After the Gunpowder Army did not stay in Paxia for a while, it repaired its ranks and began to move towards Xiangyang, and Cao Hong's army was also stationed in Jiangling County with 30,000 men at this moment, so it was very safe to return this way.

Changsha County is too far away, resulting in inability to take care of, so under Zhuge Liang's suggestion, there will be completely abandoned, after this order is delegated, Huang Zhong is very embarrassed to put forward a demand, hoping to move the people of Changsha to the Xiangyang territory, after all, there are many people he knows, so give them up, always feel morally unbearable.

This seemingly very unreasonable request was actually agreed to by Yuan Yun, for which the Gunpowder Army stayed in Pasha for another ten days, and it had been nearly a month since they returned to Xiangyang again.

For this matter, Huang Zhong finally had some changes in his words about Yuan Yun, at least he seemed a lot more respectful, and there was mainly Wei Yan's persuasion here, after seeing the dialogue between Huang Zhong and Yuan Yun a few times, he kept telling Huang Zhong to let him change some of his rhetorical use.

After the army entered Xiangyang again, the surrounding harassment still did not stop, and there would continue to be small forces to launch surprise attacks, mainly aimed at the baggage team from Wancheng, and if you want to prevent this kind of thing from happening, you can only rely on Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

The two of them are considered wealthy clans in Jingzhou, and they are naturally intertwined in the relationship network, and under the maneuver of the two of them, many clans have loosened up, no longer just superficially obeying as in the past, but secretly they are still supporting those resistance forces.

However, there are compromisers and diehards, even if Zhuge Liang uses the power of the Huang clan through Huang Yueying, those small forces that are chaotic will still appear occasionally, and it will take at least several years to completely eradicate it As Yuan Yun said, it will take at least several years of effort.

"Huang Yueying has a big belly, are you embarrassed to call her from Luoyang?" When Yuan Yun asked, Zhuge Liang was reading the official documents sent by the baggage camp.

After filing the sorted official documents, Zhuge Liang picked up the feather fan, and then replied while shaking it: "Yueying is not a weak woman, after hearing that there are many small rebel forces in Jingzhou, she took the initiative to come over, and when Liang knew that she had already arrived outside Xiangyang City. ”

Before Zhuge Liang's words fell, he saw Huang Yueying and Liu Yiyi slowly passing by the front of the study, and the two beauties talked and laughed all the way, and it was like a beautiful scenery in an instant.

Yuan Yun couldn't help but sigh when he saw this picture: "It's good that Yueying is here, just let her learn some business things with Yiyi, and the belongings you brought out from Longzhong are estimated to cost about the same, right?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled: "It does cost a lot, the main thing is that Yueying always brings wild children home, and she will definitely not let go when she sees them on the street, it was okay in Luoyang at the beginning, after all, wild children cannot appear on the streets there, but when she arrives in Xiangyang, it is completely different, she has only been here for a few days, and the side courtyard where she lives is already full of picked up children, not to mention more than thirty." ”

Yuan Yun didn't laugh when he heard Zhuge Liang say this, but frowned, and said: "It seems that before we took away the currency of Jingzhou's territory, this consequence is estimated to have begun to ferment a long time ago, and it is estimated that it has been suppressed by Liu Bei and Liu Qi until their high pressure disappears at this moment, and those homeless people begin to stand out, and a big city like Xiangyang is naturally the first choice for homeless people to escape from the famine." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Not only the Xiangyang boundary, but also the other enemies in Jingzhou, Wuling County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County all had intelligence that said so, but we still have food here to take in these displaced people, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for other enemies to do it." ”

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he sighed deeply, and continued: "Now Liang really believes it, what the lord said before, the disaster of currency is really more terrible than the disaster of soldiers, if it is a disaster of soldiers, it will not have such a wide impact at once."

Liang also heard that the boundaries of Yangzhou were even more unbearable than those of Jingzhou, where the phenomenon of bartering became the norm because of the lack of currency in circulation, and in that situation of trading without standards, only those clans were fattened in the end, and ordinary people would only be constantly exploited until they had nothing. ”

Yuan Yun listened to Zhuge Liang and kept clasping his chin with his fingers, and then suddenly smiled after a long time: "This is a good thing for us, today I will start to pass on my orders, and Xiangyang will begin to recruit a large number of displaced people, as long as they are willing to contribute their strength, they can ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing." ”

Zhuge Liang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly comforted: "The lord can't be like this, now many rebel forces in Jingzhou are still stubbornly existing, once we gather a large number of displaced people to come here, it will only increase the scope of these people's activities, we gather so many people to gather, one bad will cause a civil uprising, I am afraid it will be difficult to end at that time......

Yuan Yun didn't wait for Zhuge Liang to finish speaking, he had already waved his hand and interrupted: "Speaking of inciting the homeless, I'm afraid I'm more proficient in this matter, these homeless people not only have to be summoned, but also let them manage themselves, we just have to assign work, and food supplies to them."

