Cao Miao nodded.

Cao Su is becoming more and more like a qualified special operations officer. There are many things that don't need to be reminded by him, and Cao Su can do it well.

This is not because of how smart Cao Su is, but because he is well-trained.

War is a discipline that attaches great importance to practice, and practice is more important than theory. Even if you don't know a word and haven't gone to any military school, as long as you can survive a few wars, the accumulated experience is enough to embarrass a famous general who talks on paper.

Cao Su crossed the river for a year, fought and practiced, and the improvement he obtained was greater than the gain he had gained from listening to Cao Xiu talk for ten years before.

On the battlefield, Cao Miao can let Cao Su do it, as long as he has a good grasp of the general direction.

He had more to think about. For example, to raise food, recruit manpower, build manors, and send people to explore the hydrology and topography, find bays and ports suitable for sea ships to anchor, prepare for the next move, and build a transportation network connecting Liaodong, Donglai and Jiangdong.

Madame Sun was on her way here, and he had to be as prepared as possible.

"Attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top. Don't just think about killing, you have to think about recruiting some available people. These people are familiar with the terrain, adapted to the climate, and have an advantage over us. If available, you might as well keep it. ”

"I understand." Cao Su smiled: "So I thought, can you go to the county and discuss it with the county magistrate to see if he is interested in joining forces." The credit is his, and the benefits are shared with him, and by the way, let him see our strength, don't think about any crooked thoughts. ”

Cao Miao smiled and agreed.

Cao Su can think of this, and he really uses his heart. Bullying is a common trick used by the children of the family, and the combination of grace and power is the promotion operation. For Cao Su, not relying on brute force to be reckless, but thinking about taking advantage of the situation, this is already a lot of progress.

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On a sunny day, Cao Miao took Xiahou Yan and others out of the house, came to Liekou County, and visited the county magistrate.

There are only more than 3,000 households in Liekou County, and more than half of the population lives inside and outside the county, excluding hunters, farmers, and fishermen scattered in the four fields. The county seat is not big, the radius is only three miles, the city wall is also very dilapidated, it has been in disrepair for many years, and many places are easy to climb into.

Li Zheng, the county magistrate, was in his early fifties, but his hair was gray, and he looked to be at least sixty.

Knowing that Cao Miao came to visit, Li Zheng was surprised, and hurriedly ordered someone to clean up and go out to greet him in person.

Although he deliberately did not ask Cao Miao's origins, after all, he had also seen some people in the world, and he knew that the person who could settle here with a building ship was by no means an ordinary businessman. Not to mention anything else, just look at the pink girl next to him, you know that this background is at least a county of heroes.

As for why he went to sea and settled in this remote belt, it was not for him to ask. He didn't want to ask.

After a few words, he came to the hall and sat down. The county magistrate's wife came out to greet her, took Xiahou Yan to the back hall to talk, and brought in the gift from Cao Miao by the way, so as not to be seen. For them, these distinguished guests from the Central Plains are all slack, people are polite to you, it is to give you face, if you really want to talk about identity, there is a chance that you can be crushed to death.

After saying a few polite words, Cao Miao explained his intentions. I heard that there is a gang of bandits in the territory, who are stubborn and do not listen to the teachings of the Ming Court, and cause trouble to the place, I feel deeply unjust. I am willing to help the Ming Court and send people to assist the Ming Court to exterminate these bandits.

Li Zheng has been in the officialdom for many years, how can he not understand Cao Miao's words. There is a group of bandits in Liekou County, to put it seriously, ten miles away from the county seat can be regarded as bandits. He is just a rogue official, serving a term every four years, this term is here as a county magistrate, and the next term doesn't know where to go, so naturally he has no heart to suppress bandits.

Cao Miao was willing to suppress the bandits, and he shared his credit, but he couldn't ask for it.

It didn't take much to say anything, Li Zheng agreed, and sent fifty county soldiers to assist Cao Miao in the battle. The conditions in the county are limited, and only the simplest equipment can be provided, and nothing else has to be provided by Cao Miao.

In short, it's just a human being.

enjoyed a fairly hearty lunch at the county court, and told some true and false officialdom anecdotes, and Cao Miao returned satisfied.

Squeezed on the narrow sled, Xiahou Yan looked at the mountains and fields where there were almost no human figures, and he was puzzled for a while.

"Isn't it all so desolate overseas?"

"Of course not." Cao Miao naturally hugged Xiahou Yan so that she would not fall off the sleigh. "It's desolate because it's a cold climate, which doesn't allow for farming and can't feed too many people. If you go south, you will find a lot of people when you reach a place where the seasons are like summer. ”

"Summer all year round? And such a place? ”

"Of course, the weather is hot there, the grain grows very fast, and you can grow several crops a year. However, it is precisely because food grows fast and it is too easy to live, so most of them are very casual, singing and dancing when they are full, or they will give birth to babies. Hmmm......"

Cao Miao suddenly thought that if she came to the tropics in the future, wouldn't it be more eye-catching for the beautiful girl in front of her to wear a bikini? Well, if both sisters wear bikinis, it will be more eye-catching.

"You're lying to me again." Xiahou Yan pursed his lips and glanced at Cao Miao. "I only know singing, dancing and having babies, what's the difference between that and livestock? Don't they have to study, they don't have to govern? ”

"You're right, so we have to educate them, teach them to read and write, and teach them to govern the country." Cao Miao retracted her reverie and nodded solemnly. "When Mrs. Sun and Princess Sun lead the troops to fight, you and your sister will govern the country, how good."

"We've done everything, what about you?"

"Me? Of course, singing and dancing, and having a baby. Cao Miao said, and couldn't help laughing.

It's fun to think about such a day.

"What kind of baby do you give birth to, it's not our women who give birth to babies." Xiahou Yan held his cheeks, a little distracted, and looked like he was falling into philosophical contemplation. "It would be nice if a woman could have a baby without a man."

Cao Miao was suddenly a little worried. Is this little girl thinking too much? It seems that you should pay attention to speaking in the future, if you go too far and give yourself to level, that is self-inflicted and cannot live.

"Little sister, it's too much. Lonely yin is not born, and only yang is not long, this world is not only inseparable from women, but also inseparable from men. To balance yin and yang, is harmony. ”

"Humph!" Xiahou Yan raised his head proudly. "Then why is it that a man can take a wife and take a concubine, but not a woman?"

"What's going on in your little head?" Cao Miao rubbed Xiahou Yan's head and said in surprise, "Who told you this?" ”

"I thought of it myself." Xiahou Yan chuckled. "Actually, it's nothing, it's just a step forward from what you said."

"Your ......" Cao Miao sighed, worried. The span can be big. ”