After Tao Ying finished speaking, He Qi was even more excited, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. He Qi knows the meaning of the military horse backed up by the word Tianzi, among all the military horses in Xuzhou, the military horse with the highest treatment and the highest honor is the military horse with the number of heaven and earth. For example, Zhao Yun's Tianwei Army. Cao Chun's Hell Demon Army, these two are the most elite men and horses in the entire Xuzhou.

The military horses of the Heaven and Earth number enjoy the honor that ordinary military horses envy, and they also have the sharpest weapons, the hardest armor, the most adequate soldiers and logistical supplies, and their treatment is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. What's more important is that the military horses of the signboard of heaven and earth are not under the jurisdiction of the military department, and are directly ordered by Tao Ying, the state pastor, and they are Tao Ying's most descendant troops, and everyone is proud to be able to join such a military horse.

Even their families would be proud that someone in their own family was a soldier in the Heavenly Power Army or the Hell Demon Army, and now that they have the banner of the Sky Eagle Army, how could they not be happy?

The wheat season is coming, hoping to train the military horses before the autumn harvest, Tao Ying asked He Qi to take the order and the banner to quickly recruit soldiers and horses, and then choose a place to practice, and strive to open the professional bandit mode during the autumn harvest.

The banner of the Sky Eagle Army is designed with a flying goshawk with wings spread, he symbolizes the unchallengeable majesty, the goshawk looks down on the earth, and no mouse on the ground will run away!

He Qi took the flag and rode along the river all the way south to the south, he wanted to recruit military horses, and the best place to recruit troops in the south was Tao Ying's hometown Danyang. As the saying goes, the world's elite soldiers come out of Danyang, Tao Qian relied on the Danyang soldiers to occupy Xuzhou, Liu Bei relied on the Danyang soldiers from Xuzhou to wander alive to Yizhou, and more legendary stories of the Danyang soldiers have just begun. After having the money, after arriving in Guangling, He Qi went to Danyang to recruit more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and returned to Suzhou County to train Dantu.

He Qi began to train his troops to suppress bandits, and as June passed, the wheat harvest season began to pass little by little. Three months passed from March to June, and one day in mid-June, someone suddenly came to report that Liu Ye and another general led nearly 6,000 troops to surrender.

Hearing that Liu Ye had returned, Tao Ying was overjoyed, put down the "Encyclopedia of Agricultural Technology" in his hand, and asked Xiaohuan to freshen himself up and then went to greet Liu Ye. Liu Ye came to Taoling Town by boat from Xiao County alone, and then came to the dock of Taoling Town to meet Liu Ye in person accompanied by Zhou Tai.

A canopy boat, rocked by a fisherman, the water is sparkling.

Liu Ye, who was far away, stood at the bow of the boat and saluted Tao Ying. Leaning on the dock, Tao Ying invited Liu Ye to the shore. The two of them walked towards Taoling Town, and Tao Ying asked: "If Mr. can return, my Xuzhou is really like a tiger." I heard that Mr. has brought another general, what is going on? ”

Liu Ye heard that Tao Ying already knew the news of his coming, so he laughed and said: "I want to submit to the lord, but I can't lose my trust to Cao Gong." So I persuaded my lord Liu Xun to come to the lord, and my lord heard that the lord was recruiting talents, so he specially led the army to take refuge. ”

After Liu Ye finished speaking, Tao Ying realized that this Liu Ye was not Cao Cao's subordinate, he was Liu Xun's subordinate. Liu Xun was self-respecting when he was in Huainan, Sun Ce wanted to attack him, but he was afraid that he couldn't beat him, so he sent jewelry to let him attack another city, and as a result, he attacked Liu Xun behind his back, and after Liu Xun was defeated, he went north to take refuge with Cao Cao, and Liu Ye went to Yanzhou together.

At this moment, Liu Xun is leading nearly 6,000 troops to be stationed in Xiaopei, and Liu Xun also brought gifts with him, yes, when he arrived in Yanzhou, Liu Xun took the opportunity to lead the troops to kidnap Cao Pi.

Liu Xun's name, Tao Ying has heard it, but he is not very impressed, he is Yuan Shu's general, and finally took refuge in Cao Cao, and then he doesn't know what is going on. However, it was a good thing for people to bring troops to surrender, so Tao Ying sent an order for Liu Xun to come to Pengcheng to meet, and then brought the military horse to Pengchengguo.

