Chapter 302 The King's Southern Tour, Everything is Available [Subscription Request]

The woman walked into the study, it was Zhen Yan.

Before this, Cao Cao asked her and Zhen Mi to stay in his mansion for a while.

Zhen Mi stayed in Cao's mansion for a few days and became quite good friends with Wen Ji and Diao Chan.

Wen Ji was a woman of great talent. After Zhen Mi came into contact with her, she would often go to her for advice.

Zhen Yan and Zhen Mi came to Cao's mansion more and more frequently.

Cao Cao had been busy establishing his country some time ago. Now that he had finished his important work, he asked someone to bring Zhen Yan to see him.

"The King of Wei is looking for me?"

Zhen Yan was wearing a moon-white cross-collared Han skirt that tightened her slender waist.

The beautiful face, delicate skin and the voluptuousness of the long legs under the skirt are the most eye-catching.

Cao Cao: "In a few days, I will go to Daye Lake to inspect the navy. My family and women will all go there to spend the winter. You can come with me."

"it is good."

The meaning of this sentence, "All the women in the family will go," made Zhen Yan extremely happy.

The two talked for a few more words. Cao Cao's attitude was friendly. Zhen Yan became more and more certain of what she was thinking. The joy in her heart almost overflowed, and her steps became particularly brisk when she left.

Not long after she left, Yin came in from outside. He had eaten somewhere and came to Cao Cao's place to take a nap.

It lay down on the ground, and with its big, strong body, it moved stealthily towards Cao Cao.

Seeing that he was not scolded, he moved closer after a while, and only felt satisfied when he was right next to Cao Cao.

The tiger closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep in a moment, his snoring loudly shaking the sky.

Cao Cao continued to handle affairs. At noon, Cao Ang came in from outside with his head held high.

"Father."

During this time, Cao Ang stayed in Xun Yu's room, moved a small table, and learned how to manage affairs from him.

Cao Cao had plans for his eldest son.

He is not young anymore.

"Zi Xiu, since your father has become king, you are the crown prince and you will also be king in the future," said Cao Cao.

Cao Ang bowed and said, "I am willing to listen to your arrangements, father."

“Your father has high expectations for you and wants you to rotate every six months.

You spend half of the year with your father, learning about domestic affairs with me and Wenruo.

In the other half year, you decide what to study. Do you want to learn military affairs, or go to a local area to understand the grassroots operation system?"

"But no matter where you go, you must hide your identity, and your father will make some arrangements."

Cao Cao was relatively open-minded when it came to educating his children.

Most of the children from powerful and wealthy families are spoiled.

The reason was that his father was too busy and his mother spoiled him at home, and the affluent life made him have no ambition and lack the motivation to make progress.

Even if the famous teachers we invited to teach were very serious, they still had to take the power of the child's father into consideration and gave lenient punishments and heavy rewards, which led to the children of the powerful and wealthy developing an arrogant and self-righteous character.

Cao Cao planned to train his son through practice, so he asked him to hide his identity, send him to a local place, and let him experience some things personally.

"Father, I like military affairs. If I were allowed to choose where to go, I would like to focus on military affairs."

Cao Cao pondered for a while and wanted to get close to military affairs. The best training would be to be sent to the border to fight with foreign tribes.

But it's too dangerous.

Cao Cao couldn't help but worry.

Beiguan just defeated the Eastern Xianbei.

The roof of the Xianbei king's tent is still hanging on the top of the North Gate city wall. There is no war in this cold winter, so there is no need to go there.

The south is not suitable either.

On the west side, however, the trade routes were being reopened, and there were frequent frictions with small countries in the Western Regions and other ethnic groups such as the Qiang and Di.

However, the scale is small and the intensity is not high.

For Cao Ang, it can not only serve as an exercise but is also relatively safe.

Cao Cao made a decision and wrote a written order to send Cao Ang out for training and allow him to go west.

Cao Ang was not afraid at all about going out to explore the world. He was very excited.

Cao Cao allowed him to serve as a lieutenant colonel, commanding a team of thirty to eighty people and accompanying the army in battles.

In his early years, Cao Cao's own wish was to become the General of the Western Expedition.

