Now that he knew that he was Deng Ai, how could Cao Liang give up the opportunity of dating? Cao Liang was also secretly glad that he just saw Deng Ai's carriage stuck in the mud. Deng Ai struggled to push the carriage, and he felt compassion and helped.

He gave it a try. If he had been more hard-hearted and just turned a blind eye and rode past, he might have missed Deng Ai.

As expected, helping others is something that builds your character. Cao Liang said that he must do more things like helping old ladies cross the road in the future. Maybe he would meet a famous minister or general in that corner.

Although Deng Ai was born into a wealthy family with the surname Deng in Nanyang, he lost his father when he was young and his family was in ruins. He was orphaned and his mother lived a very difficult life.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao led his army to march south and conquered Xinye in Nanyang. Uncle Liu Huang fled south in embarrassment and crossed the river with his people, including ten-year-old Deng Ai and his mother.

History seems to have played a joke on Liu Bei. If Liu Bei had succeeded in forcing the people of Xinye to flee that time, then the scene of the Shu Han's collapse more than fifty years later might not have happened.

But at the critical moment, Uncle Liu once again carried forward his usual style of protecting his life and abandoning his wife and children, and ran away alone. How could Uncle Liu, who couldn't even take care of his wife, weak children and beloved daughter, care about the common people? Deng Ai and his mother and son were in the rebellion.

It is really not easy to survive in this situation.

In fact, Cao Liang should also thank Liu Bei. If Liu Bei hadn't run so resolutely, I'm afraid he wouldn't have appeared in this world.

Deng Ai's mother and son became prisoners of Cao Cao and were forcibly moved to Runan by Cao Cao to work as farmers.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars continued for years, social productivity was greatly damaged, the land was barren, the population dropped sharply, and food shortages formed serious social problems. In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao adopted the suggestions of Zao Zhi and Han Hao, and established a military base near Xudu

Farming was carried out. The land for farming was ownerless and barren land. The labor force, cattle, and farm tools were captured during the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Some of the labor force was claimed to be recruited but was actually forced. It is said that the farming harvested millions of grains that year.

Dendrobium eased social conflicts. So the prefectures and counties set up field officials, who were responsible for accumulating valleys and conquering all directions. Without the labor of transporting grain, they merged with the bandits and conquered the world. There were two types of farming in Cao Wei: civilian villages and military villages. Each civilian village

The manpower is 1, and the Sima is placed in the camp. On top of it is the Diannong Duwei, the Diannong Xiaowei, and the Diannong Zhonglang General. They are not affiliated with counties or counties. The harvest is divided with the country. Those who use official oxen are 6 for officials and 4 for civilians. Private oxen are used.

The government and civilians were divided into equal parts. The farmers who were working in the fields were not allowed to leave the fields at will. The soldiers were stationed in the military camps, with 60 men per battalion, guarding on one side and farming on the other.

Cao Wei's farming system played an important role in resettling refugees, reclaiming wasteland, and restoring agricultural production, creating material conditions for Cao Cao to unify the north. However, the farming system was highly exploitative. Farming farmers were tied to the land and had no free status, while farming soldiers were

It was even more difficult. In the later period of the Cao Wei Dynasty, the exploitation of farmland became increasingly severe, and the distribution ratio reached a level of 8 officials to 2 people, which caused the people in the farmland to flee and resist. The land in the farmland was continuously occupied by powerful families, so the farmland system was gradually destroyed.

Deng Ai grew up in this kind of environment. However, he did not accept his fate in poverty. Instead, he studied hard and was determined to change his destiny through struggle.

There were very few talented people among the villagers, so Deng Ai was promoted by the captain of Diannong to be a bachelor of Diannong and worked as a straw guard for twenty years.

Deng Ai read military books. Every time he saw mountains and rivers, he would personally survey the geography and designate military camps and residences. Others laughed at him, thinking that Deng Ai was too ambitious and unrealistic. But Deng Ai didn't take it seriously and went his own way and remained the same.

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At this time, Deng Ai had been promoted to the title of Diannong Cao Cao. He came to Luoyang this time to submit an official document on the construction of water conservancy projects to his superior, General Diannong Zhonglang.

"I wonder what Deng Gongcao's water conservancy plan is?" Cao Liang asked with great interest.

Deng Ai was not wary of Cao Liang, and the water conservancy project was not a military secret, so there was no need to hide anything. Seeing that Cao Liang was very interested in it, he immediately took a volume of official documents and gave them to Cao Liang to read.

Cao Liang is not a water conservancy engineer. He is actually not very good at water conservancy. But even if he is not good at it, Cao Liang knows much more than Deng Ai, so Cao Liang can still easily see Deng Ai's water conservancy work.

There are some omissions in the plan.

So Cao Liang pointed out the errors in Deng Ai's plan one by one and proposed corresponding improvement methods. He talked eloquently and pointed out more than ten errors in one breath.

Deng Ai was astonished beyond measure. They had just exchanged names, and Deng Ai had already learned that he was the young marquis of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, an officer of the imperial army who was currently the seventh-grade gate supervisor.

Frankly speaking, Deng Ai was very envious of the sons of princes like Cao Liang, who could hold higher official positions than him at such a young age. Moreover, they, the sons of aristocratic families, could rise to great heights with little effort, while people with a background like Deng Ai's

It is extremely difficult for a poor boy from the common people to get ahead. He has been working as a farm clerk for nearly twenty years and has still achieved nothing.

However, for Deng Ai, who is full of talent, he looks down on those children from scholarly families who are fighting for their father's position. They are full of dandyism and have no ideas. In terms of true talent and learning, no one can compare with these poor people who study hard and practice hard.

Disciple?

But Cao Liang's profound knowledge shocked Deng Ai. Even the senior officials could hardly understand water conservancy matters. Deng Ai was confident that the plan he had come up with was almost perfect, but Cao Liang

Liang just glanced at it and pointed out more than a dozen mistakes casually. Moreover, he was not the kind of person who pretends to understand and talk nonsense. What he said was clear and logical, and Deng Ai was convinced.

Deng Ai quickly wrote it down with a pen. Cao Liang's corrections undoubtedly made Deng Ai's plan more perfect, and Deng Ai was extremely grateful.

The rain kept falling. Cao Liang saw an inn in front of him and suggested that Deng Ai go there to take shelter from the rain. Deng Ai readily agreed. The carriage was bumpy and uneven, and it would be impossible to revise the copy. Once we arrived at the inn, everything would be convenient.

too much.

After entering the inn, Cao Liang ordered the innkeeper to buy wine and prepared to have a drink with Deng Ai.

Deng Ai was busy preparing pen and ink, corrected the mistakes Cao Liang had made one by one in one breath, and wrote a new plan. At the end of the plan, he and Cao Liang solemnly signed

The individual's name.

ps: This book will be on the shelves this weekend. Thank you for your support all the way. Lao Feng is a handicapped person and really can’t write much in a day, but after all, it will be a small burst to put on the shelves, so I have to try my best to save some manuscripts. These days
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