Seeing Cao Cao's puzzled look, Dong Zhao cleared his throat and immediately began to explain to him.

"Ming Gong, the census of the population of Liang is nothing, but from ancient times to the present, a new land has been captured for the generals, and the most common move is either to slaughter the city to reduce the burden, or to protect the territory and the people, or to form a good clan, but as soon as you come up, you can check the head, but it can't be said that there is nothing, but it is as meticulous as the potter's doing, I'm afraid it is very rare."

Cao Cao still knew Dong Zhao's ability very well, and knew that he would have a high opinion next, so he listened quietly.

Dong Zhao continued: "Today's pottery merchants, while sending people to negotiate peace with Ming Gong, while urgently counting the population of Liang State, their deep meaning is just to use the negotiation to bargain with Ming Gong, and he himself is taking advantage of this time period to transfer the population of Liang State to Pei County, because he knows that Liang State is located between Shanyang County and Chenliu County, Ming Gong wants to go back more, he can send troops to retrieve it at any time, and with the current strength of the Xuzhou army, it is really not enough to stick to Liang State. ”

Cao Cao suddenly realized when he heard this.

He patted his forehead lightly with his hand and said, "Gongren is worthy of being the best at figuring out people's wishes under Cao's command, and Sumeru already knows the deep meaning of the pottery thief...... Not bad! The potter sent Sun Qian to negotiate with Cao with Miao Cai as a condition, and also made some specious demands, which was clearly to wait for Cao to bargain with him, so that he could take this opportunity to transfer the people of Liang ......"

Speaking of this, I saw a strange smile on Cao Cao's dark and thin face.

"The little thief of the potter is really deceitful, just like when Cao first met him, he likes to fiddle with these little cleverness."

Cheng Yu was on the side, and when he saw Cao Cao smiling and stating this, he seemed unhurried, and he was slightly surprised.

He arched his hand to Cao Cao and said: "Ming Gong, the pottery merchants moved people to expand the population of Xuzhou, and his ambition is not small, how can Ming Gong still laugh out loud?" ”

Cao Cao just laughed when he heard this, but did not answer.

Dong Zhao explained to Cheng Yu on the side for Cao Cao: "Zhongde Gong, the potter used Xiahou Miaocai as a guise to negotiate with the lord and move the population, although it can also be called a clever move, but at this very time, he did not think about uniting with the Xiliang generals and trying to go to Yanzhou, but just blindly did this act of sticking to his life, to put it bluntly, it proves that this person is not a big pattern, and he is definitely not a talent who wants to dominate the world, and Yuan Shao of Hebei is categorically incomparable...... To put it bluntly, I think he is somewhat similar to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, although he is talented, he has no ambition to swallow heaven and earth! ”

When Cheng Yu heard this, he suddenly realized that he admired Dong Zhao's ability to kick someone else.

A person like Dong Zhao will not become a military master, but he is definitely a political talent.

Cao Cao stood up and said slowly: "More importantly, if the pottery merchant really wants to move the population back to Pei County now, then he will not have the ambition of Yanzhou, so that Cao can let go and deal with the internal troubles in Yanzhou and the generals of Liangzhou in the west." ”

Dong Zhao arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to the Duke of Ming, the internal troubles and the generals of Liangzhou will be certain, and in time, the land of Guanzhong will also be under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Ming." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "However, at this time, we can't make a decision too early, and first send someone to Yanjin Ferry, so that Xiahoudun and Cao Ren can prepare their troops and horses, and be ready to pacify the Yanzhou disaster at any time. ”

……

The next day, Cao Cao met with Sun Qian again.

This time Cao Cao was obviously not as angry as the last time, he pretended to say to Sun Gan: "Your lord Tao Shang, sent you over to state the conditions of reconciliation to Cao, Cao thought about it for a long time, I didn't want to agree, my father's hatred is not the same as the sky, even if my father's enmity may not be the Tao father and son, but my father's life is in Xuzhou after all, and the Tao father and son will eventually have the responsibility of monitoring the failure...... However, thinking of the current social turmoil, the harassment of thieves from all directions, for the stability of the country, Cao Mou, the potter's suggestion, could not but accept. ”

Sun Gan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he shook his head at Cao Cao: "Thank you Duke Cao for being so well aware of righteousness, Duke Cao is really the minister of the Han Dynasty, and there is Duke Cao in the court, which is really the blessing of the society." ”

Cao Cao raised his hand slowly, and said slowly: "Don't be busy, thank you, you haven't listened to Cao's conditions." ”

Sun Qian was stunned when he heard this.

