Cao Thief

Chapter 456
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But Su Shuang still needs more efforts to really step into Cao Peng's circle.

At least on the second day, Su Shuang showed this awareness of hard work.Of course, as a businessman, Su Shuang could easily conceal his emotions, and showed proper concern for Hexi in front of Tan Zhe.

"General Bei Zhonglang is the pillar of the imperial court. When he was in Haixi, he ruled Haixi from a remote place to a prosperous place in the eastern part of today... Sigh, I only hate the two blessings, and I missed a great deal." Opportunity……"

Tan Zhe blurted out, "If that's the case, why don't you settle in Hexi?"

He just said that casually, and didn't care too much.

Su Shuang hadn't had time to tell Tan Zhe that he was going to flee Zhongshan Kingdom and go to Mobei with Tan Zhe.So from Tan Zhe's point of view, Su Shuang meant it.Unexpectedly, his opening aroused Su Shuang's interest immediately.

So they chatted endlessly at the banquet and asked Cao Peng about his plan in Hexi.

Tan Zhe asked suspiciously, "Gong Su, are you really going to Hexi?"

"Yes, the Yuan family in Hebei will be defeated sooner or later! If Duke Ben Chu was here, he could still compete with Duke Cao. But now that Duke Ben Chu is gone, and the princes of the Yuan family can't work together and fight each other endlessly, it is really difficult Resist Duke Cao.

My Su Clan and Yuan Clan are too close, if they stay in Zhongshan Country, they will be destroyed sooner or later.

I know Bei Zhonglang will be very magnanimous, but I wonder if he can arrange a shelter for my Su family in Hexi? "

Cao Peng, just rightly showed his acceptance.

Next, everyone talked about the Hexi trade route.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Peng finally agreed reluctantly.

"Brother, I can open the Hexi trade route, but the labor problem I mentioned yesterday..."

"It's simple, I can give my brother six hundred... eight hundred, no, 1000 people, what do you think?"

Su Shuang reminded Cao Peng yesterday that despite Tan Zhe's willingness to agree, the 1000 people are likely to be a group of old, weak, sick and disabled.

"1000 people, some are less."

Cao Peng said: "I can exchange things."

"what?"

"To tell you the truth, brother, I'm afraid you don't know who my father is.

My father is Xu Du's arsenal order, in charge of the replacement of weapons in the South of the River and Guanzhong.He himself is a master builder of weapons, and he created the method of double quenching before, which greatly improved the quality of weapons.Now, a large number of ordnance has been prepared and will be replaced first in the Heluo area.At that time, a large amount of ordnance will be eliminated. As long as my father is willing, it is not impossible to deduct some secretly.Three thousand dragon sparrows, eight thousand spears, and thirty thousand bows and arrows, in exchange for my brother's five thousand Han slaves... If my brother is willing, I will write to my father immediately. "

These ordnance were stored by Zhang Shiping in Fuping County.

It was transported from Fuping County to Hexi, but it was only blocked by a big river.

Of course, the treasury is more than that, but Cao Peng will not take out all of them as bargaining chips at once.

Sure enough, Tan Zhe was moved!

He looked at Su Shuang, then at Cao Peng, showing hesitation.

After a while, he apologized and walked out of the king's tent.Cao Peng knew that he was looking for someone to discuss this matter, so he was not in a hurry.However, since there were other people at the banquet, he did not talk to Su Shuang either.

After a while, Tan Zhe came back!

"Brother, can you give me a little more?
The number of [-] Han slaves is a bit too much. Many Han slaves are not owned by me personally, so I have to discuss with other magnates.How about this, I'll collect [-] Han slaves for you, one price, [-] dragon sparrows, [-] spears, and [-] arrows.As long as you agree, I can give you another [-] horses, and [-] cattle and sheep, how about it? "

Such a huge amount of ordnance is enough to make Tan Zhe's troops armed to the teeth.

Cao Peng showed a look of embarrassment, and tapped the food table lightly with his fingers.

"Cao Zhonglang, urgently need slaves?"

"Yes!"

"How much, how much do you want?"

"For now, the more the merrier..."

Su Shuang showed a pensive look, got up after a while, walked to Tan Zhe's side, and started talking in a low voice.

At the beginning, Tan Zhe shook his head again and again, as if he didn't quite agree with Su Shuang's idea.But gradually, he fell silent...

"Brother, you really need manpower, don't you?"

"Exactly."

"Is Hunu and Hannu both okay?"

"This is nature, including cattle, sheep and women..."

Tan Zhe looked at Su Shuang, and saw Su Shuang nodded towards him.

So he patted the table, "Brother, how many do you have before the beginning of spring, how much do you want?"

"of course."

"What's the price?"

"..."

Under Su Shuang's success, Cao Peng and Tan Zhe bargained again, and finally settled on an accurate price.

The first batch of [-] Han slaves was delivered within ten days at the cost of [-] dragon sparrows, [-] spears and [-] arrows.Others need to be traded, and they need to be exchanged for grain and rice.Under Su Shuang's inadvertent suppression, the price was finally finalized.And these supplies don't need Cao Peng to bother for the time being.Moreover, after completing the task on behalf of Su Shuang, a large amount of supplies will be transferred from Zhongshan in the spring of the next year at the latest.So in a short time, Cao Peng should not worry too much.

Solving the population problem also made Cao Peng feel much more relaxed...

