Chapter 5 I would like to ask the general’s daughter to be his concubine
Look at the bad things done by the Danyang sect’s backbones, even Cao Bao himself didn’t even notice.
The Danyang faction’s ally is the Xiapi Emperor’s Army. What is this?
This is an anti-thief group.
Another ally and vassal of the Danyang faction is Zang Ba’s Langya Army. What is this?
This is still a rebel.
The Danyang sect headed by Tao Qian has almost become the leader of the green forest. They are gangsters when they come and go, and there are rebels when they talk and laugh.
But Cao Bao couldn't get rid of the Danyang faction.
Although he is the boss in the Danyang army, not all Danyang soldiers are Cao Bao’s tribe. Among them, Cao Bao’s deputy Weiyuan Zhonglang, Xu Dan’s tribe, accounts for 4,000 people, and there are others. The respective tribes of Xiaowei and Sima of the other divisions, and Cao Bao's real tribe, were only about 10,000 people.
Cao Bao was not ambitious enough to go it alone, but he was worried about being eaten if he bowed completely to Liu Bei.
Cao Bao was worried that the Danyang Sect would drag him down, but he could not do without the Danyang Sect.
I am not angry at Liu Bei taking over as the pastor of Xuzhou, but I dare not raise the flag to rebel.
Not only was he dissatisfied that Liu Bei only focused on being friendly with Chen Yuanlong and Mi Zhu, but at the same time he was afraid of rejecting Liu Bei's overtures.
He is now a rat in the bellows, suffering from both sides and about to suffer from schizophrenia.
At exactly this moment, Liu Feng appeared and gave him a very tempting olive branch.
Cao Bao couldn't help but be tempted.
What moved Cao Bao the most was Liu Feng standing in front of him.
This is just a ten-year-old child, but he has such vision, eloquence and ability.
When Liu Feng ties up his hair, what a terrifying monster he will be.
What is even more tempting is that Liu Bei was over thirty-five years old. Although he had three sons, Liu Feng was the only legitimate son and the eldest son.
This is the undoubted eldest son. Then all the inheritance Liu Bei will save in the future will belong to Liu Feng, right?
Judging from Liu Feng's current ability, he is also capable enough to accept Liu Bei's legacy.
And I am his father-in-law!
After hesitating again and again, Cao Bao asked with difficulty: "Master, do you want to marry my Qing'er as your wife?"
When Liu Feng heard this, he knew that the matter was likely to happen.
Cao Bao seemed to be hesitant, but in fact he even said his girl's maiden name, which was not allowed to be heard except by people close to him.
Liu Feng realized that this was the final touch, but there were some things he had to say clearly first, otherwise it would be more troublesome in the future.
Liu Feng vetoed sternly: "General, Feng has no right to decide on the position of the head wife. It must be decided by my father. At the moment, Liu Feng can only treat her as a concubine. But Liu Feng promises that he will Treat your love equally."
Cao Bao's displeasure was palpable when he heard that he only had the title of concubine.
But in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Because this is the truth.
If Liu Feng dared to promise that he would be his wife, Cao Bao would fall out on the spot.
How could Liu Bei not be present for such a big event?
Either Liu Feng deceived him, or Liu Feng deceived Liu Bei, no matter which one, Cao Bao could not accept it.
But if it’s a side room, that’s a different story.
Cao Bao had to admit that he was moved.
Cao Bao's family is powerful in Danyang, and his status as a scholar is only valid in Danyang and is not recognized by the scholars in the Central Plains at all.
In the Han Dynasty, regional discrimination is not only very common, it is even a kind of political correctness.
The scholars from Henan are in the first bracket, and the scholars from Xuzhou and Hebei can enter the second bracket. .
As for the so-called Danyang scholar Cao Bao, he can barely enter the third gear.
Cao Bao was silent for a moment, then reached out to take the box, looked at it, and tasted it.
He just felt that the snow salt was salty and delicious, with no odor and a color as pure as snow. It really lived up to the name of snow salt.
The color and aroma of snow salt are the only ones Cao Bao has seen in his life. Liu Feng was able to receive such a precious thing from heaven, and he was even willing to give 10% of the profits to the Cao family.
Finally, Cao Bao made up his mind, raised his head and stared at Liu Feng, and a sense of awe came out of him.
