Guan Yu arranged the affairs of Xiliang, and immediately decided to leave 30,000 soldiers and horses with Zhang Liao, saying that Zhang Liao advised: "Wenyuan! I will leave you these family backgrounds, and in a year I hope to see 100,000 Xiliang Iron Riders appear on the land of Xiliang! ”

"The general instructed Wen Yuan to keep it in mind, this is a heavy burden, I will definitely pick it up, give me 30,000 horses in exchange for 100,000 iron horses, this is indeed a challenge, but the general can rest assured that there is pressure to have motivation, put it to death and then live, how can the general's subordinates say a "no"? Zhang Liao immediately promised.

Guan Yu then said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan must do a good job, as long as you unite to improve the economy of Xiliang, the population will naturally increase, the task of 100,000 is indeed a bit arduous, Xiliang has been war-torn for so many years, the population has decreased a lot, so you can get me 50,000 iron horses, don't embarrass the people of Xiliang anymore!" Don't put any more burdens on the people. ”

"No! I understand what the general means! I'll keep it in mind! Zhang Liao then took the order.

The two made a short farewell, Guan Yu and the army of more than 30,000 people slowly withdrew from Liangzhou, Ma Teng and his son Ma Chao, love Pang De followed Guan Yu all the way to the east, Xiliang left Zhang Liao and Yang Qiu, Guan Yu led everyone to Sanfu to withdraw, during the period Guan Yu led the army passed by Qilian Mountain, at this time Qilian Mountain is called Tianshan, at this time has entered the winter, coincided with the Qilian Mountain on this side of the sky snowflakes, this is the first snow in winter, but the snow is still very large, the army stepped on the snow to pass the Tianshan Mountain, At this time, Guan Yu was full of emotion, and he couldn't help but think of a poem by a great man, that is, "Qinyuan Spring. Snow": The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, only reckless; Up and down the river. Suddenly, there was a lot of confusion. Mountain dance silver snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to be higher than the heavenly public test. It must be a sunny day, and look at the red dress, which is extraordinarily enchanting. There are so many delicate rivers and mountains, leading countless heroes to bend their waists. Cherish the Qin Emperor and Han Wu. Slightly lost literary style; Tang Zong and Song Zu are slightly less coquettish. A generation of Tianjiao, Genghis Khan, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle. All the past, count the romantic characters, and look at the present!

What a lyrical poem! It is so appropriate to use it on himself, and now he is also among the leaders, and he wants to do a vigorous career, although he is a place to support the two capitals, but Guan Yu will not be satisfied. "Xiongguan Mandao is really like iron, and now we are stepping forward from the beginning!" There is still a long way to go, but Guan Yu firmly believes that there is no peak higher than a person, and there is no longer road than a foot. That is, "dare to go to the moon for nine days, dare to go down to the five seas to catch turtles!" ”

Guan Yu led an army of 30,000 to return to Sanfu and stationed in Luoyang, and Guan Yu, who returned to Luoyang, reunited with his wife again, and of course the generals who stayed in Chang'an. Now that the land of Sanfu has been obtained, Guan Yu can't care about the fatigue of the journey. Returned to Chang'an and began to study the work of Sanfu, Xiliang's personnel has been decided, and the next thing is to finalize the personnel arrangements of Sanfu, Guan Yu also placed hope on Sanfu's important land, Guanzhong is the economic center of the entire north and even the whole country. There is a saying that "Guanzhong is familiar with the world", and now Guanzhong is the economic center of the whole China! After winning the rich land of Guanzhong, there is the capital to compete for hegemony, but the land of Guanzhong has also been war-torn in recent years, and the scenery of Qinchuan in the past is long gone, and agricultural production has been destroyed. The status of the economic centre has also been shaken, and there is an urgent need to restore production and recuperation, and the task of restorative reconstruction remains arduous.

