Chapter 90 The Wooden Plow and the Loom
The Yuan brothers withdrew their troops and retreated, and Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun did not pursue them too much. Liu Bian's order was very clear, and the rescue of Sun Jian and Jiangdong's troops was the first goal.

However, even if the Yuan brothers retreated, they could not save Sun Jian after all.

Jiangdong's troops really suffered a devastating blow this time. More than half of the entire team suffered casualties. General Zu Mao died in the battle, and coach Sun Jian also died in the battle.

When Sun Ce, Cheng Pu and others led the remaining Jiangdong troops and returned to Luoyang with the corpses of Sun Jian and Zu Mao and followed Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, Liu Bian had just learned the news.

"It seems... this may really be destined..."

Liu Bian was fiddling with some blueprints with Shangguan Wan'er in the courtyard at this time. Hearing this news, he could only sigh slightly.

When he knew that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were going to compete for the Jade Seal in the hands of Sun Jian, Liu Bian felt a little happy in his heart.

After all, if this is the case, it is equivalent to blocking Sun Jian's departure route, and he only needs to send troops to support Sun Jian and take him back to Luoyang.

With such a thing, maybe Sun Jian would thank himself and return to his heart even more. As for the jade seal, Liu Bian really didn't care.

However, the army he sent to support was still a step behind. The Jiangdong army suffered huge losses, and Sun Jian also died in this battle.

"Ugh……"

With a slight sigh, Liu Bian put down the charcoal pen in his hand, handed the drawing he had just drawn to Shangguan Wan'er and said:
"I can only recall so much at the moment. You can see how to improve it, and then you can mass-produce it and put it into use."

Shangguan Wan'er also expressed a sigh of inviolable providence for Sun Jian's death, then took the blueprint handed over by Liu Bian, glanced at it, and immediately showed a puzzled look in her eyes.

"This...My lord, the wooden plow you drew seems to be different from what I remembered...how should I put it...it seems to be lighter than what I remembered."

"is it?"

Liu Bian glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, and immediately understood that this was inevitable.

In Liu Bian's previous life, he was an out-and-out modern person. He had only seen a wooden plow drawn by an ox and a horse. He had only seen it when he was a child. Later, when mechanization became popular, it was all tractors.

The era Shangguan Wan'er lived in was the Tang Dynasty. Although the wooden plows in the Sui and Tang Dynasties had undergone many improvements compared to the Three Kingdoms period, the Tang Dynasty was far away from modern times. During this period, the wooden plows also experienced generations of development. It has been updated and perfected, so it is normal for Shangguan Wan'er to find this wooden plow strange.

Liu Bian has been here studying the specific method of this wooden plow in the past few days, but his memory of this thing is not complete, and Shangguan Wan'er, a court lady, does not know much about agricultural tools, so the two people's research Progress has been a bit slow.

"Well, I'll go to welcome Han Sheng Zilong who is returning to the city, and everyone in Jiangdong. I will go to Wang Kuang later and ask him to find some people who know farm tools to study together."

Seeing that Shangguan Wan'er was not very familiar with agricultural tools, Liu Bian immediately decided to find someone to solve the problem on the spot.

Shangguan Wan'er had no choice but to nod her head and said: "That's the only way... Besides..."

"What's wrong?" Liu Bian was about to leave, but when he heard Shangguan Wan'er's words and turned back, he saw a rare look of embarrassment on Shangguan Wan'er's face.

"It's... about the loom that I told my lord before. Although I have learned weaving and dyeing and know the craft, my understanding of the loom is..."

Shangguan Wan'er blushed a little as she spoke, but Liu Bian understood her feelings very well.

Knowing how to weave does not mean that you can make looms. Shangguan Wan'er will encounter difficulties here, and Liu Bian is not surprised. She just smiled and said:

"I don't know much about the loom, but I know someone who may be able to help you."

"Who is it?"

Shangguan Wan'er raised her eyebrows, with a rather nervous look in her eyes.

She has a proud personality, if she randomly asks someone to help her, she may be rejected by her, Liu Bian also understands this, and immediately said with a smile:

"Don't worry, it's not an outsider."

……

"sewing machine?"

Mulan stared at Liu Bian in front of her. She was training in the school field. The sweat dripped from her forehead under the bright sun. She had a primitive sense of beauty.

"How did my lord think of this? I... do understand something..."

"That's good."

Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Go to Shangguan Wan'er. She has a drawing of the loom, but it is not perfect in some places. You are more experienced than her, so go and come up with ideas." .”

"Drawings for the loom?"

Mulan looked puzzled, but she naturally obeyed Liu Bian's order, so after handing over the task of training troops to Huang Xu next to her, she went back to her residence and went to Shangguan Wan'er's garden.

At this time, the messenger came to report that Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun had led their troops back to the city, and Jiangdong's army also followed.

Liu Bian then returned to the hall, and re-saw Sun Ce and several Jiangdong generals who had returned from defeat as the golden-faced military adviser.

"I didn't expect that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu would hold a grudge against Wentai! They did such a thing! As soon as I received the news, I immediately sent troops to rescue them, but unexpectedly...it was still a step too late... "

Since Liu Bian had not really planned to tell Sun Ce and others his identity, Cao Cao, who is currently in charge of the entire Luoyang city defense, mainly received them this time.

"Bo Fu, this is the end of the matter, we still have to bury Wentai Haosheng to be serious. As for the great enmity between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, you are such a hero, it is not impossible to avenge it someday!"

Cao Cao walked up to Sun Ce, reached out and patted his back.

"Mr. Cao..."

Sun Ce turned his head and saw that his eyes were full of sadness and anger. He glanced at Cao Cao, then stood up abruptly, bowed directly in front of Cao Cao and said loudly:

"Mr. Cao! If Gong Cao really wants to avenge my father! Please lend me five thousand elite soldiers so that I can go after the Yuan brothers! Kill these two!"

Seeing Sun Ce being so impulsive, Cao Cao frowned slightly.

Cheng Pu and others on the side also immediately realized that Sun Ce's actions were a little impulsive, and hurried forward and said:
"Young master! Even if General Cao is willing to lend you troops now, I'm afraid we will not be able to catch up with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. It seems that we still have to think long-term about the matter of avenging the lord."

"Yes, young master, there is no need to rush this matter at the moment. The most urgent thing is to rectify the army. It is serious to regroup."

Han Dang, who was next to him, also stepped forward to comfort him.

Sun Ce still knelt on the spot, staring at Cao Cao with burning eyes.

Cao Cao couldn't make up his mind for a while. Lend it to Sun Ce's army?He didn't want to borrow it for the time being.

After all, Luoyang has just begun to develop. At this time, it is not appropriate to conflict with other people. More importantly, it is not up to him to decide whether to borrow troops or not.

(End of this chapter)

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