Wei Mansion. Wei Cheng was making medicine in the yard, while Aning and Niu Niu were helping. To be precise, they were not helping.
The two little girls studied pharmacology seriously at first, but then gradually gave up. There is no way, Chinese medicine is profound and profound, and just being a pharmacist allows one to live and learn.
What surprised Wei Cheng was that his brother-in-law Cai Heng was very devout in his studies. Although this boy was a bit obsessed with studying, it was unexpectedly very suitable for such a person to learn the hard-working knowledge of Chinese medicine.
"Brother-in-law, the name Sedum is really nice. There are also Forsythia, Lingquan, Guangbai, Wangyuesha... Where did the names of these medicinal materials come from?" Wei Cheng was stunned. He really didn't know this. He has memorized pharmacology and medicinal properties since he was a child. As for where the names of these medicinal materials came from, he thought for a while and said, "Medicinal materials are just like people. Some people have their region in their names, and some people have their character in their names. The same goes for medicinal materials." The name is based on the region, medicinal properties, appearance characteristics, and growth cycle." Cai Heng nodded thoughtfully, hesitated for a moment, looked at Wei Cheng, and said with some hope: "Brother-in-law, when I grow up, Can you give me the word Jiguan?" Wei Cheng laughed, put the medicine pestle in his hand on the gauze aside, wiped it, and responded: "When the time comes, someone will naturally give you the word Jiguan, you are Kong. Disciple of Beihai, it stands to reason that he is the best for you. As for bestowing a calligraphy, I'm afraid I'm not qualified." Hearing this, Cai Heng shook his head and said, "I don't want Mr. to give me a calligraphy. Several senior brothers said Yes, the word Mr. gave me... Well, anyway, I want my brother-in-law to give me a word. My brother-in-law can even get the names of medicinal materials so nice, so the word must be good." Cai Heng has never seen so many medicinal materials, so it is taken for granted. Some people think that the names of these medicinal materials were chosen by Wei Cheng himself... This is also very reasonable. After all, before the Three Kingdoms, there was no systematic medicinal material classics.
Wei Cheng felt deeply helpless when faced with this brother-in-law who blindly worshiped him. Being crowned and bestowed with a title has always been a very sacred and solemn thing. As for his brother-in-law... well, it seems that it won't be impossible in a few years.
Now Cai Heng is only fourteen years old. When he is twenty, he... Wei Cheng's lips raised slightly, and then he nodded and said, "It's not too late to talk about it then." Cai Heng was so happy when he saw Wei Cheng relenting, he hugged a The pile of herbs was sent into the side room.
At this time, the second uncle Wei Min walked in with Tian Feng. The two played with Aning and Niu Niu for a while before sitting in front of Wei Cheng.
Wei Cheng brewed a new tea with a unique taste today, and the three of them squinted their eyes and thought about it for a long time. Tian Feng's eyes lit up and he said: "It's a very unique fragrance. The fragrance of this tea makes people feel relaxed and happy. I wonder what it is called?" Wei Qing nodded and said with a smile: "This tea is called Lapsang Souchong. It has a fragrant fragrance that will touch your lips and teeth when you drink it." Leave the fragrance, you taste it first." After hearing this, Tian Feng and Wei Min looked at each other and smiled, raising their glasses to drink together. It was just as Wei Cheng said, the fragrance of tea is endlessly memorable.
Wei Cheng licked the tea soup for them again, and then said: "How about it, if this tea is sold, do you think anyone will buy it?" Wei Ming nodded without thinking and said: "If you buy it, someone will definitely buy it, it's the price... "Wei Cheng chuckled, gestured with two fingers, and said, "Sell it at this price for the time being." Tian Feng frowned and guessed, "Two hundred coins?" Wei Cheng shook his head and glanced at his second uncle Wei Min. He said: "We should first develop their appetite. I think twenty cents per pound is about the same. This tea is everywhere in the mountains and plains. We can basically make a huge profit. Don't be too greedy." Everyone knows that drinking tea is good, but really good tea, A proper roasting method is required. As a time traveler, Wei Cheng has obvious advantages in this regard. Let alone a tea roasting method, there is no way he can't do it.
After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, tea was an important strategic material for the country, and it had a strong presence until the end of the Qing Dynasty. Now it is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the prosperity of tea will be written by Wei Cheng alone.
The reason why Wei Cheng wanted to push tea onto the stage of history at this time was mainly because of the situation.
As the population of Anyi gradually increased, the problem of labor surplus became a major challenge facing the Wei family.
There are so many idle people, and they have to find a job to do, growing tea, picking tea, frying tea, and selling tea. At least tens of thousands of people are participating in this. It is not only an income, but also a good opportunity to solve social problems. .
