Chapter 274: The eldest son's county council

Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai glanced at each other, this Zhenbei general really has a lot of appetite. Now half of the territory of Bingzhou is still in the hands of the Xiongnu, but Wang Gang is worried about the Hetao grassland.

However, what Wang Gang said is also right, the Central Plains War is about to start, and it is not a wise choice to avoid the whirlpool of the Central Plains.

"Now that the general has made up his mind, I won't say much, I don't know how many soldiers and horses the general is going to send," Xi Zhicai asked.

"Hebei Zhang Yan is known as a million people, and there are at least more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops, even if the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban soldiers is low, I am afraid that there will be fewer people who will not be effective. I'm going to let Liu Bei take all the 3,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry he brought, as well as the 2,000 spearmen trained by Zhang Fei."

Wang Gang thought for a while and said.

"The general trusted Liu Bei very much, not only did not detain him a single soldier, but gave him two thousand soldiers." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"As long as he can pacify Hebei and subtract the threat from the east of Shangdang, we can free up our hands and concentrate on dealing with the Xiongnu in the north, and then send troops from Shangdang to recover Daijun, with Daijun as the foundation, we can threaten the Hetao grassland"

Wang Gang simply gave out his plan.

"Since the general wants to occupy Daijun, then why not send troops from Zhongshan, but Yanmen, Shangdang, Zhongshan three ways to send troops, Daijun Xiongnu and Xianbei, will take care of one and the other, tired of coping" Xun Yu said with a smile.

"But isn't Yuan Shao in Zhongshan Kingdom?" asked Wang Gang with some puzzlement.

"The general is willing to send troops to help him pacify the entire Jizhou, what if he wants a Zhongshan country, as long as the general writes a letter, Yuan Shao will obediently send out the Zhongshan country, and he is grateful to the general" Xi Zhicai naturally understood what Xun Shuang meant, and explained with a smile.

"That's really good, with Zhongshan, it's really much easier to attack Daijun again. Then I'll write a letter to Yuan Shao."

Wang Gang's mood was suddenly very good, the location of Zhongshan is particularly important, bordering Shanggu County and Dai County in Youzhou in the north, and Yanmen County, Taiyuan County and Shangdang County in Bingzhou in the west. If Zhongshan Kingdom is captured by Wang Gang, then the defense of the entire annexed state will increase a lot.

"The general might as well let General Liu Pi lead two thousand soldiers to Zhongshan Kingdom, as for Liu Bei, let him send troops to Yique Pass, directly cut off the return of the Yellow Turban, the Yellow Turban saw that the back road was broken, and the army must be in turmoil, and then contact Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, Chun Yuqiong to cover up the killing, Hebei can be determined" Xun Yu finished speaking, and a touch of ruthlessness in his eyes flashed.

Xi Zhicai could naturally think of Xun Yu's meaning. However, he didn't say anything to Wang Gangming, Wang Gang naturally didn't expect that this was Xun Yu's plan to kill people with a knife, so that Liu Bei could cut off the back road of the Yellow Turban, and Liu Bei's army would suffer desperate resistance.

"Isn't this a bit risky, let's let Liu Bei go and meet Yuan Shao, and slowly figure it out" Although Wang Gang didn't know Xun Yu's intentions, he still felt that it was a bit risky.

"Liu Bei is a hero in the world, Zhang Fei is a brave champion of the three armies, just a yellow scarf, and I can't help it," Xun Yu said with a smile.

Wang Gang was no longer entangled, and Wang Gang led the topic to the matter of Shangdang County.

"The last time I went to Luoyang, I sold Yuan Shu and Cao Cao a thousand war horses each, and the original 400 million money was used to develop Shangdang County, and Cao Cao sent someone to send 2,000 gold, which has been used by me. I have already asked Chu Yu to go to Tongguan to transport the 200 million money, and then I will build a new official road from the eldest son to Taiyuan."

