Guo Bin said to Zhang Liang and the others: "Do you know what the situation of the 200,000 surrendered troops outside the city of Changshe is now? ”

Chu Yan wiped the beads of sweat on her face and said eagerly: "Do you want to ask Brother Guo for advice?" ”

Guo Bin said: "As early as half a year ago, I ordered my subordinates to carry money and materials to do business with the Wuhuan people outside the Saiwai. They took the people of Yang Zhai Construction Co., Ltd. and built a city in the north of Youzhou. They live in the city, and they farm with horses outside the city. There is also a huge market, which is specially used to hand over goods from all over the world and sell them to various departments in Wuhuan. There are silk silk from Linzi, splendid and tea from Shudi, Wen Cup from Guanghan, official salt from the imperial court, and the wine of natural Yangzhai is also indispensable. These products from all over the Central Plains were sold to the prairie through this city. And all the tribes of Wuhuan also drove cattle, sheep and horses as an exchange for trading with the merchants in the city. ”

Seeing that everyone was attentive, Guo Bin was very satisfied. These news were transmitted to Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia through the intelligence system, Guo Bin had to meet with the two every day, and exchanging news was the top priority. Zhang Fei also listened with relish, he trained soldiers and martial arts with Guan Yu every day, how could he have the kung fu to understand these?

I only heard Guo Bin continue: "This city, therefore, has become the hub of the Central Plains and the outside of the Saiwai, and has become the distribution center of trade between the two sides. Therefore, many inns, restaurants, clothing stores, and carriage and horse shops were also built in the city. Not only that, but there are also large and small farms outside the city, both government and private. There are so many, you know what it's for? ”

Chu Yan asked, "Isn't it to make money?" ”

Guo Bin smiled: "Naturally, it's to make money!" The wealthy families of Yingchuan County, in order to move these people from outside the city of Changshe to outside the Saiwai, have invested in food and other materials, plus the needs of building the city, and the cost is not only hundreds of millions? Without profit, who will be this good person? I'm Guo Bin? Yangzhai County? Or the imperial court? ”

Looking at the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, Guo Bin understood that people at this time pay attention to morality, pay attention to why a gentleman should be profitable, and business and businessmen are cheap in the eyes of everyone. No matter how profitable he is, no matter how poor he is, there is always an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart. Naturally, this was not formed overnight, since the Qin State Shang Yang changed the law, and the Qin State established the national policy of focusing on farming and warfare, the roots of this kind of thinking have been planted. Later, Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, tried his best to curb the development of commerce, devalued the social status of merchants, and through the "unremitting efforts" of generations of emperors, this idea was deeply rooted in people's minds.

Since Guo Bin crossed, whether it is in Fulong Villa or Yangzhai County, he has carried out strict reforms, especially attaching importance to business. Although his actions were mostly multi-killing, and his own prestige was incomparably high, he still deeply felt the resistance from below. This reminded him of China's reform and opening up in modern times: reform and opening up, reform is the system, and the mind is open. Institutional reform is important, but the change of mind is really the most important thing.

At this time, in the face of the spokesperson of the 150,000 Yellow Turban Army, Guo Bin could only be patient and work hard to sell his ideas. Only by getting them to agree with their own set of strategies can they completely solve the matter of the 150,000 Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong City. Therefore, Guo Bin's face was solemn and he continued to reason with them.

"People all over the world say that I, Guo Bin and Fulong Villa, are rich in the world, and they all say that the wealthy families in Yangzhai County are the richest. But in the face of so many people and such a big project, who can come up with so many materials and money? Is it that the Son of Heaven wants to repair the city outside the Saiwai, and he must not calculate the gains and losses through the foreign courts, recruit people, and exhaust decades of effort to complete it? For the first time, I, Guo Bin and the wealthy families in Yangzhai County, could afford it, but this time it cost me most of my savings! If you really have to throw money into doing good deeds, that is, I don't care about the gains and losses, how many times can I do such a good deed? After Guo Bin finished speaking, he felt a little thirsty, so he picked up the big flower bowl on the side and took a big sip of water.

Seeing that everyone was thoughtful, Guo Bin continued: "The initial resettlement of 30,000 displaced people was still within the capacity of my Yangzhai County, and the 50,000 troops who later settled He Man could also bear it. But the 200,000 captives outside the city of Changshe are spared, who would dare to put them in the Central Plains? If you want to go outside the fortress, who can afford the rations of so many people alone? Who is stupid if you want people to come up with the most precious food without any benefit? If they really want to make a good reputation, they can put a soup kitchen at the door of the house, so why go to great lengths to provide people and food? ”

In the year of famine, the most precious thing is food, how can Zhang Liang and others not know? After listening to Guo Bin's words, they couldn't stop nodding.

When Guo Bin saw it, his heart was relieved, knowing that the matter was more than half over, and continued: "Except for Changshe City, these people are the 30,000 displaced people and He Man's 50,000 soldiers who were resettled by my Yangzhai Construction Co., Ltd., and they are not all free. They all have to work hard for three to five years to pay off their debts before they can get free status and a share of the land! ”

When Zhang Liang heard this, he was overjoyed. It's not that he's stupid, it's that he sees that his brothers finally have a way out!

Think about it, why did these old brothers rebel? Not for a way out? There is a great drought in the world, and there is no place where there is no shortage of food, and there is no place where there is a shortage of people. Who is not desperate, Fang came out to cast a door and find a way, in order to be a rice rut? What freedom? That's all!

