Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Rather than believing in such bizarre and unreliable things as time travel after death, Cao Cao would rather use the rest of his life to create a miracle.

"You said the world has seven continents, but the great Han Chinese have occupied less than one-tenth of that?"

Cao Cao left the table with the poisoned wine and white silk, and once again walked before Lü Bu and Zhang Mo, bowing. "If the Tang King trusts me, please exile me anywhere you wish. If I can conquer that place in my lifetime, my Cao Wei state will forever be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and all descendants of the Cao family will forever honor the Tang Emperor!"

"You're kidding, right?" Zhang Mo looked at him like he was crazy. "What are you going to use? The aura of a king?"

Cao Cao said solemnly, "I know that just because I'm willing to leave Han territory and go to that barbarian land doesn't mean others are willing to do the same. The King of Tang can reward me with all the criminals of Tang State, and give me an army to manage them and food and fodder for the journey. I will lead them there to first occupy the mountain and become king, and then slowly develop. Of course, I also ask the princess to give me some technical support. If I'm lucky enough to gain a foothold there and take over, I will promote my Han culture there, implement Tang State's policies, and pay tribute every year. Tang State will then have another vassal state. If unfortunately we are destroyed by the local natives, Your Majesty will only lose some food and a few soldiers. Why not let me take a gamble?"

Zhang Mo understood. This guy was planning to use a group of criminals to establish a Tang Dynasty colony elsewhere. It sounded promising, but could it really be done? If nothing unexpected happened, this guy only had a dozen years left to live. An old man was going to travel so far to fight the natives? He might even die prematurely from acclimatization before he even got there.

Historically, after the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan launched a series of wars against neighboring countries, such as Annan, Champa (both in present-day Vietnam), Java and Japan. However, he all suffered failures. When attacking Japan, he encountered a hurricane and was ambushed by the Japanese army, and almost all of his troops were wiped out; when attacking Vietnam, he was forced to retreat due to heavy rain and plague; when attacking Java, he retreated due to lack of food and fatigue.

Although the foreign civilization at that time was far inferior to that of the Song and Yuan dynasties a thousand years later, the gap in social productivity was also huge. Many places might still be living a primitive life. Even if his army wanted to rob food, there was no food for them to rob.

Of course, she was not quite sure about the actual situation, but the climate difference alone was enough to destroy all foreign invaders. If he was really sent to conquer foreign countries, in addition to what Cao Cao mentioned just now, he would also have to be provided with a large number of talents in various fields, and there was a high probability that he would be going to die.

As the country's road to unification has come to this day, Zhang Mo certainly once fantasized about expanding colonies, but these fantasies of hers were left to future generations. During her and Lu Bu's lifetimes, they were able to completely stabilize the country and develop most of the south, which was already an incredible progress.

Lü Bu suspected this was just Cao Cao's excuse to avoid death. What vassal state? It might one day become a rival state for land and resources with the Tang! Besides, instead of letting Cao Mengde fight, why not let his descendants do it? Why leave such a hidden danger?

Lu Bu rejected Cao Cao's unreasonable request right away, but Zhang Mo was a little hesitant. Her hesitation was not because she was afraid of leaving hidden dangers in the future. If Lu's descendants were extravagant and politically corrupt, leading to the decline of national strength and the people's livelihood, the new regime would have to abolish it. Even if she traveled back to that time and saw that her descendants were unfilial, she would jump up and overthrow the Lu Dynasty.

Besides, the world is so big, how many places can Lu Tang conquer with its own strength?

The reason why she hesitated was mainly because she felt that Cao Cao's idea was pure fantasy and could not be achieved at all, and it was a waste of manpower and money.

"Princess, please let me try. Maybe I can succeed!" Cao Cao pleaded again.

"You only have a dozen years left to live. You can't do this with a bunch of criminals!"

Cao Cao said, "I can't do it, but I still have descendants. I don't have many other things, but I have many sons. Pi'er is already sixteen years old, Zhang'er is fourteen, and there are also my nephews. I am willing to gamble the lives of everyone in my Cao family to do this. I beg the princess to approve it!"

"Why?" Zhang Mo was puzzled. "I can't save your life, but I won't blame your people too much. Staying in the Han Dynasty, even if you can't expect wealth and luxury, at least you can live a stable life!"

Cao Cao said with a righteous look on his face, "For the righteous path you spoke of, for the unification of Chinese civilization, and of course, for my own heroic dream, it's easy to die heroically, but I prefer to take a more difficult path. So let me linger and try one more time!"

No matter what purpose Cao Cao had in making this request, Zhang Mo felt that she should not refuse based on his words. The world is so big, and instead of letting it benefit European colonists in the future, it is better to let the hero in front of her try. If successful, Chinese civilization can be spread to other parts of the world, and colonial rule can be started more than a thousand years earlier than Europe, making the Tang Dynasty the world's largest colonial empire.

"This matter is very difficult and requires long-term consideration. You go downstairs to wash up and rest first. Before the final plan is made, you should stay in the yard where you originally lived and recuperate well!" Zhang Mo said.

"Thank you!" Cao Cao bowed and walked away, but turned back halfway. "May I ask for one more favor?"

"Tell me about it!"

"I have a son named Cao Chong, who is only seven years old this year. Can I let him and his mother stay here to leave behind an offspring for the Cao family?"

"Of course!"

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Cao Cao laughed out loud, strode out of the hall, ready to welcome the upcoming "time travel".

"Where are you going to send him?" Lu Bu asked curiously after Cao Cao left.

Although he did not quite agree with this matter, since Amo agreed, he could not object. The hatred for Cao Cao in his dream had disappeared as early as that year when he cut off his hair bun in the Suanzao Camp. The reason for killing him was more for political reasons than personal grudges. Now that he had new value to be used, there was nothing wrong with keeping him alive.

"I need to think this over carefully. Crossing the ocean is definitely not an option. The cost and risk are too high. Managing the Western Regions and the area north of Liaodong by myself is also not feasible. India is now the Kushan Empire, one of the four ancient civilizations. With his limited number of people, it's simply impossible. The question is whether to send him to Central Asia, West Asia, or Southeast Asia, which is farther away."

Although Lu Bu had seen the world map she drew, he had no idea where these places were, so he was confused. He then asked, "What if he changes his mind, or his descendants change their minds in the future and refuse to acknowledge his promise?"

"It will take a long time to develop the economy of a barbarian land like this after we conquer it. If their descendants dare to rebel, the Tang Dynasty will be fully capable of suppressing them and turning them into its true territory. Now we can just send a team over to test the waters. It won't cause us too much loss..."

As he was speaking, Zhang Fei's loud voice came from outside the door, "Amo, have you dealt with that Cao Mengde? Are you free now?"

He walked in carelessly and said, "I'll chat with you when I have time. After we finish chatting, I will set off to Lingling to find my elder brother tomorrow."