[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Regardless of the situation in other counties, Dongjun, which currently has an elite army and good generals, has become a place that the Yellow Turban Army will not touch for the time being.

This gave Dongjun, who had just experienced a thief, a time to recover.

After the battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, although Yuan Shao was victorious, he hadn't been able to swallow the territory he had gained, and naturally he had no time to clean up the Yellow Turban Army.As a result, the power of this nest gradually expanded, and it went south to attack Xuzhou.

Because the Yellow Turban Army is an army dominated by farmers, they mainly aimed their knives at the local gentry families and robbed them of their gold and silver treasures. However, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou is smarter. He knew a lot during the battle. For the benefit of the people, he kept saying that he was to liberate the peasants, and left the robbed food and grass money that was inconvenient to transport to the people, so there were many supporters.

And when there was chaos in the east, the west was not peaceful either.

Dong Zhuo enjoyed the sweetness of minting coins last time, and this time he became a demon again. As the Han royal family, he abolished the original five baht coins and ordered the whole country to use only the newly minted five baht coins as the popular currency.

In order to avoid circulation troubles for everyone, you can take the old five baht to Chang'an to exchange for new currency——Dong Zhuo hypocritically published an article saying.

But no one would change it, not to mention how dangerous it is to escort the money along the way, nor whether Dong Zhuo would really change it, instead of directly looking for the five baht money that was "confiscated" and sent over.

The currency of the five baht coins alone is not worth replacing.

The five baht of the Eastern Han Dynasty was inherited from the five baht of the Western Han Dynasty. It was the product after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took back the right to make coins in the princes' countries. However, although the five baht coin that Dong Zhuo made was named five baht coin, its weight has been reduced to more than one-third.

That is to say, although the names are all one, and the value of the currency they represent is also the same. In the case that there is no national reserve fund but only the value of the coin itself, Dong Zhuo can earn one-third of every [-] five-baht coins issued. Two profits.

Moreover, most of the five baht coins he minted before were obtained by burning bronze wares or even Ming wares, and the copper quality was not good enough.

The five-baht coin I got didn't even have an inscription, and the surrounding area was full of potholes. This rough method of making is almost like digging a square hole in a piece of copper cake.

In the early days, Dong Zhuo used this currency in large quantities in order to accumulate wealth to ensure the food and grass for his army. He bought food with the purchasing power of the old five baht money, which once caused currency inflation around Luoyang, and now he is planning to use this method again nationwide , although the princes will not buy it, they are helpless.

This is the restrictive nature of the imperial power era. Even though the princes have actually left the central government to play on their own, no one dares to use the old five baht as currency after the central government issued an order, let alone mint coins privately.

Once the coins are minted privately, it is safe to throw the hat of rebellion, and the enthusiastic neighbors around will immediately turn into messengers of justice to share the worries of the emperor, and say to you while dividing up your territory, subordinates, and wives It's such a pity that such a stupid thing happened.

But the problem of currency exchange did not have a great impact on Dongjun, for the simple reason that they had no money.

After Cao Cao handed over the base camp to Xun Yu, and Xun Yu handed it over to Xia Anran, Xia Anran knew that food was more important than money in the chaos of war, so he exchanged the little cash in his hand for food, medicinal materials, and cloth , He also made people run to Yuan Shao's site opposite to wave the banknotes to buy, buy, buy.

Especially medicinal materials, Xia Anran hoarded a large amount of medicinal herbs and cloth.

At that time, although Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were at war, Hanoi, as its hinterland, was not affected too much, not to mention Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang, who brutally suppressed illegal activities in the country, and raising prices was considered an illegal act, so Xia Anran All the people I met were conscientious businessmen!

It may be that Cao Cao is smart, or it may be that he also has ambitions in his heart. Anyway, after Yuan Shao rewarded him for his merits, he exchanged some flashy things with Yuan Shao's men for food.

It was only after the two sides had a round that they realized that they were so poor that they only had food.

However, this problem is actually not a big problem, because at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wages were also paid for food, and the food that could not be eaten was sold by officials for money, and the money was used to buy needed cloth and other things. As long as wages can still be paid, Cao Cao’s heart Don't panic either.

Encountering this kind of situation now can only prove his foresight.

But the people of Dongjun were extremely flustered, which meant that all the coins in their hands were rotten, and there was still a long time before the autumn harvest. What if they couldn't buy things with money during this period?

