Three Kingdoms: Salted Fish's son-in-law was overheard by Cao Cao

Cao Cao waited for a while before looking back, and saw that Liu Xie was indeed staring down at the shadow on the ground, but that shadow belonged to Cao Cao, and Liu Xie was stepping on the shadow's head.

As if feeling Cao Cao's gaze, Liu Xie felt goosebumps all over his body, and then pretended to be calm and took a step back to give up the position of the shadow.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Xie meaningfully: "Your Majesty, please go back and rest."

Huangmen immediately came behind Liu Xie, and Liu Xie obediently followed Huangmen to leave.

The matter inside the palace came to an end, but the impact of this matter on the outside of the palace has just begun.

As early as when Yang Xiu arrested people, there was already a commotion. All the arrested people were taken into the palace, which immediately aroused everyone's speculation.

Many people think that it is the reappearance of the Yidai Zhao. Many people are afraid that if they go in, they will never come out again, and these people who were arrested are all dignitaries.

If these people were beheaded by Cao Cao, there would be a lot of vacancies in power and interests. This made many people see the opportunity to rise, so they sent people to guard outside the palace early, so that they could get the news as soon as possible to prepare.

When there were bursts of wailing and cursing in the palace, the guards became excited, but the ending surprised everyone.

Those who were arrested into the palace unexpectedly all came out intact, even chatting and laughing in twos and threes.

That night, the news that Cao Cao burned and secretly communicated with Yuan Shao spread throughout Xudu, and even Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, who lived in seclusion outside Xudu, heard the news.

But what is surprising is that everyone is full of praise for Cao Cao's move, thinking that Cao Cao is really a model of "Prime Minister" who can pull a boat in his belly.

And the prime minister, who was called a big belly, was worrying at this time, and faced a group of counselors and questioned his soul.

"Where's the money? Where's my money? What about the money I collected from so much tax? And why is there so much less tax this month?"

Xun Yu sighed: "My lord, this is all a legacy of Yuan Shao's southern invasion."

Cao Cao was amazed: "At first I heard that Yuan Shao's invasion of the South indeed ran away a lot of people, but it has been more than half a month since our army returned from victory, why the economy has not improved yet."

Xun Yu patiently explained: "This is because the people have not let go of their consumption. Although everyone knows that Yuan Shao is afraid of being beaten by the lord and will not come back in a short time, many people are worried that the lord will take advantage of the victory to attack other princes."

"So all the money is in my hands, and I am ready to run away at any time, or save it to buy food after the war starts. After all, during the battle of Guandu last month, the price of food in Xudu tripled."

Cao Cao scratched his head a little. Although he defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu and seized a large amount of weapons, armor, and even horses, none of these could be exchanged for money.

After the war, many things cost money, such as military pay, rewards, and pensions.

Rewards for tens of thousands of people and pensions for tens of thousands of people are a lot of expenses.

If the national treasury is used, it will affect the construction of the next Xudu and even other states and counties.

Cao Cao scratched his head: "What we have to do now is... how do you say Taining?"

Xun Yu thought for a while and replied, "Economic growth?"

"No no, not this."

Cao Cao patted his forehead: "Why does Taining come up with so many new words every time? It's really a headache."

Guo Jia suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "My lord, do you want to say 'stimulate consumption'?"

"Yes! That's it. I remember last time Taining said that to stimulate consumption, one must either use policies to affect basic necessities of life, or add new growth points."

Xun Yu hurriedly dissuaded: "My lord, we haven't reached that point yet. The most important thing now is to stabilize the public's mood."

Cao Cao nodded: "I know, how about this, you will issue a notice tomorrow, saying that we will rest and recuperate, and there will be no war in a short time, so that the people should not be afraid."

"In this way, money will not be held so tightly. Then a new stimulus is needed to make the public start spending money."

Jia Xu, who has been fishing around, thought of something, and decided to sell it when Han Ze was not around.

"My lord, there is something in Taining's hand."

Then, like a thief, Jia Xu took out a vial from his bosom, and handed it to Cao Cao carefully.

Cao Cao took it and looked at it, and found that there was nothing unusual, but the smell was very fresh, which made people feel refreshed and eye-catching.

Then suddenly I felt a heartache. Cao Cao's heartache was because he thought of Han Ze's one-hundred-gold incense.

"Wenhe means that Taining is willing to sell these incenses? But the price of this incense is too high, and ordinary people can't afford it."

As he said that, Cao Cao's heart ached again.

Jia Xu participated in the whole process of Han Ze's incense making, so he naturally knew the cost of this product and Cao Cao's purchase price.

"My lord, I misunderstood. This was made by the lady in Taining's family. I just used the incense recipe given by Taining. This thing can not only be used as an incense burner, but also can be worn on the body to keep the fragrance for a long time."

"In addition, there are perfumes, aromatherapy, and incense beads for girls' home use, which can not only enhance fragrance, but also cover up the body odor emitted from underarms."

Cao Cao suddenly became happy: "What is the price of this thing?"

Jia Xu's words flickered suddenly, and he told the truth after Cao Cao's questioning.

"I...I stole this incense bead. I don't know how Taining sells it. But this thing is handled by Taining's wives and concubines. If my lord wants to know, you can ask Mrs. Taining."

Cao Cao was overjoyed immediately: "It's true that I haven't visited Jie'er for a long time, so I'll go later."

Then Cao Cao naturally took the bottle of fragrant pearls into his arms, Jia Xu stretched out his hand, and when Cao Cao turned his gaze away, he scratched his nose and refused to take it back.

At this time, Han Ze was coming in from the outside, and when he smelled it, he could feel the fragrance in the room, which was still very familiar.

After walking a few steps forward and sitting down next to Jia Xu, he suddenly woke up.

【Jia Xu, this old boy won't sell me out again, how could I smell the fragrance beads he stole from my house. 】

Cao Cao was shocked, why does this kid have such a good nose?
Huh!Just enough to fight back.

"Taining, what did you do?"

"Back to the prime minister, I'll go out to get some air and walk in the garden."

[I will tell you about my going to meet your daughter-in-law in your backyard!hey-hey. 】

Dangerous!
Cao Cao suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, and a chill rose from his spine to the top of his head, and then turned into a green grassland color on the top of his head.

Seeing Cao Cao dumbfounded, Han Ze suddenly sweated on his forehead.

[Fuck!Boss Cao isn't judging others by himself again, I'm just going to teach them how to play mahjong Hey, don't think about dirty things! 】

Only then did Cao Cao heave a sigh of relief, but what does it mean to judge others by oneself, the ones I accept are all widows, okay?

But this kid is clearly entertaining me, let's see how I deal with you.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, and Han Ze suddenly felt a murderous aura towards himself.