In the second year of the Holy Dynasty, under the influence of high prices, the people lived in poverty. The impoverished life reminded them of the poorest time during the reign of Emperor Huan Ling.

The people of Hebei are in turmoil.

Yuan Shao saw that the efforts he had made to run Hebei for many years were about to come to naught under Luan Yi's toss several times, and his mouth was bubbling with urgency, and he was furious.

He summoned all the strategists again, and asked straight to the point: "The people's livelihood in Hebei is in chaos, what can be done?" ”

The first to come out was still the trial, but this time he did not propose corresponding countermeasures, but found the root cause of the current situation. He told Yuan Shao: "It is precisely because of the frustration and improper decision-making at the beginning that prices in Hebei have skyrocketed, resulting in millions of living in poverty. Such a great treachery and evil are intolerable to heaven, and I hope that the lord will punish him. ”

As soon as he heard this, his hands trembled in frustration, he raised his trembling fingers, glared at the judge, and shouted, "You ......"

"You what you! Am I not right? If you didn't have to come up with some kind of mountain tax, where would Hebei hoard so much grain? How can prices skyrocket? The judge shook his sleeve sharply, "It's obviously your fault." ”

"You're spewing blood!" He is a real person. He knew that his original decision was indeed one of the triggers for the current consequence, so although he was indignant after listening to the accusations of the trial, his heart was still full of self-blame.

At this time, Tian Feng came out to support the frustration. He said: "I think that if we hadn't followed the public policy and imposed a mountain tax on merchants and rift valleys, all the farmers in the fields would have to go to the mountains to hunt. At that time, the land will be barren, and the lifeline of Hebei's agriculture will be stuck by Luan Yi. The consequences are far more serious than they are now. The reason why the current bad consequences will be formed now is that Luan Yi is too powerful. For others, the consequences of using other strategies will certainly be more serious than they are now. Therefore, Gonghe's decision was not wrong, and the lord could not convict him. ”

The judge said disdainfully: "Strong words are reasonable, wrong is wrong......"

Seeing that the judge and Tian Feng were arguing in the lobby, Yuan Shaohuo jumped vigorously, couldn't hold it down, rubbed it and stood up, took out his sword and cut the next table, "Shut up for me." Whoever dares to make noise again, this case will be his end. ”

Judge Hetian Fengyi and honestly stand back in place.

Yuan Shao swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva before lowering his anger by three points, putting his sword into the sheath, and said angrily: "It's all burning eyebrows, and I'm still in the mood to argue about guilt." Outrageous! Tell me quickly, what should we do about it? ”

"This ......" judged the work of shrinking his neck, and frustrated him came out again, saying: "The fundamental reason for the high prices in Hebei today is the surplus of grain. There is too much grain and grass, which leads to low prices. If the price of grain is low, the price is low, and Luan Ziqi took the opportunity to enter and raise the price. As a result, the price of food is low and the price is high, and the people's lives are miserable. He stroked his beard and thought for a while, "Therefore, to solve the difficulties in Hebei, we must first grasp the root cause and raise the price of grain." ”

"How to raise the price of food?"

"The government came forward to buy grain everywhere." Frustrated.

"Buying food?" Yuan Shao hung his head and thought for a while, "There are more than a thousand stones of surplus grain and grass in Hebei, where can the government buy it?" ”

Frustratedly said: "Don't panic, and listen slowly." There is indeed a lot of grain and grass in Hebei that has fallen among the people, and with the current financial resources of the lord, even if it is collected, it will be a big move. In exchange for a pile of useless grain and grass, but he scattered the treasury full of gold and silver, and the gain outweighed the loss. However, there is a way to allow the lord to collect grain without losing money, and instead of loss, he will win a lot of profits. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yuan Shao immediately came to his senses, "Oh? How? ”

"It's not good to stock up on grain, but if you process it, you can make a profit." Frustrated to solve his doubts, he continued: "In the next refers to wine. The lord can let people collect grain, so that the grain and grass are gathered together to make wine and then sold to the outside world. Of course, the wine we brew is not as sweet as Luan Yi's fairy wine, but our price is relatively low and the quantity is large. If you sell it to the Saibei Hu people and Karasuma people, you can also earn a lot of returns. In this way, the surplus grain and grass are consumed, and the money is earned, so why not? ”

Tian Feng said approvingly: "Acting according to the plan of the public can ensure that Hebei is worry-free!" ”

Seeing the joint statement of the two strategists under the account, Yuan Shao had doubts in his heart, but he only hesitated slightly, so he followed the opinions of the two and ordered people to act according to the law and purchase grain and grass in various parts of Hebei. At the same time, according to Tian Feng's suggestion, cards were set up in various ports on both sides of the river, trade barriers were erected, and merchants were prohibited from trading with Henan.

Subsequently, with the increase of grain in Guancangtun and the decrease in grain circulation, the relationship between grain supply and demand in Hebei tended to be balanced, and grain prices began to rise steadily. Coupled with the success of trade barriers, Hebei's raw materials could not be sold to Henan, and a large number of them were hoarded in Hebei, and prices began to plummet. The price of raw materials has fallen, and the price of clothing, meat and other products has also fallen.

The field of raw material extraction and processing has become unprofitable, and under the influence of the market mechanism, the surplus manpower and incapable capital are withdrawn from it and automatically returned to industries closely related to land and agriculture.

Hebei's predicament has improved significantly.

Within one month, Yuan Shao spent a huge amount of money of more than 10 million yuan to put more than 7 million stones of grain and grass into the official warehouse, and almost all the treasury silver was exchanged for grain. And concentrate on the establishment of a winery, most of the grain and grass into local wine and sell to the outside of the Saiwai.

