Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 361 There Are No Windows! (4000)

About two hours later.

After seeing off Zhu Xun and the heads of the Chen Liu clan, Boss Cao and Xi Zhicai came to the firewood room where Wu Liang was temporarily detained.

"Your Majesty!"

The two guards standing outside the door hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Where is Wu Youcai? Tell him to come out."

The corners of Boss Cao's mouth couldn't help but rise, but he still forcibly said with a sullen face and a blunt tone.

He is in a great mood now, even a little excited.

It was just a matter of lip service, and [-] shi was taken out of the hands of these Chenliu nobles. Compared with the previous [-] shi, it was heaven and earth, and no one could help but be excited.

Of course, he also made some concessions.

Not only promised to give these Chenliu gentry a share, but also handed over the work of the "farming system" in various places to their people. It was just a good deal, but it was a meeting to communicate with the local gentry, which is ridiculous to say very.

This is also a last resort.

Boss Cao didn't know that if the "Garrison System" was handed over to these gentry, it would not take long before it would lose control, and eventually it would turn into a carnival where the gentry divided up their interests. Still have to worry about food and payment, it can be said to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, which completely violates the original intention of the "farming system".

But that's all for now.

In short, stabilize these gentry first, and wait until he wipes out Zhang Miao, Lu Bu, and Tao Qian, and stabilizes the situation in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, before he can intervene in this matter.

Come back and intervene then.

The Chenliu gentry should have completed the preliminary work of the "Garrison System" in the Chenliu area. Not only did it save a lot of resource investment in the early stage, but they could also pick up a ready-made one, making these Chenliu gentry his laborers. A good choice.

of course.

This intervention also needs to pay attention to strategy. Forcibly inserting it will definitely backfire, which will cause a violent rebound from the Chenliu clan. The safest way is to treat some people and protect some people, so that they will be chaotic first, and then they will find excuses to divide them. Hitting it can prevent its mouth and break its hand.

But these are things for later, I will talk about them in the future...

Boss Cao is in the process of secretly feeling happy.

The two guards had already opened the door of the firewood room, and looked inside, only to see that Wu Liang had fallen asleep at some point, and not only was he drenched all over the place, but he was also holding a handful of hay. I know what a beautiful dream I had...

"This man's heart is really big, he's not afraid of death..."

The two guards were speechless, and rushed in to shake him awake, "Captain Wu! Captain Wu! The envoy is here, wake up quickly!"

"Ah? Envoy?"

Wu Liang opened his sleepy eyes, and sure enough, he saw Boss Cao and Xi Zhicai standing at the door.

At this moment, Boss Cao had already frowned, while Xi Zhicai looked at him with a smile called "funny".

"I have seen Duke Ming, and my subordinate lost his composure."

Wu Liang quickly rolled over and stood up, wiping the drool on his face by the way.

"Wu Youcai, you must have had a sweet dream just now, telling me and Zhicai will also increase our knowledge?"

Boss Cao asked with a straight face.

"Duke Ming was joking. This subordinate just slept dishonestly, but he wasn't actually dreaming."

Wu Liang said with a low eyebrow.

"Is it?"

Boss Cao glanced at Wu Liang's lower body, and pointedly said.

Xi Zhicai turned his head away silently. Although everyone is a man, this scene is really indecent.

"..."

After the two guards glanced at it, they quickly looked away, trying not to let themselves accidentally laugh, so as not to attract guilt for themselves.

"Duke Ming misunderstood, this is caused by urination, please allow your subordinates to go to urinate first, and go down after urinating."

Wu Liang was not embarrassed at all, bowed his lower body with difficulty, and said with a smile.

"Zhicai and I are waiting for you in the living room. If you can't control it, cut it off and come see me again!"

Boss Cao finally stopped talking nonsense with him, turned around and left with Xi Zhicai with a cold snort.

Walking out of Wu Liang's line of sight like this, he suddenly turned his face to Xi Zhicai and whispered: "Zhicai, although this person seems to be acting out of order, he can always do things that I didn't expect. Now, I can't see him more and more..."

"Does Shijun feel that there are some things that he can't completely control?"

Xi Zhicai asked heartily.

"Although I know the principle of not doubting the use of people, the 'farming system' and the Cao's Salt Industry he created are all important matters related to the lifeblood of our army... If he is willing to use it for me, it's fine, but if he goes to others There, or he himself has ambitions, and it becomes another big disaster."