"Conditions? Didn't Cao Gong agree to the conditions we put forward just now? ”

Cao Cao smiled coldly and said, "You can pretend to be stupid!" Who said that Cao promised you all that nonsense? You go back and tell the potter that if he wants Cao to stop fighting, he needs to do four things. ”

Sun Qian's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Please also ask Cao to publicize it." ”

"The first thing, send Miaocai back to Cao, if Miaocai is missing a hair, Cao will pout him Tao's ancestral grave for three generations!"

Sun Qian replied, "Naturally. ”

"The second thing, the Tao father and son must personally open an altar in Xuzhou to set up sacrifices, kneel three times and bow nine times in front of the spiritual throne of my father and younger brother, and repent of the lax governance of the territory!"

Sun Gan's face turned pale and said, "This? ”

Cao Cao didn't care about him, and continued: "The third thing, Xuzhou has given Cao every year since this year, oh, no! It's the imperial court! Every year, he pays 1 million to the court, 300 war horses, 1,000 cattle and sheep, 3,000 gold in the toe, and the fourth, so that within two years, the Tao father and son must find the real culprit who killed my father and my brother, and dedicate the head of the thief to Cao! ”

After finishing speaking, he saw Cao Cao knock heavily on the table and said: "If one of the four things can't be done, Cao will immediately send troops and set foot in Xuzhou!" ”

Rao is Sun Qian also knew that Cao Cao would not have any sincerity at the beginning, and at this moment, he couldn't help but open his mouth and said in surprise: "Gong Cao, you are too bullying!" ”

Cao Cao laughed, clapped his hands and said, "Go back and tell the potter that Cao Mou bullied him this time!" What can he do? ”

Sun Qian took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Cao Gong's conditions, Sun Mou will definitely tell Prince Taiping when he goes back, and he will never miss a ...... But, alas! It's a pity that my Tao Mansion has a lot of friendship with Cao Gong, but Cao Gong is so difficult for my family's Mansion Jun, which is really sad and lamentable. ”

Cao Cao was not annoyed when he heard this, and said: "The thief surnamed Tao harmed my father and brother, attacked my Liang State, and captured my clan's cronies, what kind of friendship is not friendship?" Amusing. ”

Sun Gan was silent for a while, Fang said: "Tao Gongzi in recent years, more poetry, written a lot of good works that are enough to pass on to future generations, but has never been made public, this time take this opportunity, I specially ordered me to send to Cao Gong for appreciation, Sun Gan to Wen Cao Gong love poetry, in Luoyang was also with my son each made a splendid poem that has been passed down through the ages, famous, how today but forgot the original intention of the friendship of the year, it is really sad. ”

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and then remembered the poems he made with the potters in Luoyang, admired each other, and felt very embarrassed in his heart.

Time flies like a white horse, never returning, in a trance, things are people, and four years have passed.

"Take the new poems written by your Taiping son in recent years, and take a look at Cao."

Sun Qian clapped his hands and ordered the box containing the psalms to be handed over.

After Cao Cao opened the box, he saw that there were thick scrolls of slips, more than a dozen volumes.

Cao Cao was stunned at first, and then seemed to be a little nostalgic.

When he was in Luoyang, he knew that this kid was greedy for money, not doing his job, and addicted to obscenity.

Although he is talented, this kind of behavior is really not what a person who can dominate the world should do.

Now that he is in chaos in the world, it is when he is trying to dominate, but he still has so much leisure to do so much idle work?

Hehe, it seems that Dong Zhao's analysis is right, the pattern of this son is still not lenient enough.

Cao Cao casually picked up a scroll of slips and opened it to read.

"The scorching sun is scorching, and the afterglow shines on my clothes. The wind blows back to the four walls, and the cold birds depend on each other. ”

After Cao Cao finished reading, he brushed his beard and savored it, and said with emotion: "Good boy! After so many years, this head has really not fallen! ”

After that, he picked up another scroll and flipped through it casually.

"I can't sleep at night, I sit up and play the piano. The thin curtain shows the bright moon, and the breeze blows me. The Lonely Hung in the field, the birds singing in the North Forest ......"

After reading it, Cao Cao sighed with emotion again, nodded and praised: "Okay, yes, what a boy, if he is not a prince and changes his career to become a writer, he must have achieved something!" ”

Cao Cao hasn't had such a Yaxing for a long time, he finished reading volume after volume, reading volume after volume, looking at the poems that those potters copied from the later Wei and Jin eras, only Cao Cao is more and more excited, and the nature is getting higher and higher! His mouth kept repeating "Okay, okay." ”

When he was young, Cao Cao picked up another scroll of slips, but when he saw that the words in it were densely packed, it was obviously not poetry, but it looked like a book.

Cao Cao was stunned when he saw this, and looked carefully at the title, but when he saw that on the title, there were three bright characters written on it.

"Plum in the Golden Vase".

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