Cao Mao (English version)
Chapter of Hidden Dragon
Market Operations
Visit merchants in east market by day, meet warriors and drink wine by night. Five years of building market favor to gather loyal men, awaiting the moment in Weiyang Palace.
Secret Path Through Chencang
Gold and silver secretly flow through trade routes, eyes and ears spread throughout Luoyang city. Seemingly indulged in Taoist philosophy, actually building networks of loyalty.
Chapter of Breaking Formation
Dividing Sima Clan
Royal edicts show mercy frequently, while rumors secretly disturb ministers' hearts. Divide noble families and unite common houses, leaving Sima's gate quiet and deserted.
Power Balance
Support new nobles while suppressing old aristocrats, balance court politics like walking on rope. Titles easily granted under favor decree, noble houses gradually scatter like sand.
Unification of the Realm
Controlling Jianghuai
Build tower ships to train navy, establish military farms to fill granaries. Thousand sails compete in Guangling tides, Jinling's royal air fades away.
Western Conquest of Bashu
Openly repair plank roads through Yinping, secretly send elite troops to raid Jincheng. Bells ring at Jiange making the minister sigh, fertile lands of Yizhou return to Wei court.
Yongjia Upheaval
Northern Frontier Blood
Build walls for three thousand li in Bingzhou, raise hundred thousand horses in Youzhou. If barbarian children dare graze south, iron cavalry shall trample Yinshan Mountains.
Remote Expedition
No Han general after the Champion Marquis, now Wei riders sweep the northern desert. Sacrifice to heaven at Wolves' Den, no more royal courts south of the desert.
*作者:.蒸饺.*