Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 363
With the halo of "Zhang Jiao's reincarnation", Qingzhou itself is one of the prefectures and counties with far-reaching influence of the Taiping Dao, and it has not declined to this day. Wouldn't it be a pity if it was not used?

Of course, Wang Zheng asked Gu Jian to contact Guan Cheng and Sun Xia, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, not because he wanted them to help him conquer Beihai County.

For one thing, since ancient times, the biggest flaws of the peasant army are mostly lack of discipline and equipment. These two points lead to their extremely poor performance in the face of tough battles and headwinds.

And there is no doubt that the siege of the city is precisely one of the biggest tough battles in the history of war.

The Yellow Turban Army is no exception. From the first Yellow Turban Uprising to now, most of the broken cities are basically built up by the number of people.

Since Guan Hai's siege of Kong Rong suffered a big defeat last time, most of the Ant-Possessed refugees have dispersed in a rush, and now those who are still following Guan Cheng and Sun Xia are naturally their direct descendants, not to mention their abilities. Whether it is siege, it is too unrealistic to ask these people to spend all their money to contribute to their own family, thinking of being generous to others as soon as they meet.

The second is that these people are willing to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, and they have the ability to help Wang Zheng take Beihai, so the credit is not too great?
If Wang Zheng didn't give a generous reward, it would be unreasonable logically. If it was a reward, how would he arrange it?
Therefore, in Wang Zheng's thinking, in fact, it is more hoped that these people will do more vigorously and more frequently what they are currently doing.

In the harsh winter season, no matter Sun Xia who is near the mountains or Guan Cheng who eats the sea, there is already a shortage of food and fodder. At this time, they originally planned to go to the surrounding areas to plunder.

Of course, in the case of stragglers before, their targets were more rural areas. When they saw large groups of soldiers and horses, they avoided them and attacked small groups of grain troops. But now with the support of Wang Zheng, they can directly attack the county level. up.

Harassing Kong Rong's rear made him unstable, exhausted, and panicked this year. At the same time, when the banditry intensified, the troops he had arranged to go there should also have the opportunity to show their merits in a short time and speed up his military power. differentiation mastery.

After listening to Wang Zheng's overall plan, Guan Cheng and Sun Xia glanced at each other, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the two of them are willing to come to Xiapi, they naturally intend to serve the king's government. After all these years, both the two of them and the brothers who followed them are mostly tired of the precarious life of Tibet.

But having this idea and idea does not mean that you will accept it and worship it.

Judging from Wang Zheng's current performance, he is naturally better than their former supervisors Hai and Han Zhong in terms of ability, which also means that if they follow this "General Tiangong", there is a high possibility that all hardships will be rewarded.

But whether we can share adversity, or even prosperity, depends on character and temperament, not ability.

If he is a hero who does not miss his old love, then in the eyes of Guan Cheng and Sun Xia, he will also be anxious all day long if he is under his command. Instead, he might as well continue to be a bandit and pirate.

At least there is no restraint, let alone look at people's faces.

The two of Wang Zheng's dispositions are clear to themselves, and it is impossible to come to a conclusion in a short period of time, but at least this is the first time they meet, the other party's request is reasonable, they neither treat them as fools, nor use them purely plan.

Then naturally there is no reason to refuse.

"Don't worry, general." Guan Cheng replied without a word, and said repeatedly: "We will definitely turn Beihai upside down during this period of time, so that Kong Rong can't even sleep peacefully!"

"Haha." Wang Zheng smiled, clapped his hands again, and a young man with a rich face turned out from the back of the hall. "This is Mi Fang, the chief official of the Benming Department under General Wei. From now on, the two of you can communicate with him before each action."

He also said: "If there is a shortage of equipment or armor in the future, you can also directly inform Mi Fang, and she will arrange the supply."

Mi Fang was also smiling all over her face, she bowed her hands to Sun Xia and Guan Cheng respectively, and said politely: "Then I have two strong men."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

After all, Sun Xia is not a local, so he didn't have any special reaction, but Guan Cheng looked at Mi Fang in surprise. He has been famous for the rich and extravagant Mi family, so it is not surprising that the other party appeared in the royal government. After all, Xuzhou is now General Tiangong has the final say, and surrender is reasonable.

But since he participated in such confidential matters, it is enough to prove that the top wealthy household in Xuzhou, who has the reputation of "half city", has surrendered completely instead of staying on the surface?
When his thoughts changed sharply, he also hurriedly returned the gift.

After the formal talk, we chatted for a few more words. Seeing that it was getting late, under Wang Zheng's signal, Mi Fang took the initiative to invite the two of them to visit her home, continue to contact each other, and lay the foundation for future cooperation.

