The princes of the Eighteen Roads have eighteen small abacus, and if you count the strategists under them who can influence decision-making, it is not an exaggeration to say that they have thousands of thoughts.

Now there are not so many princes in the world, and the Chu people don't plan to let everyone in the world like it, but the malice from the Zhao people still makes people feel a little caught off guard.

Yan Heng went to deal with the aftermath, Yu Zhou had to meet with a few military advisors again, since he was on the warship of Xichu, this kind of major matter still had to rely on collective efforts.

Originally, he wanted to go to the big tent of the Chinese army, but in the past two days, Fan Zeng's body has been a little unhappy, and it is not good to leave him alone, and in the end, Xiang Ji had to call Xiao He and Zhang Liang to the old man's sleeping tent to talk.

The orange-red flames licked the clay pot, and the smell was full of medicinal fragrance as the "goo goo du" wafted, and if you didn't try the taste, the smell was not unpleasant, and it smelled a lot more reassuring.

One speaker, four listeners, occasionally interjected a few questions and answers, the road under Chu Jun's feet gradually became clear, and only after a few people communicated with each other, they made a judgment together.

After Yu Zhou finished speaking, the tent suddenly seemed much quieter, drinking water to moisten his throat, he saw Fan Zeng picking up the map with a blue sword, Xiao He's lips squirmed as if he was silently calculating something, as for Zhang Liang, his brows were locked for a while and suddenly relaxed, as if he had made a decision.

"Zhao Jun and Zhang Chujun, at least they must be undefeated all the way!"

It was Fan Zeng who spoke first, and the old-timers opened their mouths, and the scene suddenly became lively.

Xiang Ji raised his eyebrows, puzzled: "Zhang Han's department is mostly prisoners, although he has a moment of bravery, it will be difficult to succeed, and the puppet king Chen Shi is enough to drag this army, unless he doesn't want to die!"

As for the Jiuyuan Army? Xiang Mou had long wanted to meet them! When I kill Wang Li, I'll see which generals are available in Tyrannical Qin! ”

Fan Zeng knocked his sword scabbard on his leg, and said angrily: "Talking nonsense, how can you say such righteous words?" You are now the commander of the first army, and you will speak after thinking about it in the future, and you must not be reckless. ”

"But I don't think there's anything wrong......

"General, what Fan Lao just meant was that if Wuchen and Chen Shi were defeated, the two Qin armies of Zhang and Wang would make us suffer from the enemy, and the combination would make it difficult for us to deal with, even if we win, it would be a miserable victory, and the wise man would not do it."

Zhang Liang relieved the siege in time so that Xiang Ji did not finish muttering, and everyone was so happy that they pretended not to hear it and continued to discuss the battle situation.

"If that's the case...... Save Wuchen or save Chen Sheng?! ”

Yu Zhou's face was a little ugly: "To put it mildly, I think these two choices are quite uncomfortable......"

Xiang Ji's eyebrows raised again: "Chen Shi fought with me in the name of Chu, and the military ministers refused to ally with my sergeant, and Xiang Mou could not accept it!" ”

"Now is not the time to say such things, our army is only 60,000 sergeants when it is full, and 20,000 are taken away by the dragon, how can the rest of the men and horses deal with ten times the enemy?

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the use of the power of these two people is also a last resort, Yu'er needs to be ambitious, don't care about temporary gains and losses! ”

Hearing the figures reported by Fan Zeng, Yu Zhou's ears moved, and he turned his head and asked Xiao He: "Xiao Situ, how many families do we have now?" ”

"Are you asking Ding Hu or Qian Liang?"

"Ask both."

As soon as these two words landed, good guy, Xiao He's posture is simply a whole transformation, the leather pocket is swinging, a stack of account books is put away, and then the abacus is crackling for a while, Yu Zhou who saw it was stunned and stunned, thinking that he had seen the big shopkeeper of the pawnshop with a black heart and a slippery mouth, and he was a lamb to be slaughtered.

When was the simple folk customs of Daqin brought into this way? His face is a little familiar, but fortunately, it's just such a ......

