I am an anchor in the Three Kingdoms

The second son, Cao Pi, thought about the stakes, and logically speaking, he couldn't have a hand in the matter of the workshop.After all, the man in charge of the studio is Cao Cao Liu Ye, the confidant of the fourth son Cao Zhi.

However, I heard that the fifth son, Cao Xiong, has become the newly promoted head of the workshop by virtue of his father Cao Cao's handwriting, which is quite interesting!

Liu Ye has an official rank, and Cao Xiong has an official position. This seems to be a simple competition of equipment, but in fact it is to determine the ownership of the workshop.After all, workshops are different from other departments, and the support of carpenters is extremely important.

After thinking about it again and again, Cao Pi decided not to let the fifth son Cao Xiong enter the workshop.

This department seems to have nothing to do with the struggle between the sons, but in fact it has a lot to do. The workshop is a place for the troops to march and siege the city. It has a close relationship with the generals. Controlling the workshop is actually a channel to open up relationships with the generals.

This is very important to Cao Xiong, the fifth son who has just emerged.

Cao Pi was thinking, and He Yan beside him was also thinking carefully.

"Second son, this workshop is of little use to Mr. Cao Zhi, but to the fifth son Cao Xiong, it is a place of contention!"

He Yan's reminder coincided with Cao Pi's.

"Cao Xiong must lose this competition!" Cao Pi made up his mind, and then whispered some arrangements in He Yan's ear.

The workshop must not fall into the hands of Cao Xiong.

It is still this afternoon!

He Yan went to visit the third son Cao Zhang.

In the eyes of the third son Cao Zhang, this is very strange.

He Yan is Cao Pi's confidant, everyone in the Sikong Mansion knows this, why does he come to the court of the third son Cao Zhang?

Chapter 126 Materials

He Yan stayed in Cao Zhang's courtyard for a whole afternoon, and when he went out in the evening, the third son Cao Zhang personally sent him out.Judging from their expressions, the two seemed to be talking very speculatively.

The undercurrent inside and outside the Sikong Mansion is raging!

Jingxuan Pavilion has a calm and composed scene.

On the first day of the three-day period, Cao Xiong ordered the government soldiers to escort all the more than ten elderly carpenters in the workshop to Jingxuan Pavilion, naturally including that old carpenter Liu.

Then Cao Xiong took out the "Song Dynasty Ladder Car Manufacturing Manual" that he had carefully disassembled. Since the explanations in the manual are very clear, these elderly carpenters basically understood it at a glance.

After reading everything, the elderly carpenters are eager to try. Zhu Youxiao's "Song Dynasty Ladder Car Making Manual" almost broke their understanding of the ladder.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the ladder was improved by Lu Ban and widely used in siege warfare.

To the Han Dynasty, during hundreds of years.

The cloud ladder, a device widely used on the battlefield, has not changed much from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

It's not that no one is doing research in this area!

In fact, in the era when two-wheeled chariots were rare, who would have thought of using a four-wheeled chariot as the base and folding the top to form a ladder?This is why the invention of the ladder car was delayed until the heyday of the Tang Dynasty when technology was advanced.

Zhu Youxiao's ladder cart is an improved version of the ladder cart in the Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. It is lighter and even the ladder can be folded.In terms of firmness, it is really not comparable to the ladders of the Three Kingdoms period!

Because of this, these older carpenters are very motivated.

They are looking forward to the contribution of their craftsmen to the manufacture of this great ladder car.

But with the production book, the carpenters are all gathered.

A new problem arises!

That is, the material has not arrived yet.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!

Cao Xiong told Cao Lin to go to the warehouse to get some materials, it has been a day, why is there still no materials.

Cao Xiong told Old Carpenter Liu his question.

Old carpenter Liu also revealed the whole story.

It turned out that there were more than ten master bookkeepers in the warehouse, who were in charge of different materials, such as the transportation of wood, which required the permission of Li Dian, a general; More than a dozen master books were involved.

It's not that they will deliberately make things difficult for Cao Lin.

It is true that some master books are not in the warehouse at all!

When going south to Jingzhou, which official is not multi-tasking, for example, Li Dian, the military general who is in charge of the timber in the warehouse, is also responsible for training soldiers; I can't leave.

These questions were thrown out violently, and Cao Xiong realized how cumbersome the matter Cao Lin took on, no wonder he didn't send the materials all day.

Immediately planned to go out in person, but just walked out of Jingxuan Pavilion.

Cao Lin dragged his tired body and led a group of government soldiers to transport the required materials as quickly as possible.

Cao Xiong was still very surprised, so he hurriedly asked Cao Lin.

"Brother Cao Lin, how did you settle those treasury masters?"

Cao Lin smiled slightly, and told his fifth brother the whole story as soon as possible.

As old carpenter Liu said, most of the master bookkeepers of these warehouses are on other errands. It is not easy to find them, and it is not easy to obtain the warrants of the people in charge.

Chapter 127 Cao Cao's Bet

The "Craftsman Token" that Cao Xiong threw to Cao Lin was a great help.

Although it was only given to him by Hao Zhao temporarily, since it is in his hands, he needs to make the best use of it, right?

In the entire northern city, once the craftsman order is used, even the prefect must quickly prepare the materials!

Although these master books are not in the warehouse!

But who would dare not listen to the words of the prefect of Yecheng?What's more, the prefect of Yecheng, in name, is the great Sikong Cao Cao!

