Boundless waters.

Bottomless water as far as the eye can see.

and the uneventful water, which does not have any undulating water except for a faint sparkling light.

Cao Ang was standing on the bow of the big ship at the moment, his hands propped on the side of the ship, his eyes scanning the surrounding water surface that emitted a faint silver-gray light.

I couldn't help but admire it.

I was even more surprised and delighted in my heart.

Even though the sight of the silver waters connecting the sky, it was not the first time Cao Ang had seen it, and compared to the shock and horror caused by the last trigger, it had become much calmer now.

But it's still amazing.

When Cao Ang first boarded the boat, the surrounding waters were all ordinary water color, and there was no big difference from the rivers, lakes and seas in the outside world.

And the reason for this change.

It was entirely because of the last time, Cao Ang was appointed as the pastor of Yuzhou, and after he was promoted to an official position again, the ship moved forward 50,000 meters.

It may be a qualitative change brought about by quantitative change.

This time it was such a long distance that it led to a substantial change in the waters, and it was such a dizzying sight.

Looking at the silvery waters in front of you.

Cao Ang's thinking couldn't help but diverge.

If the next time you advance 100,000 meters, or even 500,000 meters, will the color of the water surface become golden, or even colorful and colorful?

Is there any correlation between the change in the color of the water and the reward that can be caught in the river?

If the qualitative change continues.

Can the nature of the reward item change?

These are unknowns.

Cao Ang is looking forward to it.

He believes that the day when he will uncover the answer will not be too far away.

After all, now that the Cao family's power has reached this point, the accumulation of strength is becoming more and more ferocious, this snowball has rolled, and as one of the founders, the speed of improvement will be faster and faster.

If the state pastor goes further back.

It won't take long!

However, there is another point worth thinking about Cao Ang, that is, what kind of judging criteria should be for the official position that triggers the ship's advance next.

After all, the state pastor is already the actual leader of a state, and there are only thirteen states in the world, and if he goes further, he will go to the center to be the boss.

And there are not many official positions in the center.

It's really hard to say which one is recognized and which is within the trigger range.

Compared to official positions, of course.

There is also a system of knighthoods.

At present, he is just a township marquis, and there are county marquis in the future, and when he is unstoppable, he can continue to take the position of the prince and even the king.

It's also a fast lane.

…………

After thinking about it for a while.

Cao Ang immediately withdrew his thoughts.

Instead, he picked up the golden fishing rod used for fishing, and then casually threw it into the river, and the originally calm and waveless silver water suddenly appeared one after another ripples.

I was able to board the ship this time.

It's because Gan Mei has contributed.

I hope that in this section of the river, I can burst into luck, get into the soul, and get some good things up!

I pondered in my heart.

I waited quietly for about half a cup of tea.

Soon, the fishing rod that was tightly held in Cao Ang's hand made a slight tremor.

See this.

Cao Ang immediately exerted his strength and lifted the fishing line out of the water, and the next second he saw that at the end of the fishing line, a golden halo was hanging.

This aura has no substance.

is a bit similar to the mythical boss, the halo hanging behind his head is floating in mid-air at the moment, and it is emitting a little golden light in all directions.

Look straight into your eyes.

I felt a little dazzling.

Cao Ang just thought with his toes.

I also know that this time it is really a good thing!

……

Due to the lessons learned in previous learning skill mastery.

Cao Ang didn't touch the halo indiscriminately.

Instead, he chose to come to the stele.

I saw that at this moment, a few lines of clear text had appeared on the tall stone tablet, which clearly introduced the ins and outs of this aura.

"Item Name: Morale Aura

Purpose: When wearing this item, when serving as the commander of the three armies, the direct troops under his command will not be affected by low morale, and the effect will not disappear until the last man in the battle, or until the commander dies in battle.

Negative effect: The morale of the whole army and the commander of the three armies are integrated, when the morale drops beyond the critical value, it will cause huge pressure and burden to the halo wearer, beware that the morale has not collapsed, and the person has died first!

Note: If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight! ”

With the last line of text after reading.

