Chapter 86: Return and Arrangement

When Ye Chen and his entourage arrived at the foot of Hutou Mountain, the scene had been cleared out, and the material statistics had also been counted.

"Bai Feng has seen the lord." It turned out to be Bai Feng who came to register the supplies, too, it is estimated that Wu Xian and they are busy in Yejiabao, and Bai Feng handled the affairs of Yuxian County and rushed to Yejiabao, the battle is over, and he is not familiar with the things in Yejiabao, so it is better to come here to help.

"Okay, let's talk about the situation here." Ye Chen and the others came to the tent, Zhao Yun and Hua Ningxi also followed, Ye Chen didn't have any secrets for the time being, and he didn't want to snub the two, so he invited the two into the tent together.

"Lord, our losses in this battle are not large, a fire basically burned the Wuhuan people, but most of the materials they collected were also burned, but the gold, silver, treasures and big money were not burned much."

Ye Chen nodded, and he also knew that there wasn't much left this time, because the fire was too big.

"At first, the thousands of people we rescued on the mountain were fine, but the hundreds of people who were arrested by the Wuhuan people did not escape, and most of the thousands of people lost their homes, some of them have been arranged, and some of them have stayed to help temporarily."

Ye Chen nodded in agreement with this approach.

"Tell me about this seizure, this time our Ye family's losses are too great, and the rest of the days will not be easy." After speaking, Ye Chen sighed, because the Ye family was already in an economic crisis, and now it is estimated that it will be even more difficult after this battle.

"Okay, my lord, the gold and silver we seized this time, plus a lot of money, and some other jewelry, are estimated to be worth 300 million yuan."

300 million dollars, it sounds like a lot, and it actually sounds like a lot, but Ye Chen can't be happy.

"Okay, but this time the 300 million estimate can't be arranged for you all, the Ye family's losses this time are too great, and they also need a lot of money, and the business will definitely be affected for a long time after the war, and the income will be reduced a lot."

This can't be helped, the entire Youzhou has been invaded by Wuhuan, not to mention the others, the Ye family restaurant will definitely not be good for a long time, and other industries will also be affected.

"These 300 million, you take 200 million, these 200 million are used to arrange the displaced people, after this war, not to mention the entire Youzhou, the entire Liaodong does not know how many displaced people will be, these 200 million can be arranged as many as possible, if it is not enough, let's think of a way later." Ye Chen knew that although 200 million yuan was a lot of money, if it was used to arrange the displaced people, it would cost a lot of money to build a house and food alone, and he would have to provide farm tools and other things later.

"Lord, it is estimated that these 200 million yuan will not be able to arrange all the victims in Liaodong, but I will do my best, and spring plowing will be coming soon, we must provide a large number of farm tools, otherwise the victims will not be able to produce, and we will have to support them when the time comes, our Ye family can't afford it."

To recruit disaster victims, not only does it have to invest a lot in the early stage, but it also has to continue to invest, and it takes tens of millions of flowers for farm tools and seeds alone.

"The farm tools are fine, let the workshop build it with all its might, a batch has been built before, and I will find a way to fund it later." There is also the sea in Yuxian County, you can arrange some people to engage in fishing, there are shipyards there, and small fishing boats can still be built. ”

"Well, that's all I can do first." Now there is a shortage of money everywhere, and there is really no other good way.

"This time, the Ye family suffered heavy losses, more than 2,000 casualties in the guard battalion alone, and hundreds of people died in the battle alone, these pensions cannot be less, and there is also help for farmers to rebuild their destroyed homes, and the 100 million money left by the Ye family is not much left, or even enough."

Although Zhao Yun on the side didn't know the full meaning of the dialogue between Ye Chen and Bai Feng, he also knew something, Zhao Yun was very impressed by the Ye family's recruitment of a large number of displaced people, and this recruitment of displaced people was very expensive, he didn't understand it originally, but through their dialogue, this displaced person was settled, and he had to be responsible for their production and life, rather than leaving it alone.

There is another point that shocked Zhao Yun very much, that is, the casualties of the escort battalion, originally Zhao Yun thought that the five thousand people should only be left with Ye Chen's one thousand people, but when he arrived here, he found that there were almost two thousand people, which had already shocked Zhao Yun very much, you must know that Ye Chen and they were dealing with 25,000 Wuhuan cavalry.

Here, Ye Chen told him again that the escort battalion only killed a few hundred people, that is, at the cost of killing a few hundred people in battle plus more than 1,000 wounded, more than 20,000 Wuhuan people were eliminated.

If you just count the casualties, this is true, but if you count the losses, then the sea goes.

First of all, the Ye family stopped all commercial activities, tens of millions of losses these days, and the materials consumed in the war were also very large, hundreds of thousands of arrows were used alone, and how much fuel, wood and other materials were used to create these arrows.

