A few days later, in Cao Zhi's mansion, it was the height of summer.

Cao Zhi sat in the courtyard, drinking and watching the dancers in front of him dance.

Yang Xiu hurriedly walked in from the outside and came to Cao Zhi's face.

"Zijian, why are you still in the mood to drink and have fun here?" Yang Xiu complained anxiously about Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi was already slightly drunk, raised his head and looked at Yang Xiu and said, "What's the matter, Dezu, what's going on?" ”

"Do you know that today in Xudu City, three stores have been opened in a row, and not only Xudu, Luoyang, Chang'an, including Chenliu and Qiaoxian will open the same store." Yang Xiu said to Yang Xiu a little anxiously.

"Now that the Son of Heaven has come to Xudu, the situation is stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but they are just opening a few shops, what's the fuss?" Cao Zhi said disapprehantly, picking up the wine glass in front of him and drinking.

Yang Xiu looked at him angrily, and directly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, snatched the wine glass, and then scolded loudly: "Don't jump, all retreat!" ”

When the dancers and musicians saw Yang Xiu angry, they didn't dare to play and sing anymore, and they all lowered their heads and quickly retreated.

Cao Zhi looked at Yang Xiu helplessly: "Dezu, what happened, you want to lose your temper so much?" ”

"Do you know what these three stores are? They are pawnshop, money bank and dart game! They are all businesses that Cao Zhang suggested to Sikong that they should be run by the government. Yang Xiu explained to Cao Zhi.

"Oh, what kind of business is this, how come I've never heard of a shop name like this?" Cao Zhi continued to ask with a puzzled expression.

Yang Xiu looked at Cao Zhi's appearance and shook his head helplessly: "My son-in-law, is the focus on the name of the store?" Didn't you understand what I said? This shop was proposed by Cao Zhang to Sikong! ”

Cao Zhi still didn't understand what he meant, and said with an ignorant face: "Yes, it was Brother Ziwen who asked his father to open it, so what's the matter?" ”

"What's wrong? This shows that Cao Zhang is not thinking about investigating the case of collaborating with the enemy at all, but thinking about how to make money to please Sikong! Yang Xiu explained to Cao Zhi.

"Oh, I heard that he has sent Xiahou Zhongquan to Chang'an to investigate the clues, but the person has not come back, how can he investigate?" Cao Zhi responded, "Besides, it doesn't hurt if he doesn't investigate, this case will be dragged on." ”

"How can it be delayed? This case has no result, in fact, it is not a bad thing for Cao Pi and Cao Zhang. ”

"Think about it, although Cao Pi is locked up, he has not suffered any crime! As long as he is not convicted for a day, he will still be Sikong's eldest son, and he will still have the qualifications to compete for the son. ”

"And think about it, why didn't Cao Zhang rush to investigate this case and let the case have a result? Because he can't get evidence to prove that Cao Pi collaborated with the enemy now, he can't convict Cao Pi, so he can only lock up Cao Pi like this. In this way, he has one less opponent to trouble him, and a lot less threat. ”

"He is now engaging in this money bank, pawn shop and dart game, which is taking advantage of this loophole. These businesses must be able to make a lot of money, otherwise Sikong would not have agreed to it, and it is still open everywhere. This means that Cao Zhang has made meritorious contributions in front of Sikong again, understand? Yang Xiu gave Cao Zhi a serious analysis of the situation.

Cao Zhi was also a smart person, and as soon as Yang Xiu explained like this, he also understood the stakes.

Cao Zhang is actually playing the time difference now, taking advantage of the time when Cao Pi was imprisoned, making money while currying favor with Cao Cao, to stabilize his position.

"I recommended Cao Zhang to investigate this case, just so that he and Cao Pi and the clam can fight, so that we can profit from it. But now Cao Zhang has used a trick to procrastinate words to fight for his own interests. This will definitely not work, we must find a way to stimulate him to act as soon as possible and make a decision. Yang Xiu reminded Cao Zhi.

