[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

As for the future sales of bamboo charcoal, Xia Anran was very concerned about it, and during the whole afternoon of the experiment, most of the properties of bamboo charcoal were better than that of low- and middle-class charcoal.

And there is another important factor. After all, bamboo charcoal comes from the same raw material. After it becomes carbon, the same raw material will ignite.Consuming time, the temperature is basically about the same.

If all bamboo charcoal is used, the burning time can be almost perfectly controlled.

This is mainly due to the particularity of bamboo as a material, their fibers are dense, ordinary charcoal, even a tree, wood is different, but bamboo is not, after making charcoal, they can ensure that most of the charcoal quality of wood is similar .

This can be used not only in daily life, but also in industry.

This feature needs to be compared after the second and third batches of bamboo charcoal arrive.

But let's not talk about other things, Xia Anran made bamboo charcoal for another reason besides being used for burning fires, he had to expand the production of charcoal.

Sprinkling carbon powder in the field can use its color to absorb heat and increase the soil temperature. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty when there was no way to make a greenhouse, this method can effectively improve the planting status of the farmland under the influence of small glaciers in the next few years.

In addition to absorbing heat, a small amount of charcoal itself can also be used as a fertilizer for the land. Although it does not have any nutrients, it can absorb chemical elements and cultivate microorganisms.

By the way, this trick is used in modern agriculture, but charcoal is mostly used in agricultural fertilizers as a slow-release and element-balancing effect.The black film covering the land in modern agriculture uses the heat-absorbing characteristics of black. On the one hand, it increases the temperature of the soil, and on the other hand, it also kills bacteria and weeds in the soil through the effect of avoiding light and high heat.

Originally, Xia Anran was in a good mood, but when he heard Jia Xu's intentions, his face immediately wrinkled.

Jia Xu is here to ask for someone.

Today's Jia Xu is in the Shangshu of the Han Dynasty, and he is in charge of selecting talents.

Jia Xu returned east with the ministers of the Han Dynasty, and finally left Li Que and Guo Si, and followed Cao Jun's pick-up team to Changyi. Li Que was greatly puzzled by his trip.

In Li Que's heart, Jia Xu has always been his counselor, even the mastermind, and Jia Xu has indeed used several strategies to settle the current situation for him, and he has done his best to treat Jia Xu. There's nothing wrong with it.

Moreover, in Li Que's eyes, Jia Xu is even more kind, and even Jia Xu is only willing to take on the post of Shangshu.Reluctant to accept higher honors, in his opinion, is also a performance of Mr. Gao Jie.

Only Praise did not refuse. Under such circumstances, Jia Xu wanted to leave him and Li Que didn't understand why, but Jia Xu who had packed his bags at that time had already stood among Cao Jun's guards, Li Que had thousands of reasons. Way to get an answer.

And even if he asked, Jia Xu would only give him an answer.

Claiming to be a Hanchen, he will naturally follow His Majesty.

But if you want to analyze why Jia Xu gave up on Li Que who obeyed him, it is probably because he is too stupid.

Jia Xu was from Liangzhou. He resigned due to illness in order to promote filial piety. His path to official career was limited by the region and he had no choice. He made his debut under Dong Zhuo's tenure. The two attacked Chang'an in order to secure themselves.

After the incident was completed, Li Que and Guo Si stole the limelight and hatred, and he sat firmly behind the scenes and no longer offered advice.

Until these two were stupid, they went on Dong Zhuo's old path and began to kill all officials and plunder the common people.

What's more, they embezzled the money and food that the little emperor used for disaster relief.

And thus ushered in the wrath of the emperor.

After that, the two were not in a hurry to repair their relationship with the little emperor, but humiliated him even more.

From then on, Jia Xu could also conclude that there was nothing for the two of them to help.

Since then, he has been even more low-key, reducing his sense of existence, and silently followed the road to the east. After all, he owes Li Que and Guo Si a kindness. Naturally, it is impossible for these two people to be short of his food, so he used his own This food helped a few eunuchs who were pleasing to the eye, and watched them pass the food to the little emperor.

From Jia Xu's point of view, after this opportunity, the little emperor may break out of the cocoon, or just be so helpless.

Which one is it... He is quite irrelevant and somewhat interested.

