Gongsun Kang is the eldest son of Gongsun Du, and Gongsun Du started from a small official and was looked down upon by the people of Liaodong County. Initially, Gongsun Kang served as the commander of the army. In the ninth year of Jian'an, Gongsun Du died, and Gongsun Kang succeeded him as the Taishou of Liaodong, and gave the seal of the Marquis of Yongning Township, which Cao Cao had previously given to Gongsun Du, to his younger brother Gongsun Gong.

Gongsun Kang succeeded to the throne, so it was naturally impossible to vote for Cao Cao directly, and Cao Cao's strength at this time may not be as good as Liaodong.

Originally, when Gongsun Du was only in Liaodong, he brought tens of thousands, and now he has the land of Sanhan, established Han County, operated for several years, and traded with Dong Pill over the years, obtained a lot of assets, and the population has reached 2.5 million.

In order to obtain salt and iron from the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, Gongsun Du also specially organized a caravan, and the official came forward to purchase a large number of horses, cattle and sheep from Wuhuan and Xianbei, and traded them in the Liaohe Port of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce in Liaoshuikou.

It is said that this Gongsun Du is also very hateful, Dong Maru, under the instruction of Yang Xi, suggested that he organize an army to loot small countries such as Goguryeo in the north, and the obtained cattle, sheep, and horses were purchased by the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce at the market price.

Gongsun Du was addicted to robbery, and Goguryeo was afraid of Gongsun Du, and his national strength was gradually consumed.

In the past few years, Yang Xi has exchanged 30,000 or 40,000 horses from Gongsun Du, but it is naturally impossible for all of these horses to be used for military purposes.

According to normal speaking, at this time, horses, five or six out of ten, cannot meet the requirements of war horses, and can only be used for transportation and civilian riding, of course, this is according to Yang Xi's high requirements.

According to Yang Xi's requirements, Dong Maru selected the war horses, and there were about 15,000 horses.

Donglai County, Huang County.

Li Xuan, the former chief secretary of Donglai County, who defected to Cheng with Cai Boqi, was one of the first county officials to join the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, and after training and transformation, he is now a solid supporter of the capital camp.

In February last year, Li Xuan was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture of Donglai, and the selection and care of war horses were under his arrangement.

The remaining horses other than war horses naturally have to flow into the market, and it is impossible for the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce to keep them all the time.

Today, Xu Yi came with the news that Cao Ying wanted to buy 5,000 horses, and Xu Yi purchased them for Cao Ying as a businessman.

The price of an ordinary horse is 10,000 yuan, that is, ten taels of silver, which is converted into silver dollars, and the coin of one yuan in Chenhe Bank is 100 yuan.

But Cao Ying didn't have Chenhe money, Cao Ying used the imperial court's five baht money.

Xu Yi sent the news of the existence of horses in Donglai Port to Cao Ying, and the person in charge of handling the matter was Cao Cao's clan and Cao Hong's nephew Cao Xiu.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, Cao Cao raised volunteers in Yanzhou to fight against Dong Zhuo, and Cao Xiu changed his name from Wudi, thousands of miles away, and returned to the Central Plains through Jingzhou in the north, and saw Cao Cao.

Cao Cao commended Cao Xiu for running thousands of miles away, and let him eat and live together with Cao Pi, and treat him like a parent. Later, Cao Xiu often followed Cao Cao to go on expeditions, first the tiger and leopard rode Cao Chun to death, and Cao Cao ordered Cao Xiu to be responsible for purchasing horses and rebuilding the tiger and leopard riding.

Xu Yi saw Cao Xiu and told him about it, but Cao Xiu was puzzled, why the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce had such a provision, since he traded with me, but he did not charge five baht, he could only exchange the full amount of silver taels and gold into silver dollars in Chenhe Bank, and then trade.

With Cao Xiu and a martial artist, how can he figure out Yang Xi's strategy, this is a currency war, currency infiltration, plundering gold and silver, and the copper is not wanted, and at the same time his own currency, promote it, when most people only recognize the silver dollar, and most of the gold is exchanged into the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, Cao Cao will find that without using the silver dollar, his economy will collapse.

