When Cao Shuo got up, it was almost noon.

When he left Shouchun with Yuan Fang, it was already afternoon.

In addition to Yuan Fang, he was accompanied by Wang Yan and several fire dancers.

"Although the husband said that he would go out earlier, it seems that it is still a little late." Yuan Fang said: "When I arrived in Xia Cai, it might already be night. ”

"Xia Cai is not far from Shouchun." Cao Shuo said: "Actually, I didn't think about entering Caicheng, the real fun place is precisely the wilderness." ”

"Where to stay at night?" Yuan Fang asked.

"There are a lot of villages nearby." Cao Shuo said: "Just find a village or town to live in." But we can't look for military villages, if we want to find them, we have to find those ordinary villages. ”

"I still don't know how the military village is different from ordinary villages." Yuan Fang said: "I will hear the sisters mention it for a long time, but I never know how to tell the difference. ”

"The people living in the military village are all soldiers of the three armies." Cao Shuo said: "In order to guard against enemy troops or thieves, each village has two or three towers. Every day, soldiers are on duty on the tower to observe the surrounding situation. Ordinary villages don't, and building towers for them doesn't do much. In case of thieves or enemy troops, they simply abandoned the village and fled. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Yuan Fang said: "It will be better to have a tower after all. ”

"If they want to build, they can build it themselves." Cao Shuo said: "It's just that the towers built can't be the same as those in Junhu Village. ”

"These are all things that the husband came up with?" Yuan Fang asked.

"Of course." Cao Shuo said without modesty: "Apart from me, who else can come up with so many useful methods." ”

"Why don't you go to Junhu Village?" Yuan Fang said: "There are soldiers of the three armies living there, and I think it would be safer to live in that kind of place." ”

"Safe, sure." Cao Shuo said: "We live there, and if anyone dares to make trouble, the soldiers in the village will definitely rise up. It's just that there are a lot of things I want to see, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see them. ”

"What does the husband want to see?" Yuan Fang asked.

"People's livelihood." Cao Shuo said: "I want to see if the people are doing well. The military village is all under my command, and if there is something wrong, they can directly find the generals, and the final report will reach my ears. Of course, the local officials did not dare to despise them, and they would be much better taken care of than ordinary villages. In ordinary villages, the villagers don't have such a wide range of channels, and when they meet the magistrates who have created evil, they don't know what they will be able to oppress them into. ”

"Could it be that under the husband's hand, there are still magistrates who dare to do this?" Yuan Fang asked.

"People are definitely different." Cao Shuo said: "Many times, the world is not defeated by the monarch, but by local officials. If we do not cut off this phenomenon from the root, I will definitely not be able to hold the foundation in Huainan in the future. ”

"I've never heard anyone say this." Yuan Fang said: "In the past in the Yuan family, I have also heard Tian Gong and them analyze the general trend of the world, but no one has ever mentioned how the people are. ”

"The people are but fish and meat." Cao Shuo smiled slightly: "Many times they don't play any role in promoting world affairs at all, but at certain times, they have a vital role. ”

"I never thought they would do anything." Yuan Fang said: "Actually, I have not been in contact with ordinary people, and when I was in Hebei in the past, although I would often go out on horseback, I would not get close to the village at all. My father also did not allow me to go near the village. ”

"Of course it will." Cao Shuo said: "Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao, didn't he fool the people into dying with him? Although Taiping Dao failed to do anything about the Han family, if you look at the current world, heroes are rising, although the Han family is there, the imperial power is declining to the extreme. Today, His Majesty does not even have a single soldier or horse in his hands, and the Kuang Fu Han family actually needs our Cao family to bear it. ”

"It is not until today that I understand why my father married me to you when he saw his husband." Yuan Fang said: "Husband's opinion, no one has ever thought about it, and no one has ever paid attention to it. ”

"Water can carry a boat or capsize a boat." Cao Shuo said: "When I won Shouchun, didn't the people in the city open the city gate to let our army enter? If it weren't for them to sacrifice the city, although they would have been able to take the city sooner or later, it would never have been so smooth. ”

"I heard that my husband only started to lead troops after Wancheng." Yuan Fang said: "In just two years, there are already Huainan, Lujiang and Xuzhou, and in a few years, it should be even more powerful." I'm afraid that I won't have time to spend with my sisters. ”

"Don't worry, the eldest lady can't accompany us, let's stay with him." Wang Yan said: "Sister Guo, Sister Jia and Sister Qingwu are all in Fire Dance, Miss Lu and Big Lady grew up on horseback, even Chunhua has some strategies, only Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao ......"

"Big Qiao and Little Qiao can sing and dance, and Zhen Ji is left and right." Yuan Fang said: "Although there are many wives and concubines in the husband's house, there are really no idle people. I'm in charge of the back house, and it's really stressful. If it's possible, I really want to leave the affairs of the back house to Zhen Ji to take care of, and I'll be idle. ”

Yuan Fang's tone showed a trace of exhaustion, and Cao Shuo was also very distressed when he heard it.

Once Cao Yuan started a war, the most innocent was Yuan Fang.

Cao Cao will definitely anger Yuan Fang, and it is impossible for the Yuan family in Hebei to accept her again.

The only one who can give her shelter is Cao Shuo!

Smiling slightly, Cao Shuo said: "You don't have to think so much, there are some things that you let Zhen Ji do, isn't it the same that can make you get away with it?" ”

"When I get home, I'll leave the matter to Zhen Ji." Yuan Fang smiled at Cao Shuo: "Husband, to tell you the truth, did you hide Zhen Ji a long time ago when you arrived in Hebei and refused to return it to the second brother?" ”

"Do you think that's going to be the case?" Cao Shuo said seriously: "Could it be that in your eyes, your husband is such a person?" ”

"Of course." Yuan Fang said: "Zhen Ji is beautiful and unbeatable in the world, to be honest, I always think that I am not ugly, but with Zhen Ji, I am always ashamed of myself." Except for Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, I'm afraid that the sisters in the back house have such thoughts. Even if my husband did such a thing, I don't think it's any surprise. ”

Regarding Zhen Mi's matter, of course Cao Shuo refused to say more to Yuan Fang.

He raised his hand and pointed forward and said to Yuan Fang, "Look ahead." ”

"What's going on up front?" As far as the eye could see, all Yuan Fang saw was a verdant mountain forest.

"Do you think it's a great place to go?" Cao Shuo asked.

(End of chapter)