I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 312, Kong Rong asks for help

Seeing Xu Wei's generosity, Hu Shang took out several glazed ornaments again and said, "This is the legendary colored glaze, which is most suitable for noble people like you to wear!"

Xu Wei looked at the dark green glass ornaments and smiled dumbly: "I don't need this thing!"

Just kidding, diamonds can barely be regarded as gems, but glass can only be regarded as handicrafts, and this dark green one is still extremely rubbish!
However, seeing these glass products, Xu Wei also recalled that this is also one of the three treasures of crossing. In this era, glass is also a precious gem. He actually forgot such a way to make a fortune. Made glass!

Xu Wei continued to visit Yuyang Market, and then came to the market where cattle and horses were sold!Now most of the barbarians in the desert are members of the Rattan Armored Army, and the Rattan Armored Army does not restrict them from entering the Dahan. Therefore, in the past few years, the number of Hu merchants in the Dahan has skyrocketed dozens of times. In the past, the herdsmen were waiting for merchants I came to my own tribe, but now the young herdsmen in the tribe are willing to come out and venture into the rivers and lakes by themselves!
The cattle and horse market where Xu Wei came to, most of the shops here were established by Hu people and herders. On the grasslands, cattle and horses are worthless, but as long as they come to the mainland of the Han Dynasty, even in frontier counties like Yuyang, the price of cattle and horses will also double. Several times, facing such huge profits, the herdsmen are naturally unwilling to be exploited by profiteers.

One by one, they set up their own shops in the markets of the Han Dynasty, and then transported the goods on the grassland for sale. Relying on a stable source of goods, these barbarian shops bloomed everywhere on the territory of the Tengjia Army, monopolizing the entire Tengjia army. The cattle and horse market on the territory of the Jia Army, now the entire sphere of influence of the Rattan Jia Army, Hu merchants have become a very big force!

The place Xu Wei came to is a place called White Horse Firm!
Seeing Xu Wei, the owner of the firm was surprised and said, "Shuai Qu, why are you here?"

Xu Wei was surprised: "You know me?"

The owner of the firm said happily: "My name is Tuobaye. When Qushuai just occupied Mayi, Helian brought me to attack Mayi. Of course we failed, and I was captured by you, Qushuai. But Qushuai didn't He didn’t kill us, but let us open mines to make amends, and later I joined the Rattan Armor Army, and opened this white horse firm with the spoils!”

Xu Wei really didn't expect to meet acquaintances here, Xu Wei smiled and said: "It seems that you are doing well now, and you have become the boss!"

Tuobaye laughed and said, "It's all Qushuai's good policy. In the past, we were able to do business in the territory of Dahan. We could only give those profiteers the price they asked for! These profiteers have a horse and half a cow. We don’t even want to give it, now we do it ourselves, so we can earn more!”

Xu Wei continued to ask: "How is the situation in the desert now? How is everyone's life?"

Tuobaye smiled and said: "It's much better than before. Qu Shuai helped us build a solid house, as well as coal pellet stoves and briquettes. We don't have to worry about ordinary white disasters. Moreover, with silage fodder, livestock on the grassland They are all white and fat. Even in winter, we don’t have to kill the animals. Instead, we take the animals south and sell them directly to the Han people. Now the whole Youzhou is reclamating wasteland, and the price of farm cattle has doubled. Our life is much better than before, and this is all brought by Shuai Qu!"

After talking about Tuobaye, he must invite Xu Wei to dinner, saying that Xu Wei brought his good life now. Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, Xu Wei couldn't refuse, so he followed into Tuobaye's shop, and he and he He ordered his subordinates to prepare food, a few large plates of beef and mutton, and then ordered a hot pot. After the guests and the host sat down, the two chatted while drinking.

After chatting for a long time, Tuobaye asked: "Shuai Qu, I heard that after the autumn harvest, we will attack Jizhou?"

Xu Wei nodded and said: "Preparations have already begun. We will go south when the autumn harvest is sufficient!"

Tuobaye said excitedly: "Then we must recruit more warriors from our tribe. The warriors of our tribe are loyal to Qu Shuai, and they all want to contribute to Qu Shuai!"

Life on the grassland is much better than before. The older generation of herdsmen are grateful to Xu Wei. Because of Xu Wei's relationship, the death rate on the grassland has been greatly reduced, and they will never die because of a white disaster. At the same time, the Tengjia Army unified the desert and ended decades of war in the desert. Peace is always the most precious thing in a place.

But all that Xu Wei did can't change the fact that the grassland is cold and bitter. After the Tengjia Army occupied the desert, there was no distinction between Hu people and Han people within the range of the Tengjia Army. Everyone was a member of the Tengjia Army. Xu Wei did not restrict population movement, so a large number of herdsmen began to live in the Han area.

