Section 7 Eyebrow drawing

Cao Chong squeezed out a smile and said modestly: "I have no such foresight, but I just lost before the victory. I thought about the seven counties of Jingzhou, three counties in Jiangbei, and four counties in Jiangnan, and only two counties in Jingzhou. Jiangxia is still in the hands of Liu Qi, and the four counties in Jiangnan are even south of the Yangtze River. Our army is good at infantry and cavalry, and short of water battles. If we can go down to Jiangnan in one fell swoop, it will be natural that there will be nothing to do. If there is anything, it must be the time to cross the river, so some plans are not what we had expected today at that time." He said a few words, and felt that this reason should be reasonable, and he was calmer. He thought about it and continued: "Jiangling lives in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, guarding the throat of the Yangtze River. If we want to cross the river and attack Jiangdong, Jiangling must not be lost. My father thought his son was filial to uncle..."

Cao Cao thought quietly for a long time before saying, "Zi Xiao followed me for many years, fought bravely and used cavalry well. As for whether I could defend Jiangling, I dare not assert that I could defend Jiangling. So in addition to let Man Boning (Man Chong) guard Dangyang as his successor, Le Jin also guarded Xiangyang and Xu Huang guarded Fancheng. Some of the three of them were the backs. I think they could protect Nanjun."

Cao Chong thought about it and didn't say anything. Cao Ren was indeed a brave general. He was known as the first brave general in Cao's camp, and was even more fierce than Zhang Liao, the leader of the five good generals. However, fighting was not just a matter of courage. In terms of strategy, Cao Ren was obviously not Zhou Yu's opponent, and perhaps only a level with Gan Ning, under Zhou Yu, but he was just a fight. He had always supervised the cavalry, but Jingzhou was mountainous and had great restrictions on the cavalry. Historically, Nanjun was thrown into his hands, so that Cao's army could only retreat to Xiangyang. Later, Guan Yu was forced to almost lose Xiangyang, which made Guan Yu famous for conquering China. To be honest, if it weren't for this battle, it was a question whether Guan Yu could have the glory of later generations.

However, Cao Ren and Zhou Yu are confronting Jiangling, and there has not been any defeated prime minister yet. Cao Cao has just promoted Cao Ren from General Zhennan to General Xingzhengnan. He is very confident that Cao Ren can defend Jiangling. He said that Cao Ren is not right at this time, but Cao Cao is afraid that Cao Cao loves listening and destroys the current good atmosphere in vain. He was thinking about it, and Cao Cao said again: "What I am worried about is Le Wenqian and Xu Gongming. Xu Gongming is cautious and there is no big problem. Le Wenqian is rude and fierce, and has always been disagreement with the generals in the army. I am worried that he will not handle various relationships well in Xiangyang."

Cao Chong nodded slightly. He now has a personal understanding of Le Jin, a powerful general. He dares to compete with him in Ye County, and he doesn't take other generals seriously. This person is basically a solitary minister, and he only has a general relationship with others. He is polite on the surface, or even polite on the surface. He is nothing to say about his loyalty to Cao Cao, but his popularity is also very poor. However, Cao Cao seems to like him. This time, he lets the cautious Xu Huang guard Fancheng, but let Le Jin guard Xiangyang, which shows that.

"What do you think about this?" Cao Cao couldn't help but smile when he saw Cao Chong nodding.

Cao Chong grinned and laughed twice after hearing this, and said, "Look at Xiangyang, we should not only focus on Xiangyang City, one city and one pool, but should be considered in the environment of the entire Jingzhou. I have a bit of an immature view. I also ask my father to designate it. I think that although Xiangyang is not the county seat, it is guarded across the river from Fancheng and guards the Han River. It can be traced to the three counties such as Fangling to Hanzhong, and down to Jiangxia, which is a strategic location. The security of Xiangyang is related to the situation of the entire Central Plains towards Jiangnan. Now that Jiangling City is in the south, its role is not very obvious. Once Jiangling City is lost, Xiangyang will be the last gateway to the Central Plains. If Xiangyang is lost, the Central Plains will be open, Xu County is unstable, and Xu County is unstable, the Central Plains will be shattered and the situation will change drastically."

