"The lack of money and food in the state and county, the decrease in the support of the scholars, and the lack of ......training of the soldiers," Xun Gang was sitting and listening to the reports of the two, his fingertips gently tapping on the table, thoughtfully, "If these major matters are trivial, then what are the real trivialities?" ”

"My lord, there are a series of problems such as the lack of military horses and weapons in the state and county...... Chen Qun said anxiously on the side, and after speaking, Xun Yu also said: "Not only that, Sun Jian of Luyang also comes to Yingchuan County from time to time to plunder, and Yingchuan, which has finally settled down, is now miserable!" Sun Jian even relied on his identity as the so-called 'Yuzhou Thorn History' to appoint a Yingchuan Taishou Li Min! ”

Xun Gang scratched his head anxiously, his mood was inevitably a little broken, these things were enough to worry about, and he came all in one go...... Moreover, the problems of money, food, and scholars can be solved slowly, but this Sun Jian's invasion of the state and county is intolerable; If everyone knows that they are bullies, wouldn't it be upside down?

"Okay, you Yuan Shu, don't please Dong well, but you are in the nest here!"

Hate to hate, but things still have to be resolved; Sun Jian is nominally the assassin of Yuzhou, so it stands to reason that he should be his subordinate. But Sun Jian is actually subordinate to Yuan Shu www.biquge.info, which is more difficult......

"Wen Ruo, how much money and grain are there in the state and county? Armament geometry? Military horse geometry? ”

"Back to the lord, there are only 1,600 grains left in each county, and the money is only three months in the whole state; One hundred and twenty-eight military horses can be used, and about eight hundred weapons such as guns, halberds, and ge, which are the data of the main book this month......"

1,600 pounds of grain, about 27 catties of a hu, at the end of the Han Dynasty, each person had to eat about 2 catties of grain a day, and about 40,000 catties of grain for 1,600 hu; It may seem like a lot, but if it is distributed evenly among everyone, it will be almost two days of bread and grass. And there are also some high-ranking officials who eat chic, extravagant and wasteful......

"That's the food?" Xun Gang couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this data; This data is too dangerous, if he comes out two days later, he is afraid that he will see a different scene.

"It's only May now, and there are still three or four months before the harvest season,......" Chen Qun was very anxious on the side, "Lord, I have temporarily dispatched hundreds of grains and grass from my Chen family, but it is only one more day!" Besides, I want to buy grain from the surrounding area, but I don't have so much money, my lord, how is this good? ”

Xun Yu on the side said again: "We originally wanted to borrow some food from the Yuzhou scholars, but they ignored us......

When Xun Gang heard this, he sneered and said: "Of course they love to ignore it, they haven't drunk the wine I brewed for four or five months, and their feelings for me have long faded...... Speaking of this, Xun Gang suddenly paused, and asked again: "Wenruo, how much millet (sorghum) is there in the state and county?" Can it conflict with grain and grass? ”

"There aren't many left...... said this, Xun Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly: "Doesn't the lord want to sell wine again in exchange for money and food?" ”

"I have such intentions, but this is only temporary...... Changwen, you go to all the craftsmen in Dao City, imitate the wine-making machine in my room, and make it in large quantities, and the wages are not a problem. Wen Ruo, you follow me to visit all the scholars in Qian County and borrow some things, they don't give you face, my face will still be given after all! ”

"Lord Mingjian!"

Don't be in a hurry, I'm not done yet...... Xun Gang coughed lightly twice, and said: "This is just a temporary measure, it can be seen from this incident that there is still a lack of commerce and agriculture in Yuzhou...... You two always keep this in mind. ”

"Yes!"

"But lord, how should Sun Jian solve it?" Xun Yu asked again, "In the past few months, almost every few days, Yingchuan will be plundered by Sun Jian; The Great Elder has already made a cruel statement, if the lord does not solve it again, I am afraid that the Xun family will cut off contact with the lord......"

"So ruthless?" Xun Gang didn't expect Xun Qu to say such cruel words, so he was angry at the time, "The Great Elder is too arrogant, don't you think I'll be afraid of him!" Jia Yan's life and death are still unknown, and now he still comes to me to bother me......"

"The lord is angry, this is also a helpless move...... The Great Elder was also afraid that the lord would do nothing and insult the family's reputation, so he ......"

"Fame fame, fame again!" Xun Gang stood up, his face was swollen and red, as if he wanted to eat people, "From the moment they were born to the present, they have been caring about their faces, is there anything else!" I'd like to see what they can do with me if I'm a few days later! ”

"Lord ......"

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The trip to visit the scholars seems to be quite smooth, although the county is not a big city, but there are a lot of scholars; went to seven or eight houses in a row, and everyone treated Xun Gang with great courtesy.

When Xun Gang proposed to borrow millet to make wine, they not only did not worry, but were ecstatic, and contributed their own sorghum one after another, so that Xun Gang received nearly 10,000 pieces of sorghum in a short time; Of course, this is not given for free, even if Xun Gang doesn't have to return these sorghums, but the wine brewed will definitely be sent to these families......

But it can be seen how terrifying these families are in their usual lives......

However, when Xun Gang proposed to borrow grain, iron, and pig iron, these families shirked one after another, and even if they borrowed, they only borrowed dozens of hundreds, which did not hurt or itch; Seven or eight families came down, and Xun Gang only borrowed 1,000 tons of grain, a total of 80 catties of steel and pig iron, a drop in the bucket.

