"Insufficient food and grass?!" On the main hall of Shouchun, a food official is reporting to the two masters above the main hall, one is the master, the other is the young master, one is the nominal master of Lujiang in Yangzhou, It is the master of true Yangzhou.
"There is not enough food and grass!" Lu Bu really had a headache. Originally, he was sitting on a land of Lujiang, but he was sitting on hundreds of thousands of food and grass. The precious son-in-law killed the remaining gentry one by one, and robbed another part. It can be said that the entire Lujiang gentry has been in the hands of Lu Bujun for almost decades. These gentry are not ordinary The common people, if they ate the last meal but did not eat the next meal, even if they had food in stock, it was only a few catties, and these gentry, at every turn, cost tens of thousands of shi, so Lu Bu was really rich at that time, and the food and grass in his hands were enough for his Lujiang army He has eaten it for several years, but since his precious son-in-law issued a call-up order, this rich man who was originally rich has finally turned into an iron cock who has to be careful about eating a catty of rice. Even the salary is almost gone! The reason for this is that Liu Mang was set up by Jiangdong Sun Ce, directly suppressing a population of one million.
Originally, there was only enough food for hundreds of thousands of people, but now it has to supply more than ten times the number of people. Of course, the food and grass are not enough. Although Lu Bu was a little annoyed, why didn't Liu Mang say hello to him when he implemented the call-up order, but he always Thinking that this can be regarded as a kind of tempering for Liu Mang made Lu Bu feel better, and Sun Ce also brought vitality to Yangzhou while he was scheming Liu Mang!
As long as they survive until the arrival of Xinliang, then Lu Bujun will really have a rainy day. It has a population of one million plus Yangzhou and half of the state. In the Shouchun generation, the land in the center of the gateway to the Jianghuai River is very fertile enough to feed a million people. With a population of one million, it is very convenient whether it is Lu Bu's army expansion or other things. With Yangzhou in hand, Lu Bu can once again step into the ranks of first-class princes.
What an ancient war was fought! Isn't it money, food and population? Now that the population is poor, it is money and food.
"The 100,000 grains that Cao Cao sent are going to be consumed!" Liu Mang learned from Xu Shu that Cao Cao in Yanzhou had sent 100,000 grains. When Shouchun was about to suffer from civil strife, Liu Mang stabilized people's hearts. Lao Cao, this is a move to give charcoal in a timely manner.
"My lord, although there is a lot of grain and grass in these 100,000 stones, it is not enough to feed a million people. Now it is more than four months before the output of new grain. But our grain and grass can only last for more than a month." That's all!" Xu Shu on the side clasped his fists at Liu Mang and said.
Xu Shu is called Lord Liu Mang, and Lu Bu has no objection, because Xu Shu belongs to Liu Mang's retainer, and Lu Bu regards Liu Mang as the heir to his great cause!
"More than a month!, Four months!" These two figures are simply a headache. The difference between the two is not a day or two, but a full two months. Not eating or drinking for more than a month!
Such a big problem appeared in front of Liu Mang, but Liu Mang's original joy of defeating Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's coalition forces was washed away at once. This Sun Ce strategy is still working in Yangzhou. If the problem of food and grass is not resolved, there will be riots in Yangzhou immediately. People don't care who you rule. If the common people are not fed and have a way to survive, he will definitely turn against you without saying a word.
"Han Yang, I'll ask Gongtai to transfer a batch of grain and grass from the Lujiang River first!" Lu Bu looked at Liu Mang's frown, and he also knew the urgency of Yangzhou. It just so happened that a new batch of grain and grass arrived in the Lujiang River. In addition to Liu Biao in Jingzhou holding Jiangdong Sun Ce in check, Lu Bu was able to dispatch so quickly and the wolf cavalry and Taishan army were trapped in the camp. Another reason was the Wanshi food and grass sent from the Jingzhou navy battalion.
"Not enough, not enough! It's just a drop in the bucket!" Liu Wei shook his head and said, the disciples in Lujiang were about to be hollowed out by Liu Wei, how much food and grass are there! Even if there is Wan Shi sent by the Jingzhou navy camp, it is just a drop in the bucket! Now Shouchun doesn't even have enough food and grass for 100,000 shi, so he cares about that 10,000 shi! Besides, it is not close from Lujiang to Yangzhou, and the consumption of ten thousand stones will also consume a lot. So Liu Mang directly refused.