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, but did not say anything. He gently reached out and held Cao Chong's hand in the palm of his hand. He signaled him to continue speaking.

"Now Jiangling is fighting fiercely. Xiangyang is the back, and is the trustworthy place. If Xiangyang is in good condition, he will seize Jiangxia from the left and Fangling three counties on the right, and move forward and bend Ju and Yiling, he will protect Jiangling from worry-free wings. In addition, Man Boning protects Jiangling from Dangyang, he will protect Jiangling from peace. If he only focuses on Xiangyang City, he may not be able to provide strong support to Jiangling. He must focus on Jingzhou, take Xiangyang as the center, gather Fancheng, Dangyang, Jiangxia and Fangling as one, and fully support Jiangling. After the navy recovers, he can reach Jiangnan, take all four counties, take Yizhou from the west, settle Jiangzuo from the east, settle Jiangnan from the south, and settle the world."

"It's reasonable." Cao Cao pondered for a while, nodded slightly and said, "It's because of this that I want you to stay in Xiangyang. Do you think it's feasible?"

"Me?" Cao Chong couldn't believe his ears, pointed at his nose and asked in surprise.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Cao Cao was proud of his arrangements. He pulled Cao Chong into him and laughed: "Don't worry, although Le Wenqian is rough and fierce, he has a good impression of you. If you go to Xiangyang, he will definitely cooperate well. In addition, I let Liu Zichu (Liu Ba) follow you. Zichu is a talented person. If you ask him more advice, you will definitely benefit a lot."

Cao Chong was overjoyed and quickly bowed down. He knew what it meant once he was in charge of Xiangyang. This was Cao Cao giving him the opportunity to make achievements and cultivate his own power, which made him overjoyed.

"Thank you, my father, I will do my best and dare not let my father down."

"Do it well." Cao Cao didn't say much, but patted his shoulder hard: "I have sent someone to send Huan'er to Nanyang. You can go to Nanyang in a few days. Although Deng Ziyi reads little, his martial arts are really good. If he uses it properly, he is also a talent."

Cao Chong burst into tears and bowed to the ground. When he thought that Cao Cao's health had not yet recovered, he had to hurry to rush to Xiangyang. He had to feel sad for Cao Cao's eagerness and felt a little reluctant to leave. After lingering for another two days, Cao Cao was reluctant to leave, but forced Cao Chong to take his people to leave Qiao County.

According to the original agreement, Cao Chong took Hua Tuo's only son Hua Fang. Hua Fang is in his twenties, with beautiful faces, elegant manners, and polite words. He always says poems, which looks like the Lu Xiucai in the martial arts world in his previous life. When he saw Cao Chong, Hua Fang's face was not a trace of indignation or envy, and his face was as calm as a lake of spring water. He had read some books, but he had not received guidance from famous teachers, and his level of classics was very average. Although Hua Tuo himself was familiar with several classics, Hua Tuo had been practicing medicine outside for a long time and was at home for a short time. He did not fulfill his responsibilities as a father to this son.

"Do you have any words?" Cao Chong stared at him for a long time when he saw the Huafang for the first time.

"Young Master, there is a word, which my father took, said Zi Yan." Hua Fang lowered his head slightly, looked at the exposed shoes under Cao Chongyi and replied.

"Zi Yan, your father is the top miracle doctor in the world. Have you ever thought of your son inheriting his father's business?" Cao Chong thought to himself that he has been passed down from family these days. Will Hua Tuo hide the famous Qingnang Sutra at home and pass it on to his only son Hua Fang?

"Never." The Chinese side replied directly: "My father was in the sun, and he never taught me a medical book, so the prescription did not involve medical skills."

Cao Chong sighed and did not ask any further. He arranged for Huafang to take a small car, but pulled Liu Ba onto his own car. The two of them sat down. The two of them cooked tea on the double ends. Cao Chong raised his hand to give in, but did not say anything. He took a sip of the tea and sighed.

"Why do you have to regret it? Although Hua Yuanhua is skilled in medicine, he regrets that he abandoned the scriptures and practiced medicine. Although there were countless living people, he could not enter the government and did not allow his son to study medicine. It is reasonable." Liu Ba said with a smile, but as he spoke, the smile on his face gradually faded, replaced by a helpless bitter smile.

