"Master Yuan Shao, can you explain to me what is going on?"

After hearing Yan Liang's words, Li Yalin's expression suddenly turned cold. Although he is not a money-minded person, this money is also earned for the people of Youzhou. If he can't get it, of course he will feel very disadvantaged.︾

What made him particularly unhappy was why he felt like he was being fooled?

It was obvious that he had been teasing Yuan Shao all along, but now the result seemed to be the other way around. Yuan Shao actually dared to tease him? What a joke!

"Dou Shi! I need an explanation!"

Seeing Li Yalin's cold expression, Yuan Shao suddenly felt anxious. As the eldest lady of a wealthy family, she certainly had her own pride. Now looking at Li Yalin's eyes, it was obvious that she was looking at a liar who deceived others. How could she

accept?

So naturally, Yuan Shao transferred her anger to Yan Liang. She wanted to hear why she couldn't get 50,000 taels of gold.

"Well... in the recent chaos of monsters, we... have distributed too much military pay and weapons, and... also spent a lot of money for disaster relief. In addition, Master Liyu, your expenses have also been..."

Being watched closely by Li Yalin and Yuan Shao, Yan Liang said that she was under a lot of pressure and even spoke a little stumblingly. Fortunately, in the end, she expressed her meaning clearly.

But when she talked about Yuan Shao's expenses, her expression became extremely embarrassed. After all, military pay and disaster relief, these expenses were all justified, but Yuan Shao's luxurious life style made even her, a follower,

They are all a little helpless.

"This...are you blaming me?"

It was obvious that Yuan Shao also understood what Yan Liang meant, but it was precisely because of this that she became even more ashamed and angry.

What’s wrong with me that I like luxury? What’s wrong with my high spending? Is it still my fault?

"No, no, Master Liyu is not wrong, but our expenses are indeed very large. To spend fifty thousand taels of gold all at once is really..."

Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry, Yan Liang quickly changed her mind, but after all she said, she couldn't give 50,000 taels of gold to Li Yalin, so in the end she was speechless.

"Master Yuan Shao, can you give me an explanation?"

Of course, Li Yalin heard clearly the conversation between Yuan Shao and Yan Liang. He was very unhappy at first, but now, he can't help but feel happy.

It seems that Yuan Shao is facing an economic crisis. If he doesn't take advantage of such a great opportunity, wouldn't it be too wasteful?

Although he was happy in his heart, on the surface, he still had to look like I'm very angry, but he couldn't let Yuan Shao see the flaw.

"I... just have 50,000 taels of gold! I... I'll get it for you when I get back!"

Being forced by Li Yalin, Yuan Shao suddenly felt that he couldn't get off the stage. What's more important is that in Yuan Shao's view, Li Yalin was questioning her!

What's that look in his eyes? I'm Yuan Benchu, a man from a wealthy family! Do you think I look like I'm short of money?

"Since Mr. Yuan Shao said so, then I will just wait for the good news."

Seeing Yuan Shao's aggressive look, Li Yalin felt more and more funny in his heart. He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation towards Yuan Shao, which immediately made Yuan Shao even more dissatisfied.

"Humph! Come back with me!"

Yuan Shao, who was unable to get off the stage, waved his hand and returned to Yizhou City with his troops. However, after returning to the city, she became even more depressed.

After investigating for a while, she found that what Yan Liang said was not wrong at all. The available funds in her hand were only a mere 20,000 gold. Isn't this too little?

"How is this possible?"

Yuan Shao couldn't believe that he was so short of funds on his books, and immediately turned his angry gaze to Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

"How is this impossible? Lord Liyu, here is a list of the expenses of our house over the years. Everything is on it. Dou Shi and I have never done anything to enrich ourselves."

Being stared at by Yuan Shao, Wen Chou immediately handed a bill into Yuan Shao's hands, which recorded all the expenses of Yuan Shao's house in detail. After reading the bill, Yuan Shao's face became even darker and redder.

Everything recorded on the bill is correct. The outgoing funds are recorded on it one by one. The settlement is also very detailed. There is about 200,000 copper coins left, which is 20,000 taels of gold.

If it hadn't been for this incident, Yuan Shao wouldn't have known that he had encountered a financial crisis and was on the verge of bankruptcy. He only had 20,000 taels of gold left, so what could he do?

"We only have so much money left, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

After all, it was Yuan Shao's own fault, and she couldn't vent her anger on Yan Liang and Wen Chou. It's just that she didn't have that much money to pay back to Li Yalin, so she had to complain.

"I didn't expect that he could really succeed." Yan Liang said with some helplessness. She also didn't expect it. After all, Huxiao Slope is such a dangerous place that ordinary people don't dare to approach it. Even if a brave man enters, it will be impossible.

return.

