The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 661 Cao Cao's Ultimate Goal

"Okay, since I have already promised you, I can't break my promise." Liu Tao thought for a while, "But not this year, we have to wait until the new Gansu high-ranking officials take office, and you have a good handover before you can go to the army."

After a pause, he joked: "Ma Teng has been fighting in the Western Regions for so long, and he is still only General Anxi. Next year, he will be promoted to General Pingxi at most. When you take office, you will be directly General Zhengxi..."

"The subordinates think that general Zhenxi is also possible." Cao Cao naturally knew the order of four expeditions, four towns, four peace and four security. .

In other words, the generals of the four campaigns are already regarded as senior generals.Dividing the world into four major military regions, General Zhengxi is the highest person in charge of the Western Military Region and belongs to the resident generals.

"Okay, anyway, you are still young, you will definitely be promoted to General Zhengxi within 20 years." Liu Tao laughed, "Meng De, after being a civil servant for so many years, can you still wield a weapon?"

"I have been preparing for this day!" Cao Cao replied affirmatively.

Liu Tao actually noticed that Cao Cao's body shape is very uniform, and there is no trace of becoming a civil servant, slacking off, and then starting to gain weight.Perhaps, in his free time, he is also constantly exercising himself.

For a man who has been preparing for this day for several years, what reason is there to stop him from pursuing his dream?

"Then prepare well!" Liu Tao laughed, "It's almost time, let's have a meal with me, and let me talk about things in the Northwest by the way? I always feel that I don't understand everything comprehensively just relying on Jin Yiwei."

"Your minister should know everything and say everything!" Cao Cao replied flattered, and then followed Liu Tao to the side hall.

The food is of course the best, and it cannot be said to be the most expensive, but Liu Tao's appetite for food is indeed stronger than ordinary people.You say it’s not promiscuous, it’s not good for gold and silver treasures, it’s not good for great achievements, and you like to drink and eat, isn’t it okay?

Anyway, the budget for this expense has been approved. Don't encounter Daoguang's kind of thing that costs 60 taels of silver for an egg and 200 taels of silver for a patch.

"The hospitality is not good, after all, there is no preparation in advance." After the meal, Liu Tao said politely.

"Haha, such a delicacy has already surprised me." Cao Cao smiled, not perfunctory, but feeling that the food in the palace is really good. No wonder along the way, I saw many officials with plump bodies.

After all, if you work in the palace, lunch must be provided. You can't let the officials go back to eat at noon, or bring a food box over to eat at noon, right?

The huge imperial dining room is only for the emperor and concubines, which is a bit wasteful.As for the eunuchs and maids, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has a kitchen, which is separate from the imperial dining room.

After all, the ingredients for the emperor's food must be carefully selected, especially for the emperor to eat carefully.As for the eunuchs and maids, there are too many of them. Cooking with this kind of material will cost astronomical monthly expenses.

This ordinary lunch, three dishes and one soup, is actually not too much, but each dish is very delicate, and the combination of meat and vegetables is also very good, without heavy oil and salt.The price of the material should not be expensive, and it should not be too expensive. Your Majesty usually has no hobbies, as long as it is not excessive, in fact, as a courtier, he cannot interfere.

I even feel that His Majesty's hobby is a bit 'simple'.

After all, even Confucius said that "you never get tired of eating fine meat, but you never get tired of fine food."At the same time, it must be admitted that he is also good at food.Unfortunately, there really isn't much food worth mentioning in Gansu.

"I know that Aiqing is also delicious..." Liu Tao reminded, "If you really become the general of Zhenxi, you will go to the Western Regions, facing thousands of miles of yellow sand, and the food will be even scarcer. In such a hard life, can you really eat?" bear?"

"I have always dreamed of re-opening the Western Regions, restarting the Silk Road, and even going to the West to see countries that I have never seen before. Compared with this, the desire for food and drink is just a small desire, and I cannot forget my dream because of a small desire. "Cao Cao's attitude is very firm.

"Haha, come, come here with my globe!" Liu Tao laughed loudly, and then ordered.

Naturally, someone brought over the globe he ordered to make, something like a world map, as long as a modern person, more or less, can always see it once or twice in his life.

With his memory, as long as he has seen it once, he can search it out, and then draw it according to his memory.

The biggest problem is that I don't know if there is any change between the time of 196 AD and the time after nearly 2000 years.But even if the continent's territory changes, it can't be so fast, right?

"This is..." Cao Cao had already guessed that the ministers had privately mentioned this legendary world map.Some people have drawn it from memory, but it is incomplete after all.When several people work together, they will find that many places do not overlap.

"This is where we live, and it is also the truth of this world." Liu Tao caressed the globe.To be honest, every time I touch it, there will be a kind of intimacy.

"It's just..." Cao Cao didn't understand. If the world was a ball, wouldn't people roll off it?

"Why don't we fall off the ball? You can think about it yourself. Here's a hint, just throw a five baht coin up..." Liu Tao would not tell him the answer directly, "Come on, let me talk to you for a while." Say it."

