"Bo Dao, this is the date you always set with Cai Gong. Do you think it's suitable?" Three days have passed since Chen Mo held the banquet. In the early morning of this morning, Chen Mo just woke up and was taken to his mother by Yun Si.

"Mother has the final say on these matters." Chen Mo took the wet wipes handed over by Juan'er and said with a smile while wiping his face.

"When it comes to marriage, you should ask more people. My mother has discussed it with your Uncle Wang, Uncle Zheng, and the Cai sisters yesterday. It was previously scheduled to get married next month, but the official date has not been set yet. Mr. Ziyuan

I said that you also know a lot about Yi Jing, so I came to ask you." Mother Chen said with a smile.

"Why does everyone have to ask about this kind of thing?" Chen Mo was a little helpless. It wasn't that he looked down on Uncle Wang and the others. It was just that they specialized in this art. Cai Weng and his teacher were both knowledgeable people. What they decided on,

Why don't you ask Uncle Wang and the others? My mother is usually very wise, but how could she lose her sense of proportion when things like this happen?

"This is an important matter for me, the Chen family. I have written to Xiapi to ask Yuan Long to come over. Don't let anyone underestimate me." Mother Chen shook her head and said with a cautious face.

"Mother makes the decision." Chen Mo couldn't say anything else. Although he felt that it was a bit too much work, he was now considered a direct lineage, and someone from the Chen family should be here, but it was hard to say whether it was Chen Deng or not.

Judging from correspondence with Chen Deng, Tao Qian has relied heavily on the Chen family since he took office. His uncle Chen Gui is old, and Chen Deng is taking care of many things, so he may not be able to get away with it.

The wedding date was set on the eighteenth day of next month. Chen Mo calculated in his mind the birthdays of himself and Cai Yan. After all, it was the teacher and Cai Gong who chose it. He calculated it himself and found that this day was the most suitable.

Although there is still a full month left, the preparations for the wedding have already begun. Send invitations. Chen Mo sent one to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu. It is impossible for them to come, but the invitations must be sent.

, In addition, Chen Mo sent several letters to Dong Zhuo, including Li Ru, Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Guo Si and even Li Jue. After all, although Chen Mo was accepted by the princes, he did not break up with Dong Zhuo in name, otherwise Cai Yong

There is no way to come.

The Chen Mansion is preparing for a big event this time. Even if Chen Mo didn't say anything, those in Anyi came to help take care of it. However, Chen Mo didn't need to worry about these things. He had his own mother, and Yun Si and the others took care of it.

reason.

Chen Mo is also very busy these days. Although the Salt Supervision is open to Hedong wealthy gentry, not everyone can join. Chen Mo will develop corresponding certificates. The government office will decide how much each family can get.

, Chen Mo will let Li Qing be the Salt Supervisor, specifically responsible for this matter, and Chen Mo has another thing to do, which has been planned for a long time.

…

Looking at the people who received the salt and left the Salt Supervisory Office happily one by one, Wei Jian shook his head. In the final analysis, this human heart is a word of profit, but Chen Mo was able to grasp this keenly, and also found

It is indeed good to quickly win over the hearts of these gentry, but what should we do next? If this is the case, it will only temporarily relieve the difficulties in Hedong. Although Chen Mo is young, his ambition is by no means limited to this county.

land.

"Master, I got the salt." A member of the Wei clan ran to Wei Jian with a joyful expression and bowed.

Shiobei?

Wei Jian took the salt, with a complicated look on his face. The Wei family... also had to eat. Although they saw through Chen Mo's plan,... no one would go against the interests.

"Let's go. With this, we should be able to make up for some losses this year." Wei Ji stood up and got on the carriage, carefully storing the salt. With this, he went to buy some salt and brought it back to Yanzhou.

In Yuzhou, the profit is at least five times. If it is sent to the Loop and returned directly in exchange for some horses, the profit will be even more considerable. It is possible to increase it to ten times or even more. However, to be on the safe side, it is better to transport the Huns separately.

People are not very honest nowadays. If they are sold separately, at least they will not pay compensation.

The carriage slowly opened, and the young man sitting in the carriage asked doubtfully: "I will handle this matter, why does the head of the family come in person?"

"Take a look." Wei said with a smile, "Do you know what the envoy has been doing recently?"

"They are probably planning a wedding. The date has been set, and now the whole Anyi is busy with it every day."

"It's not that simple." Wei Jian shook his head: "Didn't you notice that troops and horses have been mobilized frequently recently?"

"Want to fight?" The tribesman asked in surprise: "It's just that you are turning forward to beg for a thief, so why is it happening this time?"

Although the world is now divided among princes, if you want to take action against others, you need at least a reason.

"A few days ago, the royal family and the imperial court in Taiyuan sent people over. I heard that the Bai Bo bandits were causing a lot of trouble in Taiyuan. Even Wang Zhao, the governor of Taiyuan, died in the battle. I think he came here because of his begging." Wei Jian smiled and smiled.

When he opened his eyes, he still remembered that Chen Mo had said before that he would share the Wang family's property with him. Now that the Wang family has asked Chen Mo, he didn't know how to evaluate it. It seemed that they could only ask Chen Mo for now, but Chen Mo obviously didn't have any good intentions towards the Wang family.

