Fall In Love with the Technology Tree

In the sunny afternoon, the Cao Mansion, which had not opened for a long time, became lively again. The dead branches and leaves on the doorstep were swept away by the old servant in short brown, and the paulownia wood floor of the water pavilion was wiped by the little maid. From the kitchen to the tea room, trained servants come and go with cups and trays.

They look no different from the servants bought from the market, but half of the people who can work around Cao Sheng are staff under the Ministry of Spy: Old people, or students doing camouflage training. For example, the little girl who looked disdainful when Liu Bei passed by, should be deducted by the instructor when she turned around.

Luo Chi always felt that Ah Sheng was wronged, and he finally managed to train the people who served around him, so he had to send it away, or the inner house of a certain family, or a shop in Jizhou, or in the south The Women's Medical Hall in Shiwanda Mountain. It has come and gone for several generations, and the number of caring people left behind has not reached a single slap.

But Ah Sheng himself disagreed: "They are loyal and I am safe, so that's fine. Why be too delicate?"

"When the master was young, he did not wear fine linen, nor did he eat fine wheat." Luo Chi sullenly took off her whitish old clothes and put on a brand new one with a dark pattern of white cranes in the cloud. The brocade robe went back and forth with a handheld incense burner, "Now that I have been fighting for decades, my family business has increased more than a hundred times, but it is not as good as when I was babbling. Fairy baby."

A Sheng was amused by her: "You are almost a grandmother, why are you stingy?"

Luo Chi raised his eyes, and kept tying the belt on his hand: "Even when I am the age of my great grandmother, I have nothing to say in front of Erlang."

The dressing is over here, it's time to meet the guests.

In the newly refurbished Linshui tea room, Cao Shuo was having a friendly exchange with Liu Bei. Liu Bei used to be a local official, from county lieutenant, county magistrate, all the way up to the prefect of Dajun. In the eyes of Cao Shuo, who has not completed his studies, he is a great and successful person. Moreover, he had already heard from the second uncle that he would also go down to the local area to do grass-roots work in the future, so Cao Shuo was particularly interested in Liu Bei's early experiences.

The second son of Cao is willing to listen, and Liu Bei is willing to speak.

"There are only two kinds of man-made disasters in the county: the evil people and the bad gentry. When he takes office, he loses office only when he offends the local tyrants."

Cao Shuo leaned forward: "Then there is no way to take them? Are they not tame with my father's prestige?"

"Although the second son is from a wealthy background, when he arrives in the county, he has to use the strength of famous families to fight against the powerful. Yes, even if it is Ling Zun, there are three clans of Cao, Xiahou and Ding inside, and Xun, Yang, Chen, and Wei outside help, where is it fighting alone?" Liu Bei said.

Cao Shuo lowered his head in disappointment: "What Xuande Gong said is too realistic."

Liu Bei is serious: "I compliment Young Master, it is not good for you."

Then they looked at each other and laughed.

Asheng came in when the atmosphere was just right. The afternoon breeze brought in the aroma of wormwood and calamus, and even the sunlight that slanted into the room had a kind of lazy tranquility. "Mr. Xuande took the time to come and let my small room flourish." She said at the beginning.

Liu Bei dare not say it.

The two sides exchanged a few words of greetings, and then the host and guest took their seats. Cao Shuo obediently moved the cushion to the back of Ah Sheng's side, shut up and listened to the adults.

"The fifth brother in the south gave a box of Qi Nan after the year, and it hasn't been opened yet. This fragrance is rare, and it's a pity to reward it alone." Following her voice, the maids gave her some notes. Case, incense burner, carbon ashes, ash press, silver flakes... In the blink of an eye, a complete set of incense tasting tools was complete, and finally Luo Chi brought a one-foot-square wooden carving box. Ah Sheng's movements are like flowing water, burning charcoal, burying charcoal, pressing ashes, and cutting spices. In less than fifteen minutes, a peculiar sweet fragrance permeates the room, and the sweetness has a bit of coolness to the bones. In this early summer In the afternoon, people seem to see the snow and ice in the sky.

