Great Han Empire

Chapter 324 The rain is coming
In the evening, Li Hong summoned Li Wei, Song Wen, Tang Fang and others to discuss again on several disputed issues between the two sides.

"Everyone has read the letter from Lord Huangfu of Shangshutai. In order to facilitate the recruitment as soon as possible, the imperial court has issued an edict to the whole country. Although the imperial court's purpose is good, it also pushed Zhang Yan and the other leaders of the Yellow Turban Army to a desperate situation. Li Hong sighed, "From the perspective of those who believe in the Way of Peace, Zhang Yan and the leaders are now rebels; from the perspective of the Yellow Turban soldiers and refugees who followed Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan has brought hope to their survival. Zhang Yan does not He is willing to betray the Taiping Dao and the Yellow Turban Army, but he can't abandon the millions of refugees who follow him, and he can't erase the hope in the hearts of the refugees. Today, Zhang Yan is in a dilemma, and his heart is very painful. At this time, should we let One step, let Zhang Yan strengthen her determination to appease her."

Li Wei and the others were silent.

After a long time, Tang Fang said: "My lord offered to appease, and then offered to give in. Will it create an illusion for the Yellow Turban Army? The Yellow Turban Army thinks that both the lord and the court are accommodating them, and they take the opportunity to ask for prices. Then, the appeasement will come to a deadlock." He After a pause, he continued, "Refugees scattered all over heard that Zhang Yan was appeased by the imperial court. As long as they follow him, they will immediately have land, food and housing, and they will flock here soon. This is very important for Zhang Yan. He said, it is actually a situation where there is no retreat. Millions of refugees are watching him, waiting for him to allocate land, and thanking him for his gift. How can he have the courage and confidence to retreat. At this time Zhang If Yan retreats, it will bring him not the support of the refugees, but the disappointment and tears of the refugees. He will lose everything because of this, and the Yellow Turban Army will also be wiped out quickly. Zhang Yan and his subordinates should It's very clear, so I don't think you need to make any concessions, you just need to give Zhang Yan a period of time."

"As time goes by, more and more refugees will come after hearing the news. Zhang Yan will definitely not be able to hold on. He has no other way out except bowing his head to the court."

Li Wei smiled wryly and said: "The imperial court's move is too cruel. Let Zhang Yan bear such great pressure alone in just a few months, he will go crazy. If we drive Zhang Yan crazy, the Yellow Turban Army There will be a split immediately, not to mention the futility of recruiting, just so many refugees crowding around Taiyuan and Shangdang, it will be a huge disaster for us."

Song Wen also said with a heavy heart: "Aside from the Yellow Turban Army, we should also make concessions from the perspective of refugees. If millions of refugees gather in Bingzhou, if there is no food, what will be the result after a month or two?" I guess Taiyuan and Shangdang will soon be full of starvation and ruins. Taiyuan and Shangdang are gone, what will happen to the imperial border situation in northern Xinjiang? , look at Jizhou and you will know that the disaster of refugees is far worse than the disaster of yellow scarves."

"The imperial court's move is really ill-considered. Although they pushed Zhang Yan into a corner, they also pushed us into a corner. If the appeasement fails, we really have no responsibility, but it is us who have millions of refugees flooding into Bingzhou. How can we sit idly by?" Song Wen looked at Li Hong and pleaded, "My lord, let's farm the fields as soon as possible. No matter how we make concessions, as long as we appease the refugees and stabilize Bingzhou, we will be worthy of the Han Kingdom. I'm sorry Your Majesty. Even if we are convicted and sent to prison in the future, it is enough to ask ourselves that we have done nothing wrong."

Li Hong patted Song Wen hard, and praised: "Chang Feng, you are right, I will listen to you, let's make another step, and strive to farm as soon as possible."

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After a night of discussion, Li Hong, Li Wei and the others agreed on a plan again on several controversial issues.