Cao Ang was stunned directly.

He wiped his eyes in disbelief, and then reread the words on the stele.

After confirming that all the information is correct.

He couldn't help but take a deep breath.

A long silence ensued.

"Shhh

Good guys, call good guys!

Although I had long expected that good things would be caught in this section of the river, I really didn't expect it to be so good, and it had actually risen to the halo side!

Isn't this a proper direct take-off?

……

The so-called morale aura.

Its role has been explained very clearly.

As long as Cao Ang is integrated with the halo, then when he serves as the commander of the three armies, his direct troops, that is, the main force of the descendants, will not be affected by morale.

What an exaggerated effect!

You must know that in the era of cold weapon warfare, morale is a key factor that cannot be seen or touched, but it really affects the combat effectiveness of an army and the victory or defeat of a war.

Too many casualties, loss of generals, restraint of troops, and even excessive enemy momentum will affect your morale and thus reduce your combat effectiveness.

When morale drops beyond a certain threshold.

It will cause panic and collapse.

This led to the defeat of the war.

Cao Ang has fought against the Yellow Turban Thieves many times before, and he has always won more with less, that is, he has grasped the key factor of morale, and he can always beat the enemy to collapse before the real knife and real gun fight.

The so-called elite division, the division of a hundred battles.

It does not mean that they can fight alone, one fights three or five, but more that it means that the morale threshold of this army is high.

Even if there are a large number of casualties, they will not quickly enter a state of collapse, but can continue to hold on to the battlefield, and even survive the enemy to death first.

And Cao Ang now has this aura.

It means that he can lock the morale of any army anytime and anywhere, so that the team on the verge of collapse can continue to maintain combat effectiveness and shine on the battlefield.

It's definitely the ability to turn the tide of battle!

…………

Come to think of it.

Cao Ang couldn't help but turn his gaze, which was still floating in mid-air, exuding a little golden light, dazzling and fascinating aura.

His eyes were full of approval.

Although he has won in foreign wars before, he has never been defeated, and is known as a hundred victories.

But Cao Ang didn't dare to be arrogant because of this.

Fighting the homeless people and fighting the regular army are completely two concepts, and at the same time, because the enemy underestimated the enemy, and luckily defeated Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou Iron Cavalry once, which does not prove anything.

Who can guarantee that they will not encounter a hard battle in the future?

Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao are both alive and well now, and they are both strong!

In the battle with these opponents, it is entirely possible that Cao's army will encounter a bitter battle that is beaten to the brink of collapse, and even suffer a great defeat because of it.

But that's no longer the case!

As long as Cao Ang locks in morale, the enemy has great ability, and he has to kill every soldier of his descendants to annihilate the entire army.

……

Of course.

The enemy can also take the risk directly to take the life of his own commander, but it will not be easier to do so than to wipe out the entire army.

After all, Cao Ang's own force is amazing.

And it has a high defense blessing.

A group of people surrounded him for half an hour, and whether they could break his defenses was still a question.

And the ability to move like a mountain.

It is also Cao Ang's use to exempt the negative effects of the halo, once the morale falls to the critical value, the resulting consumption will be borne by the coach himself.

Those who are physically weak can't bear it, and they are likely to be crushed to death by strong pressure.

But Cao Ang was completely unafraid.

All he had to do was sit on horseback or sit cross-legged on a four-wheeled vehicle.

At that time, unless there are mountains and seas attacking and the heavens and the earth collapse, it will be impossible to do anything to him as a coach before the battle reaches the last man.

It gives the feeling.

It's like a war totem.

The ability to move has been removed, but the benefits outweigh the disadvantages in all other aspects.

…………

The touch of the halo is amazing.

Although there is no entity, after starting it, I can feel a cold coming.

Cao Ang held the halo and observed it left and right for a while, and then carefully put it on the top of his head.

The next second.

The halo shines brightly.

In an instant, it melted into Cao Ang's mind, and was replaced by a faint halo that slowly appeared behind his head.

And Cao Ang, who was closing his eyes and meditating at the moment.

