Capturing fame was the first step in his plan to come here.

The second step is to build up an armed force that will be at your disposal.

After all the success is done, the third step is to find a place where you can settle down, put down roots, and finally establish your own territory.

After that, it is necessary to make steady progress, expand the power and army, and finally achieve the goal of unifying the whole country.

Of course, as a person who has come over, Zhang Chao's wish does not stop there, he also has more and broader ideas, that is, he not only wants to unify the territory that the Eastern Han Dynasty now has, but also swallows up some nearby territorial countries.

To say that in China's 5,000-year history, one of the people Zhang Chao admires the most is Genghis Khan.

During his lifetime, he led the Mongol cavalry to conquer the western reaches of Central Asia; To the east is the Black Sea coast of Eastern Europe; Straddling the Eurasian continent, the largest territory covers an area of 44 million square kilometers.

That is a legendary life, a magnificent life, that is, to be reborn, he has to create a miracle, a miracle that no one can break.

Thinking of these, Zhang Chao couldn't help but feel a burst of passion and a burst of imagination in his heart. It wasn't until Zhao Yun's voice came from outside the door that he remembered that he hadn't eaten dinner yet. And tomorrow I have to visit Cai Wenshi, and then I have to contact Zuo Feng to meet Zhang Rang, to meet Emperor Han Ling, and of course, to rescue that beautiful woman, there are too many things to do, and none of them can be sloppy.

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A very large courtyard in the more prosperous area of Luoyang City. A big two-character signboard of Caifu outside the door is so sonorous and powerful, at a glance, you can know that it is written by a great writer.

This is the Cai family compound that is well-known in the cultural circles of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the residence of Cai Yong and Cai Wenshi.

Although Zhang Chao did not arrive, the rumor did spread under his intention, that is, he was going to visit Cai Yong first.

Zhang Chao is known for his song "Drinking Alone Under the Moon", and with the big sale of hero drunkenness, it is now a sought-after commodity in Kyoto, and many dignitaries and nobles feast on VIPs, if there is no hero drunk, it will be a very rude thing.

With these two things, Zhang Chao has already become a little famous. Not to mention his miraculous achievements in the Battle of Changshe, especially the song "Battle of Changshe", which has long been transmitted back to Kyoto, so that countless students and the people can praise it.

And it is said that the boy is only seventeen years old, this is really a hero out of the youth.

Of course, the age of seventeen was to be called a young man in that era, and now Zhang Chaoxu is eighteen, and at that time, he can marry a wife and have children.

Such a young and promising person came to Luoyang, and it became a topic of discussion on the streets and alleys for a while. Even the outside, let alone the inside of the Cai Mansion.

Before dinner in the evening, someone sent a greeting sticker, and the person who paid the payment was Zhang Chao, which probably meant that he would visit Cai's Mansion tomorrow, and please prepare in advance.

This is also a kind of routine, in order to be afraid of disturbing the host and catching people off guard, they often send a worship post the day before they come, so as to arrange the time for the host.

As soon as he received Zhang Chao's greeting sticker, Cai Yong happily called his wife and daughter.

Cai Yong's wife's name is Liu, and she was originally a show of everyone, but later she fell behind in the middle of the family. It's just that her good upbringing since she was a child has made her walk, stand, and sit very well-behaved.

At this point, Cai Yan was obviously also affected, and he was usually very quiet when he sat there. Of course, only in front of her parents will she behave like this, but she is just a sixteen-year-old girl, and she is still lively and active.

In today's words, both parents are high-level intellectuals, Cai Wenji was born in such a family, since she was a child, she has been exposed to it since she was a child, she is both erudite and literate, and good at poetry, and it is very natural for her to have a long debate and music, it can be said that she had a happy childhood.

People with such a childhood are naturally full of beautiful fantasies about their future. She wondered what kind of man her future husband would be, a hero who could hold a gun and speak immediately, or a writer who could open his mouth and speak wisely.

Girls have such fantasies, and Cai Yan is naturally no exception. And after knowing some things about Zhang Chao, for some reason, there seems to be an expectation in my heart, that is, the idea of seeing a real person. Later, when I heard that Zhang Chao would come to Cai's mansion, he began to bump into each other like a deer in his arms.

After calling his wife and daughter, Cai Yong handed Zhang Chao's worship sticker to the two of them.

"Oh, but Chen Liu, Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao and Zhang Zhiyuan?" After reading the post, Liu asked this question.

"Yes, it is this person, hehe, he is a young and promising person who can write and martial arts, he came to the capital, he didn't go elsewhere, he came to see me first, but it surprised me, and I felt honored." Cai Yong hugged the beard of his chin and said very proudly.