Originally, in Cao Cao's control area, it was not possible to use Chenhe money, and there was only one situation, that is, both parties were members of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce and could use Chenhe money to trade.

Cao Cao represents the imperial court, and of course it is impossible to allow the use of private money minted by a chamber of commerce, but now that the facts are in front of him, Cao Cao has to raise his account to discuss.

Cao Cao really wanted to organize a tiger and leopard ride immediately, but where to get so many horses, even if he went to the north to buy them, it was impossible to have so many at once, and he had to pass through Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi's territory, so don't even think about it.

Four or five thousand horses, passing through other people's territory, it is simply a food delivery.

Strategist Chen Qun said: "If the prime minister exchanges Chenhe money and goes to trade with the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, it is a violation of the laws of the imperial court, so what is the use of this imperial court law, it is a group of suggestions, this tiger and leopard ride will not be built for the time being, and it will be postponed." ”

As soon as Chen Qun's words came out, there were many people who should make peace, Kong Rong, Wang Lang and others thought so, including Xun Yu and Xun Yu, they all felt that they could not break the laws of the imperial court, and if Cao Cao set this precedent, wouldn't it be a recognition of the legitimacy of the circulation of Chenhe money in the world.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, Guo Jia was thoughtful, seemed to hesitate, at this time, only Xu You came out and said: "If the prime minister wants to unify the north, the most important thing is to use force. I think it's okay to increase some of Chenhe's money reserves. You have found that no, now the bulk business of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, only Chenhe money, we do not have Chenhe money, but can only buy from the members of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, this is an extra middleman, naturally it is necessary to have an extra money. In fact, those members got the silver taels we gave, and exchanged them at Chenhe Bank, and they didn't spend a penny, and they became Chenhe money, why can't we do this directly, save the intermediate links, as for the issue of whether Chenhe money is in line with the laws of the imperial court, don't we admit it, what impact does he have on the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce? ”

As soon as Xu You's words came out, seven or eight out of ten civil officials in the hall began to oppose and attack, which shows how much the Central Plains family rejects such a new thing as the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce.

There is no way, they are vested interests, the ruling class, Yang Xi's Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, menacing, and the discerning people see that they are on the opposite side of them.

Cao Cao was unresolved, and the matter was put on hold for the time being.

At the end of the promotion, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia in private.

Guo Jia said: "The prime minister can't exchange Chenhe money openly. ”

Cao Cao is a smart man, Guo Jia only said one sentence, and he understood the meaning. There is too much resistance on the surface, and even an iron like Xun Yu feels that he shouldn't do this, but secretly?

So Cao Cao thought of Xu You.

Xu Yu has a shortcoming, that is, he is too arrogant, he is not polite to Cao Cao when he is drinking, and calls Cao Cao Cao Cao Apu, this kind of milk name, how can he be called in public, Cao Cao wanted to kill several times, but there was no proper opportunity.

At this time, Cao Cao didn't want to kill Xu You, but this saved Xu You's life.

Cao Cao called Xu You and instructed Xu You to take out the gold and silver from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Xu You's brother Xu Yi secretly entered the Donglai Branch of Chenhe Bank in Donglai City to exchange it.

This is said to be carried out in secret, but at this time, the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce does not have a confidentiality agreement to sign, in case it is accidentally leaked and the other families in the area controlled by the prime minister know, then we are not responsible.

Of course, Cao Cao also knew this kind of thing, how could it be regarded as a secret, and when the horses were transported over, everything would be clear.

Cao Cao personally ordered Xu Yi to exchange gold for silver dollars, and secretly passed on to the upper echelons of Xu Capital and even other regions, which naturally spread under the deliberate rendering of the member units of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce.

As a result, a small number of families around the world began to consider exchanging some of their own.

This is estimated to be the world's earliest foreign exchange reserves, this is the first step of Chenhe's currency claw, the first step to control the world, the first grasp finally successfully stretched out, and directly hit the core of the feudal empire, and all this, quietly.