Lu Yan didn't expect Cao Cao's reply to come so quickly and so crisply.
Originally, he thought that he might have to quarrel with Lao Cao a few times, or even worse, he might have to go to Juancheng in person.
But I didn’t expect that,
"Boss Cao agreed so readily? Isn't this inconsistent with his suspicious character?!"
In the governor's house, Lu Yan read the reply and wondered whether Cao Cao had changed his temper at some point.
"Does Boss Cao trust me too much? Can he agree to cheating on my younger brother so happily?"
You know, once Cao Hong takes control of the Chamber of Commerce, he will always be entangled with businessmen in the future, which will have some impact on his future career and reputation.
Lu Yan shook his head, put away the letter, and muttered: "Boss Cao, you are so smooth at selling me, why don't you even try to protect me?"
That's all, don't think about this first,
Lu Yan can't take care of the Chamber of Commerce's affairs for the time being.
Because since Mao Jie left, he no longer has a person who can have an overview of the overall situation.
In the past, it seemed that Mao Jie was just wandering around, looking for people to help with household chores, etc. It was only now that Lu Yan realized, "Grandpa Xiaoxian, when will you be able to come back!"
Han Hao and Yi Ji are still rookies in the workplace, and it may take some time before they want to take the lead.
Mao Jie didn’t know when he would be able to come back.
Therefore, during this period of time, many larger matters need to be handled by Lu Yan himself.
Working overtime in the dark has once again become the norm these days.
Even Cao Ang couldn't help but sigh after seeing it: "Your Majesty, you have worked really hard!"
Cao Ang sighed while holding a pile of documents and placing them next to Lu Yan, and said: "Prefect, these are today's government affairs. Thank you for your hard work..."
Lu Yan said expressionlessly: "Just put it away."
Cao Ang obediently sorted out the documents and said, "General Cao Ren has brought a total of seven thousand armors and more than three thousand swords and guns..."
"Damn! This bastard Cao Ren has plotted against me!" When Lu Yan heard this, he immediately felt regretful for his negligence at that time. "Next time, we must agree on the quantity first, otherwise this guy might even want to bring his underwear.
Renovate it..."
Lu Yan just thought of this,
Cao Ang took a peek at Lu Yan's expressionless face. After hesitating for a moment, he bravely spoke out:
"General Cao Ren also sent his armor, weapons and linings. He said that if they can be repaired, they should be repaired as much as possible. If they cannot be repaired, they should be replaced with new ones."
"Bang!" Lu Yan suddenly slapped the document and shouted dissatisfied: "That bastard Cao Ren, what on earth does he think of me here?"
Cao Ang's eyes widened and he stared at a handprint that appeared on the desk. He couldn't help but swallowed, and then said: "He...he said he could pay...if he could get Bei Weijun."
He is willing to pay for armor of that quality no matter how much it costs!"
When Lu Yan heard this, he twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Young man is waiting for me here! You dare to plot my things, you are so brave!"
Seeing that Lu Yan was a little angry, Cao Ang thought that Cao Ren's request was going to fail, but he didn't expect that Lu Yan actually agreed: "Okay, I agree! Go and tell Cao Ren, a simple sword that is easy to use, plus a
General's standard armor, a total of one hundred gold!"
During this period, the so-called armor worn by most regular soldiers was actually leather armor.
Most of the Yellow Turban Army wore civilian clothes and went into battle carrying hoes.
Real armor is expensive to make. An ordinary soldier's armor may cost tens of thousands of dollars, which is at least one tael of gold, let alone a general's sophisticated armor.
Lu Yan asked for a hundred gold. Although there was something like a lion asking for money, what he gave out was definitely not bad. At most, he would only earn half of it.
Cao Ren is now a partial general and prefect of Yingchuan, with a salary of two thousand dan.
It is said to be two thousand dan, but in fact the monthly salary is 120 Dendrobium (one Dendrobium = one dan), which means a total of 1,440 dan per year.
