Cao Su, who was dressed in brocade clothes, had restrained some of his past sharpness and looked more majestic and wealthy.
He walked out of the backyard, and with him were Cao Su's family who were attending the dinner.
Among them, Liu Luan and Li Nanyan were clearly dressed up carefully.
Liu Luan was wearing a light green long gown with a swallowtail-shaped hairpin on his head. He had a peachy smile and a green bun with piles of clouds. It was a little less Xiaojia Jasper and a little more graceful and luxurious.
And Li Nanyan has an even more graceful figure. She wears a white floor-length plum blossom skirt and a soft cigarette. Her face is as smooth as fat, and her breasts are plump, which makes her look even more pink and delicate.
The two of them followed Cao Su into the hall, one on the left and the other on the right.
Immediately, the eyes in the hall were attracted by the two women, but after a while they all looked away, not daring to look further.
Li Nanyan had gone out with Cao Su several times, and everyone knew this lady who had an unusual relationship with Cao Su. However, Liu Luan and everyone had not met many times, so they all guessed which girl this was.
In terms of pure appearance, Liu Luan is naturally inferior to Li Nanyan, but it is better in that it is purer and has a unique taste.
The two of them complement each other, which actually makes the hall rejuvenate.
Cao Su had no intention of introducing the beauty next to him, so he just sat on the high seat and then Zhongjin began to greet everyone to take their seats.
At the same time, as Cao Su brought the two girls, many of the female relatives brought by the heads of families in the city also showed curiosity.
Liu Luan glanced at Cao Su.
Cao Su said helplessly: "Sister-in-law, it's up to you."
Liu Luan rolled his eyes at Cao Su, leaned over and whispered, "Didn't we agree not to call you sister-in-law outside?"
Liu Luan dressed up to attend this time, shouldering the important responsibility of "electing the queen" for the Cao family. Although Cao's father and mother did not attend today's dinner, Liu Luan had to attend, and he also got to know a few more people from Youzhou Prefecture.
Outstanding women of the right age will be selected to propose marriage to Cao Su.
Cao Su spread his hands and sat on the high seat. Li Nanyan sat next to him obediently.
The soft jade hands skillfully picked up the wine bottle on the table.
It turned out that there was no wine in the jug.
Zhongjin was so discerning that he immediately grabbed a servant when he saw this: "Damn it, where's the general's wine?"
The servant was happily arranging the fruit plate, but was startled when Zhong Jin scolded him.
Turning around, he saw that Cao Su, who was sitting in the main seat, opened the wine jug. It was actually empty. Who put the empty wine jug on General Pingbei's table?
The servant was startled and hurriedly reported his mistake: "I'll get it done right away, little guy! I'll get it done right away!"
The heads of several families came to pay homage to Cao Su.
Among them, Xiao Xu is still the head of the first family in the city and was elected to the front. He smiled and said: "General, he has made outstanding achievements in Youzhou Mansion this year and deserves praise."
Cao Su's contribution is indeed not small. The most important thing is that he brought a stable situation to Youzhou Prefecture.
Currently, Youzhou Prefecture has entered a stage of rapid development. In the past year alone, the population has increased by tens of thousands.
Of course, part of the reason for this is due to the migration of residents in Tuxian Mountain.
After the Tuxian Mountain migration ends, the population growth rate will slow down.
However, as the economy continues to recover and living standards improve, the population of Youzhou Prefecture will only increase in the future.
Therefore, Xiao Xu's words were not only a compliment to Cao Su, but also a sentiment from the bottom of his heart.
"Sit down, you have also worked hard this year."
Cao Su reached down and saw that Zhongjin had already arranged the seats, and the heads of several major families took their seats one after another.
After they took their seats, Liu Luan stood up next to Cao Su.
Cao Su also said: "Today is a family banquet. You don't have to be restrained. Just like you are at home, you can walk around and drink when you should."
"General Cao, I heard that we are planning to open a new college in Youzhou Prefecture next year. Is this possible?"
The head of the Jiang family is an old fox. Taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere today, he took the initiative to test Cao Su.
Cao Su was not surprised either. The heads of the families in these cities were all like human beings. If they inquired more about some things, they would always get first-hand information.
As the head of the Jiang family opened this topic, the scholars, including Zhongjin, also turned their heads.
There is a famous academy in Youzhou, called "Youzhou Academy".
But "Youzhou Academy" is not in Youzhou Prefecture. It should be said that this "Academy" is a holy place in the hearts of scholars in Youzhou. It is located on a high mountain south of Youzhou Prefecture.
These days, academies, like dojos, like to be built on high mountains.
The academy has been passed down for a long time, and there are many great scholars in the academy who are real scholars.
Cao Su didn't have much contact with people in the academy. He only mentioned it occasionally when talking to Zhongjin.
