Chapter 2124: All Well and Well
?When I heard the familiar voice again, it seemed that nothing had changed, and time went back to that moment that year, "Zi Yuan, are you okay?" 』
The Cao Cao in his memory and the Cao Cao in front of him merged into one place again.
Height, let’s not mention it like that. Anyway, unless Cao Cao wears innerwear to increase his height, well, that won’t work. It must be 20 centimeters of high heels. Anyway, it is claimed that 1.78 meters is enough, and then definitely don’t date Lu Bu and Guan Yu Zhang Fei and others stood together, otherwise the secret would have been exposed.
Are there any other changes? There are some wrinkles on the forehead and at the corners of the eyes, and there are more gray hairs on both sides of the temples, but the shrewd look in the eyes and the deceptive smile make people feel... He is still the same Cao Cao from back then...
?Cao Cao was also looking at Fei Qian.
?Due to years of fighting, Fei Qian''s skin color is no longer what is called fair, and his face is also stained by wind and frost. He is a little less scholarly and a little more decisive in killing.
『I’ve met Brother Meng De! I have specially prepared autumn tea here, and the reception is simple. I also hope that Brother Meng De will pay attention. Fei Qian laughed and held his hands in greeting.
??Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "I have traveled all the way to the mountains and I have been thirsty since then. Zi Yuan knows me!" 』
After the two of them finished speaking, their eyes met, and they laughed again at the same time. They were both happy, just like old friends reunited for many years, and there was no trace of the previous life-and-death fight between the two parties.
?Just a few words, but a lot of meaning behind them.
In addition to the greetings at the beginning, Fei Qian first said that he had prepared autumn tea and so on. Firstly, it meant that he already knew that Cao Cao would definitely come, so it was "specially prepared"; secondly, it meant that the meeting was certain. He won''t give Cao Cao any good conditions, so it''s "simple". Is that the third aspect...
As for Cao Cao, he was even briefer, not only counterattacking, but also slightly belittling Fei Qian, and at the same time expressing his own attitude and stance...
"please! Fei Qian gestured sideways.
"please! ” Cao Cao also invited with narrowed eyes and a smile.
Speaking of which, although Cao Cao lowered his body, opened his mouth "Zi Yuan" and closed his mouth "Xiandi", his face was full of smiles, but in Fei Qian''s view, Cao Cao still maintained a sense of majesty as a superior. It''s like a teacher facing a student, and a senior facing a junior. Of course, in terms of age, Cao Cao is naturally much older than Fei Qian. It''s not wrong to say he is a senior, but the problem is that in this world, Is it true that just because you are older, you must have mastered the truth?
On the other hand, Cao Cao was obviously very unhappy. If he hadn''t failed to capture Wancheng...
Thinking of this, Cao Cao also felt that Xia Houyuan''s nickname was really not for nothing. If Wancheng could be successfully captured at that time, with the prosperous commerce and goods reserves in Wancheng, even if Cao Cao could not make a fortune from this, he would at least be able to persist longer. A period of time to make up for the shortfall and consumption.
Just because he was so short of energy, Jie Cai obviously lost a lot when playing chess with Fei Qian, so that Cao Cao had to come to Zhuyang now, otherwise Fei Qian would have gone to Wancheng.
After Cao Cao sat down, he touched the white grass mat under his buttocks and said, "The white flowers are hanging down, and the white grass is bunched up... Is there such a fine white grass in Guanzhong?" 』
Fei Qian''s eyes moved, and then he said: "Such things are quite common, as the saying goes: "The orchids have changed and become less fragrant, and the water chestnuts have turned into grass"..."
??Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Well said!" Well said! 』
??Cao Cao smiled, while tapping the table gently, beating the time, and sang loudly:
…Is there any other reason for this? Don’t be afraid of the harm caused by cultivating!
『Yu Yilan is something you can rely on, while Qiang has no substance but a long appearance.
『Commit yourself to beauty and follow the customs, and you will be ranked among the most popular.
『Jiao specializes in being slow and shy, and 樧 wishes to be used as a husband''s drapery.
Since you can work hard and enter the country, how can you be fragrant?
How can there be no change if the time and customs follow?
『Looking at the peppers and orchids, they look like they are here. How can I get rid of my car and leave the river?
"It''s just that I admire it so much and admire it so much..."
?Fei Qiandao didn''t express anything in particular, he just put the kettle on the fire and prepared to make tea.
This time, Cao Cao''s singing inevitably revealed some different meanings, but Fei Qian was not ready to go head-to-head with Cao Cao. It was not that Fei Qian had given in, but that he could hear it from Cao Cao''s singing. Cao Cao''s helplessness and emotion about his fate...
