Chapter 934: Give me a pillow if you have a headache
In fact, people have a kind of inertia. When they get used to certain things or people, they will adopt the same pattern in the next behavior.
This pattern is called thinking inertia.
Simply put, this kind of thinking model can help humans better apply the methods they have mastered to quickly solve problems. Of course, such a model also has some disadvantages...
For example, now, Cao Cao is used to looking for advisors to ask questions about his troubles.
However, Cao Cao did not go to find Wei Qian or Xun Yu, because those two guys were too well-behaved. I'm afraid they would still have the same argument, which was no different from the previous estimate, so Cao Cao sauntered away.
Arrive at Xi Zhicai’s residence.
Without asking the guards to inform him, Cao Cao put his hands behind his back and entered the door. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Xi Zhicai drinking a small drink at the table in the lobby, looking like he was enjoying himself...
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Cao Cao's face sank, then he squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Zhicai! Others are working hard, but you are drinking here, how unbecoming you are!"
Xi Zhicai was holding a wine cup when he suddenly heard Cao Cao's voice. He couldn't help but stop his hand in mid-air. He turned his head and saw that it was Cao Cao who had arrived at his home. He couldn't help but secretly murmur in his heart.
After two sentences, he rolled his eyes and immediately raised the wine baron higher. Then he gestured to Cao Cao and said loudly: "You are drunk with wine, and you are full with virtue. A gentleman has lived forever, and I have been blessed by you."
When you are drunk with wine, you will eat well. A gentleman will live forever, and you will be enlightened..."
When Cao Cao heard this, his eyebrows twitched twice. After all, he couldn't hold back his laughter. He burst out laughing. Shaking his head, he walked into the hall, sat down at the table, and said, "It's not yet time for peace.
Enjoy the joy of swallowing and drinking..."
Xi Zhicai saw that he had managed to get away with it, but of course he couldn't push his nose in the face and continue to eat and drink in front of Boss Cao, so he put down the wine baron and said: "Mr. Cao is in trouble, if you don't think you are short of ambition and talent, you can
Let’s talk about it in detail..." Although Xi Zhicai didn’t understand the sentence of later generations, what’s the point of being unhappy, and the famous saying that made everyone happy, but there are no dishes on the table now, so we might as well use Cao Cao’s "unhappy words"
Come and have a drink.
Naturally, Cao Cao didn't know what Xi Zhicai was thinking about in his head. He asked Xi Zhicai when he saw him, and he was a little confused himself, so he said: "Nowadays, we have few soldiers and little food, and our foundation is unstable. How can we be worry-free?"
Having said this, Cao Cao lowered his head and looked around on the table. Seeing that there was no second wine baron, he took the wine baron from Xi Zhicai's hand, drank it in a few sips, and went to
After a pause at the table, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and his expression seemed a little desolate.
When we first raised the army from Chenliu, we were so ambitious and ambitious, but now we have to rely on others. Although it is not as miserable as relying on others, it is not happy either and there are many constraints.
In a blink of an eye, he was already middle-aged. Although he could not say that he had accomplished nothing, he was more or less the governor of the place, which could be regarded as an achievement. However, when he turned around and looked at the young people who had been in Luoyang City, one was in the north, a chariot and cavalry general and a Jizhou shepherd.
One is in the south, entrenched in the fertile land of Runan, and serves as a general. Whether it is territory, population, or the size of the army, it is several times that of himself...
Even if he could find an excuse in his heart to comfort himself, saying that these two guys relied on their family background to get to where they are today, and there is something great about it, Cao Cao couldn't avoid another fact.
"Where's the wine?" Cao Cao didn't need any attendants to serve him, and he didn't let Xi Zhicai take action. He found the wine jar and spoon on the side of the table, and then he gave himself another drink, and drank it all again.
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If Er Yuan relied on his family background to achieve great success and was not worthy of respect, then the guy in Bingzhou was really a guy who couldn't even find fault with others.
In terms of family background, the second-rate gentry belongs to the side branch. Compared with Er Yuan's family background, it is a world away. Even compared with his own, there is a big difference. In terms of wealth, I am afraid there is not much, at most Jing Xiang.
The Huang family may have some dowry or something, but it is definitely not as good as that guy Cao Hong; in terms of territory, let alone this, in a bitter and cold place like Bingzhou, there is no place to show off one's old face...
