After listening to Liu Xiu's explanation, Zhang Wen learned that these so-called laboratories, as well as this new city, were built for the Dabie Mountain Iron Mine that was being built, and these people in white robes were doing experiments to see how to make better steel, in addition to this three-story laboratory, there were several experimental workshops, where blacksmiths hired from all over the world gathered, and their task was to verify the conclusions drawn by the laboratory, and then design a workshop that could be mass-produced. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It can be said that this small city is an experimental city specially used for preliminary technical preparations, as for how much money was invested, Liu Xiu did not say, but Zhang Wen has been a Shaofu for several years, and this accounting business is not a layman, just with these buildings and experimental glazed ware, plus those personnel's Fenglu and daily expenses, it is a staggering amount.

It is no wonder that with the strong strength of the Chu Palace, it cannot be undertaken alone, but has to ask for help and raise funds from the entire Jingzhou family. However, Zhang Wen's heart is also a little happy, in this way, the Zhang family in Nanyang has made so much money, it is not just a matter of giving Liu Xiu face, and the future income will definitely be very large. Liu Xiu's ability to use soldiers is very clever, but his most clever is to do business, when he first arrived in Luoyang, he was doing business to solve the life problems of Lu Zhi's family, and the reason why the Chu Wangfu is so bullish is inseparable from the fact that the Chu Wangfu accounts for almost half of the business of the Silk Road.

In other words, the father and son of the King of Chu never do loss-making business, and there must be benefits to partnering with them.

After visiting the laboratory, standing in front of the window on the third floor, Zhang Wen also roughly revealed the content of the edict to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and shook his head: "I can't be a general." ”

"Why?"

"Officialdom has the rules of officialdom." Liu Xiu said with a smile: "The general is the prerogative of relatives according to the rules, even if my daughter is now in the palace as a queen, isn't there still a queen mother?" The Queen Mother is here, and the general can only be from the Song family, and I can't help but talk about the rules. ”

Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief, this reason makes sense. And it shows that when Liu Xiu is not arrogant enough to be fearless, he is still doing things according to the rules after all.

"As for my daughter, she is only thirteen years old now. It's too early to get married. Liu Xiu smiled: "Moreover, they were a little unhappy before, and now His Majesty agrees." In fact, it was just forced by the situation, not a real change of mind. I can't force my two children because of my greed for wealth. Your Majesty, it's okay, I don't like the queen, there are other options, my daughter can't do it, do you want her to keep the empty house for the rest of her life? I'm now rich and don't need to do it anymore. ”

"What does the general mean?"

"The queen mother's kindness, I understand it. However, I can't accept the title of general, and whether or not to marry my daughter into the palace as the queen will be put aside for the time being. Liu Xiu didn't ask Zhang Wen's opinion, and said bluntly: "Except for these two things. I accept the Queen Mother's arrangement. ”

Zhang Wen finally put the heart that mentioned his throat back into his stomach, as long as Liu Xiu agreed to send troops to participate in the war, the peace of the world would not be far off. "And when is the general going?"

"I don't have to go to the turnstile, do I?" Liu Xiu shrugged: "There's Taiwei Duangong sitting there, what else am I worried about?" He is my husband, and he is far above me in terms of military experience. He paused, and then said, "I won't tell you." I have led the army for so many years, and I have been somewhat wild, and now His Majesty has some prejudices against me, and I am also a little resentful. This day is far away, I am a little rude, it doesn't matter, and it is really inappropriate to do this in front of His Majesty. You say, don't you? I'm still going to attack from the south to the north as another department. ”

Zhang Wen pondered for a long time, he didn't know what Liu Xiu meant by this, but since Liu Xiu agreed to send troops, there was no need to dwell on these things anymore. Zhang Wen immediately asked Liu Xiu about the specific battle plan, Liu Xiu smiled and said, don't worry, stay in Jiangxia for two days, I will write a letter and ask you to take it back, and then they will understand.

Zhang Wen was overjoyed, he stayed in Jiangxia for a few days, looked at the situation of the new deal in detail, and got together with Cai Mao and others to exchange views. Three days later, Liu Xiu handed over the written battle plan to Zhang Wen, and Zhang Wen rushed back to the revolving gate with the plan.

After receiving Liu Xiu's recital, the Empress Dowager Song was very satisfied, and she asked Xiao Tianzi to discuss. Xiao Tianzi completely lost his temper after Cao Cao's rebellion, and now he can't think of any way except to listen to the Empress Dowager Song, whatever the Empress Dowager Song says, he can only listen to. This is also the biggest setback he has suffered since he was born, there is inevitably some confusion between his eyebrows and eyes, and he speaks listlessly, sitting opposite the Queen Mother, just nodding from time to time, and other than that, he is a little absent-minded.

Empress Dowager Song was distressed, but she couldn't persuade him, fortunately, the number of people who knew these things was limited, and Xiao Tianzi was quite good at covering it up in front of others, so she didn't want to make any more branches. When a boy grows into a man, setbacks are inevitable, not to mention that he is an emperor. Although Liu Xiu did a very arrogant job this time, he mastered the proportions very well, and severely frustrated the spirit of Xiao Tianzi and gave him a lesson, but he did not tear his face in the end, nor did he miss a big thing.

The Empress Dowager Song first discussed with Song Feng and Cao Cao, and then invited the three dukes to discuss, and finally decided to worship the hussar general Song Feng as the general, the chariot general Liu Xiu as the hussar general, and the Zhendong general Cao Cao as the Wei general. Feng Taiwei Duan Cheng was the Marquis of Xuanwei, with 2,000 households in the city, and a few rods to show respect for the elderly. In addition to the general Song Feng, the hussar general Liu Xiu and the Wei general Cao Cao were all subject to his control. Other generals will be rewarded according to merit.

