After a few days of visiting, Fu Wan's eyes were opened, and what made him happiest was the smiles on the faces of the people. Because the people of Bingzhou work in various workshops for more than half a year, their income is much higher than that of pure-seeded land, and on average, each person can have an income of more than 5,000 yuan per year, and a family of five has nearly 30,000 yuan a year.

This is a very high income, more than twice as high as the people who farm, and there are about 50,000 or 60,000 people in the northern part of the state, and the output value they create every year is 1.5 billion, and according to the proportion of taxes collected by the Han State, they can receive more than 100 million yuan in taxes every year. Of course, because of the special situation of the annexed state, after the money was collected, it was returned to the people through the purchase of various materials, and the government had to draw a considerable amount of taxes from other places to make up for the shortfall.

Despite this, Fu Wan was shocked by this number.

"It's nothing." Wang Yun deliberately said calmly: "My lord said that in just ten years, the state can be balanced, and there is no need to reach out to the imperial court." In another ten years, the state can pay 100 million yuan in taxes to the imperial court every year, and in another ten years, the state can pay 300 million yuan a year. ”

Fu Wan nodded, there was indeed such a task for him to come here, because no matter who he was, he couldn't believe what Liu Xiu said, and the Son of Heaven didn't believe it, so let him see it with his own eyes, don't be deceived by Liu Xiu. After on-the-spot observation and listening to the data that Wang Yun came from his mouth, he felt that the goal Liu Xiu said did not seem to be an impossible task.

After Fu Wan, he visited Wang Lie, the governor of Tuntian, Shuofang, and listened to Wang Lie give a detailed introduction to the situation in Tuntian. Tuntian has been carried out for two years, and it is not yet completely self-sufficient, but for every stone of grain produced, one stone of grain can be transported less from other places, which is actually equivalent to the benefit of five or even ten stone of grain, because the cost of long-distance grain transportation is too staggering, and even if the cost of local grain production is slightly higher, it is still cost-effective. Based on current measurements, it is estimated that in three to five years, the northern part of the state will be fully self-sufficient.

In the end, Wang Lie said that the current development situation in Bingzhou is very good, but the foundation is too fragile, if the stability of the policy cannot be guaranteed, come to a nonsense person, these achievements are likely to be ruined.

Fu Wan nodded again and again, promising to report these situations to the Son of Heaven truthfully.

…… When the news of Yuan Shaobing's division into three ways reached Yangshu Lake, Liu Xiu, Xun You, and Jia Xu all shook their heads and were silent, not knowing why Yuan Shao would make such a stupid move. The Xianbei people have the advantage in strength, even if the Han army is stronger, but 10,000 soldiers can block tens of thousands of Xianbei people? If the army is gathered together, it will be difficult for the Xianbei people to swallow it in one gulp even if they gather all their forces, so that even if they return in vain, at least they will not be defeated. As soon as the troops were dispersed, they arrived on the endless grassland again, didn't this make it clear that the Xianbei people could give full play to the advantages of flexibility and mobility, and break through each one?

This battle was lost from the beginning. He went out of the fortress with an army of 10,000, that was because he only had 10,000 people, and it was a surprise, could it be that Yuan Shao thought that 10,000 people could beat the other party to the ground?

"They probably want to increase their chances of catching the Xianbei people." Jia Xu said in a calm tone: "Three harpoons are always more likely than one. ”

"But if the harpoon is too thin, even if it is forked, it may be twisted by the fish." Liu Xiu sighed and said, he looked at the two strategists: "Two, do you think we also want to help him contain it?" ”

Jia Xu didn't speak, Xun You didn't speak, and after a while, Xun You said slowly: "The four-strand fork is not much stronger than the three-strand fork." What's more, if we participate in the war, we will walk much farther than them, even if our army is a little stronger, it may not be of any use. ”

Jia Xu nodded and agreed: "In the vast desert, there is no point in adding 10,000 people, it is better to let the Xianbei people fight by themselves." The Niutou tribe and the sandalwood locust have already torn their faces, and they must have been fighting each other now, although they have the supplies and population we have left for them, but whether the wind crack can take those people for use is still a question. The Red Tribe is unreliable, although the adults have already spoken to him, but it is difficult to guarantee that these people will betray the wind for their own interests, and we need to put a little pressure on them. ”

"How?"

