I am not in the position of Zen [Three Kingdoms]

Lu Bu called several times before Liu Xie turned his head dullly: "Ah?"

"Your Highness, what is cement?" Lu Bu recited Uncle He several times in his mind, and felt a little awkward, so he still asked His Highness to get used to it.

Liu Xie thought about it, but it was really difficult to explain to the ancients: "Well, cement...is a kind of sticky and hard thing, fired at high temperature."

Lu Buqi said, "I've never heard of this thing."

"There will be some soon. We will use it to smear and strengthen the city walls. Let's see." Liu Xie no longer entangled in the firing of cement.

And regardless of whether there is cement or not, hygiene must be done well.In addition to using cement to prevent seepage, craftsmen such as Zhang Qiaoshou must have other methods to replace the effect of cement. Otherwise, how could they draw running water underground when Emperor Han Ling was in power?

Luoyang is a huge city with a dense population and frequent travels, and the sanitation conditions are not good. In summer, it is very easy to breed mosquitoes and fly maggots to spread the plague.He turned to think about the candidates for renovating the dry toilets. The large-scale renovation of the public toilets in Luoyang City requires a lot of manpower. Now only the army has enough manpower. Anyway, he also wants to hold a competition soon. He had an idea: "From the Fourth Army Let’s assign 1000 people to repair the toilets. If there are more people, the strength is stronger. In a short time, the sanitary conditions in Luoyang will be completely new.”

A thin layer of embarrassment appeared on Lu Bujun's face: "How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? How can Your Highness let an elite teacher do such a thing?"

Liu Xie was not afraid of his anger at all, and said calmly: "Training soldiers should be relaxed. It is not a bad idea to work after intense drills. Labor is the most honorable." What about cans and plastic bags?

The corner of Lu Bu's mouth twitched slightly, as if he really wanted to refute.

Liu Xie blinked his black grape-like eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, a temporary labor will not reduce the combat effectiveness. And I have a way to convince everyone to do it." In the future, the army will still need it, It would be better to do the hardest and dirtiest work first, so that the soldiers understand that labor will become the daily life of the army.

"What's your plan, Your Highness?"

"Each faction of the Fourth Army chooses to fight, and the two losing armies have to go to work." Liu Xie had a smile that was bound to win: "But the general can't go to battle, otherwise it will be unfair to everyone."

As soon as the competitive Lu Bu heard that the match was decided, he immediately stopped objecting and said with a loud smile, "What's so difficult about this? Even if Gao Shun is not sent, our Second Army will never lose."

Liu Xie was noncommittal about winning or losing, but said with a smile: "Since there is a competition, there should be a lottery, and I will give the lottery. The winner will be the sword and the bright armor."

"So good."

"For the sake of fairness, after two days, each army will come up with a game idea. After ten days, these four ideas will be played against each other. As for the order of the game, on the day of the game, each of you will draw lots to decide on the school field. How about it?"

This suggestion is comprehensive and beyond reproach, and Lu Bu naturally agrees.When I got back, I called Gao Shun to come and let him take charge of thinking about the game.

When Gao Shun heard about the competition, he didn't hesitate at all, and said with a smile, "Capture the flag, play Cuju, fight alone, we are good at any of these events."

Lu Bu nodded, and didn't take the project to heart. Anyway, the Bingzhou Army has no bad project: "Two days later, the natural envoy from the palace will come to the army to announce the competition and submit the statistics to the emperor. You just choose one and report it."

Gao Shun said with a smile: "The Son of Heaven seldom goes to the military camp, and he has never seen a match. He is so skillful in arranging the match."

Lu Bu muttered: "Yes, young people have a lot of bad ideas."

Drill games are commonplace for the army.However, cross-army competitions are not common, and the winner of this time has the bright armor and sword bestowed by the imperial court.When the soldiers of the Fourth Army heard about it, they were all eager to try.

The competition proposed by Huangfusong's first army was quite satisfactory, and each sent a thousand soldiers to snatch the flag.

The project proposed by Lu Bu's Second Army is the strength of the Bingzhou Army. It is to take [-] soldiers each to charge into the battle, dip the cloth with dye and tie it to the tip of the gun.

Huang Wan's three armies have bow and arrow teams, and he is good at riding and archery, so he proposed to send a representative from each to compete in archery.

The four armies are all recruits, so Yu Jin suggested that a representative from each faction compete in swordsmanship, and whoever falls from the ring first loses.

Liu Xie read the documents submitted by the Fourth Army, and calculated the four events of the Fourth Army, two-to-two confrontation, which was more than 24 games, at least several days.In any case, the number of people involved is small, and the venues and facilities are all ready-made. Compared with them, they are not afraid of trouble. It is considered to be a test of their daily practice results, so they approved a big "accurate" with the imperial pen.

At this time, at the Luoyang city gate, the gatekeeper checked Cao Cao's guide, and handed it to someone behind him for review. Seeing that he had an official position, he respectfully guided him to a corner table to register.Cao Cao wondered, "Did something happen in the city? Why is it so tight when entering the city?"

The registrar explained: "You are an official, so you need to register. This is a regulation made by His Majesty after taking office. Officials are not allowed to enter Beijing at will without an edict, and they must have a pass or edict to leave Beijing."

Hearing this, Cao Cao's heart tightened, but he didn't show it on his face. He said with a smile, "It's very good. The officials are strict in management. From now on, they will not dare to easily commit trouble in Beijing."

It turned out that not long after Dong Zhuo was killed, Cao Cao's arrest warrant was cancelled.Not long after, Liu Xie sent someone to bring an edict to Chenliu, reinstating him as Lieutenant of Dianjun, the Eighth Lieutenant of Xiyuan, and ordering him to return to Beijing within two months.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, also held important positions in the court before, and was the adopted son of Cao Teng, the great eunuch during the reign of Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty.Cao Song has been an official for many years, and because of his power and profit, he has accumulated a considerable amount of family property.

Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo that day, and fled back to Chenliu where his father lived, intending to raise a rebel army against Dong Zhuo.His father and a local rich man named Weiz both supported this idea and gave Cao Cao a lot of money.Chenliu's prefect Zhang Miao was Cao Cao's younger brother, and he was also dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's behavior.He tore up the arrest warrant issued by the court, and did not stop Cao Cao from recruiting soldiers.

So Cao Cao vigorously recruited soldiers and horses, and took advantage of his father and grandfather's reputation for recommending talents when they were officials, and recruited talents everywhere.Soon, Cao Hong, Cao Cao's cousin, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun's family brother, also brought a group of people to join.Relying on the shelter of his ancestors and the support of relatives, Cao Cao quickly gathered a team of 5000 people, and practiced in Chenliu every day, waiting for the opportunity to resist Dong Zhuo.

Unexpectedly, soon after, the Emperor of Beijing quelled Dong Zhuo's rebellion with lightning speed, and Dong Zhuo's remnant party was quickly suppressed by Lu Bu, Huang Fusong, Huang Wan and Bao Xin.

Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others got the news, but before they had time to react, the emperor issued an edict of guilt, and began to recruit talents and soldiers.

The soldiers recruited by Cao Cao were all touched by the fertile land that would never be taxed, and many of them expressed their wish that Cao Cao would take them to the imperial court for formal registration.They were recruited by Cao Cao, mainly because they wanted to have food, drink, housing, and money. Now they are also killing the enemy, and the court has the same treatment. a fertile land that will never be taxed.Except for the Son of Heaven, this is a scarce thing that anyone can provide enough to allow the common people to live and work.

Cao Cao was busy trying to stabilize the army, but the angel would come to Chenliu every few days with an edict to restore his official position.Cao Cao received the edict with mixed joy and sorrow, and was in a dilemma.Only then did he set up his ambition to do a big business, is it necessary to give up halfway and return to Luoyang to serve as an official of that size?

After seeing the edict, Cao Song's attitude changed immediately, and his attitude was very clear: "The traitorous officials have been eliminated, so you should quickly disband your troops and return to Luoyang to serve His Majesty. Don't waste the time."

Cao Cao said: "The Son of Heaven is young. How do you know if the next Dong Zhuo will take away his power? I was in Luoyang and I met Lu Bu a few times. He is greedy and repeated. He is not a loyal minister."

Cao Song was a little impatient: "Who cares about his treacherous and loyal ministers, Luoyang is not in his hands, and there are courtiers such as Huangfusong and Wang Yun assisting His Majesty, so there will be no trouble. Now the court is in the midst of employing people, you should hurry back Go to Luoyang, take advantage of the young emperor, show some face, and win glory for our Cao family."

Cao Cao looked embarrassed: "Brothers Cao Hong and Xiahoudun and I have shared a great cause, how can we abandon them?"

Cao Song's beard was raised high: "Let them go back to their homes, what's the big deal? Now that Dong Zhuo has been killed by His Majesty, who do you want to kill?"

"Dong Zhuo's adoptive son, the ambitious Lu Bu is still here!"

"He only has thousands of Bingzhou troops on hand, what kind of trouble can he cause?"

"Father, the Son of Heaven is weak. He was ruled by Dong Zhuo at that time. Now I am worried..."

Cao Song interrupted him: "Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, all the thirteen states in the world are praising the Son of Heaven for his supernatural powers at a young age, his decisiveness in killing and attacking, as long as there is God's help. If the Son of Heaven is really ruled by a human being, then it is that person's virtuousness that should be praised at this time. No matter who is planning to kill Dong Zhuo, it must be a loyal minister standing behind the emperor, so you should stop thinking about it and go back to Luoyang to take up the post as soon as possible."

Cao Cao was very depressed, but his father Cao Song and the rich man Wei Zi, the two major sponsors of his food and grass, both wanted to retire.Seeing that he refused to immediately disband the army and return to Beijing to report, Cao Song was worried that he would be implicated in the future. After a few days, he took all his money and his beloved youngest son Cao De to Langya to avoid disaster.

Wei Zi did not stop funding immediately, he still felt that Cao Cao had the talent to calm the world.But he also tactfully persuaded Cao Cao to make a decision before moving, and suggested to go to Luoyang to explore the situation first.

After a few days, various news came from Luoyang, Lu Zhi was restored, and Chen Gong, who had known him, was entrusted with important tasks.Cao Cao himself was quite touched, thinking of his dream of being named General Zhengxi when he was young.So temporarily handed over 5000 elite soldiers to the commanders Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong, and brought the young Xiahou Yuan and two entourages to the capital.

After Cao Cao's registration was completed, they blended into the crowd.

The attendant said sadly: "Master, it will be difficult to go out now."

Xia Houyuan was young and energetic, but he didn't care; "It's not difficult, at worst, I will take the opportunity to climb over the wall with a thick rope at night."

The attendant glanced at the densely packed guards on the city wall, and sighed: "I don't know if there will be fewer people on duty at night."

They discussed for a while, but Cao Cao remained silent.

"What is brother thinking?"

Xia Houyuan called him, and Cao Cao sighed and said, "This capital has changed a lot."

"Why do you say that, brother?" Xia Houyuan looked left and right.It took only a moment to leave the city gate, and there was nothing unusual nearby, so I really don't know how to tell the difference.

The author has something to say: the four armies are fighting, and we are about to roll up our sleeves.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was Xiahou Dun's uncle, so Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao were cousins.But I read some literature that said that Cao Song was not from Xiahou's family through DNA testing...just treat him as a relative, Cao Cao trusted Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan so much.