Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 183 Zhao Ji: Sister, I am so happy today! 【Please subscribe and ask for a monthly ticket】

The fact is exactly as Cao Ang expected.

Before the army arrived in Chengyang County, they ran into Xiahou Dun who was leading two thousand soldiers and horses and escorting an unknown number of carts of grain.

The two sides meet.

The crisis was lifted immediately.

Not only the number of regular troops of the Cao family has increased, but also the captives can be controlled more effectively.

At the same time the arrival of these grains.

It also ensures that no one will starve to death along the way.

The tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers who followed the army, after seeing the truckloads of food, all of them had bright eyes, became more honest, and strengthened their belief in following General Cao.

After all, after the surrender.

For so many days in a row, they could eat delicious hot food every day, even if they were not full, it was much better than the hard life of running around with the Yellow Turban Army and eating the last meal without the next meal.

Of course, this is not without thorns.

The thugs and murderers who just wanted to gather a group of people to rob food by force, and then escaped, became the fertilizer for the flowers, plants and trees along the way.

It has made great contributions to the cause of green plants in Yanzhou.

And after the vast majority of people have firmed up their beliefs and want to continue to hang out with the Cao family, and after seeing the grain trucks, they have motivation in their hearts.

Mental numbness is relieved.

The marching speed of the army finally increased, and the refugees no longer moved away bit by bit.

Plus Cao Ang these days.

Every day when he has nothing to do, he will bring a group of people and wander around in the team.

Pointing to the grain carts full of grain.

All kinds of painted cakes.

"After arriving at the destination, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking."

"Follow me, get married and have children in one year, buy land in three years, and prosper in ten years!"

"Yanzhou has a lot of fields, so many that no one can plant them. This general plans to distribute the fields to those who perform well."

words like that.

Cao Ang can completely change his pattern every day, and he can say ten sentences without repeating the same pattern.

Under such spiritual encouragement.

Can the army still walk like flying?
The second half of the journey, which originally took more than ten days, was directly reduced by more than half.

On the sixth day, they arrived in Dingtao County.

…………

The prefect's mansion of Jiyin County.

Cao Ang let go and leaned on the cushion, his whole body collapsed there with no image at all, not at all like the dusty temperament he showed when he entered the city before.

"Squeak~"

With the sound of the door being pushed open.

Cao Cao stepped in.

Seeing his son like this, he hurriedly closed the door, and then laughed outright.

He is used to Cao Ang's maturity far beyond ordinary people, always in his grasp, and everything is in his chest, as if everything can't be lingered in his bosom.

Hence the present scene.

It really made him laugh a little bit.

"My son, could it be that going to the city for the rites and music that your father arranged for you earlier made you a little tired?"

When Cao Ang led his army to Dingtao County.

Cao Cao directly led the crowd to greet him outside the city, and arranged many sounds of ritual and music along the way, and even the people lined the road to greet him.

It's just that these people, whether they spontaneously ate pots of milk to meet the king's teacher, or were ordered by the government to forcefully ask to come, it is not known.

In short, Cao Ang received a warm welcome.

Lao Cao gave him a very high pomp.

……

And after hearing what his father said.

Cao Ang turned over on the spot, still collapsed on the ground, but turned to face Cao Cao.

The whole person said lazily.

"Father, the boy led thousands of people and fought fiercely against tens of thousands of enemy troops for many days. The string in his mind was always tense, and he was so nervous that he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, not to mention how uncomfortable it was. .”

"It's just that in front of the generals of the three armies, as the commander of the army, I must maintain my majesty, so I dare not show the slightest clue."

"Only in your little hut, when our father and son are around, can I relax a little and lie down comfortably here."

The voice just fell.

The smile on Cao Cao's face faded instantly.

In turn it gets a little more complicated.

The uncontrollable eyes showed his distress for Cao Ang and his concern for his son as a father.

Yes!

No matter how mature and calm Guan Zixiu is on weekdays, he is still a young man.

Leading the army to the front this time, facing an enemy more than ten times stronger than our own, we kept thinking about strategies day and night, and we were under tremendous pressure all the time.

Carrying the important task of growing the Cao family's foundation on his shoulders, he gritted his teeth, not daring to show any flaws.

