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

After the autumn harvest in 192, the situation that had been calmed down by the death of Dong Zhuo became tense again. Because of Yuan Shu's act of proclaiming himself emperor, the fire of ambition among the princes was ignited, and this time it burned more vigorously than last time. Once, what they wanted was more voice, respect, money, land, and beauties, but this time, what they wanted was the supremacy.

Under such an atmosphere, few people could keep calm. Even Cao Cao, who claimed to be loyal to the royal family, could hardly say whether he had a heartbeat at that moment.But anyway, at least he didn't act.

At this moment, everyone thanked Yuan Shu for his lack of brains, allowing them to attack him with a righteous identity, but all this has nothing to do with Cao Jun for the time being. Cao Jun did not send troops against Yuan Shu this time. Face helplessly took Yuan Shao's officers to their granary, and saw that although it was not empty, it was not full.

Yuan Shao's soldiers were a little skeptical, but Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were not subordinates after all, and he really didn't need to deceive himself, but, this is unreasonable.The soldier thought to himself, everyone knows that Cao Jun planted a season of wheat and beans this year, and everyone was waiting to see a joke, but he actually succeeded in planting it. Now Cao Cao has twice the harvest of others. Even if he accepts Yuzhou halfway, it is absolutely impossible for a single Yanzhou to harvest only these.

Seeing his skeptical expression, one of Cao Jun's soldiers said helplessly, "Because my lord sent tribute to Chang'an this year."

... Cough, all right.

The soldiers sent by Yuan Shao twitched their mouths. He didn't expect that Cao Cao would actually make a confession to Chang'an when everyone else used the excuse that the Chang'an regime was not orthodox. This is a reason to explain why his treasury only has these .

According to regulations, the governors of one place collect taxes from lower-level counties and counties, and then hand over these taxes to the imperial court, but these taxes (food) princes will not hand them over to ensure military expenses. Even Liu Biao, who is known as a loyal minister, is looking for They gave various excuses and did not pay this year's grain tax.

Yuan Shao's soldiers said dryly, "Mr. Cao is really a loyal minister..."

But what about reality?

Cao Cao did pay the grain tax according to the rules, but most of the corn he used was corn, and he also paid the grain tax according to the data before checking the map.

So, what about those fields that were not recorded in the county annals and are now confiscated by Cao Jun?This is unspeakable.

In fact, the grains currently stored in the warehouse are all processed products, that is, wheat flour. Under the same weight, the volume of flour is much smaller than the volume of wheat piled together, so it will appear that there are few things.

In order to prevent these wheat noodles from getting wet, the granary was refurbished. The bottom floor was changed to brick surface, and a large amount of quicklime was put in the interlayer. The temperature and humidity were strictly controlled.

In addition to wheat noodles, there is also a small amount of Yifu noodles here. As Yifu noodles that require soybean oil are still relatively luxurious military rations, most of them are for officers to eat. Apart from these, most of the food that this soldier did not see is currently being sold. somewhere else.

After receiving the soybeans this year, they are all transported to the newly built workshop, where they will be crushed, fried and oil-pressed, and the rest of the oil-pressed part is the beginning of their task.

Many people know that after soybean oil is extracted, soybean meal is good, whether it is used as fertilizer or livestock food, but few people know that this part of soybean dregs is actually called defatted soybean.

The protein content of defatted soybeans is about 45%, which is higher than that of fish. For the Eastern Han people who are seriously lacking in protein, it is too wasteful to feed this stuff to livestock!Humans are short of protein, so where is the excess waiting to be fed to animals?

Needless to say, it must be eaten by people.

These defatted soybeans suffered secondary processing, were dried again and ground into soy flour, and soy flour is a protein replacement for lactose intolerant muscle lovers in modern gyms, but it needs to be mentioned that protein powder The number of grinding meshes is required, and the stone mill used in this era cannot achieve that level, so the current soybean flour is definitely not as good as the modern soybean flour.

But even without mentioning the benefits of protein supplementation, soybeans are full of cellulose, and eating them with water is very effective for satiety.It is a meal replacement food for some modern girls when they lose weight.

