Under the bright sun, a group of craftsmen were assembling something by the river. It looked very large.

When the convoy arrived, Dian Wei, who was taking a break, got the news and hurried forward with Dian Man, asking in surprise: "Why are you here, my lord?"

“I heard there are new things here, so I came to take a look.”

Cao Cao glanced around and was surprised to find that there were many old acquaintances on the bank of Yingshui.

"Wen Ruo, Zi Yang, are you all here?"

"Sikong, have you heard about it too?"

"What did you hear?"

Xun Yu laughed and said: "Jun Shi and Zi Yang worked together to design a sharp weapon some time ago, which may be able to alleviate the drought."

Liu Ye quickly said: "This matter has nothing to do with me. I was just helping Juan Shi find some information."

"What information?"

Liu Ye said: "Sikong still remembers Bi Lan?"

Cao Cao was startled, "Is Shi Chang serving Bi Lan?"

"It was him... back then, Bi Lan created a rolling cart for sprinkling water. Juan Shi somehow became interested in this thing and ran to me to find the turning cart that Bi Lan made back then from the treasury.

He came out and asked me to help him find many craftsmen. Jun Shi was really talented in this area, and actually modified a water wheel based on the turning wheel, which can draw water from the river to irrigate farmland."

"Is this happening?"

Cao Cao couldn't help being shocked when he heard this.

He ignored Mrs. Huan and Mrs. Bian and hurriedly followed Xun Yu and Liu Ye onto the river embankment.

Mrs. Huan, Mrs. Bian, and several young masters were naturally taken care of. Xia Houzhen said a few words to Mrs. Huan and hurried into the crowd.

Cao Cao climbed onto the river embankment and found a huge building standing not far away.

Cao Ji and a girl in an emerald green dress each held a blueprint in their hands, instructing the craftsmen in the construction. Beside them, there were more than a dozen people following them, passing orders from time to time. The huge beast was like a giant dragon crawling on the shore.

On the side, the dragon's tail enters the water flow, and the dragon's head stands tall on the embankment. Under the embankment, there is a huge reservoir, together with dozens of water tanks and ditches of different sizes.

"This, I vaguely remember, the overturning truck built by Bi Lan was set up in the west of Tianjin Bridge.

But compared to this one, it's much smaller... By the way, how does this thing draw water? The water is lower than the ground."

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly: "Captain Cao, it's done!"

Cao Ji chatted with the girl in green, nodded, and signaled the craftsman to leave.

Then, he ordered people to bring in three cattle and tied them to the wooden compass under the water wheel. He drove all the craftsmen away, and then ordered people to drive the cattle. The cattle pulled the turntable and turned, making a crunching sound.

Then, the water wheel's axle started to rotate, driving the blades in the tank to scrape the water upward. After a while, a stream of clear water was spit out from the dragon's mouth and poured into the water tank below the embankment...

"Brother Kan, let's chat."

The girl called softly, and a young man next to the pool stepped forward and lifted a sink baffle.

The water flows slowly along several ditches and pours into the fields in the distance...

In an instant, bursts of cheers came from the embankment, and the fields that had been dry for a long time were watered and nourished by the river water, and they immediately became full of vitality.

The cattle turn the turntable, and the river water continuously pours into the pool, and then flows into the fields in an orderly manner...

Cao Cao couldn't help being surprised. He pointed at the waterwheel and was speechless for a long time.

"Have you calculated it?"

Xun Yu quickly asked the attendant next to him.

"Back to the servant, according to this situation, there must be three rotations a day. One waterwheel, running all day long, requires six to eight cattle... With the amount of water, it is estimated that this field can be irrigated after tonight.

I just made some calculations, and if there are 120 water trucks, most of the fields around Xudu can be guaranteed not to be affected by drought...if it extends to the entire Yuzhou, additional calculations are needed."

There was a smile on Xun Yu's thin cheek.

Cao Cao stood on the river embankment, looking at the river water flowing into the fields, and he was ecstatic.

He made rapid calculations in his mind, and after a moment he suddenly said: "Zi Yang, I have something to discuss with you."

Liu Ye said in astonishment: "What's the matter with Sikong, but it doesn't matter."

"I want to separate Zhuye Mansion from Shaofu Mansion."

"ah?"

