Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 53 The founder of Tuntian came to visit

While Xun Yu was assigning them specific duties and explaining the basic situation under his rule,
Cao Yan took the opportunity to observe their personal information and entries.
Mao Jie (Zi Xiaoxian)
Sex: Male
Hobbies: Reading, dating

Favorability: 10%
Entries: Ice Mirror Hanging Balance (Purple), Integrity (Blue), Knowledge (Blue), Advice (Blue), Uprightness (Gray)]

[Ice Mirror and Balance (Purple)]: Automatically marks 3 officials in the jurisdiction every quarter, reducing their chance of corruption by 60%. There is also a 20% chance that the marked official will be the one with the "Integrity" entry added.

Yu Jin (Zi Wen Ze)
Sex: Male
Hobbies: Training soldiers, studying military tactics

Favorability: 10%
Entries: Holding the military firm (gold), assisting (blue), training the troops (blue), encouraging the march (white), and carrying out orders (gray)]

[Holding the Army with Fortitude (Gold)]: When the army you lead is attacked, the "Strict" status will be stacked, and each layer will increase the defense by 3%, up to a maximum of 10 layers. When it is fully stacked, it will trigger the "Clean Army", clearing all control effects on yourself and your team and rebounding 50% of all damage previously suffered.

Man Chong (Zi Bo Ning)
Sex: Male
Hobbies: Law

Favorability: 10%
Entries: Suppressing and controlling (gold), Legalism (purple), Spy (blue), Officialdom (blue), Cruel Officials (gray)]

【Suppress and Control (Gold)】:
Passive: Randomly mark a friendly general every half hour, giving him and his soldiers high morale, Taunt (attracts enemy attacks), Iron Wall (increases defense by 60%), and Bravery (increases attack power by 50%).

Active: Immediately repairs 30% of the city's defense value and restores the combat effectiveness and morale of all lightly injured soldiers. Cooldown: 30 days.

After seeing Man Chong's golden ability, Cao Yan couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "This ability, combined with Cao Ren, is simply invincible! No wonder even Guan Erge couldn't break through the Fancheng City they were defending!"

Mao Jie was a typical political talent, honest and upright, and good at judging people.

Yu Jin was a very good talent in commanding and training troops, but he lacked the ability to stand on his own. Guan Erge's "flooding of seven armies" had already proved this for him.

As for Man Chong, he had always had a good career in history, and he once held the highest position of Grand Marshal.

His most glorious military achievement also occurred when Guan Erge "flooded the seven armies".

The seven armies were flooded, Yu Jin was captured, and the second brother took advantage of the situation to besiege Fancheng.

At that time, the walls of Fancheng collapsed, morale collapsed, and the commander Cao Ren wanted to abandon the city and flee.

However, Man Chong urged Cao Ren to hold on, saying that "if the city is abandoned, the Central Plains will be lost", and he killed a white horse and swore an oath to boost morale.

In the end, Man Chong and Cao Ren withstood the siege of their second brother, and finally, together with the reinforcements Xu Huang, attacked from both inside and outside, repelled Guan Yu, and saved the strategic location of Fancheng.

"One surrenders, the other defends to the death. Two different outcomes. Sigh..." Cao Yan looked at Yu Jin and Man Chong, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

But it is undeniable that Yu Jin can become one of the Five Elite Generals. His leadership ability is at least top-notch in the Cao Wei camp. As long as he is not made the main commander...

"Zi'an, Wen Ze is the captain and will be responsible for assisting you in training the new army. Bo Ning is the household officer and will assist you in improving the household registration system and military farming matters. You will be in charge of both of them for the time being." Xun Yu said to Cao Yan.

"I understand." Cao Yan nodded in response.

Although the scope of his jurisdiction has expanded, he has more younger brothers to command, and Cao Yan finally feels a little more balanced.

After the personnel positions were arranged, Cao Yan took Yu Jin and Man Chong to familiarize themselves with the work and hand over the work.

As he walked, Cao Yan was preoccupied and didn't notice someone walking towards him.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be coming towards Cao Yan, Dian Wei took two steps forward, blocking Cao Yan and shouting, "Stop! Who are you?"

Cao Yan came to his senses when he heard Dian Wei's shout.

He looked at the other person and saw that he was wearing ordinary linen clothes and had a dark and thin figure.

Cao Yan thought he was just an ordinary farmer, so he said to Dian Wei, "Don't scare him."