"My lord, for the current plan, we can only rely on three methods to obtain food and grass!" Liu Ye on the side also spoke. Liu Ye was the military adviser of Liu Mang's army when Liu Mang went to Yuzhou. After returning to Shouchun, it is natural to let go of this position as a military advisor. Xu Shu is the military advisor of Liu Mang's army. After all, his main business is to be in charge of the industrial park of Liu Mang's army. It was destroyed, and it may take a lot of time to rebuild it, so Liu Ye is in the hall.
"Zi Yang, let's talk!" Liu Wei looked at Liu Ye and said, Lu Bu couldn't help but nodded as he looked at the two advisers under Liu Wei's command. In terms of strategy, Liu Mang has Xu Shu and Liu Ye.
Xu Shu, Liu Ye, and Lu Bu had never heard of their names, but they used their achievements to tell Lu Bu that they could take on the responsibility. The fortress Shouchun, if it wasn't for Pang Tong's deception in the end, the gate of Shouchun might not even be opened. Yangzhou was even more organized in the hands of Xu Shu before, and the millions of people in Shouchun also lived and worked in peace and contentment.
And Liu Ye followed Liu Mang to fight in Yuzhou, and he also made great achievements in battle. For example, he encircled and wiped out half of the Xiliang iron cavalry, and there were 7,000 heavy armored cavalry! In the end, his Lu Bu army got three thousand cavalry and nearly five thousand horses for nothing! How can this not make Lu Bu happy!
In terms of generals, this Yangzhou is about to form its own line. Liu Mang's two main forces, the Urban Management Army and the Black Chess Army, except for Cheng Yu, the chief general of the Urban Management Army, Xu Sheng, Wang Wei, Huang Xu and others are all Liu Mang. Personally promoted, and now there is a small white horse Congyi, in the hands of Liu Mang's subordinate Zhao Yun, Lu Buke still has an impression of the white horse Congyi, the soldier horse. The white horse general Gongsun Zan is not far from Youzhou and Bingzhou. Gan Ning can also be regarded as Liu Mang's trilogy. It can be said that Yangzhou has become the temperament of a prince. Lu Bu gave full autonomy. These talents under Liu Mang's command, Lu Bu will not covet, as for counselors. It is enough for him to have Chen Gong. generals. Which one of Zang Ba, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun is not a general. Not to mention him, Lu Bu, the god of war himself. Lu Bu looked at Liu Mang like an elder would look at a junior in his family.
"My lord, if you want to get food and grass, the first thing is to grab it!" Liu Ye said to Liu Mang.
"Snatch?!" Liu Wei thought for a while and said: "There are places to grab food around here!" Liu Wei's two neighbors in Yangzhou now are Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Although Cao Cao won the battle of Guandu, he got Most of Yuan Shao's food and grass, but those food and grass are far away in Jizhou, not in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, which are on the border with Yangzhou. Even if Liu Mang sends troops, he can only attack Yanzhou and Xuzhou. The grain and grass seized in these two states are not enough to consume! What's more, Lao Cao sent 100,000 shi of grain and grass at the critical moment of Shouchun, at least we should remember his goodness. Another neighbor is Liu Bei. Although it is a good idea to beat Liu Bei, Liu Wei is really afraid that Liu Bei's army will come to his death. Even if he wins Runan, he may get nothing, and Liu Bei's current situation is almost the same. , It is difficult to support the consumption of Yangzhou after winning Yuzhou, not to mention that a large amount of food and grass is needed for the expedition, and it is difficult for Yangzhou to pay for the consumption of this large amount of food and grass. So Liu Mang vetoed the first one.
"Then my lord. The second is to borrow food and grass from our good neighbor!" Liu Ye said the second method.
"Borrow food?!" Borrow food from Cao Cao? Liu Mang still shook his head with a wry smile, it wasn't that he didn't want to borrow it. But I can't borrow it. When Lao Cao sent 100,000 shi of grain and grass, he asked someone to send the courier. What he wanted was the bed crossbow in Liu Mang's army. Liu Mang could sell the bed crossbow to Jiangdong. To Jingzhou, but it cannot be sold to Cao Cao, because Cao Cao has now defeated Yuan Shao, the overlord of the north is about to be settled, and the time left for the princes of the Central Plains is running out. Once the bed crossbow is given to Cao Cao, Cao Cao is no match How long can the Yuan brothers last! Cao Cao's unified north wants to pacify the Central Plains first, and then go south to take the Yangtze River Basin, and he Lu Bujun bears the brunt of it. Liu Wei sold Cao Cao's bed crossbow. He is crazy! Therefore, borrowing food from Lao Cao was completely impossible to succeed, and was rejected by Liu Wei.