The little emperor took advantage of Li Que and Guo Si's infighting and fled overnight to give him the answer.

Facing Li Que who came to him for help, Jia Xu was playing with a goose feather fan, his face sinking like water.

He stopped Li Que who wanted to send troops to pursue him on the grounds that it was unnecessary and that the troops could not be divided, and then he waited and watched the development of the situation.

As he expected, the little emperor might really be considered blessed by heaven, and he actually connected with Cao Cao by relying on those few people.

It is destined that the Han inheritance will not be destroyed.

Jia Xu also made a decision at this moment, and he made a decision at this moment.

So he smiled and said to Xia Anran, who had an extremely troubled expression, "Xu heard that in the school, there is a policy of monthly exams, so as to find out the students' knowledge, which is more conducive to the teacher's teaching. Xu has also asked Mr. Shui Jing for the exam. It’s just that Mr. Shui Jing told Xu that this technique was all based on Master Xia’s idea.”

"According to Xu's humble opinion, this method is very good. If it is only used for students, it would be overkill." It should be a good plan to save the world."

Xia Anran paused for the two of them to order tea, he raised his eyes, and fixed his eyes on the poisonous man who was sitting upright after withdrawing his hands.

The latter has a peaceful expression, his eyebrows stretched out, as if he hadn't said the words just now.

This is the first person, and it is clear that it will be a trial selection before he speaks.

In fact, since Yanzhou School opened the entrance examination mode, some people have vaguely guessed, but Cao Ying is still in the middle of a fiery major renovation. This matter has not been improved under the attention of everyone, and I recommend it below. The talented Cao Cao also accepted it, and did not act as a monster. Although everyone still had this string in their hearts, they all took a wait-and-see attitude.

Xia Anran's eyes fell on the teacup, his expression remained still, and he pushed the teacup in front of Jia Xu, who thanked Jia Xu, raised his cup and sniffed lightly, "This fragrance is rich but frivolous."

He took a sip lightly and said with a smile, "The taste is down-to-earth, the same as Xu's feeling when watching Cao Ying."

The young man was slightly startled, he raised his eyes, and looked at the man with a calm expression, the latter smiled and said, "Before arriving in Changyi, Xu has been thinking about what will happen under Cao Gong?"

"Yixu's understanding of Mr. Cao is that the rule of law is extremely strict. If the aristocratic family Xungui had not been suppressed, it would have been a city where water and fire could not be tolerated."

"When I got here, it was a bit unexpected."

"Xun Wenruo is a talented person, boasting that he knows it well. He is good at governing, but he is a family and the current patriarch of the Xun family. There must be a dilemma between the family and Duke Cao. The same is true for Zhong Yuanchang and Xun Gongda."

The man looked at him quietly, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Although Xi Zhicai and Guo Fengxiao have great wisdom, they are good at fighting, and their yin and yang schemes are used in this way, and they are somewhat open and closed."

"The only surprise is Master Xia."

"Excellent trick to moisten things quietly."

"Ruoxu's predictions are correct...then the word "Falling from the Sky in the Wheat Field" must have been written by Master Xia, right?"

Xia Anran blinked, "Mr. Jia misunderstood, that word appeared overnight, it cannot be done by humans, and Anran is powerless."

Jia Xu smiled lightly, and he waved his fan a little, but there was no smile in his eyes, his black pupils were like deep abysses, "Master Xia doesn't have to be like this, I'm here to be open and honest, and I won't embarrass it if it's a secret." male."

"There is no need to argue with the public,"

Hearing this, Xia Anran also laughed, and he put the teacup aside, his bright black eyes met Jia Xu's, "Then, what answer do you want to get from Anran?"

"In the name of self-knowledge, I can't compare to Xun Wenruo in terms of talent for governing the world, and I can't compare to Guo Fengxiao in terms of leadership ability. There is only one thing, I am ashamed to say." Jia Xu tapped his eyes lightly with a goose feather fan , "I've lived foolishly for several years, and I've only developed this pair of eyes, which are quite bright."

"Pride wants to choose the official law as a vote."

"Therefore, please help Xia Gong."

In the end, Xia Anran still didn't directly agree to him.

But this seems to be in Jia Xu's expectation, Jia Laohu swayed away slowly with his nine big furry tails, which made Xia Anran look depressed.

