Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

Advocacy is not the same as prostitution.

The so-called advocates refer to singing and dancing artists in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.To put it another way that is closer to later generations, it is people who travel all over the world to perform on the streets.Performing arts is a professional job, whether to sell or not depends on personal ethics.Not to mention good people, they live in no fixed place; not to mention slaves, they are free.

A very special group.

Bian is the eldest daughter of such a family.Wandering around delayed her marriage, Bian was 20 years old and still not married.This is what she planned in her heart. Waiting for her younger siblings to grow up and be able to succeed her and become the pillars of the Bian family, she will find an old bachelor with better conditions to marry, preferably a retired soldier. able to protect the home.

On the contrary, she was not very happy to go to a rich peasant family.A small farmer saves rice for one more year, but it will change from a skinny and lean sheep to a fat sheep with some meat.In such a chaotic world, nothing is as reliable as force.

Mrs. Bian had an idea, but no matter how much she had an idea, she never thought that a big pie would fall on her head.When she wandered to Qiao County, she was taken in by a third-generation official.

There is force.

There is also food.

If you can survive, your life will be complete, right?Miss Bian devoted herself to the cause of concubines with great enthusiasm.

According to Bian's own thinking, being a concubine in the Cao family is really not a bad thing.The family style is upright and the population is simple. At present, monogamous and concubines in the backyard can't fight as long as they have a normal mind.

From Bian's point of view, the mistress was born much higher than herself, and she was also the male master's cousin, so she was deeply ingrained in the Cao family and could not be shaken.Could she still squeeze out the mistress herself?Even if she was so lucky that she really squeezed out the mistress and was replaced by a stepmother who could give birth to a son, she would cry, okay?

From the point of view of the Ding family, whether it is for contraception or health preservation or for offspring, at least one concubine must be placed in the back house, not the Bian family, but also the Zhang family and Li family.As long as Bian doesn't commit suicide, she won't make things difficult for others.

In the end, there is the dispute over inheritance rights. This is too far away, and we will wait until she has a son.

After thinking about it, both the Bian family and the Bian family feel that this is really a good home.

As for the business of concubines, in the eyes of Bian, it is really nothing.She was originally a precarious family advocate. After the chaotic world, the life of literary and art workers became more and more difficult. It was only a matter of time before she became a slave.The only concubine in Mr. Cao's backyard is better than a slave.

The first three months in Cao's house fully confirmed Bian's guess.The mistress Ding is indeed a good boss. Apart from the fact that there is no shortage of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, she also sent an old slave who has been there for many years to explain to her the common sense of high-ranking families.Etiquette, rewards and punishments, relationships, accounting... Bian is like a cautious little animal, carefully adapting to the life of Gongqing's family.

In the blink of an eye, the Bian family has settled down in the Cao family, and troubles follow: the woman who despises her in the family is neither the mistress Ding, nor the eldest daughter Cao Zhen, but the old lady Wu and the Erlang Cao Sheng. .

It has been nearly 20 years since the Wu family lived in Meiyuan in seclusion, and the 80-year-old ancestor is still healthy.In these 20 years, she only saw Ding who was just getting started, and then crowned the twins.Cao Cao's concubine, whether it is the Liu family who gave birth to three children or the new favorite Bian family, are not in the eyes of her old man.

As for Cao Sheng, she didn't know what attitude to take towards the legitimate mistress, so she had no choice but to keep out of sight and out of mind.Father's concubine and brother's concubine are all servants who are not under her control.Whether they gain face or fall out of favor, it has nothing to do with her.

Mrs. Bian is a very thoughtful person, so she naturally sensed a sense of crisis.These two had too much influence on Cao Cao, and a single word could knock her into the dirt.Must please!

Ever since, one day, Ah Sheng received a pair of hand-stitched white socks from Cousin Ding.

"A-Bian has a brain and knows how to be a man, so he doesn't have any evil intentions at the moment." Mrs. Ding added a spoonful of powdered agarwood on the stove, "So what are you dissatisfied with her?"

Ah Sheng sniffled and asked Yan Wen to put away his socks: "She, she can be a door-to-door household in a poor family."

"Oh?"

