"Okay, then, as Feng Xiao said, send someone to reply and agree to form an alliance with Cao Cao, and send Gan Ning to Qingzhou by sea to secretly marry Lu Bu. There are many displaced people in Qingzhou, and Lu Bu is poor and white, so he must be very short of food. We trade money and food with the homeless, and he must be very happy! ”

Yuan Shu is planning to adopt the kind of routine of the United States, let the Central Plains fight, and be a referee who pulls the bias. Whoever is weak will be biased, and whoever is strong will be suppressed, let them attack each other, take advantage of themselves in the back, and make war profits.

In the next few years, the Central Plains was full of natural disasters, and Yuan Shu planned to give full play to the humanitarian spirit, publicize the prevention and control methods of the plague, and open trade with the princes of the Central Plains to exchange food for population.

If Yuan Shu wants to take the Central Plains, the princes of the Central Plains will inevitably be united, and Yuan Shu will be in a passive state. However, Yuan Shu has now changed his direction and chose to take Yizhou instead, so the position relationship between the princes of the Central Plains and Yuan Shu is different.

Yuan Shu's identity changed from an enemy to an ally that could be wooed. Cao Cao and Lu Bu were no matter how jealous Yuan Shu was, and it was impossible for them to work hard with Yuan Shu for the benefit of the entire Central Plains princes. They are all heroes who want to unify the Central Plains, and Yuan Shu is to defend, but the first thing is to take the Central Plains.

"Zibu, how is Zhongjing's research on the prevention and control of the plague?"

The reason why there were thousands of miles of red land and dead bodies everywhere at the end of the Han Dynasty was that although there were human factors, the role of natural disasters could not be ignored.

** is the root cause, but the power of natural disasters is far more powerful than **. Two of the most terrible natural disasters are drought and plague.

However, these two natural disasters were very prevalent in the late Han Dynasty, and they basically occurred once a year.

Drought is good to say, basically only occurs in the north of the Yangtze River, and basically does not occur in the south where Yuan Shu is located, so Yuan Shu can just pay attention to the floods from time to time.

Yuan Shu, who was not short of food, could even take advantage of the drought in the Central Plains to make a fortune, exchanging food for population and attracting displaced people.

Unlike in history, due to the undeveloped south and Liu Biao's inaction, the world was starved and dying. Yuan Shu, who vigorously developed agriculture and resettled displaced people, is now very rich. To put it bluntly, now with Jingyang Erzhou, Yuan Shu can raise the entire Central Plains.

Therefore, even if there was a drought and locust plague in the Central Plains, Yuan Shu could also use grain to attract and exchange displaced people. Liu Bei Cao Cao and they will not refuse their conditions as long as they are not stupid.

After all, this is extremely beneficial for both parties. Even if Cao Cao and them detain those homeless people, what can they do? If you can't afford it, it will only stir up resentment among the people, so it's better to give yourself a part in exchange for food. In this way, Cao Cao and the others will not only be able to have less trouble, but will also have more food to feed the soldiers.

This thing is similar to the enemy's thing, and it is estimated that no one will do it except Yuan Shu, after all, it is food! If Yuan Shu did not provide these grain trading opportunities, the population of the Central Plains might be reduced by half, but the number of soldiers under Cao Cao and others would definitely be reduced by half.

But Yuan Shu didn't care, he was confident that he would not lose to anyone compared to development, and he was also confident that he would not lose to Cao Cao and others. He wants to win the world, but what he wants is not a broken world.

After the Three Kingdoms, the population of the entire Han Dynasty fell from 50 million to less than 10 million. If that's the case, what if Yuan Shu is the one who dominates the world? If the population is not enough, if you want to fight abroad, you can only develop steadily for a few more decades.

Therefore, while Yuan Shu is competing for the world, he also wants to keep the vitality of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, it is imperative to reduce population losses. The most important thing is to solve the problem of food and diseases such as plague.

As long as Yuan Shu occupies Yizhou again in the next step, then he won't have to worry about the problem of food. Relying on the three southern states, Yuan Shu is enough to raise the entire area except Hebei.

The food problem has been basically solved, and what Yuan Shu has to consider is the plague problem.

How terrible was the plague? It's a very simple statistic. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, more than 20 million people died of the plague, that is, more than 200 people in the family of the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing, and two-thirds died of the plague. Four of the seven sons of Jian'an died on it.

Yuan Shu now gathered all the world's most famous doctors to study this problem, in order to prevent and control the plague that would continue to break out in the world one after another.

These things are actually not difficult to study, especially with Yuan Shu who knows what disinfection and isolation is, as well as the existence of some common sense of hygiene. In history, Zhang Zhongjing was able to write a treatise on typhoid fever and miscellaneous diseases with his own strength, not to mention with the help of Yuan Shu.

"My lord, many effective remedies for the plague have been developed. The herbs have also been planted and stockpiled, ready for production. ”

Yuan Shu nodded, the plague is not terrible, as long as the ruler manages it properly, it can be well suppressed.

Under his command, Yuan Shu was absolutely sure that the plague would be curbed in time when it first appeared, but not necessarily elsewhere.

Therefore, Yuan Shu has asked Zhang Zhongjing to summarize the medical knowledge he knows and the methods to avoid being contaminated with the plague, and spread it all over the world. In this way, he also brushed up on his prestige.

Today's Zhang Zhongjing has been honored as a "medical saint" by the people of the world in advance because of his meritorious service in treating the plague. And Yuan Shu also got the name of "benevolent master" by the way.

This time, these prescriptions and medicines will be disseminated again, and Zhang Zhongjing's status as a "medical saint" will be completely stabilized.

"How's the training of the medics?"

Yuan Shu's main concern is actually nothing more than two aspects, population and army. And both of these aspects are inseparable from medical care.

Yuan Shu understands the importance of medicine far more than the people of this era, so the status of a businessman has not yet been raised, and the status of a doctor has been elevated by Yuan Shu.

From improving the chances of a child's survival to reducing the number of people and soldiers who die from illness, the role of doctors is extremely important in Yuan Shu's eyes.

"With the help of Zhong Jing's medical system, there is now basically one qualified medic for every 100 people under the command of our army, and most of the non-commissioned officers know how to deal with basic knife wounds and arrow wounds." Zhang Zhaodao.

After Yuan Shu's ideological indoctrination, the following strategists also basically understood the importance of medical soldiers, which was a powerful weapon that could greatly reduce the casualty rate of his soldiers and increase the number of veterans.

"It's really hard to imagine that this small number of medics can reduce the casualty ratio to such a degree!" Guo Jia said with emotion.

Even with a battle-hardened old fox like him, he didn't even realize the importance of this kind of medical soldier.

Yuan Shu smiled: "Some things are like this, a little detailed thinking will make a huge difference." It's not that you don't think about it, but you're imprisoned by your previous experiences and thoughts. ”