At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So this is what everyone defaults to.

In everyone's opinion, there is nothing wrong with this.

At least in the case where the rural system has become common, people of noble birth do not need to be tiring and dirty official positions such as village head and township head, and people of low birth cannot be high-ranking officials. This does not touch the operation of the fundamental rules. There was no resistance.

What's more, Li Shu, who can only do errands and run errands, is not worth paying attention to at all, and it's not worth paying attention to at all if he can read a few words.

The main rivals of the gentry are the tyrants from poor families. The gentry have never relaxed their guard against powerful landlords from poor families, and Guo Peng's vigorous appointment of tyrants from poor families is what they are most worried about.

Among these people, the outstanding ones would even be appointed as the sheriff of the local Erqianshi or even the governor of the state because of the war, encroaching on the power of the gentry, which made the gentry very unhappy.

In troubled times, military force is very important. Guo Peng has already proved through the war against Yuan Shao that the four generations and three princes cannot withstand powerful force, and declared the coming of troubled times. Then who knows what these warriors will do in the future?

The gentry generally did not master force, and in times of peace, they were not required to master force.

Even so, the relationship between the gentry and the tyrants under Guo Peng's command is relatively harmonious. At least under the background of troubled times and the premise of having a strong common enemy, they can still work together.

But what about after?

This is something that Guo Peng will consider, something that Guo Peng will care about and silently prepare for, not something that the subordinates who are currently devoting themselves to discussing Yuan Zhanzhan are concerned about.

The struggle between the gentry and poor families under Guo Peng's command has not yet broken out and has not become the mainstream, but it seems that this day will not be far away.

Yes, that’s right, once a person without money has power, it’s hard not to want to make money, because they are afraid of being poor and want money.

Because I want money too much, and I just want money.

For example, Li Shen who wrote poems sympathetic to farmers.

People who get into the eyes of money are not scary at all, and nouveau riche are not scary at all, they are easy to control.

But what do rich people want when they have power?

That's something scarier than money, like some kind of monopoly.

The lesser of two evils, Mr. Guo chooses the former, which is easy to control and manipulate, while the latter is hard to say.

No matter from which point of view, Guo Peng prefers people who are greedy for money.

So for Cao Hong, he really likes him. Although he should fight, he still has to fight, but as his power grows, Guo Peng really likes Cao Hong more and more, and he also trusts Cao Hong very much.

So even though Cao Hong is still being made captain, Cao Hong will soon be promoted and become his general.

At the beginning of December of the second year of Xingping, Guo Peng ordered Guo Jialing Yu Jin and Le Jin to lead an army of [-] to go south to Longkang County to join Xiahouyuan and prepare to cross the Huaihe River for battle.

Guo Peng wanted to confirm in Qixian County that the army's food roads were opened and running smoothly, and then lead the army south to Longkang County, resolutely not to follow Yuan Shu's mistakes.

There is no suspense about winning this battle.

However, Guo Peng felt a kind of excited emotion running around in his body, and it was difficult for him to suppress this excited emotion, and then suppressed the general's excited and high-spirited emotions along the way.

chapter 416

The First World War broke Yuan Shu's main force and destroyed the Chen Empire's lifeline. Everyone was a hero, and none of the scribes and generals were not very excited, and they walked like they were floating.

For this reason, Guo Peng held a meeting and solemnly announced that the battle was not over yet, and the celebration banquet would be held in Shouchun, not Qixian County. He asked everyone to continue to be serious and cautious.

With the victory of the war, Guo Peng's prestige and power were further enhanced, and his subordinates followed orders one after another, and none of them dared to violate Guo Peng's orders.

So after the big victory, the whole army was still operating, and there was nothing out of the ordinary about what to do.

After the war, Guo Peng immediately arranged for people to open the grain road and transport the grain to Longkang County. According to Xia Houyuan's report, he sent people to start cutting wood to make boats, preparing to forcibly cross the river or build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

During the process of logging and building a boat, Guo Peng began to think about the water battles he might face in the future.

He called Xi Zhong to his side, wanting to discuss this issue with Xi Zhong.

This question does have some urgency.

The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is densely covered, and there are large areas of rivers, lakes and swamps, which are not conducive to the northern cavalry assault.

The terrain, climate, water and soil conditions to the south of the Huaihe River are very different from the tactics and tactics he used to.

Then, it is time to put on the agenda the issue of training an army that is good at fighting in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Establish a navy?"

