Chapter 18: Cheng Yu

Back at Cao Hong's Mansion, it was almost dusk. There were a few people sitting in the hall, Cao Ang also came, and Mrs. Cao Hong and the red carp were also there.

"Brother Luo, look, my father will be rewarded for his merits, this time you have made a great contribution!" Cao Ang saw Liu Tong enter the door, greeted him, pulled Liu Tong to a desk table, pointed to a bunch of things on the desk and said.

The red carp was looking at Liu Tong with a smile on his face, and then at the things on the desk, on which there was a pile of brocade and a large plate of gold cakes.

"The prince offered the method of storing food and making salt, and the lord appointed the prince as a military candidate, and listened to it under the tent of the general of the capital, and rewarded ten catties of gold and fifty horses of brocade!"

An old man in his fifties, stroking his beard and smiling, walked over.

Cao Hong came over with him and introduced: "Nephew, this is Lord Cheng Yucheng, the general of Dongzhonglang!" ”

When Liu Tong heard that it was the famous Cheng Yu Cheng Zhongde, this was Cao Cao's right-hand man, he hurriedly bowed to him, "Boy, see Lord Cheng!" ”

Cao Hong laughed, "Nephew, you are a military candidate before you reach the weak crown, and your future is immeasurable, in the future, under my account, you will make more meritorious contributions, and my uncle will never be wronged by you!" ”

Oh, Cao Hong is the general of Duhu, okay, with this relationship, the future is just around the corner, Liu Tong is secretly happy in his heart.

"Luo Junhou is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, Cheng heard that Junhou is also proficient in arithmetic, and the old man also has this preference, and I hope that Luo Junhou will not hesitate to give advice."

"Don't dare to be, the kid is just a little superficial." In the face of a wise man like Cheng Yu, Liu Tong is indeed not modest.

Cao Hong saw that Cheng Yu also admired Liu Tong very much, and saw that Liu Tong was modest, and he was happy in his heart, Liu Tong's arrival was undoubtedly a great help to him.

"Lord Cheng is here, the nephew has made such a great achievement, how can there be no wine? Come on, come on, please take a seat, today we will get drunk and rest! Cao Hong said and pulled Cheng Yu forward to sit down. The people of Fuchu and others had already prepared a sumptuous dinner.

After some politeness, everyone toasted Liu Tong one after another, especially Cao Ang, who kept persuading Liu Tong to drink. Cao Ang was very happy, because he keenly discovered the value of Liu Tong's methods of food storage and salt purification, and after reporting it to Cao Cao, it attracted Cao Cao's attention. Just today, in the face of the high-quality salt brought by Cao Hong, Cao Cao, who has always been stingy in praising his son, praised himself in public, which made Cao Ang gain a great sense of recognition.

In the staggered cups, Cao Ang likes Liu Tong more and more, and has a deep friendship. At this time, he saw that Liu Tong was already hot and dazzled, chatting happily when he was drunk, and was chatting with Cheng Yu, who was his leader.

"Master Cheng, the kid has just arrived, and he is not clear about many things, and he is also a little curious."

"Wait, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Cheng Yu drinks less, but he is not opposed to young people drinking more when they are happy.

"I once heard my tutor and friends talk about the world's talents, and I mentioned Master Cheng."

"Oh? I don't know who are the talents in the world in the eyes of the respected teacher and his friends? Cheng Yu has a wide range of friends, and after defecting to Cao Cao, he has been helping Cao Cao recruit talents, and he wants to listen to the recommendation of talents from outsiders. At Cao Cao's place, Cao Hong had already introduced it, saying that Liu Tong's master was a master in the world.

"I heard that Lord Cheng and Yingchuan Xun Yu and Xun Yu's uncle and nephew are friends, I don't know what positions the two adults have?" Liu Tong read "Three Kingdoms" intensively, and knew that it was Xun Yu who recommended Cheng Yu to Cao Cao, and the relationship between the two must be good, and now that Cheng Yu is under Cao Cao's account, Xun Yu and Xun Yu must be in Xinye.

When Cheng Yu heard this, he shook his head, thinking that this Luo Tong had really just been born, and he didn't know where Xun You's uncle and nephew were. Originally, I came here today to be assigned by Cao Cao to explore the details of this Luo Tong, otherwise how could I have a drink with a small soldier.

Both he and Cao Cao suspected that he had come from the north, because the salt that Liu Tong made was almost the same as the salt trafficked from the north. Liu Tong's question made Cheng Yu think that he couldn't have come from the north.

"Military candidates, Wen Ruo and Gongda are now Liu Kuan's right-hand men, and they are in a high position in the military aircraft."