But under such conditions, it was pulled up abruptly, and a big flag was erected, swaggering across the country. Although Cao Cao hoped that Fei Qian could win the battle at Yinshan, in fact, in his heart
I still knew that it was not easy to fight, so I just hoped that Fei Qian would not lose his ambition when the battle situation was unfavorable. However, I didn't expect that Fei Qian actually won the battle and actually climbed Wolf Mountain again!
When the news came, Cao Cao huddled in his room alone, drank a bottle of wine, laughed for a while, cried for a while, and got drunk for a day before he returned to normal.
Confessing the wolf to Xu, this has been Cao Cao's own wish for many years!
Cao Cao seemed to have a feeling that the dream of the Han Dynasty to conquer the West seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him, as if he felt that he was just one step away, but this short step distance was infinitely enlarged and continuously enlarged until it became
natural moat.
Xi Zhicai smashed his mouth, wanting to get back his wine prince, but he was somewhat afraid. He looked at the wine in the wine jar again, and decided to come up with an idea as soon as possible to kill this big thorn who was drinking his wine.
Send this guy away, and save yourself the trouble of staying for a while without even having to drink...
In fact, Xi Zhicai also knew a little bit about Cao Cao's worries, so when Cao Cao said that he "had few soldiers and few provisions," Xi Zhicai had some idea of what he was doing.
As for the foundation and so on, in the final analysis it is still a lack of military rations. If there is sufficient military rations, then it will not be the same everywhere?
If you want soldiers, you first need money and food. If you don't have money and food, where can you recruit soldiers?
Secondly, there must be a place to recruit personnel. Now that the homeless and idlers near Dongjun have been wiped out, if you want to recruit more personnel, you must start with the tenant farmers in the countryside.
, but these tenants belong to various rural tyrants. If you want to deduct the population from these people, it will undoubtedly harm the interests of these people. It would be strange if they don't jump up and make a noise.
And it’s not like there is only one governor of Dongjun at the moment, right? If something goes wrong...
So for the matter of soldiers, we can only find other ways. But this way has some problems. However, this problem is also Cao Cao's problem. Anyway, Xi Zhicai just came up with an idea and shot it.
It is naturally Cao Cao's decision not to make a decision.
Thinking of this, Xi Zhicai said slowly: "What is Cao Gong's worry? There is a way to solve it, but... there are also disadvantages..." No matter what, I want to make it clear first, and I have to pick it out first.
As for troublesome things, it's okay to only have one or two, but not too many, otherwise you won't have time to drink.
"Oh?" Cao Cao finally put the wine master down and said happily to Xi Zhicai, "But it doesn't matter!"
Xi Zhicai pointed to the east and said: "Mr. Cao, although there is no one here to recruit...but going east...there are three to five million soldiers to recruit...I wonder if Mr. Cao is interested?"
Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned.
East?
Yanzhou?
No, could it be...
Cao Cao suddenly turned his head and stared at Xi Zhicai. His eyes, which were the size of mung beans, suddenly turned into the size of soybeans. After a long time, he said: "... I would like to hear the details!"
Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "Although it is said to be one million, it is actually three to five hundred thousand. However, most of them are refugees. It is not difficult to raise money. All it takes is to open up more fields and resettle them properly."
Cao Cao frowned and said, "How many troops can we fight?"
"Twenty to thirty thousand..." Xi Zhicai made a rough estimate, and it was about the same anyway, "...if he returns home, it should be more..."
Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up and sparkled. You have to know what it means to have an extra 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers. Basically, it can compete with the north and south!
Of course, there is still a gap between combatable soldiers and elite soldiers. The so-called combatable soldiers refer to the total number of people who can be mobilized as a source of troops. In fact, they are militiamen, who can grab weapons when war breaks out and are usually busy with farm work.
But being able to obtain such soldiers would already make Cao Cao very happy. Even now, even the two Yuans in the North and South, don't most of the soldiers in their hands fall into this type?
"...But...he has been in peace for a long time..." Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao and continued, "...if he is an ordinary person...I probably won't be able to..."
"What Zhicai said..." Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai, not knowing why. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "...I wonder who can do this?"
Xi Zhicai pointed eastward again, smiling but saying nothing.
Cao Cao thought about it for a while and suddenly realized it. He immediately left Xi Zhicai and walked out. Then he called the guards as he walked: "Come here! Go and bring some jars of the good wine from a certain family to Zhicai..."
