I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 656, Tinder

In Yuan Ji's view, their rule in the south of the Yangtze River has already collapsed, so they should stop losses in time, instead of continuing to procrastinate and fight with the big army and consume all their only soldiers.

At this time, Zhao Yun thought for a while and said: "General, Chang Shi is right. Now we want to fight Dagan in Jingzhou. Even if we have the support of the local aristocrats, we cannot be the opponent of Dagan. We have to go to Dagan first. We can make a comeback by recuperating in places that are difficult for Qian Bingfeng to reach!"

"However, Wuling County is too remote and sparsely populated, so it is difficult to undertake the mission of reviving the great Han! The general can lead his soldiers to occupy Jiaozhou!"

"Jiaozhou?" This is something Liu Bei never thought about. Jingnan is already very remote. Jiaozhou is equivalent to the ends of the earth to the world at this time. Moreover, even though Jiaozhou has a vast territory, its population is only one million, and it is only on the coast. There is a little sign of civilization, and other places can be said to be barren lands. How can such a place revive the Dahan!

But for the other generals present, this is also a hope. No matter how remote Jiaozhou is, it is still a big state, and it can also keep them away from the attack of the main army, which is better than living in Changsha County.

Zhang Fei said viciously: "That's right, let's go to Jiaozhou to teach them a lesson and see whose rice they eat!"

"Zilong is right. General, let's go to Jiaozhou and make a comeback. Then we will fight Lei Gong again!" Wei Yan said fiercely!
Seeing that all the generals wanted to go to Jiaozhou, Liu Bei didn't want to disobey the meaning of the generals, so he could only prepare to retreat from Changsha County to Guilin County, and then enter Jiaozhou from Guilin County. Go to contact Guan Yu in Yuzhang and ask him to lead the army to retreat from Yuzhang to Jiaozhou. Now Guan Yu still has more than 1 horses in his hands, which is a big force for Liu Bei at this time!

But after everyone left, Yuan Ji whispered to Liu Bei: "General, now we have to think about our retreat!"

"A retreat? Aren't we preparing a retreat?" Liu Bei asked strangely.

Yuan Ji approached Liu Bei and said, "The Great General lost the three states in the south of the Yangtze River this time, and even His Majesty was captured by Lei Gong. It can be said that the Great Han has been completely defeated. Even if the Great General fled to Jiaozhou, he would not be able to resist for long, because The Dagan navy is powerful, and they transported tens of thousands of Dagan troops into Jiaozhou by sea, and we, the remnant soldiers and defeated generals, cannot resist the elite of Dagan!"

Liu Bei, who has been fighting on the front line, naturally knows the strength of the elite. It can be said that as long as [-] such an army appears in Jiaozhou, it is enough to sweep the entire Jiaozhou!If he really went to tens of thousands, it is really impossible for him, a defeated general, to be the opponent of the big army!If there is a choice, Liu Beizheng does not want to become an enemy with such a powerful opponent as Dagan, because there is no hope in sight!
But Liu Bei had no choice, so he could only resolutely reply: "It's really reached this level, Bei can only fight to the death for the big man!"

Yuan Ji was heartbroken when he heard this and said: "General, if you die in battle, the big man will really perish!"

But Liu Bei said sadly: "Your Majesty has been captured by the Dagan army, how long can the big man survive!"

Yuan Ji immediately said: "Although the great Han cannot restore the prosperous age, it is still possible to survive. Even after a hundred years, the Great Han may not be able to counterattack the Central Plains!"

Liu Bei looked at Yuan Ji and said, "What can Shi Ji do?"

Yuan Jidao: "Actually, with Daqian's strength, it is easy for the general to send a navy to capture Jiaozhou. In this way, Dagan surrounds Jingzhou on three sides. Even if we want to escape, it will be difficult for us to escape, but Daqian is only in the middle of the sea. You are doing business in Jiaozhou, but you have no intention of occupying Jiaozhou, do you know why?"

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Mr. Lei wants to drive us to Jiaozhou?"

Yuan Jidao: "Lei Gong doesn't want to drive us to Jiaozhou, but wants to drive the entire southern elite to Jiaozhou!"

"The general knows Lei Gong well. He hates the nobles, and he doesn't even want the nobles to stay in Dahan. For this purpose, even an enemy like Cao Cao, as long as he is willing to take away tens of thousands of nobles from Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Lei Gong is willing to let them go." After passing Cao Cao, they even regard the island occupied by Cao Cao as a place of exile, and exile the nobles and nobles in Dagan to Crab Island!"

