Chapter 19: Don't play useless stuff
After all, Cao Shuo is the second son of the Cao family.
Although his body was very weak and he was not favored by Cao Cao in the past, the officers and men in the army still did not dare to underestimate him.
The stonemasons and carpenters accepted the commission and were concentrating on making fitness equipment for him.
When Cao Shuo arrived with Wei Tu and Cai Ji, the stonemason had already created a dumbbell.
The two ends of the dumbbell are two octagonal spheres connected by a short stone rod.
Seeing Cao Shuo coming, the stonemason who was carving another dumbbell hurriedly stood up and greeted: "The second son is here!" ”
"How?" Cao Shuo asked, "When will it all be made?" How many catties are there that have been made? ”
"Go back to Gongzi." The stonemason said, "It takes five or six days to make all the barbells, to say the least." A dumbbell weighs about eight pounds. ”
"It's a little lighter, if only it could be twice as heavy." Picking up the dumbbells and making a few pulling movements, Cao Shuo said: "After this pair is done, make another pair that is twice as heavy as it!" ”
"Childe, dumbbells are trivial, and it's a bit troublesome to make barbells." "The rod in the middle of the dumbbell is relatively short, and the ends are not very heavy. There will be no problems when Childe uses it. It's a barbell, the middle bar is thin and long, and the stone is so brittle that it is likely to break. ”
"If you don't say it, I'll really ignore it." Cao Shuo said: "Otherwise, wait for you to make a barbell plate, and then go to the blacksmith to add a rod." The fixation of the two ends must be done well, and it is not good to shake when pushing. ”
The stonemason said, "It is appropriate to make rods of iron." ”
After seeing the stonemason, Cao Shuo took Wei Tu and Cai Ji to find the carpenter.
The production process of horizontal bars and parallel bars is much simpler than that of dumbbells.
The carpenter had already made a pair of horizontal bars, and they were fixed to the ground as Cao Shuo said.
Walking around the single parallel bars, Cao Shuo said: "Good job! ”
"I really don't understand, what's the use of these bars?" Looking at the horizontal bar, Wei Tu said, "Isn't it just two sticks supporting one stick?" Could it be that it can conjure up some flowers? ”
"You think it's useless?" Cao Shuo asked.
"Isn't it just a few sticks put together, what use can it be?" Wei Tu said.
"I'll show you a rehearsal myself." Cao Shuo walked to the horizontal bar.
"Childe!" The carpenter hurriedly said, "Although it has been made, it has not been checked to see if it is strong enough......
"So worried about your own craft?" Cao Shuo asked.
Stunned by his question, the carpenter didn't dare to say anything.
Jumping, Cao Shuo grabbed the horizontal bar.
He pushed up hard, and the whole person was pulled up.
There is a certain difference in the exercise techniques of single parallel bars and barbell dumbbells.
Dumbbells and barbells are both strength-based exercises, while single parallel bars are skill-based.
Although Cao Shuo's body is weak, the skills he exercised when he were a soldier are still there.
With ingenuity, he flipped and moved on the horizontal bar like a spirit ape, Wei Tu and Cai Ji didn't feel anything at first, but then they were stunned.
The exercise method of the horizontal bar has a certain ornamental value.
Soon a group of Cao Jun gathered over.
Cao Jun, who was in a circle, let out a few cheers from time to time.
The cheers of the soldiers reached Cao Cao's tent.
Yu Ban and Sun Guan had reached a consensus, and Cao Cao was about to let the two of them retreat, when he heard a voice from outside and asked, "Why are the soldiers so good?" ”
The curtain was lifted, and a guard walked in and saluted and said: "Qiqi Cao Gong, it is the second son who plays with the pole in the army, and the soldiers think it looks good, so they applaud it." ”
"Playing with a bar?" Cao Cao frowned, and said to Ban and Sun Guan: "You two accompany me to have a look." ”
Leaving the tent, Cao Cao walked to the place where many soldiers gathered.
