Book of Events in Kingdoms Chapter 9

"Ba", a big palm-like hand slapped Oliver Cao hard on the shoulder. Cao Song smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed: "Good son, you have created such a big momentum and had your profile picture plastered all over the world. It's really cool." It's not covered."

When Oliver Cao opened the big package and the jewels and jewels filled the room, Cao Song's eyes were so wide that he was about to fall down.

Although the Cao family is considered a prominent family in Qiao County, compared with the big families in Luoyang, it is really worthless. The family is said to be rich, with only one to twenty thousand taels of silver. The jewelry in Oliver Cao's package at the moment are all top-notch. Any one of these items is worth more than ten thousand (of course, it is used to charge the 9,999 taels of silver tuition). Cao Song had never seen such a valuable thing in his life, and he immediately calculated the price in his mind.

When Oliver Cao saw his father staying there, he knew what he was thinking and said, "Don't forget it, it's still a million."

"It's going, it's going, it's going..." Cao Song chanted a dozen times like a sutra, and suddenly reached out and pinched Oliver Cao's earlobe with his nails.

That was the most difficult part to protect by luck. Oliver Cao screamed like a pig: "It hurts. I'm not dreaming. I have to pinch myself."

Cao Song thought about it, reached out to his armpit and scratched it a few times, and laughed wildly, which proved that he was not in a dream.

"Now I won't have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of my life." Cao Song was so happy that his voice changed. He pronounced the word "唷" in high pitched tones, as if he was about to sing a song.

Oliver Cao frowned: "Father, these days, you can't live forever if you have money. If you have money, you must have power."

Cao Song was stunned.

"So, I plan to use this money as starting capital for building an army."

Cao Song immediately burst into tears.

Oliver Cao sighed inwardly and said: "This is like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. As long as we win the war, we will earn much more than collecting land rent. When the time comes, we will have whatever we want."

"real?"

"Really." Oliver Cao looked at his father sincerely.

"But if we really want to build an army, this amount of money is not enough. It's best to drag in a few more funds. Dad, you have been in Chenliu for a long time. Who is the richest here?"

When Cao Song heard that he was going to raise risk funds, he immediately became happy. He counted Chen Liu's wealthy families in his mind, but his face drooped again.

"There is a wealthy man named Wei Hong in Chenliucheng, with a fortune of millions. He may have more jewels than you have in this package. But this man is too stingy. You can't even think about making money from him. Except that Apart from him, there is no one else worth mentioning."

"How stingy are you?"

"I'm more stingy than your father."

Oliver Cao took a breath of air.

The so-called man who knows clearly that there are tigers in the mountains and goes to the tiger mountains is a hero. Knowing that there is a huge golden mountain, giving up without even trying once is not Oliver Cao's style.

Oliver Cao never fights an unprepared battle, and he figured out the details of Wei Hong as soon as he went back and forth.

This man can truly be said to be the emperor and courtier of several dynasties. At the earliest, he said that the first rank of the ten permanent servants was his cousin, his uncle, his great-nephew, and his adoptive father's cousin. Later, he said that the general He Jin was his father, his sister-in-law, his uncle, his third wife, and his eldest brother's best friend. Brother, now that Dominic is in power, he is actually a relative and friend of Wei Hong who had turned around seven or eight times.

If a person says that he is a relative of the supreme leader (not counting the Han Emperor), then if the supreme leader does not say anything, who dares to say that he is not, and who dares to embarrass him when doing things. The strange thing is that given the large scale of Wei Hong's iron business, it is impossible for the top leaders to have heard of him, but they actually did not comment on his statement, neither agreeing nor scolding, leaving others confused, and Wei Hong's business also failed. It gets bigger and bigger.

Oliver Cao just laughed at the situation reported by well-intentioned people. With Oliver Cao's intelligence and the fact that he had stayed in Luoyang for so long, Wei Hong's methods were immediately clear to him.

To be honest, there are no tricks. As long as you have enough manpower, it is possible to establish a relationship with anyone you want. As the saying goes, a person's family genealogy, if calculated in the broadest sense, is an extremely large group. Add in neighbors, classmates, friends and the family genealogy of these people, and it can be easily expanded. Bring out a large group of 100,000 people.

