Today is Monday, I feel a bit depressed for some reason, and my condition is extremely bad.
I was originally going to write "Why Not Lock Up Da Qiao in Purdah" today, but I didn't want to be in a bad mood... Let's make a transition first, there are only 5,000 words, sorry!
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The wind howled, and the sky was covered with snow.
Snowflakes are flying in droves, dyeing the sky and the earth white. The vast mountains and rivers, covered with silver, are looming in the misty wind and snow.
The road that was already difficult to travel has become even more difficult due to this blizzard.
Cao Peng and Cao Hong met together and slowly moved towards Yecheng. In addition to their respective retinues, there was also Xiahou Lan, who was about to go to Zhangjun of Caozhou to serve as the governor of Caozhou. This governor was Cao Cao's new governor.
The official position is specially set up to promote the government's military. Its rank is higher than that of Zhonglang General, similar to a miscellaneous general. But it is more powerful than that miscellaneous general... because this governor is in charge of military affairs.
, it is normal to implement the integration of military and peasantry, and the integration of military and animal husbandry, and the power will naturally be great.
However, in front of Cao Peng and Cao Hong, Xia Houlan behaved very low-key.
After crossing the Yellow River, the group of people traveled day and night. However, the road was difficult, making it difficult to increase the speed.
Cao Peng and Cao Hong were not in a hurry.
The two of them have now resigned from their posts. As the saying goes, without an official, you are light-hearted, so there is no need to hurry.
Anyway, just arrive at Yecheng before the New Year's Eve. It's too early to go and it doesn't mean much, so it's better to go slowly.
"I always feel that Teacher and Cao Hou are more like businessmen."
While staying at Longlu Mountain at night, Xu Gai secretly talked to Deng Ai and others.
After this long journey, Xu Gai's dandy attitude has been reduced a lot. He is not too old, and he has no overnight feud. If Xu Gai didn't put on such a dandy air, everyone would be able to accept it.
After all, Xu Huang and Cao Peng were officials in the same dynasty, and they were also two thousand stone officials.
If a trivial matter caused a rift between the two, neither Deng Ai nor Xu Gai would be willing to do so.
As for Cao Peng, he did not deliberately mediate their relationship.
Everything seemed so natural, and the grudges were resolved unconsciously. Xu Gai's temperament had a bit of Xu Huang's arrogance, while Deng Ai and Sun Shao were both small-minded. Wang Pingping and Gao Chong were older than each other.
They are older and have more experience than them, so they don't get involved in the disputes.
In this way, everyone is in harmony.
Sitting in the small tent in the camp at the foot of Longlu Mountain, Xu Gai threw two pieces of charcoal and turned up the fire a little more, which raised the temperature in the tent a lot. Wang Siping and Gao Chong were boiling water, while Deng Ai was boiling water.
Check Sun Shao's homework.
Sun Shao was good at martial arts and was considered the best among all the people.
However, when it comes to reading and military strategy, it is Deng Ai who rules the roost.
In comparison, Xiang Chong has rich experience and is not inferior to Deng Ai. He is just not as knowledgeable and systematic as Deng Ai.
Wang Pingping has the worst foundation and can hardly recognize many words.
But he has a very good habit, that is, he is eager to learn...
Although Sun Shao didn't like studying, Cao Peng forced him to give him homework every day. Of course, Cao Peng couldn't take exams all the time, so he gave the supervision responsibility to Deng Ai.
Hearing Xu Gai's words, Sun Shao was a little unhappy and said: "It's so good, why did you talk about the teacher's fault?"
"no no!"
Xu Gai quickly waved his hands and explained: "I'm not criticizing the teacher. It's just that when I went to the big tent to hand in my homework, I heard the teacher and Cao Hou muttering there, talking about making money every day.
.I’m just curious, how did the teacher come up with all these weird ideas? My father has never been rich, and I don’t know what happened this time, but he actually got involved and wanted to make a lot of money..."
"this……"
Deng Ai scratched his head, really not knowing how to explain.
His uncle indeed had a lot of clever ideas, so many that sometimes it even made Deng Ai feel confused.
For example, when I went downstairs that day, my eighth store was about to be opened in Yecheng.
