Liu Bei looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhuge Liang arched his hand and sighed and said: "Now the military is insufficient, and it cannot be built in a short time with the existing craftsmen and conscription, and the strategy proposed by Zichu can make up for the military in a few months, and it can only be so!" ”

"That's all there is to it!"

"That's what the lord does!"

The crowd agreed.

Liu Bei saw that Zhuge Liang did not object, nodded and said: "It's okay, this matter will be handled by Kong Ming and Zichu, mint a hundred coins as soon as possible, and order the officials to open the market to trade with the landlord Haoqiang to make up for the military!" Cao Cao's side doesn't know when he will send troops to Hanzhong, and time is not waiting. ”

"No!" Everyone gave up their orders and were about to retreat and go back to do business.

Liu Chan saw that Liu Bei had no follow-up instructions after he finished giving the order, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "Everyone, wait a minute!" ”

Everyone stopped when they heard the words and looked at Liu Chan.

Liu Bei looked at Liu Chan with anticipation in his expression, and asked, "What's the matter with you?" Could it be that there is another solution to the shortage of military resources? ”

"A few gentlemen are pedantic, I am far from it, how can there be a solution?" Liu Chan shook his head and said.

Even Zhuge Liang and other talents who have passed through the heavens and latitudes have no solution, even if Liu Chan has the knowledge of later generations, but the military is insufficient, it is difficult for him to create something out of nothing.

If Liu Chan had learned some financial knowledge, maybe he could polish Liu Ba's strategy, but he was also blind to this aspect, and he couldn't come up with good ideas.

Liu Bei couldn't help but be a little disappointed and asked, "Then what's the matter with you?" ”

Liu Chan arched his hand and said: "The child thinks that although Mr. Zichu's strategy is good, he can solve the problem of insufficient military resources by casting a hundred coins at the moment, stabilizing prices, and enabling officials to open the market. But in the future, if my father competes with Cao Cao for Hanzhong, and the war is protracted, he will have to trade with the landlords of Yizhou for a long time.

In this way, the direct hundred coins will be flooded with large-scale circulation, although the father has calmed down the prices, but if the father is busy competing with Cao Cao and has no time to govern Yizhou, the prices will still rise at that time, which will have an adverse impact on the people of Yizhou.

Therefore, in order to prevent problems before they happen, fathers should be prepared with both hands! ”

Liu Bei felt justified when he heard this, nodded and asked, "How to prepare with both hands?" ”

"First, avoid a long stalemate with Cao Cao in Hanzhong!" Liu Chan arched his hand and said, "Does my father remember Yang Song?" ”

Liu Bei snorted coldly when he heard this, and his words were full of disdain: "Yang Song? This person is Zhang Lu's adviser, greedy nature, when Ma Chao attacked Jiameng Pass, the military advisor was to bribe this person to slander Zhang Lu, so that Zhang Lu did not trust Ma Chao, Ma Chao was able to surrender to me. Yang Song is greedy and a traitor to seek glory, what do you mention him to do? ”

Liu Chan smiled and arched his hand: "Father, although Yang Song is greedy and has a poor character, he has a great effect on his father."

In order to avoid a stalemate with Cao Cao in the future when fighting for Hanzhong, my father can send someone to Hanzhong as soon as possible to win over this person as an internal response. ”

Liu Bei listened to Liu Chan's words, but he was not pleased, shook his head and said: "Yang Song is greedy, take him as an internal response? I'm afraid it's unreliable, this is a tiger skin, and we have to suffer his loss! ”

Liu Chan insisted: "Whether it is reliable or not, and make friends first, maybe Cao Cao has already sent someone to contact this person at this moment, it depends on who gives him more chips between his father and Cao Cao!" If Yang Song is bought by Cao Cao, it will definitely be harmful to us! ”

Hearing this, Fa Zheng came out and said: "Lord, what the prince said is good, Yang Song can plan and plan, in addition, there is Xiliang Pang De, Pang De is the old department of General Ma Chao, because Zhang Lu left Pang De in Hanzhong because he couldn't believe Ma Chao. The lord can buy Yang Song, and second, he can order Ma Chao to write to Pound and take him as his internal response.

As soon as they are willing to surrender to the lord, the lord can easily get the land of Hanzhong, which is a lucrative deal. Lose some gold, silver and jewelry for a Hanzhong, it's worth it! ”

"Filial piety is good, Pang De can win over one or two, but this Yang Song should forget it, this person is greedy, he will not keep his word, Cao Cao occupies most of the states and counties in the world, he is wealthy, and the chips he gives must exceed me, then Yang Song is only afraid that he will fall to Cao Cao's side, if Cao Cao uses him to deal with us in the future, I am afraid that it will be ......" Liu Bei shook his head, but he did not want to be with villains like Yang Song.

Liu Chan smiled faintly and said, "Father, I have a method that will make Yang Song fall to our side!" ”

"Oh? What do you do? ”

Liu Chan arched his hand and explained: "Does my father still remember Liu Cong? Cao Cao originally sent someone to say that Liu Cong was surrendered and appointed as the assassin of Qingzhou, but Cao Cao ordered him to be killed in the middle of the road. There is also Xu You, who is also greedy, Yu Guandu helped Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shao, but was killed by Xu Chu, Zhang Xiu took refuge in Cao Cao in Wancheng, and on the way back from the northern expedition to Wuhuan, he also died in vain.

Cao Cao has a treacherous personality and is treacherous and changeable, and those treacherous villains have no good end because of their profits. And his father wrote about benevolence and righteousness in the four seas, such as Shixie's surrender still retained his status in Jiaozhou, Liu Zhang surrendered, and also became a rich man in Jiangling. As long as his father sends a lobbyist to meet Yang Song, Chen Qing to Yang Song, Cao Cao's treachery, and his father's kindness, then Yang Song will definitely unswervingly go to his father's side. ”

Liu Chan praised Liu Bei like this, Cao Cao belittled him like this, Liu Bei's heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and Liu Chan also said reasonably, Liu Bei pondered for a moment, and then said: "Okay, what my son said is good, since this is the case, I will send someone to contact Yang Song." You just said that you have to prepare with two hands, what is one hand? ”

Liu Chan said eloquently: "I Yizhou military is insufficient, according to Mr. Zichu's strategy, although it can solve the urgent need, but relying on the landlord to provide military is not a long-term solution." We should be self-reliant, develop armaments as soon as possible, and not be constrained by these landlords.

Yizhou originally had more than 150,000 soldiers and horses, and now nearly 50,000 or 60,000 people have been laid off, and the old, weak, sick and disabled who have been eliminated can be used as conscripts, mining copper ore and iron ore, recruiting craftsmen, building ordnance, and developing armaments! ”

Liu Bei thought it was true when he heard this, and said: "This is not bad, Liu Zhang does not repair the armor, Yizhou's original military production and supply of Yizhou soldiers and horses is insufficient, and now there are tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers and horses I brought, which is even more insufficient to provide military supplies for my army." Relying on the military in the hands of the landlord is not a long-term solution, and if you want to be strong, you still have to be self-reliant.

Gong Heng, Zhengfang, the two of you are in charge of this matter, and use the tens of thousands of people who have been reduced to build a military, within two years, can you make the treasury fuller? ”

Huang Quan and Li Yan walked out and said, "We will do our best to replenish the treasury for the Lord within two years!" ”