The plan used by Sun Ce was exactly the same as Yuan Yun's original use of Yan Baihu's tricks, the only difference was that the other party did not have a sharp weapon such as gasoline, but with the large number of people, Sun Ce's subordinates still completed this feat, and the six warships moored at the Xuzhou dock, as well as many ships before the imperial court, were all burned by a fire.

And such a big thing happened, but the imperial court did not even issue a notice, which is related to the lack of attention to water warfare in this era, in the eyes of the imperial court, those sailors did not have any casualties, but some ships on the surface were burned, which is not the same thing at all.

Yuan Yun secretly shouted in his heart that it was not worth it, those warships sent out of Diao Chan's hands were all first-class good ships, and the weapons equipped were the most complete, especially those gas engines were very expensive, but they still couldn't get the attention of the imperial court.

From this point of view, the several imperial court-ordered warships that are now arming artillery in Luoyang will inevitably be this kind of result in the end, and it is possible that they were looted by the Sun family that day, because from the precautions at the Xuzhou wharf told by Xu You, it can be known that it is a lax mess, and the general sent by the imperial court to guard the town is also a person who does not know his name at all, and it is estimated that he is dealing with it, and such an arrangement is simply ruining good things.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yun immediately prepared to instruct Xiao Liu to spread the word and stop the construction of several warships under construction on the dock, because even if they were built, the imperial court would not reuse them, and it would really be cheap if they didn't do it Sun Ce.

But Yuan Yun's body just stood up from his position, and he smiled bitterly, now that he is at home, Luoyang Ling is also Cao Chong, he has no right to ask the dock to stop work, so if you want to implement this matter, you still have to go to Cao Chong.

Xu You also guessed Yuan Yun's thoughts at this time, so he smiled and said: "It's better for the old man to go to the prince's mansion with Yuan Hou, and now Cao Chong will be diligent in political affairs there during the day, and he can meet him soon." ”

Yuan Yun nodded slightly, then ordered the frame, and first sent an entourage to Cao Chong There would be only a sound.

When Yuan Yun's frame drove out of the Yuan Mansion again, the entourage that had been sent out before had already returned, and when he arrived at Yuan Yun's car window, he immediately hugged his fists and said, "My lord, Prince Cao Chong is on his way to our Yuan Mansion and will be there soon." ”

Yuan Yun glanced at Xu Yu in the carriage, his face was full of doubts, after all, Cao Chong was very busy every day after taking over the Luoyang Order, and there was almost no time to hang out like this, and he had also explained before that he wanted to recuperate at home, so he didn't want to be disturbed, but Cao Chong still came.

"Let's go back to the lobby and sit down first, anyway, we'll see you in a while, and then tell me about the suspension of the dock, Yuan Hou doesn't have to be so confused." Xu You suggested, then took the initiative to get off the frame, and after taking a few steps, he immediately smiled at a subordinate of the Yuan Mansion beside him: "Go and bring a few plates of steamed buns, and ask for beef filling." ”

Yuan Yun also got off the frame, and when he heard Xu You's instructions to his subordinates, he couldn't help but put on a smiling face, when it comes to the example of dealing with Shangguan, Xu You is definitely a big man, even if Cao Chong is still young, but as long as he is Luoyang Ling, Xu You will use all his skills to serve Cao Chong well, and the beef buns are Cao Chong's favorite.

After a while, Cao Chong really walked in from outside the door of the lobby, and then greeted the two of them, and then sat down on Yuan Yun's left hand side, and immediately smiled in his mouth: "It's really annoying to come to my brother-in-law's house to hide, and it's really annoying to be in the mansion." ”

Xu You immediately continued: "What would make Cao Chong's son so worried? ”

Cao Chong sighed and said: "My second brother Cao Pi asked me to sign the documents so that he could enter and leave the workshop in Luoyang at will, this kind of thing is naturally not possible, but he took my father's handwritten letter to press me, saying that he came to Luoyang to supervise on my father's orders, and I didn't want to argue with him, so I came to my brother-in-law's house to hide." ”

"Then Xiao Chong will sign the paperwork for him, although let him see it." Yuan Yun replied casually, which instantly made Cao Chong and Xu You nervous.

Xu You hurriedly shook his hand and said: "By all means, many of the secrets in our workshop are related to the fate of Luoyang...... Uh......"

Xu You said that he generally chose to shut up immediately, after all, this battle for the throne is not something that can be said on the table, and now Yuan Yun is the son-in-law of Cao Fu, and Cao Chong is Cao Cao's son, so this matter is not something that he Xu You can say as an outsider.

Cao Chong shrugged his shoulders without saying so, and then shook his head and said: "What Mr. Ziyuan said is that the workshops are all confidential, and any person can look at it, so he can't issue this document categorically, and my brother-in-law shouldn't mess around." ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said: "Our most important workshop is the gunpowder workshop, other workshops such as forging and iron smelting, even if they are shown to Cao Pi and Chen Qun, those things don't have a strong foundation to pave the way, even if they are plagiarized by you, they can't do it." ”

Cao Chong frowned. Said: "Brother Cao Ang told me that the refining steps of gunpowder are actually not very complicated, so our gunpowder workshops in Luoyang are all built underground, and the supervision is also the strictest, basically only in and not out, if this is shown to my second brother, I'm afraid the secret will not be kept, right?" ”

The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth raised slightly, and said: "The refining of gunpowder is indeed very simple, the best refined steel sand is added with mercury, and then mixed with gold powder, and finally in the seventy-seven and forty-nine days of the ritual of worshipping the sky, and finally mixed with a large amount of soil and sand and gravel, it can be formed." ”

As soon as Yuan Yun said this, Xu You immediately covered his ears, and Cao Chong was surprised, he didn't expect Yuan Yun to say the secret recipe so easily, it was as if he had gone crazy.

