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That is, every two days, a messenger must be sent to Shangdang. Even if it is a blank letter, it must be conveyed, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

Fortunately, the distance from Luoyang to Shangdang is not too far. Moreover, in order to be cautious, Cao Liang had more than one group of messengers who went to send the message, but several groups, both open and secret, so as to ensure that the news will not be intercepted halfway.

The weather became colder and colder, and the situation became increasingly severe. Although Cao Liang was not sure how many dead soldiers Sima Yi had transferred to Luoyang City, there was no doubt that this coup was already on the verge of arrows.

Since Cao Jia died in the first month, the monthly sacrifices will be held in the first month. According to the practice in recent years, every time the sacrifice comes, civil and military officials will go to Gaopingling with Emperor Cao Fang.

In previous years, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi, who were ministers of government, would definitely not have been vacant. As for civil and military officials, they would not have been out of their way. Otherwise, wouldn’t there be no one in the court to do business, and only some officials could be ranked among the sacrificial ranks.

Of course, being able to go to Gaopingling is what most officials hope for. In order to compete for this quota, many officials have already moved from the second half of the year, relying on their own, and following their connections, it seems that they can worship in front of Cao's tomb, and their official career will be prosperous and their career will be smooth.

However, this year's sacrificial sacrifice is obviously slightly different from previous years. First, the hosts changed from Cao Shuang and Sima Yi to Cao Shuang sing a one-man show himself. After all, Sima Yi has been at home for several months while sick. The news now is that Sima Yi is almost out of reach, and the court does not need patients. Therefore, the first time this year's sacrificial sacrifice list is Sima Yi missing.

It is said that Cao Liang is the general of the State and is qualified to go to Gaopingling. He was in Bingzhou a few years ago, so he naturally failed to go there. After returning to Beijing last year, Cao Liang kept saying that he was sick and did not go to Gaopingling. He had the opportunity to be on the list of sacrifices this year, but Cao Shuang with a big stroke, he excluded Cao Liang from the list.

Obviously, Cao Shuang was still worried about Cao Liang's marriage with the Sima family. In his opinion, Cao Liang's adoption of the Sima family woman was equivalent to becoming a traitor to the Cao clan and kicking it away. Not to mention being on the list of sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrific

However, this is exactly what Cao Liang wants. If Cao Liang is included in the list of sacrifices, Cao Liang will probably have to hand in sick leave notes like last year.

Just kidding, at such a critical moment, how could he fight Sima Yi with Cao Shuang to Gaopingling?

The annual sacrifice of Gaopingling Mausoleum is an opportunity for Sima Yi, and it may not necessarily be the tenth year of Zhengshi. Now Sima Yi is fully prepared, so Cao Liang has reason to believe that Sima Yi's coup will occur in the first month of the eighth year of Zhengshi.

Of course, I believe it is one thing, but real implementation is another. After all, in this incident, Sima Yi is the proactive party and Cao Liang is the passive party. Only after Sima Yi takes action can Cao Liang take action.

Although he made up his mind, Cao Liang did not dare to relax at all. Before the end of the year, Cao Liang had completed all the preparations and could be put into the battle at any time.

But in order to confuse Sima Yi, Cao Liang adopted the method of tight inside and loose outside, and he devoted most of his time to business operations.

Winter is the peak season for coal stone sales, and coal stone has become the signature of Cao's business. Together with Wushisan's business, it has become the two trump cards of Cao's business and brought Cao Liang a steady stream of wealth.

Is Cao Liang short of money? Of course, it is not short of money. The business of Wushisan alone provides Cao Liang with a steady stream of huge income every year. Now Xiaoyao Wushisan has become a monopoly brand in Luoyang City, with a share of more than 90%. Even in places like Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Guanzhong, Xiaoyao Wushisan has also become a hot commodity. Moreover, some merchants smuggled Xiaoyao Wushisan to Wu and Shu Kingdoms. It is said that the sales are also good, and the price has doubled several times.

This may be the last opportunity to make money. How can Cao Liang waste this winter in vain? So in his spare time, he went to manage the business himself. Wushisan already has a mature marketing model. Cao Liang only needs to count money while lying down, and coal stone, as an emerging industry, has great potential to tap.

A few years ago, Cao Liang only provided anthracite raw coal and operated it in a relatively extensive manner. Today, Cao Liang specially set up a processing plant outside the city, screened the raw coal and added clay to make honeycomb coal for sale.

The production of honeycomb coal is relatively simple, and you only need to make some simple molds. However, the production process requires a lot of labor. Anyway, cheap labor is everywhere in this era, and it can also solve the livelihoods of some refugees, which is a killing of two birds with one stone.

The benefits of honeycomb coal are obvious, with fast fire, sufficient combustion and high thermal efficiency. An invention that was originally a 20th century was forced to be advanced by Cao Liang by 1,700 years.

In fact, Cao Fu and Cao Gui are indeed two good players in production and operation. Cao Liang has almost nothing to do, and they can manage their business in an orderly manner. Cao Liang does business by himself, but in fact, he is more of the same attitude, and this attitude is for Sima Yi to see.

Cao Liang, who is obsessed with doing business and making money, obviously will not pose a threat to the Sima family. Sima Yi is willing to betroth Sima to Cao Liang, but isn’t the purpose of thinking about such a result? Cao Liang deliberately made this gesture to confuse Sima Yi and make him mistakenly think that his plan has succeeded, thereby reducing his defense against Cao Liang.

Only when Sima Yi's attention turned elsewhere did Cao Liang be sure of success. Cao Liang knew why the Sima family's coup was successful was not just Sima Yi's ability, but the entire aristocratic family stood behind Sima Yi.

Cao Liang was under great pressure because he had no allies, and he wanted to be enemies of the entire aristocratic family by his own efforts.

In a blink of an eye, the year is over and the year is about to end.

At this time, Bai Lingjun suddenly sent news to Cao Liang, wanting to meet Cao Liang in advance, and at the same time there was extremely important news to tell Cao Liang.

Obviously, it was Bai Lingjun who discovered something, so he couldn't wait to meet Cao Liang. Of course, Cao Liang knew what happened. Perhaps this would be his last date with Bai Lingjun.
Chapter completed!