Li Li, who hurried back to the Luoyang camp, beat drums and gathered generals the next day and sent troops to recover Luoyang and Henan counties......

Xu Chu and Pang De led the Qinglong Battalion to capture Henan County, and Huan Fei and Xu Ding led the Flying Bear Heavy Cavalry to recover the counties under the jurisdiction of Luoyang Yin, and 60,000 iron cavalry immediately dispatched troops after receiving the order.

At the same time, the Zhendong general Bo Cai led the entire infantry army of the Wuwei Battalion to dispatch, and the subordinate generals Xu Huang, Hao Zhao, Yu Ban, Yang Qiu, Tie Yu and Guo Meng divided their troops to attack to eliminate the bandits, and strive to wipe out the thieves and rogues in the entire territory of Sili within a month.

With Li Li's order, 110,000 troops poured out, making the Luoyang camp suddenly an empty camp. The soldiers and horses left behind in Luoyang were only 10,000 Jinqi Guard Iron Cavalry, and more than 20,000 county soldiers who were transferred by Jia Xu to be responsible for repairing the imperial capital of Luoyang.

In the more than a month since Li Li left Luoyang, Jia Xu and Li Xuan mobilized more than 20,000 county soldiers, and recruited tens of thousands of young men from Hongnong County and the surrounding areas of Luoyang to clean up the ruins in Luoyang City. By the time Li Li returned from Nanyang, the ruins in the city had been basically cleared, and as many as 50,000 young men were building houses day and night.

Rows of houses began to be built again, attics rose from the ground, many merchants and gentry under Li Li gave generously and contributed money and efforts, and horse-drawn carriages poured into the city, and countless wood, stones, green bricks, and Han tiles were piled up on the construction site in a staggered manner, like rolling hills, and the scene was very spectacular.

Luoyang City, which was reduced to scorched earth ruins in the past, is now a scene in full swing.

The businessmen, gentry and tycoons from all over the country who actively participated in the reconstruction of Luoyang claimed to contribute to the reconstruction of Luoyang City. In fact, they are all coming for the potential huge business opportunities in Luoyang. Businessmen can't afford to make a profit, as long as they are profitable and have huge enough interests to attract them. will swarm in. The way of doing business has been the same since ancient times.

As the imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty for more than 200 years, Luoyang City is not a small city, and in its heyday, it was the first strong city and the largest city in the world. Its area is large and the building is magnificent, far better than the western capital Chang'an. It is no exaggeration to say. Luoyang City embodies the essence of the heyday of the Han Dynasty and is the symbol of the Han nation. Before the Han Dynasty, there was a saying that the Han people were precisely because of the existence of the Han Dynasty. With the great cohesion of the strong Han, there is a Han nation that has been inherited for thousands of generations.

The reason why Li Li rebuilt Luoyang City was not just to build another imperial city and an imperial capital, but to unite people's hearts. Regain the centripetal force of the Han people in the troubled times. Luoyang City can no longer be the imperial capital. It can also be without the majestic and huge royal palace, but this city, which symbolizes the glory of the Han people, cannot be abandoned forever, and cannot be destroyed like this, especially not in the hands of Li Li.

Six years ago, this city symbolizing the supreme imperial power of the Eastern Han Dynasty was burned by the Xiliang army, and then it was wantonly demolished and trampled by the princes' army. This centuries-old capital has been reduced to a scorched ruin. After many years, Li Li led the Xiliang army to occupy this ruined city again. has the ability, responsibility and obligation to rebuild this big city, and even if there is no palace hall, it must be built in a decent way, and it must not fall into the ambition of the Han people.

Therefore, don't look at Li Li's absence from Luoyang for a while now, but in order to rebuild Luoyang City, he has put a lot of effort into it, and he almost thinks of an idea that this city must be built. It must not only have a majestic momentum, but also be solid and practical, and in the future, we must try our best to restore the former liveliness and prosperity of Luoyang City, so that it can be rejuvenated again and reproduce the style of the century-old imperial capital of the Han nation.

For this reason, Li Li promised all the merchants, gentry and powerful people who participated in the reconstruction, and promised them that after the completion of the project, they would enjoy 50% of the income of Luoyang City for a period of three years. The reason why it is fifty percent of the income is because half of all the houses after completion belong to the Yin Mansion in Luoyang, and the rest is owned by them. The three-year deadline seems stingy, but it is not. On the contrary, this deadline is the key to attracting businessmen to flock to it.

Nowadays, the world is chaotic, and if you have a life to make money, you have to have a life to enjoy, otherwise no amount of money will be useless.

Within three years, Luoyang County and Henan County under Li Li's rule were all exempted from taxes, which was Li Li's solemn promise to the people of the two counties, so as to appease the people and attract them to settle in Luoyang. At the same time, Li Li promised the merchants a three-year period, which showed that he had the ability and strength to ensure the interests of all the merchants and gentry who contributed to the construction of the city.