"Let Liangzhou send troops, operate near Yanran Mountain, and support the Niutou tribe from the flank, at least let the Hongyue tribe not dare to be too presumptuous." Jia Xu said slowly, "Now that Liangzhou's troops are under the control of adults, wouldn't it be a pity not to?" ”

"Liangzhou Assassin Zhou Hong is the former official of the Yuan family, will he listen to me?"

Jia Xu smiled sinisterly: "If you don't listen, you will replace him." ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing, he immediately asked Fu Wan to come, said what he meant, and asked Fu Wan to write a military order, so that Zhou Hong, the assassin of Liangzhou, and Zhang Ze, the captain of Huqiang, would send troops to the area of Yanran Mountain together. He wrote a letter to Zhang Ze, asking him to appoint Beidi Taishou Huangfu Song as his deputy general, and listen to his opinion more if he has something, Huangfu Song is the nephew of Huangfu Gui, and the Huangfu family has a very high status in the minds of the Xiliang people, and with his help, I believe that Zhou Hong can be balanced to a certain extent.

Liu Bei volunteered to deliver the letter, and asked Liu Xiu to stay by Zhang Ze's side to participate in the war, Liu Xiu agreed, but he said to Liu Bei, Zhang Ze is a very principled person, you don't think that I sent it to set up a score, otherwise something happens, I can't protect you.

Liu Bei patted his chest and responded, put away the letter, and took the twenty personal guards assigned to him by Liu Xiu, and rode away.

"He's afraid that he won't have a fight to fight, so he'll come for nothing." Jia Xu said with a smile. Liu Xiu blinked, "Since the last battle, he hasn't been on the battlefield for more than four years, and now that Wen Chengwu is proficient, is it a little itchy." ”

"Young people are always easy to get hot."

Liu Xiu turned his head and looked at Jia Xu with a smile: "Wenhe, have you also been enthusiastic?" ”

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, and smiled: "Of course I have been enthusiastic." The first time I saw Luoyang City, I was full of enthusiasm, and I felt that as long as I walked into that door, I would be able to rise step by step with my own talents, serve the country, and glorify my ancestors. I didn't expect this Lang Zhong to do it for more than ten years, and finally he was so poor that he couldn't even eat, if it weren't for the adult, I would either die of illness in the palace, or go home in disgrace. ”

"And then?"

"And then?" Jia Xu pondered for a while: "I don't know either. There is little land in Liangzhou, and it is not easy to be a farmer, although my Jia family was once an official eunuch's house, but it has been in decline for a long time. I thought that I should go to the Taishou Mansion or the Thorn Mansion to do an errand, anyway, whoever can give me a bowl of rice to eat, I will follow. ”

Jia Xu let out a long sigh: "Our Liangzhou is more desolate than Bingzhou, the Qiang people have been making trouble for decades, making the court upset, and they want to abandon Liangzhou several times." If I go back, it will be difficult to serve the Great Han, and maybe one day I will appear in the rebellion and become the enemy of the Great Han. ”

Liu Xiu didn't say anything, he remembered that Jia Xu seemed to follow Dong Zhuo later, and Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Group has always been regarded as a symbol of barbarism and a synonym for brutality, but few people have thought that they don't want to be cultural people, it's just that those cultural people don't accept them at all.

"Don't be so pessimistic, I think in fact, the conditions in Liangzhou are better than those in Bingzhou, and the Qiang people can't survive anymore, so they have to get up and grab food. After we killed the Xianbei people, we went to Liangzhou, went to the Western Regions, and reopened the Silk Road. ”

Jia Xu lowered his head, wiped his eyes, raised his head and smiled: "Then I will remember the words of the adult." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Liu Xiu laughed.