It is said that the ninth and tenth families have also begun planning. The key is that his uncle can always make money, and the profits are astonishing. Even Cao Nan whispered in private: If Cao Peng goes into business, he will definitely become the best in the world.
The richest businessman.
"By the way, what exactly is uncle going to do?
I see that these days, he and Cao Hou often get together and murmur, and every time after talking, Cao Hou seems very excited."
Xu Gai scratched his head, "I'm not sure either.
I just remember the last time I was in Chang'an, the teacher told my dad what he said about gathering refugees and doing work... and he also used a lot of weird terms. I later asked my dad what the teacher meant.
Dad said he didn't know either! He just heard what the teacher said was very tempting, so he couldn't help but get involved. But I heard that Cao Hou and the teacher were going to do something big this time.
Not only the three of them, but also preparing to recruit others 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 contracting of labor and materials, what kind of capital... Oh, and he also said that he wanted to make dumpling soup. What is dumpling soup? "
In the small tent, the five servants of the General's Mansion all looked confused!
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"You see, we will start construction on the wasteland west of Zhangshui. If we complete the construction, it will require 500,000 man-hours. If we follow the previous custom of collecting corvees, it may take more time... The court will need to pay a large amount of money.
It was used for corvee labor, and at the same time, it had to take into account various restrictions such as farming seasons. It would take three to five years to build the west city.
But let's take over this matter and recruit five thousand refugees.
To take care of food and clothing every day, one person can spend a hundred yuan a day... With five thousand people, a hundred yuan a day is half a million yuan. This is our cost! But after the entire project, how much food do you think the court will invest?
I made a rough estimate and it would cost tens of thousands.
But for us, if we get 80 million yuan, we can save the king 20 million yuan. The whole project can be completed in a hundred days. A hundred days... Uncle, we will have a profit of at least 30 million yuan in a hundred days, why?
Are you happy but not doing it?”
Cao Hong's eyes have turned into numerous Jian'an treasures.
Cao Peng's calculation method is very rough and simple... But one thing is that gathering a large number of refugees to start work can save labor and working hours to a great extent. Most of the city walls in the Eastern Han Dynasty were built with rammed earth.
The required materials are not troublesome. Timber can be obtained from the northwest, and stone can be found everywhere. In this way, a new Chang'an City can be built...
However, the recruitment and supervision of refugees need to be handled by someone specifically.
But even so, it’s still a huge profit!
The most important thing is that in this way, the refugees can be properly resettled. With the development of the northwest, a larger and more large-scale Chang'an City is indispensable. When building a new city, this is solved by the way.
The residences of the refugees were controlled and controlled. With the smooth flow of the northwest business road and the influx of a large number of Hu merchants, Chang'an will inevitably usher in a climax of development, and naturally there will be a large number of job opportunities. It seems that it is only five years old.
Thousands of people are displaced, but the actual benefits it brings are difficult to estimate.
"Zilong, are you interested?"
When Cao Peng saw Cao Hong thinking deeply, he didn't urge him. He turned around and suddenly asked Zhao Yun behind him.
"ah?"
Zhao Yun was startled and a little confused.
"The money came from me openly, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about.
To be honest, good wealth is not a bad thing. If you can get it openly and make your family live and work in peace and contentment, I don’t think it’s impossible. What? If you are interested, you can count on it! You don’t have to pay anything, just collect the money when the time comes.
that is."
Zhao Yun is already married!
Although I don’t have children yet, the pressure of life is inevitable.
Ma Yunlu was born in the northwest, and of course he hopes to find a job in Chang'an. But now the living conditions in Chang'an are very high, which makes living in a difficult situation quite difficult. Ma Yunlu has some wealth, but Zhao Yunlu is seriously poor. Although he has a monthly salary,
After all, there are some difficulties in finding a job in Chang'an.
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 that we alone can't do it... I'll discuss it with Zixiaozi and you can go find your father-in-law and ask him to come forward. Let's join hands and make this dumpling soup bigger. What do you think?
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"I have no objections!"
The wind and snow finally stopped.
