Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 464
Xuchang, Household Government Office.

The court meeting was over, and the dignified ministers of the Manchu Dynasty almost gave Chu Nan the illusion that all the people in the court were his own.

He knew that these people would not change their beliefs so easily. The two sides had been opposed from the very beginning. Even though the concept of luck has gradually become popular in the hearts of the people, in the eyes of these people in the court, Chu Nan is not worthy of such luck. .

Today's safety is nothing but a temporary compromise in exchange for a backstab at a critical moment.

"Lingjun, this is the calculated budget. According to the official document given by the Ministry of War, our army's main force this time is 110,000, of which Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's two divisions each have [-]. They are respectively stationed in the Taishan and Dongjun areas. There are [-] soldiers and horses, and the remaining [-] will be sent by the main force of the imperial court." Wang Zifu respectfully handed over the official document to Chu Nan.

After a pause, Wang Zifu continued: "In addition to the 110,000 troops participating in the battle, there are a total of [-] garrisons in Jianghuai and Guangling, [-] troops left in Xuchang, [-] garrisons in Runan and other important places in the territory. Wan, this is already the entire strength of our army."

With Cao's surrender and the newly recruited army in the past two years, our own forces have expanded to as many as 180,000 in the past three years. Looking at the princes of the world, in terms of military strength, this number is already second only to Yuan Shao.

It's a pity that Chu Nan's forces are now surrounded by enemies on all sides, so it is difficult for him to concentrate his troops in one place, and he must leave enough troops to be responsible for the stability of the rear.

110,000 is the maximum force that Chu Nan can mobilize now.

If Chu Nan was given another two years, it would not be a problem to gather 200,000 troops, but now, 110,000 is the limit that Chu Nan can mobilize.

Chu Nan flipped through the file and nodded silently.

Wang Zifu continued: "Last year was a year of great prosperity, but our army's tax rate was low, and the imperial court did not have much food and grass from taxation. Then, according to the law of the king, it exchanged coins and cloth for a large amount of surplus food and grass from the people, which caused the national treasury to fill up. , with the current stockpile of food, our army can be supported for three years without food and grass, if in these three years, the rule is as good as last year, and the harvest is good every year, then the food and grass can be used for ten years."

The end of the year is over, and a new year has begun.

Last year, Chu Nan traveled around various cities. He not only solved the problems of farming and land veins, but also solved possible locust plagues and water conservancy problems. In the past few years, when the Central Plains was under the rule of Cao Cao, there were frequent natural disasters, droughts, locust plagues, and epidemics among the people. endlessly.

Chu Nan walked around twice, in addition to refining Qi Luck, it was to solve these problems.

He did not strengthen the locusts, he did strengthen the locusts, and transferred the damage of the locusts to the people in other regions. However, this method hurts people and peace. The Central Plains can be preserved, but the people in other regions will inevitably suffer.

Sooner or later, the world is his own. He doesn't want to accept a world that is thousands of miles away, so what Chu Nan strengthens are frogs and other beneficial insects that eat locusts.

The next three years should be good years, and the food problem will not be Chu Nan's problem. In a protracted war, Yuan Shao will definitely not be able to fight himself.

But Chu Nan didn't want to delay the battle for too long.

When there is a big battle, there will be more civilians to be called. He and Yuan Shao are not fighting a single point, but a full-scale war. A canal can only solve the problem of food transportation for the main force, and other soldiers and horses are still used by civilians.

The large-scale recruitment of civilian workers will definitely have an impact on next year's grain production.

"Zifu... did a good job." Chu Nan raised his eyes to look at Wang Zifu, and paused for a moment to make Wang Zifu's heart skip a beat. He lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him. In the end, Chu Nan just gave a few words of encouragement: "If you continue like this, you will be promoted to be a minister in the future."

"Thank you Lingjun!" Wang Zifu hurriedly said to Chu Nan with a grateful face.

Chu Nan nodded, motioning for him to back down.

Wang Zifu bowed and left.

Chu Nan continued to deal with official duties, until Wang Zifu left for a long time, beside Chu Nan, a figure appeared from the shadows, bowed to Chu Nan and said, "See my lord."

"The battle is imminent, but in Xuchang City, people's minds have changed, and the secret guards stay in Xuchang. There are two things to do." Chu Nan looked at Huang Xu, not surprised by his sudden appearance.

"My lord, please tell me." Huang Xu bowed.

"First, protect the family members of each family. You should be able to distinguish the enemy from us." Chu Nan looked at Huang Xu and said.

"If someone breaks the law, what if he is arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Huang Xu said in a deep voice. If what happened to Song Xian's son happened during this period, then Chu Nan's decree would conflict with the Ministry of Criminal Justice's law, and the gentry would play with this Song Bin was tricked into this kind of conspiracy without knowing it, and lost his life in the end.

"If this really happens, you show up and give this order to Man Chong. Although he is strict with the law, he is definitely not a person who does not know how to adapt. The things you worry about will probably not happen. If there is, you will only be placed under house arrest, not in custody. Everything is to ensure the stability of the people on the front line." Chu Nan handed a token to Huang Xu.

