At the end of 195 AD, Peng Hu and Pang De sent news that the expedition to the west had swept the entire Jiaozhou, and the four counties of Jingnan were also occupied, and no traces of the remnants of Nanyue were found during the period.

It is said that the remnants of the South Vietnamese Kingdom also took a three-tailed fox, but there has been no news, and there is no way to organize a crusade.

Wei Teng was appointed as the assassin of Jiaozhou, while Cui Yan was appointed as the county guard of Lingling, and Li Ming, the county guard of Wuling, appointed Zhou Yu, who was only 21 years old, to serve as the commander. In this year's assessment, Zhou Yu entered the sight of the high-level with excellent results, and his outstanding political and military talents made him be recommended by Xun Biao and Gu Yan, and even Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, as county guards at the age of 21.

The older generation began to take a back seat, and the younger generation began to emerge, and there will be demons in troubled times, perhaps it is not a lie.

After the imperial army obtained Yingchuan County, they successively pacified Chen and Liang, and at the same time collected a group of talents, the most noteworthy of which is Yingchuan Chen Qun, who was very good at a young age.

Ma Chao, Sun Ce, Ma Dai and Sun Yi all showed excellent military talents, gradually replacing Ma Teng and Sun Jian as the leaders of the new generation of military generals. In addition, Sun Quan's political talents also began to show, and he was appointed as the county guard of Yingchuan.

Cao Ang, Cao Pi and others also appeared in Chang'an one after another, and I heard that Cao Cao asked the imperial court to enter Chang'an. Liu Ting felt Cao Cao's contribution to the Han Dynasty and appointed him as the general of the expedition to the west to continue to open up the Silk Road.

Xiahoudun was called into Taixue, Liu Ting studied Li Ming, opened a military class in Taixue, and invited Huangfu Song and Xiahoudun as instructors to train military generals for him, as well as the re-education of military generals.

In Hebei, Yuan Shao conquered Youzhou, but Gongsun Zan was rescued by Jiang Qin on the sea, and with 3,000 personal soldiers, he went south to Li Ming. In March 196 AD, Gongsun Chan Chen soldiers in the north guarded against the southward movement of the Hu people with an army of 50,000, and another 30,000 with their wives and children, first arrived on Jeju Island, and then gradually moved south to settle in Xuzhou, many of whom joined Tai Shici and Xu Huang.

Yuan Shao was unable to kill Gongsun Zhan, and it was inevitable that he would have some regrets. However, he finally occupied most of Youzhou, and as for the Liaodong area, Gongsun Du surrendered to Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao did not send troops to attack that bitter cold land.

"The world is divided into three points, I didn't expect it to be such a three-point ......" Li Ming looked at the map, and at this moment there were only three colors left on it. It has nothing to do with the five virtues, the state of Chu is still red, so Li Ming's territory is red; The Han Dynasty is still black from Liu Ting, and it is a large piece of black that appears above the red; Yuan Shao is still blue, and Hebei Sanzhou is sky blue.

Not only the map, but also the three sides gradually replaced these three colors on the materials used in the armor and banners of the soldiers.

When Li Ming returned to Wanling, there were already subordinates who proposed that he be called king, preferably emperor; The same words also appeared under Yuan Shao, who was only on par with Li Ming and proclaimed himself the Duke of Wei. On the surface, like Li Ming, he was under the banner of the Qing monarch and did not officially rebel.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is 'taking off their pants and farting - this is an extra move', but for most of the Han people, this makes them breathe a sigh of relief. Many people can't adapt to their new identities, and a rash and complete break will only lead to a large-scale migration of the people under their command. In these days, population is a kind of wealth!

Even Xun Biao also proposed that if he does not claim the title of king or emperor within ten years, it does not matter if the people's will is determined after ten years. If Yuan Shao can be destroyed within ten years, the Central Plains can be pacified, and even Guanzhong can be attacked, then let alone be called the king and the emperor, it will not be a problem to directly let the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty take the throne, which seems to be more 'legitimate', and can avoid many descriptions of 'improper position' in the history books.

