Three Kingdoms: The rebellious son of the Cao family married the queen at the beginning
Chapter 25 The Little Upstart Cao Shuo
After Xun You and Zhen Jiang went out, they looked at each other, they thought Cao Shuo was trying to fool Guo Tu!
But when they saw outside the prefect's mansion, the 2 people were immediately horrified!
Really, really soldiers!
They, the Hejian Kingdom, finally have soldiers!
Xun You looked at the 2 horses in disbelief, all of them were tall and majestic, it would not be an exaggeration to say they were elite!
"Miss Zhen, look at the food and grass of these soldiers..."
Xun You looked at Zhen Jiang and felt very embarrassed. They had just arrived in Jizhou and had no foundation, so they had to let Zhen's family come to buy food!
"Mr. Xun, don't worry, wait for me to see my gift first!"
As long as Cao Shuo is satisfied with the delivery, it’s okay to give away food for free, as long as the delivery is not satisfactory, hum!
"Oh, let me go, this damn Cao Shuo didn't even say where the gift is!"
Zhen Jiang walked back with a gloomy face, saw that Guo Tu hadn't left, and scolded: "Master Guo, have you eaten enough dog food? If you have eaten enough, hurry up and leave!"
Guo Tu left the hall angrily, but when he saw the [-] soldiers outside the door, he was stunned!
He actually had soldiers, where did these people come from?
It doesn't look simple, it's more majestic than the soldiers of Bohai County!
Yuan Shao must be informed of this matter as soon as possible, Jizhou needs to be re-arranged!
"Brother Cao, have you two finished making out?"
Zhen Jiang came to Cao Shuo and Diao Chan cautiously, and put his head in front of them!
"Sister Zhen, you are really bad!"
Diao Chan glanced at Zhen Jiang resentfully, and buried her head in Cao Shuo's arms!
"what!"
Zhen Jiang suddenly felt his waist tighten, and his whole body stuck to Cao Shuo's body!
"you…"
Zhen Jiang glared at Cao Shuo with a gloomy face!
It's unreasonable to insult her in public!
Cao Shuo said badly:
"Do you still like the gift I gave you?"
Zhen Jiang said coldly:
"What gift, you didn't tell me where it was!"
"Didn't you tell me?"
Cao Shuo pretended to be confused, he forgot whether he said anything about it or not!
"Hmph, I think you are just unprepared and deliberately fooling me!"
"Zhen Jiang, I heard from Chan'er that Dong Zhuo gave you a letter of appointment?"
"Yes, I will soon be Mrs. Dong Zhuo!"
Zhen Jiang glanced at Cao Shuo angrily, this guy was hugging her at this time, and said such a thing!
"That's good!"
"Good?"
Zhen Jiang was very disappointed with Cao Shuo's words, he didn't expect that he didn't care about this at all!
"I just took you captive, and I will attack Dong Zhuo and sacrifice the flag for me!"
"You bastard…"
Before Zhen Jiang could say the word bastard, Cao Shuo kissed her red lips!
Diao Chan on the side looked at the two with a blushing face, she really didn't treat herself as an outsider!
"Ahem! It's time!"
Diao Chan looked at the two with a smile all over her face!
Zhen Jiang hurriedly broke free from Cao Shuo's embrace, her blushing face looked like a peach!
"Jiang'er, I don't think I will let you marry someone else!"
"Why? Have you taken a fancy to my property?"
"Who do you take me for!"
"Whee!"
"It doesn't matter if you like it! If you want it, I'll give you all of mine!"
"Go, let me show you your gift!"
"Is it really ready for me?"
Zhen Jiang looked outside curiously, it seemed that this person did not come on a whim!
It was premeditated!
"Look at the tiger skin on the red rabbit horse, do you like it?"
"Tiger skin?"
Zhen Jiang followed Cao Shuo's gaze and found the white tiger skin!
"Wow, it looks so good!"
Zhen Jiang ran over and stroked the white tiger skin, while Lu Wen rolled her eyes angrily!
This bastard actually gave this thing away!
It's really disgusting, no, everyone who sees it has a share, I want to share it, a third!
"Husband, you are a bit biased!"
Diao Chan looked at Cao Shuo very dissatisfied, why did she have a gift for her dowry, but I just posted it upside down!
"How could it be, my Chan'er must be indispensable!"
"What about my gift?"
Diao Chan looked so unreasonable!
"Three or four people can lie down on that tiger skin!"
Cao Shuo looked at Diao Chan meaningfully!
"You big bastard!"
Diao Chan was so angry that she used this to fool her!
"Chan'er, arrange a place for Lu Wen!"
"Ok?"
Diao Chan looked not far away at the pretty girl with pouting lips and an unhappy expression on her face, and said, "It still needs to be arranged? Didn't you say that three or four people can lie down on that tiger skin?"
Cao Shuo left with a dark face, I was just talking.
If there were four people lying down, it would be unbelievable if they were squeezed into twists!
"My lord, where did these soldiers come from?"
Seeing Cao Shuo approaching, Xun You excitedly asked out his doubts!
Cao Shuo said calmly, "The Black Mountain Army has been subdued by me!"
"what?"
Xun You looked at Cao Shuo in disbelief, Black Mountain Army?
Isn't that the Yellow Turban thief from Zhongshan?
The court couldn't do anything about it, but the lord subdued him, which is too unbelievable!
"My lord, is this true?"
"really!"
Xun You was very excited. If this is the case, the population of one county in Hejian may be equal to the population of one state in Jizhou!
But, here comes the question, where does the food come from!