But after seeing the bad taste in Yuan Yun's eyes, Cao Chongcai crooked the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law is planning to toss people again, right?" ”

Xu You heard the formula of gunpowder at this time, so he was worried to death, this kind of Luoyang's top secret, people who know it can only spend the rest of their lives underground, at this moment Hearing Cao Chong say this, it seems that he also reacted, and then carefully pondered, if gunpowder is made of these materials, is the cost too exaggerated?

"Brother-in-law, those few things you said are quite precious, if all the gunpowder in our Luoyang came from like this, I'm afraid we would have gone bankrupt a long time ago, right?" After Cao Chong finished speaking with a smile, a vicious taste like Yuan Yun appeared on his face.

Xu You interjected at this time: "What Old Man Gu has heard, it seems that the secret recipe for gunpowder is these things, but I don't know if the gunpowder workshop today is using these things to refine?" ”

Yuan Yun still kept a smile and said: "Naturally, the Luoyang Gunpowder Workshop can only obey the blend between me and the prince, so I have modified the formula before, if Cao Pi and Chen Qun go in and take a look, they will guarantee that they will get a satisfactory answer." ”

"Signed, signed, isn't it just to visit our workshop, this kind of trivial matter should really give Cao Pi some face, and I will go back to sign the documents." Cao Chong began to walk out as he spoke, and grabbed two beef buns.

Yuan Yun waited for Cao Chong to take a few steps, and immediately grabbed behind his back: "Xiao Chong can't agree to be so easy, I heard that now the imperial court has carried out a comprehensive blockade on the opening of the Western Regions Trade Road, and no businessmen other than Luoyang are allowed to participate, this fact is unreasonable, it is better to propose it to Cao Pi and see if it can be modified." ”

Cao Chong laughed, nodded his head and said: "Brother-in-law, you are too bad, not only do you want to let my second brother break the money, but also threaten him from somewhere else, hehe, in the end, if he finds out that the admiration of gunpowder is wrong, I don't know how he will feel." ”

Cao Chong's kung fu has gone out of the door, and then trotted all the way to his own frame, at this moment he seems very positive, it is estimated that he has been annoyed by Cao Pi in the past few days, this will have a countermeasure, you can completely get rid of this trouble, naturally I can't wait.

When the lobby was quiet again, Xu You stroked his beard and said, "Did Yuan Hou forget to tell Cao Chong Gongzi about the suspension of the dock?" ”

Yuan Yun waved his hand and said, "I thought about it just now, the construction of those warships does not need to be stopped, although it will be done continuously, just wait for these warships to come out, but I will not let them leave Luoyang." ”

Xu You was puzzled: "These warships were all built by order of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and it is not up to us to decide whether to stay or not, so can Yuan Hou be forcibly detained?" ”

Yuan Yun said: "Prime Minister Cao's document didn't write when it would be completed, whether the construction is completed or not is up to us, and our craftsmen say that it is not finished, who would dare to drive it away?" ”

After explaining the matter of the dock, Yuan Yun changed his words and said: "Sun Ce and Liu Bei's information, Mr. Ziyuan should hurry up recently, Liu Bei has now won Yizhou, and is looking for 200,000 additional troops, it is definitely a huge threat, now he must be practicing day and night, once this group of soldiers is formed, the territory of Hanzhong will definitely be unstable."

As for Sun Ce, since he dared to send someone to burn our warship, he planned to make some fuss on the waterway, so he must also keep an eye on it, Mr. Ziyuan can order the children of the beggar gang to investigate more in this place of Chibi, and they will definitely get something. ”

Xu You nodded again and again when he heard the word Chibi, and was slightly stunned, puzzled: "Why is it Chibi, is there anything else to say here?" ”

Yuan Yun snorted and said with a smile: "My senior sister's fleet used to be here before, and I heard that the Sun family planned to build a water village here, so I was particularly concerned about this place." ”

Xu You did not doubt him, nodded and said: "There is a specific position, then it is great, the old man will go back to arrange, since Yuan Hou is recuperating at home, then there is no need to work too hard, approaching you has just come back from the expedition, you should accompany your family more." ”

After Xu You left, Yuan Yun stretched out his legs, and then comfortably straightened under the table, kneeling and sitting was really hard for him, but the decoration of this hospitality lobby was arranged by the eldest sister Feng Xuan, in order to receive guests from other places, the old tradition was still maintained here.

When the blood on his legs was smooth, Yuan Yun got up, and then walked towards the back house, and met Qing'er on the way, this little girl was full of joy when she saw Yuan Yun, and it made people feel very happy when they looked at it.

So Yuan Yun looked left and right to see that there was no one, and immediately grabbed Qing'er's shoulders, and then thought about going to her room first to be ridiculous, after all, after coming back, he didn't have much trouble with his wives and concubines, and now that he was free, he naturally couldn't settle down anymore.