After Gude and the others left, Zeng Yu left Zhou Cang alone. Zhou Cang can be said to be the first military general to serve Zeng Yu, and he is with a team, which is of great significance to him. Since Zeng Yu left Jinniu Mountain last time, he hasn't seen him for more than half a year, and he needs to communicate well, and as the first person in charge of Jinniu Mountain, he must have some thoughts about the Wuyi Army.

Zhou Cang did not disappoint Zeng Yu, he first introduced the overall situation of Jinniu Mountain to Zeng Yu: "This time the Huanglongzhai received a large number of surrenderers, and they all chose to join the unclothed army, so now there are more than 14,000 people on Jinniu Mountain, counting the new soldiers who joined this time, the three battalions of the unclothed army can add up to more than 10,000." In addition, there are more than 500 people in the workshop, and the rest are young people who mine mines. ”

Because Anping County is now dominated by Zeng Yu, after Zhou Cang and Sun Hao discussed, only Qingzhuang was left on the entire Jinniu Mountain, and all the others came to Anping County for resettlement.

Zeng Yu affirmed Zhou Cang's merits, and at the same time asked Zhou Cang to tell Wang Qing that they should give priority to selecting soldiers to enter the Ruishi Battalion, and try to increase the number of Ruishi Battalions to 5,000, and then the Marksman Battalion also needs to be greatly expanded, at least to 3,000. If his memory is correct, after more than a year, Yellow Turban Dao will take the opportunity to cause trouble, and he urgently needs to get his hole cards ready now.

Zhou Cang and Zeng Yu discussed some details, stayed in Anping County for a few days, and then led the 1,000 Rui soldiers back to Jinniu Mountain, and at the same time brought Zeng Yu's reward for the unclothed army, five boxes of five baht coins and a box of jewelry.

After a period of time, Zeng Yu explained everything and asked Liu Neng, Yin Zhuo and others to implement them one by one according to the plan. It is worth mentioning that since the establishment of the Anping Chamber of Commerce, there have been a lot of foreign businessmen to apply to join, now Anping County is more prosperous than in the past, the caravans coming and going from the north to the south are endless, since Zeng Yu took office to carry out the reform of business, it is less than a month, and the commercial tax collected has been worth the previous month's entry tax and transaction tax.

During this period, Goode came to inquire about the situation of the war horses several times, and the harnesses had been built one after another, among which the stirrups and high-legged saddles were made by craftsmen in the county, and the weapons and armor of the cavalry were made by Zeng Yu in Li Hu's workshop when Zhou Cang returned. The armor pieces are all large long armor pieces Jinniu Mountain Workshop will be transported to the county seat after the armor pieces are made, and then Zeng Yu arranged for people to compile them, mainly to protect the upper body of the cavalry. The weapon is to create a scimitar that is convenient for the cavalry to chop and chop, and a spear to use when charging, Zeng Yu originally wanted Li Hu to make some short guns for projection when the cavalry charges close to the enemy, but Zhou Cang told him that the output of the workshop may not be able to complete so much in three months, so the short spear will need to be delivered later.

All the county soldiers have begun to change their weapons and armor, but the war horse has not arrived for a long time, which makes Gude anxious, Zeng Yu can only hope that Wu Kan can send the war horse in time according to the agreement.

The deadline was approaching, Zeng Yu did not wait for Wukan, but waited for Xie Jing, who came back from Luoyang. He listened to Zeng Yu's instructions and went to Luoyang to give Zhang Rang a gift, and now he came back to return to Zeng Yu.

Zeng Yu asked him about the current situation in Luoyang, and Xie Jing returned: "Now the situation in the court is even more tense, I heard that the day before yesterday, Emperor Ling's health was not as good as before, and a month ago he was even stopped for ten days because of illness, which caused the big bureaucratic family headed by the general He Jin and the ten permanent servants headed by Zhang Rang in the court to become white-hot, attacking each other in the court, and competing for their own advantage in the issue of establishing the reserve. ”

"Hey, the names of the people are boring, and the so-called adults above the court only know how to fight for power and profit, how can they think about the life and death of the people." Zeng Yu said with emotion that he had never been to and from the businessmen in Anping County who talked about the droughts and floods and other disasters that many places have suffered this year, and the grain production has been greatly reduced.

When Xie Jing heard this, he didn't know how to comfort him, so he just kept silent. Seeing this, Zeng Yu settled down and continued to ask: "In your opinion, which side of the DPRK and China do you think has a greater advantage now?" ”

"I see that the great general He Jin seems to have the advantage, and now that Emperor Ling is in poor health, he will need a new emperor to succeed him sooner or later. And the general He Jin is in charge of the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and he has the support of many Jiuqing officials and the family behind him, so he has great strength both in and outside the court. On the contrary, Zhang let their power come from Emperor Ling, and now Emperor Ling's status in the hearts of everyone will definitely be reduced because of his health, which will then affect the power of the eunuch group headed by Zhang Rang. Hearing Zeng Yukao ask himself, Xie Jing replied with reference to what he had seen and heard in Luoyang.