As for the concept of steel and pig iron, it is another matter; The weight of just one Han sword is about one kilogram to three kilograms, and eighty catties of iron will give you a maximum of eighty swords, and most of them are of poor quality. The most important point is that pig iron can be cast, but not forged, which means that if you want to make weapons, you can't use pig iron, you can only use ordinary iron or steel.

Xun Gang sat in the carriage with a solemn face; He had already expected that when these people knew that they wanted to make wine, they would definitely contribute their own sorghum without any care, but when he wanted things like grain and steel, they all avoided them, after all, these were not related to their interests, but only to contribute a little bit in the way of face.

Even if tens of thousands of grains can be collected through winemaking in the past two days, it is still difficult to solve the iron aspect...... After all, there is not much iron ore near Yuzhou, almost all the iron is transported from other states, and most of the people who can have it are the scholars; If they refuse to contribute, the issue of weapons will still be difficult to solve......

If you have the money, you can buy it from other states......

"Hey......"

Xun Yu saw Xun Gang's sad face, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, my lord, there are so many families in Yuzhou, how can there not be one who is willing to contribute steel?" ”

Xun Gang waved his hand, this afternoon he visited most of the Yuzhou scholars, they are all like this, is it possible that the other scholars will give a good face?

"What's next?"

"The Cao family."

"The Cao family?"

Xun Yu nodded and added, "It is the family of Cao Cao, who fought with the lord in Xingyang......"

Is the Cao family...... Cao Cao should be on the way to Yangzhou to recruit troops now, maybe he can't see him, but what he sees should be his father Cao Song. But this Cao Song doesn't seem to be a Mingde person, and he doesn't seem to get much from borrowing things from him.

"Hey...... Go one wave and see another! ”

However, what Xun Gang didn't expect was that when he arrived at the gate of Cao's mansion, he happened to meet the burly Xiahoudun; According to Xiahou Dun's mouth, Cao Cao was about to leave and go to Yangzhou to recruit troops to resign from Cao Taigong.

"Isn't it! Such a coincidence? ”

Xiahoudun put down the matter in his hand, bowed down and asked: "Taigong is taken care of by Uncle Xun Fang, I don't know why Uncle Fang is here?" ”

Although it is a different force from Cao Cao, he will have to say it sooner or later, so he told Xiahoudun about the recent difficulties in Yuzhou; Xiahoudun scratched his head and said, "Let's discuss this matter with the prince...... Meng De and I have to go to Yangzhou, and it is inconvenient to ...... for a long time."

"Yuan Rang, who is outside the house?"

Before Xiahoudun finished speaking, he saw a person suddenly come out of the dark part of the house; Although the appearance is short, he shows a domineering color, and his words and deeds seem to be an opportunity to hide the future, which is Cao Cao. When Cao Cao came out, he saw Xun Gang, and immediately looked ashamed, but after all, he was also the master, so he could only lick his face and greet him: "Uncle Xun Fang, I don't know what you are doing here?" ”

Xun Gang glanced at him, he naturally remembered that Cao Cao Xingyang left Dian Wei to run for his life, and he was inevitably a little unhappy in his heart, and replied: "Don't dare to bother General Cao, I asked Jugao Gong about it." ”

Cao Cao knew that he was still worried about that matter, and he didn't dare to stop it, anyway, he said goodbye to Cao Song, and immediately took Xiahoudun and other cronies to Yangzhou.

In addition to the defeat, he could see such a gray Cao Cao, and Xun Gang also felt that this trip was not in vain.

Xun Gang met with Cao Song and told him about the predicament he was facing, hoping that he could do his best to help him; After all, Cao Song can spend 300 million yuan to buy a Tai Lieutenant, and the family should not be very poor. What's more, Cao Cao went to Yangzhou to recruit troops, without Cao Song's support, how many soldiers and horses could be recruited?

Unexpectedly, Cao Song agreed with his mouth, and as soon as he made a move, he sent 5,000 pieces of grain plus 3,000 catties of iron; This data simply frightened Xun Gang, adding up to more than all the previous ones!

Xun Gang and Xun Yu looked at each other, their bodies seemed to tremble a little, and asked, "Ju Gao Gong, why are you so kind to me?" ”

Cao Song gently stroked his white beard, his face was wrinkled, but it was like a blooming flower: "Meng De Xingyang sometimes loses to the public, and he knows it!" Now that the public is in great difficulty, this property right should be compensated, and I hope that the public will not hold a grudge against Mengde. ”

I'm embarrassed to hold a grudge against you for being so generous...... Xun Gang made a contemplative expression and replied: "Ju Gao Gong is too worried, in the face of great difficulties, it is still difficult for General Cao to protect himself, how dare he blame him...... However, in order to make Jugao feel safe, I accepted the gift. ”

Xun Gang was very hypocritical, because he knew that in order to show his generosity, he had to be hypocritical. Cao Song stroked his beard with a smile, got up and said, "I think Uncle Fang still has important matters, so I won't leave Your Excellency to eat." ”

Xun Gang nodded, he was still afraid that Cao Song would keep him more, after all, he still had a few more to go; He stood up and saluted, and then left Cao's mansion slowly. From morning to now, Xun Gang has stayed in Cao Mansion for the shortest time, but he has gained the most.

"If only everyone could do that...... It's much better over there. ”

Five thousand dendrobs of grain can barely support five days, and they can spend the days of selling wine; Three thousand catties of iron can also make nearly two thousand weapons...... Although it is not much, it can barely solve the urgent need; Xun Gang only hopes that in the few days when he sells wine, he can make more money......