Cai Yong's face was cold, but Cao Cao knew what was going on, so he didn't care at all and followed him in.
Cai Yong could throw a tantrum at Cao Cao, but Liu Bei could not. After all, this matter was caused by Dian Wei, so Liu Bei could only ask knowingly,"Brother Meng De, are you here for my brother Dian Wei?”
"It's fine, it's fine." Cao Cao waved his hand and said,"I will order people to clean the streets."”
"Thank you, Brother Meng De." Liu Bei explained," I wanted to carve a set of chess for you, but you didn't have any suitable materials in your residence. So, Er 'Lai went out of the city to get a tree."”
"Dian, Wei, Dian, Er 'Lai, a good name.”Cao Cao's gaze never left Dian Wei, and he did not even notice Liu Bei's words about carving chess.
Dian Wei rolled his eyes, not even looking at Cao Cao.
"Er 'Lai is my fellow countryman." "I asked Xuande to carve a set of Chinese chess," Cai Yong said pointedly.”
" Xiangqi!?" Cao Cao realized it later and said,"But Mister Zigan said that the divine item in the dream of the gods contains the chess of two armies and the strategy of war.”
"That's true." Cai Yong stroked his beard." I was going to ask Xuande to carve another one, but now, forget it."”
"If it can't be counted, then it can be counted.”Cao Cao rubbed his hands and said," Brother Xuande, leave the materials you need to me. This tree has just been unearthed and is too wet. It is not suitable for carving things. It is easy to change shape and cannot be preserved for long.”
"Brother Meng De is right." Liu Bei nodded." It's indeed not suitable to use wet wood. It's best to use high-grade nanmu that has been dried in the shade."”
"Yes, there was a lot of high-quality nanmu left after making the five-colored stick last time.”Cao Cao replied.
" Then why aren't you going?!" Cai Yong glared at Cao Cao, his face still cold and unhappy.
"Hehehe!" Cao Cao laughed foolishly and bowed to Cai Yong before happily leaving the Cai Residence.
"How is Lord Cao?" When Cao Cao came out of the Cai Residence, a group of subordinates asked.
"How is it?" Cao Cao glared at them and said with a dark face,""Go sweep the streets for this lord. If there's even a bit of soil, sand, leaves, or branches, serve them with the five-colored rod.”
This scene made the subordinates feel a chill down their spines. They no longer asked, nor did they dare to ask what had happened in the Cai Residence.
……
"Humph!" After Cao Cao left, Dian Wei spat disdainfully at the gates of the Cai Residence,"You act one way in front of others, but you act another way behind their backs. You're a hypocrite and a black-faced tiger.”
Liu Bei looked at Dian Wei, rubbed his nose and said,""Brother Meng De is a capable person who knows when to yield and when to advance.”
Whether Cao Cao was powerful or not, there was no need to doubt or prove it. As a transmigrator, Liu Bei knew this very well.
He knew, and he was truly impressed. However, Liu Bei believed that he shouldn't be afraid of anyone, including Boss Cao, as he stood on the shoulders of the Millennium Time Giant.
"Not a bad person?" "This guy is definitely not a good person. He can't be considered an upright hero," Dian Wei said unwillingly.”
Dian Wei's definition of good and bad was the same as Zhao Yu's. What he liked was good, and what he didn't like was bad. This made him feel helpless. Liu Bei really could not explain it, nor could he explain it clearly.
What was certain was that Cao Cao was not an aboveboard hero, but a hero who could govern the world and serve the world in troubled times.
"He's not a bad person, nor is he a good person.”Liu Bei said,"It should be said that he is a guy who will do anything for his purpose or benefit. Sooner or later, he will achieve something."”
From the perspective of benefits, Cao Cao's life was understandable. Every man for himself. The existence of this sentence was the best explanation.
From the perspective of human rights, Cao Cao should be nailed to the pillar of shame. Everyone was equal in the face of life. No one had the right to arbitrarily deprive others of their right to live.