Before going out, Mi Fang couldn't help but look back, he actually wanted to invite Wang Zheng to go with him, after all, since he had plans to "sell his sister", at least let Wang Zheng and Mi Zhen meet first before talking.

Moreover, Mi Fang has full confidence in her younger sister's appearance.

General Tiangong is a hero, after all he is young and full of vigor, if he saw Mi Zhen, Mi Fang would not believe that he would not be moved.

Seeing that Wang Zheng had laid down his case again, and seemed to be concentrating on processing the official documents, Mi Fang opened her mouth, but still didn't dare to disturb her, so she had to leave angrily.

After dealing with foreign affairs, Wang Zheng naturally focused on internal affairs.

This is the mineral resources in Xuzhou.

The ancients paid the most attention to salt, iron, and gold. The current official records are also mainly based on this. In addition to increasing the intensity of mining, Wang Zheng, a later generation, will naturally not limit his vision to this.

In addition to these three, Wang Zheng found a coal mine near Liangcheng when he went out to inspect before. After returning to Xiapi, he found out that none of the previous state shepherds paid attention to this aspect.

After asking Mi Heng, I found out that coal was called coal at this time, and its mining and use have been around since the Western Han Dynasty. ("Historical Records A Family of Foreign Relatives Queen Dowager Dou": Empress Dou's elder brother Dou Changjun, younger brother Dou Guangguo, styled Shaojun. When Shaojun was four or five years old, his family was poor, and he was sold by others, and his family did not know where he was. It was passed down to more than ten families , went to Yiyang, went to the mountain to make charcoal for his master, and at dusk there were more than a hundred people lying on the bank.
As for the reasons for not paying attention to it, one is that any mineral is prone to casualties during the mining process, and coal is continuously buried underground due to changes in the earth's crust, and is isolated from the air for a long time, which leads to , the opening of the coal mine is more difficult, and the collapse is more likely to occur.

In contrast, the benefits obtained from coal mining are far inferior to iron and gold mining, so neither the government nor the people naturally pay much attention at this time.

But it is naturally different now. How can the value of human life be the same in the peaceful years and the chaos of war?

Moreover, more and more refugees have flowed into Xuzhou recently, and Wang Zhengzheng is worried that he will not be able to resettle them.

Therefore, next, he plans to conduct a survey of various minerals in Xuzhou, and then he can organize Liuqian to mine them. It can be shipped to other states and exchanged for military and civilian necessities that are relatively scarce in Xuzhou.

Moreover, the several great aristocratic families currently serving him, whether it is the Mi family, the Wang family, or the Yan family, all have their own business routes and relationships.

In addition to this point, most of Xuzhou is located in plain areas. Compared with the coal mines that have been neglected, there are actually not many iron mines, but this is the most important thing today.

Next, Wang Zheng will not only take back the iron mines that were previously occupied by the rich, but also prepare to issue a strict order that all iron mines in the territory must not only be owned by the government, but also not allowed to leave the country for half a catty. Use the quantity of iron to supply the Kubingsi with the greatest amount.

After establishing the official system and preliminarily determining the next military action, Wang Zheng thought about the economy again.

But this point is a bit embarrassing, the counselors under his command, neither Zhang Zhao nor Mi Heng are good at this, the Mi family is a merchant for many generations, Wang Zheng also asked Mi Fang's opinion today, but the reply did not satisfy him.

Now Wang Zheng can only rely on himself.

It's just that he thought about it for a long time, but suddenly found that although he had heard countless business vocabulary and concepts in his previous life, when he really wanted to make a set of specific and effective regulations by himself, not to mention the practice, the theory stumped him first.

Suidan's footsteps are getting closer and closer.

In addition to presenting gifts to Yuan Shu, Wang Zheng, as a nominal official of the Han Dynasty, naturally also prepared a great gift to the emperor who was far away in Xudu. At the same time, Zhang Zhao's second letter also arrived.

He has arrived at Quchi, and will be able to reach Xiapi within three days.

At the same time, he also informed Wang Zheng that the envoy arranged by Lu Bufang, who was accompanying Wang Zheng, was Chen Gong, a famous scholar in Dongjun.

What's happening here?
This made Wang Zheng suspicious. Since Lu Bu promised marriage, the overall situation has been decided. The next step is for the two parties to go through some procedures, prepare the dowry by themselves, and then agree on the date of marriage. These are all formalities.

Such a trivial matter, but to send the first counselor under his command, is it a bit overkill?

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Wang Zheng is a little uncertain, so he asks Mi Heng and Yu Jin for advice.

