Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 307 Lack of Money

Zhang Ming was very busy in Youzhou. He was so busy that Cai Yan and Zhang Ning had a baby. Zhang Ming just went to see it in a hurry.

Cai Yan gave birth to a son, and Zhang Ning gave birth to a daughter.

This son and daughter are complete.

However, Zhang Ming was busy everywhere and couldn't take care of them for the time being.

Zhang Ming asked the army to find several places and directly opened up several villages.

For these new villages, there is still a lot of wasteland that needs to be reclaimed.

Zhang Ming needs to allocate various tools and so on.

Many workshops in Liaodong are constantly making various agricultural tools day and night.

There are a lot of refugees, and they are sent to Youzhou in batches.

A few days later, tens of thousands more people arrived.

Insufficient preparation in the early stage, Zhang Ming assessed in the early stage that it would be good to recruit 10 people, but the number has been rising.

Up to now, Zhang Ming had to mobilize the army to do this kind of thing.

A large number of refugees came in. These refugees raised for one year, and in the second year they were able to farm and support themselves.

After that, I can pay taxes to Zhang Ming. Although the initial investment is a bit larger, it is still very cost-effective in the long run.

20. A few days later, the number of resettled refugees was about 20.

This is 20 people, very important.

The data is still increasing, but it has been delayed.

Although the number of refugees has declined, the flow is still constant.

Zhang Ming could finally catch his breath.

It has been four months since Cao Cao started the war. In these four months, Zhang Ming has gained a population of 20.

The war is still being fought and the population is still increasing.

Zhang Ming couldn't figure out how much money he spent this time.

I'm afraid it will not be less than Cao Cao's military expenditure.

The refugees of a family need a house, a year's grain, farm tools, seeds and so on.

The land is easy to talk about, give a piece of wasteland and let them cultivate it by themselves.

Calculated in this way, a family of refugees needs hundreds of copper coins.

With a population of 20, there are also more than [-] households.

The most important thing is that this is still the cost of resettlement. Counting the expenses on the road, mobilizing so many people to help also requires paying wages. Calculated, Zhang Ming has already spent more than 3000 million yuan.

The difference with Cao Cao is that unless Cao Cao can occupy Xuzhou, he will have a net loss, while he made an initial investment, which can be recovered.

Youzhou's taxes are not very light, and you need to pay [-]% of the land rent.

And these newly recruited refugees need to pay [-]% of the tax in the first three to five years.

But this is considered light for them. After all, the land is their own, and they only need to pay a share of taxes.

Youzhou's strength is increasing day by day.

When recruiting refugees, Zhang Ming was too busy. He felt that there was not enough manpower and the mobilization force was scattered.

"Tian Feng, Zhicai, immediately organize [-] militiamen in the counties."

"What is a militia? They train during the slack season, come together when they need to be called up, and go home to help when the farming season is busy."

"The militia only pays part of the military salary, and is managed by the counties and counties, and the retired soldiers are sent to train and manage."

Xi Zhicai immediately knew the meaning of this.

"My lord, these militiamen can become a regular army at any time once the battle gets tight."

Zhang Ming is a soldier who is going to prepare a reserve for the main battle army.

"That's right, these militiamen put on armor and weapons, and after another month of training, they will be able to fight. If it is really urgent, they will be able to go to the battlefield if they are given weapons directly."

Both Tian Feng and Xi Zhicai knew the meaning of the matter, so they immediately agreed to do it with all their strength.

Zhang Ming's side is booming, while Xuzhou's side is booming.

Cao Cao stormed for a while, but was unable to capture Xuzhou, so he had to surround it first.

In this way, it will definitely be protracted.

However, Cao Cao could not afford to fight such a battle.

Cao Cao was very upset, so he called Guo Jia and Cheng Yu to ask advice.

"My lord, we have estimated that Xiapi City will not be conquered within three months," Guo Jia said.

For three months, Cao Cao felt sad.

"In this battle, we have already used up all the money we borrowed, and we will also spend a lot of money seized from the battlefield."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "After all, I couldn't swallow it in one gulp."

This is the problem, there is no way to swallow it in one gulp. If their army withdraws at this time, then Xuzhou will take back the lost place.

If you don't retreat, Cao Cao knows that something will happen if the army stays outside for a long time.

"In this battle, we can't suffer losses. The price is too high. I plan to loot and bring back some of Xuzhou's population."

Cao Cao intends to learn from Zhang Ming.

Cheng Yu was startled and said, "My lord, if the refugees migrate, if they are not prepared, how many people will die, and the cost will be huge."

Cao Cao said: "I understand now that this battle was fought for nothing by Zhang Ming. Although I don't know how many people he took in, it's not under a hundred thousand."

"With 10 people, after a few years, how useful will it be?"

"If there are no people in this city, what is the use of it? Population is everything."

What Cao Cao said is very reasonable. The biggest beneficiary of this battle is Zhang Ming.

"Ang'er wrote to say that Zhang Ming spent a lot of money to resettle the refugees. He went to the field to investigate. Zhang Ming built houses for them and distributed them tools and seeds. One household cost thousands of dollars. It's really a big deal."

Cheng Yu was in a dilemma because they were not prepared.

"We can't get nothing in this battle. If this continues, we will be weaker."

Cao Cao said: "Let's continue the siege first, and then let the rear begin preparations, and we will start in a month."

Seeing that Cao Cao insisted on this, there was no need for any strategy in this battle, so Cheng Yu was sent back.

Cheng Yu left, Cao Cao still surrounded Xiapi City.

However, he consumes every day.

Zhang Ming has been receiving refugees.

The refugees squeezed his money dry. At the same time, Zhang Ming recruited [-] militiamen. Although the food and salaries were very small, they did not give nothing, and needed a sum of money.

In this way, Youzhou's finances are tight.

Zhang Ming's treasury is almost empty.

A lot of gold and silver coins were spent.

"I can't do without money."

Tian Feng has come to Zhang Ming twice in three days to ask for money.

Only two days later, Tian Feng came to Zhang Ming again to ask for money.

"My lord, those who are moving here and there can only collect part of the money to use it urgently. If they don't solve it, they will run out of money in a few days."

Tian Feng, the big manager, has no money in hand and has been in a hurry.

"I can't help it. I sold everything that can be sold. My belongings, whatever you can fancy, take them all."

Zhang Ming has many ways to make money, but not so fast.

"Okay, then your cups, wine bottles, etc., are still worth a few dollars, so I'll take them all."

Tian Feng is really not welcome, Zhang Ming's tea set, as well as wine glasses and bottles, this Tian Feng actually did it directly.

"Leave some for me anyway."

Zhang Ming doesn't feel bad about this thing, in his eyes, these are worthless things.

But he has to put on a facade.

"It seems that we have to get some money first."

(End of this chapter)