Fall In Love with the Technology Tree - Chapter 99

    In the wild grass, the Gongsun’s ox cart is parked. The car body made of paulownia wood is painted and painted, and there is a huge black canopy on it, which is more expensive than Ah Sheng’s ox cart. gorgeous. At the back of the car stood the servants and maids, and at a glance it could be seen that it was a noble family traveling. The Gongsun clan is not as famous as the big clan in the Central Plains, but the ostentation must be comparable.

    Two women in Chinese clothes stood in front of the car and looked towards the direction of the city wall of Zhaojiazhuang.

    Finally, a brown horse ran out from the city gate, an adult and a child at once.

    “An Lang—” Ta Ba Niang took two steps forward, she had to stop because the cloak stumbled, and the “An Lang” shouted in twists and turns.

    Ta’an was carried off by A Shi and gave the two aunts a standard scholar’s ceremony: “Hello, aunt.”

    Ta Ba Niang with tears in her eyes: “It’s fine. I’ve grown taller, and I’m sensible. I heard that you were injured, and my aunt couldn’t sleep well all night.” She dragged Ta An to the Away from the upper wind of the crowd, he carefully took off his leather cap, and the moment he saw the bandage, tears rolled down: “I hurt my head, how can this be good? How can this be good?”

    “Aunt, I’m fine.” Da An was chilled by the wind and tried to grab the hat, but failed.

    “You bruised your head at a young age, but I think how difficult it was for you to live in the Cao family.” Ta Ba Niang hugged Ta An tightly, “There is no one else here, you tell aunt , how did this hurt?”

    “I just accidentally…”

    “Lying! The maid is watching, the wet nurse is watching, how can you be careless? A careless servant is also careless, my poor An Lang—”

    Taian didn’t want to explain to his aunt that there was no wet nurse by his side, otherwise she would have to think too much. It is unreasonable to hear that some children from noble families still need to drink milk when they are six or seven years old. So he had to whisper: “I stole Sister Cao Zhen’s pony, so she pushed me. It was my fault, the eldest son and the second son paid compensation, and the pony returned to me, Auntie, don’t say it.”

    Ba Niang still shed tears: “I heard that Cao Ang had three good horses for him to learn to ride and shoot when he was five years old. Now An Lang is also five years old, but he broke his head for one horse and others. …”

    “Sister, you have overstepped.” Jiuniang, who was watching the wind, shouted sharply, “Cao Ang is the eldest son of the Cao family and the eldest grandson of Da Si Nong.”

    “An Lang is the only blood of the Ta Clan. Although the Ta Clan is defeated, it is not An Lang’s turn to waste…” Lying on the silkworm, the peach blossoms are like rain.

    Jiniang pulled her sister up and almost threw Ta’an in Eighth Niang’s arms to the ground: “You are trying to kill us! That is, before the Ta’s defeat, they occupied the land of a county. How does the Lord compare to Gongqing Gaomen? I beg you, shut up and don’t spoil An Lang.” She turned her head and stared at Ta An with a serious face: “Your eighth aunt has had a good life for a few years, The more confused you are, you have to recognize yourself.”

    Ta’an was panicked by the sight of her, she nodded quickly, and repeated what he had memorized countless times: “I know. To listen to the second son, the matter of the father’s generation has passed, and I want to be fair. Ann grew up.”

    Jiniang breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to frown: “If you keep this in your heart, you shouldn’t provoke Cao Zhen. She is the eldest daughter of Cao Mengde and a compatriot of Cao Ang. Eldest sister, the weight in the future is not something you can compare to.”

    Ta An bowed her head: “Yes. An Lang was wrong.”

    He really felt that the two aunts were more difficult to serve than the Cao family. no.

    Every family has a difficult scripture to read. When Ta’an felt that he was about to worry about his aunt at a young age, Ah Sheng also felt that it was too much for her to be planted on her niece’s head even at her age.

