Before, Xu You reported to Yuan Shao, saying that Zhengxi's pill was just a side dish, and the big meal was still to come.

Xu You will be satisfied that he just ran an errand for Yuan Shao and found out a message, and then he was thrown aside like the one he had used, and he would not use it again until Yuan Shao remembered it again?

Apparently not.

Although Xu You said that as long as Ming Gong has me in your heart, you don't need any title or position, but in fact, he still wants to seize the opportunity to hurry up, and how do you know what other shops there are in this village, just like those who don't want to be a wife are not good juniors.

Xu You went to Pingyang, and suddenly felt that his eyes were wide open, and he found that in fact, in addition to people's livelihood and political affairs, there is also a very important space for business and trade! Strategy, government affairs or something, he admits that he really can't compare to those guys, but if you talk about trading, Lao Tzu is definitely better than anyone else!

With such a strong belief, Xu You coughed, cleared his throat, and said very solemnly, but the three strands of beard were curled, and it was inevitable that there was still a little bit of cunning expression: "Zhengxi Zeng said in a certain word, willing to attach wings to the Ming Gong, for weapons, equipment, war horses and other things, to help the Ming Gong's great cause, but ......"

"Just what?" Yuan Shao asked.

"What Zhengxi said...... The original number can be dedicated to the Ming Gong, but this tool and blade all need to be mined by hand to make iron, beating and forging, which is not easy, so it can be reduced on top of the original price...... Oh, two percent, if the Ming Gong has no money and grain to borrow, he can also send some displaced people to the north and send some transportation funds...... Ming Gong only needs to take care of the caravan as much as he did before......" Xu You looked at Yuan Shao and said slowly.

Yuan Shao stroked his beard and pondered.

If the general of Zhengxi, Fei Qian, said it for nothing, Yuan Shao felt a little unbelievable, the so-called nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, and Yuan Shao was not a three-year-old child, how could he believe that there was a cheap thing in the world that could be obtained for nothing? Therefore, when Xu You said that Zhengxi would write about transportation costs and production costs, and even said that he could use manpower to offset the cost of weapons, Yuan Shao felt that it was acceptable.

Jizhou's population ranks at least among the top three in the world......

These untouchables, who are desperately trying to survive when they are told to have fewer children on weekdays, and now they are going to fight, and when they are asked to have more children and more men, they flee for their lives, which is really a headache. The displaced people captured in the four fields were originally used as civilian laborers, but if they could be exchanged for some blades and tools for Zhengxi, it would not be bad, anyway, Zhengxi did not say that they should be all strong, and if Zhengxi wanted to be strong, Yuan Shao would definitely not give it.

There are also some captured Youzhou troops and people, the soldiers are okay to say, as much as possible to absorb things, but among the women, children, old and young, move inward, there is no place willing to want, pit killing, spread out, will anyone surrender?

is worried about wasting food and grass every day......

Xu You raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Shao's expression again, and saw that he seemed to be a little moved, so he said: "A certain envoy in Pingyang, watching its change of market, has a lot of experience...... At the beginning of the expedition to Pingyang, the soldiers were less than a thousand, and the generals were less than ten. Guy Yin promoted agriculture and mulberry and made a big deal of business...... Therefore, thinking about it, Yuan Hao, Gong Zhi and others are proficient in the affairs of agriculture and people's livelihood, and they can help Ming Gong, but only the business and trade transactions...... If the Ming Gong is interested, a certain person is willing to take the lead and set up Hu trade with the border to increase the wealth and goods, and the needs of the Ming Gong's great cause are also ......"

Yuan Shao groaned.

To fight a war, it is absolutely not a matter of sending a few soldiers and a few generals to get things done. Looking at the camp where Yuan Shao is now, it has only been less than half a year since it was entrenched in the north of Jizhou, and it is already a noisy scene of people and horses, which is not inferior to a village and township.

Tens of thousands of people traveled to northern Hebei, which was not an easy task, and the materials needed were more, plus the military materials and food to be prepared for long-term operations, the number was even more huge.

To transport, it is natural to need mules and horses, and these things that are important for the march have to be traveled back and forth almost every two or three days. And then the service agencies that accompany the soldiers down are also as many as cows.

The harness of the mules and horses must be prepared, and the forage must also be prepared, and these mules and horses will inevitably lose some weight in the winter, and now they will be active, and they may be ready to see the battle at any time, so let these mules and horses re-adapt to the sound of the golden drum fighting in the battle array. Among them, those who act as pullers and pack horses should also gain weight to make it easier for them to walk long distances.

