Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Liu Bei wondered, what is Cao Cao's intention in doing this?

Normally speaking, Liu Bei thought that Cao Cao had to find ways to kill himself.

"How could Cao Cao help me?" Liu Bei frowned, thinking, "Could it be that he helped me in a way that hurt me?"

As soon as he walked outside the Cao Mansion, Liu Bei raised his head and suddenly saw a person standing in front of him at some point.

"Your Excellency is Liu Xuande?"

The man cupped his hands and said, "Dong Cheng, I have been waiting for Xuande for a long time!"

"It turned out to be Uncle Dong, Xuande's disrespect!" Liu Bei hurriedly bowed, of course he had heard of Uncle Dong.

"Xuande doesn't need to be too polite."

Dong Cheng continued: "I heard that Xuande is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty has learned that Xuande has come to Xudu, and is eager to meet you. I wonder if Xuande is free to enter the palace with me?"

Liu Bei was pleasantly surprised: "Really?"

Liu Bei claimed to be the clan of the Han Dynasty, but he only had the blood of the Han Dynasty. As for the palace and the emperor, he had never seen it.

Being summoned by the emperor today means that his plan may succeed. How can Liu Bei not be surprised?At this moment, he had put aside his suspicions about Cao Cao.

"Uncle Guo, please lead the way!" After the surprise, Liu Bei said with a little respect.

After a while, Liu Bei appeared in the palace, and finally met the current emperor as he wished.

"Sir Liu Bei, see Your Majesty!"

Liu Bei immediately knelt down and kowtowed to salute.

"You don't need to be polite, uncle, hurry up!" Liu Xie quickly helped Liu Bei up, with an excited smile on his face.

Before that, Liu Xie had heard about Liu Bei, and also learned that Liu Bei had participated in the conquest of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu, and even killed Lu Bu.

Such a hero turned out to be his uncle, Liu Xie felt that his chance had come.

"Uncle Huang, please sit down quickly, and Uncle Guo will also sit down."

Liu Xie said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, I have a heroic uncle. It seems that there is hope for the revival of the Han Dynasty!"

When it came to the revival of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei sighed: "It's not easy to revive it! According to the experience of the ministers in the past few years, all the princes in the world today have messed up the rules of the monarchs and ministers. First, Dong Zhuo rebelled in Luoyang, and then Yuan Shu usurped himself and proclaimed himself emperor. , and now there is Prime Minister Cao..."

Having said that, Liu Bei stopped just right, as if he didn't dare to speak.

"Xuande, speak carefully!" Dong Cheng's face changed slightly, and he immediately reminded him.

Liu Xie was not frightened, instead a gleam of joy flashed across his face, he immediately turned away the people around him, and said: "Now we are the only ones left, the emperor has something to say, you can speak it out, don't worry about it."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Liu Bei said with a heartbroken face, "Originally, I thought that the prime minister was different from others, but after this period of contact, he is no different from the original Dong Zhuo."

Liu Xie's body shook slightly, this sentence directly spoke his heart, and said: "Uncle Huang thinks, given my current situation, how should I fight back?"

I saw Liu Bei pondering for a moment, and said: "Although the princes of the world have been separated from their virtues at this time, Your Majesty is still the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he still has the power of appeal. If he can unite with the other princes, and we cooperate internally and externally, we can defeat Cao Cao."

"no!"

Dong Cheng directly objected to this method, saying: "Wouldn't that lead the second Cao Cao to Xudu?"

Liu Bei said: "But with our current strength, we can't shake Cao Cao. The whole city is already owned by Cao Cao. Without external force, how can we help His Majesty get rid of the current situation?"

Liu Xie asked impatiently, "Uncle Huang, do you have any other ideas?"

Liu Bei deliberately paused for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, the reason why Cao Cao was able to defy anyone is because when His Majesty left Chang'an, he was in a hurry and did not prepare well, so he had an opportunity."

"As long as we are fully prepared, even if we use external forces to defeat Cao Cao, we will not attract a second Cao Cao."

His preparation was for him and for himself, not for Liu Xie.

