In the evening, Li Hong summoned Li Wei, Song Wen, Tang Fang and others to discuss several issues disputed by the two sides again.

"You have all read the letter of Lord Shangshutai Huangfu, and in order to promote the appeasement as soon as possible, the imperial court has already informed the whole country of the appeasement. Although the court's intentions were good, on the contrary, it also pushed Zhang Yan and the other leaders of the Yellow Turban Army into a desperate situation. Li Hong sighed, "From those who believe in the Tao of Taiping, Zhang Yan and the leaders are now a rebel; From the Yellow Turban soldiers and displaced people who followed Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan brought hope to their survival. Zhang Yan was unwilling to betray the Taiping Dao and the Yellow Turban Army, but he could not abandon the millions of displaced people who followed him, and he could not erase the hope in the hearts of the displaced people. Now Zhang Yan is in a dilemma, and her heart is very painful, at this time, should we give in one more step and let Zhang Yan strengthen her determination to appease. ”

Li Wei and the others were silent.

After a long time, Tang Fang said: "The adults took the initiative to appease and took the initiative to give in, will it create an illusion for the Yellow Turban Army?" The Yellow Turban Army felt that the adults and the court were accommodating them, and took the opportunity to ask for a sky-high price, so the appeasement would be at an impasse. He paused for a moment, and then said, "The displaced people scattered all over the country heard that Zhang Yan was appeased by the imperial court, as long as they follow him, they will immediately have land, food and a house to live in, and they will soon flock to it. Millions of displaced people are watching him, waiting for him to distribute the land, and they are all thanking him for his gifts, how can he have the courage and confidence to retreat. At this time, if Zhang Yan retreats, it will not bring him the support of the displaced people, but the disappointment and tears of the displaced people, he will lose everything because of this, and the Yellow Turban Army will also be quickly wiped out because of this. Zhang Yan and his subordinates should be very clear about this disastrous consequence, so I don't think the adults need to give in, just give Zhang Yan a while. ”

"As the time is delayed, there will be more and more displaced people who hear the news, Zhang Yan will definitely not be able to support it, he has no way out except to bow down to the imperial court."

Li Wei smiled bitterly: "This move of the imperial court is too ruthless. In just a few months, he would have gone crazy for Zhang Yan to be left alone with so much pressure. If we drive Zhang Yan crazy, the Yellow Turban Army will immediately split, not to mention the matter of appeasement, and it will be a huge disaster for us to just crowd so many displaced people in Taiyuan and Shangdang. ”

Song Wen also said with a heavy heart: "Aside from the Yellow Turban Army, from the perspective of the homeless, we should also make concessions." Millions of displaced people gather in the state, and if there is no food, what will be the result after a month or two? I estimate that Taiyuan and Shangdang will soon be hungry and in ruins. Taiyuan and Shangdang are gone, what will be the situation in the northern Xinjiang? The Hu people are bound to take advantage of the opportunity to go down, and the northern frontier will be lost. This is not alarmist, just look at Jizhou, you will know that the disaster of the displaced people is far greater than the disaster of the Yellow Turban. ”

"The imperial court's move is really inconsiderate. Although they forced Zhang Yan to a desperate situation, they didn't also push us to a desperate situation. If the appeasement fails, we really have no responsibility, but it is our responsibility for millions of displaced people to pour into the state, how can we sit idly by? Song Wen looked at Li Hong and pleaded, "My lord, let's Tuntian as soon as possible." No matter how we give in, as long as we appease the displaced people and stabilize the annexation of the state, we will be worthy of the Great Han Kingdom and Your Majesty. Even if we are convicted and imprisoned in the future, it is enough to ask ourselves that we have done nothing wrong. ”

Li Hong patted Song Wen hard and exclaimed: "Changfeng, you said it well, just listen to you, let's take another step and strive to Tuntian as soon as possible." ”

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After a night of discussion, Li Hong, Li Wei and others agreed on a plan again on several controversial issues.

