Chapter 683 Passing the torch from generation to generation
“That’s Bohai!”

On the airship, Liu Bei looked down through the glass, and he immediately understood the terrain of Liaodong and Liaoxi.

Airships are scary. Very scary.

It’s not even about hitting morale or fast transportation, but about being able to train a large number of military officers with terrain knowledge.

The Qinghua guards currently on duty on the airship have a mastery and understanding of the mountainous terrain that is far beyond the comprehension of others.

From then on, Liu Bei dared not imagine how the battle would develop and change.

The airship only temporarily descended in altitude to allow the black bear to observe its location.

After confirming that it had just passed Guangyang County, the airship climbed rapidly again, with thin clouds passing through from time to time.

The passing of the airship naturally caused great panic among the people of Youzhou.

Currently the airship can carry more than 500 people and half a month’s worth of supplies; but in order to replenish fresh meat, it has to land after flying for three to five days.

The command room where Black Bear is located is a forbidden area. When the airship is flying, he will only leave the command room for a short time unless there is a banquet.

For airships, Liaodong is not far away.

The trouble is that it is difficult to accurately locate the city. Liaodong is covered with dense forests and mountains, and the coordinates will be lost if you are not careful.

During the lunch break, the weather was clear and cloudless. Black Bear met Liu Bei in the cubicle below the command room and asked: “Lord Liao, are you interested in going to Qingzhou to see Cao Cao?”

Liu Bei thought about it and shook his head: “It’s better not to see this person.”

“In that case, I will land in Liaoyang later. Lord Xuande will lay a Tai Chi pattern with black and white stones on the outskirts of Liaoyang. The larger the better. When I patrol the counties in the future by airship, I will also determine the location.”

“This is a blessing for us.”

Liu Bei agreed and asked, “When will Duke Wei go to the Western Regions? I am very curious about everything in the Western Regions. If I can go with Duke Wei, I will die without regrets.”

“I will invite Lord Liao when I am ready.”

Black Bear added: “Liaodong is far from Guanzhong and the journey is tiring. I will send an envoy to inform you when I set out, and then come here to pick up the Duke of Liao.”

Liu Bei originally felt that this was a hassle, but when he thought about the speed of the airship, he agreed to this arrangement.

After a moment of silence, Liu Bei sighed, “This world is indeed vast. I wonder what the land east of Yingzhou, where the sun rises, looks like.”

“No hurry. I will invite Lord Liao when I go. The journey is lonely. Although I have no shortage of people here, they are timid and timid, and there is little fun.”

Black Bear also felt that it was necessary to quickly recruit Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang into the core of the shogunate, and as for Zhuge Jin, he should be sent to Yizhou first.

Zhuge Jin has always stayed in the center and is the deputy of the secretariat, but his influence is growing.

The stronger Zhuge Jin becomes, the more unfavorable it is for Zhuge Liang to govern.

With this round of purge, the performance evaluation and promotion system will naturally have to be adjusted.

In fact, Ma Chao probably didn’t want to inform on the secret. Informing on the secret was also a way of self-protection.

Black Bear wanted him to be stained with blood and become a bad guy, so Ma Chao could only use his expertise to clean up both those who should be killed and those who should not be killed and those who are suspects.

After a simple meal, Black Bear said goodbye to Liu Bei and returned to the command room to dispatch the airship to choose a landing location.

Liu Bei also took people to pack their bags. After the airship landed smoothly, Liu Qi saw Liu Bei off the boat.

Before leaving, Liu Bei asked: “Can I ask Duke Wei to stay for a while so that Liaodong can offer tribute?”

Liu Qi thought for a moment and refused directly: “The airship still has eleven days of supplies, and there will be nine days left after going to Qingzhou. Nine days is enough time for Duke Wei to return to Guanzhong.”

Nine days is enough time for the airship to travel between Guanzhong and Qingzhou twice.

Eating less food won’t make any difference. The key is to replenish the fine charcoal burned and forged in Hedong.

There is also water, which needs to be replenished from time to time.

