The world has not yet been calmed.

Cao Cao has always taken this as his goal, and he naturally wants to achieve the achievement of dominating the world. As for whether or not to ascend the throne as emperor, this choice can be left for later.

After all, Cao Cao doesn't need to think about anything else now, or the overall situation of the world has not yet been determined. No one knows what the situation will be in the future, just like when he defeated Yuan Shao with a weak victory.

I am afraid that no one thought at that time, and no one believed, that Cao Cao would be able to defeat Yuan Shao at such a great disadvantage. And completely unify and rectify the northern part of the Han Dynasty, and become the largest force in the Han Dynasty today.

Not to mention other people, even if it was Cao Cao's strategists at that time, there were only a few people who really fought or believed in Cao Cao. And Guo Jia is the one who has the most firm advocacy.

This is also one of the reasons why Cao Cao trusts Guo Jia so much.

In fact, Cao Cao at that time did not have absolute self-confidence, after all, the gap between their strength and Yuan Shao was too big. If they hadn't found an opportunity later, I'm afraid they would still have failed.

After all, the gap between them at that time was not only the strength of troops, but also the logistics of food and grass, which also had a big problem.

If Cao Cao hadn't attacked the black nest at that time, I'm afraid it would have been Cao Cao who had a food problem. At that time, he had reached the point of running out of ammunition and food, but he finally found an opportunity.

Because of such a small mistake, Yuan Shao's grain was unable to continue, and he was completely defeated by Cao Cao's troops. There was no more chance of fighting back, or dominating the world, and then it was getting weaker and weaker.

And with the situation at that time, as long as Yuan Shao could grasp the opportunity, he didn't even need to take the initiative, as long as he continued to delay, Cao Cao's failure was almost predictable.

So don't look at Cao Cao's power now, but no one knows what will happen in the future. Even Cao Cao himself can't be sure, he only knows now that he can only go all out to do his own thing.

Then when the big war comes, there will be no surprises.

During this time, Cao Cao was in the process of accumulating resources, and he wanted to sweep the south in one go and once and for all, completely end this troubled era, and achieve his ideal of unification.

Since Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, the greatest ambition of my Chinese capable people is to dominate the world.

Even in the later Northern and Southern Dynasties, this has not changed.

Rather than being willingly isolated in a corner, as Europe is like, and ends up being just a myriad of tiny countries. It is difficult to form a strong force to counter the enormous influence from the outside.

At this moment, in the Yecheng Mansion.

Cao Cao found Guo Jia and Xun Yu, this was not a formal question, just a negotiation between them.

Cao Cao looked ahead, couldn't help sighing, and said:

"When it is not peaceful today, there are Liangzhou Ma Teng in the west, Yangzhou Sun Quan in the south, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Liu Zhang in Yizhou, the lonely road is still far away, and I don't know when it will come to an end."

Listening to Cao Cao's words of emotion, Xun Yu quickly said with a smile:

"These people are not worth mentioning, now the prime minister has rectified the north, and there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Such strength has long been unmatched in the world, but the most important thing is not this.

In fact, the prime minister has already obtained potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops, and now he has a bumper harvest, as long as he waits for the new crops to be harvested, he will be able to accumulate enough grain and grass to equalize the world in the near future. ”

Xun Yu is very confident in Cao Cao.

Or he is very confident in Cao Cao's current power, according to the current situation, it is only a matter of time before he conquers the whole world, and at that time, the Han Dynasty will inevitably rise again.

For Xun Yu, he hoped that Cao Cao would win the final victory, and naturally did not want him to ascend the throne and become emperor. Instead, he hoped that Cao Cao would be a wage earner and return the complete and unified Han to the Han Emperor.

In fact, Cao Cao has no opinion on choosing to be a powerful minister for the rest of his life, after all, this is what Cao Cao deserves. And Cao Cao is indeed a capable person, even a powerful minister can do a lot of things.

However, Xun Yu also has his bottom line, that is, Cao Cao cannot cross that boundary, that is, Cao Cao can only be a courtier. If Cao Cao really wants that position, I'm afraid the two will turn against each other.

There are some things that Xun Yu has already considered, but they have not happened yet, or Xun Yu feels that Cao Cao still has hope. At this time, he will do everything in his power to help.

On the contrary, Guo Jia at this moment looked a little strange.

