Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

Back then, King Xiang was besieged near Wujiang by Liu Bang, Han Xin and others with countless armies, and in the end he was unable to defeat him and chose to kill himself. If he wanted to get rid of Lu Bu in the future, the crowd tactics must be the first thing Zhang Yan would consider kind of direction.

Just like when Xiang Yu faced Han Xin's hundreds of thousands of troops back then, if Zhang Yan could have enough troops in the future, he might not be incapable of fighting Lu Bu who is dominating the Hulao Pass.

The way for ordinary soldiers to threaten generals of Lu Bu's level is naturally to improve the overall strength of armaments.

If at that time, Zhang Yan can manufacture some simple artillery, even if this artillery can only project solid shells on the battlefield like a trebuchet in a short period of time, it will be very useful for him to attack some dangerous levels. significant effect.

And if this kind of artillery can be installed in your own army on a large scale, whether it is facing a tyrant at the end of the Han Dynasty like Dong Zhuo, or resisting when the Zuoxian King's Court of the Southern Huns enters the hinterland of the Han Dynasty to graze horses in the future, Zhang Yandu will gain a military advantage like a dimensionality reduction strike.

In the past few days, especially during the period of waiting for his wedding, Zhang Yan was also confused, not knowing what direction his future should go.

After all, as a one-man pusher, after learning that he was about to marry the sweetheart he had been thinking about for a long time, he had a faint feeling of clearing the game, and even had a trace of ordinary players clearing the level. That slight sense of boredom with the game itself.

But as time progressed slowly, when he really became Qiao Ying's husband and embarked on the road to Lujiang to take up his post, in Zhang Yan's heart today, a touch of excitement gradually rose up. Time only felt a little emotional.

Help the territory under his rule to flourish, and help the people under his command to gradually improve their living standards, just like he has always done.In these short few days, Zhang Yan didn't even have a good rest, and his mind was full of his appearance in Lujiang in the future.

As if people's desires are endless, after becoming a man with a family and a business, Zhang Yan didn't spend too long, and found other things he wanted to pursue in this Eastern Han Dynasty.

Chapter 19 Lord

Perhaps with the level of education he has received, or in terms of his personal ability, it is really difficult for a key administrator to popularize that somewhat dangerous but extremely advanced idea at this time.

But if it is only to improve the productivity of the entire Huaxia, so that the Huaxia region can avoid some detours in the future development, for Zhang Yan now, with the help of the system, there is definitely no big problem.

According to the original world line, as long as a few decades pass, the entire Huaxia region will be swept into a war of the Three Kingdoms that is rarely seen in a thousand years.And this melee, which lasted for more than eighty years, directly caused the population of the entire East to drop from tens of millions to less than one-tenth.

And it is precisely because of this that it can be said that there are some serious war traumas, which led to the future Eight Kings Rebellion and the more serious Five Huanhua series of incidents.

Fiction group: 60З

In Zhang Yan's mind, the reason why he was able to marry Qiaoying, who can be said to be a perfect wife, was actually inspired by the Eastern Han Dynasty, or some groups in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Great help from him.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Yan would naturally not let those catastrophes happen before his eyes, facing this power that was kind to him and at the same time equivalent to his mother clan.

The eyes gradually became a little firm, and as the carriage slowly drove out of the Luoyang city gate, Qiao Ying was a little surprised to find that the man in front of her seemed to have grown up suddenly, and her whole temperament had changed. It is no longer as warm and loose as it was at the beginning, but a little bit sharp.

I don't know why, but under such aura, even the other person's face, which he has been familiar with for a long time, seems to be a little different from before.

A ray of sunlight poured into the car through the window of the carriage, and soon, the carriage drove through Luoyang's city gate corridor, which was more than ten meters long, and headed unswervingly towards the military road that stretched for several miles to the south. Drive in the direction of the array.

And behind them, a series of hundreds of ox carts and horse carts followed Zhang Yan's car and drove out of Luoyang, the imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In those convoys, in addition to Zhang Yan's personal property, there are also a large number of fine breeds, herds, and even some rabbits, which are raised on a large scale for meat, poultry, and livestock. When he got acquainted with the Mi family, Mi Zhu presented him with a congratulatory gift for his wedding on behalf of the forces in Xuzhou.

