As soon as they arrived in East County, Cao Cao made arrangements for the people he brought back from Tiger Cage Pass.
The captives could live in the barracks, but the old ministers still had to give them some houses.
Fortunately, Cao Cao's wealth had increased greatly after the battle at Mount Mang Dang. If it was like before, he wouldn't have the money to arrange for them.
Naturally, Xu Chuan's residence was the top priority.
At night, in the Xu Manor, Xu Chuan was soaking in a large wooden bucket, enjoying the hot water to wash away the fatigue in his body.
Suddenly, a cold, jade-like hand was placed on his shoulder, scaring Xu Chuan so much that he quickly turned around.
"Xiao Mei? you... What are you doing here?"
Oh my god, didn't they say that people in ancient times read the Biography of the Martyr? Why did she come to watch him take a bath?
"This servant is here to serve Master's bath."
Gan Mei was also frightened by Xu Chuan's reaction. She looked at Xu Chuan in panic.
"There's no need for that. It's enough for you to be in charge of my food.”
The life of a landlord in a feudal society was beautiful, but as a transmigrator, Xu Chuan could not change his mindset for a while.
Bathing alone was enough.
"Did Xiao Mei do something wrong? Or did Old Master find Xiao Mei too ugly?”
"Please don't chase me away, Master!"
Gan Mei immediately knelt down and prostrated on the ground, begging with a sobbing tone.
In her opinion, it was only right for a servant to serve the master in the bath. Xu Chuan was so against it that he might be chased out of the Xu Manor.
"You didn't do anything wrong. It's just..."
Xu Chuan did not know how to explain it. Thinking about Gan Mei's bitter life, she was indeed like a frightened bird at this time.
"Alright, then you can help me bathe.”
Xu Chuan sighed. This made Gan Mei feel better.
Moreover, it was also to get used to this kind of life quickly.
After all, he had traveled thousands of miles from the Xu Family Village to the wild jujube for such a life.
Gan Mei became happy again, but this time she became even more careful.
Xu Chuan leaned against the side of the large wooden bucket and closed his eyes, enjoying the massage of Gan Mei's cold hands.
It's very comfortable!
The only thing that was a little uncomfortable was that Xu Chuan was a hot-blooded man. Gan Mei's appearance and her body being soaked in hot water made her breathing quicken.
Sigh...
Unfortunately, his mother had just died. In this era, filial piety was emphasized, so it was not good to do that.
He couldn't touch it, but he could at least look at it.
Xu Chuan turned to look at Gan Mei and said seriously,
"Who said you're ugly?"
"You are very beautiful."
This sentence made Gan Mei, who was serious about her work, blush. Her heart was as sweet as honey.
"Thank you very much…Thank you for your praise, Old Master."
"Mm, use some strength. It's a little sour here.”
Xu Chuan grabbed Gan Mei's jade-like hand and placed it on her neck before closing his eyes again to enjoy it.
After bathing and eating, Cao Cao actually came to visit.
"How is it, Yunxiao? Are you used to living here?”
"Thank you, my lord. This is much better than the wild jujube.”
After taking a hot bath and being massaged by Gan Mei, he felt refreshed.
Gan Mei, who was at the side, poured two cups of tea and left, but she was secretly surprised.
The old master was really amazing to be able to make Mayor Cao personally visit him.
Looks like I really didn't follow the wrong person this time.
"I have something to discuss with you.”
Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Cao Cao took a sip of tea and said in a deep voice.
"Please tell me, my lord."
Xu Chuan also sat up.
"The scouts have reported that the Yellow Turban remnants in Qingzhou are constantly entangled and have already grown to a million people.”
"Moreover, from the direction they are marching in, their next step should be to sweep through Yanzhou.”
"I was thinking, why don't we make another contribution to the Imperial Court?”
Cao Cao looked at Xu Chuan tentatively.
The Yellow Turban bandits had a so-called number of a million, but the true young combat strength would never exceed 100,000. Most of them were the old, weak, women, and children.
Moreover, their weapons were all hoes and sickles, not to mention any tactical use.
After the battle against Dong, with the help of rations and money, Cao Cao had eight thousand cavalry and twelve thousand infantry. Naturally, he had more confidence in his words.
"My lord is testing me. In my opinion, my lord has the intention to take in this group of Yellow Turban remnants and further strengthen his strength.”
Recently, Cao Cao had become addicted to recruiting soldiers.
There was no other way. After the battle at Mount Mang Dang, he had obtained tens of thousands of dan of military rations. With so much money, Cao Cao was naturally willful.
"Haha, I still can't hide it from you."
Cao Cao was not embarrassed. He raised his eyebrows and asked,""What do you think?"
"My lord, do you think our Provincial Governor Liu Dai can take down this group of Yellow Turban remnants?”
Xu Chuan did not answer directly but asked a question instead.
Others wouldn't dare to say it, but Cao Cao knew what kind of person Liu Dai was.
"Liu Gongshan is just a good-for-nothing who relies on his ancestors. If we expect him to go and suppress the thieves, I'm afraid he will be suppressed by the thieves.”
"I just hope that he will be destroyed by the Yellow Turban thieves.”
Xu Chuan's casual words made Cao Cao's eyes pop out.
What was this?
He was not in a hurry to ask. Instead, he carefully pondered the profound meaning behind Xu Chuan's words.
A moment later, he asked in shock,"
"Yunxiao means that you want me to take Yanzhou?”
"My lord, East County is a small place with few people. It's hard to expand. If we want to dominate the Central Plains, we must have our own territory.”
"I'm not talking about a county, but a prefecture that can support hundreds of thousands of soldiers!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Cao was stunned.
While he was still immersed in the joy of the East County Mayor, Xu Chuan had already set his sights on the entire Yanzhou!
Moreover, this was definitely not nonsense.
Liu Dai had just suffered a loss in the battle at Tiger Cage Pass, and he had lost many soldiers in the fight for the jade seal with Sun Jian.
At this time, he was afraid that he really could not stop the Yellow Turban thief.
When he was destroyed by the Yellow Turban, he would make a move and take care of this group of Yellow Turban remnants.
At that time, even if he didn't say anything, the old officials from East County would probably jointly sponsor him again, right?
Yunxiao, oh Yunxiao, he was indeed a Qilin talent, unparalleled among the scholars of the country!
If it wasn't for you, I'm afraid I would have missed another heaven-sent opportunity!
"Alright, then I'll wait a little longer.”
"Come to Yunxiao, let's drink tea instead of wine.”
While the two of them were still discussing how long Liu Dai could last, Cao Ren arrived.
"Big brother, join the army."
"Why is Zixiao here? Is there any important military intelligence?”
Cao Cao put down his wine cup and asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, Big Brother. Everything is peaceful in East County.”
"It's good news. Yingchuan's famous Xun Yu has come to seek refuge with big brother.”
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