Chapter 45: Departure
The next day, Mo Shuyan, who had packed up, was burdened, and when he left, he was reluctant to look back at the whole house, and seemed to be a little nostalgic, although he didn't live here for long, but it was Mo Shuyan's first home in the Three Kingdoms.
Whether it is successful or not, it will be difficult to return here, but it is still time to leave.
After a final glance, Mo Shuyan withdrew his gaze, there was no longer the slightest nostalgia in his eyes, he strode out of the room like a meteor, closed the door gently, and turned to leave.
In the courtyard, Zhang Lie, who was also carrying a burden, was already waiting for Mo Shuyan here.
The two glanced at each other, smiled silently, didn't say much, and walked out side by side.
Walking through the long aisle, Mo Shuyan seemed to have returned to the time when he first came to join Cao Cao.
At that time, he was still self-righteous and only cared about himself, but now he met Cao Cao and Zhang Lie and others, knew the word loyalty, and changed from being wary of Cao Cao to thinking about Cao Cao now.
If you spread it out, considering what Xu Zisheng did, Mo Shuyan can live in seclusion in the mountains, and now he is in troubled times, who can find himself?
But Cao Cao is different, he is unwilling and unable to withdraw from this era, and Mo Shuyan can only find out the way forward for Cao Cao in case of accidents.
This truth, Mo Shuyan and Cao Cao are like mirrors in their hearts, but they are reluctant to bring it up.
Mo Shuyan came back to his senses and had already come outside Cao's Mansion, and there were not too many people to send him off, because all the manpower had been transferred to the barracks, and now cultivating a new army was the top priority.
Two fine jujube red horses, two armor soldiers leading the horses, plus Cao Cao who was waiting here, there were only three people and two horses.
But Mo Shuyan didn't have anything unusual in his heart, Cao Cao went out early and returned late these days, and he rarely slept much, just to train soldiers and horses as soon as possible, and he had the strength to fight, and now that this busy man came to see him off, what else could he ask for?
Slightly to Cao Cao, Mo Shuyan said with a smile: "It's really a bit of a delay to send the lord away." ”
"It doesn't matter." Cao Cao waved his hand, and a smile rose on his rather haggard face, "Yun Yi is here for the sake of righteousness, and he is sending each other away, why worry about it?" ”
Mo Shuyan nodded gratefully, as if he had thought of something, his eyes flashed, and he asked softly: "Lord, has the recent recruitment been smooth?" ”
Cao Cao was slightly stunned, and said with a smile again: "Smooth and smooth, Yunyi must not worry." ”
Suddenly, Zhang Lie on the side somehow, with a worried look on his face, took a few steps forward, looked at Cao Cao, and whispered to Mo Shuyan: "Recently, the conscription has become increasingly difficult, and the people of Chen Liuzhi saw our soldiers going to conscript, as if hiding from the plague god, and all the strong men ran out to take refuge. ”
As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao immediately snorted coldly and glared at Zhang Lie, as if he was blaming Zhang Lie, and he shouldn't tell Mo Shuyan the truth.
Seeing this, Zhang Lie knelt on one knee and said with a heavy face: "Lord, if this continues, when the princes come to their senses, they will surely destroy all of us, so why send Yun Yi to Chang'an and risk danger to do useless work!" ”
"You!" Cao Cao raised his finger at Zhang Lie with anger on his face, and just wanted to scold, but he stopped again, turned his head sideways and sighed.
Although Cao Cao was very angry that Zhang Lie told the truth, he had to admit that what Zhang Lie said was the truth, if it really remained so, it would be better to let Mo Shuyan enjoy the last comfortable time here safely and not take risks.
Mo Shuyan, who was standing on the side, listened to the dispute between the two, and probably knew the cause and effect, and he also blamed himself for his negligence.
After all, the last time Cao Cao left Chen Liu, he had already taken away a lot of strong men from Chen Liu, but now that he has returned, he has not been able to bring back a few, and then recruit troops, who wants to be one of the members of this mortal army? People are selfish, and when personal interests conflict with the interests of the world, how many people are willing to sacrifice their personal interests?
However, Mo Shuyan obviously had a way to solve this problem, and stepped forward to walk in front of Cao Cao, Mo Shuyan said with shining eyes: "Maybe I have a solution to this situation, I don't know if the lord is willing to admonish." ”
Hearing this, Cao Cao looked at Mo Shuyan in front of him in shock, and then endless joy appeared on his face, his hands tightly grasped Mo Shuyan's shoulders, and asked eagerly: "What is Yunyi's opinion, tell me eloquently." ”
Mo Shuyan is a weak scholar, who can withstand Cao Cao's strength, and suddenly grinned in pain, how can he still speak.
Cao Cao, who calmed down, saw Mo Shuyan's painful demeanor, and immediately understood his gaffe, quickly let go of his hands, and looked at Mo Shuyan with an apologetic face.
Being able to understand the reason why Cao Cao was so out of shape, Mo Shuyan didn't care about this, rubbed his shoulders, pondered for a while, and then said with a straight face: "To recruit strong men, a certain promise must be given, and the lord can promise everyone that after dominating the world, he will give them land for them to cultivate, and only charge a very low land tax." ”
That's right, the method that Mo Shuyan thought of was the policy of the liberation period, which was to seek benefits for the people and encourage the enthusiasm of the people.
Hearing this, Cao Cao was directly stunned on the spot, dividing the land among the people, this is simply an unprecedented idea, which has never been proposed, but Cao Cao is not a pedantic person, thinking about it carefully, there is some certain truth.
If the land is promised to be divided among the people, I am afraid that there will be countless strong men who come to take refuge, and the soldiers and horses under his command will definitely not be lifeless, and the combat effectiveness of the army will also be greatly improved.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if he had discovered a new continent, and he said happily to Mo Shuyan: "Cao has been taught, and he will discuss it in the future and then implement it." ”
"It's so good, then Yunyi will go to Chang'an first, looking forward to returning again and seeing a different scenery." Mo Shuyan replied, bypassed Cao Cao directly, and turned over on the horse.
Seeing this, Zhang Lie also bowed to Cao Cao, stepped forward and got on his horse, and the two armorers immediately handed over the reins and stepped aside.
"Wait."
Cao Cao's voice sounded behind him again, and Mo Shuyan and Zhang Lie hurriedly turned to look at Cao Cao.
After his face changed from eager to calm, Cao Cao wanted to speak and stopped, and finally just hugged his fists and said, "Yunyi, take care." ”
Mo Shuyan nodded slightly, turned his head and glanced at Zhang Lie, laughed and galloped wildly, Zhang Lie followed closely behind, galloping forward.
Soon, the figures of the two turned around the corner and disappeared from Cao Cao's sight.
"If you are injured in Chang'an, I, Cao Cao, will definitely break through Chang'an and avenge you!" Cao Cao said firmly in the direction in which Mo Shuyan left.
Then, Cao Cao hurriedly turned around and left, preparing to gather his generals to discuss the feasibility of the method Mo Shuyan said.