Chapter 482 Cao Cao: How Dare You Think About My Wife? ! [Ask for Monthly Tickets]

"A letter from Lü Fengxian?"

Cao Cao was now appointed as the governor of Yanzhou by his good friend Yuan Shao. He was leading his men to recover the territory of Yanzhou. Recently, he came to Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, to visit him, but in fact, he wanted to annex Zhang Miao's territory.

Now things were halfway done, and suddenly heard that Wenhou Lü Bu sent someone from Henei to Chenliu to deliver a letter. Cao Cao was a little confused, so he led his civil and military men to meet him.

Qin Yiluo had just walked to the door of the meeting hall with the letter and soap, and the soldiers on duty stopped him outside with weapons:

"Come and tell me your name!"

This was a very common way of showing off intimidation in the late Han Dynasty. No matter who came, they would scare him first.

In addition to this kind of blocking operation, there were also methods such as boiling water in a large cauldron and burying swordsmen behind the door... During the Three Kingdoms period, envoys were a position with a high mortality rate. Only those who could escape unscathed would be admired by the world.

Looking at the spears and swords blocking his way, Qin Yiluo was not afraid at all, and shouted to the hall with full vigor:

"Cao Mengde, is this your way of treating guests?"

After being with Lu Bu for a long time, these personal soldiers have all developed lawless personalities.

If we get into trouble, the general will clean it up for us, if we are humiliated, the general will help us get it back, if we are killed, the general will avenge us and support our parents and children.

With this concept, they are like Lao Guan possessed, and everyone is a traitor.

Before coming, Qin Yiluo made up his mind that this time he would either be killed by Cao Cao or become famous and become a dazzling existence in the personal soldiers.

We can't just look at Cao Xing, Song Xian and others to show off, our personal soldiers' captain must also make a shining appearance.

There is another reason why he shouted Cao Cao's name so loudly. He had just reported his name, and now he has to report it again, which is obviously showing off.

So we can't let them manipulate us, we have to fight back when we should.

But Qin Yilu regretted it right after he finished shouting. He should have cursed harder.

For example, "As expected of a eunuch, he has no way of treating guests", or he called out the name of Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and directly shouted that I am your father.

This is how you provoke.

If he had known that this would happen, he should have consulted Song Xian before leaving Shangdang. If he were here, he would probably be able to clap his hands and sing a lotus flower according to the grievances and hatreds of the Cao family.

Soon, a giant man in armor came to the door and looked Qin Yilu up and down:

"Everyone who comes must give their name, this is the rule of my general!"

Qin Yilu also looked at the other party without fear, and said sarcastically:

"How dare you, a traitor, call yourself a general?"

The other party's anger value obviously jumped up:

"Cao Gong is the governor of Yanzhou, you actually call yourself a traitor, do you want to die?"

Qin Yilu knew that the more this time, the more he couldn't retreat:

"Who appointed you as the governor of Yanzhou? Do you have the imperial edict? Do you have the seal of the heirloom? If not, tell me yourself, is this a traitor?"

"Looking for death!"

The general inside the door was furious, and just as he was about to draw the sword hanging from his waist, a full-bodied voice came from the depths of the hall:

"Zhongkang!"

The general then put away his sword angrily, and reluctantly raised his hand to let the two soldiers let him go, staring at Qin Yilu with his eyes, his face flushed, as if he was suppressing the murderous intent in his heart.

Damn, it's Xu Chu, no wonder he has such a strong aura... Qin Yiluo emboldened himself and walked in holding the letter and soap.

Xu Chu followed closely, his eyes never leaving Qin Yiluo.

If eyes could kill, this captain of Lu Bu's personal soldiers would have been killed countless times.

The hall was a little dim, and with the help of the oil lamp inside, Qin Yiluo finally saw Cao Cao kneeling on the couch and the civil and military officials on the couches on both sides.

Cao Cao was not tall, but his beard was not short. Now he was leaning in front of the oil lamp, holding a bamboo slip and reading it carefully.

He looked up at Qin Yilu and said to himself:

"Qin Yilu, you don't have a courtesy name?"

"I was born in the border of Bingzhou and grew up under the ravages of foreign races. I don't have a courtesy name. I even learned to read in the army."

A general in his thirties on the side couch sneered:

"A dignified general of cavalry actually sent a commoner to Yanzhou as an envoy. Don't you have anyone under your command?"

