Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 62 Let me say it again, you should call me second brother!

February is mid-spring.

It is different from the beginning of everything in the first month.

The beginning of mid-spring marks the beginning of a new round of work for the entire Han Empire.

At this moment, Dunqiu County, Puyang, under the leadership of Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun, is holding a "sheri" activity to worship the god of land and grain.

The sacrifices are crop seedlings and silkworm eggs.

Because the number of people participating in the social day activities is very large, and men and women are mixed together, the social day activities have more social attributes, with a little "blind date" flavor.

Having said that, the "February" season was also a good time to get married in the Han Dynasty.

After the sacrifice, Cao Cao took Xiahou Dun through the countryside, and finally stopped to rest under a treetop, and the two sat on the ground.

As far as I could see, women in a dry farmhouse were washing their winter clothes and changing into thinner clothes.

Of course, most peasant households do not have many clothes to change, so they can only remove the stuffing in the winter clothes and change the winter clothes into summer clothes.

"...In these years, I have fled to the Central Plains and traveled to many counties and counties, but it is the first time I have seen the people in Dunqiu County perform their own duties, peaceful and peaceful."

Xiahou Dun looked at the people and said with emotion.

Thinking back to these years of natural disasters and man-made disasters, every time I go to a county, it is full of devastation.

There are countless people starving to death and refugees begging. Compared with those counties, Ketunqiu County is the complete opposite!
This place is like heaven.

"Brother is really good at governing the county."

"Where is my credit?" Cao Cao waved his hand. "In governing Dunqiu in recent years, I have followed Brother Yu's strategy, reusing talented and poor children, rectifying the local malpractices, and attacking powerful landlords. It can be regarded as wiping away the haze of this land and giving the hardworking people a piece of blue sky!"

"It is precisely because of these that Dunqiu can be peaceful... It is a pity that my ability is limited after all. In the entire Han Dynasty, how many counties and counties are in dire straits like Dunqiu used to be, but I can't do anything! "

Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused and continued to sigh.

"Master Cai Yong engraved more than [-] pieces of Xiping stone scriptures, which were displayed outside the gate of Taixue, attracting scholars from all over the world to correct and correct classics. With 'martial arts'!"

"Dr. Yu said that 'heavy codes should be used in troubled times'. The "Hanshu" compiled by Ban Gu also contains the biography of cruel officials and the biography of obedient officials, which record the harshness of officials in various generations and the impartial law enforcement. I, Cao Cao, do not want my name to be written in history. , even if you don’t count as a follower, you can be a capable official or a bright official. No matter how bad you are, you can get a couple of words in the biography of a cruel official. Then for generations to come, someone will know about me. Brother Yu’s troubled times Even if you use the heavy code, the five characters will not be forgotten!"

Speaking of this, it seems that because of some excitement, Cao Cao suddenly got up.

"Use heavy codes in troubled times..." Xiahou Dun repeated this sentence in his mouth, and then thought of Liu Yu's last letter to save Cao's family and save him in the past.

Immediately, Xiahou Dun said with emotion: "Brother, that brother Yu is really a god!"

at this time.

It seems that after returning from the sacrifice, a group of farmers planned to play and beat before starting to go to the field.

But they noticed Cao Cao, and hurriedly called out to the ground.

——"My lord!"

Cao Cao raised his hand to call everyone to get up. He took the drumstick from the drummer and beat it vigorously. The crowd danced to the beat of the drum, and the common people danced and sang excitedly around Cao Cao. It was a beautiful spring night scene.

Cao Cao hastily shouted. "Don't call me 'Grand Master', you guys call me by my nickname, Aman, call me Aman!"

Where did the crowd dare to shout, there was a bold one who called out the first cry, and for a while people shouted "Aman", "Aman"...Cao Cao felt satisfied. Only the closest people can call Aman, the elders of Dunqiu County Folks are those close to him.

Xiahou Dun was stunned...

Even, for a moment, he would think that it would be great if all the counties and counties in the whole Dahan could be as happy and harmonious as this Dunqiu County.

Of course, Xiahou Dun had a suspicion. In Dunqiu, the elder brother attacked the powerful landlords and reused the children of poor families. It is said that he established education, strengthened river embankments, excavated silted river channels, and developed agriculture and commerce!
So... the question is, does all this cost money?

