In fact, Cao Cao's meeting with He Fei late at night was deliberate.

One is what Cao Cao said at the beginning, seeing that Pan Jinlian's health is getting better day by day, it is inconvenient for them to live in He Fei's house for a long time, no matter how good the relationship is, it is not their own home.

Both Pan Jinlian and Cao Cao felt that moving was imminent.

Cao Cao was grateful for He Fei's kindness, and naturally he wanted to inform him before leaving, which was not only human nature, but also reasonable.

The second is to tell He Fei about the progress of the group training, and by the way, ask for some financial support to alleviate the current situation of financial tension in the group training.

In addition, Cao Cao also has a deep meaning, that is, in case of meeting Yue Fei tonight, Cao Cao needs someone to help him prove it.

Although Cao Cao has been doubly careful, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, and if someone with a heart takes advantage of the loophole, Cao Cao is not easy to explain.

Therefore, Cao Cao must create an alibi to exonerate himself.

And in the entire Yanggu County, the person with the most right to speak is He Fei, as long as He Fei comes forward to testify for himself, then Cao Cao is suspicious and clear.

After hearing Cao Cao say that there was a hidden danger in requesting financial support from Dongping Mansion, He Fei didn't know why, and hurriedly said: "I want to hear about it." ”

Cao Cao looked at He Fei's eyes, carefully observed his expression, and explained: "My lord also knows that the formation process of our Yanggu regimental training is different, and it is not approved by the Ministry of War at the first level, but the imperial court that directly asks for instructions, and it is licensed by the imperial court. ”

Therefore, Dongping Mansion did not know about this, not to mention the rash request, how strong the support was. My lord, think about it, what is the purpose of our formation of Yanggu County? ”

"Of course, it's to defend the people of Yanggu County." He Fei blurted out.

However, his words hit Cao Cao's heart: "Yes, my lord, think about it, there is a gang of thieves in Liangshan under the rule of Dongping Mansion, why don't the prefect and the government supervisor send troops to suppress the bandits?" ”

He Fei frowned and said, "As far as I know, Lord Wu has gone to Liangshan to suppress bandits many times. It's just that Liangshan has 800 miles of water, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the thieves are huddled in the water village and can't come out, so it is quite difficult to successfully suppress the bandits, and it takes a lot of soldiers to succeed. ”

After hearing this, Cao Cao was overjoyed: "What the Lord said is good, and after several times of suppressing bandits in vain, Lord Wu must be anxious." In this case, if you let Lord Wu know that there are 500 people training in Yanggu County, you might as well guess whether Lord Wu will transfer regimental training soldiers to suppress bandits next time? ”

Cao Cao carefully observed He Fei's reaction and continued to analyze: "If there is only one threat to Liangshan in Yanggu County, it doesn't matter if you follow the order to suppress the bandits, after all, once Liangshan is destroyed, the crisis in Yanggu County will be resolved." ”

"But don't forget, there is an anti-thief Tian Hu in the west of Yanggu, and he is gathering 100,000 soldiers."

"If Dongping Mansion exterminates Liangshan with all the strength of the whole government, it will give Tian Hu a chance to take advantage of it, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not attack when Dongping Mansion's city defense is the weakest, and Yanggu County is the place where he must pass."

"At that time, Yanggu will be in danger!"

When He Fei heard Cao Cao's analysis, he was in trouble for a while, and he really didn't think about this question: "This ......"

Cao Cao fought in the south and north all his life, and the strategic height was much higher than ordinary people, so it was natural to persuade He Fei.

Of course, Cao Cao's main purpose was to maintain the independence of Yanggu Tuanlian, and to build Yanggu Tuanlian into an army that only obeyed his orders, and the less external intervention the better.

Although Cao Cao knew that this was unrealistic, the later he intervened, the better it would be for him, after all, only by giving him enough time could he slowly brainwash the regimental training soldiers.

Cao Cao continued: "So my lord, I think we should still put Yanggu's own safety first, and we should not ask Dongping Mansion for help unless it is absolutely necessary. ”

He Fei thought carefully about Cao Cao's words, although some places were a little far-fetched, but they were not completely unreasonable.

He Fei was in a hurry to form a group at the beginning, and his original intention and purpose was to defend Yanggu, if he couldn't even do this, then what was the point of all this?

It's just that He Fei also knew very well in his heart that just Yanggu County wanted to afford the group training of 500 people was tantamount to a fool's dream, so he replied: "What the adults said is not unreasonable, but the finances of Yanggu County are categorically unable to bear the needs of the group training, and sooner or later we will have to apply to the superiors." ”

Cao Cao stood up at this time and said loudly: "My lord, I know about this matter, but before that, I want to try to achieve self-sufficiency, and when things are really impossible, it is not too late for us to ask Dongping Mansion for support." ”

He Fei was puzzled: "If you don't apply for support from Dongping Mansion, what do you want to do?" ”

"The Yanggu County Finance allocates 1,000 yuan of military salary every month to the regimental training, and I will find a way to do the rest." Cao Cao said loudly, but he didn't tell He Fei the source of his planned military salary.

In fact, Cao Cao knew that in addition to financial support for the normal operation of the army, it was best to achieve the goal of supporting the war with war, as long as he could win the war, he would be able to obtain soldiers, horses, money and food logically, but these two were all later words, and the top priority was to solve the immediate difficulties.

After He Fei heard this, his brows furrowed, but he was seriously pondering Cao Cao's words in his heart: The good thing about what Wu Dalang said is to ask Yanggu County to allocate military salaries, but what he said is not good, isn't this just asking Yanggu County to pay protection money?

He took the trouble to form the Yanggu regiment training, but the official rank was not promoted, but Wu Dalang rose to prominence and became the commander of the soldiers and horses in Yanggu County, and got great benefits.

And the group training has not yet seen results, Yanggu County has already taken in two thousand guan, and now this Wu Dalang is still opening his mouth to ask for one thousand guan every month, this cheeky is thick enough.

But He Fei couldn't refuse this matter, after all, Yanggu Group Training was the initiator, and the role of the group training was also to protect Yanggu, and he was more or less responsible for the funds.

Thinking of this, He Fei was embarrassed and said, "A thousand for a month? How can Yanggu County have so much money? ”

Cao Cao took two steps, came to He Fei's side, and said: "My lord, soldiers and horses and equipment all need money, and five hundred people eat and drink Lazar every day is a lot of money, and I also know that Yanggu County's finances are not rich, so I don't need much." ”

"To be honest, this thousand times is also a drop in the bucket, it can only solve the urgent need, and it depends more on me to find a way."

After hearing this, He Fei gritted his teeth and seemed to have made a lot of determination: "Then I'll try my best, but I said that in front of me, this is already the limit that Yanggu County can bear." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he smiled happily: "Don't worry, my lord, I will never speak again, and I will solve the rest." As long as we work together, it will be easy to protect the safety of the people of Yanggu! ”

In fact, Cao Cao has already thought of a way, he plans to organize a group of people to return to his old business, after all, there are many treasures buried underground, and these treasures lying in the tomb are tyrannical things.

The tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty have been turned into antiques by the burial goods inside.

As long as these treasures are dug out, wealthy businessmen and celebrities from all walks of life will naturally rush to buy them.

This kind of thing, Cao Cao Men'er is clear.