Originally, when people get along with each other, the rise and fall of arrogance is relative, not absolute.
When Fei Qian saw Cao Cao, he was too scared to do anything. He couldn''t even look directly at Cao Cao because of the status gap between the two sides. Now, Cao Cao is singing on the sidelines while Fei Qian is calmly making tea. It''s not that Cao Cao''s power and status have declined, but that Fei Qian fled too fast. Perhaps it was because of this that Cao Cao was suddenly filled with emotion. The sound of singing Qu Yuan''s farewell gradually rose up, and the sound was like tumbling thoughts, snoring, and then bursting one by one.
Why did Ziyuan fall in love with tea? ” Cao Cao tilted his head slightly and looked at Fei Qian, “The passion for drinking comes from the Emperor. As the saying goes, frost is eliminated in September and the fields are washed away in October. When we have a drink and a feast, we say we will kill the lamb. When we meet again after a long separation, it''s just tea. Isn''t it a bit bland? 』
Tea was born in Jiamu. The trees are like melons and reeds, with leaves like gardenias and flowers like white roses. They are actually like palms, with stems like cloves and roots like walnuts. If you only observe one of them, it is difficult to understand the whole truth. The upper one produces rotten stone, the middle one produces oak soil, and the lower one produces loess. ” Fei Qian saw that the water in the kettle was gradually boiling, so he took the water, started to clean the tea set, and warmed the tea cup. Tea. Now there is syrup, wine, and tea here. Brother Meng De can also get what he needs..."
?Cao Cao raised his head and smiled, "In that case, let''s just drink tea!" 』
In the second round of confrontation, everyone knows who wins and who loses...
Drinking tea is still a habit brought by Fei Qian from later generations.
It is best to drink tea when talking about things, because there are people who can persuade you to drink, but there are no people who can persuade you to drink tea. The more you drink, the more confused you become. You may talk nonsense after drinking, and then after you sober up, you will either feel annoyed or turn your back on your fault.
It''s like in the imperial capital, on the wine table, after three drinks, the king and I are all buddies. They can take care of everything and take care of it. Then when they wake up, they have a serious face and say, "You are really..." Can you take your talk while drinking seriously? Red envelope? I haven’t seen it. I drank so much yesterday. Who knows where it was thrown? You can go look for it on your own, I won’t be here anyway... It’s really boring, don’t come here again..."
??The boiling water soaks the tea leaves, and then you can see the tea leaves stretch out little by little.
The faint aroma ripples in the nose, and a slight warmth hovers in the fingertips.
"please. 』
?Fei Qian poured the tea soup into the jade cup, then placed it on the wooden plate and gestured.
? Huang Xu was about to step forward, but was stopped by Xu Chu, "Here comes someone." 』
? Huang Xu glanced at it and nodded.
Xu Chu stretched out his thick palms, then held up a small wooden plate with both hands and stepped forward.
Dian Wei stepped forward and stopped in front of Xu Chu.
? Dian Wei was nearly a head taller than Xu Chu, but Xu Chu was half a circle wider than Dian Wei.
?Fei Qian is somewhat curious about Dian Wei. Because both parties expressed their frankness during the meeting, neither party wore heavy armor, only leather armor. Dian Wei''s leather armor obviously didn''t fit. It''s unclear who borrowed it from, but it was a bit too small anyway. The strong body made the leather armor bulge, and the muscles on the exposed arms were not only stretched, but also many large and small scars could be seen.
Dian Wei was not wearing a helmet, and his messy hair was casually tied into a big knot on the back of his head. Both sides of the rough face were covered with short black curly beards, which were slightly different from Zhang Fei''s steel brush. A pair of tiger eyes appeared under the furry eyebrows, which were fixed on Xu Chu''s body.
?Under the sunlight, Dian Wei''s pupils did not seem to be black, but slightly reddish-brown, as if they were about to bleed at any time, which was very different.
?Hmm, maybe Dian Wei should have some Evenki ancestry, or maybe...
Jie tribe?
In a sense, the Jie tribe cannot yet become a real nation, because it was just a branch of the Xiongnu at that time. To a certain extent, it should be that the Xiongnu plundered from elsewhere, most likely from Central Asia or the Northern Desert. The slave tribe that came later became the Xiongnu branch.
??After all, Dian Wei’s beard and hair are curly, and his eyes are brown, and his body is larger than that of ordinary Han people, so he is most likely a member of the Jie tribe or other Donghu tribes...
