"It's still artillery." Jia Xu handed over a battle report to Shang Wu. Shang Wu looked at the strongholds, those strongholds that were well defended surrendered after three rounds of artillery fire, and after the surrender, many soldiers were not in good spirits. They were afraid to hear the whistling, especially the whistle, they always thought that it was the feeling of shells flying, after all, the soldiers of the Northern Army, who were accustomed to cold weapons, suddenly encountered an artillery attack, which was simply a huge disaster for them, and such a big disaster would be even more difficult for them to accept.

"Well, but we don't have a lot of artillery, and in our hands, there are only four artillery battalions at most. There were only twelve guns per artillery battalion, which was already the largest artillery unit in our hands. After this war, many artillery pieces were built because of their service life. Recasting is required. Then we will have a lot less artillery units. Shang Wu said.

"Oh. Can we speed it up, or slow it down, we need more artillery units. Jia Xu poured a glass of water and said.

"What do you want to do?" Shangwu asked.

"We still have many, many troubles in the south that have not been solved, for example, Julu City, which has not yet been defeated, and the same is true for Handan, in addition, the situation in Shangdang County and Taihang area is not very good, we just surrounded the city, but the attack is still in a disadvantageous position, and the muskets only give us suppressive weapons, but in terms of finishing, the offensive force is still very weak. If we can strengthen the artillery units, I think, a lot of problems will be solved. Jia Xu said.

"Well, you're right, it will certainly make our situation more advantageous, but the artillery still has a lot of technical problems that have not been solved, and it is not possible to provide more units to them for the time being. And artillery consumes too much, too many resources. This is not an easy thing for us to scale, you know, our finances are already in debt. Artillery is another extremely expensive type of troops, and it is too difficult for us to expand our needs. Shang Wu said helplessly.

"Well, well, I know it's difficult, just the idea of that, I just want to hear it. After all, there are still a lot of things that we need to solve on our own. Jia Xu said.

"The current situation of the people is very bad, there are many things that need to be properly resolved, and in such a situation, many things will become unfavorable, which is not a small number for us. For example, a large number of surrendered prisoners of war have joined our ranks, and the amount of land given to us has exceeded a staggering 1,000 acres, and if the war is over, and the size of the land is even greater, the government finances, and the amount of land already held, will not be able to pay for such a large number of land bonds. Shang Wu said to Jia Xu. For Shang Wu, a very prominent problem has appeared in front of them, that is, a large amount of land demand, many prisoners of war choose to join the Red Turban Army, because they can get land, if they can't get so much land, it means that the Red Turban Army has lost trust, which is the biggest disaster.

"This is a very prominent problem, how can this problem be solved?" Jia Xu asked. In the face of such a huge number and the consumption of war, to be honest, Jia Xu himself did not have a good way, because he could not conjure up a large amount of land, gold and silver, and more resources.

"Continue to sell, transfer a lot of debt, or rather, attract some people to participate in the establishment, for example, we can work with the banks to solve this problem." Shang Wu said.

"Difficult. Without a large amount of working capital, it is simply impossible to turn over such many things. Jia Xu said.

"We can only give more land bonds to the soldiers. Then we attract the banks to participate in the acquisition of the bonds, and the banks give them enough money, the land, and then the banks become creditors of the government, and then we settle with the banks. Shang Wu said. This trick used to be a problem after the American Revolutionary War, the War of Independence was not only a matter of national independence, national independence, but also an economic issue, bonds are their best choice, obviously, what Shangwu can do at present is to issue more bonds, but these bonds are retail to the government, that is, there are many creditors, and the state cannot afford to pay so many debts. The only way is to collect more bonds in them and concentrate them in a certain number and a few companies, so that the problem can be greatly solved.

In other words, the banks will take some supplies to solve such things, but the banks are also businessmen, and they will find ways to lower the price in order to raise more and more bonds. This. What to do? Jia Xu asked.