After Zhang Yan arrived in Lujiang, these fine varieties would be cultivated by him, gradually enriching the dining tables of the Lujiang people who were originally located along the Yangtze River and had a somewhat simple diet.

Not to mention that ordinary people have very different food needs under different dietary structures. According to Zhang Yan's experience, it is just "tofu", which is an extremely simple soybean product, that will be consumed in the next few thousand years. , as the source of protein for hundreds of millions of Chinese people, it protects the vigorous growth of the people of this ancient country.

Perhaps for those rich and powerful Lujiang clans, these things are only used as stuffing on their table in the end, so that the family's recipes are no longer as poor and monotonous as before.But for the working people at the bottom, soy products combined with a small amount of meat, fish and shrimp, and dried green vegetables can make an adult man's monthly food consumption from 240 Hanjin, which is about [-] kilograms The horror value has dropped by at least half.

Although in this somewhat ancient era, aquatic products such as fish and shrimp have not been widely used on people's tables because of the scarcity of seasonings such as soy sauce.But in the future, once Zhang Yan finds time to mass-produce a series of simple condiments, Lujiang River, which is located along the Yangtze River and has a complex water network, can instantly produce a large amount of food reserves.

By changing the dietary structure of the residents and purchasing food from places such as Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and even Jingzhou, Zhang Yan can successfully ensure that the people and soldiers under his command can have support in the coming year without spring plowing. Food reserves that won't starve.

At the same time, after beans were widely planted, Zhang Yan could also absorb a large number of refugees from Yangzhou and even Qingzhou and other places who were widely affected by the war before the first winter came. While strengthening the strength of the territory under his command, he ensured that these poor people would not starve to death in winter.

As Zhang Yan's carriage gradually drove towards the distance, some slight turmoil gradually spread from the army formation that had become somewhat stable, and then gradually calmed down under the appeasement of various grassroots officers.

Obviously, after seeing the righteous lord appear, the soldiers who had become a little tired due to the long wait gradually became more energetic.

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"His grandma's, my lord, he is here!"

Sitting on the horse and slapping his thigh vigorously, Pei Yuanshao couldn't help becoming a little excited when he looked at the gray and white luxury vehicle in the distance.

After rectifying the whole army, he waited for almost half an hour, and finally he waited for Zhang Yan, the rightful lord, to appear.

Pulling the rein in his hand, Pei Yuanshao rushed to the vicinity of the army formation in front of him, and then began to give orders loudly.

As the orders were carried out quickly, soon, a kind of army that had been stationed outside the Luoyang city gate just like this, guarded Zhang Yan and others among the crowd, and marched towards the far south past.

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"The whole army is there, let's go immediately!"

"The first battalion, let's go!"

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"Third Battalion, let's go!"

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"Logistics [-]st Battalion, let's go!"

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One after another, the military orders came one after another, just like a awakened dragon, the military formation that had been dormant for a long time on the southern plain of Luoyang gradually moved towards the south.

Among the numerous military flags, whether it is Kuai Qi, a civil servant who finally decided to follow Zhang Yan and go to Lujiang to try his skills, or Pei Yuanshao, a general who served under Zhang Yan's command at the beginning...their On the faces facing the rising sun, there is a look of excitement, as if a school of fish has entered the water, wishing that they could go faster, faster.

The sound of orderly steps echoed in the mountains like drumbeats. Perhaps in the hearts of the soldiers at the grassroots level or the residents of Luoyang City, there was still some uncertainty about the future and anxiety about their own destiny.

But when everyone looked at the carriage pulled by four white horses in the middle of the team, their eyes became a little firm.

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Chapter 20 Mayi County

Contrary to most people's cognition, the summer in Saibei is not like flying sand for thousands of miles and blowing wind and stones as recorded in those poems, but a green scene of grass growing and warblers flying.

