Author: Yang's Liangjiazi

After conquering Mushi Wubao, Han Dang quickly counted the seizures and reported them to Sun Ce in person.

"General, we have collected more than 4,000 stones of grain and more than 1,000 pieces of cloth from the Mi clan. We also have hundreds of slaves and maidservants with thousands of plans."

This scale of wealth is in line with Sun Ce's understanding of an ordinary wealthy man. He is relatively wealthy, but not rich enough to influence the situation.

Just like a thousand pieces of silk and silk. At this scale, if they are fined tens of thousands of pieces of cloth, they really can't come up with it. No matter how hard they try, they can't get it all together.

Zhong Changtong lamented that the disadvantage of the late Han Dynasty was the polarization between rich and poor, but Sun Ce felt that the bigger problem of the late Han Dynasty was that the world as a whole was not rich enough. In layman's terms, it meant that productivity was not enough.

If a wealthy family can save hundreds of thousands of pieces of cloth, it is not too late to consider how to distribute wealth.

At least let the people get rich first, and then consider issues of fairness.

For a powerful family to have hundreds of thousands of pieces of cloth in stock, it seems like a fantasy and out of reach at the moment.

But for any ambitious goal that seems unattainable, the most fearful thing is to break it down and list it clearly and impressively.

If 200,000 pieces of cloth are produced in one year, that means more than 500 pieces of cloth per day.

It is impossible for a family to produce five hundred pieces of cloth every day by hand. But it is very easy for a powerful man with thousands of plans to organize a thousand female workers for textile production.

"One piece of silk is weaved every day, and the fabric is more than five feet long." At this rate, a strong man who can organize a thousand female workers can easily achieve an annual output of 200,000 or even 400,000 pieces.

And this is just family manual production and lacks equipment.

A skilled female worker cut off five horses in three days, so I thought it was too late.

As long as large-scale industrial production can be achieved, textile efficiency and technological improvements will be much more convenient than household manual production.

But today's powerful people can easily attract people to die, and they can use thousands of tricks to forge privately. They can support more than a thousand guests, and it is no problem to support more than a thousand female workers.

In the final analysis, it was the Han Dynasty that suppressed development and plunged the world into meaningless internal strife. The powerful only thought about how to arm themselves to resist taxes, and did not devote their energy to production at all.

So after listening to Han Dang's report, Sun Ce waved his hands very unconcernedly: "Now the powerful family's mere thousands of grains, cloth and silk are not worthy of attention at all. The top priority is to quickly calm down the war and resume production. If one Hu Haoqiang can have 400,000 pieces of cloth, and we can have no worries about logistics just by capturing it, so we can immediately send troops south to put down all rebellions."

Han Dang opened his mouth in surprise, wondering how the general could think of such a bizarre thing.

If every household had hundreds of thousands of pieces of cloth, who would want to start a rebellion?

Sun Ce glanced at him and said: "It is precisely because our strength is not rich enough that we need more powerful soldiers to put down the rebellion at a lower cost. Who is the first soldier of yours who made a great show on the fortress today?" ?”

Historically, Sun Ce knew every soldier under Han Dang.

However, due to the rapid expansion of Handang's troops, Sun Ce really did not have time to identify them one by one.

Han Dang immediately introduced with a smile: "He is a sharp soldier under the command of my subordinate Sima Dengdang. General Dengdang knows him well. He was famous in the army for his courage."

Sun Ce also laughed when he heard this. Deng thought that he knew him. He was one of his subordinates before. He had fought with him across mountains and rivers, and also crossed the river with him to conquer the east. He had many military exploits.

"Invite them all here, and I will reward them myself."

Soon Deng Dang came to Sun Ce wearing a brocade robe and bringing all the bloodied soldiers who had died first.

Seeing Deng Dang wearing a gorgeous and noble brocade robe, Sun Ce smiled and said: "Deng Sima, you have won the most precious treasure in the hands of your captain."

Deng Dang grinned and smiled proudly: "If the captain gives me a chance, I can't fail to use it. General, look at me wearing this brocade robe, do I look like a famous general?"