Qin Yilu immediately counterattacked:

"My Han Dynasty court has millions of brave soldiers, all of whom are brave warriors in armor and sharp weapons. It's just that they are a bit underutilized to come to such a small place... The general couldn't find anyone worse than me, so he sent me here... Of course, if you were in my army, I wouldn't need to come out, and you should be able to win the first place!"

Huh, if I hadn't just read the story of Yan Zi's mission to Chu, I really didn't know how to answer.

I hope that my name, Qin Yilu, will appear in history books in the future. I look forward to it!

The person who spoke was choked with anger and suddenly grabbed the sword at his waist:

"You..."

"Zi Lian, don't say any more."

Cao Cao put down the letter and asked Qin Yilu:

"You are so sharp-tongued, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

His words made Xu Chu's eyes light up and he was eager to try. The surrounding scholars and generals were also full of fighting spirit. Obviously, these people also wanted to kill.

Qin Yilu was very single:

"Kill if you want, the more cruel the better. Anyway, no matter what grievances I suffer, my general will impose them on you. Your parents, wives and children, and even the entire family will experience a hundred times more miserable torture than me. Your ancestral graves will also be dug up and built into toilets for the army to defecate and urinate."

After speaking, Qin Yilu emphasized again:

"You must have experienced the strength of our Bingzhou Army."

These words made half of the people present break their guard... After the Battle of Hulao Pass at the beginning of the year, the allied forces of the princes occupied Luoyang. Cao Cao insisted on sending his troops westward, but the Bingzhou army waited for work and was almost wiped out.

The clan brother Xiahou Dun, who they had played with since childhood, was chopped into pieces by a man in black armor with a weird long knife. The clan brother Cao Chun was also killed by a young general. The entire pursuit team was completely defeated, and even Zhang Miao's soldiers and horses were defeated. and the generals were all lost.

That battle became a psychological shadow for everyone.

Especially the rumbling sound of cannons in the memory is like thunder coming from the sky, which makes people's liver and gallbladder split.

Cao Hong and Cao Zilian suddenly discovered that Qin Yilu in front of him was wearing the same armor as the man in black armor.

This kind of armor looks thick. If you can get it...

Just as he was thinking about it, Qin Yilu took the initiative to introduce:

"This is the armor issued by our imperial army. Everyone has it. However, this piece of junk is too bulky and not suitable for long-distance pursuits. It has been eliminated."

Qin Yilu's words were so angry that all the scribes present wanted to chop him with their swords.

Such a good armor, but this bitch is still making irresponsible remarks. If you give it to us... No, he is here to beat us.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked again:

"Why did Marquis Wen write to me?"

"My general said you will know after reading the letter."

Cao Cao waved his hand, and Xu Zhu walked over aggressively, stretched out his hands, took the letter and soap, and did not forget to glare at Qin Yilu.

Obviously, this show of force just now has completely annoyed this tiger idiot.

Cao Cao took the letter and looked at the brown paper envelope in confusion:

"Is this...paper?"

"Yes, this is called kraft paper. You peel off the cowhide, remove the hair first, dry it in the sun and chop it into pieces, then boil it for a day and night to turn it into a paste, spread it on a mat, and let it dry to become kraft paper."

Qin Yilu actually didn't understand how to use paper, but at this moment, he could only tell nonsense. Fortunately, he usually played with Song Xian and Cao Xing, and he learned a lot about how to tell lies.

The method is so simple?

Several scribes' eyes lit up, and they planned to kill a few cattle later to try.

Under Qin Yilu's guidance, Cao Cao tore open the envelope and took out the rice paper inside, and became even more surprised:

"So white and soft, how is this paper made?"

Qin Yilu was about to say it was wood pulp paper, but he was worried that Cao Cao's men would turn into tree-cutting maniacs like Bald Gang, so he continued to make nonsense:

"This is called scale and swim bladder paper. The fish scales and swim bladder are washed and dried, then minced and boiled into a paste, spread out and dried to make this kind of paper... It is not easy to make, so the price is high."

Well, cutting down trees is not a good idea, but you can trick them into becoming fishermen.

Cao Cao glanced at Qin Yilu dubiously, then unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

When he read about General Zhengxi, his face became a little melancholy, as if he was lamenting his fate, from a good young man determined to serve the country to what he is now.

But when he saw Lu Bu thinking about his wife, he became angry again.

This Marquis Lu Wen is too insignificant!

At the end of the letter was a poem, which made Cao Cao feel like he had found a confidant.