There is no way but to return to the original and barter.

As soon as their exchange started, officials appeared in various counties and kiosks and hung up a large black board, on which grain, cloth, meat, etc. were painted vividly with a few strokes, and expressed in "orthographic" The maximum and minimum data exchanged.

In other words, the maximum and minimum values ​​that can be exchanged for each handful of corn are framed, and each public can only exchange within this range, and sellers can fluctuate up and down according to their own circumstances, but cannot exceed this range .These data will be updated every few days, with the kiosk as the basic unit, passed down layer by layer.

Even private exchanges cannot exceed this range.

There are many illiterate people among the common people. Faced with such a complicated matter, no one complains, but the head of each pavilion stands in front of the board to explain to everyone, and teaches everyone to know the basic characters, such as millet and pig. , cloth and other characters can be learned by just looking at them.

As for counting, it is even simpler. Although ordinary people do not know how to read, they can still understand by counting a few sticks. One stick is one handful of rice, two sticks is two handfuls, and so on.

Because the government had to intervene in prices in a timely manner, Dongjun did not become agitated like other county towns. In fact, it was the hairpins who encountered the direct impact this time, and Dong Zhuo was forced to tear their flesh from them.

Later generations analyzed that this may be the main reason for Dong Zhuo's final death. Wang Yun used this ultimate move, and the news could be hidden from Dong Zhuo who lived in Chang'an with one hand covering the sky. Before, Dong Zhuo could not raise his vigilance?

To make the aristocratic family intolerable towards Dong Zhuo, the change of currency may also be a very important factor. Of course, Dong Zhuo's insanity in the later period took pleasure in killing people, and gradually turned his attention to the aristocratic family and ministers.These are all unknown.

xxx

Xia Anran is accepting praise in Dongjun's prefect's mansion. Xun Yu, the second in command of Dongjun, highly appreciates his extremely fast reaction speed this time. Ten stones of wheat, and several bolts of blue cloth from Zhongmu.

Xia Anran's annual salary at this time is only three hundred shi, Boss Cao's reputation for his generosity is well-deserved.

Regarding the windfall, Xia Anran said modestly that this is what he should do.Then he rolled his eyes and asked Cao Cao if he could pass on the method of making wheat noodles.

Cao Cao thought about it, and asked Xia Anran carefully about the manpower consumption of making this food, and finally found that although it is more troublesome than making wheat rice directly, it is not a very luxurious way to eat.

What's more, some people used millet to make strips and boiled them before. Wheat noodles are just changed raw materials. Now it seems a bit luxurious, but when wheat cultivation becomes popular, people will not feel so.

He signaled Xia Anran to press it down and wait for the corn to be delivered before taking any action.

Xia Anran complied. Cao Ying had a meeting where everyone was sitting, and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed. All the people present were Cao Cao’s cronies. Compared with a meeting, it was more like an afternoon tea, and there was tea to drink... um... Although this thing is more The tea is more like a magical sesame paste, the taste is not bad, just eat it as a salty paste.It's a little inconvenient without a spoon.

Sometimes Xia Anran would feel a little messy when looking at those handsome young men drinking tea in the posture of drinking tea. It's no wonder that they only need to eat two meals a day, after all, they can only drink enough water.

Ten stones of wheat... almost 600 catties of wheat.

It can be a little extravagant.

Xia Anran was so small that she got off on a errand. In her head, she went through the pancakes, steamed buns, steamed buns, Liangpi, gluten, and maltose, and crossed out a few that she couldn't do now. He kept recording what Xun Yu said.

This is not his task at all, he is the chief secretary, he was originally Cao Cao's confidential secretary, but Xia's chief secretary always does other things outside his normal duties, Cao Cao himself doesn't care, he belongs to the type who likes to do things himself, and now he is in In his free time, he didn't stick to Xia Anran, he had three military advisers, and Xun Yu was the only one who worked hard, because Guo Jia and Xia Anran were young... Cao Cao indulged them a little, and he was often criticized by Xun Yu for this.

Xiongzi, if you don’t beat Liang Jiewa for three days, the lord must not indulge—Of course, Army Master Xun would not say it so directly, he just tactfully suggested that Cao Ying’s monarchs and ministers should abide by their duties...

However, Cao Cao agreed in front of him, that is, he put the original reward in the dark.