First, there is the issue of troops. Li Hong made the biggest concession and let the Yellow Turban Army keep 300,000 horses, but in terms of the number of county soldiers and Tuntian soldiers, Li Hong made adjustments, he expanded the number of Tuntian soldiers to 250,000, and stipulated that the Tuntian soldiers did not receive military salaries, but replaced military salaries with self-grown grain, and at the same time, the Tuntian soldiers could only be equipped with weapons in wartime. The 50,000 county soldiers are responsible for maintaining law and order in Taiyuan County, and are controlled by the Zhenbei General Department.

The second issue is the formation of county government offices. Li Hong completely abandoned the original plan, stipulating that all the officials of the county and county government offices should be appointed by the Yellow Turban Army itself, and the Zhenbei General Department would no longer interfere, but the county and county government offices at all levels would no longer participate in the military and civilian tuns.

Third, the military tun and the mintun are self-contained and are not subordinate to the prefecture and county. Li Hong accepted the suggestions of Li Wei and others, and after summing up the lessons and lessons of reclamation and tuntian in the early days of this dynasty, he made some adjustments. Juntun is recommended by the Yellow Turban Army to serve as the lieutenant of Diannong at all levels, and the Diannong Commander's Mansion belongs to the Waiting Agricultural Order, Shounong Order, Persuading Nong Rafter, Cangchang, Cangzuo, etc. to engage in Pengshi, and some officials who are familiar with Tuntian affairs are recommended by the Zhenbei General's Mansion to serve as the Lieutenant of Diannong, and the Diannong Commander is directly controlled by the Zhenbei General's Department. Mintun is in charge of the Hutian Lieutenant appointed by the imperial court, and the Zhenbei General's Mansion and the Pingnan Zhonglang General's Mansion have no right to interfere in the affairs of the Mintun, but both governments must unconditionally obey the needs of the Hutian Captain's Mansion and give help and support in all aspects.

Finally, there is the issue of taxation. Li Hong agreed to exempt Taiyuan County from paying taxes for five years, but after five years, seventy percent of the taxes collected had to be turned over to the state treasury, and thirty percent were at the discretion of the Yellow Turban Army. At this point, Li Hong believed that there could be no more concessions, which was related to the development of the entire state, and the treasury of the Great Han State should also be earned.

The sorted documents were immediately sent to Jinyang City.

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Zhang Yan didn't reply, although Li Hong was in a hurry, he had no choice but to return to the Longshan camp and wait patiently.

The training and reorganization of the Yongsan battalion is in full swing. Longshan is now like a huge battlefield, the cavalry corps, the infantry corps, and the chariot battalion have replaced boring training with actual combat drills, and the 70,000 soldiers of the three armies are fighting together, and the sound of killing is like thunder, which is really a bit thrilling.

The renaming of the military vehicle battalion to the chariot battalion stemmed from Yin Si's strong request. Yin Si said to Li Hong that whether it is a rushing car for siege or a crossbow car for attacking, it is used for war, of course, it must be called a chariot battalion, and it sounds better than a military chariot battalion. Of course, Li Hong casually agreed to such a trivial matter, but then Li Hong regretted it, and the generals of the other battalions immediately came to ask for a name change.

The Fengyun Iron Cavalry and the Changshui Battalion are famous all over the world, of course, there is no need to change them, but they have very opinions on Li Hong's use of Xian Ling, Huangzhong and Maiye to name other Iron Cavalry Battalions. If the Dancing Leaf Camp is also famous in the future, then everyone in the world knows that there is a Dancing Leaf tribe in Northern Xinjiang, who still knows that there is a brave and warlike White Deer Tribe in Northern Xinjiang, as well as the White Mountain Karasuma tribe? Huang Zhongqiang also has opinions. There are many soldiers in the first zero battalion who are their Huangzhong Qiang people, if the first zero battalion wins the battle, who knows what the Huangzhong Qiang people are? Good, good, change, change. Li Hong had no choice, so he discussed with everyone, and changed the Huangzhong Cavalry to the Yue Cavalry Battalion, the Xian Ling Cavalry to the Wuqi Battalion, and the Wuye Cavalry to the Hussar Battalion.

