Cao Thief

Chapter 769 Five Years of Jian'an (Continued)
This Monday, for some reason, I'm a bit depressed, and I'm in a bad state.

Originally, I was going to write "Why Don't You Lock up Da Qiao in the Boudoir" today, but I didn't want to be in a state of complete loss... Let's make a transition first, there are only [-] words, sorry!

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The wind is howling, and the sky is full of snow.

Snowflakes were swirling one after another, dyeing the world white.The vast mountains and rivers, covered in silver, are looming in the misty wind and snow.

The already difficult road has become even more difficult due to this blizzard.

Cao Peng and Cao Hong joined together and slowly moved towards Yecheng.The entourage, in addition to their own retinues, was Xia Houlan who was about to go to Caozhou Zhangjun to serve as the governor of Caozhou.This governor is a new official position of Cao Cao, which is specially set up to promote the government soldiers.Its rank is higher than that of Zhonglang General, similar to a miscellaneous general.But it has more power than that miscellaneous general... Because the chief governor is in charge of military administration, and promotes the normalization of the integration of soldiers and farmers, and the integration of soldiers and animal husbandry, so the power is naturally enormous.

However, Xia Houlan kept a low profile in front of Cao Peng and Cao Hong.

After crossing the Yellow River, a group of people traveled day and night.However, the road is difficult, making it difficult to increase the speed.

Cao Peng and Cao Hong were not in a hurry.

The two have now resigned from office, the so-called no official is light, so naturally there is no need to hurry.

Anyway, it is enough to arrive in Yecheng before the New Year's Eve. It is too early and it is of little significance. It is better to hurry on the road.

"I always feel that the teacher and Cao Hou are more like businessmen."

When staying at Longlu Mountain at night, Xu Gai talked quietly with Deng Ai and others.

After this long journey, Xu Gai's dandyism has subsided a lot.They are not too old, and they don't have any overnight feuds.If Xu Gai didn't put on that playful airs, everyone would accept it.

After all, Xu Huang and Cao Peng were officials in the same dynasty, and they were also two thousand stone officials.

If there is a gap between the two because of a small matter, no matter whether it is Deng Ai or Xu Gai, they will not be willing.

As for Cao Peng, he didn't deliberately mediate their relationship.

Everything seemed so natural, unknowingly, the grievances were resolved.In Xu Gai's temperament, there is a bit of Xu Huang's arrogance, and Deng Ai and Sun Shao are not small-minded.Wang Ping and Gao Chong are older than them and have more experience than them, so they don't get involved in the entanglement.

In this way, everyone is considered harmonious.

Sitting in the small camp tent at the foot of Longlu Mountain, Xu Gai threw two pieces of charcoal and turned up the fire, which raised the temperature in the tent a lot.Wang Ping and Gao Chong are boiling water, while Deng Ai is checking Sun Shao's homework.

Sun Shao is good at martial arts, and he can be regarded as the best among the crowd.

However, when it comes to reading and discussing the art of war, it is Deng Ai who dominates.

In contrast, Xiang Chong has rich experience, not inferior to Deng Ai.It's just not as profound and systematic as Deng Ai's.

Wang Ping's background is the worst, and he can hardly read many words.

But he has a very good habit, that is, he is eager to learn...

Although Sun Shao didn't like reading, he was forced by Cao Peng to assign homework every day.Of course, it was impossible for Cao Peng to test the school all the time, so he handed over the responsibility of supervision to Deng Ai.

Hearing Xu Gai's words, Sun Shao was a little annoyed and said: "This is very good, why are you talking about the teacher?"

"no no!"

Xu Gai quickly waved his hands and explained: "I'm not talking about the teacher's right and wrong, but just now when I went to the big account to hand in the homework, I heard the teacher and Cao Hou muttering there, talking about how to make money every day. It's just strange, why did the teacher come up with so many weird ideas? My father has never been good at money, and I don't know what happened this time, but he also joined in and wanted to make a lot of money..."

"This one……"

Deng Ai scratched his head, really didn't know how to explain.

There are indeed many ghost ideas of his uncle, and sometimes Deng Ai is also confused.

For example, going downstairs that day, now the eighth store is about to open in Yecheng.

It is said that the ninth family and the tenth family have also started planning.The point is that my uncle can always make money, and the profits are amazing.Even Cao Nan murmured in private: If Cao Peng goes into business, he will definitely become the richest businessman in the world.

"By the way, what exactly is uncle going to do?
I think these days, he and Cao Hou often get together to mutter together, and every time they finish talking, Cao Hou looks very excited. "

Xu Gai scratched his head, "I'm not very clear either.

