The crowd dispersed, leaving only Cao Cao and the young eunuch Cao Bao who was accompanying him. In fact, Cao Bao was not considered a young eunuch now. As Liu Xuan's throne became more and more stable, he had become more and more stable a while ago.

Cao Bao was also officially promoted to the rank of Zhong Chang Shi.

Among the eunuchs, the position of Zhongchangshi can be considered to have reached its peak. Although the power cannot be as great as when Zhang Rang and the Tenchangshi were there, their status in the court is also higher than that of most civil servants and generals. Cao Bao was able to return the favor.

Being promoted to the rank of Standing Attendant at a young age not only makes people sigh that this kid is just unlucky and fell in love with Liu Xuan so early, but it is also caused by the current situation.

At this time, the current leader of the eunuchs was serving Liu Xuan carefully as usual. His appearance did not have the slightest air of a regular servant, but he was no different from an ordinary servant.

Liu Xuan was not dissatisfied with this. Having someone so loyal and trying his best to serve him at his side would save him a lot of trouble.

What's more, if an internal official is involved in too many political affairs, it may not necessarily be a good thing. Cao Bao is not suitable for handling government affairs now. It is not that good to be idle all day long. It is just right to learn and do it by his side.

When Cao Bao refilled a cup of tea for him and Cao Cao, Liu Xuan turned around and ordered: "Go get that picture."

During this period of time, Cao Cao remained silent. He just sat quietly in his place, not squinting, and did not even touch the tea in front of him.

Liu Xuan turned around and took a look, and saw that Cao Cao was much slender now than before. Although he was still not tall, he was at least a normal height.

Also because of his rapid growth in height, his body shape that originally seemed a bit wide has become slimmer. At the same time, his face has also changed somewhat. His slightly sunken cheeks have made his Chinese-character face more dignified.

Wearing a golden crown with hair tied on his head, although he was not wearing armor, the killing aura developed in his battle formation could still be seen at a glance. At this time, Cao Cao was getting closer to what Liu Xuan had seen before.

The image of Cao Cao in those games.

Perhaps because his image is getting better and better, Cao Cao has also been in a good mood in the past two years. I think back then, even if he straightened his back, he had to raise his head if he wanted to look at Liu Xuan.

Although I have not caught up with the emperor's height now, at least I am close to catching up with Liu Bei. How can I be in a bad mood? And as I practice the techniques taught by Liu Xuan for a longer time, my energy has become much more abundant. I have become more interested in the past two months.

He even started thinking about taking a concubine.

As he gained more and more benefits, Cao Cao gradually began to feel the elusiveness of the Emperor - he now finally believed that what Liu Xuan said at the beginning was not an exaggeration when he had practiced to the depths and immortality would not be difficult.

, if you continue to practice like this, you may really be able to live forever? Become a god-like figure?

That's not all. It would be boring to become a god without power. What really makes him happy is that not only can he practice, but he doesn't have to give up all the power in the world. This is different from those legendary practices or other spiritual practices.

Rumors that people need to escape from the world are quite different.

"However, your Majesty has given so many benefits. If I can't achieve something, I'm afraid..."

As time passed, Cao Cao gradually accepted the identity of the emperor. Although it would take some time for him to be truly loyal, Cao Cao now understood that as long as he continued to work under Liu Xuan, the emperor would never treat him badly, and

You can also get more benefits yourself - these benefits will make you healthier, stronger and live longer.

With these things, he is confident that he can make earth-shattering achievements with his own abilities. At that time, his power will be even greater, so it is almost inevitable to fulfill his dream.

Liu Xuan's actions today also confirm Cao Cao's speculation.

Don't look at anything else, just the prescription that Liu Xuan came up with to make the mount stronger. Even if the final effect is not that exaggerated, as long as it can make the horse stronger by five points or even three points, that is a great thing.

He has good horses and elite soldiers, and the generals have become far more powerful than ordinary people after practicing.

Not to mention pacifying the world, even if all the foreign races around the Han Dynasty were slaughtered, it was not impossible. Thinking that if this matter could be accomplished by his own hands, Cao Cao suddenly had great expectations for the future.

In fact, the prescription Liu Xuan gave out far exceeded Cao Cao's expectations. The prescriptions he gave out today were just some of the most basic prescriptions. Except for a few key medicinal materials, the rest were all from this earth.

Common herbs that can be collected or even grown.

The key part is the essence that Liu Xuan refined from ordinary medicinal herbs. This work is actually not difficult, but it is troublesome and time-consuming. The most troublesome thing for Liu Xuan is that besides Liu Xuan, there is no one else who can do this work except Liu Xuan.

No one can do it yet.

Even Liu Xuan was able to do this only after he passed the dragon egg stage and finally gave birth to a young golden dragon. Therefore, the prescription is not critical. The key lies in the essence of the medicinal herbs that Liu Xuan refined by himself.

