Chapter 482 Cao Cao: Dare you miss my wife? ! [Requesting monthly votes]
"Letter from Lu Fengxian?"
Now Cao Cao has been named Yanzhou Mu by his good friend Yuan Shao. He is leading his men to regain Yanzhou territory. Recently, he came to Chenliu Prefect Zhang Here in Miao, it is called a visit, but in fact it is an attempt to annex Zhang Miao's territory.
Now that the matter was halfway through, I suddenly heard that Wen Hou Lu Bu sent someone from Hanoi to Chenliu to deliver a message. Cao Cao was a little confused, so he led his men Wenwu to meet him.
As soon as Qin Yilu walked to the door of the meeting hall with the letter and soap, the soldiers on duty blocked him outside the door with weapons:
"The general who is coming will be named!"
This was a very common intimidation method in the late Han Dynasty. No matter who comes, scare them first.
In addition to this kind of road-blocking operation, there are also methods such as boiling water in large cauldrons and burying swordsmen and axes behind doors... During the Three Kingdoms period, envoys were a position with a high mortality rate, and they could escape unscathed. Only then will you be admired by the world.
Looking at Ge and Dao standing in front of him, Qin Yilu showed no fear and shouted angrily into the hall:
“Cao Mengde, is this your way of hospitality? ”
After following Lu Bu for a long time, these soldiers all developed lawless characters.
If we get into trouble, the general will end it for us. If we are humiliated, the general will help us get it back. If we are killed, the general will avenge us and support our parents and children.
With this concept, each of them is as if they are possessed by Lao Guan, and they see everyone as a traitor.
Before coming, Qin Yilu had made up his mind that he would either be killed by Cao Cao this time, or he would become famous all over the world and become a dazzling presence among the soldiers.
We can’t just watch Cao Xing, Song Xian and others steal the show, our squad leader also has to make a shining appearance.
There was another reason why he shouted Cao Cao's name so much. He had already reported his name just now, and now he wanted to report it again. It was obviously showing off his power.
So we cannot let them control us. We must fight back when it is time to fight back.
But as soon as he finished shouting, Qin Yilu regretted it and should have scolded him harder.
For example, "As expected, after being castrated, there is no way to entertain guests", or announcing the name of Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and directly shouting that he is Xun's father.
Provocation is what you have to do.
If I had known that something like this would happen, I should have consulted Song Xian before leaving Shangdang. If he were here, he would probably be able to sing "The Lotus Has Fallen" based on the Cao family's grudges.
Soon, a giant man in armor came to the door and looked Qin Yilu up and down:
“Everyone who comes must use his or her first name. This is the rule of my general!”
Qin Yilu also looked at the other party without fear and said sarcastically:
“How can you, a rebellious minister and traitor, have the face to pretend to be a general?”
The other party's anger level obviously jumped up:
"Cao Gong is the shepherd of Yanzhou, and you actually falsely called the rebellious ministers and traitors, do you want to die?"
Qin Yilu knew very well that at this time, he could not back down. :
"Who granted the title of Mu of Yanzhou? Is there an edict from His Majesty? Is there a national seal? If not, tell yourself, is this considered a traitor?"
"Seeking death ! ”
The general inside the door was furious, and just as he was about to pull out the saber hanging from his waist, a powerful voice came from deep in the hall:
"Zhongkang!"
The general was angry. She put away the knife, reluctantly raised her hand to let the two soldiers go, and stared at Qin Yilu with his eyes, his face flushed, as if he was suppressing the murderous intention in his heart.
Damn, it’s Xu Chu, no wonder his aura is so strong... Qin Yilu emboldened himself and walked in holding the letter and soap.
Xu Zhu followed step by step, his eyes never leaving Qin Yilu.
If looks could kill, Lu Bu's squad leader would have been killed countless times.
The hall was a little dark. With the oil lamp inside, Qin Yilu finally saw clearly Cao Cao sitting on the couch and the civil servants and generals on both sides of the couch.
Cao Cao is not tall, but his beard is not short. He is leaning in front of the oil lamp, holding up a bamboo slip and reading it carefully.
He raised his head, glanced at Qin Yilu, and said to himself:
“Qin Yilu, you don’t have a nickname?”
"I was born in Bingzhou Border Pass, and grew up under the ravages of foreign races. I have no nickname, and I even learned how to read in the military."
A general in his thirties sat on the side couch and said with a smile:
“The dignified Hussars General actually sent a Guizhou envoy to Yanzhou, and there is no one at his tent?”
