Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 191 Zuo Ci, the new skin bone

In fact, Qianzhuang is not completely a business without capital.

The "book" it needs is not gold and silver, not money, but credit.

Although the credit of the Eastern Han government could not be considered bankrupt, it was obviously impossible for He Yan to hand over the business of the bank to Guandu.

As for the remaining emperors, they were naturally excluded early on.

In the end, Cao Cao was the only one who could hold up enough credit.

As Cao Cao's eldest son, as long as he pulls Cao Cao's tiger skin to support the affairs of the bank, as long as Cao Pi can reserve a large amount of copper coins later, the model of the bank will definitely become more stable.

"He Yan!"

I saw Cao Pi looking at He Yan with extremely gratified eyes.

"I thought you were a ruthless person! Now it seems that I was wrong! Come! Come here and let me give you a hug!"

"Leave far away!"

He Yan cursed and dodged Cao Pi's sudden attack.

Just kidding, if it weren't for the fact that only Cao Pi was qualified to open this bank under the banner of Cao Cao, He Yan would not have given Cao Pi this business that can be said to determine the lifeline of the economy!

After Cao Pi was once again disgusted by He Yan, he got used to it. After walking around two circles by himself, he asked He Yan: "He Yan, what do you think is the name of this bank?"

"Your bank, the name is determined."

But He Yan immediately reacted, and broke back the thought that Cao Pi might run away at any time.

"The name must be bold! And don't be too earthy! For the healthy development of the bank, in the end, people will have a sense of trust in the bank as soon as they see the name of the bank!"

Cao Pi nodded thoughtfully, and after a long time of chatting, he used his mind that didn't know what he was thinking to say a name——

"He Yan, how about Cao Pi Bank?"

He Yan:? ? ?
"Yes! Cao Pi Bank!"

Cao Pi clapped his hands fiercely, grabbed He Yan's shoulder and asked, "What? Is there anything safer in this world than my name, Cao Pi?"

"It's not only safe, it's trustworthy! The most important thing is that it's just like what you said, everyone can know who this bank is at a glance!"

Cao Pi's eyes were full of expressions of "He Yan, please praise me", which made He Yan feel a little powerless to complain.

"Cao Pi Bank... Are you sure you can bear the feeling of being trampled on?"

Trampling on dignity?

Cao Pi froze for a moment, then shook his head.

"My name is linked to Qianzhuang, who dares to trample on my dignity?"

He Yan: "..."

In the end, He Yan had no choice but to agree to the name of the bank.

Cao Pi immediately beamed, and He Yan also began to contact several big families such as Hongnong Yang, Yingchuan Xun, Yingchuan Chen, and asked them to help prepare cash flow for Cao Pi.

Out of safety considerations, "Cao Pi Bank" must not be opened in Guanzhong, which is in chaos.

Xuchang, Qiaoxian, Pengcheng.

These three places are the core hinterland of Cao Cao's forces, and there are few rogue bandits. As long as they can gain a firm foothold in these three places, as Cao Cao pacifies the troubled times little by little, "Cao Pi Bank" will soon spread all over the future All the great cities where trade flourishes.

It was also at this time that Cao Pi realized what He Yan said about "trampling on dignity".

With the completion of the first "Cao Pi Bank" in Xuchang, a word from the businessmen is: "Go to Cao Pi together?"

"Let's go! Let's go to Cao Pi today!"

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Because of the beginnings of workshops and banks in Xuchang, it has already changed from the past to the present.

And in Hewu next to Xuchang, the changes these days are also not small.

Around Hewu, seven well-organized courtyards are seated in sequence.

There are five of them, namely, the Xinglin Academy where Hua Tuo and Wu Pu are located, the Tiangong Academy where Ma Jun is, the Logic Academy where Mi Heng is, the Mathematical Academy where Zhao Shuang is, and the Geography Academy where Yan Jian is.

Under He Yan's suggestion, Yang Xiu finally got the hang of it, and began to publicize the existence of the Seventh Courtyard of Hewu intentionally or unintentionally, and placed all the craftsmen in the Seventh Courtyard.

Thanks to the emphasis on farming technology, Tiangongyuan has the largest number of people among the seven courtyards.

After the craftsmen inside got some basic knowledge about mechanics obtained by Ma Jun in Deng Ai's study, they all broke out with amazing enthusiasm. Although there are not enough results yet, this must be Hewu No. [-] Academy The first existence that shocked the world.

Just when He Yan was thinking about whether to help everyone open a little more, a letter from Wang Lang cheered He Yan up again.

"Have you found Zuo Ci?"

