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Chapter 417 Long Range Attack
A cavalryman, a war horse, two pack horses, [-] catties of fried noodles, [-] catties of beef jerky, [-] catties of spirits in a skin, half a catty of tea, three catties of a small jar of pickled pickles, and one catty of a small bag of salt.

Make do with food, enough to march for a month.

Under special circumstances, pack horses can be killed and eaten.

In a hurry, the Guzang treasury could not find these things.

Fortunately, all kinds of industries in Liangzhou are prosperous, and many things can be bought in the market.

Before mass production, Yang Zheng first equipped a thousand-man team, led by Liu Heng, and asked them to go to Henan to test the waters.

The first batch of five thousand-man teams were led by Liu Heng, Lin Sen, Ma Xun, Cheng Xi, and Tian Xu. The army was equipped with a large number of Xuan Yilang and Xuan Yixuan who were proficient in Qiang and Hun languages.

After so many people went, there was no reliable person around for a while.

Jiang Faye could only be exchanged for Meng Guan.

After such a long period of preparation, the five baht coins minted by Jincaosi have a considerable inventory.

Comparable to the state of Wei.

Five baht on the front and a Yang character on the back.

It is really troublesome for the people to barter and buy and sell things with silk and grain.

The five baht money from the Wei state didn't flow into Liangzhou very much, but the garbage from the Shu state flowed directly into Liangzhou.

Although the government has never used hundreds of dollars, this thing is pervasive and has entered the pockets of the people.

Even Wu Guo's "Five Hundreds of Daquan" came in.

However, the two kinds of coins were only circulated secretly on a small scale and were not widely used, otherwise Liangzhou's economy would have collapsed long ago.

In late April of the second year of Ganlu, Yang Zheng officially ordered the issuance of Liangzhou five baht coins.

The folks are not allowed to use the Zhibai coins of the Shu Kingdom and the "Daquan Wubai" of the Wu Kingdom. For large transactions, they can only be traded in three currencies: gold, silver and silk.

The Wu money and Shu money in the hands of the people can be exchanged for five baht coins in proportion at the bank.

Five baht coins have been popular for more than 300 years, and a mature financial system has been formed. It originally had a lot of credibility in it. The big man died, but the five baht coins continued until the Kaiyuan Tongbao cast by Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty.

In the current situation, as long as a stable monetary base is provided, Liangzhou's economy will naturally flourish.

After the order was issued, there was a wave of ups and downs among the people.

A large amount of Zhibai coins came out, and even Wu's Daquan coins came out.

But this was expected.

Liu Bei cast a hundred coins to search for the people in Shu, and the economy of the state of Shu almost collapsed. Later, Zhuge Wuhou tied the hundred coins with Shu brocade to barely restore the economy of the state of Shu.

Sun Quan's Daquan Dangqian, Daquan Two Thousand, Daquan Five Thousand, etc., were plundered without concealment.

With the cooperation of Jiu Yeying, by the way, several spy dens in Shu were found out. Zhibaiqian and Daquanqian were imported into Liangzhou from them, in order to disrupt Liangzhou's economy.

Just as Wei Guan plotted against Shu, Shu plotted against Liangzhou.

After Liangzhou issued the five-baht coin, shops on the market sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

During the slack season, the common people sell some leather goods, mountain goods, pickled vegetables and other things, which can also subsidize their households.

I don't know when it started, but Yang Zheng obviously felt that the population of Guzang had increased a lot.

The market is full of crowds and traffic.

Farmers, shepherds, scholars, Qiang Hu, and Han people walked in parallel in the city, in order, and occasionally one or two bearded monks with black and red skin could be seen.

"The population of Liangzhou is only 110 million?" Yang Zheng was a little puzzled.

According to this scale, a Guzang can have a population of 30 to [-].

In such a vast area, it is reasonable to have two or three million people.

The government controls less than half of the population, which is terrifying.

This is still only Liangzhou, and the nobles are not very powerful.

So it is not surprising that the Sima clan compromised with the gentry.

"The 110 million are registered population, and there are still a large number of hermits fleeing from households. In addition, the population controlled by the powerful gentry is not above the registration." Du Yu was registering the Qimin during this period.

However, the target is mainly the Qianghu Xianbei tribe who went south to submit.

This is actually one of the chronic diseases of the Three Kingdoms.

Both Wei, Wu, and Shu faced the same problem, and a large number of people were occupied by the powerful gentry.

In order to avoid military service, corvee service, and exorbitant taxes, many people took the initiative to attach themselves to the gentry.

The government did not dare to touch the gentry, but could only absorb the minority.

