But Cao Cao, who was extremely afraid of Mi Zhu, was a little strange and coveted at this moment.

"It's really a good way to make money." Cao Cao thought while touching his chin.

Liu Feng made such a big fuss, selling his official position and title openly and openly. Originally, Cao Cao was just looking at the joke. Because the emperor personally issued an edict to sell his title, it was simply a slap in the face of the Liu family, that is, the emperor Liu

Match your face.

From then on, those who were truly capable and eager to use their abilities to become princes would hate Liu Xie. It can be said that Prince Liu Feng's move basically pushed the Liu family one step further towards the edge of the cliff.

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Basically we are going into an abyss.

On the one hand, Cao Cao wanted to maintain the rule of the Han Dynasty, and on the other hand, he wanted to suppress the prestige of the Han Dynasty. Seeing Liu Feng and his son destroying their prestige, he was naturally extremely happy.

Therefore, when Liu Xie issued the edict, Cao Cao did not stop him, but gave the green light. Otherwise, Liu Feng's business would never be so good.

However, there were times when Cao Cao made miscalculations. He originally looked down upon something like selling his title, which would cause him to lose his political prestige, but it actually caused such a loud noise.

Listening to the constant reports from his subordinates, which big businessman had entered Mi Zhu's house, Emperor Liu Xie issued an edict and granted the title of ten Guannei Marquises.

Cao Cao's heart went from being calm to being slightly turbulent, and in the end it was just like the eyes of ordinary poor people looking at rich people, with jealousy.

The title of a Guannei Marquis is worth five hundred gold, and ten is worth five thousand gold. Every time Liu Xie issues an imperial edict awarding a title, it is worth five thousand gold.

What you paid was nothing more than recognition of your identity and a gold seal. You didn't even need to give out uniforms or ribbons. The actual value was really just a gold seal.

There is nothing more profitable than this in the world.

Cao Cao was a poor man. Really, no prince in the world was poorer than Cao Cao. Because of the war, look where Cao Cao was. Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Sili, and Chang'an were all captured by the Yellow Turbans or

The remaining population in the most severely affected states and counties where Dong Zhuo wreaked havoc is incomparable to what it was before.

Xuzhou, which had just been acquired not long ago, was actually quite wealthy. However, out of revenge, Cao Cao personally massacred countless cities.

Therefore, the states and counties under Cao Cao were really dilapidated and poor, and their income was naturally not high. In addition, the troops were raised almost every year, which required financial resources and countless grains.

Therefore, over the years, Cao Cao only gained power, status, and territory, but his life became increasingly poorer.

Look at those princes. Liu Zhang is incompetent, but he is sitting on the land of abundance. He is more than ten times richer than Cao Cao. Liu Biao is not incompetent, but he has no courage and ambition, but he also sits on Jingzhou, and he is ten times richer than Cao Cao.

More than that, it’s so coveted.

Yuan Shao in Hebei, although Qingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou in Hebei also experienced the ravages of the Yellow Turbans, they had not been baptized by Dong Zhuo after all.

It is relatively well preserved, and before the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Hebei was the place where the world's population concentrated. It is said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Now Hebei is also relatively wealthy. Yuan Shao has many soldiers and generals and is strong. His economic strength is seven or eight times stronger than Cao Cao.

Looking at Liaodong Gongsun Duba, he had already been entrenched in Liaodong as early as Dong Zhuo. In recent years, he defeated Goguryeo to the east, Wuhuan to the west, and invaded the Korean Peninsula to the south. He recaptured the territory occupied by the Three Han Dynasties, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

Defeated the four Han counties established by the Wei clan in Korea.

The four counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, Lintun, and Xuantu then crossed the sea to the south to attack Qingzhou and confront Yuan Shao.[

While his martial arts were outstanding, he also plundered a lot of wealth. He was still three or four times richer than Cao Cao.

Let’s look southward at Jiangdong. Sun Ce had just pacified Jiangdong, but there was no war outside and no consumption inside. There was already a scene of peace and prosperity.

He was also one or two times richer than Cao Cao.

Finally, Ma Teng, Han Sui, etc., although they were sitting in the desolate land of Yongliang, they still plundered wisely and were very rich. Richer than Cao Cao.

In addition, there is a rice thief named Zhang Lu. Although he is a thief, he owns a county in Hanzhong and is very wealthy. He is still much stronger than Cao Cao.

It can be said that no one in the world is poorer than Cao Cao.

So, despite Cao Cao's glory, Da Sikong, who owns one-third of the world, is really poor.

Such an environment made Cao Cao use all means to get rich, and even invented some relatively shameless activities, such as tomb robbing. He used it to excavate the large tombs of his ancestors and collect their gold to make up for the consumption in the process of conquering the world.
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