Liu Bei said: "That is to say, Jiaozhou is now the Crab Island of the whole world. Lei Gong wants to exile the world's powerful and noble families to Jiaozhou?"

Yuan Ji nodded and said: "That's right, Lei Gong not only regards Jiaozhou as the crab island of the world, but also regards Jiaozhou as a logistics base for the exiled nobles. His subordinates found that the fleet of Dagan often came to Jiaozhou, and they traded everything. Be it weapons and equipment, or agricultural tools and food, as long as it is suitable for land development, we will sell it, and we don’t care whether these things may be used by us.”

"Judging from Leigong's past experience, Leigong obviously wants to drive us out of the territory of the big man, and transporting these weapons and equipment to us is convenient for us to establish a foundation on land other than the big man. As long as we don't keep the big man At that time, not only will Lei Gong not chase us down, but he may even support us in establishing a country outside the Han!"

Then Yuan Ji said excitedly: "As long as we have this foundation, the big man will be able to keep the flame. With our efforts, the big man may not be able to re-establish overseas. You must know that Cao Cao is just an island, but after this After several years of development, it has almost become a country with a population of one million! And we have a continent, so it may not be impossible to develop a country with a radius of thousands of miles!"

Originally, after Emperor Xian was captured, Liu Bei's heart was ashamed, but when he heard that the big man could still be resurrected, and there was a certain possibility, Liu Bei felt full of strength again.He also paid more attention to the army in his hands, which was his only capital to build a big man!

Liu Bei retreated very quickly. Guan Hai had just pried open the gate of Changsha County and rushed to Linxiang, only to find that it had become an empty city. Liu Bei had left Linxiang three days ago and disappeared into the mountains and rivers. , Angrily, Guan Hai slapped his thigh.

He already knew that Xu Wei came to Jingzhou, and he planned to use a clean and thorough annihilation battle to capture Liu Bei and present Xu Wei with the remnants of the annihilated big man, but it was a pity that Liu Bei escaped.

Guan Hai continued to pursue, but he led his men to Guilin County and did not chase Liu Bei and the others. Even after asking the local people, he found that the distance he was short of Liu Bei had extended to 6 days. Jiaozhou went.

In addition, many of his soldiers were no longer adapted to the climate of Guilin, so Guan Hai could only lead his own army to station in Guilin County, report the situation here to Xu Wei, and wait for the next step.

After Xu Wei in Jiangling and the others got Guan Hai's battle report!

Xu Wei smiled helplessly: "This Liu Bei is really a long-distance running general. It is very difficult to catch him! Forget it, anyway, he can't afford to make trouble now!"

Then he looked at Yang Feng and said: "Now that Liu Bei has run away, it seems that he wants to go to Jiaozhou. Jingzhou will not have any enemies, so you send people to completely occupy Jingzhou. I will go back to Jidu first to discuss with everyone. Any powerful family in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Yang Feng could only say: "No!"

It is a small regret not to catch Liu Bei, but now Liu Bei is no longer an enemy of Daqian. Compared with catching Liu Bei, it is more important to Xu Wei how to deal with the powerful and powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River!This is related to the future development of Jiangnan.

People in this era still see Jiangnan as a smoky place, but Xu Wei knows the potential of Jiangnan. This is the economic center of the world in later generations. The potential is even greater than that of the Central Plains and Hebei. Now this area is full of power Now, of course Xu Wei must pay attention to the development of Jiangnan!
In this way, Xu Wei took a boat from Jiangling and continued south all the way to Yangzhou!

Fan Xian personally received Xu Wei and explained: "Wang Lei is chasing Guan Yu's army, and he is still in Gan County, so it is difficult to receive the ruling for a while!"

Xu Wei didn't care and said: "The war is important. Guan Yu has fled to Gan County. It seems that Yangzhou has been pacified!"

Fan Xian nodded and said, "Yangzhou is too large, and there are still many remnants and defeated soldiers in the surrounding wilderness. This is our next key target. Only when the environment is safe can Yangzhou develop!"

Then Fan Xian said helplessly: "Yangzhou is too big and the population is too small, especially in Yuzhang and other counties, where you may not be able to find a village in a radius of a hundred miles, it is too primitive, and the development of Chengdu is too low compared to the northern states and counties. !"

