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

On this day, the whole of Yanzhou fell into jubilation. Countless people ran out of the city to watch the green wheat field. The soldiers defending the city couldn't cope with the heavy traffic, so they formed two teams and surrounded the villagers' road with a human wall.

Villagers can move around within this range, but once they get out of the human wall formed by soldiers, they need to show their household registration to enter the city.

Although the villagers are not very literate, many of these people are old farmers. Seeing such traces in the farmland, they naturally know that this is by no means man-made. It is when the straw is vigorously growing that not only is it not soft, it is also very hard. , It is not so easy to break down, let alone it appeared overnight.

It can only be a miracle, it can only be a miracle!Some literate people told them what it meant, and they knelt down on the spot. This is God telling us that the Han Dynasty should be prosperous, and Dong thieves must perish!

Then gradually a voice emerged from the crowd.

This miracle appeared after Governor Cao took over!

When everyone calculates the time, it is true.

The idea of ​​the common people is very simple, since this miracle appeared after Cao Inspector took over, it means that God approves of Cao Inspector as Inspector, otherwise, why didn't it appear in other people's fields, but it happened in the capital of Yanzhou At the gate of Changyi City?

It must be that God thinks that Governor Cao can assist the prosperity of the Han Dynasty!

Governor Cao must be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, that's right, there is nothing wrong with this idea!

And it must have something to do with us in Yanzhou, otherwise why don't you go to Dongjun to manifest the spirit?

Ordinary residents can only run out of the city to see it, but soldiers with military ranks can go up to the city tower to see it. It is more obvious and shocking to see it from the top down. It cannot be done by humans.

The leading soldier looked serious, and he confirmed with the soldiers around him who stayed overnight yesterday whether it was true that no one left the city yesterday, and whether there were really no lights or figures at night.Personally, he still prefers to be tricked by others.

As before, he got a negative answer.

From the top to the bottom, you can already see the villagers kneeling beside the two characters in groups.The soldier in the lead is a collateral branch of the local family, so naturally he is dedicated to the family, but at this moment, he can't help but feel drums in his heart... Could it be, could it be that Cao Mengde is really the chosen one to assist the Han family?

No no no how can I think like this?

This must be a coincidence, maybe it means that I, Yanzhou, will have a Sase Ryocai... why don't you ask if there was a child born in Yanzhou yesterday?

But another voice in his heart also said: Don't struggle anymore, this is obviously Cao Mengde!Obviously Cao Mengde came here...

No, Cao Mengde didn't just arrive yesterday!

The voice said again: But he entered the governor's residence yesterday.

For a while, such entangled emotions swirled in the hearts of countless people. They wanted to overthrow it in their hearts, but they dared not say it in front of everyone.Even if he said it, he only dared to refute it in a low voice. I don't know when the statement that Cao Cishi is the man of destiny has been recognized by most people.

On the contrary, Cao Cao himself was slow to respond to this. He seemed to have gotten the news very late, and with a gesture of complete ignorance, he led his staff out of the city at noon, saluted this line of words, and firmly rejected it. The people's speculations are so righteous that they say that this is God's signal to the Han Dynasty that the Han Dynasty will continue, Dong Bandit will be defeated, and he is just an ordinary courtier of the Han Dynasty, so it has nothing to do with him.

On the contrary, his attitude made the villagers feel that Governor Cao was being modest and not taking credit for it.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism had not been thoroughly washed into an overly modest appearance. Generally speaking, everyone was quite straightforward, and they would exaggerate what they said. If you don’t do it yourself, you have to take it on yourself. Cao Cao is now talking about peace. It doesn't matter to me, but it makes people feel that it is not true, because what an honor it is!No one can refuse it!

Mr. Cao is really high-spirited and upright!

Cao Cao looked at the brighter eyes of the people around him, and concealed his embarrassment by stroking his mustache.

When Xia Anran made this suggestion before, everyone just thought about it and thought it was feasible, but they didn’t expect that it would be so amazing if it was actually made. Cao Cao has to follow Zhenxin to get it out with the personal soldier team. He already belongs to the kind of person who does not believe in God's will...

He is so natural that he doesn't need to talk about others, let alone Yanzhou soldiers. Just after a cursory glance, his own Cao's army is also talking about it, so don't be too proud.

