"Second brother."

"Big brother."

Two days later, Yan Rou and Zhang Fei finally found Liu Bei with the remaining more than 6,000 soldiers and horses, and joined Liu Bei.

Liu Bei hugged Zhang Fei and cried, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

Finding Liu Bei, Yan Rou and Zhang Fei were relieved, and at the same time, the army stabilized.

After waiting for stability, Liu Bei asked: "Military Division, now that Bingzhou and this Chang'an can't stay any longer, where should we go?" ”

Liu Bei was at a loss, he lost his territory again and wanted to wander again.

Yan Rou thought for a while and said: "Bingzhou and Jizhou are not where we can go, and now we can only go south, and Chang'an is still fighting, so it's better for us to hide at this time." ”

Liu Bei nodded, and also agreed to hide in the mountains for the time being.

Anyway, hiding everywhere and wandering everywhere was also Liu Bei's previous norm, but now it is just a return to its previous state.

Thinking about Liu Bei, it is also pitiful, he finally has a bit of soldiers, has a territory, and almost has a wife, but this is gone in a blink of an eye.

This can only be said that he is dead, against Ye Chen, and bullied to the doorstep, Ye Chen can make him big.

So Ye Chen came up with this one, separating him from Dong Zhuo, but he didn't expect Wang Yun to get involved.

Wang Yun got involved, which directly led to a fierce conflict, and then Dong Zhuo was killed, and the Xiliang Group collapsed directly.

Now it is still a big war, and after the war, it is really hard to say how much the Xiliang Army can keep.

Ye Chen stopped his actions after obtaining more than three counties, not because he didn't want land, but because the battle line was too long, and his troop movement was not flexible.

When Ye Chen took a few counties, Cao Cao also began to evacuate, and he had to hurry back to arrange.

Now while Yuan Shao is still fighting for land in the annexed states, he hurried back just in time to arrange in advance, and after Yuan Shao stabilized the annexation of the state, he would definitely choose to attack Qingzhou.

"Lord, if we transfer 10,000 troops to the counties of Bingzhou, Youzhou will be much empty." Guan Yu said to Ye Chen.

"There is no way, these counties of the state have direct access to the northern grasslands, we can't give up, although this will stretch our battle line and will not do us much good, but even if it is difficult, we must hold on." Ye Chen understood that at present, no one in these counties of Bingzhou was robbing him, but his battle line was elongated, and if Yuan Shao attacked from the middle, it was likely to be cut in two.

If we can't take care of each other, there will inevitably be a crisis in some place.

But Ye Chen couldn't give up, this place was directly connected to the grassland, and it was easy to detour through the grassland to attack Ye Chen's hinterland.

"With 10,000 garrisons and 5,000 men and horses in Bingzhou, our main battle army must remain mobile and ready to respond to crises." After thinking about it, Ye Chen had no choice but to continue to recruit the army.

Although Youzhou has a large population and a lot of money at this time, Youzhou is also under construction.

Ye Chen was very reluctant to invest too much resources in the military, which was pure consumption.

But Ye Chen also understands that the army is a guarantee, there is a need, no matter how big the investment is, it must be invested, and he would rather slow down the development.

While Ye Chen was planning the merger of states, he also had to find a way to make money for development.

And Cao Cao went back through the border of Youzhou.

And the state and Yanzhou, there is still Jizhou in between, Cao Cao wants to go back, only through Youzhou.

Cao Cao walked on the road with his men and horses, and the route back was discussed with Ye Chen, and the middle could be close to the designated city for supplies, and the other cities could not be close.

Although they are allies, they can't be open to everything, let alone take advantage of such a sensitive matter.

"Lord, this Youzhou has changed really much." On the way, Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao also paid great attention to the changes in Youzhou along the way, although he didn't know much about Youzhou, but Youzhou would definitely not be better than Yanzhou.

"There are too many caravans coming and going, what has this Youzhou developed into?" Cao Cao said.

"Caravans? What is the use of these caravans, the development still depends on our family, what will the merchants do except for profit, and what is the use of us if they make so much money. Xiahou Yuan said with disdain when he heard this.

"No, we were all wrong before, thinking that merchants are useless, but Youzhou will not be like this, Youzhou protects merchants, allows goods to circulate quickly, merchants make money, but ordinary people also profit because of this, which is completely different from our previous concept." Cao Cao denied Xiahou Yuan's statement and said to everyone.

"My lord, in this way, the merchant is still profitable? In addition to making money, they also only supported domestic servants, fish and meat people, and even fought against the government. Cao Hong also wiped his mouth and said.

Cao Cao shook his head, thinking about something, but did not answer.

But Cheng Yu said: "This is the difference between Youzhou, merchants in Youzhou are not allowed to support domestic servants, and the Youzhou government has issued various regulations, businessmen must pay taxes according to the regulations, in Youzhou, the taxes paid by merchants are not much less than the field tax." ”

Everyone listened to Cheng Yu speak, and Cheng Yu continued: "For example, there is a rule, the merchant hires the people, and the minimum wage is stipulated, no matter what the reason is, as long as the merchant works, he must pay the corresponding remuneration, although the minimum wage is not high, but he can ensure that he can support himself." ”

"Youzhou also introduced a series of policies to protect businessmen, but also required businessmen to bear various obligations, in Youzhou, no businessmen dare to oppress the people, let alone businessmen dare to support troops against the government."

"However, there is a premise that businessmen must be effectively protected, so they can do business with peace of mind, and if they pay high taxes, they will naturally have to obtain corresponding powers."

Cheng Yu told many of the policies of Youzhou to Cao Cao's generals, and they found that the status of merchants in Youzhou was completely different from that in other places, and the most important thing was that merchants in Youzhou could prosper the market and stabilize people's livelihood.

The ruler is most afraid of businessmen hoarding, but in Youzhou, salt, grain and other things related to people's livelihood can be operated by merchants, but they need the permission of the government, and the biggest operator is indeed the Ye family, and no one can shake it.

No one should want to hoard salt, cloth, grain, farm tools, etc., and even if necessary, the government can force the purchase of surplus materials in the hands of merchants at a price higher than the market price.

If it is higher than the market price, the businessman will not suffer, but it will not be much higher, and the government can use it to stabilize prices and ensure the livelihood of ordinary people.

"Although Youzhou's policy is good, it is not suitable for us, everything in Yanzhou depends on the Great Family, the power of the Great Family is very strong in Yanzhou, although there is a family in Youzhou, it is not as big as the Ye Family, and it is relatively small and few, it is very easy for Ye Chen to break all this." Cao Cao sighed.

Everyone understands that in Youzhou, businessmen are really different.

Wei Zi is also in the team, their Wei family was originally the leading big businessman, but now it has been shrinking, if it were not for the investment in Cao Cao, they stabilized their position and maintained the status of the great family.

However, because of this, he has to look up to others and be proud of Cao Cao.

(End of chapter)