Chapter 68 If you want the horse to run, let the horse eat the tender grass first
"I plan to build a forge in our military camp!"
"General Cao needs to select fifty trustworthy and strong soldiers from among his brothers and let them join this forge!"
Along with the words in his mouth, Lu Yu laid out the "tool diagrams" that had been drawn on the table one by one.
Cao Xiu frowned and watched these patterns carefully.
Among them, there are patterns similar to fishing nets, others similar to hoes, and even shovels often used by farmers...
However, if you look closely, you will see that these patterns are slightly different from those of fishing nets, hoes, and shovels.
This is?
Suddenly, Cao Xiu had a suspicion in his heart.
"This is the tool you need to improve the efficiency of tomb robbing."
Lu Yu's words came next, and he pointed to these patterns in turn, "This is called an iron drill. During this period, General Cao always mentioned a problem to me. When robbing tombs, the heavy stone doors in some tombs were extremely strong and difficult to pry. That is
For this reason, there is nothing we can do in the face of many rooms with treasures hidden in tombs.”
"But, it will be different if we have this iron drill. This iron drill is made of fine iron. As long as we can find the gap in the tomb door and insert the iron drill, it will be enough to pry open the heavy stone door."
"In addition, by inserting an iron drill into the soil, you can easily determine whether the buried soil is masonry or soil. This facilitates a simple survey of the location and scope of the tomb."
Don't look at what Lu Yu said...
In fact, it is concise enough.
If you really want to talk about it carefully, the principle of lever is used to pry open the stone door.
A fulcrum can move the earth's knowledge... Give Lu Yu a blackboard, and he can talk to Cao Xiu all day long.
...Cao Xiu heard this in confusion. This "Qianliju" was not good at these theoretical knowledge.
Anyway, regardless of whether you can understand what Lu Yu said, in short... just two words "awesome" are enough!
After talking about the iron drill, Lu Yu went on to talk about other tools, such as the "Luoyang shovel", "Flying Tiger Claw", "Centipede Hanging on the Mountain Ladder" and so on.
Of course, with Cao Xiu's brain, it is definitely impossible to understand... You have to practice it to gain true knowledge!
However, Cao Xiu raised a brand new question.
"Master Lu, for this... ordinary forging, we can just hire famous craftsmen from Yanzhou. Why do we need to build our own 'forging workshop' and recruit fifty brothers?"
No wonder Cao Xiu asked...
You know, he has the most elite cavalry in Cao's camp.
Now he is given the title of "Dragon Rider". If it is to rob a tomb and fight upside down, hundreds of people need to be drawn out. In order to have sufficient military resources, it is still excusable...
But...forge some iron tools? Why bother?
The brothers have enough to eat every day... They are waiting to fight bloody battles for Master Lu Yu on the battlefield, not to be craftsmen in the logistics. None of Qiao Pei's children are afraid of death.
However, how could Cao Xiu understand Lu Yu's thoughts?
To give the simplest example, before time travel, Lu Yu collaborated with a friend to create an APP when he was in college.
After the test, the response was very good. I thought I would make a lot of money, but I never thought that within half a month, a "certain Antarctic animal company" made a very similar APP, and then used super traffic to crush Lu Yu's side.
There's not even a scrap left behind.
For this reason, the fear of being dominated by "copying homework" followed Lu Yu throughout his college career. The so-called "following the trend and dying of originality" is roughly the same principle.
In ancient times, although involution was not so serious, we had to guard against plagiarism and imitation!
"Luoyang Shovel", "Flying Tiger Claw", "Centipede Hanging Mountain Ladder" and other tomb robbing gadgets must be made from one's own forge and used by one's trusted brothers. Each person must be equipped with sufficient tools, and every tool
They must be bound to the person who equipped them, so that the drawings and tools will not be leaked, and naturally other princes will not be given the opportunity to "copy the work."
Of course, if you think about this kind of thing with Cao Xiu, he can't even understand it...
Simply, Lu Yu patted him on the shoulder. "General Cao, just listen to me. This is of great benefit and no harm! In the future, the brothers in these forging workshops will probably have more opportunities to get promoted and make money...