This burden is too much!

Cao Cao felt a lot of emotion for a while.

He couldn't help but stepped forward a few steps, sat down beside Cao Ang, and then patted Cao Ang's shoulder with his hand.

"Ang'er, thank you for your hard work!"

……

After a moment of silence in the house.

After all, Cao Ang recovered from his slack posture, turned over, and sat cross-legged beside Cao Cao.

Then he pointed out with his finger.

"Father, those Yellow Turban soldiers who surrendered to our army, can you arrange them properly?"

Heard talking about business.

Cao Cao's expression was immediately solemn, and he nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, my son. This matter happens to be what my father is good at. Tens of thousands of people have been placed in multiple places. We only need to deal with them one by one in the next few days."

Speaking of it.

Cao Cao asked instead.

"Ang'er, have you made any arrangements for these young men who have been escorted back?"

Such a large team is involved.

How to arrange it must be discussed with several counselors, but Cao Cao still wants to hear Cao Ang's opinion as a reference.

And Cao Ang heard the words.

He casually took a pair of blank bamboo slips from the table beside him and spread them out in front of him.

While writing on it with a brush.

While talking to Cao Cao.

……

"Father, according to the child's idea, this group of people should be divided into three parts."

"The group of people who are the strongest, the strongest, and have stayed in the army for the longest time, we will directly incorporate them into our own army."

"This group of people should not be too many. The number of people should be controlled within [-]. After all, there are only about this number of qualified people. If there are too many, we can't afford it."

Cao Cao nodded slightly.

This is beyond doubt.

In troubled times, the army is the priority.

If you have obtained a viable force, you must be the first to select the best part of it to supplement your troops and expand the Cao family's combat power.

I just heard Cao Ang say that the control is within ten thousand.

Cao Cao still couldn't help sighing.

The Cao family is still too poor!
They didn't even dare to expand the army, for fear of causing logistical and financial collapse. After all, when the drums of war sounded, ten thousand taels of gold, feeding ten thousand troops and ten thousand refugees, were completely different concepts.

If only they were as rich as the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they would be able to recruit [-] to [-] soldiers, and that would be no problem.

And after writing down this one.

Cao Ang set up another column.

Keep writing.

"The second is to pick out those who are slightly weaker than those who joined the army, and at the same time have a more docile and obedient temperament, and arrange them to work in several mines."

"Haier discovered several mines in Shanfu County and other places, including iron ore and charcoal. Now is the time when manpower is needed, but there is not a large number of troops there, so we must choose honest and obedient people to go there."

Mines are important.

Especially iron ore, its effect is great, Cao Cao is also aware of it.

So this arrangement is essential.

……

"After picking out these two groups of people, how do you plan to arrange the remaining people? Do you want to break them up and distribute them to various counties, let them serve as the population of Yanzhou, or do you have other plans?"

Picked out the elite.

The rest are ordinary young adults.

In the past history, many faction leaders chose to let go of captives of this kind. As long as you don’t make trouble and don’t run out of my territory, it’s up to you to do whatever you want, anyway, it’s my ruled territory. s population.

It's just that Cao Ang didn't intend to do this.

He put down the brush.

Then he turned his head and said to Cao Cao with a smile on his face: "It would be a pity to let them go like this. No matter what, we have to let them work for us for a few years."

"Besides, they are just a group of refugees right now, and they have no surplus food. Even if they are released to various counties, I am afraid they will not be able to support themselves. In the end, they will cause a lot of trouble for us to rule the counties."

"So in my child's opinion, instead of letting things go, it's better to work for relief."

"What is work-for-relief?"

Cao Cao was slightly at a loss.

He doesn't quite understand this slightly professional vocabulary, although he understands what disaster relief means.

In the face of his father's doubts.

Cao Ang found another map from the table.

Dingtao County map.

Then draw a circle on the place where the farmland is marked, and said with a smile.

"The so-called work-for-relief is to let the refugees work for us, and we will provide some food to support them temporarily. When the situation in Yanzhou improves, we will release them as ordinary people."

"And this work can be building walls, laying roads, or even raising horses for us."

