"Can you show me?"

When Cai Yan spoke, Lu Ren and Li Dian were stunned, and after being stunned, Lu Ren handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Cai Yan. In fact, Lu Ren has long known that Cai Yan, as the daughter of Cai Yong, a famous calligrapher at that time, must have the true biography of Cai Yong, and the font will definitely be quite neat even if it is not beautiful. But the question is that thinking about the awkward and delicate relationship between himself and Cai Yan now, how can Lu Ren be embarrassed to ask Cai Yan to help him write? No matter how thick-skinned you are, it depends on whether it's time.

At this time, Cai Yan took the bamboo slip, and just after a few glances, the expression on his face became very strange. Looking up at Lu Ren again, Cai Yan shook his head lightly and said, "Yihao, your words ...... I really don't dare to compliment. ”

Lu Ren put on an indifferent look, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Zhao Ji can laugh if you want." In fact, what kind of virtue is my own handwriting, can I not know it myself? Laughing and laughing, I'm used to it anyway. ”

Cai Yan may really be a little unbearable, raised his sleeves to cover his mouth slightly, and then his face returned to his usual coldness: "Yihao, if you don't mind, I'll help you rewrite a copy." To be honest, you are now Xu Duling, but the words are written like this, if you really take it out to others, I am afraid that you will laugh and be generous. However, it is true that even I can't understand some of the words written on your Jane, so you have to wait for an inquiry. ”

Cai Yan is willing to help Lu Ren ghostwrite, which is of course undesirable for Lu Ren. In fact, this kind of thing has always been like this, even if it is the students' exam papers, who doesn't want to hand in something more pleasing to the eye? Even putting aside these flashy things, Lu Ren really knows too well what his few bad words are, and now it may be better to just use it as a manual for personal use, if it is really to write a decree or something...... Hmph, Lu Ren is just waiting to be criticized. This is not a joke, the officialdom in ancient times cared a lot about these things.

Turning his head to look at Li Dian again, Li Dian was also nodding vigorously to Lu Ren. Others may not know, but Li Dian had worked with Lu Ren for a year at that time, and he was not less "poisoned" by Lu Ren's bad words, and it often happened that the meaning of the words and sentences did not make sense because he couldn't understand a few words, and then he had to come to Lu Ren to ask for clarification. In the past, he only arrived in a camp, but now he has to run around the entire Xu Capital, how can he have time to come to Lu Ren just for a few words? It's inconvenient not to say it, and it's easy to make mistakes.

Since this is the case, Lu Ren said to Li Dian: "Then you have to trouble Mancheng to wait a little longer...... Otherwise, it's the middle of autumn, and it's time to hunt, so why don't you ask Mancheng to shoot some game and come back to satisfy my hunger? And when you come back from the hunt, I'll be pretty much done with what I've got here. ”

Li Dian nodded in agreement, at this time, it was very boring to sit here stupidly and watch others copy and write, so after greeting him, he temporarily left the house.

Lu Ren gave a table to Cai Yan, and he was next to Cai Yan to help Cai Yan grind ink. Cai Yan took a pen to copy Lu Ren's book, and from time to time he would ask Lu Ren about some words in the book. Lu Ren didn't realize this, and now he was sitting with Cai Yan at such a close distance and was busy with such things, but Cai Yan's heart was filled with a feeling of extra peace of mind.

In the evening, Li Dian returned and brought back some prey, and Lu Ren's book here had already been re-copied. When it was handed over to Li Dian again this time, Li Dian was a little in love. Indeed, Cai Yan's handwriting is neat and beautiful, just looking at it feels pleasing to the eye, if it is not to be used as a manual for work, Li Dian wants to take it back and hang it up as a work of art to appreciate.

"Oops, oops, I finally don't have to look at Brother Lu's headache-inducing stinky words!"

"......" Lu Ren was speechless, and kicked Li Dian in a hurry, and then wrote another copy of Cai Yan for Lu Ren, and also stamped the order of his current Xu Du Ling Seal and handed it to Li Dian: "Take this, go to Xu Capital City, and the officials will give priority to transferring the pavilion to you for temporary residence, and then go to the government to find the county governor and county lieutenant, and the manpower and material resources to do things can also be called first." Oh, and let me remind you again, remember that when firing slab bricks, remember that the solid slab bricks are 30% and the hollow slab bricks are 70%. Hollow slab bricks were used to build the city walls, and solid slab bricks were sent to the city as soon as possible for the craftsmen in the city to build palaces and new residences for the princes. ”

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When Lu Ren arrived in Xu County, it was already the beginning of August, and after a mess of tossing, that is, when he arrived in Xu County, before he had time to make any moves, Cao Cao raised troops to recruit Yang Feng. To be honest, this is also a must-fight, Yang Feng's current Liangdi can be said to be stuck in the middle of Puyang and Xuchang, if this nail is not pulled out as soon as possible, it will cause great trouble for the southward movement of the military and government in Cao Cao's Gunzhou area.

Of course, the matter of sending troops to fight has nothing to do with Lu Ren, and it is useless for him to go, so he honestly burns bricks and builds houses and repairs the city wall here in Xudu. And Lu Ren didn't have to worry about building palace houses in the city, so don't really think that the craftsmen at that time were stupid.

