The next day, Cao Zhi got up early. Firstly, because he had a lot to do, and secondly, the bed in the military camp (one of the military equipment during the Eastern Han Dynasty) was really uncomfortable. After escaping from his room last night
, Cao Zhi moved into the military camp. After sleeping on a bed for one night, his waist and back ached, and he finally got up.
When Xia Houyuan arrived at the military camp, Cao Zhi had been writing at his desk for a long time. Xia Houyuan did not live in the military camp, and his home was in the county seat of Qiao County. As soon as Xia Houyuan entered the tent, he saw Cao Zhi writing furiously at his desk. He couldn't help sighing and thinking, "Goodbye"
It seems that Brother Zhi’s physique is not as good as some of ours, but he is a few years younger than us. Look, he had a romantic night last night, and he got up so early today.” Xia Houyuan walked quietly behind Cao Zhi and saw what was written on the table.
There were several sheets filled with them. I picked up one at random and read stiffly: "Weapon list..." Then he looked at another sheet and said, "Management plan..."
Brother Zhi! What are these?"
Cao Zhi had already been alerted, and was looking up to see Xia Houyuan struggling to recite his morning results. It seemed that Xia Houyuan not only had trouble reading, but also found it even more difficult to understand what Cao Zhi had written. This was not because Xia Houyuan was short of talent, but because of what Cao Zhi had written.
, are all modern concepts. The people of the Three Kingdoms who lived more than a thousand years ago, no matter how capable they were, could not understand these scientific concepts that took thousands of years to be formed and established.
Cao Zhi initially didn't understand why Xia Houyuan couldn't understand what he wrote. He felt that what he wrote was quite clear. After thinking about it, he understood. He picked up the first piece of paper and said: "Weapons refer to weapons, hey! You
See if you can find everything I listed above?"
Xia Houyuan took the paper handed over by Cao Zhi, and under Cao Zhi's guidance, he was looking at these new or old terms, some of which he had never heard of.
When Cao Zhi came to ancient times, he had been in a barracks, fought in battles, and had some experience with ancient weapons. Cao Zhi generally felt that the weapons of this period were bulky and less lethal. They relied on soldiers fighting against each other, and the generals would be killed individually.
Destroying the opponent relies on the morale of the army or numerical superiority to win the battle. Cao Zhilao is thinking about inventing some explosives and making some modern weapons for use in this ancient war. That would be much more interesting and the chance of winning would be better.
Great improvement. Cao Zhi did take a course on bombs when he was in the police academy, but he didn't learn it deeply.
Once you have an idea, you should take action. To make a bomb, you must first have gunpowder. Cao Zhi remembers that gunpowder was one of the four great inventions of our country, but he can’t remember which dynasty it was in. He went to Xia Houyuan and asked if there was gunpowder in this era?
"Gunpowder, yes." Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Zhi and replied a little strangely.
"Great, then, you can get it there." Cao Zhi said excitedly.
"How much do you want? There are too many and it's hard to find." Xia Houyuan said, covering his chin.
"Why?" Cao Zhi just felt excited and felt something was wrong.
"It doesn't matter how much money you spend," Cao Zhi continued without giving up. "Haha..." Xia Houyuan said with a smile, "This is not a matter of money. How come Brother Zhi is so interested in alchemy?"
"Ah, alchemy, what does gunpowder have to do with alchemy?" Cao Zhi asked in confusion. Seeing Cao Zhi's sincere confusion, Xia Houyuan was convinced that he didn't know. Xia Houyuan thought that Cao Zhi also wanted to seek the alchemy of immortality, so he was about to prepare
I tried to persuade him that there would be no good results in being obsessed with alchemy and other alchemy techniques. As we all know, the Ling Emperor would die by eating those things.
Cao Zhicai didn't care how harmful Fang Shu was. He only knew that after Xia Houyuan explained to him why gunpowder was related to Fang Shu, his interest in inventing bombs was undoubtedly poured cold water on him.
It turns out that gunpowder was found in the Qin Dynasty, and alchemy was popular in the Qin Dynasty. The so-called alchemy refers to a method in which people refine elixirs in order to seek immortality. The alchemists occasionally made failed works while developing the elixir of immortality and refining elixirs.
, caused an explosion, but there is no record of how to make it. It is just a warning passed down from generation to generation not to mix certain designated items, otherwise it will cause an explosion.
Xia Houyuan and others also used some local gunpowder, which was usually used by the northern army to convey military orders. For example, to convey orders to start an attack, there was no large-scale production of gunpowder, and no one used it for war. Because of the gunpowder in the Three Kingdoms era
It is formulated with almost no lethality, it just makes a noise.
