Seeing that she had completely gained Xu Guangdou's trust, Su Ling secretly rejoiced in her heart, but she still had to continue singing the drama that should be performed.
Su Ling smiled, but asked: "Xu Caopu doesn't know the purpose of my coming, right? Why do you ask knowingly?"
Xu Guangdou pretended to be surprised and said: "What Brother Chen said, how can I know what you are thinking? Since I have made an appointment for you to meet at Sanqing Temple, let's have a good time and don't beat around the bush.
Just tell me."
Su Ling then nodded and said: "Since Xu Caopu said this, I have something to say directly. I came to Bohai this time for personal reasons. I have heard about Xu Caopu's name for a long time, but I have no chance to meet him."
It's really a pity that I met you today, and I really live up to my reputation. Secondly, I also heard from my uncle and cousin that I don't understand something and I want to ask Xu Caoyu in person."
Oh? What's the matter, but it doesn't matter..." Xu Guangdou still pretended to be confused.
It's really naughty, Su Ling cursed secretly. He was holding it, so he had to say it himself.
"Xu Caopu, if you say that my cousin Chen Yu is unknown and has little experience, I can understand your hesitation on how to deal with him after he joins Bohai. But, who is my uncle? That is Xiao
Motoche's
Clerk Chang Shi is the veteran who has been following Xiao Yuanche since the uprising. He sincerely serves our Bohai, but it seems that Xu Caopu is not very concerned about this matter." Su Ling said, looking at it with a faint smile.
With Xu Guangdou.
Xu Guangdou said with an innocent face: "Brother Chen, where do you start talking about this? Chen Changshi is still your cousin, and you, all of your Chen family have joined me in Bohai. This is our honor in Bohai. Why?"
How can I not keep it in mind?"
Hearing this, Su Ling sneered and said: "In that case, why did Xu Caoyu fail to give my uncle an accurate answer several times? My uncle also wrote to ask if he arrived in Bohai, whether Caoyu could still act as he did in Xiao Yuan
position in Che's camp and promised him a
He has a long history. However, you always use one reason or another to evade and refuse to give a clear answer. Because of this, my uncle is very distressed, so he sent me to ask what went wrong.
Please let Xu Cao have a frank talk."
Hearing this, Xu Guangdou chuckled and said, "What do I think is the reason why I asked you to make this trip? I won't give you an answer for this matter. There is indeed a reason for everything. Since ancient times, if you want to take something, you must give it to me first. This principle,
Brother Chen is better than me
Be clear, otherwise you wouldn't spend a lot of money to marry Guo Hui, right? It's not difficult to have a long history, but the general only gave me three places for this long history. If you want it, he wants everyone to want it.
If you want, there are too many monks and too little rice..."
As he said this, he actually had a troubled look on his face.
Through a brief contact with him, Su Ling knew that he was definitely a cunning guy. He talked about benevolence and morality, but in fact he was a male thief and a female prostitute. If he hadn't gotten to know Xu Guangdou a lot, he would have really believed him if he was like this.
I feel embarrassed.
Su Ling pretended to be dissatisfied and sneered: "Xu Caopu, what you said is wrong. The position of Chang Shi is very important and cannot be done just by anyone. My uncle is in Xiao Yuanche's camp.
It’s Chang Shi. This time he surrendered to Bohai, not to go further, but just to express his loyalty to you.
I would like to express my greatest sincerity. In terms of experience and qualifications, it is not too much to say that my uncle has a long history. Now that I have said that, who is my uncle? He represents the entire Chen family. In this way, you
There is no way to leave him a long-lasting place in history..."
Su Ling sneered and said word by word: "From this point of view, this Bohai is not a safe place, so my Chen family will have to reconsider the surrender."
As he spoke, he looked at Xu Guangdou calmly.
Xu Guangdou shook his head repeatedly and said: "Brother Chen, it is not difficult to make this long history, but you have to show some sincerity that impresses people!"
Su Ling raised her eyebrows and said, "What Cao Yu said is a bit inexplicable. Since the war between Xiao Chen's family, my uncle and cousin have secretly passed on a lot of top-secret information about Xiao Yuanche's camp to the general. Doesn’t this count as showing sincerity?”
Su Ling paused and then said: "If it weren't for this information, I'm afraid General Shen would have been much more passive on the battlefield than he is now..."
When Xu Guangdou heard this, he sneered a few times and said, neither salty nor lightly: "Brother Chen, I thought you were a knowledgeable person, but you didn't expect to be so ignorant in this critical place? Let me ask you, what is the intelligence of your Chen family generals? Have you provided it to me? Or do these things have anything to do with me?"
