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Yuan Yun returned to Xudu the next day, and was stopped at the city gate, he hadn't closed his eyes for two days at the moment, he was really a little tired, but Cao Cao's order had to be obeyed, so he had to take Shi Shen and Xiaoliu to Cao's mansion.

Instead of discussing things in Cao Cao's study, a group of people moved to the front yard lobby of Cao's mansion, because the study was being revised at the moment to accommodate those geothermal facilities.

Yuan Yun sat in the first seat on the right hand in the lobby, and Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others sat on the left side in turn, which was obviously a court trial.

Cao Cao carefully read the combat report written by Yuan Yun, and the whole vernacular made people feel a grade lower when they saw it, but the writing was quite clear and clear, so Cao Cao quickly read it all.

Putting down the report, Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said: "All the soldiers of the gunpowder army have rewards, after all, a thousand people can overcome the 10,000 halberd soldiers, which really strengthens my prestige, but Yuan Hou's reward can be exempted, right?" To give you this peace, Cao Ren must now travel hundreds of miles a day to catch up with the siege, hum! ”

"Where does Yuan Hou care about this reward, he is a big family that is making money every day, and the minerals mined in Xuzhou can now not only meet the construction of the new city, even the six steelmaking furnaces that continue all day long, are also completely satisfied, and then all kinds of agricultural tools developed with steel are all over Yanzhou, which is quite popular." After Guo Jia finished speaking in a weird way, he began to stare at Yuan Yun and smile evilly, with a face waiting to kill people.

Yuan Yun sighed secretly and arched his hand: "Those farm tools are all paid in full, and the money earned back is mostly used for the construction of the new city, boy, I don't hide my secrets." ”

Cao Cao snorted heavily, and said unhappily: "The steel you use to sell farm tools is actually better than the weapons of my soldiers, is this impossible to say?" ”

Yuan Yun's heart moved, he figured out what idea these people were going to fight themselves, it seemed that it must have something to do with weapon casting, after all, the steel produced in Xincheng was indeed first-class, and the defective products would be made into various tools to sell, but even so, the steel materials used to make farm tools or various tools were still much stronger than the weapons of active soldiers.

Xun Yu saw that everyone was a little quiet, so he stroked his beard and smiled: "Let Yuan Hou come today, the main thing is to talk about this steel matter, a few of us will sum it up, and the court will pay for it to buy it from Xincheng, so that Yuan Hou will not lose money, and he can still ensure the construction of Xincheng." ”

Yuan Yun pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know the price?" ”

Xun Yu glanced at Guo Jia, and then replied: "The treasury has been taken away by Yuan Hou in the past two years, so we are ready to buy it at the price of farm tools, it is better than you to sell these good steels everywhere, in case someone has a heart to collect them and make them into weapons, this will be a mess." ”

Yuan Yun suddenly sighed when he heard this, and said: "The agricultural tools are only made of some inferior steel, and there are records every time they are sold, most of them are good people in our territory, so there is naturally no need to worry about safety." ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Yun paused slightly, and then observed the unhappy faces of the few people in front of him, and could only sigh: "If you are going to arm our soldiers with the steel of Xincheng, you still need to be better, how can you use those who make farm tools, do you say yes or no?" ”

Everyone in the audience was stunned, could it be that Yuan Yun had taken the wrong medicine today, knowing that he was being slaughtered, why did he try to let others slaughter as much as possible?

Wrong! There's definitely something in this that hasn't been thought through!

Everyone in the lobby thought so, only Yuan Yun smiled, and he had already begun to think in his heart, how could he make another profit this time? Now the steelmaking furnace is almost enough, and Pu Yuan is still constantly renovating, and the output is getting bigger and bigger, but the other workshops are somewhat dwarfed.

Ma Jun has mentioned several times that it is necessary to increase the investment of some other workshops, otherwise even if the steel is smelted, there is no other facility to assist, and the effect will immediately drop a lot.

Xun Yu carefully calculated in his heart, and even whispered a few words to Guo Jia in the starting position, they were really afraid of giving Yuan Yun a loophole again, this bastard boy never took advantage of a small advantage, every time he made a move, it must be a big vote, and he couldn't afford to lose.

Cheng Yu's head was full of cold sweat at the moment, originally thought that Yuan Yun would definitely be forced to be very uncomfortable today, but he didn't expect him to be so happy, not only promised to provide steel to make soldiers' weapons, but also offered to use the best steel, if there was no problem, Cheng Yu felt that he could definitely take off his head and kick it as a ball.

Thinking of the previous gambling and what happened in Wancheng, Cheng Yu felt that this matter was not fully prepared by the old guys? Otherwise, Yuan Yun would not have agreed so happily, this kid must have thought of some way to make money, if he drilled the loophole again, these wise men would be disgraced.

"I think it's necessary to discuss this matter again, although Yuan Hou agreed happily, but we still need to consider the details." Cheng Yu hurriedly spoke.

Cao Cao didn't care at all, although Yuan Yun was very smart, but this kind of thing of buying and selling, I didn't believe that he could get any loopholes, so he waved his hand and said: "No, we have discussed this matter in detail before, the swords cast in Xincheng are the best, and it is really a waste to make farm tools, this matter is so decided, Yuan Hou provides soldiers with weapons, and the court pays according to the price of farm tools, this matter is as simple as that." ”

The three smart people saw that the lord Cao Cao had already made a decision, and it was not good to say anything, but they always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't guess it if they wanted to, what kind of calculation was Yuan Yun making this time?