    Dalian Racecourse is another scarce resource provided by Youzhou to the Cao family in addition to lime mines. A non-northern cannot raise a good horse, and a non-northern cannot raise a famous cavalry. Ah Sheng actually doesn’t know much about the cavalry, an arm that has been eliminated by history. She can still have some insight when it comes to jeeps or tanks, but when it comes to how to raise horses, she has also learned slowly in her life, far less than Governor Zaibing. Great Cao Cao.

      But he stood in the tent with a smile on his face and reported.

    It was not easy for him either. He moved from Nandao and Liudao to Liaodong, always fighting on the front line of wasteland reclamation. If he could stay on the southern island, he would definitely be a legendary figure who combined Langli Baitiao and the mountain demon, but he had to come to the north and start learning from raising horses. a cavalry.

    The source of cavalry is also unprecedented: orphans who have just graduated from Qingzhou, strong and strong people from South Island, new immigrants from Youzhou, and some young cavalry who have settled down.

    A Sheng was wearing a winter coat filled with down, because the color was a slightly purple dark cyan, so she did not look bloated, but made her lips red and teeth white. “Sit down.” She raised her hand for Twenty-Seven to sit down, and poured him a cup of hot milk tea herself, “I’ve lived at the racecourse for half a month, and you’ve done a great job.”

    Twenty-seven touched her nose, picked up the pottery bowl and drank it: “I came back late and didn’t receive the host in time.”

    “Training troops and patrolling are the real business. After all, we are in the frontier, not like the Central Plains.”

    “Cough.” Ah Sheng coughed in disguise. “So, what about the north? Except for the occasional Korean and Wuhuan merchants in southern Liaoning, I have never seen barbarians. Northeastern Liaoning is adjacent to Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Goguryeo, as well as Fuyu, Woju, and Yiya. But what I know is outdated, the northern ethnic groups are annexing each other, and the situation is changing rapidly, so it is not as intuitive as you to make a trip in person.”

      On the other hand, Xianbei, on the other hand, have occupied the grasslands since the decline of the Xiongnu, annexed the rest of the Xiongnu, and become more and more troubled. The low-ranking staff encountered a small group of Xianbei outside Liaodong County for many times, or eight or nine people, or more than ten people, they dared to attack and kill the village, and they were extremely arrogant. .” When he said this, the indignation could not be concealed in his tone.

    A Sheng took a pen and marked “Mongolian grassland” and “Small stock looting” after the word “Xianbei”, and marked “Inner Attachment” after the word “Wuhuan”.

    “Xianbei Koubian every year, is it the same this year?”

    Twenty-seven took a deep breath: “Large-scale bandits are always in December, and they will not fall this year. However, they are rare here in Liaodong, and most of them go to Yuyang, Go to Bingzhou. We, far water can’t save near fire.”

    While she was talking, she saw the little maid Wenchuan running in, rubbing behind Ah Sheng, without speaking.

    “What?” Twenty-seven asked first.

    Wen Chuan did not dare to look directly at the man full of suffocation, and only whispered: “The girl is here again, kneeling outside, single… Single-clothing please.”

    The sound insulation of the tent is not as good as that of the brick wall, and the wind whistling outside can be clearly heard. The candle crackled with a crisp sound, making Wenchuan shiver all over.

    About half a minute later, Ah Sheng gave a small smile: “I didn’t shout, it’s a bit arrogant, so let’s continue, what happened to Koguryeo Kobyen? “

    Twenty-seven did not hesitate. His master is only Cao Sheng, not even Cao Cao’s business, let alone Cao Cao’s daughter. “Goguryeo and Buyeo went out together, and Goguryeo is the most powerful. If it encounters Goguryeo King Jieao, he will lead the Koreans and Juwo to invade the border county and attack the prefect, even the county town cannot stop it. But Fuyu and Goguryeo have an old feud, After many years of conquest of each other, such a large-scale invasion is not common.”

    Goguryeo, occupying the Daxing’an Mountains, has no need to go south compared to Xianbei, who can’t get enough food on the grassland. But from time to time, he would compete with the big Han for hegemony in the Northeast.

    Fuyu, the enemy of the enemy is the friend.

    In more concise terms:

    For the entire Dahan, the primary contradiction is the Western Qiang.

    For the entire Youzhou, the primary contradiction is Xianbei.