He is different from Xun Yu, after all, he has been in contact with Qingyun Village before, or he has in-depth contact with Qingyun Village. There are some things that have already left an indelible impression on him.

In this case, he has no way to do the same as before.

However, since Cao Cao said these words, he naturally had the intention of discussing with Xun Yu and Guo Jia.

Guo Jia pondered for a moment, but still agreed:

"Although there are still forces entrenched in the world today, it is just that for the prime minister, it is not worth mentioning at all. may need to be vigilant, that is, Sun Quan and Liu Bei.

As for Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, these two are fish on the chopping board. As long as the prime minister is ready, the army will be able to easily sweep it away, and there is no need to worry too much about it. ”

Seeing that the two cronies agreed with each other, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction.

Although he has his own thoughts on this matter, it is not the same feeling to be recognized by others. Obviously, he was a lot more relieved at the moment, and as for Liu Biao and them, Cao Cao really didn't pay attention to them.

As for Liu Bei and Sun Quan, Cao Cao only paid a little attention.

If Cao Cao had paid more attention to it before, but today's Cao Cao is very different from before.

After experiencing Qingyunzhai, or having more contact with Chen Jue, Cao Cao has had some changes before.

Cao Cao was not an immutable man, and if so, he should have been a staunch royalist.

But in fact, since the time when Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, some things have changed. To be precise, some of Cao Cao's inner thoughts are no longer as pure as they were at the beginning.

Especially the benefits that Qingyunzhai brought to Cao Cao, which cannot be described in words. It's a pity that Qingyunzhai is a little weird, and Cao Cao can't do it directly, otherwise he would have already attacked Qingyunzhai.

After all, although he has already received some benefits, in comparison, there are many good things in Qingyun Village. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to pocket all these good things?

But you can only think about it.

After all, Qingyunzhai is very prohibited, Cao Cao has seen it with his own eyes, and there are still people to test it later......

Before he was absolutely sure, Cao Cao could only stay in Qingyunzhai and look for opportunities in the future.

As soon as his thoughts turned, Cao Cao talked about Qingyun Village and said suspiciously:

"Since Chen Jue took people out of Qingyun Village during the New Year's Festival, there is still no news. What the hell was he doing, and where do you think he is now? ”

Although Cao Cao coveted Qingyun Village, he also knew that Chen Jue was the core of Qingyun Village. There is Chen Jue to have Qingyun Village, if there is no Chen Jue, Qingyun Village may not be Qingyun Village.

Cao Cao could almost guarantee that he had never seen such a strange person as Chen Jue. It can be said that a character like Chen Jue is unique in the whole world, anyway, Cao Cao thinks so.

So during this time, Chen Jue disappeared completely, and he didn't even hear a little news, he really felt very curious. I also want to know where Chen Jue went and what he was going to do?

Listen to Cao Cao's question.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia were stunned, in fact, it was not just Cao Cao, they had also thought about this problem.

It's a pity they didn't get an answer.

With the north now largely unified by Cao Cao, his power is not as limited as before. In the face of absolute strength, the so-called influence of the family is not so great.

Even if it is the largest family in the world, without soldiers and horses, they can only listen to Cao Cao's arrangements honestly, otherwise they will be a dead end.

After all, it is not a peaceful and prosperous era now, and even Liu Xie was imprisoned by Cao Cao, not to mention these so-called families.

The family does have a certain influence, but in fact, their influence cannot be completely independent. It all requires a certain amount of strength to rely on, and now they have lost it.

The previous Yuan Shao was the agent of the family, and everyone had high hopes, but unfortunately Yuan Shao did not win.

In the event of a failed choice, they have no second chance.

After Chen Jue left Qingyun Village, Cao Cao had actually sent people to investigate. I don't know about other places, but there is no news of Chen Jue in the north, as if he has disappeared directly from the world.

In fact, what made Cao Cao very puzzled was.

From the news he got, he could know that Chen Jue and the others were indeed traveling eastward by boat. But they went straight out of the Yellow River, and then completely disappeared, and no one knew where they went.

Cao Cao said to himself:

"This Chen Jue said that he went out to do business, but these may not be true."

Although Cao Cao could not completely penetrate the Jingyang Erzhou, it did not mean that he could not detect the news of the Erzhou at all. It's a pity that he also didn't get any news about Chen Jue.

