"Zilong?" On this day, Liu Bei sent someone to spread the word that Zhao Feng had something important to discuss, and just walked out of his house, he unexpectedly found that it was Zhao Yun who came out of the opposite house.

"Bo Tao has been gone for a long time! It's been almost a month since Yun came to Xuzhou, but I only got to see each other today, and I didn't want Bo Tao to live so close. Zhao Yun was also a little surprised when he saw Zhao Feng, and stepped forward to greet him again and again. It's really funny to say, Zhao Feng has been back in Xuzhou for a few days, but because he has been busy with Sun Qian and them in the past few days to build Xuzhou College, he noticed that his new neighbor is Zhao Yun.

The two went all the way to see Liu Bei, and after a conversation on the way, Zhao Feng learned that Zhao Yun remembered Zhao Feng's reminder at that time, and had been mentally prepared for Gongsun Zhan's defeat. Therefore, when the latter died, Zhao Yun was able to lead the remnants of more than 4,000 cavalry to fight out of the encirclement, and then fled to Xuzhou through Qingzhou to join Liu Bei.

"I see, Zilong will not die in a catastrophe, and there will be a blessing in the future." Zhao Feng complimented him on his lips, but he was so happy that he was about to drip blood in his heart: Four thousand cavalry, Xuzhou originally had only a few thousand cavalry in the Tao Qian era, plus the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou that confiscated Lu Bu before, plus Zhao Yun's four thousand cavalry, Xuzhou can finally get together more than 10,000 cavalry.

When the two arrived at the Xuzhou Mufu, Zhao Feng found that many people had arrived. Even Chen Deng, who has been living in a simple house in recent years, and Zhao Yu, a cheap big brother who is far away in the East China Sea, are also here, and there is something important about it.

Sure enough, Lao Liu saw that Zhao Feng was also coming, so he explained the reason for the matter to everyone: "Recently, many spies have come to report that Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Cao Ying in Yanzhou are buying food, recruiting soldiers, and building weapons, and it seems that there is going to be some big action." What do you think I should do in Xuzhou? ”

This time it was really a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, but it was not over, Zhao Yu, who came from the East China Sea, also said at this time: "Lord, it's not just that, recently the Zhen family in Hebei and the Wei family in Yanzhou have come to my East China Sea to buy salt, and the amount is amazing, it seems that it should be needed by the army." ”

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings! Zhao Feng sighed in his heart, but saw Chen Deng, who was sick, and said slowly: "Lord, the summer grain has just been harvested right now, and I want to come here Cao Ying and Yuan Shao just wait for the recruits to finish training, and then they will go to war." It's just that whether they will fight on their own, or whether they will fight against our Xuzhou or Yuzhou, is not yet clear. At present, although my Xuzhou has regained its vitality, it is okay to deal with Huainan Yuanshu, and it is inevitable that it will not be able to deal with Cao Ying and Yuan Shao. Therefore, if they raise an army to attack, then we should be on the defensive; If they fight on their own, then we will take the opportunity to deal with Yuan Shu. ”

"That's all there is to it." Liu Bei thought about it and knew that what Chen Deng said was also the truth, his current strength was indeed not enough to fight with the two big guys Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, at best, he was just bullying Yuan Shu. Zhao Feng also recently learned that Yuan Shu had started a large-scale conscription in Huainan, and it seemed that in a few months at most, this old brother would come out to be the first bird.

However, it is not Zhao Feng's style to wait for the opponent to make a move, especially in the face of giants like Cao Ying and Yuan Shao, Zhao Feng will never let go of any opportunity to weaken their strength. "Lord, since the Zhen family and the Wei family have come to my Xuzhou to buy salt and grain, then we can take the opportunity to get some war horses from them!" Zhao Feng admonished.

"Huh?" Liu Bei was also thrilled when he heard this: Xuzhou and Yuzhou do not produce horses, and now the infantry has been trained by Zhao Feng, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi, and their combat effectiveness is already considerable. But no matter how strong the infantry is, it can only be used for siege or defense, and the real field battle of cold weapons still depends on cavalry. But if you want to get horses, you can only do it from the north or the west. It is unrealistic that Xiliang is too far apart, so you can only start from the north. Since Cao Ying and Yuan Shao were in urgent need of salt, they would take advantage of the fire to loot and get some horses.