Xia Anran... I ate the soybean sticks from the girls, because he ate them dry, so he didn't feel the satiety effect, but it was true that the more he ate, the hungrier he felt.

So now he wants to try to make it. Of course, there is no modern condition for adding cranberries or anything here, but it is still possible to add some smashed peanuts and nuts.

The premise is to have an oven.

The principle of the oven is actually relatively simple. Strictly speaking, it is a thermal cycle environment with a constant temperature of about [-] degrees and sealed as much as possible. It is not a big problem in any place where there is a craft to make iron-making equipment. The only difficulty It is because they can't control the requirement of constant temperature, but this problem is quickly solved by craftsmen, who control the temperature by adjusting the size of the air outlet.

The first batch of successful soybean sticks was quickly finished by everyone's tasting.

Hmm... how should I say this taste.

"It's a bit light." The sweet counselors commented.

"It's a bit hard." The teenagers commented while biting the sticks.

"It's okay." Cao Chun, the general's representative, threw one into his mouth, chewing it happily, but Xia Anran asked him cautiously, "Why don't you do it?"

Cao Chun had to be silent for a while, "Do it."

So Xia Anran was very attentive and poured him a glass of water and said, "Drink water and eat at the same time, in theory, this is very full."

Then he received a glance from the guy at home, feeling a little helpless.

Xia Anran:? ? ? ? ? ?What are you thinking! !And the kids too! !

Under the table, he stomped on him viciously.

The representatives of the children—Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang didn't notice anything. Both of them were in their teens, and they quickly lost interest in this dull thing. Instead, they were interested in the milk biscuits that Xia Anran put in and baked together. I am more interested, because this light yellow biscuit exudes an attractive milky and sugary aroma.

Seeing that they were interested, Xia Anran quickly brought them a few biscuits, paired with barley tea to relieve their boredom, it should taste good...

Xia Anran actually wanted to eat it, but he was embarrassed in front of so many people. He specially bought a lot of milk and mixed it with flour... Well, but the first time I made it, I couldn't control the amount so... Maybe it was a little hard, and there was a little thick.

"Well!!"

"Ow!!"

Young Pang Tong and Young Zhuge Liang, who bit down without any warning, cried out at the same time. Pang Tong was okay, but Zhuge Liang immediately covered his mouth. After a while, Xia Anran saw his eyes were red and his big round eyes It was filled with physiological tears and looked very pitiful.

This, this scene looks familiar.

Xia Anran quickly stood up and raised his sleeves to cover Zhuge Liang's face, then he picked him up and ran to a place where no one was around, and told others not to follow, then he patted the child on the back After comforting for a long time, he was gently pushed away by the boy Liang.

Standing up again, the bright little boy's eye circles are still red, but the golden peas have been wiped off. He tightly shut his mouth and refused to speak, because if he opened his mouth, everyone would find a hole on the top of his jaw. Canine teeth are gone.

Xia Anran has a deep understanding of the pain during the tooth replacement period.

He touched the boy's head, and stretched out his hand in front of him, "Spit it out quickly, you must not eat it with your teeth, it will damage the esophagus."

The child's expression showed an obvious tangled look. He looked at Xia Anran's white and thin hand stretched out in front of him, and then raised his head to see his concerned expression. After hesitating for a long time, he still pressed a small fang stained with blood Spit into Xia Anran's hand.

Xia Anran pretended to look at his teeth, and then asked the bright young boy whose face was flushed with embarrassment, "Is it the one on the top or the one on the bottom?"

Zhuge Liang didn't want to talk, but in the face of other people's caring attitude, he showed him a mouthful of small white teeth, so Xia Anran said with certainty, "The upper tooth should be thrown down, and Anran will throw this tooth to Yanzhou later." The lowest place, so Ah Liangxin's teeth will be white and straight."

The little boy glanced at being held in Xia Anran's hand and wrapped in a veil, with a hint of hesitation on his expression?It's like saying: Is there another saying?

Seeing this, Xia Anran said with certainty, "The teeth on the top go down, and the teeth on the bottom go up. It was Anran's grandfather who said, there must be nothing wrong."

Seeing his swearing appearance, and considering that Xia Anran didn't need to lie to himself, Zhuge Liang nodded his head to show that he knew.