After saying that, prepare to move on.

Unexpectedly, the man took a step sideways and stopped Cao Yan again. He then bowed and asked, "My name is Zao Zhi. May I ask if you are Captain Cao Yan?"

"Huh?" Cao Yan was stunned when he heard the other party's name when he introduced himself, "Zao Zhi? Why does it sound so familiar?" Zao Zhi did not appear in the novel, but in history, Zao Zhi was very famous.

Seeing Cao Yan stunned on the spot, Zao Zhi was not surprised.

After all, he came from a noble family and was quite famous. Now Yuan Shao sent people to look for him everywhere, trying to recruit him to farm in Jizhou.

It is normal for Cao Yan to be intimidated by his own reputation.

Zao Zhi did not remind him out loud, but just waited quietly for Cao Yan to wake up on his own, which reflected his quality and cultivation.

Cao Yan quickly recovered and replied with a bow, "I am Cao Yan. May I ask if you are Zao Zhi, a native of Yangdi, Yingchuan?"

As he spoke, Cao Yan threw an [Insight] towards Zao Zhi.
Two purple, two blue, and one gray.

Two of the purple entries are [Promote Agriculture (Purple)] and [Pillar of Military Farming (Purple)], both of which are skills related to agriculture.

"That's right!" Zao Zhi replied.

After receiving the confirmation, Cao Yan was "overjoyed" and said, "Brother Zao, my elder brother has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Seeing Cao Yan as a refined and cheerful person, without the slightest airs of an official, and possessing a naturally friendly demeanor, Zao Zhi relaxed himself and began to joke, "I'm trying every possible way to avoid Yuan Benchu. He's desperately short of food, and he's thinking of capturing me to grow grain for him..."

"Then you have to hide well. If Yuan Benchu ​​knew you came to Lao Cao's place, he might turn against Lao Cao immediately!"

"Hahaha, that's not the case. Cao and Yuan are now closely allied, and I alone cannot influence their relationship."

Cao Yan smiled faintly and said no more. He turned and said, "I still have official business to attend to. Brother Zao, why don't you come with me to the County Magistrate's Mansion first and let Wen Ruo entertain you well."

Zao Zhi heard this, but shook his head and said, "I came here more for you. If you don't mind, please take me for a walk."

Cao Yan was a little surprised when he heard this: "Come for me?"

"Exactly!" Zao Zhi pointed outside the city and said, "When I was in Jizhou, I heard the children's rhyme 'Yanzhou Governor, Cao Mengde, governs well, and his granaries are secure.' But after careful consideration, I discovered that all of this was written by you, Cao Zi'an!"

"Thank you!" Cao Yan said with a smile, "I just want to do something practical for the people of the Han Dynasty..."

Zao Zhi also laughed and said, "Rumors aside, Yuan Shao was once said to be a wise and virtuous ruler... So, I decided to come to Dongwuyang to take a look!"

Well, this guy is a straightforward person and doesn’t hide his thoughts at all.

"What's the result?" Cao Yan was curious about what kind of evaluation Zao Zhi would give him.

Zao Zhi stared at Cao Yan's eyes for a long time, then suddenly bowed and said:

"For a long time, I have been pondering the method of cultivating land, but the many doubts and difficulties are like a tangled thread that I have never been able to sort out. Now that I have seen Cao Zhonglang's plan, all my doubts have been cleared up, just like parting the clouds to see the blue sky, and now I know that there are always people better than you!"

In fact, Cao Yan's strategy of military farming was mostly borrowed from the plans of Zao Zhi and Ren Jun.

Now that I am actually being praised by the original creator, I can’t help but feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, the thick skin I had developed in the past came in handy at this time.

Cao Yan remained composed, revealing no flaws. He also bowed and responded, "Brother Zao, I'm truly humbled by your praise. When it comes to farming, you're the true expert. Everyone knows that."

"Captain Cao, the facts are all there. Your achievements are obvious to all. Why be so modest?" Zao Zhi said sincerely.

Cao Yan thought to himself that if they continued to be polite to each other like this, it would be endless.

Looking up, he saw that although Zao Zhi looked dusty, he was in good spirits, so he asked, "I'm planning to go out of town to introduce new colleagues to various jobs. If you don't mind, Brother Zao, why not go with us and take a look around? We can also learn more about the situation in Dongwuyang."

"That's great! I couldn't ask for more!" Zao Zhi agreed happily upon hearing it.

(End of this chapter)