"How long does it take to send the news to the Prime Minister?" Cao Miao said lightly.

Meng Shen glanced at Cao Miao. He admitted that this matter was indeed not something he could decide, but Cao Miao said so directly that he clearly looked down on him.

"Is Mr. Cao very anxious?"

"It's not very urgent. I just have to go out for a long trip, so it's not very convenient to go back and forth."

Meng Shen thought about it for a while. No hurry. It may be that the war horse has not been in place yet and it has not been used recently. It is not very convenient to go on a long trip. It may be an action with a significant impact, and it may be related to raising the war horse.

Thinking of this, Liaodong immediately jumped into his mind.

Meng Shen is not unfamiliar with ships from the Wu Kingdom who were envoyed to Liaodong passing through Jianye.

He then thought that Cao Miao said that going back and forth was not very convenient, which meant that these horse armor might not be used in the existing areas of Jiangdong, which means that at least there is little possibility of conflict with Shu Han, and it was not even the Wei army opposite the Yangtze River, but in Liaodong.

Otherwise, it is enough to send horse armor to Wuchang. What is the convenience of being inconvenient? It will be inconvenient only if it is delivered to Liaodong.

After understanding this, Meng Shen felt that this matter seemed outrageous, but it was not possible at all. Wu's large-scale military use of Liaodong is naturally unfavorable to Shu Han in the long run. However, in the near future, it can ensure the safety of Shu Han and allow Zhuge Liang to go all out to fight the Northern Expedition.

This is still worth it.

"These weapons are not cheap, especially horse armor."

"Can you quote a price?"

Meng Shen smiled bitterly. "I'm sure Cao Miao, the weapons are not Shu Jin, and they are usually not sold in batches to the public. This is the first time I have received such a business. I can only roughly estimate that there may be some differences."

"Then you estimate the price."

Meng Shen nodded and deliberately used his fingers to make a long time. "I guess if the Prime Minister is willing to sell it, it will be at least 500 million."

Cao Miao laughed "Puchi", stood up and dusted his clothes. "Then I'd better find a way for myself. It's better to begging others than to be a sucker and slaughter, it's better to spend some thoughts on researching it myself. It's not that complicated to make a knife maker. Even if I don't have a knife maker like Pu Yuan, I spent five million to hire a hundred blacksmiths, and then spent five million to buy iron, so that they could try it over and over again, and I don't believe it won't be able to try it out."

Meng Shen smiled and said, "Jun Cao is still interested in these craftsmen's affairs?"

"The Prime Minister is busy with all kinds of things every day and does not care about the hard work. I am an idle person, what's wrong with it?" Cao Miao shook his sleeves. "Anyway, he is still idle. Having the opportunity to fight with the Prime Minister is also a blessing in life."

Cao Miao took two steps outward, then turned back, and said with a smile: "Brother Meng, do you know that stirrups were my invention?"

Meng Shen's eyes flashed, and he was about to speak, but Cao Miao bowed his hand and left.

When they arrived at the front hall, Mrs. Sun and others had already chosen Shu brocade, and the guys were bandaging them. The middle-aged Confucian scholar came in. After a while, he came out again to convey Meng Shen's meaning. These Shu brocades were no longer charged money, and they were regarded as congratulations to Cao Jun.

Mrs. Sun was unhappy with her intention, but Cao Miao accepted it calmly and asked them to take it directly to the building boat by the river.

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After leaving Shujindian, Cao Miao and Mrs. Sun walked side by side and explained in detail the meeting and negotiations with Meng Shen.

Mrs. Sun has been in charge of the Jiefang Camp for many years, so she naturally knows the trick and quickly understands Cao Miao’s intention. But there is one thing she doesn’t understand. Why did Cao Miao conclude that Zhuge Liang is unwilling to study it himself, and that it is possible to sell him these weapons at a low price?

"Because he was unable to do anything. If he did nothing and devoted himself to studying weapons, he would definitely not worry about me. But now he has to take care of so many things and how much energy can he have to study weapons? Moreover, the reason why the weapons of Shu Han are sophisticated is not that it is difficult to cross the technical boundaries, it just depends on whether the management is strict and whether it is carefully done."

Mrs. Sun thought to herself. "You are right. He is rigorous and can even be said to be very particular, so he is better at doing anything than others." She turned to Cao Miao. "Are you planning to use his method to build a ship?"

"Don't you feel at ease?"

"Why don't you feel at ease?" Mrs. Sun shrugged. "Anyway, you are just under my nose, what other tricks can you do?"

Cao Miao's smile froze and he sighed.

Mrs. Sun smiled proudly, walked forward quickly, and said loudly: "What do you all want to buy? Today I will give you a special allowance, each with 500."

Several female guards smiled and immediately turned into shopping madmen from cold warriors, hugging Mrs. Sun to go shopping.

Mrs. Sun turned her head and threw a look at Cao Miao, and smiled sweetly. Cao Miao understood. Mrs. Sun expressed her trust in him and wanted to give him a while. He was not polite, so he went around and went to the aunt to arrange for the contacts of the people in Jianye City.

The people from the School Bureau would stay in Wuchang and continue to fuel the fire, but Aunt Ren would send someone to cooperate with his actions. The focus of the two sides was different, but occasionally overlapping. Before he could enter Jianye City, he saw the mark left by Aunt Ren.

Following the marks, Cao Miao quickly found a restaurant.

Upon climbing the second floor, Cao Miao had just stood still, and a familiar face was pushed open a crack on the door of the private room beside him.

Han Long.

Cao Miao was a little surprised. He did give Han Long the contact information, but he never expected Han Long to appear in Jianye so soon, and contact him as soon as possible.

Cao Miao looked around and signaled Ah Hu to be alert outside and walked into the private room. There were only Han Long in the private room. There were two pairs of wine utensils on the table, but the wine glass in front of Han Long was empty.

"Just arrived?"

"Yes, I have been near the building boat. When I saw the Lord disembarking, I guess you might come here, so I rushed here immediately."

Han Long invited Cao Miao to sit, lifted the wine pot, poured two glasses of wine. Cao Miao took one cup and held it in his hand, but did not drink it. Han Long took the remaining cup, drank it all in one go, poured another cup, saluted Cao Miao, drank it all in one go, and then looked at Cao Miao.

Cao Miao nodded and took a sip of wine. It was not that he could not believe Han Long, but that he was in a dangerous place and had to be cautious. He and Han Long had an agreement that if there was a last resort, he would drink a glass of wine or three glasses of wine to warn him. Everything was normal, and it would be two glasses of wine.

"What's the urgent matter?"

"Zhang Wei sent news that things were not going well in Liaodong. The old subordinate of Yuan was placed under house arrest in the mountains and was not allowed to contact outsiders. He waited in the market for half a year before he talked to several people who came out to buy. It was not easy to enter the mountains. In addition, he saw Yinfan."

"What else?" Cao Miao said: "Don't hesitate, just say whatever you have."

"The court sent envoys to Liaodong, one of them was named Zuo Junbo, and many of the attendants were warriors. From all the signs, it seemed that there was a plan to rob people." Han Long swallowed. "Master, Your Majesty... Is it really the bloodline of the Yuan family?"
Chapter completed!