Invincible special police swept the three kingdoms

Chapter 23 Work Assignments
Yecheng is really a wonderful city for Zhao Lei. This ancient city has brought him a lot of good luck, and at the same time he has realized many of his dreams.Thinking back to when I first came to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, I was poor and white, and now I am a little powerful, and I still have a few talents under my command.Wen has Jia Xu, Wu has Zhao Yun and others.Now Zhao Lei already has the capital to become a vassal, but the only thing he lacks is the opportunity for chaos in the world.

In the winter of 184 A.D., the Yellow Turban Uprising in history still did not happen, and the world still looked so peaceful, but those who are interested will definitely notice that the ministers of the DPRK and China are constantly changing every day, people are constantly resigning from office, and people are constantly buying positions. , This represents a dangerous signal, any time a little friction occurs, it will cause a big war between the forces of North Korea and China.And this kind of conflict among the people is even more on the table. The common people everywhere are miserable. At this sensitive time, the taxes and corvees have not only not been reduced, but have doubled. The common people complained everywhere, so the chaos in the world is just time question.

In the Changshan prefect's mansion, Zhang Han reported the above views to Zhao Lei, and Zhao Lei fell into deep thought after listening.

"My lord, are you worried that if the world changes, we will not have enough food and grass during the war?" Jia Xu asked.

Zhao Lei smiled wryly as a response.

"Why don't you collect food from the people around Changshan?" Zhao Yun asked.

"This year's success in Changshan County is not very good. The food grown by the people is not enough for our own food, so we can't buy any food at all," Jia Xu said.

After listening to Jia Xu's words, everyone was silent.

"How long is the food and grass enough to last?" Zhao Lei broke the silence and asked.

"It used to be enough for half a year, but now counting the [-] new Jizhou soldiers, it can only last for about three months." Zhang Han replied.

"Should we forcibly collect from the common people?" Zhou Cang interjected and asked.

"Absolutely not. In this way, the popular support we have accumulated over the past month will be in vain. Those who win the popular support will win the world!" Zhang Han vetoed.

"My lord, since forced conquest is not feasible, can you ask Han Fu for food?" Zhao Yun asked.

"I wrote to ask about it a long time ago. Han Fu wrote back and told me that the situation in Yecheng is worse than ours. It is estimated that there will be a famine in Jizhou this year." Zhao Lei said.

"Then what is the lord going to do?" Zhang Liao asked after hearing everyone's words.

Zhao Lei thought for a while and said.

"Zhou Cang, you go to the surrounding counties to collect grain, but you are not allowed to collect grain by force, and if you can't collect it, that's all." Zhao Lei said.

"No." Zhou Cang said.

"An announcement was issued in Changshan County that anyone who sells grain to our common people before the beginning of spring in January next year will pay 1.5 times the original purchase price, and it will be implemented immediately," Zhao Lei said.

"This is a good idea, after all, we can't eat with so much money." Zhang Han agreed with a smile.

"This is the only way to do it for the time being, but it's not a long-term solution. After all, our money is limited. Our current expenses are all dependent on the teahouse in Yecheng, so this business must be done well." Zhao Lei said.

"My lord, don't worry, the business of the teahouse is booming now. If you want to drink a cup of tea, you will have to queue for more than two hours!" Zhang Han said with a smile.

"Really?" Zhao Lei obviously didn't believe it.

"My lord, this is the truth. When I went to Yecheng a few days ago, I saw that there were three tiers inside and three tiers outside." Jia Xu said.

"My lord, I have a suggestion. We can buy all the teahouses in Yecheng." Zhang Han said.

"Didn't I try it with you last time? None of them would sell it." Zhao Lei said.

"One moment, another moment, and now their business has been robbed by us. If they don't sell their teahouse, I'm afraid they will have to drink the northwest wind." Zhang Han laughed.

"Then let's use the old method! Just buy their teahouse and run it on their own. We provide the source of goods, but this time we have to kill them." Zhao Lei made a gesture of cutting vegetables.

"How to slaughter?" Zhang Han asked.

"Eighty-two split." Zhao Lei laughed.

"I don't think they have any objections even if it is [-]%!" Zhang Han also smiled and said.

"And my lord, please order Changshan to be blocked, saying that it is used for military training." Zhang Han said.

"Why?" Zhao Lei asked.

"Imagine if we provide all the sources of goods to the teahouses in Yecheng, then some teahouses will definitely find that the powder of this shadow tea comes from Changshan, and then come to compete with us for resources. Wouldn't it be that we have no money to make, so we need to find a legitimate one. The reason is to block Changshan, and only our people can go up to pick and plant until we earn enough."

"What if Han Fu finds out about this matter? If those tea merchants come to Han Fu to sue us, it will be a tragedy for us." Zhao Lei inadvertently popped out a modern vocabulary.

"Han Fu's side is actually the best thing to settle, just use money. Anyway, now that he makes so much money a day, giving him some money is just a drop in the ocean." Zhang Han said.

"Okay! I will do as you say!" Zhao Lei said excitedly.

"My lord, this subordinate also has a suggestion." Jia Xu said from the side.

"Can you send some people to transport some of the shadow tea powder to Yangzhou and open a teahouse there. And I heard that many of the tea leaves in our teahouse now come from Jiangdong. Since we decide to go to Jiangdong for development in the future, why not do it as soon as possible?" Get ready." Jia Xu said.

Zhao Lei fell into deep thought.

"My lord, are you planning to send someone?" Jia Xu seemed to have guessed Zhao Lei's thoughts long ago.

"Who does Mr. Jia think he should send?" Zhao Lei asked Jia Xu, and said.

"I think, brother Zizhou must have already figured it out!" Jia Xu said to Zhang Han with a smile.

That's right, that person is Jushou, and this is the best time to recruit him.

"But is he willing to join us? Didn't you tell me last time that he didn't respond much after hearing that I became the prefect of Changshan. You also tried to persuade him, but Jushou also pretended to be confused. I think we should give up!" Zhao Lei sighed.It's not that he doesn't want to, but that he knows Jushou's temper very well in history.

"My lord, don't worry, this time I pat my chest to guarantee that Jushou will join us." Zhang Han seemed very confident.

"Oh? Do you have a solution? Tell me." Zhao Lei seemed very curious.

"I can't say this, anyway, I guarantee that I will bring Jushou back." Zhang Han said.

Jia Xu couldn't figure out what Zhang Han was thinking this time, and kept watching Zhang Han.

"Okay! Everyone obeys the order. Zhou Cang is in charge of purchasing food in the near future, Zhao Yun is in charge of training the soldiers in Changshan, Zhang Liao and Jia Xu are in charge of inquiring about Jizhou's intelligence, and Zhang Han is in charge of recruiting Jushou and Yangzhou to build a teahouse." Zhao Lei said all the things in one breath. Order.

"Master, what about us?" Gao Lan couldn't help asking when Zhao Lei didn't use them.

"Hehe, I forgot to mention that Zhang He Gaolan is in charge of picking and planting the shadow tea," Zhao Lei said.

"My lord, you said that you would be our general," Zhang He said.

"Don't worry, I will definitely do it in the future." Zhao Lei smiled.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Zhang He and Gao Lan felt very embarrassed themselves.

"Okay, today's meeting is over here, let's go!" Zhao Lei announced the end of the meeting.

(End of this chapter)