Cao Lin directly took the "craftsman's order" to meet Cao Cao!

Because of this, Cao Cao was very happy, and he praised Cao Lin for his strategy and how to take advantage of the situation.

Cao Lin was honest, saying that Brother Fifth asked him to take it with him.

Out of curiosity, Cao Cao asked again: "What is the siege machine that Wu'er plans to make?"

Cao Lin briefly introduced, "One base is a chariot, and the chariot is a folded ladder, which can go up and down!"

The base chariot, the chariot is on the ladder, and the ladder can automatically rise and fall!

Cao Cao thought about this thing.

If what Cao Lin said is true, then this ladder chariot is really suitable for attacking Xiangyang.

Cao Cao immediately ordered Cao Lin to go to the warehouse to pick up the things.

After Cao Lin left.

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that this device was interesting?

If it was a chariot that could go up and down, wouldn't it mean that the soldiers wouldn't need to rush forward holding the ladder?

Often in siege battles, the first wave of soldiers rushing to the city are these ladder soldiers!After a battle, the soldiers who suffered the most casualties were also soldiers holding ladders.

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao only felt a headache, so he simply lay down on the chair and asked Xu Chu.

"Tell me about the rare things inside and outside the Sikong Mansion these days!"

As Cao Cao's personal guard, although Xu Chu didn't often hang out outside the Sikong mansion, it didn't mean he didn't understand the major events in Yecheng.

In his Huben camp, people come to tell him interesting stories outside Sikong Mansion from time to time!

"Today, the most talked about in the streets and alleys of Yecheng is the weapon competition between Wu Gongzi and Hao Zhao! I heard that there are gambling tables in all the gambling houses in Yecheng?"

"Gambling?" Cao Cao was very interested when he heard this.

Xu Chu took out the credentials of Zhang's gambling house.

"This is the proof of the gambling table. I couldn't help it. I asked someone to bet [-] yuan!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao was overjoyed and patted Xu Chu on the back.

"What about ten thousand dollars? It's not a small amount. Who is it?"

Xu Chu pointed to the word "Hao" on the voucher of the gambling house and said, "I don't know anything about equipment. I'm betting on hot spots, Hao Zhao! It's just that his odds are too low! If you bet [-] yuan, even if you win, you won't be able to win." Only seventeen thousand dollars.

On the other hand, the odds of Wu Gongzi are [-] to [-]. I heard that the odds are still rising! "

Cao Cao laughed, pointed at Xu Chu and said, "You..."

Xu Chu thought it was a reproach, and hastily knelt down to plead guilty: "Let Cao Sikong punish you!"

Cao Cao hurriedly helped Xu Chu up: "I mean... you... the loss is only [-] yuan, which is too much. You probably have to beg along the street!"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he ordered his followers to open a box in the cabinet: "Here is 20 yuan, Marquis of Guannei, help me suppress the five sons!"

Xu Chu was shocked!

According to Cao Cao's attitude in the past two days, it seems that the fifth son has little chance of winning!

Because of this, Xu Chu dared to overwhelm Hao Zhao. Why did Cao Sikong dare to bet 20 yuan recently, which is enough for [-] sets of armor and weapons for soldiers.

Cao Sikong's mind was getting more and more difficult to figure out.

Before leaving, Cao Cao suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly called to him, "Won't the odds of Wuzi continue to rise? Then don't panic, and bet on the evening of the last day, when the odds are high!"

After all, Cao Cao laughed.

Xu Chu was stunned!

He wondered if he would spend another thousand dollars to suppress the fifth young master, otherwise his chest would keep throbbing wildly, and he couldn't bear it.

Chapter 128 Ladder car slimming plan!

Inside Jingxuan Pavilion.

After Cao Lin brought back all the materials needed, the production of the ladder car officially started.

Because the collection of materials was delayed for half a day longer than planned, the entire construction period seemed a little tight.

But at this time, the advantage of the commander of the Sikong Mansion's soldiers was revealed.

He found Dianman, the deputy commander, and asked Dianman to draw a small team from the army to support Jingxuan Pavilion.

It's just that the Fubing came here not to protect the safety of Jingxuan Pavilion, but to do some simple work of sorting and moving materials.

Before, Cao Xiong divided the government soldiers from the original four teams into fifteen teams, and each team also changed from more than two hundred soldiers to more than sixty now.

In addition, twelve new chieftains of the government soldiers have been appointed!

Because of these actions, the newly promoted leaders of the government soldiers rushed to Jingxuan Pavilion to help. After all, the fifth son can be regarded as a kindness to them.

In this way, the manufacture of the ladder car is proceeding in an orderly manner.

What is unexpected is that the concubine Cao Lin is very talented in carpentry.

After reading the "Song Dynasty Ladder Car Production Manual" several times, I am familiar with almost every step.

In addition, he is humble and gentle, and has no pretensions in dealing with others, which makes all the carpenters like it very much. When there are doubts, these experienced carpenters will patiently explain to him in detail.

On the contrary, Cao Xiong is very trouble-free!

With Cao Lin watching outside, he doesn't need to worry about everything, not to mention that there is Zhu Youxiao in the live broadcast room who is watching the carpenters make with great enjoyment. Whenever there is a mistake, Zhu Youxiao can quickly point it out.

"Stop, stop, this is wrong!"

"Master, it should be like this here!"

With Zhu Youxiao's help, Cao Xiong's every advice is just right.

It made all the old carpenters applaud.