To give a simple analogy, today you met a woodcutter on the road, asked for directions, and then continued moving forward. In the words of a caring person, this matter can become: You met a woodcutter on the road, hit it off like old friends, talked for several hours, and became a rare confidant. In the future, you will always think about that woodcutter, looking forward to meeting again. opportunity to meet. This is a polite interpretation.

Therefore, under this logic, as long as you have enough strength, it is not impossible to have a relationship with a dog raised by the Emperor of the Roman Empire tens of thousands of miles away. In addition, Oliver Cao asserted that the relationship Wei Hong claimed with the top leadership must have been omitted. If he really listed all the relationships, it might fill a page.

But there is a premise for all this, that is, the other party cannot deny it, otherwise everything will be in vain. Wei Hong succeeded in doing this. Oliver Cao thought of two reasons: first, he used money to seal his mouth. However, with Dominic's wealth, no matter how valuable the gifts Wei Hong sent, they would not let Dominic and his like have any chance. What a surprise; another more important reason is that the iron tools Wei Hong operates are indispensable to the armed forces. How can he be happy to have such a large weapons supplier across the country that strongly supports him? But not?

Be generous when it's time to use it, and spare it when there's no stake. He's a typical businessman. This is what Oliver Cao said about Wei Hongxia after the investigation.

How bad is this man? Cao Song told Oliver Cao a story. While telling it, he sighed that he still needed to study hard and make progress every day.

It is said that one evening, Wei Hong came back to the city triumphantly after negotiating a large deal of business. When he was approaching the city gate, a wild boar rushed toward Wei Hong like a madman. It is said that this was a wild boar that had just fallen out of love. Seeing that Wei Hong looked very similar to the rival in love who had stolen his beloved pig, he lost control of his mind and a wave of anger surged into the pig's head, and Sayazi rushed over.

Poor Wei Hong, although he looked very much like the pig's love rival, his skills were far inferior to that of the mighty sow. The pig rushed over like a black whirlwind, but Wei Hong had never seen such momentum before, and he was immediately stunned. There was no way to move there. The attendants shouted: "Ah, Mr. Wei, there are assassins, move quickly." But the people seemed to slow down one by one, moving towards Wei Hong at a speed of three seconds, and they made a grimace on their faces. To show that he had tried his best, the captain of the guard even threw a dog into the mud because he kicked a three-liang stone. As for why this happened, members of the guard explained afterwards that there was a gust of evil wind blowing and their hands and feet became inoperable. They stressed that this had nothing to do with the General Guards deducting three months' wages from the guards.

According to onlookers at the time, the rapidity of the wild boar's running, Wei Hong's stillness, and the ultra-slow motion of the guards formed a picture of a pig, a human, a pig, and a human, extremely fast, still, and extremely slow. The strong contrast is hailed as the pinnacle of performance art during the Three Kingdoms period, and viewers are all shocked to tears by this beauty.

But this masterpiece of performance art was marred by another inappropriate act. A big man with strong muscles suddenly acted bravely, jumped in front of Wei Hong, and shouted: "Hey, where is the monster pig? Eat my powerful Vajra Palm."

The powerful Vajra Palm, which took fifteen years of skill, finally made the pig die of love. The big man was also pushed away by the huge force of the wild boar, and he sat on the ground and cried out in pain for his broken arms.

Wei Hong was so moved that he held his benefactor's hands and shook them again and again, crying bitterly. The big man also cried bitterly - it hurt. The two of them cried to each other for a while, and then Wei Hong said: "I don't know how to repay my benefactor for saving my life." After saying this, he frowned, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind, saying: "That's okay." He waved to a follower to come over. , gave the secret instructions for a while, the man looked shocked, and then went back to the city.

Wei Hong looked at the big man sincerely, shook his hand vigorously, and said, "Stand here, strong man, I have a generous reward."

The man almost fainted, but his bones were really strong, so he said: "It's a small thing, it doesn't cost much."

Wei Hong shook his head resolutely and said, "How is this possible?" He glanced at the big man again and said with admiration, "The strong man is really good at martial arts. He can actually bend his hands in all directions."

