Ma Chao of Xiliang was ambushed, Han Sui moved to Luoyang, and the remaining warlords began to fight, because the conditions given by Zhuge Liang were very harsh, and Luoyang only retained three forces in Xiliang to maintain balance with the Hu and Qiang people in the Western Regions.

After this news came out, those warlords who were originally in harmony with each other immediately tore their faces, and the attacks on each other became fierce, Jincheng was just sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight at the moment, not interfering in any side, nor doing any mediation, but when some warlords planned to unite, they would be ruthlessly attacked by the gunpowder army.

Two months later, Yuan Yun received more than 100 war reports, either one family was wiped out today, or the other fled to the Western Regions, and this kind of war also made Xiliang completely become a purgatory on earth, only two months of war, the warlords attacked each other killed and wounded a full 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, and the people who were implicated were more than 100,000.

When Yuan Yun finally decided to return to Luoyang, on the boundary of Xiliang, there were only four or five warlord forces left to barely maintain, this time is also the time when the chaos should end, Yuan Yun mastered it very well, if it continues like this, Xiliang may really become a ghost domain, and now there is war everywhere, the people are not happy, if Luoyang stands up to maintain order, he will immediately receive the hearts of the people, which Zhuge Liang also grasps very accurately, so when the spring breeze blows across the earth, Xiliang finally regains peace.

According to the agreement, Yuan Yun left ten tanks for Zhang Jaw, and left half of the armament materials, which made Zhang Jaw only feel full of strength, and now the golden city, under the control of the craftsmen brought by Yuan Yun, the city wall has been expanded more than three times, Deng Ai even led out an underground river, and then built a moat around the city.

"General Zhang still can't be lazy, now that Xiliang has been pacified, those Hu and Qiang people have seen the opportunity, and now the strength of the Han people here has dropped greatly, and they will inevitably burn their ambitions, so they still need to beat these people well." When Yuan Yun confessed, the gunpowder army was assembling outside the city.

Zhang Jaw hurriedly replied: "Yuan Hou don't worry, I am here with my open jaw, I guarantee that there will be no chaos, now none of the Xiliang warlords are complete, our strength has increased greatly, as for those Hu and Qiang people, even if they don't come to find them, I will take the initiative to attack, this matter will wait until this autumn, there will be a result." ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he suddenly smiled and said: "Those Hu and Qiang people are already scared by us at the moment, at this time, General Zhang should send someone to talk to them about peace, the Qiang people don't talk about it for the time being, but the Hu people have always been composed of small tribes, if they can take advantage of their differences, presumably the old drama of the Xiliang warlord will definitely be able to be played again." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Jaw's eyes lit up, and he seemed to understand something, so he hurriedly said to Yuan Yun: "Can Yuan Hou leave Han Sui's engagement in Yan Xing?" This person has been interacting with these barbarians all the year round, and he must know their details, as long as he is the horse, presumably Mr. Kong Ming's strategy can be implemented better. ”

Yuan Yun nodded with satisfaction, and immediately summoned Yan Xing, who was not far away, to his side, and now Yan Xing has made great contributions to persuade Han Sui to surrender and has become his own person who can be trusted, so he did not return to Luoyang with Han Sui, but stayed by Yuan Yun's side to listen.

After seeing Yuan Yun summoned, Yan Xing came to him as soon as he patted his horse, and then immediately arched his hand and said, "I don't know what Yuan Hou called me for?" ”

Yuan Yun pointed to Zhang Jaw, and then said with a smile: "Brother Yan Ming is willing to continue to stay in Xiliang so as to assist General Zhang Jaw?" If you nod your head, Ben Hou will immediately promote General Zhang Jaw to re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate, and you will be promoted to General Zhang Jaw's Sima. ”

Yan Xing was overjoyed in an instant, if the Western Regions Protectorate was re-established, its authority would cover almost the entire territory of the Western Regions, and the future would be very ambitious.

After being happy, Yan Xing immediately jumped off the horse, then knelt on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "Yan Xing's liver and brain are smeared on the ground." ”

Yuan Yun laughed, and then continued to Zhang Jaw: "The re-establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate, after I return to Luoyang, I will inevitably apply to the imperial court, such a thing to boost my prestige in China, no one will dare to stop it, General Zhang will wait to do this to protect it." ”

With Yuan Yun's laughter, a group of people also left the east gate of Jincheng, leaving only a smirkling jaw, and a face full of excitement Gao Ran, if he can really re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate, then he Gao Ran will not even be promoted a few levels, it will be difficult to be unhappy.

After Yuan Yun returned to his carriage, the army finally began to move, Li Li rode a tall horse and continued to command around the team, he is now full of excitement, this expedition he has fully proved his ability to lead the army, and Yuan Yun also guaranteed that after this battle, he can return to the position of general again, which is a very important thing for their Li family, so they can revitalize again, so at this moment Li Li is more serious and responsible than anyone else, even if it is a triumphant return, He didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

After Zhuge Liang boarded Yuan Yun's frame, he immediately added a few more pieces of coal to the brazier in the car, then put the feather fan aside, rubbed his hands and said: "As soon as Liu Bei occupied Chengdu, he immediately began to recruit soldiers, and the people of Yizhou were bewitched by him, and there was an endless stream of people who signed up to join the army, and now the number of soldiers and horses in Yizhou has exceeded 200,000. ”

Yuan Yun heard Zhuge Liang say this, and couldn't help but twitch his face, Liu Bei is now simply a reckless soldier, not only recruiting a large number of troops in Jingzhou, but now he is also so radical in Yizhou, it seems that he is really taboo about the Luoyang Gunpowder Army.