The names of the battalions of the cavalry corps have been changed, and of course the battalions of the infantry corps must also be changed. So Li Hong reorganized the infantry army of 20,000 people, with those who can exceed the height and distance and are light and good at walking as a battalion, called the Li Feng battalion, and the captain Yushi led it; To be able to break the golden drum, extinguish the banner, and rush to the invincible as a battalion, called the Tiger Battalion, Captain Yan Liang led it; Those who can stop the conflict of enemy cavalry are gathered into a battalion, called the folding battalion, and the captain Hua Xiong leads it.

With a very majestic name, each battalion immediately made a big flag and erected it under the black panther handsome flag, and the momentum really changed.

After Li Hong inspected the battalions, he also made a special trip to the Bingcao camp, and he heard Xiaolan say that Yin Si had made a huge stone-throwing cart with the cooperation of hundreds of craftsmen in the Bingcao camp, and it was being test-fired in the past few days. When Li Hong arrived at the Bingcao camp, Tian Chong, Yin Si and others were directing the soldiers to use the stone throwing cart to shoot stones.

Li Hong listened carefully to Yin Si's introduction, and looked at the test shooting effect again, and was very dissatisfied.

Yin Si's stone-throwing cart was huge, and it required forty soldiers to pull the lever at the same time. If you use a two-pound stone, you can throw more than 200 steps at the farthest, but the accuracy is very poor.

"Zhongzhi, is this the gun carriage you said?"

Yin Si nodded again and again, and said excitedly: "My lord, if I make it bigger and use a hundred soldiers to pull the lever, I can shoot at least fifty catties of stones." My lord, what do you think of this artillery carriage? ”

Li Hong smiled, praised it, and then said: "This artillery carriage is huge, inconvenient to move, and employs too many people, except for siege, it seems to have a limited role, isn't it?" ”

Yin Si said with a smile: "I can make wheels for it, so that it is convenient to move, as for people, our chariot battalion has tens of thousands of people, and it is not a problem to use it at all." As long as the artillery carriage can move quickly, it can play a huge role in the confrontation between the two armies. ”

"I think the ballista has a bigger role."

"When attacking and defending a city, the power of the gun carriage must be greater than that of the ballista." Yin Si said, "In the plains, the ballista is naturally much more lethal for the cavalry, but for the infantry, the lethality of the artillery carriage is very amazing. What do adults think? ”

Li Hong smiled but did not speak. At this time, there was a problem with the gun truck, and Yin Si hurriedly ran over.

Tian Zhong looked at Li Hong and said with a smile: "Aren't you too satisfied?" ”

"I made such a thing with a lot of money, and I am really not satisfied." Li Hong shook his head and said bitterly, "With so much money, I can buy hundreds of thousands of long arrows." ”

Tian Zhong said with a smile: "My lord, if the city is attacked, we have this big thing to help, and the casualties of the soldiers may be reduced." ”

"Uncle, do you think about it, if the gun truck wants to shoot far, the stone is small, and the stone is small, so it has no effect, and if you want to shoot a big stone, the gun car is within the range of the enemy's strong bow, so how can the gun car shoot?" Li Hong said disapprehantly, "Even if this thing is made, the number will not be too much, and the interval between shots will be long, so it will not pose a huge threat to the enemy." I think it's better to forget it, you find an opportunity to tell Zhong Zhi, don't do this artillery truck, I don't have so much money to waste on him. ”

"After so many years of fighting, we defeated the enemy with the sharpness of our weapons that time? The indomitable fighting spirit of the soldiers is the key to our victory. Look at the iron cavalry of the Hu people, if we can defeat them with weapons, then why did they come from hundreds of years of invasion? What did our ancestors do when they built the Great Wall? ”

Tian thought for a moment and persuaded, "My lord, let's let Zhongzhi try it." While weapons are not the key to victory, wouldn't it be more difficult for us to defeat the enemy without better weapons? Won't our soldiers die even more? ”

Li Hong waved his hand and said resolutely: "Don't try again." This money can be used to buy food to feed the homeless, so don't waste it in vain. ”

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Li Hong returned to the camp and heard the news that made him ecstatic, Koji Yi's brother had arrived.