Guan Yu sat in Xijing Chang'an began to study the restoration and reconstruction of the three auxiliary land, Chang'an was once the former capital of the Western Han Dynasty, was once a prosperous imperial capital, and now it is also a hundred ruins to be revived, a hundred industries to be lifted, Chang'an has fallen but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, this city is still solid after a simple repair, full of charm, Chang'an City is not only magnificent and solid, although it has been war-torn but it is immovable, it is not easy to build such a large city, the center of gravity of Guanzhong is in Sanfu, the center of gravity of Sanfu is in Chang'an, Only by building Chang'an well can we drive the development of the surrounding areas, and only by developing the surrounding areas, the entire Guanzhong region can be revived, obviously a year's time is really too limited, and we must rely on a lot of financial resources to restore the production and life here, but how to raise such a huge amount of money? This is no easy task.

Although he has controlled such a large territory, has so much land and population, but the huge territory has been full of devastation, the huge territory has been full of holes, the people have been displaced, such a mess to clean up is not easy, Guan Yu took over this mess to restore not only need to govern the people to recuperate and be exempt from taxes, but also need a lot of money to restore and rebuild, especially some important passes, you need to come up with money to repair, finance is the mother of the government, without money as a support to restore and rebuild, there is no way to talk about it, But now, how can Guan Yu come up with so much money to do these things? Since Guan Yu took charge of the army, the huge military expenditure has been overwhelming him, the supply expenditure of the 200,000 army is not a joke, he previously obtained two sums of money, one is the assets left by Dong Zhuo and the other is the income of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, these two huge sums of money have supported his expedition to the west, and now these two huge sums of money have been exhausted by one-third, and the rest of the money is really stretched to do all kinds of things!

As the saying goes, "if you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are not at home", this point is more deeply experienced after Guan Yu took on the role of "number one", now he is the commander of the 200,000 army, naturally for the sake of the livelihood of the 200,000 army, fighting a war is one thing, army building is also one thing, and the cost of the army is even more on the other, it is not easy to feed so many people, you need silver, only since taking power, large and small, you have also experienced a lot of battles, not only the army has been reduced, but also spent a lot of money, Every time a war is fought, it is a big expense, but Guan Yu has never levied any taxes on the people under his rule to maintain the expenses, he has always been sitting on empty food, that is, the two huge sums of money left to maintain the army's expenses, and now it has taken one-third, this is only half a year, so the remaining expenses can also maintain more than a year of military expenses, what to eat and spend after a year? Is all this money spent on the army? What should we do if we want to resume production and carry out construction? Where does this money come from?

The more Guan Yu thinks about it, the bigger his head becomes, and the more he thinks about it, the more he has no land! You can't levi it from the people under your rule, it will definitely not work and it won't work, he Guan Yu is based on the people's heart, and now the people under his rule have a very high opinion of Guan Yu! Compared with Dong Zhuo's tyranny and harshness, Guan Yu is simply like two people. One is a hellish life, the other is into heaven, Guan Yu has never paid a penny of taxes to the people under his rule in the past six months, and the soldiers under his command have not committed any crime against the people! How can such a leader, such an army, and the people not support it! The people couldn't believe that this was true, they were out of breath due to the heavy taxes for many years, and the complicated wars and chaos had ruined many people's families, but since Guan Yu took power, the whole sky has changed. There are no longer all kinds of harsh tax burdens before, there is relative peace and stability under the rule, there is no war, and Guan Yu's soldiers seem to have changed their faces and no longer disturb the people.

This kind of world-wide change makes the people under his rule a little unbelievable, is it really a living immortal who has descended into the world? However, the people have indeed been much happier in half a year, but everyone still doubts how long this happiness will last, whether it will be a flash in the pan, or whether there will be more violent behaviors in the future, everyone is waiting and waiting, they want to see if Guan Yu people are really compassionate. And Guan Yu also truly realized the attitude of the people towards him, and the people placed their hopes on him as a newcomer! However, who can know how Guan Yu will live in the future, he decided to recuperate for a year without levying taxes on the people, exempt from forced labor, if there is no money and food in this year, then how should his troops survive after this year, let alone resume production and rebuild the city, that is, Guan Yu now needs twice as much money to realize his blueprint. One part is used for construction, and the other is used for future provisions, which belong to the reserve, and if there is no money and food in reserve, then the army is in danger. But how do you get twice as much money?