He also went to find Xun Yu later, and Xun Yu only smiled when he heard the conversation between him and Jia Xu, "Jingxi, this is Jia Wenhe's nomination certificate."

Xia Anran was taken aback, a little puzzled, Xun Yu put down his writing hand, rolled up his sleeves and got up, he took a stack of shortbread on the table, put it in front of Xia Anran, and sat down beside him. "Before looking for you, Jia Wenhe never looked for us."

Xia Anran, who picked up a piece of shortbread, widened his eyes when he heard the words. He was stuffed with shortbread at the moment, and he couldn't speak for a while, and Xun Yu didn't look at him. He sat beside Xia Anran, looking over the window frame, looking at the The courtyard with light snow falling "Jia Wenhe can also be said to be the most intelligent in the world, but he is quite unscrupulous. And his director is conspiring."

"He knows that I don't like this kind of thing, and I'm not good at it. He also knows that his fighting skills are not as good as Fengxiao, so he tried to recommend himself from Jingxi."

Xia Anran finally swallowed this mouthful of shortbread with water. He recalled the conversation between him and Jia Xu, with a blank look on his face, "Self-recommendation?"

Unexpectedly, there is such a self-recommendation method?

"He has lived in Chang'an for a long time, and he has only been in Changyi for a few days, but he can see the current situation in Changyi at a glance, and he can directly find Jingxi you." "This is the nomination certificate he gave,"

Xia Anran finally understood that Jia Xu regarded him as part of the exam questions when he was the co-author without knowing it.

In addition, he perfectly calculated that even if Xia Anran sent him away without saying a word, he still remembered his words in his heart and would go looking for Xun Yu.

Isn't it just handing over the answer sheet to Xun Yu?

Thinking of this, Xia Anran thought about the nine tails that he imagined when that person went out, how could that be enough!At least eighteen tails!

Xia Anran, who had figured this out, couldn't help but get even more angry. Seeing his angry appearance, Xun Yu was extremely indifferent. He smiled and patted Xia Anran on the shoulder, "Jingxi can be regarded as sacrificing himself, choosing one for us." Talented."

"But, Jia Wenhe...isn't he a courtier of the Han Dynasty? He wants to surrender to us..." Isn't this suspected of forming a party?

Although Xia Anran didn't say this, Xun Yu knew what he meant. He shook his head with a smile, and his black hair, which fell like a waterfall, swept gently in front of Xia Anran with his movements. Xia Anran really wanted to pull his long hair for him.

It’s just that this action is too intimate in this era, heck, it’s not good for someone like him who already has a family to use it... Speaking of which, Cao Chun’s black hair is also very good, so go home and give it to him. He tried to comb his hair.

Xia Anran, whose thoughts suddenly spread, was brought back by Xun Yu's words, "Your Majesty is only thirteen this year. Although he is talented and intelligent, it will take many years to be able to be independent."

"He's looking for a way out for himself."

Xun Yu didn't say some things to Xia Anran, but Jia Xu was different from them.

Although Xun Yu is good at planning, he is not a qualified counselor, not only him, but strictly speaking, Cao Cao's camp does not have a real counselor.

If you are a counselor, you should play tricks, in the tent, in the dark, count people's hearts, chances, institutions, and the world.

Their pursuit is not for themselves, nor for high officials and high salaries, but only for this art.

It's people like Jia Xu.

He doesn't care who the protagonist is, and he doesn't care what the ending will be. What he wants is a platform that can give him a strategy.

Besides, you have to protect yourself.

It is impossible for the Han Dynasty to give him this platform, and the corrupt bureaucrats will smash every whim of his, and just for the sake of opposition, they will oppose it to the end.

He used to follow Li Que, but this person could no longer give him a sense of security, so he took the back road he had left for himself and withdrew safely.

The reason why Cao Cao was chosen is that there is no one else to choose for him. Xun Yu must admit that according to Jia Xu's strategy style, among the many princes and kings today, only Cao Cao is the most compatible with him.

As for himself, although he was the mastermind of Cao Ying, he was really not good at fighting because he lived in the rear for a long time.