Lu Zhong is in his forties, dressed plainly, with a long face and long beard, and an elegant atmosphere hidden between his eyebrows, it is difficult to see that he is a giant businessman in Guanzhong. After greeting Li Hong, he immediately introduced a young man standing behind him to Li Hong. This person is in his twenties, dressed in fine clothes, handsome and elegant, and has a pair of eyes that are very aura.

"My lord, this is Xu Ling Xu Boyu, the youngest and richest man in Guan. This time he was able to make a lot of money in Guanzhong, thanks to his food. ”

Li Hong immediately remembered what Tian Zhong said, so he asked with a smile: "I heard that your grain was transported from Yangzhou to Guanzhong, is that so?" There are more than 2,000 miles from Yangzhou to Guanzhong, and the price of grain transported to Guanzhong will rise several times, how can you still make money? ”

Xu Ling said with a smile: "My lord, if I don't say this, how can this grain increase several times?" I'm hoarding food and raising prices at the same time, there must be a reason, right? Otherwise, won't I be the number one profiteer in Guanzhong in the future? ”

Li Hong suddenly pointed at him and laughed: "Sure enough, it's a profiteer." Then your food ......"

"It's all grain from the Kanto and Nanyang areas, hundreds of miles away, and it's Guanzhong in a blink of an eye." Xu Ling said with a smile, "But this is all good news from adults, we can make money, or we are still exposed to the light of adults." This time, I came to Merge with Boyong, firstly, to thank the adults for their care, and secondly, to thank my two beneficiaries. ”

Li Hong shook his hand and smiled: "You don't have to thank me, I'm going to trouble you, if you can help me, I have to thank you." ”

Xu Ling bowed down and said with a smile: "The villain's benevolence is in front of him, and when the villain respects and thanks the benevolence, the adults should be assigned at will, although the villain goes to the soup and fire, he will not hesitate." ”

Li Hong looked around in surprise and asked strangely, "Engong?" I still have your father-in-law here? ”

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Xu Ling immediately looked at Li Wei and Xie Ming, and asked with a smile, "The two Engongs don't know me?" ”

Li Wei and Xie Ming looked at each other in surprise. Li Wei pointed at him and said loudly in disbelief: "You are that Xu Ling?" ”

"It's the villain." Xu Ling knelt on the ground and said excitedly, "That day, the two Engongs saved my life in Chang'an, gave me a bite to eat, and gave me a horse, have the two Engongs forgotten?" ”

Li Wei and Xie Ming were surprised and delighted, and hurriedly pulled him up left and right.

Li Hong and everyone in the tent looked at them in amazement, and they all felt a little incredible.

"How dare we believe that you are the richest man in Guanzhong?" Xie Ming smiled, "You have also changed, we don't know each other anymore." ”

"Brother Boyu, why did you become the richest man in Guanzhong in a blink of an eye?" Li Wei asked, "This is also amazing?" ”

Xu Ling smiled and sighed: "If it weren't for the horse given by the two benefactors, how could I have Xu Ling today." ”

"How much is that horse worth? Are you going to make your fortune on that horse? Xie Ming smiled disbelievingly.

"Yes, I made my fortune on that horse." Xu Ling said with a smile, "Don't hide it from the two beneficiaries, after I left you, the first thing I did was to sell the horse and get 150,000 yuan." Then I used the 150,000 money to buy a dress. ”

"Spend 150,000 yuan to buy a dress?" Li Wei's eyes widened, "What clothes are so valuable?" ”

Xu Ling smiled but did not answer, and continued: "I wore this dress to meet Yang You, the richest man in Guanzhong. He used to be a friend of my father, his eldest son died in the Beidi Rebellion in his early years, the second son died in the Jizhou Rebellion a few years ago, and the third son died in the Xiliang Rebellion last spring. Last winter, my father-in-law passed away, and I became the head of the family. That's how I, the richest man in Guanzhong, came here. ”

Li Wei and Xie Ming were dumbfounded.

"So you're so lucky." Li Wei said with admiration.