Guo Jia was very greedy for wine, before in Chenggao, Cao Jun was very poor, so he held back, and when he arrived in Dongjun, he was a little richer, and seeing that Cao Cao also received some filial piety from the locals of Dongjun, he immediately shy face to ask for it.

Cao Cao didn't know that his beloved sacrificial wine had this little problem at first, but he didn't think there was a problem when he found out later, until Guo Jia got drunk for two days and Xun Yu intervened.

Xun Yu was able to know, of course, because there was one less person who came to run in the morning. In order to avoid running in the morning, Guo Jia used all kinds of means before, but he was not as strong as Xun Yu, and he was not as powerful as Xun Yu. He couldn't escape from anyone hiding there, and finally he thought of a good way, get drunk to death, you Xun Wenruo can't do anything with me if you are drunk to death.

It is true that there is no way, no matter what Xun Yu can't do anything to lift the drunk man out of the bed, unless he is willing to pour cold water on Guo Jia. In this era when a cold is almost a serious illness, of course Xun Yu can't do anything Guo Jia succeeded in doing this for two days, and Xun Yu moved into his house on the third day.

Of course Xia Anran didn't know about this at the beginning. His house was the place where Guo Jia hid. Who could understand the shock of seeing Xun Yu standing at the door in casual clothes when he got up early in the morning? After some lectures, Xia Anran didn't have the guts to help Guo Jia anymore. He knew how Xun Yu dealt with him when he saw Guo Jia at the meeting place the next day.

Xun Yu stayed at Guo Jia's mansion after work, staring at Guo Jia's drinking, just letting him have a taste, it's not enough to have fun, and at night he had to "talk at night with candles" and "sleep together". The possibility of him going to drink was completely ruled out inside. In order to get him up the next day, Xun Yu directly picked him up and said that if Guo Jia was not obedient, he would carry him out like this.

As a talent who can allow Cao Cao to create a special official title, as a Guo Jijiu who has made great achievements in Cao Cao's tent, can he bear this?He is shameless!

That is to say, Guo Jia, who is now thin-skinned, will be able to calmly express in three to five years, if you, Xun Wen, can be ashamed and hug me out, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman.Let's see which of us has a heavier idol burden!

As a pampered member, Xia Anran doesn't know that she is being pampered. Cao Cao is really a good boss. He will discuss work with his employees, ask about the family situation, and persuade his subordinates to study more. Xia Anran has Sometimes you can ask him for advice when you read something you don't understand. To be honest, Xia Anran always feels that the way Boss Cao looks at her is a little... loving.

He didn't really understand where Cao Cao's fatherly love came from, but as a father, Cao Cao was really the best father to his son among several monarchs.

But now that his own son has arrived, his overflowing paternal love is still devoted to his advisers. For example, now he looks at Xun Yu and Guo Jia with a smile on his face. Take it over and have an argument.

Everyone knows Guo Jia's heart.

Xun Yu had a wife, which was arranged for him by his family. His father, in order to curry favor with the power of the eunuch in the court, appointed a daughter of the eunuch in the court for Xun Yu, who was still young. However, the eunuch died shortly after setting the date of marriage. , but Xun Yu still followed the marriage contract and took Huang's daughter as his wife, and never took concubines.

From the perspective of people in this dynasty, the relationship between Xun Yu and his wife is already very good, so Guo Jia wanted to bring Xun Yu's wife here so that Xun Yu could be involved and not manage himself.

Xun Yu's attitude is that the lord has just stabilized, and there are many people under his command. Of course, it is not a problem to bring people here, but he can't bring people here at once. Then, the generals can feel more at ease with their family members by their side.

Although Cao Ying is relatively rich in food and grass, the road to wine making must not be opened. Should the army implement a ban on alcohol?

The topic of the two was distorted in an instant.

Xia Anran looked at the two citing scriptures and arguing vigorously about whether to prohibit alcohol, but the speed of writing was getting slower and slower.

He is taking minutes of the meeting.

Then he wrote that his hands were sore, especially when the two people were arguing about something so uncommon, Xia Anran didn't even know which book they read it from.

Seeing that the two of them talked more and more excitedly, but he wrote more and more bamboo slips. He really felt that this thing was too inconvenient, heavy and difficult to write, and it was not easy to do.

