Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 255 Absolute Shadow (4200)

"Le'an country is on the coast, and the first-generation salt industry in Binhai is relatively developed. The salt industry has always been a profit-making industry. Presumably, Wenren has not dabbled in it?"

Wu Liang asked with a smile.

"There are some, but in recent years wars have continued, especially after the troubled times of the Yellow Turbans. The power of the Wen family has been greatly reduced. In addition, the government has long been useless, and under the circumstances of no one under the jurisdiction, the situation of private salt production by the people is quite serious. Seriously, the profit of the salt industry is getting lower and lower, so that now two of the three salt farms run by Wenren's family have been abandoned, and none of the salt shops have survived."

Wen Renzhao straightened up, and looked at Wu Liang with some doubts, "What is the meaning of the young master talking about this?"

What Wen Renzhao said was not too different from what Wu Liang learned.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to drink water, as long as there is no government control, the people of Le'an Kingdom want to eat salt, they can dry it by themselves, and naturally there is not much business to do in the local salt industry.

Coupled with the fact that the war is raging and the princes are divided into separate regimes, the cost of hiring or sending caravans to export is extremely high. Even if they are not robbed by bandits on the road, they still have to bear the heavy exploitation and blackmail from all parties, and there is a high probability that they will end up with one Losing his wife and losing his army, not only may he lose money, but he may even lose his life.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally difficult for Le Anguo to continue its salt business.

But things are a little different now.

Since Cao Ang has stationed troops here, he intends to bring Le Anguo into Boss Cao's sphere of influence, and Le Anguo borders Yanzhou. If he takes the lead again, the salt transportation will become much smoother.

"I have a business related to the salt industry in my hand, but I don't know if the fairy is interested?"

Wu Liang asked with a smile.

"Please tell me in detail, my lord."

Wen Renzhao said quickly.

"Actually, there's nothing to go into detail about. It's just that the Cao family runs a salt company. Now this salt company is doing well in Yanzhou. The biggest problem right now is that there are no large salt fields in Yanzhou, so the salt production It was impossible to get up for a while, so that it hindered the development of the salt industry."

Wu Liang said succinctly, "If Wenrenjia intends to cooperate with the Cao family's salt shop, I can make the decision on this matter. From then on, I will exclusively purchase sea salt from Wenrenjia's salt farm."

Unlike well salt or lake salt boiled inland, sea salt is made from natural seawater, and most of the finished products are relatively pure white.

And people in later generations know that sea salt retains many trace elements and minerals in seawater that are beneficial to the human body. In addition, the seawater of this era has not been polluted by any industry, and it is basically impossible to contain any toxicity. thing.

If the "Snowflake Salt" of Cao's Salt Company uses sea salt as a raw material, it basically only needs to go through a simple process of removing impurities before it can be sold directly on the shelves.

Coupled with the fact that Yantian, which Wu Liang knows is the closest to Yanzhou, is still located in Yuncheng, Boss Cao probably won't be able to fight for a while.

Under such circumstances, if you want to quickly expand the "Snowflake Salt" business of Cao's Salt Company, it is undoubtedly a good choice to "import" sea salt from Wenrenjia.

"Exclusive purchase?"

This is also a new word to Wenren Zhao, but the meaning is easy to understand.

"That's right. The Cao family's salt company only cooperates with the Wenren family's family. At that time, Cao Jun will ensure that the salt transportation road will be unimpeded. This will establish the Wenren family's exclusive agency in Le'an. In the future, even if other salt factories want to cooperate with the Cao family's salt company. To do business, you must go through the hands of others to be unimpeded."

Wu Liang said solemnly, "The benefits of this are not beyond the imagination of the fairy, right?"

"Naturally!"

Wen Renzhao said in great surprise, "In this way, not only can Wenren's salt business recover, but the entire Le'an country's salt business will also depend on Wenren's breath, so we have to share a cup with Wenren's family. soup!"

"I intend to appoint you as sole attorney."

Wu Liang added with a smile.

"This... is the perfect plan you have thought of for me?"

Wen Renzhao was taken aback for a moment, then stared at Wu Liang in a daze.

between breaths.

Her eye sockets were already slightly red, and a mist swirled in her eyes.

She understood that once she became the sole agent, she would immediately become the most important person in Wenren's family, whether it was the elders or her own father. She, and absolutely no one would dare to embarrass her again.

Even her every word and every action will become very important to Wen Renjia...

Before that, she always thought that they were just playing around.

Because Wu Liang has always given her the feeling that she doesn't take her seriously, she has been using him without any psychological burden. Even the two voluntary sacrifices have a very clear purpose. It is better to rely on yourself than to ask for help.

