If the Huben Army had suffered a tragic victory in this battle, Xu Chu might still be able to endure it. After all, the collaborative combat capabilities displayed by the Huben Army were far beyond what the Tiger Guards could match. Xu Chu lost and was convinced. But in this battle, he
The loss was so miserable that he couldn't accept it.
Although it is not a total annihilation of the army, what is the difference between it and a total annihilation?
If Cao Cao hadn't ordered the gold to end the battle, Xu Chu would have been unable to imagine the outcome until the end.
Precisely because he could imagine it, Xu Chu felt even more embarrassed. After all, he was a well-known figure in Cao's camp, and the Tiger Guards were also considered an elite unit of Cao's army. They were killed by two of them in three strikes, and he was unable to fight back at all.
None, how could Xu Chu not be furious... He lost all his dignity in this battle! Therefore, Xu Chu must find a way to regain his position.
"Zixiao, Zihe, stop Zhongkang!"
As soon as Cao Ren and Cao Chung boarded the main building, they heard Cao Cao shouting sharply.
The two men immediately turned around and ran down the watchtower. At the same time, Cao Zhen and others rushed out on horseback and set up a barrier in the middle of the school grounds.
"Uncle, go back quickly!"
Xu Chu yelled like crazy: "Dian Wei, do you dare to fight me?"
As for Dian Wei's explosive temper, he was always the one to take the initiative to challenge him. How could he tolerate others challenging him?
Without saying a word, he urged his horse forward, "You guys, get out of the way...Xu Chu, Dian will fight with you and make you convinced today!"
Dian Man rushed over and immediately stopped Dian Wei's mount.
"Father, don't go there!"
Xu Yi also arrived in front of Xu Chu, got off the horse, and grabbed the reins of Xu Chu's horse.
"Aman, get out of my way... isn't this just a fight? I, Dian Wei, dare to fight even Lu Bu, let alone a stupid tiger? Xu Zhongkang, come over here."
Xu Chu was so angry that he shouted, "Dian Wei, don't be proud, I will fight with you today."
For a time, the school grounds became chaotic.
Cao Cao didn't bother to greet Cao Ji anymore and asked Dong Zhao to receive Cao Ji. He hurried down to the watchtower.
Cao Ji stood dumbly in the watchtower, neither leaving nor staying... He didn't expect such a thing to happen, which made him very embarrassed.
Dong Zhao also shook his head and smiled helplessly!
Dian Wei, the tiger general of the world; Xu Chu, known as the tiger fool...
Cao Cao wanted the two of them to fight in order to balance the power of Su Wei. However, he did not expect that Dian Wei would win so beautifully today!
Neither Dian Wei nor Xu Chu can be hurt.
These two are the kind of people who would go crazy when fighting.
One is already going crazy, and the other is a mastermind who is ready to ignite the situation. If a fight really breaks out, both sides will suffer losses.
Cao Cao could not sit back and watch the two tigers fight.
At this time, all the generals on the watchtower rushed down and separated Xu Chu and Dian Wei.
Cao Hong rubbed his cheek and suddenly laughed.
"Let's go, we can't fight."
"Uncle, why don't you go and stop them?"
"No matter what, Xu Chu is not a fool... Do you think he really wants to duel with Dian Wei? It's just to find a way to get off. If nothing else, in a real fight, Dian Wei has the advantage of a saddle and stirrups. If we talk about the two of them,
It used to be half a pound, but now..."
Cao Hong smiled and shook his head.
No wonder this guy is not popular in Cao's camp.
Too sober, too calm... At this time, Cao Peng felt that Cao Hong's calmness was very annoying. Even if you knew they couldn't fight, you should at least make a show of it and rush out to stop them. Don't others see it?
Come out? Are you so smart?
Cao Hong glanced at Cao Peng and suddenly said: "I know that many people don't like me.
But so what? Just trust me, my lord... I can fight, lead troops, and won't form cliques. My lord said that Jun Ming is the lonely star in the sky, but actually I am the lonely star in the sky. Ah Fu, sometimes
You can't help yourself, you can make people dislike you, but you must have the ability to do so."
Cao Peng was stunned and looked at Cao Hong.
I saw him wandering downstairs, his back giving people a different kind of desolation.
Perhaps, as Cao Hong said: He is the real Tianguxing! And in history, Cao Hong has indeed achieved this.
Even if Cao Pi wanted to move him, someone would stand up and speak for him.
Among the Cao family, it seems that Cao Hong is the only one who lived a long life and died a good death...
In fact, he saw it very clearly.
