Yuan Yun has been consulting the documents of the imperial court for the past two days, all about Cao Ren's construction of a dam on the river, and countless truckloads of bamboo slips have been brought from Cao Ang, and he has been constantly reading them there all day long.

For the fact that paper is not yet popular in this era, Yuan Yun can only say that he is helpless, although he once proposed with Xun Yu to expand the workshop of paper production, but they were all vetoed, only saying that they want to replace today's bamboo slips, such actions are too big, not suitable for immediate action, and can only be slowly figured out.

Yuan Yun has no way to deal with Xun Yu's old-fashioned thinking, in fact, many more convenient things cannot be implemented at all because of the word old-fashioned.

Early in the morning, looking at the piles of bamboo slips, Yuan Yun sighed lightly, and then began to read quickly, fortunately he had a chip in his brain to help, otherwise these filing documents would be enough for him to have a headache.

Cao Ren has Sima Yi's help, and everything is very complete, there is no place to cross the line, and even the identity investigation of the laborer is now in the file, and the explanation is extremely detailed, and there is no loophole to be found.

Throwing a roll of bamboo slips on the desk, Yuan Yun moved his stiff neck slightly, now the dam is built on the edge of the pier of Guandu, it is simply close to the wharf, you don't need to guess to know that Cao Ren is planning to curb the development of the Guandu wharf, so as to hit the financial resources of the new city.

In the future, once the dam is built, as long as the waterway is narrowed and the water level above the river is lowered, the Guandu wharf will immediately become a useless waste.

"Cao Ren is a good chess player, and he really can't find a way to deal with it, and it seems that the Guandu Wharf is really going to be abandoned." Yuan Yun frowned and muttered to himself, he really felt a little beyond his strength.

At this moment, Cao Qinghe was laughing with Qing'er and bringing tea in, when he heard Yuan Yun talking to himself, he was suddenly stunned: "I heard from my eldest brother before the concubine, because there are more and more ships coming and going now, so you are going to expand the Guandu Wharf, why is it going to be abandoned now?" ”

Yuan Yun was never willing to bring the bad things outside home, so he smiled and said, "If there is no room for development, it will naturally be abandoned, Qinghe'er doesn't have to care." ”

Cao Qinghe smiled bitterly and said: "Before that, Sister Jiejie came to encourage the concubine, and in the end, the concubine really invested some money at the Guandu Wharf, and the Sister Jiedu was still nagging, saying that the Guandu Wharf had applied for such a large piece of land with the imperial court before, why hasn't the construction been started and expanded yet?" Well, once the dock is abandoned, the money we invested will be lost, and the concubine is really not suitable for investment. ”

Yuan Yun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What did Qinghe'er say?" ”

Cao Qinghe was also startled when he saw that Yuan Yun was in a hurry, and muttered, "The concubine said that she invested some money at Guandu Wharf. ”

"Not this one, something else." Yuan Yun was even more anxious.

Cao Qinghe thought carefully and continued: "Sister Jiemei is anxious to hope that the Guandu Wharf will be expanded. ”

Yuan Yun suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Yes, yes, yes, almost." ”

Cao Qinghe thought for a moment and said, "Jiemei said that the land applied for before the Guandu Wharf was very large, why didn't it be expanded. ”

Yuan Yun finally laughed, and then began to flip through in his study, and in a moment, he saw a thick book being turned out.

After Yuan Yun checked it carefully, he suddenly closed the notebook, and then said loudly: "It's done, you dare to bully Lao Tzu's horse boy, Lao Tzu wants your life!" ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun immediately shouted to Xiao Liu at the door: "Prepare the car, I want to go to Xincheng to see Cao Ang Shizi." ”

Cao Qinghe saw that Yuan Yun was in a hurry to return to the new city, and immediately comforted: "Yuan Lang, you still have two days of vacation, why are you in a hurry to go back now?" ”

Yuan Yun walked to the door and immediately turned around and said, "In order for my family to be safe during this time of my expedition, it should be my turn to come to Liwei this time." ”

It was not long before Yuan Yun walked out of Cao Ang's mansion, and it didn't take long for the gunpowder army to begin to assemble, gathering a full 3,000 men and horses, and equipped with wheeled giant crossbows, and the arrows of the giant crossbows were replaced with gunpowder warheads.

