A general battle, directly causing 200,000 casualties, consuming countless supplies, and all three sides entered a period of recuperation.

The imperial court lost Jingzhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou, but judging from the intelligence, Ma Chao actually took the opportunity to invade the state, seeing that Yuan Shao's large number of troops were dragged in the opportunity of the three states of Yanqing, he directly occupied Shangdang County, Shangjun, Xihe County, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County and Dingxiang County.

Ma Chao's results also made those families who planned to attack Liu Ting obediently shut up.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that after this battle, it is estimated that it will not be able to fight in three or five years. Whether it's conscription or training, it takes time. Among them, Qingzhou and Yanzhou are seriously underpopulated, and Li Minghui will abandon the two states, which also has this factor.

Because of the previous famine, a large number of people have flowed into Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and even farther Yangzhou, Jiangdong has indeed been without turmoil for a long time, and as a result, Danyang County, Wu County and Huiji County have become the most prosperous places in the world, no less than Chang'an.

"Compared with the cost of conscription and training, the internal affairs of the new territory are the most expensive and food-consuming. In the past, it was customary to complete infrastructure construction through conscription, but now the lord advocates the concept of work for relief, and the employer must pay for it, which increases a lot of consumption. Zhang Zhao protested directly to Li Ming.

"Zibu, you've been in charge of money and food for a while, don't you know what benefits will be brought by cash-for-work and the payment of remuneration by employing people?" Li Ming asked directly.

"This is also the most headache for our subordinates, our territory is getting bigger and bigger, the profits of foreign trade are naturally getting less and less, the profits of the Chamber of Commerce are declining, and the private taxes have not been able to make up for this part of the gap......" Zhang Zhao sighed.

"No matter what, we have got the rich place of Jingzhou. Three years at most, it will inevitably become an important tax provider. But I'm more worried that they will become the main force of scientific expeditions...... Education in Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou must be further strengthened! Li Ming was a little depressed.

Huiji County is located in Zhejiang Province, and Jingzhou is Hunan Province, both provinces are the concentration of later generations of scholars. Mainly in the Xiangyang area, all kinds of private schools abound; Needless to say, after eating the sweetness of scientific research, various private schools are also constantly opened, even in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the two places are faintly and have become the most prosperous place in the world.

Relatively speaking, other places, such as Xuzhou and Jiaozhou, have relatively poor learning styles; Yuzhou, which was originally the most prosperous and had the most private schools, also began to decline, and the style of study was still strong, but in terms of teaching, it has lagged behind Huiji County and slightly inferior to Jingzhou, and the reason is that a large number of literati and families have returned to or come to the Xiangyang area of Jingzhou in order to take refuge.

"There is no way to avoid this, either to limit the number of candidates in these two places, or to raise the admission standards of the township examination in these two places!" Zhang Zhao shook his head, this is Cai Yong's business, not within his purview.

"It seems that this is the only way to go!" Li Ming was helpless, and later generations used these two means to restrict.

"Lord ......" It was rare to see Li Ming pause, and Xu Chu outside took the opportunity to speak, "Lu Bu and Zhang Mo have been fighting for two hours, shouldn't they be stopped?" ”

"That's their son-in-law's business, if they can't die, let them continue to fight!" Li Ming spread his hands, he didn't bother to care about Zhang Mo's pot, and now that the old man came to settle the account, his hairy son-in-law obediently accepted it.

"Lord...... The subordinates are not persuading to fight, but if they continue to fight, the courtyard of the yamen will be destroyed! Xu Chu said with an aggrieved look, the martial arts arena in the courtyard is an important place for them to rest and communicate.

“…… Keep letting them fight, but don't forget to make them lose money afterwards! Li Ming was silent for three seconds when he heard this, and then said casually. Zhang Mo went to the country and brought back a lot of gold and silver, and according to the regulations, thirty percent belonged to him, and he made a lot of money!

"Yes......" Xu Chu nodded, since Li Ming had spoken, let them continue to fight.

Li Ming continued to listen to Zhang Zhao pour bitter water, and the financial problems tortured this uncle to death, and he felt quite powerless. On the other side of the courtyard, the rumbling has not stopped, which shows the fierceness of the battle.

At this moment, in the courtyard, Lu Bu, who originally heard that his daughter had come back safely, then came back to report on his work and had the opportunity to read books, and wanted to have a good reunion with his family, but what did he hear? Is a daughter going to marry someone else as a concubine? And recognize this person?!

What's more, what's more critical is that this person is not a child of a family, just a house slave! A house slave!

As one of the powerhouses in Huaxia, it is naturally impossible for Lu Bu to allow his daughter to marry a domestic slave as a concubine, not to mention that he can't get by with face, but I'm afraid that Lu Qiling will be ridiculed in the future.

Naturally, I found the initiator, and then put forward the meaning of the fight, regardless of whether I agreed or not, and went straight to it. No, I have been in the yard for two hours, more than four hours.

"Check, it's almost, right?" Zhang Mo gasped for breath, as if he had reached the end of his crossbow.

"You kid has a bit of ability!" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Mo with interest, "With a strength like yours, you can gradually become a middle-class family, why are you willing to be a house slave?" Did you know that this will demean Ling'er's identity? ”

"If they want to laugh, let them laugh!" Zhang Mo gasped for breath, he knew that Lu Bu didn't want to fight anymore, he didn't want to fight two hours ago, and he suffered three fatal injuries during the period, Lu Bu was obviously serious. An hour later, the tone said that it was desperate, but it was better to say that I couldn't swallow this breath, obviously unwilling to let my daughter be deceived by a wild boy.

After a pause, he continued: "Zhang was born in a humble background, and now everything is given by the head of the family. Without the head of the family in front, General Lu, do you think that in the world's family, who will look at Zhang Mo? No! Not to mention whether Cai Yong will agree to my marriage with Yan'er, I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to meet Yan'er, this is the reality!

The most important thing is that since the head of the family values it so much and promotes Zhang, he should also be loyal to him, and only loyalty is the most valuable thing that Zhang can come up with. The key is that the higher the status of the head of the family, the more he needs subordinates who can be trusted."

Speaking of this, he didn't continue, Lu Bu was not stupid, so he could naturally guess.

Sure enough, Lu Bu's face was cloudy, he had suffered from betraying his loyalty, if it weren't for Li Ming, he wouldn't be trusted anywhere. It is okay for a person to have no loyalty, and a peerless strong person has no loyalty, which will only make people jealous. Reuse and distrust, it feels like he has had enough, otherwise he wouldn't have simply become this prince himself.

Zhang Mo is right, he came from a humble background, and the most valuable thing in his body is 'loyalty'.

There is another sentence that he must admit. Choosing a good head of the family is also very important, no one expected Li Ming to come to this point, and even many people were not optimistic about him at first. A wild boy who was born in a poor family and was lucky enough to worship under the command of Zhu Jun, who was also a poor family, would have thought that now, he has become a prince of the Central Plains, Wuyue and Jingxiang?

Even today, it seems to be predictable that Li Ming will ascend the throne as emperor one day...... Many people think that Zhang Mo is stupid and has given up the opportunity to go out, the opportunity to be independent, and the opportunity to go further.

"Maybe you're the smartest one!" Lu Bu smiled and looked at Zhang Mo.

"It's not that Zhang is smart, it's just that I have nothing from the beginning, and I'm not afraid of having nothing!" Zhang Mo smiled.