"However, what our Cao family needs most right now is food, so you can plan a large piece of land and use it as a military field for the army."

"Then recruit these people into the army in the name of the army. They don't need to go to the battlefield, just reclaim the fields for the army and cultivate them."

"In this way, we can not only increase our food reserves, but also properly accommodate these people, without wasting these precious young adults."

……

Cao Cao blinked.

First looked at the map.

Then he raised his head to look at Cao Ang.

Then he couldn't help making a gesture of praise, sincerely admiring him.

"high!"

"My son is really tall!"

Cao Cao was completely convinced now.

He understands the military system.

It means that the army goes to the battlefield in wartime, but when there is no war, it acts as a farmer, working and farming, so as to obtain a large amount of food reserves.

And Cao Ang's current method.

It is to replace the army with refugees.

The latter is a relatively small price to pay.

Just ensure their rations, draw some cakes for them, and promise to give them a piece of their own field after working for the army for a few years.

Presumably these refugees who have been displaced and used to living a precarious life will be very happy to become a member of the army.

of course.

Before the first wave of food was produced, the rations of these refugees in the early stage needed to be allocated by the government.

This is also a very large expense.

The Cao family can't bear it yet.

But Cao Cao was not worried.

After the big chaos in Yanzhou was resolved, he squeezed out Liu Dai and became the shepherd of Yanzhou.

It is completely possible to mobilize the power of a state, and it will not be a problem to feed these tens of thousands of people.

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible.

He even stood up and paced around.

While clapping his hands, he murmured, "Not only that, if we need to expand our army in the future, we can even choose from these people nearby, so we don't need to waste time and effort in recruiting."

"This plan is great!"

Cao Cao draws inferences from one instance.

Came up with another usage of this group of people.

That is to be a reserve soldier.

Think about it here.

Cao Cao hurriedly took the previous bamboo slip from the table, then brushed and wrote down the third item on the side.

After that.

He just felt safe.

……

The next half an hour.

The father and son discussed several things in secret.

Including Cao Cao, after realizing the great role of the cavalry, he decided to continue to expand the size of the cavalry.

It is planned to let Cao Chun go all out, continue to buy war horses, train cavalry, and strive to make the cavalry a trump card in the hands of the Cao family.

For this reason, Cao Cao even decided to tilt military expenditures to the cavalry battalion to express his importance.

In addition, it is to pay close attention to the battlefield in Shouzhang County and always pay attention to Liu Dai's movements.

The whole army prepares for war.

Let the troops under his command continue to maintain a semi-combat state.

Once the news of Liu Dai's defeat to the Yellow Turban Army was received, the Cao family father and son had to prepare to mobilize troops and go straight to Changyi County to clean up the mess.

These things are almost discussed.

Cao Ang bid farewell to his father and left.

……

It's just that after he left the prefect's mansion.

Did not go home immediately.

Instead, the police brought Xu Jing over.

Since Yanzhou is still undecided right now, it is not suitable to do something famous like Yuedan Review.

Therefore, Cao Ang's plan of "evaluating oneself by oneself" has not yet begun.

As the core figure of this plan, Xu Jing is naturally in a semi-employed state.

On weekdays, I just help out, handle some official affairs in the county and county, and stay at home when I have nothing to do, and my life is quite comfortable.

About a quarter of an hour later.

There was a sound of footsteps.

Xu Jing appeared in front of Cao Ang.

"General, please come here, but what is your order?"

Cao Ang smiled at Xu Jing.

Then he took out a piece of cloth from his bosom, and solemnly handed it to Xu Jing.

"Wenxiu, I need you to find someone for me. He should be in Pingyuan County right now. Here are all kinds of information about him."

"You look for it according to the characteristics I wrote to you. When you get to the place, ask around. It shouldn't be difficult to find this person."

……

Xu Jing was taken aback for a moment.

But quickly reacted.

Didn't ask any nonsense.

He just unfolded the cloth and read through the text on it with his eyes flickering.

Then he smiled a little.

"General, the characteristics you wrote on it are too obvious. As long as there is such a person there, I will definitely find him for you!"

Cao Ang nodded.

Another warrant was handed over to Xu Jing.