Xun You couldn't help looking at Zhen Jiang in the distance!
"My lord is young and promising, young and strong, I need to find more mistresses!"
"Uh…"
Cao Shuo was amazed, is this the time to talk about this?
"Gongda, where is Wenruo?"
"My uncle is helping the lord manage the affairs of the county!"
"Oh? I have really wronged the Xun family. Now I only have a county and a country, and let Wang Zuozhi condescend to be here!"
Xun You said disapprovingly:
"We have faith in our lord!"
If Cao Shuo hadn't been so outstanding, he wouldn't have put the Xun family's nest of eggs in one basket!
"Where is Xun Chen?"
Cao Shuo really meant not to let anyone in the Xun family go!
"My lord, Uncle Ruo is working as a long history in Jizhou Mansion!"
"Can Gongda recruit him?"
"My lord, if he can help us in Jizhou, does it mean that he has long intended to seek refuge, but I suggest that he continue to stay in Jizhou mansion!"
"In this case, let him stay there first, I will take Jizhou sooner or later!"
Xun You suddenly thought of a situation and said, "My lord, if you count the credit for subduing the Black Mountain Army, maybe you can really win the state shepherd!"
Everyone wants to eat this piece of fat from the Black Mountain Army, but it's a pity that none of the previous state shepherds has the ability to do so!
Unexpectedly, Cao Shuo took advantage of it!
"Gongda, you can handle this matter!"
"promise!"
"I'll introduce you to a general!"
"Oh?"
Xun You suddenly became interested. Although they are a group of literati, they can handle the affairs of the county and state, but they can't let Cao Shuo go to the front in battle!
Unexpectedly, when the lord came back this time, he even recruited a general!
"Gongda, this is Zhao Zilong from Changshan, he is highly skilled in martial arts, and his achievements in the future will never be inferior to Lu Bu!"
Cao Shuo said he was going to compete with Zhao Yun, but he forgot about it for a few days!
"Not under Lu Bu?"
Xun You couldn't help looking at Zhao Yun a few more times. He was as young as the lord, tall and majestic, with a tiger's back and a wolf waist, and he looked much stronger than the lord!
"Gongda, these two are the former commander-in-chief of the Black Mountain Army. They have followed Zhang Yan for many years. Zhang Yan sent them to stay by my side and obey my orders!"
"The poison of the last general, I met Mr. Xun!"
"The last general, Yang Feng, met Mr. Xun!"
"Okay, okay!"
Xun You immediately beamed with joy, he didn't expect the lord to have so many generals under his account!
"My lord, where is the commander-in-chief of the Black Mountain Army?"
"They are still in the mountains of Zhongshan Country!"
"Why didn't you bring him in?"
"Is there so much food and grass in Hejian?"
However, Xun You did not answer this question directly!
"The lord is young and talented, Miss Zhen is beautiful and beautiful, she is really a man and a woman, a match made in heaven!"
"This subordinate will go to Zhen's house and propose marriage for the lord!"
Xun You could see that Zhen Jiang was interested in Cao Shuo, and if nothing happened, it would be a matter of time before she became the mistress.
Zhen Jiang resisted all opinions in the Zhen family and moved the Zhen family to Hejian just to make friends with Cao Shuo.
Cao Shuo ran away Guo Tu today, presumably Yuan Shao would not let it go, he had poached many officials from Hejian before, and the next step would be to poach the Zhen family.
Xun You reminded:
"My lord, you think Yuan Shao will make other moves next!"
Cao Shuo's face darkened, and he said disdainfully, "Other moves? I still want to mess with him."
To actually send someone here to make trouble, really doesn't take him seriously.
Xun You hurriedly asked, "My lord wants to start a war with Yuan Shao?"
"Go to war? Fighting kills people, I will give him a bloodless war!"
"A bloodless war?"
Xun You couldn't figure out what Cao Shuo was thinking. He thought Cao Shuo would use force to teach Yuan Shao a lesson, but he didn't expect him to have other ways.
"Slow down the matter of hiring, and call all the officials in Hejian to discuss the matter!"
"promise!"
Half an hour later, all the officials of Hejian Kingdom, except for the county magistrates from far away areas, came here!
The Xun family was headed by Xun Yu, with more than a dozen people standing behind them.
The Zhen family is headed by Zhen Jiang, with two young people standing behind them!
The military officers are headed by Zhao Yun, Deng Zhan, Yu Du, Yang Feng, and two Wan Fuchang!
Others only have three or four!
Cao Shuo couldn't help frowning, why are there so few nimas?
Why does it feel like there is no one else besides the Zhen family and the Xun family?
Cao Shuo asked puzzledly, "Gongda, what's the situation? Why are there only so few people!"
"My lord, most of the officials of the Hejian Kingdom were poached by Yuan Shao!"
Yuan Shao took advantage of Cao Shuo's absence in Hejian to spread rumors everywhere, saying that Cao Shuo was dead, which made the people of Hejian panic, and most of the officials were poached by Yuan Shao with a lot of money!
"Damn Yuan Shao!"
The water glass in Cao Shuo's hand was crushed with a bang!
What a great move!
Xun Yu said meaningfully: "Master, this may not be a good thing!"
"Mr. Wen Ruo, what do you say?"
Cao Shuo looked at Xun Yu curiously, do you want to tell me that your Xun family can take over all of them?
"In this way, I can clearly see which people are fools!"
"That's true!"
Those who stay here are not necessarily loyal, but they are definitely optimistic about Hejian!
"Hmph, Yuan Shao, we have written down this grudge, let's see how I can kill you!"
