[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

After the exorcism, apart from the occasional burnt out of being asked by Yang Xiu to compose poems and articles, life became calm again.

——How is the life of your son?

Read books after getting up in the morning, practice swordsmanship in the afternoon, find a few people to talk nonsense when there is nothing to do, and the day passes.

And Cao Zhi, who became more and more proficient in reading and practicing swords, finally felt that he was about to be tortured crazy after being dragged and chatted by his third brother for an entire hour and a half.

Cao Zhi covered his ears weakly, and stared weakly at No. 15 Cao Zhang, who had finished talking about his war experience a year and a half ago, with his face full of unsatisfactory eyes, and said weakly: "Third brother...the younger brother knows , you are actually a talkative..."

Cao Zhang's complexion was reddish, a little embarrassed.But he quickly pursed his lips and sighed: "I can't help it, fourth brother, this day is going to fade away! Father is also true, why did he only take second brother and not me? If brother is in the barracks now , this district of Ye City has long been captured..."

When he said this, he actually became interested again.Cao Zhi also has no doubts - if he doesn't stop him, his third brother will be able to talk for at least another half an hour!

"Stop!" Cao Zhi took a deep breath and forced himself to be calm, "Third brother, the hero doesn't mention the courage of the past, so take it easy!"

Cao Zhang gave him a look of contempt: "There are so many little devils in the mansion who pester me all day long, but I won't say anything. Now that I'm showing mercy to you, how can you be so indifferent?"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to feel that he should teach his fourth younger brother to be more masculine, so he said patiently, "Third brother tells you, a real man should be like Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, and be a great general who fights everywhere. The second brother will go to the barracks." Oh, you read and write all day, what a fucking useless one!"

Cao Zhi's mouth twitched.

In the past, when Cao Cao left, he ordered Cao Zhang to study hard, but his husband couldn't control him at all.Every now and then, he would leave the mansion with his attendants on horseback, and he felt drowsy when he was studying.If Cao Cao returns and sees that Cao Zhang is still so ignorant, I'm afraid he will be very angry.

Cao Zhi sighed: "Third brother, have you finished your homework today? Have you recited the essay requested by the master? If you haven't, why don't you go back to review your homework first?"

Cao Zhang twitched the corner of his mouth impatiently: "Come on! I'm tired of studying every morning... Hey, there's no end to reading and reading! Fourth brother, you are as verbose as your husband."

"Ha ha."

Cao Zhi smiled when he heard this.But his expression was gloomy, and his meekness in the past was like floating clouds.He gritted his teeth word by word and said: "But father wants you, third brother, to stay at home well, be good, be good, read, read!"

"No!" Hearing the word "father", Cao Zhang tensed up and jumped up immediately: "Uh, you and I haven't practiced swords today. Come on, hurry up and do your homework!"

"..."

Since Cao Zhang failed to challenge Wang Qi again after the year, he often tortured Cao Zhi, calling it "comparison".And these years, Cao Zhang has been honed in the military camp, and his swordsmanship is naturally decisive and full of hostility.However, Cao Zhi's martial art is completely different - he is good at dodging and flexible. If he is confronted head-on, he will try his best to dodge and dodge the attack until Cao Zhang becomes irritated or surrenders.

Cao Zhang conceded defeat, but Cao Zhi was even more sad.Because Cao Zhang did not agree with his style of fighting at all, but thought that this sword style was too soft and not suitable for men at all, and even tried every means to change his martial arts style.

Cao Zhi almost knelt down.

Only then did he realize that facing Wang Qi and Yang Xiu in the past was nothing more than a trifle - only Cao Zhang, he is the ultimate boss who will be sent down by the heavens to take over the people! What a trough!

Thinking of this, and thinking of Cao Zhang's continuous harassment in the past three months, he took a deep breath and said, "Third brother—I think we brothers should find something to do."

So, what are you looking for?

Cao Zhi first said: "Why doesn't the third brother go hunting?"

Cao Zhang looked at him with seriousness in his eyes, and couldn't help but have a subtle expression on his face: "...it's March in the lunar calendar, fourth brother, where is the prey?"

The corner of Cao Zhi's mouth twitched again.