The team set off again and headed 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 colorful decorations, 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 squadron, it also indicates that Yecheng will become Cao Cao's foundation in the future. It is impossible for the war to happen again, and the focus should be on recuperation.
.This point was made clear to Cao Cao after he returned to Yecheng.
The people were naturally rejoicing.
And Cao Cao's opponents also breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, Cao Cao's series of actions made Sun Quan, Liu Zhang, and Liu Bei feel heavy pressure.
Now Cao Cao plans to recuperate and give everyone a chance to breathe.
Especially after the news came out that Cao Peng had been dismissed from the post of Sili Xiaowei, Xichuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Hanzhong was occupied by Cao Cao, but Xichuan still had Jiameng Pass as its gateway, so there was no need to worry.
The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the blue sky.
Liu Zhang stepped up his defense arrangements and at the same time began to rectify the people's livelihood in Xichuan.
It is easy to destroy, but difficult to build.
The entire Xichuan economic system was almost completely destroyed by Cao Peng. It would not take one or two years to recover. This would be a long process, and Liu Zhang felt that the pressure on him was extremely huge.
Fortunately, with Liu Bei stationed in Nanzhong, Liu Zhang no longer had to worry about the Nanman.
In just one year, Liu Bei used both hard and soft tactics to gain a firm foothold in Nanzhong. After thinking twice, Liu Zhang decided to give Liu Bei some sweet spots. He ordered to relax the blockade on Nanzhong and allow Liu Bei to
Recruiting troops in Nanzhong. You must know that although the Nanman were 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 explained in his letter that with his current strength, he is more than able to protect himself, but not aggressive enough...
In other words, he can defend Nanzhong and ensure stability in Xichuan.
But it is not easy to completely wipe out the Nanman. On the one hand, Liu Zhang needs Liu Bei to be strong, on the other hand, he does not want him to develop too fast. I can relax the blockade of Nanzhong, but you Liu Bei want
Development depends on my face. This is Liu Zhang's basic attitude towards Liu Bei...
In this situation, Liu Bei was also very honest.
He governed Nanzhong seriously and respected Liu Zhang very much...
As for Sun Quan, he started to build Jiankang in the middle of the year and prepared to move the government seat away from Wu County.
The reason is also very simple. Cao Cao's Dongling Island navy is gradually growing. After Lu Su became the governor of Danyang, he discovered that the Dongling Island navy's organization was one large and ten small. A large five-tooth warship, equipped with
Ten small and medium-sized ships not only ensure the combat effectiveness in the Yangtze River waterway, but also continue to develop the combat mode in the outer sea. After Pound became the prefect of Guangling, he increased his support for Zhou Cang.
At the same time, Zhou Cang also continued to attack, attacking water pirates on the river and attacking pirates in the open sea.
The captured water pirates were incorporated into the navy army.
As a result, 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 at Yuzhou Mountain and spent a lot of money to hire craftsmen from Jingzhou to build a five-tooth warship. Once Cao Jun can fight in the open sea, it will definitely pose a huge threat to the coastal areas east of the Yangtze River. This is also the case for Sun Quan
The most terrifying thing! Once Cao Cao's army can land from the coast, they can attack Wu County in one day and one night. Doesn't that mean that Wu County is on Cao Cao's lips?
Sun Quan thought about it for a long time and made up his mind to move away from Wu County.
And the charlatan sorcerer concluded that Jiankang had the spirit of dragon prosperity. So Sun Quan decided to rule 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 dares to start the war lightly, so as not to ruin the plan.
But everyone knows that this is just a short-term peace... It just depends on who accumulates enough strength first, then the war will begin.
However, for the common people, it will usher in a peaceful year.
"Is this my mansion?"
In front of a luxurious mansion, Cao Peng stopped and looked at Cao Zun doubtfully.
"Brother Six, you are mistaken, right?"
Cao Zun was wearing a black robe and said with a smile: "How could I be mistaken? This is the house specially given to you by the king."
The gate of the mansion is tall and thick, giving people a majestic atmosphere.
The door plaque has gold characters on a black background, and the four characters "Xinwuxianghou" 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. Behind her, there 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. She looked about ten years old.
She ran out and immediately pounced on Cao Peng, which surprised Cao Peng...