Fortunately, this part of the herbal essence was enough for Cao Cao to solve the mount problem of five thousand tigers and leopards.

"This prescription can only initially make war horses stronger. In fact, the best way is to start feeding the horses when they are young. The war horses raised in this way will be the kind of powerful war horses Liu Xuan said. Although the adult war horses

It’s also effective, but it’s not as good as a war horse trained since childhood.”

He smoothly explained some key points of the prescription to Cao Cao, and then explained some specific ways of using it. Finally, Liu Xuan discussed other matters with Cao Cao.

"Mengde, are you dissatisfied with me for giving the position of general who conquered the west to Fengxian?"

"I don't dare!" Cao Cao responded hurriedly when he heard Liu Xuan talking about this.

But Liu Xuan understood the meaning of Cao Cao's words: "I don't dare... I'm still dissatisfied."

Cao Cao said nothing because Liu Xuan did speak to his mind, but he felt that the emperor must have other arrangements, so he didn't say anything.

At this time, Cao Bao, who had been away for a while, returned, holding a large scroll in his hand. Liu Xuan saw it and waved his hand: "Meng De, come and take a look at this, then you will understand what I mean."

When Cao Bao saw Liu Xuan's gesture, he immediately understood in his heart, put the scroll on the ground, and then pushed it. This huge scroll was spread out on the carpet of the side hall, covering the entire space in the hall.

It was occupied, and the thick carpet was covered underneath.

When Cao Cao saw this picture, he didn't understand what it was at first, but after looking at it for a while, his eyelids suddenly jumped: "This is..."

"This is the world map, which is all the land in the world."

Liu Xuan did not show any concern for Cao Cao, he stood up directly, then casually took a long stick from the side and marked a spot with the stick: "This is where our big man is!"

"world map……"

Cao Cao also stood up, because in this way he could see the huge drawing clearly. When Liu Xuan pointed out where the big man was with his long stick, he was also surprised: "It's actually... so vast?"

Naturally, he would not think that the territory under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty was small. He still had an idea of ​​how big the Han Dynasty was, but he found it a bit incredible that such a large dynasty only occupied such a small area on this map.

Liu Xuan didn't think anything of Cao Cao's surprise. Although people in this era have a little basic awareness of the vastness of the world, they don't know how big it is. At most, they only know that there is still a vast world beyond the Han Dynasty.

The world, and there are also powerful countries in the far west - the Han Dynasty once had several simple exchanges with the Roman Empire, and each other knew about the other's existence.

At the same time, the dynasties that existed between the two huge empires also had frequent exchanges, especially Kushan and Anxi, which were just west of the Han Dynasty. Later generations were called the four great empires of Europe and Asia along with the Han Dynasty and Rome.

The presence.

Regarding this part of world history, Liu Xuan definitely knew everything about it: he didn't know anything about it. He only got a vague idea of ​​this knowledge by reading many records of the royal family.

The world map he drew only had the outline of the entire world, indicating where the sea was and where the land was. As for the country's territory, it was not marked at all.

You can tell just by looking at him pointing out that the location of the Han Dynasty was still using wooden sticks.

Cao Cao was also well-informed, but when he saw that there was such a large area of ​​land outside the Han Dynasty, he didn't know what kind of reaction he should make for a moment - and more importantly, he couldn't figure out how to take out the

What does this picture mean?

"Is it possible that the emperor has the idea of ​​achieving unparalleled achievements and wants to expand his territory?"

After much thought, it seemed that this idea was the most reliable, but he didn't know how big Liu Xuan's ambition was. Just comparing the size of the land occupied by the Han Dynasty, maybe the emperor wanted to expand it by about 30%?

Liu Xuan smiled: "Actually, I took out this picture just to tell Meng De that he doesn't have to worry about a general who conquers the west, and it's not necessary to go west to open up territory for the Han Dynasty!"

He pointed to the north of the Han Dynasty and then to the east of the Han Dynasty: "These places are waiting for Mengde to lead his troops to conquer. With so much land, are you afraid that there will be nothing left to conquer?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he realized that Liu Xuan left him behind and took out this map (he had never doubted its authenticity) just to appease him. From this, he could know how much the emperor valued him. Thinking of this, he also

There is nothing to be dissatisfied about.

However, the emperor said to go east...

"The east side is all sea water. Although there is land, it doesn't seem to be vast... And that vast land is too far away, right?"

At this time, Cao Cao was thinking about how to truly fulfill the emperor's ambition and at the same time satisfy his own ambition. He began to seriously think about where the Han Dynasty should go if it wanted to expand its territory.

In his opinion, the north is a bitter cold land that is not suitable for living at all, so he looks more in other directions: "Could it be that your Majesty wants to go south?"

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