After Ma Qiang returned to his residence, he immediately wrote more than a dozen pages of analytic geometry, and then sent someone to send it to Lu Ning.

As for how Lu Ning was delivered to Zheng Xuan, he didn't need to care.

Even if all the brains in the world come out, these big clans can still have their own special channels to communicate with each other.

Now that he has arrived in Changping, Ma Qiang is simply going to go back to the Red Star Camp to have a look, and by the way, he also wants to discuss the matter of iron ore with Yue Liang.

This was the first time Kou Xian had come to the Red Star Camp, a place he didn't know how many times he had heard in the mouths of Huang Zhong and the others.

In Duan Ying's mouth, this is a place that should not belong to this world, in the mouths of Huang Zhong and others, there is the best sword in the whole world, and in Gan Shi's mouth, this is a big wine vat...

"Come on, come on, this is the Red Star Erguotou, which is a specialty wine here, and now it is limited, and ordinary people can't drink it anymore.

By the way, this one is called Sprite, and it is also a specialty, but it is sweet. ”

In the cafeteria, Ma Qiang kept selling all kinds of food and drinks that he couldn't eat outside, looking at everything from noodles to dishes to drinks, Kou Xian found that he had never seen any of them, and almost wondered if he had been in Shanggu for too long and had left society.

"Cool!" Ma Qiang poured a sip of Sprite, although it was not as good as the taste of later generations, but the unique stimulation of soda still satisfied him.

"Little Pony! You're back! ”

Lu Qingcheng rushed in with Lin Zhi and others, and a white shadow ran the fastest, directly crushing Ma Qiang to the ground.

Well, no need to ask, it's white smoke again.

"How many times have I said it! Don't lick me! Nyingchi! Are you raising him as a tiger or as a husky? ”

"What is a husky?" Lin Zhi looked at everyone with a puzzled expression, everyone shook their heads, and directly ignored the word, anyway, Ma Qiang said that they didn't understand the word or two.

Finally broke free, Ma Qiang introduced Kou Xian to everyone, Huang Zhong saw that Huang Xu had taken off his mask, and couldn't help but say happily, "Xu'er, are you okay?" ”

Huang Xu nodded and came to Huang Zhong and said, "Doctor Li said that I can already do without a mask, but I have to recover slowly, and I can't exercise intensely. ”

"Okay, well, there is someone in my Huang family!" Huang Zhong hugged Huang Xu, with tears in his eyes, God knows how many ways he thought of for Huang Xu's body, and how much money he used, now, he can finally rest assured that he can see the moon when the clouds open.

"Ming Gong's great kindness, Huang will definitely repay him with death!" Huang Zhong took Huang Xu to bow deeply to Ma Qiang, Ma Qiang did not dodge, he knew that after this worship, he and Huang Zhong could trust each other in life and death.

"Sir, can you stay a little longer when you come back this time? I have a couple of questions for me. Yan Fa took out a small notebook from his arms, and looking at the thickness, Ma Qiang knew that he had accumulated a lot of doubts.

"I can't stay too long, I came to find Yue Lao this time, the Yuyang Zhang family has been wiped out because of the rebellion, only Zhang County Lieutenant is left to inherit the Zhang family's family business, it just so happens that we have captured tens of thousands of prisoners of war during this time, I am ready to let the strong and strong of these prisoners of war fill the army, and the old and weak will go to the mine to fill the work."

"Since you are old and weak, won't you be tired to death when you go to the mine?" Yang Chi knew the bitterness of the mine and couldn't help but say.

"This will naturally not exhaust them, after all, they should be considered military dependents in the future, and the labor force can be reduced compared to others, and we are not capitalists."

"Capitalists?"

“... Just when I didn't say it. ”

Well, another word that is hard to explain.

Qingcheng pinched Lin Hu on the side, and Lin Hu hurriedly said, "That little brother, can we go with you, don't you see that this battle is over?" ”

Ma Qiang shook his head and said, "Where is this, the yellow turbans in Youzhou are not much, and they are not strong, the real main force of the yellow turbans is in Jizhou and Yuzhou, I am also waiting for the news of Xianhe, once the imperial court comes to the edict, I will take the army to Jizhou to participate in the war."

The Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou has two or three hundred thousand, or even more, and the three Zhang Jiao brothers are brave and strategic, so they are not so easy to deal with. ”

Ma Qiang remembers that in history, the three brothers of Zhang Jiao beat Dong Zhuo all over the map, although Dong Zhuo later had a bad reputation, but it cannot be denied that he is a battle-hardened general, the military quality of the three brothers of Zhang Jiao is not low, even Lu Zhi can't win quickly.

Although the outcome of the Battle of Jizhou can be determined, it is bound to be a bitter battle.

"How long will it take?" said Qingcheng with some frustration.

"If it's fast, it's August or September, and if it's slow, it's going to be winter."

Ma Qiang didn't know if the battle situation in Jizhou had changed because of himself, but in history, the battle was fought until November, and he couldn't think about it quickly.

And Ma Qiang can't quickly participate in the war now, whether it is Zhang Chun or re-training soldiers and horses, preparing ordnance, and organizing the people to resume production, it will take time, according to Duan Ying's plan, Ma Qiang will not be able to send troops until June.

Again, fighting a war is not a game, and it is not something that can be solved with a few clicks of the mouse.

Thinking about Liu Bei later, Guan Zhang died one after another, Liu Bei was so anxious about revenge and the heart to recapture Jingzhou, and he was prepared for a year before sending troops, just like that, later generations still commented that Liu Bei was too eager.

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"So, we're going to organize people to go to Yuyang to open a mine?"

In the conference room, Yue Liang said thoughtfully, "Most of these people are old and weak, I'm afraid they can't do too much heavy physical work." ”

"If you want to say that there will be strong, after all, not everyone is willing to join the army." Kou Xian reminded him.

"But eighty percent are still old and weak, and the work efficiency is low, after all, their relatives are in the army, and they can't die." Ma Qiang drew a red bar.

Miners have always been a high-risk profession, not only in the danger of landslides underground, but also in the danger of mine owners being exhausted to death in order to squeeze the labor force to the maximum.

Because of this, the combat effectiveness of the army organized by the miners is often not too bad, and it is even synonymous with a strong army.

"Okay, then I'll bring human tools to Yuyang tomorrow to investigate." Yue nodded in response.

"With so many mouths, I'm afraid there won't be enough grain and grass, and it's not easy to transport mineral powder from Yuyang."

"It's not just these people, it's the food of the entire Youzhou this year."

Thinking of this, Ma Qiang felt a little headache.

The harvest of the six counties affected by the war, Guangyang, Yuyang, Zhuojun, Youbeiping, Liaodong, and Liaoxi, this year's harvest can be as good as last year's six or seven achievements, but the population has not been reduced to six or seven percent.

Jizhou and Qingzhou, which used to support Youzhou's grain and grass, would be good to feed themselves this year.

Now because the war in Youzhou is over, the grain price has not yet reacted to this good news, and when the reaction comes, this year's grain price will definitely rise to the point where it is unbearable to look at it directly.

Not everyone is full of food if there is a decrease of 30%, and there is a high probability that 3 adults cannot afford to buy food.

With this in mind, this year the Red Star Camp has stopped brewing.

In the next time, Ma Qiang's main job was how to pull the grain out of the hands of various clans.