?While Fei Qian was thinking, Xu Chu and Dian Wei were already facing each other.
In fact, the wooden plate is not that small, but in the hands of two big men, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, it appears to be extremely small and weak... Two people, four hands and eight fingers, pinched the wooden plate so that the contents on the wooden plate were Jade Cup kept trembling...
"Hi! Hugh broke the cup! Fei Qian said.
"Only..." Xu Chu replied subconsciously, and then his expression changed.
Dian Wei took advantage of Xu Chu''s distraction and dug his fingertips into the wooden plate, then swung it in his direction!
Yubei couldn''t bear the pain and humiliation of being sandwiched between two big men, so with tears in his heart, he jumped off the wooden plate without caring about his own life!
Xu Chu had no choice but to release the wooden plate with his backhand, and then caught the jade cup...
"Okay..." Cao Cao also stopped him with words, "Hey, I''m going to make you have no tea to drink!" 』
Fei Qian smiled, then asked Xu Chu to place the cup on the wooden plate in Dian Wei''s hand, and then signaled to send the filtered tea soup over again, and simply let Cao Cao drink it by himself.
??Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu with a smile and said, "What a strong man!" Don’t know where you are from? 』
Xu Chu glanced at Fei Qian, and when Fei Qian nodded, he raised his hands and said, "A certain person is from Qiaojun!" 』
?Fei Qian noticed that Cao Cao''s beard trembled obviously...
"If you think about it, I still have to thank you for your talent..." Fei Qian chuckled, then asked Xu Chu to step back and motioned to Cao Cao to drink tea, "Brother Meng De, please." 』
The third round, um, Fei Qian murmured in his heart while drinking tea.
It only takes three things...
The improvement of tea has now reached the third generation. In the hands of diligent Chinese craftsmen, the methods and techniques of frying green tea are also constantly innovating. There are some prototypes of later generations of green tea. Due to the limited origin, drinking in Feiqian is now The taste of the tea is still more of a burnt aroma, which is somewhat different from the bean aroma in the Jiangnan area. After all, tea in the Han Dynasty had just changed from all kinds of paste because of Fei Qian, and it was easier to accept the burnt aroma instead of the bean aroma.
There is no so-called friendship between countries, only interests, but there is between people.
Fei Qian put down the tea cup, then looked at Cao Cao, and said slowly: "Two hundred thousand households." 』
?Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and shook his head. Even if Cao Cao could control the entire Jingzhou, 200,000 households would almost evacuate one-third of Jingzhou, especially in the four counties of Jingnan. Some counties have a total population of less than 100,000 households...
Even when Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou North and Xiangyang, the total population was greatly reduced due to the previous war with Yuan Shu. If he could gather 200,000 households, it would be almost equivalent to evacuating Jingzhou North. Cao Cao was naturally unwilling.
In fact, speaking of it, in the northern part of Jingzhou, especially the Xiangyang area, there are still many people from the Heluo Guanzhong area who fled to the Jingzhou area during Dong Zhuo''s turmoil.
Dong Zhuo moved the capital and forced about two million people to relocate in the Heluo area. Later, due to another war in the Heluo area, more people who were originally in this area moved to areas that were not affected by the war for the time being. It was Jingzhou, and some of them went to Xuzhou, but unfortunately, these people still could not escape the military disaster, and they were still affected to a greater or lesser extent in history.
Fei Qian''s preliminary calculation showed that during the overall Dong Zhuo turmoil, about 100,000 households in the Heluo area, which was originally the most prosperous area in the Han Dynasty, entered the Jingzhou area, and then about 50,000 households entered Sichuan and Shu, and there were An unknown number of them went east, eventually reaching Xuzhou and even the Jiangdong region further away.
In addition, some of them went to Jizhou, even to Youzhou, Liaodong...
??Anyway, there are almost ten rooms and nine empty spaces on the ground in Henan Yin.
Compared with Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao is better aware of the significance of population to a political power. Therefore, whether historically or currently, Cao Cao is constantly moving the population to central areas, especially in border areas, or where control is relatively strong. Weak areas will drive the population from these places to areas such as Yecheng, Xu County.
In view of this, Cao Cao is even less likely to give up these people in Jingzhou easily. For the generals who command the troops on the front line, they may just think that the people are just laborers and cannon fodder, but for politicians like Cao Cao, the population is... well, the source of finance and the guarantee of taxation.
?Fei Qian smiled, shook his head and said, "It''s also for Brother Meng De''s benefit..."
Cao Cao smiled without anger, "This is quite new..."