Wei Cheng said, reaching out and grabbing a book from the low table beside him.
"Let's take a look first. These are some ideas about the tea department. If there are no problems, let's go in this direction." The document in Wei Cheng's hand is the policy of tea management in the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are a lot of these on the Internet in later generations. He still spent five yuan to download a doctoral thesis from Zhihu.
After Wei Min and Tian Feng took it, they browsed it roughly. The various operations on tea in the article made them look at it with side eyes. At the same time, they secretly lamented Wei Cheng's wisdom and strategy. Looking at this document from their current perspective, they could hardly find anything that could be added to the cake, let alone There is something lacking somewhere.
···Yanzhou, Feng County. That's right, it's the auspicious snow that heralds a good year. If such a name could be given in ancient times, this county would not be too bad.
But that was already the old days, and today's Feng County is not an exaggeration to say it is a 'poor' county. The Black Mountain Army has been causing trouble in Yanzhou for a long time. Any county with some foundation in Yanzhou has been ravaged several times.
Feng County is no exception. There were originally more than a dozen granaries in the city, but now they are all empty, and more than half of the people in the city have fled.
Even the officials who were guarding the city fled. They had no choice but to escape. The Montenegrin Army liked to use these officials' sacrificial flags.
Click, click, the half-opened city gate was beating against the old city wall under the influence of the north wind.
There were not many people coming in and out, most of them were woodcutters who went out of the city, and a few people who really couldn't afford food at home wanted to try their luck in the mountains.
On the bluestone road connecting the pipelines, several carriages came slowly, attracting the attention of a few idle soldiers on the city gate tower.
They didn't bother to run down to intercept or check the name of the bamboo sign. They just shouted from above: "Where are they from?" The driver looked powerful and strong, looked up at the soldier, frowned and said: "Xiahou Ying is here. No?" The soldier was startled for a moment, then whispered something to a few of his colleagues behind him, and ran down.
Seeing this, the coachman snorted coldly, turned around and lifted a little of the door curtain, frowning and said: "Look at this, Feng County is not a peaceful place. Should we go east again?" A pale face was revealed behind the door curtain, wasn't it? Who else is the Cao thief?
At this time, Cao Cao was nowhere near as high-spirited as before. His lips were white and purple, his eyes were sunken, and a pair of bags under his eyes could hide two quail eggs...
"Ahem, let's go in first. I can endure it, but the military advisor cannot." Cao Cao said in a hoarse voice.
The coachman nodded and looked back towards the second carriage. The coachman looked at each other and nodded slightly.
Seeing this, the leading coachman nodded, waved his whip, and headed towards the city. A spacious mansion with a somewhat dilapidated atmosphere.
Xiahou Ying bowed respectfully to Xiahou Dun.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Xiahou Dun, the driver of the carriage, was covering the right side of his abdomen and said with a frown, "I won't explain it to you now. I'll go find a medical servant right away and burn some more." Warm the soup and prepare some food." Xiahou Ying is Xiahou Dun's clan brother. He relied on his family to become a county lieutenant in Feng County. Yanzhou was high in the sky and the emperor was far away. He was originally a good job with leisure, but he did not expect to encounter the rebellion of the Black Mountain Army. Now it has become a lawless place where the father does not love the mother.
Nowadays, Xiahou Ying of Feng County has the final say because he has soldiers in his hands. As for the county magistrate, he has already been arrested to sacrifice the flag...
"Okay, brother, I'll make arrangements right away." Xia Houying secretly glanced at Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai who were coming off the carriage, and his brows twitched slightly.
"Yuan Rang, this brother of yours... seems to know something?" Cao Cao walked to Xiahou Dun and said in a deep voice.
Xiahou Dun was stunned. He hadn't noticed the change in Xiahou Ying's expression just now, and he didn't know what Cao Cao meant. Now he saw that Cao Cao was suspicious again, so he hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, Ben Li (Xiahou Ying's character) is a person I like very much." I understand, and if it hadn't been for my father's recommendation, he would still be doing nothing." Cao Cao frowned, looking at Xia Houying's retreating back, and felt that his worries were not groundless.
"Cough cough cough cough... cough cough..."
"military adviser."
"military adviser!"
"Quick, come quickly, escort the military advisor into the back room carefully, and find a few more braziers to keep warm..." After all the tossing, another half an hour passed.
Cao Cao was sitting on the soft couch, holding a strange metal ball in his hand. If Mr. Jin were here, he would definitely recognize this metal ball. It was a small lead bullet that he spent several hours polishing.
