I am an anchor in the Three Kingdoms

"Okay." Sun Deng said to Cao Xiong.

After a while, Sun Deng took Cao Xiong down the mountain.

"Let's go, Brother Xiong, let's take a look at the place where we make iron." Sun Deng said as he went down the mountain.

"Where is the iron smelting?" Cao Xiong was taken aback for a moment, and then he was also curious about how the Soochow Dynasty made iron at this time.

They came to the flat ground not far from Nanshan Mountain, there was a super large factory, Cao Xiong could see smoke rising from the factory from a distance.

"Good guy." Cao Xiong watched with his own eyes a large amount of ore being sent in.

From a distance, you can hear the sound of hammering iron inside.

"The iron that has been smelted over there is being made into various weapons, armor, or made into other things to sell to other merchants." Sun Deng pointed to a workshop in front of him.

Chapter 1509 The Ironmaking Efficiency Is A Little Low

"The place here is for refining iron ore!" Sun Deng said, pointing to the factory in front.

The truckloads of iron ore in front were all sent in, and Cao Xiong could feel the temperature inside from a long distance away.

"Let's go in and have a look." Cao Xiong walked in first, followed by Sun Deng.

As soon as Cao Xiong entered, he saw dozens of horses moving forward slowly with a blower wind bag, and the wind force was continuously blown into the iron-making furnace.

A gust of hot wind blows towards Cao Xiong, and there seems to be some strange smell inside.

Cao Xiong covered his nose slightly, then went inside to have a look.

In front of the stove, rows of people were stirring the iron ore inside with iron handles.

"This is the earliest fried steel." Cao Xiong watched people make iron with a little stunned.

Cao Xiong looked towards the front of the workshop. The blacksmiths were all bare-chested and bare-chested, working for sale.

This is indeed a bit labor-intensive.

"This is not all our iron-making workshops." Sun Deng said to Cao Xiong from the side, "We have a total of ten such workshops in Nanshan, and there are three spare ones."

"The efficiency of ironmaking is a bit low." Cao Xiong led Sun Deng out of the workshop, "It's noisy here, let's go out and talk."

Cao Xiong followed Sun Deng out of the factory and walked east.

There are many rivers on the east side of Nanshan Mountain. Cao Xiong and Sun Deng walked along the water's edge. Looking at these rivers, the flames of the Battle of Chibi seem to be vividly remembered.

In some places, some factories were built along the river.

Cao Xiong saw that the factories were built along the river, and Sun Deng said to him, "These are factories that use water power to smelt iron. After Lu Yu did business with us, he specially sent people to guide the construction."

Cao Xiong watched the slightly turbulent water flowing under the field, which drove the leaves of the blower, and a large amount of wind was blown into the stove, which saved a lot of manpower and horsepower to blow the wind.

"This is a bit more efficient." Cao Xiong saw that the manpower inside was obviously better than the previous venue.

"This has greatly improved the efficiency, but the rivers near Nanshan are limited, so we can only build so many factories." Sun Deng said regretfully.

Cao Xiong looked at the method of using water power to make iron, and felt that this water-driven machine could be improved. Moreover, he also thought of modern wind power generators.

But how can it be used here?

Therefore, he planned to listen to Zhu Youxiao's opinion.

As a natural carpenter, this would surely interest him.

Thinking of this, Cao Xiong couldn't wait to go back to the mansion.

"I have an idea. I can upgrade the machinery here, which may double the efficiency of ironmaking!" Cao Xiong said to Sun Deng.

Sun Deng looked at Cao Xiong in surprise and said, "If the ironmaking efficiency can be doubled, our iron production efficiency will also be greatly accelerated."

In that case, not only will Nanshan's profit margin increase, but the production of iron armor will also increase.

"Let's go, let's go back to the mansion now." Cao Xiong asked Sun Deng to take him back to the city.

Back at the mansion Sun Deng arranged for him, Cao Xiong told Zhu Youxiao his thoughts.

"No problem, leave this matter to me." Zhu Youxiao said, "Recently I'm researching the driving mechanism of a large ship, and I can just try it on the water."

At this time, Sun Shangxiang brought him a cup of tea and looked at Cao Xiong who was in front of the case.

