In Luoyang City, the Cao family's forging workshop.

Cao Ang had already come here with Cao Shuo at this time.

As soon as he returned to Luoyang, he handed over the matter of building a divine arm crossbow and roasting tea to his younger brother, Cao Shuo.

And Cao Shuo did not live up to Cao Ang's expectations, and he arrested both things.

For Cao Shuo, he was not interested in such things as marching and fighting, entering the dynasty and becoming an official.

He was only interested in a series of manual tasks such as farming, blacksmithing, and machinery.

Roasting tea to make tea is also counted in farming, coupled with this novel method of making tea, he is very interested, so the focus of his work has always been on the tea side.

For the production of the god arm crossbow, there is a little less care.

Cao Shuo is very relieved of the craftsmen of the Cao family, these people are all brought out of Yanzhou, and they are proper descendants and can be fully trusted.

In addition, the parts of the divine arm crossbow are all processed from different places, and then transported to the army for unified assembly, so Cao Shuo is very relieved about the production of the divine arm crossbow.

It's just that for Cao Ang, it is important to make money with tea, but the most important thing is the production of this divine arm crossbow.

So he dragged his younger brother and went to several workshops of the Cao family to look around the progress of the project of the Divine Arm Crossbow.

Fortunately, these craftsmen of the Cao family did not disappoint Cao Ang.

Cao Ang estimated that if he worked overtime, he could create about a thousand pairs of divine arm crossbows before the Chinese New Year.

It's not that Cao Ang doesn't want to build more, it's that productivity at this time is limited.

What's more, the Divine Arm Crossbow also needs custom crossbow arrows, which are all big projects.

After walking around the workshop, Cao Shuo said, "Big brother, you seem to be very interested in this divine arm crossbow!" ”

"It's nature." Cao Ang nodded: "Brother won't hide it from you, after the New Year, my brother and father will start troops against Yuan Shao." ”

"When the time comes, even Gongsun Chan of Youzhou will clean them up together, so that the north will be completely pacified."

After Cao Shuo listened to Cao Ang's words, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Big brother, didn't you give Xiliang a war letter before, saying that it would be a decisive battle after the autumn harvest, why didn't you fight Xiliang first, but instead beat Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan?" ”

"Xiliang's one-acre and three-point land, can't set off any big storms, Wenyuan has troops to guard the border, I am very relieved."

Cao Ang explained with a smile: "In addition, there are other reasons, that is, there are no wealthy families in Xiliang, Ma Teng and Han Sui are already the largest wealthy families in the local area. ”

"But Youji is different, these two states are an important part of my Central Plains, with outstanding people and many wealthy families, if you don't quickly solve Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, when they develop and grow, it will be tricky."

"As for the last reason, it is naturally that when I went out to attack Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao had attacked Yanzhou, and that Gongsun Chan did not take the opportunity to attack Yuan Shao's rear."

"So I suspect that the two of them have temporarily formed an alliance to deal with us."

"In this battle, the two of them must be uprooted!"

Cao Ang squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, after the year of the crusade against Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, he would be able to completely pacify the north, and at that time, the day of dominating the world would not be too far away.

Cao Shuo on the side, after listening to Cao Ang's words, scratched his head in embarrassment.

Obviously, he still doesn't know much about this kind of military affairs, and he is not very interested.

Anyway, he has his eldest brother and father on his head, and he just needs to do what he likes honestly.

Cao Ang naturally knew his younger brother, so he didn't say anything more.

After the two brothers left the Cao family's workshop, they walked around the street like this, enjoying a rare relaxing time.

"Brother, in a few years, you should also start a family, do you have a favorite woman, brother will help you talk about matchmaking~"

Cao Shuo on the side blushed when he heard this.

And Cao Ang experienced the joy of urging marriage......

On the other side, Cao Fu.

After Cao Ang introduced Zhen Jiang to Mrs. Ding's daughters, he grabbed Cao Shuo and left Cao's mansion, leaving behind a group of women, looking at each other.

Mrs. Ding also knew that this was a matter in Cao Ang's backyard, and if she, as a mother-in-law, interfered, she would definitely favor one over the other.

So she shook her hand directly: "Jiang'er, then you can get acquainted with these sisters of yours, Ah Yao, accompany your aunt to go over for a walk." ”

"Yes, aunt." Zhen Mi answered and left with Mrs. Ding.

After Mrs. Ding left, the rest of the hall were all Cao Ang's women.

Zhen Jiang was not polite, and sat directly on the main seat, looking at the women with a smile.

"Everyone, we will all be a family in the future, everyone should get along well, don't make trouble, so that the husband can fight abroad with peace of mind, and return this world to a peaceful and prosperous world."

All the women nodded seriously at this, after all, they were the wives admitted by Cao Ang himself, and they still had to give due respect.

With Zhen Jiang pressing the formation, Cao Ang's backyard was temporarily stabilized.

Even if there is a slight contradiction between several women, they will solve it in private, and if they can't solve it, they will go to Zhen Jiang, which can be regarded as solving problems for Cao Ang.

……

At this time, in Guo Jia's mansion, he was entertaining a person from the northern country.

It's just that Guo Jia is sitting, and that person is standing.

The guy standing was none other than the messenger sent by Guo Tu.

Guo Jia looked at Guo Tu's letter and couldn't help frowning.

It is true that he and Guo Tu are from the same clan, but the two are different branches, and if we talk about blood relations, the relationship between the two people is even farther away.

It's like a village, where people with the surname Guo live, but there are many people's ancestors, and they don't matter, let alone the current people.

And Guo Jia and Guo Tu are such a relationship.

After Guo Jia put down the letter, his brows furrowed even deeper: "Guo Tu, this guy, although he is from the same clan as me, his relationship is not so close. ”

"You go back and tell him, I will mention this matter to the major general, but I don't know what the major general thinks."

"Yes, thank you, my lord, the little one will go back to his life." After the man got Guo Jia's promise, he left happily.

Guo Jia took the letter, thoughtfully, and finally decided to suppress the matter.

Because Guo Jia knows Guo Tu too well, although the two of them are surnamed Guo, their abilities are very different.

"This kind of flattering villain also wants to serve under the command of the major general? It's really wishful thinking. ”

(End of chapter)