In the initial stages of this trade, Yuan Shao gained a lot of money, silver, cattle and sheep from the Hu people and Karasuma people.

However, the good times did not last long, and within a few months, the state under his rule repeatedly sent urgent reports informing him that the caravan he had sent out to sell wine had been sacked.

Yuan Shao didn't care about it at first, and said that it was a small group of rampant bandits. But if it is robbed once, it is not enough, the key is that 90% of the caravans sent out must be robbed.

He couldn't help but wonder how anyone would dare to rob him of his things on the way to Saiwai, with all the counties in Jizhou and Bingzhou under his control.

After careful investigation, it was discovered that Luan Yi had secretly communicated with Zhang Yan, who was hidden in Montenegro, and supported him to send a small group of soldiers and horses to infiltrate Bingzhou, set up ambushes on various roads leading to the outside of the city, and specially looted the caravan sent by Yuan Shao.

As soon as Zhang Yan was mentioned, Yuan Shao hated the roots of his teeth.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yan can also be regarded as a number one. His original name was Chu Yan, he was diligent in practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he practiced light skills as light as a swallow, and his skills were extremely agile, and he was known as "Feiyan". In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Chu Yan responded to Zhang Jiao's call, gathered a group of teenagers to rise up, and attacked in the mountains and rivers, and when he returned to his hometown, the number of troops had reached more than 10,000 people. In the second year of Zhongping (185), Zhang Niujiao, a native of Boling (now Lixian County, Hebei), also gathered a group of people, proclaimed himself a general, and joined forces with Chu Yan. Chu Yan elected Zhang Niujiao as his leader and marched to attack Gauntao (present-day Ningjin County, Hebei), but was defeated by the official army led by Lu Zhi. Zhang Niujiao was shot by a stray arrow and was seriously wounded, and before he died, he ordered his subordinates to honor Chu Yan as their leader. After Zhang Niujiao's death, everyone embraced Chu Yan as the leader, so Chu Yan changed his surname to Zhang and called Zhang Yan.

In the same year, Zhang Jiao's army was defeated, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion came to an end. Zhang Yan, who was in Hebei, knew that it was difficult to support himself, so he led tens of thousands of horses into the vast black mountains and hid, and made a living by robbing houses and houses on weekdays, becoming a real grass coward.

Zhang Yan's existence brought great instability to Ji and the land, especially Yuan Shao's forces. For this reason, Yuan Shao has sent people to encircle and suppress many times, but the terrain of Montenegro is complicated, and the mountains are connected to mountains, and there is no trace of Zhang Yan at all.

In addition, Zhang Yan has many eyes and ears in Jizhou and Bingzhou, and as soon as Yuan Shao was about to act, he was convinced to make a move in advance. or face up to the attack, or set up an ambush to round up, or simply hide in the inaccessible mountains and forests, and disappear.

Yuan Shao's army repeatedly returned in vain, disgraced, and could only look at the mountains and sigh. As a last resort, Yuan Shao had no choice but to let it go, watching this nail be nailed into his own power map.

Therefore, Yuan Shao had long been annoyed with Zhang Yan, and he couldn't wait to pull this nail out of his eyes as soon as possible. Now, Zhang Yan was once again aroused, and under the rage, Yuan Shao ignored the persuasion of Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, personally raised 60,000 troops, worshiped Gao Ran and Yan Liang as generals, and judged the military division to sacrifice wine, Tian Feng as a counselor, and Fu Zhu as a pen to go straight to Montenegro.

What he didn't expect was that the next moment he began to assemble his troops and horses, about an hour later, S.H.I.E.L.D. carefully investigated his movements. He then quickly left the city and passed the information to the intelligence station outside the city. Another messenger flew on his horse, and quickly whipped the message to the Black Mountain thief at the foot of the Black Mountain. Then reported to Zhang Yan.

On August 12, the 2nd year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, Zhang Yan stood on the top of the cage mountain in the Black Mountain Range, holding a delicate metal cylinder, looking at the big mountain a few miles away. The mountain was crowded with people, and everywhere were soldiers dressed in brown clothes and holding the banner of "Yuan". They searched back and forth in the mountains with all their eyes full of exhaustion.

Zhang Yan immediately lowered the metal cylinder in front of him, examined the artifact in his hand back and forth, and then turned around and asked the new friend he had just met behind him, "Mr. Lu, what is this thing called?" ”

The visitor was respectful and said, "This is a telescope." It is a gift from the sect leader to the village owner. ”

"Binoculars! True artifact also. ”

The man known as Mr. Lu, dressed in a brown linen cross robe, was actually a priest, "indeed a god." ”

Zhang Yan asked again: "Mr. Lu said that this thing is Luan...... Uh, created by the Master? ”

"Yes!" Mr. Lui further explained, "It was the Lord of the Church who was perceived by Our Lady and created this thing with great wisdom. ”

"Oh!" Zhang Yan nodded.

"Besides......" said Mr. Lu, "I am not a gentleman in the next place. The owner of the village called the word of piety: Zi Ke is. ”

"It's good! That's called Mr. Zike. Zhang Yan took out the telescope again, looked at the Cangshan Mountain opposite, and saw that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in the mountain began to descend one after another, and said: "Yuan Benchu came here, let's retreat south for the time being, and then make a narrative." ”

"But listen to the owner of the village."

Zhang Yan: "Eh! I have called Zi Ke to express his words, and Zi Ke should stop being polite. I'm determined to invest in Ziqi...... Well, under the sect leader's account, he is no longer the owner of the village. In the future, we will be colleagues, so let's call me Feiyan! ”