When Gao Yuan appeared in the conference hall, the civil and military officials who had been waiting here for a long time could not contain their excitement, and under the leadership of Jiang Jiaquan, they all bowed down with their fists, and the voice of congratulations echoed in the hall.

After half a year, he returned to Jishi City again, and when he saw these familiar faces, Gao Yuan was also quite excited, looking around at everyone, Jiang Jiaquan, Yan Shenghao, Wu Ci'an, Zheng Jun, Wu Kai, He Lanxiong, Ye Chong, Ye Zhen and other important ministers of Zhengdong Mansion gathered here.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, everyone sits!" Pressing his hands weakly, Gao Yuan is also difficult to suppress joy. After a table and chair sounded, everyone sat down and turned their heads to look at Gao Yuan.

"Hetao defeated tens of thousands of Donghu iron horsemen, and we finally gained a firm foothold and could take a breath." Looking at everyone, Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Now when everyone sleeps at night, they don't have to be awakened by nightmares, but can lie down peacefully." ”

There was laughter in the hall.

"However, we have only stood firm and officially stepped on this stage, and if we want not to be driven off this stage by others, we have to work together with Gao and you."

As soon as Gao Yuan's voice fell, Jiang Jiaquan had already stood up, "What the governor said is extremely true, the battle of Hetao has fundamentally improved our imminent crisis, but it has also brought us to the cusp, this battle has made the Central Plains powers see the strength of our Eastern Army and see our combat strength, but on the contrary, we will also attract more attention from them, even hostile, because a force that can defeat Donghu can already threaten their survival, and the next suppression of us is conceivable." ”

"What Jiang Yizheng said is extremely true, aside from Qin and Zhao Erqiang, the biggest threat to us now is the Great Yan Dynasty." Yan Shenghao continued: "The Supervision Yuan has sent news, and after the news of our victory in Hetao came, the Yan army has begun to move. Hu Yanchao's department in Langya County and Sun De's department in Yuyang County have all begun to mobilize, and we have to guard against it. ”

Gao Yuan's eyes looked at Cao Tianci of the Supervision Yuan, Cao Tianci stood up and said: "After the failure of the Yan Ting expedition to the east, they restarted the stove and trained the new army, and in the past few years, they have successively organized and trained 50,000 new troops. Combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, in Yuyang, we have fought with one of them, compared with the previous Yan State Standing Army, the combat effectiveness has indeed risen to a higher level, according to the information obtained by our Supervision Yuan, to aid Langya Hu Yanchao is the army of Tianhe County, the total number is about 20,000 people, which makes Langya Hu Yanchao has 40,000 troops. And Yuyang Sun De's department newly accepted 10,000 new troops, which made the new army of Yan under the command of Kong De more than 20,000. ”

"The Supervision Yuan estimates that if Yan Guo wants to launch an attack on me. From which direction will it attack first? Gao Yuan asked rhetorically.

Cao Tianci was stunned, "These are still being analyzed, but in my personal opinion." It should start with Langya, Hu Yanchao is an experienced veteran, and he now has 40,000 troops under his command. If they want to attack, they will inevitably choose to break through in Liaoxi, which is our starting place, and once it is occupied by the enemy, the political shock may be greater than the danger of military defeat. ”

"What does Mr. Jiang think?" Gao Yuan's gaze turned to Jiang Jiaquan.

Stroking his long beard, Jiang Jiaquan pondered for a moment and said, "My opinion is contrary to Dean Cao's opinion, I think that if the Yan Kingdom wants to attack, they will definitely choose to be in Yuyang." Because Anlu iron ore is really inmissible for us, it is simply unacceptable for us to lose Anlu. ”

"Who is this Conde?"

"Kong is one of the old nobles of Yan State, but in the past ten years, it has begun to decline, mainly because Kong and Linghu have controlled the Yan Dynasty for nearly 20 years, and then the Ye family was revived, and Kong began to recover its vitality, until Zhou Yutan Feng took power, he really began to reuse Sun, Kong De is the leader of the Mesozoic Era of Kong, this person was the military chief of Cangzhou, the fief of Kong, before he became an official, he was the military chief of Cangzhou, Kong's fiefdom." Cao Tianci replied immediately.

"Check it out again immediately, and find out the details of this person, his hobbies, the characteristics of his soldiers, and his temper." Gao Yuan said immediately.