"It is the best of agarwood." Liu Bei sighed, "Only the smell in the palace of the late emperor can compare with it."

Speak as if you knew the emperor very well.

A Sheng smiled: "In the past, most of the pieces dedicated to the late emperor were green chess pieces, but now this piece is a sugar knot. The sugar knot is not as precious as green chess, but it is one of the best, after precipitation, Achieving such a quality, worthy of a strange fragrance, is actually rarer than green chess."

Liu Bei couldn't figure out if she had something in her words or if she was just talking about spices, so she couldn't help clenching her fists secretly. In the next instant, he released his hand again, took out the tea bowl instead, and drank the remaining tea in it.

The woman on the opposite side didn't seem to see Liu Bei's nervousness, so she cut a few more spices, divided them into four stoves, and handed them over to the maid.

The taste of fragrance has reached this level, and the taste of different raw materials of the same variety is also very different. Golden knots, yingge green, orchid chess, the fragrance is dyed layer by layer, and the windows are endless.

A Sheng closed his eyes, inhaled, and slowly tasted the smell rolling in his nose, and then spit it out slowly. They sat silently for about ten minutes, and the aroma of Qi Nan was still strong, and there was no tendency for it to fade at all.

A life people open the windows for ventilation. "Although the incense is good, it's just to cultivate our temperament with us, and occasionally sneak in and try something new. On weekdays, business matters are more important."

Liu Bei opened his gleaming eyes, and the show was coming. He bowed and bowed: "Before, Duke Zhonghua did not stay out of the house, and Duke Cao was worried that there would be no directors in Yingchuan, so he ordered me to be stationed here. Now that the Duke has left the customs, he is ready to invite him to go south and share his worries with Duke Cao. "

A Sheng raised his hand and made a false gesture, and then said in a slightly apologetic voice: "I said before, to help Xuande Gong and Brother Axie the past, maybe promise a county The place. I have done the latter, but I have not done the former.”

He reminded him like this, and Ah Sheng didn't bother to go around in circles: "Speaking of the banquet, I met an assassin at that time, thanks to General Zhang for saving my life. It's not too much to repay. I know Duke Xuande is the clan of the Han family, and his desire to slay Yuan Shu and avenge the late emperor is stronger than anyone else. I intend to fulfill your loyalty to the Han family, but my current status is really inconvenient to change the appointment of my brother. How to do it?"

"Beiquan depends on Zhong Huagong's orders." Liu Bei kicked the ball back.

Cao Shuo felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, he looked at this, then looked at that, confused. Fortunately, Ah Sheng didn't let him be confused for too long, and immediately made a condition. "In another month, the summer grains from all over the country will come down one after another. The 100,000-strong army is outside, and the grain and grass for autumn and winter depend on this harvest, but Yuan Shao and Tao Qian are eyeing Qingzhou, and there are still unresolved bandits in the mountains, and they may attack the grain at any time. Dao, is Duke Xuande willing to carry food for me?"

Qingzhou, that is a place farther back than Yingchuan, 108,000 miles away from the front line where Cao Cao is located. Cao Sheng said this, but he refused to let him go to fight for the "King of the Yuan Clan".

Liu Bei accidentally knocked over the empty tea bowl. The smooth-surfaced porcelain swiped on the table while spinning in circles, almost flying out and smashing into pieces. Liu Bei hurriedly grabbed the tea bowl and said with a wry smile, "Bei has nothing to say." It's just that the road didn't work out, so I'll just look for another opportunity.

A Sheng let out a chuckle at this moment, she slowly raised her eyes: "I was just joking. Xuande is a great talent, where can you really go to Qingzhou to be a grain harvester?"

Liu Bei kept the right amount of shock on his face, blinking at her.

"But the grain transport is real." A Sheng said with awe, "You are the prefect of Yingchuan, besides transporting grain, what other name do you have to leave Xu County? Wait until June to raise the first batch Xia grain, let Xuande go to the front line. I can help you here."