And this promise is undoubtedly convincing. Because with Xiliang Li Li's existing strength, even if the situation is not good or the situation takes a sharp turn for the worse, he is still fully capable of keeping Luoyang City for three years. And within these three years, the merchants can definitely pay for themselves, and there are considerable benefits. Such a good thing with great profits, in this troubled world, is really a big pie that can't be found with a lantern, how can you miss it?

In other words, if Li Li promised a five-year or ten-year term, I am afraid that many businessmen and gentlemen would have to consider it carefully. With such a long term and such a big profit, this pie is also too big, and the big one is incredible, I can't believe it. Five or ten years later, whether the Xiliang Army still exists, whether Li Li is still alive, and whether Luoyang City is still in his hands or not, these issues must be carefully considered. Otherwise, tens of thousands of gold and silver will be thrown into it, and all of them will be lost.

Therefore, the three-year deadline is neither long nor short, and the 500,000 Xiliang Army will definitely not be wiped out within three years, which is the most convincing and the deadline that can most impress the psychological bottom line of the businessmen and gentlemen.

Speaking of the roots, troubled times are not as good as peaceful times, the gold earned in your hands is the most affordable, and being able to do business and make money in peace and stability is the most important, and everything else is nonsense. In addition, no matter how generous the conditions are, they cannot fool the most budget-conscious businessmen.

Because of this, as soon as the news of the reconstruction of Luoyang came out, the merchant families and powerful gentlemen of various states and counties came one after another, and after signing a contract with Li Xuan, who temporarily led Luoyang Yin, there were already prepared chariots and horses to invest in it, and 6 continued to invest millions of gold and silver money. The 50,000 young men recruited by Li Xuan and Jia Xu were hired for them, and all expenses were paid in advance by them. Furthermore. The food and salary required by the more than 20,000 county soldiers are also counted on their heads, and they should be working for them.

The money needed to rebuild a city was undoubtedly huge, but it was divided among more than two hundred merchants. The number is not so large, and the average investment of 10,000 gold per merchant is enough to build a huge city on the ruins. After all, the building materials of this era were very simple and cheap, the main body was wood and stone, and the most expensive were Qin bricks and Han tiles and house decoration. Moreover, in troubled times, there are not so many rules and restrictions. If you can cut it, you can cut it down, and if you lack any materials, you will pull it away when you see a suitable one. If the Lord gives him some money, no one cares about taking it away.

It is worth mentioning that there are many wealthy families in the merchant family who participated in the reconstruction of Luoyang this time that have something to do with Li Li, and they are the first big families to respond to the construction of the city.

On the list is the Longteng Chamber of Commerce from Chang'an. In fact, it is the industry under Li Li's name. His concubine Zhang Ai is in charge of taking care of it. The second is the Zhen consortium, that is, the Zhen family, which is managed by her nominal second son.

The third is Qiao Guolao, the father of Xiao Qiao, the miser who is the best at drilling camps, following the example of the Zhen family, and is known as the "Qiao Consortium". The fourth is the Xuzhou Mi Chamber of Commerce, and it is Mi Zhu's sister Mi Huan who came forward to Zhang Luo's trivial matter, and she happened to take the opportunity to come to Luoyang with Zhang Ai to play. Mi Zhu sent someone to send 20,000 gold, so the Mi Chamber of Commerce was born. Mihuan turned into a rich woman, a real white rich beauty.

The last big family is a little special, it has been inconspicuous before, but this time it is not frowning, this is the Sima family in Wen County, Hanoi.

Li Li personally received these generous merchant families after arranging the dispatch of troops, and held a banquet in the temporary mansion and hospitality.

Just when Luoyang City was building a large number of buildings, Xuzhou suddenly fought a battle, and it was a three-way scuffle, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

Things have to start with the Wancheng dispute.

The day after the disappearance of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao of Jizhou took the lead in leading the army to leave Wancheng, followed by Cao Cao of Yanzhou, and Lü Bu followed closely behind and led his troops to leave. Liu Bei, the new Xuzhou pastor, was not satisfied with the position of the state pastor, and wanted to have the identity of the Han clan and become the uncle of the Han emperor, so he was very unwilling after the disappearance of the Son of Heaven, so he stayed in Wancheng for half a day, and led his troops to leave Wancheng in the evening. The four princes led their troops to leave one after another, but only Jiangdong Sun Ce and Yangzhou Yuan Shu remained in Wancheng to rest overnight, and left early the next morning.

It should be over when things get to this point, and that's what Jingzhou Liu Biao thinks. However, the dispute in Wancheng was not as simple as Liu Biao imagined, and on the second day after Liu Bei led his troops to leave Wancheng, heavy rain fell in the evening, forcing more than 30,000 troops under his command to camp in Yuzhou, but they were unexpectedly attacked by Yuan Shu's army in the middle of the night.

