Chapter 8: The Way Ahead

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Now, he no longer wondered why he was struck by a bolt of lightning on this little brat, and he was no longer wondering why he could merge with the little bout's memories, now he had to think about how to live smoothly.

It is true that Cao Pi crossed at the right time, Cao Ang died, he became the eldest son, how important is the identity of the eldest son, it can be seen from the two details of Cao Ren leading the horse and Bian's joy, but with the word "eldest son", it is far from enough, first of all, he is actually the eldest son, but he is still the second son in name, if someone moves out of Cao Ang's spiritual position, the identity of the eldest son is not very tenable, others can say: the eldest son is dead, and now he should be selected and standing, this truth can be said.

The most terrible thing is that Cao Pi's two younger brothers, a Cao Zhi and a Cao Chong, are really not fuel-efficient lamps, first talk about Cao Zhi, this humanistic talent is definitely the crown of the three Cao, Wang Shizhen, a great genius of the Qing Dynasty, once said that since the Han and Wei dynasties, poets can be called "immortal talents", there are only three people, namely Cao Zhi, Li Bai, and Su Shi. In terms of literary style, although Cao Pi is not bad, but compared to Cao Zhi, there is nothing to say, not to mention that now this Cao Pi has no "original" works in addition to a bunch of classics in his mind, and the current Cao Pi may lose a few streets to Cao Zhi in terms of literature.

In history, the competition between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi ended with Cao Pi winning, but according to the Ph.D. supervisor of the history department of X University, there are many dangers in the middle of the story, Cao Zhi's death and Cao Pi's luck affect the outcome of the battle, as for the specifics, he didn't think that he would become Cao Pi when he was playing chess, so he didn't listen carefully, so when the battle came, how Cao Zhi died, how Cao Pi was lucky, it was really going to wait and see.

There is also Cao Chong, who is young and talented, and is deeply loved by Cao Cao, so that after Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao directly said to his other sons: "This is my misfortune, you are very lucky!" Although according to the course of history, Cao Chong's untimely death will not pose a threat to Cao Pi, but now Cao Pi believes: everything is possible! Being here is a miracle, how can there not be a second or third miracle?

This year, Cao Zhi is five years old and Cao Chong is one year old, they don't know that in Cao Pi's heart, they have become fierce rivals. Of course, the current Cao Pi doesn't know what kind of fierce opponent he will face.

What he should do now is to stabilize his position, how to stabilize it? Wooing a group of generals who are loyal to you? Forget it, now that I have no official or position, don't look at Cao Ren leading the horse for himself, it's just a gesture of favor in advance, do you really want him to do anything for you or stand on your side? That's impossible, and what Cao Cao hates the most is to form a party for personal gain, plus now although Cao Cao is in charge of the government, but when the emperor is not dead, the world is divided, how many courtiers, children of the family and even Cao Cao's strategists and generals probably have no idea of dying for anyone.

The head of the city changes the banner of the king, once the son of heaven and a courtier, who listens to whom, and wants to win over the generals? Just by him Cao Pi? It's better to save it, now Cao Pi's food, the animal fat used for lighting, the silk cloth on his clothes, and the horses he rides when he goes out are all rationed by Cao Fu's quota, what do you use to win over others? Speaking of winning over military generals, I am afraid that any "Taishou" who occupies the city as the king is stronger than him, at least others have a place to live.

The road to win over the generals is broken, what should I do? Of course, it still depends on the father, and the people on the bottom! Although the future is unpredictable, Cao Pi still has such a good hand in his hand, at least he has a good father, and he has a belly of technology that can defy the sky in the agrarian society.

If it is used well, I am afraid that it will be even better than Zhang Jiao! Cao Pi already had a strategy in mind.

"Childe, the hot water has been prepared, please come to the middle room to bathe." Hui'er came to the room and said.

The middle room is the second house in the courtyard, this house has two rooms, one side is the study, the other side is the bathing and washing place, as for the thatched house, it is in the corner of the yard. At this time, there was a huge wooden barrel in the room, which could hold three adults, and the barrel was steaming hot, and Cao Pi was not polite, so he let the two maidservants dress him widely, and then stepped into the barrel, took a beautiful bath, put on the plain silk clothes and returned to his couch.

The early spring in Xudu is still cold, but Cao Pi's house is very warm, not because of the use of fire walls or ondols, but because the walls of his room are coated with a layer of "insulation" made of pepper and earth. This kind of tall technology comes from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the walls of Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace are painted, and the rooms coated with this insulation layer will be very warm as long as they are baked on the stove every day, but in the palace in addition to this protective layer, there are gorgeous tapestries, soft beast fur and so on. Among the 32 palaces of Weiyang Palace, there is a hall called "pepper". It is "the evening makeup quietly removes the golden drive, and the curtain is heavy and the pepper hall is autumn".

Although he does not have the luxury of Weiyang Palace, Cao Pi is still very satisfied, because now he only needs two layers of quilts sewn from silk cotton to be able to sleep peacefully without being woken up by the cold. Hui'er and Shu'er live in the side wing of the third house, that is, next to Cao Pi's bedroom, and there is a small door in the middle of the two rooms, which is connected and convenient for serving.

Finally got a good night's sleep! The next day, Cao Pi opened his eyes, and the light had already penetrated into the house, which was the most restful night he slept after coming to the troubled times, but from today on, he was going to manage his life well.

"Hui'er and Shu'er are here to serve my son to change clothes." As soon as the words fell, there was a babbling sound, and the small door connecting the side room was pushed open, and the two maidservants entered the room one after another. Hui'er held a copper basin in her hand, in this era, it was called Shuijian, and it was filled with warm water, apparently pouring water into Shuijian to heat it before Cao Pi woke up, and then constantly adjusting the temperature with cold water to ensure that Cao Pi could wash his face with warm water when he woke up. The maidservants of large families are so professional.

Shu'er holds a willow branch in one hand and a white silk silk in the other. Cao Pi took the willow branch with one hand, put it in his mouth and chewed it, then brushed it a few times on his teeth, handed it to Shu'er, then washed his face with both hands with water, wiped his face with silk silk after finishing it, and then the two women waited for dressing, tied the horns, and came to the front hall for breakfast.

Cao Pi's breakfast is actually not rich, one night corn porridge, one bowl of meat soup, one night of salt vegetables, that's all, it is too far from the Zhong family banquet, that is because Cao Cao encouraged them to cultivate themselves after reining in the displaced people from all over the country, so as to enrich the household. Although Cao Cao had already implemented the tuntian system in the territory under his control last year, set up field officials in various counties and counties, and set up military tun and mintun production institutions that were specially designed to supply grain to the government, this policy was only implemented for one year, and it was not enough to make up for the loss of tax cuts.

In addition, last year, the Son of Heaven was fortunate to be in the capital, and the imperial relatives, concubines, eunuchs, civil and military officials and family members who came with him all had to eat, so Cao Cao could only start from himself, practice frugality, and ensure that everyone had enough to eat.