"This is the barbarian divine beast mentioned in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, hideous?"

Cao Mengde was surprised, and reached out to touch it, but was avoided by Xiao Wei, and returned a paw to him by the way.

If it weren't for Cao Mengde's marrow washing scripture that had been cultivated to a considerable level, he would have to be scratched.

"Huh!"

Cao Mengde couldn't touch this little thing and didn't care, but said: "Sure enough, the wild beast has surprisingly fast claws." ”

The little hideous grinned, glared at Cao Mengde fiercely, and a pale red shadow crossed in the air with a slip of smoke, and left the earth courtyard in an instant.

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Since it is a barbarian divine beast, of course it has to be different. You're back just in time, I wanted to tell you. This monster hatched from a stone egg you sent before, and one may not be two. ”

Cao Mengde understood and said, "I see. I'll keep the people down there on notice. ”

Even Cao Mengde here may not pay much attention to ancient creatures like Hide. Even an immortal family like Zhao Yu exists, what is the cruelty? Ten more, a hundred more, what can it be? He only values Zhao Yu's needs, and if Zhao Yu wants it, he will look for it.

It's the height of summer now, and Cao Mengde hasn't been to the other hospital for half a year. But in the past six months, he has been busy fighting with Yuan Shao.

The two walked side by side on the bluestone road in the other courtyard, and Cao Mengde said: "After being busy for half a year, I can finally rest." Yuan Ben had been defeated at the beginning, and now he went to Youzhou in embarrassment and was placed under the fence of Gongsun Bogui. Probably he never thought that there would be such a day. ”

Guandu is still Guandu.

At the beginning of the spring, Cao Mengde waved his troops to the battle. The main army started from Guandu, crossed the river to the north, and fought a decisive battle with more than 100,000 troops gathered by Yuan Shao in Yecheng.

In this war, Cao Mengde's army totaled about 70,000, accounting for half of Cao Mengde's total strength.

Over the years, Cao Mengde's military strength has grown year by year, but he has not been violent. The so-called soldiers are expensive but not expensive, which is fully reflected in Cao Mengde. Otherwise, with his current background, Hugh said that more than 100,000 troops, even if they were 200,000 or 300,000, would be able to raise them.

The main force of soldiers, Cao Mengde has about 150,000. However, its territory is vast, and it has to guard against several other princes, so only half of it can be used.

However, many generals were sent back to participate in this war that determined the general trend of the whole world.

For example, several generals such as Xiahoudun on the southern front, and several generals from Cao Ren's department on the eastern front. In addition to Sun Ce and Lü Bu, who were still chasing Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou, the main generals under their command were all sent back to participate in this war.

To this end, Cao Mengde dispatched Cheng Yu, Man Chong and others to the southern and eastern fronts, temporarily taking over from Xiahoudun and others to guard against Yuan Shu and Liu Biao.

Yuan Shao had many soldiers, and Cao Mengde had few soldiers. But Cao Mengde's army was countless times more elite than Yuan Shao's. Whether it is the popularity of the Five Elements Fist Sutra in the army, or the incomparably sophisticated various equipment, it is not comparable to Yuan Shao.

Therefore, there was a big battle between the two sides, and the blood flowed under Yecheng, Yuan Shao only held out for three days, and nearly 200,000 troops were defeated by Cao Mengde.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and Yuan Shao left in embarrassment, while mobilizing the remaining troops from all over the country, while retreating to the north. was chased to Changshan by Cao Mengde and fought another battle, but the result was obvious, and he lost all his family.

The two battles were decided, and in less than half a year, the entire territory of Jizhou was occupied by Cao Mengde. And Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses, countless generals were killed in battle, and countless surrenderers were surrendered. In the end, he retreated into Youzhou with only more than 10,000 remnants of soldiers and was accepted by Gongsun Zhan.

A big war has come to this point, and it is almost over. But Cao Mengde's troops did not stop at Jizhou. However, by this time, Cao Mengde had already retreated from the front line. It's not that Cao Mengde looks down on Gongsun Zhan, but that Gongsun Chan really doesn't have the power to make Cao Mengde pay attention to it.