"Then there is only one last option left, my lord! That is to buy it!" Liu Ye could only shake his head helplessly. Now that he can't grab a gun or borrow it, he can buy it with money!
"Can I buy it?!" Liu Mang was a little unconfident. You must know that this is a troubled time, and food and grass are strategic materials in troubled times, and they are rarely bought or sold.
"My lord, besides Zi Yang's method, do you have other methods!" Xu Shu also spoke.
Listening to Xu Shu's words, Liu Mang really found that he really had no other way except to buy grain and grass.
"Who should we buy grain like?!" Liu Mang looked at Liu Ye, and Liu Ye would definitely know who to buy if he proposed this method.
"There are more people buying, we can be like Cao Cao in Yanzhou, we can be like the Yuan brothers in Hebei, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and even Sun Ce in Jiangdong. We can send envoys to buy and sell grain and grass." Big ones may buy grain and grass. "But my lord, you have to be prepared to spend a lot of money!" Liu Ye is right, food and grass are expensive in troubled times, and almost everyone knows that you, Liu Mang, have been plotted by others and need food and grass to save your life, so food and grass will definitely be expensive. It's very expensive to sell, and I'm sorry to have such a Kaizi who doesn't slaughter it.
Liu Mang sighed, being slaughtered was something he couldn't help, as long as it wasn't too much, Liu Mang could still accept it, even if it was three to four times the normal amount, as long as he got through the difficulty in front of him.
"My lord, not only are we running short of food and grass, but we also don't have much gold in our inventory!" Xu Shu is the old steward of Liu Mang's army, and Xu Shu is in charge of money and food. Buying food and grass naturally requires a lot of money, but now there is not much money.
Liu Mang was a little puzzled, "Yuan Zhi, don't we still have tens of thousands of gold!" Liu Mang remembered that he only came to Yangzhou and brought tens of thousands of gold. Difference. But now it is not enough! It's only been a few months.
"My lord, Yuan Zhi didn't dare to expire my lord, the money is indeed insufficient," Xu Shu explained to Liu Mang, the industrial area, the captain of the ship, and the salaries of the craftsmen, and even built these cement houses in the city, There is also the casting of the Hall of Heroes in Shouchun. These all need money! Before and after Wan Jin disappeared. Now Shouchun is waiting for prosperity. The industrial area needs to be rebuilt, and the captain of the shipbuilder has to start working again. How much spare money is there
"If you lack money, you can get it from the Lujiang River!" Lu Bu said to Liu Mang. Although there is not much food and grass in the Lujiang River, there is a lot of money. It is all stolen from the family. These decades or hundreds of years are very impressive. . You can't put too much grain and grass, but this gold and silver can.
"No!" Liu Mang refused without even thinking about it. Liu Mang frowned at this straightforward look, isn't Lujiang from Yangzhou? Although his Yangzhou is under the control of Liu Mang, his nominal master is still Lu Bu. Liu Mang is Lu Bu's son-in-law, so he wants to separate the family now! Lu Bu's face was a bit unsightly, and Zang Ba, Zhang Liao and other generals standing next to Lu Bu also looked sullen.
"Father-in-law, don't get me wrong!" Liu Mang quickly waved his hand, to get rid of Lu Bujun and stand on his own? Even if Liu Mang had the heart but not the strength, if it weren't for Lu Bu's army in the battle of Yangzhou this time, Liu Mang's Shouchun might have been captured long ago. "Father-in-law, give me your coins too!"
"Huh?!" Liu Mang's words confused Lu Bu. What do you want to do if you want it, but you don't want to use it to buy food and grass.
"For military expansion!" Liu Mang said to Lu Bu. The reason why Yangzhou was suppressed and beaten this time, Liu Wei saw that apart from being calculated by others, there was not enough food and grass, and another reason was the serious shortage of troops. If Liu Wei had tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses in his hands, why was it necessary? Why go to encircle Wei and save Zhao, so why cut off Liu Bei's food supply and force Liu Bei's army to retreat! This time Liu Bei was able to beat Liu Bei so badly. Among them, the main force of Liu Bei's army was wiped out by his cheap father-in-law. If Liu Wei's Yangzhou had tens of thousands of troops, he could directly fight Liu Bei, and Xu Shu would not be trapped. Shouchun could have fought Pang Tong with the soldiers and horses in his hand, so Liu Mang urgently wanted to expand his army.