Seeing this guy spinning around three times, feeling proud, Sun Ce said with a smile: "I don't evaluate good generals. If your opponent hears the name of Deng Dang and becomes frightened, then he is a truly good general."

"Hahaha!" Deng Dang laughed immediately: "They probably won't be afraid when they hear my name, Deng Dang. But when they hear that I am a general and vanguard, they will probably be so scared that they can't sleep or eat well."

Sun Ce was amused: "It seems that the whole army has misjudged you, Deng Sima. Everyone in the army thought that you, Deng Sima, are famous for your courage. I didn't expect that you are also good at playing tricks. This is an opportunity to ask me for help." I want to be a pioneer!"

Deng Dang immediately handed over his hand and said: "I would like to ask you to defeat the enemy as a general, conquer the counties in the south, and capture the entire territory of Wu County."

Sun Ce laughed heartily and waved his hand proudly: "Yes! I agree to your request as a hero! From today's battle, it can be seen that Deng Sima has many talents under his command. There are many heroes, and they are definitely worthy of the important task of vanguard. And Let me introduce you to the people who will be here today."

In this era of the imperial examination system, it is almost a custom to hand over to the emperor a noble man.

Not only the monarchs of various forces will recruit corporals, but the generals will also recruit heroes and pick up the strange. Many people will recruit a group of countrymen, guests, and warriors.

Otherwise, how could they recommend one talent after another to their lord?

For example, Hong Zi had Zhuge Jin among his guests. He was so impressed by his talent that he recommended him to Sun Ce.

Among Zhou Yu's guests were Lu Su and Pang Tong, both of whom were recommended by him. Pang Tong was first a minister of Wu, and under Zhou Yu's trust, he served as a meritorious official in Nanjun and was assigned important tasks. This is why when Zhou Yu died of illness, it was Pang Tong who held the coffin. Send it back to Jiangdong.

When Wu Pangtong became Shu Pangtong, it was not because Pang Tong had any unfair treatment in Jiangdong. It was entirely because Nanjun was lent to Liu Bei, so he, the hero of Nanjun, was also transferred to Liu Bei's command.

However, Liu Bei did not reuse Pang Tong and only made him serve as county magistrate. Pang Tong was depressed and refused to manage government affairs and was dismissed from office. Lu Su, the governor of Soochow, personally wrote to Liu Bei, strongly recommending Pang Tong: "Pang Shiyuan is not a hundred-mile talent, so he will be dismissed." In the process of handling, you should show your talents without taking charge." This is not the Pang Tong recommended by Zhang Fei in the novel. If Zhang Fei has this political level, then it is Guan Yu's turn to guard Jingzhou?

In this era, the background, state and county where a hero came from basically determined a person's future.

Naturally, the heroes and warriors around Deng Dang were all northerners from the Dongjun, Chenjun, and Runan areas. For heroes who fled from the north to the south, the first choice to seek refuge was a general from the north like him.

So Deng Dang immediately introduced to Sun Ce: "This person is the first to achieve success today. His surname is Pan, his given name is Zhang, and his courtesy name is Wengui. He is from Fagan, Dongjun."

Sun Ce looked at Pan Zhang. Pan Zhang was only about seven feet three inches tall. He looked a bit like Le Jin. He was short in appearance, but brave and courageous. He was also from Dongjun, eight feet three inches tall, and was more brave than Cheng Yuxiang.

Compared to that, his temperament is much worse.

In particular, he has a dark and rough face, a sloppy beard, and an unkempt appearance. He really does not look heroic.

Sun Ce was a good-looking dog in the absolute sense. He glanced at him and said, "I heard from Mr. Zhang that you have great ambition and integrity. Why didn't you stay in Dongjun and go south to join me?"

No matter how arrogant and villainous Pan Zhang was, he restrained his anger in front of Sun Ce and said with a grin: "I thought that anyone with a shred of humanity still alive would not be able to accept joining Cao Cao's army. Cheng Yu pushed all the people in our neighboring counties into mills

, made into dried meat. If I want to join Cao Cao’s army, maybe what I eat will be the meat of my flesh-and-blood clan members!"

Cao Cao, Cheng Yu!

How much hatred is there to call him by his first name?