A group of people immediately lined up when they left the new city, and drove towards the Guandu Wharf, and Cao Ang's order was immediately sent to Xu Du for the record, only saying that it was to conduct routine training.

Yuan Yun rode on horseback, looking at the long procession, he had already had a plan in his heart, he had always endured it before, hoping that it would not be too fierce in the confrontation with Cao Ren, and the two sides were relatively restrained.

But today Wu Zhen openly killed Wu Yong's son, how can this festival be explained, otherwise the forces of Xu Du that are gradually falling to Cao Ang will be divided again, which is absolutely unimaginable.

Yuan Yun believed that this incident should not be Sima Yi's doing, he had always been cautious and would not make such a big move, after all, Sima Yi knew very well that if he really provoked Yuan Yun, what kind of uncontrollable consequences would be.

As for Cao Ren, although he wanted to cut off his Yuan Yun's head all the time, there were always some clues to follow before the action, and this time such a sudden killing, it was definitely not planned by him.

Thinking about it this way, it can only be the result of Wu Zhen's unauthorized decision, and he really doesn't know much about Wu Zhen, but Yuan Yun now feels that it is worthless to understand or not, because it is completely unnecessary, just a grasshopper, just pinch to death.

"How big is the lord going to make things happen this time?" Shi Shen asked suddenly.

Yuan Yun said with a smile: "Naturally, it is necessary to make trouble to everyone, otherwise how can there be the effect I want?" ”

Shi Shen laughed, rubbed his hands and said, "Cutting off people's heads again?" ”

Yuan Yun nodded and said: "People do want to kill one or two, but there are mostly laborers on the dam, let's not hurt these people, I'm just targeting someone." ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun suddenly turned back to Xiao Liu and asked, "The person sent to Xu Du to spread the news, can he leave now?" ”

Xiao Liu immediately arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, I have been going for two hours, and at this moment everyone in the city of Xu Capital should know that we are leading the army to Guandu Wharf." ”

Yuan Yun nodded with satisfaction, and then stopped speaking, just rode leisurely on horseback, and began to draw drawings about the steam engine in his mind again.

Now that the news has spread, I believe that Cao Ren will inevitably react, as long as you look at how big his reaction is, you can completely judge whether he is involved in this matter or not.

It was not until 10 noon on the fourth day that the 3,000 gunpowder army entered the vicinity of Guandu.

Yuan Yun deliberately lowered the speed of the march to a very low speed this time, which made many of the gunpowder army team members very puzzled, isn't this out for training, this is like going out for an outing, where is there any training.

However, soon these teams found an explanation, that is, Yuan Hou took them out for leisure, and it is estimated that there are still a lot of good wine and good food to entertain at Guandu Wharf, which is a prosperous place that directly pursues Xu Du.

So when the army was ten miles away from Guandu, it inexplicably began to speed up, and even Yuan Yun felt very surprised, why did the marching speed suddenly start to rise, and it would be over in less than ten miles.

Looking at the prosperity of Guandu Wharf, the corners of Yuan Yun's mouth were slightly raised, and his heart was full of a sense of achievement.

"The army does not enter Guandu, but marches two miles upstream of the river."

With the shouts of the heralds, those team members were stunned again, the feelings were really out for training this time, otherwise how could they get to the gate of Guandu but not go in, this is a big loss, after all, the prosperity of Guandu has often been heard in Xudu, and now they can only move around Baoshan, and many people naturally regret it.

The army had just turned around, and soon saw a group of merchants blocking the front of the army, and the guards inquired about it to learn that these people had come to reward the army spontaneously.