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"There is only less than a month left for the wedding, so you won't do it now, right?" the tribesman said in surprise.

Once this battle starts, it cannot be completed in a short time. Now that Chen Mo is getting married soon, no matter how much he thinks about it, he can't go out and beg the thieves. At least he has to wait until after the wedding is over.

"It's impossible to say for sure. This young man uses his troops very strangely. The more impossible you think it is, the more likely it is. Otherwise, why haven't you seen him in recent days?" Wei Ji shook his head. He had studied Chen Mo's military use.

, often fight psychological warfare, making people unable to guard against it.

…

Taiyuan County, Zhongdu County.

A short war has come to an end. Hu Cai stood in the government office with a gloomy look on his face as his soldiers were quickly controlled by Chen Mo's people. This battle was quite useless.

They had already received the exact news that Chen Mo was going to get married on the 18th next month. This made the Baibo thieves who had already penetrated too far breathed a sigh of relief and began to sort out the territory they occupied. Now the whole of Taiyuan, including Jinyang, the three of them

Occupying nine counties, Yang Feng was the fastest, and he won the three counties of Jinyang, Yuci, and Yangyi, while Li Le won the three counties of Qixian, Pingtao, and Jingling, and he suffered the worst because he was dealt with by Chen Mo.

, with the smallest number of troops in hand, it only occupied Zhongdu, Jiexiu, and Wu County, which were also closest to Hedong.

During this period, Hu Cai had been on tenterhooks, fearing that Chen Mo would call. Now that the three families were at odds with each other because of what happened last time in Yang County, if he was attacked now, the other two might not come to help.

After learning the news that Chen Mo was getting married soon, Hu Cai also breathed a sigh of relief. Recently, many merchants came here to buy some gifts. Many of them were his old friends, and he got the news from these people.

Who would have thought that these people who wanted Chen Mo to die in the past would now help Chen Mo secretly bring soldiers and horses here in the name of domestic servants. Although each of them did not bring many, there were three to five thousand people in total. Zhongdu City is like this

It was broken into, the four gates were occupied, and no one even went out to report the news.

And Hu Cai's place was immediately attacked by Da Lang and his troops. The government office was lost and the city was in chaos. Those soldiers who had just been recruited recently would not fight to the death. Most of them had already surrendered. The people who followed him saw that the government office was destroyed.

After only a token resistance, they all surrendered.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone." Chen Mo stood out under the protection of Dian Wei and Wang Biao, and smiled at the several leaders of various clans who came to help.

"You are too polite. The Baibo thieves are poisoning the countryside. We have long wanted to get rid of them, but we are unable to fight against them. Now that we can help you defeat the thieves, we are also eliminating harm for the people. Please never say thank you!"

Several family leaders smiled.

Hu Cai almost spit out a mouthful of old blood when he heard it, gritted his teeth and said: "Chen Mo, you are also a hero, how can you be so unethical!? If you have the ability, do you dare to fight to the death with me?"

"You are already a prisoner!" Dian Wei patted Hu Cai's face with his bloody iron halberd and said, "Besides, how can you, a handsome thief, have the dignity to make such a ridiculous request to my lord?

Go and ask your soldiers, which one is willing to follow you?"

Hu Cai's face turned dark and he ignored this reckless man. He turned to look at those people: "In the past, I also had friendship with you, so why not..."

"Shut up!" Several people's expressions changed, and they shouted sternly: "We are all from a prominent family in Hedong. With our status, how can we have friendship with thieves like you?"

Then someone bowed to Chen Mo and said, "Your Majesty, this person is talking nonsense. He is just trying to create a wedge. Don't believe it."

"Don't worry, everyone." Chen Mo nodded and said, "I still need to trouble you to help me appease the people. Now the city is short of manpower, so I need to trouble you."

"It doesn't matter, we are willing to help you." Everyone hurriedly handed over their hands, agreed repeatedly, and then left.

After everyone left, Chen Mo entered the government office. He looked at Hu Cai who was tied up by Wu Huada and said with a smile: "You used to be the head of the clan. Now that you have changed places, you will be like them."

Hu Cai was silent when he heard this, feeling a little depressed.

"I'm getting married next month, so time is in a hurry. If you are willing to help me convince Jie Xiu to surrender Wu County and help me defeat Li Le, I will not only spare your life, but also allow you to come back and become the county captain.

Chen Mo looked at Hu Cai and said with a smile: "Although it is no longer as prosperous as it is now, at least the family can continue. If you have meritorious service in the future, you can be promoted. What does General Hu think?"

Hu Cai originally thought that he would die, so he remained silent, but now that Chen Mo said this, he quickly raised his head and looked at Chen Mo and said: "Wuxian County, Jie Xiu's generals are all my confidants, it is not difficult for them to surrender, but Li Le

...To be honest, since the last time I was defeated by the envoy, the three of us have already fallen out with each other. Now we are dividing Taiyuan separately and have no contact with each other for a long time. I'm afraid..."

"It doesn't matter, as long as the general is willing. For the rest, just follow my plan." Chen Mo waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Hu Cai is willing to be loyal to the lord." Hu Cai quickly knelt down and said.

"Untie!" Chen Mo smiled slightly and signaled to Dian Wei.
Chapter completed!