Could it be that such a big living person could still disappear out of thin air?

Anyway, Cao Cao didn't believe it.

But after thinking about it, Cao Cao had a bold idea.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia's eyes also flashed slightly, obviously they thought of going with Cao Cao, which was not a strange thing.

Everyone is a smart person, and it is normal to consider the problem and consider it.

Xun Yu thought for a moment, and said:

"This Chen Zhai master is indeed not an ordinary person, his actions are extraordinary, this time he actually found an excuse to go overseas, is it because of the rumors that there is an overseas immortal island where the immortals are located?"

This is Xun Yu's idea.

Soon Guo Jia also added:

"That's right, if that's the case, a lot of things can be explained, if the master of Chen Zhai is an immortal from an overseas immortal island, he can understand it with extraordinary means, and all kinds of miracles are normal."

For ordinary people, or the ancients, Chen Jue's measures were indeed unexpected for them. If you have to find a reasonable explanation, this might be a good route.

Chen Jue may be an immortal.

And it is an immortal from overseas fairy islands.

This time it is not the evaporation of the world, but I just took this opportunity to go back to Xiandao, but I don't know what to do.

But the problem is that everything Chen Jue did before can be explained.

Cao Cao showed a look of sudden realization and said with a smile:

"This Chen Jue really hid deep enough, before that Zuo Ci broke into Qingyun Village without authorization, and finally ended up with an unknown fate of life and death. Plus the weirdness outside the walled gate......"

However, Cao Cao quickly sighed and said helplessly:

"This time, the owner of Chen Zhai left, and I don't know when I will come back, and now I don't dare to go to Qingyun Village rashly......"

Obviously, Cao Cao is still thinking about Qingyun Village.

Xun Yu shook his head solemnly and said:

"Prime Minister, not to mention whether the Lord of Chen Zhai is really an immortal from the overseas Immortal Island, now the situation is not clear, can you do anything to Qingyun Village, in case Chen Jue returns one day, wouldn't it be troublesome?"

Xun Yu's worries are not unreasonable, he also has a lot of contact with Chen Jue, so he knows that Chen Jue is indeed extraordinary.

Even if he doesn't have the identity of an overseas immortal island, Chen Jue still can't be easily provoked. After all, today's Qingyun Village is indeed hiding too many things, things that make people extremely curious and longing.

Even if Cao Cao spent a certain price at this moment, he really took Qingyun Village and gained considerable benefits.

But as long as Chen Jue knows the situation here, as long as he chooses a side of the force and uses what he has to help with all his might, as long as he has a little brain, it will become a big trouble for Cao Cao.

And if the general trend is today, Cao Cao is already the most powerful prince, and everyone knows who the biggest enemy is.

Let's not talk about the follow-up for the time being, anyway, it will be very troublesome for Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, although he had such an idea, he would definitely not do it, because what Xun Yu just said, he had not considered it before.

Guo Jia thought so, and said:

"What Ling Jun said is very true, this Chen Zhai Lord or Qingyun Village is not as simple as we think. Although the owner of Chen Zhai is nowhere to be found now, I believe that it will not be long before they return. ”

Chen Jue left with the Xiaowei camp and made any preparations, Guo Jia naturally didn't know the details.

It's just that Guo Jia is not stupid, he has a certain understanding of the inside story of Qingyunzhai, and he also has some guesses in his heart.

Although he can't tell Cao Cao directly, a simple reminder is not a problem, but whether Cao Cao cares or not is not something that Guo Jia can interfere with. After all, he was just a casual guess.

However, at this point, Cao Cao did not doubt it, he nodded and said:

"Chen Jue has put a lot of effort into Qingyun Village, and it is naturally impossible to give up Qingyun Village easily, just as Feng Xiao's words, Gu also feels that Chen Jue will definitely return again.

I only hope that this time is not too long, otherwise Lone will go down to the south and make a move on Jingyang Erzhou. ”

Xun Yu and Guo Jia were not shocked.

It's not a big deal for them.

After all, Cao Cao's ambitions, they, the core strategists, know best, and they are all planning for this goal.

As for the deep meaning of Cao Cao's words, he naturally wanted to meet Chen Jue before setting out on the expedition.

Chen Jue stabilized his power by giving Cao Cao some benefits.

And Cao Cao also wanted to pick wool from Chen Jue.

This matter is inherently relative.