On the eve of the war, it was common to borrow money, grain and soldiers from wealthy families.

Cao Cao often did this, and the years when Liu Biao and Yuan Shu were in friction also relied on the support of the family behind him, and the families also grew bigger little by little through such an opportunity.

There is no lunch in the world that does not require money, this truth is eternal, if you want someone to lend you, or even directly support you, it must be replaced with relative conditions.

In terms of the current overall situation, if there is one person who does not need to speak to the family, it is only Yuan Shao.

As the highest representative of the family's interest community, there is already a trend of swallowing the world, and at this time, the peripheral investment will be very fierce.

Lord, I heard that there is not enough food and grass? I still have 50,000 stones in my house, and the lord can use it, and the lord will bother with the matter of the dog serving as the county magistrate;

There are 500,000 soldiers and horses? Not enough, far from enough, the Guo family is willing to reinforce another 3,000 soldiers and horses, and they are all well-trained, and the armor and ordnance are brought by themselves, so the lord does not have to worry.

Now, the northern family is staring at this price limit, as long as Yuan Shao speaks, there is really no need to worry about money, food, soldiers and horses, and even have more family wealth to support.

At this point, Lu Bu's situation is far from being so good, it is much worse than Cao Cao, although he stepped on the land of the two states, defeated Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and Cao Cao in a row, and his strength was on a steady upward trend, but the news of Yuan Shao's determination to go south after the autumn harvest spread, and the impact on the families of Xu and Yang was not small.

After walking a long circle, the gap of more than 100,000 gold in military spending was barely blocked, and the condition was that the county commanders and county officials of the twenty-six counties, and the county officials, Beijia, and Cao Yuan of the three counties were all replaced by newcomers.

In essence, this is selling the official mantle, but it looks better on the surface.

But in any case, the most troublesome thing is temporarily solved.

In the spring ploughing season, the fertilizer hoarded in various places is also distributed in an orderly manner, because the effect can not be directly put on the table like the previous inventions, so all the inorganic fertilizers are given to the people for free.

Lin Mo has carefully summed up this point, and the problem is not big, first of all, it is only distributed to the people who register and make the register, and the serfs of the family are not among them, so as to avoid being hurt by the autumn wind.

Secondly, the people's land and acres of land were paid according to the harvest of the year, and as long as their output went up, the taxes collected would naturally rise.

The most critical point is that after surviving the first year, it will immediately form a reputation, and then these fertilizers can be sold at a fixed price, and they are not only sold in Xuyang and Yangzhou, but also sold to all parts of the country.

This kind of monopoly is also for the people of the country, the family is a strong business, in terms of profits, ten glass factories can not compare, once the formation of the industrial chain, it will be like a spring water flow.

When the internal affairs were finalized, all kinds of ordnance were also being stepped up, and the army was strengthening training, Lin Mo took Lu Bu to the border between Dongguan and Qiguo County, that is, the area between Linqu and Guangxian.

According to Lin Mo's estimate, the battle with the Northern Army after the autumn harvest should have started in this area.

It is worth mentioning that, unlike the hinterland of Xuzhou, Qingzhou has a lot of hills, especially after the south of the Yellow River, in addition to the rich water vein tributaries, that is, hills and plains coexist.

This kind of terrain will make the battle more tactical, with many mountain and forest locations that can be ambushed, and there are also days to borrow from the skillful hand, so naturally, you need to be familiar with these places.

"Send someone to draw all the mountains, rivers, water veins and fields in this area, and you must be detailed, even if it is a dense forest!"

"Whoa!"

After a few days of shopping with his generals and strategists, Weng and his son-in-law already had a general understanding, but the map was still the most important.

There are still a few months left before the start of the war, so let's take it back and study it slowly.

"Any ideas?" On the way back, Lin Mo, Chen Gong and Jia Xu walked side by side, and Lu Bu chatted with Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, and Zhang Xiu.

Chen Gong's expression was solemn, and he shook his head and said: "Bao Yuanxi is dangerous, whether it is a garrison or a slight mistake in the battle, it will be a complete loss, and it is not very difficult." ”

This is true, although there are not as many lofty mountains and mountains as in Jingnan, but in this hilly and mountainous situation, one or two thousand Tibetan soldiers can leave no traces.

"I have some ideas, but I have to wait until the eve of the big war, and I can only make a conclusion after looking at the enemy's strength, formation, and camp." Since he took over the East China Sea Taishou, Jia Xu has indeed not been as silent as before.

