Chapter 103 Chapter One Hundred and Three: Deeply Plowing into Yanggu to Celebrate the Wedding

From this for many days, Cao Cao returned home every night, and his two daughters couldn't stop taking care of him. They were busy during the day, dealing with various affairs.

Wangzhi County collected all the donations and returned the two hundred taels of silver "donated" by Cao Cao, plus an additional one hundred taels. Cao Cao shook his head and sneered, then changed hands and added another two hundred taels, for a total of five hundred taels of silver and sent it to the magistrate's house.

He also spent three hundred taels of silver on the county magistrate, chief bookkeeper, and custodian to fill the vacancy of general judge for Huang Wenbing. Even Jiang Jing became a clerk in the county government and found a job for Li Kui.

He was so happy that he had the Dutou waist badge all day long and refused to take it off even when he was sleeping.

After finishing the affairs of the Yamen, Cao Cao took Wu Song, Xiang Chong, Li Gun, Ou Peng, Deng Fei, Ma Lin, Tao Zongwang, Meng Kang, and hundreds of capable men, bought a large amount of luggage, and went to Shi'er.

After staying on the mountain for several days, Xiang Chong and other six generals and their minions were left on the mountain, telling Qin Ming and others to practice diligently.

Then he took Wu Song and Meng Kang to Li Jun's water village. At this time, the water village had begun to take shape. A few people had a drink and stayed there for two days, then they left Meng Kang to help build the ship and took Li Jun with him.

Lu Fang returned to Yanggu.

After returning to Yanggu, Cao Cao took care of various businesses. He originally wanted Lu Fang and Guo Sheng to be responsible for the business affairs, but the two of them refused to die. They said in unison: "The previous bankruptcy, we know that we have no talent for business, so we can only

I am willing to follow my brother as a pawn, and please recruit more talented people in business."

These two people obviously came prepared. One recommended Yang Lin, the brocade leopard, and the other recommended Hou Jian, the brachiosaurus. Cao Cao knew about Yang Lin. He was a man who was accustomed to the world and knew everything about Hou Jian.

Although he was a tailor by background, he was also quite smart, well-trained in dealing with people, and had some insights into business matters, so they were allowed to take up the business.

Zheng Tianshou complained again that after he got the Zhujiazhuang property, his business was getting bigger and bigger now. Some shops were across counties and states, and he couldn't take care of them by himself. Many shopkeepers often tried to enrich their own pockets and didn't know what to do. Cao Cao listened.

Without further ado, he simply asked Pei Xuan to select a few useful brothers to take charge of the store business together with Zheng Tianshou. He wanted to use his iron face and majesty to wash away bad habits.

After all that, Mu Hong came to report again, saying that he was bored by drinking all day long and wanted to open a gambling house so that his younger brother could have a serious job. Cao Cao knew that gambling houses were also places where news gathered, so he immediately agreed and gave his money.

Open a gambling house for Mu Hong, and call it "No Block Gambling House".

It is said that there is no barrier to winning or losing, and he will never cheat anyone. His brother was originally a bully. He took over Cao Cao's Yanggu Xianhan and made the casino business prosperous.

After opening a casino, Cao Cao naturally thought of a hotel. He bought land right next to the casino and spent money to build a three-story building, named "Hero Building". Once it was built, Zhu Fu and a few of his guys would run it.

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July time passed by in such a hurry, and before he knew it, Cao Cao had sealed the iron barrels of his business inside and outside Yanggu County.

In the yamen, there were three people, Huang Wenbing, Jiang Jing, and Li Kui, and the other officials, big and small, were also familiar with money buying;

The business operations in nearby prefectures and counties are all managed by Pei Xuan and Zheng Tianshou, and the merchant business is managed by Yang Lin and Hou Jian. In addition, the casinos of the Mu brothers and the restaurants opened by Zhu Fuwei are all dealing with daily gold;

In terms of combat strength, eight generals, Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Deng Fei, Ou Peng, Ma Lin, Xiang Chong, Li Gun and Tao Zongwang, are stationed in Shi'er Mountain. More than 2,000 minions have arrived in Shi'er Mountain.

The limit of Ershan’s carrying capacity;

There are also Li Jun, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, and Meng Kang who run the water village, and there are also hundreds of people who are good at getting on boats and launching boats.

In addition to Niu Gao, Luan Tingyu, Shi Xiu, Fan Rui, Shi Qian, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, and Xue Yong who had no assigned duties, if Wu Song was added, there would be a total of thirty-three heroes under his command, which can be said to be a wealth of talents.

In August, Fan Rui and Jiang Jing were asked to choose an auspicious day. Cao Cao personally acted as a matchmaker and gave Li Kui 200 taels of silver and 400 acres of land as a betrothal gift. He then married Song Baolian back to his family in a sedan chair.

Originally they were just wall to wall, so they simply set up running water mats on the long street in front of the door, and no matter who came, they would eat meat and drink wine, which caused a stir in the entire Yanggu County.

The new daughter-in-law came in, bowed to heaven and earth, and paid homage to Mrs. Li Kui. She was so happy that her eyes shed tears, and she burst into tears. People could be seen in the shadows in front of her eyes. Everyone learned that it was the lucky star of the old Li family that brought double happiness to her.

In fact, during these days, Cao Cao had long ago invited famous doctors from Fucheng to examine Li Kui's mother. She had been taking various medicines internally and externally, and she had obviously improved today.