The first is the issue of military strength.Li Hong made the biggest concession, allowing the Yellow Turban Army to retain 30 horses, but Li Hong made adjustments in the number of county soldiers and garrison soldiers. He expanded the number of garrison soldiers to 25, and stipulated that garrison soldiers should not Take the military salary and replace the military salary with self-grown food. At the same time, the soldiers in the field can only be equipped with weapons in wartime.The national soldiers of [-] counties are responsible for maintaining the law and order in Taiyuan County. They are controlled by the Zhenbei General Headquarters.

The second is the formation of county government offices.Li Hong completely abandoned the original plan, stipulating that all the officials in the prefectural and county government offices should be appointed by the Yellow Turban Army, and the Zhenbei General Headquarters would no longer interfere, but the county and county government offices at all levels would no longer participate in the military and civilian settlements.

Third, the military and civilian villages are self-contained systems, not affiliated with prefectures and counties.Li Hong accepted the suggestions of Li Wei and others, and made some adjustments after summarizing the experience and lessons of farming in the early days of the dynasty.The military station is recommended by the Yellow Turban Army to serve as Diannong Duwei at all levels, and the Diannong Duwei Mansion has the Waiting Order, Shounong Order, Advising Farmers, Cangchang, Cangzuo, etc. who are engaged in history, and there are Zhenbei Generals. The government recommended some officials who were familiar with farming affairs, and the captain of Diannong was directly controlled by the General Department of Zhenbei.Mintun is in charge of the government-appointed Colonel Hutian. Neither the Zhenbei General’s Mansion nor the Zhonglang General’s Mansion has the right to interfere with the affairs of the Mintun. Help and support in all aspects.

Finally, there is the issue of taxes.Li Hong agreed to exempt Taiyuan County from taxation for five years, but after five years, [-]% of the tax collected must be turned over to the state treasury, and [-]% will be freely controlled by the Yellow Turban Army.On this point, Li Hong believes that there is no more concession. This is related to the development of the entire Bingzhou, and the treasury of the Han Kingdom will also have some income.

The compiled files were then sent to Jinyang City.

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Zhang Yan didn't answer. Although Li Hong was anxious, he had no choice but to go back to Longshan camp and wait patiently.

The training and training of Longshan Camp is in full swing.Longshan is now like a huge battlefield. The cavalry army, infantry army and chariot battalion replaced boring training with actual combat drills. The [-] soldiers of the three armies fought together, killing like thunder. It was really thrilling.

The military vehicle battalion was renamed the chariot battalion because of Yin Si's strong request.Yin Si told Li Hong that whether it was a siege chariot or an attacking ballista, they were all used for war. Of course they should be called Chariot Camp, and it sounded better than Army Chariot Camp.Of course, Li Hong agreed to such a trivial matter, but then Li Hong regretted it, and the other generals of the battalions immediately came to ask for a name change.

Fengyun Iron Cavalry and Changshui Camp are famous all over the world, so of course there is no need to change them, but they have very objections to Li Hong naming other iron cavalry camps with Xianling, Huangzhong and Wuye.If the Wuye camp is famous all over the world in the future, everyone will know that there is a Wuye tribe in northern Xinjiang, but who knows that there is a brave Bailu tribe in northern Xinjiang, and there are Baishan Karasuma tribes?Huang Zhongqiang also has opinions.Many soldiers in Xianling Battalion are Huangzhong Qiang people. If Xianling Battalion wins the battle, who knows what Huangzhong Qiang people are?Okay, okay, change, change.Li Hong had no choice but to discuss with everyone, and changed the Huangzhong Cavalry to the Yueqi Battalion, the Xianling Cavalry to the Wuqi Battalion, and the Wuye Cavalry to the Hussar Battalion.

The battalions of the cavalry army changed their names, and of course the battalions of the infantry army also changed their names.So Li Hong reorganized another [-] infantry army, and made a battalion of those who can surpass the heights and walk lightly, named Li Fengying, led by the school captain Yushi; Form a battalion, named Huben Camp, led by Colonel Yan Liang; those who can break the conflict of enemy cavalry will gather into one battalion, named Zhechong Camp, led by Colonel Hua Xiong.