"After Depengcheng, there were 260,000 households in Dachu, and the old man calculated by the way, according to the social records of the Qin people, there should have been 230,000 households in the land occupied by our army, that is to say, the other 30,000 households moved in later, and they were not among the previous books."

"Only 30,000 households defected? I thought there would be more ......."

"30,000 households is too little? A small county doesn't even have 10,000 households, this is already three county seats! ”

Yu Zhou thought about it, the statistics are actually quite difficult these years, 30,000 households don't know when the number is, so they can only listen to a theory as a reference, and they are a little more satisfied.

"What about the money? How many? ”

"After several allocations, Pengcheng now has about 400,000 stone of grain, and the money is less, only 100,000 yuan, and now the price of grain is rising, and the old man has tried his best to ......"

This number was much higher than expected, Yu Zhou was a little surprised, and at the same time that Xiao He was clever, there was an evil fire in his heart.

400,000 stones, if you save some money, it is enough for the army to support a year, and this is not counting the summer grain that is about to be harvested, why does Xiao Pixiu firmly hold the treasury, and when he spends it out, he can't wait to count a grain of rice clearly!

Training soldiers requires physical strength, where can they do it if they don't have enough to eat? It's right to open up sources and reduce expenditure, but it's too much to save like this, right? Two meals a day can almost show the shadow of a person, even the people sitting here still have their stomachs screaming just now......

"Xiao Situ, although there is no war now, it is still a little inappropriate to distribute grain and grass like now, right?

Not to mention whether the military lords at all levels will be dissatisfied if they don't get the treatment they deserve, and the muscles and muscles on the soldiers can't be trained in a day or two!

Now that they are starving, what if they can eat enough every day when the war is about to start?

Therefore, I feel that we can relax in a timely manner, eat old grain, and put new grain, and it is the best policy to have in and out. ”

Fan Zeng coughed lightly after hearing this, and replied: "I can't complain about Xiao Situ about this matter, but the old man agreed to do so." ”

"Why?"

"Yu boy, the old man knows what you are thinking, people must have near-term worries without long-term concerns, these 400,000 grains and grass seem to be quite a lot, but we must be prepared to eat for a year, as soon as the war starts, it is difficult to say whether this year's summer grain can be put into storage, so it is better to plan for the long term."

Before the grain and grass were harvested, Zhang Han and Wang Li would definitely not be able to hit the Chu realm, but Zhang Chu's side was different, after the "country was ruined" again, how many homeless people in Chen Di would rush out like locusts crossing the border, Yu Zhou didn't dare to think about it, and his scalp was numb when he thought about it.

"The kid is not thoughtful, Fan Lao is not strange."

Fan Zeng nodded in response, and Xiao He spoke again: "Sima Yu, in fact, there is one more thing you don't know, that is, the old man saves money and food so much, and it is also used to build a city in the future!" ”

"Build a city?!"

Yu Zhou suddenly realized, yes, there are so many Ding households who have defected, it is enough to build another city, and it is a matter of course to build a city, why did you ignore it?

What's more, with such a big project, the displaced people have something to do after they arrive, which can greatly reduce their chances of making trouble, which is conducive to appeasing the people's hearts, so why not?

The first emperor gave money to the servants every day, so the Chu army had to pay money to find people to work, and now after buying food, the only remaining hundreds of thousands of copper plates in Pengcheng, and the levy and conscription to build the city is unthinkable, now it's okay, kill three birds with one stone, just wait for Chen Sheng's army to be defeated, the land is divided, and the people flee......

Black, these three old demons have already calculated Chen Sheng's inheritance to such a point, they are ashamed of themselves, what is the maximization of interests? That's it, they can't summarize the word, but it's a thief......

"I don't know where Xiao Situ plans to build the city?"

Xiao He smiled longer: "This matter was originally Xiao Xiao's thought for a certain time, and it has not been finalized yet, so I just want to talk to you about it, but if I let me say it, I want to be here......"

Following his fingers, Zhang Liang blurted out: "Post Pavilion? This place is really good, backed by Hangou and convenient water conservancy, and properly reclaimed is a grain-producing city. ”