Chapter 12: Grain collection, Give me Le Jin then
"Ziyou, since you hold a heavy army and always like freedom, how about I give you a job?"
"Really?"
Cao Ziyou looked at Cao Cao suspiciously, wondering if this old Cao would be taken away by someone?
You must know that in the past, in order to maintain the dignity of the old father, Cao Cao tried his best to cover up Cao Ziyou's light.
There is no way, Cao Ziyou is too young, and Cao Cao's power is not considered strong.
To be on the safe side, Cao Cao had to let Cao Ziyou hide his clumsiness.
But today, Lao Cao actually wants to make Cao Ziyou an official!
"No, no, Lao Cao, you are not right, I feel that there is a fraud in it!"
Cao Ziyou circled around Cao Cao with his hands behind his back on his short legs, making Cao Cao laugh uncontrollably.
"What's wrong? You are my son, and you have inherited your father's business. Is there a problem?"
"Pull it down. If the son inherits his father's career, why is my brother a little general now? I suspect that you, Lao Cao, are setting me up.
Could it be that you have reached a conspiracy with Yuan Shao, and you want to use me as a marriage partner? Say something Is Yuan Shao's daughter pretty?"
"It's not a question of whether she's pretty or not, it's the kind of... ptui....ptui, Cao Ziyou, you led me into a ditch!"
Cao Cao didn't notice for a while, and Cao Ziyou almost changed the topic.
After rearranging his thoughts, Cao Cao said:
"To be honest, I know exactly what your talent is. In time, you will surely become famous all over the world! Wen Ruo tried to praise you in my ears as the Qilin son of the Cao family. He didn't admit it, but he was extremely happy in his heart.
It's just that I'm afraid that you will be easy to get carried away when you are young, so I have been suppressing you and not letting you show off.
Thinking about it now, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, I shouldn't let you be that caged bird.Ziyou, give full play to your talents, the Cao family will always be your solid backing! "
Lao Cao's words were so heartbreaking that his eyes were red.
Cao Ziyou rarely refuted him, but nodded, and solemnly agreed:
"Don't worry, old Cao!"
"Okay, then you will be the grain collector in Yanzhou, and collect grain and grass with 100,000 shi in ten days. If you fail to complete the task, you will be deprived of the command of Ziyou's army. That's the deal, bye!"
Cao Cao put on a smug smile in an instant, and ran away after giving the order, and Cao Ziyou's scolding came from behind him unexpectedly.
"Old Cao! You really set me up!"
Cao Ziyou put his hands on his hips angrily, never expecting to fight eagles all day long, but was pecked by the eagles.
A dignified traveler unexpectedly fell into Lao Cao's emotional card.
If he hadn't already had these provisions, he would have become a polished commander by then!
However, Cao Ziyou is not a wronged master. Since Cao Cao asked him to be a grain collector, he must replenish his small treasury, so that Lao Cao will be hurt for a few days!
At dinner, the whole family sits together.
Cao Ang, Cao Pi and others ate their meals in order, not daring to raise their heads.
Mrs. Ding knew that Yanzhou was short of food recently, and wanted to comfort Cao Cao at the dinner table, but found that Cao Cao was covering his mouth and laughing from time to time.
"Meng De, what happened to make you so happy?"
Before Cao Cao answered, Cao Ziyou said first:
"Maybe it's another family that you've taken a fancy to?
Mother, father is so arrogant, you have to take good care of him."
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ding stared and reprimanded Cao Ziyou.
"Ziyou, how can you say that about your father?"
Cao Cao was in a good mood and said quickly:
"It's okay, it's okay, hahaha, Ziyou is still young, it's okay!"
Mrs. Bian didn't say anything, because Cao Pi was younger than Cao Ziyou, if Cao Pi was so presumptuous, he would have been spanked by Cao Cao long ago.
Although Cao Cao and Cao Ziyou like to fight each other, everyone in the Cao family knows that Yanzhou Mu loves his second son the most, Mr. Ziyou!
After Cao Ziyou took a few mouthfuls of food, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said with some tears in his voice:
"Father, you can let me be a grain collector, but you have to give me some people. Dianwei is a rough guy, he can do nothing but fight. I want to pick some people from my father's account!"
"Of course you can, but you can't choose Wen Ruo, Zhicai and other civil servants and counselors. You can go to Cao Hong or Xiahou's house and ask them to help you."
"I don't want any of these, I just want Le Jin!"
Le Jin, styled Wenqian, was a native of Weihou in Yangping County.
Because of his bravery, he became an official under Cao Cao's account, and he conquered from the south to the north.
In the first year of Luoyang chaos (190), Cao Cao went to Yangzhou to recruit soldiers because of the lack of soldiers.Le Jin was sent back to Yangping County to recruit soldiers, and he recruited more than a thousand people.
Later, he joined Cao Cao in Hanoi and was promoted to the false Sima of the army and Chen Duwei.
For Cao Cao, Le Jin is brave and resourceful, but lacks some qualifications.
If he can follow Cao Ziyou this time, no matter whether he succeeds or not, it will be an exercise.
So Cao Cao nodded, and even asked generously:
"Who do you want besides Le Jin?"
"No, now you want no one, no food, no food!"
Cao Ziyou said something to Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao's mood become bad again.
The next day, Le Jin came to Cao Ziyou from Cao Cao's camp.
Even standing in front of Cao Ziyou, Le Jin still felt a little unbelievable.
He has followed Cao Cao for many years and knows that Cao Cao dotes on Mr. Ziyou very much.
But no matter how much you love her, you can't transfer yourself to Cao Ziyou, right?
How old is Cao Ziyou, Cao Cao dares to let him go to the battlefield?
If the Second Young Master had any troubles, I guess he would end up miserable, right?
Le Jin is looking at Cao Ziyou, and Cao Ziyou is also looking at Le Jin.
As one of the five famous generals in later generations, Cao Ziyou believes that Le Jin has the ability to command.
Now Cao Cao is just a Yanzhou shepherd, and his generals are not too many. Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and others are also under other people's accounts.
Apart from the clan generals, Le Jin can be regarded as a top-ranking general.
"Le Jin, from today onwards, you are the commander-in-chief of our Ziyou army!"
When Cao Ziyou opened his mouth, Le Jin was taken aback.
The Ziyou army has a total of 30 troops, and Cao Cao has been coveted for a long time but failed to take it down. He was the commander in chief when he first came?
"Do it well! Train the army well, and I'll take you to rob the big family!"
After completing the simple handover work, Cao Ziyou ordered Le Jin to start selecting soldiers and forming a cavalry battalion.
Although he didn't know what the second son was going to do, the honest Le Jin still faithfully carried out the order.
The combat effectiveness of Ziyou's army gradually increased, and the team that bought horses from the North finally came to Yanzhou!
"Xu Chu, under the order of Young Master Ziyou, he bought a horse from the Northland and returned, please report to the general on his behalf!"
In the barracks, Le Jin looked at the burly Xu Zhu and the strong man behind him, his expression turned pale.
"Wait a minute, everyone, I'm going to report to Young Master Ziyou!"