With a very prestigious name, each battalion immediately made a big banner and erected it under the banner of the Black Panther Commander, and the momentum really changed.

After Li Hong inspected the battalions, he also made a special trip to the Bingcao Camp. He heard from Xiao Lan that Yin Si had already made a huge stone catapult with the cooperation of hundreds of craftsmen in the Bingcao Camp. It is being tested.When Li Hong arrived at Bingcao Camp, Tian Zhong, Yin Si and others were instructing the soldiers to use catapults to throw stones.

Li Hong listened carefully to Yin Si's introduction, and looked at the results of the test firing, and was very dissatisfied.

The catapult truck made by Yin Si is huge, and forty soldiers are required to pull the lever at the same time when using it.If you use a stone weighing two catties, you can throw it as far as more than 200 steps, but the accuracy is very poor.

"Zhongzhi, is this the gun carriage you mentioned?"

Yin Si nodded again and again, and said excitedly: "My lord, if I make it bigger and use a hundred soldiers to pull the lever, I can shoot at least a stone weighing fifty catties. My lord, what do you think of this cannon cart?"

Li Hong smiled, praised him a bit, and then said: "This cannon car is huge in size, inconvenient to move, and employs too many people. It seems to be of limited use except for siege, isn't it?"

Yin Si smiled and said: "I can make wheels on it, so that it will be more convenient to move. As for people, there are tens of thousands of people in our chariot battalion, so it is not a problem to use them. As long as the cannon can move quickly, it can be used in two places. It plays a huge role when the army is facing each other.”

"I think the ballista is more useful."

"When attacking and defending a city, the artillery cart is definitely more powerful than the ballista." Yin Si said, "When fighting on the plains, the ballista is naturally much more lethal to the cavalry, but to the infantry, the artillery cart The lethality is astonishing. What do you think?"

Li Hong smiled without saying a word.At this time, something went wrong with the cannon carriage, and Yin Si ran over in a hurry.

Tian Zhong looked at Li Hong and said with a smile, "Is your lord not satisfied?"

"I spent a lot of money to make this thing. I'm really dissatisfied." Li Hong shook his head and said with heartache, "With so much money, I can buy hundreds of thousands of long arrows."

Tian Zhong said with a smile: "My lord, if we attack the city, we have this big thing to help out, and the casualties of the soldiers may be reduced."

"Old man, have you considered that if the cannon cart wants to shoot far, the stone is small, and the stone is small, and it will have no effect, but if it wants to shoot a big stone, the cannon cart is within the range of the enemy's strong bow. How to shoot?" Li Hong said disapprovingly, "Even if this thing is made, the quantity will not be too many, and the shooting interval is also long, so it will not pose a huge threat to the enemy. I think it's better to forget it, you find someone Chance to tell Zhong Zhi, don’t do this gun car, I don’t have so much money for him to waste.”

"After fighting for so many years, did we rely on the sharpness of our weapons to defeat the enemy? The indomitable fighting spirit of the soldiers is the key to our victory. Look at the iron cavalry of the barbarians. If we can defeat them with weapons, what is the reason? Hundreds of years of invasion? Why did the ancestors build the Great Wall?"

Tian Zhong thought for a while, and persuaded: "My lord, let Zhong Zhi try. Although weapons are not the key to victory, without better weapons, wouldn't it be more difficult for us to defeat the enemy? Wouldn't our soldiers be killed in battle? more?"

Li Hong waved his hand and said resolutely: "Don't try again. This money can buy food to feed the refugees, don't waste it in vain."

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When Li Hong returned to Daying, he heard the news that made him ecstatic. Qu Yi's elder brother had come.

