The book is followed last time.

Cao Cao was a smart man. After hearing Li Zhi's words, he immediately understood that Li Zhi was secretly reminding him to prepare a general who could compete with Lu Bu in order to restrain Lu Bu.

Indeed, although Lu Bu has not shown any strange thoughts now, who knows whether he will develop thoughts that he shouldn't have in the future?

After all, Lu Bu has betrayed several people in a row!

In fact, when Cao Cao used Lu Bu, he was always very nervous. If it weren't for Li Zhi's protection, Cao Cao wouldn't dare to use Lu Bu.

Nowadays, Lu Bu's power is extremely large, and his subordinates control a hundred thousand troops. If he cannot effectively control him, if the official position he granted to him during the founding of the country in the future does not meet his expectations, he may have thoughts that he should not have!

And if there is a restriction, then Lu Bu dares not be presumptuous.

It was precisely because of this that Cao Cao immediately agreed after hearing Li Zhi's words.

Ma Tengjian, Li Zhi and Cao Cao both recognized Ma Chao's nephew, and were almost thrilled. They came to Ma Chao's side in two steps, bowed deeply to Cao Cao, and said, "I thank you for your kindness for my son!"

After saying this, he turned his head and glared at Ma Chao, slapped him on the back of the head, and said angrily: "Idiot! Why don't you thank your lord for your kindness quickly?!"

"Oh..." After hearing Ma Teng's words, Ma Chao immediately reacted, bowed deeply to Cao Cao again, and said in a muffled voice: "Thank you for your kindness, lord."

Although Ma Chao was thanking him, his face was filled with deep depression.

To be honest, if possible, he really doesn't want to be promoted by relationships.

He felt that his ability was not bad. Even if he started as a soldier, he would be able to fall into the position of general in no time. Why did he have to rely on relationships?

However, although he was very filial, he felt a little depressed, but it did not go against Ma Teng's intention.

"Haha..." Fang Fang also saw that Ma Chao was not really stealing, but he didn't care. In his eyes, there were two types of people who could be treated preferentially.

One type of people is their relatives and friends and loyal to them. Whether this type of people has money or not, Cao Cao is willing to treat them preferentially.

The other type is capable people. These people are all talents. Cao Cao cannot lack them in the process of conquering the world. Therefore, even such capable people have their own unique personality, and Cao Cao doesn't care, as long as they can use it for their own purposes.

Just like Ma Chao, although Ma Chao's personality may not be very good, Cao Cao doesn't care at all. As long as he can grow up smoothly and become the constraint of Lu Bu, he will be a valuable and valuable person, even if he has a little temper, can tolerate it.

After thinking of this, he patted the horse's head on the shoulder, helped her up and said, "You don't have to be too polite, please get up quickly."

After saying this, he pulled Ma Chao to Li Zhi's side and said with a smile: "Brother Xingzhi, I will hand over my nephew to you. I hope you can cultivate him into available talents!"

When talking about the word "available", Cao Cao emphasized his tone and narrowed his eyes at Li Zhi.

He was hinting to Li Zhi to train Ma Chao as soon as possible into a talent who can restrain Lu Bu.

"Haha..." Li Zhi chuckled after hearing his words.

As smart as he was, of course he heard the implication of Cao Cao's words, so he nodded and said, "Please rest assured Brother Meng De, and you will definitely train Nephew Ma Xian to become a talent as soon as possible!"

"That's good, that's good..." Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, his face was full of joy. After nodding several times, he waved to everyone and said, "Okay, don't stand here stupidly. Everyone will go to their own positions. Let's wait for the banquet."

After saying that, Cao Cao waved to a slave who had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing this, the servant bowed and immediately ran to the back hall.

Then, a team of maids came in one after another, and they all carried things, food, or wine in their hands.

After a while, a large amount of wine, meat and meals appeared on everyone's table.

Seeing this, Cao Cao pulled Ma Chao to his seat and said with a smile: "Nephew, how about you sit here today and have a drink with you alone?"

"This..." Ma Chao was startled after hearing Cao Cao's words.

You know, Cao Cao is sitting in the main seat! Even the position next to him is not something that others can do easily. Didn’t you see that Li Zhi is sitting in the lower head?

Although even the unsmart Ma Chao could see that Cao Cao was winning people's hearts, it was rare to be able to do this, so even the eyes of Ma Chao, who has always been hard, showed a little touch.

