Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After saying this, Liu Yu's tone revealed a hint of sigh.

Guo Jia consoled him. "Jia is here on the orders of my master to assist General Gongsun, so that General Gongsun can have a better chance of winning."

"Xuan De's heart is naturally very good."

This was also something that made Liu Yu feel very gratified.

Seeing that Youzhou was about to be drawn into the whirlpool, Liu Bei, out of friendship, sent troops and generals from afar, and Li Ji even sent all his favorite disciples to help with strategies.

This is what a truly great man looks like!
However, while Liu Yu was relieved, he shook his head and said.

"Gongsun Bogui is too arrogant and aggressive. Even if he wins the battle in Jizhou, he does not have the ability to properly govern an area. The people of Jizhou will only be burdened by Gongsun Bogui."

"Therefore, I hope Gongsun Bogui will lose the battle, so that he can wake up."

"But those good men of Youyan are innocent. If Fengxiao has the ability, please do your best to protect those men of Youyan, so that they will not die at the hands of their own people."

At this moment, Guo Jia's heart was deeply touched, and he looked at the old man with white hair and beard in front of him with great admiration.

Perhaps troubled times have arrived, and many heroes have emerged.

But in the eyes of an old man like Liu Yu who was concerned about the Han Dynasty, no matter which state they were from, they were still his own people, so he could not bear to see the men of Youyan die in battle like this.

"Jia, you must do your best."

Guo Jia responded solemnly, and Zhao Yun on the side also echoed in a deep voice.

This made Liu Yu's expression noticeably relaxed, and then he spoke.

"Now most of Youzhou's troops have been led south by Gongsun Bogui. I have deployed the few remaining troops on the border to guard against foreign invaders."

"But Zilong only has 3,000 soldiers and horses. If he goes to help Gongsun Bogui, he might be looked down upon by Gongsun Bogui."

"It just so happens that I still have a troop of 2,000 Wuhuan cavalrymen in my hands, which can barely provide some appearance for Zilong and Fengxiao. Moreover, with them in Zilong's hands, there is no need to worry that these Wuhuan cavalrymen will dare to have the slightest disloyalty."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but reveal an embarrassed smile on his face, but Guo Jia seemed a little confused.

"Could it be that Zilong has some leverage over the Wuhuan people?" Guo Jia asked.

Liu Yu explained with a smile. "That's not the case. In the eyes of the Wuhuan people, Zilong's name is more terrifying than the White Horse Volunteers."

Zhao Yun once charged into the battle array alone, going in and out three times, stopping tens of thousands of Wuhuan cavalry from crossing the river, and killing Qiu Liju in battle.

After these few years, the shadow that Zhao Yun brought to the Wuhuan people not only did not dissipate, but he was gradually deified by the Wuhuan people.

Liu Yu, who was in charge of Youzhou's political affairs and needed to frequently send people to contact the Wuhuan tribe, was very clear about this.

The white horse has been regarded as an ominous symbol by the Wuhuan people.

Adding a silver spear to the white horse would make every Wuhuan person tremble with fear.

Then, before Guo Jia took his leave, he mentioned to Liu Yu the matter of encouraging the people of Youzhou to raise war horses and cattle according to Li Ji's instructions.

Youzhou is one of the three major horse-breeding areas of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, except for some designated horse farms, ordinary people do not deliberately raise war horses, oxen, etc.

The reason is simple. The people in Youzhou cannot even get enough to eat, so how can they have the spare energy to engage in breeding?

The difference between agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization is extremely obvious. Therefore, even in Youzhou, a large number of war horses and oxen actually came from the mutual trade with foreign tribes on the grassland.

As for the war horse and oxen trade that Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan maintained with Wujun for many years, in fact Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan acted more as middlemen.

The war horses and oxen obtained from the trade with foreign races were sold to the Port of Tianjin and then sent to Yangzhou via sea trade.

It is worth mentioning that the horse dealers who once frequently appeared in Youzhou have almost disappeared.

After all, this is different from the way horse dealers have to go through countless checkpoints and pay bribes to bring Youzhou's war horses to the Central Plains.

In fact, the profits they can make are not high, and the purchase price they can offer is far lower than that of Tianjin Port.

Therefore, the emergence of Jinmen Port completely eliminated the horse dealers in Youzhou.

These horse dealers from Youzhou either changed their careers or moved to the neighboring Bingzhou to trade horses.

Among them, the horse dealers Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang who had funded Liu Bei became the people responsible for the trade of war horses and cattle in Tianjin Port respectively. The money that flowed through their hands every day exceeded the total of their previous wealth.

However, in Li Ji's opinion, the number of war horses and oxen that continued to flow out of Youzhou was not enough!

Not to mention the continued reclamation of Yangzhou and the development of the entire Yizhou, the resulting shortage of oxen is enormous.

Horses are also important. Not only can they be used to form cavalry, but they are also an irreplaceable and important labor force in transportation.

Therefore, maintaining the current scale of war horse and oxen trade with Youzhou is no longer sufficient to meet Li Ji's needs, and he needs to further expand the trade in war horses and oxen.

Li Ji's attention naturally fell on the people of Youzhou.

Encourage every household in Youzhou to raise a certain number of war horses and oxen, and then sell them to Yangzhou. This will not only increase people's income, but also further meet Yangzhou's demand for war horses and oxen.

In addition, Li Ji could further tie Youzhou to Liu Bei's chariot.

Relying solely on the relationship with Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan is not safe enough, but once Liu Bei has a direct interest relationship with countless people in Youzhou, he will also win the support of the people of Youzhou invisibly.

If anyone wants to separate Youzhou and Yangzhou, I'm afraid the first to oppose it will be the countless people of Youzhou.

Moreover, in order to relieve the worries of the people of Youzhou, Li Ji also proposed a draft through Guo Jia.

That is, Yangzhou can continue to subsidize the people during the first batch of breeding, and then deduct the subsidy when the war horses and oxen are sold.

Essentially, this is an interest-free loan.

For a moment, Liu Yu was undoubtedly very excited.

This is undoubtedly a great thing for the people of Youzhou, giving them the opportunity to become rich, but if we really want to implement it, we need to take all aspects into consideration.

This made Liu Yu want to agree, but he could only put it aside and think about it carefully, considering the feasibility of it.

And even if Liu Yu intended to implement this matter, there were still countless details that needed to be discussed.

Guo Jia could not make this decision alone, and Liu Yu needed to send someone to Yangzhou to confirm the attitudes of Liu Bei and Li Ji.

After seeing Zhao Yun and Guo Jia off, Liu Yu couldn't help but smile and said.

"Zi Kun is really confident. The war in Jizhou has just begun, but he is so sure that Youzhou will be safe and sound that he has considered encouraging the people to raise war horses and oxen in advance?" (End of this chapter)