Zhen Yi was so angry that her hands were shaking. Why did she have to send her son to the border when we were talking about business? He already had a son who died in infancy. Does this mean another one will die in infancy?
Can't we have a good negotiation? If you're bargaining, you should make a counteroffer.
He saw Liu Xiang's lack of discipline and said helplessly: "Qingzhou is easy to deal with. Yangzhou needs to contact the Chen family in Guangling. Their family has some influence there.
Nanyang is the land of His Majesty Guangwu's Longxing. The aristocratic families are intertwined. If you want to buy technology and craftsmen, you need to open up the Yuan family's joints.
The general also wants a lot of other craftsmen, and I have to contact people from aristocratic families in various places to raise funds. I need some Youzhou specialties to open the way."
Liu Xiang knew what Zhen Yi was talking about. The only specialty of Youzhou that the southern states and counties wanted was war horses.
But Liu Xiang didn't want to sell it, so he pretended to be stupid and said: "A specialty of Youzhou? The people of Youzhou are fierce, how many warriors do those aristocratic families need to visit?"
Zhen Yi has nothing to do with Liu Xiang. He is a little wolf cub and he really bites people.
He said helplessly: "You need war horses to knock on the doors of those aristocratic families." After thinking about Liu Xiang's character, he quickly added: "Don't give it for free, sell it to them at a high price."
"How many?"
Zhen Yi thought about it: "At least two thousand horses."
Liu Xiang refused: "It's too much. I plan to expand the cavalry corps, but I can't afford so much."
"Three hundred thousand dollars per horse."
It's 600 million, which is really rich.
The price was three times higher than the market price in Youzhou. Liu Xiang could not resist the temptation: "One thousand horses cannot be sold north of the Yellow River."
"make a deal."
"I don't want five baht. I can pay with gold, copper, iron, and grain."
"Can."
The deal was concluded and both parties were happy.
Zhen Yi frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "I'm afraid the armor-making craftsmen won't be able to get so many crossbows and crossbows. I really have no choice."
"Then let the blacksmith make it up."
Zhen Yi nodded and said: "I can recommend you to the general regarding Zilong. Whether you come or not depends on Zilong's wishes. I will not force him."
Liu Xiang was overjoyed. It was just his guess that Zhen Yi was related to Zhao Yun, but now it was confirmed.
It was a good thing to be able to get in touch with Zhao Yun through Zhen Yi. He quickly replied: "Of course, I won't force it. I just heard that Zhao Yun was brave and wanted to meet him. I hope Zhen Gong can invite him to come to Yuyang."
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"Why does the general want to recruit Zilong for his position? Zilong has great talents, but he can be regarded as a humble official. I have no shame to speak."
From what I heard, it seems that Zhen Yi and Zhao Yun have a good relationship, and they seem to have a good friendship. Moreover, by taking the initiative to raise Zhao Yun's worth, is she trying to build a mountain here in Liu Xiang?
It doesn't matter, if you want to become more powerful, various mountain factions will form sooner or later. This really can't be stopped. You can't just hold back just to purify the team, right? That would really be a waste of time.
"If Duke Zhen can persuade Zhao Yun to surrender, I will treat him as a captain. I think Zhao Yun is famous for his bravery and has the ambition to join the army. I am willing to use him to lead an army alone and will not bury his talents."
Zhen Yi did not comment, rolled up the scroll and put it in her arms, and said solemnly: "This matter is important and I need to handle it personally. Will the general dare to let him go?"
Liu Xiang stared at Zhen Yi and spoke slowly: "How can Mr. Zhen make me feel at ease?"
"Why don't you worry about your family being held hostage by the general?"
Liu Xiang narrowed his eyes.
"No matter what happens, Mr. Zhen's family will not be harmed."
"Thank you, General."
Liu Xiang nodded and left.
There are many more people in Yuyang City than before, mainly because the workshops in the north of the city employ a large number of workers. There are craftsmen and laborers who live in the city, as well as servants and porters recruited during the slack period.
The largest recruitment was in the weaving workshop, which recruited a large number of female workers. At that time, when the notice recruiting female workers was published, it caused an uproar and no one came to apply.
Liu Xiang could only fill the weaving workshop with female relatives who were demoted as slaves, and established a special women's workshop area, where all women were employed from workers to guards.
Later, people were sent to lobby and recruit families with only orphans and widowed mothers. In order to make a living, these widows stepped out of their homes and began to work in workshops. Gradually, women working outside the home became accepted by the public, and only a few female workers were recruited.
More and more people are no longer criticized.
