Sun Ce followed Wei Teng into the cabin and found a pile of paper rolls on the case, and there were some on the bed. It seemed that Wei Teng had read a lot of books in the past two days. Wei Teng picked up a piece of it, found a volume from it, spread it on the case, and pressed it with two long stones. In the past, most of the books were bamboo slips and silk books. They were not rolled up when spread out, but the paper was different. When rolled up, they needed to press the two ends when spread out. It was not convenient to read and write. At this time, the paperweights from later generations had not appeared, and most of them were taken casually. The two stones used by Wei Teng were also irregular, and they might have been picked up by hand.

Sun Ce saw it and had an idea in his mind, but he didn't say it.

This piece of paper is a map, which is relatively simple to draw and the brushwork is relatively new. It was probably painted by Wei Teng himself, with some rivers and hills marked on it. It can be seen that it is centered on Fuchun and Qiantang, including the three counties of Danyang, Kuaiji and Wujun.

"Sir, you are a person with a heart." Sun Ce said with a smile.

Wei Teng's face turned slightly red and a little embarrassed. He did not draw these pictures for Sun Ce. If he hadn't heard Sun Ce express his attitude just now, he wouldn't have let Sun Ce see these maps. He asked Sun Ce to take his seat and asked the waiter to prepare some tea. Sun Ce drank a lot of wine and needed some tea to sober up.

"Does the general need to get up early tomorrow?"

"Even if I don't sleep all night, I can still get up early." Sun Ce touched his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm used to it. I have to practice martial arts every day, and I dare not relax one day."

"No wonder the general is so skilled in martial arts." Wei Teng praised, sat opposite Sun Ce, and found Yangxian's location on the map. "Please see, we are here now. Yangxian is Taihu Lake to the east, also known as the Juquze, and there is a large zodiac to the north. After passing the Daze, he is Qu'a, Dantu, and the new Yangzhou governor entered Wujun. He may be stationed there, go west to take the lake and Jiangcheng, and retake the stone city. If so, then the general can sit and deal with it calmly."

The waiter brought the tea. Sun Ce took a cup and held it in his hand. He was already aware of the situation in Yangzhou. The map in his heart was much more detailed than Wei Teng. Compared with the map, he was more concerned about Wei Teng's ideas. He always thought that Wei Teng was a party member and a supporter of Yuan Shao, but now he realized that it might not be so. In Wei Teng's heart, the status of the court is not low. He is different from the three Zhou brothers and belongs to a type of person who can be fought for. He rushed to Shicheng to support Zhou Xin, probably because of the local consciousness, rather than to support Yuan Shao.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't explain the situation to him.

"The real trouble is here." Wei Teng stretched out a finger and drew a line in the middle of the map, passing through Wucheng, Wanling, and Lingyang in the middle, and then extending all the way out. "There are hills to the south, and there are more than a hundred bandits and river bandits of all sizes, including tens of thousands of large and small, and more than a thousand small. They are all under dangerous conditions and are difficult to fight in depth. If they are incited and come out of the mountains to attack from time to time, the general will not be able to sleep."

Sun Ce agreed. "What are the tricks sir?"

"There is no good way, so we can only prevent it first, strengthen inspections of several important channels, cut off the north-south connection as much as possible, concentrate troops to stabilize the river, and then do moral governance, educate and recruit refugees to come out of the mountains to settle down."

Sun Ce didn't say anything. Wei Teng's method was not constructive, but he didn't know if he had reservations or his ability was limited. Seeing that Sun Ce had no reaction, Wei Teng thought about it and asked back, "Do you know how many rebellions have been made in recent years?"

Sun Ce shook his head. "Sir, please give me some advice."

