When the group arrived at the Weishui Ferry, they heard a faint gong in the distance, and when they got closer, they heard it clearly, and it was a group of villagers who were beating the gong: "Listen to the homeless, Meng Huang Longen, there is a porridge shed, and there is also a warm shed, quickly follow the leader." ”

Shouting and beating the gong, shouting farther and farther along the way.

Hearing this, the homeless people who didn't know where the cat was hiding suddenly appeared and followed, these homeless people were all ragged, yellow-faced and thin, but at least the hungry people who had fallen and the white bones that no one had buried had not yet been seen.

Yang Yi frowned and said nothing, his face was pale, and he said, "Follow up." ”

After walking for two or three miles, I followed all the way, and I saw the porridge shed, only to see that this place was far away from the dock, and there was a large open space, which was now full of snow cement slurry.

A clerk was standing in the porridge shed with the villagers, all with long knives pinned to their waists, maintaining order.

When I arrived at the clearing, I could see more clearly, these homeless people were all ragged, hungry skin and bones, some of them had torn clothes, revealing the muddy skin inside, and there was only numbness in their eyes, only the porridge shed in front of them.

Many of the homeless people were dying of hunger, looking at their appearance, Yang Yi sighed, did not speak, and felt unbearable to see.

This is a projection of the real world, and if it weren't for her, you can imagine how these people would have ended.

"Porridge is giving, soup is giving!" At this time, someone said with the sound of a gong.

Suddenly, everyone began to make a mess, and everyone approached forward, but there were villagers to maintain order, and it was quite neat.

With the shouting of the villagers, these homeless people gradually lined up, trembling incessantly in the cold wind, and some young children were crying out for hunger and cold, their voices were mournful, and their breath was weak, and their condition was so miserable that people could not bear to witness.

Ma Ting stepped forward to take a look, and came back later, saying: "Lord, the porridge is not bad, the porridge is not thin, I looked at it, there is no sand, but it is a little musty." ”

Yang Yi came back to his senses, his face changed slightly, and said: "As long as it's not thin, as long as there is no sand, it's a little musty, it's old rice, and it can survive." ”

Chen rice is also better than not having to eat, there are still a lot of Chen rice transported to those besieged Wei troops before, and now those prisoners have been diverted, but there are still a lot of Chen rice transported to it, presumably the household department is transferred here to use.

As he spoke, the line was already lined up, and indeed the women and the old people were ordered to line up, as instructed.

Listening to these orders, there was a commotion among the homeless, and some of the homeless people were ready to move, but seeing the villagers who were maintaining order, they naturally did not dare to move.

Women lead children and line up with divided bowls, and generally speaking, such displaced people, the elderly, women, and children as weak people have always been the first to be abandoned, and among the displaced people, they are so hungry that they are even in danger of becoming food.

At this time, when they arrived at the land of the Yan Han Dynasty, they first lined up to receive the porridge, and some people remembered the prosperity of the Han Dynasty that the old man in the family had talked about, but these old men were gone.

Looking at the rice porridge scooped into the bowl, they all burst into tears, busy feeding the children, and eating in large gulps.

An old man received the porridge, and suddenly he knelt down and cried out, "By this grace, we will be cattle and horses, and we will not be able to repay it." ”

With him taking the lead, he immediately knelt down on his knees.

At this time, the townsman saw it, stepped forward and shouted: "You are all descendants of the Emperor and Han, and they are also the people of my Emperor and Han, the Holy Emperor knows that you have no food and clothing, and hereby orders to give porridge, you will thank the Holy Emperor for his great kindness!" ”

Suddenly, the old man kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you Holy Emperor, long live the Holy Emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Someone led the shouting, and suddenly many people shouted along with the mountain, and the sound shook the sky, and this momentum was no worse than that of the Great Morning Meeting.

Yang Yi let out a long sigh at this time: "The people's livelihood is so difficult, how can I sit and watch?" ”

According to the current situation, Bingzhou is obviously a chicken rib, and if you attack it, you are afraid that you will fall into the mud pit of Beiyi, on the contrary, you can get countless benefits by completely capturing Jingzhou.

According to Huo Yi's above table, most of Jiaozhou has now changed its flag, he has led his troops to settle in Yulin County, and Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Tao Huang is now stationed in Cangwu County, acting on behalf of Cangwu County, and intends to launch a winter strategy to attack Jingnan.

Under the city of Xiangyang, a part of the Jingzhou Army of Wu State has been destroyed, and now it is waiting for follow-up assistance to arrive and attack Nanjun.

Originally, it was supposed to draw some legions from the north and go south, but now, looking at these hungry and dying people, kowtowing to Chang'an to thank him, Yang Yi sighed and felt that he had no choice.

Countless people of Yan Han are still raging under the Yi clan, how can she ignore them?

