Cao Ren has been feeling very unhappy recently, the main reason is that he has invested in the industries around Yecheng, which have recently begun to depreciate a lot, such as a restaurant, which was quite majestic in Yecheng before, and after many shareholders joined, this restaurant was opened very prosperous, almost surpassing the restaurant in Yuanfu.

But now the capital chain is broken, and several previous shareholders have bought the shares in their hands, and then withdrew, which directly led to the operation of the restaurant began to have a crisis, in desperation, Cao Ren can only reinvest the money he brought, in order to ensure that the restaurant still has the final say, so he must buy those shares that were sold.

When Cao Ren bought these shares, he found that the industries around Yecheng had lost a lot of money in recent years, and he only cared about how much money he received, but now when he redeemed these shares, he finally felt that the cheap was not in vain.

In this way, Cao Ren soon found that he thought he had brought a lot of funds that could be used to buy land in the four northern states, but now he was very stretched, and as the surrounding industries continued to withdraw shares, his treasury was desperately shrinking.

Watching a piece of gold being transported out, Cao Ren sat in the lobby of the mansion in a daze, even if he was full of resentment now, he didn't know where to vent, after all, those withdrawn shares must be recovered, because Yuan Yun and Guo Jia were obviously very interested in these shares, and had already begun to buy them at a high price.

"It's absolutely not going to work!" Cao Ren muttered indignantly, then stood up, and after walking back and forth, he knocked on the table fiercely and continued: "These are all things that Lao Tzu has worked hard to manage in the past few years, and it seems that it is already very climatic, how can it be taken advantage of by others at this time." ”

Chen Qun saw that Cao Ren was angry, so he could only comfort: "These industries are really too widespread, and these mercenary businessmen, when they see others selling their shares, they also sell them, and they are all making money, so the old man said that these untouchables are the most untrustworthy." ”

Cao Ren frowned and said, "Mr. Changwen, tell me, what kind of shareholding system Yuan boy can do, he can do it, why does he fall into such an embarrassing situation today when he comes to the old man?" ”

Chen Qun pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "This kind of thing of giving money to shares does have a lot of benefits, after all, it was the most difficult at the beginning, and of course it is a good thing to have more funds, but I didn't expect these people to retire at this time, it stands to reason that these industries have begun to make money, and they have a lot of dividends every year." ”

Cao Ren snorted and said: "It's all some short-sighted stupid people, now the annual dividends, where is the one-time sale of the shares in their hands fast, these people are some speculative people, now the shares of the old man's industries have been copied to sky-high prices, it's strange that they are not in a hurry to sell."

You have to blame Yuan Xiaozi, who actually gave the old man a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and took advantage of the fact that he began to shout to buy shares in our industries, which caused the old man to have to compete with him, which made these shares rise several times, and now is naturally the best time to sell shares. ”

Chen Qun didn't know much about this kind of joint-stock system, so he couldn't give any good advice at the moment, so he could only sigh and say: "In this way, we can only postpone the purchase of land, anyway, the policy of the imperial court has also been issued. ”

Cao Ren nodded helplessly, and said: "It can only be like this, this time the old man brought gold is also used for seventy-seven eighty-eight, and he really can't afford to buy land, and if these lands are not purchased at one time, they will definitely not work." ”

The two were talking, only to see a guard come to the door to report, Cao Ren immediately called the other party in, the guard arrived in the lobby, and immediately knelt down and said: "Back to the lord, the matter you want to investigate has already been decided." ”

Cao Ren snorted and said, "Hurry up and listen to it." ”

The guard immediately replied: "Before, the lord suspected that Yuan Yun was buying land, but after verification, he did find that the other party was buying land, and he bought a lot. ”

Chen Qun on the side instantly became nervous when he heard this, and asked, "He has bought all those lands, has he occupied all those fertile fields?" ”

The guard hesitated, and then replied with some strangeness: "Yuan Yun's purchase of land is very scattered, one in the east and one in the west, some are fertile land that has been cultivated, some are wasteland, and even some rotten quagmire, I don't know what he bought those lands for?" ”

Chen Qun was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Is this Yuan Yun a fool?" What did he do when he bought wasteland? The mud quagmire is even more nonsense, that kind of place is mostly sand and gravel, there is no mine and cannot be cultivated, and it is just a waste of money to buy it. ”

Cao Ren immediately interrupted: "Yuan Yun is definitely not a fool, he is smart, we must not be careless, he must have a plan to do this." ”

When the guard saw that the lord said this, he immediately continued: "In addition to Yuan Yun's accident, the Guo family also followed behind, and also bought a lot of wasteland and mud pools, and not only the Guo family, General Xu Chu, and General Xiahoudun are all buying, but many military generals are also following. ”

Cao Ren and Chen Qun's brows furrowed in an instant, this is not a trivial matter, so many people buy it together, it is definitely a very large-scale action, and at this moment, the imperial court decree has just been issued, these people act together, saying that they have no plans, and the three-year-old child does not believe it.

After thinking about it, Cao Ren asked again, "Did the others come back to tell you any news?" ”

The guard immediately looked out of the door, and then replied, "The little one just entered the mansion and saw a horse rushing behind him, so it should be that the other spies have also returned." ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw another person who looked like a guard come to the lobby and waited for a report, and Cao Ren then called him in.