He didn't know that the last place Little Teeth put in at this moment was Xia Anran's personal treasure box, which was put together with Cao Cao's handwriting and Guo Jia's goose feather fan, and it was not thrown into the lowest place in Yanzhou at all!

Seeing the child's face flushed with shame, but trying not to show that she cared, Xia Anran's heart trembled, and immediately felt that this child was so caring and cute!

So he couldn't hold it back, scratched his cheek, and asked the bright boy with a very serious expression, "Ah Liang."

He didn't get an answer, the young boy just looked up at him, and Xia Anran smiled softly, "Would you like to be my student?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes opened slightly, as if he was a little surprised because he couldn't understand the change of topic, he blinked, and Xia Anran continued to say, "But I don't know how to teach students, and I'm not good at military affairs, so if you ask If I were your teacher, Feng Xiao would teach you these things."

Zhuge Liang was stunned, he blinked his eyes, and thought for a while, "Gong Xia meant to be sloppy, if Liang worships you as his teacher, will you and Mr. Feng Xiao teach Liang together?"

After saying a word, he tightly closed his mouth, refusing to show his leaky little teeth.

Xia Anran nodded with a smile, "Feng Xiao has no disciples, so if he worships me as his teacher, Ah Liang will become the senior brother of me and Feng Xiao."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang blinked and showed a puzzled expression, "Brother? Isn't Ah Tong a student of Duke Xia?"

Hearing this, Xia Anran was rather startled. He didn't know why Zhuge Liang misunderstood this, so he smiled and shook his head, "No, Ah Tong is not my student, and I haven't accepted an apprentice yet."

Then he saw Zhuge Liang knelt down on the spot and made a big salute, "Mr., let me give you a bow."

Xia Anran received the apprenticeship ceremony and drank the apprenticeship tea brought by the child. He was about to fly into the sky with joy. He tried hard to imitate the way the teacher accepted him as an apprentice at that time, said a few words on the scene, and then rejoiced Xide took his first student to show.

Later, Xia Anran asked Zhuge Liang what he wanted to learn. As Xia Anran's first student, he was inexperienced in how to teach children. Xun Yu's suggestion to him was that he first ask the students what they wanted to learn, and then use the This piqued his interest.

Regarding this, Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and the answer he gave was extremely honest, "Liang still doesn't know what he wants to learn." Xia Anran was not surprised by this answer. Going, so he decided——"Then Ah Liang, follow me to have a look. If you don't understand anything, you can ask the teacher."

Anyway, if the teacher doesn't understand...just ask someone else.

Xia Anran's thoughts were very relaxed, but she didn't expect Zhuge Liang to encounter a small blow soon after.

He thought that his teacher's daily creations were mainly based on people's livelihood...

Actually,

His teacher prefers to make military equipment!

This... This is really a bright idea!

Zhuge Liang picked up the Liannu placed on Xia Anran's case and started playing with it.

Just as he was waving his small arm to pull down the lever, he saw a hand with clear bones grabbing the crossbow. Zhuge Liang paused, slowly put down his empty hand and looked up, and saw that it was a phoenix The eye-catching man was swinging a goose feather fan and looking at him with a smile, the young boy got up and straightened his sleeves, and bowed to the man, "Guo Jijiu."

Guo Jia put his fan on his elbow and helped him up. He walked around the young boy and took a seat with the Lord Yu. Seeing Zhuge Liang turned back to look at him with a faint expression on his face, he smiled, "Jingxi must be with you." Said, I want to teach you with him."

Zhuge Liang nodded, "Liang, thank you Guo Jijiu."

But he never mentioned the matter of apprenticeship.

Guo Jia looked at the young man up and down. He was wearing a blue robe and stood upright. The child was good-looking. Very honest.

Oh, little liar.

Like the kid named Pang Tong, he is a villain.

Guo Jia shook the feather fan, his voice was not loud enough to be heard by the two of them, "I know you don't want to take me as your teacher, but there are some things that Jingxi can't teach you."

The bright young man suddenly raised his head, his eyes widened, he was aggrieved, as if he couldn't believe that Guo Jia, who was Xia Anran's friend, would say such demeaning words to the teacher.