Now that Cao Cao monopolizes a county, can we try to make paper...

Just as he was racing in his heart, Cao Cao couldn't listen any longer. He waved his hand to signal for further discussion. When he turned his head, he saw Xia Anran's expression was empty. It seemed that he didn't listen carefully to their debate. The ink on the human pen was about to drip, so he called out with a smile, "What is Jingxi thinking? You are so devoted, you can't hear the golden and jade words from Wen Ruo and Feng Xiao?"

He beat the two of them with one sentence, Guo Jia and Xun Yu hurriedly said that they didn't dare, and saw Xia Anran suddenly stood up, walked to the center of the hall, and bowed down to Cao Cao.

Everyone was stunned, and bowed from the center of the hall. This is a more formal gesture, and it is by no means comparable to sitting on the seat.Even Cao Cao was surprised by Xia Anran's cautious attitude. He put down the teacup in his hand, sat up straight and faced the hall with a more formal posture.

Xia Anran stood up straight, her eyes were as clear as water, and the boy who had just grown up stood upright like a pine and cypress at this moment.

Even though he is still young, he has the aura that an ordinary strategist can have. This is a feeling that is difficult to express in words. Cao Cao has seen many people talk like high-spirited people, but only a few can give him this kind of feeling. Feeling, he couldn't help but smile in relief.

It seems that it is indeed the right decision to let Jingxi stay by Wen Ruo's side.

Jingxi has grown up.

"An Ran was fond of reading since he was a child, and he thinks he has read a lot,"

"However, when I heard Wen Ruotong's words of filial piety just now, I still feel deafened, and there are many strongholds that An Ran has never heard of."

"An Ran knew that learning could not be stopped, so he recorded it on the bamboo scroll for future study, but only I can see this,"

Xia Anran bowed down to Cao Cao, "The people in the world like Anran don't know how many people there are, and think they know enough, but they don't know that there is a blue sky outside the sky, and there are beautiful women outside the people."

"There are only thousands of people who can read and write in Dongjun County, and there are less than five hundred people who learn literature. My lord, the bamboo scrolls are heavy and difficult to carry and spread. Knowledge, experience, teaching the way of being a person and being an official.”

He took a deep breath, "My lord please allow me."

Silence, the scene was silent.

No one spoke, only Xia Anran stood quietly in the middle of the hall, he could feel the gazes passing by his body, and his partners who had gotten along well in the past were all looking at him with probing eyes.

After a while, Cao Cao's calm voice sounded, "Jingxi, raise your head first."

Xia Anran paused, then slowly straightened up and raised her face.

"There are no outsiders here, to be honest."

Cao Cao snorted, "You are by no means a targetless person. If you say you want to make paper today, I'm afraid you are [-]-[-]% sure. The imperial court has not explicitly prohibited the people from making paper. If you only make paper, you are a princess. You need to tell me, and you can make up your own mind.”

He picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, leaned slightly and approached the table, "I'm afraid there are other intentions."

cough.

Xia Anran's eyes drifted a little, then turned back, and whispered, "Jingxi is thinking about books."

"It's not made for myself, but it's made for farmers. However, when setting prices these days, I found that although I have simplified the words and sentences as much as possible, the people are illiterate. limited."

Cao Cao nodded and raised an eyebrow, motioning for him to continue.

"Jingxi thought of a way to print the book."

When he said these two words, Cao Cao stopped being leisurely, his expression turned serious, his thick eyebrows were furrowed, and he nodded out of thin air, "Continue talking."

"It's like a seal. If you engrave words and sentences on a wooden board and then cover them on paper...you don't need to write it again, you just need to stamp it again and again." Xia Anran made a movement of knocking on the seal, and he spread it with one hand Make a fist on the simulation paper with one hand and make a fist gesture.

His actions are cute, but no one appreciates him at the scene, and everyone thinks about its feasibility.

Cao Cao stood up directly, his robe was flying in the air, he quickly rolled Xia Anran out of the bed, and many other courtiers followed, Xia Anran was stupefied until he was stuffed into the carriage, Cao Cao ordered the coachman to go to Xia Anran. In Anran's house, Xia Anran blinked in bewilderment, realizing that Cao Cao was going to his house to see what he had made, she was shocked.

It's like writing: My lord, how do you know that I have made this!

