Chapter 16 Cao Cao's Character Measurement
Cao Cao has been very irritable lately.
Since the coalition army of Dong Zhuo's eighteen towns was dispersed, Cao Cao, who returned to Chenliu, subdued Zhang Miao and became the lord of Chenliu County.
Little Chen Liujun, how can Cao Cao be satisfied?
However, now that there is Liu Biao in the south, Yuan Shu in the east, Yuan Shao in the north, and Dong Zhuo in the west, everyone is eyeing each other, and he Cao Cao doesn't dare to act rashly at all!
Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, is a relative of the Han family, and if he moves him, he will definitely be targeted by all the heroes in the world.
"General Cao, Zhang Guang is back!"
"Coming back? It's true? Got into town? ”
Cao Cao has been looking for Zhang Guang during this time, but the noodle restaurant has changed, and Zhang Guang's courtyard is heavily guarded, and unless he sends troops to attack, he can't get close at all.
After cross-dressing, Cao Cao went to the noodle restaurant several times, and the new shopkeeper of the noodle restaurant didn't say a word about Zhang Guang's affairs, and Cao Cao almost flipped the table on the spot.
Cao Cao had no choice but to arrange people to keep an eye on the city gate, the noodle restaurant and Zhang Guang's courtyard all day long.
"Early in the morning he entered the city, and three men and a horse entered his yard, carrying a black, red, black, and red stone on his horseback!"
"Stones?"
"General Cao, Zhang Guang was alone, leading his horse and carrying a stone, to the blacksmith shop of the old man Yan in the east of the city." Someone else ran in to report.
Blacksmith? Is this to build weapons? That stone should be fine iron!
Cao Cao shaved his beard, dressed up in disguise, and came to the noodle restaurant again.
"Shopkeeper, two jars of good wine!"
Cao Cao, who was holding two jars of good wine, came to Yan Lao's blacksmith shop, and before he approached the blacksmith shop, the people had already shouted.
"Zhang Guang, Zhang Daxian!"
"Who? Noisy and yelling! ”
Zhang Guang, who was closing the door to explain his ideas for the new weapon to Old Blacksmith Yan, heard Cao Cao's shouting, opened the door and came out, turned around and closed the door.
"Zhang Daxian, I finally found you, General Cao wants to find you to calculate, but I'm embarrassed to come by myself, so I specially asked me to bring two jars of good wine to talk to you!"
Zhang Guang looked at the wine jar and knew that it was the wine of his noodle restaurant, and before Zhang Guang went to Jingzhou, he specially taught the craft of winemaking to the new shopkeeper of the noodle restaurant.
"Your General Cao is not kind, buy the wine in my store and bring it to me to drink? Why didn't he go and buy better wine elsewhere? ”
"Hehe, Zhang Daxian, dare to ask in this world, where can you find a better wine than yours?"
"Well, boy, who are you? Is the mouth so eloquent? ”
"Haha, in Xia Xiaoman, a little guard beside General Cao, usually relies on one mouth, and he has won the love of General Cao!"
"That's right, Cao Cao is really flattering, no wonder you can get his affection, sent to talk to me, did he tell you what to count?"
"Don't worry, don't worry, I also brought a few catties of good braised meat, eating and drinking, chatting slowly!"
Cao Cao, who called himself Xiaoman, put the wine and meat on the stone table outside the house.
"Old blacksmith, good wine and good meat, will you come out to eat and drink?"
"You eat yours, don't bother me!"
The impatient voice of the old blacksmith Yan came from inside the room, and Zhang Guang knew that he must have been addicted to the drawings he had drawn, so he didn't care about him anymore.
"Xiaoman, your General Cao has been sick at home recently, right?" Zhang Guang said, and at the same time let go of his stomach to eat and drink, anyway, it was Cao Mengde who was treated.
"No, he lost his temper with us at home just now, since the Eighteen Towns Coalition Army was dispersed, except for this Chen Liu, General Cao has no place to use soldiers!"
"It's normal, Liu Biao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Dong Zhuo, their current strength is above your General Cao, next to the Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai, but he is a relative of the Han family, Cao Cao doesn't dare to move!"
Cao Cao couldn't help but admire Zhang Guang in his heart, he suffered from these things, and he had to know, but none of the strategists and generals around him thought of this.
You must know that in the first year of Chuping, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others have not yet come to Cao Cao's side.
"Cao Cao has great ambitions and talents for the emperor, but unfortunately, there are no powerful advisers around him at present!"
Zhang Guang was already half drunk, and his speech became more and more straightforward.
"Zhang Daxian's words are extremely true, since Zhang Daxian praises General Cao so much, I don't know if he can assist my General Cao to achieve a great cause?"
"It's not proper, it's not proper, I'm a person, I'm used to being idle, I don't like restraint, I stayed in Chen Liucheng because I was optimistic about Cao Cao, otherwise, I would have left this place a long time ago!"
Cao Cao sighed lightly in his heart, at that time, he heard that Liu Bei and Sun Jian had come to Zhang Guang and intended to take Zhang Guang away, but Zhang Guang did not agree, and Cao Cao still didn't believe it.
In the troubled times, there are still people who don't want to follow Haoqiang, high-ranking officials?
Now it seems that Zhang Guang is indeed a master, but he is the kind of strange person who likes to spend his life idle.
"Of course, since Chen Liu is under Cao Cao's rule, we usually have to rely on him to take care of him, and when it's okay, give him a word test and come up with some ideas or something, it's still okay!"
"Is Zhang Daxian serious? Zhang Daxian has a way to solve General Cao's current predicament? Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
"Well, there must be a way, but, I believe you and Cao Cao both know that in order to seek safety in troubled times, I have raised hundreds of people, all of which are for eating and drinking!"
"Haha, Zhang Daxian wants to be paid, right? As much as you want, you say, I'll go back and report to General Cao! ”
"A thousand people, half a year's grain and grass, if Cao Cao agrees, I will measure him and give him a plan!"
"Okay, since Zhang Daxian has opened the golden mouth, I will go back and report to General Cao!"
Cao Cao immediately left his seat and quickly walked away.
In fact, he didn't go home, but found a secluded place nearby, sorted out his thoughts, and finally decided that this deal could be done!
1,000 people, half a year's salary, for Cao Cao, is a drop in the bucket, but if Zhang Guang really calculates a good plan for himself and breaks the current predicament, it will not be able to exchange for any amount of food.
Zhang Guang didn't wait long, and before he finished drinking a jar of wine, Xiaoman came back.
During this period, Zhang Guang was also wondering if Xiaoman was Cao Cao.
But Cao Cao has a beard, and in the Three Kingdoms with a beautiful beard, Cao Cao should not shave a big bare face in order to see himself.
Moreover, Cao Cao acted resolutely, and would never act like this, it is estimated that he is not sure about his catties and taels at present, and he has no intention of coming to see him in person.
"Zhang Daxian, General Cao responded, a thousand people, half a year's salary, when he saw your method, he would release the grain!"
"Where's the word?"
Cao Cao handed the silk cloth that had already been written to Zhang Guang, and Zhang Guang took a look, and there was a big "Yan" character on it!