Seeing him like this, Guo Jia smiled instead, and narrowed his twinkling phoenix eyes slightly. He ordered tea for himself, motioned Zhuge Liang to sit down, and swallowed the tea without thinking that the tea was cold. He looked forward with empty eyes. The map, which was drawn by Xia Anran, Cao Ang, and Zhuge Liang himself, shows most of Yanzhou.

Zhuge Liang heard the man say slowly, "Wen Ruo and I were the first counselors to follow the lord."

"Before that, Jingxi met the lord."

"Although he entered the account late, he has made great achievements."

"Then do you know why outsiders have never heard of his name?"

Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, Xun Wenruo is wiser than the world, Guo Fengxiao is more wise than demons, this is the reputation he heard when he was in Xuzhou, their reputation rose with Cao Cao, and became famous in the Central Plains.

It's just that Xia Anran is as dim as a star hidden under the double brilliance of the sun and the moon. If not, if not for his interest in machinery, he would not have noticed this youngest and immature-looking counselor.

He thought it was because the teacher kept a low profile, but now that Guo Jia suddenly mentioned it, he knew that things were not that simple.

His voice is still immature, but it already has a strong air, "You are hiding him."

He said this in an affirmative tone, and then frowned, "Liangben is already puzzled, why is Mr.'s reputation outside... an ordinary thing."

His eyes fell on the crossbow machine that Guo Jia put on the table, and he said, "Now, Liang has guessed."

Guo Jia smiled, swung his goose-feather fan, and did not answer directly, "Do you think that we want to protect Jingxi because we are good at making weapons?"

He saw Liang Juvenile squinting his eyes although he didn't make a sound, and he knew what was going on in his heart.So he said, "No."

"The reason we protected him was because we wanted to see what he could do."

"Whether it's the lord, Wen Ruo, or Jia, we all embarked on this road full of murder because we have our own goals."

"If my lord, Yu Wen, wants to serve the Han family, Jia... I need to find a place where I can display my talent."

"Only Jingxi, his purpose is for the people of the world." Guo Jia's expression was extremely gentle when he said the cold words, his slender fingertips stroked his goose feather fan little by little, and his trimmed and round fingertips gently fiddled with it. With fan handle.

"What he wants to change is not a single Cao army, but the entire Han Dynasty. What he wants to benefit is not a single Cao army, but the people under the entire sky."

Guo Jia looked at the young man with a surprised face but a brilliance in his eyes, "Zhuge Liang." He said the young man's name straight away, "You are a smart person, you should know what Jia wants to tell you."

"I know." The young man sat upright, and he looked straight at Guo Jia, "Liang will learn from the master."

"Liang, I will protect Mr. too."

Guo Jia lowered his eyes, "In the future, Jia will ask someone to bring you books. I need to study them carefully. If you have any questions, you can come and ask Jia. If Jia is not here, it is the same to ask Wen Ruo. These books... don't let Jing Hee saw it."

"Yes."

"You don't have to worship Jia as a teacher," the man said softly, "Jing Xihui is a good teacher. He doesn't know the rules of apprenticeship, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Yes."

Seeing his obedient appearance, Guo Jia's brows slowly loosened, showing a gentle look, "He will be a good teacher, you have a good vision."

Zhuge Liang raised the corners of his lips, and his brows and eyes softened. His eyes flashed, and he passed the hourglass of the hourglass, and suddenly changed the topic, "Guo Jijiu, Liang has something he doesn't understand."

"Well?"

The young boy Liang said to Guo Jijiu who was lazily raising his eyebrows, "Liang just tried to use this crossbow arrow, but I don't know what is the upper box and where do I put the arrows from?"

"Oh, this." Guo Jia casually picked up the crossbow. He disassembled the crossbow skillfully, and then filled the crossbow with arrows under Zhuge Liang's repeated questioning. Under the instigation, he shot a blow at the wall, and said while shooting, "This crossbow is greatly affected by the wind, but it is still accurate indoors..."

Before finishing a word, as if to prove his words, the arrow pierced through the air. At this moment, someone pushed open the door, and a breeze was brought in. The arrow was affected and changed its course midway. Zhun hit a small pottery placed on the shelf by Xia Anran, and the thing shattered.

