Chapter 3 Think big and take a long time
Everyone dispersed, leaving only Cao Cao and the little eunuch Cao Bao who accompanied him - in fact, Cao Bao is not a small eunuch now, as Liu Xuan's throne becomes more and more stable, Cao Bao was officially promoted to the middle permanent servant a while ago.
Among the eunuchs, the position of the middle permanent servant can be regarded as reaching its peak, although the power cannot be as great as that of Zhang and their ten permanent servants, but their status in the court is also above the vast majority of civil and military generals, Cao Bao was promoted to the middle standing attendant at the age of not yet an adult, in addition to making people sigh that this kid has taken shit luck and fell in love with Liu Xuan early, it is also caused by the current situation.
At this time, the head of today's eunuchs was serving Liu Xuan carefully as usual, and where did he have the slightest style of a regular servant, but it was not much different from an ordinary domestic servant.
Liu Xuan was not dissatisfied with this, with someone who was so loyal and tried his best to serve him, he could also save a lot of trouble.
What's more, if the internal officials manage too much political affairs, it is not necessarily a good thing, Cao Bao is not suitable for handling government affairs now, and it is not so much to be idle all day, and it is just right to learn and do it next to him.
When Cao Bao poured a new cup of tea for him and Cao Cao, Liu Xuan turned his head and ordered: "Go and get that picture." ”
During this time, Cao Cao didn't make a sound, just sat quietly in place, didn't squint, and didn't even touch the tea in front of him.
Liu Xuan turned his head to take a look, and saw that Cao Cao's figure was much more slender than at the beginning, although it was still not tall, but it was a normal height.
Because of the rapid growth of height, the figure that originally seemed a little wide has also become slender at this time, and at the same time, the face has also changed a little, and the slightly sunken cheeks make his Chinese face more majestic.
Wearing a golden crown of hair on his head, although he was not wearing armor on his body, the killing aura cultivated on that body of battle could still be seen at a glance, and Cao Cao at this time was getting closer and closer to the image of Cao Cao in those games that Liu Xuan had seen before.
Maybe it's because his image is getting better and better, and Cao Cao has been in a good mood in the past two years. thought that even if he straightened his back and wanted to look at Liu Xuan, he had to look up.
Although he has not caught up with the height of the Son of Heaven now, he is at least about to catch up with Liu Bei, how can he be in a bad mood? Moreover, as he practiced the magic taught by Liu Xuan for a long time, his energy became much more abundant, and he even had the idea of taking a concubine in the past two months.
And as he got more benefits, Cao Cao gradually felt the unpredictability of the Son of Heaven - he now finally believed that what Liu Xuan said at the beginning was not an exaggeration to cultivate to the depths, immortality is not a difficult thing, etc., and if he continued to cultivate like this, he might really be able to live forever?
That's not all, becoming an immortal is boring if you have no power and power, what really makes him happy is that he can not only cultivate, but also don't have to give up all the power in this world, which is very different from those legendary cultivators or rumors that people in the cultivation of some kind need to escape the world.
"However, His Majesty has given so many benefits, if he can't achieve something, I'm afraid he will ......"
As time passed, Cao Cao gradually accepted the identity of the Son of Heaven. Although it would take some time for him to be truly loyal, Cao Cao now understood that as long as he continued to work under Liu Xuan, then the emperor would definitely not treat him badly, and he would be able to get more benefits—these benefits would make him healthier, stronger, and live longer.
With these things, he is confident that he can make some earth-shattering achievements with his own ability, and his power will be greater at that time, so it is almost inevitable to fulfill his dreams.
And Liu Xuan's actions today also confirm Cao Cao's speculation.
Don't look at anything else, just the prescription that Liu Xuan took out to make the mount stronger, even if the final effect is not so exaggerated, but as long as it can make the war horse strong by five points or even three points, it is also a great thing, with good war horses, with elite soldiers, and the generals have become far more powerful than ordinary people after cultivating.
Don't say that to pacify the world, even if all the alien races around the Han are slaughtered, it is not impossible. Thinking that if this matter could be completed in his own hands, Cao Cao suddenly had great expectations for the future.
In fact, the prescription that Liu Xuan took out far exceeded Cao Cao's expectations. The medicine he gave today was just the most basic prescription, and the medicines used were ordinary herbs that could be collected and even cultivated on this earth, except for a key medicinal material.
And the key part is the essence that Liu Xuan has refined from ordinary herbs, this job is actually not difficult, it is troublesome and troublesome, and the most troublesome thing for Liu Xuan is that no one can do this job except Liu Xuan.