Wu Song had taught Li Kui martial arts for a few days before, and Li Kui loved him so much that he took a special trip to ask for leave and brought his soldier Yang Zaixing back to Yanggu to celebrate Li Kui's wedding.

Wu Song was a man of rough and tact, and he said to Cao Cao: "Tieniu is a rough and straightforward man. If he gets drunk, there will be trouble in the bridal chamber today. Brother, please find someone else to cover his drinking with me."

Cao Cao was so worried that he quickly found Niu Gao and asked Niu An to accompany Li Kui's wife. Niu Gao and Wu Song acted as besties, and Li Kui was not allowed to drink during the whole process.

Li Kui has always died when he sees wine, but today is his big day. My mother reminded me first, and Baolian gave me some private instructions. Now Cao Cao gave me another order, and the three most important people in my life all spoke, and they shut up.

If you don't drink at all, the groomsmen will do it for you.

On this day, Qin Ming's group, Li Jun's group, more than a dozen heroes and dozens of useful subordinates came to congratulate each other. It was a rare gathering of Cao Cao's heroes.

Li Ying, Hu Cheng and other familiar heroes were also present. Liangshan Chao Gai and Song Jiang did not dare to go out lightly, but Wu Yong and Lin Chong brought Liu Tang and others to congratulate him. Li Kui's colleagues in the Yamen also came to congratulate him in casual clothes.

Everyone wanted to have a good time, but when they saw that the groom refused to drink, what could he do? They became more and more enthusiastic, and before the toast was even halfway done, they got drunk and knocked Niu Gao down.

Wu Song showed off his elder brother's style, took off his shirt, carried a big bag, and drank bowls of wine like water. He drank thirty or forty bowls in a row, and they were all big bowls of half a pound. They were not necessarily comparable to the famous hero Xiao Feng.

The last sip of wine spurted out like a fountain, and he was as drunk as a jade mountain that was about to collapse. Cao Cao was afraid that he would have sex, so he quickly asked someone to take him down to sleep.

Seeing that Wu Song had been defeated, Cao Cao pulled Luan Tingyu and said: "Youdao, father and son go into battle to fight tigers. Brothers Tieniu and you and I fight tigers together. They are brothers. How can you, the elder brother, sit back and watch your younger brother being killed?"

Bully?"

Luan Tingyu wanted to give the black guy a few mouthfuls in order to avenge the tiger. Hearing this, he felt a sense of loyalty and stood in front of Li Kui. Within two tables, he was so drunk that he cried loudly and shouted: "That tiger is me."

I can kill a tiger with one stab, so six are nothing?" Shi Xiu held him down.

Cao Cao had no choice but to go in person. Fortunately, no matter which faction he belonged to, everyone respected him very much. Seeing that he came out to block the wine, they just went through the motions and drank seven or eight bowls of wine one after another, and finally sent Li Kui into the bridal chamber.

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There was also a group of bachelors headed by Ruan Xiaoqi, their eyes were red from drinking, and they were making a fuss about going to the bridal chamber. Song Lao'er and his wife looked over at the wall, and they were really bluffing. Cao Cao saw that everyone was making a fuss under the influence of alcohol,

Feeling a little unhappy, Fan Rui stepped forward and asked Li Gun and Xiangchong to help him put the tables and benches in the room. He walked around for a while, recited a few curses, stamped his feet, and a layer of white smoke appeared on the ground.

, then smiled and said: "Whoever can walk across the table and chairs without touching them can make trouble as he pleases."

Ruan Xiaoqi, Liu Tang and others were overjoyed and walked in. Unexpectedly, they twisted and turned and somehow managed to return to the door. Everyone saw the interesting thing and tried to walk one after another, but no matter how they walked, they could not see clearly.

After walking through the road, he took a step forward and came out of the entrance. At that moment, everyone was so excited that they forgot about the wedding.

Here Wu Yong quietly squeezed next to Cao Cao and stuffed an envelope. Cao Cao opened it and saw that it was a letter written by Wang Zhixian to Liang Shan: "The small land in the county cannot bear the king's conquest. I would like to offer 50,000 guan of copper coins and 1,000 taels of silver."

, Talk about showing your heart. On the day when the official takes office, he will send it once a year, and I dare not violate it. "

Cao Cao chuckled and said: "Haha, he collected more than 60,000 guan of copper coins, over 10,000 guan of ink, more than 6,000 taels of silver, and over 5,000 ink. Even if he repays the money of the officials, it is still a huge windfall. However, he is not greedy enough.

If you still want to come here every year, isn’t this just a yearly coin?”

Wu Yong observed his words and said: "The most hateful thing is to allow such greedy people to become officials. If they are all Huang Tongpan, Chiang Kai-shek, Iron Bull and the like, then the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe."

Cao Cao glanced at his face and smiled to himself: "This scholar also wants to be an official." He said: "What the scholar said is that when the opportunity is right, the scholar should also wear official robes and live in the hall for the world to see.

What should an official do?"

Wu Yong was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately bowed deeply: "Brother's way of employing people is unparalleled in modern times and ancient times. If you understand the master so clearly, you will have no regrets even if you die."

Cao Cao quickly pulled him up and said, "You don't have to say such things, we are just a family."

"Yes, yes." Wu Yong nodded quickly, then looked left and right, and whispered: "Since returning to Liangshan, brother Gongming and brother Chao Gai have had troubles several times..."

There are different teachings: officials and merchants are deployed internally and soldiers are deployed externally. Mount Tai is as light as a hair. A hero reaches out his hand with a smile, and a counselor's heart and gallbladder are full.
Chapter completed!