Although Su Ling is not from the Chen family, he was very angry after hearing this. The information was provided to Bohai, right? Are you not from Bohai?
He was in a daze and didn't know what to say.
But Xu Guangdou patted Su Ling's shoulder with a deep meaning and said, "Brother, you are still younger. Some things should not just be taken at face value..."
Seeing that Su Ling lowered his head and said nothing, Xu Guangdou smiled again and said: "Since I have invited you here, I also see that you are an honest person and want to tell you what is on your mind. In this case, I will say a few more words. ,Brother, don’t be upset!”
As he spoke, Xu Guangdou raised his eyebrows at Su Ling.
Su Ling cursed in his heart, he wanted to see how profound this bastard thing could be.
He then cupped his hands and said, "Xu Cao, please speak!"
Xu Guangdou seemed to clear his throat, and then said: "Brother Chen, your Chen family, from Chen Shangzhi to you, can't understand some things. So, the head of the Chen family is Chen Shang Zhi, the Chen family has been living in vain for just one day..."
Su Ling thought that Xu Guangdou was still testing him, so he pretended to be sulky again. Xu Guangdou waved his hand and said: "Look, brother, don't be too hasty with me. Listen to me and talk to you. This is the first one, Chen Shangzhi." He and Chen Yu indeed took a lot of risks, spent a lot of effort, and obtained a lot of information for General Shen, which was quite popular with General Shen. General Shen would always tell his confidants that if Chen Shangzhi comes If you invest, you must reuse it."
Su Ling nodded and said: "The general has said so, so is it still wrong?"
Xu Guangdou smiled faintly and asked: "Brother Chen, do you think it is a good thing that the general said this?"
Su Ling asked doubtfully: "Isn't it?"
Xu Guangdou shook his head and said with an enigmatic look: "Of course it's not a good thing. Brother, please think about who the confidants beside General Shen are? Guo Tu, Shen Zhengnan and others are all old Bohai clan members. I The Xu family had to fight for a place and get a share of the Bohai Sea pie. It was like cutting off their flesh, which made them heartbroken. If General Shen didn't talk about re-employing Chen Shangzhi, it might be better, but General Shen said it, or he said it in front of them. Is Chen Shangzhi a person? Obviously not. He surrendered to the general. It goes without saying that the entire Chen family will fall to the general. Originally, Bohai was not In such a big place, so many people are divided, and each one feels that there are too few. Now that the Chen family is added, do you think they will agree? So, on the surface, they agree with the general, but in fact? There is someone who sincerely hopes that you, the Chen family, can Has it been reused?"
Xu Guangdou paused and said: "To put it bluntly, there are none, not to mention the Shen family and the Guo family. Even my brother Xu Youzhi also wrote to me. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he expressed his love for you Chen family between the lines.
The attitude of putting things off as long as possible..."
"This..." Su Ling choked.
Xu Guangdou hurriedly proved his innocence and said: "Of course, although my eldest brother has similar views to them, after all, like the Chen family, they are all new members of the Bohai family, so naturally you, the Chen family, are not like them when it comes to your entry into the Bohai Sea.
I am so firmly against it... But the problem lies in the fact that I am the Cao Cao who is in charge of recruitment matters..."
"What's the problem with this?" Su Ling asked again puzzled.
"Brother, please think about it, the general agreed to the Chen family's entry into the Bohai Sea. Would the Shen family and the Guo family say anything if they disagreed? They certainly wouldn't dare to say it. Who dares to disobey the general's wishes? But they don't.
Dare to say it, but they are keeping a close eye on this matter. They are keeping an eye on who dares to take care of the Chen family’s entry into the Bohai Sea. Who dares to take care of it and who is active? Those are the two big families.
The enemy... Doesn't this create a problem for me, Xu Guangdou? I am in charge of recruiting and surrendering, so I am in a dilemma. If I handle this matter proactively and well, it will be very difficult for me.
The general is naturally satisfied; but as for the Shen Guo family, not all of them have been offended. I, the Xu family, am new to the Bohai Sea and my strength is still weak, so..."
Xu Guangdou patted Su Ling's shoulder hard again, and said with a distressed and embarrassed expression: "My brother Xu Youzhi and I are in a dilemma over your affairs. If we don't let you handle it, the general will hold you accountable.
If you do this, you will definitely incur the hatred of those wealthy families, which will be very difficult..."
