On the way back, the news is always one step ahead.

Zhang Ming had already arranged for the newspaper.

Newspapers will report on the war.

Cao Cao burned down Yecheng, and the world was shocked.

This is reminiscent of Dong Zhuo back then.

Dong Zhuo also destroyed Luoyang, a big city, and was destroyed like this.

In addition, Cao Cao's forcible requisition of grain also made the people's hearts unstable, and many people were very resentful of Cao Cao.

The people are so simple, they just want to have something to eat.

Cao Cao understood these things, but at that time he had no choice, he wanted to fight for Yecheng, he could only do this, could he let Zhang Ming take Yecheng?

Burning down Yecheng can buy them a lot of time.

After Cao Cao retreated, he let Cao Ang guard Wei County.

Wei Jun was very close to Yecheng, and he wanted to build a defense line here to block Zhang Ming.

At the same time, Wei County also became his Cao Cao's forward base, and Wei County was needed when he took the initiative to attack Zhang Ming in the future.

And Zhang Ming, who arranged 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yecheng, stopped there.

These 30,000 soldiers and horses have no city to rely on, and the surrounding area is already desolate.

On the way back, Zhang Ming kept thinking about what to do next.

Undoubtedly, Cao Cao is his worst enemy, and Cao Cao has no less territory than himself.

"Zhicai, how many soldiers and horses should we keep now?"

Zhang Ming suddenly asked Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai immediately thought about it.

After thinking for a long time, he said: "My lord, our strength can support a million troops, but the burden is too great, not only can we not develop rapidly, but it will drag us down."

"I think 300,000 to 500,000 troops are enough for all challenges."

"Then let's maintain 300,000 for the time being, and after a while, when the recruits are trained, we will recruit another batch, and we must take our time."

Zhang Ming began to think about his family.

Zhang Ming not only had no income from the newly acquired land, but also had to invest, he confiscated a number of family properties, acquired some more, and then distributed all the land to farmers.

After such an operation, his money went out in an uproar.

A lot of money was spent, and Zhang Ming was not distressed.

A few days later, Zhang Ming returned to New Beiping City.

Upon his return, he hurriedly summoned his quasi-cabinet.

Chen Gong, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, and now there is one more frustration.

And Tian Feng was still in Qingzhou at this time, and now Qingzhou has been able to slowly nourish Zhang Ming.

After everyone arrived, Zhang Ming prepared tea and vegetables and fruits, which was obviously a relatively long meeting.

"I have a plan, which is to build a road, from Beiping City to Yecheng, all according to the standards of Chidao."

After Zhang Ming finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

"Lord, this road needs to be repaired, and it costs a lot, so it is better to diversify the investment to the counties, develop the economy, and have benefits." Xi Zhicai said.

This is too big, and if it is to dominate the world, everyone may not object.

But now, there are still strong enemies, how can they spend so much money to build roads.

Several other people did the same, although they didn't say it, but they didn't agree with it very much.

"Ancients, ancients, no matter how smart they are, their thinking has limitations."

"Money must be spent, in the past we hoarded a large amount of silver and did not dare to spend it, because the territory is too small, and spending money will lead to price changes, and the people can't afford it, but now it's different, we have new land, and the money is spent and distributed to various places, which will promote economic development."

"In addition, it is very important to build a road, and if this road is built, we can recruit 100,000 fewer troops."

"The army, as long as it can be moved quickly, there are some places where there is no need to station too many troops."

"Yes, in some places, we need to garrison 20,000 troops, but if we can quickly mobilize troops, as long as there are 5,000 garrisons, these 5,000 people can hold off the enemy for a few days."

Everyone nodded, as if it made a lot of sense.

They don't know much about the economy.

The ancients knew a little bit about economics, as long as the people had land to plant, the economy was good.

However, how can Zhang Ming come from later generations, how can it be so simple.

He's going to spend the money and make the economy flow.

"We also need to set up a Ministry of Commerce to manage commerce and trade in the future, collect taxes, regulate commerce, and put an end to duplicate tax collection and indiscriminate tax collection."

Zhang Ming thought about it for a moment and said: "In the early stage, invest five million silver coins, use 100,000 people to repair in sections, and send all the captive criminals to them, and recruit homeless people if they are not enough." ”

"This matter is also handed over to Chen Yang to do, but the other ministries try to cooperate, the Ministry of Industry must organize good manpower, the grain will be transported in place first, and the surrounding military rations can be mobilized, and the displaced people recruited will be paid directly when they come, and they will be paid directly for one month."

Zhang Ming arranged it carefully, and the others recorded it carefully.

They felt that Zhang Ming was a loser, as if he was building the road for the sake of money.

Zhang Ming wants to throw money and build roads.

He dug up a large amount of silver from Fusana, and now there are a lot of silver coins piled up in the warehouse, and these money must be spent.

After some arrangement, Zhang Ming regarded road repair as a top priority.

And Zhang Ming said: "In addition, we must let the army stationed around Yecheng divide 5,000 people to clean up the ruins, and change them every ten days." ”

Yecheng will have to be rebuilt sooner or later, so start preparing now.

The meeting lasted two days, and in two days, all the issues were detailed.

Everyone gradually became familiar with Zhang Ming's way of doing things, that is, he had super ability to act.

The plan will be formulated, and then the forces will be quickly mobilized to get to work.

When Zhang Ming was busy, there were a few more uninvited guests on the ship north of Xuzhou.

A few people boarded merchant ships heading north.

They did not dare to go on the ships of Zhang Ming's organization, but got on the ships of other merchants.

These people are wearing ordinary clothes, but their temperament does not look like ordinary people at all.

Their hands are completely hands that have never worked, and they are very particular about speaking and acting.

After a few days of sailing, the ship arrived in Liaodong.

Now in addition to Liaodong, there are many ports, but this ship just arrived in Liaodong.

After the group got off the boat, they left in a hurry.

After that, they kept heading to the city of New Beiping.

"Big brother, we left Xuzhou and arrived in Youzhou, our status is not there, and we are not at the mercy of others."

"Second brother, we don't have any bargaining chips now, Cao Cao can't tolerate us, they rely on the Wei family, and sooner or later our power and property will be deprived."

"Then we can't come to Youzhou, we can go to Jingzhou."

"I've thought about it, when we go to Jingzhou, we will lose all our wealth, and it won't help Liu Yuanjun, and we won't be taken seriously when the time comes, here, there is a little sister here, the little sister is a first-class beauty, and it won't be able to keep our brother, in addition, the silver ticket we brought is only useful here."

The people who came were Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, as well as their families.

A few family members came, and the other family members had already hid in the countryside before they came, and they would come in batches.