Qu Zhong is in his 40s, plainly dressed, with a long face and long beard, and there is a hint of elegance between his brows. It is difficult to see that he is a giant merchant in Guanzhong.After exchanging pleasantries with Li Hong, he immediately introduced a young man standing behind him to Li Hong.This person is in his 20s, dressed in brocade clothes, with a handsome appearance and a pair of eyes that are very aura.

"My lord, this is Xu Ling Xu Boyu, the youngest and biggest rich man in Guanzhong. This time I can make a fortune in Guanzhong, thanks to his food."

Li Hong immediately remembered what Tian Zhong said, so he asked with a smile: "I heard that your grain is transported from Yangzhou to Guanzhong. How can you still make money when the price has increased several times?"

Xu Ling smiled and said, "My lord, if I don't say that, how can the food increase several times? I am hoarding food and increasing the price. There must be a reason? Otherwise, I will be the number one profiteer in Guanzhong from now on." Yet?"

Suddenly, Li Hong pointed at him and laughed loudly: "It really is a profiteer. Then your food..."

"It's all grain from the Guandong and Nanyang areas. It's a few hundred miles away, and it's in Guanzhong in a blink of an eye." Xu Ling laughed. I came to Bingzhou with Boyong, one is to thank you for your care, and the other is to thank my two benefactors."

Li Hong waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't need to thank me, I will trouble you right now, if you can help me, I still have to thank you."

Xu Ling bowed and said with a smile: "The villain's benefactor is right in front of him. When the villain pays his respects to the benefactor, the adults can assign him whatever he wants. Even if the villain goes through fire and water, he will not hesitate to do so."

Li Hong looked around in surprise, and asked strangely: "Benefactor? I still have your benefactor here?"

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Xu Ling immediately looked at Li Wei and Xie Ming, and asked with a smile: "The two benefactors don't know me?"

Li Wei and Xie Ming looked at each other in surprise.Li Wei pointed at him and said loudly in disbelief: "You are that Xu Ling?"

"It's the villain." Xu Ling knelt down on the ground and said excitedly, "The two benefactors saved my life in Chang'an that day, gave me a bite of food, and gave me a horse. Have you forgotten, benefactor?"

Li Wei and Xie Ming were both surprised and happy, and hurriedly pulled him up from left to right.

Li Hong and everyone in the tent looked at them in amazement, feeling a little unbelievable.

"How dare we believe that you are the richest person in Guanzhong?" Xie Ming smiled, "You have also changed, we don't know each other anymore."

"Brother Bo Yu, why did you become the richest man in Guanzhong in the blink of an eye?" Li Wei asked, "Is this amazing?"

Xu Ling smiled and sighed: "If there is no horse given by the two benefactors, how can I, Xu Ling, be where I am today."

"How much is that horse worth? Did you rely on that horse to make a fortune?" Xie Ming smiled incredulously.

"Yes, I made my fortune from that horse." Xu Ling smiled, "To tell you the truth, the first thing I did after I left you was to sell that horse for 15 yuan. Then I With the 15 yuan, I bought a suit of clothes."

"Spend 15 to buy a suit of clothes?" Li Wei's eyes widened. "What clothes are so valuable?"

Xu Ling smiled but did not answer, and continued: "I am wearing this suit to meet Yang You, the richest man in Guanzhong. He used to be a friend of my father. His eldest son died in the Beidi rebellion in his early years, and his second son died a few years ago. During the Jizhou rebellion, the third son died in the Xiliang rebellion last spring, leaving only the youngest daughter in the family, and this youngest daughter was promised to me in the early years, so I married in as my son-in-law. Last winter, my old father-in-law passed away, and I became the head of the family. This is how I, the number one richest person in Guanzhong, came here."

Li Wei and Xie Ming were dumbfounded.

"So you're so lucky." Li Wei sighed in admiration.

"I went to Beijing to study as a scholar, and my luck was extremely bad. Not only did I lose all my money, but I almost lost my life, but I was in business, and my luck was..." Xu Ling shook his head and sighed, "I am not a scholar. Fate, I was born with this lowly business life."