"If you do what the emperor said, whose power should you rely on?" Liu Xie asked again.

"Yuan Benchu!"

Without even thinking about it, Liu Bei said these three words directly, and said: "The fourth generation and third prince of the Yuan family, in the past when they conquered Dong Zhuo, Yuan Benchu ​​was also the leader of the alliance. This person is available."

"As long as His Majesty can enshrine your minister as Xuzhou Mu, and leave Xudu smoothly, without attracting Cao Cao's attention. At that time, Your Majesty will give you another edict to communicate with the Yuan family, then Cao Cao will be defeated."

"Before breaking Cao, Your Majesty must make preparations in advance to prevent Yuan Shao from controlling Xudu."

After speaking, Liu Bei bowed his head.

Only the emperor Liu Xie thought for a while, then clapped his hands and said: "Okay, then do as you said, Uncle Emperor!"

Next, Liu Bei continued to stay in the palace, talking with Liu Xie, and Dong Chengxian said goodbye and left.

Walking out of the palace gate, Dong Cheng glanced back, and murmured: "This Liu Bei is not simple! I am afraid that it is a lie that he wants to help the emperor, and it is true that he wants to get Xudu. With me, even if You can defeat Cao, but you can't win Xudu."

"In this case, I will let you break the cao first, and I will win the final victory."

After all, he showed a cold smile, and he already had an idea in his heart.

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Chen Yang and Cao Ang went to the factory together, and they gathered around a lump of black mud and looked at it carefully for a while.

As soon as Chen Yang arrived at the factory, Ma Jun told him excitedly, as if he had tossed the cement out.

Ever since, Chen Yang started to do experiments, mixing sand and stones into the cement, and then mixing it with water, it turned into something like mud in front of him.

"My lord, is this a success?" Ma Jun asked worriedly, not sure.

Chen Yang looked at it carefully for a while. The cement was different from the ones he knew later, but the difference should be large. He said: "Use molds to fix the cement into a square shape, and put it in the sun to dry for a try. .”

Ma Jun and other craftsmen went to work immediately, and after a while, a large lump of square cement was placed in the sun to dry.

The temperature of the sun in winter is not high, and it doesn't end until the sun goes down.

Chen Yang stretched out his hand and touched it. The surface of the cement was already dry, and he tapped it again, and it was very firm.

"Wang Yue, come here with a hammer and try to break it open!" Chen Yang said.

Wang Yue saw a hammer not far away, so he raised it and hit it hard.

boom!

A loud bang.

Everyone looked at the cement block for the first time, and saw that there was only a crack on the surface of the cement block, and it was not broken.

"This... is too hard!" Cao Ang said in shock.

He knew how strong Wang Yue was, and he couldn't break the cement block under this blow.

How hard is this thing called cement?

"It's done, the cement is really done!"

Chen Yang smiled with satisfaction, and said again: "Wang Yue, come again and smash it with all your strength."

"it is good!"

Wang Yue swung the hammer again, this time hitting it with all his strength.

It wasn't until the third time that the cement block was smashed into two pieces by Wang Yue, and part of it was not completely dried.

Cao Ang quickly picked up a block of cement, looked at it for a long time, and said excitedly: "This kind of thing called cement is simply an artifact used to build city walls. Can you mass produce it now?"

"I can't for the time being. This time I made it by accident, and it was almost there." Ma Jun scratched his head and said with some embarrassment.

"It's okay, you keep exploring, there's no rush." ​​Chen Yang didn't care.

Being able to make the first batch of experimental products is already very good at the level of this era.

When Cao Ang heard this, he was very disappointed. Soon, he was full of hope for cement.

If you can't do it now, you won't be sure in the future.

"Give Ma Jun more time, let's go!"

Chen Yang didn't force Ma Jun to speed up the progress. How to make the cement was up to them to arrange.

At this time, Cao Lan came back suddenly, and he also sent a piece of information from the palace.

"Liu Xie finally met Liu Bei!"

Chen Yang opened the information, glanced at it casually, and said softly.