Chapter 349: Asking for a Reward
Back at Cao's house, Cao Shuo went straight to Cao Cao's residence.
Outside, he heard a woman's voice coming from inside the house.
Cao Shuo whispered to Xu Chu, who was guarding outside, "Who is in the house?" ”
"Mrs. Ring." Xu Chu said: "After the prince went to the palace, Duke Cao invited her over, and she hasn't come out yet. ”
"If Childe is in a hurry, I will do it on my behalf!" Xu Chu said.
"Don't!" Cao Shuo said: "I don't have anything important, when Mrs. Huan comes out, I will return to my father." ”
"Where is Childe going now?" Xu Chu asked.
"I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting here." Cao Shuo simply sat on the steps of the corridor in front of the door.
"I think Childe's matter should be urgent." Xu Chu said: "Mrs. Huan entered the room, Cao Gong didn't let the attendants come out, and the two of them haven't done anything yet......"
As soon as Xu Chu finished speaking, the door opened, and the two maids walked out of the house.
Cao Shuo looked at Xu Chu and pursed his lips.
Xu Chu's mouth was slightly open, and he looked stunned.
Cao Cao shouldn't have done anything just now, so he must have done everything......
The maid withdrew, and Cao Shuo knew that he would have to wait a little longer to see Cao Cao.
Sitting outside Cao Cao's door, of course he wouldn't ask Xu Chu too straightforward questions.
After chatting with Xu Chu for a while, Cao Cao's voice came from the room: "Zhongkang, is Zirong outside the door?" ”
Xu Chu replied: "The son has been here for a while, and he doesn't dare to disturb Cao Gong rashly. ”
"Let him come in and talk!" Cao Cao commanded.
Xu Chu agreed, and said to Cao Shuo: "Cao Gong, please go in." ”
From the maid going out to Cao Cao greeting Cao Shuo, it didn't take too long.
Cao Shuo muttered in his heart, he had heard that his father liked beauty, and it seemed that he spent too much energy on beauty, and now he has become a veritable fast gunner!
Standing up and patting the dust behind his buttocks, Cao Shuo gently pushed open the door and walked into the room.
Cao Cao was sitting at the table drinking tea, while Mrs. Huan was sitting on the sidelines and waiting.
"I've seen my father, I've seen Mrs. Huan!" Cao Shuo clenched his fists and bowed to Cao Cao and Mrs. Huan.
He was the son of Ding Yao's side, and Mrs. Huan didn't dare to slack off, and she couldn't return the gift in front of Cao Cao, so she nodded to him with a slight smile.
"You go out first." Cao Cao said to Mrs. Huan: "Zirong has something to talk to me about!" ”
Mrs. Huan stood up and withdrew.
Cao Cao asked Cao Shuo, "How?" Your Majesty agreed? ”
"Your Majesty has decreed that the tomb of King Liang can be excavated immediately." Cao Shuo replied.
"Excavating the tomb of King Liang is not trivial, someone has to keep an eye on it." Cao Cao said: "The army has just returned to Xudu, and I have something to do recently......"
"Father has a lot of opportunities, how can he do such a thing as digging graves and digging graves himself?" Cao Shuo said: "I would like to go on a trip on behalf of my father." ”
"Don't think I don't know your mind!" Cao Cao smiled and asked, "Is it that you have been too tight lately, and you want to get more benefits from the tomb of King Liang?" ”
"Father's discernment, in fact, I can't get much." Cao Shuo seemed to be very embarrassed and smiled: "I haven't purchased a batch of war horses recently, if you want to train them into heavy cavalry that can charge into battle, you have to equip saddles, horseshoes and stirrups......"
"Wait!" As soon as Cao Shuo said this, Cao Cao interrupted him: "Stirrups? What is it? ”
Saddle and horseshoe, Cao Cao knows.
The earliest saddle in the Central Plains was generally equipped with cavalry during the Warring States Period, and even a small number of high bridge saddles appeared at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
As for horseshoe, it was first used by the Romans in the West.
The horseshoe used by Rome for two or three hundred years has been transmitted to the Central Plains through the Silk Road for many years.
The only thing Cao Cao didn't know was stirrups.
Cao Shuo customized a large number of stirrups and assembled them in the immortal camp, and no one reported to Cao Cao.
"Father!" Cao Shuo said: "The stirrup is something used to get on the horse and ride on the horseback, and the immortal camp has long been assembled, didn't my father see it?" ”
"I'm okay to stare at your undead camp for what?" Cao Cao said: "Come here, tell me what the stirrup is all about!" ”
Cao Shuo came to Cao Cao, traced the shape of the stirrups on the low table, and said to Cao Cao: "The cavalry does not have stirrups, and it is difficult to sit firmly on the back of the horse. In the past, cavalry could only be used for harassment and pursuit, but I wanted to build a cavalry that could charge on horseback. ”
"With this thing, can you really make the cavalry charge?" Cao Cao was still very skeptical.
"As long as you don't encounter the enemy's bow and spear formation, the charging cavalry is almost invincible!" Cao Shuo said: "Equipping the soldiers with horses, you can't just let them ride around, the main purpose is to go into battle and kill the enemy." ”
"That's right." Cao Cao said: "Go back and send me a stirrup pattern, I will let the military rush to make a batch, if it is really useful, count it as your first merit!" ”
"The credit for this child is decided." Cao Shuo asked with a shy face, "Father, if the stirrups are useful, can I ask for a reward?" ”
"Every time you were rewarded before, you pushed it out, what's wrong with this time?" Cao Cao asked, "Instead, you are asking for a reward?" ”
"My marriage with Miss Yuan's family ......" Cao Shuo didn't finish speaking, just smiled sheepishly.
"There are already a few women in your room, I think you don't want to marry Miss Yuan as soon as possible, but are in a hurry to take those women into the room!"
"The father really understands the child." Cao Shuo took the opportunity to pat Cao Cao's ass: "Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, I can't escape my father's eyes if I want to do something." ”
"Although it's nothing to be lustful as a man, you can't be without moderation." Cao Cao said: "When you come back from Chenliu, I will send someone to Yuan's house to bring the young lady back and marry the two of you!" ”
"Thank you, father, for making it happen!" Cao Shuo hurriedly saluted and asked, "Did my father promise to let me go to Chenliu?" ”
"If you don't go, who else will go?" Cao Cao said: "Get good things from the tomb of King Liang, you keep one percent, and all the others will be handed over to the treasury!" ”
"I see!" Cao Shuo said: "Father, I have one more thing I want to ask my father forbidden!" ”
"Say!"
"Zhou Hao is the captain of the touching gold, and the touching gold battalion under him has never been able to grow." Cao Shuo asked, "Should I give him an official position?" ”
"A tomb robber, what official position do you think is appropriate for him?" Cao Cao asked.
"To dig a grave is to dig up a mound." Cao Shuo said: "General Faqiu Zhonglang, this official name is really good!" ”
"Fatoka Zhonglang General?" Cao Cao smiled: "Only you can come up with such an official name." ”
Brushing his beard and thinking for a while, Cao Cao said: "Okay, tell Zhou Hao that if the tomb of King Liang is successfully excavated, he will no longer be the captain of the Touching Jin, but the general of the Faqiu Zhonglang, and the Touching Jin camp can also grow five times stronger!" ”
"Thank you, father, for making it happen!" Cao Shuo said: "Since my father has decided, I will take Zhou Hao and them to Chenliu tomorrow morning!" ”