During my stay in Youzhou, I dealt with all kinds of new personnel appointments, as well as all kinds of thick appraisal sheets and budget stamps from the rear that were approved by the women in the back house. As the saying goes, even if you are far away, it is also fame and power, and personnel and financial power can never be completely faked in the hands of others.

For example, Liu Jiye, the most senior general under Huaizhen's acceptance, will serve as the aftermath disposal ambassador of the newly established Yanshan South Road Bazhou and the general office of the camp Tiantun affairs; Therefore, it is foreseeable that after everything is on the right track in the future, he will at least be the basic rank of political envoy, transit envoy, inspection envoy, and even a deputy governor; And another weighty captive, Yang Keshi, should also be pulled out and appear as soon as he appeared to pave the way for the next step of planning.

This is not only a reward for his conscientious role as a leading party and mascot for so many years, but also a symbolic hope and direction of hard work for the vast number of Northern Dynasties in Huaizhen to retain personnel and prisoners; It will even set an example and give the illusion of luck to potential wall-to-wall and hesitant opportunists in the hostile camp in the future, so as to reduce unnecessary losses and consumption in military operations.

Youzhou itself will be independent from Yanshan South Road, and at the same time, a Jingzhou will be set up in the six counties that are far away, so as to live up to the pattern of the original hope of a large state, and become the fourth military state directly under the Beiping Metropolitan Governor's Office, so as to concentrate on the resettlement and allocation of the exclusive and characteristic places of military sub-lands, gongtian, Rongyang farms, and military factories that may be produced on a large scale in the future.

But all of this boils down to the word "money" after all, it is still the word "money", money is used everywhere, and money is spent everywhere like flowing water, devouring a huge amount of money and food all the time. It costs money to provide relief and manage the population under the new rule, to prevent the plague from occurring in the local area due to war, disaster, famine, and death, and to restore production and rebuild farmland and water conservancy, and to dredge rivers and canals, level roads, and ensure the smooth flow of goods.

Up to now, the various military expenses have reached 970,000 yuan, which is about 100,000 yuan, which is equivalent to more than 100,000 yuan of military expenditure, which has been spent in less than a month. This is also because of the relatively quick victory, and the fact that it was not dragged into the protracted attrition of the siege; It also excludes implicit subsidies and bonuses such as indirect incidental consumption and inputs, as well as small costs of internal allocation and mobilization, as well as the heavy use of cheap raw materials produced by slave labour.

Of course, in addition to the direct expenses of sending troops to the north, and the additional rewards and pensions one after another; Most of the other is the subsequent large-scale military mobilization, the requisition of labor and the mobilization of rear resources, and the liquidation and maintenance of newly occupied areas, resulting in additional tariffs and budget preparations.

Of course, if I could adopt the traditional method of levying local conscription along the route without compensation, I could at least theoretically save a considerable part of the maintenance costs and consumption;

After all, at present, any military operation and large-scale engineering project under the rule of Huaizhen should be paid to those long-term or temporary requisitioned men and laborers to varying degrees according to the distance and the length of time they participated, and according to the agricultural hours and production activities that may be delayed, corresponding compensation and adjustment should be made at the local level;

However, in the long run, it is inevitable that there will be a long-term and chronic damage to Huaizhen's prestige and centripetal force, and even damage the potential of local mobilization and the enthusiasm of enthusiastic enlistment.

Although all kinds of money and inventory materials are paid out as a result, it also creates a series of corresponding economic activities, commercial needs and currency circulation, and even cultivates the credit system and daily use habits under the means of daily economic payment, such as the corresponding division of labor, ration rolls, bills, and banknotes.

In addition to the most basic output of land, population and resources, the victory of the war also brought new business opportunities and markets, and a broader space for development and development. It's just that under the current circumstances, these benefits and benefits can't be turned into real resources and wealth that can come in handy in the short term.

Therefore, this kind of continuous deficit will continue to continue for a longer or shorter period of time as the situation evolves; However, now Huaizhen's strength and heritage are also different from what they used to be, for this attack on Pinglu Road, in essence, they have prepared enough military funds and food for most of the year; In addition, it is possible to maintain two or three local wars of a similar scale at the same time without affecting basic production inputs; Of course, this is limited to interior operations with fewer attrition and supply lines, or limited counter-offensives in the region.

If this is not possible, it is also possible to further squeeze those subordinate and peripheral forces under the expected risk and cost of local riots and mass revolts, so as to squeeze and replace more war potential in the short term. Or simply through bidding, auctions, and bundled sales, at the expense of various short-term and short-term rights and interests and output expectations in the newly occupied areas, in exchange for large sums of military and material revenues in the short term.