I just remember that when I was in Chang'an last time, the teacher and my dad talked about calling refugees, doing work and so on... and said a lot of weird terms.I later asked my father what the teacher meant.My dad said he didn't know either!He just heard what the teacher said, it was very tempting, so he couldn't help but get involved.But I heard that Cao Hou and the teacher have a lot to do this time.

Not just the three of them, but also planning to recruit other people to participate!
But what exactly?
I really don't know... Anyway, even if the teacher said it, I couldn't understand it.What kind of shares, what kind of labor and materials, what kind of capital... Oh, and they also said that they need to make dumplings.What is dumpling soup? "

In the small tent, the five subordinates of the general's mansion all showed confusion!
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"Look, let's start construction on the wasteland west of Zhangshui River. If it is fully built, it will take 50 man-hours. If it is done according to the previous practice, it may take more time to collect corvees... The imperial court needs to pay a lot of money for corvees. , At the same time, we must take into account various restrictions such as farming seasons, and it will take three to five years to build the West City.

But let's take over this matter and recruit [-] refugees.

Taking care of food and clothing every day, one person can spend a hundred dollars a day... For 5000 people, a hundred dollars a day is 50 dollars.This is our cost!But after the whole project, how much food do you think the court will invest?

I roughly estimate that it will take thousands of dollars.

But for us, if we win 8000 million yuan, we can save the king 2000 million yuan.The whole project can be completed in a hundred days.One hundred days... Uncle, we will have at least 3000 million profit in one hundred days, why not do it? "

Cao Hong's eyeballs have turned into treasures of Jian'an.

Cao Peng's calculation method is very rough and simple... But there is one point, that is, a large number of migrants are concentrated to start work, which can save labor and working hours to a large extent.Most of the city walls in the Eastern Han Dynasty were built with rammed earth, and the materials needed were not troublesome.Wood can be obtained from the northwest, and stone can be found everywhere.In this way, a brand new Chang'an City can break ground...

It's just that the recruiting of refugees and supervision work requires someone to take care of them.

But even so, it is still a huge profit!

Most importantly, in this way, refugees can be properly resettled.With the development of the Northwest, a larger and more scaled Chang'an City is essential.When building a new city, by the way, the residences of the refugees were solved and controlled.With the unimpeded commercial roads in the northwest and the influx of a large number of Hu merchants, Chang'an will inevitably usher in a development climax, and naturally there will be a large number of job opportunities.It seems that there are only [-] refugees, but the benefits it actually brings are incalculable.

"Zilong, are you interested?"

Seeing Cao Hong pondering, Cao Peng didn't urge him, instead he turned his head and suddenly asked Zhao Yun behind him.

"what?"

Zhao Yun was startled, a little confused.

"The money came in an aboveboard manner, and there is nothing to be ashamed about.

To be honest, good wealth is not a bad thing. If it can be obtained in an open and aboveboard manner so that the family can live and work in peace and contentment, I think it is not impossible.how?If you are interested, count yourself in!You don't need to pay anything, just collect the money when the time comes. "

Zhao Yun has already married!
Although there is no child yet, the pressure of life is unavoidable.

Born in Northwest China, Ma Yunlu certainly hopes to settle down in Changzhou.But now the living conditions in Chang'an are very high, which means that living in a big place is not easy.Ma Yunlu has some family background, but Zhao Yun is serious and poor.Although there is a monthly salary, there are still some difficulties in finding a job in Changchun.

Hearing what Cao Peng said, Zhao Yun was also moved!

"This matter is settled!"

Cao Hong made up his mind and slapped his thigh.

"It's just this matter, just the few of us can't do it... I'll discuss it with Zi Xiaozi again, and you will go to your father-in-law and ask him to come forward. Let's join hands and make this dumpling soup big. What do you think?" ?”

"I have no objection!"

The wind and snow finally stopped.

The team set off again, heading towards Yecheng.

At the end of the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Peng and his party finally arrived in Yecheng.

At this time, Yecheng was already decorated with lanterns and festoons, filled with a festive atmosphere that the New Year was coming.

The signing of the Dragon City Alliance made Cao Cao's reputation unparalleled for a while.With the return of his class teacher, it also indicates that Yecheng will become the foundation of Cao Cao in the future.It is impossible for the war to happen again, and it should be mainly to recuperate.This point, Cao Cao has already indicated after returning to Yecheng.

The people naturally rejoiced.