It can only make the offensive of each department a little slower, but the capture of the state is not all bad, and the people of the state are fierce, and they are deeply affected by the Beiyi, if they are rescued, they will definitely be able to raise an elite cavalry.

Moreover, if you capture the state, you can look at the Central Plains, whether it is to go south to Sili or east to Jizhou, then it will be much easier.

Besides, sooner or later, they will have to fight with the Xianbei and Xiongnu, and the Yi people are afraid of power but not virtue, and if they don't remember the fierceness of the Han Dynasty back then, these Beiyi rebellions will not be quelled.

This is also to decide the direction of the next step, the army has rested for three months, and it is time to make the next move, although it is winter, but the march deployment can be done.

The snow flakes were in mid-air, falling quickly and quickly.

Li Mi had just come from the military department and arrived at Weiyang Palace, but he was already covered in snow.

A eunuch hurriedly saluted and stepped forward to brush off the snow for him, the eunuchs of the New Han Dynasty almost did not have any external power, that is, they could be used to pass decrees, Li Mi took off the big hat and handed it to the eunuch, and heard Yang Yi's voice: "Li Qing come in!" "Good

But someone has already gone in to report first, it is said that this batch of Hanlin bachelors are going to mention, they may enter the central government, or they may go to the place, and the place is the county guard, for those who are born in a poor family, this is already the peak.

"Yes!" Li Mi agreed, stepped in, felt warm all over his body, calmed down a little, and stepped forward to salute: "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

After that, he raised his head and saw Yang Yi sitting behind the table, which was full of documents, and Jiuqing and several Hanlin scholars were around.

"Get up, sit down first, and then talk about things!" Yang Yi looked at the snowflakes in the courtyard opposite the window, was stunned for a while, turned his face, and said to Zhang Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "Qing will talk about the situation of the Ministry of War first." ”

Zhang Yi decided to transfer to Wenchen, because he wanted to make way for his son, and he couldn't make a decision, and Zhang Wei was about to be transferred to the position of general of the Quartet because of his merits in the army, so he could only transfer to Wenchen.

Now he is the left servant of Shangshu to shoot the head of the military department, and he is from the second grade.

"Your Majesty, according to the order, there are a total of 120,000 soldiers, all of whom are assigned to the various guard battalions, and now all the counties have built guard camps, and the ministers have personally gone to see them, among which those who are qualified are all promoted to battalion soldiers, and those who are trained very hard are also eliminated, and now there are about 30,000 who are qualified in their hometowns, of which 23,000 soldiers are qualified, and the other 7,000 are assigned to the county and township as pawns."

Those who are qualified are the areas that have been occupied by the Han State, such as Bingzhou, such as Hongnong and other places, and these people can already be regarded as Han troops.

Zhang Yi said: "According to Your Majesty's orders, soldiers who have killed people cannot be disarmed and returned to the field at will, there is always an errand. ”

Hearing him say this, Li Mi, who was not far away, was also concerned, this kind of soldier who had killed people and was a professional soldier would not know anything but to fight, if he was allowed to return to the place, it would be a disaster, or he would become a ranger.

Zhang Yi said again: "According to the system, the current number of soldiers should be 250,000, and this time the selection and training of the guards camp has been completed, and the whole army is 230,000, and there is still 20,000 to be filled." ”

Yang Yi nodded and said, "Add these to the army first, and take your time with the remaining 20,000, and you also need enough manpower for work!" ”

The rest of the captives can only be arranged to go and work first.

After thinking about it, he asked the head of the household: "How is the farmland reclamation situation in the counties now?" ”

At this time, Yin Zheng got up and said: "Your Majesty, in the past three months, I have only counted the household registration and land of the five new counties, and I will preside over the division of land and reclamation in the spring of next year, and it is expected that all the work will be completed in the autumn harvest - Your Majesty, Guanzhong can support millions of people, and now the population is barren, only 500,000, and there is land." ”

"What about Shaofu, how is the situation?"

"Your Majesty, the Shaofu has built a casting and printing bureau and an official clothing bureau in Chang'an, which is the casting of internal and external official seals and official uniforms, and now it has been basically completed, for the adjustment and establishment of the central official uniform, in the groping situation, once completed, the minister will ask His Majesty to give an order, to determine, and there are candidates from all over the country, a total of three hundred and seventy-nine people, if Your Majesty permits, let them enter the Shaofu."

Hearing this, Yang Yi nodded, Shaofu's side is separate from the court, and those recommended here do not go through the court's recommendation channel, and they use talents, such as blacksmiths, bricklayers, lacquerers, and so on.