——Is his third brother beating around the bush and calling him an idiot with no common sense?

He could only leak two words from between his teeth: "Hehe."

Cao Zhang shook his legs, frowned and thought about what to kill.He touched the sword that never leaves his body except when sleeping, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration: "Speaking of which, father will definitely be able to capture Yecheng during this trip. How about we give him a gift when he comes back like this?"

Cao Zhi raised his brows high.

He said, "Third brother, why did you suddenly think of giving father a gift?"

Uh?

Cao Zhang was dumbfounded.

He was stunned for a moment, coughed a few times, his eyes dodged: "Hey, you and I are sons and daughters, well, you should show your filial piety once in a while!"

Cao Zhi became more and more suspicious: "You don't mean to...give father a gift, and then father can exempt you from the punishment of not studying?"

Cao Zhang coughed more and more.

Cao Zhi couldn't laugh or cry: "Since this is the case, my father not only looks down on ordinary gifts, but also cannot reflect the filial piety of the third brother. The gift of the third brother must not only be sincere, but also very precious."

The gifts Cao Cao received were all rare, whether it was the gold and white jade from the emperor, the elephant presented by Sun Quan, or the silk and satin presented by merchants from the Western Regions.If they want to buy it, I'm afraid there is nothing more rare than it.

Cao Zhang nodded.

He thought for a while, and he didn't know what he thought of. While his eyes were shining, the restlessness in his blood was a little ready to move: "Fourth brother, how about you and I go to the wild to tame a wild horse?"

Cao Zhi was struck by lightning: "..."

Cao Zhang waited for a long time, seeing that Cao Zhi was still in such a demented state, he said displeasedly, "What kind of expression do you have?"

"……elder brother."

"Ok?"

Cao Zhi said with difficulty: "...can you be more reliable?"

"..."

The two thought for a while, then Cao Zhang clapped his hands and said, "Speaking of which, father likes to drink the most. If you and I make a jar of good wine together and present it to father, he will be very happy!"

Brewing good wine by yourself?

Cao Zhi was slightly taken aback.

He subconsciously remembered that during the expedition, someone deliberately stopped by his side and said that he would miss his wine, and suddenly he also looked forward to it.

Now that they decided to make wine by themselves, the two began to get busy.

In fact, Cao Cao presented a wine-making technique called "Jiuyunchun wine method" to the emperor not long ago, and now the two of them are also trying it.

The art of wine making, the ratio of distiller's yeast and physalis are all key.Therefore, the two were not in a hurry to start. First, Cao Zhi checked the documents and records, and Cao Zhang looked for the master brewer, and then the two exchanged opinions and started brewing.

The two of them were running around, so the mansion naturally heard about it.Some people find it interesting, while others don't believe that the two of them can brew any good wine, and some just sneer and disdain it.However, under this appearance, everyone started to think about the same question at the same time.

——If Cao Cao returns from a great victory, what should they give?

It has to be said that Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang unintentionally caused a small commotion, but they didn't know it yet.

Of course, when Cao Zhi knew about it, the word "囧" could no longer describe his expression.

Yang Xiu naturally knew it too.

After reading the article written by Cao Zhi, he said lightly: "This article still has the same shortcomings as yours before. The diction is as plain as running water, without any refreshing words." It seems to be a busy day."

In fact, Cao Zhi's writing has improved a lot, but Yang Xiu was dissatisfied and took advantage of the situation to make use of it.

Cao Zhi sighed inwardly: "The third brother said he wanted to brew a jar of good wine for his father, so the students helped the third brother."

Yang Xiu heard it and smiled noncommittally.He rolled his eyelids, his eyes were contemptuous and indifferent: "It's really worth it to spend a few months brewing a pot of wine that doesn't know whether it's good or bad?"

Cao Zhi said helplessly: "Sir, the student and the third brother personally brewed a jar of good wine for father, how can this be regarded as not doing a proper job?"

"Mr. Cao is one person under ten thousand people, how can you lack this jug of wine? Heh, if you are really filial, why don't you give advice to your father and make your father's hegemony possible."

