"Then if you say that, Xiang Kun is really terrifying!" Liu Bei said with a sad face after listening to Zhuge Liang's exclamation.

"I see more than that? You must know that every household in the current Chu State has enough for a family of four to eat surplus grain for a year, and the old and new nobles in the territory of the Chu State are no longer the big landlords in our impression. ”

Under Xiang Kun's guidance, they have become a new type of business aristocrat. Commerce in the coastal areas of Chu became very active, especially after Xiang Kun set out to discover Yizhou, the merchant nobles of Chu rushed to let their merchant ships sail from Chu to Yizhou, bringing back the specialties there to exchange porcelain, salt and grain from the mainland, etc.! ”

And through Xiang Kun's series of policies to benefit the people, the original Chu State has nearly doubled the number of people in the original Chu State with only 1.5 million people in eight years.

"In addition, Xiang Kun is different from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and others in that he established the Jiankang Martial Arts Academy, and stipulated that the local Special Intelligence Bureau office should select outstanding sixteen-year-old youths from every household every year to report to the Chu State Military Department, and then let them enter the Armed Forces Academy, train for a year and a half, and then be the reserve of the Chu State Army, waiting to go to the battlefield at any time to open up territory for the Chu State!"

"This is also an important reason why the army of Chu has endured for a long time! But this also reflects from the side that the economy of Chu is also very strong, and the common people of Chu also love Xiang Kun very much. Zhuge Liang couldn't help but describe Xiang Kun's method of governing Chu State in an admiring tone to Liu Bei in front of him.

"It seems that this Xiang Kun can also be called a majestic strategy!" Liu Bei thought for a while and sighed in a low voice.

At this time, Xiang Kun sighed that there was another person, that is, Cao Cao, the subordinate province of Chu State.

"Your Excellency, this is the transcript drawn up by Lord Zhang Zhao of Zhongshu Province on this year's reserve recruitment regulations and the allocation of funds for the construction of water conservancy projects in Sichuan!" A subordinate official looked at Cao Cao in front of him and couldn't help but say with a respectful face.

"Stand down! I'll take a look at it first! Cao Cao was looking at the reference template of the reserve rules and regulations management plan signed and released by Xiang Kun and said without raising his head.

"I finally know, where did so many of Xiang Kun's elite soldiers come from! It seems that I am not unjustly defeated! Cao Cao said with a smile on his face after reading it.

"I really don't know where Xiang Kun came up with the idea of cultivating himself as an officer like this! What a stinky boy! Cao Cao scolded with an angry smile.

And after hearing Cao Cao's laughter and scolding, all the officials of Menxia Province in the hall couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"Lord Qiyu, General Cao Ren is here." An official from Menxia Province looked at Cao Cao in front of him and said respectfully.

"Tell him to come in and wait for me in the Tea Pavilion! I'll go see him after taking care of the two volumes of official documents! Cao Cao looked at the official in front of him and said with a smile on his face.

"Whoa!" The official said with a smile on his face at Cao Cao in front of him.

"Little brother Cao Ren has seen big brother!" Cao Ren, who was wearing a black Chu army uniform with gardenias embroidered with gold and silver leaves, looked at Cao Cao in front of him and saluted respectfully.

"You are not good at leading troops in Xiangyang, why did you return to Jiankang!" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren in front of him and said with a smile on his face.

"Big brother! Don't you know that the children of our Cao clan and Xiahou clan are all leading troops in Xiangyang, and our old Cao clan is in our hands, and our treatment is also much higher than that of those generals and colonels of the same rank in the Chu army! Cao Ren looked at the eldest brother in front of him and said with a sigh on his face.

"What's wrong! Isn't that bad? Cao Cao took a sip of water, then raised his head and said with a smile on his face.

"That's good! But it's useless! If that's the case, I'm afraid it will be known that we're just eating here through nepotism. ”

"This will also make the four nieces of the two families in the harem also be rumored about!"

"Besides, we were kicked out by Liu Bei with his bare buttocks, and the young children of our two families are holding back their strength and wondering when they will be able to fight back? If we keep doing this, the hearts of the young children of our two major families will be cold! Cao Ren looked at Cao Cao in front of him and said with an anxious expression.

"That's it! Well, I already know what you're talking about! But I can tell you responsibly, that is, I can't control what you said. Cao Cao said with a very calm face.

"Don't you know what kind of situation we are in? You know, we're under the fence now, and we're walking on thin ice all the time. ”

"After saying that, the elite of the current Chu army is as high as 870,000. What about us? We only have 240,000 now, and as long as Xiang Kun is willing, we can die at any time without a place to bury. ”

"Don't be unconvinced, I tell you that as long as you know that Xiang Kun is willing, he can arm an army of two million well-trained and well-equipped at any time. If you don't believe me, you can take a look at this! Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren in front of him and handed Cao Ren a list of reserves with a smile on his face.

"Wouldn't Xiang Kun have long been able to dominate the whole country? With such good conditions, why does he not unify the whole country? Cao Ren said with a smile on his face at Cao Cao in front of him.

"Because Xiang Kun, this kid has never been taken seriously by us princes! Under his royal palace there is a great navigation studio, which is directly commanded by 100,000 people! ”

"They have one purpose, and that is to open up overseas territories! Even their six shipyards are built with giant sea warships capable of cleaving waves, and the main research of the Special Weapons Research Institute is cooked copper artillery! ”

"That kind of artillery only needs three cannons at a time to destroy a kind of city wall equivalent to Xuzhou City, and the Jiankang Military Academy has successively trained three excellent naval officers for the Chu State Navy, as well as 30,000 army officers."

"You must know that these 60,000 army and navy officers are enough to build the basic skeleton of commanding nearly 600,000 troops."

"Xiang Kun's ambition is amazing, and his appetite is amazing! Don't worry, Xiang Kun will be back in three days. ”

"I will certainly summon you when I return, and I will entrust you with great responsibility. At that time, it will be the time for the two of us to join forces to unify the Han. ”

"You go back and tell them not to believe in it now, the most important thing is to wait until we can help!" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren in front of him and said with a smile on his face.

"I see! Thank you big brother for the reminder! Cao Ren said with a smile on his face.

"Xiang Kun, how much can you surprise me!"

(End of chapter)