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Chapter 757
Chapter 757
Cao Cao lost more than 20 troops in two games. If he wanted to regain his strength, he would definitely have to wipe out all his wealth. At this time, it was not easy to redeem Cao Ang and Cao Ren.
Zhang Yu actually questioned the economic strength of one of the princes.
"My lord, how much do you want to ask?" Guo Jia asked tentatively.
"Wouldn't it be an insult to Cao Ang and Cao Ren if it's cheaper?" Zhang Yu said while rubbing his chin.
Guo Jia was speechless for a while, the other party probably would like to be insulted by you, it is best to insult them with a copper coin.
Zhang Yu thought for a while and said, "It's only 500 million yuan. I originally wanted to exchange it for other benefits, but I can't exchange it for anything at this time."
The value of Cao Ang is of course needless to say, but it seems that there is no problem with the loss of one Cao Ang in Yanzhou at this time. The historical Cao Ang is dead at this time.
But Cao Ren's value is much higher. Cao Ren has always been the core figure of the Cao Cao Group. This time, Cao Cao's defeat is the need for someone like Cao Ren.
Zhang Yu offered Cao Cao 500 million yuan to redeem the two of them.
Naturally, the envoy hurried back to report.
At the beginning, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan only asked for 300 million yuan to redeem them. Cao Cao thought that about 800 million yuan could be settled, but Zhang Yu suddenly asked for 500 million yuan.
The emissary couldn't decide, so he had to go back and report to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao didn't go far. He had a headache and couldn't go on the road. He stopped halfway.
At this time, the interior of Yanzhou was unstable, and Cao Cao wanted to go back, but he couldn't.
If Cao Ang was there, he would be much more at ease.
When the news reached Cao Cao, Cao Cao was in pain for a while, and this was an opportunity to kill him.
"Zhang Yu knew that I urgently needed to bring the two of them back, so he took the opportunity to kill me."
Cao Cao was melancholy, how could he have any money at this time.
"My lord, Mr. Cheng has an urgent message." Xu Chu was on duty outside, and he brought in any urgent letters.
Cheng Yu is the only one who can make Xu Chu call Master Cheng.
Cheng Yu's letter must be something important.
"My subordinates already know about the front-line affairs. The most important thing now is to restore strength and protect the family. However, continuous wars, financial deficits, and lack of money and food are difficult to reassure people. If you want to follow Jiangdong Zhangyu's example and borrow money from the merchant family, you need a promise. The good thing is that the subordinates want to make preparations first, and they can preside after the lord returns."
Cao Cao felt pain in his balls again after reading the letter. Although he had been mentally prepared for it, Cheng Yu had no choice but to borrow money himself, which showed that the situation at home was really not good.
Cao Cao recruited a counselor and said: "Help me draft some documents and ask Cheng Yu to start preparations immediately. He can directly borrow money from aristocratic families and businessmen in Yanzhou. As for the conditions, whether he wants an official position or land, or other policies that are not particularly harmful, You can agree, but if you can’t decide, contact me immediately.”
It would take Cao Cao ten days and a half to rush back. He couldn't wait that long, and Yanzhou couldn't wait that long either.
If we don’t hurry to pay out part of the pension, there will be 10,000+ soldiers who died this time. No one can guarantee what kind of trouble will happen.
Cao Cao couldn't wait, so he had to let Cheng Yu deal with it first.
Originally, it would be convenient for him to handle this kind of matter by himself, but if Cheng Yu colluded with the aristocratic family, it would cause great harm.
Although the probability is small, as a superior, you cannot not take precautions because of trust.
Now special circumstances can only be treated specially.
At the same time, Cao Cao asked the messenger to reply to Zhang Yu and redeem him immediately.
The message came back to Zhang Yu three days later.
"This local tyrant of Cao Cao gave the money so readily and didn't even make a counter-offer," Zhang Yu said.
Guo Jia on the side heard it and said, "Is it useful to bargain?"
Zhang Yu was dumbfounded, of course it was useless.
This Cao Cao is also a decisive person, so he decided directly like this.
But it's okay, it saves you the trouble.
It is said that Cao Ang has been in Jiangdong for more than a year, and he can finally go back.
After Zhang Yu settled the matter, he began to study how to attack Xiapi City.
Xiapi City has been surrounded by him for more than ten days, without any progress.
Lu Bu did not dare to attack them in the past ten days, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.
However, Zhang Yu has been sending troops to sweep the surrounding counties and counties and collect all the supplies.
Zhang Yu is also principled and never embarrasses the common people, but he has no intention of letting go of some aristocratic families, thinking about how to destroy the foundation of the aristocratic families.
"My lord, there is an urgent letter from Youzhou."
Zhang Yu was in the big tent, and the national level came in a hurry.
Guo Jia didn't know what happened, and he had never heard of any major events in Youzhou.
However, the urgent letter in his hand was of such a high level that Guo Jia did not dare to neglect it at all.
The level is indeed very high, Zhang Yu and the others have marked the letter, which is the highest level mark.
Guo Jia was not qualified to dismantle it, so he quickly handed it to Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu frowned when he saw the blue mark. He couldn't receive letters of this level several times a year.
"Damn Japanese devils."
After opening the letter, Zhang Yu saw that something big happened to Dongying.
"The Japanese over there killed our people, robbed our goods and money, and tried to seize the ship. They failed, and the dock was destroyed by them." Zhang Yu said to Guo Jia.
"They want to get rid of our control." Guo Jia said.
No, it was so extreme.
"Fortunately, our treasure ship was parked at sea, and when we found something was wrong, we left first, and a dozen large ships were robbed." Zhang Yu said.
The loss was huge this time, and the ships and personnel lost at least more than 3000 million yuan.
"My lord, what are you going to do?" Guo Jia asked.
For such a big matter, you must first understand Zhang Yu's attitude before you can make an idea.
"Protest plus severe condemnation." Zhang Yu said.
This is a declaration of war and a very serious diplomatic event.
However, Zhang Yu, who has never suffered a loss, actually protested and severely condemned, instead of killing him.
Zhang Yu laughed at himself and said, "It is absolutely impossible to fight across the sea without being ready. It's time to equip the navy well."
Although Zhang Yu attaches great importance to the navy, provides high benefits, and trains diligently, the equipment is not very good.
Ten years of the army, a hundred years of the navy.
The navy's equipment is too expensive, no matter how much money Zhang Yu has, he still needs to buy it little by little.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this warship is worth millions of dollars, and it has input but no output. Unlike a merchant ship, it can still make money all the time.
"Immediately give an order to build me warships on all the spare berths. I will start to equip the navy and let the people in Dongpu know that people are not killed casually."
This time Zhang Yu is really popular. Although the navy is very expensive and the risk of an expedition is high, Zhang Yu intends to fight directly this time.
At the same time, Zhang Yu ordered the expansion of the army. The navy originally had [-] soldiers and horses, which suddenly doubled.
One hundred thousand navy, in today's world, only Cai Mao can compare with Zhang Yu, but Cai Mao is a navy, and he is a real navy.
(End of this chapter)