"We can only provide a guide price, but generally speaking, this is done by the market, but if we don't do that, a lot of soldiers won't follow us, and the same goes for the banks, we need more financial support from the banks, and there is no way to do it." Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. Well, I think we should think about it, after all, it's a big problem. Shang Wu said that when a large number of prisoners of war joined the Red Turban Army, a new problem arose. Prisoners of war were mostly involved for the sake of land. But here's the thing. Land is limited, even if the war produces a large amount of unclaimed land, and more land resources are developed, but the question is, there is so much land, how to solve such a problem, in order to solve the problem on the land, to give the soldier a comfort, or a promise. The Red Turban Army issued a large number of land bonds, and land bonds once became currency for circulation, but the participation of a large number of soldiers was bound to affect the scale of land bonds. As well as value, it is foreseeable that the emergence of a large number of land bonds will lead to a serious shrinkage of land bonds, how to solve this problem? Soldiers may feel cheated, and at the same time, how can ordinary people who buy bonds deal with such a dilemma. This is obviously not good for the Red Turban Army, land, not only a political issue, but also a complex economic issue, if this problem cannot be solved, the Red Turban Army will not be able to develop, on the contrary, it will go to the original path and fall apart. The reason why the Red Turban Army was able to take such a long road was because he had his own tenacious vitality. This is a question that they need to weigh and think about carefully.

While everyone was worried about this war, Shangwu was already thinking about what would happen after this war was over. Jia Xu is also thinking about this problem, first of all, the war must end, and they must have a period of peace to ease the process. At the same time, they must also solve more contradictions of their own, such as the sharp supply and demand of land. How to solve the discrepancy between the land bond and the actual land situation? These are the big questions.

Luoyang, Beijing.

"Eat dumplings." Firefox shouted excitedly.

"Huhuhu." Before Liu Wei could wait for the plate to land, he was the first to take the chopsticks and go up to eat. The hot dumplings were unbearable to death when they were hot. However, the deliciousness of the dumplings still made him feel delicious.

"Woo. Okay, woo woo eat. Delicious. Liu Wei said and stuffed five in one breath. Five have not yet been swallowed, and two of them are to be stuffed into their mouths at once.

"Hey, you look like you're going to eat, look, do you eat like this?" Firefox said to Liu Wei. Looking at Liu Bian's gobbling up, the fire fox knew why Emperor Han Ling was unwilling to hand over the throne to such a person. Because he didn't have the life to be the emperor at all, if he really wanted to be the emperor, the emperor's position would kill him. The position of the emperor is not something that ordinary people can control, a weak person, if he has to be the emperor, the result will be to harm himself, there are many, many examples in history, for example, the story of Emperor Xiao Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang, looking at Liu Bian, Firefox felt that Liu Bian was actually very pitiful, think about it, in such a situation. The other party is simply unable to solve such a situation, and many of their things cannot be solved, and in this situation, many things are difficult to solve.

"Eat slowly, chew slowly, you know?" Firefox said. Liu Wei nodded, but still stuffed the dumplings into his mouth, and the whining sound of eating looked like a cat.

The reason why you want to eat dumplings is because it is almost the winter solstice. Speaking of which, this matter of eating dumplings seems to be related to Zhang Zhongjing.

Oops, I accidentally stole the exploits of a historical celebrity. I just don't know where this historical celebrity is now, and if he invents dumplings, don't blame yourself.

Near Handan, Wang Ming was chatting with Zhang Zhongjing. They were talking about eating dumplings.

"After drinking this cold soup, my whole body is warm, and my ears are hot. The body is naturally fine. But I think your invention of briquettes is much better than mine. Zhang Zhongjing came to the vicinity of Handan, because the war here was extremely fierce, and he was worried that there would be a plague, especially if the weather was cold, and the possibility of a plague outbreak was very high.

But when he came here, he found that he was thinking too much. There is no outbreak of plague here, and there are still traces of war, but the possibility of war causing plague has become very small. Because it is very clean, hygiene is an important suppressive factor in reducing the spread of the plague.

"It's too small. As long as you can get warm, it's fine. Wang Ming said with a smile.