Liu Zhang, who has been fishing for three years, knew that this was a fish tempting, so he grabbed the fishing rod, but he was not in a hurry to collect the rod.

After the fish tried it out, they didn't feel the danger and swallowed the delicious earthworm in one bite......

The float is completely submerged in the water, and the white trajectory quickly sinks deep into the water.

Liu Zhang calmly retracted the rod slowly, and when the fishing line was straightened, he felt the fish's struggle.

"Haha, it looks like a big fish! Yaoting, come over with the basin, let's have more dinner tonight......"

"Yes......" Yaoting picked up the wooden basin at her feet and sent it to Liu Zhang, there was half a basin of water in the basin, with a total weight of twenty or thirty catties, although Yaoting was seventeen years old, but as Liu Zhang's personal girl, she didn't do any heavy work, her physical strength was very poor, and twenty or thirty catties was very important to her. Wobbly put the wooden basin next to Liu Zhang, and the shaking water overflowed the edge of the basin and watered a few grasses. Yaoting put down the tub and took two steps forward, ready to help Liu Zhang catch the fish after it came out of the water, they had already cooperated many times, so her movements looked very skillful.

The fish was lifted out of the water, it looked more than a foot long, it was a big fish, and Yaoting stretched out her hand to grab it......

But when I heard the sound of the "horn", the fish fell off the hook without warning and smashed into the water, the water splashed, and the fish was hard to find.

Yaoting grinned and said, "Childe, you can't add food tonight......"

Liu Zhang glared at this slim girl.

Yaoting understood her young master's temperament very thoroughly, and she pursed her lips and smiled lightly without fear.

Liu Zhang saw that Yaoting didn't eat this set, so he turned his head and continued fishing.

Yaoting immediately stepped forward to check the bait, the hook was already empty, Yaoting skillfully took half of the earthworm, regardless of the fishy smell and the sticky feeling of fingertips.

Liu Zhang threw the fish into the water again and waited for the fish to take the bait.

Then there was a long wait, and in the boring waiting process, a servant came forward and said, "Master, don't drive Xun and ask to see you!" ”

"Oh, please!" Liu Xiang's spirit was shocked and said.

"Yes!"

Soon, Xun Yu, Man Pet, Guo Jia and others came over.

Everyone bowed deeply and said, "Subordinates see the lord!" ”

Liu Zhang handed the fishing rod to Yaoting and said, "It's all exempt...... Come on, move a few chairs for all the adults, and serve tea! ”

The servant quickly brought chairs and served hot tea. Speaking of this chair, it was still entered into China with Buddhism, and it has not become popular now, regardless of the gentry and common people, until the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Dynasties, most of them still use the way of kneeling and sitting on the ground. As a visitor in the 21st century, Liu Zhang was very unaccustomed to the sitting posture of the Han Dynasty, especially kneeling, which was simply the most perverted torture in the world for him, so he ordered someone to make tables and chairs and put them in the back house to use (because he had to take care of the emotions of the world's corporals, he was still righteous and awe-inspiring 'torture' on the formal occasion of leaving the back house). The habit of drinking tea was also raised by Liu Zhang, no way, there is no other drink in this era, except for wine is water, drinking too much wine is wrong, and the water is light and tasteless, which is not what Liu Zhang likes. Tea in China has a long history, and it is said that it originated from the mythical Shennong era, when tea was originally used as medicine, then as food, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that tea drinking became popular. Liu Zhang was the first to set a precedent and ordered people to stir-fry tea leaves to drink, and the style of drinking tea soon prevailed in the state pastoral mansion, and was carried forward by the civil and military officials who entered and exited the prefecture pastoral mansion, and now the entire Yizhou, and even the Han Dynasty, tea drinking has become an indispensable part of the scholar class. While satisfying the domestic demand of Yizhou, the tea planted by Liu Zhang was resold to all parts of Dahan and became one of the giants of Yizhou's financial resources.

Xun Yu and the others had already seen these things in Zhuo Chair, and they took their seats after complaining about their crimes.

Xi Zhicai picked up the teapot on the dwarf Zhuo, tasted it, and praised: "Good tea...... Sure enough, you have to go to the lord to drink the best in the tea, since you have this tea, your subordinates don't know where to throw this wine gourd! ”

Liu Zhang smiled and said, "Okay, let each of them prepare some for you when you leave later, lest you always say that I hide the good things and enjoy them myself!" ”

Xi Zhicai laughed and said, "Then thank you to the lord!" ”

Liu Zhang is very happy that Xi Zhicai has shifted his hobby from wine to tea, after all, alcohol hurts his body, and Xi Zhicai died young in history, perhaps because of his long-term excessive drinking! Not only Xi Zhicai, but even Guo Jia rarely drinks alcohol now, firstly, it is indeed because the taste of tea is excellent, and secondly, Liu Zhang once asked Zhang Zhongjing to diagnose and treat the two of his subordinates who died young in history, but the results were not very good, Zhang Zhongjing prescribed medicine for the two of them, and repeatedly warned the two that the medicine stone was only an auxiliary, and if you want to live a long life, you must quit drinking...... Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia are reluctant to joke with their lives, and they have an excellent substitute, so they have rarely drunk the cup in the past three years.

Liu Zhang said again: "If you want to talk about tea, Yizhou tea is only in the middle and upper, and the best is still in Jiangnan, one day, I will definitely invite everyone to drink all the famous tea in Jiangnan......"