No matter what, Cao Bao is the boss of the Xuzhou Army and the leader of the Danyang Army. He has fought several battles involving tens of thousands of people and has some momentum.
“I want 20% of the profit from this snow salt.”
Liu Feng frowned slightly, but he expected Cao Bao to raise the price, and if it was only 10% more, then Liu Feng would Feng is still willing to cede.
After all, the two thousand Danyang soldiers are too important to Liu Feng now, and he must try his best to succeed.
It's just that he can't compromise too readily, lest Cao Bao is not clear-headed and kicks his nose in the face, which will cause big trouble.
But before Liu Feng could answer, Cao Bao raised the four fingers of his right hand again: "I won't bully you. The extra 10% of the profit is regarded as Qing'er's dowry. Our Cao family will not touch it. In addition, I can give you two thousand more soldiers and horses, for a total of four thousand, in exchange for 20% of the profit from the snow and salt!”
A total of four thousand! ?
Liu Feng gasped.
Cao Bao now only has a total of 20,000 Danyang soldiers in his hands, and only 10,000 people truly belong to his personal tribe. He would be very satisfied if he could get two thousand, but the real bottom line in Liu Feng's heart was actually only one thousand.
Calling two thousand is just an attempt to make an offer, waiting for Cao Bao to counter-offer.
Unexpectedly, Cao Bao not only agreed, but also agreed to double the number. The four thousand men were almost two-fifths of the troops in his hands.
What Liu Feng didn’t know was that Cao Bao was also furious.
Isn’t the big-eared thief afraid of the Danyang soldiers in his hands?
Then I will hand over the power directly and give up half of the troops. In this way, you Liu Bei will have more troops than me, so you don’t have to be so guarded against me, right?
What’s even better is that the soldiers and horses were not given to Liu Bei himself, but to his son and only eldest son Liu Feng.
Chen Yuanlong will invest in Liu Bei, give money and food to others, help him wave flags and cheers, and coerce and induce Tao Qian to give up his throne. Can't I, Cao Bao, invest in Liu Feng?
Liu Bei was nearly forty years old, and Liu Feng was the eldest son. Even if he gave birth to other legitimate sons in the future, they would not threaten Liu Feng's status as the eldest son.
What's more, Liu Feng behaved so evilly in front of him today.
I, Cao Bao, made this bet!
Chen Yuanlong, Mi Zizhong, let’s see who among us can have the last laugh.
Liu Feng confirmed: "Four thousand soldiers and horses, 20% of the profit of snow and salt?"
Cao Bao's expression became relaxed, as if a thousand pounds of weight had been lifted: "Yes, four thousand soldiers and horses, "Two percent of the profit of snow and salt."
Liu Feng saluted directly to Cao Bao: "My son-in-law, thank you, my father-in-law."
Cao Bao was stunned for a moment, then laughed and stood up. Help Liu Feng up.
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"Young master, be careful where you step."
Pan Zhang carefully helped Liu Feng get on the oxcart. Liu Feng was obviously a little drunk because he drank a few more drinks in Cao Mansion.
Cao Bao is so unreasonable, he actually drank wine from Liu Feng by relying on his status as quasi-father-in-law.
However, the alcohol content of the wine these days is very low, lower than the Da Wusu beer in the previous life, but there are many varieties. In addition to the familiar sake and mazoshu, there are also a wide variety of fruit wines.
This time Cao Bao entertained Liu Feng with fine wine and various fruit wines, including a bottle of wine from the Western Regions, which greatly satisfied Liu Feng.
Liu Feng was still young, but most of the wines in the Han Dynasty are now beverages. The most common turbid wine is a kind of glutinous rice wine, which is quite similar to the modern sweet wine, and is even sometimes classified as the same thing.
Therefore, there is no taboo on children and women drinking it.
In order to show his importance to Liu Feng, Cao Bao spent a lot of money this time.
Not only did they bring out the treasured sake Toyoseki Gin, but they also prepared the most outstanding sugar cane wine among wines and fruit wines, called Kinmaji mash.
Liu Feng doesn't like drinking very much, but he can't stand Cao Bao's attentiveness. Besides, these are not so much drinks as drinks.
So accidentally, he drank too much and left Cao's house drunkenly, supported by Cao Bao and Pan Zhang.
But when the bullock cart started and only Liu Feng was left in the carriage, he came to his senses.
It turns out that he was just pretending to be drunk before.
(End of this chapter)