"It's not safe to go to Pingyuan County. You take this token and go to Huben Camp to send 200 people to go with you."

"Firstly, to protect your safety, and secondly, if this person refuses to come here with you, you will forcibly tie him up!"

This guy is related to Cao Ang's next plan, so he must get it done no matter what.

Even if it's a big tie, you must see this person appear in front of you.

After Xu Jing received the order talisman.

I also felt that Cao Ang attached great importance to this matter.

Immediately clasped hands together.

Shen Sheng replied: "Don't worry, general, your subordinates will live up to your trust!"

……

One last thing arranged.

Cao Ang finally had nothing to do.

After returning to his mansion.

He planned to have a good night's sleep.

It was just that he walked around the front yard and pushed open the courtyard door, when he suddenly heard a pleasant sound of the piano, and as he kept walking, the sound of the piano became more and more clear.

Ding ding dong dong, like the sound of a clear spring.

Cao Ang did not understand the level of technology.

All he could say was that the voice was nice.

As for how good it sounds and what level it belongs to, Cao Ang has no idea.

But whether he understands it or not, it doesn't prevent Cao Ang from being curious, and turning to the direction where the sound of the piano is coming from.

And with the distance getting closer.

The sound became clearer.

The sound of the piano became even more beautiful.

This should be played by Cai Zhaoji, right?

Cao Ang secretly guessed in his heart.

After all, since Diao Chan entered the house, apart from singing and dancing, she has never shown any skills in playing the piano.

Not to mention Dong Bai.

Cao Ang seriously doubts that this little girl has no artistic cells, and she has seven orifices connected to six orifices.

Then rule it out.

Only Cai Yan remained, a top-notch talented woman who was proficient in rhythm and even left behind famous works in the history books.

Such speculation together.

The interest in Cao Ang's heart became more and more intense.

Even with the pace a little faster.

……

Cai Yan is really in a good mood today.

In fact, strictly speaking, since she came to Dingtao County with Cao Ang, she has been in a good mood.

On weekdays, no one bothered her.

Just do her own thing, read if she wants to read, play the piano if she wants to play the piano if she wants, write if she wants to write, it's all up to her to decide.

Such a way of life.

For a girl like Cai Zhaoji who likes to be quiet and not to move, she prefers to delve into her own hobbies and immerse herself in the world of literature, music, etc. compared to going out and welcoming people.

It couldn't be more perfect!
Although she didn't have many friends at home, at best she got acquainted with Dong Bai on the way from Luoyang to Dingtao County.

Besides that, Diao Chan would ask her if she had any needs in terms of food and clothing on weekdays, and deal with her a few more times.

But Zhao Ji felt that this was more or less the case.

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

No matter how good your friends are, you have to maintain a sense of distance.

……

As for Cao Ang, who brought her into this way of life, Cai Yan is full of gratitude.

It can even be said to be grateful.

If Cao Zixiu hadn't tried his best to dissuade him from going to Hedong and brought her here with many words, how could he have such a good life today?
Maybe she still has to stay in that Hedongwei's house, being a busy bride and living in the secular world. It's a bad day to think about.

Not to mention that Cao Ang once told her.

That Wei Zhongdao, whom he had never met before and only heard of his name, was already terminally ill.

Think about it, if she gets married, her husband will pass away within a year or two, leaving her alone with negative emotions, busy with various chores.

Just a little shuddering.

And the reason why I am very happy today.

It is precisely because of Cao Ang.

Cao Cao was full of people in every street in the city, proclaiming Cao Ang's return in victory, and Cai Yan heard a few words even though he was living in his boudoir.

I heard that Cao Ang had returned from victory.

And without any damage.

Miss Zhaoji, who felt that she was deeply favored by her, was of course in a happy mood, so she played an impromptu song.

Just while she was playing.

While thoughts are flying.

A black figure suddenly appeared on the edge of the window facing the Qintai, which made Cai Yan suddenly startled.

The hands that plucked the strings couldn't help being confused for a few minutes, and the next second there was a wrong sound.

"Buzz!"

After a trill.

Cai Yan pressed the strings with both hands and stopped playing.

Then she saw clearly that the so-called black shadow was exactly the Cao Ang she was talking about just now.

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