Since last year's drought, how many landed peasants have sold their land at a low price? How many people want to be sold into slavery and can't get it? Why sell yourself into slavery? Just for a bite to eat! Don't look at Guo Bin's wealth and grandeur, although he received 200,000 soldiers, he will definitely raise them for nothing in the first year! That's 200,000 people, not 200,000 pigs, and it's still outside the plug! How much does it cost? Although grain is not particularly expensive, how much manpower and material resources are required to transport it from the Central Plains to the outside of the Saiwai for thousands of miles? Along the way, people ate horses and chewed, and even burned money more than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he fought the Huns! How can a small Yangzhai County and even Yingchuan County be supported?

Thinking of this, Zhang Liang couldn't help but be grateful and admired Guo Bin in his heart.

What I admire is that he naturally has so many methods, as if he has effortlessly solved the problem of 200,000 yellow turban soldiers. In addition, there is also Guo Bin's sense of responsibility. As for the handling of these 200,000 soldiers, if Zhang Liang is asked to figure out a way by himself, he will not have a very good way.

In all fairness, if it is a change of place, when the world is in turmoil, the court is short of money and food, and it has to fight against the rebel army in two ways, the best way is to kill the soldiers. Because only in this way can all problems be completely solved. Including the food problem, including the trust of the imperial court, and most importantly, if they really saved their lives, if something goes wrong, or the follow-up placement is inappropriate, or they are bullied, these 200,000 yellow turban soldiers will do it again, and the responsibility will be all their own.

Isn't being an official just to get promoted and get rich? Doing things without leaving trouble, clean from beginning to end, Fang is really a good way to be an official. If these captives are really killed, the court will only give you credit, and you don't have to go to great lengths to settle so many people afterwards, let alone take the risk of this yellow turban pawn rebelling again, why not? And the so-called Yellow Turban Army will fight to the death in the future and will never dare to surrender again, that is all for later. Besides, since the main force of the Yellow Turban Army has been wiped out on my southern front, all that remains is the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and whether the Yellow Turbans on your northern front surrender or not, is it my business?

I'm afraid that in this world, you can do stupid things like Guo Bin, really take national affairs to heart, focus on the overall situation, put the interests of the people in the world first, and make trouble for yourself, so that you can look at the problem from such a high vantage point, right? I'm afraid this is also the reason why he is in a high position at a young age, and is so valued by the Son of Heaven and the vast number of scholars, right?

Thinking of this, Zhang Liang said in his heart: "I'm afraid, this is the reason why the eldest brother valued Guo Qianyang so much when he was alive, right?" At the end of the day, the two of them are the same kind of people! ”

However, although what Zhang Liang thought in his heart did make sense, it was only part of it. According to Guo Bin's method of resettlement of displaced people and surrendering soldiers, what is the biggest problem? It's plenty of food! This is hard power, and it can't be faked at all. And Youbeiping, which runs from Yingchuan to Youzhou, is about 776 kilometers according to the unit of measurement of later generations. At this time, the conversion method of one mile road equivalent to 350 meters in later generations, the straight-line distance from Yingchuan to Youbeiping is about 2217 Hanli. Not only that, Guo Bin even adjusted the route, to bypass the west side where there was no war, this road is even farther, although it is less than 3,000 miles, compared with the so-called "thousands of miles", it is much farther.

If you really honestly use horse-drawn carts or even people to carry grain to the outside of the Saiwai, such a long way, to transport one stone of grain to the front line, you have to consume five stone on the way. The cost of it, that's a sea of gone. Therefore, Guo Bin only asked people to carry a month's rations to the outside of the Saiwai, and the rest were all Shu brocade, silk silk, salt, tea, wine and other valuables purchased by the major wealthy families in Yingchuan all over the world.

These valuables are light in weight, high in value, easy to transport, and extremely popular with Wuhuan people. In particular, salt, tea, and the fine wine of Fulong Villa, through nearly half a year of trade, these three things have become the daily necessities of the Wuhuan people.

The north is cold and frozen, and does not produce well salt, and there is only a small part of the Liaodong Peninsula near the sea, and the Wuhuan people do not know how to dry salt, so they do not produce salt. And they who have eaten greasy, meaty, meaty, mutton and dairy products for a long time have to use tea to dilute the greasy in their mouths every day. As for the fine wine produced in Yangzhai County, because of the limited supply, it is a high-end luxury, and it is very much a round for the nobles.

Guo Bin sent a letter asking Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang to contact the Wuhuan people over there, asking them to drive the cattle and sheep to the vicinity of Xincheng, and when the goods transported by the Central Plains arrived, they would trade directly. Therefore, Guo Bin took advantage of this method to replace the trouble of transporting grain from the Central Plains, and replaced grain with beef and mutton, which became one of the rations for residents in the new city.

Eating meat has always been a great luxury for the Central Plains people. To this day, there are many places that rejoice in having a meal of meat. Therefore, after these residents arrived outside the Saiwai, they ate better than many landlords' families in the mainland in terms of food, which also made them all grateful to Guo Bin, Xun Yu, Yangzhai County and even the wealthy people of Yingchuan County. And when they all had jobs, the teachers sent by Fulong Villa began to educate their children to read and write, and the hearts of the 200,000 Yellow Turbans who surrendered to the army gradually stabilized.