Unexpectedly, at today's banquet, the head of the Jiang family actually mentioned it.
"It is inevitable that education will rejuvenate the country."
"Our Youzhou Prefecture will have such a large population in the future. Some disciples have great potential. Some are good at reading, some are good at martial arts, and some are good at Taoism. If you work behind closed doors all day long, you will unintentionally waste your talents, so I also have this idea.
, preparing to open a college.”
Cao Su used the word "academy", not just "academy".
His original intention was to build a vocational school first? There are many talents in vocational schools. Now that his army has developed to this point, it is not enough to select outstanding blood from within. It must also rely on absorption from the outside world.
If there is a complete education system that can continuously supply talents to his army and political system, it will be more conducive to him increasing the strength of his forces.
Everyone didn't quite understand what Cao Su said, and some even didn't understand it.
For example, Xiao Xu didn't understand that this sounded like a loss-making business.
The construction of the college requires spending money and people, but the results are slow. If we have this time, we might as well build two more restaurants and pawn shops, and maybe we can make more money.
But it seems that only Cao Su lost money, while everyone else made money.
For example, Cao Su ordered disciples from many families to join the army. After joining the army, some family disciples made breakthroughs in martial arts. Isn't this a disguised use of the resources of Cao Su's army to enhance the strength of his own family?
Everyone didn't say anything, but their minds became more active, thinking about how to get some places from Cao Su.
Cao Su smiled and said: "Don't worry, everyone, this is just a preliminary idea, I haven't even demarcated the land yet!"
"Today is a family dinner. It is a summary and review of the past year. Don't keep thinking about next year."
He took the initiative to raise the wine glass. At this time, the servant had already brought up a new jug filled with wine.
Li Nanyan poured wine for Cao Su, and Cao Su raised his glass and invited everyone to drink together.
Not long after, many people came to the yard.
The head of the Liu family also came here.
The Liu family was led by Liu Yiqi. As soon as she entered the venue, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to her.
Liu Yiqi also changed into an elegant outfit today.
He came to Cao Su with a golden hairpin on his head, a emerald robe on his waist, fluttering robes, and a light train blowing in the wind, smiling sweetly.
Cao Su took the initiative to greet her: "Yiqi, sit down quickly."
Cao Su's attitude towards the Liu family was obviously more enthusiastic than that of the other families.
This made the Xiao family, Jiang family and other established family heads who noticed this scene feel a little frustrated, while Ma Liao, the head of the Ma family, was giggling heartlessly. After Liu Yiqi came, there was no change at all, and he actually took the initiative to teach
I raised the wine bowl and came over to propose a toast.
"Cao Pingbei, I'll give you a bowl!"
Ma Liao walked up to Cao Su with the bold style of a northwest man.
Cao Su clinked the wine bowls with him and drank the wine in one gulp.
Ma Liao smiled and said: "This Youzhou is a good place. A few days ago, we came up with some good things. If the general is interested, you can come to our racecourse to take a look when you have time. I will show you these things."
Cao Su already knew the good things Ma Liao mentioned. They were all excellent varieties bred by the Ma family using their own unique breeding techniques.
For example, the two Youzhou dogs that were sent to the Cao family were an improved breed. They were not only white as snow, but also grew rapidly. Now, they are only a few months old and are already very burly, as strong as a calf.
The breeding of war horses is a major event. In the future, when conquering the world, the help of the Ma family's fine breeds will be inevitable.
Cao Su nodded: "I will definitely go and see it after the New Year."
After Ma Liao retreated, Liu Yiqi was about to sit down according to his seat. Liu Luan, who had already stood up and walked around the hall, came to Liu Yiqi's side.
Liu Yiqi's eyes lit up: "Sister Luan."
"Yiqi, don't sit here. You can't drink with them. Let's go out for a walk." Liu Yiqi had just sat down and was about to be called out by Liu Luan. She was also a little surprised and looked at the high seat.
Cao Su.
Cao Su didn't seem to notice this scene and spoke to the head of the Xiao family who came up next to offer a toast.
"Okay." Liu Yiqi was a little reluctant. She finally met Cao Su once, but she knew that Liu Luan and Cao Su were closely related, and she had a delicate heart. Naturally, she would not refuse Liu Luan to offend her, so she behaved well.
He stood up, not at all like the strong female head of the Liu family.
Liu Luan held Liu Yiqi's arm affectionately, and the two walked out together.
At this time, there were only many men left in the hall drinking wine, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Outside the courtyard, there are women brought by each family. They are admiring the snow scenery, watching the moonlight, and chatting among themselves in the courtyard.
When Liu Luan came to the courtyard, he naturally became the center of attention instantly.