Although the total number of war horses, mules and horses in Yuan Shao's army was not as amazing as that of General Zhengxi, it also took up a lot of manpower, and even the large battalion was not enough to put on such a big scene, so they all went to the horse farm specially set up in the valley to the south to do these preparations.

The maintenance of long-distance vehicles is also a technical work, in this era, a large car on all kinds of parts and utensils are also hundreds of pieces, what things have been shelved for a long time, either rusty, rotten, or incomplete, most of them need to be re-prepared. A special place was set up in the camp as an iron-making shop, and a furnace was raised to make the missing iron parts of the cart. At the same time, wood is consumed, and it also needs to be constantly brought in, sawed or planed, so that the camp becomes like a workshop.

Military-funded equipment needs to be counted, sorted out and placed, and the accompanying grain and straw also need to be moisture-proof, insect-proof, and rat-proof, and things are trivial and scary......

Large bags of rice and wheat, stacked horse feed, arrows and crossbows from all over Jizhou, are continuously transported here, ready to be sent to the front line at any time, or one day can reach Yijing City. Although so many materials have been allocated at the moment, they are still not very abundant, and there are still many deficiencies, which is also the reason why Yuan Shao has not launched an offensive against Gongsun Zan for a long time.

Once the offensive is launched, it will not be possible without follow-up supplies. In terms of these preparations in the camp in the north of Jizhou alone, I am afraid that it will need to be doubled to almost enough, and these materials will naturally cost money. At the same time, these materials must be transported into the camp from all over Jizhou, which also costs money to hire mules and horses, and it is impossible to hire and recruit military husbands, although it is said that some people have been arrested to serve as laborers, but after all, they still belong to the people of Jizhou, and they can't be too ruthless.

In addition to grain and grass in the army, it is also necessary to pay these soldiers salaries, although the Jizhou Shi clan Haoyou is a little perfunctory at this stage, but it does not mean that Yuan Shao can use this reason not to pay anything to these soldiers under his command.

Although Yuan Shao is slightly embarrassed at the moment, the Yuan family's savings over the past hundred years are still a lot at this moment, so they can still hold on to some extent, but it is naturally good to have more sources. In real history, even after the defeat of Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, he could still gather a large number of soldiers and horses, if it were not for Yuan Shao being broken all of a sudden, resulting in illness and death, if he could still have the ambition to cross the river, the final victory or defeat of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is still two words.

Yuan Shao thought about it again and again, but nodded, since Xu You is willing to carry the burden and give it a try, why not allow it? Even the hue of his son was sold here, and as a result, these scholars in Jizhou didn't seem to be satisfied, so if they could control a business center of gravity in their own hands, it would seem to be good......

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Zhao Yun took some guards and patrolled the camp according to the usual practice. The army is stationed temporarily, the chief general of the army patrols once every two hours, and the deputy general once an hour.

The general of the expedition to the west, Fei Qian, led the army to the north, and naturally it was impossible not to prepare some generals to accompany the army, so he transferred Zhao Yun back from Hedong, leaving Tai Shici to guard Hedong.

Zhao Yun and other senior generals have changed to new equipment this year, a black light armor, plus a blood-red cloak, solemn and solemn, even if it is a big cake face like Zhao Yun, wearing it also adds three points of majesty.

General Zhengxi's spending on armor and equipment has always been staggering, not to mention weapons, even the two-gear armor of ordinary soldiers like vests in later generations is gradually being replaced with sleeve armor, this sleeve armor is used as an armor only equipped by upper-level officers in the princes of other regions, but it is equipped by ordinary soldiers in the direct subordinate troops of Feiqian at present.

The equipment is strong, the sense of self-honor in the army is stronger, and Fei Qian is an elite soldier route, when the elite soldiers directly under him are put down, ordinary soldiers can be changed to a long time, so they are even more bullish, and they are proud of everyone on weekdays, but they can't stand up in front of Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun patrolled the camp all the way, looking around left and right with a cold big pie face, and everyone who saw it was solemn. Everyone knows that this young general doesn't talk much, and he abides by military discipline, which is really unprovoked. If you are idle and stationed in Pingyang, occasionally fight for two dollars, play some wine or something, it is fine, now once the troops are dispatched, although it is not yet time to fight, it is already equivalent to the military discipline of the marching law, plus Zhao Yun has accumulated all the meritorious deeds over the years, so if anyone commits it in his hands, no one has a good face to beg.