But many pictures quietly appeared in front of me.

When two armies fought, one of them held out and refused to surrender until a single soldier fought.

There are also defenders of the city who run out of ammunition and food, and are besieged to the end of the river and sea, and eat everything that can be eaten in the city, but still choose to close the city gates.

Lots of crazy flashbacks of footage.

Cao Ang seemed to have watched countless condensed movies in a few short minutes.

"A lonely city in thousands of miles, poor white-haired soldiers ......"

As a voice full of compassion sounded, Cao Ang also woke up from the process of merging his aura.

Moved his limbs.

After confirming that there is nothing else unusual.

Cao Ang put this matter in his heart for the time being.

This aura is only effective when you are in command of the army, and now you are alone on the ship, and you have no chance to do an experiment and see the effect.

…………

After fusing the aura.

Cao Ang was about to get off the boat.

But I suddenly remembered something.

After fumbling in his arms for a while, he immediately took out a scroll, which was a treasure that he had caught by taking advantage of an opportunity given to him after serving as a state minister.

It's just that it hasn't come in handy.

After unfolding the reels.

I saw that there was a lot of content on it, and on the frontispiece of the scroll, there was a line of large characters.

Salt Mining and Purification Technology

Speaking of which, when I caught this thing.

Cao Ang was extremely excited.

After all, salt is an indispensable thing in daily life, no matter how rich or poor you are, you must use it in your daily life.

As long as you master the mature method of refining salt and the technology of turning coarse salt into refined salt, the money will roll in like a river.

I can't spend it at all!

After all, the salt produced in various parts of the world is mainly coarse salt, and it is a particularly coarse kind, which is not the same concept as coarse salt as understood by modern people.

First of all, in the way of salt production.

It is to extract salt crystals by boiling seawater, or introduce seawater into the salt pan, and naturally evaporate to obtain a large amount of salt flowers through sun exposure.

Either way, the yield is low and the impurities are extremely high.

Even if the salt sent to the mansions of dignitaries and dignitaries will be filtered and screened to a certain extent, the extent is limited.

It is still a large lump of salt, the whole is light yellow, it tastes bitter, the more impurities the more bitter, and it is necessary to use a mill to grind the salt into small grains before use.

Otherwise, you won't be able to eat at all!

And just like that, the coarse quality of salt.

Its price has been sky-high, accounting for an important proportion of the living expenses of ordinary people, and the key is the same as food.

……

So you can imagine it.

As long as Cao Ang can improve the existing salt mining methods, not to mention too advanced, as long as the production is slightly increased, it will already be a leap forward.

At the same time, coarse salt is converted into refined salt.

When the upfront production is small, it is definitely a lucrative business to resell the high-quality supply to the upper class in exchange for a large amount of money.

In the medium term, refined salt will be popularized to the middle and lower classes.

Overall, improve the quality of life of the people, reduce the large amount of toxins produced by eating a large amount of coarse salt, and increase the average life expectancy of the population.

Later, the price will be lowered.

It's a complete set of chains.

As long as this technology can be thoroughly understood and theory can be transformed into practice, then not only the Cao family's money bag will be enriched in an instant.

In the future, whether it is marching and fighting, or governing the place, there can be a huge amount of money as a backup support.

It can also be after the change of dynasty.

Take into account the livelihood of the people in the world, take into account the long-term stability of the dynasty, and the long-term rule.

That's a lot to count!

……

But the idea couldn't be better.

It is also not possible to put it into practice at this time.

Because in the actual ruling area of the Cao family at present, there are not many salt-producing areas at all!

According to the actual situation of the Han Dynasty today, salt is mainly produced through four methods: sea salt, well salt, lake salt and mineral salt.

Sea salt is the largest and most common method, but it can only be confined to the coastal, central and inland areas, which is not to be thought of.

However, both well salt and lake salt are salt production methods with small yield and strong uniqueness, and have quite specific conditions, which are not universal.

Not to mention the last mineral salt.