According to Zhao Feng's idea, the total population of Yuzhou in Xuzhou is nearly 5 million, and in addition to the local garrison, there should be 200,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry. Think about it, there are 30,000 cavalry in Jingzhou, and the 10,000 cavalry in Xuzhou is too cold, not to mention that there are only a few thousand in Yuzhou.

"Zizhong, this matter is entrusted to you, you go and talk to the Zhen family and the Wei family!" Liu Bei also made a decision in the end. After coming to this world for more than six years, Zhao Feng also has some understanding of some basic common sense. The so-called four major merchants are the Zhen family in Jizhou, the Mi family in Xuzhou, the Qin family in Yizhou and the Wei family in Yanzhou. Among them, Wei Hong, the head of the Wei family, once funded Cao Ying's army, and now he is even more happy to cooperate with Cao Ying; The Mi family and the Zhen family hugged Liu Bei and Yuan Shao's thighs respectively; As for the Qin family, it is said that they have a lot of power in Yizhou, and even Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang has to give them three points.

"Mi Zhu understands!" Mi Zhu was also full of confidence, but at this moment, Chen Deng coughed more and more, and finally spit out a mouthful of blood with a "wow".

"How's Yuanlong?" Everyone didn't care whether it was suitable or not, so they hurriedly stepped forward to help him lie down in the hall, and then hurriedly sent the doctor over to check.

"It's useless, Deng's illness is becoming more and more frequent this year, and many visits to famous doctors are all unclear, probably Shouyuan is approaching!" Chen Deng said a little gloomily. When Zhao Feng heard this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he hurriedly asked, "I wonder if Yuan Long has ever heard of the two great divine doctors today?" ”

Chen Deng was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know which two great miracle doctors they are?" ”

"One is Hua Tuo of Qian County, this person's medical skills are known as the reincarnation of Bian Que, it is said that it is easy to open the abdomen for people, but he likes to walk the rivers and lakes to practice medicine in his life, so his whereabouts are erratic; The other person is Changsha Taishou Zhang Zhongjing, this person treats the people in the government office every fifteenth day of the new year, and does not receive a penny, known as the Taishou of the hall, it is said that he can even cure typhoid fever. Zhao Feng introduced with a slight exaggeration.

Disembowelment and typhoid fever were unimaginable for people of this era, and for a time everyone was a little distracted. After a while, Liu Bei was the first to return to his senses and said: "Changsha is too far away, I don't know where this Hua Tuo is now, we should find him as soon as possible and ask him to come to Xuzhou to treat Yuanlong." So he ordered more people to inquire about Hua Tuo's whereabouts without mentioning it.

In the next few days, Zhao Feng was mainly busy preparing for the establishment of Xuzhou College with Sun Qian. The news of the application has been released to Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and the response is still relatively enthusiastic. Originally, it was planned to recruit 300 civil and military students, but the total number of applicants was nearly 1,000. The questions of the exam were also discussed by Zhao Feng and Sun Qian and others, and the test points of liberal arts were poetry, songs, and arithmetic, to see how good the writing and calculation skills were; In the martial arts, it is to test some simple words, and then it is to lift boulders, archery and long-distance running. In the end, the 600 candidates were equipped with uniforms issued by the uniforms and became the first batch of students of Xuzhou College.

"They're all young people!" On the first day of enrollment of new students, Liu Bei was also present in person, looking at the young people who were dressed uniformly and full of energy, Lao Liu seemed to be ten years younger.

"This is proposed by Bo Tao, and the age of candidates must not be higher than 25 years old and not less than 15 years old." Chen Qun on the side replied. Zhao Feng did this, in fact, he just wanted to build a relatively young grassroots cadre team, but now he was busy recruiting new recruits with Bing Cao and Zhang Fei, and he couldn't take care of this side.