"It's broken. The hand is broken. Of course you can bend it at will." The big man must have said it clearly, otherwise the fat man would bend his hand this way and that, which might cause his powerful Vajra Palm to become useless.

Wei Hong quickly took back his hand and said: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm going to find a doctor right now." As soon as he finished speaking, he hurried towards the city gate, and his entourage quickly followed. Disappeared from the big man's sight.

There are still good people in the world. At this time, a passerby came up and said to the big man: "Get up quickly and find a doctor to treat your hands quickly."

"The man just said he would look for her."

"You can't believe what he says."

"No way, he wants to repay me with a gift for saving my life."

The passerby looked regretful and shook his head: "If you insist on waiting, that's up to you."

After a while, a man rushed out of the city in a hurry. When he saw the big man still sitting on the ground because his legs were weak, he said, "Is this the benefactor who saved my master?"

The big man said modestly: "I don't dare."

Without saying a word, the man took out a hatchet and chopped a pile of firewood, lit the fire, set up the wild boar, and roasted it until the aroma was filled. Then he stood up, bowed to the big man, turned around and left.

"Here, why are you leaving?"

"The things have been delivered, of course I'm leaving."

"thing?"

"Yes, it's the treasure my master used to repay the brave man."

"Where?"

"Right in front of you, my master said, order the best roasted wild boar."

"Kekeke, but my hand is broken. Didn't you tell me to call a doctor?"

"My master said it. He thought again when he went back. A strong man has incredible magical powers. If his hand is broken, he must find a way to do it. Calling a doctor to disgrace the heroic name of a strong man, so he gave up the idea." After saying this, the man ran away. At this time, the sky was dark, and the city gate was slowly closed as the man entered.

In the wilderness, there was a man with two broken hands, and in front of him was a fragrant roasted wild boar...

At this point, Cao Song shook his head and summed up the story in one word: "Tragic."

Oliver Cao stayed for a long time, and then decided not to touch Wei Hong yet.

Three days later, Oliver Cao hosted a banquet for guests, and more than thirty storytellers from all over Chenliu City gathered together.

"Living in troubled times, the most important thing is not force, but vision and knowledge. The gentlemen here are the most visionary and knowledgeable people in Chenliu. I, Oliver Cao, have the honor to meet you today, and I am extremely happy. What difficulties will you have in the future? , you can contact Oliver Cao at any time, and Oliver Cao will do his best."

The words and the delicacies on the table made the storytellers who had been looked down upon for a long time suddenly feel that a hero would eventually succeed. For a moment, he felt that Oliver Cao in front of him must also be a hero. Heroes naturally cherish each other. So he ate it happily so as not to waste Oliver Cao's kindness.

After three rounds of drinking, these storytellers inevitably suffer from occupational diseases again, and talk about the future in all directions. Recalling what Oliver Cao said just now, "The most visionary and knowledgeable", the more he talked, the more energetic he became. Everyone knew about astronomy and geography. For five hundred years before and after five hundred years, the hall was full of foam at the mouth.

The daily workplace of these storytellers is in Chenliucheng, where information exchange is most frequent, and what they know and see is indeed better than ordinary people. At this time, one of them, drunk, asked Oliver Cao, saying that I heard that Mr. Cao was imprisoned. Dominic is wanted, what is going on?

Oliver Cao shook his head: "How can such a trivial matter be compared with what you see and hear, let's not talk about it."

Of course, everyone refused and had to let Oliver Cao tell the truth.

Oliver Cao heard the crowd urging him to do so, and he was not very respectful when he mentioned Dominic. He was secretly happy, knowing that his plan was very likely to succeed.

Oliver Cao thought for a while, but first asked: "Do you know anything about the affairs in the capital?"

"I understand, of course I understand." As the most knowledgeable people, the storytellers enthusiastically raised their hands to speak.