In fact, the craftsmen who built the houses quickly adapted to the bricks that Lu Ren had brought, and for them, the bricks were much quicker and easier to build than the traditional civil engineering buildings of the time, and they were much stronger. By the way, I have to say here that Xu Du can get lime here, and Lu Ren made a mix of raw and hydrated lime, supplemented by some cement made of other materials.

Although the quality of this cement is not as good as that of chemical cement in modern buildings, it was already quite strong when used to bond slabs and bricks at that time. As for the paint after the brick wall is completely built, there is no need for Lu Ren to worry about it, because this thing is ancient, and it is not Lu Ren's turn to steal another version.

Lu Ren doesn't have to worry about building a house, but Lu Ren doesn't dare to take it lightly about building a city wall, after all, if something goes wrong in this big matter, Lu Ren can't cut off his head enough to think about how many heads he has. Therefore, after the first batch of hollow slab bricks from Li Dian was fired, Lu Ren did not immediately start building the city wall according to the foundation planned by the craftsmen before, but asked Li Dian to first use several different methods to try to build ten meters each, and planned to decide which way to use to officially build it after testing.

After testing and consulting with the craftsmen who participated in the test, Lu Ren and Li Dian selected a building structure with "brick walls on the outside and rammed earth on the inside". To be honest, don't underestimate the firmness of the rammed earth, the rammed earth that is really rammed in place, its firmness and hard stone are all a fight.

It's just that the disadvantage of rammed earth is that it can't withstand the long-term soaking of water, and now add a layer of masonry that is not very afraid of water soaking on the surface of the rammed earth, which can largely make up for this shortcoming of rammed earth. And if the brick foundation is done in advance, it is also of great help to the further tamping of the rammed earth, you must know that the rammed earth is rammed at that time, and the hoarding is made of wooden boards, and the wooden planks can be stronger than the bricks?

In addition, Lu Ren also tried to improve the rammed earth, but unexpectedly made some materials similar to concrete. The material is poured in, tamped a little and then allowed to dry, and the craftsmen have to use an iron awl to smash it into it with great difficulty. Isn't it enough to have such a degree of firmness? And the production and ramming of this kind of "concrete" is relatively much faster and more convenient than the traditional rammed earth, which can not only save a lot of human resources, but also far better than the traditional rammed earth, so why not use it? Although the cost of materials is higher, who cares about these costs at this time?

Putting aside the fact that Lu Ren was busy here in Xuchang for the time being, he only said that Cao Cao sent troops to recruit Yang Feng, and he beat Yang Feng, who was completely a rabble, by dividing it by two, and soon recovered the surrounding areas of Liangdi by the way, including Chen Liucheng, who was destroyed by Yang Feng.

After taking back Chen Liu, he entered the city to live temporarily, Cao Cao looked around the city from the city gate, sighed, but suddenly remembered Cai Yan who was still thrown by Lu Ren. Because of his many scruples, Cao Cao is not convenient to see Cai Yan for the time being. Besides, with Cao Cao's person, of course, he will focus on the great cause, and women can be thrown aside first. Now that the situation around Xuchang is a little calmer, Cao Cao will only think about women when he has some leisure.

But at this moment, I could only think about it, and when I turned my head and saw Cao Ang standing on the side, I thought of the situation of the woman in my heart, but I remembered some things that Cao Ang made in Puyang. When Cao Ang followed Lu Ren back to Cao Cao's side before, Cao Cao didn't have the time or energy to ask, but now it's time to ask.

“…… Father, that's the case with Puyang. ”

After listening to Cao Ang's narration, Cao Cao nodded to Cao Ang and said approvingly: "Ang'er, you did the right thing. A person who wants to achieve great things, how can he make the people under his command chill and change for a woman? You accept Wan'er as a righteous sister, in fact, it is not harmful to yourself, but it can calm people's hearts and get the right place. The so-called way of the emperor is nothing more than that. You recognize Wan'er as your sister, and as a father, you only think that you have one more daughter who does not have to pay a dowry. There are a lot of women in the world, and when the time comes, you can find a daughter of a country for your father and you as a wife. ”

Cao Ang said: "Thank you father. It's just that the child almost made a big mistake because of his momentary vigor, and he hopes that his father can forgive the child. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "You have a weak crown, it is the year of the blood and qi of the square, and it is understandable that you will do some ridiculous things because of the blood for a while." The so-called knowing of mistakes can improve greatly, and since you know your mistakes and can take them as a warning, you are very pleased to be a father...... In fact, when my father was as young as you, he did something even more ridiculous than you with Yuan Benchu, and once went to rob other people's newcomers! ”

When Cao Ang heard this, his eyes immediately widened, while Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed. After laughing, Cao Cao seemed to be reminded of the past, closed his eyes and muttered: "Time is like an arrow...... More than 20 years have passed in an instant. In the past, my father was at your age, what a profligate wreck in Luoyang City! Every time I think about it, I feel that it was the happiest day in my father's life. But twenty years later, both the father and Yuan Benchu were already the princes of the dominant side, and Luoyang City in the west was already a matter of things......"

"Father's ......"