it to Yecheng as soon as possible, and I will find a way to deal with the lord." Ju Su said.

Xun Yu sighed and could only do as Ju Shou said.

After Ju Su left the conference room, he found Chen Deng, hoping to get more information about Yuan Tan from Chen Deng.

"Brother Gongtai, I am honored to meet you." Ju Su clasped his fists towards Chen Deng.

Chen Deng stood up immediately and said, "Mr. Ju, there is no need to be so polite. I wonder why you came to see me?"

Chen Deng was a smart man and he realized that Ju Shou wanted to talk to him about something.

Ju Su sat down directly and told Chen Deng the matter briefly.

Chen Deng frowned and said, "Mr. Ju, this is too risky. If it is exposed, then the lord will be in trouble."

"The Lord's order has been issued. We have no choice." Ju Su said, "Besides, we will be fine. Don't worry."

"In that case, I am willing to help you in every way possible," said Chen Deng.

"Thank you very much, Brother Gongtai." Ju Su said gratefully.

Ju Shou knew that it was very dangerous to do so, but he had no choice. For his own sake and for the sake of his lord Yuan Shao, he had to take a gamble. (End of this chapter)