Xi Zhicai calmly picked up the wine cup that Cao Cao left behind, and while drinking wine slowly, he responded: "Thank you, Duke Cao..."
Cao Cao waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to pay attention, and hurriedly walked out.
Not long after, Xi Zhi had just finished drinking almost all the wine in the jar. He was holding up the jar and looking at the last few dregs of wine inside. He was wondering whether he should mix some water with it and drink it alive, or wait for what Cao Cao said.
When there were several jars of good wine, Xun Yu came.
Xun Yu's long sleeves were graceful, and even with a straight face, he still had a pleasant demeanor.
Entering the lobby, Xun Yu sat down in front of Xi Zhicai and said with a serious smile: "Have you just made a speech to Duke Cao?"
Xi Zhi realized that he couldn't hide it from him, so he simply nodded.
"...Why?"
Xi Zhicai glanced at Xun Yu, tilted his mouth, and then imitated Xun Yu's words and said in a more serious tone: "...According to your wisdom, you should also know that there will be harm in the end..."
The atmosphere suddenly became a little stiff.
After the two were silent for a long time, Xun Yu sighed, as if a piece of his mind had been lifted off his mind, and said with a bit of relief: "...Well, it's a pleasure to break off the relationship from now on..."
Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "Wen Ruo's words are just right. You must be aware that he is guilty of holding a bi. Since Duke Cao is anxious... wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
Xun Yu nodded, then shook his head and said: "... Mr. Cao is too hasty in this matter... for fear that it will be harmful in the future..."
Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, there is no immutable reason for this matter at this time, that time and that matter... Let's talk about it in the future... Cao Gongzun has some jars of good wine, and Wen Ruo might as well drink it together?"
Xun Yu suddenly became a little angry and said, "Can you sell something just for a few jars of good wine?"
Xi Zhicai was stunned for a moment, then shook his head suddenly, and said with a serious face: "This is wrong! How can someone act like this? This wine..."
Halfway through the sentence, Xi Zhi suddenly burst into laughter, "...This wine is a reward for someone's advice! There are first and last, and the order is different!"
Xun Yu rolled his eyes, flicked his sleeves, ignored Xi Zhicai and left.
Xi Zhicai looked at Xun Yu's back for a long time, then suddenly sighed, and fell back in a daze, lying on the mat, looking up at the dusty and cobweb-covered lobby pillars, and murmuring
Said: "I want to be a pillar... but did you know that this pillar must first be chopped with a knife and ax, peel off the skin and branches, then let it dry in the shade, and then apply heavy paint before it can be hung on the house? I have not encountered this.
Dao, axe, wind and frost, if these heads and tails are not removed, who will use them?"
Xunyu, Xunwenruo, you are different from me after all.
Starting from the beginning of Han Dynasty, the emperor wanted to re-employ the poor family. Why?
It’s not just because it’s simple, it’s easy to pick up and even easier to throw away.
I am just an unknown person, just a showman. Even if I restore my original name, I am still from a poor family. If Cao Gong wants to be respected, he will be respected, and if he wants to be demoted, he will be demoted. There is no problem, no matter how sloppy I behave.
, no matter how good the wine is, it is even more pleasing to Duke Cao. It’s not that Duke Cao likes his men to be sloppy and good at drinking wine, but that a sloppy and good wine person like me will naturally not form cliques if he is not liked by others.
, leading to too much entanglement between each other...
When Mr. Cao is here with me, he scolds me when I make mistakes, rewards me when I have merit, drinks from my wine when I am unhappy, and gives me a few jars of wine when I am happy. It is easy and simple, and I don’t feel anything wrong or pressured, because
Mr. Cao knows that I am just one person, no matter how highly praised I am, I am still just one person. But what about you?
The Xun family, a prominent family in Yingchuan, used to seek employment in Yuan Shao's place, and now they have moved here. Is it possible that Duke Cao is not suspicious at all? Are you relieved? Can Duke Cao be relieved? Duke Cao is relieved, can you be relieved? Even if you and
Do you think your family can rest assured that Duke Cao will never go back on his friendship?
What should I do if I’m worried?
So wouldn't it be better to use this matter to make an exchange between each other?
Xun lost the branches that were sticking out, and Cao Gong got the firewood that can burn more vigorously. Although there may be some problems in the future, now it is undoubtedly the best choice...