Cao Cao is different from Cao Hong.

Cao Hong is the richest one in the Cao clan. He used to be, but now he is still.

In addition to not daring to take action on land issues, Cao Hong is willing to try the ways to make money. It can be said that Cao Hong is very talented in making money and is even more powerful than fighting.

Cao Hong asked his disciples to do business in large quantities, go to the West, Liaodong, and Jiangnan. Over the past few years, the Cao caravan has been able to compete with the Mi caravan under the guidance of Cao Hong.

Of course, Cao Hong is much more obedient now. If you want to do business, you will first ask Guo Peng if he can do it. Guo Peng nodded and went to do it. Guo Peng shook his head and stopped immediately. Then he discussed tax issues with Guo Peng, saying that he promised to pay taxes on time and would never dare to evade taxes.

So Cao Hong is very rich now.

Cao Cao is not as good at managing family property as Cao Hong, and his family is not as rich as Cao Hong. Sometimes he is tight at work and wants to ask Cao Hong that he can't borrow money. Cao Hong is always worried that Cao Cao cannot repay the money on time.

No matter how rich this guy is, except for paying taxes on Guo Peng, he seems to be cutting off his meat if he pays a penny.

Apart from Cao Hong, no one in the Cao family is as rich as him, and the Xiahou family is the same. These officials who are so popular outside also have some indescribable hidden secrets. Although they are not hungry, they don’t have much money left.

The Guo and Wei regime had a special rule: if you give salary or rewards, you would not give it to the official himself, but would directly give it to the official's wife, and the official's wife would receive the salary on behalf of the official.

Whenever the salary and rewards were paid, Cao Lan would come forward as the Queen of Wei to preside over the presidency. The officials in the Financial Secretary took a closer look at the salary and rewards, and then sent it to the officials' wives, but the officials themselves.

If they want money, they have to ask their wife for it and tell them the reason for their money. And they can't do anything bad because they don't need it, otherwise Cao Lan wouldn't let them go-away-

Cao Lan established contact with the wife and wives of many officials' families through the issue of paying salaries. If something really happened, Guo Peng would know, and he would know that Guo Peng and his wife had a very good relationship. If Cao Lan had a good reputation, their future would be questionable.

Over time, there was a very interesting phenomenon among the official group under Guo Peng.

Those officials who are weak and who are more powerful at home can always spend money to treat guests to dinner when they are paid, showing their status at home and appearing very proud.

The officials who were afraid of the public would collectively leave to avoid the facts they were afraid of being discovered by their colleagues because they could not pay for the guests, thus making them lose face.

Most of the officials who have been in office these days have been married, and only a very small number of them have not yet been married. They are also eager to get married because of the rule that Guo Wei's regime is single, so the days when the salary is paid are the days when the officials' status at home are demonstrated.

Cao Cao's status in his family is obviously not too high.

Mrs. Ding and Guo Peng are familiar with it.

When Cao Cao was newly married, Guo Peng met Mrs. Ding. She has been around for more than 20 years. Mrs. Ding looks weak, but she has a strong temperament and has a strong family's financial power.

Mrs. Ding seemed to have physical problems and could not have children for a long time. It was very difficult to occupy the position of a wife but could not have children. Therefore, Cao Ang, who was born to Cao Cao's earliest concubine, was raised by Mrs. Ding as her son after her concubine died of a difficult childbirth and became the eldest son.

Because of this issue, she didn't care about Cao Cao's concubine or something.

For example, Cao Cao later adopted the Bian family, who was born into a dancer and gave birth to the fourth son of Pi Changzhi Xiong. Mrs. Ding couldn't like it, but she treated them well.

Since you can't control this aspect, then take care of the money.

All Cao Cao's salary and rewards were in her hands. He was the well-deserved leader of the family and managed the family very well. With Cao Ang, his son, he also had a very good relationship with Cao Lan, so Mrs. Ding held Cao Cao's face and lifeline tightly.

Cao Cao had no choice but to ask Mrs. Ding for pocket money whenever he was nervous.

Mrs. Ding set a quota for Cao Cao, how much money is per month, and she will never give it to him if he is too much. If Cao Cao is really nervous and pestered, she will run to Cao Lan to live. Anyway, she will never give Cao Cao a chance to make him more aggressive.

Mrs. Ding retreated from the matter of giving birth, but once it involved financial matters, she immediately turned into a Hedong lion. Whenever Cao Cao was defeated, he had no choice but to complain.

Today is obviously Cao Cao's miserable defeat again.

Of course, such a crushing defeat was not once or twice, and it was common for Cao Cao.

He is a man who likes to brag and socialize, but Mrs. Ding restricts his consumption. He often has times when he is short of money and cannot borrow money. He can only work hard towards Mrs. Ding, and fights repeatedly, and naturally he will fight again and again.

After every defeat, Cao Cao would feel depressed and come to Guo Peng to talk to him a little, relieve his depression, and see if he could borrow money.

It's true that he didn't have money to go out for drinking and socializing several times, but Guo Peng lent him money to let him go. Of course, Guo Peng didn't point him at him to pay it back.

After Guo Peng became the King of Wei, Cao Cao was like he was enlightened. He seemed to realize that Guo Peng could not stop his steps, so he changed his previous attitude of deliberately avoiding and became proactive and intimate.

I don’t talk about state affairs, but only about private matters, and it seems that I want to regain the feeling I had back then.

Guo Peng knew the purpose of Cao Cao doing this, so he did not resist and let it go.

So the two gradually returned to the intimacy trend of the past.

In addition to dealing with heavy government affairs, Guo Peng also needs to relax his tense nerves and is happy to cooperate with Cao Cao's complaints.

Especially when Cao Cao comes to him to complain about the system of paying his salary to his wife, Guo Peng feels very happy.

In Guo Peng's opinion, Cao Cao was particularly depressed today, so Guo Peng was particularly interested, thinking about listening to Cao Cao's unhappy things and making himself happy.

Cao Cao caught him and complained, and Guo Peng became happier the more he listened.

"Fengxiao stole your favorite concubine? He also stole your house from all over your house? Brother, how did you provoke Fengxiao? Fengxiao should understand his sister-in-law's character. In this way, you don't want to go home today. I remember that you spent a lot of money on buying that concubine, right?"

"I didn't provoke him, just asked him to help him. As a result, he blackmailed me like this, making me unable to return to the mansion. If outsiders find out, where will I put my face? I will have to deal with him hard one another day!"

Cao Cao's face was full of unhappiness.

"Let Fengxiao help..."

Guo Peng shook his head and smiled: "Brother, don't do this. The one in Fengxiao's family is not simple. I guess he robs you of your money and goes back to make the one in his family happy so that Fengxiao can take a concubine. If you rob it, Fengxiao will not think about going home."

Guo Peng poured Cao Cao a drink and asked again: "By the way, why are you asking Fengxiao to help? How could Fengxiao blackmail you like this?"

"It's not small, but it's not big."

Cao Cao took the drink: "I was recommended by Sima Gong of Hanoi to serve as the Northern Territory of Luoyang. Sima Gong was kind to recommend me, so he wanted me to recommend a position for his son. I cannot refuse this matter, so I found Fengxiao."

Guo Peng was raising his glass to drink water, and he paused when he heard this.

"Sima Lang? I remember that I also asked Xun to recommend it through you? Later, he resigned from his post. Why, this time he came to you again? Or Sima Lang?"

Cao Cao shook his head.

"When encountering such a thing, Sima Lang's career is hopeless. This time, Sima Lang's second brother, Sima Yi, whose name is Zhongda."

Guo Peng raised his head and drank the water in the glass, then put down the cup and looked at Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!