The Three Kingdoms

He began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the rectification and reconstruction of the five western states. If he wants to be rich, he must first build roads. He borrowed money from the governor's office of the five western states with the inspection government of the five western states, and then joined forces with the imperial court to strengthen the Silk Road. The development of the Silk Road ensured the construction of a post station for fifty miles and a pavilion for ten miles, which greatly ensured the safety of the Silk Road and attracted countless merchants from the Central Plains.

As long as the transaction is circulation, within a few years, the west began to gradually prosper, and the integration with the Central Plains also began to become more and more.

Caravans from the Central Plains can now be seen in many places in the five western states.

This is a progress.

Then he began to cooperate with the Great Wu Bank, using the taxation of the Governor's Mansion of the five western states as a mortgage, loaning more than [-] million silver dollars, starting to build roads between the five states, vigorously improving water conservancy, and introducing corn and sweet potatoes recommended by the Central Plains Agriculture Department to ensure that The smoothness of food and roads.

Over the past few years, under his leadership, the West has begun to turn the world upside down.

Moreover, Xun Yu vigorously cited the Anxi people from Guishuang as officials, supplemented by entering the governor's mansions of various states, and also stabilized the local order in disguise.

"My lord Xun Xun, if the imperial court wants to go to war, it should be a matter for the military. It has peace relations with our locality. What can we do now?" Hong Zi asked in a deep voice.

When Hongzi sent Xilai back then, he was somewhat reluctant at first.

He has been operating in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years, and finally accumulated a huge network of contacts. He is about to go to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites and reach the top in one step. Although he has Yi Ji as his opponent, he doesn't mind competing with Yi Ji, but At the last moment, he was defeated without a fight, and with one order, he completely lost the throne of Minister of Rites.

But he is also an open-minded person, and he will be at ease when he comes.

As the first son-in-law of the Great Wu Dynasty, he married Sun Jian's eldest daughter, so he shouldn't have set foot in the officialdom.

Now that his abilities are so high, he still has something to be dissatisfied with.

With this kind of mentality, he went to inspect the yamen in the west, and he did several important things by Xun Yu's side. Watching Xun Yu transform the five states in the west from being poor to what they are today, he admired him very much, and he also learned from it. Quite a few things.

Staying in the center and staying in the local area are two different experiences, especially since he learned a lot of skills that he didn't know before from Xun Yu, the Prime Minister of Cao Wei.

Xun Yu's gaze.

Xun Yu's strategy.

Xun Yu's method.

This is what he admires.

Now he respects Xun Yu very much and regards him as his teacher.

"As the saying goes, before the three armies go, the food and grass go first!"

Xun Yu drew a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, squinted his eyes slightly, and said, "The imperial court has been preparing for war for several years, and it has enough food, but you and I both know that it is still very difficult to transport grain from the imperial court to the west on a large scale. It costs a lot on the way, transporting 100 million shi of grain will cost two-tenths of it, which is not worth the loss, so the imperial court will definitely collect enough grain and grass from the five western states first, unless the grain and grass are insufficient, the imperial court will choose from Dunhuang The warehouse and Chang'an main warehouse are delivering food!"

In order to prepare for the war against the Roman Empire, Wu Jun built a large granary in Dunhuang Prefecture and Nanhai Wharf respectively to prepare for the transportation to the west. He also built a supplementary granary in Chang'an. The grain accumulated in these granaries was at least Millions of stones.

But transporting food is a very costly thing.

For thousands of miles, or even tens of thousands of miles, transporting food is unsafe and consumes a lot of money.

So Xun Yu knew very well that Wu Jun would definitely collect enough food from the west first.

"Master Xunxu, last year we had a bumper harvest in the five western states, but because we borrowed grain from the Dunhuang Warehouse in the past two years, we paid back a sum last year. Our grain and grass reserves are not sufficient. Taixifeng Warehouse and Xizhou Warehouse are only At 60.00% status!"