Cao Shuo greeted everyone present one by one, and then made personnel arrangements for the positions of Hejian Kingdom and the twelve counties under its jurisdiction!
Wang Guolang Zhongling, Xun Yu!
Lieutenant Wang Guo, Zhao Yun!
Servant of the Kingdom, Zhen Yan!
The long history of the kingdom, Xun You!
Wang Guozhi Shu, Xun Shuang!
Cao Shuo's captain of the guard is temporarily held by Lu Wen!
Deng Zhan is in charge of the security of the success of the capital!
The Xun family accounted for nearly [-]% of the officials in Hejian Kingdom.
Although Cao Shuo didn't want to do this, there was no one under him, so there was nothing he could do!
The two brother-in-laws who hadn't passed the door were all pulled out by him to pretend to be heads!
After the appointment of other official positions, Xun You, Xun Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhen Jiang, Zhen Yan, Lu Wen, and Deng Zhan were left, and the others all went to take up their posts.
Cao Shuo looked at Zhao Yun and said:
"Zilong, I will give you [-] elite soldiers, and you and Gongda will be stationed in Chengping!"
"promise!"
"From now on, you should spend more time with Gongda and Wen Ruo to learn strategic formations!"
"Subordinates, keep this in mind!"
Cao Shuo intends to develop Zhao Yun into a handsome talent. After all, he is still young and has a lot of time!
If he can be alone as soon as possible, his pressure will be much easier!
Xun Yu reminded:
"My lord, our army is stationed in Chengping County. Will Yuan Shao think that we are going to attack Bohai County and cause tension!"
"If you're nervous, be nervous! If you're bullied, you have to pay it back!"
Cao Shuo didn't care if Yuan Shao was nervous or not, he couldn't fight a battle, so what if you have Yan Liang, Wen Chou.
Although Zhao Yun is young, his bravery is definitely not inferior to the two.
If it doesn't work, you can play strategy. Yuan Shao only has Guo Tu and Feng Ji in his hands, and they are not Xun You's opponents at all.
"Wen Ruo, go and issue a notice now, recruiting talents to hunt down the traitor Dong Zhuo."
"promise!"
"When you go to the city, put up a notice!"
"promise!"
After everyone left, only Zhen Jiang and Lu Wen were left in the hall, and Cao Shuo came to the two of them.
Holding the hands of the two of them, he said: "You two ladies, you have to worry a lot recently."
Zhen Jiang said with a sullen face, "Husband, who did you give that tiger skin to?"
"For my wife!"
Lu Wen asked eagerly, "Which lady?"
Cao Shuo said badly: "Whoever serves me at night, I will give it to him!"
Lu Wen dissatisfied: "I have served you for so long, why should I send someone else?"
"This tiger skin, whoever serves me at night will take it away!"
"what?"
Zhen Jiang and Lu Wen are going crazy, how can this be, can this gift still be given like this?
"Jiang'er, I have something to ask you!"
"Give me the tiger skin for a few days!"
"Okay, I'll let you lie in the middle at night!"
"What's lying in the middle?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo suspiciously!
"There are four of us!"
"Dirty!"
"Shameless!"
"Dirty!"
"Jiang'er, help me buy all the grain and meat in Bohai!"
Zhen Jiang explained: "It's not very easy to buy, food is the most expensive at this time!"
"No matter how expensive it is, I want to make it impossible for Bohai to buy food, and other counties will buy it at a slightly higher normal price!"
"Why buy so much meat? It will go bad after a long time!"
"I have my own way."
Since he can buy it, he can think of a way to store it. Raw meat can't be stored for a long time, but it doesn't mean that cooked meat can't be stored.
Zhen Jiang thought, Cao Shuo must know how to store raw meat.
Blinking his big eyes, he said softly, "Tell me how to store meat!"
"night!"
"Rogue!"
Cao Shuo thought for a while, then continued, "Tell your subordinates to go to the surrounding counties to buy iron ore, and only buy the cheap ones!"
Zhen Jiang asked in surprise, "What are you going to do?"
"Create equipment, the war is about to start, so prepare more supplies!"
The plot of the Eighteenth Route princes begging for Dong is about to begin, and he must prepare more food and weapons.
"fight?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo puzzled, what a good fight!
"Listen to me!"
"Oh, I'm almost hollowed out by you! I can't even exchange a tiger skin!"
"Don't worry, this time you will definitely earn twice as much!"
"How to double the income?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo curiously. Could it be that he not only has both civil and military skills, but also knows how to do business?
What kind of genius is this!
"You can empty me out!"
"You hate it!"
Zhen Jiangbai gave Cao Shuo a look. This guy's ability to flirt with girls is no worse than martial arts.
In the evening, Zhen Jiang finished ordering all the servants, and asked worriedly:
"Husband, what should I do if the materials I received cannot be sold?"
"Don't worry, once the war starts, these are in short supply and will be sold out soon."
"Why are you so confident, there will definitely be a war!"
"Want to know?"
"Uh-huh!"
The little chicken that Zhen Jiang ordered was like pecking rice.
"what!"
Cao Shuo picked up Zhen Jiang and walked to the bedroom.
"With me here, war can happen at any time."
"You big bastard!"
In the early morning of the next day, Cao Shuo put his arms around Zhen Jiang, who was naked, and asked meaningfully:
"Jiang'er, is it a good deal to use the white tiger skin for one night?"
"Ok!"
"Are you still using it tonight?"
"use!"
At noon, Cao Shuo and Zhen Jiang came to the study to check the information sent by the Zhen family.