Some people said that a general's achievements would make ten thousand bones wither. If you didn't kill people, people would kill you. In order to survive and dominate, Cao Cao didn't do anything wrong.
This was reasonable. There were no deaths in war. However, it was not right to massacre a city in the middle of a war. In the bloodbath of Xuzhou, hundreds of thousands of innocent people would die under Cao Cao's butcher knife. This was also right!？
Liu Bei did not need to praise Cao Cao, nor did he need to deliberately belittle Cao Cao. All the evaluations of Cao Cao were fair.
"I don't quite understand." Dian Wei shook his head and said," Big Brother said that this guy is powerful. This guy is definitely powerful, but I don't like him. It's best if I can stab him with my halberd."”
"It's good that you don't like him. You can consider stabbing him with your halberd.”Liu Bei muttered in his heart, but said,""It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Just ignore him.”
It should be said that everyone who transmigrated to the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period and wanted to compete in this chaotic world would consider how to recruit more good officials and fierce generals, and they would more or less want to kill a few people.
What would happen if he killed Cao Cao before he became powerful? Liu Bei really thought so. Based on the current situation, with Dian Wei's skills, killing Cao Cao would be as easy as flipping his hand.
In fact, Liu Bei also knew that there was no point in killing a Cao Cao who had yet to develop. This was the same logic as Zhang Jiao and the Yellow Turban uprising. After killing Cao Cao, there would definitely be more powerful figures appearing.
As the saying went, the times created heroes. The end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period was a chaotic world where the strong preyed on the weak and the fittest survived. If he wanted to be opportunistic, he might as well develop himself. Only by being strong would he not be afraid of any future challenges.
The earth would still spin without anyone, and the world would still roll forward without anyone. If he couldn't defy the heavens and change his fate, then he would take advantage of the situation and ride the wind and waves.
Liu Bei firmly believed that in front of absolute strength, all problems were not problems.
"Oh!" Dian Wei muttered,"I'll listen to big brother, I'll hit whatever big brother points at."”
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"Xuande, Xiangqi is very different from Elephant Play!”Cai Yong squatted at the side and watched Liu Bei carve the chess pieces. A great scholar had transformed into a curious baby.
Cao Cao left the Cai Mansion and returned to the government office. He ordered someone to send over a pile of dried high-grade nanmu. Cao Cao wanted to send it over personally, but he was afraid that Cai Yong would test him before his anger subsided, so he gave up.
"Chinese chess is similar to war chess. It is a battle between two armies. You come and I go, and every move and advance is in accordance with the art of war. It was a puzzle game.”Liu Bei once again vividly explained what chess was, as well as the basic rules and gameplay.
Liu Bei had explained it to Lu Zhi, Gongsun Zan, Liu Deran, and Zhang Jiao, and they were all pretty much the same. The only difference was how everyone understood and accepted it.
Relatively speaking, whether it was the understanding of Chinese chess or the rules and gameplay of Chinese chess, Lu Zhi was the fastest to accept and master, followed by Zhang Jiao.
As for Erha's senior brother Gongsun Zan and the little fatty Liu Deran, they could only say that they knew these chess pieces and knew the basic rules. That was all.
"The two armies are confronting each other, arranging their troops and deploying their generals. The soldiers are advancing but not retreating, sacrificing their lives.”Cai Yong wasn't bad either, he understood the gist of the situation.
The predecessor of Xiangqi was Xiangxi, and before Xiangxi was Xiangqi. It was just that Liu Bei had introduced modern Chinese chess. He had removed the evolutionary process of more than a thousand years and condensed the crystallization of human wisdom over the past thousand years. This made Lu Zhi and the others feel that Chinese chess was novel and interesting.
"Yes, sir." Liu Bei said as he carved,""The chessboard is like a battlefield. If one piece is wrong, the whole game will be lost.”
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