Wei Teng said with his fingers. "In the third year of Yongchu of Emperor An, the pirate Zhang Bolu and others plundered the coastal counties. In the first year of Yangjia of Emperor Shun, the pirate Zeng Jing and others robbed Kuaiji, killed Juzhang, Yin and Yunsan County Magistrate, and attacked the eastern commander of Kuaiji. The demon thief Zhang He was called a general, and the 49th enemy was attacked. It was only after the third year of Zhiyang Jia. Four years later, the Jiujiang thief Cai Bo broke into the county border, and the Wu County Magistrate Yang Zhen rebelled. In the sixth year of Yonghe, the Danyang thief attacked the county without county... In the first year of Xiping, Xu Sheng, a native of Kuaiji, called himself the King of Yue. You should know a little about this war, so that General Zunsun made contributions to the battle..."

Wei Teng said more than a dozen words in one breath, and used his fingers over and over at least twice. Sun Ce's scalp tingles sounded. He knew that there were many bandits in Jiangdong, but he didn't expect that the history was so long, and he felt that he had never had peace of mind in the past hundred years.

"Have the general noticed that most of the rebellions have happened in the past few decades, and rebellions in the Mingzhang and South Korea in Guangwu have occurred."

"Why?"

"The reason is very simple. Those three dynasties have clear politics, and the commanders are mostly followed by officials, and the people live and work in peace. Later, the eunuchs use power, and the orders are often greedy and turbid, and the taxes are more and more heavy, and the people cannot bear it. They can only rise up and resist. In order to calm the resistance, the court used troops to suppress them. The use of troops had to pay more taxes, and then more people would resist, and more thieves would become less and less. If this continues, sooner or later there would be thieves everywhere in Jiangnan."

Sun Ce took a sip of tea and nodded gently. He understood what Wei Teng meant. He could use force to expel the governor of Yangzhou sent by Yuan Shao, and to the locals, he should do moral governance and educate them. It is best not to bleed, otherwise the blood will flow more and more until it drys. This is not what he wants to see, nor is it the result that Wei Teng is willing to see. It is okay to support him in the aristocratic family, but to give them benefits, you cannot force them.

This is probably the common interests of him and Wei Teng and the basis for their cooperation.

Sun Ce put down the teacup and tapped his fingers on the desk. "What the sir said is very true. I also want to practice moral governance and educate and be a regular official, but I am worried that it will be difficult to achieve my wish."

"What are the general worried about?"

"The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind does not stop. Some people talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but behind their backs, they invade the land and escapade the people, and they also use public opinion to respect themselves. Sir, I take the liberty to ask, is there any such thing as your Wei family invading the people's fields?"

Wei Teng snorted: "You can go and investigate after taking office. If my Wei family takes up one inch of land, I am willing to pay the compensation ten times."

"Sir, I am very kind, of course I believe you." Sun Ce raised his thumbs up and praised. Before Wei Teng could be modest, he asked again. "But what about other families?"

Wei Teng closed his mouth awkwardly and avoided Sun Ce's eyes.

Sun Ce picked up the teacup again, took a sip, savored it slowly, and said quietly: "Sir, I am not a murderer. I don't want to kill anyone unless I have to. If you don't believe it, you will know that you go to Jingzhou and Yuzhou. But some people are really unreasonable and can't be killed. For example, if you haven't gone to the Xu family in Yangxian, you don't know how generous his family is. Although I haven't checked him yet, I know that he can't be as innocent as Mr. I think this is a black sheep. Can you say that it's okay to not rectify it?"

Wei Teng slowly closed the map. "The general is right. I am just worried that the fire will cook oil, and the oil will not be exhausted. If you want to kill Xu Chun, how can you know that Xu Chun doesn't want to kill you? There are not only bandits, but also Yellow Turban Mountain in Tongguan Mountain, and there are seven or eight groups of people of all sizes. Can you kill them all?"

Sun Ce laughed silently. "I can kill people, but I don't just kill people." He put down his teacup, stood up, and spread his hands. "I will promote good with one hand and eliminate evil with the other. Those who do good will help them and spare no effort. Those who do evil will slaughter them and destroy them, and kill them all."
Chapter completed!