"Husband, Zhen Yan has already investigated the price of grain and pork, beef and mutton in Bohai County."
Cao Shuo took a look and found that the current prices are not usually high.
Soybean 800 a stone.
Beam rice costs 600 yuan a stone.
Millet costs 500 yuan a stone.
Barley costs 400 yuan a stone.
Barley, corn, rice 350 yuan a stone.
Salt costs 1200 yuan a stone.
Pork and mutton are 70 yuan a catty.
Beef costs 100 yuan a catty.
"Let's start buying. We only want beam rice, millet, barley, corn, and rice, and we don't want soybeans!"
"Meat, we only accept slaughtered raw meat, not live meat!"
Zhen Jiang asked suspiciously: "Why don't you live? Isn't the live one stored longer?"
Cao Shuo tapped Zhen Jiang's small nose a few times, and said:
"Stupid you, the storage time of raw meat is short, so it's cheap!"
"Hmph, you are stupid!"
"Quickly order someone to buy it!"
"What about the storage method? I let you play for nothing last night, but you didn't tell me the storage method."
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo dissatisfied!
"I'll teach you how to make bacon!"
"Bacon? How long can it be stored? How to make it?"
Zhen Jiang has never heard of this word, why can he always come up with some weird things.
"First remove the bones from the pork, cut it into long strips, and marinate it with salt and pepper. It will take about ten days, then hang it outside to dry, and then smoke it. , if the temperature is not high, half a year is fine."
"Half a year!"
Zhen Jiang stared at Cao Shuo in horror, no wonder he said so swearingly that only raw meat is needed.
Cao Shuo told Zhen Jiang a lot at once, but Zhen Jiang was at a loss when he heard it.
"Husband, write it down, I can't remember it!"
Cao Shuo rolled his eyes and said:
"If you didn't say it earlier, I've already said it!"
"Hee hee, my husband, please say it again!"
"Can't remember."
Zhen Jiang sat in Cao Shuo's arms and said coquettishly, "Husband, good husband, hurry up!"
"Why don't you tell me to write?"
After Zhen Jiang finished writing the method of making bacon, Cao Shuo said:
"It's just the way bacon is made, I have another way of doing meat."
"and also?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo excitedly!
"Let me tell you how to boil pork, beef and mutton into oil!"
"Husband is tired, let me instigate you first!"
"You finally got the hang of it!"
After Zhen Jiang got the two methods of handling raw meat, he wanted to send it to Zhen's family.
"Jiang'er, you can't spread this method to outsiders, you have to keep it a secret from me."
"Ah? Didn't you give it to me?"
"I can give it to you, but I can't give it to the Zhen family for nothing!"
Cao Shuo would not be so stupid to give such a big benefit to the Zhen family. A method of making fine salt is enough to repay the kindness of the Zhen family.
He must firmly hold this in his hands, unless the Zhen family gives him all the property.
Zhen Jiang asked: "Husband, do you not trust me?"
"I don't trust you, how could I tell you this!"
"But you put me and the Zhen family aside, isn't it a bit wrong?"
"This is our strategic material, how can it be handed over to others casually."
"Okay, I won't hand it over to the Zhen family!"
It took Zhen Jiang five days to double the grain in Bohai County, and the grain in the surrounding counties also increased, but Zhen Jiang had no intention of stopping.
Bohai County, in Yuan Shao's residence.
Yuan Shao looked at Feng Ji with a sad face and asked:
"Yuan Tu, what are you talking about the Zhen family planning to buy so much food at a big price? The food they bought in the past few days is enough for a 20 army for a year. Does Cao Shuo have so many soldiers?"
"They should be buying food and transporting it to other places for resale!"
Yuan Shao was envious when he thought about the wealth of the Zhen family. Could this be sold to Xianbei to exchange for war horses?
Guo Tu said:
"My lord, fortunately our army bought a lot of food in advance, otherwise we wouldn't be able to afford much at the current price!"
Thinking of this, several people were very fortunate. The grain in the granary was barely enough for an army of [-] to use for half a year!
Feng Ji said: "My lord, do you want us to buy some food, earn some money, and then buy food from Xuzhou at a low price!"
Guo Tu agreed: "My lord, I think it's feasible!"
"Okay, then take out [-]% of the grain and sell it, and then go to Xuzhou to buy grain!"
"My lord, I'm afraid it won't work. The Zhen family doesn't collect soybeans, and we don't have that much other food!"
"No soybeans?"
Yuan Shao looked depressed. Is there something wrong with Huang Dou?
"Report, my lord, the Zhen family announces that they will no longer buy today!"
"what?"
Yuan Shao's expression was bewildered, damn it, why didn't he accept it!
Then, the same thing happened in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and other places in Jizhou.
These people have not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. Once the food price is out of balance, it will definitely cause panic among the people.
When Yuan Shao was discussing with Guo Tufengji about where to buy food and waste money, a major event happened in Bohai County.
"My lord, something is wrong!"
Yuan Shao scolded, "Why are you so flustered?"
"The people in all the counties of Bohai County are complaining about the high price of grain, and they are asking the Lord to sell grain at a lower price!"
"what?"
Yuan Shao felt as if he had fallen into the trap of the Zhen family. They raised the price of grain in Hejian so high, and then patted their ass and left.
But he had to clean up the mess by himself, how could he have so much food to sell.
"What a Zhen family, what a Zhen Jiang!"
It's his fault for being dumb, but he, Yuan Shao, is not the type to let others bully him.