Xi Zhong was a little surprised by Guo Peng's sudden question.

But when he thought of the major forces in the south of the Yangtze River, Xi Zhong became clear.

Guo Peng's goal is obviously not just Yuan Shu, but more guys who occupy the land as kings.

Now that Yuan Shu was doomed, Guo Peng had set his sights further afield.

Xi Zhong was suddenly a little excited.

"As the general said, my subordinates think it is possible. I have never set foot in the south of the Yangtze River, but I also know that the south of the Yangtze River is densely covered with lakes, rivers, and swamps. The army needs to build a navy."

Xi Zhong said slowly: "Besides, our army does not lack the talents needed to build a navy. The general has been instructing the Mi's caravan to march to Liaodong by sea all the year round. The Mi's caravan has a large number of experts who are familiar with ships. The generals can take over their experience and lay the foundation for our army to build a navy."

Guo Peng nodded slowly, and then asked: "There is no shortage of good sailors, what is lacking are those who are good at commanding the navy to conduct water warfare, Zhicai, what do you think?"

This question is really surprising to Xi Zhong, because what Guo Peng said is correct. Building a navy is not a problem for Guo Peng. It is not difficult to build warships and replenish sailors. What is difficult is the talents who can command water warfare. It's not easy for the northerners.

"This……"

"Emperor Wu has Yang servant as the general of Louchuan, where is my general of Louchuan?"

Guo Peng couldn't help but sigh, sighing that there are few talents.

Xi Zhong also felt very embarrassed.

Everyone is from the Central Plains in the north, and they pay attention to infantry and cavalry. Who will play navy?

But it should not be said that if there is no strong navy in the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that it will be really difficult to win. Encountering the blockade of the enemy's navy will not be good for the army.

If Guo Peng wants to build a navy, there are also trebuchets that can be placed on the ships. The combat power is very good. The weather and the place are favorable, but there are few people.

"None of the generals has participated in the navy, and the Dahan Navy has been abandoned for many years. Except for the ships and sailors used by coastal merchants and merchants, they have no experience in water warfare. The generals are all northerners. It is difficult for them to study sailors."

Xi Zhong said so.

Guo Peng closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes.

"There are probably very few people who have experience in water warfare, but there are also people who understand water and have traveled long distances in ships."

Xi Zhong blinked, not knowing who Guo Peng was talking about.

Guo Peng immediately called for his personal guards and asked his personal guards to call Tai Shici, who was serving as the captain of the Tiger Guards Army.

"Taishi Ziyi once had to cross the sea to take refuge in Liaodong because he offended the governor of Qingzhou, and then returned across the sea. He himself is from Donglai and grew up by the sea. Isn't he good at water?"

When Guo Peng said this, Xi Zhong suddenly realized that Guo Peng had focused his attention on Tai Shici.

But what Guo Peng said is also reasonable. Among the generals, there are very few people who have experience in boating. Some people will get seasick and feel very uncomfortable. It is really difficult to find someone who is familiar with boats. Donglai County, Qingzhou Tai Shici, who was born, was fine.

Tai Shici quickly came to Guo Peng, clasped his fists and stood up after saluting.

"Why did the general call his subordinates down?"

"Ziyi, I remember that you were forced to flee to Liaodong because of the persecution by the governor of Qingzhou, didn't you?"

Guo Peng stood up and walked to Tai Shici's side, stroking his back and asking slowly.

"Exactly."

Tai Shici nodded.

"You went by boat?"

"Yes, take a big ship from the sea to Liaodong, and cross the sea. It takes about ten days to reach Liaodong. There are many people who take this route. In those days, there were often Liaodong business travelers and Qingzhou business travelers traveling between the two places by this route. Merchant, after the war, there were fewer of them.”

Tai Shici answered honestly.

"Are you familiar with water?"

"This subordinate grew up by the sea since he was a child. He has eaten everything in the sea and drank a lot of sea water. How can he not be accustomed to water?"

Tai Shici smiled.

"it is good."

Guo Peng nodded: "Ziyi, I am planning to build a navy, but I am very worried. I can't find suitable talents for naval warfare. Let me ask you, do you have an idea for this position?"

"Navy?"

Tai Shici was very surprised: "The general wants his subordinates to build a navy for the general?"

Guo Peng nodded.