In Yanmen County, which is located in the northern part of Bingzhou and is also the most northern part of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Huang was sitting on a stool in silence, staring at the man in front of him with eyes like copper bells.

This is Mayi, Yanmen, the hometown of Zhang Wenyuan, the first of the five famous generals in the Three Kingdoms period, and it is also the most serious mixed population of Hu and Han in the entire Bingzhou area. It can be said that more than half of the residents have Hu people. A place of descent.

In this small county that can be said to be somewhat depressed, Xu Huang can't feel the prosperity of the southern part of the Han Dynasty, but feels a slight sense of alienation among the subjects.

As early as some time ago, the Xiongnu split internally, and when the Southern Xiongnu went south to join Han, a large number of Hu people poured in and settled in Bingzhou, Youzhou and other northern border provinces of the Han Dynasty.

And this Mayi in Yanmen is different from Yinguan County, where it is governed, a border city with the most serious mixed population of Hu and Han.

In this small city, as long as you observe carefully, you will find that all young people, regardless of gender, will have a slight barbarian feature in their faces.

Even those men and women with relatively pure ancestry and a very obvious Han appearance often wear relatively convenient Hufu, instead of men wearing long robes like southerners, and women wearing skirts and short jackets.

Of course, the blood of the Hu people poured into Mayi, not only those light brown hair and golden eyes with a hint of light, but also the Hu people who have lived on the grassland for hundreds of thousands of years. skills and techniques.

Just like the name of this place, Mayi in Yanmen County has brought the Hu people's horse breeding technology to the extreme, and it also exists as a horse trading market in the entire northern part of Bingzhou.

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Perhaps compared with Taiyuan County, the capital of Bingzhou—no, just compared with Yinguan County, the county seat of Yanmen County, Mayi's population is far from enough.According to Xu Huang's estimation, there are probably less than 3 resident populations here, and even including those Jizhou and Sili businessmen who come and go, it is estimated that it will not reach a medium-sized county with 3 people In terms of scale, it can be said that the big man can't even rank in the middle or even the lower middle class.

But if we only mention the horse trade here, Mayi can be said to be half of the horse trade in the entire Bingzhou, and even the entire northern border of the Han Dynasty.

According to incomplete statistics, only the horses imported and bred from the Hu people every year will create about 300 million to 500 million checkpoint taxes for Mayi County. Every summer, tens of thousands of horses from the northern grasslands were driven to Mayi for temporary breeding, and then sold to merchants from all over the Eastern Han Dynasty, or simply purchased by the Eastern Han royal family for military use.

And this horse trade market worth hundreds of millions of dollars has naturally become the main source of income for the residents of Mayi.

You must know that living in Mayi, you may not have fertile fields for food cultivation in your home, but more or less, the horse farm for breeding horses can be said to be a necessary production building for every household.

Among these horse farms, there are as few as ten or eight horses, as many as a hundred or so, or even hundreds of thousands of horses, which constitute the most important part of the private assets of the Mayi people and also occupy the largest proportion. .

He stared at the dark and thin barbarian boy in front of him who was drinking barley porridge without saying a word. At this moment, Xu Huang was holding the teacup in a calm manner, as if he was waiting for the person in front of him. That little guy drank the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl.

But in his heart, he was far from being as calm as his appearance showed, and it could even be said that there was some slight anxiety.

During the few days after leaving Luoyang, Xu Huang set off from Sili, first went to Shangjun in the west of Bingzhou, and then went north to Xihe, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong and other big counties. The entire territory of Bingzhou Express has been traveled.

And even though he had searched with all his heart, the task of these [-] horses was like a mountain pressing on him, and he couldn't complete it for a long time.

It's not that Xu Huang didn't work hard enough, or that he didn't have enough money to trade horses because of embezzlement of military expenses. It's just that this horse trade is not like buying grain and rice. As long as you set a number, you can pay with one hand. At the same time, just wait for the merchants to slowly transport the ordered grain and grass to their own territory.

For horse transactions, or all major transactions related to military supplies, inspection before payment is an indispensable and important procedure.