"I went to Beijing to study as a scholar, and my luck was very bad, not only did I lose my money, but I almost lost my life, but I was in business, but my luck was ......" Xu Ling shook his head and sighed, "I didn't have the life of being a scholar, I was born with this lowly business life." ”

"Don't say that, you're much more beautiful than us in comparison." Li Wei laughed and said, "How did you know we were here?" ”

Xu Ling respectfully arched his hand and said, "Since the general defeated the Xianbei people, the names of the two Engong lords have been like thunder. Originally, I wanted to come and thank you in person, but I didn't have a chance. This time, Brother Boyong invited me to Bingzhou, and I thought that I could take the opportunity to go to the camp of the general in Zhenbei to see the two beneficiaries, but I didn't expect that Brother Boyong would take me directly to the camp of Longshan without making a sound. Coincidentally, coincidentally. ”

When Li Hong heard this, he reached out and patted Lu Zhong's back, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Boyong, for thinking so thoughtfully." ”

Lu Zhong smiled slightly, and said softly to Li Hong: "This kid, after making our money, don't think about getting off our boat." ”

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In the big tent in the middle of the night, Li Hong, Lu Zhong, Xu Ling, Zuo Yan, Li Wei, Song Wen, Xie Ming and others sat together and discussed various business matters.

Li Hong wanted to implement the policy of attaching equal importance to agriculture and commerce in Bingzhou, and then supplement agriculture with business, so as to extricate Bingzhou Tuntian from the financial crisis as soon as possible. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to let the imperial court's big Si Nong pay money in Bingzhou Tuntian, first, the big Si Nong has no money, and second, the rebellion in various places has not been quelled, and military funds are still needed to quell the rebellion, and third, if you want Your Majesty to agree to your own policy of supplementing agriculture with business, the first condition is not to let the court pay money, otherwise, this concert will definitely be in vain, and the matter of Tuntian will have to fail.

Lu Zhong pushed away the document on the case, shook his head and sighed: "Although the general has the heart to serve the people, it is a pity that he was born at the wrong time. Whether it is the opening of the market, the establishment of a city at the border gates, the vigorous development of all kinds of handicrafts, or the raising of war horses and the cultivation of fields, whether it is the opening of the market, the establishment of a city at the border gates, or the cultivation of war horses, there will be no money in the three to five years of these methods you are talking about. Due to the continuous invasion of the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, agriculture, industry and animal husbandry have suffered a huge blow, and it is absolutely impossible to recover in such a short time. ”

Li Hong's expression was solemn and he looked at Xu Ling, "Brother Boyu, what do you think?" ”

"The adults have come all the way to call Brother Boyong, won't it be just to ask about these little things?" Xu Ling said with a smile, "With the foresight of your lords, don't want us to say it, you also know that you can't make money with these methods at the moment. Adult's business supplements agriculture, what kind of business is this business, can you explain it clearly? ”

Li Hong smiled and said, "Salt and iron." ”

Lu Zhong and Xu Ling's faces changed suddenly.

"This is a great crime to kill the Nine Clans." Lu Zhong said in shock, "Since Emperor Wu of this dynasty, for more than three hundred years, salt and iron have always been the monopoly of the imperial court, and whoever touches the private business is a capital crime, my lord, you are ......."

Li Hong's face suddenly changed, and he looked at the two of them coldly and said, "You two dare to pat your chest and say, you haven't touched salt and iron in private?" ”

Lu Zhong touched his face and didn't make a sound. Xu Ling looked down at the bamboo slips on the desk, slightly uneasy.

Li Hong waved his hand and said to Zuo Yan and the others, "You all stand down." ”

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Li Hong spread out the map on the desk, pointed to Taiyuan County and said: "There is salt and iron here, if it is mined all year round, how much is the benefit of salt and iron?" ”

Lu Zhong thought for a moment and said, "About 500 million dollars." ”

"Official price or private price?"

"Official price."

"What about the price?"

"Five-fold."