Where does the money come from?
It is true that Xiahoudun knew a little about the earliest batch of money, that his elder brother "cheat" him from Uncle Cao, but after the last incident, when Uncle Cao was promoted to be the chief minister in charge of the imperial treasury, he has been extremely cautious and has not given any further funding. Pass Cao Cao a string of five baht coins!

money?Where did it come from?
Xiahou Dun narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

at this time.

"Where's elder brother?" Xia Houyuan hurried over.

This time, Xiahou Dun was cleared of his charges, and Xia Houyuan followed Cao Cao to Puyang Dunqiu to assist in handling the government affairs of a county, which was regarded as gaining knowledge.

"There!" Xiahoudun pointed to the singing and dancing, laughing and dancing with all the farmers, Cao Cao, the eldest brother who didn't look like an official, immediately spread his hands and looked innocent.

"This…"

Xia Houyuan hesitated for a moment.

Xiahou Dun asked. "What happened?"

"It's not a big deal!" Xia Houyuan replied truthfully: "Yulin Temple sent thirty fine horses under the order of Guanzhu Liu, and let the eldest brother go and inspect them!"

What…

Xiahou Dun was taken aback for a moment, you know, the price of a good horse today is 200,000!
Thirty horses, that's 6 million!

All of a sudden, all the doubts in his heart dissipated, dare to feel...the God of Wealth is here!

"Thirty horses... 6 million..." Xia Houdun murmured subconsciously, "babbling".

But Xia Houyuan interrupted: "You are wrong... Guanzhu Liu also said in a letter that these thirty horses cost 60 million! I specially told my brother that the price is lower than this - not to sell!"

Huo…

60 million!
Xiahou Dun's round eyes suddenly lit up!
Only a god-man like Liu Yu dares to say such "god-man" remarks, right?
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Luoyang South Street, the eighth mansion, this is the mansion of Yuan's family.

It was already midnight now, but the mansion was brightly lit and the wind was bitterly cold, and the gold-rimmed "Yuan Mansion" plaque at the gate of the mansion was also rattling by the wind.

Today, the owner Yuan Feng went out and has not returned yet.

But there was a loud quarrel in the mansion.

"Third brother, I think what the second brother said is right, you shouldn't have sold all the seven hundred horses!"

The one who spoke was Yuan Ji, the eldest son of the Yuan family. He was gentle and elegant, and was always known for his loyalty.

Yuan Shao on the side glared angrily, he just had a fierce argument with Yuan Shu...

The content of the dispute is naturally to sell good horses at a price of 23!

Ever since Yuan Kai handed over the matter of the sale to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers, Yuan Shao has been inquiring all over the place, wanting to find out... Who else has a horse?

How are they going to sell it?
For this reason, he rushed to Jizhou Wuji.

However, Yuan Shu could not sleep every night. He was never a generous person. He felt that the "fodder" these seven hundred horses ate every day was money in his pocket!
So... taking advantage of Yuan Shao's going to Jizhou, Yuan Shu sold all the horses in one go!
This is also the direct reason for this pair of Yuan brothers to be tit-for-tat this time!

"Third brother, think about it, the second brother went to Jizhou to investigate this matter, but you... you sold them all without his consent. What if, what if the price of horses rises again...then..."

Yuan Ji's words didn't have the slightest effect at all, and even had the opposite effect, adding fuel to the fire!
Yuan Shu rudely interrupted his words.

"Brother, let me say it again, you should call me second brother!"

Speaking of this, Yuan Shu tilted his eyes to the angry Yuan Shao, and raised his right thumb to poke at him. "That one is an outsider, born by a servant girl. What right does he have to order me to do things? I can sell these seven hundred horses as soon as I want! He is not in charge, and he has no control over them!"

Frosty words came out of Yuan Shu's mouth.

Yuan Shao rolled his eyes in anger... his chest heaved and he turned his head to one side.

——"You...you are unreasonable!"

However, he didn't dare to scold Yuan Shu too harshly...

Yuan Shu's mother is the head of the house, even a princess.

It can be said…

No matter how famous Yuan Shao is abroad, how many celebrities have gathered in the small society "Friends of Running" he formed!

But as long as he returns to the Yuan family, this unreasonable younger brother Yuan Shu will be his nemesis!

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(End of this chapter)