Yesterday everyone had a heated discussion on what to write. Guo Jia, who was more straightforward, said that it is better to write Cao characters directly, but everyone rejected it because it was too obvious!

The last few counselors discussed for a long time, and even looked through the classics. When Xia Anran was drowsy, Cao Cao made a final decision and wrote Han Xing.

Firstly, this is his wish, and secondly, the directivity is not so obvious.

It's just that standing on the wall now, Cao Cao has only one thought in his heart...

Fortunately, I didn't listen to Feng Xiao...

If you really write Fuck's name... Cough, such a big character, it's really shameful.

To say that this was done by Xia Anran, after deciding what characters to write, he immediately drew the planning map. It is definitely not easy to make a pattern in the wheat field. The size and angle of each character must be well designed, and because of the It's Xiaozhuan, this font is more solemn and majestic, but Xia Anran doesn't know how to write this font, so Xun Yu wrote it for him.

And because the work time is late at night, you can’t see anything. In order to facilitate the calculation of the size, everyone holds straw ropes of different thicknesses. One foot is one strand, and the second length is two strands. You can tell how long the rope is by touching it.

All the straw ropes were tied to Sun Ce's body because his chassis was relatively stable. In fact, they were tied to Xia Anran at the beginning, with him as the center... The final result was that he was pulled around by several strong kings.

Because everyone agreed before that in order to hide, they can’t speak, and when they need to speak, they should first use animal sounds to attract the attention of others, and then have a free person responsible for passing the message back and forth, because Xia Anran can’t bear the strength of these people’s movement After a series of rapid meows, everyone gathered around and replaced Sun Ce.

Why let Sun Ce come... because it is very interesting to suppress the fields, and everyone is unwilling to change people. Who made Sun Ce the youngest and the lowest rank? This is cruel workplace bullying.

That's why the final pattern was made bigger than planned.

Standing on the city tower, Cao Cao can be seen at a glance with the extremely eye-catching two characters, and the people of Yanzhou who are devoutly bowing down.

The brilliance in his eyes flickered.

If so, if this is really a miracle, it would be great... If it is true that the world is predestined, the great man will prosper, how great it would be.

Forget it, don't think too much about it.

Cao Cao told himself that everything is man-made, even if there is a day that is destined for this thing, I still want to break this day for my long-cherished wish.

He flicked his cloak, and took advantage of the excitement of the soldiers, he climbed up and shouted, "Masters, the heavens have issued a good omen. I want to march westward, punish Dong's thieves, and restore the Han Dynasty. Is there any king who is willing to go with me?"

He stood on the parade platform, raised his spear, pointed his sword at the sky, and shouted loudly, "Who is willing to follow!"

Just at this moment, a group of people came out more and more. It was the generals of Cao Ying. They walked up to the people and didn't look at the soldiers behind them.

Although there were only a few people, the shouting was deafening. Gradually, more and more soldiers followed suit. They also hit the ground with their weapons and shouted these two words together with the general.

The atmosphere is contagious. The soldiers are all young people, at an age that is easy to be infected. I saw Cao Jun next to me take a step forward, and turned to look at them with [Hey, don’t dare to come] It means that Yanzhou soldiers are naturally unbearable to be stimulated by this kind of stimulation.

Damn, isn't it just a war!A look we have never seen in the world!

Grandpa also killed the Yellow Turban Army back then, okay?When the time comes, show these grandchildren how powerful our Yanzhou soldiers are.

Just when the commander was unable to stop them, more and more Yanzhou soldiers also took a few steps forward, and some soldiers even stepped forward several steps and passed Cao Jun to the front of the team, roaring louder than Cao Jun Loudly, Cao Jun was not to be outdone when he saw this, and moved forward one after another. In this way, the entire army advanced many steps, and it seemed that the soldiers who stayed in place were very conspicuous. Although people didn't look back at them, but these people seem to feel the contempt cast from them.

The blue veins on their foreheads are bulging. Of course, explaining to these deceived soldiers that this is Cao Mengde's conspiracy will not work, and we can't tell them about the attitude of the family, the situation in Yanzhou, etc., and we can't even say that the Yellow Turban Army is still ready to move. , When people are stationed in the city and county.

