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"It's already assembled. Our pirates have already fought against some Funan Navy. The two sides have won and lost each other. However, it seems that the Funan Navy is really angry."

"It's good to be really angry, but now, we need to increase the fire. Send an order to those pirates, and I will steal all the rich coastal households in Funan.

But try to kill as few people as possible, drive the looted people into those kingdoms, increase the pressure in Funan, don't hold back. "

"No, this subordinate understands."

It's not that Gao Zhong doesn't want to kill people. Now, what he wants to do is to completely irritate the opponent, and it's best to make the opponent lose his cool head.

Only in this way can his plan be carried out smoothly.The regular navy under Gao Zhong and Yan Cheng's command is currently resting. As long as the order is issued, these navy officers and men will go to obtain their own military exploits.

Chapter 335 Development of People's Livelihood 1

Youzhou can now be described as prosperous. Compared with other places in Dahan, Youzhou after the snowy season is the most gratifying place for the locals.

The fishing industry, business, etc., have all entered the busiest time of the year.There are many reasons for this phenomenon, such as the slump in various places in winter, such as commodities in Youzhou.

But the most important thing is naturally the series of policies formulated by Chen Feng after occupying this place, coupled with Chen Feng's reputation, therefore, caravans from all over the world are willing to come here to do business.

The neighboring Jizhou and Qingzhou are not so peaceful now. Yuan Tan led his army to attack Jizhou after resting for a long time. Yuan Shang, who originally wanted to hide and lick his wounds, could only gather troops with low morale to fight.

Yuan Shang's military talent was inferior to Yuan Tan's. The main reason why he was able to hold his own territory in the past two years was because of his solid foundation, more soldiers and horses under his command, and sufficient food and grass.

But even in this situation, he has always been on the defensive, and now, he can only defend even more.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao's most valued son didn't grow up as soon as possible, and he let down his qualifications and family background even more, so that Yuan Tan, who was not favored by his father, had already suppressed him to death.

Bingzhou is quite special. All forces have strongholds here. Most of the territory in the north is under the control of Chen Feng. The last time the high officials wanted to sneak attack Taiyuan, they were beaten by thousands of cavalry led by Gao Lan.

Then, Zhang He led tens of thousands of elite cavalry to attack Shangdang directly, and the senior officials were so frightened that they quickly retreated.It's not that high officials dare not fight, the key is that Zhang He and Gao Lan's ability is not inferior to him, and, once he comes back late, there will be no way out.

As a result, one can imagine that under the joint attack of Gao Lan and Zhang He, Gao Gan not only lost his troops, but also lost most of the northern part of Shangdang.

Fortunately, Zhang He and Gao Lan showed no signs of continuing to go south. After the war reached a stalemate, the two took the initiative to abandon some cities and stick to the northern defense line.

This series of battles undoubtedly laid the foundation for Chen Feng to stand firm in the north. At the same time, the aristocratic families and caravans from all over the world also began to believe that the northern princes who emerged last had the ability to hold their own territory.

Nowadays, there is a voice circulating in Chen Feng's territory that if you want to revive or develop the local economy, you must let caravans in. Commercial activities are the fastest way to develop the economy.

Therefore, Gongsun Xu ordered the field soldiers in Bingzhou to use their spare time to rest and repair roads, build infrastructure, and assist local people in building houses and so on.

As a result, many caravans actually entered Bingzhou to conduct trade.After all, if you want to do business, you need a business environment. Undoubtedly, under Chen Feng's rule, there is such an environment.

"Bingzhou is a poor place, but the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are many checkpoints in the territory, so we must pay attention to it."

After Li Ru joined Chen Feng, he devoted himself to doing things. He knew his own reputation well, and he was quite content to be reused under Chen Feng's command and become a counselor second only to Jia Xu.

"So, my idea is to hold on to the current territory and look for opportunities to expand the sphere of influence. In fact, the key to stabilizing the current territory is to gain the support of the local people.

Throughout the time since the lord started his army, he has hardly relied on the aristocratic family. Therefore, every time the lord conquered a land, he did not treat the aristocratic family too much.

In this way, although the aristocratic family has not been pushed to the opposite side for the time being, it will not attract their favor. Therefore, the only thing the lord can rely on now is the people at the bottom. "

"There is nothing wrong with the analysis, let's talk about the specific strategy."

