When the discussion was over and everyone dispersed, many people gathered, most of whom gathered around Nie Daoren, talking and talking with him, mostly talking about how to attack the three eastern counties.

In contrast, Zhang Bin's side seemed a little deserted, that is, a few people such as Kui An and Zhixiong gathered on the side to discuss with him, and their faces were worried.

Just now, Shi Le ignored Zhang Bin's analysis and dissuasion, although he didn't show much persistence, but there was an urgency in it.

"As soon as the soldiers and horses move, the weight of grain and grass will follow, and the cost will be tens of thousands, and it is inevitable that the marshal will be anxious," in the face of the worried words of several old colleagues, Zhang Bin behaved quite calmly, "We are different from the past, in the past, the soldiers and horses accompanied each other, looting for a living, it was to be strong, but when encountering the dignified soldiers of the imperial court, it was necessary to avoid its edge, there was no stable place, and now occupy Jizhou, establish rules, levy taxes and pay grain, recruit soldiers, and have stable money and soldiers, you have also lived a life of fine clothes and food, but everything has advantages and disadvantages." ……”

As he spoke, he swept his gaze over the people in front of him, and noticed that the faces of these people were more rich than before, their expressions were better, their eyes were more focused, and their bodies and arms, although they were covered by clothes, could still see the powerful frame of Kong Wu.

In the past, these people followed Shile, either under the fence, or in the grassland, the middle of the earth, no base, by grabbing food, lucky, grab a little more, can live two days of prosperity, eat fragrant and spicy food, eat a lot of food, but if they are unlucky, not only will there be nothing to eat, but even starvation, but also to be constantly chased and killed, it is difficult to stand on the ground.

In fact, not only these, but even the conscription, in the past, most of them relied on robbery and forcible pulling, Zhang Bin was actually one of the victims, and because of his knowledge and skills, he was valued and reused by Shi Le, but others did not have such good luck, and most of them died.

Such attrition is not a good thing for either the raiders or the plundered.

"In the past, migration everywhere, can be described as hard, precarious, self-sad, now settled down, there is a foundation for enjoyment, but just as in the next words, everything has pros and cons, and then move the sword soldiers compared with the past, the consumption is much greater, the past plunder, is the harvest, if there is no big force to interfere, even can fight to feed the war, more and more powerful, the rise of the tribes on the grassland, annexation of each other, is this reason, but now there is a basic territory, the operation and maintenance need to invest, and once the war, involving the interests of all parties, The longer the war lasts, the more money and food will be consumed, and the greater the resistance will be. ”

Zhixiong listened, obviously touched, so he sighed: "The military advisor is true, I waited for the first time to come to Jizhou, swept a few counties, but it was just the original people, local signs, can be directly used to fight, but at that time the opponent was the exile army, it was already vulnerable, a charge over, the enemy was defeated first, but now it is different, in the face of well-equipped officers and soldiers, it costs a lot to fight a Hejian County, it is the useless king of Jiangdu, if you don't often lose your armor and leave heavy grain and grass, I'm afraid a few fights, Our people have also fought out, and now the war is really costly! ”

Kui An frowned, and said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, then a certain family doesn't understand, how can the bigger the territory and the more people, the weaker our combat power is, and the more money it costs?" ”

"It's not that the combat power is weaker, but it's not just about fighting," Zhang Bin shook his head and pointed out the mistakes and omissions in that sentence, "In the past, it was an army, but now it's not only soldiers and horses, but also industries and bureaucrats, not only to fight, but to collect taxes, to persuade farmers to learn, it's become difficult, but this is the only way, otherwise it can't last, it can only disappear without a trace like the tribes in ancient times, I think the ambition of the big handsome will not be like this, but at the moment it is not easy to fight steadily for a while, lay the foundation, but you can't rush in, otherwise you will go to the king of Jiangdu, Gou Xi came, that was to force away the rabbits, introduce jackals, there are tigers in the north, and wild beasts in the west, where is there a situation of safe development? ”

Zhixiong and Kui An are also thinking like this, these two are both military generals, and they were colleagues in the past, but now they each lead an army, competing for rights, supplies, and food, and they have a discord in private, but in the face of problems related to the entire power group, they are still quite awake, so they will come to discuss with Zhang Bin.

Zhixiong said: "According to what the military division has seen, what should I do now?" A certain family also knew that Tu Bo Gou Xi was a hungry wolf, and he had long wanted to raise troops to the north, but he was blocked by the king of Jiangdu, and Jizhou was already chaotic enough to introduce this person again. "He followed Shi Le to run around, he had suffered Gou Xi's loss, of course he was afraid, and he didn't want to face that Dongping Marquis at this time.

"The crux of this matter is actually the cost," Zhang Bin saw the matter very accurately, "because of the excessive cost in the early stage, because of the deterrence of Youzhou, this Hejian country cannot be fought, and it costs money in vain, and the marshal can't get by in terms of face, the key is that it is not easy to explain to the merchants, clans, and Buddhists who took the money before, so it is to have such a judgment, so in addition to convincing the marshal, it is also necessary to straighten out the relationship between the other parties, and the two generals are also invited to make a move in this matter." ”

"How?" Kui An was a little surprised, "Didn't the military advisor sort it out himself?" As soon as he said this, he saw Zhang Bin looking to the side, he followed his gaze, and it was Nie Daoren who was surrounded by several people.

At this time, it is said that there are businessmen and clans, but in fact, there are not many people on these two sides who really submit to Shile, mainly supported by Buddhism, and this time Nie Daoren is providing intelligence, proposing strategies, and contributing money and efforts, and his influence has risen sharply in a short period of time, and he faintly wants to challenge Zhang Bin's status, if Zhang Bin comes forward, the result can be imagined.

On the other hand, Zhixiong saw other things, he knew that the clansmen represented by Shi Hu in the Qianren clan had long been dissatisfied with Zhang Bin's trust by Shi Le, and they were always thinking about finding Zhang Bin's handle.

"But in this way, do you know if Zhang Junshi will be able to go all out to plan for the Lord in the future?"

Zhixiong is also worried, he knows Zhang Bin's ability very well, and he has become more and more inclined to Zhang Bin in the past six months, but after all, he is not a blood relative of Shi Hu but Shi Le, and his influence is not enough.

After saying goodbye to the two, Zhang Bin returned to his house, saw his nephew Zhang Duo, sighed, and said to him: "I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here for a long time, you should be prepared, in the near future, let the businessmen in the family pay more attention to the Chen family in Youzhou." ”