This group of hot-blooded rough guys only think that they are making excuses and are afraid of trouble.

And these can't be said, because they are not the soldiers of the family, but the army of the Han Dynasty. As an army of the Han Dynasty, it is a matter of course to be loyal to the Han royal family, and there should be no excuses at all.

Cao Cao on the stage glanced at them and didn't criticize them. He just praised those who were willing to come out. He has excellent literary talent and is well versed in speech skills. I was even more excited for a while, and raised my weapons to respond.

... The whole scene was like a cult scene, Xia Anran, who was watching, thought so.

His eyesight is good, and he can clearly see that although the last few soldiers standing at the far end are being dragged by others, there are obviously some who want to step forward, especially the younger ones who are not affected by the atmosphere. light.

In this way, without giving them more time to think, food and grass had been prepared, and these people quickly lined up out of the city, and were taken away by Cao Cao before the Yanzhou family could react.Seeing them, they were ready to go out immediately. Afraid of missing this chance, several young generals broke away from the captain holding them, and ran out with their own weapons.

As for the defense of Yanzhou, it was handed over to Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei.

Bao Xin was also the one who supported Cao Cao's rebellion in Chenliu before, but after the Suanzao coalition disbanded, he had to follow the former prefect Liu Dai back to Yanzhou. He also strongly opposed Liu Dai's going to the Yellow Turban Army, but it was useless. However, Liu Dai insisted on going out of the city, all Bao Xin could do was gather the soldiers and intercept Liu Dai's body to prevent him from being humiliated.

Later, he also chose Cao Cao instead of Zhang Miao among the two colleagues. Because he believed that Cao Cao could govern Yanzhou well, he recommended his peers to become Shangguan. This kind of heart is really admirable.

It is precisely because the two have worked together and understood each other that Cao Cao has great trust in Bao Xin.

This trust made him dare to use this ruse.

To defraud the Yanzhou garrison from the aristocratic family, they must not have time to intervene. Soldiers are generally easier to deceive... Cough, it is straightforward. As long as there is an opportunity and motivation, the soldiers will definitely be tempted, not to mention the Yanzhou military center. There are only a few Xiang family members, and most of them are ordinary soldiers who are dedicated to serving the country.

So Cao Cao used this "miracle" as an excuse to gather all the soldiers, and then make a quick decision. I'm afraid that the aristocratic family got the news in a hurry and came to stop them until they left the city gate.

And at that time, the city gate will be blocked by villagers returning to the city. In order to prevent collisions, the city gate will be restricted to one-way traffic, and you can only enter and not travel.

The strategy is linked to each other. This strategy is mainly derived from Xia Anran, perfected by Xun Yu and Zhong Yao, and implemented by all staff.

This is Cao Jun's style, all of them are conspiracy, even if the Yanzhou family jumped in anger afterwards, there was nothing they could do, let alone anything to criticize.

And the result was just as they had planned. The Shi family wanted to find fault, but they were stopped one by one by Xun Yu, Zhong Yao and others who were well versed in the methods of the family. Among them, Bao Xin also helped a lot. busy.

It all didn't settle down until a month later.

Just one month after Cao Cao left Yanzhou, news of Dong Zhuo's death came.

Xia Anran got the news from Cao Chun's Flying Crow first, and she didn't know what kind of Dahei it was, but it was able to fly all the way from Chang'an to Changyi. As soon as she got the news, Xia Anran immediately went to find Xun Yu. The latter was even more excited when he heard the news. He was so excited that he got extremely drunk that night.

But what follows is not all good news.

When Cao Cao arrived in Chang'an, Wang Yun urged Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo. His army entered the city to quell the Xiliang army that was in chaos because of Dong Zhuo's execution, and together with General Huangfu stabilized the situation in Chang'an. He was also afraid that Cao Cao would repeat Dong Zhuo's misfortune after entering Chang'an. Although Emperor Xian believed in Cao Cao, he had no choice but to confer a title on Cao Cao under the pressure of the loyal Wang Situ and send him out. Chang'an.

And Cao Cao, at Guo Jia's suggestion, took advantage of Emperor Xian's guilt, and asked Emperor Xian for the post of governor of Yuzhou.

Of course, what Cao Cao said is that Yuzhou is closer to Chang'an than Dongjun, and if he encounters rebellious officials and thieves again, he can be punished.