...... "Husband, the Red Tribe is reversed." Fengxue walked in quickly, looking nervous. Liu Xiu put down the pen in his hand and hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, don't worry, what's going on, you say slowly." ”

Feng Xue was so anxious that her face was red, tears were rolling in her eyes, and she told Liu Xiu that she had just heard from the merchants who had rushed to Hu City that He Lian had rushed to Wolf Juxu Mountain, rebelled against the Hongyue tribe, and was attacking the Niutou tribe together with Murong Feng. The cow's head is not strong enough to implement it, so it has to retreat again and again, giving up almost all the pastures south of the North Sea, relying on the special terrain of the North Sea to maneuver with them. However, Murong Feng is not one of those people who feast on Liyou, he knows the characteristics of the wind crack well, and he almost surrounded the wind crack several times, if it weren't for the fact that the Niutou tribe now has a ship, it can be unimpeded in the North Sea, I am afraid that it would have been defeated by Murong Feng a long time ago, but despite this, the Niutou tribe has suffered a lot of losses.

Liu Xiu was not surprised, he had long known that the Hongyue tribe would not be so honest, so he warned Luo Qiandi Ao not to stab the Niutou tribe in the back. Now he doesn't know whether they have stabbed or not, but if they attack the Niutou tribe, it is tantamount to betraying the alliance, if the siege is not lifted, the Niutou tribe will be killed by them sooner or later.

Liu Xiu invited Jia Xu and Xun You, they were not very nervous, Jia Xu said, according to the calculation, Liangzhou should have sent troops, at this time we should not act rashly, even if we rush to Beihai, we may not be able to save the Niutou tribe. Because the Niutou tribe probably can't supply the grain and grass of the 10,000 army at this time, do you still want us to go with baggage?

Liu Xiu knew that they were not in favor of sending troops, because the original plan was to let the Xianbei people kill each other, and Feng Crack had no real intention of surrendering so far, and it would be a scourge to keep him. The reason why he hesitated was because he didn't want Fengxue to be sad, and from the point of view of reason, he completely agreed with Jia Xu and Xun You's opinions. It's just that it's impossible for anyone to completely understand the surname, Liu Xiu feels that if he can let the Niutou tribe live for one more day, it will always be a good thing for the big Han, at least for now, Murong Feng has been contained.

Seeing that Liu Xiu refused to give up, Jia Xu thought about it, and finally said, in this way, let's take advantage of the contradiction between He Lian and Murong Feng to make some small means, hoping to separate them, so that the pressure on the Niutou tribe may be less.

Liu Xiu agreed. Jia Xu quickly wrote a letter and showed it to Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu smiled, and said in his heart that this history is really full of habits, Jia Xu's bad stomach always has to find a place to spray, but this time it was sprayed on the limelight of He Lian and Murong, but the bitter masters in history Han Sui and Ma Chao escaped.

A letter, a letter that is smeared, obscured, and wants to be covered.

…… On the east coast of the North Sea, Murong Feng was commanding the army to continuously attack the blocking formation of the Split Wind, and after a lot of thought, Murong Feng finally blocked the Split Wind here, with Beihai behind him, and the Split Wind had no way to escape, except to die in battle, there was only one way to surrender.

If you can catch the crack wind, will the wind crack still hold on? Murong Feng methodically commanded the army to attack, while imagining Feng Split's expression when he heard the news. Will Wind Crack surrender and exchange his surname for his son's life? Will he kneel in front of his horse with his hands tied? Thinking of this scene, Murong Feng suddenly felt ashamed.

Wind Crack used to be his best friend, how could he think that. He betrayed the king only because the king didn't believe him and fell for the Han people's scheme. For so many years, he has been a passive resistance and has never taken the initiative to attack others.

With his ability, if he really wants to take refuge in the Han people and have the financial resources of the Han people to support him, I am afraid that the western Xianbei will already be his.

Looking at the Split Storm who was already in a desperate situation but still fighting tenaciously, thinking about the way the Split Wind hugged his neck when he was a child, Murong Feng suddenly felt a sourness, he lowered his head, and couldn't bear to look at it again, for fear of seeing the scene where the Split Wind was hacked to death.

"Look, my lord!" One of the guards suddenly screamed, and then he heard a cheer from the Rift Wind, and the warriors of the Minotaur tribe roared excitedly.

Murong Feng looked up and saw that on the vast water, more than a dozen warships were rushing towards with their sails puffed up.

