For Cao Liang, there is also an added task, that is, a messenger must be sent to the party every two days, even if it is a blank letter, it must be delivered, otherwise, the consequences will be very serious.

However, fortunately, the distance from Luoyang to Shangdang is not too far, and Cao Liang, for the sake of prudence, went to deliver the messenger not only one group, but several groups, some bright and some dark, so as to ensure that the news would not be intercepted halfway.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the situation is becoming more and more severe, although Cao Liang does not know how many dead soldiers Sima Yi has transferred into Luoyang City, but there is no doubt that this coup is already on the line.

Since Cao Rong's death was in the first month, the monthly sacrifice will be carried out in the first month, according to the practice of the past few years, every time it is time to sacrifice, the civil and military officials will accompany the son of heaven Cao Fang to go to Gaoping Mausoleum.

In previous years, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi, who were auxiliary ministers, would definitely not be vacant, as for the civil and military officials, they did not pour out of the nest, otherwise there would be no one in the court to do things, and only some officials could be ranked in the sacrificial ranks.

Of course, being able to go to the Gaoping Mausoleum is what most officials are looking forward to, in order to compete for this place, since the second half of the year, many officials have been active, to support the door, to go to the relationship, it seems that they can worship in front of Cao Rong's mausoleum, the official road can be prosperous, and the official career can be smooth.

However, this year's sacrifice is obviously slightly different from previous years, the first person to host is Cao Shuang and Sima Yi to Cao Shuang singing a one-man show, after all, Sima Yi has been at home for a few months, and now the news is that Sima Yi is dying, and the court does not need a patient, so this year's sacrifice list, Sima Yi's name is missing for the first time.

It stands to reason that Cao Liang is an auxiliary general, is qualified to go to Gaopingling, a few years ago he was in Bingzhou, naturally he couldn't go, and after returning to Beijing last year, Cao Liang has always said that he is not sick, and naturally he did not go to Gaopingling, originally this year had the opportunity to be on the sacrificial list, but Cao Shuang waved his pen and excluded Cao Liang from the list.

Obviously, Cao Shuang is still worried about the marriage between Cao Liang and the Sima family, in his opinion, Cao Liang's acceptance of the woman of the Sima family is equivalent to being a traitor to the Cao clan, and he kicked the matter away, not to mention being on the sacrificial list, and if he wants to hold an important position in the future, it is completely impossible.

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 over the sick leave note like last year.

Just kidding, at such a critical time, how can you follow Cao Shuang to Gaopingling, how can you fight with Sima Yi?

The annual sacrifice of Gaopingling is an opportunity for Sima Yi, it does not have to be the first ten years, and now Sima Yi is fully prepared, so Cao Liang has reason to believe that Sima Yi's coup d'état will occur in this first month of the eighth year of Zhengshi.

Of course, it is one thing to believe, and it is another thing to actually implement, after all, in this incident, Sima Yi is the active party, Cao Liang is the passive party, and only after Sima Yi takes action, Cao Liang can take action.

Although it was planned and then moved, Cao Liang's preparations did not dare to relax at all, and before the end of the year, Cao Liang had completed all the preparations and was ready to go into battle at any time.

But in order to confuse Sima Yi, Cao Liang adopted the method of tightening inside and loosening outside, and he spent most of his time on business operations.

Winter is the peak season for coal and stone sales, and coal and stone have become the signboard of Cao's business, and together with Wushisan's business, they have become the two trump cards of Cao's business, bringing a steady stream of wealth to Cao Liang.

Is Cao Liang bad money, of course not bad money, just the business of Wushisan, every year for Cao Liang to provide a steady stream of huge income, now Xiaoyao Wushisan has become a monopoly brand in Luoyang City, the market share has reached more than ninety percent, even if it is Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou Guanzhong, these places, Xiaoyao Wushisan has also become a sought-after goods, and there are businessmen who smuggle Xiaoyao Wushisan to Wu and Shu, it is said that the sales are also good, and the price has increased several times.

This may be the last chance to make money, how can Cao Liang let this winter be wasted, so in his spare time, he personally took care of the business, Wushisan already has a mature marketing model, Cao Liang only needs to lie down and count the money, and coal, as an emerging industry, has great potential to be tapped.

In the past few years, Cao Liang only provided anthracite raw coal, and the business was relatively extensive, but today Cao Liang deliberately set up a processing plant outside the city, and the raw coal was screened and added to the clay to make honeycomb coal for sale.

The production of honeycomb coal is relatively simple, only need to make some simple molds, but the production process requires a lot of labor, anyway, cheap labor is everywhere in this era, and it can also solve the livelihood of some displaced people, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

The benefits of honeycomb coal are obvious, fast ignition, full combustion, high thermal efficiency, an invention that was originally in the twentieth century, was forcibly advanced by Cao Liang by 1,700 years.

In fact, in terms of production and operation, Cao Fu and Cao Gui are indeed two good hands, Cao Liang almost doesn't have to do anything, they can take care of the business in an orderly manner, Cao Liang himself to do business, in fact, more often than not, it is a gesture, and this posture is more for Sima Yi to see.

Cao Liang, who is obsessed with doing business and is busy making money, obviously will not pose a threat to the Sima family, Sima Yi is willing to marry Sima Ruxu to Cao Liang, isn't the purpose just to think about such a result, Cao Liang deliberately made this gesture, just to confuse Sima Yi and make him mistakenly think that his plan succeeded, so as to reduce his defense against Cao Liang.

Only when Sima Yi's attention turned elsewhere did Cao Liang have the certainty of success, and Cao Liang knew that the reason why the coup d'état of the Sima family could succeed was not only Sima Yi's ability, but that the entire wealthy family stood behind Sima Yi.

He has no allies, so he wants to be the enemy of the entire family by himself, and the pressure on Cao Liang is indeed very great.

In the blink of an eye, the end of the year is over, and the end of the year is approaching.

At this time, Bai Lingyun suddenly sent a message 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, Bai Lingyun should have discovered something, so he couldn't wait to meet Cao Liang, of course Cao Liang knew what was going on, perhaps, this would also be his last date with Bai Lingyun.