Yuan Tan went to the Bohai Sea to take up his post, and after arriving in the Bohai Sea, Yuan Tan asked Tao Ying to support him in building Bohai County. Yuan Tan had been to Pengcheng and saw the prosperity of Pengcheng, which made Yuan Tan envious. This Yuan Tan still has some ability, so Tao Ying wanted to support him, so he agreed to set up Xuzhou General Commercial Bank in Bohai and handed over all the wholesale rights of Jizhou to Yuan Tan.

This is also to prepare money for the opening of the school. You must know that the household paper, shampoo, toilet water and other items invented by Tao Ying have long been popularized among wealthy families. And Tao Ying only opened a general business in Jizhou, there are so many cities in the whole Jizhou, how can these items be sold to every household? This is where there are two dealers.

It was the second-class dealers who acted as the middle merchants, who wholesaled things in the Xuzhou General Trading House and then sold them to various places at a high price. Tao Ying, on the other hand, revoked the head office of Xuzhou in Yecheng, and then no longer transported goods to such a distant place as Yecheng, and instead set these up in the south of Bohai County. In the future, all the Xuzhou general commercial banks in Jizhou will have to buy from Nanpi from the cannon to the toilet paper.

And the person who controls the price of the entire Jizhou has become Yuan Tan. In this way, the Bohai Sea controlled by Yuan Tan will become the commercial center of the entire Jizhou, and Yuan Tan will also make a lot of money because of this price.

And Tao Ying will not lose anything, and the road is near, and he still has a transportation fee left. What's more, there are many bandits in Yecheng, and safety has not been guaranteed, so everything is free.

Therefore, Tao Ying set up the Xuzhou General Commercial Bank in Nanpi in April, and then opened the Nanpi Weapons Manufacturing Factory and the Nanpi Artillery Manufacturing Factory in Nanpi in May. The two factories set up here are both factories that produce the lowest products, such as the cold weapon factory, which produces inferior steel knives, forks, and so on. And the artillery factory still produces a generation of bulky Taoling guns.

With the addition of these two factories, many people in Nanpi have employment opportunities. Moreover, Tao Ying also set up various daily necessities factories in Nanpi, and soon Nanpi had the shadow of Xuzhou. And Nanpi also gradually became rich with various taxes and the income of various workers. After becoming rich, Yuan Tan asked Tao Ying to continue to help him, so Tao Ying set up a Nanpi school in Nanpi.

With the beginning of Bohai County's industry, Yuan Tan's merits were gradually revealed. Soon to July 201, due to various taxes, Bohai County has become the largest county in Jizhou, and Yuan Tan used taxes to buy nearly ten cannons and send them to Yecheng.

At this time, due to the defeat in the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao was angry and depressed every day, and his health became worse and worse. I heard that Cao Cao was fighting Liu Bei's reinforcements in the south, and Yuan Tan offered advice to Yuan Shao again, so it was better to lead the troops south to attack Guandu again.

When Yuan Shao heard this, he wanted to go south again, but the ministers persuaded him. At this time, Guandu fought a battle, and the vitality of Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou was greatly injured, and at this time, he should recuperate, and wait to stabilize the people's hearts, and then hoard grain and grass before he could continue to fight Cao Cao in the south.

Judging and commenting, although Cao Cao is strong, but after years of war, Cao Cao has long lost his heart. If you recuperate for a few years, Hebei will become strong again, and Cao Cao will be broken in one fell swoop!

Therefore, Yuan Shao rejected Yuan Tan's request, and Yuan Tan could only return to Bohai County sullenly.

In August, Tao Ying knew that Yuan Shao's life was not long in coming, although Yuan Shao was defeated in the first battle of Guandu, but Yuan Shao's strength still existed. The camel that suffered death was bigger than the horse, so Tao Ying asked Ji Jiaxu how to break Yuan Shao. Jia Xu offered a plan, now that Yuan Shao is newly defeated, it is better to support him to ascend the throne and be the emperor to be happy. Moreover, Yuan Shao has been the third prince of the fourth generation, and as a general, doesn't he want to go further in his lifetime?

And now that Tao Ying's three-year truce has expired, Xuzhou has so many military horses and so much food, if you don't think about expanding the territory, sooner or later it will become a delicacy in the mouth of hungry wolves!

If you open the territory and expand the territory, if Sun Quan has now gained a firm foothold in Jiangdong, the internal unity, and he is very studious, if he attacks it, not to mention cutting off his own financial route, it will be difficult to conquer. Therefore, it is not cost-effective to fight Sun Quan, but if Cao Cao is attacked and Cao Cao dies, he will face a strong enemy Yuan Shao at that time, and he will inevitably become the target of the public, which is not conducive to his own development.

Liu Biao was far away from him, and he was close to attack, so he couldn't fight. Now there are many wars in Yuzhou, and the occupation of Yuzhou has completely cut off Cao Cao's connection with Sun Quan and Liu Biao, and he has become their buffer zone, so that it will not be long before a war with the strong enemy Cao Cao will break out.

So after thinking about it, Tao Ying decided to start a war against Liaodong in the north!

Now is the time to show off your maritime prowess! And with the continuous development and construction in the past two years, Dalian and Lushun in the north have slowly developed, which is enough to become their own sea bases. Moreover, Qingzhou surrendered without a fight, so without war, Qingzhou's development has also entered the fast track.

Now Zang Ba is in charge of Qingzhou, and several large rivers leading to Pengcheng have been built in Qingzhou. In addition, four giant ports were built in Qingzhou - Qingdao Port, Penglai Port, Qingzhou Port, and Xiami Port.

Penglai Port was built in Huangxian County, and this port is the port of Dalian and Lushun. From here to Dalian, Lushun is the closest. Xiami Port, also known as Duchang Port, has two ports here, the port is particularly close, and it is the mouth of Weishui and Glue.

Qingzhou Port is the mouth of the Yellow River, and the Yellow River at this time is not as serious as that of later generations, so it can be passed by large ships. Therefore, this port is the largest port in Qingzhou, and he undertakes the task of supplying from Qingzhou to the customs in the future.

The port was built, and the large steam engine warships built by Tao Ying were gradually completed, so Tao Ying began to ask the military department to issue a document to mobilize three warships to Pengcheng Port, Dalian Port, and Yingkou Port in the north.

After a few days of discussion at the military headquarters, the Juye, which had been built in Shanyang County, set sail north along Jishui to Le'an Port, and then sailed to Yingkou. Then let the Xiapi go north along the newly built Surabaya River to Penglai Port, and then go north from Penglai Port. The Qingdao departed directly from Qingdao and went north to Yingkou. Three naval divisions, three giant warships, plus nine frigates, these battleships are equipped with second-generation guns, which can only be built by Xuzhou's financial income for a year.

Steam engine warships needed a lot of coal, so Tao Ying asked the transport ships to send coal to Dalian, Penglai, and Yingkou. After the battleship arrived at Yingkou, it was already August, and after arriving, Tao Ying announced the appointment of Penglai Taishou Han as the governor of the navy and the governor of the three major warship groups.