Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 22 Cao Cao Splashes Tea and Talks About the World

Cao Cao rode his horse and left Dongping Mansion, galloped all the way, and returned to Yanggu just after noon.

On the side of the road outside the county seat, Qin Ming and others temporarily set up a camp. Outside the camp, a few idlers climbed on the big trees, stretched their necks, and saw Cao Cao from a distance, and shouted with joy: "Brother Wu is back!" also!"

When Cao Cao's horse approached, Qin Ming and others had already greeted him in front of the camp.

Cao Cao laughed loudly, and flew off his horse: "Why don't you brothers enter the city? Instead, they camped outside the city."

Qin Mingdao: "Most of us waited for the face, and there were so many people, so we didn't want to disturb the people, so we waited outside the city for my brother to return."

"I'm interested." Cao Cao nodded: "Erlang stayed in Fucheng as a lieutenant general, and he wanted to keep me, so he resigned on purpose, just to accommodate you."

He looked up at the sky and said: "This is not a place to talk, you guys will go to the city to drink with me, and for the rest of the brothers, I will have someone prepare wine and meat."

Immediately, I called a few idlers who took the lead, took out the money, and asked them to buy pigs, sheep, wine, and water, and find a good cook to cook in the camp. I led Qin Ming and other five people straight into the county, and went to the Lion Tower to ask for a meal. Room.

When the food and wine were served, everyone gobbled it up once. After eating, they ordered the banquet to be withdrawn and replaced with tea. Cao Cao then looked around at the few people and said, "Since brothers are willing to come to Yanggu with me, as a brother, you should use your breasts and stomachs." Tell each other what you say, if there is something wrong with what you say, just say it clearly."

Qin Ming and the others clasped their fists together and said, "I'll be all ears."

Cao Cao picked up the teacup and tilted it, the tea flowed all over the table, he dipped his fingers in the tea and drew on the table, several people looked at it for a while, Qin Ming was shocked and said: "Huh, isn't this the map of Song Dynasty?"

Cao Cao nodded while drawing: "Look, the Great Song Kingdom has Dali in the south, Liao in the north, and Xixia and Tubo in the west. It’s hard to cause disaster.”

As he spoke, he drew a circle in the northeast of the Liao Kingdom, and pointed his finger heavily: "This is the Jin Kingdom established by the Jurchen. A few years ago, in the battle of the guards at Dagang, 700,000 Jurchen soldiers defeated the Liao army. , which has never been heard since ancient times.”

Qin Mingdao: "I heard about this two years ago, but I couldn't believe it. Could it be that the golden man was bragging?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "This battle is the battle for Jurchen to establish a country. If it weren't for the Liao people's muscles and bones, how could An De be so cheap for him to establish a country?"

Huang Xin sighed: "It's really an army of tigers and wolves, but it's fortunate that they are not by Da Song's side."

Cao Cao sneered and said, "The Kingdom of Jin is rising like the sun, but the Kingdom of Liao is sinking. In my opinion, it will take five years sooner or ten years later, and Liao Kingdom will be swallowed by the Kingdom of Jin."

As he spoke, he smeared the territory of the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom together, and oppressed the Song Dynasty from top to bottom.

Huang Xin frowned and said: "If that's the case, I'm afraid Da Song will also suffer from it."

Cao Cao glanced at him appreciatively: "Brother Huang is right. The Liao and Song Dynasties are all ostentatious, intoxicated and dreaming of death. The world has nothing to do, and they can survive for a while. Once something happens, it will be a catastrophe."

He stood up and slapped the table heavily: "The world is peaceful, heroes die of old age, and the world is chaotic, and heroes rise from the grass! Wu is not talented, and since he has predicted the world situation in five to ten years, he has to predict it in advance." Planning, at least one side must be protected, and we must not teach the Han family's children to be the cattle and horses of that foreign race."

What will happen five to ten years from now? Even the big bosses in the court may not dare to make a conclusion, but Cao Cao seems to be saying that the future is the day after tomorrow, and Qin Ming and the others are very heartbroken. Qi Qi cupped his fists and said, "It's all up to my brother's orders."