Now Liu Bei has begun to move eastward, his goal is Shangyong and Yiling, Shangyong Yang Aruo has taken over completely, what we need to do is to stabilize Yiling, so I plan to expand the city there. ”

Zhuge Liang was a little stunned, and wondered: "Why do you want to expand the city of Yiling County, there is really no need to guard it." ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said: "It's not to guard Liu Bei, but to make Yiling a business city that connects the east and west, north and south in the future, the sooner this matter is carried out, the better, after these displaced people come, I will let them start to build roads, first repair the border of Wancheng to Xiangyang, and then start to spread out from Xiangyang to the surrounding areas, these roads are the most important resources for future development, so they must be carried out as soon as possible." ”

Zhuge Liang listened to Yuan Yun talking there, he could only smile bitterly and keep shaking his head, although the lord in front of him was not good at fighting, but when it came to development and construction, I am afraid that no one in the world could compare with him, and he would already start to think about how to develop in the future.

However, these questions are all later, and the first thing to consider at the moment is the defense forces in Jingzhou, Yuan Yun also saw Zhuge Liang's doubts, so he continued to explain: "These homeless people don't care who is the old master and who is the new one, they only care about whether their family can eat enough, so the first thing I need to do is to give them hope, so that they have a means of livelihood that they can look forward to, and then I will appoint capable people among them to manage themselves, and Luoyang will only send craftsmen to assist."

If those rebel forces want to win over these displaced people, I will never oppose it, although they are trying to win them over, but once such a thing happens, I will cut off their supplies, and if they want to eat and drink, then go to the rebels.

When it comes to starting to get hungry again, I want to see how they will choose, the first thing to deal with these resistance forces is their foundation, in Kong Ming's opinion, it seems that these resistance forces are supported by those big clans, but who is behind these big clans? When it comes to roots, it's still the people. ”

Zhuge Liang has woken up when he heard this, not that he couldn't think of it before, but that he himself was born in the upper class, so he will always ignore the people at the bottom intentionally or unintentionally, even if he is not as strong as Sima Yi expressed, but he still has this problem that he has been educated since childhood.

"But now we have only started to build the road to Yiling, and when we succeed, Liu Bei may have occupied it by then, will it be too late for us?" Zhuge Liang asked again.

Yuan Yun shook his head and said: "What I'm worried about is that I can't find Liu Bei's troops, as long as they dare to gather in an enemy, we can wipe them all out to the greatest extent, I don't want to play this kind of thing anymore, so give him time to occupy it, the siege of the city is the most ideal battle for us, and it is better for Yiling to be completely leveled, so it is more convenient to rebuild, lest Lao Tzu will start building later, but I find that there are many nail households, which is really a headache." ”

Zhuge Liang finally stopped asking, because he had already seen Yuan Yun's face shining with money.

Yuan Yun's actions were very fast, and he began to issue an edict the next day, and began to gather the displaced people through propaganda everywhere, and the displaced people who came to defect after hearing the news were far beyond his imagination, and the first few days were only a thousand people, but this scale expanded to tens of thousands of people in less than three or four days, and finally even gathered 100,000 people in a few days.

From this, it can also be seen that Jingzhou was indeed very good under Liu Biao's management, but now it has become like this, in addition to the reasons for the war, the biggest problem is that Yuan Yun deliberately destroyed Jingzhou's economy before.

After seeing such a scene, Yuan Yun was not only surprised in his heart, but also began to secretly prepare, in the future, in the money village and any economy-related level, it must be very rigorous, just let it develop savagely as it began, after all, it is not a proper way, and the planned economy is what is needed in the current era.

Also because of the arrival of a large number of displaced people, Luoyang and Wancheng from many places finally have a place to go, the happiest in this is naturally Cao Hong, before he was still worried about the grain squeezed by Wancheng, after all, food is not like weapons can be stored for a long time, now Yuan Yun is about to empty his granary in one breath, and his subordinates have suggested that he refuse, but this natural businessman Cao Hong not only did not prohibit it, but even contributed the newly produced grain.

When all Cao Hong's entourage began to question him, he sat at home and secretly enjoyed himself, because the price used by Yuan Yun was set by the standard of the current shortage of grain, which is of course the most profitable, you must know that today's Luoyang and Hongnong are already a production base, and the annual grain produced is simply incalculable, which directly leads to the continuous price reduction of the grain produced in Wancheng when it is supplied to Luoyang, and it is constantly reducing prices every year.

From this point on, the super-large siege of Xiangyang territory began in full swing, and the scale even reached more than 100,000 people working at the same time, for Luoyang craftsmen who have long been experienced in building roads, the lack is not technology but manpower, and now both aspects have been solved, and the natural speed is unimaginable.

From the border of Wancheng to Xiangyang, everything was in order, and no mistakes were missed, but when the construction began from Xiangyang to the periphery, problems began to arise, and even a popular uprising occurred, the reason was naturally instigated by those local defense forces in Jingzhou.

When Yuan Yun heard the news, he was immediately happy for a whole day, making Xiao Liu and other guards think that his lord was not mad by those thieves.