While the two were watching and discussing, Xiahou Dun hurried over. He came out a little later than Xiahou Yuan. As soon as he entered the tent, he said: "Look, this is what was just posted on the county government and the city gate this morning.
"As he said, he put something like a notice in front of Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi lowered his head to look, and Xia Houyuan also stretched his head to look. Before Cao Zhi finished reading, Xia Houyuan laughed and said: "
It turned out to be a wanted notice for Ah Ma and Zhi Di, but it finally arrived."
"What's so funny about this? I heard that County Magistrate Qiao is coming to visit today." Xiahou Dun said anxiously.
"What's there to be afraid of? How capable can he be as a county magistrate? They can't even deal with the Yellow Turban bandits who have made trouble recently. He dares to come after us. Besides, it's not the first day we've known this county magistrate.
That old boy is an old man and would not do such a stupid thing." Old God Xia Houyuan said calmly.
"Then what do you think he is here for?" Xiahou Dun said still worried. Just when Xiahou Yuan was about to take over, Cao Zhixian answered, "Don't worry about what he is here for. We should be happy about one thing." Looking at both Xia Houyuan and Xiahou Dun
Not understanding the meaning of this sentence, he pointed to the notice on the table and continued: "The notice says that the wanted people are me and my eldest brother. What does this mean? It means that my eldest brother is still fine until now, but something has delayed him.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t be the two brothers on this list.”
"Yes, we were only thinking about the county magistrate. Why didn't we think of this?" Xia Houyuan said happily. After hearing this, Xiahou Dun also wiped away his previous melancholy and turned from sadness to joy and giggled.
"We can't ignore this county magistrate. Brother Xiahou will receive you when he comes later. I am a wanted criminal after all." Cao Zhi said, pointing to Xiahouyuan, and continued: "Prepare five hundred people to see what his purpose is.
Turning to Xiahou Dun, he said: "Second brother, take the remaining five hundred men and horses, take Le Jin, and Li Dian along the roads back to Qiao County to inquire about the whereabouts of eldest brother. Go further, and by the way, tell us about the ceremony of recruiting troops."
Promote it everywhere.”
The Xiahou brothers took their orders and left. After breakfast, the county magistrate came, but he was not here to catch any wanted criminals, but to visit Taiwei Cao Song as a student. Cao Song's status as Taiwei had already been confirmed to Dong Zhuo shortly after he entered the capital.
It was Cao Cao who resigned on his behalf on the grounds of old age. Dong Zhuo was eager to have one less "Three Dukes", so he soon agreed on behalf of the court. Ordinarily, it was impossible for the county magistrate not to know, but the county magistrate still behaved himself.
After paying homage to Cao Song, he sat for a while and then left, not even mentioning the fact that Cao Song's two sons were wanted.
As Xia Houyuan expected, the county magistrate was already an old man. How could he come to capture the Cao family's beard without knowing what he could do? Not to mention that the Cao family was the largest wealthy family in the area, just look at the people who were camped near the Cao family manor.
There were more than a thousand troops, and they were all the imperial guards in the capital. Even if they lent some courage to the magistrate, they would not dare to come and take them. So he could only pretend to be deaf and mute, knowing full well that the Cao Zhi in the compilation had returned to the Cao family.
He did not dare to come to the manor to fetch anyone, and even came to visit Cao Song as a courtesy. Fortunately, Cao Zhi asked Xia Houyuan to come forward to receive the county magistrate. Otherwise, Cao Zhi would directly receive the magistrate, which would make the magistrate very embarrassed.
Cao Song was not the kind of person who couldn't carry things clearly, so he immediately ordered someone to prepare a generous gift and send it to the county magistrate's house. That night, the magistrate hugged his little wife and laughed so happily that his mouth convulsed.
According to Xia Houyuan's intention, there is no need to pay attention to this county magistrate. What was the situation in the states, counties, and counties at that time? Dong Zhuo's rebellious behavior and misdeeds had already aroused public outrage. The situation at that time was that the state pastors, prefects, governors, and even
They are county magistrates. Ever since the Yellow Turban Uprising and Emperor Ling issued an order to various localities to form local armies, they have already had their own territories and armies, and the imperial court has long been unable to command them.
The grass-headed king with men and horses could not take the government seriously. Including sweeping the floors in a county office like this, there were not as many as one-third of Cao Zhi's current men and horses. Cao Zhi heard that Xia Houyuan sent him
Being compared to the Grass-headed King made me feel uncomfortable. I thought, "How could I become the Grass-headed King if I organized a rebel army properly?" In fact, the concept was not very clear at the time. Especially in the eyes of the big-headed soldiers, it was even more so.
It doesn't make much difference. As long as they have food to eat and military pay, whether you dominate the mountain as king or form a rebel army is just a name difference for them. The more social turmoil there is, the more people have this idea.