At the end of June, Liu Ye and Zhang Xun met with the generals in Pengcheng, and Tao Ying named him a general and stationed him in Xiaopei. Before Liu Xun came, Liu Ye had given advice to Liu Xun, asking him to ask to lead troops to attack Liang, at this time Liang's garrison was empty, and after Liu Pi in Yuzhou was exterminated by Cao Cao, Yuzhou was torn apart.

And the Liang State was between the tripartite forces of Yuan Shu and Cao Cao and Tao Ying, so Liu Ye persuaded Liu Xun to conquer the Liang State, and then occupy the Liang State, so that he would be the prime minister of the Liang State.

Hearing that Liu Xun wanted to conquer Liang, Tao promised him, but asked him to attack Liang first, and then take refuge in himself, so that he could rightfully occupy Liang, and at the same time did not violate his promise of a three-year truce to his neighbors.

Liu Xun understood, so he received grain, grass and salary from Xiao Pei and led the troops towards Liang State. Liang Guo is the Shangqiu of later generations, and Xuzhou is only two hundred miles away, if it falls into the hands of others, it is really a threat to Xuzhou. Moreover, Liang is located on the Great Plains and is one of the main grain producing areas, so if it is obtained, it can not only serve as a barrier for Pengcheng, but also add more military food to Xuzhou.

Liu Pi led his troops to attack Liang State, and in Pengcheng, Liu Ye took office as chairman of the Xuzhou Firearms Manufacturing Corporation. In order to be able to develop these enterprises quickly and steadily in Xuzhou, Liu Ye offered two more strategies. The first strategy was to send envoys to the surrounding princes, trade with them, or use the money to buy a leased land in the city.

On this leased land, the Xuzhou General Commercial Bank was established, which was used to sell Xuzhou goods, such as newspapers, books, paper, sharp knives, forks, swords, halberds and other weapons made of steel. You can also sell some tea in it, Xuzhou's specialties and so on. The opening of Xuzhou's state-run trading houses in the major cities of the surrounding princes not only boosted their local economy, but also promoted Xuzhou's goods to the world.

After Liu Ye's idea was proposed, Tao Ying appreciated it very much, which was similar to the big trade city of later generations. And in the Xuzhou commercial bank, if the operation is particularly good, set up a branch of the central bank next to the commercial bank, so that their own silver bills can also be better promoted, once their own silver bills can become the world's circulation currency like the dollar, then Xuzhou's status will rise, and a large number of gold and silver gathered in Xuzhou, they can build Xuzhou better!

So in July, after the end of the agricultural work, Tao Ying convened the Ministry of Government Affairs and other departments to discuss the newly established Xuzhou Commercial and Trade Bank, and the leaders of the Xuzhou Agricultural Corporation, the Cold Weapons Corporation, the Firearms Manufacturing Corporation, and the Central Bank all gathered in Pengcheng for a meeting.

Instead of them scattering to do sales, it is better to set up a special trading house, and the trading house is responsible for finding a place, and then they directly put things to the trading house to sell, and the trading house takes a commission. Comptoirs are not only responsible for dealing with local governments, but also for a certain amount of diplomatic power. After nearly a month of discussions, Tao Ying set up Xuzhou Commercial Trading Corporation in Xuzhou, referred to as Xuzhou Commercial Bank.

After the establishment of the firm, Tao Ying appointed Lu Su, who had been particularly good at diplomacy and business, as the president of the firm and the minister of foreign affairs of Xuzhou.

Lu Su took over his own business in Lujiazhuang, and made the business of Lujiazhuang to the point that everyone in Jiangnan and Jiangbei knew about it, which shows that he is very economical. Moreover, this Lu Su is also a typical diplomatic talent, and it just so happens that if Xuzhou wants to develop and grow, it is indispensable to deal with its neighbors, so it is necessary to take this opportunity to see if it can set up a foreign ministry to deal with the foreign affairs of the commercial bank.

To do business in other princely cities, you have to do business in this state as well. Therefore, at the suggestion of Lu Su, Xuzhou General Commercial Bank opened a special shopping mall in Xuzhou. The state's trading houses are located in almost every major city.