Boss Cao said intently.

"What does the envoy mean?"

Xi Zhicai already showed a worried look, and quickly cupped his hands and said sincerely, "Please think twice, sir, Wu Youcai is a genius of heaven that I have to admire. At least Zhicai's current words and deeds are all based on his words and deeds." He devoted himself to doing things for the envoy, and never got involved in military and political affairs. What's more, the "farming system" and the salt line were all dedicated to the envoy without reservation, not for sale, so I thought that Wu Youcai was You are a trustworthy person, even if you have worries in your heart, you must not let him see it, let alone try him lightly, if your heart is chilled, you will regret it."

"Of course I know that."

Boss Cao nodded slightly, "It's just...it would be great if he were from my Cao family. This is what worries me the most. If it were someone else, I would marry Ni'er to him, and he would definitely want it, but Wu Youcai would He politely declined me with a reason that I quite agree with, which really makes me feel uneasy."

"A reason for quite agreeable? What is a reason for quite agreeable?"

Xi Zhicai asked with some doubts.

"Well... You may not understand it even if you say it."

Boss Cao was taken aback for a moment, and quickly jumped away from the topic as if he had slipped his tongue, and continued, "In short, he refused to be my son-in-law even if the reasons were convincing. uneasy."

Also.

What Boss Cao didn't tell Xi Zhicai was that he was actually testing Wu Liang in a very secret way, and the result of this testing was not trivial.

"If Shijun just cares about this matter, Zhicai has a plan, and Wu Youcai may have to submit, but I'm afraid I will wrong the young lady."

Xi Zhicai murmured and said.

"No need!"

Unexpectedly, Boss Cao's complexion changed suddenly, and he said in a cold voice, "No matter how capable Wu Youcai is, he is just a commoner after all, and no matter how poor my Cao family is, it was once a member of the third family. I want to accept him." As a son-in-law, he still has to go to great lengths to plan something, that would be too flattering to him, if this matter is spread, it will give those people who often criticize me an excuse, then how should I deal with myself!"

"What the emperor said was very true, but the minister made a mistake."

Seeing that Boss Cao resisted so much, Xi Zhicai didn't dare to say more.

"..."

Boss Cao also stopped talking, but he was still thinking about what Xi Zhicai's strategy was.

He has not gone out to fight recently, so he has a lot of understanding of family affairs, especially Cao Ni, who has caused him headaches. Mrs. Ding, the main house, has told him more than once about Cao Ni's obsession with Wu Liang and asked him to go Take care of this ignorant daughter.

even.

Mrs. Ding also showed him some female celebrities that Cao Ni had made recently. Many of the characters written during calligraphy practice were related to Wu Liang.

Therefore, if Cao Ni were to be "wronged" for a while, this girl who doesn't know what reserve is, I am afraid that instead of feeling wronged, she might be overjoyed and cheered.

This is really a big girl who doesn't want to stay...

but.

Cao Ni is willing to suffer some "wrongedness", but he, Cao Mengde, is not willing to suffer this kind of grievance!
What's the point of this?
Well, you Wu Youcai, I hope you don't know how to flatter me. Could it be that I am willing to marry my precious daughter to you, and use my face as a dowry?

no way!

There are no windows!
……

In the living room.

"Wu Youcai, I heard that you went to Jingzhou this time and returned empty-handed?"

When Wu Liang came in and stood up, Boss Cao put on a dark face for some reason, and immediately asked straight to the point, with a hint of accountability in his words.

Wu Liang didn't know why Boss Cao was acting like this all of a sudden, so he could only laugh along with him and said, "Reporting to Duke Ming, I did not find any gold or jewels during this trip, but it wasn't that I found nothing. It's just that it was inconvenient to show it to outsiders before, so I didn't report it to the envoy. You mentioned it."

"Oh? What did you gain?"

Boss Cao was taken aback for a moment, this guy didn't follow the routine, so the arguments he had prepared were naturally useless.

"Please send someone from the Ming Dynasty to go out and bring in the soldiers of the Tuan army who are waiting outside the gate of the county mansion, so that you can see it at a glance."

Wu Liang said with a low eyebrow.

Just now he was sleeping in the firewood room and dreaming sweet dreams, but Chen Jinshui and others actually waited outside for several hours, it was really hard for them.

"Go and bring them in personally!"