"Yes!" Cao Tianci nodded and said, "After I go down, I will arrange it immediately." ”

Gao Yuan turned his head to look at Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen owes himself, "Governor, now my Central Field Army has trained a total of 10,000 soldiers in Hejian County, and has trained two divisions, after Yan Haibo led the cavalry into Daijun, Naha's 3,000 foot soldiers have withdrawn to Hejian, and now they are arranged in Yuyang Anlu, but the infantry remains in Hejian and commands all the cavalry in Daijun. Compared to the strength of the opponent, our strength in Anlu is really a little weak. ”

Gao Yuan pondered for a moment, "The infantry will stay in Daijun for the time being, let Bai Yucheng enter Anlu, temporarily incorporate him under your command, and then add two thousand troops to Anlu to strengthen Anlu's defense." ”

Ye Zhen nodded, "Yes, but Dudu, the strength of our Eastern Army is still too weak, and it is scattered in a vast area, far from each other, except for the four major group armies, there is basically no mobile force, this is a fatal weakness, the last general will build yì, expand the army, and train the new army, so that we can deal with the attack that may come soon." ”

"I'm also thinking about this matter, now the Eastern Group Army is concentrated in the Panshan area, and the Northern Group Army is stationed in Hetao, these two main forces must not be weakened in the face of Donghu, and the two group armies in the south and the center have just been formed, and the strength is weak, and in addition, we only have some local armies left, embarrassed and heavy, and it is urgent to train the new army." High and far-reaching. "At present, our army has won a great victory in Hetao, it is a time when morale is high, and it is a good time to recruit troops at this time. Announcements are issued, funds are raised, and it is necessary to ensure that the recruitment of the army can be completed in the first half of the year. ”

"It's easy to issue announcements and mobilize the whole people, but this funding problem will be held back." Jiang Jiaquan's eyes looked at Wang Wuyan, the head of the household.

Wang Wuyan's face was long, and seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on his face, he couldn't help but shake his head again and again, "Governor, the battle of Hetao cost a lot, and now the soldier's reward and pension are issued, which is a large amount of silver, and the debt issued last year was also repaid back with the principal and interest in accordance with the governor's instructions before the year, plus the cost of spring ploughing, and now the household department is so poor that it can't open the pot." ”

"No matter how difficult it is, this money has to be squeezed out." Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "In the battle of Hetao, we did not earn silver, but lost silver, but in the long run, it is a big profit, but to keep this result, we must have a stronger army, the army is the foundation to ensure our victory, Yan can afford to lose, but we can't afford to lose, lose once, it is possible to turn all our hard-earned qi qi qi into the moon in the mirror, the danger of flowers in the water, so, the expansion of the army, can not wait, must be carried out immediately." ”

"But where does the money come from?" Wang Wuyan sighed repeatedly.

"Reissue bonds." Gao Yuan knocked on the table, "With last year's experience, it should be easier this year, I mean, this year, a total of five million taels of silver will be issued to Liaoxi, Hejian, Jishi County, Dayan County, and Hetao County." ”

"Five million taels!" There was an exclamation in the hall.

"Five million taels!" Gao Yuanhuo stood up, "Our most difficult period has passed, and next, it is the harvest period, these five million taels can be divided into one-year, two-year, three-year and other bonds of different years, the longer the term, the higher the interest, by the people freely choose, at the same time, the officials of the Zhengdong Prefecture should take the lead in subscribing, and they must subscribe to the bonds with the longest period." ”

"The issuance of bonds is only one of them, and second, I am ready to reorganize the four seas trade. In the past, the Four Seas Trading only subscribed to the merchants, but next, it was necessary to issue public shares to the common people, and each share of this public stock was set at ten taels of silver, but all under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Government, both officials and people, could buy it. As for the amount of share capital issued, after it comes down, Tiancheng and Sihai Commerce and Trade will have to calculate it well."

"Public offering to the public?" Cao Tiancheng was taken aback, "Dudu, this has never happened before, and the risk is only too big."

"I haven't had it before, so let's start with the Four Seas Trading Company." Gao Yuan said undoubtedly: "In the past two years, whether it is Liaoxi or Hejian, the common people have surplus money in their hands, and among them, the more important thing is our soldiers, our soldiers have higher salaries, many soldiers have a lot of money in their hands, but they are in the army, there are not many places to use money, these silver money is left in their hands, can not be born, but in the hands of the Four Seas Trading Company, it is possible to give birth to money, the army should vigorously publicize this matter, sue them, subscribe to the shares of the Four Seas Commerce, Their silver money will be born, and the annual interest is very expensive, and the Tiancheng Four Seas Trade must be carefully calculated, how much annual interest will there be?"

"Yes, my subordinates do their best. I'm just afraid that many shareholders of Sihai Commerce and Trade will not agree!"

"Whoever disagrees will be cleared out of the four seas trade!" Gao Yuan said coldly: "This is my decision to conquer the Eastern Mansion, I can't tolerate their doubts, with enough money, the trade of the four seas can expand faster, and the excess silver money can flow back to the household. In order to ensure the resolution of the financial crisis of our army in the last two to three years. Sue those merchants that I will guarantee them their commercial interests wherever they are, and whoever dares to infringe on them, I will use a knife to talk to them."

"Got it!" Cao Tiancheng saw that his determination had been set high, and gritted his teeth and agreed. (To be continued......)