At this time, Emperor Xian didn't know that Cao Cao was shouldering the position of governor of Yanzhou. He only thought that he was the governor of the East County, and because Cao Cao was the only prince who responded to his call and traveled long distances, he could only succumb to Wang Situ's deterrence. Driving people away, although this action is not in compliance with the regulations, I just saw Cao Mengde covered in wind and sand, and the little Huangmen told him before that Cao Cao's army, in addition to hanging the flag with Chinese characters, also hung the flag with Chinese characters. This attitude of loyalty shows Undoubtedly, in the end, Cao Cao was also the only one among the princes to pay homage last year. Due to various factors, the little emperor agreed to this request.

Cao Cao made another small request at this time. His friend Cai Yong's only daughter had gone to Dongjun to pass the news of Chang'an, but was unable to return to Luoyang due to exhaustion from the journey. He asked the emperor for a favor for his friend's daughter, The collection of books in Cai Yong's mansion was moved to Dongjun.

Naturally, the little emperor did not refuse to agree to this matter. Cao Cao could move it by himself if he wanted to. It is a sign of respect to apply to him now. The little emperor even gave the dead Cai Yong a posthumous title for this reason. It's a testament to his loyalty.

Before Cao Cao left, he knelt down in front of the little emperor under the eyes of Wang Yun, and made a promise to the little emperor that as long as His Majesty called, Cao Cao would crawl to His Majesty's side no matter where he was at the end of the world or at the end of the world.

The little emperor was so moved, he held Cao Cao's hand and wanted him not to leave, but Wang Yun's threatening words lingered in his ears. How Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang under the guise of Luoyang's prestige, he has not forgotten Not to mention seeing the scene where his elder brother and Empress He were poisoned to death and Dong Zhuo fornicated in the harem.

This made him not have the courage to say "Cao Aiqing please stay" in the end.

For this reason, he felt even more guilty towards the loyal Cao Mengde, and increased Cao Cao's reward by several percent, and was even more moved when he heard that Cao Cao was considerate of Chang'an's lack of food and refused food and grass as long as books.

Even Fenghou's words were spoken, but Cao Cao resolutely refused.

Cao Cao felt that he had only done what a courtier should do, and this was just the beginning, not the end. Yuan Shu was in the south, and Yuan Shao was in the north. Although Liu is still the surname in the world today, and Dong Zhuo, the chief villain, has been put to death, he still can't be careless.

When he was in Chang'an, he wanted to visit Wang Yun in private, but Wang Situ looked at him more and more like a man with evil intentions, so he refused to meet him. Cao Cao had no choice but to visit another hero, who was Lu Bu .

Lu Bu's reputation at this time is not as bad as later. Although he changed Sudoku, he only chose the master of the famous general. It is understandable at this time, but there is a stain on the fact that he killed his adoptive father Ding Yuan in order to vote for the board of directors. It is still there, but seeing that Lv Bu killed Dong thief in the end, many people also beautified him, saying that this was the plan of Lv Bu and Ding Yuan. Lu Fengxian, who is the most famous in the world, was repeatedly defeated when he defended the city for Dong Zhuo. Instead, he added credibility to the fact that his defection to the enemy was false, and his inner truth was true, which is not completely unreasonable.

After all, he is a great hero now, and he has just been appointed General Fenwu, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Wen. Naturally, some people will clean up for him.

Lu Bu's impression of Cao Cao was not bad, because Cao Cao was also a man of ordinary origin, and after a few acquaintances, he also felt that this man's behavior style was more suitable for his appetite, so he met Cao Cao, and the two had a pleasant conversation , although Cao Cao himself has a brilliant literary talent, but when he communicates with generals, he also likes to be straightforward.

Most importantly, Cao Cao can praise people!

As soon as he saw Lu Bu, before the latter could put on a proud posture, he talked and praised him so much that he was comfortable. As a result, Lu Bu was too embarrassed to say anything else.

When Cao Cao was seated, Lu Bu looked at him but suddenly laughed.

These two still have a relationship.

When Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo that day, Lv Bu was at his side, but in order to win over Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo asked Lv Bu to go out and bring Cao Cao a good horse to give to Cao Cao. In this time difference, Cao Cao drew his sword and wanted to stab Cao Cao. However, Dong Zhuo was so fateful that he escaped. Seeing that Dong Zhuo had discovered him and Lu Bu was back, Cao Cao had to escape temporarily under the guise of offering a knife. The horse led by Lu Bu was Cao Cao's favorite horse. film.

At that time, Lu Bu also mentioned Cao Cao's suspicion to Dong Zhuo, but now it seems that it is really a ridiculous fate.

Cao Cao sent a gift to Lu Bu—a toothbrush and tooth powder produced in Dongjun. As soon as the gift was delivered to Lu Bu, Lu Bu’s expression became more friendly. The current number one warrior in the Eastern Han Dynasty only took off his outer armor even at home. It can be seen In front of Cao Cao, he couldn't completely relax.

The two sat facing each other. Lu Bu ordered the servants to serve wine. Cao Cao did not bring any servants. He came alone, with full sincerity. Dong Zhuo's old department.

This is also what Lü Bu was worried about. After killing Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun refused to follow his advice to eradicate the weeds. Instead, he wanted to influence them with benevolence. This kind of thinking made Lv Bu feel ridiculous, but after Dong Zhuo died, the officials in the court who were originally like quails He suddenly turned over, and whenever he spoke against them, he used all kinds of arguments to refute him. He looked like he believed that everything in the world is beautiful and all evil can be educated, and he felt that his heart was dirty, and he would only see people when he looked at people. shortcoming.

After being besieged a few times, Lu Bu didn't bother to talk anymore, and most of the time he went to court, he sneered and watched them quarreling, just waiting to watch the show.

It's just that Cao Cao agrees with him today, which makes Lu Bu feel like a hero seeing a hero.

He drank all the wine in his glass in one gulp, and didn't mention the cold reception he had encountered. He just raised the corners of his lips and smiled ironically, "Bu said that it's a pity that Situ Xin is a kind person. On the contrary, he said that Bu was saving his life with my heart." Those thieves have their hearts full, therefore, Bu wants to see whether it is Bu who has a small heart or those thieves who have a small heart."

After he said this, Cao Cao was also silent. He drank the wine in his glass and sighed after a long time.

Cao Cao's eyes stopped on the bright moon in the sky, and he really didn't know what to say at this time.

He also participated in the court meeting in the past few days, which was completely different from the court meeting in his memory.

Before he left Luoyang, there was only Dong Zhuo's voice in the court discussion, but all he heard yesterday was exaggeration, and when he talked about rebuilding the capital of Luoyang and moving the capital back to Luoyang, a bunch of courtiers who loved the people like sons jumped out To refute him, the reason is very simple, rebuilding the Han court is a waste of money and people, if you just stay here, it is not too bad.

Dong Zhuo tried his best and exhausted Lao Di to move Han Ting to his sphere of influence. Don't they know the purpose of moving out of Luoyang?

On the edge of Chang'an is Dong Zhuo's former land: Liangzhou. To the south is Liu Yan, a Han family clan whose attitude is unclear, and whose voice is louder than his actions.

Now that the capital city of Luoyang was destroyed, he would rather believe that the jackals nearby were domestic dogs than move back to the old place.

Although the old capital Luoyang is dilapidated, it is still possible to settle down with a little repair.

It is said that it is a waste of money... In fact, it is not because the power of the aristocratic family left in Luoyang will attack the current power again.

He let out a long sigh, raised his glass to invite the moon, and said a bit helplessly, "Alas..."

"Meng De doesn't need to think too much." On the contrary, Lu Bu was more free and easy than him. He filled the wine cup for the two of them, gulped down the wine and threw the wine cup to the ground. Harsh, I saw Lu Bu snorted and laughed, he lay on his side in the corridor, "Let's look at the sun and see what is right and what is wrong."

Seeing his attitude, Cao Cao already understood what this Marquis Wen was thinking. This Lu Fengxian's personality was a little moody, or extremely fickle. Although he didn't know how Wang Yun persuaded Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo, but judging by his current attitude , obviously he is not on Wang Yun's side either, if Dong Zhuo's former troops really want to rebel, he obviously won't help Han Ting.

Seeing this, he didn't have much to say, he could only say a few words of comfort, and seeing Lu Bu's face was pale, he could only sigh.