"But we are the family of officials."

Ding sighed: "Who is born to be greeted and sent off like this? Erlang grew up in a family of officials, isn't he also a person who hates mundane affairs?"

"I'm talking about her vision!" Ah Sheng frowned, "She looks pretty, but if she wants to be right in the general direction, how can she not offend anyone? Master said: All villagers love her, no. All villagers hate her." , nor (Note 1). Mrs. Bian, isn’t he the kind of person who says ‘everyone from the village’?”

"This is due to her family background." Ding adjusted the incense and wiped her hands under the service of the maid. "She suddenly entered the high gate, and she was naturally flattering everywhere under the anxiety. The more people who say good things about her, the more at ease she will be. Even the word-of-mouth among servants and maidservants wants to win. But she is a concubine, she doesn't need a housekeeper, so it's not a big problem to have a little low self-esteem."

"Sister, let's pray that Mrs. Bian will live on for a long time. People who think in a house fight cannot fall out of favor, and once they fall out of favor, they will cause trouble."

Ding glanced at A Sheng, held the linen towel and muttered, "Erlang accepted his socks, but he still didn't pretend to be serious."

Ah Sheng closed his eyes, smelled the fragrance, and did not speak.

"Teach slowly." Ding muttered to herself, leaning on her pillow, "Who is born with it? Except Erlang, who is born with it?"

On the second day after the socks were sent out, an old woman from the main courtyard came to invite Mrs. Bian, and the person who came was Mrs. Li, Cao Cao's nurse. "Mrs. Bian." This one spoke quite politely, "Your Majesty is going to drink tea in the Orchid Court, and the mistress invites his wife to accompany you."

Lanyuan is the courtyard where Ah Sheng lives.Without her permission, Cao Cao's concubine could not enter.In the past, Mrs. Liu had never seen what the gate of Lan Yuan looked like until she died.

When Bian heard the words, she stood up, with joy and surprise changing back and forth on her face. "Slave servant is going!" she said.

Mrs. Li also saw too many turbulent waves. Seeing Mrs. Bian's apprehensive and attentive appearance at this time, she couldn't help feeling sorry for her, and said: "Erlang likes people with true temperament, and so does Mr. Lang."

Mrs. Bian froze for a moment, and gave up the idea of ​​changing clothes. "Thank you, Miss Li."

Stepping on the new grass buds in early spring and the new moss on the bluestone, passing through the scattered yellow soil blocks under the high wall of Wubao, you can see the road to Orchid Garden.Mrs. Ding was already waiting on the road, and when she saw Mrs. Bian coming out, she graciously let her support her and walked forward together.

"Our family has a simple population," Ding said, "The current world is precarious, and if it is not serious, it will be a disaster for a small family like the Cao family."

Bian's heart trembled. In her eyes, the Cao family was already a well-established aristocrat, but she didn't want Ding to say such things in person.

"Don't you understand?" Mrs. Ding laughed lightly, "Duan Jionggui is a Sangong and has countless military honors. Last year, he didn't mean to die. The whole family was exiled to the north; Yang Qiu and Liu Jaw who brought down Duan Jiong, A few months later, the body was also decapitated. Liu Zhe is not only the Sangong, but also the clan of the Han family. The highest level of the Cao family is Jiuqing, isn't it a small family that is precarious?"

Bian was even more panicked, and the hand holding Ding was shaking, but fortunately, she was able to walk forward steadily.

"Let me remind you one more thing. The reason why Yang Qiu and Liu Jai failed was because one of their wives and concubines had Zhongchang's adopted daughter, and they disclosed the news in advance..."

"Your servant must never dare to do such a thing of eating inside and out!" Bian's voice raised a little bit, "The father and brother of this servant are not allowed to be on the stage, and they only have enough food and clothing, and dare not ask for more. The servant himself was born into the Cao family. Those who die are the ghosts of the Cao family!"

Ding patted the woman's hand.Mrs. Bian was eight years younger than her, and in her eyes she had just left the category of a child. "I came here today for nothing else. Just one thing, to secure your own fence. In the future, people may enter this family again, but in my opinion, jealousy is a trivial matter, and the survival of the whole family is the most important thing." For a big event, if someone loses a big deal because of a small one..."