Cao Chong sighed, "Mr. Zichu, I don't know Hua Yuanhua's difficulties. I don't blame Hua Yuanhua. I only blame this Confucianism for harming people." He raised his head and saw Liu Ba's calm face. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Fortunately, Yuanzhi is not here, otherwise I would have to remind me not to slander the emperor again."

"Yuanzhi is pedantic, what is this slander?" Liu Ba smiled disapprovingly: "The only respect for Confucianism was decided by Emperor Wu. Emperor Guangwu has been in operation for nearly two hundred years, which itself proves that it is wrong. Academics and power collusion will also perish, and power will also perish."

Cao Chong nodded silently. The reason why he dared to say this to Liu Ba was because he knew that Liu Ba was not a pure Confucian scholar. Or he was just a knowledge of classics rather than based on classics. What he was best at was the study of calculation. That is, the so-called local economy. In this era, this practical study was generally not highly praised by pure Confucian scholars. Those officials who were proficient in this art were at best called capable ministers and officials. Although they could enter history, they could not be ranked first, unless he also had outstanding achievements in classics or became a high-ranking official.

"What should I do when I arrive in Xiangyang? Please teach me how to do it." Cao Chong bowed respectfully.

"Young Master, why should you be polite? Since Ba has joined the young master's command, of course he will say everything." Liu Ba quickly put down the teacup and bowed back to the salute. He thought for a while and said, "I wonder what the first thing to deal with when the young master arrived in Xiangyang?"

Cao Chong said: "The Jiangling war has General Zhengnan, Dangyang has a powerful power (Manfeng), Xiangyang has a Le Zhechong (Le Jin) and Wen Zhongye, and there is no crisis for a while. What I think is the hundreds of thousands of people who stay in Xiangyang, winter has passed, and spring plowing is about to begin, but Jingzhou is full of mountains, with a large population and insufficient idle land. What many people do about it is the most urgent thing now."

Liu Ba smiled. He was not in a hurry to make military achievements when Cao Chong guarded Xiangyang, but was very happy about the survival of hundreds of thousands of people. He felt that he was not wrong to support Cao Chong when the Haoxue was silent. He smiled and said, "What the young master said is very much. The hundreds of thousands of refugees in Jingzhou are not owned by Jingzhou. Jingzhou has not had a great war, and there is not much land for cultivation. But don't panic, these people are absolutely absolutely not.

Most of them come from two places, one is Yingchuan and the other is Guanzhong. These two places used to be large in population and had a large amount of arable land, but they fled to Jingzhou because of war. Now that the Central Plains are pacified, these people can be moved back to their original place. Even if they are not from these two places, they can be resettled there. The land is absolutely enough. The government only needs to arrange their relocation, grain, seeds, so that they can spend the past six months. With the autumn harvest, you can survive the crisis."

Cao Chong's eyes lit up and signaled Liu Ba to continue talking. Liu Ba smiled, dipped his finger in tea, drew a sketch of Jingzhou on the small table in the car, pointing out the land and land in various places, and talking about the population of various places. In a short time, he explained the problem that Cao Chong thought for several days and felt it was difficult to solve. According to his plan, within two years, Jingzhou, Yingchuan and other places could be roughly stable.

"Mr. Zichu is indeed a great talent." Cao Chong laughed and raised his thumbs up with praise: "Then these things will be done by Mr.

"Young Master gave the order, but he didn't obey the order." Liu Ba nodded with a smile.

Cao Chong smiled with him for a while, and remembered something and said: "Those who study in Yixue do not need to move away for the time being. Among them, those who have achieved success in their studies will first go to the newly moved places to be grassroots officials, and the others will continue to study here. With those who are role models, they will definitely be more confident in studying. They will gradually absorb the children of local people in Jingzhou to enroll. In this way, there will be no shortage of talents in Jingzhou. Even if they develop the four counties in Jiangnan, it is also difficult to shortage of talents."

"Young Master. These people are enrolled in school and are also ethical studies. The cost is not light. Now it is supported by the Cai family. If the number of people is higher, the Cai family may not be able to hold on. These ethical studies are just a false reputation, but they use real money and silver." Liu Ba smiled and said, "Young Master, do you want to go back to Cai Degui first to discuss it?"

