Cao Zhi arranged the rooms of Pang Tong and Xueyue in the mansion. The houses of the two were next to each other, and Xueyue didn't use her own room at all, but stayed at Pang Tong's place. Since there was no wooden couch for guests, in desperation, Pang Tong directly spread the mat on the ground to sleep. Xue Yue slept leisurely on the bed.

That night, they quickly fell asleep. After a long journey with Cao Zhi, they were too tired.

Since Cao Zhi knew that his brothers were tigers and wolves, he took Pang Tong and Xueyue with him wherever he went. The two of them stood on either side of him like the guards of the tower. Jiaozhou Shixie paid tribute to the Wei Dynasty with an elephant, which made everyone in the palace commotion, and everyone wanted to go and see the appearance of this behemoth.

Cao Cao placed an animal garden in the northeast corner of the palace, which was full of some rare animals. There are many plants and trees in the garden, and a small river irrigates the natural scenery of the palace. Cao Cao took civil and military officials and their heirs to the zoo to see the elephants. I saw a huge gray creature spraying water by the river with its big nose.

"What an elephant, and this is the first time I've seen it." Cao Cao smiled and shouted: "Who has seen Zhong Aiqing?" ”

Everyone said they saw it for the first time. Cheng Yu on one side said: "The emperor is powerful in all directions, and all the rare birds and beasts in the world are already in this beast park." Today, with this elephant, it shows the power of our dynasty. Presumably, that Pang Tong would never have known about the existence of such an animal. ”

Standing behind Cao Zhi, Pang Tong thought to himself: "I saw Lao Tzu in the zoo when he was a few years old!" ”

The elephant strode so heavily that the ground seemed to shake with it. Quite a few people are a little scared and far away. And a Jiaozhou man is watching over the elephants. He was an animal trainer, dark-skinned, and had a long whip in his hand. The animal trainer spoke Jiaozhou dialect, and Pang Tong and the others couldn't understand it, but after hearing this, the elephant put his nose in the drinking water again, and sprayed it into the sky after absorbing it.

"Good, good!" Cao Cao laughed.

"The teeth of this elephant are really huge and sharp, and the elephant soldiers in Jiaozhou must really have something." Xun Yu said to Cao Cao: "I heard that there are elephants in Yongchang County, Yizhou, and Weichen thinks that Pang Tong should have seen it." ”

"Is Captain Xun a little disappointed, how do you know that there are elephants in Yongchang? Seeing is believing. Cheng Yuli argued: "It should be the rumors spread by Pang Tong's people after they heard that we occupied Jiaozhou." ”

"Cheng Weiwei, don't say that." Cao Cao said: "I have also heard about elephants in Yizhou. The southern part of Yizhou and Jiaozhou are both the southern barbarian lands of the world, and it is normal to have this kind of beast. ”

Cheng Yu nodded yes when he heard this. Xun Yu glanced at him, shook his head, and thought: "What is the difference between this person and a dog, seeing the wind makes the rudder." ”

"Father, I heard that this elephant can sit on it, why don't you let the animal trainer give it a try?" Cao Pijin said, pointing to a piece of red cloth on the elephant's back.

"Good! Come on, let that Jiaozhou person try on the back of the elephant. ”

The attendant said to the animal trainer about sinicization, and the people of Jiaozhou understood it, and they responded in Chinese: "There is no problem." ”

He first said a few words to the elephant, and the thick thighs in front of the elephant knelt down, and everyone was amazed. The animal trainer climbed on the elephant's head, sat on the elephant's back, patted the elephant's back, and said a few words out loud after Jiaozhou. The elephant stood up, the trainer kept talking, and the elephant began to stride, circled around, and came to the river again.

"It's so mighty!" Cao Zhang said angrily: "Let the child ride it and try it." ”

"Zhang'er must not be reckless!" Cao Cao hurriedly shouted: "This beast is difficult to train, if it hurts you, how can I be called?" ”

"It's okay, let the child tame this elephant and show it to his father." Cao Zhang is young and vigorous.

Pang Tong looked at Cao Pi and showed a sneer. And Cao Zhi frowned, as if he cared about Cao Zhang. And Cao Chong looked gentle, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

"Zhang'er be careful!" Cao Cao instructed.

Cao Chang walked over, and the attendant told the animal trainer of Cao Zhang's intentions. The trainer let the elephant bend his knees and ran down on his own. Since they were more than ten feet away from the crowd, many people didn't hear what they were talking about. It's just that Cao Zhang directly began to climb onto the elephant's back, and the animal trainer walked over, gave the whip to Cao Zhang, nodded at him, and said two more words in Jiaozhou.