"Don't say that, compared to us, you are much more beautiful than us." Li Wei laughed loudly, "How do you know we are here?"

Xu Ling cupped his hands respectfully and said: "Ever since the general defeated the Xianbei people, the names of the two benefactors have been like thunder. I wanted to come to thank you face to face, but I didn't have much chance. Brother Bo Yong invited me to Bingzhou this time. I thought I could take this opportunity to visit the two benefactors at General Zhenbei's camp, but I didn't expect Brother Boyong to take me directly to Longshan camp without saying a word. Coincidentally, coincidentally."

Hearing this, Li Hong stretched out his hand to pat Qu Zhong on the back, and said gratefully, "Thank you, brother Boyong, for being so thoughtful."

Qu Zhong smiled slightly, and said softly to Li Hong: "This kid, if he has earned our money, he will never get off our boat."

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In the big tent late at night, Li Hong, Qu Zhong, Xu Ling, Zuo Yan, Li Wei, Song Wen, Xie Ming and others sat around and discussed various business matters.

Li Hong wanted to implement the policy of paying equal attention to agriculture, industry and commerce in Bingzhou, and then subsidized agriculture with business, in order to get rid of the financial crisis in Bingzhou as soon as possible.Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for the imperial court's chief minister to spend money to farm in Bingzhou. First, the chief minister has no money. Second, the rebellion in various places has not been quelled. The first condition for His Majesty to agree to his strategy of using business to subsidize agriculture is not to allow the court to pay for it, otherwise, this memorial will definitely go to waste, and the matter of farming must fail.

Qu Zhong pushed away the documents on the case table, shook his head and sighed: "Although my lord general has the heart to serve the people, it is a pity that he was born at an untimely time. Whether the opening of the market or the establishment of a market at the border gates mentioned by the lords should be done vigorously. Whether it is developing various handmade products or raising war horses to plow the fields, within three to five years, you will not see any money in these methods. Due to the continuous invasion of the Huns and Xianbei in Bingzhou, agriculture, industry, and animal husbandry have all suffered It is absolutely impossible to recover from a huge blow in such a short period of time."

Li Hong looked solemnly, looked at Xu Ling, "Brother Boyu, what do you think?"

"Your Excellency called Brother Boyong from all the way here just to ask these little things, right?" Xu Ling said with a smile, "With the foresight and insight of your lords, don't let us tell you, you also know that you can't make money with these methods. To the money. My lord uses business to subsidize agriculture, what kind of business is this business, can you explain it a little bit more clearly?"

Li Hong smiled and said, "Salt iron."

The expressions of Qu Zhong and Xu Ling suddenly changed.

"This is a serious crime to kill the nine clans." Qu Zhong said in shock, "Since Emperor Wu of this dynasty, for more than 300 years, salt and iron have been monopolized by the imperial court, and anyone who engages in private business is a death penalty. My lord, what are you... "

Li Hong suddenly changed his face, looked at the two of them coldly and said, "You two dare to pat your chest and say, have you ever touched salt or iron in private?"

Qu Zhong touched his face, but did not make a sound.Xu Ling looked down at the bamboo slips on the table, feeling a little uneasy.

Li Hong waved his hand and said to Zuo Yan and others: "You all step back."

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Li Hong spread out the map on the case table, pointed to Taiyuan County and said, "There is salt and iron here. If we mine it all year round, how much profit will the salt and iron have?"

Qu Zhong thought for a while and said, "About five hundred million dollars."

"Official price or private price?"

"Official price."

"What about the private price?"

"Five times."

Li Hong slapped the table angrily, and shouted: "Then why can't my treasury make ends meet?"