After all, whether you want to or not, you have entered the core level of Lu Ying, and it is impossible to choose as independently and calmly as before.

"I also have some ideas and see who is leading the army in Qingzhou at that time, and then make a final conclusion." Lin Mo also replied with a smile.

There are too many uncertainties in this kind of thing, so the three of them tacitly did not get to the bottom of each other's thoughts.

"There's something I'm curious about."

Chen Gong, who was riding a horse, looked at Lin Mo, "I don't doubt whether Yuan Zhi and Zhang Taishou can enter the Qingzhou front, after all, you should be sure of this situation, but even if they arrive in Qingzhou, how can you contact them?" ”

This point is the most incomprehensible to Chen Gong, as soon as the station is opened, it is not so easy to enter and exit the entire camp, and it is absolutely impossible to send a fast horse to communicate privately.

Besides, the person who just defected to him will definitely not have too much trust, and even his actions may be monitored by others, but he cannot be contacted, so this deception will lose its original meaning, which Chen Gong has never been able to understand.

"They only get one chance to contact me." Lin Mo smiled bitterly, this is indeed the disadvantage of deception.

Once?

Chen Gong and Jia Xu glanced at each other, and they both thought that this matter was very interesting, one-way connection, there is only one chance, and it took such a price to enter, then this only chance must be used under the victory.

The usual means of communication in this era, holding smoke during the day and fire at night, this blatant method is definitely impossible, carrier pigeons? It's also unlikely.

I didn't understand, Jia Xu didn't want to, and said casually: "Gongtai, since Yunwen's Quyuan plough was put into use, the stock of Xuzhou ploughing cattle should have been greatly improved." ”

"Yes, that's a lot of TOEFL Yunwen."

Chen Gong nodded and said with a smile: "In the past, it was two oxen to lift the bar, but now it is a single ox direct ploughing, saving half of the cow power, although the cultivation area has been expanded several times, but the number of ploughing cattle is still very sufficient."

No, Chen Deng also wrote a letter asking the treasury to lend 2,000 head of ploughing cattle to Anfeng to help him carry out spring ploughing, and Wen Hou has already approved it. ”

"I lent two thousand heads in one go, and now Wenhou is really much bigger." Jia Xu stroked his gray beard and sighed.

"Why did Wen He suddenly ask about this."

"I have some plans."

Jia Xu faced Ruoping Lake, and said in a deep voice: "After spring ploughing, you can mobilize to Dongguan County first, hoping to make a difference on the eve of the war." ”

You became a Riddler too? Chen Gonghu looked at Jia Xu suspiciously.

Lin Mo smiled, and didn't delve into it, Jia Xu is also too guarded now, not to mention that it is to prepare for the big war, just this identity is also qualified to ask for this, he is happy that after the old yin goods took this position, he began to take the initiative.

In this battle, the Yuan family was crushing Cao Lu in terms of troops, equipment, grain and grass, and logistics, and if his own camp could no longer work with one heart and one mind, Lin Mo felt that the world was likely to really fall into the hands of Yuan Shao.

You must know that in the face of absolute strength, the chance of strategy to turn the tide is very small.

Now, Lin Mo only hopes that Cao Cao has lost so many fierce generals, and it is not as big as the territory in history, so it is better not to collapse at the touch of a button when facing Yuan Shao.

The Guandu War in history

After remembering something, Lin Mo's eyes sank slightly.

"What's wrong, Yunwen?" The old father-in-law on the side caught a glimpse of the slight change in his expression.

"It's nothing, I think, I may need to give Cao Cao a letter, but it's still early, and it doesn't matter later."

The three-legged situation, once Cao Cao collapses, these strategists have a few more heads, but they are afraid that they will not be able to resist the army of the northern country, and they have to think about it for him, it is really like chess.

Jingzhou, outside Xinye City.

Liu Guanzhang and the three of them rode slowly towards the city.

The three of them all had the word frustration written on their faces, or rather depressed.

Under the introduction of Yin Ji, the three of them finally met Huang Chengyan, the other party did not let himself eat closed-door, and he was also very kind and easy to get along with, which is said to be a happy thing.

However, Huang Chengyan did not have the slightest interest in helping Liu Qi rise, saying that he was already an idle cloud and a wild crane and did not want to get involved in the battle for succession.

After getting along with him several times, I also learned some information about the Huang family from Huang Chengyan's mouth.

The Huang family is currently two groups, one is to obey Huang Zu's orders with the younger faction, and the other is to take Huang Chengyan as the head of the older group.