Wang Gang sold war horses, the two naturally knew, but they didn't expect Wang Gang to use the money to develop Shangdang County, which was somewhat unexpected by the two.

"Now that the war is imminent, the general is still used to prepare for the war," Xun Yu said hurriedly.

"I have my own plans for the war, waiting for Chu Yu to send the copper coins. I bothered the two gentlemen to repair the road from the west of the eldest son's county to Taiyuan into an official road, so that the time from Luoyang to Taiyuan would be saved, and it would be particularly important for the eldest son."

Now from Luoyang to Jinyang, it is necessary to detour north from Tongguan to Huguan, and then detour from the north to Jingcheng Pass to enter Taiyuan, which is more than 200 miles, which is very inconvenient.

"Nuo" Xi Zhicai bowed and bowed. As the Taishou of Shangdang County, he naturally knows what it means that this official road has been repaired. Since he is the parent official of Shangdang County, he naturally has to think about the people of Shangdang.

"The matter of the Jinzhong Basin, how did the general plan it" Xi Zhicai asked what he had been doubting for a long time, the last time he talked to Xun Yu about the matter of the Jinzhong Basin, Xun Yu said that he didn't understand what Wang Gang meant, so he took this opportunity to ask today.

"Jinzhong Basin, isn't it used for military tun" Wang Gang was a little puzzled, and he didn't know why Xi Zhicai asked like this.

"Didn't the general use grain as bait to besiege and kill the Huns and the Yellow Turban Army in the Jinzhong Basin, or, as Liu Bei said, set fire to the Jinzhong Basin," Xi Zhicai looked at Wang Gang and asked.

"No, no, no,,," Wang Gang hurriedly shook his head.

"I'm just a simple military tun, as for the Huns coming, Yanmen will send troops. Wenyuan will lead the troops back to Yanmen in the next few days, how can I be willing to burn grain, and if I want to burn grain, how can I send people to Tuntian, and bring so many people to reclaim wasteland"

Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu glanced at each other, and then the two laughed.

"It's me who was smart but was mistaken by being smart, and I didn't see it clearly by Wen Ruo," Xi Zhicai said.

The reason why Xun Yu knew Wang Gang's thoughts was that Xun Shuang had told him that Wang Gang was a person who had no resourcefulness, let alone some conspiracies, and what he did and thought was as simple as ordinary people. But that's it, it's not easy to fall into other people's calculations, because it's in his heart. He will not compare wisdom with others, but will only block the soldiers and cover the earth. The more this happens, the more inexplicable it becomes.

"Blame me for not making it clear, I originally wanted to be heavily armed in Shangdangtun, all of which needed a lot of food, and the Jinzhong Basin is indeed not safe, rather than taking care of the people at that time, it is better to move directly to Jinnan. As for the people who have lost their land, the official fields of the counties in Jinnan will be distributed to them, and if Jinnan is not enough, let Taiyuan also share a part."

Wang Gang said embarrassedly.

"In this case, now that spring plowing is imminent, the lower officials will start to arrange this matter. There are more than 40 hectares of official fields in the four counties of southern Jinnan. I think it's about the same, and then send someone to count it, and if you are willing to go to Taiyuan, you are negotiating with Zhang Taishou," Xi Zhicai hurriedly said.

"This matter is more urgent, we must ensure that the people can receive the land in full, as for those families, you can let them choose the official land of all the counties in the state, as for the house, give some monetary subsidies, if the money and grain in the Shangdang County Treasury are insufficient, you can go to the market to find Mr. Fan to borrow some of it first."

Wang Gang reminded Xi Zhicai again.

With the general's words, the lower officials will feel much more at ease. Mr. Fan is the God of Wealth in Bingzhou," Xi Zhicai said with a laugh.

"There is another matter, I have ordered Xu Feng to issue an announcement in Bingzhou to prohibit the sale of human beings, and Mr. Xi should also keep an eye on this matter, and when I am busy with the war of the Huns, I will start to deal with the population of these families."