"I intend to merge Mincao and Zhuye Mansion, and set up Mincao Duwei to be in charge of craftsmanship, smelting, water conservancy and other affairs. Junshi is better than Zhuye, and now he has designed such artifacts, which can serve as Mincao Duwei...

Well, I will return to the Sikong Mansion and serve as the Sikong Cao."

For Cao Cao, the keel waterwheel and various metallurgical affairs were extremely important.

It's best to be under his control...

Sikong Cao Peng directly obeyed Cao Cao's orders, while Min Cao Duwei was just like the same scope of authority.

Compared with the Zhuye captains before Cao Ji, the upper level salary is similar, but it is converted from Qianshi to rank Qianshi, which belongs to the second level of Qianshi salary. Further up, the real Qianshi salary is usually the deputy of Jiuqing, such as Shao

Official positions such as Fu Cheng, Sikong Cheng, and Ting Weizheng.

Even though you only picked half a level, for many people, they may not be able to take this step in their lifetime.

Especially for subordinate officials under the rule of Sangong and Jiuqing, unless they have the experience of being sent abroad, it will be extremely difficult for them to be in the capital and not promoted even half a step.

Liu Ye felt somewhat uncomfortable.

It took a lot of effort to have such an outstanding subordinate, but now he is poached again.

For Liu Ye, the separation of Zhuye Mansion from Shaofu was equivalent to the loss of a huge benefit.

But now that Cao Cao has said it, even if Liu Ye is dissatisfied, he can only nod. Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, many official positions have changed. For example, Cao Cao added the commander of the army and the general of the army, all of which were based on specific circumstances.

Establishment. Therefore, even if the Mincao Captain is established, it is not a derailment. In the final analysis, the Mincao Captain is akin to a false position, and no one can say anything.

"Since Sikong has this plan, how dare Ziyang not follow it."

The smile on Cao Cao's face became even stronger.

Over there, Xun Yu had also finished his calculations and ran up happily.

"Sikong, please give the order immediately to build this Cao official car."

"ah?"

Cao Cao was startled, "Cao's bus?"

"Yes, I just sent someone to ask Juan Shi what the name of this artifact is? He replied that it is Cao Gong's car."

Cao Cao laughed loudly, pointed at Cao Ji with his hand, shook his head and said: "This Cao Junshi has become dishonest and learned to do such flattery."

Liu Ye and Xun Yu despised him in his heart at the same time.

Just pretend, maybe you will be so happy in your heart now.

There is Cao Gong's plow in front and Cao Gong's chariot in the back.

Why couldn't Cao Junshi be renamed Liu Gongche or Xun Gongche?

Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao and couldn't help but curse.

"Who is that girl next to Juan Shi?"

"Oh, that's the fiancée of Cao Peng, Jun Shi's son."

"Is she the daughter of the Huang family in Jiangxia?"

Liu Ye nodded and said softly: "This woman has great talent. According to Juan Shi, she originally came up with the idea for Cao's official car, Cao Peng gave her opinions, and finally Juan Shi participated in the design. This woman's father, then

He is Huang Yan, Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar from Jiangxia, and his talent is very outstanding."

"Is this happening?"

Cao Cao looked at Huang Yueying, and then saw Xia Houzhen, who ran to Huang Yueying's side, holding Huang Yueying's hand with a smile on his face, and a thoughtful expression suddenly appeared on his face.

It seems that this matter should be considered in the long run!

The hot summer is unbearable.

Zhu Zan dragged his tired body back to the government office.

After dinner, he played with his young son for a while, and then walked into the study alone.

After putting the wine bottle on the table, he sat down behind the case, took out the official documents, and began to read and process them. Cao Peng had been away from Luoyang for nearly three months, but there was no clue about the murder case. Zhu Zan ordered people to search.

Twenty miles upstream and downstream of the Luo River, no corpses were found. The Luoyang Order was extremely dissatisfied with this, thinking that Zhu Zan was a waste of manpower and material resources. Even Zhu Zan thought that Cao Peng was blinded.

After all, Cao Peng had been drinking that night... However, the cart and the testimony of Xia Houlan and others on that day proved that it was not an illusion. This also gave Zhu Zan a huge headache and he had no idea where to start.

…

He picked up a roll of official documents from the slip, took a sip of water, and opened it.

This document is some old documents taken from the government office. Zhu Zan hopes to check if there are any similar cases from the past documents.

Outside, it's very quiet.
To be continued...