The State of Wei destroyed Wuhuan and moved 20 people, the State of Shu conquered the Southern Man, and the State of Wu conquered Baiyue.

But Yang Zheng felt that they were treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

"Liangzhou is newly settled, and Longyou has just been subordinated, and the subordinates feel that it is not appropriate to touch the noble right now." Du Yu probably saw Yang Zheng's intentions.

The Huangfu family, the Zhang family, the Suo family, and the Li family are all scholars. It is because of their support that Yang Zheng was able to quickly sweep Hexi and Longyou.

I have you, you have me, one size fits all is to swing a knife from the palace.

"Of course I won't do it hard, but I can sharpen it with a soft knife!" Yang Zheng laughed.

"Oh? I'd like to hear about it."

"The sons of Shi Jiahao, who are ten years old, must enter the youth camp if they are not legitimate sons! All the tyrants in Longyou, each choose a thousand elite trilogy to enter Guzang." The current situation cannot be changed for the time being, but their next generation can be transformed.

According to Liangzhou's model, it will only become stronger in the future.

When you are strong to a certain stage, you can easily solve the problem of arrogance.

And the children who train them can also become internal support in the future.

It can only be said that the external pressure is too great, and the time has not yet come. It is necessary to work with the gentry tyrants in Liangzhou to resist the gentry group headed by the Sima family in the Kanto region.

"One thousand elite episodes? I'm afraid they will disobey orders." Du Yu is well aware of Haoyou's nature.

Yang Zheng sneered twice, "Then don't blame the general's bad sword."

Hexi Haoqiang has already joined the army, and Longyou is no exception.

After thinking for a while, Du Yu said: "General, you can spread rumors that you need to clean up the accounts in Longyou. Let's see their reaction. If there is too much resistance, you can choose only one thousand elite troops to join the army. They will definitely agree. Big, we can take advantage of the trend to count the population of Longyou."

This trick is not bad.

Let's test the water first, not only to see the situation in Longyou, but also to see the reaction of the scholars in Hexi.

"Yes." Yang Zheng agreed.

When there was a war, life passed quickly, and when there was no war, life passed even faster.

It felt like a blink of an eye, so Liu Heng led a thousand cavalry back to Guzang first.

"Haha, the general is really thoughtful in preparing for us. He ran for half a month without worrying about supplies at all. He was rampant and invincible. I, Liu Heng, have never fought such a happy battle in my life!"

"How about the casualties? How about the harvest?"

"More than 30 brothers were killed, more than 100 brothers were injured, more than [-] prisoners were captured, and [-] livestock were captured. Only half of the supplies carried with the army were used!"

A thousand cavalry gained so much, which already shows the advantage of this kind of cavalry without logistics.

Lin Sen, Ma Xun, Cheng Xi, and Tian Xu returned to the city one after another, and their gains were much smaller than Liu Heng's.

Ma Xun captured more than 1000 people and more than 100 livestock. Cheng Xi probably just rose from the bottom and was not good at leading troops. He only captured more than 90 people, more than 80 sheep, and killed more than [-] people. He looked ashamed. Kneeling in front of Yang Zheng.

"It's not your fault." Yang Zheng helped him up.

This is the purpose of military training.

A horizontal comparison can not only reflect the huge advantages of the new cavalry.

Liu Heng only needs to think about how to kill the enemy, not the back of his butt.

And others, have to think about how to camp, how to get supplies...

Consider going further.

In the next few days, Liangzhou Xingtai made every effort to prepare fried noodles, beef jerky, etc., and also vigorously purchased pickles, tea, and spirits in the market.

Guzang was originally an important commercial center, a transit point for east-west trade, and all these things can be bought in the market.

Yang Zheng scraped together the supplies needed for five thousand cavalry.

Divide into two teams, each with [-] riders. One team is led by Liu Heng, Cheng Xi and Pang Qing are the lieutenants, the other is led by Ma Xun, and Lin Sen and Tian Xu are the lieutenants.

The army is still equipped with a large number of Xuan Yilang and Xuan Yiyi.

"I don't want to siege cities and land, I just want to harass Bingzhou and save the people in dire straits!" Yang Zheng said.

With Wei Guan's appeal against the Sima family, these two cavalry are the king's division of the Great Wei!

To rescue them.

What, you don't want to be rescued?Then you must be Sima's accomplice, Sima's henchman and minion!
Don't blame me for being ruthless.

With a righteous name, there is a reasonable logic.

This trick is not only effective for ordinary people, but even uncooperative Bingzhou nobles can be pulled out together...

Yang Zheng felt relieved after thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)