He wanted to lead his troops on the Western Expedition because of his desire for military merit, national stability, and the expansion of territory.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the invasions by ethnic minorities in the west were very serious.

During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Wen, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi and others served as generals many times and led troops to launch wars against foreign tribes such as the Qiang and Di in the west.

At that time, the root causes of national unrest mostly came from the west.

The important task of defending the country's western border became Cao Cao's ideal.

In his "Order of Relinquishing the County and Clarifying My Aspirations", he clearly expressed his ideal of fighting against enemies for the country and making great achievements. The next day he was awarded the title of General of the Western Expedition.

He wanted to leave the words "Tomb of Cao Hou, the Former General of the Western Expedition of the Han Dynasty" on his tombstone after his death to honor his achievements.

Cao Cao regarded the Western Expedition as the highest honor.

At this time, he told Cao Ang about his ambitions when he was young:

"Zi Xiu, please fulfill my father's long-cherished wish. I hope you can achieve something.

But remember, fighting requires brains, not just bravery."

Cao Ang's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously.

After his son left, Cao Cao instructed Wang Yue to let his disciple Shi A secretly accompany him and protect Cao Ang.

But unless there is a life-threatening situation, there is no need to show up and take action.

The rest is up to Cao Ang to decide.

At this time, Dong Zhao came in from outside.

"King Wei! This is the list of gifts sent by various parties to congratulate our great Wei on its founding. Please take a look."

When Cao Cao established the Wei Dynasty, many gifts of congratulations were sent from all sides.

Including inside Cao's camp, there were officials who collected things from all over and sent them over.

The gift list Cao Cao looked at included those sent by Yan Rou and Xianyu Fu from Youzhou, two blind bears caught in the deep mountains and forests of the northeast, as well as wolves, deer and other animals.

Today's powerful and wealthy people like to tame wild beasts, which is a custom passed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Blind bears are rare creatures.

Also delivered along with the vehicle were two pairs of bear paws.

The cook was preparing bear paws in the backyard, and the whole house was filled with the aroma.

Dian Wei's nose twitched as he smelled something, his mind already drifting to the backyard: "What smells so good?"

Yin's nose twitched in his sleep. He suddenly turned over and sat up, then nimbly jumped out of the window and went to the backyard following the smell.

On the side of the inner house, there is a courtyard, which is the kitchen of Cao’s mansion.

The cooks were busy running around. Cao Cao in history advocated frugality and required officials at all levels to strictly prohibit extravagance.

Some officials even wore patched clothes in order to please him.

In this world, Cao Cao was still quite frugal.

But he felt there was no need for formalism and did not force it.

In the past few days, many delicacies have been sent to the country from all sides, so the food in the kitchen has become a bit luxurious, with many things that are not usually seen.

Steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roast duck, roast chicken, steamed pork belly, wow, there is everything, a dazzling array.

There is a large steamer near the window in the back kitchen, which contains meat that was steamed earlier and is waiting to be processed later.

Yin came to the backyard and his drool was all over the floor.

It waved its tiger claws, and a nimble figure jumped out from behind the wall. It was Rui, who pounced on the roof of the kitchen, ready to fight.

Yin walked into the kitchen from the front door with broadmindedness.

The cooks all knew that it was a tiger raised by Cao Cao. They often saw it walking around the house and it never attacked anyone, but they were not afraid of it.

But when Yin came in, the chefs were inevitably surprised and looked at him together.

Rui started committing the crime at the back seat by the window.

It came down quickly, pried open the steamer with its claws, reached in with its claws, and pulled out a large, warm pork elbow.

Yin cooperated by roaring like a tiger, which concealed the noise of Rui committing the crime and further attracted everyone's attention.

After Rui succeeded, he turned around and jumped onto the roof, completing the crime.

Yin left leisurely to divide the spoils.

After a while, a cook opened the steamer and was stunned to find it empty.

Yin trotted to the backyard, where Rui was waiting for the leader to come and enjoy the meal.

Yin ate with relish while Rui watched from the side.

The Cao family lived in peace and contentment, but there were also many interesting things.

In the evening, the food served in the mansion was steamed bear paws.

The bear's front paws are thick and full of fatty aroma. The taste is slightly similar to abalone, and it tastes fresh, fragrant and juicy.

