Three Kingdoms: The rebellious son of the Cao family married the queen at the beginning

After Cao Shuo returned to Luoyang, he received a report from the Minister of Industry, saying that there was a drought in Runan County.

It hasn't rained since it snowed heavily in January.

Cao Shuo hastily called Xun Yu, Zhen Yan, Ma Jun, and Simpi over.

Xin Pi from the Ministry of Industry said: "Your Majesty, the drought in Runan County is very serious. There has been no rain for three months. It may affect this year's wheat harvest."

Cao Shuo looked at Ma Jun and said, "Is the keel waterwheel finished?"

Ma Jun replied: "The ten frames have been built, and the debugging has been completed. There is no problem for the time being. As long as the craftsmen are in place, we can start manufacturing immediately."

Cao Shuo nodded and said, "Wen Ruo, tell the counties and counties that were seriously affected by the disaster to dig a ditch on the edge of the field to store water."

Although Xun Yu didn't know why he did this, he still nodded. He had never seen a keel waterwheel before, so he didn't know the specific function of this thing.

Cao Shuo looked at Zhen Yan and said, "There is still more than a month before the wheat harvest. During this time, if you raise enough grain, once our grain production decreases, the tax burden will be fully reduced. At the same time, each family will be divided according to the population. Give them some food."

"promise!"

Among the lords of the world, Cao Shuo was the only one who dared to directly distribute food. He had obtained tens of millions of stones of grain and grass from Dong Zhuo.

Cao Shuo said: "In the past, the first emperor of Qin used the same track for cars, the same text for books, and the same way for behavior. I also felt that and decided to unify the currency of the world."

"Unified currency?"

The four nodded. If this is the case, then the common people don't need to exchange things for things anymore.

"I just have a simple idea. We bought a lot of gold before, and I decided to use copper, silver, and gold as currency."

"Currencies are issued by the state, and it is not allowed to mint money privately. If there is any disobedience, the nine clans will be punished."

"My initial idea is to exchange one gold for one hundred silver, and one silver for one hundred coppers. The size and weight of the three currencies will be discussed in detail tomorrow morning."

The four agreed and left Cao Shuo's residence.

Cao Shuo took out a few pieces of paper and began to write and draw on the desk case. Coins were no joke, he had to think about some rough procedures.

"Your Majesty, Empress Lu please see me!"

"Let her in."

After a while, Lu Wen came to Cao Shuo, accompanied by the maid of honor.

"His Majesty!"

"Wen'er, you've already been here for six months, so don't run around if you have nothing to do."

Lu Wen said with a smile: "I am also thinking about the country and the country of Wei."

"Ok?"

Cao Shuo looked at her in surprise, could it be...

"Your Majesty, my father has agreed to serve Wei."

"Great." Cao Shuo was very excited.

With the addition of Lu Bu, his army strength will definitely rise to another level.

With a straight face, Lu Wen said in a low voice: "Husband, although my father is brave, he is too impulsive, and also very easy to conceit, so it is not easy to give too much military power."

Cao Shuo smiled awkwardly, she is really a good girl.

"Don't worry, I will send him a good military advisor."

Cao Shuo thought about it, and felt that Chen Gong was more suitable. After all, the two had worked together for a long time and were familiar with each other.

"Dian Wei, send someone to inform Lu Bu that he will come to see me tomorrow morning!"

"promise!"

"Husband, I have made so many great achievements, should I be named a general or something?"

She fought with Cao Shuo in the South and North for several years, but she didn't see any benefits, no salary, let alone a general.

"It's not difficult. I decided to set up a troop made up of all women to help me spy on intelligence."

"There is no future..."

Lu Wen looked depressed, the world is almost at peace, why do you need this army?

"Why is there no future? The world is big. What's more, I still need these people to help me supervise the states and counties."

"Forget it, I'll be a free coolie. Perhaps Queen Mother Bian is better at this than me."

In the early morning of the next day, all the civil and military ministers were surprised to see Lu Bu come to the hall.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

"Be flat!"

Cao Shuo looked at Lv Bu and said, "Patriarch Lu understands the righteousness and is willing to contribute to our country of Wei. It is gratifying and congratulatory. All the generals of our country of Wei need to hold posts in the Ministry of War. The father-in-law will be a member of the Ministry of War first. He will be promoted to an official position after he has achieved military exploits."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lu Bu was not very keen on any official position, and he only served Wei Guo because of Lu Wen's face.

Cao Shuo has countless generals under his command, it doesn't matter if there are more of him, and it doesn't matter if he is missing.

Xun Yu said: "Your Majesty, the unified currency that His Majesty mentioned yesterday, we discussed with several ministers in private, and the specific weight and size of the currency have been discussed."

Cao Shuo nodded, and said, "Both sides of the currency must have representative patterns. For the front, use a dragon-shaped pattern, and for the reverse, use the Wei characters of the State of Wei."

"promise!"

"Make some for me first, I'll have a look, and if you're satisfied, let the Military Aircraft Department make some molds."

After Cao Shuo gave instructions on the currency, Xi Zhicai stood up and said, "Your Majesty, according to Jin Yiwei's report, Yuan Shu of Jiujiang County built many fortresses on both sides of the Huaihe River."

Build a fortress?

Cao Shuo laughed inwardly, what's the use of this thing?

His army can go along the Huaihe River or the Yangtze River.

Unless he can completely encircle Jiujiang County and Lujiang County, otherwise, he will not be able to stop his navy at all.

Cao Shuo looked at Zhen Yan and said, "We collect grain at a high price in Yangzhou, and take all the weapons we eliminated to Yangzhou to exchange for grain. I want to see how Yuan Shu can resist the temptation of weapons."

Most of the southern soldiers are still wearing leather armor, and some are even cloth armor. These equipment may be convenient on the water, but they are not enough to look at on land.

Guo Jia said: "Yuan Shu focuses on defending our northern cavalry, why not send a general to attract his attention, and then we can take the opportunity to attack Jiujiang County from the Yangtze River."

Xi Zhicai reminded: "Sun Ce's army in Danyang County and Yuan Shu have blocked the Yangtze River. They have deployed many small boats filled with kerosene on the Yangtze River. As long as our water army dares to enter the Yangtze River, they will be attacked by suicide. .”

Cao Shuo wiped off a cold sweat, and even played a suicide attack, as for that.

Can this stop my army?

If there is no navy, he may be able to prevent himself from entering the south of the Yangtze River, but now he not only has a navy that can transport soldiers by sea, but also attack Danyang from Wujun.

Cao Shuo looked at Lu Bu and said, "Guo Zhang Lu, I will give you [-] Xuanjia troops. Together with Chen Gong, you will station in Longkang County, Pei County, to attract Yuan Shu's attention."

"promise!"

Runan County has Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Jin, and Cheng Yu, all of which have already made Yuan Shu very nervous.

If Lu Bu goes again, Yuan Shu will definitely put most of his troops along the Huaihe River.

At that time, they will have the opportunity to invade Jiujiang County from the south.

So what if the Yangtze River is full of fire boats, he doesn't believe that there is no headwind.