Li Hong slapped the case angrily and shouted: "Then why can't I make ends meet in the treasury of the Han Kingdom? ”

Lu Zhong and Xu Ling looked at the murderous Li Hong, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"My lord, the profits of salt and iron all go to the Shaofu, and the money of the Shaofu is for the use of the royal family." Lu Zhong calmed down for a moment and explained, "I have thirty-four salt officials and forty-nine iron pipes in the Han Kingdom, and the profits they receive are several times the tax revenue, but the royal expenses are too great, you have been to Luoyang, you should know how much Your Majesty will eat a meal, and by extension, how much will the people in the entire palace eat for a meal?" So, don't be angry, my lord, it's not a matter of a year or two that the treasury of my Han Kingdom is empty. ”

"Today's Shaofu income is also worse year by year. How many of today's princes and magnates, gate lords and bureaucrats are not able to catch a handful of salt and iron? In addition, the bureaucrats and tycoons in the area where the salt and iron are located collude with each other, bend the law for bribes, exploit and extract profits, and the real money sent to the treasury of the Shaofu is only more than 10 billion a year, so His Majesty often has no money now. His Majesty had no money to use, so he began to sell his official position and sell his lordship, but the more he sold, the more he lost his money. In fact, the money is in someone else's treasury. ”

Li Hong snorted angrily, and said in a low voice: "Now the salt and iron of Bingzhou are in my hands......"

Lu Zhong and Xu Ling immediately understood.

"My lord, the Yellow Turban Army ......"

"After the appeasement, I will order the Yellow Turban Army where the salt pond and the iron mine are located to withdraw immediately, and these places will be taken over by the Zhenbei General's Department." Li Hong calmed the anger in his heart and said slowly, "From now on, I want food and materials for Tuntian, but I don't have that much money now." Therefore first owe me these things on credit, and the money that is owed to you shall be offset with these salt and iron. ”

"Your Excellency thinks too highly of us." Xu Ling smiled bitterly, "Brother Boyong's family wealth and I are not enough for one-tenth of what adults need in Tuntian......"

"Really?" Li Hong sneered, "You don't have any money, you can borrow it, but if you don't want to make this troubled water, I'm afraid it's too late now." ”

Xu Ling glared at Lu Zhong fiercely, and muttered two sentences in his mouth, probably scolding him for being insidious and cunning. He would rather cooperate with the traitor than with Li Hong, and the danger of cooperating with Li Hong is too great.

"How many years?" Xu Ling suddenly made up his mind. Anyway, they have already boarded Li Hong's boat, and they can't run away if they want to, so it's better to put their heads in their hands and make a little money.

"As long as I am in the state, the salt and iron in this state will have your share."

"As far as Brother Boyong and I are concerned, no one else is allowed to intervene again."

Li Hong nodded.

"The official price, five or five cents."

"You're robbing the money." Li Hong glared at him and said, "No, I want money for the past few years." Private price, three or seven points of profit. ”

Xu Ling's eyes widened and he shouted, "My lord, are you robbing?" Even if I'm dead, I won't get my money back. ”

Li Hong's hand was on the handle of the knife, and the murderous aura in his eyes suddenly gushed out.

Xu Ling was shocked, and his neck shrank involuntarily.

Lu Zhong thought for a while, and said in a cautious whisper: "My lord, this is really not good, if you take us out, the matter of Tuntian will be unsustainable." ”

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Xu Ling saw that Li Hong didn't mean to change his words at all, and his head was big. He bowed his head in frustration and lamented that his good fortune had finally come to an end. Suddenly, his eyes saw a small black dot on the map of the case. Xu Ling suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and shouted excitedly: "There is, there is." ”

"Your Excellency, you see, this place is called Anyi, and it is the seat of Hedong County."

Li Hong smiled angrily and said, "What does Hedong have to do with us? ”

"My lord, the place with the most salt and iron north of the Yellow River is Hedong County, not Bingzhou, do you know?" Xu Ling eagerly explained, "The salt pond north of the Yellow River is the first to recommend Anyi in Hedong County, followed by Xie County. Angeup is known for its high yield and good quality, and is mainly supplied to the Gyeonggi region. When the salt officials were set up in this dynasty, Anyi of Hedong County was in the first place. ”

"The Anyi salt pond in Hedong County has a history of thousands of years, and after successive generations of mining, it has now formed a huge salt pond with a length of 51 li, a width of 7 li, and a week of 116 li. Xie County, Anyi County has a total of five salt ponds, its highest output has reached a year of 10,000 Hu, its salt profit is so large, equivalent to Hebei, and the two states of the tax, the adult probably did not expect, right? ”

"In addition, the four cities of Anyi, Pishi, Pingyang and Jiangdong in Hedong all have iron, and their output accounts for almost one-tenth of the total iron production in this dynasty."