But this confidant actually thought about his wife in his words... Ah Man read the letter and put it back into the envelope without saying a word. There was a sullen look on his face, but he didn't know how to react, so he had to pick up two bars of soap and look at it. The more he read, the more he looked at it. The more mysterious it felt, the more I brought it to me to smell it.

Xia Houyuan asked:

"What was written in the letter?"

"It's nothing, just some arrogant words...Has Miaocai ever heard of a man named Hua Tuo in the world?"

Before Xia Houyuan could answer, Li Dian took the initiative and said:

"He is a miraculous doctor who travels far and wide. It is said that he can even revive the dead. Unfortunately, his whereabouts are unknown."

Several other generals and counselors had also heard of Hua Tuo's name, and Cao Cao ordered:

"Let people search for Hua Tuo's whereabouts, and whoever finds it will be rewarded with 10,000 gold!"

After everyone accepted the order, Cao Cao picked up a piece of silk cloth and wrote a letter to Lu Bu seriously. Then he folded it, sealed it in a box, and handed it to Qin Yilu:

"Bring it back to your general to see off the guests!"

After speaking, Cao Cao picked up the soap and smelled it. He probably had never come into contact with anything so fragrant.

Qin Yilu was afraid that he couldn't help but take a bite, so he quickly reminded:

"This is for bathing. You cannot eat it, otherwise you will vomit continuously."

Someone in the pro-barracks once ate it secretly, and couldn't help spitting bubbles. Since then, everyone has obviously been in awe of soap.

After walking out of the slightly dim room, Qin Yilu felt that the autumn clothes and trousers in his armor were all wet with sweat.

He didn't stay long, returned to the inn, and led fifty cavalrymen without stopping to leave Chenliu and head straight for Hanoi.

"Lord, why don't you let me kill him!"

In the room, Xu Chu was whirling around anxiously. In an era when the Lord believed in humiliating his ministers to death, if he didn't do something to Qin Yilu, then he would be derelict in his duty as a guard.

Cao Cao said:

"They are powerful and have a rightful name. If they kill this person, Lu Fengxian will definitely lead an army from Hanoi to attack Chen Liu. How can we resist then?"

In the last battle, Cao Cao already had a psychological shadow on the Bingzhou Army.

But Xu Chu had never experienced that battle and was still secretly angry:

"One day, I will personally chop off Lu Bu's head and let him see who is the best general in the world!"

At the same time, in Hedong County.

The windmill base beside the salt pond has been poured, and the wind turbine can be installed after it is completely solidified.

Before it gets dark, Sun Facai plans to test the level of the salt washing machine.

He adjusted the solution for washing salt, and then used the conveyor belt to convey the crude salt brought by various households to the salt washing machine.

Because it was an experiment, he did not dare to make too much, only about two thousand kilograms of crude salt.

Soon, the machine started working, and the salt quickly dissolved in the fast operation and turned into liquid again, and the impurities in it were automatically filtered out.

When the salt washing machine finished working, the liquid automatically flowed out and began industrial crystallization.

Then came the drying, crushing and other processes.

Liu Xie, Lu Zhi, Du Ji, Ji Ling and others gathered around the equipment, quietly waiting for the salt to be produced.

Finally, when night fell, snow-white salt foam appeared in the silo, and everyone cheered and excited with tears in their eyes.

Snow-white salt was actually made!

Without saying a word, Sun Facai turned on the packaging equipment, put the packaging bags that Li Yu had wholesaled on it, and started to pack.

The salt was put into the salt bags by the automated assembly line, passed through the conveyor belt, and entered the plastic packaging process. The bag mouth was neatly sealed, and it became a 500-gram standard bag of salt.

Sun Facai threw the first bag of salt to Liu Xie:

"Go and send it to your master, let him feel the salt here."

"Okay, I will go and tell you the good news!"

Liu Xie took the salt and hurriedly left the factory door and went to the real world.

At this moment, Li Yu was looking at Mu Guiying's catch:

"Did you catch all these river shrimps, eels, catfish, and yellowtail fish?"

"Yes, the fish today are super easy to catch. This is the first time I've caught a big carp weighing more than five kilograms. I have to take pictures and post them on WeChat Moments like my junior brother did. Unfortunately, Sima Yi is not here, so I can't take pictures with his feet... Little crabs? Come on, be my model."

Seeing Liu Xie coming, Mu Guiying hurriedly asked him to help take the final photos of her little feet against the big fish.

As a new upstart among fishermen, it would be unacceptable if she didn't have such a strong contrast photo.