Although Man Chong is strict with the law, he is not a person who sticks to the past and sticks to things. He believes that at this threshold, Man Chong will not do such an unwise move, but in order to avoid accidents, Chu Nan still keeps this backhand.

"Remember, this order must not be shown to others." Chu Nan looked at Huang Xu and said with a serious face. This token is the highest token issued by Chu Nan. The card can directly mobilize the defenders of Xuchang. If Huang Xu hadn't been strengthened by himself and was loyal enough, it would be impossible for Chu Nan to hand over the card to him.

"Second point, the supervisory officials only need to investigate and find the evidence, don't give it to anyone, just keep it, and deal with it when I come back." Chu Nan looked at Huang Xu and said.

During the war, everything was in the service of the war, and no matter how big the issue was, the stability was the main priority. As long as he won the battle, any problems would not be a problem.

"Here!" Huang Xu understood and bowed to Chu Nan.

Seeing that Chu Nan had no other orders, he carefully hid the token, said goodbye to Chu Nan, bowed and took a step back, his figure disappeared into the shadow of the room like a ghost.

Chu Nan approved another batch of official documents, and around noon, an official came to report, begging to see him.

"See my lord." Man Chong frowned and looked at the messy file, and after sitting down on his knees, he helped Chu Nan arrange the file neatly.

Chu Nan: "..."

It wasn't until he had finished all this that Chu Nan said, "The battle is imminent. I want Bo Ning to take charge of the distribution of food and grass for me as well as the household department and the prefect of Yingchuan."

The distribution of food and grass is originally a matter of the household department, but Chu Nan will be the coach of this battle, so someone else must be in charge of the logistics.

In fact, the most suitable ones are Chen Gong and Liu Ye.

However, Chen Gong has already gone to Guanzhong and is responsible for solving the troubles in Guanzhong. After Liu Ye dug the canal, he will listen to it by Chu Nan's side, and the logistics of food and grass in the rear has become a problem.

After much deliberation, Chu Nan decided to hand over this important task to Man Chong.

As a vassal, in terms of seniority, being full of pets is obviously not qualified, but there is no way, although there are many top talents around Chu Nan now, but when it comes to this kind of war, it is still not enough, so he can only be among the many vassals. pick.

Man Chong is undoubtedly the most suitable. Now that Chu Nan's treasury is full, there is no need to be too careful, and Man Chong's meticulous character is also suitable for this kind of thing.

In this kind of matter, Man Chong is definitely more reliable than Guo Jia, not to mention that Guo Jia also has to go with Chu Nan. Men Dunjia, Chu Nan must have someone who can break the situation.

Man Chong heard the words, looked up at Chu Nan and said, "Take orders!"

To answer simply and simply, it would be really hard for Chu Nan to be relieved if it was someone else, but for Man Chong, Chu Nan is relieved.

This obsessive-compulsive disorder patient is the most reassuring at this time.

"There is one more thing." Chu Nan knocked on the table, knocked five times, retracted his hand and wanted to speak, but saw Man Chong looking at him with a constipated face. Chu Nan looked at him suspiciously, then understood, and then After knocking, Man Chong's expression relaxed a lot.

It was a bit funny, and my thoughts were a little disturbed. After reorganizing, I said: "After I left Xuchang, all matters will be based on war. Nothing that shakes the morale of the army should happen. Even if it conflicts with the law, it must not happen." You have to pay attention to it, and we will talk about it on the day I return."

"Here!" Man Chong obviously understood this, and nodded immediately.

"That's all. About Ni's appointment, three days later, the imperial court will have a formal letter of appointment." Chu Nan laughed.

"My lord, there is one more thing. Even though the land of Jiangdong has suffered setbacks from our army, we must guard against it. I recommend someone who can help my lord guard Jianghuai." Man Chong bowed.

"Oh?" Chu Nan looked at Man Chong and said with a smile, "Who asked you to come here?"

Obviously, some of Cao Jun's old generals didn't want to fight against the old Pao Ze, so they asked Man Chong.

"Yu Jin." Man Chong didn't hide anything.

In fact, not only Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Lu Qian, Li Tong and other well-known generals in the Cao camp in the past did not want to participate in this battle. It was not due to ambiguity, but because they participated in this battle, and they were very likely to meet their old friends, Pao Ze.

Chu Nan was silent for a long time, sighed, shook his head and said, "Jianghuai land has already appointed people to be stationed. You tell Yu Jin that if you have to, you won't let them meet with the former Paoze battlefield."

If these people fight against the old robes, they may be merciful, and Chu Nan will definitely consider this, but this is not a reason not to participate in the war. If they have to, they still need to fight the old generals of the Cao army.

"Understood." Man Chong nodded, seeing that Chu Nan had no other explanation, he got up and left immediately.

After watching Man Chong leave, Chu Nan looked at the neatly piled files, a little speechless, couldn't help but stretched out his hand to push the files, and messed up the files again.

It's really my lovely subordinate, if it's the right one, I just wanted you to experience what it means to live rather than die!

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a disease that must be cured!

Looking at the messy table, Chu Nan felt a lot better for no reason. The matter was over, and he didn't want to stay in the government office any longer.

(End of this chapter)