Seeing him like this, Cao Cao snorted and said with a little pride, "I just said that you are definitely not a random person. If you have not confirmed that this is a feasible strategy, you will definitely not tell Yu Cao."

He stroked his beautiful beard happily, "Besides, Zihe told me what you were up to, although he didn't say it explicitly, Cao Cao will know after a short contact."

oh!It turned out that there was a traitor next to me, Xia Anran showed a friendly smile, and Cao Cao kissed his head affectionately when he saw his smirk, "Don't look like this, Zihe didn't say much. He took up all of his rest time, and even deliberately hid it from Feng Xiaowenruo, could it be that he really thought that the two of them didn't find out, and they were just following you."

The carriage was driving very fast, and amidst Xia Anran's murmurs and blows in a low voice, he arrived at his house. Xia Anran got off the carriage and saw the mighty frame behind him.

Um?Why even Cao Ren, who was not in the hall just now, came?

Cao Ren jumped off his horse. There was a half-sized horse parked beside him. A young boy rolled over and got off the horse. The posture was quite familiar. After he got off the horse, he stretched out his hand and hugged the other child from the horse, and put it firmly on the ground. Seeing Xia Anran looking over, the little boy led the little boy and walked over. Xia Anran was obviously a little surprised. After the two met the ceremony, he was a little confused and asked, "Why is Mr. Ang here? You brought Mr. Pi with you?" ?”

"I brought them here." Cao Ren walked over, he first saluted Cao Cao who got off the car, and then patted Xia Anran on the shoulder who saluted himself, "I was just about to take Ang'er Pi'er out for a horse race when I saw the motorcade passing by , Good guy, I thought it was something wrong, but when I looked at the direction, I knew that you must have messed up something again, so I took these two boys to see the excitement."

Xia Anran glanced at him silently, hehe, obviously you want to watch the fun!Wouldn't your conscience hurt if you pushed the pot to a child?

Cao Ren said that it will not hurt, our Cao family all do this!

When Cao Cao saw that almost everyone was there, he didn't criticize them for skipping work in broad daylight, but waved his hand to signal Xia Anran to lead the way.

The Xia family had never received so many people, and the servants were stunned as soon as they entered the door. It was Xia Anran who signaled them to prepare refreshments to send them away, and then led them to the courtyard.

A sheet of bright white paper was hanging in the pavilion in the backyard.

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, then stepped forward quickly.

The Caihou paper that is popular today was improved by Cai Lun, because the materials used are cheap. Although the cost of the paper has been greatly reduced, the color is earthy yellow. No matter how the technology is improved, because the essence of the raw material is straw fiber, the color They can't be changed, but the paper made by Xia Anran is snow-white, and it looks very conspicuous after being pasted in a row to dry.

He took a piece of dried paper that Xia Anran handed over, squeezed and folded it, the first feeling he got was soft, flat and flexible.

Xia Anran also picked up a sheet, tugged it for Cao Cao to see, folded it and opened it again, except for shallow creases, there was no crack in the paper.

"This paper..." Cao Cao looked carefully at the texture of the paper, frowning and asked, "What is the raw material? Is it expensive?"

Xia Anran took a piece of paper from the side, on which were written the raw materials needed to make a piece of paper, and wrote directly on the white paper with a brush. The first thing that attracted Cao Cao's attention was the handwriting. He looked carefully Looking at the ink stains, the ink traces are clear and moist, although there are ink smudges, but its effect is better than that of Caihou paper.

Seeing the raw material again, he frowned slightly, "Bamboo?"

"Yes," Xia Anran nodded, "Practical rice and straw can be used, but it seems that young bamboo is the best for white."

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, "Eastern County doesn't produce bamboo... Bamboo is mostly in the south..." He looked at Xia Anran's smiling face, and suddenly understood what was going on, and he couldn't laugh or cry. What about others?"

It is true that Dongjun does not produce bamboo, but Jiangdong is rich in bamboo resources.

Xia Anran is a bad cat, the Sun family has not yet confirmed whether he will come to Dongjun, he has already thought about the value of human use!

Hearing this, both Xun Yu and Guo Jia had complicated expressions. They looked at each other, and finally Guo Jia took a step forward, "My lord, just now on the way we came, soldiers came to report... General Cao Hong has brought the Sun family back , the soldiers came to report first, because there are female relatives, the driving is slow, and it will arrive in about two or three hours."