Sun Ce was immediately awe-struck. It turned out that even in this era, a person's deeds are still remembered in the hearts of the world.

Not only those noble officials and nobles will remember that Cheng Yu lost the hope of the court because he made a man's breasts, so he was not in the public position.

Xiaomin also recorded this hatred in his heart. In that unknown dark corner, it took root silently and had a far-reaching influence.

Sun Ce solemnly said: "I thought you were just one of them, but I didn't expect that you just knew the right and wrong! For today's merits, I promoted you to the rank of Sima of another department. You will lead your own department. You will only recruit more energy from the refugees from the north who have gone south."

Be brave and build elites. I hope you can lead the elites as the vanguard and win every battle! You may not be disappointed with the position of governor of Yanzhou!"

After Sun Ce finished speaking, everyone around him was amazed.

Even Pan Zhang was so shocked that he didn't know what to do. When he first met Sun Lang, Sun Lang's indifferent attitude made him think that he would be disliked by Sun Lang!

Unexpectedly, Sun Lang made an exception and promoted himself two levels in a row, bypassing the commander of the village and being directly promoted to Sima!

Doesn’t this result in one battle equal the status of Deng Sima?

And don't build elites, this is an important task that can only be shouldered by an absolutely trusted general. It is a treatment that only veterans like Xiaowei Han and Xiaowei Cheng can have.

What's even more shocking is that the general actually expected to be appointed governor of Yanzhou!

This is a grand goal that a humble person with no family background can get involved in?!

Before he could react, Sun Ce continued: "I heard that you often sell wine on credit and promise to pay it back after you get rich. Wealth is still in the future. Today I will help you understand the poverty of selling wine on credit.

I’ll give you a hundred catties of gold.”

It took a long time for Pan Zhang to react, and then he pushed the golden mountain directly, knelt down in front of Sun Ce with the jade pillar upside down, and kowtowed heavily in thanks: "General, you don't think I'm vulgar, I trust you with heavy responsibility, and I treat you as a soldier of the country. I am willing to do your best for the general!"

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Sun Ce smiled and helped him up, and said: "All the good generals in ancient times should refrain from drinking and being impatient. I will hand over the Beifu Army to you. I hope you can live up to your heavy responsibility and never drink and make trouble. If you return to Yanzhou at another time, I can

Have a drink with you."

Pan Zhang immediately handed over his hand and solemnly promised: "General Sun has the ambition to help the world. If he does not help the Central Plains on a certain day, he will not drink at all for a day."

Sun Ce smiled and nodded.

The establishment of the Beifu Army is actually one of Sun Ce's most important plans for the future.

It is also his most important means to check and balance the powerful Jiangdong nobles.

Among the refugees from the north moving south, there are definitely many good generals and warriors.

During the Jin Dynasty, Xie Xuanbei controlled Guangling and recruited many brave men. The famous generals Liu Laozhi, Donghai He Qian, Langya Zhuge Kan, Ping'an Gaoheng, Dongping Liu Gui, Xihe Tianluo and Jinling Sun Wuzhong all used their bravery.

Should be selected.

Sun Ce believed that as long as he managed to get them, he would be able to select a large number of elite and good generals from these refugees.

These people have no roots in Jiangdong, so they will definitely crowd around Sun Ce and will not be attracted by the Jiangdong nobles.

It can greatly curb the suppression of Sun Ce by the Jiangdong nobles.

What's more important is that these people's hometowns are all in the north, and they will be the most determined Northern Expedition force in Jiangdong.

Any southern force that wants to go north will inevitably be hindered by the southern scholar-officials. With this determined Northern Expedition, it can replace a large number of officials from the Jiangnan gentry in key positions. This can minimize the dragging behavior of the Jiangnan literati.

Gather all your strength and launch the Northern Expedition.

Of course, if such a huge frontline army is really assembled, the generals will naturally have to support their troops with self-respect.

Therefore, Sun Ce deliberately organized different departments of the Beifu Army at this stage of Sima.

It was impossible for Sun Ce to hand over the elite Beifu Army to just one general. Pan Zhang would only lead one of them, and there would be a large number of other generals to form other units one after another.

For example, famous generals such as Taishi Ci and Lu Su.
To be continued...