"I won't let him suffer." Cao Chong smiled and said, "I have some things to transfer to Jingzhou, and he will get a piece of cake at that time. However, this Yixue cannot continue to do this. I want to discuss with Song Zhongzi, and divide it into three levels. The primary ones mainly teach people to read literacy, and do not have to read so many Confucian classics. Only read some famous quotes of saints and learn one or two thousand words. In the future, you can study medical work and take your own as your own way. You can also become a minor official in the government and have a skill to maintain your own food and clothing. The intermediate ones continue to study, study half-time, study medicine or study work, and you can read scriptures and business. These people must exchange their own labor for the fee for study. You cannot eat and drink in vain. Then some of these people read very well, follow Song Zhongzi to read scriptures, and the government provides the fee, but the number of people must be controlled, and it cannot be wasted."

As Cao Chong said, he drew a triangle on the table, and drew it into three layers from top to bottom. He pointed to the bottom layer and said, "My purpose is on this layer. Let more people learn to read, lay the foundation, and then let them choose first. As for those who study the scriptures, it is just a triangle above, and there is no need for too many."

"There is really not too many people who study the scriptures." Liu Ba looked at the triangle and laughed.

The two of them went all the way to discuss. When they arrived in Xiangyang, the major events in Xiangyang were almost decided by their fingers and paintings. Zhang Song kept watching, feeling novel by the endless fantasy ideas of the two, and admired Liu Ba, a new master.

Outside Xiangyang City, Jiang Gan was waiting at the Chang Pavilion outside the city with a carriage. When he saw Cao Chong's convoy arrive, he immediately smiled happily and said, "Madam, the young master is back." Cai Ji nodded softly, lifted the curtain of the car, and looked at Cao Chong's car coming. He had just a smile on his face, but he remembered something again, and immediately sank his face and put down the curtain of the car.

"Miss, the young master is really good. He takes Liu Bei's two daughters everywhere, and throws the lady in Xiangyang, regardless of the matter." Cai Qiner said with some resentment when she saw Cai Ji's face was not good.

"Damn girl, don't talk too much." Cai Ji blamed her, but her tone seemed extremely powerless: "My husband is going to fight, not traveling around. He came to Jingzhou but didn't even take his mother-in-law. He wasn't afraid of military fatigue."

"Hmph, why did he still bring those two little foxes? Young Master..." Cai Qin'er said disdainfully.

"Bold!" Before Cai Qin'er finished speaking, she was drunk back by Cai Ji's calm face: "Isn't it because of talking about your husband behind your back? When did you become so arrogant? Is your husband like that?"

Seeing that Cai Ji was really angry, Cai Qiner was so scared that she stuck out her tongue and hid aside. While they were talking, Cao Chong's convoy arrived in front of her. Jiang Gan strode forward, saluted Cao Chong, and then leaned closer and said, "Be careful, my son, madam is in a bad mood." After saying that, he grabbed Zhang Song and smiled, "Yongnian, are you injured when you go to Hefei for war this time? Hahaha, I'll check it."

Cao Chong looked at Cai Ji who had been sitting firmly in the car and smiled bitterly, but did not step forward. He just sat in Changting for a while and arranged for someone to take Huafang to the Yixue outside the city. He asked Pang De and Yan Xing to take the cavalry to the military camp. Then he got on the car and took his group back to the Qianzhennan General's Mansion in the city. Since Cao Cao left, Liu Biao's mansion had been empty before, and Le Jin did not dare to live. He lived in the mansion vacated by Cao Hong and left the huge mansion to Cao Chong.

Cao rushed into the mansion and returned to his study, and then lay down comfortably. The Mi sisters followed in obediently to clean up. Mi Dashuang carefully approached and said, "Young master, the lady seems angry."

"Why are you angry?" Cao Chong chuckled: "Madam, you are not as petty as you think. Do your business, don't think about it. Be careful of breaking the rules, I will punish you." Mi Dashuang touched a soft nail, pouted and went to the side.