Yuan Yun rode on horseback, and soon someone brought good pears, and it was not until those guards had touched the whole body of the person who gave the pears that this person could come to Yuan Yun's horse.

Yuan Yun looked at the person who came and just smiled shallowly, and did not mean to speak, as if he was planning something in his heart.

When the person who delivered the pears got close, he immediately bowed his hand and said: "Knowing that Yuan Hou has arrived, the little ones have specially prepared a batch of fresh pears that have just been sent ashore to reward the army, and I hope that Yuan Hou will allow it." ”

Yuan Yun smiled, and then replied: "The weasel greets the chickens for the New Year, which is interesting." ”

After speaking, seeing that the person who gave the pears was full of embarrassment, Yuan Yun immediately waved his hand to the guards beside him: "Check these pears once, and if there is no problem, they will be distributed to the brothers." ”

After explaining to the guards, Yuan Yun looked at the person who gave the pears again: "Since your master has sent such kindness, Ben Hou will naturally not refuse, thank you here in advance, and Ben Hou will naturally have a generous gift after a while, you go back and tell me first." ”

The person who delivered the pear was startled, and quickly bowed down and retreated, and his legs and stomach were even trembling when he walked.

Shi Shen waited until the man walked away, and immediately asked: "Isn't the lord going to deal with that Wu Qian, since this goods is the other party's person, how can the pears sent be eaten?" ”

Yuan Yun smiled disapprehantly: "It's not Wu Zhen who sent the pears, most likely it's Cao Ren, he just wants to know if I came in person."

These pears can naturally be eaten after inspection, and it is a pity that hundreds of boxes of pears are not accepted, and he does not dare to poison his own army if he gives Cao Ren a hundred dares.

Lao Tzu has deliberately walked slower these days, just to see how Cao Ren reacts, it seems that he really hopes that Benhou will come to the dam to find fault, and probably hopes that Benhou will do something excessive, so that he will have a reason to impeach me. ”

Shi Shen didn't seem to understand, why did Cao Ren want them to deliberately come to the dam to find fault? Is this a trap? However, seeing Yuan Yun's calm face, he was relieved, and didn't ask any more nonsense, and quickly let people distribute the pears to the soldiers, which urged the army to continue to hurry.

After a few more incense sticks, the Powder Army finally arrived at the guard camp on the outskirts of the dam, which had been surrounded by high wooden stakes, and the sound of labor could be heard as if it were nothing.

Several guards guarding the door were trembling in their legs, they knew very well what had happened before, the son of Wu Yong's family died here, and Wu Yong, the door official, Xu Du knew that he was Yuan Yun's horse boy, and now the main owner came to the door, and brought three thousand troops, if you are not afraid, it is fake.

After a while, I saw a fast horse running out from behind the fence, and when Yuan Yun was thirty paces away, he immediately dismounted, and then accepted the body's search before he was finally allowed to go.

When he got closer, the knight immediately bowed his hand and said: "Qi Yuan Hou, Wu Duzao sent a small one to inform me that the dam construction site is an important place for the imperial court, and idle people are not allowed to enter, so please take a detour." ”

Yuan Yun hooked his fingers, waited until the knight walked in a few steps, and then asked with a smile, "Do you know what Ben Hou is here for?" ”

The knight immediately shook his head and said, "The little ones don't dare to ask about the military. ”

Yuan Yun nodded, and then said slowly: "Ben Hou came here today to plan to demolish the dam of your Laoshizi, if you dare to stop it, Lao Tzu will crush you!" ”

The knight was startled, and just wanted to speak, but heard Yuan Yun shouting: "If you know, get out quickly, lest Lao Tzu cut off your head and sacrifice the flag." ”

Seeing that Yuan Yun's face was full of frost, where did he dare to argue again, the knight turned around and ran out, and in a short time rode back to the fence.

Yuan Yun was not idle, waved his hand, and shouted: "First demolish this gate for Benhou, it looks an eyesore!" ”