"Army expansion? You have to think clearly!" Lu Bu asked Liu Mang worriedly. This expansion of the army is not a child's play, because the expansion of the army will inevitably require more commanders and officers of all ranks. Otherwise, how can they be recruited? ! There is also the expansion of the army, which must be developed in the direction of the elite, otherwise the ordinary miscellaneous army will have no effect other than wasting military rations.
"The head of the corps is very good, even hundreds of people and thousands of people are ready for me!" Liu Wei said to the people in the hall. Liu Wei asked those capable people to challenge the black people in the previous Hefei recruitment order. Generals of the chess army and the city management army! Those who can beat the corps leader will become the corps leader, and those who can beat the corps leader will be the corps leader. Those who lose will directly abdicate and make way for the virtuous. In other words, most of Liu Mang's black chess army and urban management army are the so-called deputy generals, deputy chiefs, deputy hundred generals, and deputy thousand generals. He has completely regarded these two parts as military officers. The training camp and the teaching camp are here for training. Once the army is expanded, the officers at the grassroots level are not bad at all.
As for the elite of the trilogy, that is also no problem. Liu Mang plans to expand his army to form three camps. The first one is the White Horse Congyi in Zhao Yun's hands. Zhao Yun's White Horse Congyi is too nameless. There are five thousand soldiers and horses, how could it be less than the current two hundred! This is a cavalry battalion, but it's not a real cavalry unit, so Liu Mang wanted to form Baima Congyi for endless use!
Originally, there were no war horses, war horses were too expensive, Liu Mang needed careful planning to rely on Gan Ning’s navy to obtain the entrance to the sea, and then import war horses from Liaodong to Baima Congyi. It would be difficult to form an army without one in a year or two, but now it’s different , Outside Gwangju, Hucheer Xiliang Iron Cavalry ate 7,000 horsemen, got 5,000 war horses, and 3,000 Xiliang cavalry. These cavalry can be directly trained to form an army.
But Liu Mang didn't want all of them. He only needed to pick 1,500 people out of them, and then summoned 2,000 recruits to make 3,000 people teach Zhao Yun. He asked Zhao Yun to choose two of the 3,500 people. More than a thousand people formed a white horse of 2,500 people from righteousness, and one man and two horses formed a light cavalry.
For the remaining 1,500 or so Xiliang iron cavalry, Liu Mang is going to pack them up and give them to Lu Bu. He will train with those Xiliang iron cavalry captured by Lu Bu to supplement the Bingzhou wolf cavalry. There were more than 6,800, because he was fighting in an ambush, so many Xiliang cavalry didn't know what was going on, and they were left behind. After Zhang Xiu and the others fled, they also lost a lot of horses. Therefore, the horses ridden by Bingzhou wolves are absolutely sufficient.
The second army Liu Mang will form is the Yiyang military pawns in Wei Yan's hands. The Jingzhou army handed over Yiyang without even daring to fart, because Wei Yan's prestige in Yiyang was too great, and he was also very skilled in martial arts. Gone.
Wei Yan also lived up to Liu Mang's admiration and even took Zaoyang down. Now Wei Yan is gathering troops and horses in Zaoyang, Yiyang to reorganize the Yiyang soldier. The Yiyang soldier is also an elite infantry.
The last battalion is for Hao Shao. Where is Hao Shao’s talent? It’s impossible for Liu Wei to kill him. With the title of a miscellaneous general, a battalion of 5,000 soldiers was given to him and he was stationed in Gwangju and integrated with Yiyang Zaoyang, just like a nail nailed to the border of Yangzhou, With Hao Shao guarding the city, Liu Mang will be at ease.
Although the soldiers and horses of the third battalion are less than 15,000, they consume a lot of money. The swords and armor of the soldiers, all kinds of weapons need money, and the money and food for training, which is not the place where money is used, so Liu Mang It needs a horse of money from Lujiang to support it.
But once it is used, there is no money to buy food and grass! It's really a difficult multiple choice question.
Fortunately, Yang Hong, Liu Mang's private steward, said, "Marquis Wen, Patriarch! Although Hong has no food and grass, there is gold and silver in the city of Shouchun! It is enough to relieve Yangzhou's turmoil!" (To be continued...)