Immediately, on the globe, the location of Huaxia was pointed out.Cao Cao looked at the map and probably could tell the difference. Then he discovered that there are large tracts of land in the north, northeast, south and southwest of China.

"If you want to start from the Western Regions..." Liu Tao pointed to the location of the Western Regions, "Here... to here is mostly desert terrain. Civilizations are mostly established on a few rivers. There is even a A piece of sea, just a little bit of range."

Speaking of which, the Dead Sea 2000 years ago should not have been so small, right?Maybe the salt is not so strong, so thick that it can make people sink, so I don’t introduce it that much.

This afternoon, he spent an hour talking about a lot of things in the West, and he also said that he didn't see much, which may be different from the actual situation.Cao Cao was fascinated by what he heard, this is an area he has never been in contact with.

I heard that Dashi actually made three times the profit by transshipment of Huaxia's products, which is somewhat uncomfortable.It's a pity that judging from the map, if Huaxia wants to attack there on a large scale, supply will be a very serious problem unless the railway is repaired.

Of course, it is necessary to look down, the climate over there will be much better... That is to say, there is a globe to have such a view.Anyone in this era may only focus on the line of the Western Regions.

"My follow-up plan is indeed to conquer the Nanzhong Man, and then open up the Southwest. From here, I will open up the road to Shendu, and finally go to Dashi from Shendu... But before that, Aiqing may have laid down this place for me. Right?" Liu Tao laughed.

"I am willing to do my best for Your Majesty to win this place!" Cao Cao immediately had a goal to fight for.

Chapter 662 Insufficient Population

Seeing that autumn is coming, Liu Tao's afternoon tea time around Shen time.

Liu Tao is drinking tea, which is a new product in Jiangnan. Since the technology of frying tea and fermenting has become widely known, and tea has become popular among the rich and powerful families, finding new tea has become a lucrative business.

Relying on professional tea seekers, several good varieties have been found in Jiangnan.

For example, Wuyi rock tea, which is a kind of tea tree that lives on the rock wall, the oldest one grows on the top of Wuyi Mountain, at least hundreds of years old; there is also Huangshan tea, in fact, strictly speaking, it should be Keemun tea; at the same time, fragrant teas, namely Biluochun, Tieguanyin and Longjing, were also discovered one after another.

Knowing that His Majesty likes to drink tea, he paid some tribute.For Liu Tao, finally he doesn't have to drink only Pu'er and Kuding.

"Since the unification of the world, these days have become more leisurely." Liu Tao drank tea, picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth. Drinking tea alone is easy to make his mouth dull. After all, the orthodox European afternoon tea is supposed to be Put milk and sugar.

"Isn't this kind of leisurely life what the people of the world need?" Liu Bei was drinking afternoon tea with Liu Tao.

Originally, he sent a memorial, Wuxi Man and Wuyi Pengyue were willing to accept the "one country, two systems" document.

It happened that Liu Tao was having afternoon tea, and drinking alone would make him feel lonely, so he simply asked him to come over to accompany him.Liu Bei was working under the door, mostly doing other clerical work, so he seldom came here, so he probably felt embarrassed.

"Yes..." Liu Tao put down his teacup, then raised his hands high, "Long live peace!"

He looks very secondary, but these words come from the heart.If possible, he hoped that the battlefield from now on would always be in someone else's territory.But then again, who in this world doesn't think so?

Then I started to feel emotional again: "It's just this kind of life, I don't feel much passion, I do the same things every day, and live the same life."

"That's His Majesty's diligence in administration. He corrects the memorials diligently every day. At the same time, he is also very caring for his family and is willing to spend more time on them." Liu Bei flattered.

In other words, Liu Tao is really hardworking. During his tenure in Menxia Province, he has witnessed the gradual prosperity of the big man under Liu Tao's governance.Many policies that were unclear in the past have gradually become clear with the following memorial and Liu Tao's approval.

I also planned to follow suit, thinking that I could find a balance between innovation and tradition.It turned out that in terms of innovation, I was just imitating the cat and drawing the tiger, even a little imitative.

Relying on the authority of Menxia Province, he can clearly know the situation in all parts of the country.I have personally seen that people's lives are getting better and better, and the prices of food, vegetables and meat can also be maintained at a stable level.

Seeing the surrender of the Siyi, seeing the people of the Han Dynasty conquer the cold, they also began to conquer the grassland.Liu Tao is not satisfied yet, he still wants to conquer the jungle in the south.There is even a plan to open a channel from Jiaozhou to Yizhou.

Not only that, but also to open up a passage from Nanzhong to Shendu. This plan is called the "Southern Silk Road".

Four ports are set up in the coastal area, namely Wuxian, Donglai, Tianjin and Liaoning.Explore the waterway from Tianjin to Liaoning, which can shorten the journey by four or five days, so that counties such as Liaodong and Lelang can be reached quickly.

I heard that I plan to set off in Kuaiji and explore eastward to find the legendary Yingzhou, Penglai and Wa Kingdoms.These are the fairy mountains in the legend. If it was another emperor, I am afraid that the officials would have to persuade them.