"Ahem... How on earth can this small ball penetrate soft armor? It's neither sharp nor acute. It's really unbelievable." Cao Cao's voice was loud, and he was obviously talking to Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan who were standing aside. .
but. How did the two of them understand these strange things? They shook their heads at the same time, looking at the little ball uneasily and puzzled.
The ball, which didn't look big at all, was about as thick as a little finger, but it penetrated the soft armor of Cao Cao's thigh, penetrated deeply into the flesh, and almost broke the bone. If someone hadn't broken his back at that time, I'm afraid... The two of them thought about that time. The dangerous scenes made me break out in cold sweat.
Cao Cao glanced at them, frowned and said: "Our plan to come to Yanzhou this time is not perfect, and there is absolutely no possibility of it being leaked. Zilian (Cao Hong) knows nothing about it, but how did he get caught up with it?" Yes, do you have anything to say?" Brother Xiahou frowned and shook his head to express his ignorance.
Cao Cao was suspicious of them. Otherwise, how could he explain that he had been chased all the way? He always felt that wherever his group fled, those people followed him. It was not until he injured his right leg that he felt better.
Although he was quite curious about the sharp weapon that hurt him, he found out who had leaked his whereabouts.
"Cough cough cough..." Cao Cao wanted to say something else, but Xi Zhi, who was lying beside him, woke up faintly. Looking at Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai shook his head without leaving a trace, signaling him not to ask any more questions.
There is no need to question the sincerity of Brother Xiahou. At this time, Xi Zhicai has roughly calculated the result.
"...Without him, our plan was discovered. In fact, when Zi Lian was ambushed, I had a vague premonition, but I didn't expect that they had even calculated our retreat to Yanzhou. This person's talent, I'm not as good as me." After suddenly saying so many words, Xi Zhicai coughed for a while.
Cao Cao had nothing to say to him, so he personally brought the spittoon and served Xi Zhicai.
"Cough...vomit..." Xi Zhicai coughed and suddenly coughed up a pool of blood. Cao Cao frowned, feeling that the military advisor he finally found might be dead soon.
Xi Zhicai held on to the armrest and sat up with difficulty. He casually wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, showed a pale smile, and said: "I'm afraid I won't survive tonight." Cao Cao's eyes were red and he hurriedly comforted: "Nonsense, the medical servant will be here soon, you first..." Speaking of this, Cao Cao's expression suddenly changed.
He stood up abruptly, not caring about the pain even if the wound on his right leg opened again.
"Yuan Rang, Miaocai, where is Xia Houying?" Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan were stunned at the same time. Only then did they realize that Xia Houying had not come back for so long, so it was obvious that something had happened to him.
Xiahou Yuan clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, I'll look for him right now." Cao Cao's eyes seemed to burst out with sparks, staring at Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun's heart skipped a beat. Faced with Cao Cao's gaze, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, if he dares to betray us, I will kill him myself." Cao Cao said coldly, "Then you go." Hearing this, Xiahou Dun said, He took a deep breath, grasped the handle of the knife at his waist, and left.
After the Xiahou brothers left, Cao Cao had a hint of evil in his eyes.
"Cough cough... cough cough..."
"Military advisor!" Xi Zhicai grabbed Cao Cao's hand and said in a dying breath: "My lord, Yuan Rang and Miaocai will never betray you. Don't be suspicious, lest the brothers become enemies." Cao Cao looked stunned. He nodded shamefully.
Xi Zhicai struggled to smile and said weakly: "My body can't survive this severe winter. After I leave, the lord can find someone who may be able to help the lord achieve hegemony." Cao Cao shook his head vigorously. ,
"No, Zhicai, don't say such unlucky words, you will be fine." Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly and said: "Master, when life is limited, I have already accepted my fate. Listen to me, you go find him , this person lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests after losing his crown. He likes to make friends with heroes and does not interact with the world, so not many people know about him, but his strategy is no less than mine."
"Oh?" Cao Cao's eyes flashed. Xi Zhicai continued: "This plan has consumed all my energy, but after all, it is one step away. The Wei family in Hedong has so many talents, I am not as good as me. However, if it is this person... cough cough cough... "Cao Cao saw that Xi Zhicai was coughing up blood again. He was anxious. He wanted him to quickly tell who that person was, but he was also afraid that his urging words would chill Xi Zhicai's heart. So, he looked at Xi Zhicai with a constipated expression. Talent, where can I still have the careful service of just now?
Xi Zhicai didn't care. He raised his head and glanced at Cao Cao, and said tremblingly: "Go... to Yuntai Mountain, Hongshi Gorge, look for someone named Guo... Guo Jia..." After saying that, he raised his hand As soon as he drooped, his eyes closed, his breathing stopped, and he gradually became colder.
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly,
"Yuntai Mountain, Guo Jia."