As for Huang Chengyan, he just wants to grow old in the mountains and forests all day long, and he doesn't have any ambition at all, that is, Liu Bei choked up several times, and cried about the blood edict of the Son of Heaven, and the other party did not move, obviously without any chance.

The road of the Huang family, I'm afraid it will be blocked.

If you continue to develop according to this trend and stay in Jingzhou, you can only waste your time, but where else can you go if you leave Jingzhou? Yizhou?

"Lin Mo's poetry collection, come and see Le, Lin Mo's poetry collection written by famous artists!"

Just when Liu Bei's heart was like ashes, he only heard a small trader in the middle of the street shouting.

There are a lot of people around, the inner layer is mostly some students wearing Confucian clothes, and the outer layer is the lively people.

After the news of Lin Mo's poetry club spread, someone had already written his poems on silk cloth.

Zhang Fei snorted coldly, Guan Yu squinted Danfeng's eyes, but Liu Bei was a little interested, got off the horse and walked over.

The business seems to be good, quite a lot of people buy it, and this vendor is quite smart, and he also painted a portrait of Lin Mo wearing white clothes at the poetry meeting on the silk cloth.

"A gentleman, the fruit is elegant."

Liu Bei picked up a silk cloth and muttered, then shook his head again, and said with emotion: "It's a pity that the heart is too poisonous." ”

He asked the price, put down a string of five baht coins, and turned to leave.

"Big brother, the poems made by this little guy are nondescript, even if you don't read them, it's worth spending money for him." Zhang Fei muttered, thinking that this guy can be the son-in-law of the third family slave, and he is also a person who does not understand loyalty and has no lower limit.

Liu Bei carefully put away the silk cloth in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "Third brother, you don't know, I suspect that this matter is only deliberately done by Lin Mo." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Fei suddenly had a heart of prevention.

"With the help of these poetry collections, build momentum and lead Jing Xiangzi to defect." Liu Bei said casually.

Guan Yu Danfeng, who had never spoken, suddenly opened his eyes and said: "This kid's mental skills are really good, he is in Xuzhou, and he actually stretched out his hand to Jingzhou." ”

Liu Bei smiled and didn't speak, what is this, when he was in Pengcheng, he could still offer thousands of miles to help him break Cao.

It's a pity, such a genius doesn't belong to me, and even Lu Bu, who can't support the wall in the mud, has become a prince who can wrestle with Cao Cao head-on with his assistance.

If it is assisted by me, with the courage of my second and third brothers, the respect of the royal descendants, and the name of benevolence and righteousness, why worry about the great cause.

Liu Bei is actually not wrong to think so, judging from the plate at the beginning, he is thousands of times better than Lu Bu.

It is precisely because of this that he is extremely sad when he thinks of this.

Because if he got Lin Mo, he might even have saved the Son of Heaven.

"In that case, I went and drove the merchant away!"

This was the only way Zhang Fei could think of to vent his anger, but of course he was stopped by Liu Bei and Guan Yu.

What I just said is just speculation, even if it's true, you can't drive the vendors away, otherwise who will dare to come to Xinye in the future.

What's more, Shinno is just a borrowed temporary residence.

After returning to the house, Liu Bei knelt in front of the couch, and the silk cloth painted with Lin Mo's portrait and a poem was spread on the table, and he was in a daze.

Of course, it's not that he has any unusual emotions for Lin Mo, but when he sees this portrait and this poem, Liu Bei can't control his thoughts and thoughts.

Especially at the moment, he has repeatedly hit a wall, seeing that the tripartite war between Yuan, Lu, and Cao is about to break out, it is obviously a godsend opportunity to do big things, but he can only sit in Xinye.

If God has mercy and can give himself such a genius, the Han family can be supported in his own hands and become strong.

"Big brother."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei walked in, "I heard that you haven't eaten a grain of rice all day, are you still bothering about Gongzi's affairs?" ”

"It's just that I'm a little confused, a little hesitant, and a little powerless" Liu Bei deeply felt the weakness from his heart.

"Big brother, I heard someone say that this kid knows the Liuding Liujia Demon Method, you should look at his portrait less"

Zhang Fei originally wanted to spray a few words, but when he turned Lin Mo's portrait, the whole person froze.

Strange, I think I've seen it somewhere.

It's familiar, it's familiar.

"Third brother, what's wrong?" Seeing Zhang Fei's abnormality, Liu Bei asked curiously.

(End of chapter)