"Hiss..." Su Ling took a breath. He heard that these were Xu Guangdou's true words. It turned out that this matter involving the interests of the Taoist officialdom was far from being as simple as it seemed on the surface.
"I see... It seems that this matter has really embarrassed Cao Yu..." Su Ling said.
Xu Guangdou nodded and said: "Hey, who asked me to be the Cao Cao who recruits Cao Cao? I am born to be a hard worker. What can I do?"
He sighed and said: "I just said one point, and there is another point. Whether Chen Changshi or your cousin, he really doesn't know how to behave..."
Seeing that Su Ling wanted to be in a hurry with him again, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Listen to what I have to say next. If you are in a hurry with me again... I just said that Chen, in order to show his determination to be loyal to the general,
Risking your head to provide information to the general. But the information was provided to the general. To be precise, the general actually benefited..."
At this point, Xu Guangdou paused and lowered his voice: "But your uncle Chen Shangzhi is confused. The general will benefit from it and will say a good word about you Chen. But who will handle your surrender to the general?"
Do it? General? The general is busy fighting with Xiao Yuanche, how can he have time to do this? So, you have shown enough sincerity, but this sincerity has been sent to the wrong person..."
Su Ling's heart moved, and then she pretended to have a sudden realization and said: "Oh oh oh, that's it. Xu Caopu woke up the dreamer with a few words. This sincerity should not be expressed to the general, no no no, it must be
Express it to the general, but also express it to the person who is responsible for this matter. Only in this way is it the best solution for both!"
Xu Guangdou smiled faintly and said: "Brother is smart. I saw it right. You are really the most knowledgeable person in the Chen family!"
But Su Ling seemed to suddenly realize it and said: "But, isn't the person who handled my Chen family's entry into the Bohai Sea the same as you, Xu Caopu... What do you mean..."
"Well! -" Xu Guangdou nodded, his voice rose, and he hummed, and then he stopped covering up and said: "Brother, you finally got to the point. I told you just now, how many people opposed your Chen family's entry into the Bohai Sea?
, how many people are watching... I still want to hang out in the Bohai officialdom. You said, I have no connection with your Chen family. Why should I risk offending the wealthy people like Guo Shen and do things for you?
ah......"
"We sent information..."
Xu Guangdou shook his head repeatedly and said in a slightly louder voice: "Don't mention intelligence. Does intelligence have something to do with my Xu family? Does it have anything to do with my Xu Guangdou? The one who benefits is the general. What good will happen to our Xu family?"
Su Ling felt a chill in his heart. There were actually such refined egoistic people in this world. The fate of Bohai had nothing to do with him. The only thing that had to do with him was that they wanted to benefit directly...
In the eyes and hearts of such people, there is no thought of serving the country and the people, no sense of publicity!
Here are the so-called officials, the so-called bureaucrats, the so-called rich families?!
When Xu Guangdou saw Su Ling lowering his head and said nothing, he thought he was thinking about his words, so he chuckled and said: "If you have to let people do things for your Chen family, you have to take risks for your Chen family and take the blame. There is no benefit at all.
Man, do you think the person doing this is a fool or a lunatic? He will sincerely serve your Chen family!"
When these words were spoken, Xu Guangdou's thoughts became even more obvious.
After spending a long time talking, it is actually just one sentence, I can offend everyone, I can do things for you, as long as you give enough money, give it enough, it doesn't matter if you offend others or take the blame!
Su Ling thought that there was only peace and prosperity and prosperity for a long time before moths would appear. However, it wasn't until he saw and heard what Xu Guangdou did in front of him that he realized that he was completely wrong.
No matter in prosperous times or troubled times, moths will never be absent, and their methods of amassing money and corruption are always despicable and dirty!
Thinking of this, Su Ling no longer had any good impressions of Xu Guangdou. He would feel sick even if he said another word.
So, he said coldly: "Okay, since what you said is so clear, then you can make an offer. How much gold and silver do you need to accomplish this..."
Hearing this, Xu Guangdou burst into laughter and said, "Brother Chen is really knowledgeable. He can tell the truth with just a little bit..."
After saying that, he pursed his mustache, shook his head and thought for a moment, and then slowly stretched out three fingers towards Su Ling.
Su Ling glanced at it and sneered: "Is it right to add 30,000 gold on top of the 100,000 gold you have already raised..."
Su Ling thought that the additional thirty thousand gold was already enough. Unexpectedly, Xu Guangdou snorted disdainfully and said with a mocking greed on his face: "Brother Chen, are you kidding me...add more
Thirty thousand gold?..."
"These three fingers are worth three hundred thousand gold, okay?"