Liu Tong almost dropped his jaw in shock when he heard this, Xun Yu and Xun Yu were not Cao Cao's advisors! By the way, Guo Jia is Cao Cao's sworn friend, Cao Cao's mastermind, and Cheng Yu recommended it to Cao Cao, so it should still be there, right? Liu Tong forgot what year Guo Jia died of illness.

"Then how is Lord Guo Jia Guo now?"

Cheng Yu originally thought that Liu Tong could name some talents that he didn't know, but what he didn't want to say were characters who had been famous for a long time, so he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

"Feng Xiao went back because of his teacher, but later died because he was seriously ill."

When Liu Tong heard this, he was a little embarrassed, he didn't know enough about this generation, and when he saw Cheng Yu's face disappointed, he aroused his competitiveness.

"My master once said that Wolong and Phoenix Chicks have to settle the world! I don't know where the two gentlemen Wolong and Fengxiao are now? ”

When Cheng Yu heard this, he was shocked! What Liu Tong mentioned just now are all world-famous Anbang rulers and unparalleled talents, and then launched Wolong and Phoenix Chicks, and obviously put these two far above others, and he has never heard of the names of these two people!

Cheng Yu immediately put away his contempt.

Cao Ang is also a person who attaches great importance to talents, this time he made a meritorious contribution in front of Cao Cao, as soon as he heard that there was a great talent in the field, he immediately became interested, and saw Cheng Yu's expression, knowing that he wanted to know the details of this Wolong and Phoenix Chick, so he asked for him:

"Brother Luo, I don't know who this Wolong and Phoenix Chick are? Under whom? How to find it? ”

Liu Tong was full of wine at this time, and he also had a bit of invitation and showmanship.

"If General Zuo gets two people, he will be like a tiger with wings and dominate the world. The two may have studied under Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui, and the two lived in seclusion in Jingzhou, and went to Longzhong to visit, and they will have something! After Liu Tong finished speaking, he was a little puzzled, by the way, is Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's master Sima Hui? I really can't remember about this, so whatever, let's just say so.

"Oh, I'll tell my father to send someone to conquer!"

"Brother Cao, by all means, the two of them are talented, they are arrogant, they must go to General Zuo in person, and only after looking at the thatched house can they invite the great talent and let him enter the WTO."

"Luo Junhou, Cheng also knows a little about the world's talents, why haven't you heard of it?" Cheng Yu is worried about the lack of strategists under Cao Cao, since the death of Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, Cao Cao often sighs that God is jealous of talents, God is against him, Cheng Yu has long been paying attention to the matter of recruiting talents, so he wants to ask for clarification.

"My lord, Wolong and Feng Chick's master and apprentice are all great talents who live in seclusion, not to mention that Wolong and Feng Chick are extremely young, and it is normal for the world not to know about them. But both of them are talents who have not met in a hundred years, and they are talented in the world, and their outwitting demons are unpredictable, and one person can settle the world! ”

Liu Tong thought to himself, this Pang Tong should be an adult, and this Zhuge Liang will not be an adult. Whatever, as long as Cao Cao gets one person, my credit is not small! Thinking that he had the grace of recommending Zhuge Liang, he couldn't help but be secretly happy.

"Thank you General Cao for your hospitality today, it's not too early, Cheng is old and can't drink, I'll leave now." Cheng Yu glanced at Cao Ang and said goodbye to Cao Hong with his fists.

Cao Ang also resigned to Cao Hong and Liu, and the two got up one after another. Liu Tong had to follow Cao Hong to send the two out of the door.

The red carp was already waiting at the door, helping the drunk Liu Tong back to the house. In the room, the red carp was very excited, stroking the brocade that had been sent earlier and said, "Childe, I will sew a few more clothes for you from tomorrow!" ”

Liu Tong had already finished drinking the sobering soup prepared by the red carp for himself, took the red carp's little hand, and sat on the bed, "Red carp, it won't be long before we can have our own maids and servants, these jobs will be done for the next person in the future, you can sit with your young grandmother in peace." ”

The red carp's face suddenly turned red, "Others sew, how can I rest assured?" As he spoke, he pulled out his hand, took off his coat, shoes and socks for Liu Tong, pressed Liu Tong down on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and ran away shyly.

The alcohol content in this era is not high, Liu Tong slept very sweetly after drinking some wine, and the sun only got up the next day.

Soon two groups of people came, first Pu Yuan brought Dawu over to send him an iron rod, after adding 100 steel at both ends of the iron rod, although it was still a little light, and it seemed bigger, but it was much easier.

As soon as Pu Yuan and the others left, Cao Ang came over with a few servants, and after Bingming Cao Hong and his wife, he helped Liu Tong start moving.

Liu Tong only spent the night, just slept and got a reward! Cao Cao rewarded Liu Tong with a small mansion in the west of the city, along with three maids and two servants, plus ten catties of gold!