After finishing his meal, Dian Wei looked up and asked, "King Wei, what is this? It tastes delicious."

The bear paw he ate was cut into pieces, steamed, and then braised, with the claws and other parts removed, so it could not be recognized as a bear paw at a glance.

Cao Cao asked, "What do you think is not tasty? Are you tired of donkey meat?"

"No, I won't get tired of eating donkey meat. But after eating it for a few years, it's nice to change the taste," said Dian Wei.

"Let's go inspect the navy in a few days and eat lake seafood instead."

In late October, the weather is getting colder.

Cao Cao gave some instructions to Xun Yu, then set out with his family to inspect the navy.

For naval training, the vast Daye Lake is the best training ground.

It's a good opportunity for relatives and family members to spend the cold winter.

According to traditional history, in preparation for the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao dug a huge artificial lake near Yecheng and personally supervised the military training every day.

At the moment, he felt that there was no need to consume so much manpower, so he chose Daye Lake on the south bank of the Yellow River.

In early November, Cao Cao first went to the shipyard to see the progress of shipbuilding, and then went to Onoze.

When passing by the Yellow River, he asked Ling Jin and Li Wufang, who had fully recovered, to start looking for the location of the Yellow River Tomb.

At this time in the north, the temperature dropped sharply and it became increasingly cold.

The south is still warm and pleasant.

Cao Cao received the news while on the road.

Jiangdong mobilized its elite troops and launched an offensive against Jiangxia County in Jingzhou.

Under the leadership of Sun Ce, his troops advanced rapidly and defeated the troops under the command of Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia.

After Cao Cao arrived at Daye Lake, the latest news was that Sun Ce was personally chasing Huang Zu on the battlefield, wanting to avenge his father.

What he didn't expect was that someone suddenly shot an arrow from behind.

The ones who wanted to kill him were people in the Jiangdong army.

At that time, Sun Ce led his troops to fight outside and killed Xu Gong, the prefect of Wujun.

In history, three retainers who had received great kindness from Xu Gong, in order to seek revenge, disguised themselves as hunters and approached Sun Ce when he was hunting, and severely injured him with their arrows.

When I arrived in this world, the situation changed.

Several of Xu Gong's followers joined the Jiangdong Army under different names.

When the fighting broke out on the battlefield, three of Xu Gong's retainers followed the Jiangdong army to join the battle. However, in the chaos of the battlefield, they suddenly rushed out and fired a volley of crossbow arrows.

Sun Ce was chasing Huang Zu and was not on guard against his own troops, who came up from behind and caught him off guard and shot him.

Later, Jiangdong's personal troops came up and killed all the assassins.

But the arrow was poisoned, and Sun Ce was seriously injured.

"We don't know whether Sun Ce is alive or dead at the moment."

Cao Cao was in Daye Lake. When he received the news reported by Jia Xu, he thought that history always repeats itself in a surprisingly similar way.

There is a saying in history that Xu Gong's followers were the ones who planned and instructed Cao Ying behind the scenes to find an opportunity to kill Sun Ce.

But at this moment, it’s not the case.

Jiangdong's attack on Jingzhou would only be more beneficial to Cao's camp, and there is no need to assassinate Sun Ce.

In December in Jiangxia, after Sun Ce was injured, Jiangdong did not withdraw its troops, but continued to attack fiercely under the command of Zhou Yu.

By late December, the entire Jiangxia region had fallen.

Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia and Liu Biao's general who had killed Sun Jian, was defeated and killed.

The series of changes in Jingzhou were consistent with the pre-war predictions of Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others.

Cao Cao ordered his troops to remain in place.

Dusk.

Cao Cao sat by the window, gazing out at the large wild lake.

On the river in the distance, the sound of the navy shouting could be heard from miles away.

Gan Ning had a colorful bird feather crown on his head, and his figure leaping on the warship was particularly eye-catching.

Cao Cao was about to ask if there had been any new progress in poaching and recruiting talents when Jia Xu handed him a brief scroll.

"King Wei, please read this message."

Jia Xu presented the newly acquired intelligence to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao glanced at the content and was stunned.

Who the hell is talking nonsense?

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