You shouldn’t stay in one place for too long after landing. If troops are suddenly dispatched to attack, airships are notoriously slow in taking off. If you are attacked by fire, you’ll be finished.

Liu Qi didn’t want to get himself into trouble, so he found a reason to refuse.

Liu Bei didn’t argue too much. He actually wanted his wives, concubines and children to come on the airship to see it for themselves.

The cautious Black Bear was taking notes and preparing to dispatch a garrison to Liaodong to protect the airship’s landing and take-off point.

We don’t expect this army of several hundred people to be able to stop the rebels, we just hope they can serve as peripheral alert and eyes and ears.

As long as the airship has enough reaction time to take off after giving the warning, those who are plotting rebellion will not launch it easily.

Just like that, after sending Liu Bei down, the airship rose again.

Contrary to Liu Bei’s expectations, the airship did not turn around and head south, but instead returned west.

Sun Qian sat trembling on the grass. Zhao Yun looked up at the airship going away, feeling powerless all over his body and mind.

This is just one airship. If dozens of airships are dispatched in the future, who can resist, let alone the provinces and counties in the country, even the overseas countries?
On the airship, Black Bear was looking at the map.

Although he was familiar with the map, it had become a habit for him to look at the map when thinking and analyzing.

He drew a circle with his finger across Youzhou and Jizhou and planned the route.

Typhoons are prevalent in the summer, and he doesn’t want to go to the beach and try his luck.

Even if it was Qingzhou, he didn’t want to go down along the Bohai Sea, but planned to go around the Bohai Sea and go to Qingzhou.

If the wind speed is abnormal or the cloud cover changes, he will know when to turn around.

As for Cao Cao, he came to Mount Li to escape the heat since the beginning of summer.

As the King of Qi, Cao Cao at this moment paid special attention to his own enjoyment.

In the morning, he wore a brown brocade robe embroidered with gold and vermilion, and pretended to read official documents.

Cao Chong read the copy in a rhythmic manner, and Cao Cao was very pleased. He smiled and said to Jia Xu beside him, “Duke Wei has the child prodigies Zhou Buyi and Ma Jun, and my family is not much inferior.”

Last year, Zhou Buzhi and Ma Jun, who were both Qinghua Guards, participated in the launch of the airship and were both awarded the title of marquis. At the beginning of this year, they worked together with Huang Yueying to improve the steam textile machine, which led to the rapid development of the Guanzhong textile industry.

Cao Chong was also very talented in mechanics, and there was a high probability that he would grow up to become the main person in charge of steam engine research and manufacturing in Qi State.

Without the steam engine, Qi’s navy would be a target.

The more we produce now, the more we can dig through Dizhu in Guanzhong… Let alone steam battleships, even if a steam transport ship appears in the Yellow Sea, it can wipe out the Qi navy.

Therefore, Qi was under great pressure, and all Cao Cao could do was to encourage and cultivate more relevant talents.

As for Confucian scholars…Cao Cao wanted to burn down the Confucius Temple and erect a statue of Mozi in its place.

Information from all sides has proved that machinery was most likely very mature in ancient times, and Huangdi and his group were good at machinery.

They also built an airship like the Dragon, but due to bad luck, the airship crashed.

Subsequently, various parties rebelled and killed Huangdi’s former subordinates who were good at making machines.

This is the limit of what people today can speculate, and they interpret the airship of Grand Marshal Wei Gong as the wisdom of ancient sages.

It was just that Grand Marshal Wei Gong was extremely intelligent, and he dug up graves and found books collected by his predecessors, which allowed him to surpass his teacher.

Just as Cao Chong was reading the document, Cao Zhen rushed into the palace in a panic, “Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei is coming from the northwest on an airship!”

Cao Cao actually jumped up from the low couch and stared, “Flying ship!”

“Exactly!”

Cao Zhen raised his hand and pointed: “He is heading towards Jinan. Perhaps he doesn’t know that the king is in Mount Li, so he may be heading towards Linzi.”

Jia Xu couldn’t sit still anymore, so he stood up and walked to Cao Cao’s side.

