Everyone did not rush to express their position, but listened to Zhang Ming continue.

"The goal this time is to merge the state, and Cao Cao will need at least half a year to have the ability to send troops, so we must take advantage of this gap to take the state."

Everyone nodded, and that was indeed the case.

"Lord, we are not recruiting soldiers and horses so fast, and we are currently recruiting and training in stages, and the first batch has recruited a total of 50,000 people."

Xi Zhicai introduced the current situation to Zhang Ming.

Army, Zhang Ming could not recruit all the hundreds of thousands of troops lost in one step.

Recruit in batches so that there will be no chaos.

"It doesn't matter, you don't need so many soldiers and horses to fight and merge states, and after three months, these recruits can carry out defensive tasks, stationed in various places where they are needed, and draw out other troops."

It was because there were not many soldiers and horses needed to fight and annex the state that he dared to act.

Although there are more than 100,000 troops now, their combat strength is not good.

The Yuan brothers went to Bingzhou, but the finances were poor, and there was no way to organize training.

Regarding the situation in the merged state, Zhang Ming's intelligence collection has never stopped.

Therefore, Zhang Ming was not worried about the combat strength of the state army.

The premise of doing these things is that Zhang Ming can collect money.

And the way to collect it is the national debt.

Zhang Ming roughly calculated that the amount of national debt for selling the shops in Beiping City has now been more than 20 million.

"Zhicai, do you roughly estimate how much it will cost to fight and merge the state?"

Xi Zhicai carefully began to calculate.

"Lord, how many soldiers and horses do you plan to dispatch?"

"100,000 is enough."

100,000, Xi Zhicai began to calculate again.

After some calculations, it took about half an hour for Xi Zhicai to say: "Lord, 30 million should be enough." ”

Zhang Ming nodded, thirty million, that's no problem.

When the war starts, it will take three months to collect a lot of money in the middle, and the military expenses will not be spent all at once, but will be paid in batches, and some pensions will only be paid after the war.

Therefore, with a budget of 30 million, as long as the deviation is not too large, there is no problem.

After reaching a preliminary consensus, Zhang Ming began to assign tasks.

"Chen Gong, you need to organize another group of officials, and after the annexation of the state, replace all the officials immediately."

Chen Gong was under great pressure, and soon after he took over education, Zhang Ming continued to win new territory.

The officials who came up from the imperial examination were almost not enough.

Experienced officials are usually sent out, and then those who come up from the imperial examination are generally only posted, and they still need to go through two or three years of training.

But now, the shortage of officials is too large, and many of them have become key officials after a year of training.

The fastest, became a county magistrate in two years, of course, this is very rare.

To get under the line, you need a lot of officials.

Chen Gong felt a lot of pressure.

However, Zhang Ming resolutely did not want the old officials.

The old officials, the landlord class, were different from Zhang Ming's ideas.

The efficiency of the cabinet is very high when the strategy is determined.

There will be people on all sides to cooperate.

Several people, except for Guo Jia, who promised not to dare to do military, others were assigned specific tasks.

Although Guo Jia doesn't care about the military, the rest of the government affairs should be allocated to him more.

Then it's a matter of waiting for the money to arrive.

Zhang Ming decided that a total of 50 million treasury bonds, plus the money from the auction shop, would be enough for him to tide over all the problems in front of him.

Zhang Ming held a cabinet meeting for three consecutive days and got a lot of things done.

Now, Zhang Ming's money from selling salt can support a huge amount of expenses.

After occupying Xuzhou and Jizhou, he made all the money from selling salt.

plus other goods, plus the money dug up by Fuso, it was enough for him to recover quickly.

After formulating a strategy, Zhang Ming threw away all government affairs again.

"It's been a long time since I've been to Liaodong, it's time to investigate."

Liaodong is where he started back then.

"Zhen Mi, Diao Chan, in two days, come with me to Liaodong, let's go there for a walk."

Zhang Ming likes the new and never gets tired of the old, likes the old, and is also very fond of Zhen Mi, a "newcomer".

"Good husband."

Both of them were very happy, and Zhang Ming was rarely available.

When he has time, he often can't leave Beiping City, and he needs to deal with many important things.

There are very few opportunities to hang out with Zhang Ming.

However, as long as Naruto Zhang was in Beiping City, he would often find time to accompany them.

As a result, Zhang Ming left all the government affairs to several cabinets, and the cabinets were assigned to various ministries, or some directly ordered to the counties.

The overall efficiency is high, and with Zhang Ming's prestige, no one can shake his status, and it is also very safe.

So, Zhang Ming took the two beautiful girls on the left and right all the way to the west.

On the left is Zhen Mi, known as Luoshen, and on the right is Diao Chan, one of the four beauties.

There are few emperors in this ancient world who can be like him.

"Husband, I said that I wouldn't play hooligan on the road."

Zhen Mi couldn't stand Zhang Ming playing hooligan along the road and stopped him.

Diao Chan on the side also said shyly: "Husband, it's up to you when you get there, in the car, if you are heard, how embarrassing it is." ”

Zhang Ming is also noisy, he has nothing, the car is really shocked, Zhen Mi and Diao Chan can't stand it.

Originally, I was tired from riding in an ancient car.

However, eating tofu is also very good.

Along the way, Zhang Ming had a very pleasant time, and when camping at night, something always happened in the wild.

All the way to the west.

At this time, the Cabinet continued to receive feedback.

The issuance of treasury bonds went smoothly, and all parts of Youzhou and all places completed their tasks.

Qingzhou is better, Jizhou and Xuzhou only have some businessmen subscribed.

There is no way, Xuzhou and Jizhou, not long after the fight, the people don't have much money, and they are not willing to take out the money.

However, this result is already very good.

At least that's a way to get money.

When it expires, with their current income, they can fully repay it, and if they need it in the short term, they can issue treasury bonds.

At this time, the cabinet admired Zhang Ming very much, and he was able to come up with such a good way.

Zhang Ming inspected all the way, walked very slowly along the road, and went to many towns and villages.

Youzhou, which has been controlled by Zhang Ming for many years, is now very wealthy.

Zhang Ming has been to some people's homes.

Investigate carefully.

If you live here for a few years, you can save hundreds of copper coins, and some of you can keep a family, you can have hundreds of copper coins.

Of course, there are also higher incomes, some of whom will work in workshops in addition to farming, and in many cases, the government will build any project, and these recruited workers need to pay wages.

Along the way, Zhen Mi and Diao Chan both felt incredible.

Other places are poor, but Youzhou has always been a relatively poor place for the Han Dynasty.

But now, the people's families are so rich.

At night, Zhang Ming and the others could only set up tents in the wild.

"Husband, you're too powerful." Diao Chan said.

"Oh, what's wrong with me."

Suddenly, Zhen Mi and Diao Chan both blushed, and their heartbeats accelerated.

Diao Chan knew that Zhang Ming was deliberately teasing her, so she said: "Husband, the people of Youzhou are so rich now, they are all honest people. ”

In ancient times, it didn't matter if you didn't have money, the key was to have a full stomach.

Undoubtedly, the people of Youzhou can eat enough.