"Guo Tu, go inquire and see if the Zhen family has a caravan buying grain recently. Pass by nearby and grab the grain for me!"
"promise!"
But when they saw outside the prefect's mansion, the 2 people were immediately horrified!
Really, really soldiers!
They, the Hejian Kingdom, finally have soldiers!
Xun You looked at the 2 horses in disbelief, all of them were tall and majestic, it would not be an exaggeration to say they were elite!
"Miss Zhen, look at the food and grass of these soldiers..."
Xun You looked at Zhen Jiang and felt very embarrassed. They had just arrived in Jizhou and had no foundation, so they had to let Zhen's family come to buy food!
"Mr. Xun, don't worry, wait for me to see my gift first!"
As long as Cao Shuo is satisfied with the delivery, it’s okay to give away food for free, as long as the delivery is not satisfactory, hum!
"Oh, let me go, this damn Cao Shuo didn't even say where the gift is!"
Zhen Jiang walked back with a gloomy face, saw that Guo Tu hadn't left, and scolded: "Master Guo, have you eaten enough dog food? If you have eaten enough, hurry up and leave!"
Guo Tu left the hall angrily, but when he saw the [-] soldiers outside the door, he was stunned!
He actually had soldiers, where did these people come from?
It doesn't look simple, it's more majestic than the soldiers of Bohai County!
Yuan Shao must be informed of this matter as soon as possible, Jizhou needs to be re-arranged!
"Brother Cao, have you two finished making out?"
Zhen Jiang came to Cao Shuo and Diao Chan cautiously, and put his head in front of them!
"Sister Zhen, you are really bad!"
Diao Chan glanced at Zhen Jiang resentfully, and buried her head in Cao Shuo's arms!
"what!"
Zhen Jiang suddenly felt his waist tighten, and his whole body stuck to Cao Shuo's body!
"you…"
Zhen Jiang glared at Cao Shuo with a gloomy face!
It's unreasonable to insult her in public!
Cao Shuo said badly:
"Do you still like the gift I gave you?"
Zhen Jiang said coldly:
"What gift, you didn't tell me where it was!"
"Didn't you tell me?"
Cao Shuo pretended to be confused, he forgot whether he said anything about it or not!
"Hmph, I think you are just unprepared and deliberately fooling me!"
"Zhen Jiang, I heard from Chan'er that Dong Zhuo gave you a letter of appointment?"
"Yes, I will soon be Mrs. Dong Zhuo!"
Zhen Jiang glanced at Cao Shuo angrily, this guy was hugging her at this time, and said such a thing!
"That's good!"
"Good?"
Zhen Jiang was very disappointed with Cao Shuo's words, he didn't expect that he didn't care about this at all!
"I just took you captive, and I will attack Dong Zhuo and sacrifice the flag for me!"
"You bastard…"
Before Zhen Jiang could say the word bastard, Cao Shuo kissed her red lips!
Diao Chan on the side looked at the two with a blushing face, she really didn't treat herself as an outsider!
"Ahem! It's time!"
Diao Chan looked at the two with a smile all over her face!
Zhen Jiang hurriedly broke free from Cao Shuo's embrace, her blushing face looked like a peach!
"Jiang'er, I don't think I will let you marry someone else!"
"Why? Have you taken a fancy to my property?"
"Who do you take me for!"
"Whee!"
"It doesn't matter if you like it! If you want it, I'll give you all of mine!"
"Go, let me show you your gift!"
"Is it really ready for me?"
Zhen Jiang looked outside curiously, it seemed that this person did not come on a whim!
It was premeditated!
"Look at the tiger skin on the red rabbit horse, do you like it?"
"Tiger skin?"
Zhen Jiang followed Cao Shuo's gaze and found the white tiger skin!
"Wow, it looks so good!"
Zhen Jiang ran over and stroked the white tiger skin, while Lu Wen rolled her eyes angrily!
This bastard actually gave this thing away!
It's really disgusting, no, everyone who sees it has a share, I want to share it, a third!
"Husband, you are a bit biased!"
Diao Chan looked at Cao Shuo very dissatisfied, why did she have a gift for her dowry, but I just posted it upside down!
"How could it be, my Chan'er must be indispensable!"
"What about my gift?"
Diao Chan looked so unreasonable!
"Three or four people can lie down on that tiger skin!"
Cao Shuo looked at Diao Chan meaningfully!
"You big bastard!"
Diao Chan was so angry that she used this to fool her!
"Chan'er, arrange a place for Lu Wen!"
"Ok?"
Diao Chan looked not far away at the pretty girl with pouting lips and an unhappy expression on her face, and said, "It still needs to be arranged? Didn't you say that three or four people can lie down on that tiger skin?"
Cao Shuo left with a dark face, I was just talking.
If there were four people lying down, it would be unbelievable if they were squeezed into twists!
"My lord, where did these soldiers come from?"
Seeing Cao Shuo approaching, Xun You excitedly asked out his doubts!
Cao Shuo said calmly, "The Black Mountain Army has been subdued by me!"
"what?"
Xun You looked at Cao Shuo in disbelief, Black Mountain Army?
Isn't that the Yellow Turban thief from Zhongshan?
The court couldn't do anything about it, but the lord subdued him, which is too unbelievable!
"My lord, is this true?"
"really!"
Xun You was very excited. If this is the case, the population of one county in Hejian may be equal to the population of one state in Jizhou!
But, here comes the question, where does the food come from!
Xun You couldn't help looking at Zhen Jiang in the distance!
"My lord is young and promising, young and strong, I need to find more mistresses!"