"
this…
Cao Xiu hesitated for a moment, and then he murmured, "I'm afraid... it's hard to choose someone! After all, everyone, who doesn't want to make meritorious service on the battlefield and shine on the family lintel..."
Oh...that's it!
Lu Yu rolled his eyes and thought for a moment, but soon his eyes were fixed.
"It's simple. Anyone who is willing to enter the forge will receive double their salary! If there are still not enough people, then the salary will be tripled. If it still doesn't work, then four times, five times, six, seven times... Anyway, we are not bad.
That's it!"
The salary of a big man serving as a soldier is extremely low...even if it is several times higher, it does not cost much money. For Lu Yu nowadays, this is nothing...
Uh...Cao Xiu was confused when he heard this.
Sure enough, it was so inhumane... He could suddenly feel a little bit of the happiness of rich people.
"Okay...okay!" Cao Xiu agreed.
In these troubled times, as long as you have money, ah no...as long as you have food, let alone one forging workshop, you can open ten or hundreds of forging workshops without any problem!
"General Cao." Lu Yu patted him on the shoulder again and said earnestly. "Now, we are not short of money. Don't skimp on any money! Brothers, if you can get more salary, don't hide it.
…As the saying goes, if you want to make a horse run, you have to let it eat young grass.”
"By the way..." Lu Yu suddenly thought of something. "General Cao Xiu seems to have an old mother who is still in Wu. Now that Yanzhou is stable, you might as well bring her over. We big men rule the world with filial piety. What's the point of Confucius...
'The son wants to be raised but cannot be cared for by relatives', General Cao might as well go to the grain depot to get some grain... and also give my aunt a big house in Chenliu County to take care of her for the rest of her life!"
this…
Lu Yu's mention of changing the house for his mother suddenly brought tears to Cao Xiu's eyes. At this moment, Cao Xiu actually wanted to cry.
You know, this "thousand-mile horse" is a filial son!
In the first year of Chuping, the Cao family dispersed and left the village.
At that time, Cao Xiu was more than ten years old and had lost his father, so he carried his father's coffin alone... and rented a cemetery to bury his father.
Then...he took his old mother across the river to seek refuge in Wu, and was taken in by the prefect of Wu County.
During this period, Cao Xiu was in the prefect's mansion. When he saw the portrait of the former prefect, his grandfather "Cao Ding" hanging on the wall, he burst into tears. For a time...Cao Xiu's reputation for filial piety spread to every corner of Wu!
While Cao Cao and Chen Liu raised their troops, Cao Xiu fled thousands of miles away. The only worry and concern in his heart was for his mother who was still in Wu.
This time, after hearing Lu Yu say that... he was... asked to take his mother back, and... he was also asked to get food to buy a house for his mother, how could Cao Xiu's heart not be moved by the kindness shown here?
"Master Lu...please...please accept Xiu's bow!" Cao Xiu immediately knelt down...
This move really shocked Lu Yu. Lu Yu really didn't think too much about it. The main reason was that he was too rich. This casual comment... was really just a "sprinkle"... and he was far from thinking about showing favors.
He immediately helped Cao Xiu up.
"It's a small matter, it's a small matter... Since my aunt is my mother, General Cao shouldn't take it to heart."
"Young Master Lu, I have no way to repay you for your kindness!" Cao Xiu kowtowed and then stood up.
Uh... Lu Yu felt a little embarrassed when he came on board.
In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, he simply said, "Oh... I envy General Cao so much. If it weren't for my father who suffered a thousand blows, I guess... my mother would still be alive today! Alas... I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore...
"Young Master Lu..." Hearing this... Cao Xiu's face suddenly became extremely serious, and he cupped his hands and said, "If one day Young Master Lu finds his father, no matter what his identity is, as long as Young Master Lu gives the order, Xiu will take action ruthlessly.
Give him a good beating for Mr. Lu! Let Mr. Lu get so angry!"
As soon as this statement came out.
"Sneeze..." Cao Cao, who was far away in the government office, sneezed suddenly. He had a vague feeling in his heart, as if... someone wanted to beat him!