Cao Zhi smiled wryly: "Sir, even if Xun Lingjun, Mr. Guo, Master Jia and other advisors gather together, it is difficult for the world to enter the hands of father. And the comparison between them and the students is like clouds and mud. What good ideas can the students come up with?" "

Yang Xiu sneered: "I'm afraid some people don't want to make progress and are willing to degenerate!"

Cao Zhi frowned tightly.

He understood what Yang Xiu meant, and he hoped that he would be favored by his father like Cao Chong.But first, he clearly knew that he and Cao Chong were not of the same type, and that Cao Chong's intelligence could not be duplicated; later, he also wanted to hide under Cao Chong's brilliance and grow up safely, so naturally he could not satisfy Cao Cao.

"Heh." Yang Xiu raised the corners of his lips, and the arc became colder, "Let's leave it to you."

After he finished speaking, he didn't say any more.However, Yang Xiu was picky in every possible way during class that day, and Cao Zhi finally felt clearly that he was angry.

Cao Zhi became more and more helpless.

Reluctant to helpless, the wine decided to continue brewing.

After ten days of checking and searching for the master, I finally started to do it.

They originally wanted to brew the most intoxicating liquor, but a brewer Cao Zhang found said that the brewing of this kind of liquor is a bit complicated and not suitable for beginners.And the brewing time is as long as seven or eight months.After discussing with Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang decided to make simple rice wine first, and then distilled wine.

Under the guidance of the master, the two personally selected the raw material new rice, and after selecting the koji, they learned to soak the koji.But because the firewood could not be properly controlled at the beginning, the koji was always useless after soaking the koji.In this way, ten days were wasted.

It's summer now, so it's actually not very suitable for wine making. Wine brewed in this period will always have a sour taste.The two had another worry when choosing Physalis.Less wine pantothenic acid is used, and too much wine is still pantothenic acid.

When the two finally decided on the Physalis choice, another five days passed.

Reinstall the altar and seal it with dense mud.Seven days later, the upper layer of sake is harvested, and finally pressed with a press plate, filtered, and fermented...

In this way, in almost two and a half months, they finally brewed five jars of rice wine.

Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang opened it, and the fragrance overflowed.Take it and drink it, although the taste is a bit weak, but overall it is good.So the two thanked the brewer and began to learn how to brew sake.

When brewing, Cao Zhi thought of someone who drank like water, and couldn't help sighing: "If this jar of wine can make Mr. Guo drunk after just one bowl, then it will be good wine!"

Cao Zhang stuffed firewood into it excitedly: "It will definitely work! My father likes spirits the most. After drinking it, he will definitely praise our brothers and save the third brother from being punished for not studying! Haha!"

"..."

When Xu talked about Guo Jia, Cao Zhang opened the conversation again: "Speaking of which, it's already June, why haven't they captured Yecheng yet? Could it be that Mr. Guo is sick again?"

"Hey, Mr. Guo is so predictable, why is he always sick! When our army and Yuan Jun fought against the enemy at Guandu, Sun Ce wanted to attack Xuchang. Mr. Guo said that he might not be able to come, and Sun Ce died within a few days! And Yuan Jun Tan Yuanshang and those two grandchildren, as soon as the master finished speaking, they really started fighting!" Cao Zhang talked about Guo Jia, whom he admired the most, with an air of honor.After he finished speaking, he added a concluding sentence: "Hey, why do you say that, why do I think Mr. Guo is like a crow?"

Cao Zhi turned his head and fixedly looked at Cao Zhang: "..."

Cao Zhang looked at him and scratched his head inexplicably: "...what are you doing?"

"Brother..." Cao Zhi could hardly utter a sound, "Can we make wine seriously?"

Cao Zhang became more and more baffled: "Did we not be serious before?"

"Ha ha……"

It was already June.

In April, Cao Cao left Cao Hong to attack Ye, and he himself led the army to attack Yin Kai, and returned after breaking through.At that time, Yuan Shang's general Juhu was guarding Handan, and Cao Cao personally led the army to attack Handan.

Then, Cao Cao attacked Ye soldiers and destroyed the earth mountains and tunnels.Build a siege ditch outside the city to irrigate the city with Zhang water.

More than half of the people in Yecheng starved to death, and they couldn't stay there for long.

One month later, Yuan Shang returned to rescue Ye.