Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

In the sunny afternoon, the Cao Mansion, which had not been opened for a long time, became lively again.The dead branches and fallen leaves on the steps of the door were cleaned by the old servants in short brown clothes, and the paulownia wood floor of the water pavilion was wiped by the young maid.From the kitchen to the tea room, well-trained servants are constantly coming and going with cups and trays.

They look no different from the servants bought from the market, but half of those who can work next to Cao Sheng are staff members of the spy department: either old people who have been injured or sick, or those who are doing camouflage training student.For example, the little girl who showed disdain when Liu Bei passed by, should be deducted points by the instructor later.

Luo Chi always felt that Ah Sheng was aggrieved, and he had to send away the people who served him after he had managed to train him to go somewhere else, or the inner house of a certain family, or the shop in Jizhou, or the women's clinic in the south of Shiwan Dashan. .It has been coming and going for several generations, and there are not enough caring people left behind.

But Ah Sheng himself didn't think so: "It's fine if they are loyal and I'm safe. Why live too delicately?"

"When the master was young, he never wore fine linen, and only fine wheat did not eat." Luo Chi took off her old whitish clothes sullenly, and put on a brand new brocade robe with dark patterns of white cranes in the clouds, and held the incense burner in his hand. Back and forth, "After decades of hard work, the family business has increased more than a hundred times, but life is not as good as when you were learning to speak. This is really... it is... it is us who have wronged the fairy baby in this world."

Ah Sheng was amused by her: "You are almost from the grandmother's generation, why are you still talking petty words?"

Luo Chi raised his eyes and kept tying the belt on his hands: "Even if I'm at the age of my great-grandmother, I can say everything in front of Erlang."

The changing of clothes is over here, and it's time to meet the guests.

In the renovated Linshui teahouse, Cao Shuo was having a friendly exchange with Liu Bei.Liu Bei was a local official, from the county lieutenant, county magistrate, all the way up to the prefect of the big county.In the eyes of Cao Shuo, who has not yet completed his studies, he is a remarkable successful person.And he had heard from his second uncle a long time ago that he would also go down to the localities to do grassroots work in the future, so Cao Shuo was particularly interested in Liu Bei's early life experience.

The second son of Cao is willing to listen, so Liu Bei is willing to speak.

"Man-made disasters in the county are nothing more than two: troublesome people and bad gentry. It's easy to manage the bad people, heavy troops suppress the country, and kill chickens to make an example of monkeys. However, the evil gentry is difficult to subdue, and the slightest carelessness will implicate a wide range of people. When Bei was appointed as a lieutenant in Anxi County, he offended the local tycoons I lost my job."

Cao Shuo leaned forward: "Then there is nothing we can do about them? Are they not tame with my father's prestige?"

"Although the Second Young Master was born in a wealthy family, when he arrives in the county, he still has to rely on the help of a famous family to fight against the powerful. Those who gain the Dao will help more than those who lose the Dao. Most things in the world are like this. The three clans of Cao, Xiahou, and Ding have foreign aid from Xun, Yang, Chen, and Wei, how can they fight alone?" Liu Bei said.

Cao Shuo lowered his head in disappointment: "What Duke Xuan De said is too realistic."

Liu Bei sternly said, "My compliments, my lord, are of no benefit to you."

So the two looked at each other and laughed.

Ah Sheng came in when the atmosphere was just right, the afternoon breeze brought in the aroma of wormwood and calamus, and even the slanting sunlight that slanted into the room had a lazy tranquility. "Mr. Xuande took the time to come and make my small room flourish." She said at the beginning.

Liu Beilian said he didn't dare.

After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, the two parties will be seated separately.Cao Shuo obediently moved the cushion behind Ah Sheng, shut up and listened to the adults.

"After the year, the fifth younger brother from the south gave me a box of Qinan, which has not been opened yet. This incense is rare, and it would be a pity to reward it alone." Accompanied by her words, the maidservants carried a few tables, incense burners, charcoal ashes, and ashes for her. Presses, silver sheets... In the blink of an eye, a full set of incense tasting tools was ready, and finally Luo Chi sent up a one-foot-square wooden carving box.Ah Sheng moved like flowing water, burning charcoal, burying charcoal, pressing ashes, and cutting spices. In less than 15 minutes, a strange sweet fragrance permeated the room. In the afternoon, people seem to see the sky full of ice and snow.

