" Alright." Sun Qian nodded slightly and clenched his teeth. He folded his hands and bowed deeply."I am Sun Qian. May I ask Second Young Master, what is the current situation in Xu Prefecture?”
" Oh my, you're really giving me a big bow like this. Uncle Gongyou is an honest man." Cao Zhen took a sip of tea and looked extremely happy in his seat. His face was full of smiles.
" Since you've asked so sincerely, I'll be merciful and tell you." Cao Zhen swayed his legs and simply lay down on the couch.
"Uncle Gongyou, you said just now that you have plenty of money in your hands. Isn't the solution very simple?”
His childish voice spread throughout the hall as he smiled and said,"If you exchange money for swords, you won't be fish anymore.”
"Change it to a sword?"
Sun Qian narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly.
These words were very reasonable. However, if they were to recruit soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, they would not have the qualifications. Therefore, they urgently needed to rely on someone who could recruit soldiers and horses.
He was just a local official.
There was a lot of leeway for the chief officer.
"Second Young Master's intention is for us to submit to a certain duke and provide troops in exchange for fame.”
"Not bad!"
Cao Zhen raised his hand and said proudly,""I'm the best choice. If you don't make a decision, Xu Prefecture will be destroyed.”
These words were true.
After all, he did not know when Tao Qian would pass away. He was too old.
Sun Qian and Mei Zhu looked at each other. They had known each other for many years, so they roughly knew what each other's eyes meant.
To submit to the Second Young Master was equivalent to submitting to Cao Cao. What was Xu Prefecture to Yanzhou?
From the terrain, if they were isolated and helpless, it would be a battlefield with enemies in all directions.
However, if it was protected by Yanzhou, Xuzhou would become a huge granary that could store food, soldiers, and civilians!
His future life could be said to be incomparably rich.
Then, the money they donated this time would become achievements in the future and be converted into more money.
"Aiya, don't you know how to calculate this?”Cao Zhen pursed his lips." I really suspect that you started off as merchants. You have to make do with the rate of return on your investments. Your rate of return is your achievements. If I take down Xuzhou in the future, your assets will immediately go from one-third to one, and you will enjoy the same status as me.”
"Other than that, if I use Xuzhou as capital to expand and re-invest, I can attack Qingzhou after expanding production. Then, I will have even greater achievements. Don't you know what investment and capital operation are?”
"As for the risk calculation, my father is the herdsman of Yanzhou. The risk is that he will be defeated. If he fails, he will lose everything. But do you think now is the time to lose?”
Cao Zhen's long and eloquent words made Sun Gan feel like he was in a fog. He was stunned for a long time and couldn't say anything. His face was as red as pig liver as he stared at Cao Zhen. After staring at him for a long time, he barely squeezed out a few words.
"What, what do you mean…investment?"
"What is capital operation?"
Mi Zhu was also at a loss.
The two of them panicked. Which master taught them this? Or did Luoyang, Youzhou, and Jingzhou already have such new words to use?
It shouldn't be like this…
Although they didn't understand the words, they understood the words.
In short, he was going to help Cao Zhen and seize Xuzhou after he had a military force. Although he didn't know how he would seize Xuzhou, behind this nine-year-old child stood the new noble, Cao Cao!
In short, if he could succeed, it would be better than staying in Xuzhou.
And this Second Young Master…
The two of them looked up at Dian Wei and Qian Zhao, who were standing on his left and right. Both of them looked like fierce generals.
One look and he could tell that he was very good at fighting, plus Mao Jie was his…disciple?!
This child was obviously not ordinary. Most importantly!
Sun Qian suddenly remembered that after Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, it was not easy for him to start a business. Hence, he introduced the Inner Commandment Order. Starting from Cao Song, he was very frugal with everything he used. He even ordered his subordinates and sons to do the same.
Do not indulge in extravagance and debauchery.
However, when they came here, they saw that this Second Young Master was quite extravagant and licentious…
And he was still unharmed?
This wasn't normal. It was probably doting!
"Alright, alright. Since we've agreed, the two of you can stay in the guest rooms of my mansion.”
"In the camp…"
There was already a military camp?
The two of them shivered. It seemed that this child was not joking.
……
The next day.
In the northern camp, Cao Cao hadn't arrived yet, while Cao Ren was training. Cao Zhen brought along Qian Zhao, Dian Wei, and Sun Qian and Mi Zhu to visit the camp.
If he had important military affairs to attend to, he would definitely not allow anyone to enter.
However, Cao Zhen did not seem to care about this at all. He brought his men to a corner of the North Camp.
There were 300 soldiers inside.
Everyone had a "number" on them.
From 0 to 300.
0 was Dian Wei, 1 was the bait.
The rest of the people were arranged in an orderly manner. Each of them was wearing hundred-refined armor and a hundred-refined saber. There was also a pitch-black warhorse. Just by looking at its size, one could tell that it was a horse from Western Liang.
Or a good horse.
At first glance, it really did look like this…
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