"Kill, Dashuai has come to save us." Cracking Wind held his knife and ran wildly in front of the formation, screaming loudly with all his might: "We will not die, we will not die, kill ah......"

Murong Feng's face turned cold, and he raised his hand and waved it vigorously, signaling to intensify the attack and kill the Cracking Wind before the opponent's warship arrived.

The shouting of killing started again, and Murong Gui personally carried the knife and killed it, and went straight to the splitting wind.

The splitting wind seemed to suddenly increase its infinite strength, brandishing its war knife, slashing at Murong Gui three times in a row, and then flew up with one leg and kicked Murong Gui's thigh fiercely. Murong Gui held the shield to block the knife, he didn't notice his leg, he was kicked right at once, he stood unsteadily, and took two steps back, if it wasn't for the personal guards to support him, he would have to fall a big heel if he didn't get it right.

Murong Feng frowned, he had long noticed that the war knife in Split Tempest Wind was very sharp, and the system was very similar to the Han ring knife system, but it was even sharper. The dozen or so guards beside him were the same, the swords in their hands were exactly the same as those in Tempest's hands, and they were often seen slashing off their opponents' weapons and even arms with a single swing. And now, he noticed that the leg that Split Wind kicked just now didn't look like the martial arts of the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people didn't kick like this.

The martial arts of the Han people?

The warriors of the Bullhead Tribe roared like thunder, and once again repelled the attack of the Golden Eagle Tribe. Seeing the warship getting closer and closer, their morale rose even higher, and they retreated into the water step by step. Tempest and the dozen or so guards were at the rear, tightly grouped together to form an impregnable line of defense, keeping the wounded warriors behind.

"Keep attacking!" Murong Feng was in danger and roared. Before his raised hand fell, the guards beside him suddenly rushed over and slammed him away, almost knocking him out of breath. He was furious, composed, and was about to rebuke loudly, but saw that the guard had fallen to the ground, convulsing in pain, and a feathered arrow pierced his body.

Crossbow bolts? Murong Feng was taken aback, and when he raised his eyes, he just saw several crossbow arrows flying towards him at a distance of two hundred steps.

"Protect the Lord-" Several guards also found out, screamed and pounced, using their bodies and shields to form a wall of flesh in front of Murong Feng.

"Pounce!" "Pounce!" With two sounds, two crossbow arrows pierced the shield, and before the strength was gone, they shot into the body of the guard behind the shield.

More crossbow arrows flew in, and the target was very clear: Murong Feng, the powerful crossbow arrows were like a soul-chasing killer, and they took the lives of several guards one after another. Murong Feng was so shocked that he couldn't think about it anymore, and he retreated while shouting more shields.

In the panic, the warship stopped fifty paces from the shore, and a dense number of feathered arrows flew in, making Murong Feng's subordinates embarrassed, taking advantage of this opportunity, the split wind covered the wounded soldiers, jumped into the water, and swam towards the warship. Several smaller ships burst out of the formation and pulled them up.

The largest ship was flying the Great Banner of Wind Crack, but Wind Crack never showed up, and behind the erected wooden wall, there were only endless sharp arrows, interspersed with the roar of a powerful crossbow fired.

Murong Feng immediately stood on the waterfront, looking at the bull's head that disappeared in the vast smoke waves, and gritted his teeth in anger. This was the third time, and just as he surrounded the Rift Tempest, dozens of large ships rescued the desperate Rift Wind.

If you don't think about these ships, you will never be able to win this battle.

A personal guard hurriedly walked over and said a few words in Murong Feng's ear, Murong Feng looked at him in surprise, his eyes were full of doubt. The guard nodded vigorously, indicating that none of what he said was false.

Murong Feng sneered and ordered the army to turn around and join the Hongyue tribe led by Helian.

He Lian looked at the letter in his hand and said to the messenger inexplicably: "Are you sure this is a letter written to me by your family?" ”

Trust nodded affirmatively: "That's right, this is the letter from my family to you, he said, as long as the prince sees this letter, he will understand everything." My family is waiting for the prince's good news at Poplar Lake. ”

He Lian couldn't laugh or cry, waved his hand, let the messenger go out first, and then began to read the scribbled letter with great difficulty. Although his Chinese level is very good, he still struggles to read, and he feels that Liu Xiu has overestimated his level, how can he understand such a letter?

