"Don't worry, I won't pass." Cao Cao turned his head and whispered to his brothers.

Then, he turned back to the villagers and said loudly, "It's just that our brothers are only worth ten taels of gold, which is too cheap, right?" ”

After hearing Cao Cao say this, Xiahoudun smiled slightly, he already knew what Cao Cao wanted to do.

Sure enough, after the villagers heard Cao Cao's words, they began to stir, after all, these ten taels of gold is an astronomical amount for the villagers, they work hard, and they may not even be able to pay taxes in a year, let alone have any savings, and if there is a little surplus grain left, people will be happy, and ten taels of gold, for them, even if they work in the field until death, it is impossible to have so much money, which is why the villagers are so crazy about this ten taels of gold.

Now Cao Cao said that ten taels of gold was too cheap, which couldn't help but make the villagers in an uproar.

Then, Cao Cao smiled and said to them: "My father Cao Song is the third duke, and my Cao Mengde is also the son of Taiwei, so it's too shabby to be my reward of ten taels of gold, right?" ”

As soon as Cao Cao said this, he was immediately stunned by the villagers of Niuzhuang, although they knew that Cao Song lived in Caozhuang and heard that he had a son, but no one thought that that person was the young man in front of him.

At this time, when they heard that Cao Cao was Cao Song's son, everyone panicked, to say that Jian Shuo had exploited and oppressed the villagers of Niuzhuang for many years, they did not dare to resist, because they were extremely afraid of the high-ranking Jian Shuo, otherwise they would not have been tired of working hard and would not dare to stand up and resist.

Now I know that this young man is Cao Song's son, although Cao Song is kind, but as a dignified captain, he ranks as the third duke, he may not care about ordinary trivial things, but if something happens to his son, how can he sit idly by?

Cao Cao's words succeeded in startling the villagers, and seeing their panicked looks, Cao Cao knew that his plan had succeeded again.

At this time, Cao Cao pointed to the dead horse on the ground, and then deliberately asked Cao Ren: "Zixiao, tell me, how much did we spend on this horse at that time?" ”

Cao Ren said: "Oh, this horse, it is in good condition, it cost fifty gold at that time. ”

As soon as Cao Ren finished speaking, there was a shout of surprise from the crowd, ten taels of gold was already heaven for them

The text is counted, and a horse that Cao Cao rode actually costs fifty taels of gold, what an exaggerated wealth is this?

Cao Cao said helplessly: "Fifty gold, then I'm not even as good as the price of a horse?" ”

At this time, Cao Cao suddenly stood up, and then said to the villagers: "That's it, since the county lieutenant has made a price, then I will also make a price." ”

Cao Cao raised his right hand as he spoke, and then opened his palm.

"Five hundred."

Cao Cao said: "If anyone can win the county lieutenant, I, Cao Mengde, will reward him with five hundred taels of gold!" ”

"Wow!"

When the villagers heard Cao Cao's words, they were all stunned.

If the ten taels of gold issued by the county lieutenant are enough for a family to be exempted from hard work, then the five hundred taels of gold can make a family live without worrying about food and clothing, which is simply a beautiful thing they could never have dreamed of.

Although Cao Cao said this as a teenager, it made people feel a little unbelievable, but his identity was there, the son of a Tai Lieutenant, it is not surprising that he can take out five hundred taels of gold, compared to the ten taels of gold issued by the county lieutenant, he also risked his life, and he offended the Tai Lieutenant to get the ten taels of gold, but if he helped Cao Cao, he could get fifty taels, this comparison, the contrast is too great, so that many people began to use their crooked brains, and looked up and down at the county lieutenant, and among these people who plotted against him, the three elders were also among them.

They saw that the county lieutenant was furious, and it was clear that he had come up with his own idea, and now he actually let Cao Cao turn around and stir up the relationship between him and the villagers, looking at the appearance of these people, maybe someone will really fall for him and tie himself up, and then it will really be a bad cake.

When the county lieutenant saw that the villagers were looking at him, he shouted angrily, "Why are you fools looking at me? How can you even believe such a thing? ”

The county lieutenant glared at the third old man fiercely, he was even secretly looking at himself, maybe this bad old man was also planning to arrest himself and exchange it for the five hundred taels of gold, right?

Seeing that the county lieutenant had discovered his careful thoughts, the third elder hurriedly turned his head away and didn't dare to look at him again.

The county lieutenant shouted to the crowd, "Okay, I'll see which of you dares to do it?"

At this time, the dazzling torches behind the crowd illuminated the four directions, and people looked there,

I saw that many people were rushing here.

When the county lieutenant saw this firelight, he knew that the rescue was coming, and he did not come alone to collect taxes in Niuzhuang this time, except for the previous guards and the cavalry team adapted from the Royal Forest Army, the large army that collected taxes really arrived at this time.

When the torches shone closely, it became clear that these were heavily armed soldiers, and when they met the villagers, they mercilessly drove them away, clearing a way for the team to enter.

"Pictured? Haven't you dealt with this Zhuangzi matter yet? ”

It was a chubby general, who was riding on a tall black horse, with a whip in one hand and a wine bottle in the other, and he was actually riding a horse and drinking at the same time, and he was a drunkard.

"It turned out to be Lord Chun Yuqiong, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for a long time, but I encountered some small things here and delayed a lot of time, I'm really sorry."

The county lieutenant saw this person on horseback, he actually bent down and whispered, although this county lieutenant's official position is not big, but the most important thing is that he is Jian Shuo's uncle, an ordinary official, even if the official position is bigger than him, he must be polite when he sees him, not because he respects this person and his official position, but because everyone is afraid of Jian Shuo.

And now this general on horseback, although he is tall and big, looks to be in his twenties, at least half less than the age of the county lieutenant.

Cao Cao thought to himself, who is this person? He hadn't heard the name of Chun Yuqiong, but looking at his line and platoon, as well as the county lieutenant's attitude towards him, he was sure that this person was not small.

The man named Chun Yuqiong squinted at Cao Cao in the crowd with half-drunk eyes, then pointed at him with a whip, and asked the county lieutenant, "You said that the troublemakers are these little ghosts?" ”

The county lieutenant gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, it's them!" ”

Na Chun Yuqiong glanced around Cao Cao and saw that there were many injured villagers around them, and the companions beside Cao Cao caught his attention.

Chun Yuqiong said: "No wonder Master Jiantu hasn't come back for a long time, I think things are strange, it turns out that this kind of thing happened." ”

"Well, you can see that they are quite capable of fighting."

Chun Yuqiong suddenly laughed.