"You're right, the general is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and he is indeed high and powerful, not comparable to those eunuchs. But you have to know that the pole of things must be reversed, and the anode will turn yin, will the Spirit Emperor not know about this situation? As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, which has been in power for hundreds of years, he will not leave such a high-ranking and powerful general to his successor, and he will definitely share power with He Jin. The exchange of yin and yang is the most extensive philosophical thought in ancient China, and it is also mentioned in "Guiguzi".

"Thank you for your advice!" Xie Jing knew that this was Zeng Yu's teaching to himself, and replied gratefully.

"What do you think you need to do if you divide the power of the generals?" Zeng Yu nodded and asked.

Xie Jing was silent for a while, thinking carefully. Zeng Yu was not in a hurry, he knew what Emperor Ling did in the end, and he also wanted to see Xie Jing's current ability.

After a while, Xie Jing raised his head and replied: "Back to the lord, I think there are three ways to divide the military power of the general He Jin, one of which is to place the opponent in the army and be in charge of part of the military power, but now there are only eunuchs in the opposite position, and the eunuch forces do not have too many talents, and it is estimated that the possibility of success of this plan is very small." The second is to use cronies to take charge of the forbidden army and the guard army in the capital, which is the army guarding the palace and the capital, as long as they are mastered, even if the general is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, they can only bow down in Luoyang, but after all, they still belong to the jurisdiction of the general, and they must be controlled by the henchmen of the royal family in order to help the new emperor take over the court smoothly at a critical time. The third is to set up a separate army, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Ling, and does not have to obey the general's orders, which can also play a role in decentralization, and it is easier. ”

Applause rang out, Zeng Yu listened to Xie Jing's three answers, and was very satisfied with his performance, he had completely said that Emperor Ling's arrangement before his death.

"Zhiyuan, you are very good, you are no longer the young man who only knew how to follow me before." Zeng Yu stopped laughing, patted Xie Jing's shoulder and said.

"I have what I have now, and I want to thank you for your years of teaching." Xie Jing said gratefully.

"I have something I want you to do, and through the questioning just now, I believe that you are fully qualified for this job." Zeng Yu said to Xie Jing.

"Please command, my lord!" Xie Jing replied with his fists clenched.

"Now that Anping County and the nearby forces have been cleared, we have now completely grasped the scope of the entire Xianping County. But we don't know much about the outside, and if we want to be one step ahead of others, we must grasp the news faster than others. I'm going to set up an intelligence unit, led by you, and I'm going to be in charge of finding out the Quartet. ”

"It's... I'm afraid I won't be able to do it! Xie Jing hesitated.

Zeng Yu patted Xie Jing and said, "Don't be afraid, I believe in you, and I will support you by my side." At present, the prestige of the Han Dynasty is still there, and there has not yet been a separatist force, and it is just the time to establish intelligence agencies in various places, and at present, we only need to establish intelligence agencies. In terms of funding, we also have sufficient funds to give you strong support. ”

"That's... I'll try. Xie Jing said.

"No, there is no dress rehearsal and no trial in life, and since I have chosen to give you this task, I believe that you will be able to do it well. The one I trust the most is our old brother in Qianlong Village, and among us, you are the most suitable. ”

Xie Jing looked at Zeng Yu's eyes, and saw his encouragement and expectations for himself, he nodded heavily, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely let you know at any time about any major events that happen in the whole world." ”

"Okay, if you need anything, just say it, and I'll do my best to accommodate your request." Zeng Yu said happily, he knew Xie Jing's temperament, as long as he saw one thing, he would definitely get into it, and he would not hit the south wall or look back, and now that he promised it himself, he would definitely do his best not to do it.

"Wait until I think about it." Xie Jing didn't have any careful thoughts for a while, so he replied.

"That's okay, you've been on the road for a long time, and it's been very hard, go back and rest first, and then talk to me when you think about what you need." Zeng Yu nodded and said, he knew that Xie Jing had just come back from Luoyang, and the clothes on his body had not had time to change.

"I'll quit first!" Xie Jing bowed and left.

For the next few days, Xie Jing had been thinking about how to establish an intelligence department, and he also knew the importance of intelligence. "The Art of War" has a cloud in the strategy chapter: "Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; If you don't know who you are, you will lose every battle." So in the end, he asked Zeng Yu for Yin Zhuo to cooperate with him, and he planned to use the power of the Chamber of Commerce to establish intelligence points in various places, and he could hide the intelligence personnel well.

Of course, Zeng Yu agreed to Xie Jing's request, and at the same time, this was also his original idea, which was actually a test for him, seeing that Xie Jing thought of this, he was really relieved to hand over this task to him.