You must know that the Han Dynasty did not interfere much with the people's speech. In addition, the court was weak at the time, and the restrictions on the people were gradually reduced. These storytellers are used to chatting all over the world. After drinking a few glasses of wine, they talk even more unscrupulously. From Shi Changshi to He Jin to Li Su and Ding Yuan, and then from Lu Bu to Dominic, they were even deposed. There is no ambiguity in talking about such things as the establishment. After adding fuel and jealousy, the emperor of this dynasty became so pitiful, the people who controlled the government were so tyrannical, Dominic and others wielded power in such a way, and when he abolished the establishment, he treated the queen mother and the queen. The palace maid did such and such things, as if she had seen them with her own eyes.

As if he had found a confidant, Oliver Cao slammed the table and said, "You are indeed very knowledgeable." In one sentence, all these people's words were confirmed.

Then Oliver Cao sighed again: "But the current situation in Luoyang and the country of my great Han Dynasty are even more dangerous than what the gentlemen said."

Everyone hurriedly asked questions.

Oliver Cao took out a scroll of brocade silk from his arms and unfolded it in front of everyone.

At this time, everyone had very good eyesight. Although the words on the brocade were not big, they could be clearly seen from their seats. When they finished reading just a few lines of words, everyone was shocked even though they were drunk.

This scroll of brocade and silk is actually the edict of the Emperor of the day, with the royal seal stamped underneath.

The general idea is that the emperor is suffering terribly under the hostage of Dominic, and he hopes that Oliver Cao can protect him.

Where this edict came from is a coincidence. When Oliver Cao was sorting out the jewelry and jade in the package that day, he found a small jasper seal. After careful inspection, it turned out to be the seal of the emperor. It seems that it was leaked from the palace during the chaos when Li was abolished. Although this seal is not the jade seal commonly used by emperors to issue imperial edicts, it still represents the emperor. For some reason, it was mistaken for ordinary jewelry and given to Oliver Cao as tuition. In fact, the person who robbed the jasper seal was more or less an important official in the imperial court. He originally took a pair of jade diamond and carved phoenix earrings and planned to give them to Oliver Cao. Unexpectedly, his wife saw him and burst into tears, so she snatched them back on the spot and used The high-decibel sharp voice told her husband that she would solve the tuition problem by herself. So the little wife picked the most inconspicuous thing from the treasure house at home, which was this seal, and sent it to Oliver Cao. If Oliver Cao hadn't escaped from Luoyang in a few days, the husband whose face immediately became exactly like this seal after discovering the situation might have had a chance to exchange the seal back.

Oliver Cao then drafted an edict, stamped it with a seal, and made a backup copy. He sent his confidants to Luoyang and tried to find a way to enter the palace for Emperor Xian to confirm. Oliver Cao secretly believed that the emperor would definitely acquiesce to this edict, so he revealed it here without waiting for a reply.

Oliver Cao let out a long sigh, raised his face, and made a standard gesture of silently looking at the sky. He stared at the ceiling with tears shining in his eyes.

This POSE was more shocking than what Oliver Cao said about Dominic's cruelty and the Han Dynasty's critical situation. The whole room was silent for a moment, and then someone took the lead and shouted: "Down with Dominic, protect the emperor, defeat Dominic, protect the emperor." "In the blink of an eye, everyone echoed, and the loud slogans echoed through the sky.

Oliver Cao stood up suddenly and put his hands together, and the slogans stopped immediately.

"Comrades, since I, Oliver Cao, have received the emperor's edict, of course I dare not disobey it. I risked my life and fled to Chenliu because I value the outstanding people in Chenliu. There are countless heroes who have bravely served the country. They are the dragon vein of my great man. It's just that the time is not yet ripe, so please keep it secret for Oliver Cao."

The storytellers looked at Oliver Cao with reverence and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Cao, we still know the importance of this."

Oliver Cao smiled: "Everyone, keep drinking."

Starting from the next day, different versions of "Luoyang Fengyunlu" began to be circulated in major teahouses and restaurants in Chenliucheng. How is the current emperor doing? How is the current emperor's sister doing? How is the current emperor's mother doing? How are the current emperor's maids? So what, what about the previous people and the current Prime Minister Dominic? Rumors are flying all over the sky. Because everyone "knows the importance", Oliver Cao is not mentioned in these wonderful stories.

