Chapter 59: The Hoof Feast

Cao Ang poured a sip of strong wine, and then stuffed the wine jug to Zhang Liao beside him, Zhang Liao unceremoniously followed with a sip, and then both of them shouted good wine. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Dian Man looked very excited, this is the real man, so he also learned from Cao Ang to take a sip, and then stretched out his big hand and handed the wine jug to Yuan Yun.

Yuan Yun hesitated, frowned and took it, otherwise it would definitely make Dianman very faceless, this product now has the strength to fight with the cow, and it is better not to find it boring.

As a result, Dian Man was still angry, and regardless of the few injuries on his body, he rolled on the ground with Yuan Yun and slammed up.

The reason is that Yuan Yun took the wine jug, but he wiped the spout of the jug violently with his sleeve in disgust, as if he had an infectious disease.

After Yuan Yun wiped the dust off his buttocks and sat down again, he sighed and said: "The seats are all set up at home, why do we have to squat in the front yard and gnaw on our hooves, they are all people with heads and faces, so they can't be civilized?" ”

Cao Ang laughed, and then replied disdainfully: "You are often seen by me squatting on the threshold and nibbling on buns, so you will start pretending to be noble?" ”

Yuan Yun rolled his eyes and said unhappily: "I'm alone, tonight is a celebration banquet, how is this the same?" ”

Zhang Liao immediately shook his hand and said: "Yuan Hou Mo wants to talk about this, you are the commander who conquered Chang'an this time, and this time I, Zhang Liao, am all impostored and meritorious." ”

Yuan Yun explained disappreciatively: "I'm afraid General Zhang has misunderstood, I'm not selling favors and letting you get the most credit, just to make you work harder in the future, the gunpowder army is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more, let me lead it is fatal, so you have to work this matter." ”

Cao Ang also smiled: "General Zhang don't worry about Brother Yun, he never fancy any military merits for him, he will soon become the Luoyang Order, and when the time comes, most of the manpower of the Gunpowder Army will be sent by me over there, at that time, General Zhang is still under the command of Brother Yun, so leading the army is what you should consider, as for Brother Yun, if you really hand over all the gunpowder army to him, I'm afraid I will have trouble sleeping." ”

Yuan Yun glanced at Cao Ang very unhappily, but there was nothing to object, after all, when he thought of the logistics that needed to be prepared to lead the troops, what to camp, what to formulate the marching route, etc., these alone were disgusting enough, so it was best to throw this trouble to Zhang Liao.

Dian Man interjected at this time: "Actually, I really want to follow General Zhang to exercise, but it's always inappropriate to leave the son alone in the new city, Cao Ren's goods are rampant now, and the city has been closed for three days, and I don't know what they are doing?" ”

Cao Ang frowned and said, "I took a look yesterday, and they seem to be measuring the workshops we demolished before, especially the blacksmith workshop and the steelmaking workshop, where they repeatedly studied and demolished the foundations until only ruins remained. ”

Yuan Yun was puzzled: "Are they planning to rebuild it?" ”

Cao Ang nodded and said, "It's very likely." ”

Zhang Liao said: "How can they rebuild without people?" ”

Yuan Yun buckled his chin, and quickly asked Cao Ang, "Are all the craftsmen we sent out on the road?" ”

Cao Ang was stunned for a moment, and then after a little thought, he seemed to have guessed the purpose of Yuan Yun's question, and suddenly said with a wry smile: "It seems that we are thinking simply, Cao Ren is afraid that he has already started with Xincheng, and the team of craftsmen I arranged to go to Luoyang has already set off, but a few people have stayed behind due to illness, and these dozen or so people are still from steelmaking workshops and blacksmith workshops." ”

Dianman wondered, "Is there anything wrong with this?" Could it be that Cao Ren wants to force these people to return to Xincheng to work? ”

Yuan Yun replied with a wry smile: "It's not that these people are forced to go back to Xincheng to work, but these people originally worked for Cao Ren, and now after learning their skills, they just go back and continue to serve the original master." ”

Dianman was shocked: "What? So don't all of our technologies have to be given to Cao Ren for free? ”

Just when Dian Man was surprised, Shi Shen suddenly hurriedly walked closer, and then handed Yuan Yun a letter.

Yuan Yun unfolded it, and immediately let out another wry smile, and then shook the letter in his hand and said: "Invincible has gathered the information, and Cao Ren has already begun to act." ”

Cao Ang took it suspiciously, and only looked at it twice, but his face was unhappy.

The last one to read the book, I don't know who wrote the letter, and I don't know who called the invincible, but the content of the letter is very clear, Cao Ren is gathering craftsmen among the displaced people, as long as there is craftsmanship, you can get household registration in advance, and then settle in the new city.

It seems that their guess just now has really come true, no wonder Cao Ren and Sima Yi are so calm, they have actually been fully prepared for a long time, those craftsmen who mixed in earlier are basically apprentices, but after more than half a year, they have naturally learned a lot of things, and it is definitely possible to support a workshop.

Cao Ang looked very calm, and said lightly: "It doesn't matter, just let Cao Ren know a little, if you want to understand it, it's useless to rely on just those few craftsmen, they just copy it." ”

After speaking, he looked at Yuan Yun again, and then continued: "Those new technologies in the new city are all from Brother Yun's here, and they are still in the adjustment stage, and they need to be improved at any time, even if Cao Ren copies it, it is only a temporary need, without follow-up, it is estimated that he will have to smash the pot sooner or later, and there will even be some casualties." ”

When Yuan Yun got Cao Ang's reminder, he was immediately stunned, and in an instant, he patted his thighs and laughed breathlessly.

