Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 260 Forget it
Chapter 261 Forget it
"Counting the bandit's 3 shi is still a drop in the bucket, and there is still a shortage of rations for [-] people. This is only counted until the autumn harvest, not counting the future." Wen Jiao's crisp voice sounded.

"The goal now is to last until the autumn harvest. As long as there is a crop in Tuntian District, things will be much easier."

"Even so, there is still a huge gap of [-] shi, and now is the time when the crops are in short supply, and there is no more grain on the market." Wen Jiao continued.

"Young master, why don't you assign some of the refugees to the prime minister? Didn't you say that the prime minister wanted to set up a Diannong school lieutenant?"

"Don't even think about it. All these refugees will stay in Luoyang. If you miss this time, it will be difficult to find opportunities to enrich Luoyang's population in the future." Cao Chong directly rejected this suggestion.

"But we really can't afford so much food to feed them!"

"I have asked Henan Yin to help me buy it. I should be able to buy some more. I am trying to find a way to get another batch of grain from the Prime Minister's Mansion." Cao Chong frowned.

"Then let's see how much the young master can get from the prime minister. Why don't the young master go back to see the prime minister in person?" Pang Tong said.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Anyway, it's a matter between you father and son. If you go back and act like a good boy and pretend to be filial for a few days, maybe the matter will be resolved.

As for asking Guo He to help with the acquisition?Everyone pretended not to hear that the food was in the hands of the gentry, and it was useless to ask anyone for help.

"There's no need to answer Xu, there are many things in Luoyang! You don't know how much gold and silver was seized this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion will be tempted! Don't worry about not being able to get food."

Hearing what Cao Chong said, everyone became interested, how much gold and silver can a gang of thousands of bandits save?Can it still make the prime minister's mansion tempted?
"Young master, does this mean that the campaign against bandits has yielded a lot? We are still short of [-] to [-] shi of grain, how much gold and silver can the bandit den have?" Liu Ba asked with a smile.

"Is 10 taels of silver enough? Add a few thousand taels of gold, and I don't believe I can't get back tens of thousands of shi of grain!" Cao Chong said proudly.

"How much!" Everyone gasped, unable to believe their ears.

"This is impossible!" Pang Tong cried out strangely!

"Young master, don't scare people with big words!" Cao Tai felt his heart was restless.

"Can there be fakes? When I saw these gold and silver, I was also shocked, and Lao Guo was wiping cold sweat!" Cao Chong said.

"How is this possible? Such wealth is simply not something a bandit can have!"

"That's right, if someone knew that these bandits possessed such wealth, let alone a mere 1000 people, if there were ten times more people, they would have been wiped out long ago."

The audience was discussing, Cao Chong frowned and said: "This group of bandits is very strange. They fought fiercely with the officers and soldiers. The leaders, big and small, would rather die than surrender. Under the siege of thousands of officers and soldiers, more than half of the queens died in battle! This is not true at all. He looks like a gangster, but Guo He said he looks a bit like a dead soldier."

Cao Chong told everyone about the situation of the bandits, and he also wanted to hear everyone's opinions.

"It sounds like you really don't want ordinary thieves and bandits. Leaving aside the ferocity and abnormality, the most important thing is that batch of property! Who left it? Why did it fall into the hands of a group of bandits? Why did it remain so far? There are too many mysteries! " Liu Ba sighed.

"Young master, in fact, you don't need to think too much. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world has been in chaos, and there have been many secrets buried. I guess the owner of this batch of property has died in the turmoil long ago, otherwise it would not have happened." It has been preserved in the hands of a group of bandits. Besides, the world’s wealth is owned by the virtuous, and the young master used it to rebuild Luoyang, and it is well used!” Pang Tong said to Cao Chong after he calmed down his mood.

"This statement is exactly what I want, no matter what its origin is, it is now the spoils of war that I got from suppressing the bandits!" Cao Chong agreed with Pang Tong's words.

"I also think his original master died long ago. As for how he fell into the hands of these bandits, after the death of the bandit leader Liu Ji, no one will know."

"However, there are still many people who are secretly looking for the whereabouts of this batch of treasures. Guo He seems to know something. When he saw this batch of gold and silver, his expression was a little strange. Based on his knowledge, it shouldn't be like this." Cao Chong continued. .

"So the young master should get rid of it as soon as possible and replace it with various grains and supplies. The gold, silver, pearls and jade are too hungry to eat and cold to wear, and they still attract people's attention. It is better to disperse as soon as possible!"

"That's a good statement. The Prime Minister's Mansion is a good place to go, and you can exchange a lot of supplies from there."

"Yes, what is needed to rebuild Luoyang is manpower and material resources, not gold, silver and jewelry."

"That's enough, you guys! Is the young master the kind of person who is greedy for money? Do you need to talk about it? Besides, relying on the young master's ability, this little master Qian still doesn't like it! As long as Luoyang reaches the young master The level of prosperity imagined, the tax revenue for a year is not so low!" Cao Chong said to a group of friends.

"I also found a lot of exquisite utensils from the bandits. I originally wanted to transport them back to Luoyang. Since everyone said so, we can directly transport them to Xudu." Cao Chong said maliciously.

"Hey! Young master, these kinds of utensils are no better than gold and silver. They are difficult to transport, and it is difficult to sell them at a reasonable price. It is better to stay in Luoyang!"

"Yeah, after hearing what the young master said, I was also curious, are these bandits really so extravagant? Why don't you prove it with a few accessories, young master."

Cao Chong chuckled: "Very well, we will transport it to Luoyang."

I thought you guys were really not tempted at all!
After everyone knew that Cao Chong had a lot of gold and silver in his hands, they were more or less relieved about the lack of food.

Just like what Cao Chong said, more than [-] taels of gold and silver can't be exchanged for tens of thousands of shi of grain.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, leaving Cao Tai alone.

"It's really impossible to find out the mastermind behind these troublemakers?" Cao Chong asked with a frown.

"It's very difficult. There are too many places involved this time, and these people are very tight-lipped. It should be because they were threatened and lured before coming to Luoyang, and they dare not and do not want to reveal the identity of their master." Cao Tai was also quite helpless.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it should be the joint conspiracy of the children of at least five gentry families, and they should all be big gentry families. Otherwise, they would not be able to drive all the refugees from around Luoyang." Cao Tai continued, feeling a little worried.

"Then stop checking!"

"Huh? Forget it?" Cao Tai looked at Cao Chong suspiciously.

"No matter who did it, no matter how many people conspired, and no matter what their purpose was, they really did me a big favor this time! With their help this time, the reconstruction work in Luoyang is really effective. Emboldened!"

Cao Chong wanted to look up to the sky and laugh a little. The population is the only difficulty in rebuilding Luoyang. Now it's all right. It's just solved by others. It's still the kind of good deeds that don't leave a name!

(End of this chapter)