"Is it possible to make up 100 million shi?"

"Squeeze and squeeze, but there are a lot of corn and sweet potatoes, not a lot of rice!"

"Squeeze out 100 million shi first, transport all of them to Taixi to seal the warehouse, and then prepare to hand over Taixi to seal the warehouse to the military. As for the scramble between their major war zones, it has nothing to do with me!"

Xun Yu said in a deep voice: "Not only are we responsible for the consumption of food, iron, and horses, we will hand over the iron mines that I have sealed up over the past few years, as well as the northern Xinjiang horse farm, to the military!"

"Master Patrol, shouldn't this be the responsibility of the Logistics Department?"

"Before the imperial court asked me to integrate the five states in the west, it was to integrate resources in the west, in order to establish a large-scale logistics supply line. From the Central Plains to the west, whether it is the sea route or the silk road, it is still relatively difficult at present!"

Xun Yu is very clear about his responsibility, so he has been preparing for this matter.

"Then, isn't it a disadvantage for us to patrol the yamen in the west? These things are the painstaking efforts of Mr. Patrol over the past few years."

"No loss!"

The corner of Xun Yu's mouth raised a sneer: "I, Xun Wenruo, have never suffered. Although the military and government are one family, they have already separated. The things we patrol the yamen in the west are not so easy for the military. They will give me whatever they eat. How much money I have accumulated for the five western states, I will not let their military swallow it up. This aspect can be discussed with the imperial court. Everything must be handed over in advance. It is a gesture, and sooner or later We can preemptively attack the things that are handed over, and we can catch the court by surprise. Recently, the Guitai Chi Road we built continues to be funded. I believe that the Great Wu Bank is also looking at the court’s face, so give us an interest-free loan!"

"Master Patrol is brilliant!"

Hongzi immediately understood what Xun Yu meant. Now what the west lacks is the support of the Central Plains. He will definitely get it back from the Ministry of Commerce and the Great Wu Bank for all the losses he suffered in the military. He couldn't help but raise his thumb and praised One sound.

"You are responsible for this matter!" Xun Yu said.

"This subordinate promises not to disappoint Mr. Patrol!"

Hongzi nodded his head.

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Ctesiphon.

Northwest suburbs.

A huge military camp stands erect.

This is the barracks of the Huns.

The Xiongnu Legion set off from the grasslands in the northwest of the Central Plains before winter last year, marched for three months, passed through Xizhou, entered the Anxi territory, and then established a foothold outside Taixifeng City.

The big camp stands on a spacious grassland. The deployment of the barracks is different from other legions. There are no barracks, and there are endless Zhan tents everywhere.

Between the staggered Zhan tents, towering watchtowers were erected around them. The camp was in a radius, surrounded by wooden fences as high as two people.

At the highest place above the barracks, flying a battle flag of the Great Wu Jinlong hunting against the wind, and on the surrounding watchtowers, hung the logo of the Huns, a battle flag with a black wolf head.

The grassland has always been worshiped as a wolf god.

Basically, each tribe of the Xiongnu has its own national flag, but the royal court of the Huns enshrines the wolf-headed battle flag, so the Xiongnu legion has also adopted the black wolf-headed battle flag as the military flag.

In the main account.

Jia Xu had just inspected the training situation of the various divisions, and returned to the camp. After cleaning up, he ate a dinner with a Hun style, then lit the oil lamp, spread out a book of 36 tactics, and read it carefully.

As the saying goes, live and learn.

Although he, Jia Xu, is considered to be intelligent and detached, and has a lot of research on marching and fighting, but in fact his experience in leading troops is insufficient. In the past, he basically marched as a military adviser, and rarely led troops alone.

Now he is in charge of an army of 10,000+, so he has to be careful and make up for his military strategy every moment.

There is a difference between the deputy general and the chief general.

Some people have extraordinary wisdom and can become a very good military adviser, but as long as they have only one son to lead the army, they will be confused.