Chen Feng knew that making suggestions and formulating plans was not his specialty, what he could do was to pick the best ones from the suggestions put forward by his advisers, and then put in his best efforts to implement them.

Moreover, what Li Ru said was quite right. All along, it wasn't that he didn't want to rely on the aristocratic family, but that the aristocratic family had too much influence. Before he had enough capital, he was worried that he would become a puppet of the aristocratic family.

Another reason is that, from the time when he took over Liaoxi to the present territory, there were basically no aristocratic families in the places Chen Feng occupied, and even if there were, they died out due to various reasons.

"With Bingzhou in hand, our army can send cavalry to the north to enter Hetao, Xiliang, Hu and Qiang mixed grasslands and other places, and go south to directly capture Sili, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places.

Now, our army occupies the most important towns in Bingzhou, only Shangdang in the south and Xihe in the west are not under our army's control.

This autumn and winter, the Hu people did not go south. This is the best time for us to resume production locally and win the hearts of the people.

After the spring of next year, our army will take defending the existing territory as its main task, and at the same time dispatch garrison troops to reclaim wasteland, sow grain, and build water conservancy facilities.

At that time, generals Zhang Liao and Gao Lan can be ordered to send small cavalry troops into Shangdang and other places to harass and destroy their spring plowing.

After the harvest of summer grain, the land of Shangdang must be short of food, but our army has enough food and grass. Under such circumstances, the two generals Zhang and Gao can be ordered to take advantage of the situation and expand their strength to the south.

Hmph, a large-scale war is unlikely to start, and small fights are inevitable.

The senior cadres of the Shangdang are only capable. Without the support of food and grass from Qingzhou, it is impossible for him to persist in the local area for long. "

"That's right, a high-ranking cadre has some military talent, but he doesn't know anything about logistics and people's livelihood. This person can be dispatched as a general, but he can't guard one side.

However, fortunately, he doesn't have the ability to guard one side, otherwise, my life would not be easy. "

Jia Xu also opened his mouth to supplement the plan. He is quite clear about the abilities of his old friend, and he wants to give his old friend a chance to perform well.

"When he doesn't have enough food and grass, this person will definitely rob the local people. This, even the biggest weakness of the senior officials, is also our opportunity.

Our army's careful operations can take this opportunity to incite the local people. In this way, it will be even more difficult for senior officials to gain a foothold in Shangdang. After next autumn, our army has the opportunity to take down the entire territory of Shangdang. "

"I know Gao Gan. Looting the people is nothing to him."

Chen Feng agreed with the plan of the two counselors: "This person likes to commit crimes by himself the most. How is the arrangement of the careful work?"

"Shangdang has entered dormancy. This winter, the people of Shangdang will not have a good time. Now, those small works will gradually integrate into the local people. At the same time, I have ordered them to infiltrate the local garrison."

"Since that's the case, it won't be difficult to win Shangdang next year. The hard part is how to clean up the mess."

Indeed, once he took over Shangdang and other places, Chen Feng would have to face some mess.High-ranking cadres don't know how to manage people's livelihood, let alone have the concept of this.

Back in Liyang, this guy even indulged the army to plunder the people and rape women in order to make up for the loss.

Once such a general knows that he is about to retreat, he will probably plunder wildly.Such means are no different from animals.

Chapter 336 Development of People's Livelihood 2

Chen Feng frowned, obviously feeling the pressure.After all, Bingzhou is still too poor, otherwise, so many strategically important places would not be easily given up by the Yuan family.

"So, what we have to do now is to hoard food and grass, and the south can send me a lot of rice and other supplies.

We also produce a lot of food in the northern farmland, but we are afraid of natural disasters. In the face of natural disasters, ordinary people are helpless.

Especially in the north, I checked the information and asked some elderly people. In the past 20 years, except for Jizhou, the north has been affected by natural disasters for a long time. "

"What does your lord mean, we must have a sense of urgency to prevent natural disasters in the north?

Speaking of it, it seems that this is really the case. The climate in the north is indeed worse, and the population is dense. "

Jia Xu didn't know much about this area. If Chen Feng hadn't brought it up, he wouldn't have shifted his thinking to this area so early.

"It should be the prelude to the coming of the Little Ice Age, so I can't help but pay attention to it."