"The servant understands."

"Understanding is not enough, you have to be able to do it. Who can you trust in the clan? Who needs to beware? Above the court, who is our enemy? Who is our ally? If danger comes, among the servants Who can you rely on? Who needs to be restrained? Where can you give up on the family business? become a catastrophe."

Knowing about major events is already a complete flattery.

"Mistress..."

"When Mrs. Liu was here, I never taught her these things, because she was still relatively stable at that time. But now...forget it, Lan Yuan is here too, go in, listen more and you'll know."

Although the orchid garden is named after "lan", it does not have bluegrass.

There are bamboo branches and pine seedlings in the room, as well as some green plants that Bian cannot name.It was said to be a tea party, but there was no tea. The twins of Cao Cao and Cao Sheng leaned on a huge table to eat pastries and barbecue, with a jug of wine beside them.The sitting posture of the two is not too standardized.

It also happened to be lunch time.

"Sister is here, sit down." Cao Sheng said.

Mrs. Ding sat down, cleaned her hands familiarly, took food from the plate, and gave Mrs. Bian some pastries.

The meal sharing system was popular in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was illegal for a family to eat from the same table, not to mention that the Bian family was only a concubine, so how could they have the right to eat from the same plate as the master.Besides, the table is too big right now, in addition to eating, there is also a map in the center.The food table is not like a food table, and the book table is not like a book table, which surprised Bian even more.

Both twins have their eyes on the map.Cao Cao barbecued meat with one hand, and wrote and drew with the other: "Today's first issue is whether to go north to Youzhou. If we go, we must hurry up."

Mrs. Bian was at a loss when she heard this, and Mrs. Ding explained to her: "Mr. Zhang Ran's one-year filial piety period is over, and Mr. Lang is about to consider becoming an official. Should he become an official immediately, or live in seclusion for a few more years? If he becomes an official, should he go to seclusion? Go to the state? Or go to Youzhou without official duties? Or stay in Qiao County and wait and see what happens?"

Mrs. Bian nodded, but she couldn't get in the conversation, so she could only sit quietly.

Cao Cao glanced at the interaction between his wives and concubines, but did not interfere.It was only after Mrs. Ding had finished speaking that she asked Mrs. Bian, "Have you ever heard of a great virtuous teacher?"

The topic suddenly jumped from Youzhou to the great virtuous teacher.Mrs. Bian was even more confused, but still answered honestly: "My father and mother drank their talisman water. Uncle San believed in the way of peace, but unfortunately passed away three years ago, leaving no son and a half."

"Oh?" Cao Cao became interested, "Where did this happen?"

"It's in Yuzhou."

"I still think it's better for the whole family to move away from Qiao County." Cao Sheng said at this time, "Yingchuan is the hardest hit area on Taiping Road. Qiao County is next to Yingchuan, so it's not much better. Even if I don't go to Youzhou, I'm in Weihai tightly controlled..."

"Youzhou and Qingzhou also have Taiping Dao."

"If something goes wrong, we will go south by boat. After all, Jiaozhou has not found the Taiping Road, and they can't go through the [-] smoky mountains in the south."

Mrs. Bian listened and was terrified: the meaning behind the words is that Taiping Dao is about to rebel!But the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible. Taipingdao's new slogan "Heaven is dead, Huangtian should stand" really meant rebellion.They have many believers, and there are countless people in the periphery who cannot survive due to natural disasters and man-made disasters.If the Bian family hadn't climbed onto the big ship of the Cao family, they would have nowhere to go in two years, and they would probably follow the Taipingdao.

Bian's back was covered in cold sweat, and his fingers tightened one by one.At this time, she still has the intention of flattering, and it's all about whether to move or not.Fortunately, the hostess, hostess, and sister-in-law are all reliable, and they can infer the time, place, and characters of the Taipingdao incident in a few words.

"The year of Jiazi is four years later. They shouted the slogan so early, aren't they afraid of leaking the secret?" Cao Cao rubbed his chin, even throwing the half-eaten meat buns to the side.

