Cao Thief

Chapter 136 Three Evils (23) Asking for a Recommendation Ticket

Hu Ban commanded the people to clean out the study and bedroom first.

After washing with buckets of well water, the ground finally returned to its original color.Dust and filth such as rat droppings flowed out along the gutters under the eaves.All the doors and windows were opened, and the cold wind came in, sweeping away the damp and rotten smell in the room.

However, it may not be possible to live in immediately.

In the wing room, Feng Chao cried bitterly.

"If I don't want to be a thief, I really have to."

Deng Ji asked, "What do you mean by doing it out of necessity?"

Feng Chao burst into tears when he heard Deng Ji's question.

It turned out that more than two years ago, Feng Chao's father, Feng Yuan, was originally an aide of Xuzhou Mu Taoqian.At that time, Xuzhou was not as chaotic as it is now, and the problem of Haixi County became Tao Qian's confidant.Although this Haixi County is located in a remote place, it is also the junction of the salt road linking the Huaihe and Huaihe regions.Due to the chaos in Haixi County, the Lianghuai salt road was blocked, and it was controlled by local wealthy families, which caused a huge loss of salt tax in Xuzhou.Tao Qian wanted to rectify Haixi, so he recommended Feng Yuan to the court in Chang'an at that time as the order of Haixi.

Since Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an, he has been trying to repair the relationship with the Guandong princes and divide the power of the Guandong princes.So Tao Qian was easily appointed by the imperial court, and Feng Yuan took the imperial edict to serve in Haixi.

Feng Yan is a serious and conscientious person.

As soon as he took office, he began to rectify the chaotic situation in Haixi County.

It's just that Feng Yan acted so vigorously that it touched the interests of many people.

Two months after he took office, a group of thieves suddenly raided Haixi.Feng Yuan rushed to the battle, but he was alone, and was killed by thieves. His body was hung on the lintel of the reception hall outside Haixi County, and it took three days for anyone to find it.Feng Chao was then the governor of Cao Cao in Haixi County. He was very angry when he heard the news.But those thieves came and went without a trace, and he didn't know how to take revenge.

I wanted to pass Tao Qian, but I didn't expect that Tao Qian's general would kill Cao Song this year.

Cao Cao avenged his father and sent troops to attack Xuzhou...

When Tao Qian faced Cao Cao's soldiers approaching the city, how could he care about Haixi's affairs?

Soon, Cao Cao had to withdraw his troops and return because Lu Bu captured Puyang.Tao Qian became ill and entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei before he died.

Speaking of Liu Bei, Feng Chao suddenly gritted his teeth.

"Does General Zhendong care?"

"Huitina's traitor!"

Feng Chao roared angrily, "Liu Xuande, you country thief!"

Cao Peng was astonished when he heard this.

Influenced by "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Peng's impression of Liu Bei is generally not too bad.In his memory, Liu Bei should be a gentle and refined elder.Even though he lost a lot of love for Liu Bei later, after his rebirth, he discovered that Liu Bei was not as famous as the later generations said.Sima Hui praised Liu Bei for his great ambitions, but Guo Jia believed that Liu Bei was a hypocrite.

This version is controversial.

But it was the first time Cao Peng heard the term "national thief".

I couldn't help wondering, but Cao Peng was not in a hurry to ask, but sat aside and listened quietly.

"Feng Chao, where did this 'national thief' come from?"

"Does your lord know that this Haixi has the 'three evils'?"

Deng Ji had never heard such a statement before, so he hurriedly asked, "I would like to hear more about it."

"Pirates, salt lords, merchant beetles." Feng Chao took a deep breath, trying to calm down his emotions, "The pirates are the subordinates of the Guangling bandit Xuezhou. He has tens of thousands of people under his command, has several sea-going ships, and is entrenched in overseas deserts." They landed on the island and raided villages and towns. Moreover, Xuezhou’s troops were extremely powerful and linked up with many bandits on land, so they came without a trace and went without a trace. , and told me in private that it is difficult to eliminate bandits, and it is even more difficult to eliminate pirates. Their whereabouts are strange, they can enter the mountains, and retreat into the sea. Moreover, no one knows where they landed. If you want to eliminate the bandits in Xuezhou, you must Be patient enough."

Deng Ji frowned upon hearing this.

"What did the Yan Xiao say?" Puyang Kai asked.

"Does your lord know who is the biggest private salt dealer in the East China Sea?"

"Uh... I'm really not sure about this."

"It's the Mo family in Qu county."

"Qu county, Mo's family?"

Feng Chao nodded, "Hai Qu Mi's family is the leading wealthy family in Xuzhou.

The Mi family's ancestral goods breed, assets are huge, and tens of thousands of children... Outside, people only know that the Mi family is a business in the world, but they don't know that the Mi family has been secretly selling private salt since Guangwu, almost controlling the two Huaihe Rivers, and even Private salt in the Jiangdong area.They boiled the sea in Qushan, colluded with officials, sold private salt, and had a huge influence in Xuzhou.Even Tao Gongzu was afraid of the Mi family.

Haixi is an important place where the Mi family sells smuggled salt into the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, so in Haixi County, the Mi family can be regarded as the most dominant.

After Liu Bei took over Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, advanced his younger sister to Liu Xuande, and then gave two thousand slaves, countless gold and silver coins, which helped Liu Bei gain a firm foothold in Xuzhou.After Lu Bu captured Xuzhou, he took away Liu Bei's family, and later had to return Liu Bei.Among them, the dealings of the Mo family played an important role.You said, Liu Bei is so close to the Mi family, how could he do anything to the Mi family? "

Deng Ji gasped, and looked at Puyang Kai, and couldn't help but look at each other.