Cai Ji waited in the carriage for a long time but didn't see Cao Chong coming. However, the convoy started again shortly afterwards. She was puzzled and had to let the car follow the brigade back to Xiangyang City. After entering the city, Cao Chong entered the mansion with his own care. Two hundred tiger soldiers scattered everywhere to guard. Only Liu Ba, Zhang Song, Jiang Gan and the other two chatted for a while, and went into the mansion to rest. Only her carriage was left in the courtyard in front of the mansion, which made her not know what to do for a moment?

"Miss, this..." Cai Qin'er was about to speak, but was stopped by Cai Ji. She wiped the tears at the corners of her eyes, helped Cai Qin'er get out of the car, lowered her head and said softly: "Let's go in."

"Miss..." Cai Qiner was really annoyed.

"Don't say too much." Cai Ji felt sad, thinking about the love that had not long ago. Looking at the appearance in front of her, she couldn't help but think of her father who was idle at home. She had to shake her head helplessly and walk to the inner courtyard alone. When passing by the small courtyard where Huang Xu and his son lived, Mrs. Huang looked at Cai Ji in surprise. She was wondering why the young man who was usually very loving, let the wife walk in alone today. She was about to ask a question, but saw the tears at the corner of Cai Ji's eyes and the forced smile on her face, so she had to salute her sideways. Let her beside her and stop the curious Huang Xu.

It was quiet in the study, only the Mi sisters were packing things lightly. Not long after a pot of tea was put on the stove, water at the bottom of the pot dripped into the charcoal fire, making a sound. Cai Ji looked around and didn't see Cao Chong's figure. He was about to ask a question, but he saw the Mi sisters covered her mouth and smiled and quietly retreated. She was annoyed in her heart, thinking about leaving her sleeves, and thinking about the situation at home, for fear of annoying Cao Chong, which would be unfavorable to the family, so she couldn't move for a moment. She stood there hesitated for a long time, and saw that the tea on the stove had sounded. She couldn't help feeling extremely uncomfortable. She felt extremely aggrieved. Seeing that Cao Chong was still missing, she was so angry that she shook her sleeves and turned around and left. She didn't know that she bumped into someone's arms and then hugged her tightly by the man.

Cao Chong laughed: "Madam, you can really bear it. I opened my arms and waited for you for a long time, and my hands were sore before you turned around."

Cai Ji smelled the sweat on Cao Chong's body and was about to break free, but tears burst out from his eyes disobediently. Cao Chong saw her shoulder twitching, laughed loudly, lifted her chin with his hands, and looked at her with tears in his eyes, "Are you worried that your father-in-law will lose all the navy, lose power, and I will abandon your Cai family, so I want to test it?"

"I don't dare." Cai Ji was suddenly blushed when he said something, and nodded embarrassedly, and then shook his head quickly.

"Silly girl, young master, I am not that kind of vulgar person." Cao Chong smiled, and sat down with Cai Ji in his arms, pulled out a scarf to wipe her tears, then stretched out his arms and pushed Cai Ji away and looked at him, "Oh, what a pity, you see, your eyebrows are so blurry, you're all the cats with a flowery face." He said, turning to the outside and shouted, "Damn Cai Qin'er, why don't you come in and get water to wash your wife's face? Are you hiding outside to find a fight?"

Cai Qiner came in with a sound, pouted and said angrily: "I can't blame me, it's not me that made the lady angry." While saying that, she took water to wash Cai Ji's face. After washing her face, she was about to pour water. When she saw Cao Chong take out an eyebrow pencil from the dressing table, walked up with a smile, and leaned forward to Cai Ji's eyes and said: "Since I'm making my wife angry and spending her makeup, let me draw her eyebrows on her, how about it?"

"How does this make?" Cai Ji blushed and quickly reached out to take the eyebrow pencil in Cao Chong's hand, but Cao Chong held his hands down. Cao Chong looked at Cai Ji's jade face and praised: "Madam's face does not require makeup. It is naturally beautiful. But since I said I would give my wife a thrush to accompany her, I would just give it a stroke. It's a real man's words, so he can't catch up." As he said, he stretched out his eyebrow pencil and raised it twice, and then showed off his work: "Qin'er, look at my craftsmanship, my master?"

Cai Qin'er glanced at her and said with a lip: "It's not so good, it's similar to what I drew for the first time."

"No way." Cao Chong put his waist on his waist and raised his head with the other hand, "I feel very accomplished."
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