New sources of wealth are not so easy to find. Although it occupies the land of Jiangdong, it is only a preliminary development of Jiangdong, which is far from being comparable with the Central Plains and Hebei, and even more so in terms of population. Without people and without enough land, development will naturally not be fast.

"History is inevitable, but in this game, it's up to me to carry out the development of Jiangdong in advance." Liu Feng said silently in his heart, "But the premise is that there is a strong army that can stabilize the situation and enough manpower." ”

It costs money to raise soldiers, the population is insufficient, and it can only come from the outside, and the natural flow of population cannot make the population grow rapidly, even if the population growth rate under Liu Feng's rule is much faster than that of other players. If you want to increase the population quickly, you can only take advantage of the fire and loot as before, and move the population from other places on a large scale, which requires the army to attack the city and plunder the land. Historically, the population of the south exceeded that of the north, and it was not until the Anshi Rebellion that the Six Dynasties had not achieved this even if the Six Dynasties had established the country in the south for hundreds of years.

It is a cycle to raise troops and gather strength, expand the territory and seize the city, recruit displaced people, promote development with the people, obtain money, recruit troops again, and strengthen themselves.

If you have no money to raise soldiers, you can only forcibly conscript, morale is low, the battlefield is defeated, you lose your land and lose your city, and in order to maintain your rule, you can only continue to forcibly conscript, which leads to the withering of people's livelihood, which is also a paradox.

Liu Feng's goal, of course, is the former. But whether it can be done is not yet known.

Throughout the ages, countless people who think highly of themselves have felt that they can do it, but in the end it is just a passing moment.

In Liu Feng's planning, sea trade will be one of the new sources of wealth, because of the existence of players, the land is full of large and small lords, with the nature of players, there is nothing they dare not do. Liu Feng couldn't use his elite to escort the caravan like the big family, because his elite was used to fight and guard. Therefore, even if Mi Zhu was appointed as Liu Feng in charge of business, there was not much improvement in a short period of time.

Only the sea trade, which the player forces can't take into account for the time being, is the best way for Liu Feng to gain wealth. Even if some players create a water army in the future, they don't dare to act arbitrarily. Because the cost of water warfare is too great compared to the army. Not to mention the high cost of warships, once the trained naval army loses a lot, it takes too much time and money to train it again.

But now, the navy restricts Liu Feng's development, and it always has been. If the navy suffered heavy losses in the war against Jingzhou, his plan to rely on a strong navy to develop maritime trade would be put on hold.

This question also bothered him. Speaking of which, it's because the disadvantages of the lone wanderer are too great. Otherwise, they would not have so many historical celebrities on their hands, and they would feel that they are understaffed.

The major events were agreed, and the rest was all about concrete implementation, and after a long day of discussion, it finally dispersed.

Everyone has their own things to be busy with, and even Zhou Yu immediately returned to Chaisang and commanded the bandits. Only Liu Feng, when nothing big happened, was a little idle. Practice martial arts every day, meditate, and spend the rest of the time patrolling the city. Of course, many times, he will go to Xueba.

He can't do it if he teaches, but he can't stop him from having a relationship with these famous ministers and generals in the future.

……

Time gradually skipped the four years of Jian'an, and most of the year passed, although the southern country of the Han Dynasty, although there was an undercurrent, but there was surprisingly no war, and everyone was waiting for something. But in the north, there is gradually chaos.

In March, Zhang Yan once again fought out of Montenegro, captured 17 townships in 3 counties of Changshan and Zhaoguo, and looted the materials and population here; Another branch of the Montenegrin army, under the leadership of Zhang Niujiao, haunted the intersection of Changshan, Zhongshan, and Julu, attacking the city and plundering the land, causing the locals to panic.

Yuan Shao of Yecheng was furious when he got the news, and not only severely reprimanded the local Taishou, but also ordered to clear the bandits in the territory within a time limit.

But everyone knows that this is just a superficial article, and now Yuan Shao can't mobilize people to exterminate the Black Mountain thieves. It took too much to capture Qingzhou last year, and Yuan Shao's elite army was still in Qingzhou, and it was impossible to come back too much before Qingzhou's rule was stable. And because of the successive wars, too many materials were consumed, and without a period of recuperation, Jizhou didn't want to send out a large army again. The existing army can only guard against Liu Bei and Lu Bu on the border. It is not so easy to destroy the old opponent Zhang Yan, especially in the mountains.

It is said that Zhang Yan has been silent for several years, and the "Feiyan Army" that has been concentrating on training has been initially formed - this is a special type of troops.

Unable to exterminate the Black Mountain Army, after venting his anger, under the persuasion of the strategists, Yuan Shao could only order all localities to guard the city and not give the thieves a chance to take advantage of it. At the same time, Yuan Shao, who had always relied on the big family, once again compromised with the Hebei family and ceded a large number of local official positions to the local family.

And Tiangang City is taking advantage of the Black Mountain Army's wanton raid to quietly expand its strength. They didn't dare to make a big splash, so as not to attract Yuan Shao's attention, but only to expand their strength outside the county seat. Often, as soon as the Montenegrin thieves left, they immediately felt that they had regained their lost territory and cooperated very closely.

That's right, it's cooperation, the Black Mountain thieves came out of the mountain this time, in addition to Zhang Yan wanting to expand his strength while Yuan Shao was weak, there was also the combination of the inside and outside of Tiangang City. With the Yiren of Tiangang City delivering the news, the Black Mountain thieves can accurately find the defense loopholes in Jizhou.

And Tiangang City, just outside the city to expand its power, after bribing the local clan, recovering the town captured by the Black Mountain thieves has become their own territory, and as an example of meritorious service, the government will also grant them official positions. Of course, just an insignificant petty officer. But this is enough to make Tiangang City develop rapidly.

In April, an official army in Xiangcheng County crossed the border and plundered Luyang Township, causing Zhang Ji's dissatisfaction; Not long after, the Wu house in Runan was also looted, and Yang Dingfu, who was too guarded, sent troops to sack the three pavilions in Xiping and returned, the relationship between Sun Jian and Zhang Ji suddenly became tense, and the tacit understanding reached no longer existed, and the two sides began to gather heavy troops on the border.

Needless to say, this is the handiwork of Glory City. Now Glory City, which is in the hinterland under Sun Jian's rule, is very embarrassing, even if you want to fish in troubled waters, it is difficult to succeed, so you have to send your own people out and make some small moves on the border. Although both Sun Jian and Zhang Ji are still restrained, the friction between the borders has continued.

In addition to Zhang Ji's side, Hanoi and Chenliu have people from Glory City taking root, constantly looking for opportunities.

In May, Guo Yan and Fan Chou united and sent to Chang'an again, but they were ambushed by Li Ru and defeated again. Fufeng County was taken by Tiance Mansion, and Guo Yan and Fan Chou could only survive in Zuo Feng Yi.

In the same month, melee broke out again in Liangzhou, Han Sui and a group of his horses fought with Ma Teng again, and in June, Song Jian, another prince of Liangzhou, was also involved, and the beacon spread throughout the state. The Iron Cavalry will take advantage of the fire to loot, and constantly encircle and annihilate the enemy with superior forces in small-scale wars, capture prisoners of war and horses, and expand their own strength.

However, Liangzhou, which has been constantly fighting, has been short of food, which has become one of the main factors that plague the development of the Iron Cavalry.

In July, Liu Bei's army broke through Xiangping, Liaodong, and Gongsun Du was in a hurry.

……

The Northland is full of fires, which makes some calm places seem a little weird. It wasn't until August that Yuan Shu moved his troops again, and the quiet situation suddenly became hot.