Returning to Xudu, Cao Xin arranged the Langya army at the Xutian military camp and returned to Xudu with more than ten carts of goods.

These goods came from Jingzhou's defeat compensation.

Since the amount of one million guan was too large, Jingzhou required payment in batches, with 200,000 guan being paid every year and paid off in five years to ensure that the Nanyang soldiers would not attack Jingzhou.

Cao Xin refused and proposed a new payment method, paying 600,000 guan in the first year, and 100,000 guan each year thereafter, with interest.

If you don't agree, fight.

Jingzhou gritted his teeth and agreed.

He sent people one after another to deliver 600,000 pounds of goods and grain, including grain, salt, gold, silver, iron, copper, cloth, women, etc., all kinds of things. As long as it was valuable, he would not refuse anyone who came, and he would pay according to the market price.

Pricing.

He sent people to return strategic materials such as copper and iron to the farm and make them into weapons and farm tools, as well as salt, cloth and other daily necessities. He handed them over to Huitong Trading Company for sale. The sales were higher than the market price, and the women were betrothed to soldiers.

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Half of the grain and fodder was kept in Nanyang, and the remaining half was sent to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was a poor man. The last time he conquered Yuan Shu, the army was short of food and its morale was unstable. Cao Cao felt cruel and borrowed the head of Wang Gong, the grain inspector, to barely stabilize the morale of the army.

After receiving the grain and grass delivered by him, it is said that Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed, almost not happy.

Most of what Cao Xin brought home were gold, silver, jade and other valuable collectibles.

If such things can be sold, sell them as much as possible. If they can't be sold, build a treasure house and hide them. They will be enough for him to use for hundreds of thousands of years in the future.

"The general is so powerful. He brings back many good treasures every time."

In the general's mansion, Feng Guanniang held her chest in her hands and looked at the gold, silver, jade and bronze tripods all over the floor, with little stars in her eyes.

"Haha, if you like them, just pick out a few beautiful ones and put them in the house. It would be a shame to store them all in the warehouse."

Cao Xin smiled.

"General, would you like to send a few items to the Prime Minister?"

Gan Yuniang reminded softly.

"No need! I gave the prime minister more than 200,000 stones of food and grass, that's enough."

"General, do you want to send it to Grandpa?"

"It's time for Grandpa to send it off."

Cao Xin nodded, "Yu Niang, you pick three suitable items and send them over. My sister-in-law will also send two items, each of the four brothers will receive two items, etc. In this way, not giving them to the prime minister seems to be deliberately targeting him.

The Prime Minister is a coward, and he may give me little shoes to wear someday."

Hahaha~

Yu Niang, Lin Niang and Silk Niang all laughed softly.

"General, let's forget it together. We don't lack these two items."

Zou Liniang smiled with red lips and white teeth.

"Haha, you don't care if you give away hundreds of thousands of guan for one item, tens of thousands of guan for ten, or tens of thousands of guan for others? You spendthrift woman!"

"Hmph~ Then how do you want to deliver it?"

Zou Liniang hugged Silk Mother and smiled.

"Two pieces from Grandpa, one piece for each of the five brothers, and ten bolts of silk from my sister-in-law. In this way, I can save several thousand guan. This general is really getting better and better at living."

Cao Xin nodded with satisfaction.

Yu Niang and the other three smiled.

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After leaving the treasures in the house to Yu Niang to clean up, Cao Xin went to the front yard, found Cao Fu, the manager of the outer house, and gave instructions on how to send the twelfth lunar month gifts.

Cao Fu was the steward he invited from Taigong Cao. He was in his fifties and was the companion of Taigong Cao. He had no children. Because he had experienced officialdom with Taigong Cao since he was a child, he was well-informed and good at dealing with people.

, was invited by Cao Xin to guard the house.

"Uncle Fu, can Mr. Jia make arrangements?"

Cao Xincha asked after taking a sip of hot tea.

"General, the arrangements have been made. In the house on the next street, there are six rooms in the third courtyard. The courtyard is elegantly decorated. There is a coachman, a cook, and two cleaning women. Mr. Jia has seen it and said it is good."

Cao Fu bowed and said.

"That's good. Let's arrange two more good-looking widows for him. Mr. Jia's family is not in Xudu, so we should think more carefully about him."