Or at the expense of the future production capacity and mobilization potential of the local government, the mobilization of mobilized troops several times the strength of the standing army on active duty is temporarily mobilized and assembled as a temporary emergency and temporary supplement.

However, these measures are typical of the "seven wounds" at the cost of hurting others first and hurting oneself, and they are the last resort that will be adopted only when they have to do so. Therefore, the means of military replenishment that I can now permit are at best limited to short-term bonds secured by the output of precious metal resources; At most, after a certain number is reached, it has the priority and qualification in certain bidding projects, or the convenience of participating in the exploitation and operation of the corresponding resources.

And I also understand that in this world environment where everyone is blue and brushes the lower limit together, as long as there is enough strength and background support, or Chiguoguo's strong military deterrence as a guarantee, coupled with a stable book and a well-functioning system, as a long-term expectation, no matter how big the accumulated deficit is, no matter how high the debt is, it is still a high-quality asset with unlimited potential and willing to make people invest more.

This point can be reflected in the fact that after the defeat of Youzhou, the maritime forces that were gradually separated due to the split between the north and the south, the ports that became deserted and depressed, and the revival of the return of a large amount of overseas capital and the influx of maritime commercial activities, can reflect a certain optimistic trend of chasing the trend.

At least between the East China Sea and the Beihai north of Yizhou, there is no longer a force that can compete with Huaizhen on the sea route, and even those pirates and smugglers who originally rose because of the emptiness of the war between the north and the south have been able to gradually strengthen and expand the two oceanic sailors because of the annexation of coastal shipping resources and ship repair capacity, and the corresponding scope of activities and sense of existence have been continuously strengthened, and the tide has gradually ebbed and stopped, and it has begun to move to the southeast sea area, which is more chaotic and weaker.

Therefore, about 300,000 yuan of naval bonds sold in this issue alone have already been subscribed; For the local livelihood reconstruction project from Pinglu Road to Hebei, the bidding for the priority of commercial activities in the corresponding field has also been carried out quite smoothly, and it can be said that the bidders are very enthusiastic, and the prepaid deposit is equivalent to the goods and received 170,000 and 4,000 yuan in advance.

There are also people who openly and secretly express through various channels that they are willing to give a large amount of military expenses and materials to the current Beiping Metropolitan Governor's Office, but only hope to obtain a corresponding identity and position in it, or a specific ministry in the newly occupied area;

Of course, in addition to the need for expression and reward for the more intimate relatives in the early years, this kind of thing, which is like selling official positions and may affect internal stability and self-purity, is still not appreciated. Therefore, for the sake of today's consideration, the Huai army under my leadership is not actually short of money, but it is relatively lacking in the sources and channels of some specific products.

On the one hand, it is necessary to accumulate strength and offensive forces and consolidate the control of the established localities, and on the other hand, the relatively complex and tortuous mountainous terrain behind the mountains has restricted and hindered the deployment of firearms clusters and the input of heavy equipment such as artillery trucks and flying fire mines.

Therefore, the strike force under Zhang Xian's subordinate launched several small-scale infiltration and tentative attacks from Wuzhou, but in the face of the mountain fortresses held by the Hebei soldiers with superiority, they only had to sneak attack and kill a few patrol squads, and then they had to return in vain.

In contrast, what is surprising is that the flank offensive that was temporarily decided to be launched in the direction of Hebei is progressing very quickly; Relying only on some temporary mobilization and organization of miscellaneous troops, the containment and echoing offensive piled up have already connected the five prefectures of Bao, Shen, Qi, Yong, and En in Hebei Province, and the first line has advanced to the periphery of Jizhou!。

I thought of summoning the soldiers on duty here and dictating an order to the newly formed Sixth Garrison Army, which was taking a waterboat tugboat in batches and heading north to Pinglu Road, to be stationed in Cangzhou for rearmament, and together with the Fourth Garrison Army, which was originally stationed, as a backup and response force for these offensives.

It was only with the order in fresh ink that I had finished signing and printing it, and a new breaking news came to me for some reason.

However, as the first attack of the partial division, the Dapeng bird swept forward, and actually penetrated several military states at once, and directly hit Zhang Bangchang's nest in Jizhou; Then it was ambushed and besieged by many enemy troops near Hengshui County, and suffered a big loss; Although he stabilized his position in time and did not break up on the spot, he was also trapped by the superior enemy.

Therefore, with the help of the surrounding friendly forces, there is a tendency to develop into a regional battle.

(End of chapter)