The so-called greed and the so-called stinginess are just a layer of disguise for him in Cao's camp. What is this called? Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. Xiao He has to amass wealth and defile himself, let alone Cao Hong? After all, his clan brother,
In history, he is famous for being suspicious and suspicious...
Cao Peng sighed and followed Cao Hong down from the watchtower.
Cao Cao rushed to the center of the school ground, without saying a word, raised his whip and slapped Dian Wei on him, and then hit Xu Chu hard with the whip.
"Do you two still want to fight? Let's compete with me first."
Dian Wei rolled his saddle off his horse and knelt down in front of Cao Cao's horse.
Xu Chu seemed to wake up at this time, got off his horse, and knelt down side by side with Dian Wei.
"Xu Chu was furious for a moment and lost his mind. Please punish me, my lord."
"Dian Wei shouldn't get carried away... In fact, Zhong Kang and I have nothing to do with each other. It's just that I can't swallow this breath. My lord, please don't get so angry."
Cao Cao glared at the two men fiercely, looked at Xu Chu, and then at Dian Wei.
"Zihe!"
"The end will be..."
"Put these two bastards in jail. Remember, let them stay in the same cell. If you want to beat them, just beat them in there."
"Lord, the general is wrong!"
Dian Wei and Xu Chu were both panicked, and the generals on the side also came up to plead for mercy.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao seemed to have made up his mind.
"You go to prison first and think clearly about what went wrong. Once you have figured it out, come see me again."
After saying that, Cao Cao angrily turned his horse and left. Cao Chun smiled bitterly: In the end, I still have to do this offending thing...
"Jun Ming, Zhong Kang, I'm offended!"
Dian Wei and Xu Chu followed Cao Chun dejectedly.
The generals followed Cao Cao and left the school grounds.
Dianman and Xu Yi, you look at me and I look at you, they look embarrassed and don’t know what to do.
"Don't worry, everyone, my lord has no intention of punishing the two generals. It's just... let them calm down for a while. After they calm down, my lord will let them go back."
"But...the two of them won't fight, right?"
Xu Yi asked worriedly.
You must know that the postures of Dian Wei and Xu Chu just now were clearly different. They locked the two people in the same room. If the sentence was wrong, there would be a fierce fight. Xu Yi was even worried that these two people
In a fight, is a prison cell useful?
"No way!" Dianman didn't think anything of it at first. But after hearing what Xu Yi said, he started to worry.
"Otherwise, lock them up? If you lock them up, won't they be unable to fight?"
Cao Zhen was so angry that he almost went crazy.
Generally speaking, he could understand Xu Chu's intentions. Xu Chu wanted to find a way to get off the stairs, but Dian Wei couldn't just give in... So Cao Cao showed up! So each of them received a whip! So,
Now that the steps are in place, it is naturally impossible to fight again.
What kind of son is this?
Xu Yi was better off, Noriman actually came up with a damaging trick to lock up his father.
"No, I'd better go over and have a look, otherwise I won't worry."
"I am coming too!"
Dianman and Xu Yi mounted their horses and left without saying a word.
Cao Peng came over at this time and looked at the background of Dian Man and Xu Yi.
He suddenly laughed and said: "It's not that enemies don't get together!"
Cao Zhen was startled and immediately understood what Cao Peng meant.
Yes, Dian Wei and Xu Chu are two enemies; looking at this situation, Xu Yi and Dian Man will be in a similar situation to their father in the future.
"Let's go...I'll buy you a drink."
Cao Peng shook his head, "Forget it, I still have to wait for my father."
"Where's everyone Cao?"
"I just asked Zhou Cang to tell me that Duke Cao invited him to have a banquet. As you know, my father has never seen a big scene, so I have to go and keep an eye on it."
Cao Zhen nodded, "In that case, I'll leave first."
At this time, Xia Houlan and Zhou Cang came over with their horses.
"Sir, where are we going?"
Cao Peng said: "Hu Ben Mansion, let's go there first and wait."
The competition at the Xiyuan School Ground ended with the Tiger and Ben Army's victory.
The outcome of the battle was beyond everyone's expectations, and the Tiger and Ben army almost won with a sweeping momentum. For a time, Dian Wei's name became extremely famous.
As the Huben Army became famous, Cao Ji's family gradually emerged from the water.
In Cao Mansion, Cao Ji admitted that he was not a hidden man, and Cao Cao did not blame him. Not only did he not blame him, he also praised Cao Ji, thinking that Cao Ji was magnanimous and could tell others everything.
An honest gentleman. After learning that Cao Ji had no characters, he happily gave Cao Ji a nickname: Junshi. Jun has a profound meaning and often metaphors a person's noble moral character.
Iron comes from stone, and it corresponds to Cao Ji's identity.