Both Xia Anran and Cao Cao's eyes lit up, but they did it for different reasons.

Cao Cao flicked his sleeves, "Quickly give orders, let's have a banquet to clean up the dust for General Sun's relatives."

The soldier clasped his fists and was about to go down, but he stopped him, "Wait, there is no more wine, and the meals are lighter. The Sun family is still in the filial piety period, so pay attention to avoid taboos." The soldier agreed, and Cao Cao rubbed his hands with joy. Seeing Xia Anran whose eyes were also shining, she immediately said angrily, "There is still a printed book, don't keep it up, let's take it out together."

So he got a copy of "The Biography of Cao Mengde ([-])"

Xia Anran recorded what Cao Cao said on weekdays, as well as what Cao Jun experienced when he raised his army in the form of a storybook, and carried out a certain degree of artistic processing. Sometimes what he wrote clearly seemed to be on the sidelines. It seems that Cao Chun is obviously being squeezed.

Cao Cao turned two pages, and couldn't bear to look directly at it.

He felt that Yahuazi was a bit sour. It was nothing when he was the person involved. Now that he saw what Xia Anran wrote, why did he feel so... shameful.

He handed the brochure to Guo Jia who came to read it curiously, and asked, "I just flipped through it, but I didn't see where you said you used the seal..." Cao Cao followed Xia Anran's gaze, and saw Feng The biography of Cao Mengde on the page has four words.

Indeed, if you think about it carefully, if it is written...the words are really ugly.

Even Cao Cao, who thinks he has always been quite thick-skinned... felt his face was burning.

In the end, Cao Cao resolutely rejected Xia Anran's idea of ​​publishing a biography of his characters, and said that as a test, the first book should be an enlightenment book, but there is no suitable enlightenment book in this era, and it needs to be rewritten.

This task has been temporarily placed after papermaking. Whether it is papermaking materials, labor, technology, etc., it needs to be considered in the long run, and because Xia Anran omitted the experimental steps, it did save a lot of effort when arranging, but Xun Yu did not Will not thank him.

Not only did he not thank him, but he also took away all the paper Xia Anran had made as his reward. Guo Jia approached and said that he would share half of the meeting, and Xun Yu also gave Cao Cao some, and the three literati left happily.

Leave Xia Anran angry on the spot.

After the group of people rumbled away, he showed a happy smile, hey hey, I knew you guys would do this kind of thing, I've already hidden it a lot as a witty person!

xxxx

In the evening, Cao Cao did not call his advisers. He entertained Sun Jian's widow and sons and daughters in the form of a family banquet, and promised on the spot that if Sun Ce wanted to join the army, he could join him.

Sun Ce heard that the elite under Cao Cao's tent was the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, so he refused the airborne, saying that he could enter by strength.

Cao Cao laughed when he heard the words, and praised Sun Ce for being like a father.

This conversation spread quickly, and Cao Ying knew that General Sun's Erlang was also very heroic.

As the general of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, Cao Chun has been harassed by this high-spirited Sun Ce for a few days. Sun Ce is only 15 years old now, when he was very competitive. I am so happy that I don't think about Shu.

Cao Cao's attitude towards their family was very good, but he was not considerate. After all, Mrs. Sun was beautiful and at this age, if she got too close, it would be inevitable that people would spread gossip.

The reason why Mrs. Sun agreed to follow Cao Hong was to have protection during the war-torn era. Sun Jian did not offend many people when he was alive, and someone will definitely take revenge when he dies.Secondly, it is also for the eldest son Ce to have a good future.

Sun Ce wants to follow the path of a military general like his father, and he must have the opportunity to grow up and become famous. Now it is not as good as it used to be, Jiangdong is basically stable, and there are many warlords. .

Mrs. Sun thought over and over for her son, but decided to follow Cao Hong.

At this time, it is time to talk about the benefits of Cao Cao's reputation. Sun Jian did mention Cao Cao at the time, and his tone was full of praise. Later, when he sent Chuan Guo Yuxi back, he also told Mrs. Sun that if there is any chance First, Cao Cao has a chivalrous heart and a heart for the Han Dynasty, so he can rely on him.

And Mrs. Sun has a trump card.

It is Chuan Guo Yuxi.

In order to pass on the jade seal of the country, her son can be exchanged for a bright future.