At this moment, Xia Anran stepped in holding a wooden basin with a smile, and saw Guo Jia holding a crossbow at a glance, and the little boy A Liang who was standing obediently beside him, followed their gazes, He saw the little pottery man shattered all over the place...

That is!

Shen Qi!

Made it for him! !

Very cute kitten! !He put the cat on his back because he was embarrassed to be seen by others! !

"Guo! Feng! Xiao!"

Teach underage children to play with dangerous weapons!Dangerous arrows were also installed!Smashed his little pottery man!The most important thing is to make a mistake and run away!

The angry Xia Anran handed the wooden basin to the little boy Zhuge Liang, put the child aside and let him eat peaches, and then chased Guo Jia out who ran away when he saw the situation was not going well.

run, run, run!Can you run past me! !

Being left in the office, Zhuge Liang sat there very obediently, grabbed a crispy peach that had been soaked in the well water and stuffed it into his mouth, then his big eyes were so sore that he narrowed his eyes, drawing a cute small crescent.

In the end, the two were stopped by Cao Cao, who happened to be patrolling the workshop. Seeing that the two beloved counselors were running out of breath, Cao Cao hurriedly asked for warm water, without asking what conflict happened between the two ( The master's philosophy of handling affairs: don't interfere too much with the subordinate's personal conflicts), instead, he beckoned the two to come and see the knife test together after they calmed down.

The second weapon after the new method of steelmaking has been produced, it is a ring head knife.

The Huan Shou Dao is the direct predecessor of the Tang Dao. Instead of double-edged swords, it is changed to a single-edged sword, which strengthens the hardness of the weapon and enhances its chopping ability. In addition, the ring setting at the end of the knife can While stabilizing the center of gravity, binding it to the armor can prevent the knife from being intercepted by the enemy during the attack.

It was this modern looking knife that drove the Huns all the way to Eurasia.

In fact, after the new steelmaking method was proved to be available, the first weapon should have been a knife, but in the process of casting the knife, the craftsman encountered an additional request from Shangfeng, and it was this requirement that delayed the knife. come out.

This requirement is: lengthen the knife.

Restricted by the preciousness of raw materials and smelting technology, the length of the ring-shoudao blade created since the Western Han Dynasty is generally controlled at 60 cm. If it is extended, it will easily make the blade god brittle. However, Xia Anran's request is, Make it 90 centimeters, or even 120 centimeters.

The craftsmen don't know why the summit made such a request, but Xia Anran has already equated with omnipotence in their eyes.

Thanks to the animal-drawn bellows and the large amount of coal allocated, the temperature required for smelting has risen sharply. At the same time, due to the large-scale influx of oxygen, the steel quality of the new steel has been significantly improved.

So when Xia Anran said that you can do it, the craftsmen also thought that we could try it. Now, they have handed over the extended version of the ring head knife that they think the quality has passed.

Cao Cao came here today by accident. He brought Cao Ang to choose a small weapon for Cao Pi. Cao Pi has also reached the grade where he can start learning martial arts. At the same time, he also wanted to give Sun Quan one. Great work, he was extremely satisfied with the decision to attract the Sun family.

Moreover, Sun Quan seemed to be a smart person, and he would be able to practice martial arts with Pi Er at that time, and develop a relationship since childhood, and it happened to be fine today, so he came in person.

Unexpectedly, I happened to see the craftsman testing the knife.

The one he tried was a long knife, a long knife he had never seen before. Cao Mengde, who was walking while gnawing on a peach, immediately walked over. The blacksmith who was disturbed almost wanted to reprimand the officer who entered without rules. Fortunately, he saw After looking at the man's waist, he almost used himself to sharpen the knife, thanks to Cao Cao who held his hand in time.

But because of this, the knife came into Cao Cao's hands.

He waved it around a few times, and felt that the length was very obstructive, but he was not angry, nor did he question the craftsman, but rather patiently asked if the craftsman was trying to test the hardness of the new steel, and then he got the An Ran's orders.

Then Xia Anran who came running over automatically delivered it to her door.