Although Guo Jia is good at fighting and planning, his character is quite unruly.In the words of later generations, as a pragmatist, as long as it is effective and can minimize losses, Guo Jia will not refuse to use these schemes because of pedantry.

Although Xi Zhicai seems to be honest, his temperament can be seen from the fact that he can quickly play with Guo Jia.

The most important thing is that Jia Xu is exactly the kind of counselor Cao Cao needs most now.

He has been in officialdom for a long time, and has more experience than all of them.

What Cao Cao has to face next is a much more complicated situation than before. As His Majesty gradually grows, Cao Cao's identity will also change little by little. How to get through this dangerous situation... They really need people like Jia Xu The guidance of a person who is good at calculating and planning.

Xun Yu didn't continue with Xia Anran on the topic of Jia Xu, he had something in mind, and saw Xia Anran's expression "I have a little bit, maybe not a little bit but a lot, anyway, I don't like him very much" Expression, skipped this topic, but brought up another matter.

Now Li Que and Guo Si are leading the army back to the west. In winter, the Yellow River is frozen, and the warlords have collected enough food and grass. This year, the little emperor is in Changyi again. I am afraid that this winter will not be safe.

There must be a war, so Xun Yu and Xia Anran confirmed the preparation of food and grass. He had already confirmed the situation of the armament with Guo Jia just now.

Benefiting from the discovery of ground drilling machines and iron ore, Yanzhou's military supplies have been supplemented to a certain extent since the second half of this year. Although the penetration rate is still not up to standard in Xia Anran's opinion, Cao Cao, who has lived in the army for a long time, cannot be more satisfied.

Now Cao Cao can be said to have more soldiers and more food, more weapons, and it has been proved that there is no problem with eating locusts. The way of eating locusts has also been developed by the combat readiness logistics department. Several models, in the end The soldiers no longer bothered to care about what was in their mouths.

It's good to eat something, look at those Han soldiers.

People can't even eat corn, so we still eat meat.

People can always get a sense of happiness from comparison, as for those who are confused and still shocked that they are so miserable that they are eating locusts in the Han army... Cough, I can only say that ignorant people are always happy.

When you despise others for eating locusts, they still despise you for eating bark~

Don't mention the gossip, Cao Cao is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai at this time, because Changyi has been designated as the capital of the country, no matter what the reason is, anyone who attacks the capital is a rebel, especially now that Huangfusong is leading a [-] Han army to defend Yanzhou.

Huangfusong can also be regarded as a generation of famous generals, brave and good at fighting, and his [-] Han troops are his personal soldiers.

The one who followed him all the way to kill the Yellow Turban Army.

Although this group of soldiers was disbanded after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the commander was imprisoned, but after arriving in Luoyang City, Huangfusong was released, and the old troops scattered in the battalions came out to stay. There were nearly 4000 of these people. Guo Bang could only suffer from this dull loss, and then they walked along the way, and when they heard that Huangfusong was released, many fallen soldiers came to join them, and finally they walked all the way to collect people, and when they arrived in Changyi, they had already become an army. The team has a considerable number of people, but its combat effectiveness has become a mystery.

Regarding this situation, Cao Cao didn't say much, but asked people to allocate food and grass according to the usual military system.

Because all the food and drink these days belong to Cao Jun, Huangfusong is also very knowledgeable about current affairs, so he asked to be stationed far away, so as not to come to Cao Cao's eyes, although Cao Cao said repeatedly that he had nothing to do with it.

But the veteran, who has been repeatedly relegated and imprisoned, seems no longer willing to stay in the center.

He is also quite lazy about your affairs, and just wants to find a place to stay far away.

Cao Cao was also a little helpless about this.People can only be stationed in the southeast of Yanzhou near Xiapi to guard that pass.

In addition to ordinary weapons, trebuchets that have been modified by everyone in the workshop... have finally been manufactured as a standard.

The so-called standardization is that Xia Anran requires them to make templates for the accessories before assembly, and then each part of the parts must be completely consistent with the templates.

This is precisely to make each part replaceable, and the parts on a destroyed trebuchet can also become spare parts for the nearby trebuchet, so that the combat effectiveness can be restored as quickly as possible during wartime.

The Huns who were driven away during the Western Han Dynasty were able to open the door to Europe by relying on the backward hand-pulled trebuchets at that time. What can the counterweight trebuchets that are more useful, more convenient, and more lethal now bring? What about the result?

