Time flies.

It's been two months.

The entire northern land has completely entered a cold winter.

Even in the territory of Dongjun, there have been several snowfalls, and the section of the Yellow River north of Puyang City has also entered a frozen state that will not be lifted until next year.

For ancient dynasties.

Every winter moon means that there will be a challenge, and the poor people who do not have enough food and winter clothing to survive the winter will fall into a cold and hungry situation before the winter comes.

As a result, there has been a significant loss of population.

If it is a peaceful year, the court of the Han Dynasty, which is a strong executive government, will naturally organize the whole country to carry out corresponding disaster relief.

But now the Han court has collapsed.

Therefore, only the localities are left to fend for themselves.

Fortunately, Cao Ang is also well-off now, and the large amount of wealth brought by Princess Wannian allows him not to tighten his belt to live.

Therefore, the livelihood work of the entire East County was also carried out in an orderly manner, and it did not bring too much pressure to Cao Ang.

And it's worth mentioning.

Due to the arrival of winter.

Zhang Liao's anti-bandit work also made great progress, and he returned to Puyang City earlier than expected, and then prepared to continue the sweep south.

The main thing is that when winter comes, the bandits and bandits have no surplus food, and they basically live a tight life, and they can maintain no starvation.

So as soon as Zhang Liao's army of thieves arrived.

These bandits hiding on the mountain did not need to send troops to levy, and as soon as the banner was on, they rushed down the mountain one after another to express their surrender.

It depends on the transmission of the Eight Classics.

After all, if you follow the officials and soldiers, you can still have something to eat, even if the government wants to investigate them for being thieves and criminals, most of the boards will hit the leaders, what does it have to do with the minions, it's better than starving to death.

Against this backdrop.

Zhang Liao quickly pacified many chaos in the north and captured a large number of mountain bandits and bandits.

If the family is in the local area and there are not too many evil deeds in the process of being a thief, they will be directly given a ration and released to the village, leaving them to fend for themselves.

If the crime is more serious and more than one life is stained on his hands, the decision on whether to be executed is based on his status in the cottage.

After getting rid of the two categories of people, one high and one low, the remaining middle section, which accounts for the majority, was also included as members of the military camp, and continued to increase the vitality of the barracks and fields.

……

Taishou Fuzhong.

Cao Ang was alone in his study.

Looking at the official document presented to him by Xun Yu and others, there was a look of relief on his face.

All over the county, large and small, is basically good news, and the entire East County is thriving and flourishing.

Politics, economy, military, and other aspects are advancing at the same time, and Cao Ang is satisfied.

It is precisely with such a basic plate of steady development that Cao Ang can have enough confidence to compete with Yuan Shao and others in the north in the following time.

And according to my own recent observations.

In the whole city of Puyang, there is quite a kind of prosperous posture of all industries, and many people living in nearby villages and settlements have taken advantage of the approaching New Year to come to the county town to catch the market.

Merchants who did not come here also took advantage of the festival to rent stalls in the city and set up stalls to sell all kinds of goods.

While pondering.

Cao Ang suddenly thought of something.

Maybe I can take advantage of the New Year's Festival to use that kind of thing?

Think about it here.

He took the last paperwork.

Then he got up and went to the secret door, twisted the mechanism to open the dark room, and walked inside.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see a large prismatic object on the ground.

It looks like a giant square box, with an astonishing size, such as length, width and height, that it occupies a large area of space in an already small dark room.

And on the surface of the prism, two other things are placed.

A pair of scrolls.

and a drawing.

These three items were the result of Cao Ang's hard work and unremitting cultivation for two consecutive months, so that he could get a precious opportunity to get on the boat and catch them from the river.

In addition to Dong Bai and Yin's one chance each, the rest is an additional opportunity after the boat has advanced five hundred meters.

……

That's right.

The big ship once again advanced five hundred meters.

And the reason is precisely because of Cao Ang, who obtained the title of Marquis of Weixiang.

In the text displayed on the stele on the bow of the ship, the title of the marquis corresponds to a territory the size of a county.

So the distance traveled is equal.

This discovery really surprised Cao Ang, after all, the administrative division system of the Han Dynasty was only three levels: prefectures, counties and counties.

Although in the end, it can be expanded to the whole country, and even break out of the territory of the Han Dynasty.

But that's all for the future.

The reality is that it will take a long time to move from the county level to the state level, and if there is no other measurement system, Cao Ang does not know when he will be able to move forward.

In the context of the section of the river where the boat is located, it is linked to the guaranteed quality of the reward caught.

Naturally, the more ships move forward, the better.

Therefore, the promotion of the knighthood can also allow the ship to move forward, which is naturally good news for Cao Ang.