Everyone chatted casually, and Liu Zhang said: "Everyone is here, it won't be as simple as drinking tea!" ”

Xun Yu bowed and said: "My lord, my subordinates are here, there is indeed something important!" ”

Liu Zhang said solemnly: "What's the matter? ”

"Back to the lord, Chen Liu, Cao Cao's father was killed in Xuzhou, Cao Cao, under the banner of avenging his father, led the army to crusade against Xuzhou, and the counties along the way were slaughtered, and the scene was terrible......"

Liu Zhang nodded and said, "When did it happen?" ”

Xun Yu saw that Liu Zhang had the bearing of Mount Tai collapsing before and not changing, and admired (how did he know that Liu Zhang came from the 21st century, and what happened now is recorded in history, how to shock him?) Unless one day something big happens that doesn't correspond to history, it's hard to make him change color! ）。

"Summer June!"

Liu Zhang said: "Got it! ”

"The lord thinks that in the battle between Cao and Tao, who will be the winner?" Xi Zhicai said.

Liu Zhang shook his head: "In my opinion, there will be no winner in the battle of Cao Tao!" ”

Xi Zhicai hurriedly said: "Why? From the perspective of his subordinates, Tao Qian is old and incompetent, and the soldiers are negligent in armament, on the other hand, Cao Cao, after defeating the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, has to surrender and have a population of more than one million, Cao Cao chooses its essence to form the Qingzhou Army, training day and night, which can be described as a strong soldier. There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, why does the lord assert that the two will not win! ”

Liu Zhang said: "No, Cao Cao will win the battle, but the whole war is bound to be indistinguishable from the winner!" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "The subordinates are unknown, please make it clear!" ”

Liu Zhang said: "As you said, there is a huge difference in the strength of Cao and Tao, and the outcome is obvious, but war is often not just a contest on the battlefield, and many times the contest outside the battlefield is the key to the final victory or defeat of the war!" My Han Dynasty governs the country with filial piety, and now Cao Cao is fighting the banner of avenging his father, which can be said to be justifiable, there is a famous ancient motto 'mourning soldiers will win', Cao Jun is united up and down, and the strength is above the Tao army, and it is very simple to win victory on the battlefield! Cao Jun's old nest Yanzhou was robbed by the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo, and now there is a shortage of people and barren land, which greatly restricts Cao Cao's development. However, the development of Yanzhou has reached a bottleneck, and if you want to continue to expand yourself, in order to have a way of external expansion, and then look at the environment where Cao Cao is located, to the west is the dilapidated Luoyi under the rule of Lu Bu (why Lu Bu appeared in Luoyang at this time, which will be explained in detail later), sparsely populated, although the soldiers are outnumbered, but the wolf cavalry of the state is the world's first-class elite soldiers, and Cao Cao seriously lacks cavalry to restrain Lu Bu, and it is very difficult to cut down; To the north is the powerful Yuan Shao, and to the south Yuzhou is entrenched in Yuan Shu, both of them are not easy people, and their power far exceeds that of Lu Bu. Therefore, at this time, Cao Cao can only expand the neighbor in Xuzhou in the east, this neighbor is already old and faint, this neighbor's home is not seriously affected by the yellow scarf, the population, money and food are sufficient, if you can replace it, it will become a natural granary and military source base for him to dominate the world. Cao Cao said that he wanted to avenge his father, but in fact he was just fighting for territory and expanding his strength in order to dominate the world. However, the dispatch of the army was very costly, although Cao Cao captured a million people in Qingzhou, but these people could not provide him with much food and grass to support the battle for the time being, as long as the Tao army held the city and cleared the wall, Cao's army would definitely run out of food and retreat. What's more, we know Cao Cao's intentions, but why don't you know the heroes in the world? How can others sit back and watch Cao Cao sit big? I think that there will always be someone who will come forward to mediate, or simply lead the army to attack Yanzhou, which is empty of troops, and force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops. ”

Xun Yu said: "The lord is high, and his subordinates admire!" But now that Yuan Shao is confronting Gongsun Zan and Jieqiao, and Yuan Shu is eager to capture the entire territory of Huainan, who can sneak attack Cao Cao's hinterland and force him to retreat? ”

Liu Zhang said: "Last year's battle of Jieqiao, the situation in Hebei has been clear, Gongsun Zan is defeated, Yuan's unification of Hebei is just around the corner, once Yuan completes the unification of Hebei, he will inevitably lead the army to cross the Yellow River south to chase the world, then Yuan's first thing to face is Cao Cao, Yuan must not want to see a strong enemy, so Yuan will definitely suppress Cao Cao's development." Cao Cao has not occupied Yanzhou for a long time, there must be disobedient people under his command, Yuan can secretly communicate with these people to rebel against Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan is now greatly reduced, and at the same time, Yuan can also transfer part of the troops to the north bank of the Yellow River and threaten Yanzhou! What's more, Cao Cao's neighbors to the west were not good people, and eight or nine out of ten of the population under his rule were moved to Guanzhong, and it was difficult to collect grain money, so if they wanted to feed their tens of thousands of troops, they must also develop outward, raise troops with war, and enrich the people. ”

Xun Yu said: "According to the lord's opinion, the battle of Cao Tao, the victory or defeat depends on the Yuan family? ”

Liu Zhang said: "Yes! ”

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