Chapter 225: Miscellaneous Matters
With the advent of the Pu knife, the Mongolian scimitar, the horseshoe, the bilateral stirrup and the saddle, Ma Jun was left with only the Divine Arm Bow that had not yet been studied.
After another month and a half, Ma Jun painstakingly studied and finally researched the Divine Arm Bow, but this one is a Divine Arm Bow with a shortened bow length, and the full version of the Divine Arm Bow can no longer be called a bow, it can be called a Divine Arm Crossbow.
With the birth of the Divine Arm Bow, Wang Kai immediately configured it into the standard equipment of the Flying Bear Army.
Then, Wang Kai ordered the Academy of Engineering to build horse armor and chain mail, and he planned to form the Flying Bear Army into a cavalry that can charge and shoot on horseback, which is between light cavalry and heavy cavalry, which can be called medium cavalry.
At this time, the first transaction agreed by Wang Kai and Liu Biao was also approaching.
After Cheng Gongying ordered 700 inferior horses, 300 medium horses, and three superior horses, he immediately rushed towards Chang'an with his horses.
After Cheng Gongying arrived in Chang'an, he immediately entered the palace to meet Wang Kai and said to him: "My lord, the minister has brought a thousand horses for exchange to Chang'an. ”
"Good! I worked hard to become a public worker. ”
"The Lord is serious!"
Immediately, Wang Kai arranged for Cheng Gongying to go down to rest.
When only Wang Kai was left, Wang Kai said to himself: "This matter of exchanging food is very important, and now there are only Pei Xingyan, Gan Ning and Wei Chigong left by my side. ”
After speaking, Wang Kai wrote a letter and sent it to Hanzhong County.
After Luo Cheng, who was recruiting troops in Hanzhong, received Wang Kai's letter, he immediately returned to Chang'an.
When Wang Kai saw Luo Cheng returning, he immediately said to him: "Shixin, you have finally come back, and now the matter of exchanging grain with Liu Biao is imminent, you should stop recruiting troops and go to exchange food." ”
After hearing this, Luo Cheng immediately agreed.
In this way, Luo Cheng escorted a thousand horses and began to move south.
At the same time, Liu Biao also sent Wen Ping to the north.
More than ten days later, Wen Ping and Luo Cheng met in Wancheng.
When the two met, Luo Cheng and Wen Ping exchanged two words of greeting, then each accepted each other's belongings and began to return.
From beginning to end, Zhang Xiu of Wancheng did not show up, because he had already received Liu Biao's letter.
After Luo Cheng and Wen Ping left, Zhang Xiu showed up and said to Jia Xu beside him: "Mr. Wenhe, this Liu Biao and Wang Kai exchanged materials, why can't we intervene?" With so many materials intercepted, my strength will increase unprecedentedly. ”
"My lord, then I have a question for you, do you want to compete for hegemony in troubled times? Or do you want to choose one master and end up with one? ”
Zhang Xiu saw that Jia Xu asked such a question, and he suddenly fell into thought.
After a while, Zhang Xiu replied: "I am not good at martial arts except for martial arts, and it is not my goal to dominate the world." ”
"Since the lord wants to choose one and end up with the master, then we should try not to participate in the princes' struggle for hegemony, once the lord is evil, the lord will lose the opportunity to choose."
"Thank you, Mr. Wenhe, for the point."
"The Lord is serious!"
At this time, Zhang Xiu asked again: "Mr. Wenhe, in your opinion, who can be the male lord today?" ”
"My lord, there are only two who can be called the lord today."
"Which two?"
"Zhenxi General Wang Xinhao and Zhendong General Cao Mengde."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu suddenly understood.
Since then, Zhang Xiu has kept Jia Xu's words in mind, and he has not blocked the transaction between Wang Kai and Liu Biao in the slightest.
Besides, after Luo Cheng escorted the grain and grass to Wuguan, the Wuguan guard Xue Li immediately let Luo Cheng and them enter the customs.
As Luo Cheng escorted the first batch of grain into Guanzhong, Wang Kai immediately used the grain to attract displaced people to enrich Guanzhong.
After dealing with this matter, Wang Kai finally had the opportunity to entangle with his wife.
After a month or so of hard work day and night.
Wang Kai's house finally ushered in two good news, Cai Yan and Diao Chan vomited one after another.
Seeing this situation, Wang Kai hurriedly sent Sun Simiao into the house to check the pulse.
Through Sun Simiao's diagnosis, he immediately determined that Cai Yan and Diao Chan were both happy pulses.
Immediately after, Sun Simiao immediately met Wang Kai and said to him with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord." ”
"Si Miao, could it be said that Yan'er and Chan'er are both happy pulses?"
"Exactly!"
Wang Kai was overjoyed when he heard this.
But soon, Wang Kai fell into a state of anxiety again, because after all, this was his first father.
After Wang Kai calmed down, he took the lead in Cai Yan's house.
When Cai Yan saw Wang Kai appear, she immediately said, "Husband, what's wrong with being a concubine?" ”
"Relax with Bunji! You're fine, you just have a happy pulse. ”
Cai Yan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then immediately looked at her stomach, because she had finally moved since she married Wang Kai.
When Wang Kai saw a look of relief on Cai Yan's face, he immediately felt a trace of apology, because if he hadn't deliberately protected him, Cai Yan would have been pregnant.
After admonishing Cai Yan a few words, Wang Kai went to visit Diao Chan again.
When Diao Chan saw Wang Kai appear, she immediately asked, "Husband, is there anything wrong with the concubine's body?" ”
Seeing that Diao Chan asked the same question as Cai Yan, Wang Kai also repeated it again.
Diao Chan also showed a relieved look after learning that she was pregnant.
Seeing this scene, Wang Kai's guilt deepened again, but soon Wang Kai cleaned up his mood, after all, there are many things to consider when giving birth to a child in the troubled times, and he doesn't dare to take risks.
As the news of Cai Yan and Diao Chan's happiness spread, Wang Kai's ministers were all overjoyed, after all, this meant that Wang Kai's power had a successor, and if Wang Kai suffered an accident, they would not be ownerless.
At this time, more than four months have passed since Wang Kai recuperated.
The number of Jinyiwei's spies is also increasing, collecting information from all kinds of princes for Wang Kai.
When Wang Kai was the first to learn that Yizhou had changed hands, he suddenly thought: 'Liu Yan is dead, Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, that Zhang Lu was driven out of Hanzhong and entered Yizhou by me, if Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang were in civil strife, then I can take advantage of the situation to enter Yizhou, and then I don't have to rely on Liu Biao's snort, but it's a pity that Zhang Lu seems to get along with Liu Zhang very well, and Yizhou should not think about it for a while. ’
A few days later, Wang Kai received the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou.
When Wang Kai learned that Cao Cao had gained the upper hand in Xuzhou, he immediately said with emotion: "Cao Mengde is really my great enemy who dominates the world!" If he wins the six counties of Xuzhou, his next target will be either Nanyang County or Dongsi County! ”
"It seems that a battle with Cao Mengde is inevitable, after all, the ones I can advance now are also Dongsi County and Nanyang County."
After a while, Wang Kai also learned the news of Jizhou Yuan Shao's victory over Youzhou Gongsun Zhan.
After learning the news, Wang Kai sighed again: "Gongsun Zhan is brave and unscrupulous, it's a pity that Zhao Yun is a general, if Zhao Yun can take it for his own use, I will definitely let him have the opportunity to show his talents." ”