Han room... hey, Han room.

When Cao Cao returned east, he felt a little tired in his heart.

Now he has achieved most of his goal and rescued His Majesty from Dong Zhuo, but for some reason, he was even more confused when he returned home, and he didn't feel any joy at all. The Han court he saw, Chang'an he saw, and his Dong Counties are completely different.

As soon as Dong thief was put to death, the ministers began to attack each other.

The people of Chang'an saw that Dong Zhuo had been killed, and their expressions fell into a blank after joy.They often sit by the side of the road, without hope, without motivation, with nothing but numbness on their faces.

If Dongjun is a place full of hope, Chang'an is a city that is still alive but dead.

Cao Cao didn't want to stay in such a place. He left the city with the collection of books he had asked for, and planned to return to his territory as soon as possible. Even if they go back to Yanzhou, the problem shouldn't be too big, but it's a bit troublesome to ask for Yuzhou. Yuzhou is Cao Cao's hometown, and the roots of Cao's family are there. Although there are official documents and local support, it still depends on whether Yuan Shu will hand over his power in a peaceful manner...

While pondering, he stuffed a piece of caramel into his mouth, which was purchased from a time-honored shop in Chang'an. It is said that because Dong Zhuo liked the caramel made by their family, the family was able to keep it.

Well, the taste is okay... It's just that it's not as good as the maltose that Jingxi tried before. This maltose is a little too sweet.

While thinking about it, Cao Cao stuffed the sugar bag to the younger brothers beside him, "Eat and eat, it's a rare caramel."

The men of the Cao family and Xiahou's family were not polite to him either. A bag of maltose was quickly divided up, and Cao Chun also shared a piece with the horse under his crotch. When the bag returned to Cao Cao, it was clean. up.

The feedback from his younger brothers was the same as what he thought, it seemed that Xia Anran's cooking was more delicious.

After the group shared the sugar, the atmosphere became a lot more relaxed.

At this moment, they suddenly saw a horse-drawn carriage waiting at the place where Chang'an came out of the east. Seeing them, a scholar in green clothes got out of the carriage and bowed to Cao Cao, "I have seen Mr. Cao."

"I am Xunyou from Yingchuan, with the word Gongda, and I am here to serve Duke Cao."

Xia Anran didn't know what happened to Cao Cao, he was being watched at the Armament Department in Yanzhou.

People who have nothing to do are very scary, because now is the idle period just after the spring sowing, and because Yanzhou has just passed the wheat field incident, the atmosphere in the whole Yanzhou is very good now, basically it can be said that the government orders are smooth, Cao Jun said that the next sentence is very good There was no one to refute, once Xia Anran was free, she couldn't rest at all.

As soon as he couldn't rest, he started to walk around. Some of the staff of Dongjun's Weapons Manufacturing Bureau stayed where they were, and a few followed them to Changyi, the capital of Yanzhou.

After all, Yanzhou is a state. Its armaments, reserves, and materials are much richer than those of Dongjun. It even has its own iron furnace for making ironware.

Of course, there is a blacksmith's shop in East County, but that shop can only repair damaged agricultural tools, and does not have the function of casting iron.

Because of this, Cao Jun's equipment encountered an opportunity to be upgraded after entering Yanzhou. The blacksmiths in Yanzhou would use the method of frying steel, and probably had the concept of hundred steelmaking.

In later generations, the story of Cao Cao obtaining five hundred steel-making weapons in three years was widely circulated.

The method of hundred-smelting steel is a piece of iron that is often seen in TV dramas after countless times of forging to form a piece of iron with carbon content and impurities that can meet the standards. From the perspective of later generations, this is still a piece of iron with a carbon content slightly up to the standard.

What restricts the development of Huaxia's smelting technology is not the lack of temperature, nor the lack of blast furnaces, but the lack of iron ore of sufficient quality.

Although China does not lack iron ore, it lacks rich iron ore. But because of this, our country learned to use auxiliary materials to reduce the ignition point of iron and separate the residue in iron ore earlier than Western countries. Of course, it is also because of this reason, This made the steelmaking technology of later generations stand still for a long time.