Qu Zhong and Xu Ling looked at the murderous Li Hong, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"My lord, all the profits from salt and iron go to the Shaofu, and the money from the Shaofu is for the royal family." Qu Zhong calmed down and explained, "There are 34 salt officials and 49 iron pipes in my Han Dynasty. The profit is several times higher than the tax revenue, but the royal family spends too much. If you have been to Luoyang, you should know how much your Majesty spends for a meal. How much money did you eat? So, don’t be angry, my lord, it’s not a year or two since the treasury of the Han Kingdom is empty.”

"The income of today's Shaofu is also declining year by year. How many of today's princes, dignitaries, powerful bureaucrats can't make a fortune from Yantie? In addition, the rich bureaucrats in the place where Yantie is located collude with each other, corrupt the law, and exploit The profit is actually sent to the treasury of the Shaofu, which is only more than 100 billion a year, so His Majesty often has no money to use. His Majesty has no money to use, so he began to sell officials and titles, and the more he sold, the more money he lost. In fact, the money is in someone else’s treasury.”

Li Hong snorted angrily, and said in a low voice: "Now the salt and iron in Bingzhou are in my hands..."

Qu Zhong and Xu Ling immediately understood.

"My lord, the Yellow Turban Army..."

"After the appeasement, I will order the Yellow Turban Army in Yanchi and the iron mine to withdraw immediately, and these places will be taken over by the Zhenbei General Headquarters." Li Hong calmed down the anger in his heart, and said slowly, "From now on, I want food , I want supplies for farming, but I don’t have that much money right now. So, you first owe me these things on credit, and use these salt and iron to pay off the money owed to you.”

"My lord thinks highly of us." Xu Ling said with a wry smile, "Brother Boyong and I's family wealth combined is not enough for one-tenth of what your lord needs to farm..."

"Really?" Li Hong sneered, "You don't have any money, you can borrow it, but if you don't want to go through this mess, I'm afraid it's too late now."

Xu Ling glared at Qu Zhong fiercely, and muttered a few words, probably calling him insidious and cunning.He would rather cooperate with the traitor than with Li Hong. The danger of cooperating with Li Hong is too great.

"How many years?" Xu Ling suddenly made up his mind.Anyway, they have already boarded Li Hong's boat, and they can't run away even if they want to, so it's better to hold their heads in their hands and earn a little bit.

"As long as I am in Bingzhou, you will have your share of the salt and iron in Bingzhou."

"Brother Boyong and I, no one else is allowed to intervene."

Li Hong nodded.

"Official price, [-]% profit."

"You're stealing money." Li Hong stared at him and said, "No, I want money for these few years. Private price, [-]% profit."

Xu Ling opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly, "Are you robbing, my lord? Even if I die, I won't get my money back."

Li Hong's hand reached the handle of the knife, and the murderous look in his eyes burst out immediately.

Xu Ling was shocked, and his neck retracted involuntarily.

Qu Zhong thought for a while, then said in a low voice cautiously: "Sir, this is really not going to work, you have wiped out all of us, and the farming business will be unsustainable."

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Seeing that Li Hong didn't intend to change his words at all, Xu Ling felt dizzy.He bowed his head in frustration, lamenting that his luck had finally come to an end.Suddenly, his eyes saw a small black dot on the map of the table.Xu Ling suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and exclaimed excitedly: "Yes, yes."

"Look, my lord, this place is called Anyi, and it's the seat of Hedong County."

Li Hong laughed angrily, and said, "What does Hedong have to do with us?"

"My lord, the place with the most salt and iron to the north of the Yellow River is Hedong County, not Bingzhou, do you know?" Xu Ling eagerly explained, "The first salt pond in the north of the Yellow River is Anyi in Hedong County, followed by Jiexian County. The salt in Anyi is the best in the world. It is famous for its high yield and good quality, and it mainly supplies the Gyeonggi area. When the salt officials were set up in this dynasty, Anyi in Hedong County was the first."