As soon as the edict came out, Duan Cheng, who had been recuperating from his illness, got up, and the officers and men of the three armies who complained more than once became energetic. Duan Cheng immediately began to fight, and the first thing he did was to invite Xun You and the others. Above the lobby, the Son of Heaven sat in the center, and Song Feng, the general who had completely handed over the military power, sat beside him, his face was calm with a little joy, and the general he had been looking forward to for many years had finally arrived, and it was happy to think about it. Lu Zhi sat on the other side, but his face was a little ugly, Liu Xiu resisted the edict three times in a row this time, and most people don't know, but the three dukes don't know, and then think of the two disciples of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, his old face is a shame.

Duan Cheng pointed to ten young officials including Zhou Yu, Yang Xiu and Cao Ang and said to Xun You, "From now on." You have two tasks. ”

Xun You clenched his fists: "Please give orders to Duke Duan." ”

"First, assist Your Majesty in completing this counterinsurgency mission. Second, treat these ten young people as cadets of your military academy, you are the professor, and train them well. ”

Xun You looked at Zhou Yu and the others, and laughed: "Follow Duangong's orders." ”

"Alright, now. You tell Your Majesty about the current situation. Duan Cheng didn't say much, waved his sleeves, and motioned for Xun You to start. Xun You didn't have to talk much. Immediately let people push the sand table up, Duan Cheng knew that Xiao Tianzi had already heard Xun You's story, but he still politely invited Xiao Tianzi to sit in the first place. On his side, although the Son of Heaven gave him the right to be fully responsible, he knew that after all, this was a personal expedition by the royal driver, and the nominal boss should still be the Son of Heaven.

The other generals could only accompany them below, and they didn't take Xun Yu seriously at first. After Xun Yu arrived at the revolving door, in addition to meeting the Son of Heaven, he locked himself in the room, and the door did not go out, and the second door did not step. Play with those military plots and deductions every day. Most of these generals didn't know who he was, how many people knew him, and they didn't know that he was no longer just a good strategist, but also had a large group of men under him.

Xun You didn't spread out this time like the last time he argued with Zhou Yu in front of the Son of Heaven, since Liu Xiu had decided to join the war. He only talked about how to cooperate with the battle. In view of the situation that Yuan Kui divided the army into two parts, one part to defend Runan and the other to capture Guangling, Xun You suggested that Yuan Kui should be eaten first to relieve the danger of the right flank of Gyeonggi. Runan is the base camp of the Yuan family, and there are currently a large number of Runan people in Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao's army. Taking Runan County will be a very big blow to the morale of the Yuan family.

Duan Cheng agreed with Xun You's opinion, Cao Cao also agreed, and then, Duan Cheng made arrangements. In the first step, he ordered the Wei general Cao Cao to immediately lead his army into Liang Pei, and attack with all his might, striving to cut off the connection between Yuan Kui and Yuan Kui within a month. In the second step, Liu Xiu, the general of the hussars, led his troops into Jiujiang, joined forces with Cao Cao, and blocked Yuan Kui's back road. In the third step, the Son of Heaven led the forbidden army to attack Runan, defeat Yuan Kui, and seize Xiansheng.

Of course, this arrangement was to make the Son of Heaven grow his face, and Liu Xiu and Cao Cao were both responsible for consuming Yuan Kui's living strength, but the final credit was given to the Son of Heaven to complete the first battle of the pro-conquest. After that, the Son of Heaven can sit in Gyeonggi and watch Liu Xiu, Cao Cao and others chase after the north and pacify the world.

In order to ensure that the Son of Heaven can fight this battle beautifully, not only to recruit the support of Zang Min of Yingchuan, but also to recruit some elite knights from Liangzhou to rush to Kanto to participate in the war, and Liangzhou is not far away, it is easy to do, and Liangzhou must prepare for a period of time, and must be prepared in advance, this task was handed over to the hussar general who controlled the military of Liangzhou, and he gave orders to Liangzhou.

Five days later, the edict was sent to Jiangling with 600 li in an expedited manner, and after receiving the edict, Liu Xiu sent someone to settle the envoy to rest, and he took the edict into the inner hall. Liu He was playing with Liu An, and when he saw the smile on Liu Xiu's face, he came up and pulled Liu Xiu's arm and said, "What's so happy, Daddy is so happy?" ”

"Hehe, that kid is obedient." Liu Xiu pinched Liu He's face: "Daddy is going to war, are you going?" ”

"Me?" Liu He pointed to his nose, a little surprised: "I can't ride a horse, I can't shoot arrows, it's a burden to follow Daddy." ”

"Who said it, it's good to help Daddy complete the paperwork, no matter how bad it is, it's okay to help Daddy beat his back." Liu Xiu hugged Liu He's shoulders affectionately, "My daughter is Daddy's little padded jacket, and Daddy is at ease with you by my side." ”

Liu He smiled shyly, thought about it, raised his face to look at Liu Xiu, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that my mother won't allow it, she wants me to learn from a girl." ”

"I'll tell you where your grandmother is." Liu Xiu smiled, "My daughter learns what kind of female celebrity, follow Daddy to learn the art of war, maybe she can become a female general in the future and be a queen like a woman." ”

Liu He's face darkened: "Daddy, I must marry him?" ”

"Not necessarily." Liu Xiu pursed his lips disapprovingly, and changed his fierce and vicious face: "He wants to change his mind, let's just marry him." If you are still ignorant, hehe, then you can't help him, not only don't marry him, but you have to beat his ass. ”

Liu He shrunk his neck, stuck out his tongue, and said proudly: "Daddy, you look so scary." ”