Ah Sheng was gnawing on a piece of glutinous rice cake and swallowing what was in his mouth: "Slogans are meant to unite people's hearts. If they are not spread widely, they will not be able to mobilize people. At the beginning, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were imitating fox calls, and then It's the note hidden in the belly of the fish. Didn't everyone know about it after a long time in advance? It's just the subordinates who got together, and they had to mobilize several months in advance. Several years. Naturally, there is a risk of leaking secrets, but the two evils are the lesser, and in order to maintain the population advantage, there is no other way.”

Compared with the unruly twins, Cousin Ding had better manners. She rinsed her mouth after eating the meat soup, and then said: "'Heaven is dead, Huang Tian should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world will be happy.' This sentence has no meaning. The tail is crazy, at first glance it seems to be talking about ghosts and gods, and it is not easy to think of it as a rebellion."

Just like the rumors about the end of the world in 2012, if you hadn't opened your eyes, you wouldn't have known that the Yellow Turbans were preparing to rebel in the year of Jiazi.

"It's unusual." Cao Cao frowned, "It's different from the small fights in one county and one county. They really decided to do this. Eight prefectures merged, and the land would be deserted and the population would drop sharply. And once you are secluded, you can't take care of yourself." , the barbarian invasion made things worse. Ah Sheng, according to your information, how many people are there in Taipingdao?"

Cao Sheng took out an oversized white paper from under the desk case, and copied the numbers on the map: "Although Emperor Huan has never done a census, his father is a big farmer and has the right to check the censuses of various places. Taxation. If the population is calculated from the poll tax, Yanzhou has lost about 6 people in the past ten years, Yuzhou is..., Youzhou...the most is Jizhou, and the population has decreased by more than 12. It is the base camp of Taiping Road."

Cao Cao was stunned: "There are more than 50 people in total."

"Not all of them joined the Taiping Dao. Those who died in natural disasters and man-made disasters, and those who fled famine and were recruited by aristocratic families are the population of the Taiping Dao." A Sheng calculated the number, "The outside believers are still the same. Those who pay taxes and those who don’t pay taxes are basically desperate and want to follow the rebellion. At least 20.”

"At most?" Cao Cao asked.

A Sheng held his chin: "40. Considering that some of the poor families are in the same boat."

"We still have to move!" Cao Cao made the decision, "Move part by part, and the move will be completed within a year. A-Ding and the children will all go north to Youzhou. The Dashi County you picked will be there. Lu Bu will also go, and Duan Lao will also go. , as well as your twenty-seven and my young cavalry, you can transfer them if you can. Although the land bordered by the sea on three sides is difficult, it is better than safety, just guard the entrance on one side."

"Send your family to run the business for the time being." A Sheng said, "Women and children can live in Weihai temporarily. How about brother himself?"

Cao Cao hesitated uncommonly: "I will stay in Youzhou for two years at most, and I will make a name for myself before returning to the Central Plains."

He wanted to get a share of the action when the Yellow Turban was put down.

"If that's the case, brother has to go through the road of He Jin." Cao Sheng commented.

"You're right. Most of the scholars are imprisoned nowadays. If there is chaos in several states, your Majesty can only rely on his relatives instead of eunuchs. Empress Dowager Dong's family members are all idiots, and Dong Zhuo may not be obedient. Then only Empress He's elder brother is the most There is a possibility of becoming a general."

Four years is enough time for Cao Cao and He Jin to get online.If Cao Cao has made achievements in protecting the border as a county magistrate in Youzhou in the past few years, it would be logical for Cao Cao to be a miscellaneous general during the Yellow Turban chaos.More, it depends on the performance of Cao Jiajun on the battlefield.

As a result, Cao Cao practiced martial arts and watched the art of war even harder. When he was not practicing martial arts, he had to walk with the relatives of the He family's family members, or show his presence in front of Yuan Shao's group.When Cao Song moved him to the post of magistrate of Wen County in Liaodong County, he couldn't wait to go north to Liaodong.

This also means that the Bian family has entered the days of separation between the two places after being newly married for less than half a year.It's not that she is distressed, but she also gradually understands that in the face of Cao Cao's negative ambitions, trying not to hold back is the best thing she can do.