Xia Anran was very curious.

However, after the Yellow Turban Army was completely wiped out, this weapon was hidden away except for the locust that had to be chased away once as if it was a game.

He could understand Cao Cao's mood of hiding the deadly weapon. Now that he was asked by Xun Yu, he immediately became excited, and he almost asked, "Boss, who are we going to fight?"

But this inflated little mood was quickly suppressed by him. He told Xun Yu the number of catapults that could be equipped now, and Xun Yu nodded to write it down, and then asked several questions.

Especially the reserves of soybean sticks, which have now become Cao Jun's main grain inventory.

Although it is a bit difficult to make, it has a very long storage time, and it is very convenient to eat as a snack or soak in water as a meal.

Best of all, it can be eaten on the go.This advantage is very prominent when marching in a hurry.

In addition, its own taste is very light, and after testing, its satiety is also the best among several dry foods.

After looking for a more professional dim sum chef to prepare the taste, Cao Jun's soybean stick has become a delicious dry food!The kind that even the little emperor praised.

Now, this series of actions have already indicated that Cao Jun has entered a state of preparation for war.

After the two asked and answered, Xia Anran quickly put Jia Xu's matter behind him, and it wasn't until he went home at night that he realized that Xun Yu didn't tell him how to deal with Jia Xu!

Fortunately, when he got home, he found that Cao Chun had also returned.

Not only Cao Chun, Bo and the young boy also came together. Seeing Xia Anran, the young boy immediately changed his appearance of the little old man drinking tea face to face with Cao Chun, stood up, and came over excitedly to ask Yuzhou trip thing.

It turned out that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong went to the mansion first, saw Bo He who was waiting for them, and told him that Xia Anran had brought him a bamboo rat.

This aroused the little boy's curiosity, but since the little boy knew that it was a gift from Xia Anran, of course he would not ask to see it in advance, but obediently waited until Xia Anran came back.

Seeing the expectant eyes of the little boy, how would Xia Anran tell him that they were indeed live bamboo rats? Then they saw that they were too cold to eat on the way, so in order to prevent them from freezing to death and being unpalatable, they preemptively killed the bamboo rats. A bamboo rat was killed and pickled!

The little boy is looking forward to a soft and fluffy little bamboo mouse, right?

When he swept his gaze, he saw two children who seemed to be reading, but were actually eavesdropping.

cough.

Xia Anran coughed lightly, and told the young boy very kindly, you can see it when you eat.

The little boy nodded obediently, his eyes sparkling.

When Xia Anran turned back and went to the back kitchen, and Cao Chun followed consciously, he squinted his eyes, and then looked at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong who gave him the wrong message.

The three children faced each other with fake smiles.But after a while, they all hinted in their hearts of their own boredom and each other's childishness,

It can be said to be a very double standard.

Naturally, Xia Anran didn't know that she had become the target of the young boys. The young man who was working in the kitchen was chopping vegetables while chatting with Cao Chun, who was helping him.

For him, besides the harvest of bamboo charcoal, he has a bigger harvest in this trip to Yuzhou. Pang Degong, who accompanied him to the west, made it clear that he would recommend friends who have the same interests as Cao Ying. up.

Mr. Pang De himself indulged in the mountains and rivers, and had no interest in fighting power and conspiracy.

But this does not affect his political investment, especially when his great-grandson Pang Tong has made it clear that he will vote for Cao Ying.

Having said that, until now Xia Anran didn't know what went wrong between Pang Tong and Pang County Magistrate.

He didn't ask, and Pang Tong didn't explain it to him, but just as he observed, since Pang Tong arrived in Yanzhou in the past year, he hasn't returned home.Letters are rarely delivered.

This is something that shouldn't happen in this day and age.

Although it is not to the extent that later generations rule the world with filial piety, the word filial piety was still very important in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.For example, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the recommendation systems was for talents of filial piety and honesty.

These two are people who are filial and honest, and Cao Cao himself is from a filial and honest family.

What Pang Tong is doing now can make people ridicule him as an unfilial son after he becomes an official.It's not like Xia Anran didn't persuade him about this, but for Pang Tong, although he didn't explain, he was obviously very stubborn about his choice.

