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Sitting in the mansion, Li San took a sip of tea.

He was really tired these days, and according to Xiao Ming's request, they organized a grievance meeting in the village, so that the people who were oppressed by the Hao clan came to the stage to complain, and then ended with scolding the King of Wei and the Hao clan.

In addition to the grievance meeting, there are also propaganda slogans in each village, and the content of this slogan is naturally to support the king of Qi and eliminate the king of Wei.

At the same time, they are also cooperating with the government to establish local militia organizations and unite people's hearts.

Of course, no matter how much you say, there is no practical action, and the distribution of land to the people is the key to really let the people let down their guard.

With the addition of all these means, the four states finally have the will of the people, and young and middle-aged people who are eager to join the army also abound.

Ye Qingyun smiled, the group of secret guards has always been very mysterious, and he has a fear of Li San in his heart, because he feels that these people must also be stared at by Li San.

After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Where are you going next?" ”

"Jinling City!" Li San didn't shy away from it, he said: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, if you can assassinate the king of Wei, it will be easier to conquer the city, won't it?" ”

"Assassination!" Ye Qingyun was taken aback, "Aren't you afraid of leaking this matter when you tell me?" ”

"If the Governor leaks out, I'll be the first to know." Li San seemed to be smiling.

Ye Qingyun was struck with a stirring spirit all over his body, which confirmed his guess, and he became more and more in awe of Xiao Ming at this time, because in his opinion, King Qi was really elusive.

How did he set up such an institution as the secret guard?

But this is not a question for him to think about, and after chatting with Li San for a while, he went out of the mansion to be busy with the recruitment of recruits.

Yangzhou City is a big city with a population of 600,000, because they came in time, after the massacre, there are still more than 400,000 people in the city, plus the population of nearby states and counties, the population of Yangzhou City is considerable, basically around 700,000.

Such a surplus of population conscription is naturally not a problem, and now Qingzhou has come to the order, let him recruit 30,000 recruits from Yangzhou and Tongzhou, half a year later, he needs to lead the army to cooperate with the Southern Expeditionary Army to completely take Wei.

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Qingzhou.

In the fiery propaganda of the four states, war bonds began to be issued in the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and with the issuance of war bonds, Qingzhou Daily gave a comprehensive explanation of what war bonds are.

When the people and businessmen learned that the war bond was issued by Xiao Ming, the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce was blocked by the people for a while.

With food and silver, the people exchanged war bonds in the Chamber of Commerce to support the war effort.

The merchants were more interested in war bonds than the common people, and they took out money to buy them, and at the same time, the magnates who came to Qingzhou from Chang'an did not miss this opportunity.

Taking their possessions, they exchanged the gold and silver for a few chapters of thin paper, which was exactly the bond issued by the Chamber of Commerce.

Xiao Ming was also unexpectedly aware of such a hot scene, but the people and businessmen were so active, which is enough to show his current status in the hearts of the people, and as for the businessmen who tasted the sweetness of the Northern Expedition, they naturally didn't want to miss the opportunity.

It's just that the only thing they regret is that Xiao Ming set a restriction this time, and they can't buy more than 10,000 taels of war bonds.

After the issuance of war bonds, Cao Zhengyang and other giant businessmen went to the palace to discuss the war bonds.

"Your Highness, His Highness did not set restrictions on the Northern Expedition last time, why do you have to set restrictions this time? And this 10,000 taels is really less. Cao Zhengyang said.

Ding Wu also chimed in: "Your Highness, please believe in our loyalty to the feudal country, we hope that Your Highness can win consecutive battles and expand the territory." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, we are all Qingzhou people now, and we have no dissenting hearts."

“……”

The merchants said in a gossipy voice, and there was a lot of noise in the main hall.

Xiao Ming sat on the throne silently, but drank tea and listened to the complaints of these merchants, and after everyone finished speaking, he said: "Everyone, the restrictions are not because this king does not trust you, but because the amount of war bonds issued this time is limited, and you can't be allowed to go. ”

After a pause, Xiao Ming said: "And this war bond does not require too much silver and silver bills, which does not have much effect on this king, now do you understand?" ”

Cao Zhengyang, Ding Wu and the others glanced at each other, and they immediately understood that this time the people were taking grain, cloth and other materials in exchange for bonds, after all, the people didn't like silver, and liked to exchange silver for materials.

But these merchants had a lot of silver in their hands, and the bonds of 50,000 taels were bought in the form of silver and silver bills.

"Does Your Highness mean that as long as you exchange materials for supplies, you don't have to care about this restriction?" Cao Zhengyang asked tentatively.

"Of course not, this king can consider raising the upper limit to 300,000 taels." Xiao Ming said with a smile, this restriction is actually a trap, in order to let merchants find ways to obtain various materials from outside the feudal country.

His strength alone is limited, but the combined energy of so many merchants in Qingzhou is very large, after all, they have relationships in other places, and if they take action, it will save him a lot of trouble.

"Three hundred thousand taels." Ding Wu repeated, this limit is acceptable, and he asked, "What materials does Your Highness need?" ”

"Iron ore, saltpeter, brimstone, cloth, horses." Xiao Ming said that these things are what he is short of, and after the expansion of the army, he needs more steel, gunpowder, military uniforms, and war horses.

Cao Zhengyang frowned when he heard this, "Your Highness, these supplies are in short supply now, and it is difficult to find them." ”

"If it is easy to do, why should this king tell you about it? However, the king of iron ore can give you a reminder that there are many mines in Yongwang's Fengmei, and you can go there to buy mines. Xiao Ming said that he must now mobilize the power of capital to reserve supplies for the war.

A group of businessmen, you look at me, I look at you, but thinking of the rich reward, they finally couldn't resist the temptation and agreed to it.

"Your Highness, since this is the case, we will prepare these materials for Your Highness, there are 20,000 war horses on the grass people's horse farm, and a batch of 15 taels of war horses, exactly 300,000 taels." Cao Zhengyang glanced at the others proudly.

"Twenty thousand war horses!" Xiao Ming was also shocked, this grassland Cao Zhengyang had only taken over for a year.

But after thinking about it for a while, he understood that this Cao Zhengyang must have done some business of smuggling from the grassland, otherwise there would not be so many horses.

It's just that now he doesn't bother to care about this matter, sometimes capital and politics are contradictory, and at the same time they are on guard against each other, but they also need each other.