Mrs. Sun is not as loyal to the big man as Sun Jian. Her husband is completely loyal to the country, but his death is unknown. Have you ever seen any noise from the court?

The Chuanguo jade seal was snatched by her husband with his life, and she guarded the jade seal only because it was his husband's relic, not because she believed that the jade seal was really useful.

She thought very clearly that jade is dead, but people are alive.

No power, no generals, the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in their hands is a hot potato, and it is the crime of pregnant, it is better to give it away in exchange for real benefits, but when she is thinking about whether to give it to Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu At that time, Cao Hong arrived.

Maybe this is destiny.

Mrs. Sun sat in the lobby of the Sun Mansion prepared for them by the Cao family and thought so.

Among her children, the eldest son, Sun Ce, entered the military camp. He came back every day with bruises on his body, but with a smile on his face every day. The youngest son, Sun Quan, studied with the sons of the Cao family. He was a little older and soon arrived at school. He became the leader of the little gentlemen, and he was very proud when he came back every day.

Mrs. Cao has also visited several times, and every time she goes back, she will give some things that their family lacks. As a friend of the deceased husband, this kind of treatment is considered excellent.

After all, the Sun family's own family property is still there, and it is enough to help them in an emergency. It is not beautiful to be too courteous.

Mrs. Sun is satisfied with Dongjun, and so is Sun Ce. Sun Jian did not take his eldest son with him when he marched, and only occasionally gave pointers when he returned home. Sun Ce is very talented, and when he can only find guards to practice, his progress is naturally limited. , But these days, he often seeks out the soldiers of Cao Ying to compete with each other. Cao's army will not show mercy to a boy surnamed Sun. In fact, they will not show mercy to Cao.

It was also Sun Ce's bad luck. He challenged Dian Wei, a fierce general under Cao Cao's account.

Dian Wei has a lot of manpower, he was joined by Cao Cao when he was recruiting troops in Chenliu, he was originally under Zhang Miao's account, but because of Zhang Miao's serious rowing in the attack on Dong, he switched to Cao Cao.

This man has high military strength, although he is straightforward and not good at strategy, he was still elected as the leader of a team, so he quickly fell into Cao Cao's eyes and became Cao Cao's personal soldier.

Needless to say, the fledgling Lengtouqing was knocked down by Dian Wei, who had fought several times on the battlefield.

Sun Ce cultivated for a day, and continued to invite the next day to fight, but this time it was a young general named Zhao Yun who came to fight. Sun Ce was a little contemptuous, but he was knocked down to the ground in two or three strokes.

When he went to challenge on the third day, Cao Chun was waiting for him.

Cao Chun is skilled in soldiers and horses, and this time he is fighting on horseback.

This is Sun Ce's strength. He was full of confidence, but after dozens of moves, he returned angrily.

He felt that he was underestimated, the young general was just playing with him.

After returning home, Sun Ce ran to his younger brother's room with his mother on his back. Dama Jindao sat there with a deep expression on his face. Sun Quan, who was still Xiaodouding, glanced at him silently. After thinking for a long time, he struggled to put down the book in his hand. I still should appease my frustrated brother.

In this regard, he is already very experienced, and his brother has been like this every day when he comes back recently.

"Ah Quan." His brother's face was serious, his expression flickering under the firelight, "Brother told you, as a human being, you must not stay in one corner..."

Sun Quan sighed like a little adult, watching his brother chattering about the psychological process of the past few days, from the fact that his family let him say that he was almost not tall enough to embarrass his father, and when he met today. The younger brother Cao Cao who arrived is really good.

In the end, he looked at his younger brother with expectant eyes and expressed his desire to have a brother who fights.

Sun Quan was extremely helpless about this.

He is the second son of the family, although he has also learned martial arts, but his talent is not as good as his elder brother.

The older brother Sun Ce inherited his father's bravery and has always wanted to go to the battlefield, so Sun Quan has always positioned himself as an assistant to his elder brother. Compared with martial arts, he is more inclined to read books, learn knowledge from books, and follow him on weekdays. The mother watched her housekeeper, and learned the skills of imperial servants by seeing her in a small way.

He is young and has limited energy. It is obviously impossible to be proficient in both aspects at the same time, but the elder brother is envious of Cao Cao's younger brothers one after another.

Sun Ce envied others to have a younger brother who could fight and carry, and he also envied others to have an elder brother who was honest, stable, refined and kind.

