The sound of strong horse hooves, facing the afterglow of the setting sun, two horses galloping on the official road from Chenliu County to Suanzao County.
Compared with the mud and bumps here in the past, this official road is now extremely smooth...
This is an official road that Cao Cao urgently ordered to repair. Cao Cao would personally check on the progress of the repair every day, which seemed to be very caring.
"Mengde, we're just ahead."
Cao Ren picked up his riding whip and pointed it forward. The flag of "Youjian Liquor" hung in the distance was slowly fluttering in the strong wind.
Cao Cao rubbed his eyes. These days, he has to deal with various affairs in Yanzhou, which is quite tiring...
This time the horse was galloping again, so it was inevitable that he would be a little tired.
Even so, Cao Cao still worked hard to cheer up, raised his head, and looked in the direction of the wine shop.
Well?
Cao Cao was slightly startled...and stopped his horse.
It was getting dark, and in the dim light, Cao Cao discovered that this wine shop was a little different from a month ago.
But next to the wine shop, a building seemed to have been renovated.
The house is surrounded by dense wooden fences, and there are torches on the wooden fences...
Under the light of the fire.
Cao Cao could see that the middle of the house was filled with iron furnaces, casting tools, and iron.
Boom boom boom…
The sound of hammering is endless...
Each of the strong and burly blacksmiths seemed to be casting something.
Huh...a blacksmith shop? An ordinary blacksmith shop?
Cao Cao exhaled and thought to himself, could this be the big business that Brother Yi mentioned?
When I thought about it carefully, I felt it was wrong.
Yi Xiaotian kept talking about the big business that was well hidden? It turned out to be a blacksmith shop? Isn't this a bit childish?
"Meng De? Why did you stop!" Seeing Cao Cao motionless, Cao Ren asked.
"nothing!"
Cao Cao observed the blacksmith shop carefully with great interest and couldn't help but ask, "Zixiao, can you tell what they are casting?"
"It seems like they are forging iron? As for what kind of objects are being forged, I can't understand it."
Cao Ren shook his head...
It stands to reason that he is responsible for the logistics of Cao's army and is quite proficient in the forging of related equipment.
But even he couldn't understand what on earth these blacksmiths were forging.
I saw that after their repeated beatings, iron pedals appeared one after another. The strangest thing is that these pedals are connected with iron chains. I just don’t know what the purpose of this object is!
"Okay, let's go visit Brother Yi first! The artifacts forged in this blacksmith shop must have been tinkered with by him!"
Cao Cao had a wisp of beard, galloped his horse, and walked quickly towards the wine shop.
…
Not long after.
Cao Cao and Cao Ren walked into the wine shop. It seemed that because it was getting dark, there were not many people in the wine shop today.
Several workers were arranging the tables and stools and sweeping the dust.
The quiet, beautiful girl was silently calculating today's accounts in front of the counter.
There was no sign of Yi Xiaotian, the owner of the wine shop.
"Girl? Where is your shopkeeper?" Cao Cao walked to the counter.
"Sir?" Seeing a familiar face, Cai Zhaoji quickly put down her account book and explained. "Sir, he went to the city to buy iron and steel. It may take two or three days to come back!"
Um...not here, right?
Cao Cao was a little disappointed at the moment. He came with a question, which was related to the direction of Cao Cao's future development. He was worried...
"Are you going to Chenliu County?" Cao Cao asked next.
"I don't know about that."
Cai Zhaoji shook her head. "Sir, he only said that he wanted to buy good iron and iron. As for whether it was Chenliu County? Or another city or county? He didn't tell us. Objectively, if we are looking for him, we might as well come back in two days! I think when he comes, he will
came back."
These words reached Cao Cao's ears.
Cao Cao felt quite helpless and ran all the way without closing his eyes, just to have a heart-to-heart talk with Brother Yi.
Sorry, I feel so lonely this time.
Cao Cao smiled bitterly...
"That's all, ask the girl to tell Brother Yi that I, Ah Mao, have come to visit him!"
In a nutshell, Cao Cao planned to turn around and leave...
But I always felt uncomfortable in my heart, so I turned around and asked. "Girl, let me ask one more question. Is the blacksmith shop outside the door the big business that Brother Yi mentioned?"
Since I can't ask about big things, I might as well ask about Yi Xiaotian. I think this girl, who has been with him day and night, probably knows about it.
"The guest guessed correctly, this is your big business."
Cai Zhaoji nodded and replied with a smile. "Although I don't understand why you want to open a blacksmith shop, but you always do things in a unique way, so it makes sense."
Hearing this, Cao Cao laughed and said, "Brother Yi is a great talent and will never do anything meaningless!"
While speaking, Cao Cao winked at Cao Ren.
Cao Ren understood this and immediately retreated, jogging towards the blacksmith shop.
"Then girl, help me get two jars of Nine Brews Spring Bar." Cao Cao ordered with a smile, as if to delay time... "The wine from my hometown, if you don't drink it for a day, you will talk about it."
Cai Zhaoji did not hesitate and brought two jars...
The order clerk handed it to Cao Cao.
But at this moment, Cao Ren hurried back and said something in Cao Cao's ear.
Immediately, Cao Cao nodded and smiled at Cai Zhaoji... "That's all, I won't stay any longer. I'll come to see you sir another day."
After that, he turned around and strode out of the door!
Cai Zhaoji didn't know why, she just thought her husband's drinking buddy, Ah Man, was quite interesting.
But at this moment.
ah…
Cai Zhaoji suddenly remembered that her husband had confessed something special!
If brother Zhi arrives, he must give that thing to him...
Thinking of this, Cai Zhaoji hurriedly took out a package from the counter and walked quickly out of the door of the wine shop...
…
Outside the wine shop, at the stables.
Cao Cao and Cao Ren are leading their horses...
"Did you get it?" Cao Cao asked in a low voice.
"I got it!" Cao Ren stretched out his finger and pointed at the package. "I heard from the craftsman that Brother Yi called it an iron stirrup, which is an utensil used by cavalry. I secretly took one."
As he spoke, Cao Ren showed the iron stirrup in the package?
Hmm? Iron stirrups?
Cao Cao rolled his eyes, never heard of this thing?
How to use it? What effect does it have? For a moment, Cao Cao was curious.
"Most of what Brother Yi tinkered with has miraculous effects! Keep it carefully and let Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan try it later." Cao Cao said.
I don't know why, but suddenly, he felt guilty as a thief, as if he was stealing a bride when he was a child, looking around for fear of being caught...
It's funny to say that the entire Yanzhou is his territory.
However, there was a wine shop here, and Cao Cao was afraid that he would lose his sense of proportion.
I never thought that it would be better not to look around, but to look around...
However, they found Cai Zhaoji standing behind them blankly.
"Guest sir..."
"Uh..." Cao Cao shivered with fright... "Girl... girl?" He became trembling when he spoke, feeling extremely guilty.
But obviously, Cai Zhaoji didn't hear their conversation...
"Sir, I almost forgot." Cai Zhaoji took out a package and handed it to Cao Cao. "My husband has told me that if brother Xi arrives, I must hand over this package to him! It is said to be of great importance, so I can
Help Brother Hao to make great achievements in front of Cao Cao!"