Even Liu Xuan was able to do this after he had passed the dragon egg period and finally gave birth to a young golden dragon, so this prescription was not critical, the key was the part of the herb essence that Liu Xuan had refined with his own hands. Fortunately, this part of the herb essence was enough for Cao Cao to solve the problem of the mounts ridden by the five thousand tigers and leopards.
In fact, the best way is to feed the horse from a young age, so that the war horse that grows up is the kind of strong war horse that Liu Xuan said, although the adult war horse is also effective, but it is not as good as the war horse cultivated since childhood. ”
He casually told Cao Cao some of the main points of the prescription, and then said some specific ways to use it, and finally Liu Xuan talked to Cao Cao about the next things.
"Meng De, are you dissatisfied with me giving the position of general of Zhengxi to Fengxian?"
"Weichen doesn't dare!" Cao Cao hurriedly responded when he heard Liu Xuan talk about this.
But Liu Xuan heard the meaning of Cao Cao's words: "Don't dare...... I'm still dissatisfied. ”
Cao Cao didn't say anything, because Liu Xuan did say what was on his mind, but he felt that the Son of Heaven must have made arrangements, so he didn't say anything.
At this time, Cao Bao, who had been away for a while, returned, holding a large scroll in his hand, Liu Xuan saw it and waved his hand directly: "Meng De came to see this, and he understood what I meant." ”
When Cao Bao saw Liu Xuan's signal, he immediately understood in his heart, swung the scroll to the ground, and then pushed it, and this large scroll was actually spread out on the carpet of this side hall, occupying all the space in this hall, and the thick carpet was covered underneath.
As soon as Cao Cao saw this picture, he didn't understand what it was at first, but after looking at it for a while, his eyelids suddenly jumped: "This is ......"
"This is the map of the world, all the land under heaven. ”
Liu Xuan didn't sell anything to Cao Cao, stood up straight, and then casually took a long stick from the side, and pointed a spot on the stick: "This is where our big man is!"
"World Map ......"
Cao Cao also stood up, because in this way he was able to see the huge drawings clearly, and when Liu Xuan pointed out the location of the big man with a long stick, he was also shocked in his heart: "Unexpectedly...... So vast?"
Naturally, he would not feel that the territory of the Great Han was narrow. He still had an idea in his mind about how big the Han Dynasty was, but it made him feel a little unbelievable that such a big dynasty only accounted for such a small piece on this map.
Liu Xuan didn't feel anything surprised by Cao Cao, although the people of this era had a little basic awareness of the vastness of the world, but they didn't know how big it was. At most, they only knew that there was still a vast world beyond the Han Dynasty, and that there were also powerful states in the extreme west, the Han Dynasty had a few brief exchanges with the Roman Empire, and they knew each other's existence.
At the same time, there were also frequent exchanges between the dynasties that existed between the two huge empires, especially in the Kushan and Anxi, which were called the four great empires of Europe and Asia along with the Han Dynasty and Rome in later generations.
For this part of world history, Liu Xuan definitely knows six out of seven: he doesn't know anything, and he has a vague concept of these knowledge or reading many records of the royal family.
The map of the world he drew only had the outline of the whole world, indicating where the sea was and where the land was, and there was no point on the borders of the countries or anything.
Just look at the wooden sticks he pointed out that the Han Dynasty was still needed.
Cao Cao was also well-informed, but when he saw that there was such a large area of land outside the Han Dynasty, he didn't even know what kind of reaction he should make for a while—more importantly, he didn't know what it meant for him to take out this map.
"Could it be that the emperor has the idea of becoming immortal and wants to expand his territory?"
Thinking about it, it seems that this idea is the most reliable, but he doesn't know how big Liu Xuan's ambitions are?
Liu Xuan smiled: "Actually, I took out this map to tell Meng De that you don't have to care about a general who conquers the west, and you don't have to go west to open up territory for the Han Dynasty!"
Pointing to the north of the Han Dynasty, and then to the east of the Han Dynasty: "These places are waiting for Meng De to lead his troops to conquer." With so much land, are you afraid that there is nothing to fight?"
When Cao Cao heard this, he realized that Liu Xuan left him behind and took out this map (he didn't doubt the authenticity of the map), just to appease him, so he could know that the emperor valued him, so he didn't have any dissatisfaction.
However, the emperor said to go east......
"The east side is full of sea, and although there is land, it does not seem to be vast...... And that vast land is too far away, isn't it?"
At this time, Cao Cao was thinking about how to really fulfill the emperor's ambitions, and at the same time satisfy his own ambitions, and he began to seriously think about where the Han family should fight if it wanted to expand its territory.
In his opinion, the north is a bitter cold place, which is not suitable for living at all, so he still looks in several other directions: "Could it be that Your Majesty means to go south?"