As soon as the guard entered, he immediately bowed his hand and said: "The little one took a few of the Sima clan's disciples around, and checked the land that Yuan Yun bought, according to the analysis of several people in the Sima family, the land purchased by Yuan Yun is very suitable for building water conservancy, and almost all of them are in the upstream position, which is equivalent to being occupied by them All the water sources, even if we buy a lot of fertile soil in the future, as long as they don't give water, we are blind." ”

Cao Ren and Chen Qun finally stood up suddenly, at this time they already understood Yuan Yun's intentions, because when implementing Tuntian in the north, they all referred to the water conservancy construction of Luoyang and Wancheng, so they built a large number of canals and waterwheel systems, and now Yuan Yun and others are buying these things, so it is indeed equivalent to choking the throat of all the fertile soil around Yecheng, just ask in this case, who dares to buy those lands easily?

"Yuan Yun's son is so vicious." Chen Qun let out a loud shout and sat back in his seat.

At this time, Cao Ren was much calmer, after all, he had been shocked by Yuan Yun more than once before, and now he already had strong nerves and resistance, so he just thought about it slightly, and immediately wondered: "Could it be that Yuan Yun dares to embezzle Luoyang's public funds without permission, and then buy these private lands?" ”

Chen Qun shook his head and said: "There is no way, when Yuan Yun came to Yecheng, the old man had already done an investigation, he didn't carry any assets at all, and almost all the shipments were made by soldiers, so I urged General Cao Ren to quickly bring gold to buy land, because even if the other party wanted to compete with us, he didn't have any cash in his hand." ”

Cao Ren sighed, and was shocked for a moment, and then shouted: "Did all that gold from Lao Tzu go to Yuan Yun?" ”

After drinking this, Cao Ren left his seat again, and then pointed to the two guards and said, "You guys hurry up and investigate and see if Yuan Yun has a large amount of gold coming in recently?" ”

"There's no need to check, I've already checked everything that should be investigated, and the gold brought by General Cao Ren is almost all in Yuan Yun's partial courtyard in Cao Sikong, but it's almost a yard full, it's really a lot, and he also has to get it out to bask in the sun every day, saying that the color of the gold is not good, and it needs to be sunned more to avoid mold." At the same time as the words arrived, Sima Yi had already walked into the lobby, and without waiting for this command, he was already sitting on the right side.

Cao Ren was so angry that he slapped the table in front of him desperately, and finally said fiercely: "Are those businessmen who sell shares all Yuan Yun's people?" ”

Sima Yi nodded, shook his head again, and then said: "At the beginning, some of them were Yuan Yun's people, and later when General Cao Ren began to compete with him for the price, it was the real shareholders who came to withdraw the shares." ”

Speaking of this, Sima Yi smiled coldly and continued: "This share thing, it seems that it is still unfamiliar to us, so it will be so played by Yuan Yun between applause, when General Cao Ren began to develop these industries around Yecheng, Yuan Yun had already noticed, so he sent someone to estimate pretending to be a businessman, and then invest in our industries, at that time, we were all blinded by the sudden extra money, thinking that Yuan Yun's method of investing in shares is really easy to use, who would have thought that there is such a big loophole behind this, It is indeed our own negligence. ”

Cao Ren's face was a little ugly in an instant, Sima Yi had suggested to him that this kind of money falling from the sky should be careful, but at that time, watching so much money fall every day, who could bear it, so with a wave of his hand, he began to let his shopkeeper accept it crazily, almost as many as he received, resulting in the shares in Cao Ren's hands being constantly diluted, and finally there was today's result.

Cao Ren was so angry that his beard trembled at this time, and finally his eyes were cold, and he said: "Since the bright face is not good, let's come secretly, Lao Tzu brought all the elites this time, and find a time to rob all the gold back." ”

The corners of Sima Yi's mouth twitched, and he immediately objected: "General Cao Ren, don't be impulsive, since Yuan Yun dares to expose those gold every day, I'm afraid he is provoking us to rob it, which is equivalent to falling into his trap, you also know that Cao Sikong hates his own people to use knives and guns in the nest the most, if Yuan Yun takes advantage of this matter, I'm afraid we will definitely not be able to escape Cao Sikong's crime this time." ”

Cao Ren's face changed instantly, now his brother is not like a few years ago, but more and more alienated from himself, especially after he Cao Ren advocated the imperial court to decentralize the edict of land sales, Cao Cao's attitude is even more cold, if something happens at this time, I am afraid it will really not be able to get by.

With a heavy snort again, Cao Rencai said to Sima Yi: "Zhong Dake has a good way, now all our plans have come to naught." ”

Sima Yi thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "There are some plans and ideas, but they can only be implemented when they go out to Karasuma, and it is impossible to go around Yecheng now." ”

Cao Ren snorted and said, "Very good, the old man will gather all the people tonight, let's study it carefully, this time it is best to kill Yuan Yun on the way out!" ”

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"Ahh Yuan Yun sneezed fiercely, and looked left and right in an instant, always feeling as if someone was cursing him.

At this time, Shi Shen next to him took a few steps closer, and then glanced at the large amount of gold placed in the courtyard, only to feel that his eyes were about to be blind, and he squeezed his eyes hard, and then said to Yuan Yun: "Lord, you really don't plan to strengthen the guard?" With so much gold here, there will definitely be a lot of people who will be tempted. ”

Yuan Yun shook his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we just don't close the door at night, and we guarantee that we won't lose a piece, if someone dares to hack Cao Sikong's mansion, haha, then I can't ask for it." ”

Shi Shen listened inexplicably, but since the lord said so, he could only shrug his shoulders indifferently, it was better not to increase the guards, so as not to make him feel troublesome, but so much gold was placed in the compound like this, how to look at how it made people feel strange, how could anyone show their wealth like this, it was simply something that only the rich and the nouveau riche would do.