"I can... I can't... I can give it a try, I don't know if I can..."

"Can it or not?"

Cao Rui couldn't bear it anymore and asked impatiently.

Xia Houmao gritted his teeth and said, "I did trade grain with them before, and we even agreed to buy a batch of grain from them this year."

As long as you are serious about your transactions with the Guandong family, you will definitely be able to find out.

So we can't hide it, so we might as well admit it directly.

In fact, the relationship between Xia Houmao and the Guandong family is much closer than Cao Rui imagined. After all, things like woolen sweaters are not in high demand among the Guandong family.

There is no cotton these days, and it happens to be the Little Ice Age. Even the Huaihe River is covered with snow and ice, let alone the areas north of the Huaihe River?

Therefore, as long as Xiahou Mao can get woolen sweaters, the Guandong family can bring him food at any time.

"Are they willing to sell grain to you?"

Cao Rui stood up and asked again.

"yes."

Xia Houmao felt that his underwear had become wet. He knew that this time he made the right bet.

"Okay! Let me ask you again, if I ask you to go to Governor Xu Qing's Second Prefecture, will you be willing?"

The emperor suddenly asked a question that shocked Xiahou Mao.

He raised his head in disbelief.

Governor Xu Qing Erzhou?

Isn’t that more powerful than the governor of Guanzhong?

Cao Rui did not go to see Xiahou Mao, but walked back and forth, minding his own business and said, "The Xiahou family and the Cao family are related by marriage. The great Wei Dynasty can establish a country, and your Xiahou family has made great contributions."

"It is not an exaggeration to say that the two families are related by blood. As long as the Wei Dynasty is alive, your Xiahou family will still be the most important pillar of the country."

"Now is the time when the country needs the help of the Xiahou family." Cao Rui stopped and looked at Xiahou Mao, "You have a relationship with the Guandong family, so I want to send you to governor Xu Qing and the second state. Do you understand what I mean?

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Xia Houmao was so moved that he lay down on the ground and kowtowed again, "Your Majesty is so generous, how dare I fail to die? I will definitely persuade the Guandong family to put the overall situation first, and do nothing that will cause pain to those who are close to you and pleasure to those who are enemies."

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Cao Rui nodded with satisfaction.

If Xia Houmao really appeases Xu Qing's aristocratic family in the second state, then he would be worthy of sparing his life.

Thinking of this, Cao Rui took a file from the case and handed it to Xia Houmao, "This is the case file to examine your disrespect, and I will hand it over to you now."

"As for Princess Qinghe's disrespectful remarks against you, I will ask the chamberlain to give her instructions so that she will not easily believe in the words of villains in the future."

"I thank your Majesty!"

Xia Houmao shouted with tears in his eyes.

The emperor's approach was obviously to beat Princess Qinghe to make her calm down.

At the same time, it also shows that Princess Qinghe can no longer control herself.

Thinking of this, Xia Houmao, who had tears on his face, suddenly had a thought. Doesn't that mean that if he keeps a concubine again, Princess Qinghe will just watch?

No one expected that Xiahou Mao, who was escorted back to Luoyang from Guanzhong, not only died in the end, but was moved from General Anxi to General Zhendong, and was appointed governor of Xu Qingzhou.

The emperor's decision was beyond everyone's expectations.

When Xiahou Mao returned to the house, he immediately ordered his two younger brothers to be tied up. He also invited Princess Qinghe, and in front of her, Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang were beaten until their skins were torn apart and their flesh was dripping with blood.

Next breath.

Then it was announced that the two of them would be banned for a year, and whoever dared to take a step outside the door would have his legs broken.

Although Xia Houmao had no military strategy, he could manage his family's industry to a prosperous future, so how could he be useless?

Now seeing that all the property he had accumulated over the years had been confiscated, he really wanted to strangle this vicious woman who wanted to trap her husband to death.

Seeing Princess Qinghe's extremely pale face and frightened eyes, Xia Houmao felt happy in his heart.

"If anyone breaks etiquette again in the future, don't blame me for being cruel!"

After Xia Houmao said a harsh word, he immediately asked people to pack his luggage. The time was very tight and he had to set off within three days.

After Cao Rui appointed Xia Houmao as the governor of Xu and Qing Prefectures, he also made the Yu family, who had just returned to Luoyang from Yecheng, a noble concubine, the first person under the queen.

At the same time, an edict was issued to commend Zhu Ling and Wang Ling, praising them for their bravery and strategizing in the battle of Shiting, and for planning to encircle Wu Lu. If Wu Lu had not sent reinforcements, Quan Cong, the general of Wu Lu, would have returned without his life.

Regarding the mutual impeachment between Jia Kui and Cao Xiu, Cao Rui judged that neither of them was at fault.

They even sent Yang Ji, the captain of the Cavalry School, to Yangzhou to enumerate Cao Xiu's past achievements, comfort him, and reward him with more solemn honors.

When Jia Kui heard about this, he couldn't help but feel angry: Although the emperor said that neither of them was at fault, but later sent someone to reward Cao Xiu, wasn't he really saying that he was at fault?

In this way, even if he did not receive any punishment, he was actually responsible for the defeat of Shiting?

Jia Kui already had a strong temperament, and Yuzhou was on the border of Yangzhou. Over the years, Cao Xiu often used his power to provoke him.

Now that something like this happened again, Jia Kui couldn't swallow it and fell ill all of a sudden.

He lay on the couch and said to his son Jia Chong, "If this happened to Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu would only punish Cao Xiu."

"If it had happened in Huang Chu's time, Emperor Wen would have only admitted that it was his mistake."

"When His Majesty came to power, Cao Xiu was praised. Alas, after three generations, the decline of the Cao family has already been seen!"
Chapter completed!