And Cao Cao's opponents also breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, Cao Cao's series of actions made Sun Quan and Liu Zhang, including Liu Bei, feel heavy pressure.

Now Cao Cao intends to recuperate, and as far as everyone is concerned, he also has a chance to breathe.

Especially after the news that Cao Peng was removed from the position of Lieutenant of Sili, Xi Chuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Hanzhong is occupied by Cao Cao, but Xichuan still has Jiamengguan as its gateway, so there is no need to worry.

Shu Road is difficult, and it is difficult to ascend to the sky.

Liu Zhang stepped up his defense and began to rectify the people's livelihood in Xichuan at the same time.

It is easy to destroy, but difficult to build.

The entire Xichuan economic system was almost completely destroyed by Cao Peng.If you want to recover, it will definitely not work in a year or two.This will be a long process, and Liu Zhang feels the pressure on his body is extremely huge.

Fortunately, with Liu Bei stationed in Nanzhong, Liu Zhang no longer worried about Nanman.

In just one year, Liu Bei used both hard and soft tactics, and he has stabilized his foothold in Nanzhong.After thinking twice, Liu Zhang decided to give Liu Bei some sweetness.He ordered to relax the blockade of Nanzhong and allow Liu Bei to recruit troops in Nanzhong.You know, although Nanman was defeated several times, Yong Kai and Meng Huo were still there.

As long as these people are still in Nanzhong, they will be a disaster sooner or later!
Liu Bei also stated in his letter that with his current strength, he is more than self-preserving, but not aggressive enough...

In other words, he can defend Nanzhong and ensure the stability of Xichuan.

But it is not easy to completely wipe out the Nanman.On the one hand, Liu Zhang needs Liu Bei to strengthen his strength, on the other hand, he doesn't want him to develop too fast.I can relax the blockade on Nanzhong, but if Liu Bei wants to develop, it depends on my face.This is Liu Zhang's basic attitude towards Liu Bei...

In this case, Liu Bei is also very honest.

Seriously manage Nanzhong, and respect Liu Zhang...

As for Sun Quan, he started to build Jiankang in the middle of the year and planned to move the government office away from Wujun.

The reason is also very simple, Cao Cao's Tangling Island navy is gradually growing.After Lu Su became Danyang's prefect, he discovered that the Dongling Island water army consisted of one large and ten small ones.A large five-tooth warship, accompanied by ten small and medium-sized warships.Not only can it guarantee the combat effectiveness in the Yangtze River waterway, but also continue to develop the combat mode in the open sea.After Pang De became the prefect of Guangling, he increased his support for Zhou Cang.

At the same time, Zhou Cang continued to attack, attacking pirates on the river, and attacking pirates in the open sea.

The captured water pirates were incorporated into the navy.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of Cao Cao's navy is constantly improving.

At the same time, Lu Su also found out that Cao Jun began to build a dock in Yuzhou Mountain, and spent a lot of money to invite craftsmen from Jingzhou to build the five-tooth warship.Once Cao Jun can fight in the open sea, it will inevitably pose a huge threat to the coastal areas of Jiangdong.This is what Sun Quan fears the most!Once Cao Jun can land from the coast, he will be able to approach Wu County in one day and one night.Doesn't that mean that Wu County is on Cao Cao's lips?

After thinking for a long time, Sun Quan made up his mind to move away from Wujun.

And the sorcerer concluded that Jiankang has the spirit of dragon prosperity.So Sun Quan decided to rule in Jiankang...

Generally speaking, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, or Liu Zhang and Liu Bei, the next priority is to recuperate.

At this time, no one dared to start the war lightly, so as not to spoil the plan.

But everyone knows that this is just a short-lived peace... It just depends on who accumulates enough strength first, then the great war will start.

However, for ordinary people, it will usher in a year of peace.

"Is this my mansion?"

In front of a luxurious mansion, Cao Peng stopped and looked at Cao Zun suspiciously.

"Sixth brother, you made a mistake, didn't you?"

Cao Zun was dressed in a black robe and said with a smile: "How can you make a mistake, this is the house specially given to you by the king."

The gate of the mansion is tall and thick, giving off a majestic atmosphere.

The door plaque has gold letters on a black background, and the four characters of Xinwu Township Hou are written on it.Just when Cao Peng was a little confused, the door of the mansion opened.

I saw Cao Nan holding a baby, and behind her were Cai Yan, Huang Yueying, Xia Houzhen, Bu Luan Guo Huan and others.

The whole family is here!
"Daddy!"

A girl ran out from behind the door, about ten years old or so.