"What are you doing again?" Sun Shangxiang said softly.

Chapter 1510 Sun Shangxiang Comes to Spy

"I'm wondering if we should upgrade the iron-making machinery at the foot of Nanshan, so that our iron production will increase." Cao Xiong said, drawing the prototype of the machine on paper, "In this way, the money we earn from Nanshan will increase." More."

Sun Shangxiang looked at the lines drawn by Cao Xiong with pen and ink on the paper, expressing that she couldn't understand.

Cao Xiong designed the roulette on his own, and took a sip of tea when he was thirsty.

Sun Shangxiang sat beside Cao Xiong, pouted, staring at Cao Xiong, without saying a word.

Cao Xiong turned his head and saw that Sun Shangxiang was unhappy, so he quickly put down his pen.

Cao Xiong held Sun Shangxiang's face in his hands, looked into her eyes, "What's wrong today, she looks upset and unhappy."

Sun Shangxiang flicked Cao Xiong's wrist away, and said angrily, "You didn't say you came to see me when you came to Jiangdong, and after you went to Nanshan with Sun Deng, you would just write and write, and you didn't say hello to me."

"This..." Cao Xiong froze for a moment, it turned out that Sun Shangxiang was jealous of her nephew.

Cao Xiong helped Sun Shangxiang to the table, sat where he was sitting just now, and then brought a cup of fragrant tea with his own hands and handed it to Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Shangxiang still looked unhappy, she just drank tea by herself and didn't look at Cao Xiong.

"You are unhappy, there must be other things." Cao Xiong saw through Sun Shangxiang's small thoughts at a glance.

Sun Shangxiang raised her bright eyes to look at Cao Xiong, then pouted and put the teacup on the table.

"It's all my brother's fault." Sun Shangxiang said dissatisfied.

"Sun Quan?" Cao Xiong asked suspiciously, "What happened to Sun Quan?"

"It's not about me." Sun Shangxiang turned her head and said, "My brother is dissatisfied with the noise of the ministers in the conference hall, and often complains to his mother, which makes her unhappy." Sun Shangxiang looked at Cao Xiong and said, "Are you What do you think of Jiangdong's affairs, son of Wei State?"

As soon as Cao Xiong heard Sun Shangxiang's words, he understood that it must be because Wu Guotai and Sun Quan were inconvenient to ask himself.So, let Sun Shangxiang come to test his tone.

Cao Xiong thought about it secretly and said, "Wei's current center of gravity is still Zhuge Liang in Western Shu, so he has no other ideas. Zhuge Liang knows astronomy first, geography second, and I heard that he even went to Mars. My father was born In Yecheng, I was also worried about this person's talent."

Cao Xiong looked at Sun Shangxiang's face soothed a lot, obviously he was bluffed by Cao Xiong.

It's not that Cao Xiong hasn't thought about this issue, but Wei Guo is now mainly focusing on raising troops in the fields, and he really doesn't have any other ideas.

Since the last time Cao Xiong went to Western Shu and took Hanzhong, Cao Jun has a bridgehead to rely on no matter whether he goes west to Sichuan or south to Jiangdong.

Not long ago, my father issued a policy of farming and raising soldiers.

Now as long as the frontier issues are dealt with properly, it will only be a matter of time before the world is unified.

It would be best for Jiangdong to take the initiative to surrender, but I am afraid that it will not take decades to digest Jiangdong's fat.

If Jiangdong is the main battle, then he must join forces with Zhuge Liang.

Sun Quan from the east of Jiangxi and Zhuge Liang from the west of Shu sent troops to Wei State together, and they shared the natural dangers of the world. Wei State could not take care of each other, and Wei State would inevitably suffer a lot.

If Wei Guo can only send troops to attack one place, then it will depend on the methods of Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang.

Sun Quan does not have Zhuge Liang's military talent, and if he is not careful, he will be in danger!

Once Cao Cao decides to defend Kongming in the west and attack Jiangdong in the south, then Jiangdong is really facing annihilation.

From this point of view, no war, no surrender, three points of the world, and sticking to Jiangdong is the best way at present.

"Mars, where is Mars?" Sun Shangxiang asked strangely.

"This..." Cao Xiong froze for a moment.

