In 195, Liu Xie changed his name to "Jian'an". That is, this year, a little-known name suddenly spread all over the world - Liu Bei.

Many people didn't even figure out where this person came from, and they actually became Xuzhou Mu overnight! Moreover, he was also the predecessor of Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, who gave in three times, and was jointly welcomed by Chen Deng, Kong Rong and others. For a while, Liu Bei was in the limelight and became a topic of conversation.

Among the northern princes, Gongsun Zhan killed Liu Yu, which just gave Yuan Shao an excuse to attack Youzhou. Gongsun Chan was defeated several times, so he entrenched himself in Yijing. Yuan Shao quickly pacified all parts of Youzhou, leaving only Yijing as a lonely city. won Qingzhou and Youzhou, and Yuan Shao, who had already monopolized the three states, became the strongest prince.

On the border of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu fought endlessly, and no one could kill anyone.

In the south, Liu Yan died of illness, and his son Liu Zhang ascended the throne, and within a month, he put down five rebellions, stabilized the internal and external situation, and showed the courage of a hero.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou, after recapturing Nanyang County, did not move his troops and completely stayed out of the matter.

Yangzhou was occupied by Yuan Shu, but the person who ruled Yangzhou on behalf of Yuan Shu was named Sun Ce.

The world is turbulent, and heroes appear one after another.

However, Guo Yi, who was dominant before, was silent, as if forgotten by the world.

The plague was not completely eradicated until the beginning of 196.

When doing demographic statistics, Fan Xin's feet were cold. Not because the north is cold in winter, but because the cold statistics chill him. In 192, when the population was counted, it was 5.6 million people, and now, four full years have passed. In the war-free prefecture, the population plummeted to 1,174,000.

4.43 million people died......

The original thriving scene of Bingzhou, ten rooms and nine emptiness, suddenly became a desolate place with thousands of miles of no people.

The only thing to be thankful for is that in this plague, doctors have mastered the methods of vaccination, learned blood type pairing, learned blood transfusions, and mastered a lot of knowledge about epidemic prevention.

The steam engine rolled, driving a huge excavator to mine the abundant coal of the state. Steelmaking technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and under the drive of steam engines, steelmaking lines have been built.

Light industries such as silk fabrics and textiles also began to be mass-produced under the power of steam engines.

The first tempered glass was born, which was quickly applied to the industrial field.

The first aluminum product: an aluminum bowl, appeared on Guo Yi's dinner table. Aluminum alloy products were first fully used on doors and windows.

As a result of the development of industry, the first designers were born. His surname was Wang, and he had no name. The first house built entirely of cement, aluminum, steel and glass was designed.

A steady stream of textiles flowed from the state to all parts of the country, bringing gold and silver into the state. Although the population has plummeted, the economy of the state has crushed the rest of the country.

The Bingzhou Academy of Sciences is already working on the internal combustion engine, preparing to build a huge machine designed by Guo Yi that can travel thousands of miles a day and carry tens of thousands of people at a time - a train.

In order to adapt to the needs of development, the first university was born. Specializing in cultivating cutting-edge talents for all walks of life.

That being said, for the first admission, only seventeen people passed the assessment.

Although compulsory education is universal to every family, four years is not enough to establish a perfect education system. What's more, the elimination rate of education is very staggering. More than 90 percent of the students are unable to complete their homework, and students who repeat grades and fail to do their homework abound.

But at least, there are no illiterates among people under the age of 30 in the prefecture, and at least they have an education level of about the fourth grade of elementary school. Able to read a few lines of poetry, read government documents, and understand legal provisions.

Don't underestimate the level of primary school, this level alone is enough to crush the whole country. At the very least, they can memorize the ninety-nine multiplication table and understand the four-digit operation of five digits. Ability to understand and use industrial products.

The root cause of this phenomenon is that with limited resources, those young adults are the first to be treated. As a result, people over the age of 35 are basically dead.

After listening to the cabinet's annual work report, Guo Yi tapped his side face, glanced at the ministers, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Long Yiyi: "In the past year, our tax revenue has tripled, and we are rich in the world, so it's time to dominate the world." ”

Jia Xu, who is now the head of the General Staff, said with a smile: "It doesn't take a million troops to pacify the world. With the current strength of our army, it only takes more than 10,000 people to make the world surrender. ”

Guo Yi said: "But we still only have cold weapons. ”

Although it is true that only a few thousand men are needed to fight a field battle, the siege is a big problem. The Mongol cavalry that swept through Europe and Asia was consumed for decades like the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Wait another year." Guo Yi made a decision. The plague had just ended, and it took a little time for the people to recuperate. At that time, Li Zhang attacked Yuan Shao, Zhao Yun attacked Yang Bo, and Zhang He and Huang Zhong went north to resist Xianbei. The dragoon battalions swept south of the Yellow River. ”

"No."

"What else do you want to report?"

Minister of Commerce Fan Quan said: "Lu Bu levied heavy taxes on our caravans. And connived at his men to loot our goods. ”

"Pull into the blacklist and don't trade with Lu Bujun."

"No."

"And." Guo Yi instructed: "This year, we must get all the money back and prepare for next year's preparations." I don't want our caravan to be held hostage at someone else's hands when we attack the Central Plains. ”

"Yes."

The blockade of Lu Bu had an immediate effect. Having lost supplies of medicine and weapons, Lü Bu's army quickly gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Cao Cao.

People are like this, once they get used to something and suddenly lose it, they will be hit hard. When the wounded soldiers of the Lu Bu Army finally returned to the rear, but they couldn't even get a hemostatic medicine, one can imagine what their mood would be.

Cao Cao discovered this and began a frantic attack, and Lu Bu supported it for less than a month, but he was defeated and had to flee to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei.

After returning from victory, Cao Cao reported his exploits to the emperor, and he was promoted to the knighthood. But the joy of victory and the official did not make Cao Cao smile. On the contrary, he was even more worried.

"The lord is worried that Lu Bu's defeat today will fall on us tomorrow?" Guo Jia saw his sad face, so he opened his mouth to ask.

"Yes." Cao Cao let out a long sigh and said worriedly: "As soon as Guo Yi gave an order, he left Lu Bu cornered. What if he takes the initiative to attack me in the future? ”

Guo Jia didn't understand the economy, let alone what industrialization was. In fact, there are only one or two people in the world who have this kind of thinking, except for the merger of states.

No one thought that they would just buy their own necessities, and if they controlled the quantity as much as possible, they would also be controlled by Guo Yi, who was thousands of miles away. Now it is impossible for soldiers to go back to the past when there were no hemostats and anti-inflammatory drugs. As rulers, they could not accept the fact that if a soldier was wounded, he would surely die.

Although now everyone is required to do military service. But don't forget, there is a place where you are so rich that military service is not compulsory, and you exempt them from all kinds of taxes. The planting land is all distributed by the government with seeds and farm tools, and everything grown is your own!

It's not that they don't want to expropriate, but they don't dare! There is no one who does not yearn for the days of the people of the state. Even Cao Cao himself sighed that if he was from Bingzhou, he would be an honest official.

"My lord, now Yanzhou is in the bag. It is better for us to unite Yang Bo and Yuan Shao and attack and merge the state together. Presumably, today's defeat of Lu Bu's army has already frightened them, and they will definitely agree to ally with us. ”

"Anti-Guo Yi coalition army?" A familiar word popped into Cao Cao's head.

"Yes."