"Father, what mistake could I have committed? I was just going to visit him out of kindness.”
"Who would have thought that he would suddenly go crazy and beat him up.”
" Father, please help me!"
Cao Pi did not dare to tell the truth. He could only continue to cry in grievance.
"Alright, you can leave first. I understand.”
Cao Cao's face was stern as he waved his hand impatiently.
Cao Pi didn't dare to say anything more, afraid of angering Cao Cao. He could only leave with tears in his eyes.
"You're a seven-foot-tall man. You only know how to cry and complain when you're beaten. You're not like me at all.”
Looking at Cao Pi's back, Cao Cao complained in disappointment.
"He didn't even protect his own son when he was beaten. It seems that the lord really favors this nephew.”
Guo Jia and Xu Chu saw this and sighed inwardly.
At this moment, the personal guard rushed in.
"Sikong, Hebei has reported that Yuan Shao has already broken through Yi Jing and Gongsun Zan has been defeated and killed!”
The three ministers could not help but change their expressions.
Cao Cao grabbed the report and frowned.
The battle report stated that Gongsun Zan took the opportunity when Yuan Shao was sending troops south to attack and forced Yuan Shao's army to retreat, greatly boosting morale.
Yuan Shao returned to the north and took the opportunity to lure the enemy in. He set up an ambush and killed Gongsun Zan.
The Battle of Yi Jing, which took a year, ended with Gongsun Zan's destruction.
"I didn't expect Gongsun Zan to be destroyed so quickly.”
"Yuan Shao's next step is to consolidate Youzhou. Once he's done, he'll definitely move south.”
"Four months at most. My lord, we don't have much time left.”
Guo Jia analyzed with a solemn expression.
"Forget it. What should come will come back. There's nothing to be afraid of.”
Cao Cao threw the report aside and said,""Let's go and see Zizhao first.”
The three ministers, dressed in civilian clothes, left the mansion.
Afternoon, Eagle General Manor.
The white-robed guard greeted Cao Cao and let them in.
As soon as he stepped into the manor, Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
On both sides of the road in other people's residences, there were many flowers and plants, plum orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums as decorations.
However, Cao Lie's house was barren and had been turned into farmland.
"Young Master Zizhao is really different. He actually started planting in his own residence!”
Guo Jia muttered to himself, his eyes filled with curiosity.
"This child always surprises people.”
Cao Cao was also curious.
When he saw that the maids and servants in the residence had transformed into farmers and were busy in the fields, he went over.
What they buried in the ground were not the common grain seeds, but pieces of stem-like things.
"Do you recognize this?”
Cao Cao turned to look at Xu Chu.
"I've never seen it before." Xu Chu shook his head.”
Even Xu Chu could not recognize him, which piqued Cao Cao's curiosity.
He was so interested that he squatted down and asked a maid what they were planting.
"This item is called a sweet potato."
The maidservant lowered her head and answered casually.
"Sweet potatoes?"
Cao Cao's eyes moved as he turned to look at Guo Jia and Xu Chu.
The two of them had never heard of this before. Their eyes were also filled with confusion as they shook their heads.
"This red…sweet potato can be eaten?"
Cao Cao asked.
"Of course it can be eaten. If it can't be eaten, why would we plant it?”
The maidservant rolled her eyes at him, as if she was mocking him for asking such a stupid question.
This was the first time Cao Cao had been ridiculed by a servant girl. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and could only cough a few times.
He wasn't angry and asked,""Other people's residences grow grass and flowers, why is your residence growing this thing?”
"Our young master said that what we planted is a treasure that can save the people of the world!”
Save the people of the world?
These words made Cao Cao's eyes shine, and his curiosity grew.
"How can such a small thing save all the people in the world?”
Cao Cao asked.
"Young Master said that even though the sweet potatoes are ugly, the yield is huge.”
"This one mu of land can produce at least fifty dan of sweet potatoes, which is more than ten times the amount of ordinary grain.”
"Young Master also said that when we succeed, we will give this sweet potato to Si Kong and promote it to the whole world.”
"Think about it. When every household grows this sweet potato, will the people of the world still be hungry?”
The servant girl gave Cao Cao a lesson.
Cao Cao was stunned. His eyes seemed to have heard of the Arabian Nights Lake.
After that.
His eyes were filled with ecstasy. He jumped up and shouted,"Are you serious? Is this thing really so magical?”
"What are you shouting for!"
The maidservant was frightened and rolled her eyes at him. She pursed her lips and said,"It's up to you whether you believe it or not.”
Cao Cao picked up a sweet potato and played with it as if he had found a treasure. He looked at Guo Jia and the other man excitedly.
"The production of this item is so large, and with the addition of the curved shaft plow, if it were to be spread all over the world, it would indeed be able to save the people!”
Guo Jia couldn't hold it in any longer, and his voice trembled with excitement.
"This Young Master Zi Zhao is really a strange person. I wonder where he got such a divine item?”
Xu Chu muttered to himself, his eyes filled with curiosity.
At this moment.
"Old Meng, you're here. Why didn't you come in? What are you doing outside?”
A hearty laugh rang out.
Cao Lie found out that Cao Cao had come and waited in the hall for a while before coming out.
As he turned, he bumped into Cao Cao and the other two. They were holding sweet potatoes in their hands and squatting on the ground, lost in thought.
"Zi Zhao, where did you get this sweet potato?”
Cao Cao asked anxiously.
"Well…"
Of course, Cao Lie couldn't tell the truth. He had used his Brutal Points to exchange for the sweet potatoes from the Tyrant Mall.
After rolling his eyes, he made up a lie."I bought it from an overseas merchant on my way to the capital.”
Cao Cao's confidence was real. He asked again,"Can this thing really produce fifty stones per mu?"”
"Fifty dan is still considered little. If the weather is good, sixty or seventy dan is nothing.”
Cao Lie replied indifferently.
Cao Cao gasped, his eyes flashing with joy.
For a moment, he was so excited that he was speechless.
"Oh right, Old Meng."
Cao Lie patted Cao Cao's shoulder and asked,""Can you ask my uncle when I can meet him and give him this sweet potato?”
"Puchi!"
Guo Jia and Xu Chu could not help but laugh.
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