Cao Xin said with a wicked smile.

Jia Xu's family members are at the residence of Duan Xuan, the prefect of Huayin.

The year before last, the Xiliang army had internal strife and killed each other. Jia Xu resigned from office and took his family with him to join his fellow countryman Duan Xuan.

Duan Xuan knew that Jia Xu was a smart man, and that Li Jue, Guo Si and others' rebellion in Chang'an was also related to Jia Xu, so he was very afraid of Jia Xu, which made Jia Xu very uneasy.

Soon Jia Xu contacted Zhang Xiu, another fellow countryman, and came to Nanyang. His family was still left in Huayin and was entrusted to Duan Xuan to take care of him. Duan Xuan was an honest man and wanted to use Jia Xu to recruit Zhang Xiu as a foreign aid and bring Jia Xu's family to China.

Well taken care of.

Now that Jia Xu came to Xudu, he did not offer to pick up his family members. Obviously he still had concerns. Cao Xin had to find a way to calm down Jia Xu.

"In addition, the twelfth lunar month is coming, and the wax goods for colleagues have been prepared in advance. Guo Fengxiao will send a jar of Taibai wine, Xia Houyuan's family will send some rice, grain and meat, Xun You dotes on his concubine and adds a piece of Shu brocade, and others will send gifts as usual."

"Yes, General!"

Cao Fu hesitated and said, "General, do you want to prepare a tribute for Your Majesty?"

"A gift to His Majesty?"

Cao Xin raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it appropriate? Let the Prime Minister know. With his suspicious temperament, he may not know what he will think."

Cao Fu pursed his dry lips and smiled. He had watched Cao Ah Man grow up, and he knew better than anyone what kind of temperament Ah Man had.

"The general is not only a general under the Prime Minister, but also carries the errand of Nanyang Prefect. As a rule, the title of Marquis Duting should be given away. If the general does not want the Prime Minister to misunderstand, and sends someone to tell the truth, the Prime Minister will not say anything more."

Cao Fu suggested.

"Okay, as usual, you can draw up a gift list and send it to the Prime Minister's Mansion for the Prime Minister to see. I, the general, will then lead someone to deliver the gifts to the palace."

"Yes, General!"

Cao Fu bowed and retreated.

Cao Xin nodded, returned to the house, and asked Yu Niang to pack up two more pieces of bronze to send to His Majesty. He came in from outside just as he was talking about welcoming the spring.

"General, Shopkeeper Gan sent someone to say that Zhang Fei, Liu Yuzhou's sworn brother, was making trouble at Taibai Restaurant. He refused to pay and beat people after drinking. Shopkeeper Gan didn't know how to deal with it, so he sent someone to ask General."

Yingchun said in a crisp voice.

"Zhang Fei?"

Cao Xin played with the gold utensil in his hand and smiled, "It's normal to drink and cause trouble. If it's just a few coins, forget it. Give Liu Yuzhou some face."

"Yes, General."

Welcome the Spring Festival and bow down.

"The general is a warm-hearted and good man."

Zou Liniang teased while raising her red lips.

"Not as warm-hearted as you."

Cao Xin said with a bad smile.

Zou Liniang spat at him and turned around with a red face and watery eyes.

"Sister, what's wrong? Your face is so red."

Feng Juniang pointed at Liniang's slightly rounded cheeks and laughed.

"go!"

Zou Liniang swatted her little hand away and glanced at Official Cao charmingly, "Silk Girl, you have to remember that the general is a bad person, the worst and the worst bad guy."

"No, the general is a good man, the best and the best."

Silk Lady said with narrowed smile.

"Sireniang is right, Liniang, don't behave yourself, or you'll get beaten again."

Gan Yuniang put down the jade tripod and glanced at her.

"I know, sister!"

Zou Liniang ran to Yuniang and helped register the gold and silver items.

"General!"

Yingchun walked in from the outside, "The slave passed the word over and said that the general exempted Master Zhang from drinking money, but Master Zhang refused and said that he only drank three bottles of Shaodaozi, not five bottles. The restaurant initially asked him for five bottles.

The money for a bottle of wine is just a lie, trying to coax money from him."
To be continued...