Qin Yilu immediately counterattacked:
“My Han Dynasty has millions of soldiers. , they are all strong warriors, but they are a little inferior in their ability to come to such a small place... The general couldn't find anyone worse than me, so he sent me here... Of course, if you are in our army, , there is no need for me to take action, you should be able to take the lead!”
Humph, if I hadn't just read the story of Yan Zi's mission to Chu, I really wouldn't know how to answer.
I hope my name, Qin Yilu, will appear in history books in the future. I look forward to it!
The speaker was furious for a moment and suddenly grabbed the sword at his waist:
“You...”
“Zilian, don’t say anything more. ”
Cao Cao put down the slip and asked Qin Yilu:
“You are so sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued, aren’t you afraid that I will kill you?”
His words made Xu Chu next to him light up and he was eager to try. The scribes and generals were also full of fighting spirit. Obviously, these people also had murderous intentions.
Qin Yilu is a bachelor:
“Kill just kill, the more ruthless the method, the better. Anyway, no matter what injustice I suffer, my general will inflict it on you, your parents, wives and children, Even the entire family will experience torture a hundred times more miserable than mine, and your ancestral graves will be ripped open and built into latrines for the army to shit and pee.”
After saying that, Qin Yilu emphasized again:
"I believe you have already experienced the strength of our Bingzhou Army."
These words made half of the people present break their defenses... The tiger at the beginning of the year After the Battle of Laoguan, the allied forces of the princes occupied Luoyang, and Cao Cao insisted on marching westward. As a result, the Bingzhou army waited for work and was almost completely wiped out.
The clan brother Xiahou Dun, who they had played with since childhood, was chopped into pieces by a man in black armor with a weird long knife. The clan brother Cao Chun was also killed by a young general. The entire pursuit team was completely defeated. The soldiers, horses and generals borrowed from Zhang Miao were also all lost.
That battle became a psychological shadow for everyone.
Especially the rumbling sound of cannons in the memory is like thunder coming from the sky, which makes people's liver and gallbladder split.
Cao Hong and Cao Zilian suddenly discovered that Qin Yilu in front of him was wearing the same armor as the man in black armor.
This kind of armor looks thick. If you get it...
As he was thinking about it, Qin Yilu took the initiative to introduce:
“This is issued by our imperial army. Everyone has armor, but this thing is too bulky and not suitable for long-distance pursuits, so it has been eliminated.”
Qin Yilu's words were so angry that all the scribes here wanted to kill him with their swords.
Such a good armor, but this bitch is still making irresponsible remarks. If you give it to us... No, he is here to beat us.
Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked again:
"Why did Marquis Wen write to me?"
"My general said that you will know after reading the letter. .”
Cao Cao waved his hand, and Xu Zhu walked over aggressively, stretched out his hands, took the letter and soap, and did not forget to glare at Qin Yilu.
Obviously, the show of force just now has completely annoyed this tiger idiot.
Cao Cao took the letter and looked at the kraft paper envelope in confusion:
"This is... paper?"
"Yes, this is called kraft paper. Peel off the kraft skin. , first remove the hair, then dry and chop the skin, then boil it for a day and night to become a paste, spread it on a mat, and dry it to become kraft paper.”
Qin Yilu actually didn't understand how to use paper, but at this moment, he could only tell nonsense. Fortunately, he usually played with Song Xian and Cao Xing, and he learned a lot about how to tell lies.
The method is so simple?
The eyes of several scribes were brightened, and they planned to kill a few cattle later to try.
Under Qin Yilu's guidance, Cao Cao tore open the envelope and took out the rice paper inside. He was even more surprised:
"It's so white and soft, how is this paper made?"
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Qin Yilu was just about to say that it was wood pulp paper, but he was worried that Cao Cao's men would turn into tree-cutting maniacs like a bald man, so he continued to make nonsense:
"This is called scale paper. The fish scales and swim bladders are washed and dried. Then chop it and boil it into a paste, spread it out and dry it to become this kind of paper... It’s not easy to make, so the price is high.”
Well, it’s not easy to cut down trees, but you can trick them into becoming fishermen. .
Cao Cao glanced at Qin Yilu dubiously, then unfolded the letter and read it carefully.
When he read about General Zhengxi, his face became a little melancholy, as if he was lamenting his fate, from a good young man determined to serve the country to what he is now.
But when he saw Lu Bu thinking about his wife, he became angry again.
This Marquis Lu Wen is too small!
At the end of the letter was a poem, which made Cao Cao feel like he had found a confidant.