Chapter 1511 The Meaning of Sun Quan

"Mars is a very far away place." Cao Xiong said prevarication.

"Will there be many strange Taoist priests up there?" Sun Shangxiang squeezed Cao Xiong's arm.

"Zhuge Yaodao, maybe that's how it was spread." Cao Xiong looked at Sun Shangxiang and said seriously.

Jiangdong, afternoon.

In Sun Quan's palace, Lu Su hurried up the steps to meet Sun Quan.

"My lord." Lu Su stood in front of the hall and saluted Sun Quan.

"Zijing, you are here." Sun Quan said lightly.

"My lord asked me to come, I don't know what's the matter." Lu Su looked at Sun Quan's back.

"Cao Xiong, the prince of Wei, is here, you know it." Sun Quan turned to look at Lu Su and said.

"I heard about it. I heard that it was invited by Mr. Sun Deng." Lu Su said.

"Sun Deng and Cao Xiong are as close as brothers, so it's okay to be a guest." Sun Quan said with a little uneasiness, "It's just that the main battle in Jiangdong has not been decided recently, so he came at a bit of an untimely time. What does Zijing think about the surrender?"

After thinking for a while, Lu Su said, "I believe that between Wu and Wei, peace is the best policy, war is the middle policy, and reduction is the worst policy."

Sun Quan nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "Zijing, all the civil and military people in the room, only your words are deeply pleasing."

Then, Sun Quan sighed, "Although Gu also thinks that it is best to maintain the current relationship, but the civil servants and generals below, Gu is difficult to suppress, so this matter has not been resolved. I heard that Zijing and Cao Xiong have a good relationship in private, I hope Zijing can go there to explain Gu's meaning and avoid the disaster of war between Wu and Wei."

"Zijing understands." Lu Su bowed to Sun Quan and retreated.

At night, a group of people came to Cao Xiong's residence next to Sun Deng's mansion, looking for Cao Xiong.

After Sun Shangxiang heard what the servant said, she came to the house and gently opened the door to enter. Cao Xiong was still drawing something.

"Xiang'er." Cao Xiong immediately put down his pen and greeted Sun Shangxiang.

"Husband, Lu Su sent someone to deliver a message." Sun Shangxiang looked at Cao Xiong and said.

"What's the matter?" Cao Xiong asked.

"Lu Su sent someone to invite you to dinner." Sun Shangxiang said with a smile, "He said that when the son of Wei Guo came, Jiang Dong should fulfill the responsibility of the host. He has prepared a banquet, and he came to invite you to the banquet. It is an expression of our Wu The state pays respect to the state of Wei."

That arrives so fast?

Cao Xiong had long guessed that Sun Quan would invite someone to treat him to a meal, but he had just arrived, so he would be two days late.

I didn't expect to invite you for dinner today.

Cao Xiong knew about Lu Su, he was much more open than those Jiangdong Wenwu.

Lu Su was not only loyal to Jiangdong, but also to Sun Quan, which was an important reason why he was different from those people.

After much deliberation, Cao Xiong decided that it would be most appropriate for Lu Su to treat Jiangdong to this meal.

"Xiang'er, go and tell Sun Deng that you don't have to wait for me for dinner tonight." Cao Xiong said to Sun Shangxiang, "It's almost time for dinner. I'll go to Lu Su's house for a banquet after I get ready."

"I'll go with you." Sun Shangxiang happily pulled Cao Xiong's arm, "I haven't seen Uncle Lu for a long time."

"No." Cao Xiong looked at Sun Shangxiang's happy expression and said seriously, "If it was a normal family banquet, I would definitely take you there. But this time, Lu Su will talk to me about other things. So, It would be inconvenient for you to go.”

"What are you talking about!" Sun Shangxiang said with his arms crossed, staring at Cao Xiong.

"Uh..." Cao Xiong was stunned for a moment, "It's about your brother. You definitely don't want your brother to be troubled every day, right?"

"I don't want to." Sun Shangxiang nodded.

"That's right." Cao Xiong supported Sun Shangxiang's shoulders, "Go. Sun Deng will definitely send someone over to invite me to dinner later."

Chapter 1512 Conversation with Lu Su [-]