Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 434 This winter is a bit cold
Yuan Shao's alliance with the Wuhuan people is undoubtedly a huge controversy.

Some people scolded Yuan Shao for losing the face of the Han people, begging for everything and exchanging women for the support of the Wuhuan people; some people thought that Yuan Shao was able to bend and stretch for his own great cause and dream, and he surrendered the soldiers without fighting.

But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that Yuan Shao received the strong support from Wuhuan, which is not good news for Cao Cao and Lu Bu.

But Cao Cao didn't panic at all.

Now Chenliu and Xuchang have become the commercial center of Dahan, and the daily business tax alone is countless.

Coupled with the improvement of various livelihood tools in some workshops, the productivity of the people has been greatly improved. In just one or two years, the overall strength under Cao Cao's rule will definitely surpass that of Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Cao Cao is not afraid of fighting for development.

And there is another more important reason, that is, Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao was likely to die within a short period of time, and Lu Yan's "prophecy" had almost never failed, so Cao Cao naturally did not panic at all.

Chen Liu, in the mansion of General Hussars.

"Sir, it's time to get up"

Early in the morning, Lu Lingqi's voice sounded outside Lu Yan's door. Lu Yan slowly opened his eyes and asked, "Lingqi, what time is it?"

"It's already time, you still have to go to inspect the prison today!"

"Ah! Oops! I forgot about it!"

Lu Yan said inwardly, "Oops," then suddenly turned over and sat up, and quickly began to put clothes on himself.

Lu Lingqi heard the commotion in the room, guessing that Lu Yan had finished dressing, so she pushed open the door and walked in.

"Sir, when can we attack Yuan Shao?" Seeing that Lu Yan was still arranging his clothes, Lu Lingqi walked behind Lu Yan and helped him tidy up.

Lu Yan turned his head slightly, and replied with a smile: "Cao Gong and the others will make up their minds, we just need to wait in peace."

"I never expected that Yuan Shao would form an alliance with Wuhuan of the Three Counties."

"No matter how hard Yuan Shao struggles, he won't be able to walk for long."

There was a deep meaning in Lu Yan's words that Lu Lingqi couldn't understand, but these were not important.

"That's right!" Lu Lingqi smiled sweetly and said, "We have enough soldiers and food, but Yuan Shao is like a terminally ill man. Sir, if Yuan Shao is attacked in the north, I also want to go to the battlefield."

"Yes, but you must have enough self-protection ability." Lu Yan nodded slightly, and then suddenly reached out and grabbed Lu Lingqi's little hand on his shoulder.

Due to years of continuous martial arts practice, Lu Lingqi has many calluses on her palms.

Suddenly being attacked by Lu Yan, Lu Lingqi subconsciously wanted to struggle, but was held tightly by Lu Yan and could not break free
"I know let go, there are people outside!"

"After this winter, I will propose marriage to Marquis Wen."

"Ah..." Lu Lingqi wanted to continue trying to withdraw her hand, but Lu Yan's words made her lose her mind, and she gave up struggling, and replied in a voice like a mosquito: "Let the master decide."

After Lu Lingqi finished speaking, she gently pressed her face against Lu Yan's back.

Feeling the warmth from Lu Yan's body, Lu Lingqi felt a peace and happiness that she had never felt before.

Lu Yan patted Lu Lingqi's hand lightly and said, "Okay, let's go, if the ink stains continue, Geng Liang and Ma Jun will have to wait impatiently."

Lu Lingqi immediately stood up straight, with a slight blush on her face, and replied: "The horse is ready, let's set off now."

The two walked out of the room, looking at the snowflakes fluttering and falling in the courtyard outside, Lu Yan couldn't help sighing, "It's snowing!"

"Yeah. Today's snow doesn't look too small"

It had already started to snow in November, and the cold air moved down to the north one after another, as if it was going to cast a heavy and oppressive shadow over the whole big man.

After realizing that this winter might be colder than previous years, Lu Yan realized that the sudden cold would take the lives of many people.So Lu Yan was going to start from two directions to solve the heating problem for the people under his family this winter.

One was to find and mine coal, and the other was to turn cotton into cotton clothes and quilts.

When it comes to coal mines, everyone's first reaction must be Shanxi Province.However, Shanxi Province now belongs to Youzhou and Jizhou, both of which are under Yuan Shao's control.

However, Lu Yan remembered that there was a coal mine in Kaifeng, Henan Province in later generations, and it was a super-large coal mine with billions of tons.

Kaifeng City, Henan Province, seemed to be near Chenliu in the late Han Dynasty. There may not be a complete correspondence, but the approximate location is almost the same.

Since there are coal mines, coal must be utilized.

Many apprentices began to go out to look for traces of coal mines, and craftsmen began to build a strangely shaped iron stove, with a long iron cylinder on top of the stove, which could extend to the outside of the house.

This kind of stove can not only keep warm, but also boil water and cook things, and the existence of the chimney can also discharge the smoke from the house, which can not only prevent the house from being polluted by smoke and dust, but also avoid carbon monoxide poisoning caused by insufficient coal combustion.

Not surprisingly, the coal mine was quickly found.

However, during this period, coal was called coal, which is just a matter of name, so don't make too much entanglement.

Geng Liang and Ma Jun greeted him outside Jiangzuo prison early.

When Lu Yan and Lu Lingqi arrived, they had been standing in the ice and snow for almost an hour.

"Da da! Da da!"

The sound of horseshoes sounded in the distance, and Lu Yan and Lu Lingqi finally arrived. Geng Liang and Ma immediately went up to meet them, bowed their hands and said, "Lu Hussar, madam, you are here!"

"I've met Lu Huan, Hussar, and Mrs. Husband!"

Lu Yan and Lu Lingqi dismounted from their horses. Naturally, a handyman came to take the reins and lead the horses into the stable to take care of them.

"I'm really sorry, some things have been delayed and kept you waiting." Lu Yan said to Geng Liang and Ma Jun, clasping his hands.

"Lu Hussar has a heavy responsibility and is busy with official duties. It is very rare for us to take time out of his busy schedule to serve as a prisoner. We should wait a little longer." Geng Liang said this from the bottom of his heart.

But to Lu Yan, it felt a little weird, and Lu Lingqi was snickering on the side.
"Why do you feel that these words are poking your own spine?" Lu Yan slandered in his heart, but asked, "How is it, has the stove been built yet?"

Geng Liang is now mainly responsible for the deployment and management of personnel, while Ma Jun is mainly responsible for technology research and development and physical manufacturing.

Lu Yan should have asked Ma Jun this question, but because Ma Jun had a stuttering problem, Geng Liang finally replied for Ma Jun: "It's all simple work. With the current level of our craftsmen, we can build this There is hardly any difficulty in planting a stove."

Geng Liang said this with his head held high. After all, almost all the best craftsmen in Dahan were concentrated in the general prison. No wonder he was so confident.

You must know that the status of craftsmen is only higher than that of businessmen, and they are even regarded as lowly by many people.

But today's Han court, under the operation of Cao Cao and Lu Yan, not only classified the workshop as an official, but also improved the treatment of the craftsmen, and the craftsmen could even enter official careers as officials.

Such an attraction is simply fatal to the craftsmen of the big man.

Seeing that Ma Jun was also nodding repeatedly beside him, Lu Yan nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Very good!"

(End of this chapter)