Yan Liang regarded Li Yalin as one of those ordinary people who entered Huxiao Slope, and did not expect that he would come out alive, which led to the current embarrassment.

"Then what should we do?"

At this time, it is simply impossible to find out who is right and who is wrong. The solution now is of course to find a solution.

"Otherwise, we owe it first? We can pay it back later when we have money?"

As a follower, his responsibility is naturally to take care of his master's worries, so Wen Chou thought of a good way right away.

It says it's a good idea, but in fact it's the same as not saying it. If you don't pay back the money you owe, anyone can say this, but the question is, can it be done?

Yuan Shao is such a proud person. If the news about her failure to repay the money gets out, wouldn't she die of shame? It's so embarrassing! I can't afford to embarrass that person!

Especially when thinking about Li Yalin's eyes just now, Yuan Shao couldn't agree even more!

"No! Find another way!"

"In this case, we might as well borrow money and plug this hole first." After Yuan Shao rejected Wen Chou's method, Yan Liang gave his own answer.

Although this idea is no better than Wen Chou's, at least Yuan Shao can accept it.

"Borrowing money...who are we borrowing from?" In order to be able to pay the reward, Yuan Shao was more or less willing to accept it. Even if she borrowed money or something, it would still damage her Yuan family's image, but that was it.

There was nothing she could do.

Borrow money, just borrow money, but from whom?

"How about...Master Yuan Shu?" Yan Liang first made a suggestion.

"No! No! No! If I borrow money from that little girl, I will be laughed at to death, and with that little girl, I don't even know if she can come up with the money!"

As soon as he heard about Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao immediately shook his head like a rattle, and ten thousand people disagreed.

Yuan Shu is Yuan Shao's cousin, and they are also part of the same family. However, Yuan Shao is a direct descendant and Yuan Shu is a concubine. In front of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao has never been willing to lose face. At least she would not be able to borrow money from Yuan Shu.

of.

What's more, as a prefect of a state, Yuan Shu's governance skills are really terrible. The place she rules is almost in a state of dire straits for the people. What kind of money can she lend to Yuan Shao?

If Yuan Shao is just a joke, but can manage the territory under his rule well, then Yuan Shu can be said to be completely hopeless. Letting her become the prefect, it is completely difficult for the people to explain.

"In that case... why don't we go find Cao Cao?"

Seeing that Yuan Shao refused to borrow money from Yuan Shu, Wen Chou also expressed his thoughts. After all, Yuan Shao didn't have many friends. He could count them on one hand and the ones he could borrow money from were just that at best.

Just a few.

If Yuan Shu can't do it, then only Cao Cao will be left.

"Cao Cao? That's even worse!"

Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were childhood sweethearts, they never dealt with each other. They liked to make sarcastic remarks when they met. It would be even harder for Yuan Shao to borrow money from Cao Cao.

"If this doesn't work, then I can only think of the last solution, which is to pay the debt with my body."

Seeing that Yuan Shao was unable to do anything on the left and right, both Yan Liang and Wen Chou felt very embarrassed. In the end, Wen Chou simply broke the jar and came up with a bad idea.

"Meat...meat compensation?" Yuan Shao was startled by Wen Chou's words. Is "meat compensation" like what he saw in the book, where men and women do such shameful things?

This...this is also okay?

"Report to my lord! Cao Cao brings people to ask for an audience!"

Does this count as saying that Cao Cao is about to arrive? Not long after Yuan Shao mentioned Cao Cao, someone reported below that Cao Cao was visiting, which immediately made Yuan Shao look puzzled on his face.

"Cao Cao? What is she here for?"

Since they had always looked down upon each other, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had little contact with each other. It was of course very difficult for Yuan Shao to understand that Cao Cao was so personally present.

"God knows." Wen Chou and Yan Liang looked at each other and shook their heads. Seeing how incompetent the two followers were, this made Yuan Shao sigh.

"I know I can't count on you, so forget it and go see what that guy is going to do!"

Although she was puzzled, Yuan Shao couldn't possibly lose her limelight since everyone was here. How to pay Li Yalin could only be put aside for the time being. Now, she had to face Cao Cao with all her strength!

After a while, Yuan Shao appeared in the front hall, and at this time, Cao Cao was sitting on the chairs in the front hall drinking tea and resting with his men.

I saw Cao Cao, who had an exquisite and beautiful appearance, with golden hair tied into spiral twintails, and a terrifying skull on each top. Although it looked scary, it actually had a different charm.

It can be said that Cao Cao is a perfect beauty based on her appearance. Unfortunately, her stature is slightly short, and her breasts are a bit disappointing.
Chapter completed!