At this time, Yuan Yun paid a little attention to the letter paper in Zhuge Liang's hand, and saw that the handwriting of the person who wrote the letter was very beautiful, and at first glance it was out of the hands of a woman, and he couldn't help but think of Mrs. Xiangrui of Luoyang Rouge Building, it seems that she is really trying her best to spy on the intelligence of Yizhou.

After thinking about this, Yuan Yuncai suddenly laughed and said: "Jingzhou and Yizhou are both very rich places, which are indeed enough for Liu Bei to toss, but these riches are not only theirs, since Liu Bei is so poor and reckless, I will make his soldiers not have enough to eat." ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned and puzzled: "Jingzhou and Yizhou are both places where grain is produced, and there is so much grain that it needs to be sold to us, how can the soldiers not have enough to eat?" ”

Yuan Yun said confidently: "Their money is in our hands, currency usually seems to have nothing to do with the overall situation, but once it is missing, the first thing that restricts it is the circulation of goods, and then there is deflation, waiting for a large amount of grain to rot and cannot be supplied, Liu Bei is only left with compulsory requisition, so his reputation may not be so good." ”

Although Zhuge Liang has some understanding of the economy, he is completely unclear about the word deflation, so when he heard Yuan Yun say this at this moment, he just waited for his eyes and didn't know how to answer.

Yuan Yun glanced at Zhuge Liang, and didn't know how to explain to him for a while, so he had to tell the matter of the money bank, and emphasized that if the merchants who don't use bills of exchange today, they almost no longer exist, as long as these bills of exchange instead of copper, gold and silver are collected, the economy of Jingzhou and Yizhou will immediately regress for several years, and in this case, I don't know how many bankrupts there will be, which will also cause a series of problems, such as the bankruptcy of businessmen, no one is messing with grain sales, so the entire market will immediately become a stagnant altar, if the government does not come forwardThis phenomenon will continue to worsen until it is out of control.

And Liu Bei estimated that he had no defense against this phenomenon at all, he paid more attention to the army, and the value of businessmen had always been ignored, so even if it began to change gradually, I believe that no one would know, until he suddenly found out that it was not good one day, but he regretted it too late.

After listening to Yuan Yun's introduction, Zhuge Liang knew the general idea, but he still didn't understand this so-called economics, and it was also at this time that he felt that why Yuan Yun could run Luoyang, I am afraid that there is too much knowledge mixed in it.

"Liang is beginning to envy his brother at this moment." After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he smiled bitterly.

Yuan Yun was a little inexplicable, and he didn't know why Zhuge Liang suddenly mentioned Xu Shu, so he tilted his head and looked at Zhuge Liang, and said, "Does Kong Ming also want to teach at the academy?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said: "No, I just envy Yuan Zhi now that he has plenty of time and can study a lot of knowledge, if Liang also throws away the work in his hand, I believe that he will definitely be able to understand the economics of the lord." ”

Yuan Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Why should Kong Ming be in a hurry, you and I have to be together every day, it's better for us to discuss directly, it's not faster than you to study blindly." ”

When Zhuge Liang heard Yuan Yun say this, he immediately laughed and said, "It seems that the lord is not against the outflow of your immortal family's skills, then Liang will rest assured." ”

Yuan Yun only reacted at this time, Zhuge Liang used some cleverness on him again, he just wanted to learn this so-called economics, but he was used to taking advantage of it in the past, so he still only had this mentality.

"Unlucky, it seems that being taken advantage of by Zhuge Liang is going to be taken advantage of for a lifetime." After Yuan Yun thought about it, he still just smiled bitterly.

Zhuge Liang will take advantage of Yuan Yun again, so he feels very satisfied, so he will not dwell on the matter of learning, but continue the previous topic: "Before the lord promised to give General Zhang Liao of Chang'an nine tanks, Liang felt that it was better to leave all the tanks, so that it would be more secure, and Yang Aruo in the Hanzhong realm should also be given gunpowder ammunition to him." ”

Yuan Yun snorted, but did not answer immediately, there is no problem with increasing the armament of Zhang Liao, but if you want to give Yang Aruo gunpowder ammunition, it is even more difficult, gunpowder is still something strictly controlled by Cao Cao, and it will not flow out at all, and Cao Cao's army has not been rationed yet, so it will be rationed to outsiders, I am afraid that it will offend a lot of bigwigs in the army, which is really a headache.

"Let's finish rationing General Zhang Liao first, as for Yang Aruo, I can only arm him with more armor and sword soldiers, and the armaments such as gunpowder bullets can only be discussed in the long run." After Yuan Yun finished explaining, he patted the wall of the carriage.

Xiao Liu, who was driving the car, heard Yuan Yun's slap, and immediately drove the people around the frame away ten steps, and then knocked on the wall of the carriage in response.

Yuan Yun lowered his voice at this time and asked Zhuge Liang, "If I secretly ration Yang Aruo with gunpowder equipment, will something bad happen?" ”