As far as the [-] horses are concerned, Xu Huang must see the other party's horses before buying, and at the same time make sure that the strength and health of the horses meet his expectations, so that he can finalize the deal with the horse dealer in charge of the transaction. this list.

And those horse dealers who traded with Xu Huang, in order to avoid subsequent troubles, must deliver the horses selected by the other party as goods, and cannot replace or change them at will in the middle.

Horses are not like other armaments. Although there may be a price gap between products of different qualities, it is not too big.It is very common for good horses and bad horses to have a price difference of double or even triple in the same period.

If there are many people who come with Xu Huang this time, then that's all right. After all, [-] horses today and [-] horses will be transported to the south tomorrow. Being able to gather the requirements of these [-] horses, he successfully completed the task assigned to him by Zhang Yan.

But now, for the sake of convenience, Xu Huang was the only one driving the carriage this time, carrying hundreds of catties of gold all the way north to the boundary of Bingzhou. In order to ensure that the horses he purchased would not be replaced midway, he decided to It is necessary to find a business that can eat more than 3000 horses at one time, and the other party will send out people. As a supervisor, he will escort the selected horses to the south to the Lujiang area.

Just like what I said before, there are absolutely a lot of businessmen who raise and sell horses in this Bingzhou. At the same time, selling horses to the southern provinces of Dahan every year is also an extremely important income fulcrum that these businessmen cannot ignore. .

But when it comes to the merchants who can deliver thousands of horses at one time, it is far from as many as Xu Huang imagined before.

Chapter 21 The Little Boy Selling the Horse

Along the way, Xu Huang also passed a lot of prefectures such as Shuofang and Wuyuan, which are also located on the border and where Hu and Han mixed. It can also be said that there are very few, and basically no decent progress has been made.

It was not other factors that restricted Xu Huang's transactions. It was his lord Zhang Yan, or Zhang Yan's backer Zhang Rangna, who gave all the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty a thunderous negative reputation.

After these county towns, any small businessman who is willing to trade with Xu Huang, after learning the quantity needed by the other party, naturally expresses regret to him that thousands of horses are really not a merchant of his level areas that can be covered.

As for those large merchants who have sufficient supply of goods, or have long-term stability with the Hu people in Saibei, they politely refused after hearing that Xu Huang was buying horses for the adopted son Zhang Yan of Luoyang City. his request.

Perhaps for these businessmen, the name Zhang Yan definitely does not have too much weight for them, even many big businessmen have never even heard of Zhang Yan's name.

But when they found out that Zhang Yan's adoptive father was the head of the ten permanent attendants who had power over the government and the public, no businessman ever gave Xu Huang a decent look.

Since ancient times, the relationship between the central government and the border counties has been like that of fire and water. Although it cannot be said to be settled at one point, they are also fighting and hostile to each other. These are the two external manifestations of feudalism and centralization.

For these horse merchants who have been selling horses and other military supplies for a long time and are attached to the prefects of the border counties and the prime ministers of the country, the eunuchs who symbolize the emperor and centralization can be said to be natural political enemies.

If Zhang Yan’s backstage is just a great eunuch like Cao Teng who has passed away, or is about to die, and has left the power center of the Eastern Han Dynasty, then that’s all. I feel sorry for the profits that I gave away.

However, Zhang Yan's adoptive father is a representative of the current imperial power faction and centralization faction in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty. If they sell the horses to Zhang Yan, it can be said that Zhang Rang's power in the court has been strengthened in disguise. Influence further weakens the frontier forces to which he is attached, which is a proper act of supporting the enemy.

In order to prevent the horses in his hands from flowing into Xu Huang's hands, in the past half a month, all the horse dealers who have a little brains, or are relatively proficient in handling things, have all said that they are sick and stay behind closed doors, and do everything possible Avoid direct contact with Xu Huang, so that you can avoid things that are too unfavorable to you while not offending the other party.

As for those businessmen who were not so skilled in handling things, or the big businessmen with a little less information, they all raised the price of the horses in their hands to a level that Xu Huang couldn't accept at all.

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"A good horse costs 1 yuan... A mediocre horse costs [-] yuan."

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