The Nameless of the Common Clans

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

"These things are decided by mother." Chen Mo took the wet towel handed by Juan'er and wiped his face with a smile.

"Marriage is a big matter, so you should ask more people. I have discussed it with your uncle Wang, uncle Zheng, and sister Cai yesterday. It was decided to get married next month, but the official date has not been decided yet. Mr. Ziyuan said that you are also quite knowledgeable about Yijing, so I came to ask you." Chen's mother smiled.

"Why do you have to ask everyone about this kind of thing?" Chen Mo was a little helpless. It's not that he looked down on Uncle Wang and others, but this profession has its own expertise. Mr. Cai and his teacher are both knowledgeable people. You go to ask Uncle Wang and others about the things they have decided? Mother is usually very wise, why did she lose her sense of proportion when she encountered such a thing?

"This is a big event for our Chen family. I have sent a letter to Xia Pi and asked Yuanlong to come here. Don't let others underestimate it." Chen's mother shook her head and said with a serious face.

"Mother, you are the boss." Chen Mo couldn't say anything else. Although he felt that it was a bit too much trouble, he was now considered a direct lineage, and it was reasonable for the Chen family to send someone. But it was hard to say whether it was Chen Deng. From the recent correspondence with Chen Deng, Tao Qian has been quite dependent on the Chen family since he took office. His uncle Chen Gui is old, and many things are handled by Chen Deng, so he may not be able to get away.

The wedding date was set for the 18th of next month. Chen Mo calculated the birthdays of himself and Cai Yan in his mind. After all, it was chosen by his teacher and Cai Gong. If he calculated it himself, this day would be the most suitable.

Although there is still a full month to go, the wedding preparations have already begun. Chen Mo sent invitations to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu. They are unlikely to come, but the invitations must be sent. In addition, Chen Mo sent several invitations to Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Guo Si, and even Li Jue. After all, although Chen Mo is now accepted by the princes, he has not torn his face with Dong Zhuo in name, otherwise Cai Yong would not be able to come.

The Chen Mansion is preparing for a big event this time. Even if Chen Mo did not say anything, those who work in Anyi came to help take care of it spontaneously. However, Chen Mo does not need to worry about these things, as his mother and Yun Si will take care of them.

Chen Mo has been very busy these days. Although the salt inspection is open to the gentry in Hedong, not everyone can join in. Chen Mo will develop the corresponding vouchers. How much each family can get is determined by the government office. Chen Mo will let Li Qing be the salt inspection lieutenant to be responsible for this matter. Chen Mo also has another thing to do, which has been planned for a long time.

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Looking at the people who received the salt permit and left the salt inspection office happily, Wei Ji shook his head. The human heart, in the final analysis, is the word profit. However, Chen Mo can grasp this point keenly, and also find a breakthrough, quickly gather the hearts of these gentry, which is indeed good, but what should be done next? If it is just like this, it will only temporarily solve the difficulties in Hedong. Although Chen Mo is young, his ambition is by no means limited to this county.

"Master, the salt permit is obtained." A member of the Wei family ran to Wei Ji with a happy face and bowed.

Salt permit?

Wei Ji took the salt permit with a complicated expression. The Wei family... also needs to eat. Although they have seen through Chen Mo's plan,... no one will 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 keeping the salt permit. With this, he can buy some salt and send it to Yanzhou and Yuzhou, which will make at least five times the profit. If it is sent to the Hetao area and directly exchanged for some horses, the profit will be even more considerable, which may be ten times or even more. However, for the sake of safety, it is better to transport them separately. Those Xiongnu people are not very honest now. If they are sold separately, at least they will not lose money.

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

"Let's take a look." Wei Ji smiled and said: "Do you know what the envoy is doing recently?"

"Probably arranging the wedding, the date has been set, and now the whole Anyi is busy with this matter every day."

"It's not that simple." Wei Ji shook his head: "Haven't you noticed that the troops have been mobilized frequently recently?"

"Are you going to fight?" The tribesman was surprised: "It's just that we fought against the enemy before, why this time?"

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

"A few days ago, the Wang family of Taiyuan and the imperial court sent people here. I heard that the Baibo bandits are now causing great trouble in Taiyuan, and even the Taiyuan governor Wang Zhao was killed in the battle. I think they came here for help." Wei Ji smiled and narrowed his eyes. He still remembered that Chen Mo had said before that he would share the Wang family's land with him. Now that the Wang family came to Chen Mo for help, he didn't know how to evaluate it. It seems that they can only ask Chen Mo for help at present, but Chen Mo obviously has no good intentions towards the Wang family.

"There is less than a month left before the wedding. You won't take action now, right?" The clan member was surprised.

Once this war starts, it will not be completed in a short time. Now that Chen Mo's wedding is imminent, no matter how much he thinks, he can't go to fight the bandits. At least he has to wait until the wedding is over.

"It's hard to say. This young envoy uses troops in a strange way. The more you think it's impossible, the more likely it is. Otherwise, why haven't you seen him in recent days?" Wei Ji shook his head. He has studied Chen Mo's use of troops. He often fights psychological warfare, which makes people hard to defend against.

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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 planning to get married on the 18th next month. This made the Bai Bo thieves who had penetrated too far breathed a sigh of relief and began to sort out the territory they occupied. Now in the entire Taiyuan, including Jinyang, the three of them Occupying nine counties, Yang Feng attacked The fastest, the three counties of Jinyang, Yuci, and Yangyi were captured by him, while Li Le captured the three counties of Qixian, Pingtao, and Jingling. However, because he was the worst dealt with by Chen Mo, he had the fewest troops and only occupied It includes Zhongdu, Jiexiu and Wuxian, and is also the 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 about to get married, Hu Cai also breathed a sigh of relief. Recently, many merchants came to buy some gifts. Many of them were his old friends, and he got the news from these people. You know, who would have thought of these things that I wanted to do in the past? The people who died of Chen Mo now helped Chen Mo secretly bring soldiers and horses over in the name of domestic servants. Although each of them did not bring many, the total number of them was three to five thousand. The Zhongdu City was destroyed in this way, and the four gates were occupied. , no one even went out to report the news.

And Hu Cai's place was immediately attacked by Dalang 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 troops 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 walked out of the crowd under the protection of Dian Wei and Wang Biao, and smiled at the several leaders of various clans who came to help.

"Your Majesty is too polite. The Baibo thieves are poisoning the countryside. We have long wanted to get rid of them, but we are unable to defeat the thieves. 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, you are a handsome thief, how can you have the face to make such ridiculous demands to my lord? Go and ask your soldiers, who is willing to follow you?"

Hu Cai's face turned dark and he ignored the 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 alienate people. 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, I'm 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 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 and Wu County to surrender, 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 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 and Jiexiu generals are 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.

"Here!"