Cao Cao said: "To win a war, there are only two things. The first is to have good soldiers and courage, and the second is to have enough money and food. The two complement each other and are indispensable. I mean, the brothers are still working on these two things. .”

"There are more than idlers in the county who are willing to follow me. I keep ten more flexible ones, and the rest are soldiers. The brothers brought by Lu Fang and Guo Sheng are selected from among the strong and strong, and they are also soldiers. With Qin Ming and Huang Xin as the principal and deputy coaches, and strict training, do brothers Lu and Guo have any objections?"

Lu Fang Guo Sheng said frankly: "The people I'm waiting for are my brother's people, and I will follow my brother's orders."

A few people calculated, and the two hundred and twenty strong men they could use, plus the idlers in Yanggu, and the subordinates who followed Qin and Huang to surrender, totaled three hundred and fifteen people.

Qin Mingdao: "Brother asked us to lead the troops, so he trusted me and the two of us, so naturally we will try our best. But these soldiers are not official troops, if they are stationed inside or outside the county, they may cause trouble."

Cao Cao praised: "Brother, you can see clearly. I have already made up my mind about this matter. Ninety miles east of Yanggu County, there is Shier Mountain, which is eighty or ninety feet high. There is a natural flat land on the mountainside, covering more than ten mu. The place is round, even 1000 people can be settled there, you two take soldiers to the mountain to set up a stronghold, drill every day, live in peace, don't disturb the people, once you use it, I will send someone to send it."

Qin Ming and Huang Xin looked at each other, clasped their fists together and said, "Follow brother's order!"

Cao Cao said again: "The most fearful thing about raising soldiers is that money and food will not be enough. Although Wu has some property, how long can he support these hundreds of people? Therefore, we need to raise money."

He said to Zheng Tianshou: "I have set up a few stores in the county. Because of the good supply and reasonable prices, the business has always been good. These stores are now managed by people. I want to ask Brother Zheng to be the manager. First, I will familiarize myself with the business at hand. Then slowly open the stores to the major cities to make money. At the same time, buy land to grow food, and if you have enough money and food, you can recruit soldiers and horses.”

Zheng Tianshou was overjoyed when he heard this, he cupped his fists and said, "Brother entrusts you with such a great matter, how dare you not try your best?"

Cao Cao said to Lu Fang and Guo Sheng again: "You two are both merchants, but I depend on you to open up trade routes. The goods I sell now depend on the comprehensiveness of the heroes from the north and the south. After all, it is better to develop it yourself. I have long been willing to do this. But I can’t do it separately, now that there are two of you, we can do things, brother Zheng is the chief merchant, and you are the chief merchants, first follow me around and get familiar with the roads, then you can do things well.”

The two were very excited when they heard this: "I am about to go to the rivers and lakes with my brother to meet those famous heroes for a while!"

With a few words, everyone's responsibilities were set, Cao Cao bought a lot of good wine and went out of the city, had a big meal with the subordinates, encouraged him, and announced the agreed dispatch. Early the next morning, Qin Ming and Huang Xin So he took more than people and went to the Lion's Ear Mountain.

Cao Cao arranged for Zheng Tianshou and others to rent a house in the county to resettle, and ordered them to purchase grain, grass, clothing and quilts as soon as possible, and transport them to Shi'er Mountain for delivery as soon as possible.I went to the county government to hand over the order.

Knowing that Shangguan left Wu Song as a general, the county magistrate was quite sorry, but his transfer order has also come down. As soon as the new official arrives, he will go to Shangxian County in the south of the Yangtze River. After paying ten taels of silver, he let Cao Cao go down.

Cao Cao bid farewell to the county magistrate, went out of the county office, and walked slowly home. He saw the door of his house closed tightly from a distance, walked over and knocked on the door lightly: "Is anyone at home? I'll be back!"

There was a sound of the stairs inside, and someone flew downstairs without touching the ground, pulled the door, and a scent rushed into Cao Cao's arms, crying loudly: "My friend, why did you come back after such a long time? My family I want to kill you too."

Cao Cao laughed loudly, hugged her across his legs, and kicked the door against the door: "Come on, let me check it out, what is my lady missing..."

(End of this chapter)