And Xu Wei recruited a large number of herdsmen and soldiers, which also allowed a large number of herdsmen on the grassland to see the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. After seeing this prosperity, the herdsmen basically did not want to go back to the grassland!
The herdsmen who started from Xu Wei's rule of the desert, they are different from the older generation, they are unwilling to bring the cold and bitter desert, they prefer to bring the prosperous and lively Han land, which is also the reason why the Hu merchants in the territory of the Tengjia Army have skyrocketed.

And this is why herdsmen like to join the army. Apart from herding, herdsmen don't have many skills. If you want to live in Han, you can't do without a skill!

Joining the army has become the first choice for these herdsmen. The herdsmen have not been naturalized for a long time, and they have not forgotten the skills of cutting people. Joining the army in the Rattan Armor Army not only pays a high monthly salary, but also has a lot of spoils of war.

At the beginning, Tuobaye participated in the battle against the Huns, and got 2 horses and 5 cows as trophies. With these trophies, Tuobaye had start-up funds, established a white horse firm, and he had the experience of joining the army. , with the financial support from the Tengjia Army Qianxing, and Tuobaye's own luck, he managed to do business well.

Now he has become one of the largest horse merchants in Yuyang. Relying on his native place of Xianbei people, he went to the desert as if he went to his own home. He established cooperative relations with more than a dozen Xianbei tribes, which made him High-quality war horses and cattle can always be purchased at the lowest price, and these high-quality war horses and cattle make their business booming day by day!
So now the herdsmen on the grassland are always most concerned about the recruitment of the Tengjia Army, because this is something that can change their lives!

Xu Wei said: "Don't worry, this time to go to Jizhou, the herdsmen on the grassland must be recruited!"

Tuobaye smiled and said: "Shuai Qu, Jizhou is a large plain, which is most suitable for cavalry on our grasslands. This time, Shuai Qu wants to recruit more warriors. 10 is not too much, 20 is just right!"

Xu Wei smiled and said, "Try your best!"

Xu Wei was relieved to know that Tuobaye was so active in conscription. He also came to Yuyang this time to investigate the willingness of the herdsmen to conscription. Now it seems that everyone is very active!
After communicating with Tuobaye, with Yuyang as the center, the entire desert is full of messengers of the Fujia Army, and they spread the news that the Fujia Army is going to recruit troops throughout the desert!
Then the whole desert boiled. The young herdsmen mounted their beloved war horses one by one, took out their treasured swords, and began to gather in tribes one by one, and then they began to enter the Yuyang barracks under the leadership of the tribe elders!
The war against Jizhou has already started now, and the Tengjia Army will recruit 10 cavalry in the entire grassland this time!And train them in Yuyang!
Yanzhou, Taishan County!

At this time, Cao Cao and Zang Ba are secretly meeting each other in a small valley!

Cao Cao said sincerely: "Shuai Qu, as long as you are willing to appease me, I will recommend you as General Zhenwei Zhonglang. Your subordinates can cultivate in Taishan County, and the soldiers in your hands can also be reorganized and continue to lead. I promise you Ten thousand soldiers!"

Lei Gong is now ready to attack Jizhou, even if he knows that Lei Gong will attack Jizhou after the autumn harvest, when Lei Gong really occupies Jizhou, Cao Cao, the prefect of Taishan County, will face Lei Gong's army.At that time, his situation will be extremely difficult!
And his younger brother, Yuan Shao, has now completely given up his foundation in Qingzhou, and led his subordinates to occupy the entire Yin of Henan, as well as most of Yuzhou and Yanzhou. It can be said that his career as a king and hegemony is slowly rising!

All this makes Cao Cao very anxious. He also has the ideal and ambition to revitalize the great man, but his current strength cannot support his ideal and ambition!Even the future situation will become more and more dangerous for Cao Cao!

Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's suggestion and wanted to go south to Xuzhou to try to become a king and hegemony. With Qingxu's status as his own foundation, especially now that Yuan Shao's forces have withdrawn from Qingzhou, the biggest force in Qingzhou is Kong Rong, a white-faced scholar, and he can't stop it at all. Cao Cao got Qingzhou. For Cao Cao, the biggest obstacle to occupying Qingzhou was the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou!

And if you want to seek Qingxu Erdi, the first step is to deal with the Taishan thief Zang Ba. Now Cao Cao doesn't have much time, so he gave his best conditions to appease Zang Ba!You must know that even Xiahou Dun is only a school lieutenant under Cao Cao now, and now Cao Cao has given Zang Ba the military position of Zhonglang General, which is equivalent to taking out the position of the number one general under his command.