Look at his classmate Cao Pi's elder brother Cao Anglai when he picks him up from school. The two share a ride and teach them how close they are, and his elder brother... well, his elder brother is also very hard at martial arts. He really shouldn't ask for it. More.

Thinking like this, Sun Quan stood up and took out medicinal wine to massage Sun Ce's blood, while continuing to listen to the grinning Sun Ce chatting about what he saw and heard today.

In fact, he knew that his elder brother had worked so hard. Their current situation can be said to be dependent on others, and there is still a hot jade seal stuck to their hands. Under the sudden change of circumstances, elder brother will inevitably worry about his overthinking.

Sun Quan can't say that he really didn't think too much, but he has realized something since his father came back this time and went out again.

The eldest brother may not have noticed that since his father left, his mother has not smiled again. Obviously, his father already knew the result, but despite this, his father still went.

From that day on, Sun Quan knew that he could no longer be a boy of the Sun family, but wanted to be the son of the Sun family, supporting the family together with his elder brother.

It may also be that his own transformation was too obvious, which made his brother even more worried.

Sun Quan stopped when his brother talked about his fierce battle with Cao Jiaerlang for the fourth time, and stuffed a booklet in time.

The packaging is exquisite, and the cover is exactly "Cao Mengde Biography ([-])"

After receiving the book, Sun Ce was stunned for a moment, looked at the cover, his head was full of question marks, "Brother, what is this?"

"I asked Pi Xiaolang to borrow it." Sun Quan omitted the drama in the middle that he could call "robbing and looting" and condensed the process into a borrowed word. He motioned his brother to look inside.

Sun Ce was taken aback when he saw the white paper inside, and frowned slightly when he saw the words written on it, but he continued to read slowly.

The first line is Cao Cao, named Mengde, from Qiao County, Peiguo.

The more he watched, the more fascinated he was, especially when he saw Cao Cao angrily abandon his post after he was demoted by Ming Sheng for impartial law enforcement. Totally addicted to it.

Xia Anran used vernacular Chinese, adding a lot of artistic processing and psychological and environmental descriptions.He wrote about the Battle of Xingyang and Chenggao in the way of writing martial arts novels, and also described the difficulties Cao Cao encountered along the way, but he was just a waste of pen and ink when he wrote about the people who helped him, especially Mou San in Chenggao and Xingyang. The county magistrate’s help to him, Zhang Miao’s help to him, even Yuan Shao’s was included.

It also spent a lot of pen and ink describing the heroic Sun Jian.

Sun Ce's eyes lit up when he read that his father and Cao Cao had unitedly repelled the enemy Dong Thief and they cherished each other and repaired the appearance of the imperial mausoleum of the Han Dynasty together. Xia Anran also added a section in this paragraph. When the war subsides, they form brothers with each other.

Xia Anran knew Yangou's preferences, and added a description of Sun Jian's appearance, which made Sun Ce's heart throbbing. Ahem, whoever saw someone bluntly praised his father for being handsome and Kung Fu Jun couldn't help but feel proud of affection.

It's a pity that the book ended when Cao Cao returned to Chenggao. Sun Ce closed the book and looked at his younger brother with sparkling eyes, "Brother, is there a follow-up?"

Seeing him like this, Sun Quan knew that his brother just read it as a storybook and didn't think deeply about its meaning.

And according to his observation, most people didn't think about it.

The style of novels can be described as a subversive existence in this era of lack of entertainment. Even Xun Yu followed along while reading and tasting the text, and then revised it for Xia Anran. He also wrote a review to analyze the situation here, and the rough edges of this book can prove it How popular it is.

Cao Pi relied on his younger brother's identity to get the book from his elder brother Cao Ang by begging for nothing. He didn't know how many times he had passed it on before. Xiaofu glued the note on top and wrote an additional page.

By the time it was in Sun Quan's hands, there were basically no gaps in the book.

And he was able to notice this book because his little friend Cao Pi suddenly praised his father as a great hero to him one day. Sun Quan couldn't help but wonder why he said that suddenly, and then Cao Pi secretly showed him this book The book describes where his father is.

Sun Quan was immediately fascinated by reading it. He spent a whole night turning the book over and over again to get the product. The more he read it, the more white hairs began to form behind his back, especially when he looked at the annotations.

Cao Pi Huiyin