When the matter on Jizhou's side is solved, he will find a way to ask Dong Zhuo to give him a whole county marquis.

After the little emperor Liu Wei was put on the throne of the Son of Heaven, and he also occupied most of the north, he could find a way to make a king to be the king.

For example, the title of "King of Wei" is quite good.

……

Get rid of these thoughts in your head.

Cao Ang first checked around the prism left and right, and touched it up and down with his hands to confirm that there was no sign of moisture.

That's when I put a heart back in my stomach.

If you want to say that among the three things I got this time, the role of this thing is the second.

But when it comes to novelty, it definitely beats the other two items, and it doesn't need to go through any research and crafting, and you can use it directly.

Recalling the many marks made on the stone tablet for this object, Cao Ang couldn't help but have a lot of expectations in his heart, and he really wanted to give it directly.

"Item Name: 1088 Giant Fireworks

Purpose: Ignite him and you will see the wonderful sights of the world.

Remarks: When the weather is dry, be careful of the candles, when igniting this object, please stay away in time, and be careful not to set it off in a dense place in the house. ”

As it is written on the stele.

This prismatic body is a box of fireworks, and it is a giant firework with 1,088 rounds, so it is not surprising why it is so large.

……

When I caught this thing from the river.

Cao Ang's first consideration was whether he could deduce the ratio of explosives from the large amount of gunpowder contained in the fireworks.

But after thinking about it for a long time.

Cao Ang gave up on this less realistic idea.

The main gunpowder ratio is a very complex process, how to burn, how to deflagrate, and what is explosion.

The ratio of various compounds, but if there is a slight difference, the effect will be completely different.

It is somewhat reliable to simply collect the gunpowder contained in the giant fireworks and treat them as disposable explosives.

But if you want to rely on these things to do research.

It's a bit whimsical.

Instead of pondering this unreliable method, it is better to wait quietly and fish the gunpowder configuration plan directly from the river.

Isn't it easier than this?

And after abandoning such an idea.

This box of giant fireworks, naturally, only has its original function, and it bursts into the sky.

That's the idea that Cao Ang played.

Since it can't be used for research, it's better to play it happily, and now that Dongjun is thriving, then simply take advantage of this New Year's pass to set off fireworks in Puyang City.

It can be regarded as the beloved Dongjun Taishou, and his people have a universal joy.

……

Now that the fireworks have been observed.

Cao Ang picked up the scrolls and drawings as well, and the practical effects of these two things were somewhat obvious compared to entertainment items.

One of the scrolls is the "Geographical Topographic Map of Jizhou".

This thing is from the same source as the "Yanzhou Geographical Topographic Map" that I got before, and it belongs to the same series of kit items.

The above also marks many factors such as the mountains and rivers, topography, and even the distribution of mineral resources in Jizhou.

Needless to say, the importance of this thing is needless to say.

Whether it is crushing the present, the accuracy of all kinds of rough maps, or the labeling of the distribution of various hidden minerals, can be said to have a huge effect.

As long as you grasp the territory in Jizhou and participate in the disputes in Jizhou, this geographical topographic map can come in handy.

And it's worth mentioning.

When the map of Jizhou encounters the topographic map of Yanzhou, the two are automatically merged, and now on this scroll, there is a topographic map of Yanzhou and Hebei.

As you can imagine.

As he obtains more and more maps of Dahan Prefecture, this scroll will be made up more and more completely, and the thirteen states of the world will be merged into one.

Naturally, you will be able to unlock the "special effects" mentioned in the previous notes.

……

After removing the previous two things.

This last item, the drawing-like object, is what Cao Ang values the most.

It can also be called the biggest harvest that Cao Ang has obtained from fishing from the boat in the past two months.

"Item Name: Technical Analysis of Steel Filling Method

Purpose: Learn and master

Note: A master of the rivers and lakes has gone through many difficulties and dangers, countless setbacks, and lost a large number of manpower, and finally found the famous sword of a thousand years ago.

However, in the next battle with the enemy, the master of the rivers and lakes was cut in two by the enemy's elite sword because of the thousand-year-old sword in his hand, and ended up dying on the spot.

After all, for thousands of years, forging technology is iterating rapidly, and blindly pursuing a hundred years and thousands of years may be counterproductive. ”

Ignoring the subtle little story in the remarks for now, Cao Ang turned his attention to the steel filling method itself.

Although he is not familiar with the knowledge of science and engineering.

But how could Cao Ang not understand the existence of such a well-known existence in historical books as the steel filling method?

Name implies.

This technique is used in forging steel.

It is a more advanced version than the mainstream steel frying method of the current era.

Steel, which is essentially an iron-carbon alloy, has to control the proportion of iron and carbon in order to create a steel with a texture.