"Uh…"
Cao Shuo was amazed, is this the time to talk about this?
"Gongda, where is Wenruo?"
"My uncle is helping the lord manage the affairs of the county!"
"Oh? I have really wronged the Xun family. Now I only have a county and a country, and let Wang Zuozhi condescend to be here!"
Xun You said disapprovingly:
"We have faith in our lord!"
If Cao Shuo hadn't been so outstanding, he wouldn't have put the Xun family's nest of eggs in one basket!
"Where is Xun Chen?"
Cao Shuo really meant not to let anyone in the Xun family go!
"My lord, Uncle Ruo is working as a long history in Jizhou Mansion!"
"Can Gongda recruit him?"
"My lord, if he can help us in Jizhou, does it mean that he has long intended to seek refuge, but I suggest that he continue to stay in Jizhou mansion!"
"In this case, let him stay there first, I will take Jizhou sooner or later!"
Xun You suddenly thought of a situation and said, "My lord, if you count the credit for subduing the Black Mountain Army, maybe you can really win the state shepherd!"
Everyone wants to eat this piece of fat from the Black Mountain Army, but it's a pity that none of the previous state shepherds has the ability to do so!
Unexpectedly, Cao Shuo took advantage of it!
"Gongda, you can handle this matter!"
"promise!"
"I'll introduce you to a general!"
"Oh?"
Xun You suddenly became interested. Although they are a group of literati, they can handle the affairs of the county and state, but they can't let Cao Shuo go to the front in battle!
Unexpectedly, when the lord came back this time, he even recruited a general!
"Gongda, this is Zhao Zilong from Changshan, he is highly skilled in martial arts, and his achievements in the future will never be inferior to Lu Bu!"
Cao Shuo said he was going to compete with Zhao Yun, but he forgot about it for a few days!
"Not under Lu Bu?"
Xun You couldn't help looking at Zhao Yun a few more times. He was as young as the lord, tall and majestic, with a tiger's back and a wolf waist, and he looked much stronger than the lord!
"Gongda, these two are the former commander-in-chief of the Black Mountain Army. They have followed Zhang Yan for many years. Zhang Yan sent them to stay by my side and obey my orders!"
"The poison of the last general, I met Mr. Xun!"
"The last general, Yang Feng, met Mr. Xun!"
"Okay, okay!"
Xun You immediately beamed with joy, he didn't expect the lord to have so many generals under his account!
"My lord, where is the commander-in-chief of the Black Mountain Army?"
"They are still in the mountains of Zhongshan Country!"
"Why didn't you bring him in?"
"Is there so much food and grass in Hejian?"
However, Xun You did not answer this question directly!
"The lord is young and talented, Miss Zhen is beautiful and beautiful, she is really a man and a woman, a match made in heaven!"
"This subordinate will go to Zhen's house and propose marriage for the lord!"
Xun You could see that Zhen Jiang was interested in Cao Shuo, and if nothing happened, it would be a matter of time before she became the mistress.
Zhen Jiang resisted all opinions in the Zhen family and moved the Zhen family to Hejian just to make friends with Cao Shuo.
Cao Shuo ran away Guo Tu today, presumably Yuan Shao would not let it go, he had poached many officials from Hejian before, and the next step would be to poach the Zhen family.
Xun You reminded:
"My lord, you think Yuan Shao will make other moves next!"
Cao Shuo's face darkened, and he said disdainfully, "Other moves? I still want to mess with him."
To actually send someone here to make trouble, really doesn't take him seriously.
Xun You hurriedly asked, "My lord wants to start a war with Yuan Shao?"
"Go to war? Fighting kills people, I will give him a bloodless war!"
"A bloodless war?"
Xun You couldn't figure out what Cao Shuo was thinking. He thought Cao Shuo would use force to teach Yuan Shao a lesson, but he didn't expect him to have other ways.
"Slow down the matter of hiring, and call all the officials in Hejian to discuss the matter!"
"promise!"
Half an hour later, all the officials of Hejian Kingdom, except for the county magistrates from far away areas, came here!
The Xun family was headed by Xun Yu, with more than a dozen people standing behind them.
The Zhen family is headed by Zhen Jiang, with two young people standing behind them!
The military officers are headed by Zhao Yun, Deng Zhan, Yu Du, Yang Feng, and two Wan Fuchang!
Others only have three or four!
Cao Shuo couldn't help frowning, why are there so few nimas?
Why does it feel like there is no one else besides the Zhen family and the Xun family?
Cao Shuo asked puzzledly, "Gongda, what's the situation? Why are there only so few people!"
"My lord, most of the officials of the Hejian Kingdom were poached by Yuan Shao!"
Yuan Shao took advantage of Cao Shuo's absence in Hejian to spread rumors everywhere, saying that Cao Shuo was dead, which made the people of Hejian panic, and most of the officials were poached by Yuan Shao with a lot of money!
"Damn Yuan Shao!"
The water glass in Cao Shuo's hand was crushed with a bang!
What a great move!
Xun Yu said meaningfully: "Master, this may not be a good thing!"
"Mr. Wen Ruo, what do you say?"
Cao Shuo looked at Xun Yu curiously, do you want to tell me that your Xun family can take over all of them?
"In this way, I can clearly see which people are fools!"
"That's true!"
Those who stay here are not necessarily loyal, but they are definitely optimistic about Hejian!
"Hmph, Yuan Shao, we have written down this grudge, let's see how I can kill you!"
Cao Shuo greeted everyone present one by one, and then made personnel arrangements for the positions of Hejian Kingdom and the twelve counties under its jurisdiction!
