Actually, Old Chen himself didn't know it either, he didn't know Wei Hu.

Wei Hu was not colluding with bandits, he himself was a bandit, and what he colluded with was the government rather than the bandits.

Most of his family business is also obtained through robbery.

At first, he specifically blocked the road and robbed, but later he found that it was too slow to make money like this.

So he opened Jubao Pavilion. This pawnshop looked ordinary, but in fact he could tell whoever has money is not.

All his former subordinates have become his servants and servants.

It seems to be whitewashed, but in fact, I still do a lot of stealing things behind my back.

Moreover, his collusion with the government can also bring him a lot of convenience.

Of course, the local county magistrate is not a good person. He is still Wei Hu's senior. He has committed many major cases and bought an official after getting some money.

However, the county magistrate still did not forget his old career and still colluded with Wei Hu.

Wei Hu would give him some filial piety money from time to time, and when needed, he would cover Wei Hu.

For example, in the massacre of a wealthy family many years ago, he turned a blind eye and used his position to erase a lot of evidence.

And Wei Hu believes that this time will go well.

"Old Sun, that's how it is."

"You mean, that man could take out 80,000 taels of silver at will?" After hearing Wei Hu's words, the county magistrate couldn't hide the greed in his eyes: "How rich should this man be in his family? Could it be that the child of some big clan?"

The county town could not imagine that Wei Hu had concealed the real numbers, after all, bandits would be wary of each other.

After the county magistrate of Nanbao knew the real number, he became greedy for himself.

But even the 80,000 taels of silver was shocking enough.

What does 80,000 taels mean? It's enough for 20,000 defenders in Changzhou to fight outside the war for half a year.

In this era, how many soldiers can be recruited, but the guards can support the same number of soldiers because they have no money.

The consequence of the troubled times is the deterioration of the social environment, which leads to the extreme compression of productivity and ultimately leads to a reduction in tax burden.

"If it were a child of a large family, how could he fall here? I think his family's wealth is not to hide from war and this remote place, so don't worry too much."

"That's right." The county magistrate felt a little relieved: "Then how can we come this time?"

"When I was killing up the mountain at night, I saw that there were few people walking around the mountain. Most of them were not many. How many people are there under your command, Mr. Sun?"

"A hundred or ten, enough?"

"Including mine, there are more than 300, which is enough."

...

Changzhou Governor's Mansion

"Prime Minister Cao, why are you here?"

This is the second time Cao Ao has visited Changzhou in half a year, unlike the last time he only brought a few people.

This time, Cao Ao brought a lot of people, and basically all the powerful generals under his command came.

"You don't have to worry about this matter. How to get to Changshan area?"

"Changshan? Prime Minister, the area of ​​Changshan is extremely large. I don't know where the Prime Minister refers to?"

Half of Changzhou's territory is Changshan, and the city guard doesn't know where Cao Ao is referring to.

"You know near Lu Town?"

"Oh, I know, but that place is remote." Wang Ren, the city guard, looked at Cao ao in confusion. This time, Cao ao brought a lot of people, and the army was close to 50,000.

Wang Ren almost thought that Cao Ao was here to beat him.

But after thinking about it, I seemed to have never done anything deviant, and Cao Ao also made a clear attitude, not to beat him. Now that I heard that Cao was going to Nalu Town, I felt even more confused.

In his opinion, there is really no need to go to a place like Lu Town.

There are only more than 10,000 people in Lu Town, and they are located in a remote place. It is not worth Cao Ao bringing so many troops, right?

"I'm going to visit an old friend."

"Uh..." Wang Ren was even more puzzled, not understanding why Cao Ao had to bring so many people to visit an old friend.

Cao ao doesn't want to bring it, but he doesn't feel safe without it.

Even if he knew that even with so many people, it would be useless if Bai Chen wanted to kill him.

But if he didn't take it, he wouldn't even have the courage to meet Bai Chen.

Of course, there are many people in Changzhou now, and I don’t know how many princes are here. He is also considering his own safety.