Cao Cao asked: "How did Juan Shi think of this horse as the second treasure?"
The second treasure refers to the saddle and stirrups.
Cao Ji hesitated for a moment and replied softly: "Back to Mr. Cao, it is not the second treasure, but the third treasure."
Cao Cao was stunned and couldn't help but feel confused.
"Please invite Duke Cao to come forward and mount his mount. The common people are willing to explain the three treasures in detail."
So, Cao Cao immediately ordered people to go to Hu Ben's army, and a horse came forward.
Cao Ji asked someone to lift the horse's hoof, revealing a round iron, "Cao Gong, when the horse is galloping, the horse's hoof is often damaged due to uneven roads or excessive force. Once damaged, it is difficult to recover.
, is not an easy thing...
To be honest, this horse among the three treasures was created by my son.
His riding skills were not very good, so he often felt uncomfortable. Once he saw a bridge on the Jishui River, he came up with an idea and told the grass-roots people. It was also because of his idea that the grass-roots people made the high bridge saddle. The boy is small,
Being weak, it was always inconvenient to get on the horse. He told me, wouldn’t it be much more convenient if there was something to support it? For this purpose, a shape was designed, which is the stirrup that Cao Gong sees now. As for the horseshoe,
It was Xiao'er who reminded the grass-roots people that they came up with such an idea."
After hearing this, Cao Cao became more and more interested.
"Master Ling, is this Cao Peng?"
"Exactly!"
Cao Cao smiled, "Now in Xudu, Master Ling can be considered a celebrity.
Who doesn’t know the name of Xiao Bayi, who was the first to create a sworn alliance between Jin Lan and Shu Jin Lan Pu? I didn’t expect that this little kid actually had another wonderful idea.”
"Son...that's all nonsense!"
Cao Cao laughed loudly, took Cao Ji's hand, and returned to the hall.
"Juan Shi, there is great chaos today, and the imperial court is in a state of decline. A certain person wants to establish the Han Dynasty, but has no one to help him. Juan Shi has this skill, is he willing to serve the imperial court?"
Cao Ji hurriedly knelt on the ground, "How dare you not die for Duke Cao?"
Cao Cao was very happy with Cao Ji's attitude and nodded repeatedly.
After he pondered for a while, he suddenly turned around and asked Dong Zhao: "Gongren, I remember Ziyang told him before that Zhuye Prison currently lacks a supervisor, right?"
Ziyang, whose name is Liu Ye, is a descendant of King Fuling, the son of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and a clan member of the Han Dynasty.
Now in Sikong Mansion, I am serving as Cao Tuo of Sikong Cang. Although he is not the Shaofu, he is responsible for the affairs of the Shaofu, and is in charge of farming, mulberry, iron, salt, husbandry, and money matters...
Dong Zhao nodded and said: "What my lord said is true. Zi Yang has mentioned this matter before, but so far there is no suitable candidate."
Zhu Yejian is responsible for the casting of gold and iron weapons.
There is one supervisor and one supervisor. Under the rule, there are four supervisors, one recorder, one official, two historians, two administrators, and four directors.
It sounds like there aren't many people.
But in fact, except for the eunuchs and eunuchs who have good character and rank, the rest are all officials.
Under the supervision of Zhu Ye, in addition to these people, there were also many work officials.
That is to say, they are not within the order and have certain powers, but they also have their own industries. For example, some industrial officials can open their own iron smelting workshops. They can sell to outsiders and are also responsible for supplying to the court. Change
In other words, it is similar to the nature of officials and merchants. These people do not have salaries and do not need to perform corvee. They are regarded as supply enterprises designated by the imperial court.
Of course, saying enterprise... seems to be a bit exaggerated!
The official position of a supervisor is not high, and his rank is not high.
But he has huge power.
On the one hand, he controls the items provided by all the work officials under his rule. If the supervision order is not passed, the work officials will not be able to receive money and silk.
If a worker officer fails to supply goods on time, his or her qualification as a worker officer will be revoked and penalties such as fines will also be imposed.
Cao Cao asked: "Juan Shi is willing to give in?"
Cao Ji now has some understanding of the situation in the court.
Especially when Cao Peng planned for him to enter Zhuyejian, Cao Ji also inquired a lot about Zhuyejian from Deng Ji.
Cao Ji was stunned when he heard that Cao Cao asked him to serve as a supervisor!
According to his idea, he would be satisfied if he could become a supervisor, that is, a foreman.
Unexpectedly, actually...
This is equivalent to a common man who wanted to be a civil servant, suddenly turned into a formal cadre, and he was also a real official. This huge gap made Cao Ji unable to react for a long time.
Finally, he replied with a trembling voice: "Cao Ji is willing to go."