Wang Guolang Zhongling, Xun Yu!
Lieutenant Wang Guo, Zhao Yun!
Servant of the Kingdom, Zhen Yan!
The long history of the kingdom, Xun You!
Wang Guozhi Shu, Xun Shuang!
Cao Shuo's captain of the guard is temporarily held by Lu Wen!
Deng Zhan is in charge of the security of the success of the capital!
The Xun family accounted for nearly [-]% of the officials in Hejian Kingdom.
Although Cao Shuo didn't want to do this, there was no one under him, so there was nothing he could do!
The two brother-in-laws who hadn't passed the door were all pulled out by him to pretend to be heads!
After the appointment of other official positions, Xun You, Xun Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhen Jiang, Zhen Yan, Lu Wen, and Deng Zhan were left, and the others all went to take up their posts.
Cao Shuo looked at Zhao Yun and said:
"Zilong, I will give you [-] elite soldiers, and you and Gongda will be stationed in Chengping!"
"promise!"
"From now on, you should spend more time with Gongda and Wen Ruo to learn strategic formations!"
"Subordinates, keep this in mind!"
Cao Shuo intends to develop Zhao Yun into a handsome talent. After all, he is still young and has a lot of time!
If he can be alone as soon as possible, his pressure will be much easier!
Xun Yu reminded:
"My lord, our army is stationed in Chengping County. Will Yuan Shao think that we are going to attack Bohai County and cause tension!"
"If you're nervous, be nervous! If you're bullied, you have to pay it back!"
Cao Shuo didn't care if Yuan Shao was nervous or not, he couldn't fight a battle, so what if you have Yan Liang, Wen Chou.
Although Zhao Yun is young, his bravery is definitely not inferior to the two.
If it doesn't work, you can play strategy. Yuan Shao only has Guo Tu and Feng Ji in his hands, and they are not Xun You's opponents at all.
"Wen Ruo, go and issue a notice now, recruiting talents to hunt down the traitor Dong Zhuo."
"promise!"
"When you go to the city, put up a notice!"
"promise!"
After everyone left, only Zhen Jiang and Lu Wen were left in the hall, and Cao Shuo came to the two of them.
Holding the hands of the two of them, he said: "You two ladies, you have to worry a lot recently."
Zhen Jiang said with a sullen face, "Husband, who did you give that tiger skin to?"
"For my wife!"
Lu Wen asked eagerly, "Which lady?"
Cao Shuo said badly: "Whoever serves me at night, I will give it to him!"
Lu Wen dissatisfied: "I have served you for so long, why should I send someone else?"
"This tiger skin, whoever serves me at night will take it away!"
"what?"
Zhen Jiang and Lu Wen are going crazy, how can this be, can this gift still be given like this?
"Jiang'er, I have something to ask you!"
"Give me the tiger skin for a few days!"
"Okay, I'll let you lie in the middle at night!"
"What's lying in the middle?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo suspiciously!
"There are four of us!"
"Dirty!"
"Shameless!"
"Dirty!"
"Jiang'er, help me buy all the grain and meat in Bohai!"
Zhen Jiang explained: "It's not very easy to buy, food is the most expensive at this time!"
"No matter how expensive it is, I want to make it impossible for Bohai to buy food, and other counties will buy it at a slightly higher normal price!"
"Why buy so much meat? It will go bad after a long time!"
"I have my own way."
Since he can buy it, he can think of a way to store it. Raw meat can't be stored for a long time, but it doesn't mean that cooked meat can't be stored.
Zhen Jiang thought, Cao Shuo must know how to store raw meat.
Blinking his big eyes, he said softly, "Tell me how to store meat!"
"night!"
"Rogue!"
Cao Shuo thought for a while, then continued, "Tell your subordinates to go to the surrounding counties to buy iron ore, and only buy the cheap ones!"
Zhen Jiang asked in surprise, "What are you going to do?"
"Create equipment, the war is about to start, so prepare more supplies!"
The plot of the Eighteenth Route princes begging for Dong is about to begin, and he must prepare more food and weapons.
"fight?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo puzzled, what a good fight!
"Listen to me!"
"Oh, I'm almost hollowed out by you! I can't even exchange a tiger skin!"
"Don't worry, this time you will definitely earn twice as much!"
"How to double the income?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo curiously. Could it be that he not only has both civil and military skills, but also knows how to do business?
What kind of genius is this!
"You can empty me out!"
"You hate it!"
Zhen Jiangbai gave Cao Shuo a look. This guy's ability to flirt with girls is no worse than martial arts.
In the evening, Zhen Jiang finished ordering all the servants, and asked worriedly:
"Husband, what should I do if the materials I received cannot be sold?"
"Don't worry, once the war starts, these are in short supply and will be sold out soon."
"Why are you so confident, there will definitely be a war!"
"Want to know?"
"Uh-huh!"
The little chicken that Zhen Jiang ordered was like pecking rice.
"what!"
Cao Shuo picked up Zhen Jiang and walked to the bedroom.
"With me here, war can happen at any time."
"You big bastard!"
In the early morning of the next day, Cao Shuo put his arms around Zhen Jiang, who was naked, and asked meaningfully:
"Jiang'er, is it a good deal to use the white tiger skin for one night?"
"Ok!"
"Are you still using it tonight?"
"use!"
At noon, Cao Shuo and Zhen Jiang came to the study to check the information sent by the Zhen family.
"Husband, Zhen Yan has already investigated the price of grain and pork, beef and mutton in Bohai County."