Li Yu was speechless:

"You can buy some fishing tools online when you are free. There are all kinds of thumb-sized mineral water bottles, beverage bottles, small slippers, etc."

"There are such good things? Then I will search for it later."

Mu Guiying took pictures with great interest and asked Liu Xie:

"What are you holding in your hand?"

"My dear Third Master, my dear Sir, this is the Dahan official salt we produced. Please take a look."

Just now, Li Yu was only focused on looking at the fish that Mu Guiying had caught. He didn't pay attention to what his eldest disciple was holding. He raised his head when he heard the words and noticed the salt bag with the words "Dahan official salt" printed on it.

"It was produced so quickly?"

"Teacher Sun wanted to try the machine, but he didn't expect it to succeed in one go. The entire production process does not require manual work, and almost all processes are automated. We were all stunned."

Li Yu said:

"These salts will be circulated internally first, and when they are accumulated, they will be put into the market, and the financial system will be regulated by the way... The financial situation at the end of the Han Dynasty was so fragmented that a new financial system had to be rebuilt."

The money at the end of the Han Dynasty was extremely messy. There were copper coins of good quality, inferior five-zhu coins made by Dong Zhuo, and various gold wares full of impurities.

The price fluctuations were also extremely large. When grain was expensive, it was equivalent to gold. Even the children of officials would starve to death, not to mention ordinary people. It was no different from hell on earth.

The accumulated grain was forcibly confiscated, and the accumulated money would shrink if you were not careful. Various precious gold wares were worthless.

The aristocratic families plundered the land and assets unscrupulously, and when the people were desperate, they would throw out an olive branch as a savior, and the people would become slaves of the aristocratic families.

Now that we have bagged salt, we can rebuild the financial system.

The prices of goods that rely on grain are prone to collapse, and the aristocratic families will also unite to drive up the grain prices.

But this kind of exquisite snow-white fine salt cannot be produced by any aristocratic family, so as long as the salt price is stabilized and iron-blooded officials are sent to control it, the financial system based on salt can be established little by little.

Salt can also reversely affect the aristocratic families, and even their farmland can be forcibly expropriated.

When the grain harvest is good year after year and the grain price tends to stabilize, the entire financial system will be rebuilt properly.

In the future, with communication satellites, we can even launch financial institutions such as banks. Anyway, if you withdraw money from other places, you can directly contact the Chang'an headquarters to completely prevent the occurrence of money being embezzled or forged withdrawal slips.

Of course, the withdrawal slips will also be specially printed using a printer. The paper, patterns, printing equipment, etc. are all unique to the court. Even if those noble families want to explode their brains, they can't copy them.

Liu Xie said:

"Chief Cai is now studying this kind of system. She also asked us to bring more books related to finance after returning. She wants to study it while she is in confinement."

Good guy, the child is not born yet, and the confinement work has been arranged.

Li Yu reminded:

"Tell her not to work so hard. This kind of thing is not achieved overnight. It takes a long time to explore and try."

"Don't worry, sir, I will remind Chief Cai."

Hearing that Cai Yan and Sun Facai's child is about to be born, Mu Guiying became interested:

"Little Crab, how about bringing the child to me when the time comes? I will play for two days, and by the way, I will take the little guy to the Wahuang Palace to recognize relatives and ask for a red envelope for him."

When Liu Xie heard the first half of the sentence, he was ready to refuse without thinking.

But as for the red envelope... this can be tried. Teacher Sun should not mind having a bunch of immortal relatives, right?

While they were chatting, in the salt factory in the Three Kingdoms world, Lu Zhi used his fingers to wipe a little snow-white salt and put it into his mouth, with excitement on his face:

"I didn't expect that we could also produce such delicious salt... With this thing, why should my Han Dynasty worry about not achieving its great cause!"

As a great scholar, he knew very well the importance of salt and iron in the court. Now that the steel mill has been built, the salt factory that is ahead of its time has also started production.

Relying on the salt and iron monopoly, the court can do too much. Even the diplomats of the Han Dynasty have more weapons to deal with other countries. In the future, maybe a bag of salt can destroy a country!

After the excitement, Lu Zhi told Jia Xu, who was in charge of Chang'an, about this matter through the intercom.

After listening, Jia Xu contacted Guo Jia via intercom:

"Have you found out all the salt and iron families in Guanzhong?"

"I have found out, what are Mr. Wenhe's plans?"

"Be prepared to crack down on private salt!"

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