Within a few days, almost everyone in Chenliu had heard a lot of gossip stories about Luoyang, and their hearts were ignited with blazing patriotism. However, everyone had a question: why was there a key figure in all the stories? The name is "The Mysterious Man Surnamed Cao" or "The Mysterious Man Cao". Who is this hero with great supernatural powers and courageous service to the country? Why do storytellers always look up with admiration when they talk about him, and some even shed tears in their mouths? Where is the saliva of reverence?

Later, the story spread by Chen Liu has evolved into the history of the struggle between the emperor's special commissioner named Cao and the mysterious figure Cao and the traitor Dominic, which is earth-shaking and thrilling. Moreover, it seems that these two mysterious people are the same person, and it seems that this mysterious person has come to Chenliu.

Having come to this conclusion, the entire Chenliucheng was in a state of shock, and everyone began to participate in the "search for the mysterious hero." Everyone's admiration for the mysterious hero has long been like a torrential river, endless.

During this period, Oliver Cao acted very forbearing and didn't go out much. He only invited storytellers over for dinner and drinks from time to time.

More and more young people feel that although it is difficult to become a figure like that mysterious hero who can fly into the sky and into the earth, if they can follow this mysterious hero in their career, it is also a dream that will make them laugh. It's a glorious thing. If this great hero is in Chenliu, we must find him.

As a result, all the people in Chenliucheng whose surname was Cao or whose names had the word "Cao" in their names became very popular, and it felt a bit like one person could achieve the Tao of chickens and dogs and ascend to heaven.

On this day, Cao Song went to the market and found a place with a lot of people. He made sure that there were many members of the "Looking for the Mysterious Hero" action team around, and he glanced at the entourage who was following not far away.

The man understood and shouted loudly: "Mr. Cao, you are here. I happen to have something to do with you."

As soon as he said this, a group of people surrounded Cao Song.

"Oh, your surname is Cao?"

Cao Song smiled: "Yes."

"Amazing." Everyone raised their thumbs in praise.

"The surname Cao is great? Then there are too many great people in my family, like my son Oliver Cao, my nephew Cao..."

"What, what did you say your son's name was?"

"Oliver Cao."

Three minutes later, Chen Liu was in the storyteller's office in many teahouses and restaurants.

"Sir, is that mysterious figure Cao's surname Cao?"

"Hey, how do you know?"

"Sir, is that mysterious man named Cao Ming Cao?"

"Hey, how do you know?"

Twenty minutes later, the Cao family.

If you can look down here from a high altitude, you can see tens of thousands of densely packed heads with the Cao family as the center, and there are many heads in Chenliu City that are quickly gathering in this direction.

Oliver Cao finally appeared, jumped to the roof with a slight leap. I saw him with a heroic bun on his head and a blue satin robe. Under the instigation of his true energy, his clothes moved without the wind, and his belt swayed and his hair fluttered, making him look so chic. The onlookers could not help but be fascinated by it.

Oliver Cao cupped his hands and said: "Cao is currently wanted by Dominic. You have gathered here for me. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient, so please go back."

This is called retreating in order to advance. Of course, the group of people below refused, and immediately started making noises, and strongly demanded that Oliver Cao talk about themselves. Because there are too many versions of the storyteller, and people always feel that the storyteller’s words cannot be fully believed.

This time he found the right person. What Oliver Cao is best at is saying whatever he wants to say with an absolutely sincere tone and expression. What's more, he had been preparing for this speech for a long time. Compared with the story told to Chen Gong at that time, it made people even more indignant, frightened and tearful.

It was extraordinary as soon as he opened his mouth. The first sentence of Oliver Cao's speech was like this.

"At that time, Lu Bu's Fang Tian Hua Ji was only 0.01 centimeters away from me..."

Oliver Cao's voice sounded in everyone's ears. Unfortunately, most of the tens of thousands of people were hot-blooded young people. They couldn't stand it even after hearing it. They either clenched their fists and wanted to give a fat man like Dominic a slap in the face, or just sat down. Howling and crying for their little emperor on the ground.

At the end, Oliver Cao took out the self-made edict of King Qin and read it in front of everyone, and then said in a voice that resounded in the sky: "A real man has things to do and things not to do. Even if I am the only one, I must obey the edict. Even if there are thousands of people, I will do it." Go ahead."