This is the mineral area left behind after the sea area dried up behind the lake, and if you want to mine this salt, you have to dig a mine at least two or three hundred meters deep, and the output is only a little.

Count it down like this.

The Cao family's current holdings of Yanzhou, southern Jizhou, and northern Yuzhou do not meet the conditions.

Combined, these places do not produce much salt all year round, and no matter how good the technology is, it is empty talk.

Of course.

There are no salt-producing areas at this stage.

It doesn't mean that there won't be one in the future.

At least the area around Qingzhou, which is a proper coastal area, is also an important salt-producing area of the Han Dynasty.

Cao Ang has been staring at that for a long time.

………………

Early the next morning.

Under the service of Ganmei.

After Cao Ang put on his clothes, he took her to bid farewell to the old fox Gan Ping.

During the whole process of communication, Cao Angdu's face was calm, and he even kept smiling, not revealing that he already knew that Gan Ping was making up stories yesterday.

And under such a powerful disguise.

The old fox didn't know he was exposed.

only when his superb acting skills were fooled, he thought that the day when the family would take off was coming soon.

As long as Cao Ang looks at Ganmei's face and casually leaks some benefits from his fingertips, it is enough for a county family like the Gan family to eat with a mouth full of oil.

After a "harmonious and friendly" exchange.

Cao Ang left the Gan family.

In the next two days, I connected several other families in the county again, confirmed that everything was under control, and then left Pei County.

Continue to lead your troops north.

Prepare to enter the boundary of Yanzhou, go straight to Changyi County in Shanyang County, and meet his old father Cao Cao.

………………

And at the same time as Cao Ang led his troops to march.

It is located in Duchang County, Beihai State, Qingzhou.

Beihai is like an ant, and the whole person is restless.

The situation in the North Sea State is extremely dire today.

No!

To be precise, it was him, and the Duchang county town under his feet, the situation was extremely bad.

Half a month ago.

The remnants of the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou once again became active, and they were very rampant in the counties and counties of the state, wantonly plundering the places they passed.

As the minister of Beihai, Kong Rong, in order to maintain the stability of his rule and at the same time eliminate the thieves to show his merits, he decided to send troops to fight against the thieves.

However, the crusade failed, and they were besieged.

Since the beginning of the army, not only has not an inch been built, but it has also been besieged in Duchang County by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban thief Qu Shuai, and he led his troops to besiege Duchang County.

Seeing that the food stored in the city is less than one day a day.

The thieves who surrounded him were pressing forward step by step, attacking the city every day, without the slightest stop, with a posture that he had to break the city and capture him alive.

The situation is urgent.

How could Kong Rong not be restless?

"Alas! What a solution! ”

"Zhengping, the enemy army is now powerful, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and our army is only a few thousand, there is a huge disparity in the strength of this battle, how can we win?!"

Balance is Balance, Balance, Balance, Balance.

This master among the trolls, after taking the letter of recommendation written by Cao Ang and coming to Beihai Kingdom, was warmly welcomed by Kong Rong.

And after talking to Kong Rong.

The two successfully became close friends.

Now You Heng is already a good friend who is extremely trusted by Kong Rong's side and can talk about everything.

Faced with the confusion cast by Kong Rong.

You Heng was about to say something.

Outside the house, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps, and then I heard a report from someone else.

"Fu Jun, the strong man of Taishi has come to ask to see!"

…………

Kong Rong was stunned for a second.

So he hurriedly asked people to invite him in.

After a while, a burly young man with ape arms and bee waist, a sturdy body with a long beard and beautiful hair, walked in briskly from outside.

"Ziyi, you came just in time, I am worried about the enemy troops trapped outside the city, I don't know what to do, do you have any good way to break the siege?"

A young man who is called Ziyi.

It is Tai Shi Ci, a person from Donglai.

has a good reputation in Qingzhou, and after Kong Rong heard about Tai Shici's deeds when he was young, he sent people to condolence many times.

This time, Tai Shi Ci learned that Kong Rong was under siege and rushed all the way to the rescue because of the good fate he had formed before.

At this moment, I heard Kong Rong's inquiry.