What is from **** to heaven? Liu Bei was overjoyed: "The kindness and righteousness that Duke Zhonghua has repeatedly supported, I will remember it in my heart."

A Sheng clapped his hands, and soon sent in a traffic map with a height of more than six feet and drawn in colorful colors. The map ranged from Pingyuan County at the junction of Qing and Ji in the north to Shouchun where Yuan Shu was located in the south. The city, the official road, the river, and even the path for emergency evacuation, and the villages that passed by the road were all horribly detailed.

Rao is Liu Bei's knowledgeable and open mouth. His eyes were almost glued to the map, as if he wanted to write down every detail on it.

A Sheng made no secret of his pride: "This is drawn by my apprentice. How is it? Not bad?"

"I heard that there are many people in Zhonghua's family, but seeing it today is really amazing." The rainbow fart of a certain Han clan flew up.

A Sheng smiled, dragged Liu Bei to the map, and pointed him: "This is Xu County. This is the bamboo town where Brother A's grain is placed. Duke Xuande must bring Yingchuan with him to deliver grain. The grain from Xu County starts from Xu County, passes through Chen and Liang, and arrives at Qiao County. Qiao County is the hometown of Cao’s family, and it is also the transshipment point of grain in various states. It’s all Yuan Shu’s territory. Duke Xuande is going from Qiao County to Zhuyi, please be careful on this last part of the journey.”

The explosion of information made Liu Bei not speak for a long time, and only focused on drawing and comparing on the map.

"I will ask someone to print a simple map for Duke Xuande." Ah Sheng said with a smile, "I will mark the paths of possible looting to Duke Xuande."

Although Liu Bei felt that the other party had done too much, this was exactly the result he wanted, so he thanked him: "Zhonghua's kindness, I am grateful."

"There is still one month before the summer harvest. I ordered someone to repair the grain road between Chen and Liang. It is always used. It is better to repair it later than to repair it earlier. Clear out the bandits along the food route, and then it will be smoother."

It is a great joy to come here. Ah Sheng took his second nephew and sent Liu Bei all the way. When I got to the door, I saw Zhang Fei waiting for my eldest brother.

There are also two little dolls, Cao Zhang and Cao Jie.

Cao Zhang is nearly four years old, with a tiger head and a head, a peach heart-shaped hair on the top of his head is very light in color, even his pupils are light brown, and at first glance he looks like a baby with a lack of melanin.

At this time, Cao Zhang was punching under the command of Zhang Fei. The small fist slammed into Zhang Fei's broad palm.

Zhang Fei squatted on the ground, laughing loudly like a bell, you could hear it from dozens of meters away: "Eighteen, nineteen, oh, Ah Zhang is so energetic. Come again! Twenty, twenty One..." Come on, I didn't even call the Fourth Young Master, but called A Zhang directly.

Liu Bei was stunned: "Yide, what are you doing?"

Zhang Fei saw his eldest brother coming, so he stood up quickly, and then was punched in the calf by Cao Zhang, and he barked his teeth. "Big brother, I have a disciple." Zhang Fei was in pain and proud, his expression was so weird that he couldn't see it.

The little girl Cao Jie, who was scared to hide by Zhang Fei, couldn't wait to run out when she saw Ah Sheng, and cried in a milky voice: "Second Uncle—" In my arms, I don't let go.

"Bamboo, baby, what's wrong?"

Cao Jie's language organization ability is still developing: "Fourth brother, bad bad."

"Fourth brothers scared us, right?"

Cao Jie nodded desperately: "Yes."

Cao Zhang looked aggrieved, but he was a brother and couldn't act like a spoiled child, so he had to say: "Second uncle, I have a master. Second uncle, I want to learn martial arts from General Zhang."

Come on, big and small are not politically sensitive.

A Sheng and Liu Bei looked at each other and felt helpless for a moment. "Xuande, please come back today. Tomorrow, my sister-in-law and I will personally go to send a repair to General Zhang."