Chapter 21 Yuan Shu Proclaims Emperor
Seeing Cao Ang, Xiahou Heng and the other four immediately put away their hands and touched the waiter's waiter, stood up and bowed their hands and said, "Big Young Master."
Cao Ang shook his folding fan and walked to the four of them, closed the fan, pointed at Xiahou Heng's nose and scolded: "I run a restaurant, not a brothel. Whoever dares to touch the waiter again, don't come in the future."
After saying that, he looked at Liu Min and said, "Let Hu San send a team of soldiers here. Anyone who is not open and dares to cause trouble. He will break his legs and throw them out. I will be responsible for any incident."
"yes."
Liu Min agreed excitedly.
It would be comfortable to follow such a lord. As long as he did what he arranged, he would take care of you no matter how big the trouble he made.
"How many people, are you satisfied with the dishes?"
Cao Ang smiled.
Xiahou Heng said: "Of course I didn't say that, but I think the women here are more interesting. Zixiu, how about giving two brothers?"
Cao Ang smiled and scolded, "Didn't you see that they all look familiar? These are all borrowed from my mother and several aunts. If you have the ability, you can try to grab two?"
"Uh..." Xiahou Heng panicked and quickly said to the waiter who had just been teased: "Two sisters, I'm sorry, this... that..." The two waiters covered their mouths and chuckled, turned around and left.
When he left, he didn't forget to give a charming look at Cao Ang. He was so charming that Xiahou Heng and the others were so weak that they looked at him.
After they left, Cao Ang pulled a chair, sat next to the four of them and started to take the game, drink and have fun.
They all grew up wearing open-crotch pants, so they naturally had nothing to say about their relationship.
After three rounds of drinking, Xiahou Ba smiled and said, "Brother Zixiu, everyone is quite poor recently. You have a good way to make money, so you can't forget us."
Cao Cao raised an army and squandered the savings of the Cao family and the Xiahou family for generations, and the Xiahou family's brothers were not rich.
Xiahou Chong, Cao Fu quickly agreed, patted his chest and promised: "That's right, from now on, our brothers will be yours. We will follow wherever you go, don't try to get rid of our brothers and make a fortune alone."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. I'm short of people. You guys come here to help tomorrow."
Cao Ang agreed on the spot.
There is free labor, why not?
As time went by, more and more people were in the restaurant. There were almost no officials in Xudu, and even Man Chong came.
But Man Chong was not very sociable, and everyone was unwilling to deal with this cruel official, so he sat by the window and drank by himself.
At the hour of You, the atmosphere of the restaurant was pushed to a climax. Cao Ang sat at the counter and was calculating his income today. A soldier suddenly broke in and shouted at the top of his voice: "Yuan Shu has been promoted to emperor, Yuan Shu has been promoted to emperor..." He shouted three times in a row, and the hall suddenly became quiet. All the diners turned their eyes to the soldiers coming in. He was wearing a worn-out armor and his face was filled with dust and fatigue.
Man Chong, who was sitting by the window, stood up first, put down the wine bottle and ran out. When he passed by Cao Ang, he left only the words "I owe you first" and disappeared.
His departure immediately caused a chain reaction. Some diners rushed out with him, while some diners headed straight to the second and third floors.
Soon, the diners on the second and third floors also came down and ran out with their robes and desperately. Those who didn't know thought that there was a fire in the restaurant! After most of the people ran away, Cao Ang suddenly remembered that they seemed to have not paid the bill yet.
"Everyone, please wait and settle the account first. Small business is not easy!"
Cao Hong, who came down from the third floor, staggered and almost rolled down the stairs.
After finally walking down the stairs, he patted Cao Ang on the back of the head and said, "The sky is falling and you still care about this little money. Come with me."
Without saying a word, he pulled Cao Ang out of the restaurant and headed straight to Sikong Mansion.
When they returned to Sikong Mansion, Xun Yu and his friends sat in the hall with frowns on their faces.
Seeing this, Cao Ang didn't dare to sit in Cao Cao's position anymore. He sat down while the few people were standing. Looking at the few people, he couldn't help but wonder who wouldn't help but speak first.
The Han Dynasty was different from other dynasties in later generations. When Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang established the White Horse Alliance, he was not king if he was the Liu family.
For four hundred years, this alliance has been regarded as an iron rule by the Han people, and even Wang Mang was cautious in usurping the throne, for fear of taking a wrong step.
Yuan Shu was no doubt slapped the emperor and the princes in the faces of the world.
If it cannot be wiped out quickly, it will not take long. Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Yuan Shao, Ma Teng and others will definitely follow suit and become emperors one after another.
If this matter is not handled well, it will cause disastrous consequences.
Just as Cao Cao said many years later, if there is no one in the world, I wonder how many people will be emperors and how many people will be kings?
Xun Yu and others were frowning, but Cao Ang seemed calm and did not care at all.
He called his emperor, and I did my business without conflict.
Besides, even if the naiveness really falls, isn’t there any other Dada Cao? With Cao Cao’s temperament, Yuan Shu will never be arrogant. Maybe he will have drunk and talked with Lu Bu and Liu Bei and discussed the alliance matters.
This is what happened in history. Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Liu Bei and Sun Ce sent troops at the same time and beat Yuan Shu up and couldn't take care of himself.
So, there is no need to worry about this matter! "Fengxiao, you can talk about it first."
After a long silence, Xun Yu took the lead in speaking.
Guo Jia turned his eyes to Cao Ang and asked with a smile: "I wonder what the eldest son thinks about this?"
Several people all looked at each other again.
This is to test me.
Cao Ang pondered for a moment and said, "Yuan Shu seizures Yangzhou and dominated the Jianghuai River. His power is especially above Yuan Shao. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the best in the world. Now he has mastered the jade seal of the kingdom. He has a big fist and a strong waist, so he can understand it even if he is called emperor."
Later generations have never understood that Yuan Shu dared to be emperor in a small place. Do you really don’t know how to write the word "death"?
In fact, it was not the case. Yuan Shu's strength at that time was definitely the best in the world.
Let’s talk about territory first. Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang, Runan, Jianghuai, and Nanyang was the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Runan was the second largest county. These two counties could match one state.
In addition, he also occupied a small part of Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Sili and Jingzhou, from Guangling to the east to Runan, from the west to Peiguo, and from Kuaiji to the south, and from the full eight counties, and his power was almost catching up with Liu Bei at his peak.
Besides, the places he occupied were the most developed areas in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The land was fertile and the economy was developed, and the population accounted for nearly one-third of the total Han Dynasty.
Let’s talk about diplomacy, he was affiliated with Gongsun Zan and was preparing to marry Lu Bu. If he succeeded, his power would be even greater.
With such a large territory, anyone will have to expand.
"However, Yuan Shu is a man with great ambition and talent, and he has no general who stands alone. Only Sun Jian was killed by Huang Zu. If he really fights, he may not even be able to do it."
"Besides, the Han Dynasty has remained powerful for more than four hundred years. Now there are many princes who are interested in the Han Dynasty. Yuan Shu's move is undoubtedly a hornet's nest. Even if we don't take action, there will be others. Liu Bei will be the first to let him go."
"So I think it's not us who should be anxious now, but Yuan Shu. If he can withstand the first storm and storm, the throne will naturally be stable. If he can't withstand, then he can only laugh."
Chapter completed!