"Of course, I also wanted to spur him to close the case quickly. But after all, my father has the final say in this matter, he doesn't urge Brother Ziwen, where can I urge him! Cao Zhi said to Yang Xiu helplessly.

Yang Xiu frowned and thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he had an idea: "Childe, there is a way to stimulate him." ”

Yang Xiu leaned into Cao Zhi's ear and whispered, Cao Zhi smiled when he listened, and nodded again and again: "Yes, this method should work, we can try!" ”……

In the back house of the Beizhong Lang General's Mansion, Cao Zhang was lying on the couch and taking a nap.

After Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Juan and Ma Yunlu left, he has been busy with the preparation of the three stores in Zhang Luo these days, and no one cares about his diet and daily life, he is already tired.

Today, the business has finally opened smoothly, and it has been opened, which makes him very happy, and he can finally take a nap and take a good rest.

Cao Zhang was asleep, and there was the sound of eager footsteps outside, and then Xu Shu's voice sounded: "Childe, childe!" ”

Cao Zhang woke up suddenly, heard Xu Shu's voice, knew that something big must be there, immediately turned over and sat up, opened the door and greeted him: "Yuan Zhi, what's wrong?!" ”

Xu Shu held a strangely shaped black short armor and a weapon in his hand and handed it to Cao Zhang: "Childe, what you asked me to make has been made!" ”

Cao Zhang took the short armor and the weapon and looked at it carefully, he tried to stab and scratch the short armor a few times with the weapon, but the short armor did not show obvious damage, and it was still very intact.

Cao Zhang smiled happily: "Okay, I didn't expect it to be really made!" ”

It turned out that after Chang'an returned, Cao Zhang not only designed three new heavy weapons for Cao Cao to make, but also considered how to equip his future dreadnought.

When they go to war, they will definitely be equipped with the best weapons and a full set of armor.

But usually they will follow them to perform some daily tasks, if they wear armor all the time, it will seriously reduce their mobility, but if they only wear cloth clothes, their defense will drop a lot.

Cao Chang had the heart to make a light armor for them, but he had never read a book on how to make armor.

Cao Chang understood that in ancient China, armor was a strictly controlled item, and private ownership was forbidden, otherwise it would be regarded as rebellion, and naturally there would be no books to record it.

But after all, Cao Zhang has worked as a forensic doctor and has been exposed to police equipment such as stab-proof suits.

Although he knew that the stab-proof suit was made of special fibers in modern society, and there was no such process in modern times, he tried to stack the strong linen cloth, and then sew some special armor pieces into it, and tried to draw a drawing of a simple soft armor, and then handed it to Xu Shu to try to make.

I have been busy with business these days, I didn't ask, I didn't expect Xu Shu to really do it, although the effect is definitely not as good as the real armor, but it is definitely much lighter, and the defensive effect is much higher than that of wearing only cloth clothes.

The weapon that Xu Shu handed over to him had a special effect, about three feet long, in the shape of a triangular shape, with deep blood grooves on each side, and each edge was bladed, which was extremely sharp.

In addition to considering the defense of the dreadnought, Cao Zhang also thought of the weapons they carried, which should also be light and flexible, and have sufficient lethality, he thought about it again and again, and finally chose the pinnacle of Chinese weapons in the cold weapon period - the 56 type triangular military thorn.

This weapon has its own blood trough, the bleeding effect is extremely violent, and the wound after the stab is a square hole, which is very difficult to heal, and the lethality is much higher than that of ordinary swords.

Cao Zhang looked at the military thorn and short armor carefully, and the effect of Li Jin and the dreadnought army after equipping it appeared in his mind, and showed a satisfied smile.

"Yuan Zhi, it's very good, like this, let's make five hundred sets first." Cao Zhang commanded Xu Shu.

The number of dreadnoughts, he doesn't plan to be too much for the time being, but he must ensure that it is elite, five hundred people as the initial establishment, and then gradually increase it.

Xu Shu promised: "Yes!" ”

Xu Shu turned around and was about to leave, but saw Sima Lang running excitedly from a distance, followed by a person, it was Li Jin, who was sent by Cao Zhang to Changsha to invite Zhang Ji back......