If the carbon content is low, the texture will be soft and easily deformed.

On the contrary, it will make the steel have poor plasticity, although it is hard, it is also brittle and easy to break.

Only the carbon content is no more, no less, within a reasonable range, the finished product is of the best quality.

……

At present, the mainstream steel forging method mainly includes two methods: frying steel and forging.

The former is to reduce the carbon content of pig iron by constantly stir-frying like a stir-fry.

The latter, on the other hand, is literally thrashed, folded, and then hammered again.

Both methods can obtain the finished steel, but even if the steel frying method is more advanced, the forged steel still has a large content of impurities.

And the law of steel filling is different.

Pig iron and wrought iron are dissolved into a liquid state, then poured into the same container in a certain proportion of each other, and stirred evenly.

And then a little more thrashing.

can achieve an ideal carbon content.

The hardness and plasticity of the steel forged by this method are really higher than the products obtained by the old method.

……

The real difficulty with this method is this.

It lies in the ratio of pig iron to wrought iron.

If you don't have a general understanding of this ratio, then I'm afraid you can only experiment through a lot of trial and error, and finally come up with a relatively reliable data.

Therefore, although Cao Ang had some understanding before.

But it never occurred to me to get started right away.

But that's different now.

The whole book of analysis cheats was sent directly to him, just copy it directly on it.

Pressing matter.

It's about finding someone you can trust and who can take care of forging steel.

Then pass on this set of methods and turn the theory into practical products.

Expectedly.

As long as the steel filling method circulates in the workshops under his control, and a large number of high-quality steel is forged for the Cao family's army.

It won't be long.

The army controlled by himself and his father Cao Cao, the weapons of the soldiers can be updated.

And with the continuous expansion of the proportion of excellent weapons.

Once a war with the enemy is committed.

Equipping this item alone is enough to kill the enemy and hit the opponent with his head in the head.

The so-called competition for the world is not something that can be achieved overnight, especially on your own side, if your congenital nature does not have the upper hand.

Then you have to rely on other aspects to make up for it.

And as long as the advantages and strengths accumulate enough, it will gradually form a trend of dumping.

At that time, it would be very difficult to win the world and change the surname of the Han family?

Come to think of it.

Cao Ang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

………………

And just when Cao Ang was pondering who should be chosen to check for him and take charge of the forging for him.

Thousands of miles away, Shanggu County, Youzhou, is located on a mountain flat land in the middle of Jundu Mountain.

It lasted almost three months.

During this period, they experienced many hardships and tribulations, and even fought bloody battles with several waves of ill-intentioned people.

Finally arrived at their destination.

Lu Zhi, Lu Zigan's retreat.

Looking at the flat land in front of you, several bamboo houses are arranged in order, and a large number of chickens, ducks and other poultry are enclosed by fences on the left and right.

Lejin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Starting from Puyang County, Dongxian County, he successively crossed the entire Jizhou, and then crossed Zhuo County and half of Shanggu County, and finally arrived at Jundu Mountain.

But Jundu Mountain, is a northeast to southwest mountain, Lejin spent a lot of time to find out the news, asked a lot of locals, only to learn that Lu Zhi lived in seclusion here.

But no matter how hard the process is.

As long as he finally arrived at the destination, he successfully completed the important task assigned to him by General Cao, and lived up to the deep expectations he had made for him.

Then it's all worth it.

Thinking of this, Le Jin couldn't help but grope in his arms for a while, and then found the well-sealed letter box and carefully checked the fire paint on it.

After confirming that everything is in order.

stepped forward and knocked on the door of a bamboo house.

…………

Inside a house at the moment.

Lu Zhi was wrapped in a thick coat and was lying on the soft couch, a little drowsy.

It wasn't until a disciple walked in with food that he opened his eyes in a daze.

"Teacher, these food disciples have been heated three times, you better get up and eat something."

"It's freezing on this day, if you don't eat on time, how can you resist the cold?"

Listen to the disciple's painstaking persuasion.

Lu Zhi just waved his hand a little casually, and had no intention of getting up to eat, and still said in a somewhat old voice.

"You serve it first, the teacher is not hungry now, you don't need to be hot anymore, when I want to eat, I will naturally tell you."

Lu Zhi was very prestigious among his disciples.

His words, the students did not dare not listen.

Therefore, even though he knew that this was not good, his disciple still took his meal and respectfully withdrew.

After the student left, Lu Zhi was the only one left in the room, and he opened his slightly cloudy eyes.

The whole person looked at the roof with some gloom.

"I'm afraid time is running out......"

……

It has been more than a year since he left Luoyang City in a hurry and came to live in seclusion on the side of Jundu Mountain.