Cao Cao was anxious and frightened, and asked Cao Zhen: “Can Yuan Rang send a letter to warn us?”

“Nothing.”

Cao Zhen answered in a hurry, with a look of certainty. Jia Xu comforted Cao Cao at this time: “Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei’s airship can travel 3,000 miles day and night, and it is beyond the ability of Heluo to detect. If it takes a detour, it will be even more difficult to detect.”

Cao Cao then breathed a sigh of relief. He was not afraid of Xiahou Dun’s betrayal, but he was unwilling to accept Xiahou Dun’s silent betrayal.

He was relieved and immediately said to Cao Zhen: “Send an envoy to Linzi on horseback. Do not neglect the Duke of Wei.”

“only!”

Cao Zhen bowed deeply and walked out quickly without taking any document as proof.

Cao Cao sat down again, with his hands idle and nowhere to put them, so he picked up a stack of official documents and began to read.

When Jia Xu saw Cao Cao reading seriously, he also had a blank expression on his face.

Cao Cao flipped through the pages one after another. After reading three copies, he could no longer bear it and asked, “Mr. Wenhe, what should I do?”

“Just let Duke Wei go or stay. The airship is flammable and will not land easily. We can’t do anything to the king.”

Jia Xu looked calm, and Cao Cao thought so too.

Then he threw the document on the table and said to Cao Chong who was frightened beside him: “That’s it for today, leave now.”

“Well, I’m leaving now.”

Cao Chong saluted and retreated when Cao Zhen rushed in again: “Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei’s airship is heading towards Mount Li!”

Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu again, and Jia Xu immediately said, “Say that the prince is studying here, and the king should leave immediately with a small carriage and a few people to avoid the historian Wen Gong.”

The airship cannot land, but it can be rappelled and even has a parachute.

Jia Xu looked at Cao Cao with a frown and said, “I will receive the Duke of Wei. No matter how bad the situation is, they will just take me away to Guanzhong.”

“There is Lawrence.”

Cao Cao didn’t dare to delay, he immediately flicked his sleeves and walked away with big strides, but his legs were a little short.

Cao Zhen followed Cao Cao, and Cao Chong, standing at the door, just bowed to see him off.

After watching Cao Cao and Cao Zhen walk down the stairs, Cao Chong turned back and asked, “Sir, how did the Duke of Wei know that my father was in Mount Li?”

“How should I know?”

Jia Xu also looked puzzled and frowned: “The king often comes to Mount Li to escape the heat in summer. This is not a secret.”

After saying this, Jia Xu sighed: “I’m afraid the teacher-student relationship between me and Your Highness can only last until today.”

“I’ll pack for you, sir.”

Cao Chong bowed and asked curiously, “Sir, is Brother Zijian also on the airship?”

“maybe.”

Jia Xu smiled gently and led Cao Chong through a small door to get his spare clothes, books, manuscripts, and the like.

As for the burden of his family, as long as he is alive, the State of Qi will not treat them unfairly.

Compared to his family, he was also very curious about airships.

The airship controlled by the black bear slowly hovered over the Lixia Fish Pond where Jia Xu fished every day.

Jia Xu even abandoned his spare clothes and stood by the pool, carrying two boxes of papers and books, looking up. The huge dragon shadow blocked the sun.

The rope was lowered, and Taishi Wengong and Dian Wei, wearing golden helmets and golden armor, and wearing iron gloves, descended through the rope.

Soldiers even jumped down with shields on their backs and spears in their hands, and fell into the pond one after another.

Cao Chong was standing in confusion at a distance when he saw Xu Chu suddenly appear with more than a hundred soldiers, but they did not dare to approach. Xu Chu stared at Tai Shi Wengong who was holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji and slowly trying to surrender.

Not only him, but other soldiers did not dare to move.

He watched helplessly as Tai Shi Wen Gong took Jia Xu hostage and was dragged into the air by a rope.

After watching Taishi Wengong fly into the air, Xu Chu recovered and shouted, “Shoot!”

