At this moment.
Cai Wenji had already packed up the dishes and wine. When she saw Cao Cao, Cai Wenji bowed,"Duke Cao, you came in a hurry and only had time to prepare some food and wine. I hope you won't mind.”
"It's fine, it's fine. As long as there's wine, it's fine.”Xiahou Dun saw the maid carrying a wine jar and brought it over.
He skillfully opened the mud seal and sniffed the wine fragrance in intoxication. He could not help but sigh,""The wine in Xianmou's small building is more potent than the wine in other places. Xianmou, are you hiding some secret wine-making technique?”
Li Mu smiled and said nothing.
Cai Wenji helped Li Mu out of the predicament." General Xia Hou, you've misunderstood my Li Lang. The name of the tavern is engraved on the wine jar."”
Xiahou Dun took a glance and saw that the bottom of the wine jar was engraved with the words 'Tian Family Wine Tavern.' He could not help but mutter,""Strange, why did the wine taste different when I went to buy it?”
"Alright, this tavern must be hiding something. I'll go and ask tomorrow: Why is the wine sold to me different from the wine sold to Xianmou? If he doesn't say anything, I'll kill him!"
Seeing Xiahou Dun's confusion, Cao Cao berated,""Yuan Rang, can you compare yourself to Xianmou? Because of Xianmou, Puyang had been able to avoid war twice. In the past few years, the people had lived a carefree life. The wine given to Xianmou was naturally the best. It's already good enough that you can drink it!"
"I'm just scaring you, I'm not really slashing you.”Xiahou Dun shrunk his neck and placed the wine bowl in front of him, pouring some for Cao Cao.
Cao Cao took a whiff of the wine and couldn't help but take a sip.
"Good wine, good wine indeed! Yuan Rang, go to Tian's wine shop tomorrow and ask the wine shop to sell me a few jars. I'll bring them back to Juancheng.”Cao Cao instantly forgot what he had said to Xiahou Dun.
"Tomorrow!" Xiahou Dun said happily. Tomorrow! Good wine also needed to be hospitable. It would be too unfair for them to only sell it to Xianmou.”
Cai Wenji looked at Li Mu with her bright eyes.""Li Lang, I will take my leave first."
Li Mu nodded." Remember to pay for the drinks tomorrow. You can't pay on credit even at the Clear Spring Villa."”
Cao Cao drank the wine and said,"Some wine money! Yuan Rang, you should pay for Xianmou tomorrow.”
Before Cai Wenji could finish, Xiahou Dun interrupted,""Madam Cai, your father and Cao Cheng have a long-standing friendship, and Xianmou has made great contributions this time. It's just a payment for the wine.”
Li Mu waved his folding fan and said,""Wenji, since General Xia Hou has the heart, we can't be careless. Tell the people in the tavern that this fine wine can't be enjoyed by the Clear Spring Villa alone. Let General Xia Hou buy as much as he wants.”
Cai Wenji's beautiful eyes were smiling, but she held back her laughter."Li Lang, I understand. Please enjoy your food and wine. I'll take my leave first.”
Cai Wenji bowed and quickly retreated.
Cai Wenji couldn't help but want to laugh if she didn't retreat.
"Li Lang is really bad. The Clear Spring Villa's debt is a year's worth of wine, not a jar!”Cai Wenji pursed her lips and chuckled. She took out a small notebook to record the income and expenditure of the Clear Spring Villa."According to Li Lang, this sum will be recorded as non-operating income.”
At the banquet.
Cao Cao gulped down the food and wine, exclaiming in satisfaction.
There was a cool breeze in the courtyard, making Cao Cao feel refreshed and cool.
"Xianmou, your plan of pulling out the ladder from the upper room gave Lu Bu the opportunity to become the overlord. There was a house and a ladder. When was he going to draw the ladder?”
Cao Cao was in a good mood.
He had only taken two steps out of the four steps he had taken: Set up a ladder and go up to the house.
Although, if Lu Bu did not go to Xiaopei, Cao Cao would still be worried about how to recapture Puyang, and would not have the leisure of drinking in the Qingquan Villa.
However, Cao Cao had attacked Xuzhou twice, leaving Tao Qian with only Tancheng. In fact, he was unwilling to let Lu Bu pick the fruits.
Li Mu did not answer, but looked at Xi Zhicai.""Do you think that Xu Prefecture is worth the lord's third attack?”
Xi Zhicai laughed,"Xianmou is testing me!"”
"Sun Tzu's Art of War says that there are three types of feudal lands. The first one to arrive and obtain the world's people is the road.”
"Xu Prefecture is bordered by the Yellow Sea to the east, the Central Plains to the west, the Jianghuai River to the south, and Qi Lu to the north. To the south, it leads to Pi Su, to the north, it controls Yanzhou and Jishui, and to the west, it controls Bianzhou and Surabaya. It is the key to the north and south, and the safety depends on it. Even with a hundred thousand men, we can't take it."
"Three sides are blocked by mountains, one side faces the river, the south is Henan and Shandong, and the north is overlooking Huai and Si. It can be the throat of the north and south."
"Xu Prefecture is Qu."
"Those who obtain Xu Prefecture can see the world."
"Tao Qian's mediocre talent cannot be preserved, so he should naturally take it for the lord.”
Xi Zhicai's every word was a gem, fully explaining the " power " of Xu Prefecture in the world.
"To the north of the Yellow River is Yuan Shao," Cao Cao said. Four generations, three dukes, fame in the world, two Yuan, one south, one north. If they joined forces, the world would no longer be surnamed Liu.”
"However, if I obtain Xuzhou and connect the forces of Yan and Xu, I can conquer Yuan Shao in the north and Yuan Shu in the south. It's enough to sweep the world clean and reproduce Huo Guang's ability!”
"At that time, when I, Cao Cao, pacify the world, I can ask His Majesty for an edict to conquer the west and open the Silk Road. Then, I will have no regrets in my life!”
"Could it be that Xianmou thinks that this Xu Prefecture is not worth me taking it three times?”
Cao Cao took advantage of the wine to talk about the world's situation and his ambition, showing his heroic demeanor.
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