"What about the Ministry of Works?" Yang Yi asked again.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu got up at this time and saluted and said: "In addition to the Bingjia Division, the Le Iron Armor Bureau and the Paper Armor Bureau have been established, and the number of craftsmen has expanded to 1,000 people, and it is estimated that more than 2,000 iron armor and paper armor can be produced every month, which is enough for military needs." ”

"The minister invites two things, one is weights and measures, and the other is to cast new money, the minister has brought the mother money, please watch." As he spoke, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu took out a few coins to offer at this time.

The front is Han, surrounded by the words of Ying Tian's destiny, the north is the weapon pattern, four kinds of money, every ten when one, now the new system has a total of four kinds of money, iron money, copper money, silver money, money; Yang Yi took a copper coin, saw that the money was yellow, and immediately smiled: "Okay, just use this." ”

"Your Majesty, but this money is copper seven lead two and the rest of the one, the money out of the color, the people naturally accept it, you can produce this product, I am afraid that the court will not make much money by casting money, and the people will also collect this money and melt it and then cast copper, but I am afraid that the copper mine and copper production will not be enough in the future." At this time, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu analyzed very seriously and said: "In the humble opinion of the ministers, the money is still made by the law, the copper is five leads, and the fineness is not bad, and it is convenient for the people to come and go." ”

Yang Yi is naturally familiar with the inside story, but after thinking about it, he still said: "Copper five lead five, the fineness is not bad, but it does not show results, now our country has a lot of copper, and the new system is not in the way, but it can circulate quickly, besides, I think that this money is also connected with the number of gas, where the prosperous Taiping Guoyun Longchang, the fineness of the money is good, and the weight is heavy. ”

"The wealth of our country is due to many aspects, money is a big aspect, the money is thick, the people are stable, foreign thieves are willing to trade with us, with our money, this will affect all aspects of the great, we can't lose big because of small."

Before that, there was a slight surplus of copper coins, and there was a surplus of silver and money, but the copper coins were calculated as losses earlier, and now the surplus is only a slight surplus, and most of the copper mines are used by captives or Yi people who don't want money.

And the iron money and copper money are mostly used by the Li people, the iron money is used in the new side, the actual steel money, it is difficult for outsiders to cast, in this era, the only way is to use water conservancy forging, the cost is also very great, only need to check along the riverbank, you can seal the illegal workshop.

Four kinds of money, that is, copper money is between profit and loss, and it is also the recent free labor that there is a surplus, and the problem of copper money, which plagued the entire feudal era, is actually a very simple solution, that is, a trade surplus.

When large quantities of silver and gold flowed in, special silver and gold dollars could be made for circulation, especially silver dollars, which greatly reduced the need for copper coins.

A new silver dollar is worth a hundred yuan, and a gold dollar is worth a thousand yuan, in fact, once it enters the peaceful and prosperous era, both silver dollars and gold dollars can already be used as currency, which is not too big.

Trade is certainly an economic killer, but it must be a trading country, and who can the three countries do business with? Especially in Han, trade can only trade with Wu, for the sake of trade profits, Yang Yi did not move the entire system too much, but only increased the gold coins.

In fact, the profit is not high, because the national strength is not strong, otherwise, Wu Guo can turn his face at any time, but now he doesn't have to think about Wu Guo, he naturally wants to mint new coins.

Now that Guanzhong and Liangzhou are captured, they can start the Western Regions trade and the Southern Barbarian trade, both of which have no ability to mint coins, which will immediately make a lot of money.

At this time, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu cautiously said: "But mining requires a lot of manpower, Your Majesty, it's too late to reclaim now, how can there be so many copper workers?" ”

This is to compete with Shaofu, Shaofu is also a large employer, several major official workshops, but a large number of manpower, more than 100,000 craftsmen.

Now these Wei people's people who build and defend the camp are divided into various counties, mainly to build roads first, repair cities, and sprinkle more than 100,000 people, which is not enough, and they have to be jointly constructed by the Ministry of Industry, and they have to recruit people, so the Ministry of Industry wants to transfer these people to the mine first, after all, the road can not be paved in winter, but it can be mined.

Yang Yi also smiled at this time and said: "That's why I want to discuss the matter of merging with everyone, Li Qing, you tell me about the situation." ”

"Yes, there are three counties next to us, Hanoi County, Xihe County and Shangdang County, the key of which is Yongchang Town, Hanoi County, and now the Wei thief has urgently allocated 20,000 town soldiers, and it is next to the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the reinforcements can enter at any time, and it is difficult to attack; Although Shangdang County is an important town, but there are only 10,000 soldiers, its county guard thinks that 10,000 soldiers can resist the army, Xihe County has 5,000 soldiers, but it is not enough to trouble, as for Taiyuan, Leping, Xinxing, Yanmen counties, capture Shangdang and Xihe, a surrender can be pacified, but now Beiyi is raging, there are not many people, Beiyi is powerful, but it is difficult to govern. ”