Three Kingdoms

When I heard the familiar voice again, it seemed that nothing had changed, and time went back to that moment of the year, "Zi Yuan, are you okay?" 』

The Cao Cao in his memory and the Cao Cao in front of him merged into one again.

Height, let's not mention it like that. Anyway, unless Cao Cao wears innerwear to increase his height, uh, that won't work. It must be 20 centimeters of high heels. Anyway, he claims to the public that he is 1.78 meters, and then he must not be with 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 Cao Cao from back then...

Cao Cao was also looking at Fei Qian.

Because of many 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, "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. There was no trace of the life-and-death fight between the two parties before.

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, etc. 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 he is "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 of such a short time, 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 ordinary, as the saying goes: "The orchids change and become less fragrant, and the water chestnuts turn into grass"..."

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Well said!" well said! 』

While Cao Cao was smiling, he patted the table gently, beat the time, and sang loudly:

"...Isn't it because of other reasons? Don't be afraid of cultivating yourself!"

"I can rely on Yu Yilan, but Qiang has no substance but a long appearance."

"It is advisable to follow the customs in order to be beautiful, so that you can be ranked among the most beautiful people."

"The pepper is specially designed to be slow and shy, and the cypress is intended to be used in the husband's drapery."

"If you are doing something and then doing business, how can you be so fragrant?"

"The flow of time and customs is constant, but how can there be no change?"

"Looking at the peppers and orchids, they look like they are here. How can we get rid of the car and leave Jiang?"

"It's just that I admire it so much and admire it so much..."

Fei Qian 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 from the side and 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 like 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 you and I 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. “If you are thirsty, drink it with pulp; 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’s 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 might end up talking nonsense after drinking, and then after you sober up, you will either feel annoyed, or you will turn your back and refuse to admit it. .

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 anymore 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 and open little by little.

The faint fragrance ripples on the tip of the nose, and a slight warmth hovers on 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 was somewhat curious about Dian Wei. Because the two parties expressed their frankness during the meeting, neither party wore heavy armor, only leather armor. Dian Wei's leather armor obviously didn't fit. I don't know who borrowed it from. Anyway, it was a little too small. 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 didn't wear 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 dark, curly short 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.

Well, maybe Dianwei should have some Ewenki ancestry, or maybe...

Jie clan?

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. In addition, 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 looks extremely small and weak...

Two people, four pairs of hands, and eight fingers pinched the wooden plate, causing the jade cup on the wooden plate to tremble...

"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 her belly, she jumped off the wooden plate without caring about her 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 leave you with 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 motioned for the filtered tea soup to be sent over again, and simply let Cao Cao drink it by himself.

Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu and smiled, "What a strong man!" Don’t know where you are from? 』

Xu Chu glanced at Fei Qian, saw Fei Qian nodded, and then raised his hands and said, "A certain person is from Qiao County!" 』

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 for Cao Cao to drink tea, "Brother Meng De, please." 』

It’s the third round, well, 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 his 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, in the northern part of Jingzhou, especially in 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 being angry, "This is quite new..."

"Brother Meng De 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 remained calm, Fei Qian could feel that at that moment, Cao Cao's eyes wandered involuntarily. After all, plague is something that no matter how much armor it wears or how powerful one is, it is still unstoppable and frightening.

"Ha ha……"

Cao Cao only laughed twice before he was interrupted by Fei Qian, "Come here, summon Zhongjing and Yuanhua!" 』

If it hadn't been for sending a message 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 news about 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 no choice but to move to Chang'an. Now he is the assistant of the Hundred Medical Hall. Zhong Jing diligently studied ancient teachings and learned from many sources. He was proficient in "Su Wen", "Nine Volumes", "Eighty-one Difficulties", "Yin Yang Da Lun", etc., and 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 Yuanhua, practicing medicine in Ji, Yu, Yan, Qing, Xu has cured as few as thousands and as many as tens of thousands of patients. When it comes to the technique of golden knife acupuncture, there is probably no one better than him in the world..."

"Now the two disease doctors are gathered here, they are here to deal with the epidemic in Jingzhou..."

“How 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, raised 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'm afraid... the worst is worse..."

The symptoms of early-onset patients were severe and rapid, and there was no timely medication to control the symptoms. As a result, in the end, 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 asthma?" 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 glanced 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's soldiers, as well as more than a dozen mild cases.

For a moment, Cao Cao's expression suddenly became very exciting...