On weekdays, he led a group of students to work in the fields, raised chickens and ducks, and gave lectures to students most of the time.

Life has been quite fulfilling.

But since his fifty-first birthday a few months ago, Lu Zhi has felt that his body is deteriorating.

In just a few months, it has deteriorated a little, and I have begun to have a strong lack of energy.

Insomnia at night, daytime sleepiness, loss of appetite, and erratic concentration.

When I was lecturing to my disciples, I would often talk about a certain paragraph, and suddenly I would pause, and I didn't know where my attention had gone.

Even the daily routine of working with the students was completely canceled, and the disciples did it themselves, and he hid in his room to sleep.

Such a different change before and after.

How could Lu Zhi not understand that something was wrong with his body, most likely because the limit was approaching.

If you want to leave now.

Lu Zhi also has nothing unacceptable.

But counting it down, there are too many regrets in his life that he has not been able to achieve and complete.

After all, I can't wait for the day when the Dong thief is destroyed, the Han family is restored, and the Son of Heaven is still in the old capital.

At the same time, the grand wishes that run through his life may also be brought into the grave with him.

……

"Teacher, someone outside the house asked to see you, saying that he was ordered by Cao Ang, the Taishou of Dongjun, to send you a letter!"

At the time when Lu Zhi was sighing lonely.

Suddenly, I heard a disciple say this.

It immediately interrupted his thoughts.

"Dongjun Taishou Cao Ang?"

"Could it be that he is the son of Cao Mengde, who previously scolded Dong Zhuo in the court and maintained the dignity of the Son of Heaven?"

"Hurry up and invite someone to come in and meet you!"

Lu Zhi is meticulous, serious and strict.

If the person who came to visit him today was someone he didn't know, or a guy with a bad reputation, then he would probably close his door.

And Cao Ang Cao Zixuan, although he is only a young junior, the good reputation he has created in Luoyang City makes Lu Zhi willing to receive his messenger.

Struggled to get up.

After tidying up his clothes and crowned hair, Lu Zhi slowly came to the table and sat down.

It's not too late.

With the sound of footsteps, I saw a short but majestic man appear at the door of the bamboo house.

……

"Under the command of the Taishou of Dongjun, the Patriotic Clan's Lejin has seen Lu Shangshu!"

Le Jin bowed respectfully.

Lu Zhi smiled back.

"There's no need to be polite, the old man is no longer a scholar, and now he is just a secluded man in the mountains."

"You said that you are under the command of the Taishou of Dongjun, so this Taishou is Cao Zixuan, the son of Cao Mengde?"

Lejin didn't dare to slack off.

replied truthfully: "My family is the son of Cao Gong, and now Cao Gong is the pastor of Yanzhou, and my family is appointed by the imperial court to serve as the Taishou of Dongjun. ”

When Lu Zhi heard this, he immediately nodded happily.

There was a look of relief on his face.

"Good, good!"

"Sure enough, when I was in Luoyang, I saw that your family was a young man, and now the world is as I expected."

After a few pleasantries.

The smile on Lu Zhi's face narrowed slightly, and then asked a little quietly.

"Since you are here to deliver the letter to me on behalf of Cao Zixuan, I don't know where the letter is, do you know what is the reason for sending this letter?"

Lejin handed the letter over with both hands.

At the same time, he expounded in a serious manner.

"Don't hide it from the Ming Gong, my family monarch ordered me to come to deliver the letter, in fact, I want to ask you to go out of the mountain and help him to recover the Han family and calm the world."

"Save the people of the world from fire and water, and relieve the people of the people's upside down, that's all!"

……

When Lu Zhi heard this, he was a little surprised.

He glanced at Le Jin in surprise, and then shook his head helplessly.

With a slightly wry smile, he said: "There are some things that the old man might as well say directly, before you came here, Bohai Taishou Yuan Benchu, and my student Gongsun Zhan, the general of Fenwu, all came to me one after another. ”

"They all hope that I can go out of the mountains to help, and they all say that they will restore peace in the world and restore the Han Dynasty."

"It's just that I rejected them all, just based on these three words, the old man really didn't want to move."

The refusal is a little more obvious.

After all, even Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, and even Gongsun Zhan, who was Lu Zhi's student, failed to invite this old comrade out of the mountain.

So why can Cao Ang?

Lejin was speechless for a while.

He is not a person who is good at arguing and articulate, and naturally he can't say anything that can move people's hearts.

So after a little hesitation.

Le Jin could only bow to Lu Zhi, and said sincerely.

"The imported tongue is dull, not enough to show the meaning of my family's mansion, Ming Gong may wish to take a look at the letter, which is written by my family's monarch."

"After a look, whether you go out of the mountain or not, it's all up to you."

……

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