While Sun Qian is active, I will also lead the Wind Wolf Battalion and Guo Jia towards Yanzhou.
When I came to Puyang again to meet Xun Yu and the others, I haven't seen them for a few months, but Xun Yu has become a little thinner.
I was originally just muddling along in my life, but the moment I came to this world, I was in a high position and held the lives of tens of thousands of people in my hands. If I wasn't careful, I would be responsible for the lives of tens of thousands of people. At the beginning, I was extremely uncomfortable.
But as the situation unfolded, a series of victories made me gradually gain confidence in myself. He was no longer afraid of power. However, the longer he held a high position, the more he felt the pressure of having more power and responsibility.
First, it was the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Beihai, and then it was the millions of people in Qingyan. Although I'm not a true descendant of a saint, deep in my heart, I still can't accept the tragic scene of starving people.
These are the blood of the Han Dynasty, the vitality of the Han Dynasty. Even though I wasn't a pure nationalistic youth, I was still proud of being a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. Subconsciously, I still had a desire to revitalize the Han Dynasty.
They were boiling over Wei and Huo's unbridled power, mourning over the chaos of the Five Kingdoms, and angry at the betrayal of the Qing Dynasty.
This was a natural mission of the Chinese people. Although there had been no lack of traitors in the past, there were more people who were unyielding.
Unknowingly, my desire to fight for hegemony gradually faded, and my desire to help the world gradually strengthened.
Seeing Xun Yu's thin appearance, I suddenly realized that perhaps I was originally the same person as him, but I saw more of him.
Perhaps this wise man had already seen through this point of mine, so he sought refuge with me, the weak and unstable Beihai Prefecture.
Therefore, rather than saying that I convinced Xun Yu, it's better to say that our common ambition and pursuit made us walk on the same path.
Even though I was no longer as confident as I was when I first arrived in the face of the ever-changing history. For a moment, my mood surged. I actually looked a little stunned when facing Xun Yu.
"Wen Ruo has worked hard." Although I only said a few words, it was as if I had turned thousands of words into these few words in my heart.
"It's been hard on my lord." Xun Yu seemed to understand the agitation in my heart. This call of 'lord' made my heart ache even more.
Although Guo Jia had already addressed me as such, the two words that came out of Xun Yu's mouth had an extraordinary meaning. Xun Yu is the governor of Yanzhou that I recommended. In terms of rank, I no longer have a direct relationship with him. Therefore, it is not impossible to address him as "Ming Gong" in the past.
However, after our army's series of victories, many people changed the way they addressed me. Now that Xun Yu also addressed me this way, it was obviously a clear signal of submission. It was a sign of obedience and willingness to follow him to the end.
Guo Jia smiled, clearly expecting this,"Lord and Wen Ruo don't flatter each other anymore, it's better to clean up a table of food and wine to show your sincerity."”The three of us looked at each other and smiled. Dian Wei, Guan Hai, Xu Sheng and the others were confused, only Zhao Yun was deep in thought.
However, Wei Zi, the Second Dictionary of Wine and Dish, obviously understood what he meant. He grinned and said," You're right, counselor. We've traveled thousands of miles, but we haven't had many decent meals.”Although he was now a general, the man who used to kill people because he was hungry had not changed at all.
During the banquet, Xun Yu briefly talked about Yanzhou, only to find that Yanzhou had completely changed.
Xun Yu, who was outstanding in governing the country, had run around in many ways. He had already elected Zhong Yao of Yingchuan as the prefect of Chen Liu, Chen Qun of Yingchuan as the prefect of Dongping, Mao Jie of Chen Liu as the prefect of Jiyin, and Dong Zhao of Dingtao as the prefect of Shanyang.
In terms of familiarity, many friends, and wide connections, there is still a long way to go between Xun Yu and me. If I were in Yanzhou, I might not have come to join them, but Xun Yu has a way to recruit them. It seemed that he had made the right move by pushing Xun Yu to the front of Yanzhou's government affairs.
Along the way, the fields were busy with farming. The counties I passed by were bustling with people. Only the somewhat dilapidated city walls still showed the chaos of the past. Yanzhou was thriving everywhere. To be able to govern Yanzhou, which had just experienced two major wars, to such an extent in just a few months, it was only due to Xun Yu's extraordinary political ability and Beihai's current policy of reducing corvee and taxes.
This year, the bandits had been pacified, and the harvest had been good. The people who had been fighting for a long time let out a sigh of relief. The strategy of buying grain at a fair price that our army had issued before setting off from the North Sea had given the people some extra money, stimulating the price of cloth and other goods to rise slightly.
Letting the commoners have a roof to shelter them from the wind and rain, surplus food to fill their stomachs, and clothes to protect them from the cold was another reason why I struggled to survive in this world. I am very happy to hear Xun Yu say that Yanzhou is now prosperous.
"Wen Ruo has worked hard." I raised my cup and invited Wen Ruo to drink with me. Although it was the same sentence, the meaning in my words was completely different from when I welcomed her.
This cup is for the people of Yanzhou.
"I dare not slack off in my duties.”Xun Yu obviously understood what I meant.
"Now that the Chang 'an Incident has occurred, Lu Bu has been defeated and occupied Hongnong and Henan. It's extremely disadvantageous to our Yanzhou.”Xun Yu continued. As expected of a wise and far-sighted person, his views coincided with Guo Jia's.
"My lord, I'm afraid you've come this time to resolve this matter.”Xun Yu said. Our army came without warning, and many of the Yanzhou soldiers were confused.
However, Xun Yu is a powerful person. Puyang is closer to Henan, so he knows more about the situation than we do in Beihai. Therefore, after thinking about it, we know the inside story.
"Could it be that you want to fight Lu Bu?" Zhao Yun, who reacted quickly, asked. Guo Jia nodded approvingly.
The Zhao Yun in this space-time gave him more room to play. Zhao Yun, who was originally a talented person, held the strategic strength of our army.
He had also put in a lot of effort to deal with the surrounding opponents. In addition, Xun Yu had also called this famous general with both wisdom and courage to discuss matters during this period of time, so he knew a lot of inside information.
"It's not that we want to fight this battle, but that this battle is almost inevitable.”I explained Guo Jia's analysis one by one. The Yanzhou civil officials all had solemn expressions, while the generals like Xu Sheng and Dian Wei were excited.
It was obvious that they hadn't fought for a long time, which made these people who treated the military camp as their home feel a little disappointed.
It was obvious that they were not thinking about achieving success with one general.
After the war started, the consumption of logistics and the displacement of the people were not considered.
However, the civil officials could not do this. Yanzhou was far from being able to recuperate and recover. Millions of refugees and Yellow Turban could only be self-sufficient after the next grain harvest season. The purchase of grain the day before yesterday was only to solve the food problem from the end of this year to next summer's harvest.
If the war dragged on and the scale was large, it would affect farming and everyone would starve next year.
Now, it was no longer limited to the hundreds of thousands of people in North Sea County.
Now, there were millions of people in the two provinces. It was no longer something that could be dealt with by buying some food in Xuzhou.
Fortunately, there was a bumper harvest this year, and the people had a small surplus of food. This way, our army could receive some food from the people to solve our urgent needs.
But what about next year? It wasn't easy to run this family now.
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