He couldn't understand it, he was worse than Helian, and he didn't know words at all.

"What kind of trick is this guy playing again?" He Lian grabbed his scalp and said, "Here, 'the original agreement', what was agreed, but the back is gone, only the 'must be done', what to do, and only half of the words, how do I know what he wants to do?" ”

In the face of his distress, he shook his head innocently, saying that he couldn't help.

Just when He Lian had a headache for charades, Murong Feng came. Although everyone was a potential opponent, He Lian still respected this famous general very much, and immediately asked people to invite him in and ordered a banquet to be held.

"Excuse me." Murong Feng waved his hand lightly: "I heard that a Han envoy is coming, I don't know what they are doing here?" ”

He Lian stretched out his hand into his arms, and was just about to take out the letter, when he suddenly understood Liu Xiu's intentions, and his face suddenly turned white.

Seeing that his face had changed drastically, Murong Feng felt even more suspicious, and he was a little impatient to hit his leg with a horsewhip, and narrowed his eyes: "What, is there something inconvenient for me to know?" ”

He Lian felt bitter in his mouth, as soon as the messenger arrived, Murong Feng arrived, this was obviously a plan, but even if he knew that this was Liu Xiu's trick, he couldn't explain it, because no matter what he said, Murong Feng wouldn't believe it.

This time he was killed by Liu Xiu. He Lian thought of the words mentioned in the letter about the king Tanshi Huai, and he scolded in his heart, and he couldn't wait to catch Liu Xiu now and cut it with a thousand knives, and then chop it into meat sauce to feed the wolf.

"The big guy is really good at laughing, we were ordered by the king to attack the wind crack together, what's inconvenient for you to know." He Lian suddenly rolled his eyes, laughed again, took out the letter from his arms, and handed it to Murong Feng with both hands, "Dashuai, you read the letter first, how about you wait for your opinions to listen to my explanation?" ”

Murong Feng opened the letter, only glanced at it, and raised his eyebrows. Although he didn't know Chinese characters, he could see that the letter was strange. He glanced at Helian and sneered: "You say." ”

"This ...... That's how it was when I received it, if you don't believe it, just look at the ink on it, if it's what I just scribbled, it should still be wet......" He Lian said as he walked over and wiped it with his fingers, just about to praise his eagerness, but found that his fingers were black, and he was speechless and his mind was blank.

"Yes, it's wet, and if you hadn't told me, I'd not have been sure." Murong Feng smiled slightly and put the letter away: "I will give this letter to the king, I think he will definitely understand it." Thanks to the prince for his advice, he took his leave. ”

Murong Feng said something, He Lian didn't hear it at all, he looked at the ink on his fingers, rubbing his eyes desperately, for fear that he was dazzled, as long as he rubbed his eyes, the ink was gone, and it could prove his innocence.

It's a pity that no matter how much he rubbed his eyes, even the eyeballs were swollen, and the ink was still so obvious.

Luo Zhi Qiandi Ao was taken aback, and shook his shoulder vigorously: "Helian, what's wrong with you?" ”

He Lian came back to his senses easily, he gritted his teeth, jumped like thunder, jumped back and forth in the big tent like a trapped beast, jumped, and scolded: "Liu Xiu, I'm going to kill you-"

"Kill Liu Xiu? Let's go to conquer the state? He didn't react at once, and felt that this didn't seem to be very reliable.

He Lian looked up to the sky and sighed, sat on the mattress, thought for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "The messenger, the messenger, quickly arrest him." ”

The messenger came, and in the face of the manic Helian, he asked with a smile, "Prince, have you written a reply to my lordship?" ”

"It's written, but you don't need to send it, I'll go see him in person." He Lian suddenly calmed down and laughed softly: "Are you afraid of death?" ”

The messenger smiled slightly: "My lord said that the prince is virtuous, and he will not miss a big thing because of such an inconsequential person." ”

(To be continued)