After Cao Cao was sent away, Cao Zheng went to the cage and opened the door. He reached in and grabbed two white tiger cubs.
He carried them one by one and put them down beside the children."Children, does this little tiger look good?”
"It's so beautiful, Daddy." Cao Ping spoke first.
"Then bring the little tiger back and take good care of it, okay?”Cao Zheng asked.
"Alright."
Then, Cao Zheng handed one of the cubs in his hand to Cao Yan. After all, it was the elder brother, so it was only right for him to help.
Cao Zheng had entrusted the remaining one to his two-year-old niece, Cao Ying, as a toy.
After settling the matter, Cao Zheng returned to his courtyard.
The next day, at noon, Cao Zhen rushed over.
"Second Brother, where should we put the profits from the saltworks, restaurants, and furniture factories this year?”Cao Zhen asked Cao Zheng.
At this moment, Cao Cao passed by and quickly said to Cao Zhen,"Ziming, what are the benefits? How much is it?"
Cao Zhen looked at Cao Zheng awkwardly. Seeing Cao Zheng nod his head, he told Cao Cao truthfully,"Uncle, this money is from Second Brother's investment in Donghai's saltworks, Yunchun Restaurant, and my father's furniture factory. Because these things are new, they are almost all pure income in the past few years.”
"Ziyi, how much money do you have?”Cao Cao said in surprise.
"Father, come with me."
Soon after. Cao Cao sat on the carriage that Cao Zheng had specially made for him, while Cao Zhen and Cao Zheng rode behind him.
The three of them and dozens of guards arrived at a dilapidated village outside the city in the blink of an eye.
The people in this village had been forcibly moved to the city when Liu Bei attacked Xudu. After that, Xun Yu had also distributed land and houses to them. They had settled down in Xudu City, so there was no one in this village.
Cao Zheng led the group through the village and arrived at the most remote courtyard. He opened a door with familiarity.
Cao Cao saw that the inconspicuous house was divided into four rows by rows of pillars. The first row was filled with Xuan paper that Cao Zheng had obtained from the system. They were not sealed or packed. They were neatly stacked on the shelves with a length and width of one meter. They were stacked higher than a person.
The nine-meter-wide and hundred-meter-long shelves were packed to the brim, leaving only a meter-wide passage for people to pass through.
The second row was filled with paper books, which were also filled with shelves.
The third row was filled with bamboo slips. They were piled up like trash, like a tall mountain.
The fourth column was filled with boxes of gold and silver. Some of them were given to him by Cao Song, some were seized from the expedition against the Wuhuan, and the last part was the money earned from doing business. However, Cao Zheng had been far-sighted enough to exchange them for gold and silver that would not depreciate easily.
Cao Cao stared at the paper and said,""A piece of Xuan paper costs 4,000 to 5,000 yuan. I'm afraid there are more than a million pieces here.”
"It's mainly because the paper mill produces more.”Cao Zheng explained," It's mainly for the school. The army needs Xuan paper. For example, paper books are definitely better than bamboo slips. For the army, they can make paper maps. It's mainly because it's very convenient to take them away.”
"I see. Let's go and take a look at the others.”
The three chests of gold bars were at least six to seven hundred catties.
No wonder this kid was so generous. It turned out that he really had stock.
The rest of the boxes were filled with silver ingots. The silver ingots were shiny and pleasing to look at.
Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he wanted nothing more than to pounce over.
However, Cao Cao suddenly turned around and smiled at Cao Zheng,""You're quite rich."
Cao Zheng smiled sheepishly." Most of them were looted when we conquered the Wuhuan. A portion was used as a reward. The rest are all here. There are also many mines in Fuyu, Liaodong. There are more boxes behind. There are a total of 2,125 catties of gold and more than 200,000 catties of silver.。”
"Aren't you afraid that the thief will remember you?”After saying that, he walked to the next place.
Cao Zheng was speechless.
I'm not worried about thieves, but I'm afraid that you, as a father, will miss me.
Now, it seemed that this thing had to say goodbye to him.
The remaining boxes were filled with many different kinds of items. Other than gold and silver, there were also jewelry, jade, jade, pottery from the Pre-Qin period, bronze, and so on.
After checking, Cao Cao called in a group of guards and ordered them to start moving the things they wanted.
Jewels, jade, and ancient artifacts from the pre-Qin period were needless to say. Cao Cao had taken half of the ten boxes of gold, more than ten boxes of silver, two carts of Xuan paper, and a few boxes of books that Cao Zheng had brought back from Xuzhou.
That was not all. After he was done, Cao Cao ran to the pile of bamboo slips and rummaged through them. He originally wanted to find a few good ancient books, but there were too many bamboo slips. After rummaging through them for a while, Cao Cao lost his patience and roared heroically,"Pack, load a cart and take it away."
Cao Zheng was very calm as he watched his wealth decrease at a visible rate. He thought,"Dad, I'm sorry. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. You don't really think that I would hide all my things in one place, right?”
Cao Zhen ran over and said,"Brother, I'm sorry. If it wasn't for my blabbermouth, you wouldn't have suffered so many losses."”
"It's okay. He took the dead money, but the living money is still in your brother's hands.”
Dozens of people busied themselves for nearly two hours and loaded twelve carriages. Cao Zhen escorted them back to Sikong Manor first.
When he returned to the residence, he would have to pack tea leaves, porcelain, silk, salt, and so on. He estimated that he would need seven or eight carts.
Cao Cao and Cao Zheng were the last to leave.
After the matter was resolved, Cao Cao was relieved. He smiled and said,"Ziyi, your ability to earn money is really impressive. Even if Tao Zhu Gong and Lu Buwei were added together, they probably wouldn't be able to compare to you. If you were a few years older, we wouldn't have been so poor when we started the army.”
Cao Zheng couldn't help but mutter," So what? With a prodigal father like you, it's not enough no matter how much money I earn."”
"What did you say?" Cao Cao asked.”
"This is what I should do," Cao Zheng said with a smile.”
Cao Cao nodded his head in relief. He turned his head around and asked,"Ziyi, of the nine houses, the rest are all wooden doors. Why is the one in the middle an iron door?”
Cao Cao hadn't noticed it before, but after taking a closer look, he realized that it was true. The door of the warehouse in the middle was completely black, and he couldn't help but ask,""What's inside?"
"Money!" Cao Zheng laughed.
Using a warehouse to store money, this kid…
Cao Cao suddenly shot out a ray of light like a hungry wolf.
Cao Zheng understood that if he couldn't explain it clearly, he would skin himself alive. He said,"Although I was in the north to quell the rebellion, I didn't miss out on my business in various places. There's no need to take away the rice paper, tea leaves, furniture, porcelain, and the money earned from the restaurant, right?”
Thinking of the price of Xuan paper and the stock in the warehouse, Cao Cao became interested and said,""Let's go and take a look."
"I can't open it." Cao Zheng spread out his hands and said," There are three locks on the iron door. I have one, Second Uncle has one, and the last one is in my wife's hands. The three keys can only be used together. After I came back, I took back the key from my wife. However, I didn't take the other two's keys. They still have them."”
Cao Cao said regretfully,"Return all three keys to me later."”
" Ah..." Cao Zheng couldn't take it anymore and said,""Father, this is daylight robbery.”
Thus, Cao Cao only had a few dozen people following him when he left, but when he returned, there were dozens of carriages carrying things all the way to the Prime Minister's residence.
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