Guan Yu also pondered this problem before, to maintain the expenditure of the troops, to maintain the most basic war preparedness money and food, in addition to this, he is also ready to build a naval army, no need to be large, but this is what he must do now, and now he has initially realized the professionalization of the army. There are heavy cavalry infantry, as well as special forces, light cavalry infantry, but this has not left the scope of the army, in the fierce battle in the north, Guan Yu's army has obvious advantages, but to dominate the world, it is far from enough to have an army, and it is also necessary to build a strong water army, and he is still in a blank in the construction of the water army. That is to say, he does not have a naval army now, let alone a powerful naval army, once he crosses the river to attack Jiangdong, Guan Yu can't do it at all, Cao Cao unified the north so strong that the result is still in Chibi, one of the reasons is that his army is not accustomed to water warfare, and it is simply unable to adapt to the needs of the situation, so he made a fire and returned from the defeat of Chibi, and fled back to the north in a panic and did not dare to go south. In the future, with money, it will slowly become bigger and stronger, and if you want to build a naval army, you must prepare enough warships and necessary facilities, which all need money!

The more Guan Yu thinks about the places where he needs to spend money, the more he needs to spend money, and where is the place where the money comes, how can Guan Yu, as a family member, not think? Guan Yu also pondered a way before, what way? That is the tuntian system, following Cao Cao's practice at that time, of course, this can also be called "do it yourself, abundant food and clothing" is to develop production in the army and the people, and all the soldiers of the army participate in agricultural production, so as to solve their own food and grass problems, and reduce a lot of burden for the tight finance, although so, there is still a big gap in the deficit finance, Guan Yu then found Chen Gong and Jia Xu to discuss countermeasures, these two people are think-tank characters, Guan Yu wants to hear their opinions, Guan Yu first informed the two of them of the current financial situation.

After hearing this, Jia Xu first suggested: "At present, the financial situation is so tight, the lord might as well put the restoration of the city aside for the time being, and can carry out a simple repair without rebuilding, so that a lot of expenses can be saved; In addition, the lord can appropriately reduce the number of personnel, such as retaining the basic combat power and reducing some redundant personnel, especially in the imperial court, which will also save a lot of money. ”

Chen Gongjin admonished: "In terms of income, there are still a lot of wealthy and powerful landlords in the current area, they are rich and powerful, and naturally they also have a lot of money, the lord can levy from these people, the lord should not rob and rob like Dong Zhuo, the lord can "borrow" from these people and promise to repay it in the future, I think they will not give the lord this face, as for whether it can be repaid in the future, it depends on the situation in the future, the lord thinks that we have such a large territory and a number of large cities, Why are there thousands of rich people? If each person gives a little, that's a lot of money, that's a point; In addition, the lord can issue a call to the princes of the world in the name of the court to collect money and grain, so that the princes of the whole world can pay tribute to the court, so that the princes will inevitably be afraid of the prestige of the lord and have to give money, so that a large amount of money and grain can be obtained; If the princes don't listen, the lord can borrow from them tactfully, and if he doesn't agree, then the lord can send troops and have an excuse! ”

After the two finished speaking, Guan Yu pondered for a while. The last one said: "The idea of the two is very good, and with my previous calculations, it seems that the money and food have been settled!" Without further ado, I'll make a plan! ”