Yuan Yun saw that Cao Cao agreed, so he was a little embarrassed and continued: "I am not responsible for cleaning up the weapons that the soldiers replaced, those imperial courts must send people to do it themselves, and I will not bear the cost, this must be made clear in advance." ”

Guo Jia thought for a moment when he heard this, and immediately smiled: "How can this be?" Although those replaced weapons can't enter Yuan Hou's eyes, they are also murder weapons after all, and if they fall out, it will affect public security, so Yuan Hou still has to deal with them together. ”

Yuan Yun was immediately unhappy, stood up and arched his hand: "I sell new weapons at the price of farm tools, which is a big loss in itself, and now I have to pay extra costs to deal with those old weapons, is Guo Jiajun deceiving people too much?" If you want me to deal with those weapons, the court must process money separately, and I don't know who will want these broken copper and iron? ”

Guo Jia's face immediately became ugly when he heard this, because he was responsible for supervising the creation of these weapons before, but at this moment, Yuan Yun directly said that they were broken copper and iron, and he suddenly became unhappy, but the weapons made by the new city were very good, and he had no reason to refute it at all.

With a heavy snort, Guo Jia turned his head directly and decided to ignore Yuan Yun's cynicism.

Cao Cao on the main seat pondered for a while, and then said: "That's good, deal with these retired weapons, the court won't give you money, if you have the ability, you will smelt them and turn them into farm tools, and how much you can earn after selling them will be counted as you have in the new city." ”

Yuan Yun immediately refused: "Cao Sikong can't be so unfair, the farm tools we sold before were all good materials, but now that we have replaced these broken copper and iron, the quality will drop a lot in an instant, and it will lower the reputation of our Yunji as a whole, which is really ......."

"Shut up! I said that's it, anyway, I won't give one more, and if you let these weapons go out, be careful that my family law will serve you! After Cao Cao finished speaking, he frowned very unhappily.

Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and the others glanced at each other, because what the lord Cao Cao said just now was the use of family law, not the country's criminal law, so it seems that Yuan Yun has been recognized as a family member by the lord, and it is time to be happy for Yuan Yun.

Yuan Yun didn't take advantage, his face suddenly became ugly, Cao Cao was upset when he saw it, so he drove him out directly with a wave of his hand.

Yuan Yun strode out of the hall very angrily, and in less than a moment, he heard him shouting at Shi Shen, who had been waiting for a long time, outside the hall: "You still say hello to Ben Hou?" Master Hou, I'm such a fart, I was taken advantage of all of a sudden, hurry up and get out of the way! ”

Cao Cao immediately smiled with the three people who sat down when he heard this, it seems that this time Yuan Yun was really angry and made a loss-making deal, and the four of them couldn't help laughing, and they were very happy to be able to defeat this treacherous kid today.

Shi Shen was scolded for no reason, but he wasn't angry, but he was just curious about how his Hou Ye was tossed by Cao Sikong, and how could he provoke Hou Ye to lose such a big temper?

Yuan Yun got on the frame angrily, just sat down, and his face immediately turned into a color of joy, this time a lot of money, the new weapon does not use much steel, as long as the old weapons that have been recovered are re-forged, and then some small processing, it can be turned into a sharp new weapon, this technology Pu Yuan has long been studied and matured.

In the end, the imperial court has to buy it back at the full price of farm tools, haha, this is simply a net profit, who is not happy if you change it?

I'm happy, I'm so happy today.

Then Yuan Yun did not return to Yuan's mansion, but went to Xincheng, because Li He had already captured Yuan Xi's scouts, and there were hundreds of people on the other side, but fortunately, when they attacked Liu Yiyi, they only dispatched twenty people, otherwise the consequences were really unpredictable.

And recently, Yuan Yun has also decided to live in the new city permanently, because the secret weapon he is developing has now taken shape, that is, the mortar cannon.

Before the breakthrough in steelmaking technology, the long-barreled artillery can no longer be considered, because two of them were made experimentally before, and the result was that they were blown up without suspense, so they could only be changed to make some short cannons, such as mortars.

This kind of mortar has a very short range, but it is also a full 200 steps, which is almost 250 meters, plus it can fire gunpowder shells, and there is no need to worry about exploding, it is definitely a sharp weapon on the battlefield.

What's more, the weight of this mortar cannon is not very heavy, and the steel required will not be a lot, and it can be manufactured on a large scale, and when it is on the battlefield, it will be placed in several rows, and it will definitely become a dead place within two hundred steps in front, no matter how thick your armor is, it is useless.

Yuan Yun pondered, the frame had already entered the new city, and when he arrived at the city gate, he heard a loud bang, and he didn't have to guess to know that Cao Ang and Pu Yuan were testing the power of the mortar at this time.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yun began to have a headache, Cao Ang was full of excitement about gunpowder, Pu Yuan was very obsessed with any iron weapon, and the result of these two madmen mixing together was that there would be this kind of explosion every day in Xincheng.

Sighing secretly, Yuan Yun instructed Xiao Liu to drive the car to the dungeon of the new city, where more than a hundred Yuan Xi's scouts were being held, and he had to wait for it, and there was nothing to care about about the cannon that was still being tested in the north of the city, because the two madmen were enough, and they didn't need to join in again.

When he came to the gate of the dungeon, Yuan Yun suddenly stopped, looked at the sky that was approaching evening, and then said without thinking: "I won't try the prisoners today, Lao Tzu is really sleepy now, tell Li He, let him intimidate those captives every other incense stick, and make sure they stay awake all night, so that I can wake up tomorrow and come over to torture." ”