    For Liaodong, the primary contradiction is Goguryeo.

    “In this case, I still have to go to Goguryeo.” Ah Sheng wrote a note and passed it to the spy staff around him. Next, nails will naturally be inserted into the caravans headed to Sigema on the border. In her previous life, she wouldn’t feel at ease if she couldn’t see the implementation of the work with her own eyes, but now, she seems to be used to relying on reports for decision-making.

    “My brother wants to transfer the juvenile cavalry back. This winter’s hunting will depend on your new cavalry to support the Cao clan. By the way, let’s see Gongsun clan’s part.”

    “No.”

    “When the hunt is over, go to Xigaima to find Goguryeo people to practice your skills. You can dress up as Xianbei people.”

    “No.” Isn’t that what he is best at.

    Twenty-seven took the order and went out, leaving Ah Sheng with Cao Zhen who was still kneeling in the cold wind.

    A Sheng rubbed her temples, now she felt that the candle flame was too scorching, so she simply put on a cloak and walked out of the tent with a hand stove.

    The sky seems to be depressed so low that even the sun cannot dispel this vast depression. Miss Cao was kneeling in the grass in front of the tent, next to a withered and yellowed dog’s tail grass. Ah Sheng leaned down and touched his niece’s little hand, which was cold.

    “Why waste your own body? It’s the child’s body that hurts and the parents. This is not the way for a family to admit their mistakes.”

    The little girl’s eyes turned red: “A Zhen is not precious at all. Without the favor of her second uncle and father, A Zhen is just a prostitute.”

    “Other people’s favor is like a mirror, only one’s own is one’s own.”

    “But as the eldest daughter of the Cao family, I have to marry. Is something wrong?”

    “Why do other people spoil you? Are you good-looking, or are you flattering? Or are you good at dealing with people, or have virtue, or have skills, people who have real ability will always Some people appreciate it. If this husband doesn’t appreciate it, let’s change it. Don’t you often claim to be the eldest daughter of the Cao family? I can still accept you if there is room for remarriage.”

    Cao Zhen lowered her head and sniffed. “I know I’m wrong. When An Lang comes back, I’ll make amends for him. Second uncle, don’t see me.”

    A Sheng handed her the stove: “You child, always humble yourself where you shouldn’t be, and be proud where you shouldn’t be.”

    “Second uncle…” Cao Zhen was picked up by her own maid, wrapped in her coat, and a little unsteady, “What do you mean?”

    “It is disgusting to be flattering to the superior and arrogant to the inferior. If you have two points of caution towards Ta’an now, and two points of pride at the time towards me, that’s what makes people proud take a look.”

    “Is the second uncle laughing at me?”

    A Sheng stroked Cao Zhen’s hair: “I restrain myself, so it makes people look up to me, what’s wrong? You are also eleven years old, think about these reasons.”

    The winter snow falls, and there are white flowers everywhere.

    Youzhou has entered the most difficult winter. Cold is not the biggest enemy. The rapid popularization of the heated kang technology among the people has made the freezing death rate of the Liaodong Peninsula lower year by year. Hunger is not the biggest enemy either. This year is a big year, and whether it is the Cao family in the south of Liaoning or the Gongsun family in the north of the county, the rent received will not make people unable to live.

    The real big trouble comes from the Koubian of the minority. The harsh natural environment has created a brutal competition for survival in the North. In spring, summer and autumn, everyone produces their own products; in winter, they rob each other.

    In this environment, a happy cat winter does not exist.

    The villagers are busy reinforcing the fortifications, the cavalry are busy serving as scouts and robbing others, the householders are busy training and exercising, even Ah Sheng and Cao Cao’s children have to ride on horses and draw bows to the hunting ground . Whether or not the prey can be hunted is the second thing. Horseback riding and archery are the most important communication activities among the nobles in Liaodong.

    At least, it is the most important communication activity between the Cao family and Gongsundu.

    Gongsun Du is in his thirties this year, slightly older than Cao Cao Cao Sheng, and he looks masculine in line with the aesthetics of the world, but there is a bit of sullenness between his eyebrows, showing that he is not happy.