For this reason, he specially pulled Mu Ziyu up. After all, Mu Ziyu is Bai Chen's disciple. He has done nothing serious these days, and he just has a relationship with Mu Ziyu all day long.

Mu Ziyu was flattered. When he was at home, basically no one was optimistic about him.

I think he is just a playboy who is waiting to die, even Mu Ziyu himself thinks so.

But since he worshipped Bai Chen as his teacher, he suddenly realized that everything had changed.

The first thing Cao ao did was to take him home. His father was so scared that he was trembling. Who was Cao ao?

He is the most powerful person in the world. Mu Ziyu's father heard that Cao Ao was very optimistic about Mu Ziyu and wanted to accept him as his adopted son. Mu Ziyu's father was so shocked that his chin was about to fall out.

Since then, Mu Ziyu's father's attitude towards him has changed greatly.

However, Mu Ziyu did not waver in his determination because of the attitude of others.

After all, he is Bai Chen's disciple, and everything he has now is thanks to Bai Chen.

If he doesn't perform well enough, then Bai Chen is likely to expel him from the sect, and then he will return to his past state.

This is what he fears the most, becoming his past self.

So he has been working hard, and he has also studied what Bai Chen left him every day.

Maybe even his father didn't expect that his son would become the most useless and least optimistic about now.

So no matter how much Cao ao tempted him, he would not forget his original intention.

Although Mu Ziyu was a slut in the past, he was not really stupid.

He knew very well how he got these things. At present, these things actually did not belong to him.

Status, honors, and dignity are all given to him by others.

All these things were not something he had won.

So he became more cautious and did not dare to be careless at all.

"Prime Minister, do you need a villain to accompany you? The villain also wants to meet your old friend, and see what kind of master he is, and let you arrive in person."

"No need, my old friend doesn't like strangers to disturb you." Cao ao didn't want to make Bai Chen's affairs known to everyone, although this is no longer a secret among the princes of all sides.

Cao ao is cautious and can reduce risks, but he is still willing to do it.

"It's getting late now. Why not take a break in the city and leave tomorrow? The villain has already set up a banquet in the mansion."

"No, I don't like to procrastinate. I'll talk about this banquet when I come back this time."

This time Cao was very anxious, so he didn't want to delay time. He was afraid that if he was delayed for a little time, things would change, so he would be so sudden and anxious.

Wang Ren didn't know why Cao Ao was so impatient, but he didn't dare to force him to stay.

Cao hurriedly and went there. He stayed in Changzhou for half a day and then hurriedly took the soldiers and generals to the road.

"Lord, don't worry, I believe that the messenger of the coalition forces has not arrived yet, and maybe we can stop him."

"How about not being anxious? This time the coalition forces are in great power and vaguely threaten Cao's momentum. If they ask Mr. Bai again, then my huge foundation will really be overturned. This time, you must not take it lightly."

"Lord, Sun Ce and Liu Bei both have grudges with Mr. Bai, and Mr. Bai should not agree to their request."

"Mr. Bai's mind is obscure. Although he does not like to participate in the world's general trend, this time the coalition forces gave him a heavy promise, so it is difficult to guarantee that Mr. Bai will not be moved."

"My subordinates are incompetent. If they have half of Mr. Bai's ability, they don't have to worry so much."

"It's not that you are incompetent, but Mr. Bai is too shocking. If anyone can get his help, the world will be half of it." Cao ao said with a wry smile.

Cao ao has basically obtained half of the world now, and he is confident. It is possible to sweep the world in ten years.

However, Bai Chen's appearance added a variable to this. He dared to face the heroes in the world, but he really didn't have the confidence to face Bai Chen.

The oppression that Bai Chen brought to him was so great.

This is not his own opinion, and Guo Jia also thinks this way.

There are countless heroes in the world, but Bai Chen is the only one who can truly influence the world.

This is what Guo Jia said after seeing Bai Chen facing Lu Bu in Taiyang City.

This shows how deeply the battle shocked Guo Jia.

Guo Jia evaluated Bai Chen's character, ability, and character, and he came to this conclusion.

Bai Chen's strength needs no more, and his personality is moody and his attitude is vague.
To be continued...