But this confidant actually thought about his wife in his words... Ah Man read the letter and put it back into the envelope without saying a word. He had a sullen look on his face, but he didn't know how to express it, so he had to pick up two I looked at the piece of soap, and the more I looked at it, the more mysterious it became. I even brought it to me to smell it.
Xia Houyuan asked:
"What's written in the letter?"
"Nothing, just some arrogant words...Has Miaocai ever heard of a man named Hua Tuo in the world?"
Xia Houyuan also Without answering, Li Dian took the initiative and said:
"He is a miracle doctor who travels all over the world. It is said that he can even save the dead, but his whereabouts are unknown."
Several other generals and counselors also listened. After mentioning Hua Tuo's name, Cao Cao ordered: "Let people search for Hua Tuo's whereabouts, and whoever finds it will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!"
After everyone accepted the order, Cao Cao picked up a piece of silk cloth and wrote a letter to Lu Bu seriously. Then he folded it, sealed it in a box, and handed it to Qin Yilu:
“Here you are. General, take it back to see you off!"
After saying that, Cao Cao picked up the soap and smelled it. He probably had never come into contact with anything so fragrant.
Qin Yilu was afraid that he could not bear to take a bite, so he quickly reminded:
"This is for bathing. You can't eat it, otherwise you will vomit continuously."
Someone in the pro-barracks once secretly ate it, and the result was that they couldn't help spitting bubbles. Since then, everyone has obviously had a problem with soap. Awe.
Quan Xu walked out of the slightly dim room, and Qin Yilu felt that the autumn clothes and trousers in the armor were all wet with sweat.
He didn't stay long, returned to the inn, and led fifty cavalry without stopping to leave Chenliu and headed straight for Hanoi.
“Lord, why don’t you let me kill him!”
In the room, Xu Chu was whirling around anxiously. In an era when the Lord believed in humiliating his ministers to death, if he didn't do something to Qin Yilu, then he would be derelict in his duty as a guard.
Cao Cao said:
"They are powerful and have a rightful name. If we kill this person, Lu Fengxian will definitely lead an army from Hanoi to attack Chen Liu. How can we resist then?"
In the last battle, Cao Cao already had a psychological shadow on the Bingzhou Army.
But Xu Chu had never experienced that battle and was still secretly angry:
"One day, I will personally cut off the head of Lu Bu's thief and show him who is the best general in the world!"
At the same time, Hedong County.
The windmill base next to the salt pond has been poured, and the wind turbine can be installed after it is completely solidified.
While it was still dark, Sun Facai planned to try out the capabilities of the salt washing machine.
He adjusted the salt washing solution, and then used the conveyor belt to transfer the coarse salt shipped from each house to the salt washing machine.
Because it was a test, he didn't dare to make too much, only about two thousand kilograms of coarse salt.
Soon, the machine started to work. The salt quickly dissolved and turned into liquid again during the rapid operation, and the impurities inside were automatically filtered out.
When the salt washing machine is finished working, the liquid will flow out automatically and industrial crystallization will begin.
Then comes the drying, crushing and other processes.
Liu Xie, Lu Zhi, Du Ji, Ji Ling and others gathered around the equipment, quietly waiting for the salt to be produced.
Finally, when night fell, the snow-white salt foam appeared in the silo. Everyone cheered and burst into tears with excitement.
Snow-white salt is actually made!
Sun Facai turned on the packaging equipment without saying a word, then placed Li Yu’s wholesale packaging bags on top and started packaging.
The salt is put into salt bags by the automated assembly line, passes through the conveyor belt, and enters the sealing and packaging process. The mouth of the bag is neatly sealed, becoming a 500-gram standard bag of salt.
Sun Facai threw the first bag of salt to Liu Xie:
"Go and deliver it to your master, let him feel the salt here."
"Okay, I will go and tell the good news to you sir!"
Liu Xie took the salt and hurriedly followed it He left the factory door and went to the real world.
At this moment, Li Yu was looking at Mu Guiying’s catch:
“You caught all these river shrimps, eels, native catfish, and yellow bonefish?”
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"Yes, the fish are super easy to catch today. It's the first time I caught a big carp over five kilograms. I have to take pictures and post them on WeChat like my junior brother. Unfortunately, Sima Yi is not here and I can't take pictures with his feet... Little crab? Come on. Come on, be a model for me.”
Seeing Liu Xie coming, Mu Guiying hurriedly asked him to help take a makeup photo of the little feet compared to the big fish.
As a newbie among fishermen, it’s unreasonable not to have such contrasting photos.