Will Li Ming be afraid? Of course not to be afraid! History is a female cousin, and he is about to become an existence that can erase history casually!

"There will be no war in the next two years!" Li Ming looked at the financial explosion, and suddenly there was so much more territory, and the fiscal budget for next year and the year after next year will obviously be tilted towards the political aspect, especially in infrastructure construction.

"Build roads, build roads, build roads!" Li Ming looked at Zhang Zhao, "Jiaozhou and Jingnan counties must widen several official roads, what is the extent of cement research?" ”

"According to the master's formula, we have tried to fire, and the cement is indeed magical, especially the cement concrete used for paving has also accelerated the construction period a lot, and the cost has been reduced a lot. The follow-up maintenance is also much simpler, and the side effects are obvious! Zhang Zhao hurriedly replied.

"What side effects?" Li Ming was stunned when he heard this, there are still side effects of the cement road?

"Slip!" Zhang Zhao said one word, "The cement road is smooth and smooth, and I don't usually feel anything, but when it rains, it becomes very smooth, and it is easy for pedestrians and carriages to fall down when walking on it." ”

Li Ming was stunned when he heard this, how could he not have this problem when he walked on the cement road before? Recalling carefully, I vaguely remembered that something seemed wrong, and it seemed that something was looming, so I simply spent another 18 free attribute points to increase my intelligence to 100 points, and my memory finally became clear.

"You didn't engrave the anti-slip line?" Li Ming raised his head and asked, he remembered that every time he repaired the cement road, someone would use a special cutting machine to cut out anti-skid lines on the cement floor, the purpose was to prevent slipping. There is also a side effect of the anti-skid line, that is, in the case of long-term overweight car crushing, the concrete floor will lose its flatness, and it will have to be renovated at that time.

So in the longer future, it was replaced with asphalt pavement, which didn't need a skid line, and the friction was very good. It's just that nowadays, there is no need to refine oil for the sake of asphalt, not to mention that there is no technology for fractionation, fractionating diesel, kerosene and gasoline, except for military use, at most is to light lamps for the people, which is obviously too wasteful.

"If you carve it by hand, the cost is more expensive than ordinary official roads......" Zhang Zhao listened to Li Ming's description and quickly shook his head.

"It's a lot cheaper than bluestone pavement, isn't it? Anyway, it will take ten years, and the annual renovation cost is more than that! Li Ming shook his head, he could calculate the cost at once now.

"If that's the case, the subordinates will arrange it!" Zhang Zhao also needed to calculate for three minutes before he could figure it out. But after really calculating it, I also felt that the price was reasonable, so I gladly accepted the order.

"Jiaozhou explained that a large number of barbarians were recruited to build roads, and those who knew Chinese characters and Chinese were paid the same as ordinary Han workers, and those who did not understand Chinese and Chinese characters were reduced by three percent." Li Ming instructed, "As for the Central Plains, it will be treated equally, the people there have suffered serious disasters in the past two years, and it is also very important to restore people's livelihood!" ”

In the past, the government really knew how to save, and did not give money to build bridges and pave roads, and even build water conservancy, and directly launched conscription and asked the people to help repair it for free. In this way, not to mention that the people have little motivation and the quality of the repair is not good, it is only said that although the imperial court saved a sum of money for the project, it turned out that it could not pull the local economy.

From the time he served as the chief inspector of the Huiji, he had clearly ordered that paid levy and payment should be abolished, and the system of unpaid forced labor should be abolished under his rule. This is indeed to increase the cost of infrastructure several times, but the improvement of people's quality of life has also driven consumption, and finally it is returned to the government as a tax revenue, forming a good cycle.

"Next, we should make every effort to prepare for the scientific expedition!" Li Ming looked at the time, there was less than a year left, "Whether you can get rid of the family's monopoly on military and political affairs depends on this scientific expedition!" ”