In this way, after a few more days, Cao Cao saw that those aristocratic families who were willing to take refuge in Yuan Shao had already sold out all the shops and properties in the family, and then began to sell their houses again.

Seeing this, Cao Cao was so happy that he ordered people to buy these houses back secretly, and he had already started to act against those families who were willing to go to Jizhou to pretend to join Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao asked them to take the lead out of the city first. Only in this way, those aristocratic families would dare to take their people to Jizhou if someone took the lead.

They were also afraid that Cao Cao would be angry and wipe out their family on the spot. Now that someone is willing to stand up, they are happy to see it.

I saw those families loyal to Cao Cao leaving the city with their people, but as soon as these families left the city, they were surrounded by Cao Cao's troops.

This made those who followed these families stop, they were afraid that Cao Cao would kill them directly and wiped out these families.

But to the surprise of the families watching from behind, Cao Cao just led his troops to surround these families and questioned them.

Then he extorted a sum of money from each family, and let those families leave safely.

This made the aristocratic families who were waiting to watch at the back all think, when did Cao Cao change his nature?He even let the aristocratic family leave safely with their clansmen and money.

These aristocratic families saw hope at this time. Since Cao Cao did not want to slaughter the aristocratic family, they were afraid of being spurned by the world, so they became bold.

Isn't it just losing some money?They could still afford to lose this money, so many families began to take their clansmen out of the city gate one after another.

Without any accidents, these families were also intercepted by Cao Cao's troops. After surrounding them, they asked these families some questions.

Nothing, just asked them why they left Yanzhou, and where they were going.

After all the family members followed the statement of the first family, Cao Cao's expression became unsightly, but Cao Cao didn't order anyone to be arrested or killed. He just asked each family to give half of their property before they were willing to let them go. The families leave.

Those aristocratic families already knew this was the result, and without hesitation, they asked their subordinates to take out the money they had prepared and handed it over to Cao Cao.

Seeing this, Cao Cao pretended to be displeased and said:

"Good~! Good~! Good~! All of you are really giving up in order to save your life. Since you have taken the money, I, Cao Mengde, am an indomitable man. I keep my word and take the money. Hurry up and leave. Let me see you again~!"

Cao Cao pretended to be very angry, but he was already happy in his heart. Cao Cao didn't expect that these aristocratic families were really ruthless enough to give as much as they wanted. This time it was only in the hands of these aristocratic families who betrayed Yanzhou.

The money obtained from the blackmail is enough for 30 soldiers and horses to use for a year, and now I have really made a fortune.

Cao Cao secretly decided in his heart that after these aristocratic families leave this time, he must recruit a large number of soldiers and horses, and wait for the opportunity to kill Yuan Shao.

At this time, Cao Cao didn't dare to laugh, so he could only sullenly look at the aristocratic families who came out of the city one by one. Of course, Cao Cao would not let them go.

One by one, he asked them to hand over half of their property before letting them go.

One day passed, Cao Cao stopped many aristocratic families at the city gate, and they all left Yanzhou one after another, and then Cao Cao returned to the mansion with today's harvest.

Cao Cao had a bumper harvest this time, and he searched a lot from these aristocratic families, which made Cao Cao very happy.

And those aristocratic families were not in such a good mood. Although they agreed to hand over their money and leave Yanzhou, they still felt very uncomfortable.

They thought, when they arrived in Jizhou and supported Yuan Shao to dominate the world, wouldn't they have as much money as they wanted?

Thinking of this, the Patriarchs of the various families felt better.

After half a month's journey, the aristocratic families from Yanzhou also came to Jizhou one by one.

Xu You also received a letter from Cao Cao a few days ago, which stated that those aristocratic families had been sent to Jizhou.

When Xu You saw that there was so much time to come, he started his own plan, and began to fool the heads of various families, forcing Yuan Shao to send troops to attack Liaodong.

Of course Xu You is not that stupid, he will not deceive the family in the open, because there are still people in the family who are loyal to Yuan Shao, in case he is accidentally exposed.

Then everything he did would be in vain. Under Xu You's flickering, the aristocratic families began to ask Yuan Shao to send troops to attack Liaodong.

These aristocratic families paid money, those who provided food provided food, and those private soldiers were also handed over to Yuan Shao, who mobilized Yuan Shao to start recruiting soldiers in Jizhou.

Xu You saw that the aristocratic family had settled, so he found Yuan Shao, Xu You came to Yuan Shao's mansion, and after seeing Yuan Shao, he said:

"My lord, those aristocratic families have indeed attracted quite a few families. The Yanzhou aristocratic family alone has more than a dozen families, and they all hate Cao Cao very much."

"They are willing to pay money and food for the lord, and when the lord destroys Liaodong, they will help them destroy Cao Cao."

Yuan Shao heard that these aristocratic families from Xuzhou and Jingzhou were not small, and they were able to recruit so many aristocratic families from Cao Cao's territory. In this way, his strength in Jizhou was increased by half.

Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Xu You's ability to handle affairs, so he smiled and said to Xu You:

"Ziyuan, now that the aristocratic families are here, let's recruit troops in Jizhou, and set out to crusade against Liaodong in a month's time."

When Xu You heard that Yuan Shao had agreed to go to Liaodong, he was very happy, but he was still very calm on the surface, and said:

"Since my lord has already planned to send troops, why don't you call the generals to discuss it?"

Yuan Shao also nodded after hearing this. Without those generals, this battle really couldn't be fought, so Yuan Shao ordered people to quickly call all the generals and counselors to discuss the matter of attacking Liaodong.

After Yuan Shao explained, he looked at Xu You again, and asked:

"Ziyuan, do you know if Kong Rong has arrived in Jizhou now? Why didn't he come to see me?"

Xu You heard Yuan Shao's question, thought for a while and said:

"My lord, Kong Rong has already arrived in Jizhou, but he just arrived two days ago. It was because his subordinates were busy gathering up the aristocratic family, so they didn't have time to tell the lord about it."

Yuan Shao nodded when he heard Xu You's words, and said:

"Since that's the case, Ziyuan can't be blamed. For a person who surrenders, it's right for him to wait for a few days. Ziyuan doesn't have to worry about it."

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