this day.

They were ready to come and say goodbye to Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi didn't expect that Ma Yunlu would join in, and Jiang Wei agreed.

Thinking that Ma Yunlu led troops all the year round and had experience in cavalry combat, and Ma Yunlu insisted on doing so, Yuan Xi promised them to go together. Maybe the addition of Ma Yunlu will make it easier for Jiang Weisheng.

In the afternoon, they gathered their troops and horses and left Yecheng.

Yuan Xi can also be regarded as having a heart disease.

Just wait for Jiang Wei to come back, and you can really reuse it.

"My lord, General Gao Ran has sent a letter..." He walked into Yuan Xi's study.

"What did he say?"

Yuan Xi was looking at the ancient books written by Cai Yan and did not look up.

"General Gao Ran said that he found that Cao Cao had built a large number of military facilities on an unprecedented scale in Guandu, a hundred miles east of Chenliucheng, and the Huainan front. ”

Yuan Xi took the letter from Gao Ran.

Open it up and take a look.

The content is similar to what Fu Zhu said.

"Cao Cao built military facilities in these places to block our army's advance towards Yanzhou and Huainan, hum..." Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "Carving insect skills." ”

"The lord can't be careless, Cao Cao knows our strength very well, but he still used a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to build these military facilities, it is impossible to use them at all. Chancellor thinks... Cao Cao may have had other purposes. ”

"For another purpose?" Yuan Xi looked at Fu Zhu: "What other purpose can there be?" ”

"This... The minister can't see it for the time being. You can let Gao Ran, Yan Liang, and Yu Ban send someone to investigate, and maybe they will gain something. Frustrated.

"Okay, let them find out."

Yuan Xi didn't care about these military facilities.

For him, no matter how good the facilities are, they can't withstand the powerful destruction of the mammoth's hooves and giant pythons, and the iron rod in the hands of the King Kong giant ape, a casual round of charging can turn those facilities into ruins.

"Is there anything else?"

"Yes."

"Our Military Administration Department held a meeting last night, and the head of the Zhen Yan family also attended. We are discussing whether we should spend a lot of money to buy items under Cao Cao, so that we can weaken Cao Cao's strength and prepare for the next big war. ”

"What did you say?" Yuan Xi suddenly got up, his reaction was a little aggressive.

Frustrated and startled: "What's wrong... Lord? ”

"What you just said reminded me. I've thought of a way to deal with Cao Cao. Yuan Xi was extremely excited.

"What's the solution, my lord?"

"Tell me first, what was the result of your military administration's discussion last night?" Yuan Xi asked.

Fu Zhu replied truthfully: "Zhen Yan said... Cao Cao lacked grain and horses, so we bought a large amount of grain and horses, and the price could be twice that of Cao Cao. In this way, all the grain and horses under Cao Cao's rule were purchased by us, and it was impossible for him to buy them again. In addition, from now on, the prefectures and counties of Hebei will no longer exchange five baht coins, and they will cut off contact with the families and chambers of commerce under Cao Cao, so that they will not be able to buy goods from us. There are also roadblocks on the border, one is to prevent the enemy's detailed work from infiltrating, and the other is to impose a military blockade and economic blockade on Cao Cao. ”

"What does the lord think?"

Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Your methods are very good, you can hit Cao Cao." It's just that the hand is too small, and it doesn't help the whole battle situation much. ”

Frustrated and asked, "What is the way to deal with Cao Cao that the lord just said?" ”

Yuan Xi didn't answer directly, but asked with a smile: "Sir, do you know how much money we have?" ”

"About 156,000,000."

"Only 1.5 billion? Definitely more than that. ”

Frustrated, he arched his hand and said: "My lord, we really only have 150,000 yuan, and there is no more." ”

Yuan Xi said: "As far as I know, the printing house has printed a total of 3.2 billion paper copper currency... ”

"But these 3.2 billion are not all in our hands, most of them have been exchanged. We can only call half of it. Frustrated.

"And what if you add five baht?"

"Five baht?"

"Yes, let's go to Cao Cao's territory to buy things, and we can't use five baht money? Give him paper and copper currency, but he won't admit it. Yuan Xi said.

"If you add five baht, it's a huge amount. Because all this time, we have not used the five-baht coin, which is stored in the household department, and it may have exceeded two billion.... ”

Yuan Xi said categorically: "Take these two billion and buy Cao Cao short!" Didn't he lack food and horses, and we bought him and didn't have any left. There are also officials and families under his rule, which can also be purchased through them. In this way, Cao Cao's economy will be completely destroyed. When the time comes, we will take the opportunity to send troops, and we will definitely be able to win because of his internal and external troubles. ”

Frustrated, he muttered, "Take out 200,000... That's a lot of money. ”

"Deal with Cao Cao, don't you have to be generous?" Yuan Xi said: "Mr. Fu, your military and political office will hold another meeting to confirm this matter, and then start to implement it." ”

Frustrated and replied: "Yes, the minister will do it when he goes back." ”

...........

As the foreman of the Military Administration, he has the right to decide some important matters. In particular, the use of 2 billion and 5 baht by Yuan Xigang is a major event. When he returned to the Military Administration, he summoned the officials of each house to discuss the matter.

Some people believe that Cao Cao has a vast territory, 2 billion and 5 baht, and they are afraid that they will not be able to buy Cao Cao, but will make Hebei Province suffer losses. Because it is dangerous to buy goods on the enemy's territory for five baht, and the price must be multiplied several times, so it is possible to buy a large number of goods. Moreover, Cao Cao will not fail to intervene.

Just think about the dangers.

There are also some people who believe that this will increase the strength of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, because if they invest two billion and five baht in Cao Cao, they will buy from Liu Bei and Sun Quan if they have no goods. In this way, Liu Bei and Sun Quan have a lot of money. At that time, Sun Quan will have the money to build ships, and Liu Bei will be able to expand his army rapidly.

Don't forget, Yizhou is a big country with a large population.

According to the estimate of the national population of the Military Administration Department, there should be more than 600,000 young people in Yizhou! This is more than the five large states controlled by Yuan Xi.

After listening to everyone's analysis, he also hesitated.

Two billion and five baht money, should it be taken out?

If it's good for the war, just take it out.

If it's harmful, why bother?

To be on the safe side, he reported the matter to Yuan Xi the next day.

Yuan Xi said: "There are capable people in your military and political department, who can think about things so thoroughly. ”

"Thank you for the compliment. It's just this, should it be done? ”。

"Do! Why not do it? ”

Yuan Xi said: "As long as we can hit Cao Cao hard financially in a short period of time and make him suffer from internal and external troubles, we are worth a fight." As for Liu Bei and Sun Quan will sit big, that's all for later. Even if they sit big, it will take a long time, and during this time, we have eliminated Cao Cao, so we have no fear of them. ”