Outsiders can't persuade you about this kind of thing, because after all, you don't understand what happened.

But Xia Anran thought, is it because Pang Tong decided to vote for Cao Cao, but Pang County Magistrate did not agree?

As a result, Pang Tong may have become an abandoned son of the family, or he may have become one of the family's family investments.

But what puzzled him was, if Pang Tong was just one aspect of the family's investment, why didn't anyone from the Pang family come to talk about it now that Cao Cao had clearly gained the upper hand?

It's not appropriate to say that he didn't extend his hand. After all, Duke Pang De came. As the most famous scholar of the Pang family, he is also the most famous contemporary scholar. His coming to Cao Ying has already explained the political orientation of the Pang family to a certain extent.

Xia Anran is not good at maneuvering. Although he is not good at it, Cao Chun is obviously good at it. Hearing his question, Cao Chun smiled slightly, and the young man's brows and eyes stretched, and there was a little romance in this smile .

Cao Chun didn't answer Xia Anran's question directly, but instead asked him, "Maybe Jingxi confirms that he treats you sincerely?"

The answer is naturally nothing to say, the boy Pang Tong and Xia Anran met in the infancy.

At that time, the three views of the two of them were very close. Although Xia Anran's personal orientation has shifted to the direction of infrastructure construction, Pang Tong's strategic orientation is the same as when he was a child.

Therefore, when he met Zhuge Liang, the two had a very subtle chemical effect, just like Xia Anran's judgment on them before, and the strategies of the two could be described as complementary.

Although they are complementary, they are inevitably competitive and mutually exclusive in certain concepts.

Especially when the means for the two to achieve their goals are somewhat different.

After joining the young boy Bohe, the three of them became a relatively stable triangular fixed relationship. Unlike the two young boys, Bohe's thinking mode is more inclined to listen and make decisions.

It can be said that what he is best at is to integrate the strengths of the two families and learn from each other.

From Xia Anran's point of view, if these three people fall for the same protagonist in the future, the result will be very interesting.

But all of this will take more than ten years, and there is no need to think about it now, Xia Anran smiled and took out a few bamboo rats from the clay pot, and shook them in front of Cao Chun.

The author has something to say: Jia Xu... Jieren is the same as what is said in the article.

First of all, he was born in a bad place, and he had no choice in becoming an official.Can only follow Dong Zhuo.

In fact, the author thinks that the only loyal person in his life is Dong Zhuo.

Although it looks like he didn't do anything while following Dong Zhuo, but look later.

He killed Wang Yun (the person who planned to kill Dong Zhuo) to assist Cao Cao, killed Lu Bu (the person who directly killed Dong Zhuo), and killed Cao Cao's confidant and eldest son (he sent the lunch box for Ang Juvenile, Although he actually wanted to give the bento to Cao Cao)

Other than that, he is completely from the perspective of a strategist.

Not much to say, you can adopt it if you like it, and if you don’t listen to it, I can always live well anyway, like this.

To put it simply, everyone else is a chess piece. He hides in the dark, looks at the chessboard, and then stretches out his hand secretly, and the whole chessboard is messed up.

PS: In history, it was he who assisted the little emperor to escape. In addition, he helped Zhang Xiu defeat Cao Cao several times.

The author's understanding of counselors is relatively superficial, but he is definitely the one who is best at planning people's hearts in the entire Three Kingdoms.

Zhuge Liang's kind of dedication, he can't do it, Xun Yu's kind of entanglement between ideals and reality, he can't, Guo Jia... forget it, Jia Xu can take care of himself,

This person's life goal is probably: to live well, to seek well.

Although the author doesn't like him very much, but to some extent, this person is really the type: seek a job in his position, and kill you if you change positions.

Cao Ying now really needs this kind of fox who has been in the officialdom for many years to help them deal with those Hanchens.This is Xun Yu who has been an official for more than a year, Xun You who has been an official and went to prison, and Guo Jiaxia, an opera talent who has never been an official, can't help.

The only Cao Chun who has been an official for a long time and still has a brain... Cough, he has already changed his costume with one click.

The officials will be thrown to the old fox. The author doesn’t want to open another copy of Douguan. I still have a flag. People must have dreams in life, such as completing the flag