Brother Meng De, you came all the way and didn’t find anything wrong? Fei Qian looked at Cao Cao and said slowly, "There is an epidemic in Jingzhou!" 』
?Although Cao Cao''s expression was still calm, Fei Qian could feel that at that moment, Cao Cao''s eyes were involuntarily wandering. After all, plague is something that no matter how much armor you wear or how powerful you are, it is still unstoppable and terrifying.
"Ha ha…"
??Cao Cao only laughed twice before he was interrupted by Fei Qian, "Come here, call Zhongjing and Yuanhua!" 』
??If it hadn''t been for sending a letter to Guanzhong this time and summoning people from the Hundred Medical Clinic to control the plague, Fei Qian might have had to wait a while longer to know that Hua Tuo had arrived in Chang''an...
There was no way, Hua Tuo was originally a person who was relatively not pursuing power and wealth, so even when he arrived in Chang''an and entered the Hundreds of Medical Clinics, he did not reveal his true identity. He casually used a false name and revealed some acupuncture skills, which was natural. Sneaked into the Baiyi Clinic.
After all, there was no facial recognition system in the Han Dynasty. Many people only heard about Hua Tuo''s reputation but never saw the real person. If it hadn''t been for the Jingzhou plague this time, after Hua Tuo came forward and Hua Tuo came forward, perhaps, maybe Hua Tuo is still hiding silently in the Baiyi Clinic.
This is Zhang Ji and Zhang Zhongjing. He once treated Liu Jingzhou and extended his life. However, he was coerced by traitors and had to flee to Chang''an. Now he is the assistant of the Hundred Medical Hall. Zhong Jing diligently studied ancient teachings and learned widely from various prescriptions. He was proficient in "Su Wen", "Nine Volumes", "Eighty-one Difficulties", "Yin Yang Da Lun", etc. He was good at Pulse Syndrome Differentiation, and was good at typhoid and miscellaneous diseases..."
"This one is also from Qiao County..." Fei Qian was very happy to see that the corner of Cao Cao''s mouth seemed to twitch again, and then continued, "Hua Tuo Hua Yuan Hua, practicing medicine in Ji, Yu, Yan, Qing, and Xu , the number of patients cured ranges from thousands to tens of thousands. When it comes to the technique of golden knife acupuncture, there is probably no one who can surpass it in the world..."
"Now two disease doctors are gathered here, they are here to deal with the epidemic in Jingzhou..."
What is the epidemic situation in the camp now? Fei Qian did not shy away from Cao Cao and asked immediately.
Zhang Ji took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "All the fifteen patients have taken the medicine. Now most of them have become milder, and they still need to be investigated... There are two others, I am afraid... the worst is more serious..."
In patients with early onset, the symptoms were severe and rapid, and there were no timely and symptomatic drugs to control them. As a result, even when Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo came, there was no way to save the day.
Are there any new patients? Fei Qian continued to ask.
‘There has been no new addition for three days…’ Zhang Ji replied.
Fei Qian nodded, then gestured to Cao Cao and said, "The general also came from the epidemic area. You may wish to ask a question..."
Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo turned to look at Cao Cao.
I don''t know if it was because he was afraid of the plague or was a little nervous when facing the doctor. Cao Cao obviously lost his demeanor as a so-called general. He raised his hand to his mouth to cough, and then quickly put it down again after realizing it. Awkward and unnatural.
"Are there any symptoms of pain, diarrhea, vomiting, coughing, or wheezing?" Or maybe the body is weak, weak and anorexia? "Hua Tuo didn''t care if he was a general or not, he asked unceremoniously when he came up.
“Or maybe you’re feeling dizzy, dripping with night sweats,” Zhang Ji asked from the side, “feeling heat, internal troubles, dry throat and joint pain?” 』
Cao Cao may not tell the truth when facing other people, but when facing Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo, he tells the truth honestly. Not only did he answer the questions of Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo, he also couldn''t help but touch Touching his head, "I often have a headache on this side, but I don''t know why..."
Hua Tuo took a look twice and said, "I''m afraid the evil wind may have entered my brain..."
"Ahem..." Fei Qian interrupted quickly, and then said, "It seems that the general is not infected with the epidemic. Fortunately!" However, the soldiers led by the general are also from Jingzhou, so I would like to ask you two to troubleshoot..."
?Fei Qian was really worried that Hua Tuo would soon say that he would give Cao Cao a shot...
After a while, some soldiers came to report, saying that two doctors, Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo, had discovered several obviously serious cases among Cao Jun''s soldiers, as well as more than a dozen mild cases.
For a moment, Cao Cao''s face suddenly became quite exciting...
(End of this chapter)