Cao Miao nodded.

Cao Zun is becoming more and more like a qualified special operations accuser. Many things are not needed to be reminded by him, and Cao Zun can do a good job.

This is not because Cao Zhan is smart, but because he is well-trained.

War is a science that attaches great importance to practice, and practice is more important than theory. Even if you don’t know a word and have never been to a military academy, as long as you can survive a few wars, the accumulated experience is enough to make famous generals who talk about war on paper ashamed.

Cao Zhan crossed the river for a year and fought and practiced, and the improvement he gained was even greater than what he had gained from listening to Cao Xiu’s ten years before.

Cao Miao can let Cao Zhuan do things on the battlefield, as long as he grasps the general direction.

He had more things to consider. For example, raising food, recruiting people, building manors, and sending people to inquire about hydrology and terrain, finding bays and ports suitable for sea ship mooring, preparing for the next step of action, and building a transportation network connecting Liaodong, Donglai and Jiangdong.

Mrs. Sun is on the way here, and he must be as prepared as possible.

"Siege the city as the best, attack the heart as the best. Don't just focus on killing people, but also think about recruiting some available personnel. These people are familiar with the terrain and adapt to the climate, and have an advantage over us. If available, you might as well keep it."

"I understand." Cao Zhan smiled and said, "So I wondered if you can go to the county and discuss with the county magistrate to see if he is interested in joining forces. The credit is his, and he will be half the benefits. By the way, let him see our strength and don't think about any wrong thoughts."

Cao Miao smiled and agreed immediately.

Cao Zhuan was able to think of these things because he really used his heart. Bullying others with power is a common trick for the children of aristocratic families, and giving both kindness and power is the operation of upgrading. For Cao Zhuan, instead of relying on brute force, he wanted to take advantage of the situation, this was a considerable progress.

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On a sunny day, Cao Miao took Xiahou Yan and others out and came to Liekou County to visit the county magistrate.

There are only more than 3,000 households in Liekou County. Except for hunters, farmers and fishermen who live in the four fields, more than half of the population is inside and outside the county town. The county town is not large, with a radius of only three miles, and the city walls are also dilapidated and disrepaired for many years, so it is easy to climb in many places.

County Mayor Li Zheng was in his early fifties, but his beard was gray and looked at least sixty.

When Li Zheng was surprised to learn that Cao Miao was visiting, he hurriedly ordered someone to clean up and went out to greet him in person.

Although he deliberately did not ask about Cao Miao's origin, he had seen some people in the world. He knew that the person who could take a building boat here to settle down is definitely not an ordinary businessman. Not to mention anything else, just look at the girl next to him, you can tell that this background is at least a powerful man in the county.

As for why he went to sea and settled in this remote place, he was not allowed to ask. He didn't want to ask.

After a few words, he came to the hall and sat down with guests. The county magistrate's wife came out to greet her, took Xiahou Yan to the back hall for a chat, and brought the gifts given by Cao Miao in so as not to be seen. For them, these distinguished guests from the Central Plains cannot be neglected. People are polite to you, which is to give you face. If you really have the identity, you will be able to crush you.

After saying a few polite words, Cao Miao explained his purpose. I heard that there was a group of bandits in the territory who were stubborn and did not obey the Ming court's education and caused harm to the local area. I felt deeply unfair. I would like to help the Ming court with one hand and send someone to assist the Ming court in extermination of these bandits.

Li Zheng has been in the officialdom for many years, but how could he not understand Cao Miao’s implication? There is a group of bandits in Liekou County? To be more serious, he can be considered bandits ten miles away from the county town. He is just a migrant official, once every four years. He is the county magistrate here, and he doesn’t know where to go to the next one, so he naturally has no intention of suppressing bandits.

Cao Miao was willing to suppress the bandits, but he still gave him credit, but he couldn't ask for it.

Li Zheng agreed without much quarrel, sending fifty county soldiers to assist Cao Miao in the battle. The county has limited conditions and can only provide the simplest equipment, and nothing else is required, and Cao Miao will provide it.

In short, it means only people.

Enjoy a sumptuous lunch in the county court and told some real and fake official anecdotes. Cao Miao returned home with satisfaction.

Crowding on the narrow sled, Xiahou Yan looked at Shanye where there were almost no figures, and felt confused for a moment.

“Are overseas so desolate?”

"Of course not." Cao Miao naturally hugged Xiahou Yan to prevent her from falling off the sled. "There is desolate here because the climate here is cold, which is not conducive to farming and cannot raise too many people. If you go south and go to a place where all seasons are like summer, you will find that there are many people."

"All seasons are like summer? Is there such a place?"

"Of course, the weather is hot there, and the grain grows very fast, and you can plant it for several seasons a year. But because the grain grows fast and lives too easily, most of them are very casual, singing and dancing when they eat, or they will have babies. Well..."

Cao Miao suddenly thought that if he came to the tropics in the future, wouldn’t this beautiful girl in front of him be more pleasing to the eye when wearing a bikini? Well, if both sisters were wearing bikini, it would be even more pleasing to the eye.

"You lied to me again." Xiahou Yan pouted and gave Cao Miao a blank look. "I only know how to sing, dance and have children. What's the difference between it and livestock? Don't they have to study or govern the country?"

"You are right, so we have to educate them, teach them to read and write, and teach them to govern the country." Cao Miao took back his imagination and nodded seriously. "When the time comes, Mrs. Sun and Princess Sun lead the troops to fight, how good you and your sister will govern the country."

"We have done everything, what about you?"

"I? Of course I am singing and dancing, and having a baby." Cao Miao said, unable to help laughing.

It's a happy day to think about it.

"What kind of baby do you have? It's not our women who have babies." Xiahou Yan held his cheek, feeling a little confused, looking like he was in philosophical contemplation. "It would be great if a woman could have babies without a man."

Cao Miao suddenly felt a little worried. Is this little girl thinking too much? It seems that she should pay attention to her words in the future. If she is too equal and equal, she will be punished by herself and will not survive.

"My little sister, too much is too little. If the lonely yin does not grow, and the alone yang does not grow, the world is not only inseparable from women, but also in men. The balance of yin and yang is the harmony."

"Hmph!" Xiahou Yan raised his head proudly. "Then why can a man marry and take a concubine, but a woman cannot be the same?"

"What are you thinking in your little head?" Cao Miao rubbed Xiahou Yan's head and said in surprise: "Who told you what you said?"

"I thought it myself." Xiahou Yan giggled. "Actually it's nothing, I just took what you said one step forward."
Chapter completed!