Based on the current price of about 40 yuan in Chenliu County, if he does not eat or drink for a year, it will be almost 60,000 yuan.
In other words, Lu Yan ate up almost ten years of Cao Ren's salary in one bite (if the current salary is always calculated)...
"Hiss!" Cao Ang couldn't help but feel a little heartache for Cao Ren when he heard that Lu Yan said it was one hundred gold, "One hundred gold is almost one million! Uncle Clan will inevitably bleed this time!"
But no matter what, the task assigned to him by Cao Ren was completed.
As for whether he can spend so much money, that is Cao Ren's own business.
Seeing Cao Ang leave, Lu Yan plunged into official duties again.
Now he wished he could take the document home and drag out Guo Fengxiao, who stayed at home all day long, to do it with him.
"Eh? That's a good idea!" So Lu Yan really had someone carry a box of documents back to his house...
...
A month later, Lu Yan had almost straightened out everything he was doing.
The sudden influx of government affairs before was mainly due to a series of changes and work brought about by the expansion of official offices.
After being busy for a while, things went smoothly.
Yi Ji and Han Hao are almost mature...oh no, they are proficient.
In the meeting hall,
Starting from today, Lu Yan gradually assigned the matters in hand to Yi Ji, Han Hao, and the eldest son Cao Ang, euphemistically calling it: "grinding!"
After everyone assigned the tasks and left, Lu Yan thought to himself: "Everything is ready, it's time to start forming a chamber of commerce!"
He found Boss Cao's reply from the document. To show his sincerity, he decided to go to Xuchang in person to have a good chat with Cao Hong.
The next day,
Lu Yan came to Xuchang with Xia Houlan.
Anyway, Zhao Yun was commanding the defenders of Chenliu County, and there was no fighting at the moment, so it was a good idea to bring Xiahou Lan out to relax.
Entering Xuchang City, Xia Houlan couldn't help but sigh: "Wow! The changes in Xuchang are really great!"
Lu Yan looked at the busy streets and couldn't help but nodded and replied: "Indeed, when I first came here, it still looked like it was in decline. But I don't want to come here again. It has become so prosperous and lively."
The rapid recovery of Yingchuan County is actually due to the vitality of Chenliu County.
The two counties are adjacent to each other and are close to each other.
The vitality of Chenliu County continued to be injected into Yingchuan County, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who were in charge of Yingchuan County, copied some of Chenliu County's policies, so Yingchuan County was naturally gradually brought up.
The reason why only part of Chenliu County's policies were copied was because there were still many powerful families entrenched in Yingchuan County, and the situation was too complicated.
Let’s take a look at the wealthy and aristocratic families in Yingchuan County back then!
Yingyin Xun family, Xu County Chen family, Changshe Zhong family, Xiangcheng Li family, Yangzhai Guo family, Yangzhai Xin family, Wuyang Han family, Dingling Du family, Fucheng Feng family...
However, most of them moved away to avoid disaster, but even so, Yingchuan still left behind the influence of many aristocratic families.
Cao Ren and Cao Hong did not dare to touch these forces easily.
Suddenly hearing the news of Lu Yan's visit, Cao Hong, who was inspecting the soldiers in the military camp, immediately hurried back to the county government office.
As soon as he stepped into the door of the county government meeting hall, Cao Hong immediately showed a bright smile on his face. Then he rubbed his hands, bowed his waist, and greeted in an unusually enthusiastic tone: "Oh! Sir, you should inform me in advance if you want to come.
Say it! This way I can go out of the city to meet you."
"Zilian, why do I feel that your enthusiasm is a little too much?" Lu Yan asked, looking at Cao Hong up and down with a judgmental look.
Cao Hong felt that Lu Yan had penetrated his mind, so he simply said to Lu Yan directly:
"Well...actually...hehe...,
Hong is also planning to ask Mr. to build a suit of armor and a weapon for me...
It’s the same quality as Zixiao’s armor worth a hundred gold!”