Some people who were better informed learned from guards or servants that Liu Luan was actually the "sister-in-law" of Pingbei General Cao Su!
This status was so important. They originally thought that Liu Luan was just Cao Su's concubine, but they didn't expect that Liu Luan's status was so respected. That was very different.
So Liu Luan walked into the yard, and immediately several female relatives came over and started talking to Liu Luan.
Liu Luan originally had the task of inspecting his future "sister-in-law", so naturally he talked with everyone with a smile. She was a lady in the family, and she came from a scholarly family, so she could handle this kind of situation easily.
"Sister Luan, let me introduce you."
Among the crowd, there was a little girl who was more active, so she took the initiative to act as the host and began to help Liu Luan introduce everyone: "This is the young lady from the Jiang family."
Liu Luan looked over one by one, talked with everyone, and left impressions.
"Sister Luan, today is a dinner hosted by General Pingbei. However, we are not very good at drinking, but we saw that the snow scene in the courtyard of General Pingbei's mansion is very beautiful. We all think that we should not waste this snow scene, it is best to make a
What activity do you think?"
Someone suggested doing an activity, and Liu Luan thought about it for a moment.
Then he said with a smile: "Then why not use this snow scene and moonlight as the theme, and let everyone show off their talents."
In the general's mansion, there were all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and paintings. Liu Luan gave the order, and soon the servants placed all kinds of props in the yard. Many female relatives in the yard were stunned when they saw this scene. They didn't expect that there was such a thing.
kind of link.
The little girl from the Jiang family was timid, so she walked out first.
"Sister Luan, I have no talent."
Her sincere words made many women cover their mouths and smile, and even Liu Yiqi couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly.
"It's okay, we are just having fun and killing time."
On the contrary, Liu Luan took the initiative to comfort the little girl. Seeing that she was still young, her eyebrows had not even grown, and she looked cute and well-behaved, he couldn't help but think of the way he had married into the Cao family, and pulled her over affectionately.
He took her hand and pulled her to his side to sit down.
"But I have read some books, otherwise I would just compose a poem."
The little girl from the Jiang family was very honest, and she was ready to compose poems as soon as she started.
Liu Luan was stunned and said with a smile: "It's good to write poetry, you can also write poetry!"
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In the hall, Cao Su had already had a round of wine.
These family heads are a bit better, and their drinking capacity is generally average. However, this time, the top-grade martial artists in Lijing, including Hong Ding, Wang Qing, Du Ning, and Heng Xuesong, have an astonishing amount of liquor.
It's not enough for these guys to salute once, they need to salute several times more.
Especially Wang Qing, who considered himself to be a second-grade martial artist and a martial artist borrowed from the general by Cao Su. He wanted to show off the style of a martial artist in the divine capital, not only to respect Cao Su, but also to many generals in Youzhou.
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Wang Qing looked calm, and after two drinks he started to lose weight.
His words seemed to look down on "Youzhou Wine", which made many Youzhou House owners unhappy. Zhang Ke, Li Li and other close generals of Cao Su in the army now considered themselves Youzhou generals.
Naturally, he couldn't see anyone disparaging "Youzhou", so Zhang Ke snorted very bluntly and put the wine bowl heavily on the table.
Then he scolded: "Well, Wang Dapao, if you don't like Youzhou wine, you can drink your Shendu wine. Besides, when you were in Shendu, you didn't say how much you drank, right?"
"This time, that time!"
When Wang Qing heard someone calling him his nickname, he was not angry at all. Instead, he felt a little friendly.
He came to Zhang Ke's side half-drunk and half-awake, looked at Zhang Ke's appearance carefully, and let out a light sigh: "Good guy, Zhang Ke, your martial arts have improved very quickly. You are already at the fifth level!"
Wang Qing didn't know Zhang Ke before, but they only got to know each other after they came to Youzhou.
But when I met Zhang Ke a month ago, Zhang Ke was still at the sixth level of the Strength Realm. Now that this month has passed, and the New Year is approaching, Zhang Ke has actually advanced to another level, reaching the fifth level of the Strength Realm.
"This is what I call accumulation. If you don't make a sound, you will become a blockbuster."
Of course Zhang Ke would not tell anyone about the "Bodhi Pill", not to mention that he was not the only one to achieve breakthroughs in martial arts after coming to Youzhou.
"Haha, you are over thirty and still have a lot of accumulation, so you have really accumulated it for a long time."
Wang Qing's wine was not very good. Zhang Ke's face turned blue after two sentences, but he couldn't beat him. He rolled his eyes several times, picked up the wine bowl, and prepared to drink by himself.
"Come on, come on, I'll give you another drink."
Wang Qing did not realize that he was a little tipsy, and even took the initiative to raise a wine bowl to toast Zhang Ke.