Although Cao Shuo's physical strength is not good, he can hold on to the horizontal bar for a while.
Seeing more and more lively Cao Jun, he also wanted to show his hand to the soldiers, so he flipped harder on the horizontal bar.
Just flipping and moving on the horizontal bar, he didn't notice that Cao Cao was also approaching.
Cao Jun, who applauded, suddenly fell silent, and made way for Cao Cao one after another.
Standing in front of the group of Cao Jun, Cao Cao's face was pale.
He frowned and asked Cao Shuo, "What are you doing?" ”
Hearing Cao Cao's voice, Cao Shuo was distracted and almost fell off the horizontal bar.
Fortunately, he was skillful, stabilized his body, rolled over and jumped off the horizontal bar, and his feet landed smoothly on the ground.
"Cao Gong, Gongzi ......" Seeing that Cao Cao was unhappy, Sun Guan wanted to say a word for Cao Shuo.
Cao Cao stopped him and said to Cao Shuo, "You come with me." ”
Cao Shuo followed Cao Cao.
The soldiers gathered together and whispered about Cao Shuo's exercise on the horizontal bar.
"It is said that the second son is weak, but it doesn't seem to be the case at all." One soldier said, "I definitely can't do those actions just now." ”
"If you are really weak, can you escape from Wancheng? Still protecting Cao Gong all the way? Another soldier said: "The second prince must have pretended to be in poor health, so that Zhang Xiu was paralyzed and careless, and suddenly attacked when he rebelled." I guess he has long seen that Zhang Xiu is going to rebel! ”
Human speculation always adds endless imagination, and while the soldiers were discussing, Cao Shuo's abilities had inadvertently been exaggerated by them.
Cao Shuo played a horizontal bar, his cheeks were red, and his panting was not too even.
Sun Guan and Yu Ban both had the heart to say a few words for him, but Cao Cao didn't give them a chance at all.
took Cao Shuo back to the tent, and Cao Cao didn't let others follow up.
Sun Guan and Yu Ban could only wait outside the account.
Wei Tu and Cai Ji, who had lower status, had to stand farther away and wait.
Cao Cao asked Cao Shuo with a cold face, "What were you doing just now?" ”
"Back to my father." Cao Shuo said: "The child knows that his body is weak and needs to be strengthened, so he asked a carpenter to make a single parallel bar, and he was just trying the horizontal bar. ”
"What a mess." Cao Cao glared at him: "As the son of the Cao family, playing with the pole in the army, and provoking so many soldiers to watch, do you still know that the dignity and inferiority are orderly?" If you mess around like this all day long, what kind of system will you become? ”
Cao Shuo hugged his fists and said: "The single parallel bars are all equipment for strengthening the body, if it can be promoted in the army, it will definitely strengthen the soldier's physique, and he will have more combat effectiveness in the future." ”
"You still want to promote that mess in the military?" Cao Cao said: "Soldier drills are naturally taught by others, and you yourself are still weak, so you think of these useless kitsch things." From today onwards, you are not allowed to do such idle things in the army. ”
"The child got it!" The effect of strengthening the body has not yet come out, and it is reasonable that Cao Cao does not believe that the single parallel bars are useful, Cao Shuo does not argue strongly, and agrees casually.
"If you want to play, go back to play freely when Xu Du is fine. Don't mess around in the military. Cao Cao waved his hand: "You go." ”
"Thank you, father!" Cao Shuo withdrew from the tent.
Yu Ban and Sun Guan, who were waiting outside, saw him come out and hurriedly greeted him, Yu Ban asked, "Cao Gong didn't say anything, did he?" ”
PS: All the chapters that I wrote all day yesterday were scrapped, mainly because I didn't think it was good enough. I'm entangled, and the friends who read the book are less entangled, which is actually very good. I don't care how many words are scrapped, I only care if the chapters shown are strong enough. That's what I am, anyway.