Boss Cao immediately became stern again, and while giving orders, he glared at Wu Liang and said, "If what you bring back satisfies me, I won't care about it with you; if what you bring back disappoints me, I will definitely You look good!"

"?"

After hearing this, Wu Liang subconsciously glanced at Xi Zhicai.

Now Boss Cao is obviously a little bit wrong.

It stands to reason that he just extorted more food and salaries from the Chenliu clan, and got the Cao's Salt Company. It should be the time when he is in the best mood. Why does every word he speaks now seem to have taken gunpowder?
and.

Today he has made a great contribution, whether it is the Cao's Salt Company or the whole story of the "farming system", he has communicated with Xi Zhicai, even if Boss Cao didn't know it before, he should have known it by now.

So Wu Liang didn't quite understand.

What on earth is Boss Cao fussing about with him? Why does he want him to look good? I always feel that what Boss Cao is saying now is not the same thing as what he thinks at all?

"..."

Xi Zhicai shrugged helplessly.

Wu Liang was convinced too.

The problem is that he can't ask Boss Cao directly, otherwise it will become an argument and questioning, no matter why Boss Cao is doing this, it will only add fuel to the fire.

But fortunately, Wu Liang knew that what he presented next would hardly disappoint Boss Cao.

So the mood quickly settled down.

After such a moment.

Chen Jinshui, whose face was blushed by the sun, finally waited for someone to "drive" the restored "Wooden Niu Liuma" into the living room.

And saw the process of these two strange-shaped cars entering the living room.

Boss Cao and Xi Zhicai stood up with expressions of surprise.

"Wu Youcai, what... what is this?"

Boss Cao asked intently.

He saw very clearly just now that a five-story stone step was built at the entrance of the guest hall of the county mansion, and there was a bluestone threshold about one foot high on the main entrance.

It is impossible for ordinary carriages to drive in if they are not carried by people, but these two strange-shaped carriages can walk on flat ground, and there is only one soldier pulling two ropes behind them to drive them all the way, without taking a breath. The two cars "rushed" in.

"This is a 'wooden cow and horse'. To put it bluntly, it is a grain transport vehicle, which can carry one-year-old grain. Of course, it can also be used to transport other baggage."

Wu Liang walked forward with a smile, and lifted the cover on the back of the "Wooden Bull".

Boss Cao and Xi Zhicai found out at this time that the car was not empty, it was already full of corn? !

"?!"

Seeing this scene, Boss Cao and Xi Zhicai's eyes widened.

Loading one-year-old food...

Without animal power?

Can a soldier drive away without any difficulty?

This is something that Boss Cao and Xi Zhicai didn't dare to think about before seeing "Wooden Niu Liuma" again.

"How much can this 'wooden cow and horse' travel in a day?"

After all, Xi Zhicai was engaged in strategy, and at this time his mind was still very clear, and he opened his mouth to ask another very important question.

"It's not a problem to travel thirty miles a day."

Wu Liang said the most conservative figure.

"Gollum!"

Xi Zhicai swallowed unconsciously, and an indescribable surprise soon appeared in his eyes, and he immediately cupped his hands and bowed to Boss Cao, "Congratulations to the envoy, congratulations to the envoy, Wu Youcai is really a member of the envoy, with With fetishes like 'Wooden Cows and Horses', our army will no longer have the trouble of transporting food and salaries, the number of food and grass troops can be reduced by at least [-]%, and horses and livestock can be freed to be used in more important places!"

"Hahaha……"

Boss Cao finally couldn't hold back any longer, and accidentally laughed out loud, but when he saw Wu Liang's handsome face, he immediately coughed twice, changed his expression and said in a cold voice, "Although this 'Mu Niu Liu Ma' is really good. , but it has not yet reached the level that satisfies me, at most it can only be regarded as not disappointing, so let’s just pretend that you have made up for it..."

The voice did not fall.

"Ming Gong, please see again!"

But Wu Liang immediately lifted the linen cloth that Yin Jian held in his hand, pointed to a small model covered under the linen cloth and said, "This is the 'Three Bow Bed Crossbow', but at present I am just making a small model , this thing can be magnified dozens of times, using tree trunks as arrow shafts, using iron as arrow feathers and arrowheads, it can be nailed directly into the city wall with enough strength, whether it is to attack the city or defend the city, it is a rare weapon to defeat the enemy sharp weapon!"

(End of this chapter)