"Anyi Salt Pond in Hedong County has a history of thousands of years. After successive dynasties of mining, it has now formed a huge salt pond with a length of 51 miles, a width of seven miles, and a circumference of one hundred and sixteen miles. It is large in scale and of good quality. It is the first in this dynasty. There are five salt ponds in Jiexian and Anyi counties. When the output was the highest, it reached [-] dendrobium a year. The salt profit is as great as the tax of Hebei and Bingzhou. You probably didn’t expect it. ?”

"In addition, the four cities of Anyi, Pishi, Pingyang, and Jiang in Hedong all have iron, and their output accounts for almost one-tenth of the total iron production in this dynasty."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Li Hong asked, frowning.

Xu Ling chuckled, and asked back: "My lord, I seem to have heard that the general of Zhenbei supervises the military affairs of one prefecture and two counties, is that true?"

Li Hong understood a little bit.

"When will my lord send troops to Hedong County?" Xu Ling said with a smile, "My lord, you have to know that refugees will continue to flow into Bingzhou, and the fields in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties alone cannot be settled. Hedong County Because it is close to the northern border, it has been repeatedly invaded and plundered by the Hu people, and the population loss is serious. Now there are hundreds of thousands of acres of barren fields along the Fen River, no one is cultivating, my lord, are you..."

Li Hong looked at him coldly, without speaking.

Xu Ling smiled leisurely and said: "My lord, Brother Boyong and I just need to share a share of Yantie in Hedong, but this share must be a bit more, so that we can earn back our capital as soon as possible."

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On the second day, Qu Zhong and Xu Ling drew up a detailed document with Li Hong, Zuo Yan and others on the quantity and price of grain and materials needed for farming, and then they left in a hurry and returned to Chang'an City to make detailed arrangements. went.

Five days later, Zhang Yan sent someone to send a reply, and the conversation continued.Li Hong was overjoyed, and all the worries in his heart were instantly wiped away.

He happily walked out of the big tent to watch today's rehearsal of the horse rejection formation.

Twenty commanding generals formed two teams of small refusal horse formations to face a hundred black panther righteous followers, and the victory was won by defeating fifty nominal followers.The tacit cooperation is very important.To have a tacit understanding, everyone must be united as one, and to be united, everyone must be familiar with each other and make friends with each other.Even if the generals had disagreements with each other, after going through the test of this battle formation, they disappeared.

Li Hong used the simplest method to tell his subordinates that if they were not united and had conflicts, it was not only him who failed, but also the entire army.

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Zhang Yan and his subordinates came to the Dalongshan camp again. After a period of thinking and discussion, they finally chose to appease.Now, in the face of increasing waves of refugees, they have no way out.

The negotiations between the two sides went very smoothly, and some small requests made by the Yellow Turban Army were quickly resolved under Li Hong's intervention.

Three days later, the two parties reached an agreement, and the rest was to seal and pledge.Li Hong hoped that Zhang Yan could use the seal of General Zhonglang, but Zhang Yan refused. He picked up his own seal of Yellow Turban Army Commander, and stamped it heavily on the silk cloth.

"I'm still the commander of the Yellow Turban Army."

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Zhang Yan returned to Jinyang City, and immediately arranged for the formation of county government offices, 25 county soldiers and [-] field soldiers, and at the same time sent people back to Taihang Mountain to migrate refugees down the mountain.

On the one hand, Li Hong reported the specific details of the appeasement plan to the emperor, and on the other hand, he set up the Zhenbei General's Mansion. There are more than 30 officials.These people are all friends and bachelors of Taixue recruited by Li Wei, Song Wen and others. After they arrived at the barracks one after another, they were all reused by Li Hong.

Li Hong ordered Zhao Yun and Pang De to take the black panther Yi Cong to the south along the Chi Road quickly, and immediately brought the boss Zhao Qi who was on his way to Jinyang.Many matters in Mintun are now being busy day and night with Tang Fang leading the governor of Bingzhou.

Li Hong ordered Tian Zhong to send the first batch of grain purchased from Guanzhong to Jinyang City.

At this time, Zheng Xin hurried back from Shangdang County.

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(End of this chapter)