After more than a month of busyness, the construction of the academy and the recruitment of recruits have finally taken shape, and Zhao Feng breathed a sigh of relief. When he met Mi Zhu on this day, Zhao Feng was surprised to find that the richest businessman in Xuzhou had lost a lot of weight.

"Why is Brother Zizhong so haggard?" Zhao Fengqi said. Mi Zhu sighed with a long breath: "Bo Tao doesn't know, I have been busy with business with the Zhen family and the Wei family recently. Neither of these two is inferior to me in terms of financial resources, so it's quite difficult! ”

Zhao Feng was also slightly moved, and it was rare to see Mi Zhu so solemn, and asked more at the moment: "What is the situation now?" ”

"What else? The Zhen family and the Wei family also have their own shops in Xuzhou, and now they are buying grain and salt. I proposed to exchange salt for horses with them, but they were very demanding, the Zhen family asked for 200 stone of grain before they were willing to exchange for a horse, and the Wei family asked for 500 stones, and now I can only buy as much grain as I can to hoard. Mi Zhu said a little gloomily.

"Damn, isn't this a **naked robbery?" Zhao Feng said with hatred in his heart, and then gave Mi Zhu an idea: "Brother Zizhong, if you really can't do it, let the lord order to close these guys' shops in Xuzhou, or impose heavy taxes on them, compensate them to death, and let them lose their money." ”

"It's really not going to work, it's the only way to do it!" Mi Zhu sighed. However, Zhao Feng also knows that the prosperity of Xuzhou is inseparable from these two, and their shops and restaurants in Xuzhou are also blooming everywhere. If they were to shut down completely, they would be able to do it once and for all, but they would inevitably lose both. Therefore, it is best to use the government to intervene and focus on policy regulation and control.

"It's all the money!" Zhao Feng went home with such emotion all the way, the war is actually a contest in many aspects, including economic strength. In the face of an absolute disparity in strength, any strategy is useless. From this point of view, in history, Zhuge Liang used Yizhou alone to resist Cao Wei, who occupied almost the entire Central Plains, and it was very rare to be able to maintain an invincible and undefeated situation.

However, it is obvious that Huainan Yuan Shu and even Hebei Yuan Shao do not understand this, although these two old brothers occupy a geographical advantage, they focus on the people and do not care about the people's livelihood, which led to the final defeat. Zhao Feng is now looking forward to the stars and the moon, and he is looking forward to Yuan Lao Er becoming the emperor as soon as possible. However, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba of Guangling have been coming in news recently, and they have reported in time what extent Yuan Shu's army has expanded, and it is now nearly 300,000, which is probably soon.

"Husband, I'm back early today!" Diao Chan asked while taking Zhao Feng off his armor and robe.

"Yes, I was very busy a while ago, but I've finally been idle lately." Zhao Feng replied casually, and suddenly he was also on a whim, and said again: "Why don't we go shopping together, we haven't gone shopping yet." ”

"Okay!" Diao Chan is also indispensable, at that moment Zhao Feng found a scribe's robe to change into, and took Diao Chan to walk on the streets of Xuzhou together. In ancient times, there were no newspapers and television, even if you were a well-known person, there were not many people who could really recognize you in person, so Zhao Feng dared to go to the street with a little disguise. However, considering that Diao Chan's appearance is too outstanding, he still let a few family members follow from a distance to prevent someone from making trouble without looking long.

After two years of governance by Chen Qun and Mi Zhu and others, Xuzhou City has completely restored the prosperous scene of the past, and even surpasses it. At this time, the sun is setting, and all shops and liquor stores are still open.

"Xuzhou City is really prosperous, and it is not much better than Chang'an back then!" It is said that shopping is a woman's instinct, and this is also reflected in Diao Chan's skills. With great interest, she looked left and right, and Zhao Feng was almost reduced to a follower.

"Madame, I'll buy you a piece of jewelry!" Seeing that there was a jewelry store in front of him, Zhao Feng changed from passive to active greeting. "Okay!" Diao Chan grinned, and the two entered the jewelry store together.

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