Cao Zhang learned from the animal tamer and shouted in Jiaozhou, but the elephant knelt still. Cao Zhang was anxious and shouted a few more words.

Seeing Cao Zhang as if he was playing monkey, Pang Tong couldn't help laughing, but Cao Pi, who had always maintained a stiff smile, made him shudder, as long as this man looked closely, he knew that he was not smiling.

"Zhang'er, don't make it down!" Cao Cao said loudly.

Cao Zhang's heart was anxious, and he said a few words to the Jiaozhou man, because he deliberately suppressed his voice, so many people still couldn't hear clearly, but Pang Tong's ears were sharp, and he heard that Cao Zhang was saying: "You help me, let it get up." ”

The animal tamer nodded, walked to the elephant's ear to speak, and as soon as he spoke, Cao Zhang shouted: "I am the son of Emperor Wu of Wei, do you obey me!" ”

The elephant actually stood up, and everyone let out a deep sigh, and Pang Tong laughed and said nothing. At this time, Cao Pi's face was stunned, but he quickly smoothed his expression.

Cao Cao laughed excitedly: "Aiqing, how is my yellow beard? ”

"It is the power of the general, and he will definitely be able to calm the world for the emperor!" Cheng Yu was the first to shout. The others heard that he had slapped his ass, so they said a few flattering words.

"The second brother is really brave." Cao Pi was the last to speak, his voice was particularly loud, and he had a heroic expression.

But even Cao Zhi was thinking in his heart: "Could it be that this is also pretending?" ”

But after Cao Zhang went up, he couldn't get down. But he was also clever and made a color to the animal trainer. The trainer pretended to pet the elephant, walked under the elephant's head, and said something to the ear. Cao Zhang took this opportunity to whip the elephant on his back and shouted, "What a war elephant, kneel down for me!" ”

After speaking, the elephant knelt down, and he climbed down under the gaze of everyone and strode forward.

"Father, it can be seen that this group of beasts is all focused on my Wei Dynasty, it is the will of God."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "My yellow beard is amazingly brave, and his courage can shake the giant beast, I am really satisfied to have this son." ”

He said so, but he didn't expect the other three sons to be jealous, especially Cao Pi, and squinted his eyes. At this time, the mighty general Lu Qian praised even more: "The king of Chengwei can fight tigers, drive war elephants, and deter the three armies, how dare anyone disagree?" He is really a natural talent! ”

Civil and military officials have a good reputation. Cao Pi couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly opened the topic and said: "This elephant is really a strange thing, but I just don't know how much he has." ”

Everyone was stunned when he said this.

Xun Yu arched his hand towards him and said, "King Runan, there is no one to answer this question. Where is there such a big scale, even if there is, no one can lift it. I guess only geniuses know. ”

"At least people trample on dead people, and I see nothing in the world that can be frightened by the trampling of this beast, and its weight is comparable to that of a boulder." Cheng Yu said.

"Elephants are the size of a house, or at least heavier than a house." The broken general Li Dian said casually.

Anyway, most people think it's immeasurable. But Pang Tong knew this allusion to "Cao Chong called the elephant", but he couldn't tell Cao Zhi that this was not a good thing.

"Who knows how many pounds this elephant weighs?" Cao Cao looked around and smiled: "It's better to ask the people of Jiaozhou, maybe they have any way." ”

He immediately ordered the attendant to ask, but the animal trainer next to the elephant shook his head.

Just like when everyone didn't want to think about this problem, Cao Chong suddenly smiled and said, "The child knows how many catties this elephant weighs." ”

Everyone looked at it blankly, and the voice of the prince, who seemed to have been forgotten by them, was especially loud at the moment. The voice pierced everyone's common sense, as if to infuse all with incredible imagination. But many people immediately dismissed the idea of thinking about a few pounds, they thought it was a joke.

Cao Cao actually thought so, but he still said to Cao Chong with great interest: "Since Chong'er said so, you can't tease me." ”

"How dare a child tease his father?" Cao Chong took a few steps forward and came to Cao Cao's side, and he said proudly: "There are several big boats on the north side of this river, and one of them is specially loaded with forage, can you borrow it for children?" ”

"It's a small thing, but what does Chong'er plan to do with these big ships?" Cao Cao asked.

"Father will know in a moment." Cao Chong said with a smile.