When hearing that Lu Bu had already nodded to the marriage, both Ni Heng and Yu Jin looked calm, as if they thought it was expected, but when they heard that the envoy of the engagement was Chen Gong, they looked at each other in blank dismay, just like Wang Zheng Big surprise.

You Heng thought for a while and said, "My lord, is it because Lu Bu saw that after the lord's victory over Liu Bei, his power has become more stable, and because he saw that he was about to form an alliance, he dispatched important ministers, thinking that he valued it and showed his favor?"

"Not necessarily." Yu Jin who was at the side held a different opinion: "The future will see, Chen Gong as an envoy should not be Lu Bu's original intention, but it may be Chen Gongtai's own idea."

"Oh?" Wang Zheng looked sideways after hearing the words: "How do you say that?"

"The last general served under Cao Cao's command with this man in the past, so he knows a little bit about his temperament," Yu Jin said, "This man is lonely and arrogant, and he thinks highly of himself. "

"For family affairs, if it comes from someone else's order, it may not be able to make him be willing to be controlled." Yu Jin said: "Therefore, the general thinks that Chen Gongxian is more likely to recommend himself."

Wang Zheng nodded, and asked again: "Wen Ze, what do you think is the reason why Chen Gong came?"

"This" Yu Jin pondered for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "Could it be to spy on our army's truth?"

this guess
Wang Zheng fell into deep thought. If it was true what Yu Jin said, it meant that Lu Bu hadn't really made up his mind to get on Wang Zheng's warship at this time.

"If so, how should we deal with it?"

Hearing this, Yu Jin and Mi Heng glanced at each other. Since they were spying on the truth, what Chen Gong saw and heard next is the key to this marriage, and it will determine whether Lu Bu will be a friend or an enemy in the future.

"You should show it to be strong." Yu Jin said.

"However, it must not be completely concealed." Mi Heng added on the side.

Showing his strength naturally made Lu Bu feel that Wang Zheng has absolute strength and qualifications to be the husband of his only daughter.

It still needs to be covered up, but both of them are not at ease about Lu Bu's character. Even if they show their strength, they can't show their full strength. What should be kept secret should be kept secret.

This is also in line with Wang Zheng's plan.

"That's right." Wang Zheng nodded, "Our army has [-]% of its strength, so we can show [-] points. Among them, [-] points are solid, and [-] points are empty."

After thinking for a while, he said, "The Tianzhu camp must not appear in front of people."

Mi Heng and Yu Jin both agree.

"Since that's the case, how about a way to show it to be strong, Wen Ze, you can handle it."

Wang Zhengdao: "Besides, after all, Chen Gong is a famous person in the world and an important minister of Lu Bu. Since he is the envoy this time, we must not neglect it."

"Let Xu Fang be responsible for welcoming and entertaining."

"Here."

"Gongtai, this is the Yi River."

When the dust settled, Zhang Zhao's heart that had been in the air for a long time finally fell, and he regained his former celebrity demeanor. Every time he talked with Chen Gong along the way, whether it was talking about the past or the present, or citing scriptures, it was really eloquent. , endlessly.

And Chen Gong was quite catering to him, although he heard a lot and said little, but every time he said something, Zhang Zhao looked at him with admiration, and regretted that he didn't have a deep friendship with him in the early years.

Pointing to the mighty river ahead, Zhang Zhao said excitedly, "As long as you walk along the river, you can reach Xiapi City in two or three days at most."

"This is the tributary of Yi River in Xuzhou." Chen Gong nodded after hearing that, "Speaking of which, Wangzhou Mu has a lot to do with this river."

Facing Zhang Zhao's perplexed eyes, Chen Gong smiled and said, "This water flows out of Mount Tai and passes through Linzi, flows into Kaiyang and enters Xiapi, doesn't it coincide with Wang Zhoumu's rise?"

"I just don't know if it will continue like this in the future." Speaking of this, Chen Gong said with a smile: "Yi River reaches the tail of the swallow and enters the Yangtze River."

Zhang Zhao didn't expect Chen Gong to be so familiar with Xuzhou's mountains and rivers, and he was very impressed.

However, the last sentence of the other party seemed to have a hidden meaning, but he couldn't answer it for a while, pretending not to hear it, and after a haha, he changed the topic directly.

Talking and walking like this, the next journey passed in a blink of an eye. At dawn on the third day, a group of people rode horses across the river bank from the upper bank of the Yihe River. Not long after, a majestic city came into view.

　The last few chapters are about the internal transitional plots and I don’t want to write too monotonously, so each chapter will be interspersed with some different plots, which is too brain-intensive.

　　There will definitely be an update this month, when the plot of the war, it can be done in one go

　　
　
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