Xu Wei said with a smile: "The war in the world is almost over now. Since you care so much about the development of Yangzhou, do you want to be the governor of Yangzhou so that Yangzhou can develop according to your own ideas!"

Fan Xian thought for a while and said, "If the ruler wants me to stay in Yangzhou, I am willing to be the governor of Yangzhou!"

Xu Wei said: "We can't conquer the world right away, we have to govern the world after we know how to govern the world. You have to start thinking about the development of Yangzhou now! When I go to Jidu, your life will come down!"

Then Xu Wei did not wait for Wang Lei, but transferred to a naval warship in Yangzhou, sticking to the continental shelf all the way, disembarked from Youzhou and Quanzhou County pier, and then rode back to Jixian County!

Naturally, Niu Gui led the entire senior management to welcome Xu Wei, and even the entire Jidu thought that Xu Wei's road was refurbished. When Xu Wei entered Jidu, hundreds of thousands of people were cheering for Xu Wei's arrival.

Although Xu Wei didn't come to Jidu with the army this time, General Xu Wei's achievements are huge. Half of the entire Han Dynasty has been completely occupied by the Dagan. Although Jiaozhou has not yet been occupied, the whole world knows that the new The era of the era has come, and Xu Wei is the king of this new era!
The celebration prepared for Xu Wei went on for three consecutive days before Jidu regained its former peace!

And Xu Wei got busy. Although he gave Niu Gui, the prime minister, great autonomy, there were still many people who didn't give Niu Gui the face of the prime minister. There were some things that could only be decided by Xu Wei.

This time, Xu Wei has been fighting for more than two years to solve the financial budget and financial distribution of the military cadres. Although the big cadres have always had the upper hand, the money spent is like running water. The projects were all made way because of the war, and now the war is finally over, and the court finally has money.

The governors all over Daqian let their long histories, and the Ji they brought with their new plans require funds, which caused Niu Gui a headache. Few people give him face. If you want to make the place develop these days, it is not necessary to be gentle, thrifty and kind!

Faced with so many governors who need funds, Niu Gui can only hold a financial meeting. Everyone decides together to start the project, what projects to reduce, etc., and such a meeting can only be presided over by Xu Wei.

And this meeting was very intense from the very beginning!
"You Bingzhou's steel output is already the largest in the world, and you actually want to build a large steel factory. Are you running out of so much iron! Are you planning to eat steel!" The representative of Yuzhou almost roared.

Because the large-scale iron and steel plant proposed by Bingzhou is a factory with an annual production capacity of 10 tons of steel. A period of one year's output.

Such a large iron and steel plant needs 30 billion funds to build, and it is not just a matter of money. Such a steel plant also needs a lot of cement, ceramic components, steel machinery, and a large number of senior craftsmen to build blast furnaces and open hearth furnaces Waiting for supporting facilities, such a project involves a lot of manpower and material resources, and these manpower and material resources are used by the steel plant, other projects can only wait, especially if you also want to build a steel plant, don’t think about it, build a steel plant None of the senior skilled workers!

But governor Shi Bing looked at the other representatives with a cold face and said: "What do you know one by one? The ruling train has already been built, and the track connecting Hanzhong to Guanzhong has changed from wooden track to rail track. If the entire Dagan track uses rails, it will not be enough for a 10-ton steel plant, even a 100 million-ton steel plant will not be enough."

The representative of Yanzhou was puzzled: "Why do we need to use iron rails extravagantly for the track? The current iron-clad wooden track is not very good. It is strong and durable, and the price is cheap!"

Governor Shi despised everyone and said: "Short-sighted people, using rails can increase the transportation volume by more than 5 times, and it also greatly prolongs the life of the rails. In the past, iron-clad rails were considered lucky if they used three months. Well, the rails won’t rot even if they are used for 10 years, so although the one-time investment is a lot, it can reduce a lot of personnel to maintain the rails, and in the long run, it’s more cost-effective to use rails!”

"Not to mention that the power of the steam locomotive is greater than that of 20 horses, and more goods are transported at one time, which requires stronger tracks. If you don't want the big train to overturn frequently, you can only think The method is to use more durable rails, and the more rails are used, the steel will naturally keep up. Is there any place in Dagan that is more suitable for opening such a large-scale steel plant than our Bingzhou! Build such a large steel factory in other places Do you have so much coal in the large steel plant?"

Thinking of the coal in Bingzhou, these representatives are really speechless!
(End of this chapter)