Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 794 Money and food!

"Lord, Wang Jun's side has indeed begun mobilizing for war as we expected. Judging from this posture, they may launch an offensive before the wheat matures. Calculating the time, it is already less than two months."

In Daijun, after Su Liao compiled the intelligence information, he immediately brought it over and showed it to Chen Zhi.

What is recorded in the file is the recent troop mobilization, grain and grass rationing, and the direction of many classified funds in several counties in Youzhou.

From these details, it can be seen that almost the entire Youzhou has been infiltrated by Daijun's spies, so that many of its secrets have been exposed. For Daijun, there are almost no secrets at all.

This is certainly due to Su Liao's ability to handle affairs, but also because Daijun is originally part of Youzhou. The aristocratic families, clans, and even ordinary people here are closely related to the families and populations of other counties and counties in Youzhou, and there are many reasonable reasons for this. , natural excuses can be used, and penetration is effortless.

Then there is the spies' training regulations, which are all based on the rules listed by Chen Zhi, and their organizational structure is sophisticated enough. The spies who go deep behind enemy lines have almost zero communication with each other, reducing the risk of exposure.

Of course, more importantly, relying on the intelligence convenience provided by Chen Zhi’s other intelligence system—actually relying on the twelve zodiac origami—allowed Su Liao to use less labor costs and trial and error. Cost, to place as many manpower as possible in various places in Youzhou.

Just imagine, when you have all kinds of information from the core of Youzhou's rule, and can know the issuance of various orders and policies earlier than the people below, then let alone arrange a few spies, just go and speculate on houses and develop industries. You can also be one step ahead of others and make a fortune.

In fact, among the spies of the Secret Intelligence Department, there are actually several businessmen. By knowing the news in advance, they are now rich in Youzhou. They interact with high-ranking officials and obtain first-hand information.

With these conveniences, Daijun's penetration and exploration of Youzhou is already the best among all places, and other places definitely do not have this level of penetration.

However, on the other hand, there must be some true and some false information in this information, and some of it is deliberately used to confuse Daijun. After all, Daijun and his family are not the only ones engaged in investigation and counter-reconnaissance.

After reading it for a while, Chen Zhi put the file down and said with a smile: "Looking at the description inside, Wang Jun has made it clear that he will attack us, and he will do so within the past two months."

"Yes, but we are fully prepared in this regard." Su Liao nodded without any panic, and then said: "But, even so, I still feel that it is too early for the lord to gather the manpower now."

"It's getting late," Chen Zhi narrowed his eyes, "If Youzhou comes to attack, it's most likely to come from the east, but it's hard to say when it will come, so we have to be vigilant at all times. Besides, Wang Jun is so grandiose, for fear that Others don’t know, and I think it’s a confusing move. If it goes as expected, their attack may be in the near future, rather than waiting for a month or two!”

"Recently?" Su Liao finally changed his expression, but then shook his head, "That's not necessarily the case. The size of Wang Jun's power has already attracted the attention of all parties, and it is difficult to hide it if he wants to do anything. It may not be just confusion. What's more, his current troops have just pacified Pingzhou, and they haven't repaired it yet. Are they going to pull them over to deal with us? If he doesn't have enough troops, I don't think Youzhou dares to attack again!"

He is very clear about Daijun's current strength. What's more important is that Daijun still has several people who can be said to be hostages. "Not to mention Wang Qian and Wu Jie, even Zaosong, who has just arrived, is still in Dai County. If Wang Jun attacks recently, it will directly put them in danger, not to mention all the previous analysis..." As Chen Zhi spoke, he looked at his men and asked, "Is that what you think?"

Su Liao nodded, acknowledging it.

Chen Zhi then said: "Since even you think so, I'm afraid the entire Daijun people also think so. This is unpreparedness, and attacking the enemy unprepared is the most joyful thing for military strategists. The chance of winning is the greatest. Wang Jun may not be unprepared." Pick."

Su Liao was startled. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that it made sense, but he felt that there were still problems in it, and he was waiting to talk about it again.

Chen Zhi simply waved his hand and said: "Okay, as long as there is a slight possibility, we must prepare for it as a certainty, because there are so many people and so much property in Daijun, we cannot allow a little negligence, a judgment Mistakes are a heavy price to pay. Everything we have done before has to be a wedding dress for others, so gathering troops and preparations is a must, and Chen Zi and the others will be back in the next few days."

When Su Liao heard this, he knew that Chen Zhi's mind was hard to change, so he didn't say anything more, but turned around and said: "What really worries me is the money management of Daijun. Nowadays, money is used everywhere, and there is money everywhere." Demolition and construction, as well as soldiers, horses, food and salaries, are all expenditures. Although several industries and mines are gradually returning money and food, they can only barely maintain a balance. If mobilization is carried out at this time, it will be in vain. Wang Jun will use it If our means are wasted, Daijun’s money will not be able to keep up in the next few months!”

Without money and food, naturally nothing can be done. If something like this really happened, and Wang Jun exhausted Daijun's money and food with just a few small actions, then it would probably be effortless for him to attack again.

"I understand your concerns," Chen Zhi nodded, "However, the solution to this matter is not actually about saving money." As he said that, he reached out and pulled out a booklet from the desk in front of him and handed it to Su Liao.

"This matter..." Su Liao was confused for a moment, but finally took it and opened it. After just a few glances, he knew what this thing was, "This is the account book of Daijun's internal and external income, huh? This money and grain income, It’s different from what the Secret Service calculated and collected!” At the end of his sentence, there was uncontrollable surprise in his voice.

Daijun, or many big forces, actually have several different statistical systems existing at the same time. For example, in Daijun, on one side are the autumn count values ​​reported by county and county governments, and are registered and compiled to represent the performance evaluation of various places, but there are more For the sake of their own evaluation results, or to cover up corruption, or simply to make money, those officials will inevitably make false reports and overreports, so the government has another statistical system for calculating warehouse quantities. Of course, There are still loopholes that can be manipulated.

In addition, many forces also have their own secret service agencies. This agency not only conducts investigations and calculates the income and expenditure of money and food in various places, but also plays a supervisory role. However, as long as it is human supervision, it will inevitably be affected by various influences.

At this moment, Su Liao was surprised that there was a huge difference between the ledger recording warehouse inputs and the statistics of the Secret Intelligence Department!What a difference!

Surprised, he subconsciously looked at Chen Zhi, who smiled and said, "This is the wonder of finance."

(End of this chapter)