"Well, he'll be here tomorrow, but isn't tomorrow your day to teach?" After hearing this, Liu first nodded, but then remembered what was originally scheduled for tomorrow and asked her husband.

Here I would like to mention one thing to you, in the fourth year of Emperor Xiping of the Eastern Han Dynasty (175), there was a major event in the capital Luoyang. At the gate of Taixue, a stone tablet was erected, the content of which was the official "Six Classics", as a model for the world's scholars to revise the text, which is the famous "Xiping Stone Scripture". All of a sudden, Taixue was very lively, there were many people who came here every day to watch the Moshu, there were thousands of cars, and the road was blocked. The writer of the Book of Stone is Cai Yong, a great writer, a great historian, a great musician, a great painter, and a great calligrapher of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It was from that time on, that the young students who came to ask Cai Yong for teaching questions lined up in a long line.

At first, he always had to answer questions, but after all, he was getting older and older, and finally at Liu's suggestion, he changed it to start classes every few days, and unfortunately tomorrow was the day when classes started. Liu, who knew this, asked this question.

"Oh, Mother! When can't I teach, Zhang Chao came all the way, my father, who was going to meet first, how could he excuse himself. Hearing her mother talk about tomorrow's class, it seemed that she wanted to shirk Zhang Chao's arrival, and Cai Yan, who had just seen the post, finally spoke up.

"Hehe, what Yan'er said is, can the teaching matter be postponed to the day after tomorrow? Presumably, it is enough to explain the situation clearly, and those students are also reasonable people. Cai Yong continued to laugh. Then he glanced at his daughter Cai Yan and said: "By the way, Zhang Zhiyuan is here tomorrow, and you will also attend to accompany you, you are all young people, and there may be a lot of topics." I've heard the verses he made, and they're very powerful, and you have to ask for a lesson or two. ”

"Father, I'm a woman, how can I be a companion. Saying, can he be as good as you? Cai Yan slapped his father's ass as if he was coquettish.

Cai Yong, who was very comfortable being slapped by the sycophants, first had a happy face, and then said: "You can't say that, the characteristics of each one are different, my father is old, and he can't make the kind of heroic poetry that only young people have, so you have to learn." ”

Under his father's repeated emphasis, Cai Yan had no choice but to pretend to be reluctant to agree. In fact, she had already thought about it, how to find a chance to meet this Zhang Zhiyuan this time, he had really heard a lot of stories about this person.

Buying orphans in the city shows his loving side.

The poetry is well done, which shows the talented and virtuous side.

Being able to kill the enemy on the battlefield shows the blood of a man in his bones.

Defeating the Yellow Turbans instead of killing them all proves that he is not a brutal man.

Wouldn't it be a pity if such a man was not seen?

It's just that Cai Yan didn't know that when Cai Yong looked at her, his eyes had another meaning.

Maybe ordinary people can't feel anything, but Cai Yong, who has the title of historian, is very clear that the current imperial court has been decayed, and the dictatorship of relatives and eunuchs has made it impossible for talented and virtuous people to be reused. In addition to the economic recession, the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Thieves, if this continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before the country will be in chaos.

He was fifty-one years old, an old man at that time. Even if it's dead, it's fine, but what about the daughter? I have lived by my side since I was a child, and I don't know the sinister nature of people's hearts, and if I don't make arrangements in advance, I don't know what kind of fate I will have in the future?

Thinking about this Zhang Chao, the teenager is outstanding, plus he has an elder brother who is a guard, how to say that he should also be able to protect himself, if possible, marrying his daughter to this person is also a good place to go.

Cai Yong actually had such an idea, if Zhang Chao knew about this in advance, I am afraid that he would wake up laughing even from a dream.

After convincing his daughter to promise to accompany him tomorrow, Cai Yong went to the bedroom with confidence. Instead, Cai Yan was left sitting there, his face flushed for a while.

She really wanted to see Zhang Chao immediately, but she was afraid that she would be disappointed after seeing this person, and she was a little conflicted for a while.

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The night passed, and early the next morning, Wang De prepared some gifts according to the previous plan, and ordered someone to carry them to the backyard of Yuelaiju for Zhang Chao to see.

Some of these gifts are Chen's specialties, which are not too easy to buy in the capital. There are also some more valuable items, which express Zhang Chao's filial piety.

It is said that the first time I went to my father-in-law's house, I couldn't take less of that thing, so after seeing this full twenty boxes of heavy gifts, Zhang Chao was not surprised, but after a general look, he said: "Yes, send them all to Cai's mansion." ”

With the order, forty guards of the Zhang family army immediately lifted twenty boxes of heavy gifts. Headed by Zhang Chao and followed by Zhao Yun, eight brocade guards guarded the safety left and right, and the group left Yuelaiju and went straight to Cai's mansion.