Wei Du secretly brought some wine two days ago, but was bumped into by Zhao Yun, and he didn't talk about his previous feelings at all, and ordered to be beaten with forty lashes without saying a word! Even if Wei Du begged for mercy and wanted to leave the wine behind, it was still useless, not only was the wine confiscated on the spot, but the stout and reckless man was also lying on the baggage car for two days!

So when Zhao Yun's gaze swept over, these soldiers redoubled their concentration on work when they had something in their hands, and stood solemnly when they had nothing to do, standing straight, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

After patrolling the camp for a turn, Zhao Yun turned around and returned to Fei Qian, and met Du Yuan to find Fei Qian, the two were discussing something, Zhao Yun saw this, and wanted to avoid it first, but was left behind by Fei Qian.

Fei Qian said with a smile: "Our generation, when you are a horse to open up territory, and a horse can be used to guard the territory and secure the people, Zilong will also need to sit on one side in the future, you don't have to avoid it, listen to it, if you have any questions, you can also ask ......"

Zhao Yun immediately stepped down, he can be called invincible, upright, strict military discipline, and can share weal and woe with the soldiers, he is simply a natural famous general seed, but after all, it is simpler, perhaps it is related to his background, in history, it is like not being infected by the big dye vat at all, even if it is in Sichuan, it is still the same, and it is not affected by the so-called "less than Sichuan, no old out of Shu" in later generations, and some things are still stubborn and offend people.

Zhao Yun may not be smart, he is from a bitter background, he is more or less a poor family, and he also knows that the Han Dynasty has gradually collapsed over the years, and the princes of all walks of life are basically operating their own territory as an independent kingdom at the moment.

Zheng Xifei is no exception.

But then again, when the expedition to Xifeiqian came to the north, the imperial court didn't give much help, so it can't be blamed that Feiqian regarded the army in the north as his own soldiers, after all, many things are still interests first. Therefore, Fei Qian owes the imperial court anything, and he can't say what the imperial court owes Fei Qian, and it can't be said that there is, so now Fei Qian uses the name of the Han Imperial Court, as long as Fei Qian does not pull the anti-flag, he will always be able to gain a firm foothold in the middle of the Beiguan District, but I am afraid that his soldiers and generals will always be loyal to him.

Including Zhao Yun. So since Fei Qian had such a request, Zhao Yun sat aside as an observer.

Du Yuan arched his hand to Zhao Yun, and after being silent for a moment, he seemed to have made up some determination, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Zijing has been in Xihe for more than a month, organizing people to teach the study of agriculture and mulberry...... It's just that this method of intensive cultivation is ...... After all, the West River is mixed with Hu and Han, if this learning of agriculture and mulberry spreads...... I hope the lord will think twice......"

Xihe, originally in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was also a big county, but now it is so cowering that only a few large counties are left in Lishi and Jiexiu, but fortunately, after Fei Qian took Yinshan, Yinshan was temporarily managed by Xihe, so that the prototype of the big county was reluctantly restored.

It is precisely because of the situation before Xihe that there are not many scholars in the traditional poetry and book heirlooms, but there are some handsome people who are combined with the Hu people, and they pretend to be scholars when they wear Han clothes on weekdays, and they can be horse thieves when they throw down the books and cover their faces, but because the strength is not very strong, Cui Jun still held some shelves when he was there, and as a result, Zhengxi changed Du Yuanlai, and when he saw the momentum of Zhengxi behind Du Yuan, he immediately changed his body, saying that his family was a beautiful sheep, and his body was light and soft and easy to push down......

So Du Yuan doesn't have much of a good impression of these people, so he has some doubts, Zao Yi has already led people to carry out the pilot work of agricultural mulberry promotion in Xihe in advance, and these big-tailed wolves in sheep's clothing are also busy following Zao Yi before and after, although these guys don't have much ink in their stomachs, but the agricultural and mulberry knowledge that can increase the yield per mu still makes their eyes glow green, and they drool all the way.

According to Du Yuan's idea, it should be screened, and the right people should be selected to teach these agricultural and mulberry techniques, so as to ensure the interests of Feiqian and prevent the outflow of technology.

After Du Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Fei Qian with some apprehension, after all, Zao Yi only came to Xihe to promote agricultural and mulberry technology, and he must have been allowed by Fei Qian, and now Du Yuan said that it was called mutual discussion, and if it was heavy, it was against Fei Qian's will, and even Zhao Yun, who was listening, looked at it with some worry......