Li Yu said speechlessly:
"If you have nothing to do, you can buy some artifacts for shooting fish online. There are all kinds of thumb-sized mineral water bottles, beverage bottles, small slippers, etc."
"Is there such a good thing? I'll search for it later."
After taking the photo with great interest, Mu Guiying asked Liu Xie:
"In my hand What did you get?”
“Third Master Qi Cun, Mr. Qi Cun, please take a look at the Dahan official salt we produced.”
I was just looking at Mu Guiying’s explosion. While protecting the fish catch, Li Yu didn't pay attention to what was in the hands of his eldest apprentice. Hearing this, he raised his head and noticed the salt bag with the words "Great Han Official Salt" printed on it.
"It was produced so quickly?"
"Teacher Sun wanted to try the machine, but he didn't expect it to be successful the first time. The entire production process does not require hands-on work, and almost all processes are automated. We were all dumbfounded."
Li Yu said:
“These salts will be circulated internally first, and when they are almost accumulated, they will be invested in the market and standardize the financial system... The financial situation in the late Han Dynasty was extremely fragmented. , a new financial system must be rebuilt. "
Money in the late Han Dynasty was extremely chaotic. There were good-quality copper coins, inferior five-baht coins made by Dong Zhuo, and various gold objects full of impurities.
Price fluctuations are also huge. When food is as expensive as gold, even the children of officials will starve to death, let alone ordinary people. It is no different from hell on earth.
The food you saved was forcibly confiscated. The money you saved will shrink if you are not careful. All kinds of precious gold items are worthless if they are not valuable.
The aristocratic families plundered land and assets unscrupulously. When the common people were desperate, they extended an olive branch as a savior, and the common people became the slaves of the aristocratic families.
Now that bagged salt is available, the financial system can be rebuilt.
Prices that depend on food are prone to collapse, and aristocratic families will join forces to drive up food prices.
But no aristocratic family can produce this kind of exquisite snow-white fine salt. Therefore, as long as the price of salt is stabilized and iron-blooded officials are sent to control it, a financial system based on salt can be established bit by bit.
Through salt, it can have a reverse influence on aristocratic families, and even forcefully expropriate their farmland.
When the grain harvests are good year after year and grain prices stabilize, the entire financial system will be restructured properly.
In the future, with the advent of communication satellites, banks and other financial institutions can even be introduced. Anyway, if you want to withdraw money from other places, please contact the Changan headquarters directly to completely prevent the money from being fraudulently claimed or forging withdrawal receipts.
Of course, the withdrawal slips will also be specially printed using a printer. The paper, patterns, printing equipment, etc. are all unique to the imperial court. Those aristocratic families cannot imitate them even if they want to explode their heads.
Liu Xie said:
"Chief Cai is currently studying this type of system, and asked us to bring more financial-related books when we go back. She wants to study it while she is in confinement."
< br>Good guy, the confinement care work has been arranged before the child is born.
Li Yu reminded:
"Ask her not to work so hard. This kind of thing cannot be accomplished overnight. It requires a long period of exploration and trial."
"Don't worry, sir, the student union will remind Chief Cai."
Hearing that Cai Yan and Sun Facai's child was about to be born, Mu Guiying became interested:
"Little crab, when the time comes How about bringing the child to me? I’ll play for two days and take the little guy to the Wa Palace to meet his relatives and ask for a red envelope for him.”
When Liu Xie heard the first half of the sentence, he didn’t even think about it. I was going to refuse.
But as for red envelopes... you can give this a try. Teacher Sun shouldn’t mind having a bunch of immortal relatives, right?
While they were chatting, in the salt factory in the Three Kingdoms World, Lu Zhi wiped a little snow-white salt with his fingers and put it into his mouth, with excitement on his face:
“I didn’t expect that we could produce such delicious salt. ...With this thing, why should I, a great man, worry about failing to achieve my great cause!"
As a great scholar, he is very aware of the importance of salt and iron in the court. Now there is a steel factory, a salt factory that transcends the times! Also started production.
Relying on the salt and iron franchise, the court can do too many things. Even the diplomats of the Han Dynasty have more weapons to deal with other countries. In the future, they may be able to stage a package of salt to destroy a country. What a legend!
After being excited, Lu Zhi told Jia Xu, who was in charge of Chang'an, about the incident through the intercom.
After Jia Xu heard this, he contacted Guo Jia via the intercom:
"Have you figured out all the salt and iron families in Guanzhong?"
"Have you figured out what Mr. Wenhe has done?" Arrangement?”
“Be prepared to crack down on illegal salt!”
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