In order to show his sincerity, Tan Zhe first gathered 150 Han slaves under his command, including men, women, old and young.Perhaps they had experienced too many hardships, so those Han slaves did not show too much resistance, and they all gathered together with expressionless faces.At the same time, Su Shuang also dispatched a guard team of [-] people from his retinue, and together with Cao Peng, escorted those Han slaves to Hongze.The leader, named Su You, is the eldest son of Su Shuang.In this way, Su Shuang expressed his submission to Cao Peng, and Cao Peng accepted it silently.

Three days later, Cao Peng set off to leave Hongshagang.

This visit can be said to be fruitful, and the three parties have benefited.

Su Shuang won the habitat and the protection of a backer, so he didn't have to flee to Mobei to endure the bitter cold wind; Tan Zhe will get a large number of weapons to enhance the fighting power of his tribe, and lay a solid foundation for his future foothold in Mobei. foundation; as for Cao Peng, the harvest is even more lucrative.Not only did it solve the population problem, but it also gained the support of wealthy businessmen from Zhongshan.In Cao Peng's eyes, the significance of Su Shuang's refuge even surpassed the Han slaves in his hands.

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"Starting today, you will become Han people again.

I will give you the greatest protection, but at the same time, you must also give your strength.I want to build a city in Hongze, and it must form a scale before winter.After opening up wasteland in the coming year, you will no longer be slaves..."

In order to cheer up the emotions of these Han slaves, Cao Peng said this to the Han slaves after leaving Hongshagang.

No longer a slave?

The Han slaves couldn't help but feel refreshed.

Many of them were originally ordinary Han people.During the Chuping period, many of them lived in Guanzhong for many generations.

I don't want the chaos in Chang'an to make them displaced.

The disaster of Qiang and Hu caused them to leave their homes and even lose their freedom.

To be a slave is to lose everything, including their lives and their families.In the past ten years, the Han slaves endured all kinds of humiliation and torture, and gradually even lost hope.Now, they will have the chance to regain their freedom and live under the umbrella of the imperial court.Whether it was true or not, Cao Peng's words undoubtedly gave them hope.In those dull eyes, the flame of hope was rekindled...

Cao Peng led these Han slaves, but did not go to Lianbao.

But when passing through Lianbao, he sent someone to tell Jia Kui to send Cai Yan's mother and daughter to Hongshui County safely.

After all, Lianbao will exist as a military town in the future, which is not suitable for ordinary people to live in.

Cao Peng vaguely had an idea, that is to implement the government military system in Hexi, and thoroughly implement the unity of soldiers and farmers, and the unity of soldiers and animal husbandry.As long as the farming can be implemented smoothly in the coming year, at the latest next autumn, some of the difficulties can be alleviated.

At that time, Cai Yan's family will definitely leave Lianbao.

Cai Di is still young, so being away from family for a long time is not a good thing.

So after much deliberation, Cao Peng finally decided to let Cai Yan move to Hongshui County with him.

After the completion of Lianbao, it is enough for Jia Kui and Yin Feng to take care of it.From then on, Cao Peng's energies will be fully focused on Hongshui County.

After several days of trekking, Hongshui County is within easy reach.

Liang Kuan had already set up camp.

Xiu slaughtered all the prisoners and was still on his way to Hongshui County.When Cao Peng arrived with [-] Han slaves, Liang Kuan couldn't help being overjoyed.He only has a thousand soldiers and horses in his hand, stationed here, it is really a bit empty...

All around are almost all enemies with ulterior motives.

Even if Cao Peng and Hongze made a covenant, no one can guarantee that those Hongze people will not take the opportunity to make trouble!
Fortunately, Hongze people are busy with integration and have no spare time to take care of this.

So during the few days Liang Kuan was in Hongshui County, he was still calm and did not receive any attacks.With the arrival of the first batch of [-] Han slaves, Liang Kuan was determined.The most important thing is that Cao Peng personally sits in Hongshui County, which also makes Liang Kuan more confident.The next day, Liang Kuan ordered the expansion of the camp to prepare for more labor.

Three days later, everyone in Xiutu arrived in Hongshui County.

Almost on the same day, Lianbao Yinfeng suddenly launched an attack on the surrounding tribes. In one day, they plundered nearly 2000 people, which can be said to be quite fruitful.And because Lianbao is located in the far east of Hexi, Yin Feng's behavior did not attract too many people's attention... Both Hongze and other tribes remained silent.

It was night, Cao Peng was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, reading the report sent by Jia Kui.

In just a few days, Lianbao soldiers and horses attacked six times, raided nine tribes of all sizes around Lianbao, plundered a large number of people, and registered them.At the same time, with the acceleration of the construction of Lianbao, those captives have also begun to be gathered in a planned way and put into construction.As a result, the progress of Lianbao has been greatly accelerated, and the construction of the outer city of Lianbao is expected to be completed before August 26.Jia Kui implores Cao Peng to give specific arrangements for the next step in the construction of Lianbao...

Rubbing his temples, Cao Peng put down the report.

There are still not enough people!

The construction of Hongshui County has already started, and the construction of Lianbao needs to be accelerated.

Labor is enough for the time being, but Cao Peng needs more staff involved.He began to regret that if he had known this, he should have brought more people over.I don't know when Bu Zhi and the others will arrive, I hope they don't have to wait too long!

(End of this chapter)