"It's the best agarwood." Liu Bei sighed, "Only what I smelled in the Xiandi's palace can be compared with it."

You speak as if you knew the late emperor very well.

A Sheng smiled: "From the beginning, most of the chess pieces dedicated to the late emperor were green chess pieces, but now this piece is a sugar knot. The sugar knot is not as precious as the green chess piece, but it is one in a million. After precipitation, it has reached such a quality that it is worthy of it." A strange scent is even rarer than green chess."

For a moment, Liu Bei couldn't figure out whether she had something to say, or she was just talking about spices, so he clenched his fists secretly.The next moment, he let go of his hand again, took the tea bowl instead, and drank the leftover tea in it.

The woman on the opposite side didn't seem to notice Liu Bei's nervousness, so she chopped some more spices, divided them into four furnaces, and handed them to the maids.

When the aroma reaches this level, the taste of different raw materials of the same variety is also very different.Gold silk knot, Yingge green, orchid chess, the fragrance is permeated layer by layer, and the windows are endless.

Ah Sheng closed his eyes, inhaled, slowly savored the smell rolling in his nostrils, and then slowly spit it out.They sat like this for about 10 minutes, and the aroma of Qinan was still strong, showing no tendency to fade.

A living person opens the window for ventilation. "Although the fragrance is good, it's just for cultivating our temperament, and occasionally sneaking in to try something new. On weekdays, business is more important."

Liu Bei opened his gleaming eyes, and the main event came.He bowed and bowed: "Earlier, Mr. Zhonghua stayed behind closed doors. Mr. Cao was worried that there would be no one in Yingchuan, so he ordered me to stay here. Now that Mr. Zhonghua has left the customs, I invite you to go south to share your worries with Mr. Cao. "

Asheng raised his hand and made a gesture of support, and then said in a slightly apologetic voice: "I said before that to help Xuandegong and elder brother settle their differences, I might promise a county. I am the latter. I did it, but I didn’t do the former.”

"Don't dare, I, Liu Bei, have no old acquaintance with you. I just met once at the late emperor's banquet, and I am already very content to receive such help from you."

He reminded him like this, and Ah Sheng didn't bother to go around in circles: "Speaking of the banquet, I met an assassin at that time, thanks to General Zhang who rescued me. I can't repay you too much for saving my life. I know that Duke Xuande is a member of the Han clan." , The heart to attack Yuan Shu to avenge the late emperor is stronger than anyone else, I intend to fulfill your loyalty to the Han family, but my current status makes it really inconvenient to change my elder brother’s appointment, what should I do?"

"It's all up to Duke Zhonghua's orders." Liu Bei kicked the ball back.

Cao Shuo felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, he looked at this and that, with a confused look on his face.Fortunately, Ah Sheng didn't confuse him for too long, and immediately set out the conditions. "In another month, the summer grains from all over the country will start to come down. The [-] troops are away, and the grain and grass in autumn and winter are all dependent on this harvest, but Yuan Shao and Tao Qian are all eyeing Qingzhou, and there are still bandits in the mountains, who may attack the grain at any time Dao, would Mr. Xuande be willing to transport food for me?"

Qingzhou is a place farther back than Yingchuan, and it is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the front line where Cao Cao is.When Cao Sheng said this, he just refused to let him fight for the "king who destroyed the Yuan family".

Liu Bei accidentally knocked over the empty tea bowl.The porcelain with a smooth surface slid and turned in circles on the table, almost flying out and smashing into pieces.Liu Bei hurriedly grabbed the tea bowl, smiled wryly and said, "Bei has nothing to say." Isn't it just that the road didn't go through, just look for another opportunity.

At this moment, Ah Sheng let out a chuckle, and slowly raised her eyes: "I was joking just now. Mr. Xuande is a great talent, how can he really go to Qingzhou to be a grain collector?"

Liu Bei kept a proper shock on his face, and blinked at her.

"But the transportation of grain is real." Asheng said solemnly, "You are the prefect of Yingchuan. Apart from transporting grain, what name do you have to leave Xu County? When the first batch of summer grain is raised in June, it will be sent by Xuande Gong Go to the front. That's all I can do to help you."