She ran out and rushed towards Cao Peng immediately, which surprised Cao Peng...

Cao Wan is only nine years old, but perhaps because of her figure, it makes people feel that she is already around ten years old.

"Good girl, but it's getting heavier and heavier!"

Cao Peng smiled, picked Cao Wan up and turned around, and then put her down gently.

Among the many sons and daughters, Cao Wan is closest to Cao Peng.The eldest son, Cao Yang, is relatively shy, standing behind Huang Yueying, showing a little timidity.As for the other children, they seemed a little scared.I want to come and get close, but I am a little afraid.It's no wonder that Cao Peng now has four daughters, six sons and ten children, but no one can be with him often.As a result, when the children saw Cao Peng, they always felt a little strange and afraid.

As for those little dolls, there is no need to mention them.

"Your Majesty said, you have traveled a long distance, so you don't need to be in a hurry to see him.

Take a good rest... Today is the New Year's Eve, and it's a good time to reunite with your family.Your Majesty will summon you again tomorrow... By the way, you'd better be prepared.This time, the king has assigned important tasks, and he will be appointed soon. "

Heavy duty?

When Cao Peng heard these two words, he had a headache!

Heavy responsibilities often represent trouble.

It seems that he will not stay in Ye City for too long this time...

"Sixth Brother, thank you King for waiting for me."

Cao Zun smiled, said goodbye and left.

At the same time, he sighed in his heart that he became sworn brothers with Cao Peng back then because of Cao Zhen's face.Have you ever imagined that he would achieve what he is today?

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After Cao Peng watched Cao Zun leave, he took Cao Wan's hand and walked up the steps.

"Sister, why are you here?"

Cao Nan smiled, "It's not just us, parents are here too... Tiger Head is also coming, but I don't want to be unable to accompany you because of something. Let's go. Parents have been waiting for a long time, so we should go and see them first."

Cao Ji and Mrs. Zhang are also here?

Cao Peng didn't care about greeting Cai Yan and the others, and hurried to the mansion.

Lao Cao is really good, he knew that I was coming, so he brought his family over, just in time for a Chinese New Year reunion.

In my heart, I couldn't help feeling a little more grateful.

When he came to the hall, he saw Cao Ji and the old lady sitting in the hall.

Cao Peng stepped forward quickly and paid homage.

Cao Ji and Mrs. Zhang also helped him up immediately...

Compared with when we parted in Chang'an, Cao Ji was fatter and his face was much ruddy.From the looks of it, his position as a chief farmer is really leisurely.According to Cao Ji, Cao Cao appointed several right-hand assistants, and he basically didn't need to bother with official duties.After Xu Du rested for a month, he came to reunite with Cao Peng.

"However, after the fifteenth day, I will return to Xudu."

"why?"

Cao Ji said with a smile: "I am the chief minister... after the fifteenth day, I will start preparing for the spring plowing. I have to watch every day to avoid being gossip. Many people in the crowd are very dissatisfied. If you don’t even see anyone, someone must be dissatisfied.”

"If anyone is dissatisfied, let him find me!"

Cao Peng was immediately unhappy.

It was not easy to be reunited with my father, but I didn't expect to be separated again after more than ten days.

Cao Ji raised his hand and patted Cao Peng on the head, cursing with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, you are an important minister of the court anyway, and you are even the Marquis of Wuxiang.

Ah Fu, in the past two years, your murderous nature has become much stronger.

If you have time, read more scriptures... Your mother's 42 chapters can also help you avoid disasters. "

42 chapters are Buddhist scriptures!
Cao Peng is not against Buddhism, but he does not want to believe it.

Frowning slightly, he couldn't refute Cao Ji, so he nodded and agreed...

After talking with his parents for a while, Cao Peng withdrew.

As soon as he left the hall, he saw Cai Yan standing at the end of the corridor, waving at him.

"Madam, it's so cold, why are you here alone? Why don't you go back to the house and wait for me?"

A look of worry appeared on Cai Yan's face.

"Ah Fu, I have something to tell you."

"what's up?"

Cai Yan hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "This time we are coming, the king also specifically told Mrs. Qiao and Shang Xiang to come together."

"what?"

Cao Peng shuddered Lingling, showing a look of shock.

"Where are they now?"

"It's in the mansion... After coming here, the king didn't ask any more questions, but I always feel uneasy in my heart."

Not only are you uneasy, but I am also a little uneasy now!
Cao Peng scratched his head, although he was a little nervous, but his face remained calm.

"Since you're here, just stay here."

(End of this chapter)