If you don't want to go, you are a fool.
Cao Ji had almost no idea how he left the Cao Mansion.
Outside the gate of Cao's Mansion, he was a little sluggish, and his mind was still blank.
Fortunately, Cao Peng and others rested in Huben Mansion, and Zhou Cang and Xia Houlan also paid attention to what was going on in Cao Mansion.
Seeing Cao Ji walking out of Cao's mansion alone, Zhou Cang hurried over and took Cao Ji back to Huben's mansion...
"Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Cao Peng saw Cao Ji's lost look and couldn't help but ask.
Cao Ji swallowed and said softly: "Peng'er, dad has become an official!"
"ah?"
"Cao Gong said that he wants me to serve as the supervisor of the various industries."
"What?"
Cao Peng was also shocked and couldn't turn around.
He originally planned to let Cao Ji start as a supervisor first. He can be regarded as a grassroots clerk... and then try to get promoted after he is familiar with Zhu Ye Supervisor's situation. After all, Cao Ji has never been an official, and Zhu Ye
Although the position of a supervisor is not high, it is a very important position. He suddenly became the supervisor of various supervisors, and Cao Ji was not familiar with the situation. If he made a mistake, wouldn't he be extremely happy and sad?
Who knew...
"Dad, what else did Mr. Cao say?"
"Cao Gong said that in a few days, someone will send the files of Zhuye Supervisor. After getting familiar with them, he will go to Xingyanghe No. 1 Workshop to take up a job."
"Heyi Workshop?"
Cao Peng started to have a headache.
Heyi Workshop is also another name of Zhu Yejian.
The iron smelting site of the Han Dynasty is located in the later ancient Yingzhen Town, about 20 kilometers away from Zhengzhou City, the capital of Henan Province, and belongs to Huiji District.
It is said that this workshop in this river was built in the early Eastern Han Dynasty.
The entire workshop is more than 400 meters long from north to south and more than 300 meters wide from east to west, with a total area of more than 120,000 square meters. There are two large iron-making furnaces, twelve wells, more than 30 quenching pools, and ten baking furnaces.
Three... was the largest iron smelting workshop during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Since the Eastern Han Dynasty established its capital in Luoyang, all the smelting supervisors were located in Xingyang.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising, this workshop, which supplied almost 40% of the weapons of the Han Dynasty, was abandoned. It was not reopened until Cao Cao moved the capital to Xu County. It is only a hundred miles from Xu County to Xingyang. It can be done in one day by riding a fast horse.
Round trip, the distance is not too far.
"Peng'er, dad has become an official!"
Cao Ji suddenly went crazy and looked up to the sky laughing.
Cao Peng hurriedly stepped forward, protected Cao Ji, and shouted, "Daddy, wake up!"
Sometimes, unexpected surprises can make people confused. The most obvious example is Fan Jin who passed the imperial examination in the later scholar's history. At this time, Cao Ji's situation was quite similar to that of Fan Jin who passed the imperial examination. Cao Peng
He quickly stepped forward and woke up Cao Ji...
"Dad, it may not be a good thing for you to serve as the supervisor of those supervisors now."
Cao Ji woke up a lot. He looked at Cao Peng in surprise and said, "Peng'er, what do you mean by this?"
"Do you know the situation of Zhu Yejian?"
"Uncle Sun has talked to me a little before, so he knows about it."
"You know?" Cao Peng sneered, "Dad, you know what Zhu Yejian does, but do you understand Zhu Yejian's process? Zhu Yejian is in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops and weapons in Cao Gong's three states. What kind of weapons?
Is it considered qualified? What kind of weapons are not considered qualified? Do you know this standard? Also, among the hundreds of work officers in the three states, do you know which work officers have backgrounds and which work officers do not?
Heyi Workshop itself is also responsible for supplying weapons.
How many knives are made every year? How many spears are made? How many bows and arrows are made? How many armors are made? Have you ever understood? Under the various smelting supervisors, there are still supervisors and recorders... How do you use these people? How do you make plans every year?
, what to build first and what to build later, can you arrange it properly?"
"this……"
When Cao Ji heard this, he immediately panicked.
"Dad, I originally wanted you to start as a producer, familiarize yourself with the situation, and then plan for the future.
But now it seems...Dad, let's go back immediately and discuss this matter with my brother-in-law. In fact, we have nothing to fear in terms of skills. But being an official is not just about having good skills. You have to have means and scheming...
...No, the first priority is to find you a helper."
As he talked, Cao Peng felt more and more serious and a little confused!
He stood up and said: "Xiahou, Zhoucang, prepare your horses quickly, we will rush back to Wubao immediately."