Xia Anran does not know how to make steel. In this era, it is impossible to reach the melting point of iron by relying on fuel and structure. It is the same as the reason why it is difficult for him to make a kang. If the temperature cannot be reached, the temperature of the fire has not yet reached, and it is estimated that the kiln will crack.

But he knows other techniques.

This technique is what he saw when he was watching a documentary back then. It is the method of smelting Modao in the Tang Dynasty - the method of pouring steel.

Cough, the reason why he studied Modao was because there was a professional martial art weapon in the game he played, which was Modao. After the game was updated, the length of the weapon of the game character was reduced, which attracted thousands of netizens to attack and compare pictures. , and the bombardment of historical materials, which made him take a look at it.

Afterwards, the documentary also introduced the method of making Modao, which made the concept of Guangang method enter Xia Anran's eyes.

To put it bluntly, the steel pouring method is to fuse pig iron liquid with wrought iron wire or wrought iron sheet at high temperature, and then obtain steel with a relatively suitable carbon content. The previous process can use the steel frying method, and the quality of the steel formed in this way remains unchanged. , although craftsmen are also required to temper, but the time-consuming will be greatly reduced.

Even more perfect, in this process, pig iron will turn into steel, and wrought iron will also turn into steel, which means that in this mode of operation, no iron material will be wasted.

At the same time, he modified the blower, slightly modified the one that was overturned before, and handed over the task of pulling the bellows to the animals through the gear fit. He also suggested that the coal should be ground into small pieces or simply crushed and poured into powder. Promoting the comprehensive combustion of coal is more conducive to raising the temperature.

As for whether it is feasible, craftsmen still need to explore.

In addition, whether you can try to make slots on stabbing weapons, whether the purpose of opening blood slots in ancient weapons is to save materials, for bloodletting, or for the convenience of pulling out weapons? This is still uncertain in modern times, but it is always beneficial That is, the premise is not to reduce the hardness of the weapon, and the slashing weapon does not need a blood tank for the time being.

When he said this, the craftsmen did experiments, but the steelmaking time was too long, and the first steel knife was not completed until Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou.

With Cao Cao's previous promise, Xia Anran tinkered with new things not long after Cao Cao left.

Because of his research on iron smelting, he naturally also came into contact with iron ore. When Xia Anran joined in the fun to study iron ore, he learned how ancient people searched for iron ore. He hung a magnet and looked at it while walking. The movement of the lodestone, once the lodestone has shifted slightly, you can know that there is iron ore in the local area. Of course, if the lodestone deviates a lot, it is undoubtedly a piece of iron ore of extremely high quality.

Regarding this simple and crude method, Xia Anran was silent for a moment, then asked the craftsman for a magnet, and asked the stonemason to cut a piece, and carefully searched for the one that repelled the magnet in his hand, and put the two stones together stuck together.

Of course he doesn't know which is the S pole and which is the N pole, but he knows the things at the current location, up north, down south, left west, right east, and every student has memorized them, so he quickly judged the two poles. The north-south attribute of a large magnet.

And it will be mass-produced soon.

The best way to use the compass was taught in junior high school, which is the hanging method. Xia Anran tried to make a box, tied the compass on a thread and stuffed it in. When it is time to open the small box and pour it out, the other end of the cotton thread is drilled into the box It is bundled and will not fall off, just stuff it into the box after use.

Marching and fighting are most afraid of getting lost. Although most of the subsequent battles were civil wars, Cao Cao also had an expedition to Wuhuan in history. Wuhuan is the current generation of Inner Mongolia and Liaoning. Although it was domestic in modern times, it belonged to foreign countries in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Whenever abroad, it means that the direction is unknown, there is no map, and when it comes to maps...

The maps of the late Eastern Han Dynasty are simply abstract paintings!

After studying for a long time, he went to ask Xun Yu, and finally drew the map of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although the lines were still very rough, it was obviously much clearer with the ruler.

Xun Yu casually took a look at it, and immediately pulled out the map of Yanzhou County, and asked Xia Anran to try to draw it again. This project is too big!Xia Anran was stunned by Xun Yu's gesture of squeezing the laborers. He refused repeatedly, and was on the verge of rolling in front of Xun Yu. In the end, he got the benefits of two assistants.

After these two assistants were in place, Xia Anran almost didn't go to Xun Yu to fight for his life. He knew a person, Cao Ang, the son of the boss!