"Exactly, I need you to prepare my first navy for me. The number of people does not need to be too many, and the number of ships does not need to be too many. First pull up the navy and practice it. You have experience in crossing the sea, which is a lot There are no people, there are very few generals like you in the army, I can only entrust this responsibility to you."

Guo Peng patted Tai Shici on the shoulder: "Are you willing?"

"As long as the general has an order, his subordinates will obey everything."

Facing Guo Peng, Tai Shici cupped his fists and knelt down on one knee: "I would like to share my worries for the general."

"it is good!"

Guo Peng was very happy, so he allocated [-] soldiers to Tai Shici, and ordered Tai Shici to be the captain of the Louchuan. He led the army to practice water skills, maneuvering and fighting on board.

Then Guo Peng ordered Cheng Yu and Xun Yu who stayed behind to cooperate with Mi Zhu to give the green light on related matters, and Mi Zhu was solely responsible for the preparation of the naval warship.

In this matter, Guo Peng really needed the help of the Mi family, so Guo Peng ordered Mi Zhu to be transferred as the prefect of Donglai County, so that he could plan the construction of naval warships.

Chapter 417. 410 Liu Miaocai, Thank you for your hard work (repair)

A few years ago, in order to cooperate with Guo Peng's war horse trade, Mi's caravan gave up the dangerous land road according to Guo Peng's request.

They chose the relatively safer sea route, and then began to vigorously develop the shipbuilding business.

After several years of development, Mi's has a professional shipbuilding team of more than [-] people, and more than [-] experienced shipbuilders.

This time Mi Zhu was very happy to learn that Guo Peng was going to build a navy.

"The Mi Clan finally has another chance to repay Duke Ming's kindness."

With such excitement, Mi Zhu handed over 70.00% of his own shipbuilding team to Shenji Division, the craftsman management organization under Guo Peng's command, free of charge.

Guo Peng attaches great importance to the cultivation and inheritance of technical talents.

Therefore, in order to have the world's skilled craftsmen to provide services for themselves and contribute to the development of China's technology, Shenji Division, an organization that specializes in managing various types of craftsmen, was established.

The existence of Shenji Division is to facilitate the management of various craftsmen.

All skilled craftsmen will be registered in the Shenji Division, painted their faces, issued famous tags, arranged for family accommodation, and issued monthly salaries according to their respective levels.

Raising the treatment of craftsmen in this way, rewarding meaningful inventions and creations, and attracting all kinds of skilled craftsmen to serve him under Guo Peng's subordinates is an important reason why Guo Peng was able to establish a complete ordnance production line in his territory.

No one cares more about the development and application of technology than Guo Peng.

Catapults are the product of technological development, as are a large number of crossbows and crossbows, and sharper weapons, all of which cannot do without technological progress.

I have you, but I am stronger than you. Every time the technology improves, the hard power will become stronger. When it reaches a certain level, it will be able to achieve dimensionality reduction.

At that time, competing for supremacy is actually meaningless.

Now Guo Peng needs to prepare a navy, but there is a shortage of shipbuilders. Mi Zhu donated 70.00% of his own team, directly making up for the shortcomings of Shenji Division. Guo Peng was overjoyed when he heard that, and wrote a special letter to thank Mi Zhu.

So Mi Zhu immediately commanded his own shipbuilding team, mobilized enough manpower and material resources with the support of Xun Yu, and recruited peasants in the slack season to help with shipbuilding, and soon put the establishment of the navy on the agenda and began to develop.

The navy over there is planning to establish it, and Guo Peng here is also re-establishing an orderly Pei state according to his usual practice in the past, and is preparing to cross the river to attack Shouchun.

Yuan Shu's army has been destroyed, and Yuan Shu has no more troops to fight against him. There is only one Shouchun left. As long as he chases after him, he can round up the Chen Empire established by Yuan Shu in one go.

The Yuan family in Runan, a centuries-old family, the leader of the world's scholars, has embarked on the road of self-destruction. Isn't this the funniest thing?

The food road was opened in early December and it was running smoothly, so Guo Peng led his army to Longkang County. After meeting Xiahouyuan and Yu Jinlejin, he led the generals to the Huaihe River to watch the specific situation and consider where to go. Time to attack.

"Although it is extremely cold, the Huaihe River is not frozen. If it freezes in winter like the rivers in the Central Plains, our army can cross the river directly without worrying about ships."

Guo Jia looked at the Huaihe River that was still flowing with displeasure, and his face was full of disgust for the Huaihe River.

Guo Peng couldn't laugh or cry about this.