Cao Shuo took a look and found that the current prices are not usually high.
Soybean 800 a stone.
Beam rice costs 600 yuan a stone.
Millet costs 500 yuan a stone.
Barley costs 400 yuan a stone.
Barley, corn, rice 350 yuan a stone.
Salt costs 1200 yuan a stone.
Pork and mutton are 70 yuan a catty.
Beef costs 100 yuan a catty.
"Let's start buying. We only want beam rice, millet, barley, corn, and rice, and we don't want soybeans!"
"Meat, we only accept slaughtered raw meat, not live meat!"
Zhen Jiang asked suspiciously: "Why don't you live? Isn't the live one stored longer?"
Cao Shuo tapped Zhen Jiang's small nose a few times, and said:
"Stupid you, the storage time of raw meat is short, so it's cheap!"
"Hmph, you are stupid!"
"Quickly order someone to buy it!"
"What about the storage method? I let you play for nothing last night, but you didn't tell me the storage method."
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo dissatisfied!
"I'll teach you how to make bacon!"
"Bacon? How long can it be stored? How to make it?"
Zhen Jiang has never heard of this word, why can he always come up with some weird things.
"First remove the bones from the pork, cut it into long strips, and marinate it with salt and pepper. It will take about ten days, then hang it outside to dry, and then smoke it. , if the temperature is not high, half a year is fine."
"Half a year!"
Zhen Jiang stared at Cao Shuo in horror, no wonder he said so swearingly that only raw meat is needed.
Cao Shuo told Zhen Jiang a lot at once, but Zhen Jiang was at a loss when he heard it.
"Husband, write it down, I can't remember it!"
Cao Shuo rolled his eyes and said:
"If you didn't say it earlier, I've already said it!"
"Hee hee, my husband, please say it again!"
"Can't remember."
Zhen Jiang sat in Cao Shuo's arms and said coquettishly, "Husband, good husband, hurry up!"
"Why don't you tell me to write?"
After Zhen Jiang finished writing the method of making bacon, Cao Shuo said:
"It's just the way bacon is made, I have another way of doing meat."
"and also?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Cao Shuo excitedly!
"Let me tell you how to boil pork, beef and mutton into oil!"
"Husband is tired, let me instigate you first!"
"You finally got the hang of it!"
After Zhen Jiang got the two methods of handling raw meat, he wanted to send it to Zhen's family.
"Jiang'er, you can't spread this method to outsiders, you have to keep it a secret from me."
"Ah? Didn't you give it to me?"
"I can give it to you, but I can't give it to the Zhen family for nothing!"
Cao Shuo would not be so stupid to give such a big benefit to the Zhen family. A method of making fine salt is enough to repay the kindness of the Zhen family.
He must firmly hold this in his hands, unless the Zhen family gives him all the property.
Zhen Jiang asked: "Husband, do you not trust me?"
"I don't trust you, how could I tell you this!"
"But you put me and the Zhen family aside, isn't it a bit wrong?"
"This is our strategic material, how can it be handed over to others casually."
"Okay, I won't hand it over to the Zhen family!"
It took Zhen Jiang five days to double the grain in Bohai County, and the grain in the surrounding counties also increased, but Zhen Jiang had no intention of stopping.
Bohai County, in Yuan Shao's residence.
Yuan Shao looked at Feng Ji with a sad face and asked:
"Yuan Tu, what are you talking about the Zhen family planning to buy so much food at a big price? The food they bought in the past few days is enough for a 20 army for a year. Does Cao Shuo have so many soldiers?"
"They should be buying food and transporting it to other places for resale!"
Yuan Shao was envious when he thought about the wealth of the Zhen family. Could this be sold to Xianbei to exchange for war horses?
Guo Tu said:
"My lord, fortunately our army bought a lot of food in advance, otherwise we wouldn't be able to afford much at the current price!"
Thinking of this, several people were very fortunate. The grain in the granary was barely enough for an army of [-] to use for half a year!
Feng Ji said: "My lord, do you want us to buy some food, earn some money, and then buy food from Xuzhou at a low price!"
Guo Tu agreed: "My lord, I think it's feasible!"
"Okay, then take out [-]% of the grain and sell it, and then go to Xuzhou to buy grain!"
"My lord, I'm afraid it won't work. The Zhen family doesn't collect soybeans, and we don't have that much other food!"
"No soybeans?"
Yuan Shao looked depressed. Is there something wrong with Huang Dou?
"Report, my lord, the Zhen family announces that they will no longer buy today!"
"what?"
Yuan Shao's expression was bewildered, damn it, why didn't he accept it!
Then, the same thing happened in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and other places in Jizhou.
These people have not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. Once the food price is out of balance, it will definitely cause panic among the people.
When Yuan Shao was discussing with Guo Tufengji about where to buy food and waste money, a major event happened in Bohai County.
"My lord, something is wrong!"
Yuan Shao scolded, "Why are you so flustered?"
"The people in all the counties of Bohai County are complaining about the high price of grain, and they are asking the Lord to sell grain at a lower price!"
"what?"
Yuan Shao felt as if he had fallen into the trap of the Zhen family. They raised the price of grain in Hejian so high, and then patted their ass and left.
But he had to clean up the mess by himself, how could he have so much food to sell.
"What a Zhen family, what a Zhen Jiang!"
It's his fault for being dumb, but he, Yuan Shao, is not the type to let others bully him.
"Guo Tu, go inquire and see if the Zhen family has a caravan buying grain recently. Pass by nearby and grab the grain for me!"
"promise!"
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