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Li Hong asked with a frown.

Xu Ling smiled and asked rhetorically: "My lord, I seem to have heard that the Zhenbei General is supervising the military affairs of one state and two counties, right?" ”

Li Hong kind of understood.

"When will your lord send troops to Hedong County?" Xu Ling said with a grin, "My lord, you must know that there will be a steady stream of displaced people entering the prefecture, and the fields of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties alone cannot be settled. Because of its proximity to northern Xinjiang, Hedong County has been repeatedly invaded by the Hu people, and the population loss is serious. Now there are hundreds of thousands of acres of barren fields along the Fen River that are uncultivated, my lord, are you ......?"

Li Hong looked at him coldly and did not speak.

Xu Ling smiled for a while: "My lord, Brother Boyong and I only need to get a piece of the salt and iron in Hedong, but this piece of the pie must be a little more, so that we can earn back our capital as soon as possible." ”

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The next day, Lu Zhong and Xu Ling drew up a detailed document with Li Hong, Zuo Yan and others on the quantity and price of grain and materials needed for Tuntian, and then the two hurriedly left and went back to Chang'an City to handle the specific work.

Five days later, Zhang Yan sent someone to reply and continue the conversation. Li Hong was overjoyed, and the worries in his heart were suddenly swept away.

He happily walked out of the tent and watched today's rehearsal of the horse rejection array.

Twenty generals of the unified army formed two small teams of horses to meet the 100 cavalry black panther volunteers, and won by picking down 50 soldiers in the name of the soldiers. Tacit cooperation is very important. To have a tacit understanding, we must unite as one, and we must be familiar with each other and make friends with each other. No matter how much the generals had opinions with each other, they disappeared after the test of this battle formation.

Li Hong used this simplest method to tell his subordinates that if they were not united, they would cause contradictions, and that it was not only themselves who failed, but also the entire army.

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Zhang Yan and his subordinates came to the camp of Dalongshan again, and after a period of thinking and discussion, they finally chose to be appeased. Now, in the face of a growing wave of displaced people, there is no way back.

The negotiations between the two sides went very smoothly, and some of the minor demands made by the Yellow Turban Army were quickly resolved with Li Hong's intervention.

Three days later, the two sides negotiated, and all that remained was to stamp and demarcate. Li Hong hoped that Zhang Yan would be able to use the seal of the general of the Peace, but Zhang Yan refused, he picked up his seal of the commander of the Yellow Turban Army and stamped it heavily on the silk cloth.

"I'm still the commander of the Yellow Turban Army."

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Zhang Yan returned to Jinyang City, and immediately arranged for manpower to form a county government office, forming 50,000 county soldiers and 250,000 tuntian soldiers, and at the same time sent people back to Taihang Mountain to migrate the displaced people down the mountain.

On the one hand, Li Hong played the specific details of the appeasement plan to the Son of Heaven, and on the other hand, he set up the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and at the same time ordered Zuo Yan and Li Wei to rush to Jinyang City to discuss the details of the military tun with Zhang Baiqi, the commander of the Diannong, and there were more than 30 officials at all levels accompanying him. These people were all friends and Taixue scholars recruited by Li Wei, Song Wen and others, and after they arrived at the barracks one after another, they were all reused by Li Hong.

Li Hong ordered Zhao Yun and Pang De to take the Black Panther Yicong to quickly go south along the gallop road, and immediately take the old man Zhao Qi who was rushing to Jinyang, and the affairs of Mintun were waiting for the boss to form a command of the government. Many matters in Mintun are now busy day and night with Tang Fang and Peng Shi of the state capital.

Li Hong ordered Tian Zhong to send the first batch of grain purchased from Guanzhong to Jinyang City.

At this time, Zheng Xin hurried back from Shangdang County.

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