Although he didn't know the other one, that one was just a boy in his teens.

It's fine to squeeze him, but to squeeze child labor?

Probably because Xia Anran's shocked expression was too obvious, the little boy looked up at him, his eyes were clear but sharp, "I heard that Xia Gong is also a young talent, is it because I underestimate my age now?"

Xia Anran was taken aback for a moment, and then her eyes lit up immediately.

Xia Gong!

He was finally called Xia Gongla!

Just aim at this one!

Xia Anran's affection for this extremely delicate and lovely child with pink carvings and jade carvings rose rapidly. He sat in front of this child, keeping the two people's eyes on the opposite horizontal line. "Young master is famous?" He naturally got it. Affirmative answer.

So he smiled and explained, "It's not that An Ran doesn't believe in you, but we need to travel all over Yanzhou for this trip. Don't you want to go with me, son, it will be fine when you are a little older."

The child carefully observed his expression, and confirmed that his words were sincere, so he said, "Don't worry too much, Mr. Xia. Liang often runs in the mountains and fields, and his body is very strong. Besides, Mr. Xia's trip is to draw a map. Bar?"

Now that he's here, he has nothing to hide, Xia Anran nodded to him, and the child said proudly, "The reason why Xun Gong chose Liang to go with Xia Gong is because Liang has a photographic memory. "

Seeing Xia Anran's slightly surprised expression, he continued, "Liang is the best in the same batch."

Never forget?

Xia Anran turned back to confirm with Xun Yu, who nodded slightly, "This place is indeed the best. Jingxi doesn't have to worry about the inconvenience of the journey. A carriage was remodeled here before. Yu tried it and it was very comfortable. It’s much cheaper to travel by this car.”

Seeing what he said, Xia Anran naturally had no reason to refuse, so she decided that the three of them would go out together tomorrow. Because of the sudden incident, Xia Anran could only lick the rabbits at home one by one and deliver them to the After picking up the maid at home, he hurriedly packed his clothes and supplies for the trip, because he brought a child with him on this trip, so he couldn't help but took out a handful of sugar and stuffed it in the cloth bag.

Cough, it’s not that Xia Anran likes sweets, it’s just that there is really nothing to eat in this era, especially in winter, this year there are persimmons to eat, so when spring came, Xia Anran couldn’t resist making malt sugar, Maltose is pulled and turned into caramel, but it is too monotonous to eat directly, and it is not convenient to pull and stir, so Xia Anran made it into Shaqima.

Cut it smaller and wrapped it in waste glutinous rice paper. After Cao Chun tried it, he found it delicious, so Xia Anran gave some to Cao Chun's brothers, because it was too troublesome to explain why using this name, so he decided to use it as a gift. It is directly called soup cake, and this dessert has been unanimously praised by Cao Ying's counselors.

Because of factors such as satiety, high calories, easy availability of raw materials, and the general sweetness of brain-using counselors, its status has risen sharply, surpassing shortbread.

And it turns out that the young boy likes to eat this very much.

The bright young boy who was sitting on the carriage respectfully was soon overwhelmed by the sweets, his serious little expression became soft, and the corners of his eyes drooped slightly because he was in a happy mood. Wipe your hands clean with water.

During this process, Xia Anran has been studying these two carriages that are said to be remodeled by the young boy Liang.

Xia Anran didn't know how the little boy did it. Without springs and tires, the shock absorption of this carriage was indeed improved a lot, and the sense of balance was excellent. After sitting on the cushioned couch, People only have light bumps.

Juvenile Liang explained to him that these two carriages actually have two floors. The first floor they rode on was the inner floor, which was connected to the outer floor by a machine buckle. Strictly speaking, they were actually suspended in the outer carriage.

Xia Anran was dumbfounded when he heard that, the technology used is the principle of suspension and shock absorption!It is a common shock absorption method for ancient Roman carriages. He once saw a sentence when he was reading, but he didn't understand what it meant. Although he didn't know if it was the same, now this technology seems to be used by the bright boy on the carriage...

He looked at the young boy's face which was not obvious but obviously proud, and immediately understood why Xun Yu sent him here, maybe he had more than just a photographic memory, this boy himself was an inventive genius ah!

Xia Anran's favorability towards the children soared.