The construction of defense facilities requires the consumption of materials, and many of the homes of farmers outside the city have been destroyed, and reconstruction requires a large amount of investment, so if you want to count the losses, it is estimated that hundreds of millions of dollars will be lost this time.

"My lord, there is one more thing to deal with." Bai Feng waited for Ye Chen to digest the previous information, and then said to Ye Chen.

"Well, Zimo, please say."

"It's the problem of war horses, this time a total of nearly 10,000 war horses of the Wuhuan people were captured, but our Ye family can't afford these war horses now."

When Ye Chen heard this, sure enough, how much grain and grass would be consumed by these tens of thousands of war horses in a day, and it was a very difficult thing for the Ye family at this time.

"In this way, the guard battalion will leave three thousand horses, and a strong cavalry must be formed in Liaodong, but there is no way now, but gritted his teeth and muster three thousand." Ye Chen said firmly: "In addition, three thousand horses are allocated to build a horse farm in Yuxian County, and if there is a need in the future, the rest will be sold, and Youzhou can't sell it at a good price, so it will be transported to other places to sell." ”

In fact, Ye Chen really wanted to keep these war horses, these were all excellent war horses on the grassland, but the current Ye family really couldn't afford to raise them.

After speaking, Ye Chen turned to Tai Shici and Guan Yu and said, "Yun Chang, eldest brother, this guard camp still has to rely on two people, and now there are a lot of things in the Ye family, and I can't spare time in a short period of time." ”

"Brother Ye, please rest assured, you have done too much to the people of Liaodong, and you don't have to worry about these things." Guan Yu fully understood Ye Chen's current situation, and said that he would take care of the affairs of the guard camp, as for Tai Shici, he just nodded, he didn't need to say anything at all, and he would take the matter down.

"Okay, the matter of the guard battalion will be handed over to the two of you, but there is a requirement, that is, the guard battalion must be replenished, replenished to the number of five thousand, and then pay close attention to training and restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

Ye Chen now has a strong sense of crisis, although the Wuhuan people may not come in a short time, but this time they have already come, and next time if there is a lack of food, they will definitely go south to loot again, and Ye Chen understands that natural disasters continue in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the grassland is not happy.

In the absence of money, Ye Chen also has to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, without strong force, the Ye family is very likely to be turned into ashes overnight, if the Ye family fort is broken this time, then what can Ye Chen have left, he may not be able to recover in a few years.

Ye Chen was also very painful when he made these decisions, but he knew that he had to do it, he was painful because the Ye family had no money, although he didn't know how much money the Ye family had now, but there was definitely not much left.

It was still possible to maintain it before, because the Ye family had a lot of income, such as Du Kang wine, such as the Ye family restaurant, and the caravan, and now these will be affected.

Now the caravan will definitely not be able to do the business of the grassland anymore, at least not for a short time, the business of the grassland, on average, has tens of millions of profits a month, how dare the caravan go now.

"Lord, just now, the guard battalion and the horse farm are extra expenses, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." This Bai Feng also knows some of the current situation of the Ye family, before the Wuhuan army did not invade Liaodong, the Ye family was barely maintained, and now that there are so many more burdens, he knows that the Ye family may be really very difficult.

"It's okay, now that I have these 300 million dollars, the Ye family can still maintain it for a while, and I will find a way to fill part of the vacancy during this time."

Hearing what Ye Chen said, Bai Feng didn't say anything, and although Tai Shici and Guan Yu knew the difficulties of the Ye family, the two of them had no choice but to help Ye Chen take the guard camp.

"Zimo, the matter of recruiting displaced people is very important, you can arrange it immediately with the money now, I don't know how many people will die one day later, you decide how to arrange the personnel, you need my help Although I said, but most of it depends on you."

Nowadays, many people's homes have been destroyed and food has been robbed, and if they are not settled in a hurry, then many people will starve to death.

Bai Feng also knew the seriousness of the matter, and after he hurriedly arranged the evacuation work in Yu County, he hurried over, and there were many things waiting for him to deal with, so he listened to Ye Chen's words, and went back first with a group of people and money.

And most of the things here have been dealt with, so Ye Chen has nothing to stop, Ye Chen asked some people to leave some people to walk slowly behind the things and the people who were saved, Ye Chen took the cavalry and Guan Yu and Tai Shici back to Yejiabao.

There are too many things to deal with in Yejiabao now, and Ye Chen is in a hurry to rush back.

The Wuhuan invasion on the Liaodong side is over, but other places are not so lucky, other places are basically not blocked, the Wuhuan people drive straight in, and the cavalry is arbitrarily crisscrossing the land of the Han Dynasty, although some big cities still can't be attacked, but other places are left to them to loot.

Of course, the imperial court is not without coping, some troops have been formed around Youzhou to rush to Youzhou, although the Han is very weak at this time, but the majesty of the Han is still inviolable.