Of course, she also did not deny that she admired Wu Liang very much in her heart and had an indescribable affection for him, so she was willing to show up.

But she never thought of it.

Before leaving, Wu Liang actually left her such a big gift...

"Exactly."

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

"Sure enough, I didn't misunderstand the person... If I wasn't the daughter of Wenren's family, and Wenren's family was not in the current situation, maybe I would have chosen the first road before, and left with you with peace of mind. days of peace."

Sucking his nose heavily, Wen Renzhao looked at Wu Liang with burning eyes, and said in a very complicated tone.

"Fairy don't need to be moved. In fact, I have my own purpose in doing this, but it's a win-win result for you and me."

Wu Liang grinned.

"Since the son said so, I accept it with peace of mind."

Wen Renzhao vaguely felt that there was something deeper in Wu Liang's words, but he was tactful and didn't ask any further questions. He just shifted his gaze down and grasped something, and then a seductive evil smile appeared on the corners of his mouth, and he said delicately, "Look. Come, my lord has already rested, so don't blame me for not being sympathetic..."

"..."

Wu Liang did not resist.

Just following what I said before, I said silently in my heart: "Silly girl, the win-win situation I mentioned is actually me alone, winning twice."

In this era, no one would know what kind of big game Wu Liang was playing.

He has no interest in the matter of competing for the throne, and he is also not interested in the matter of conferring the title of marquis and worshiping the prime minister.

On the surface, it seems that becoming "Faqiu Zhonglang" is his ultimate goal, but only he knows what he wants best, and becoming "Faqiu Zhonglang" has just completed the stage of collecting novice equipment.

This was just the beginning, and then it was time for him to lead the Huren army to really show its strength.

Even Boss Cao, in his eyes, is nothing more than the head of Xinshou Village who distributes "titles" and "props".

It's just that the village head always has his own ideas, so Wu Liang needs to make some arrangements in advance to teach this tool person to be fine and not to think wildly...

……

The next day.

After everything was arranged properly, the Huan army finally followed Cao Jun on their way home.

Wen Renzhao stood alone on the city wall, watching Wu Liang disappear on the horizon, and still refused to leave for a long time.

"Yunjia, it's windy outside, go back."

My father's voice came from behind.

Wen Renzhao looked back, and saw that not only Wen Rengong, but also all the elders of Wen Renzhao's family had come. Before that, they were still sending Cao Jun under the city.

Now everyone no longer felt tit-for-tat with her, and all of them had pleasant faces, and there was even a hint of flattery in their smiles.

All this was brought to her by Wu Liang.

Starting today, although she is not the head of Wenren's family, she has the core right to speak in Wenren's family and has the ability to influence all decisions of Wenren's family.

"Ah."

Nodding his head slightly, Wen Renzhao stepped forward to hold Wen Rengong's arm, and walked down the city together with him.

"Yunjia, what happened before...you don't blame your father, do you?"

Wen Rengong hadn't experienced such a warm and harmonious feeling here at Wen Renzhao for a long time, and his heart was inevitably touched, so he finally sighed and couldn't help asking.

"Father has his father's difficulties, Yunjia knows it."

Wen Renzhao said softly.

She doesn't want to talk about these things now, and she doesn't mean to pursue them.

Now because of Wu Liang's interference, no matter whether they seem to be in harmony with each other or not, Wenren's family can finally seem to be united on the surface. It is a critical period to regain their strength. Some things can be put aside for a while, so they should be put aside for the time being.

The bigger picture matters.

The next time she meets Wu Liang, she hopes to present him a Wenrenjia who has changed his face, a Wenren Yunjia who can truly stand on his own.

Even a little twelve.

She also wants to become the most special little twelve in Wu Liang's heart, not just a woman who is only responsible for raising children...

……

Ten days later, Juancheng.

"Where is Wu Youcai?"

Facing Cao Ang and Cao Ting, who came back to return, Boss Cao stretched his neck and looked behind them, but unfortunately there was no one behind them.

"Returning to my father, the talented and virtuous brother misses the beauties at home, so he parted ways with us when he was in Shanyang County, and returned to Chenliu with the Huan army."

Cao Ang cupped his hands and said.

"Go back to Chenli?"

Boss Cao immediately showed disappointment, and scolded through gritted teeth, "This Wu Youcai is getting more and more unruly. A few beauties are more important than me? This person really doesn't know what to say. Believe it or not, I will take back all the beauties that rewarded him, and fine him half a year's salary, to see if he understands the rules!"

"..."