The tens of thousands of people below were excited and responded with a roar: "Let us follow Mr. Cao, even if there are thousands of people, I will go."

Oliver Cao smiled happily, then looked troubled: "It would be best if everyone is willing to join the rebel army, but the military expenses that the rebel army usually spends do not know where it comes from."

Cao Song spoke at the right time below: "I heard that the richest man in Chenliucheng is called Wei Hong. You can ask him to borrow some first."

Oliver Cao frowned even more: "But Wei Hong is a relative of Dominic, how can he lend money to the rebels?"

One word reminded tens of thousands of people. Thinking of the big fat Wei Hong who always put Dominic in his mouth, the volunteers roared: "Brothers, Fcuk this guy."

Oliver Cao quickly stopped him: "Don't break in yet. I'll talk to him first."

"Follow your orders."

When Wei Hong was told by his servants that he was surrounded, he even cursed: "Who the hell is so bold? You don't know the relationship between Dong Xiangguo and me. Go out and chop him down."

"This seems inconvenient."

"Isn't this convenient?"

"You'll see for yourself."

Cursing, Wei Hong climbed to the second floor and looked out the window, and was so frightened that he almost fell down. A dense crowd of strong men holding hatchets, watermelon knives and hoes surrounded the place one after another, and it was impossible to see beyond.

Suddenly, a passage opened in the crowd, and Shi Shiran, a man in Tsing Yi, walked to Wei Hong's door.

Oliver Cao secretly used his ten powers and knocked on the door three times as if nothing had happened. Then the two fine sandalwood doors broke into pieces and collapsed, and there was thunderous cheers all around. Oliver Cao made a gesture to please be quiet and walked in.

After drinking the fine tea brewed by Wei Hong himself, Oliver Cao smiled and spoke.

"Wei Dashan is famous far and wide, and Oliver Cao is here to pay a special visit today."

"I wonder what's going on with Mr. Cao?"

"My little brother's rebel army was established not long ago and is short of funds. Mr. Su Wenwei is willing to do charity, hahaha."

Wei Hong cursed in his heart for being so kind and generous, but seeing the terrifying momentum outside, he could only say respectfully: "Rebels, I don't know this..."

With a solemn look on his face, Oliver Cao suddenly stood up, took out the edict from his arms, and read it aloud.

Wei Hong felt beads of sweat rolling down his face. He gritted his teeth and said, "In that case, Mr. Wei donated 100,000 taels of silver for military supplies."

Oliver Cao glanced at Wei Hong and suddenly said: "Oh, why am I feeling sleepy? I'm sorry, I have to go home and take a nap."

"This, this, this, whatever you want, Mr. Cao, just ask." If Oliver Cao leaves, what will happen to the group of people outside? His little life will not be over yet? Even though Wei Hong's heart was bleeding, he could only say this.

Oliver Cao put his arm around Wei Hong's shoulders affectionately and said, "Come, let's go for a walk outside."

With the skill Oliver Cao showed just now and the huge pressure from outside, Wei Hong had no choice but to obediently walk out the door with Oliver Cao.

Oliver Cao smiled brightly and said loudly: "Mr. Wei just said..." At this point, Oliver Cao paused and turned to look at Wei Hong. Wei Hong nodded quickly and prayed secretly in his heart.

"Mr. Wei said that he officially broke away from Dominic and was willing to spend all his wealth to help the rebels."

"Long live." There were cheers from all around.

Wei Hong sat down on the ground and fainted on the spot.

With Wei Hong's family assets, there is no problem with military expenditures. Oliver Cao put up a large flag with the two characters "loyalty and righteousness" written on it. It fluttered in the wind, and the scale of the rebel army grew day by day.

In the name of challenging Dong, Oliver Cao wrote to heroes from all walks of life, and received an enthusiastic response. Oliver Cao wrote another proclamation, scolding Dominic, and made it known to the world. With various purposes, a total of 17 people, hundreds of thousands of troops, raised their troops in response. For a time, all the heroes came together, and Oliver Cao naturally became one of the heroes, and his fame spread all over the world.

Big changes are coming.