Cao Wan is only nine years old, but maybe because of her figure, it makes people feel that she is already ten years old.
"Good girl, but it's getting heavier!"
Cao Peng smiled, picked up Cao Wan and spun her around before gently putting her down.
Among the many children, Cao Wan was the closest to Cao Peng. The eldest son, Cao Yang, was relatively shy and looked a little timid standing behind Huang Yueying. As for the other children, they seemed a little scared. They wanted to come over and get close, but they were a little afraid. No wonder,
Cao Peng now has four daughters, six sons and ten children, but no one has ever been able to spend time with him. As a result, his children always feel a little strange and afraid when they see Cao Peng.
As for those little dolls, there is no need to mention them.
"The king said, you have traveled a long distance, so there is no need to rush to see you.
Have a good rest... Today is the end of the year, and you will have a good reunion with your family. The king will summon you again tomorrow... By the way, you'd better be prepared. The king has assigned important tasks this time, and he will be appointed soon."
Important task?
Cao Peng got a headache when he heard these two words!
Heavy responsibilities often mean trouble.
It seems that he won't be able to stay in Yecheng for too long this time...
"Brother Six, thank you so much for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Cao Zun smiled, said goodbye and left.
At the same time, I lamented in my heart that my friendship with Cao Peng back then was just because of Cao Zhen's face. Did you ever think that he would achieve what he does 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 and said, "It's not just us, my parents are here too... Hutou is going to come too, but he doesn't want to have something to do and not be able to accompany him. Let's go, my parents have been waiting for a long time, so we should go and see him first."
Cao Ji and Mrs. Zhang are here too?
Cao Peng didn't bother to chat with Cai Yan and others, and hurriedly walked to the mansion.
Lao Cao is indeed a good person. He knew I was coming and brought my family over so we could celebrate the New Year together.
In my heart, I couldn't help but feel a little more grateful.
When he came to the hall, he saw Cao Ji and the old lady sitting in the hall.
Cao Peng quickly stepped forward and paid homage with great salute.
Cao Ji and Zhang also helped him up immediately...
Compared with when we parted in Chang'an, Cao Ji was fatter and his face was much rosier. It seemed that his position as a great agricultural minister was really leisurely. According to Cao Ji, Cao Cao appointed several capable assistants, and he basically
There was no need to worry about official duties. After resting in Xudu for a month, he came to reunite with Cao Peng.
"But after fifteen, I will return to Xudu."
"Why?"
Cao Ji smiled and said: "After all, I am a big farmer... After fifteen years, I will start preparing for spring plowing. I have to keep an eye on it every day to avoid being gossiped about. You also know that I am a big farmer... Haha, Chao
Many of them are very dissatisfied. If you don't even see anyone, someone will be dissatisfied."
"If anyone is dissatisfied, let him find me!"
Cao Peng suddenly became unhappy.
It was not easy to reunite with my father, but I didn't expect that we would be separated again after more than ten days.
Cao Ji raised his hand and patted Cao Peng on the head, and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense. You are also an important minister of the imperial court, and you are also a Marquis of Wuxiang. Why do you do this so often? I know you, Cao Yanwang, are powerful, but
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Ah Fu, in the past two years, your murderous nature has become much more murderous.
If you have time, read more scriptures...the forty-two chapters of the scriptures from your mother can also help you avoid disasters."
The forty-two chapters of the sutra are Buddhist sutras!
Cao Peng was not against Buddhism, but he was not willing to believe it.
His brows furrowed slightly. He couldn't refute Cao Ji, so he nodded and agreed...
After chatting 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 and waved to 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.
"Afu, there's something I want to tell you."
"What's up?"
Cai Yan hesitated for a moment and said softly: "When we come this time, Your Majesty specially told us to ask Mrs. Qiao and Shang Xiang to come together."
"ah?"
Cao Peng shook his head and showed a look of shock.
"Where are they now?"
"It's in the mansion... After I came here, the king didn't ask any more questions, but I always felt uneasy in my heart."
Not only are you uneasy, I am also a little uneasy now!
Cao Peng scratched his head. Although he felt a little uneasy, his face remained calm.