Regarding Cao Cao's question, Xia Anran blinked, and her expression turned serious, "My lord, Anran once looked through the history books, and this kind of extended knife appeared as a standard saber for special cavalry."

Cao Cao nodded. He had also seen such records in books. This was a standard weapon that appeared at the peak of the Han Dynasty. It is rumored that this extended ring-shoudao was used to kill the Xiongnu in the era of Emperor Wu. He made a great effort, but he didn't understand why Xia Anran did this, so he saw the young boy smiled slightly, "My lord, the long knife is recorded in the book, it needs to be forged for 86 days, but this knife only took 61 days."

Among them was the time wasted by craftsmen because they were not familiar with it. Xia Anran didn't say anything, he turned his head and glanced at the long knife, Cao Cao obviously understood what he meant.His eyes burst into light.

That is to say, can Cao Jun's current ironmaking technology be comparable to or even surpass the peak technology of the Western Han Dynasty?

Ashamed to say, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the emperors did not pay much attention to the manufacture of weapons, although the technology has been inherited from the Western Han Dynasty, but since the founding of the country for more than [-] years, the quality and quantity of weapons produced by the country have declined. Lowering, the Huan Shou Dao, once popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, has become a measure of warlord's force in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

If, if Cao Jun really has such a disruptive technology...

Cao Cao took a deep breath to stabilize his mind, and the production time has indeed been shortened, but this cannot be easily concluded. Xia Anran naturally knew this, and he suggested a test knife.

The reason for choosing the long-bladed Huanshou knife is that the forging of the field blade is much more difficult than the broken blade, and this can be used as a tool to prove that the quality of steel under the new technology is no less than that of the Western Han Dynasty.

He clasped his hands and watched Cao Cao order the horses to be brought in. He wanted to try the sword himself.

But he was quickly stopped.

The long blade is not a tool for slashing, because its attack range and weight are larger than ordinary weapons, so it is destined to not be wielded. It is more of an attack mode that is waiting for work - that is, using the horse's impact Force, lift up, intercept and kill.

Just imagine, encountering such a cavalry during the charge, in the Western Han Dynasty without iron armor, it can be said to be as lethal as a meat grinder.

However, the price paid for this kind of offensive method, as well as its huge impact and deterrent ability on the battlefield, is the hands of the cavalry. In the era without stirrups, it is necessary to hold the reins with one hand when charging. Under normal circumstances, cavalry can only hold a knife with one hand. The huge impact of the blade piercing through the human body, especially the impact on the spine, will all act on the soldier's arms.

Xia Anran would not have dared to make this knife if Cao Jun was not about to popularize the stirrup now. Even with the stirrup, this knife could only be used on a very small number of soldiers.

None, they are all heroes.

The author has something to say: Xia Miao: You only want someone's signature...but I have his teeth.

Hey hey, teeth!It can be stored for thousands of years without breaking

Friendly reminder: Butter is needed to make biscuits, and low-gluten flour is also used. There is no butter, and high-gluten flour is used to make biscuits. Don’t try it lightly!

Soy sticks are delicious (hey) You can fill your stomach with water while eating them, but if you eat them dry...you will become hungry more and more, because they are really delicious. Hehehehehehehehehe

Ring Shou Dao is very powerful.

Xia Miao's new method of making iron (steel) can only shorten the time, and the quality improvement is not obvious, so it is not a particularly big golden finger.

But the point is, no iron.

Basically, babies who play games should know Tang Dao, Tang Dao is the son of Huan Shou Dao.

Basically, after the Huan Shou Dao, in the history of ancient Chinese war weapons, the main melee weapons have changed from the previous sword-based to the knife-based. The reason is that, in terms of lethality, the wounds caused by chopping will It leads to a higher death rate due to massive bleeding, and, because of the casting design of the knife, it is single-sided, which can greatly reduce the time required for casting and improve the ease of equipment.

Of course, there is also a demand for armor penetration, because the armor level of the people has improved a lot.

But precisely because of knives, most of them appear as murder weapons, but most of the leaders or lords wear swords. (It may also be because swords are more expensive than knives)

PS: Three Kingdoms and Two Jins... Most of them are still cloth armor.

So the weapon is accurate