Tai Shi Ci didn't even hesitate at all, and said to Kong Rong without thinking.

"Fujun, although the enemy army trapped on the outskirts of the city is numerous, but in the final analysis, it is just a group of homeless people who have no roots to rely on, and the rabble is not to be feared!"

"I am willing to personally lead an army and take the initiative to go out of the city to engage the enemy, and I will definitely play the prestige of our army."

"Even if they can't break the enemy position and make the enemy withdraw their troops, it will inevitably make them fearful, so that they can relax the siege and attack on the city!"

……

As soon as Tai Shici came up, he asked for troops.

This is contrary to Kong Rong's thoughts.

Compared with taking the initiative to go out of the city to find opportunities, he still prefers to choose a conservative, but safe method of defending the city, even if the enemy is tightly besieged, at least with the city wall, he can hold on for a period of time.

So after a moment of silence.

Kong Rong shook his head in refusal.

"There are many thieves, and the breadth of troops can be described as massive, and there are only thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, and someone still needs to defend the city, even if you have an army, it is only two or three thousand people, and what great things can you do?"

"Besides, although Ziyi is extremely brave, but after all, manpower is sometimes poor, and if he is not careful to do such a risky thing, I am afraid that it will lead to a quick destruction of the city!"

Tai Shici is not Kong Rong's general after all.

He just came to help.

Therefore, Kong Rong didn't listen, and was unwilling to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, and Tai Shici didn't have much to say.

And just as both of them were a little silent.

When you don't know how to solve the crisis.

You Heng, who was about to open his mouth to answer Kong Rong's question, made a cold voice at this moment.

……

"Take the initiative to go out of the city, the safety is unpredictable, but you can be trapped in the city, and there will be a day when the city will be broken."

"Therefore, in my opinion, the top priority is to ask for help, if we can attract reinforcements, we will be able to solve this crisis!"

This is the old and serious policy.

Kong Rong couldn't help but nodded approvingly.

But then what came to mind was another problem, which made Kong Rong frown and ask.

"If you can ask for reinforcements, everyone will naturally be happy, but now around Beihai Country, who can be used as reinforcements?"

Speaking of which.

Kong Rong suddenly remembered something.

Hurriedly pointed to the northwest of the North Sea Kingdom, and then asked You Heng for advice.

"What about Liu Bei and Liu Xuande?"

"This person is quite benevolent and righteous, I also had a relationship with him at the beginning, and now he holds the position of Plains Order, which is also from me."

"It's not far from Pingyuan County to Duchang, if he is willing to bring thousands of elite soldiers here, it won't take much time before and after, and the current crisis can be solved in the future."

……

However, after hearing this, Youheng heard.

But he shook his head slowly.

"Wenju's words are wrong, although Pingyuan County is close, but Liu Xuande's strength is not strong, how many soldiers and horses can he call, and how many of them can fight."

"It's all unknown!"

"If we work hard to deliver the letter of request for help to him, but the soldiers and horses led by him fail to relieve the siege of Duchang, and the city is broken at that time, I am afraid it will only be in the evening!"

In a word.

The hole melts and does not change color.

What You Heng said happened to hit the worry in his heart.

After all, Liu Bei is only a county commander, no matter how strong he is, how strong can he be, he is afraid of being better than himself, and he may not even be stronger than himself.

Ask him for help.

That day I knew how many soldiers would come to the rescue.

Don't be at that time, your own army defending the city will be together with Liu Bei's reinforcements, and the yellow turban thieves who are surrounded by the outside will be wrapped up in one breath.

That's really a laughing stock in the world.

……

Come to think of it.

Kong Rong immediately bowed his hand to You Heng.

Then he earnestly asked: "Then I don't know who can be used as reinforcement in the view of justice?" ”

You Hengxin pointed to the west.

Then he said in a resolute tone: "In my humble opinion, Yanzhou Cao Mengde and Cao Zixuan, father and son, are the best choice at the moment!" ”

As soon as the words fell.

Kong Rong was immediately stunned.

…………

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