Seeing Cai Zhaoji bit her lips with her teeth, Cao Ren thought she was too excited.

After all, who can't be excited about such a thing?

You should know that if a young man follows the usual steps, if he wants to stand out and become an official in the country, the first thing he has to do is to go through the steps of studying, evaluating, filial piety and integrity.

In addition, family and relationships are even more essential...

For example, when "studying", one must be a famous scholar as his teacher and a recommendation.

In the past, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei both went to the "Qian Family Mountain" to worship Lu Zhi as their teacher. Lu Zhi recommended to the court that Gongsun Zan, the prefect, had a father-in-law. As for Liu Bei, he had no background and no relationship, so he could only stay wherever he was cool.

Let’s talk about “seeking comments”. The most convincing thing in the world is naturally Yuedan comments. No matter who it is, once it is evaluated, it is worth a hundred times more valuable, and it is circulated in the world. The so-called “what is called like a dragon as rising, and what is degraded like falling into a abyss” is this truth.

Those talents with "noble character" are naturally more likely to be promoted to officials through the inspection system.

However, now that we are in troubled times, the court is still in danger, so how can we have the time to promote talents?

It is for this reason that he approached Cao Cao and became Cao Cao's disciple, thus gradually participating in the affairs of Yanzhou, and finally taking the lead and being awarded a title of half a position. This is what many people dream of!

Will Cai Zhaoji and Lu Yu refuse?

Obviously not!

The temptation of "success in one step" is great!

"Miss Cai Yan, Mr. Lu Yu, if there is no problem, then let's set off to the Chenliu County Office immediately!"

When Cao Ren talked about this, he suddenly thought of something. "By the way, Miaocai... do we have a bigger carriage here?"

"Miss Cai Yan and Mr. Lu Yu probably don't know how to ride a horse..."

"This..." Xiahou Yuan frowned. "Brother went to fight against the Yellow Turbans. In order to 'escort the military rations', he recruited all the carriages. Where can there be carriages in our Qiaopei military camp?"

Cao Cao in the Yanzhou period was actually a poor man and did not have so much food and grass. However, in order to confuse the Yellow Turban thieves and to boost morale, he deliberately recruited a carriage and pretended to be sufficient food and grass... to strengthen his momentum.

For this reason, there are really no carriages in the Qiao Pei military camp.

this…

Cao Ren frowned, wouldn't he let Lu Yu walk or ride a horse to Chenliu County?

It doesn’t matter to Lu Yu all the way. Can Miss Cai Yan withstand it?

"I remember Lord Wei Hong's farm is nearby. Miaocai, do you send someone to borrow a carriage from him?"

Wei Hong is the richest man in Chenliu. When Cao Cao and Chenliu rose up, he received great support and help from him. Therefore, now that Cao Cao has taken over Yanzhou, he has become the largest merchant in Yanzhou as he wishes. He has achieved his good harvest in both the officialdom and the business world and has a very high status.

"I'll send someone here." Xiahou Yuan nodded and immediately ordered the deputy general to go to Weihongtian Village.

certainly…

Neither Cao Ren nor Xiahou Yuan knew it was, Wei Hong had met "Yin Lin" once.

As a descendant of Liehou Weiqing and a famous merchant in Chenliu County, Wei Hong originally planned to go to Luoyang to buy a house and settle down in Kyoto, and happened to meet the "Yinlin" siblings who were heading south to look for relatives.

He gave the siblings a lot of money, and Yin Lin's feedback to him was sixteen words - "Luoyang is about to be in chaos, merchants are suffering, they are penniless, and life and death are unpredictable!"

At that time, Wei Hong was skeptical. Out of the carefulness of the merchant, he decided to wait a little longer.

But not long after that, Dong Zhuo confiscated the wealth of Luoyang's wealthy merchants and burned the imperial capital with fire. The fields were full of mourning, the corpses were everywhere, and the ancient capital was destroyed.

Whenever I think about this, Wei Hong was scared.

If he settled in Luoyang at that time, even if he had a fortune from his family, wouldn’t he... he would fall into the hands of a thief and die unpredictable! Isn’t this evidence of Yin Lin’s prediction?

It is no exaggeration to say that Yin Lin’s only sixteen words were a life-saving grace to Wei Hong!

After that... Wei Hong looked for the whereabouts of "Yinlin" again and tried to repay his kindness, but... where is there any news about Yinlin?

Later, I heard that Cao Cao was guided by Yin Lin to take over Yanzhou, so Wei Hong did not hesitate to provide a lot of funding, which was considered to be his own "kindness" to Yin Lin.

Unexpectedly, because of this move, he jumped into the circle of scholars in Yanzhou and his reputation doubled.

…

Not far from Qiao Pei’s military camp, Weifu Tianzhuang.

"Borrow a carriage?" Wei Hong had a wisp of beard and his eyebrows were curled up. "Who is so precious? He even wants General Cao and General Xiahou to prepare a carriage to greet him?"

"It's Miss Cai Yan and his younger brother." The deputy general reported truthfully. "This younger brother is amazing. At the age of fifteen, he is familiar with "The Art of War" and is well-versed. When he heard about the number of books in Cai Yong's family, he reads and records how many books he has collected! He is a strategic talent that Cao Gongzheng has been searching for!"

"What?" Wei Hong looked surprised. Why did he not believe it?

Since joining the circle of scholars, he has always read some military books in order to be polite. Naturally, he has read "The Art of War" in Sun Tzu, let alone understand...

If no one explains it, it will not be smoother even if you read it, let alone have a thorough understanding of it!

A fifteen-year-old man, who has not experienced the battlefield and has not arranged troops? How could he understand this difficult and obscure military strategy?

It sounds a bit irritating!

"General Cao Ren and General Xiahou Yuan are probably only a little bit aware of "The Art of War". How can we judge that this young man is familiar with it?" Wei Hong waved his hand. "There are many people who pretend to be 'Yinlin' to cheat money, but those who pretend to be familiar with "The Art of War" and want to become the top leaders of our Yanzhou province, this is the first one."

Speaking of this, "Come on..." Wei Hong greeted the servants. "Prepare the carriage, whether it is true or false, and let me know after testing!"

Speaking of this, Wei Hong suddenly thought of something again. "By the way, Xun Wenruo, who came to visit today, and Xun Gongda also brought them with him. Listening to their conversation, it seemed that he was familiar with military tactics... Before recommending them to Cao Gong, please help them test the true quality of this fifteen-year-old boy."

After a word, his servants prepared the carriage and went to invite Xun Yu and Xun You.

Speaking of which, Xun Yu and Xun You, the uncle and nephew, came because of the "Seeking for Talents" issued by Cao Cao. Today, I came to visit Wei Hong, the richest man in Chenliu County, to find out the truth. But I never thought that I was taken to verify the authenticity of a fifteen-year-old boy's talent!

Xun Yu and Xun You sat in a carriage, and along the way, the two were talking about something.

"Uncle..." The older Xun You called Xun Yu, who was a few years younger than him, his uncle. "Do you think a fifteen-year-old boy can really understand the essence of "The Art of War"? And... the Cai Mansion's collection of three thousand volumes, can he really remember these collections in his heart?"

"Gongda, let's not talk about that young man for now." Xun Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Let me ask you, do you know Cao Cao? Do you know when he completed the commentary on "The Art of War"? When did he have a deeper understanding of this art of war?"

Hiss...this...

Although I don’t know what connection does Cao Cao have with this fifteen-year-old boy?

But Xun You really want to know?

What has he experienced today when the first person to annotate the Art of War!

In other words, how did Cao Cao, whom they were about to surrender, trained?

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Chapter completed!