In seven or eight days, the Nine Provinces Salt Road began to enter the right track.
On this day, at the Prime Minister's Residence.
"Wen Ruo, how is it?"
"My lord, the second batch of Guanzhong salt has been refined…" Xun Yu knew what Cao Cao was most concerned about, so he replied,""We lowered the price, and it's official salt. There's no problem with sales.”
"The first batch?"
"That's 80,000 taels of gold!"
Boom!
Cao Cao was stunned. He placed his hands on Xun Yu's shoulders and shook him,""Say it again!"
Xun Yu,"(o)?"”
"My lord, are you alright?"
Xun Yu was a little surprised. Was there a need to be so excited?
No wonder Cao Cao was so happy.
Don't think that he could control the vassals by holding the emperor and occupy three states and six lands, but he was really poor.
In his early years, he had been a lieutenant in Luoyang. Facing a bunch of poor soldiers, he could not earn any money at all.
After Dong Zhuo came, he became even poorer.
After that, he fled back to Chen Liu. In order to gather everyone to conquer the world, he sold all his family assets.
Today, in order to support hundreds of thousands of security guards, the income of the three states and six regions was basically difficult to maintain. Coupled with the implementation of tax exemption, Cao Cao almost emptied his pockets. How could he not live frugally?
Among the various dukes, Cao Cao was probably the one who had the toughest life.
After all, there was still a huge expenditure in the palace.
Even if he wanted to do something luxurious, it was better to forge more weapons and armor. This was the root of Cao Cao's problem.
Now, a batch of salt was enough to earn him three months of military expenses. How could he not be overjoyed?
Most importantly, this money was built on the basis of his original income.
This meant that he could further expand his army!
More territories, more money, more…married women.
"Wen Ruo, tell me, how should I reward the abstruse immortal?”
After his excitement, Cao Cao immediately thought of Guo Yun, who had provided him with the method, and asked,"Official position, gold, silver, or…"
He wanted to say women, but he suddenly realized that he didn't have anything on hand.
"My lord, I don't know either.”
Xun Yu stroked his mustache and said,""Since you don't know, why don't you ask Guo Yun to come and ask?”
"The one who knows me is Wen Ruo!"
Cao Cao laughed heartily and thought for a moment before saying,""No, I'll go to the military camp myself and see what strange things these ten Sky Xuan Immortals have come up with.”
Before Cao Cao could leave, Jia Xu hurried over.
"My lord, Yuan Shao's army is acting strangely. The brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi have led 120,000 soldiers to reinforce Qingzhou…Now that Qingzhou has 200,000 soldiers, I'm afraid Yuan Shao has the intention to start a war!”
"Where's Yan Liang and Wen Chou?"
"They have all left Jizhou. Their current location is unknown.”
Hearing this, the smile on Cao Cao's face froze.
"I'm afraid Yuan Shao has already found out about the salt in Guanzhong.”
Xun Yu sighed, his eyes filled with worry.""However, with Yuan Shao's indecisive character, he shouldn't have decided to start a war so quickly.”
"Liu Bei is also in Yuan Shao's army and is currently heading to Qingzhou.”
Jia Xu added.
He understood.
Liu Bei might not be good at strategic planning, but in terms of decisiveness, he was definitely much more decisive than Yuan Shao.
Why? Only when Cao and Yuan fought would he have a chance to make a comeback.
Moreover, the salt road of the nine provinces was being strangled by Cao Cao. How could Yuan Shao, who relied on Qingzhou salt to support his military expenditure, not understand the horror of this?
The longer this dragged on, the more Cao Cao's power would expand.
It might even get close to him.
In this way, Yuan Shao had no possibility of tolerating.
"Order Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun You, and the others to come to the residence to discuss the matter, immediately!”
Cao Cao immediately ordered,"Go and summon the Xuan Immortal!"”
Everyone immediately rushed over after receiving the order. They saw Cao Cao sitting quietly on the throne. He waited until Guo Yun and Xu Chu arrived before he said worriedly,"Everyone, it's like this."
"The scouts have reported that Yuan Shao has sent 120,000 more troops to Qingzhou. Yan Liang and Wen Chou have also left Jizhou with tens of thousands of cavalry.”
"My life and death battle with Yuan Shao is about to begin!”
After saying that, Cao Cao looked as if the sky was about to collapse.
Everyone also revealed a deep worry as they calculated how to deal with it.
"Isn't it just Yan Liang, Wen Chou, who put up the advertisement…"
Xu Chu was the first to speak."My lord, we only need 3,000 elite soldiers. I'll go and chop off their heads right now!"”
"I know you are brave, Xu Zhongkang, but now we don't even know their location, how can we send troops? Furthermore, there were so many soldiers stationed in Qingzhou. Beihai and Xuzhou might be their targets!”
Cheng Yu thought for a moment and said,"We haven't gathered enough rations yet, and we don't have enough weapons. Our chances of winning are slim."”
"This subordinate thinks that we should first think of a way to stabilize Yuan Shao!”
Xun Yu knew how terrifying the profits of the salt industry were, so he suggested,""According to the previous method of filial piety, why not ask the emperor to confer Yuan Shao the title of king? As long as we drag on for three to five months, our army will definitely multiply. At that time, we won't have to fear him anymore!”
"Fengxiao, Xuanxian, what do you think?" Cao Cao nodded and asked.”
"This subordinate believes that the Wen Ruo method is feasible.”
Guo Jia echoed. After all, he was the one who came up with this idea.
Guo Yun shook his head."My lord, big brother, you can't treat Yuan Shao's strategists like pigs!"”
Cao Cao: ”
Guo Jia: "(???)"
Xun Yu: "X X"
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