Zuo Ci, as a famous old god, He Yan has been coveting him for a long time.

Of course, what He Yan coveted was not Zuo Ci's messy Taoism and supernatural powers, but Zuo Ci's alchemy technique inherited from the Taoist Jindan School.

Alchemy is actually a variety of unknown chemical skills. If Zuo Ci'an can stay in Xuchang to study in peace, it will undoubtedly save a lot of detours!

In order to express the importance he attaches to Zuo Ci, after Zuo Ci arrived in Xuchang on the first day, He Yan went to meet Zuo Ci the next day.

Zuo Ci is dressed like a normal Taoist, but the skin is not known whether it is because he lied about his age or he really has a good face, but it is as smooth as new, and looks as soft and waxy as a little girl's face, which really surprised He Yan. back.

"Pindao has met Marquis Shen!"

Zuo Ci has alchemy skills, but it doesn't mean that Zuo Ci is really as mad as in the novel, and he is quite polite when facing He Yan.

"I've seen Layman Zuo."

After He Yan and Zuo Ci briefly greeted each other, they gradually introduced the topic to the purpose of calling Zuo Ci here.

After the conversation, He Yan could clearly feel Zuo Ci's displeasure.

For a Taoist priest, the greatest courtesy to him is definitely not to ask for skills, but to let him spread the Tao.

The reason why Zuo Ci came to Xuchang when he heard that He Yan was looking for him was because of He Yan's high status and power. If he could curry favor with He Yan, he might have a chance to integrate into Xuchang's aristocratic circle, and even let Cao Cao Supporting Taoism is different.

But now He Yan's attitude towards him undoubtedly shattered Zuo Ci's hopes.

Fortunately, Zuo Ci is not the kind of person who gives up lightly, after carefully staring at He Yan's eyebrows, he pretended to be profound and said: "It seems that Marquis Shen really doesn't know the magic of my golden alchemy! Otherwise, why can't you find out the clues when you are haunted by little ghosts?"

Ha ha!

it has started!

He Yan sat upright, "I have never believed in the theory of ghosts and gods. If Layman Zuo wants to deceive me, he should use another method."

The corner of Zuo Ci's mouth curled up into a sneer: "Forget it! Meeting is fate! Even if Sheng Shenhou doesn't believe it, I will help Shenhou dispel this evil!"

I saw Zuo Ci raising his hand, fidgeting in the air for a while, as if he was really wrestling with something.

"Caught!"

Zuo Ci gave a strange cry, pinched the formula with two fingers, and said triumphantly to He Yan: "Marquis Shen! I've caught this ghost! It's just that your mortal body can't see it!"

"But don't worry! Look at the impoverished way and use tricks, let this ghost show its true form!"

With a fierce force, Zuo Ci took out a paper turtle from his bosom and threw it into the basin.

A miraculous scene appeared.

The tortoise made of paper seemed to have a soul, and began to move around the water basin, as if a ghost was really trapped in the tortoise, struggling desperately.

Zuo Ci also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and explained to He Yan with a sense of relief: "I have captured this ghost! Marquis Shen's place has finally become an auspicious house, and you don't have to worry about any filth from now on!"

Afterwards, Zuo Ci was calm on the surface, but his heart was full of expectation, waiting for He Yan to throw himself at him.

According to past experience, the owner of the house was already dumbfounded at this time, and treated him with more courtesy.

However, He Yan's actions were obviously beyond Zuo Ci's expectations.

He Yan only saw a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, and walked slowly to the water basin.

He Yan's move really made Zuo Ci very nervous, and the next move was undoubtedly a shock to Zuo Ci.

Picking up the paper turtle that was still like a headless fly in the water basin, He Yan put it under his nose and smelled it lightly, and the smile on his face was completely unrestrained——

"Zuo Layman, why does this paper turtle smell of bear dog bile and carp bile? Could it be that all ghosts smell like this?"

Zuo Ci listened to He Yan pointing out the key to his dose, and knew that He Yan was definitely not an ordinary person, and this move just now was indeed clumsy.

But Zuo Ci is still stubborn!
Even if he was exposed by He Yan, Zuo Ci's face still didn't show any big emotional fluctuations, but he said to He Yan with righteous words: "It's the smell of ghosts and evil spirits!"

"Oh?"

He Yan was not in a hurry to remove Zuo Ci's underpants, but gave him ample opportunity——

"Since that's the case, how about asking Layman Zuo to practice Taoism again to catch all the ghosts and evil spirits near Hewu?"

The current Zuo Ci is biting the bullet and can only go up, so he insisted: "Since Marquis Shen believes in Poor Dao, then Poor Dao is naturally willing to relieve Marquis Shen's worries!"