What is from hell to heaven?Liu Bei was overjoyed: "The kindness and righteousness that Duke Zhonghua has supported many times, I will always remember it in my heart."

Ah Sheng clapped his hands, and after a while, a traffic map with a height of more than six feet and drawn in colorful colors came in.The map ranges from Pingyuan County at the junction of Qinghai and Hebei in the north to Shouchun where Yuan Shu is located in the south. The cities, official roads, rivers, and even the emergency evacuation roads, and the villages passing by the roadside are all shockingly detailed.

Rao is Liu Bei who is well-informed and opened his mouth wide.His eyes were almost glued to the map, as if he wanted to write down every detail on it.

Ah Sheng did not hide his pride: "This is drawn by my apprentice. How is it? Not bad, right?"

"I have long heard that there are many strange people under Zhonghua's sect. When I saw them today, they are really miraculous." The rainbow farts of a certain big Han clan flew up.

Ah Sheng smiled, pulled Liu Bei to the map, and pointed him out: "This is Xu County. This is Zhuyi where my elder brother released the grain. Lord Xuande will start from Xu County with the grain from Yingchuan. After passing through Chen and Liang, they arrived at Qiao County. Qiao County is the hometown of the Cao family, and it is also the transshipment point for grain from various states. Summer grain from Qingzhou will also be transported here. However, from south to east of Qiao County, it is all Yuan Shu's territory. Duke Xuande is going from Qiao County to Zhuyi, please be careful on the last part of the journey."

The explosion of information made Liu Bei silent for a long time, and only cared about comparing and drawing on the map.

"In the future, I will order people to print a simple map for Duke Xuande." A Sheng said with a smile, "I will mark all the routes that may rob the food to Duke Xuande."

Although Liu Bei felt that the other party had done too much, this was exactly the result he wanted, so he thanked him: "Zhonghua is kind and generous, and Bei is very grateful."

"There is still one month before the summer harvest. I ordered people to repair the grain road between Chen and Liang. After all, it is necessary. It is better to repair it early than late. Xuande Lord can also send people to clean up the bandits along the grain road. Qing, it will be easier to walk by then."

It is a joy for everyone to come here for the Pinxiang meeting.A Sheng brought Liu Bei out with his second nephew.When I arrived at the concierge, I saw Zhang Fei waiting for his elder brother.

There are also two little dolls, Cao Zhang and Cao Jie.

Cao Zhang is nearly four years old. He has a thick head and a thick head. The heart-shaped hair on the top of his head is very light in color. Even his pupils are light brown. It looks like a child who lacks melanin.

At this time, Cao Zhang was punching under Zhang Fei's command.The small fist hit Zhang Fei's broad palm.

Zhang Fei squatted on the ground, laughing loudly, and could be heard tens of meters away: "Eighteen, nineteen, oh, Ah Zhang is so energetic. Come again! Twenty, twenty-one..." Come on, even the fourth son Don't call, call Azhang directly.

Liu Bei was dumbfounded: "Yide, what are you doing?"

When Zhang Fei saw his elder brother coming, he stood up quickly, and was punched on the calf by Cao Zhang, and immediately bared his teeth. "Brother, I have taken in a disciple." Zhang Fei was in pain and proud at the same time, his expression was too weird to read.

The little girl Cao Jie who was scared away by Zhang Fei, ran out impatiently when she saw A Sheng, crying childishly: "Second Uncle—" she slid into A Sheng's arms and held her tightly. up.

"Zhuzhu, baby, what's the matter?"

Cao Jie's language organization ability is still developing: "Fourth brother, bad bad."

"Fourth brother scares us, doesn't it?"

Cao Jie nodded desperately: "Yes."

Cao Zhang looked aggrieved, but he was an older brother, so he couldn't act coquettishly, so he could only say, "Second Uncle, I have worshiped a master. Second Uncle, I want to learn martial arts from General Zhang."

Come on, the big and the small don't have the slightest bit of political sensitivity.

Ah Sheng and Liu Bei looked at each other, feeling helpless for a moment. "Xuande, please go back today. Tomorrow, my sister-in-law and I will send Shuxiu to General Zhang in person."