Dian Man said with some displeasure: "Brother Yuan, even if you are extremely smart and have a lot of treasures in your head, but we have to lose a sum after all, what's so funny about this?" ”

Yuan Yun smoothed his breath, and then shrugged his shoulders and said, "Cao Ren is probably going to be unlucky." ”

Cao Ang was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Brother Yun, don't underestimate those apprentices, since they have a heart, the records must be very detailed on weekdays, so the technology in our hands must have flowed out." ”

Yuan Yun then smiled and said: "It's not so easy, the building technology of the blacksmith workshop may have been stolen, but the blacksmith workshop needs the support of the steelmaking workshop, when it comes to the steelmaking workshop, it is very different, but chemistry is involved here, do you really think that Pu Yuan is just to make a fire and then burn the ore?" ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Yun had already stood up, holding a hoof in his hand, and only said vaguely after taking a bite: "What is needed in the process of steel refining is the converter, and the converter needs to operate normally involves chemistry, for which I have prepared a large number of medicines, and my chemical laboratory in Xincheng specializes in this, so even Pu Yuan doesn't know much about the importance of which medicines, let alone those apprentices, they draw gourds in the same way, ho, ho, and it is estimated that there will be a good show later." ”

Dian Man also laughed at this moment, although he didn't understand anything like chemistry, but he understood a truth, that is, the secret recipe was still in Yuan Yun's hands.

So Dian Man excitedly followed Yuan Yun's words and asked, "What kind of show, can Brother Yuan talk about it in advance?" ”

Yuan Yun threw away the leftover hooves, and then drew a big circle in the air with his hands, and then continued: "Explosion, big explosion." ”

After saying this, Cao Ang, Dianman, and Zhang Liao all opened their mouths wide, and steelmaking can also explode, could it be that they can't make it with gunpowder on weekdays?

Yuan Yun knew very well that converter steelmaking needed water to cool, but there was no rubber as a sealing material in this era, so Yuan Yun could only make some rubber-like derivatives through chemistry on weekdays, all as temporary substitutes.

Although this derivative has the characteristics of rubber, it is not durable, and must be replaced after a period of time, once forgotten, water leakage will occur, and if the water is exposed to high temperature, it will produce steam, and the steam will be squeezed to a certain extent, which is an explosion.

In addition, because of the strong closure of converter steelmaking, once it explodes, it will be earth-shattering, this Yuan Yun has seen many times in some reports of later generations, those huge modern steelworks, several converters can be razed to the ground as soon as they explode, which is extremely terrifying.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yun took out another hoof from the pot, took a bite and continued: "Cao Ren's apprentice craftsmen, I'm afraid there won't be any left alive this time, let's quickly withdraw all our own people in the new city, don't leave any of them, we can stay as far away from that place as possible." ”

Cao Ang was puzzled: "Is it really so powerful? The steelmaking workshops established by Cao Ren are all in the northern city, and our gunpowder army is in the southern city, so it will be affected so far? ”

Yuan Yun nodded very seriously and said: "You must withdraw, Brother Cao Ang, you should still have an impression, the first time you conducted a gunpowder experiment back then, didn't you blow up a small valley?" If the converter blows up this time, the destructive power will be at least ten times greater than your experiment. ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun was suddenly stunned, and then jumped to his feet angrily and scolded: "The courtyards of my family's new towns are probably not guaranteed, unlucky, you are a king and a Cao Ren." ”

Cao Ang was shocked, and immediately got up and prepared to return to the new city to withdraw the gunpowder army, and the gunpowder workshop should also be far away, because the shocking scene of the experiment he did in the small valley is still vivid, and the explosion ten times larger than that, he can no longer make up for it, and he only feels that his whole body trembles violently.

Yuan Yun hurriedly stopped him, and said with a smile: "Cao Ren is just measuring the foundations of those old steelmaking workshops now, and when he builds them for at least a month or two, Brother Cao Ang doesn't need to panic." ”

Zhang Liao had been hearing it now, and then he interjected with some concern: "With such a huge explosion, will General Cao Ren be fine, after all, he is an important minister, if he ......"

Cao Ang was stopped by Yuan Yun, and immediately interrupted after hearing Zhang Liao's words at this moment: "We all don't know anything, it's just a dead person, only a lot of generals in the Cao family can be used, and there is no shortage of one or two." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Yun was shocked in his heart, and some subtle changes seemed to have occurred in Cao Ang's body, although it was not very obvious, but it had gradually been revealed.

Cao Ang said that he should kill Cao Chun before, but now he doesn't take Cao Ren's life seriously, listening to his words, it seems that he still hopes that the other party will die soon, no matter how these people say it, they are also his relatives, what is wrong with him?

Cao Ren has indeed been causing trouble for himself all the time, but after all, as Zhang Liao said, he is an important minister of the imperial court, and he is the bloodline of the Cao family, plus his military exploits are outstanding, and the death of one is a big loss for the Cao family, Cao Ang doesn't care so much, it can only show that he really hates Cao Ren.

What happened recently that caused Cao Ang's temperament to change so much? Where are his homely kindnesses? Could it be that the Cao Cao bloodline in his body has begun to awaken?

Looking at Cao Ang with a hideous face, Yuan Yun couldn't help but shudder.