This time, Zuo Ci stopped playing the trick of paper turtle swimming in water.

He continued to chant spells and imprints in the air like a great jumping god, and finally dragged a ghost that looked like a city into the water basin again with an extremely painful expression.

I have to say that Zuo Ci is the guy who eats, his acting skills are very realistic, nothing happened, but Zuo Ci's face has turned pale, even fine beads of sweat ooze from his forehead, which makes He Yan feel sorry for Zuo Ci. I feel even more moved by Ci's professionalism.

He Yan's expression fell into Zuo Ci's eyes, but Zuo Ci didn't know that He Yan was not impressed by his "ghost-catching skills", but acted more and more vigorously.

Zuo Ci muttered a word, and the index finger and middle finger of his right hand turned into a sword, just like an immortal casting a sword art, which aroused thunder and fire in an instant.

In fact, it actually caught fire!

The originally quiet water basin suddenly shook violently. After a bright light beam rose from the water basin, the burning light beam turned faster and faster, and gradually disappeared.

If other people who don't know the truth come here, they will probably think that this is the scene of Zuo Ci burning the ghost in the water, causing the ghost to struggle in pain.

But He Yan smiled again, and silently recited a formula——

"Furonghong Xiangyou, I haven't seen such a scientific experiment for a long time."

No, the water basin is not red yet.

But Zuo Ci quickly poured a few drops of liquid into the water basin, and the water in the water basin also turned red immediately at this moment.

After a set of "casting spells", Zuo Ci looked as if his vitality was seriously injured, panting and continued to salute He Yan: "Mr. Shen should have seen it just now! This method of igniting fire in water is exactly the burning method of the poor Taoist spell." Li Gui misunderstood, and the oozing red is Li Gui's blood."

Zuo Ci's pretending to be gods and ghosts is not bad in essence, and he reminded He Yan: "This ghost has a poison in its blood! Marquis Shen must not reach out and touch it!"

This time, it should be stable, right?
Zuo Ci secretly raised his eyes to glance at He Yan, and found that He Yan was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and this smile... was actually very uncomfortable for Zuo Ci, after all, no one likes to have their clothes stripped off Let anyone humiliate you.

"Left Layman."

He Yan spoke slowly.

"If I'm not mistaken, the one burning in the water shouldn't be some kind of ghost, right? I saw you added some debris to the water basin... Don't tell me Zuo Layman isn't going to show it to Ben Hou?"

"Also, the last red is probably not some ghost's blood, but the few drops of liquid you added later, right?"

Every time He Yan said a word, Zuo Ci's face turned paler.

The current paleness is not the same as it was pretended before, it is really a grayness that is completely silent.

Zuo Ci bowed to He Yan with a wry smile: "It's unbelievable that Marquis Shen is also a Taoist master? Disrespect and disrespect!"

Who would study such a boring trick other than Daoist sects?

After Zuo Ci heard that He Yan had exposed his tricks little by little, Zuo Ci concluded that He Yan must be accompanied by an expert after his death!

"Zuo Layman misunderstood, I am not a disciple of Taoism."

"The reason why I know the secret is actually related to Xinxue!"

New learning?

He Yan immediately transformed himself into a master of annoyance, and Chunchun seduced in his words: "These tricks may not be popular in Taoism, but they are of great use in new learning!"

"Zuo Layman, now the princes from all over the world are yelling at Taoism because of the Taiping Dao. Even Zhang Lu, who was shackled in Hanzhong, his Five Dou Rice Religion and the Jindan Dao studied by Zuo Layman contradict each other in terms of philosophy. In other words, although the world is big, there is actually no room for Layman Zuo."

"So, how about giving up Taoism temporarily and joining new learning?"

"Don't think about it!"

Zuo Ci didn't say a word until He Yan asked him to switch courts, Zuo Ci started to react violently.

Obviously, as one of the most prestigious Taoist priests of the Jindan branch of Taoism, it is almost impossible for Zuo Ci to give up his orthodoxy easily.

"Don't worry, Layman Zuo, I haven't finished yet."

In fact, He Yan also knew that Zuo Ci could not become a Taoist traitor in just a few words, so naturally there was a backup waiting for him——

"When I say join in the new learning, I don't exactly mean that Zuo Layman abandons Taoism, but I mean, it's the same as the Confucianism back then!"

At this time, He Yan slowly said four words——

"New skin bone!"

Just like back then... Rupi Fagu's routine!
　Damn!Low-grade fever again!Is this thing impossible to pass or what!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)