Zang Ba has long wanted to join the imperial court. During the years of his rebellion, he spent most of his time hiding on Mount Tai, escaping from the pursuit of the Han army. He and his subordinates had long thought of such a life. The pay is so good that he can even report to 1 of his confidantes. What is he dissatisfied with? Should he continue to hide on Mount Tai and live a hard life.

So after negotiating with Cao Cao about the terms of appeasement, Zang Ba happily left Mount Tai with his hundreds of thousands of men and came to Cao Cao's territory.

Cao Cao also attached great importance to these subordinates of Zang Ba. He first organized 1 elites and handed them over to Zang Ba, and he arranged for the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops to be stationed in Taishan County!

The Central Plains has been in chaos and wars in recent years. The people either fled to the north bank of the Yellow River, or joined the Yellow Turban Army and died in the battle with the big Han, or hid in the Wubao of the powerful clan. The population of Taishan County under the rule of Cao Cao was insufficient. Thirty percent of the peak period, and most of this [-]% of the population is still in the hands of the powerful clans. Obviously, with Cao Cao's strength, it is difficult to collect taxes from the powerful clans, and it is also difficult to recruit troops from the powerful clans!

And now Zang Ba's subordinates are the best people for Cao Cao now!Zang Ba's refuge not only gave Cao Cao 1 more soldiers, but also hundreds of thousands of troops!

There is a lot of wasteland in Taishan County. Even though Cao Cao has been recruiting hooligans around the world for more than a year, there is still a lot of wasteland. Cao Cao asked his friend Zaoyi from Yingchuan to help reclaim it.

Zaozhi was established in the Dasinong Mansion in his early years and is familiar with farming affairs. Like Liu Yu, he believes that in order to solve the current situation of the Han Dynasty, he must find a way to appease the refugees.

The best way to deal with refugees is to settle in the sparsely populated frontier, which can not only solve the food problem of the frontier army, improve the combat effectiveness of the frontier army, but also solve the problem of refugees in the Central Plains.

When he was an official, he had promoted the policy of land reclamation. Unfortunately, such a policy was very good, but it seriously affected their interests for the powerful and powerful, so the powerful and powerful used their connections to dismiss the Zaozhi official and overthrow the Zao only policy.And Zaozhi resigned in a fit of anger!

Now Cao Cao wants to promote the reclamation policy, so he is invited to come out of the mountain, and Zaozhi really wants to do something for the people of the world, so he goes out to help Cao Cao in the reclamation in Taishan County!

After solving Zang Ba, Cao Cao's situation improved a lot. He also had an army of 3 in his hands, and there were hundreds of thousands more tax-collecting tribes. The situation in Taishan County improved.

Then Xun Yu analyzed the current situation in the world to Cao Cao.Finally, he told Cao Cao that the forces that can determine the direction of the world now include Lei Gong of the Tengjia Army, Yuan Shao of Luoyang City, Yuan Shu of Yuzhou, and Liu Bei of Jingzhou.

These forces are stronger than Cao Cao, and Cao Cao must strengthen his own power and have his own righteousness if he wants to save the country, so Xun Yu proposed that "it is appropriate to serve the emperor so that he can not be ministers, cultivate farming and planting, and animal military resources, so that he can overlord the king." The career can be accomplished.”

Xun Yu laughed and said, "The only way out for Duke Ming is to occupy Qingzhou, ally with Xuzhou, find a way to annex Yanzhou, and use the power of Qingzhou, Xu and Yan to join Yuan Shao to resist Leigong's invasion of the Central Plains! Now Minggong is running out of time. If Yuan Shao decides on Guandong, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou, I'm afraid he won't form an alliance with Duke Ming, but directly annex Qingxu and Xuzhou, and use the power of the entire Central Plains to resist Leigong!"

Cao Cao worried: "Qingzhou is the territory of the big man. As the prefect of Taishan County, I have no reason to occupy Qingzhou. With our strength, it may be difficult to occupy Qingzhou!"

But Xun Yu laughed and said, "Now Qingzhou doesn't have a strong army, and Beihai prefect Kong Rong doesn't know much about military affairs. Yu Du and others from the Cholera Central Plains were in Qingzhou when they saw Yuan Shao's army leave, so they probably wouldn't continue to hide in the mountains. It's done! We just need to pay attention to the situation in Qingzhou, and if necessary, we can lure the Yellow Turbans to attack Beihai County, and Kong Rong will invite us to Qingzhou!"

Sure enough, within a few days, Tai Shici, Kong Rong's messenger, ran to Cao Cao and said: "10 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army led by Yu Du surrounded Beihai County. Ming Gong ordered me to come and ask Cao Taishou for support!"

Cao Cao said pleasantly, "Kong Wenju also knows me, Cao Mengde!"

So Cao Cao assembled an army of [-] and marched towards Beihai County!
(End of this chapter)