Jia Xu's suggestion focused on saving expenditure, that is, to save money as much as possible, while Chen Gong's strategy was to focus on revenue and expenditure, how to increase money and food as much as possible, the strategies of the two had merits, plus Guan Yu's previous vision of Tuntian, then the problem of money and food should be solved, and the city under his rule should be repaired and no longer rebuilt, which will naturally leave a lot of silver taels. Guan Yu's previous idea was to build the two imperial capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang, one Tokyo and one Xijing, and the two capitals were rebuilt, and the rest of the important passes were repaired, but Guan Yu made careful calculations and roughly estimated the reconstruction of Chang'an, and found that his funds were far from enough to rebuild a Chang'an City, and the funds for the reconstruction of such a large imperial capital were more than twice his entire military expenditure, so the project was temporarily put on hold, and the reconstruction of Luoyang Guan Yu decided to wait until Luoyang was studying. For the reconstruction of Chang'an, Guan Yu decided to give up, and when the money is free in the future, he can repair and strengthen the city defense. Fufeng and Feng Yi are also included in the restoration, there is one more thing in Sanfu Guan Yu has to hurry up and plan now, what is it? That is, when he attacked Feng Yi, he pondered that he was here to use Luoshui and Weishui here to train a naval army, and now it was time to mention the agenda, is there no danger to the army!

To build a naval army, you must first build some ships and select elite soldiers. This matter is also not trivial, Guan Yu after careful consideration, decided to hand over this matter to his personal commander Zhou Cang to handle, the book once said that Zhou Cang followed Guan Yu to the meeting by boat, and in the case of flooding the Seventh Army, Pang De was captured by floating. It can be seen that his water nature is still quite good, he should be familiar with the water situation, and he should be able to do this thing, Guan Yu found Zhou Cang and told Zhou Cang this idea, Zhou Cang was dissatisfied after hearing it: "I am the general's captain, follow the general and leave the left and right, how to let me be the commander of this water army, I am not worried when I am not by the general's side!" ”

"There are eighteen warriors under my tent to guard, and my martial arts are no one close, sending you to be the commander of this naval army is also the need of the situation, and you can't postpone it, if you really help me, you should solve the problem for me!" Guan Yu said earnestly to Zhou Cang.

Guan Yu said that Zhou Cang really couldn't postpone it anymore, he was appointed as the commander of the navy, and began to plan the matter of the navy, Guan Yu allocated some men and horses to Zhou Cang, and gave him a lot of silver taels to let him build ships from local materials, Guan Yu found Li Yan to assist Zhou Cang in building ships, although Li Yan has also served on the battlefield since following Guan Yu, but Guan Yu's training for him still focuses on logistics, and Li Yan's affairs are mostly in charge of the logistics support of the entire army, including the life of the army. The preparation of various equipment and fortifications, the allocation of various arms, and the timely treatment of casualties, Li Yan has followed Guan Yu for so many years to accumulate a lot of experience in logistics support work, Guan Yu is also very appreciative of his ability, although there are not many opportunities to serve on the battlefield, but as a general behind the scenes, Guan Yu has always valued him, and the treatment given to him has never been lower than that of the generals fighting in the front, and this time Li Yan was once again entrusted with the important task of helping Zhou Cang build a naval army, Zhou Cang naturally didn't dare to slack off, he was also an anxious person, and after receiving the order, he and Li Yan started the matter non-stop

Guan Yu found Zhang Ji in the company of Zhang Ji, Chen Gong, Duan Xuan, accompanied by Sanfu and began to investigate the Sanfu area, Zhang Yu accompanied Guan Yu to inspect the customs and social conditions in this area, through the investigation Guan Yu found that the agricultural production here has been destroyed and the water conservancy projects here have also been damaged, Guan Yu inspected the agriculture in Guanzhong and focused on the local water conservancy projects, as the saying goes, "water conservancy is the lifeblood of agriculture" and the water conservancy resources in Guanzhong are very rich, There are many rivers such as Luoshui and Weishui, the rainfall in the Guanzhong area in this era is very abundant, and the Yellow River is far from being as bad as it is now, the water quality is relatively clear, there is no wind and sand in the Guanzhong area is completely covered by green, so the natural conditions for agricultural production are very favorable. (To be continued......)