Caught off guard, Liu Bei's army suffered a heavy defeat, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses fled in a hurry, but they were broken by Yuan Shu's 50,000 troops, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu and more than 1,000 personal soldiers were besieged on a small hill on the west bank of Huaishui. At the critical moment, Guan Yu led the troops to rush and kill, and tried to break out of the encirclement several times, but they were forced to retreat by the bow and crossbow, but fortunately, several of his personal soldiers took the opportunity to escape.

Subsequently, Guan Yu's personal soldiers caught up with Lu Bu's army hundreds of miles away and asked Lu Bu to return to the army to help. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu said that he only had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his account, and even if he rushed to help, it would be useless, and said that this place was less than 100 miles away from Xuzhou, so why not ask the three generals to rescue. So the soldiers had no choice but to go to Xuzhou to ask the third general Zhang Fei for help.

Half a day later, Zhang Fei learned that his eldest brother and second brother were besieged by Yuan Shu's sneak attack, and he didn't think about it, so he immediately ordered his troops and horses to kill Yuzhou. Don't you know that Zhang Fei led the army to leave on the front foot, and Lu Bu led the army into the state pastor's mansion on the back foot, and captured the wives and concubines of the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang in one fell swoop, and then divided the troops to take over the counties of Xuzhou, and seized Liu Bei's foundation ——— Xuzhou.

Two days later, Liu Bei fled back to Xuzhou with less than 20,000 remnants of the defeated army, and before he reached Xiapi City, he met Sun Qian and other scribes who had fled from the wolf. However, Yuan Shu's army was still chasing behind him, forcing Liu Bei to come to the city hard, asking Lu Bu to take him in and temporarily borrow Xiaopei's garrison, so that the two armies could become a corner to jointly resist Yuan Shu's army.

It's a pity that at this time, the situation in the world has not yet developed to the point where Lu Bu must join forces with Liu Bei to survive, even without Liu Bei's help, Lu Bu is confident that he can resist Yuan Shu's army. And the reason why Liu Bei took him in at the beginning was because he took a fancy to the wolf cavalry under his command and wanted to take him and the wolf cavalry for his own use.

Originally, Lu Bu really wanted to join forces with Liu Bei to fight the world, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei regarded him as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and repeatedly made it difficult and humiliated him. This time the princes of Wancheng gathered, Lu Bu was even more humiliated, and Cao Cao, who recaptured Yanzhou, showed off his might in front of him, repeatedly sarcastic and sarcastic, but he did not dare to act rashly; But Liu Bei stood aside but turned a deaf ear, turned a blind eye, and didn't even say a word.

The dignified Lu Bulu Fengxian, the world's first general, the world's tiger, how can he endure such humiliation?

I didn't think that the opportunity came so quickly. When Lü Bu led the army to cross the Huaishui, there was no ambush on the bank, and he crossed the river to the east safely, but when it was Liu Bei's turn to lead the army to pass, he was attacked by 50,000 Yuan Shu's army and collapsed for thousands of miles. Hearing that Liu Bei was trapped, how could Lu Bu stupidly lead the army back to rescue Liu Bei, and Chen Gong offered a plan at the right time, so a series of plans to divert the tiger from the mountain and the dove to occupy the magpie's nest came into being, helping Lu Bu seize Xuzhou in one fell swoop and turn over to be the master.

Therefore, in the face of Liu Bei, who was panicked like a lost dog in the city, he begged in a low voice, Lu Bu didn't care about it at all, and immediately waved his hand, and the archers who had already mounted the bow and wound the arrows were all in order, which frightened Liu Bei and hurriedly beat his horse and retreated. Subsequently, Lü Bu personally led the wolf cavalry out of the city to chase and kill, and re-drove Liu Bei to Yuan Shu's territory, and was chased and intercepted by Yuan Shu's army, chasing and killing all the way, so that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their troops to block the attack one after another, and finally separated from Liu Bei. After fleeing in panic for half a month, Liu Bei finally got rid of the pursuers and fled to Runan with more than 1,000 remnants.

At this point, Xuzhou changed hands. After the defeat of Yanzhou, Lu Bu lived in Liu Bei's account for half a year, so he rebelled against the guest, and under the plan of the strategist Chen Gong, he seized the state pastoral mansion in one fell swoop, occupied the six counties of Xuzhou, and became a veritable lord of Xuzhou, one of the four princes of the Central Plains.

Less than 20 days before and after the battle in Xuzhou, it was like a flash in the pan, flashing in an instant, and then disappeared. Liu Bei, who became famous, was defeated in this way, and Lu Bu was easily anti-guest and seized Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu undoubtedly helped Lu Bu a lot, he thought that he would be able to capture Xuzhou by defeating Liu Bei, but he unintentionally fulfilled Lu Bu, let him sit on the fishing profits, pick up a big bargain, and occupy the six counties of Xuzhou bloodlessly. The impermanence of the world is evident from this.

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