As he shouted, Dian Wei threw out his spear, and Xu Chu swung his sword to chop him, but he only managed to deflect the spear slightly, and the powerful force of the spear pierced his chest armor, and he fell back, knocking over several armored soldiers.

Dian Wei grabbed Jia Xu’s book box and a rope and was quickly dragged into the air.

The dozen or so soldiers who fell into the pond stopped fighting and grabbed the ropes. As the airship took off, they were dragged back into the cabin one after another.

Cao Chong was suspicious and walked up to the edge of the pond to observe the turbid water.

At this time, Cao Cao came over and asked: “What is Cang Shu looking at?”

“Just now I saw at least fifty soldiers falling, and in the end only thirteen of them grabbed the ropes and escaped.”

Cao Chong’s tone was puzzled. He turned his head to look at Cao Cao, who was wearing a black official uniform, and couldn’t help but smile: “It’s really strange, there is nothing else in the pond.”

“That’s not surprising.”

Cao Cao looked up at the rising airship. Even though he was in the shadow, he still squinted his eyes: “This kid came all the way here to play a trick on me.”

He knew that it was time for him to go out to sea. If he didn’t leave now, Tai Shi Wengong would descend directly over his bedroom next time.

In the command room, Black Bear wanted to summon an iron ball to give Cao Cao a surprise, but he was afraid that he would be squeezed out of this world.

Everything must follow a certain degree of rationality. An iron ball with a radius of more than ten feet dropped from an airship is clearly contrary to people’s cognition.

When this thought came to my mind, I became alert and felt a suffocating sensation as if I were surrounded by mud and water.

Almost in an instant, he disappeared from the command room and appeared in a living room illuminated by high-wattage energy-saving lamps.

Surrounded by artificial light for a long time, he turned his head and looked around. It was an unfamiliar living room of a bungalow.

A man was sitting at the table eating meat, holding a beer in his left hand, and on the cantilever in front of him was a paused game screen.

He felt several other strange and unfamiliar forces of repulsion and attraction, as if they were trying to drag him into other whirlpools.

The black bear stretched out his hand and grabbed, pulling out Lu Bu, who was wearing a golden helmet and armor. Lu Bu stepped forward, drew his sword, and killed the other man in an instant.

The black bear quickly stepped forward and “transferred” one of the opponent’s arms to an unknown suction force, which disappeared after being satisfied.

But there was another suction force trying to pull him away, and there was also the force he was familiar with.

Without time to think, Lu Bu slashed with his sword quickly, and the poor man in front of him was “sacrificed” by him and fed with a lot of vortex suction.

There was also a strongest strange suction force. The black bear threw the other party’s head into it, but was spit out.

Glancing at the other party’s monitor inadvertently, Black Bear raised his hand and slapped some spare black and white magic power onto the head, immediately pushing the head towards the vortex suction, and the head immediately disappeared.

The only thing left around was the familiar suction. I felt and hooked onto this suction, and then there was a feeling of drowning and suffocation.

Perhaps it was just a moment before he appeared in the airship control room.

As if it was an illusion, the black bear looked down and saw the fresh blood stains on his hands drying and peeling off quickly, turning into ashes. Before they even hit the ground, the ashes were completely wiped out and disappeared from this world.

After further figuring out the world’s bottom line of tolerance, Black Bear stretched out his right hand and grabbed in front of him, as if grabbing kelp in the water. He pulled hard and he appeared in the strange living room again.

He raised his hand and a drop of black magic power popped out, and the blood on the ground disappeared.

After looking at the time in the lower right corner of the cantilever screen, Black Bear showed a long smile, glanced at the mobile phone charging next to him, without touching it, and immediately flashed through, causing ripples in space, and returned to the airship command room again.

The airship was still rising slowly, and everything remained the same.

The black bear breathed a sigh of relief, but was still filled with fear.

As long as you don’t do anything that goes against your common sense, or to be more precise, as long as your behavior is not too outrageous, you can smuggle back in the future.

Perhaps distorting people’s cognition step by step can produce miraculous results.

(End of this chapter)