There was actually no shortage of cloth in Liu Xiang's territory. He ransacked his houses and confiscated more than 100,000 pieces of cloth, but he couldn't sell them even if he wanted to. Although he occupied three counties and had nearly 900,000 people under his command, most of them were extremely poor and could not digest such
Many pieces of cloth.
He ordered the weaving workshop to recruit so many people, which was actually to hoard goods for future trade. The biggest task now is to make winter jackets for the army.
A jacket is made of multiple layers of thick linen, filled with coarse fibers removed during spinning and mixed with reed cattails and cattail velvet to make jackets and distributed to army sergeants to keep out the cold.
Rich people in the Han Dynasty wore cotton robes or furs filled with silk wadding during the winter. Those items were too expensive and could not be equipped in large quantities.
He could only wear a jacket for a few years. Liu Xiang was looking for sheep that could produce a lot of wool. If he found this, he could improve his winter clothes.
Now that the autumn harvest is over and the weather will gradually turn cooler, Liu Xiang still needs to expand his army and make at least more than 40,000 sets of jackets. The task of the weaving workshop is still very heavy.
After staying in Yuyang for a few days, Liu Xiang rushed to Lu County. From here, he wanted to send troops to attack Guangyang County.
The Anping Army has begun recruiting troops again in the past few days, and the militiamen are very enthusiastic about recruiting.
The soldiers under Liu Xiang's command were treated well, and their military relatives were also given preferential treatment. There were already many people applying to join the army.
The poor people who have been allocated their fields have stored a large amount of food at home this year that was unimaginable in the past. This is what is left after paying the rent and tax, and it belongs entirely to them.
They had food stored at home, and felt extremely at ease. They also built a house for the winter, all of which General Liu had brought to them.
You can't just live with it, you have to repay the general, this is the truth.
The people of the Han Dynasty are very reasonable.
I heard that the Anping Army is recruiting troops? Then you have to go. Anyone who doesn't go is ungrateful, and I will despise him.
Therefore, Liu Xiang recruited 4,000 people from the hundreds of thousands of militiamen who applied. This group of people can really be regarded as the best of the best.
They were all transferred to the Central Army by Liu Xiang.
The Chinese army has been expanded to 12,000 men, and the four armies at the front, left, and right have been expanded to 5,000. Yan Rou's Wuhuan School Lieutenant Division has been established, with 5,000 Hu cavalry, and is plundering people outside the wall to expand the source of troops.
When Yuguan is completed, a Yuguan Guard with a strength of three thousand will be established there, under the jurisdiction of the Yuguan Captain.
When Lulong Fortress is completed, a Lulong Guard with a strength of two thousand will be established there, under the jurisdiction of Captain Lulong.
If all expansions are completed, Liu Xiang will have 42,000 regular soldiers and hundreds of thousands of militiamen under his command.
The troops currently stationed in Yuyang and preparing to attack Guangyang are 3,700 cavalry. (1,200 knights, 2,000 knights, and 500 knights.)
Twenty-two thousand infantry. (The rear, left and right armies have 15,000, the center army has 3,000 guarding the barracks, 2,000 cannons, and 2,000 light chariots.)
Plus a thousand tusks of horse.
The Tiqi basically do not participate in frontal battles. Their duties are to gather intelligence, supervise all parties, and arrest powerful children of aristocratic families.
Today Tiqi brought some good news to Liu Xiang: Cheng Zhiyuan is dead.
The Yellow Turban Army wanted to break out of the encirclement and fought a battle with Zhuo County soldiers under the city of Ji County. Unfortunately, the breakout failed and suffered heavy losses. Cheng Zhiyuan died in the battle, and the remaining troops retreated to the county seat. Ji County was in danger.
The time had come to send troops to Guangyang, and Liu Xiang recruited 20,000 militiamen to accompany the army.
He ordered the captain of the right army, Yang Qian, to lead his headquarters and 5,000 militiamen to seize Changping and the two counties of the military capital. They guarded the capital path and guarded against Gao Yan, the governor of Shanggu, to recruit new soldiers and leave Juyongguan again to attack Guangyang.
Yan Rou was ordered to pay close attention to Gong Qichou, the captain of Wuhuan School, and look for opportunities to attack Shanggu County.
The rear army was left with five thousand militiamen to guard the supplies and guard the city.
He led the Chinese army, the left army and 10,000 militiamen to Jixian to fight against Zou Jing and Liu Guanzhang.
The fight between snipe and clam is about to come to an end, and it’s time for the fishermen to take part. When the army is ready, it will be dispatched to Guangyang.