Fighting a war requires a million taels of silver military expenses, and in order to scrape together enough money to defeat Gongsun Du, Tao Ying also fought hard. Tao Ying was afraid of war, and when he raised the welfare of his soldiers, he originally expected them to work better for himself, but he didn't want this to be a double-edged sword. They really worked hard for themselves, but Xuzhou had to pay a high compensation fee for this, so that Tao Ying didn't even dare to fight! But this time it won't be possible to fight, so as soon as he gritted his teeth, Tao Ying made a decision that made the entire Xuzhou people unbelievable, that is, to sell Pengcheng's first battleship, the Pengcheng, to Sun Quan!

Now Sun Quan is preparing to fight against Huang Zu, although Huang Zu's reputation in history is not as famous as Zhang Fei, Wen Chou and other generals, but this person is really a talent. The Sun clan is so powerful in Jiangdong, but from 199 to 207, over the years, although he has repeatedly defeated Huang Zu, he has not occupied the land of Jiangxia.

It can be seen that this person is still very capable in defending the land. And the person who died at the hands of this person is even more speechless, first of all, Sun Jian, the fierce general of the world! Sun Jian was shot by his generals, and the famous Jiangdong generals Ling Cao and Xu Kun were all shot to death by this person's men. Even his own general, Gan Ning, was once a general under this person, which shows that this Huang Zu is not a person who does nothing!

At this time, Sun Quan was not as powerful as in ancient times, because of the appearance of Tao Ying, he did not occupy the six counties of Jiangdong. Now his territory is only the two counties of Danyang and Luyang, and his power is much weaker than Jingzhou, which is responsible for defending the territory. Therefore, if he wants to develop and grow, Sun Quan can only continue to conquer his enemy Huang Zu. Because he is next to Tao Ying's territory, Tao Ying's soldiers and horses are strong, and the equipment is strong, if he attacks it, he can only bring about his own destruction, but fortunately, at this time, Tao Ying set his eyes on the north and did not stare at him.

If it weren't for the trouble in the north, maybe Tao Ying would have destroyed him a long time ago!

In order to deal with Huang Zu, Sun Quan's envoy told Lu Su many times that he wanted to buy a steam engine warship in Xuzhou. Because there are many water wars in the south, if there is a steam engine warship, plus Sun Quan's military horses can fight well, Huang Zu will definitely be able to fight!

But the steam engine battleship is a heavy ship in Xuzhou, and even Xuzhou only has the money to build so many ships. Now they don't have the money to build it, so if they sell it, it's basically impossible, because they are all responsible for guarding one side, and it's not appropriate to sell any of them!

Nowadays, Tao urgently needs money, and it is a large amount of money, and now it seems that the only person who can pay so much money immediately is the little tyrant Sun Quan. So Tao Yingyi gritted his teeth and sold the Pengcheng that Xuzhou could not use for the time being, and it was the smallest, and it was equipped with a second-generation gun!

In order to buy this battleship, Sun Quan even invested 500,000 taels of silver! That's how many years of financial income of Luyang and Danyang! For the sake of this Pengcheng, Sun Quan ordered all the soldiers and civilians to save money, and in order to save money, Sun Quan only ate one meal a day, and his wife no longer wore brocade and silk.

The whole country bought the Pengcheng ship, Sun Quan became the second prince in the late Han Dynasty to be equipped with the latest warship, and Sun Quan's navy seems to have faintly become a unique strong man in the late Han Dynasty!

sold the Pengcheng, which was only enough for half of his military quartermaster. Tao Ying wanted to sell another one, but Lu Su dissuaded him. If the battleship is sold out, Zhang Zhao of the Ministry of Government Affairs will not be able to chase and kill himself in Pengcheng with a sword!

Tao Ying asked what to do with the other half of the money? Lu Su also suggested that it would be better to let the central bank issue Liaodong iron ore bonds. Now that there are so many big families in Xuzhou, with the rise of the big family in Xuzhou, I don't know how much money they have earned, it's time to let them have some blood!

Although the large factories in Xuzhou are basically state-owned, the big families have contracted many projects during the construction period, so many of them are rich in oil. Not to mention anything else, there are no less than 100 big families with millions of assets in Juye, the megacity of Xuzhou alone! Juye is the first mega city to implement capitalism, Tao Ying promised to give several key construction cities a subsidy of tens of thousands of silver taels per year, but the money is limited, so Juye has no money for the first build, and Juye Taishou walked into capitalism according to a book written by Tao Ying.

Many families monopolized all walks of life in Juye, and the government set the price uniformly, so the people didn't feel hard, but could work, so they went their own way. Especially during the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the Xuzhou General Commercial Bank spread rumors everywhere, and many wealthy merchants in Yanzhou fled to Juye, Shanyang County. Because they were afraid that their property would be confiscated in other places, but Juye would not.

Therefore, there are many wealthy merchants in Juye, and Juye has become a super-large city in Xuzhou second only to Pengcheng. Therefore, Lu Su offered a suggestion to let the people force the purchase of treasury bonds according to the amount of property, and then let them pay out to fight the war, and after the war and the construction of Liaodong, they would pay back the money after returning the capital.

Fighting local tyrants and dividing property, Tao Ying loves to do this thing. If it weren't for the law that restricts Xuzhou and restricts himself, Tao Ying would have thrown down all these local tyrants and divided their property. Tao Ying felt that the happiest time was when he first crossed over to fight the local tyrants in Pengcheng, that sense of coolness, I am afraid that I will not enjoy it in my life, after all, I encourage industry and commerce, and I can't take the lead in destroying the sanctity of the law!

So when winter came, after an autumn of preparation, Xuzhou General Commercial Bank successfully changed the sale of needlework to the sale of steam engine warships! The moment the steam engine battleship drove to Danyang, the whole Danyang was boiling, and the people rushed to the Yangtze River to watch, and Sun Quan was even more excited and didn't sleep well for a few days.

When winter came, the treasury bonds of 500,000 taels of silver were also issued, and the local tyrants of the cities of Juye and Changyi in Shanyang County alone were forced to buy 200,000 taels of treasury bonds, and the other treasury bonds were divided among several large cities.

After having money, in winter, Tao Ying's ass couldn't sit still, Gongsun Du was a small prince, Tao Ying hid from the Ministry of Government Affairs, and took Zhou Tai with the caravan of Xuzhou General Commercial Bank to sneak out of the city and head north.

In the spring of 203 AD, the weather gradually warmed up, and after the willow branches gradually sprouted, the spring in the north slowly swept the land of Liaodong. When autumn came, Tao Ying's army occupied Yingkou and set up a large camp that stretched for more than ten miles at Yingkou. After Gongsun Du heard that Tao Ying's army was heading north, he concentrated his naval army and wanted to fight Tao Ying, but because winter was coming, the sea was frozen and he had to give up.

Gongsun Du wanted to lead the troops south, but it snowed heavily, and all the generals persuaded him, but Gongsun Du did not listen, and led the troops south to Tiecheng, but he could not break through it repeatedly, so he had to go back to his nest to stay.

In spring, the ice on the sea surface gradually melted, and the sound of waves crashing on the embankment of Yingkou, listening to the sound of wind and rain, Tao Ying was a little moved. The sound of the sea, he couldn't remember how long he hadn't heard it.