    “Rush.” ​​There was a slight noise from the half-yellow bushes. Ah Sheng frowned, his body was already shooting arrows spontaneously. “Puchi”, there was no sound between the blades of grass. The two servants of the Cao family ran over happily and picked up a silly roe deer with brown fur. Arrows pierced through his eyes.

    Gongsun Du looked up and down at A Sheng with some surprised eyes: “Zhonghua looks weak, but his arrows are accurate.” Ready to go.

    Cao Cao rode on a good black horse with a Gaoqiao saddle, with his feet in stirrups, with great pride.

    A Sheng couldn’t accept this compliment so shamelessly, he must be humble. “Let Shengji laugh. If I go further, I’ll be too weak for a weak person.” After she finished speaking, she slammed her horse forward, led her into the woods, and shot another unlucky one within half an hour. rabbit and a hapless pheasant. After three arrows, she reached her limit. Shoot the fourth arrow again, and you will inevitably get a muscle strain.

    “Brother, Shengji.” She turned around to find Cao Cao and Gongsun Du, “I will stop right now, and hand over the honor of punching bears and kicking wolves to the two of you.”

    The two young men laughed: “Go to the tent and wait for our good news.” Cao Cao also greeted his eldest son: “Aang, you have to go back with your second uncle. ?”

    Cao Ang rode a half-sized horse, held a half-sized bow, and tied a half-sized sword, his face was red from the cold and insisted: “I want to guard my father.”

    Cao Cao is also a Liaodong passer now, and he knows what is going on when he hears it. Gongsun Zhao of Gongsun’s own family had always been at odds with Gongsun Du, so he deliberately humiliated Gongsun Du’s eldest son, saying that he would appoint this young boy as corporal leader.

    What is a corporal? The person in charge of the five soldiers in the army is called the corporal, who is not as good as the squad leader at the lowest level in later generations. It is not so much an officer as it is a titled trooper. The son of the Gongsun family, the eldest son of the former governor of Jizhou, he was a major soldier in his hometown in Youzhou, and he was afraid of being laughed to death if he spoke out.

    Unfortunately, Gongsun Zhao is the magistrate of Xiangping County, and he has the power to appoint and remove the grassroots troops. What can Gongsun Kang do as a young man, he can only say that he has refused the call. A joke, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is not a recruitment at all, it is someone who wants to humiliate Gongsun Du’s lineage.

    The corner of Gongsundu’s mouth showed a hint of sarcasm: “After all, I am an old man who has lost his official position and can’t stand up for the child. If I were still the prefect of a state, let’s see who else in Liaodong would dare to make trouble.”

    Cao Cao heard Xianyin and knew Yayi: “Shengji is not an outsider, so I’ll tell you the truth. It’s not a good time to go through the path of Shi Changshi to seek an official position. There are many bad omens. At this time, it is not good for your reputation to serve as an eunuch. In addition, their demands are becoming more and more excessive, and the emperor has sold his office. Even if you spend tens of millions of dollars, you may not be able to buy a prefect. Otherwise, how can I, the son of Cao Cao Jiuqing, Would you be a magistrate in a low-level county with less than 10,000 people?”

    These words, in addition to rejecting Gongsun Du’s application for office, also created an atmosphere of being a fallen person from the end of the world. But Gongsun Du didn’t want to eat this set, and his mouth crooked immediately: “Meng De is joking. Which inferior county magistrate can appease tens of thousands of displaced persons; which inferior county magistrate leads troops out to inspect Xianbei? The inferior county magistrate can return to Luoyang to report his duties? I think you are a hero…”

      Tears came from his hands, “The Great General came from a humble background, so why can the Empress be in a high position, so she is extraordinarily seeking talents and not sticking to one’s background. Now that the Great General’s Mansion is newly built, there is a shortage of ministers everywhere. You and I defected to the Great General, no better than bribing eunuchs. ?”

    Gongsun Du burst into tears: “If you are rich, you must not forget the kindness of Meng De.”

    The two gave each other a high five: “After the second day of the first lunar month, we will leave for the west.”

    Both are movie stars.