However, Ma Chao did not dare to make a decision privately, so he looked at Ma Teng in embarrassment.

Seeing this, Ma Teng squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Since the lord asked you to sit, then just sit, don't think too much."

Although Ma Teng immediately realized that Cao Cao was winning the hearts of the people, Cao Cao's actions were also beneficial to their Ma family.

At least when others see Cao Cao and Ma Chaoluo together, they will definitely take it for granted that Cao Cao attaches great importance to their Ma family.

In this way, it was a great thing for the Ma family who had just surrendered, so Ma Teng did not refuse.

"Hey, I understand." After hearing Ma Teng's words, Ma Chao nodded silly, sat down carelessly, bowed to Cao Cao casually and said, "Thank you, lord, since that's the case, then I'm not polite."

After saying that, he planned to grab the wine glass on the table...

"Rareless!" Seeing Ma Chao so careless and ignorant, Ma Teng shouted loudly with a pale face: "Have you fed the dogs all the etiquette you taught to you for your father?!!

The lord didn’t even hold the cup, how dare you, a junior, take action?! You won’t let it go for your father!”

"Haha... It's okay, I like the open and honest character of Nephew Ma!" Cao Cao was not only not angry at Ma Chao's rude behavior, but was very happy.

Because he could see through Ma Chao's actions that although Ma Chao was a little unruly, he was not very cunning.

Such a person, as long as he teaches his rules and restrains him, he will be a trusted subordinate, so Cao Cao didn't care about his unreasonableness.

After comforting Ma Teng and Ma Chao, Cao Cao raised his wine glass and toasted everyone, saying, "You can take Liangzhou in just one month.

, It is all your contribution. For this, I respect you with a cup and drink it!”

After saying that, he drank the wine in his hand.

"This is all for the lord's contribution, and we dare not take the credit!" After hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone immediately said humbly, and then drank the wine in their hands.

After everyone put down the wine glasses, Cao Cao added a piece of dish and tasted it carefully for a while. He was eating dishes and organizing language.

Seeing this, everyone did not disturb him and started eating on their own.

After a while, Cao Cao put down his chopsticks and said to everyone: "Everyone..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused for a moment, and when the other families put down their bowls and chopsticks and looked at him attentively, he continued, "After a few days after we have finished repairing the army, we will immediately set off towards Luoyang to deal with Liu Yan and others in Luoyang.

They are now short of people and are always under the military attack in Luoyang City, so it is easy to deal with. As long as we are doubtful, we will definitely be able to give it a chance.

After defeating the enemy in Luoyang, we will divide our troops into two groups.

Go all the way to deal with the princes in the north and recover the prefectures and counties in the south.

I wonder if you have any suggestions?”

"This..." After hearing this, Ma Teng looked hesitant, as if he had something to say, but he didn't dare to speak.

Seeing this, Cao Cao frowned and asked, "Brother Shoucheng, now we are a family. If you have anything, just say it. No matter whether it is right or wrong, I will not blame you."

"Lord, kind" Ma Teng first flattered, then asked slowly: "I wonder if the lord has carefully learned about Zhang Lu in Hanzhong?"

"Zhang Lu?" After Cao Cao heard this, his brows immediately frowned tightly.

He really didn't care about Zhang Lu, because in his eyes, the ones who can truly be called enemies are the great princes in the world.

As for the little princes like Zhang Lu...

After he calmed down and filled the world, he could conquer it with just one edict, and there was nothing to pay attention to.

So, Cao Cao shook his head and said, "I really didn't care about him, but Zhang Lu only occupied a county in Hanzhong and did not have many soldiers under him. What should I care about?"

"..." Unlike Cao Cao's indifferent care, Li Zhi immediately frowned after listening to Ma Teng's words.

Before this, he felt something was wrong, but because the war was too hasty, he didn't think much about it.

But now when he thinks about it, he really forgot about Zhang Lu!

That's right, as Cao Cao said, Zhang Lu did not occupy much territory, but according to Li Zhi's understanding, since "ancient times", as long as one force has been involved in religion, it will be a trouble, and a big... trouble!

If they are not fully prepared, they may suffer a great loss in Zhang Lu.

"Oh..." After hearing Cao Cao's indifferent words, Ma Teng looked like this, sighed helplessly, and said, "It's said that the lord may not believe it. Even in his heyday, he could not beat Zhang Lu!"
Chapter completed!