Therefore, the front-line war Cao Mengde was handed over to Xiahou to be led by the governor, and Xi Zhicai and others were used as military advisers, and gradually advanced.

"As soon as I came back, I came to the other house. Cao Mengde was very happy in his heart: "I haven't come for half a year, I really miss it." ”

Zhao Yu smiled: "I think what you miss is my pill?"

"Sir is indeed wise. Cao Mengde laughed: "After a big battle, almost all the pills from the previous time were rewarded, and there was no surplus food in my hands, so I was a little panicked." ”

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded: "There are many pills, when you leave, how much can you take." ”

"Good. Cao Mengde slapped his palms: "The flying car is not big, and it can fit tens of millions of grains!"

"you. Zhao Yu scolded with a smile: "Even if you empty my medicine storehouse, you can't find tens of millions of pills." Eighteen thousand is about the same. ”

Naturally, it was a joke, Cao Mengde nodded: "There are more and more people under this hand, and everything is consumed quickly." This time, I made a war fortune, and I got a lot of herbs from Hebei, and sent them in half a month at most. ”

"Just have herbs. I'll refine as much as I can for you. ”

Zhao Yu responded, but said with a smile: "I am a monk of the immortal family, and I have become your coolie, which is really unpleasant." Gather a few famous doctors and send them to me. Several pills such as Jingyuan Dan and Yangyuan Dan are a little troublesome to refine by ordinary means, but they are not impossible. ”

When Cao Mengde heard this, he understood what Zhao Yu meant, and was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, good! Hua Tuohua Divine Doctor is in Puyang, if he knows that he can learn alchemy from Mr., I can't wait for it." ”

"Hua Tuo?" Zhao Yu smiled: "This is really a miracle doctor." By the way, there is also a Zhang Zhongjing in Jingzhou, which is also very amazing. It seems that he has also been a Changsha Taishou, and he is also a miracle doctor. ”

"Mr. Zhang Zhongjing said, but Zhang Ji?" Cao Mengde heard of this person, and couldn't help but bow: "I have indeed heard of it." ”

Zhao Yu said: "The method of alchemy, it is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say. It is difficult for ordinary doctors to learn. It is necessary to have such a miracle doctor to make achievements in a short period of time. The more people who know how to refine pills, the more pills they will naturally have. However, whether it is Yangyuan Dan or Jingyuan Dan, etc., they are quite popular. Once the alchemy method can spread, the demand for this medicinal material will probably skyrocket. ”

"What does Mr. mean..."Cao Mengde's heart turned: "Do you have to grow medicinal herbs like food?"

"Exactly. Zhao Yu said with a smile: "You see, the superficial level of the Five Elements Fist Sutra has been popularized to the people under your rule, which makes the pill also have a huge demand among the people." Think about how many people practice martial arts? When you dominate the world, tens of millions of people will have to practice martial arts, how much will it consume? How can you meet the demand without cultivating medicinal herbs on a large scale?"

He added: "Moreover, this is not only a huge source of wealth, but also a good thing that allows many people to profit from the cultivation of medicinal herbs, killing two birds with one stone." ”

When Cao Mengde heard this, he suddenly depicted that scene in his heart.

This is clearly a new industry!

He couldn't help but pat his hands and praise: "Good way, good way!"

"When I go back, I'll start on it. ”

Zhao Yu said: "I will sort out the cultivation methods of various medicinal materials needed to cultivate these kinds of pills, so as to save you the time of groping, just popularize it." In my opinion, if you want the people to grow medicinal herbs now, I am afraid that it will not work, and the people are often suspicious of new things. It is better to set a regulation for the large-scale cultivation of medicinal herbs as a welfare, and the government can only grow them if the regime allows them. You take this qualification as a reward, and it can be regarded as giving some benefits to the civil and military generals under your command. They all know that the pill is good, and they must be happy. ”

"Wait until ten or eight years, one or two decades later, people have seen the benefits of growing medicinal herbs, and they can slowly relax the restrictions. ”