Cao Ang and Cao Ti bowed their heads slightly, but did not answer.

One of these two is a son and the other is a nephew, so they are very clear about Boss Cao's temperament.

Boss Cao doesn't know how to swear easily, let alone swear in such a common way, and if he really intends to punish someone, he won't even swear.

Therefore, Boss Cao's move was mainly to vent his unhappiness, and he would not really do anything to Wu Liang.

What's more, although Wu Liang didn't get back much gold this time, and even taught Boss Cao to mobilize his troops to rescue him, he helped Cao Jun bring back thousands of surrendered troops without spending a single soldier, as well as those thousands of priceless gold coins. Even if the merits and demerits offset the pearls, they still made great contributions.

However, how did they know that Boss Cao had already thought about how to reward Wu Liang.

In the end, I didn't expect that this guy didn't come to claim credit from Boss Cao for the sake of a few beauties?

Undoubtedly, Boss Cao, who was already prepared and was waiting for Wu Liang to come back to receive the reward, felt depressed that he had misunderstood his feelings... It has been a few days since no one has been able to shoot such fresh and refined flattery like Wu Liang , I still miss it inexplicably.

"Why don't you two say a word?"

After cursing a few words like this, Boss Cao finally looked at Cao Ang and Cao Ti again, frowned slightly and said, "Wu Youcai doesn't understand the rules, don't you two understand the rules, so you don't know how to stop him?"

"Zixiu knows his mistake."

"Anmin knows his mistake."

Cao Ang and Cao Bin quickly relented.

"Teach people to release Fei Nu and tell Wu Youcai that he must come to Juancheng to meet me within five days, otherwise I will order people to collect his beauties, burn his house down, and teach him how to behave!"

Boss Cao was still a little depressed, after thinking about it, he shouted angrily.

"Father, calm down."

Cao Ang saw that it would be impossible not to say something, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Zixiu and Wu Youcai have known each other for some time, and I know that he is not ignorant of etiquette, and he is also a very smart person. If someone else had changed, he would have wished to fly to his father to ask for credit, but Wu Youcai did the opposite, so in Zixiu's opinion, Wu Youcai must have had other considerations in his move."

"After bidding farewell to Wu Youcai that day, Zixiu has been thinking about this question."

"In the end, Zixiu finally guessed a thing or two. Ever since he was discovered by Anmin, Wu Youcai has done a lot of things, all of which are due to great contributions, and the official positions and rewards have been successive. Many heroes under his command are on equal footing."

"This time he has made such a great contribution, if my father rewards him again, I'm afraid he can only worship the general."

"At the last celebration banquet, Yu Jin, Le Jin and the others disliked him even though he was still a school captain. Now if he is promoted to a noble rank, he will be even more jealous, not to mention that most of the Huan army is secretly acting. Many credits cannot be made public, and my father may not be able to convince the public if he continues to reward him."

"So in Zixiu's view, Wu Youcai's move may be to avoid arousing jealousy and making enemies for no reason, and secondly, to consider his father's position, so that no one may think that his father is unfair."

"Father, please be careful."

"?"

After hearing these words, Cao Ting looked at Cao Ang in surprise. After all, it was Brother Zixiu. Why didn't I expect Wu Youcai to have so much thought?
There are so many talented and virtuous brothers!
"Um……"

Boss Cao thought carefully about Cao Ang's words, and after a while he nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, "What you said makes sense. I heard Wu Youcai say something like 'satisfaction without humiliation' before. It's like something he would do."

"But merit is merit, demerits are demerits, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and demerits will be punished..."

"Whether he meant it or not, I won't reward him in person this time, Zixiu, go and feed your father's Jueying, and order someone to send Wu Youcai to Chenliu overnight. This is the reward this time." , I don't owe him anything!"

"In this way, he can walk faster next time he is robbed, and I will send someone to save him."

"?!"

Upon hearing this, both Cao Ang and Cao Ting were stunned, looking at Boss Cao in disbelief.

This Jueying is Boss Cao's favorite treasure. Before that, Cao Ang secretly rode out for a ride, and was scolded by Boss Cao. If Mrs. Ding hadn't stopped him with a whip, it would have been inevitable.

Now, he is willing to reward Wu Liang?
In other words, Wu Liang is not here, otherwise he must be panicked.

He has already taken Dian Wei under his command, and now he is rewarded with Jue Ying who also died in Wancheng with Dianwei, Cao Ang, and Cao Ting. After that, Boss Cao came to Wancheng and encountered Zhang Xiu's sneak attack. Are there still escapes?
　Thanks to [Da Zhu Smiling Here] boss for his support.

　　
　
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