In February of the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Cao returned to Yecheng from Xuchang.
This time, not only did Cao Cao return to Yecheng,
Together with his several adult sons: Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi, they all followed him back to Yecheng.
Soon after, the Cao family will officially move their family to Yecheng, and his sons will need to adapt to the place where they will live in advance.
Cao Cao is already forty-seven this year. Years of fighting and irregular work schedules still make him gray on the temples. Coupled with his iconic beard, Cao Cao looks more handsome than he actually is.
A little older.
Cao Cao's official position has been sealed, but Cao Cao doesn't care about that now.
After returning to Yecheng, Cao Cao had people start practicing all the etiquette of naming a prince. He was now the largest prince in the world, and the Cao family naturally grew into a formidable wealthy family.
Nowadays, almost all the government and power of the Han Dynasty are in the hands of Cao Cao. Cao Cao is naturally very cautious about him and the heirs of his power.
Fortunately, Cao Ang has always been a very good successor. Not only is he outstanding in literary, military and military skills, he is also quite heroic in character, bold and careful, and good at taking care of others.
What's even more rare is that Cao Ang does not have Cao Cao's suspicious and fickle shortcomings, or these shortcomings were quietly rubbed away by Lu Yan, Xun Yu and other people who taught him... In short, everything about Cao Ang seems to be weakening and
An improved version of Lao Cao.
He doesn't have the distinctive characteristics of Lao Cao, but he doesn't have Cao Cao's more obvious and fatal shortcomings.
As the saying goes, how much water a barrel can hold does not depend on the longest board, but on the shortest board. If Cao Ang had no obvious shortcomings, he might not be able to surpass Cao Cao in his future achievements.
The preparations for the crown prince's canonization ceremony are very complicated and cannot be completed in a few days.
But these are Lao Cao's family affairs, and Lu Yan doesn't want to, nor can he.
General Hussar's Mansion, in the study.
At this time, Lu Yan was wondering whether he should start building a navy.
If Cao Jun goes south, the first thing he will undoubtedly have to face is the problem of big rivers.
There are 200,000 naval troops in Jingzhou. If they were to lie across the Yangtze River, they would be a chasm that Cao Jun, a group of landlubbers who could only ride on horses, would find it difficult to fly across even with their wings.
Moreover, unless Liu Biao died, Jingzhou would not be able to surrender.
Lu Yan remembered that Liu Biao died in 208, which was the thirteenth year of Jian'an... It was only the seventh year of Jian'an. If he wanted to wait until Liu Biao died, the flowers would have withered.
Not to mention that Lu Yan was unwilling to wait for six or seven years, it was impossible for Cao Cao, including most of Cao Cao's men, to agree to wait for such a long time.
You must know that Cao Cao is currently in a vibrant situation. In less than two years, he can even raise an army of one million and prepare an extremely sufficient supply of food and grass.
It is impossible to wait, but if you are impatient, you may not be able to eat hot tofu.
The south is criss-crossed by rivers, and the way of fighting is very different from that in the north. If we rush into the area without doing our homework, we may suffer another great defeat like the Red Cliff in history!
As for the candidate to lead the navy, there is no doubt that it is Gan Ning. Although the navy has a leader, there is a huge gap in the manpower of the navy.
Lu Yan has been writing and drawing in the study these two days.
Earlier, he had obtained two drawings about the hull structure: one was a very ordinary fishing boat, and the other was a very classic three-masted battleship.
Don't think that there were no sailing ships in the Han Dynasty, or that sailing ships only appeared in the Jin Dynasty...
It has been recorded in the book "Shi Ming" written by Liu Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Following the wind, the mantle is called a sail, which makes the boat move swiftly." This has shown that the sail is a common propulsion tool on the ship. And this book
It also records the rudder, a tool closely related to sails and a tool for controlling the course.
The three-masted battleship, also known as the "sail battleship", was the maritime overlord in the age of sail and the pinnacle of warships after the Age of Discovery. Its hull is also basically made of wood, but some of it is on the waterline.
The following is wrapped with copper.
The main source of power for the three-masted warship is the sail. When there is no wind, the lower deck can also be driven by human oars. When there is wind, the sails are pulled up and the angle can be adjusted to move forward through the wind from all directions.
However, the weapons of battleships in the 16th century were basically artillery. The three-masted battleship in this drawing is obviously the structure of the battleship of that period... But the problem is that now there is no shadow of artillery.
If it is improved, it is not impossible to fight with only bows and arrows, but how can a man lose his romance so easily?
"Open the cannon and blast his mother!"
"Cannons and giant ships! I will definitely get you out!"
Lu Yan's hair was disheveled, and there was an ink stain at the corner of his mouth. He was frantically scribbling something on a neat white paper, as if possessed by a stroke.
In this case, generally no one would dare to disturb Lu Yan. Even Guo Jia would only carefully walk around Lu Yan's study at this time.
The study, which had been silent for several days, suddenly erupted with a burst of sound.
"Hahaha!"
"Wow~hahaha!"
"I'm finally done! It's done!"
There was a burst of arrogant laughter in the study, and then he saw Lu Yan running out in a hurry with more than one and a half drawings in his hand.
Although the structure of the cannon is not complicated, it is not easy to draw a more accurate structural diagram and explain the principles.
In the mansion, Lu Lingqi, who finally came back, heard Lu Yan's laughter, and immediately smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know what new thing my husband has tinkered with..."
Zhao Xue is already getting married. In two months' time, that is, in April, Gan Ning will hold a wedding with her, and the matchmaker will get married.
Recently, Lu Lingqi, Zhou Yan and others have been busy helping Zhao Xue prepare for the wedding. It was only when they were free today that the three of them returned to the Hussar General's Mansion to take a short rest.
Naturally, the two of them did not dare to comment on Lu Yanduo...
Zhou Yan first glanced at Zhao Xue with envy, then looked at Lu Lingqi, and said: "Sister Xue will soon have a husband with a promising future; not to mention Sister Lingqi, she is the envy of all women in the world...
.Sigh, I don’t know what kind of man I will marry in the future..."
Zhou Yan had always admired Zhao Yun. But Zhao Yun was too dazzling. The longer she was exposed to him, the less hope she had in her heart.
"Don't worry, you are Zilong's junior sister, there will be nothing wrong with you in the future." Lu Lingqi patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder and consoled her.
But Zhao Xue looked at Zhou Yan with a hint of amusement, "When will I go to see my brother?"
Zhao Xue suddenly said something that stunned both Lu Lingqi and Zhou Yan.
After a while, Zhou Yan finally reacted, and his face suddenly turned red, like a red-hot iron, "You...what are you talking about?"
No matter how ignorant Lu Lingqi was, she could still react at this time. She widened her eyes, stared at Zhou Yan's evasive eyes and said, "No way! How can you attack such a familiar person?!"
"Ah! I'm going to die! Stop talking!" The three of them started making a fuss as they talked.
After the three people joked, Lu Lingqi looked serious and said: "General Zhao is a rare good man in the world. If you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!"
The embarrassment and smile on Zhou Yan's face gradually disappeared, but she did not directly answer Lu Lingqi's words, but just said "hmm" softly.