Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 388

On the way back, the news is always one step ahead.

Zhang Ming had already arranged for newspapers.

Newspapers will report on the war.

Cao Cao burned the city of Ye, shocking the whole world.

This reminds me of Dong Zhuo back then.

Dong Zhuo also destroyed Luoyang back then, a big city, just like that.

In addition, Cao Cao's forced expropriation of food also made the people's hearts unstable, and many people resented Cao Cao very much.

The people are so simple, they just want to have something to eat.

Cao Cao understood all these things, but he had no choice at the time. He wanted to fight for Yecheng, so he could only do so. Could it be that Zhang Ming was allowed to take Yecheng?

Burning Yecheng would buy them a lot of time.

After Cao Cao retreated, he let Cao Ang guard Wei County.

Wei Jun is very close to Ye City, he wants to build a line of defense here to block Zhang Ming.

At the same time, Wei Jun has also become his forward base for Cao Cao, and Wei Jun will be needed when he takes the initiative to attack Zhang Ming in the future.

And Zhang Ming arranged [-] soldiers and horses in Yecheng to stop there.

These [-] soldiers and horses have no city to rely on, and the surrounding area is already deserted.

On the way back, Zhang Ming kept thinking about how to go next.

Undoubtedly, Cao Cao is his greatest enemy, and Cao Cao owns no less territory than himself.

"Zhicai, how many soldiers and horses should we keep now?"

Zhang Ming suddenly asked Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai immediately thought about it.

After thinking for a long time, he said: "My lord, we can support millions of troops with our strength, but the burden is too heavy, not only will we not be able to develop rapidly, but it will drag us down.

"I think 30 to 50 troops are enough to meet all challenges."

"Then let's keep it at 30 for the time being. After a while, when the recruits are trained, we'll recruit another batch. We have to take it slow."

Zhang Ming began to think about his family fortune.

Not only did Zhang Ming have no income for the newly acquired land, but he also had to invest in it. He confiscated a number of properties from aristocratic families, bought some, and distributed all the land to farmers.

After such an operation, his money went out in a hurry.

Zhang Ming didn't feel bad about spending a lot of money.

A few days later, Zhang Ming returned to New Peiping City.

After returning, he hastily summoned his quasi-cabinet.

Chen Gong, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, and now there is one more Jushou.

As for Tian Feng, he was still in Qingzhou at this time. Today's Qingzhou has been able to slowly nourish Zhang Ming.

After everyone arrived, Zhang Ming prepared tea and fruits and vegetables. This was obviously a relatively long meeting.

"I have a plan, which is to build a road from Beiping City to Ye City, all according to Chidao's standards."

After Zhang Ming finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

"My lord, this road needs to be repaired, and it will cost a lot of money. It's better to disperse the investment to the various counties, develop the economy, and make money." Xi Zhicai said.

This is too generous, if it is to rule the world, maybe everyone will not object.

But now, there are still powerful enemies, how can they spend so much money to build roads.

The same goes for several other people. Although they didn't say anything, they didn't quite agree with it.

"The ancients, the ancients, no matter how smart they are, their thinking has limitations."

"Money must be spent. In the past, we hoarded a large amount of silver and dared not spend it because the land was too small. Spending the money would lead to price changes, and the people could not afford it. But now it is different. We have a new land. Money Spending it and distributing it to various places will promote economic development.”

"In addition, road construction is very important. If this road is repaired, we can save [-] troops from recruiting."

"Army, as long as it can be mobilized quickly, some places don't need too many troops."

"It is necessary. In some places, 5000 troops are needed, but if we can mobilize the troops quickly, we only need to garrison [-] troops. These [-] people can hold off the enemy for a few days."

Everyone nodded, it seemed very reasonable.

They don't know much about economics.

The ancients knew a little bit about economics, as long as the people have land to grow, the economy is good.

However, Zhang Ming came from later generations, how could it be so simple.

He wants to spend the money and get the economy moving.

"We also need to set up a commercial department to manage business transactions, collect taxes, regulate business, and prevent double tax collection and arbitrary tax collection."

Zhang Ming made some calculations and said: "In the early stage, invest 500 million silver coins, use 10 people to repair in stages, send all the captives and criminals, and recruit refugees if there is not enough."

"This matter is still left to Chen Yang, but the other ministries should cooperate as much as possible. The Ministry of Industry must organize its manpower, and the food will be transported in place first, so that it can mobilize the surrounding military rations. The recruited refugees will be paid directly when they come, and they will be paid directly for a month. wages."

Zhang Ming carefully arranged the arrangements, and the others carefully recorded them.

They felt that Zhang Ming was a prodigal son, as if he only built roads for money.

Zhang Ming wanted to spend money and build roads.

He dug back a large amount of silver from Fusang, and now there are a large amount of silver coins in the warehouse, which must be spent.

After some arrangements, Zhang Ming made road construction a top priority.

And Zhang Ming said: "In addition, the army stationed around Yecheng must allocate 5000 people to clean up the ruins, and change them every ten days."

Yecheng will be rebuilt sooner or later, and preparations should begin now.

The meeting lasted for two days, and within two days, all the problems were detailed.

Everyone gradually became familiar with Zhang Ming's way of doing things, which is to have super action ability.

Make a plan, and then quickly mobilize forces to start working.

When Zhang Ming was busy, there were a few more uninvited guests on board the boat heading north from Xuzhou.

Several people boarded merchant ships heading north.

They did not dare to board the boat organized by Zhang Ming, but boarded the boat of other merchants.

These people are wearing ordinary clothes, but their temperament is not like ordinary people at all.

Their hands are hands that have never done any work, and their speech and actions are also very particular.

The ship arrived in Liaodong after sailing for a few days.

Now besides Liaodong, there are many ports, but this ship just arrived in Liaodong.

After the group got off the boat, they left in a hurry.

Afterwards, they headed towards New Peiping City.

"Brother, we left Xuzhou and arrived in Youzhou. Our status is no longer there, and we are not at the mercy of others."

"Second brother, we don't have any leverage now. Cao Cao can't tolerate us. They rely heavily on the Wei family, and sooner or later our influence and property will be deprived."

"Then you can't come to Youzhou, we can go to Jingzhou."

"I've thought about it. If we go to Jingzhou, we will lose all our wealth. There will be no help for Liu Shijun, and we will not be valued at that time. At least there is a younger sister here, and the younger sister is a first-class beauty. , it won’t be impossible to keep our brothers, and besides, the bank notes we brought are only useful here.”

The people who came were Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and their family members.

Only a few family members came, and other family members had already hid in the countryside before coming, and they will come in batches.

(End of this chapter)