It's really not on the scene, and I don't know the harm.

If it is not a local, who would know that there are so many twists and turns?
Cao Peng more or less figured out why Feng Chao harbored resentment towards Liu Bei... Could it be that Feng Yuan's death had something to do with the Mi family?

"What is a merchant beetle?"

"It's Jia Ren from Haixi County."

In ancient times, one acted as a merchant, one sat as a merchant, and together they became merchants.

"Jiaren, it has existed since ancient times, so how can it be regarded as a harm?"

"If they do business honestly, they won't be considered a harm. However, most of the Jia people in Haixi County are bullying and dominating the market.

For example, in the first year of Xingping, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou.

The Jia people in Haixi took the lead in stockpiling grain, which caused prices to skyrocket.At that time, many fleeing refugees came from the East China Sea and other places... Those Jia people took him as a thug, dominated the market, and drove up the price of food.In ten days, from one hundred cents per dendrobium to twenty-one thousand cents per dendrobium.Someone came out to quarrel with them, and those merchant moths called in thugs to beat him severely.What's more, destroy their homes and ruin their lives.And the government can only sit back and watch, helpless to deal with these merchant beetles.If the suppression is severe, they will jointly strike the market. "

The more excited Feng Chaoyue said, he almost roared out in the end.

"So overbearing, who dares to provoke?

And behind these businessmen, there are people who secretly support them.Someone once reported to Xiapi, and within two days, the dead body was found in the market...

The villain also read books when he was young, and understood that this is the principle of good and evil, but what can the villain do?
My father formed a patrol of [-] soldiers, but was forced to disband within half a year.In Haixi County, everyone has no way out. If they don't become thieves, what do they do? "

Both Deng Ji and Puyang Kai fell silent!
Cao Peng sighed and stood up.

"Feng Chao, you are a thief, you want to avenge your father Feng county magistrate."

"what?"

"Magistrate Feng died at the hands of bandits, but you don't know who to turn to for revenge.

So, you pretended to be a strong man and fled among the mountains.You want to use this method to get close to those bandits and ask for news, right? "

Feng Chao didn't answer, but lowered his head.

Cao Peng suddenly scolded sharply: "But have you ever thought about the crimes of those merchants and passers-by who were killed by you?"

"I haven't killed anyone, I've only robbed things."

"But if you rob them, it's tantamount to taking their lives!" Cao Peng scolded angrily: "Not all of them are Mo's, and not all of them are rich. Those businessmen may use their wealth and lives to escort them. A batch of goods, earned hard money, hard money! But you robbed their goods, have you ever thought about what they will do? What about their families?"

"I……"

Feng Chao opened his mouth, but didn't know how to argue.

"As a son of man, revenge for your father is justified. But if you base your desire for revenge on the pain of others, what are you? You have revenge, and you are happy... But those who lost their property, despaired and The dead, who should they turn to? Could it be that their sons are going to become bandits and imitate your behavior? Repaying each other, Haixi County will become more and more chaotic... Let me ask you again, those who have been implicated because of this What is the crime of the Haixi people? Why are they involved in this vortex of hatred for your own selfishness? Everyone acts like you, so where is the majesty of the court? Where is the prestige of the law?"

Feng Chao was speechless and lowered his head...

Cao Peng snorted, shook his sleeves and walked out.

Pu Yangkai sighed, stepped forward and patted Feng Chao on the shoulder, and walked out of the room.

Deng Ji looked at Feng Chao, "Feng Chao, you are eager to avenge your father, and I can understand. But I still hope that you can use the right way to solve this matter. If you gather people to become thieves like you, Feng County Magistrate Ruoquan knows, I'm afraid You can't rest in peace...you are confused, confused!"

After finishing speaking, Deng Ji waved to Wang Mai and Deng Fan, turned and walked out of the room.

Wang Mai and Deng Fan also let go of Feng Chao, with a trace of pity and contempt in his eyes, and walked out together with Deng Ji...

"Brother-in-law, just ignore him like this?"

"Let him think about it."

Deng Ji said softly: "We have just arrived in Haixi, and we are obviously short of manpower. Feng Chao can gather so many people, which shows that he still has a little prestige. If he is willing to help us, it may help us integrate into the environment of Haixi as soon as possible. Stand firm."

On the other side, Puyang Kai looked at Cao Peng with a smile.

"Youxue, plan to come out?"

Cao Peng shook his head, "There is no clever plan.

However, I really didn't expect that Haixi County is so complicated... Pirates, salt owls... and those merchant beetles? "

Han Feizi listed merchants as one of the five beetles in "Five Beetles".

Presumably, the merchant beetle came from this.

Moose family!

Liu Bei...

Ha, this seems to be getting more complicated and more interesting!

Mi Zhu has a high evaluation in history, even including Cao Cao, he admires Mi Zhu very much.

However, no one thought that this Mizhu was actually a private salt dealer.

Then after Mrs. Mi's death, Guan Yu seemed to be contemptuous of the Mi family, and he didn't think about the relationship between the Mi family and Liu Bei, so it became reasonable...

No matter how much the Mi family helped Liu Bei, no matter how much credit Mi Zhu made, in terms of background, he was still a private salt dealer.

"Ah Fu, accompany me to the inner office to check the files."

Deng Ji said, and went to the inner Yamen.

Cao Peng took the torch from Deng Fan and said softly, "Fifth brother, clean up and settle down, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"it is good!"

Cao Peng nodded, held a torch, and walked side by side with Puyang Kai to the inner office.

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