Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 53 Development of Internal Affairs
When Gongsun Xu's army arrived at the camp site, they found that more than 1000 refugees had gathered in front of them. After Zhao Yun reported it, they realized that it was the result of Zhao Yun's great kindness.Gongsun Xu didn't criticize either. It's not easy in this troubled world. Immediately, Gongsun Xu ordered to bury the pot to make food and set up camp.

It is less than ten miles away from Zhao Yun's hometown, Zhaojia Village. Zhao Yun has already returned home once. People in Zhaojia Village rushed to see Zhao Yun when they heard that Zhao Yun had returned as a general. Many people begged Zhao Yun to take him to Youzhou, Changshan I can't stay any longer, the soldiers are in chaos, and the common people are not living a good life.

In addition, after Zhao Yun took his elder brother Zhao Feng's family away, Zhao Feng became a high-ranking official in the army, and no one wanted to miss such a good thing.Zhao Yun couldn't bear the people in Zhaojia Village to suffer, so he immediately agreed to lead everyone to Youzhou tomorrow.

The smell of meat wafted from outside the camp, and many refugees were drooling.How many years have not smelled meat.Unexpectedly, General Hussars was so generous that he cooked broth and baked big cakes for the refugees.Many people thought at first that these officers and soldiers would at best throw the leftovers to themselves.

Originally, they were the Youzhou army, and they had no obligation to control their own life and death. Moreover, as long as the other party was unhappy, they could take their own lives at any time.But this hussar general treated the refugees so kindly.General Zhao Yun is also a rare kind person. Chang Shan is really lucky to be able to produce such a hero.

The refugees are queuing up to receive food. Each person has two flatbreads and a bowl of broth. Regardless of gender, the children are all fed. Such a good thing has never happened even in the best days.Moreover, the refugees all discovered that the broth was actually different from the ones they drank before, and there were actually large chunks of meat in the broth.

Many refugees hadn't eaten meat for many years, and they didn't dare to eat the broth in the bowl for a while.Some people wonder if this is human flesh.Otherwise, how could the official army be so good.There was an old man who was very hungry, regardless of his wife's dissuasion, immediately took a mouthful of soup and then grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. The old man chewed for a long time and finally swallowed it.

After a long time, the man came back to his senses and said: "Delicious, this mutton is really delicious. My family also raised a lot of sheep back then. If it weren't for the Yellow Turban Thieves, I would still be able to eat sheep every day."

Seeing the old man say this, the other refugees immediately understood that the meat was not human flesh, but real mutton.A young man picked up a big bowl and said: "Mr. Fan used to have a rich family and dozens of cattle and sheep. Mr. Fan said it was mutton, so it must be mutton." He is not afraid of choking on stuffed in his mouth.

Zhao Yun has been maintaining order, and it is very difficult to get the refugees to line up to receive food. For this reason, Zhao Yun had to arrange [-] soldiers to guide the refugees to receive food.Zhao Yun saw everything in the scene just now. Originally, Zhao Yun wanted to go forward to explain, but this old man named Fan helped him, so he didn't need to explain.

Zhao Yun walked towards the old man with a smile. He wanted to thank the old man, otherwise, it might really cause quite a misunderstanding.

Zhao Yun walked up to the old man and saluted, "Thank you old man for speaking out, this junior thanked you very much."

When the old man heard that the general had come to thank him, he knelt down in fright and cried, "How dare the grassroots accept the gift from the general." The refugees around the old man also knelt down in fright.

Zhao Yun also had no choice but to go forward to help the old man. When Zhao Yun helped the old man, he found that the old man looked familiar. Zhao Yun looked at the old man suspiciously and asked, "I don't know where the old man's hometown is. You look familiar."

Hearing this, the old man also looked at Zhao Yun carefully. After looking at it, the old man knelt down again and said in a panic: "You...you...you are Erlang of the Zhao family."

When the old man's wife heard this, she knelt down and trembled, not daring to look up.After careful consideration, Zhao Yun finally knew who this person was.

Zhao Yun didn't know whether to be happy or to cry, so he had to help the old man up, and then said: "You guys are Susu's parents, right. The late-born Zhao Yun met his uncle and aunt here. I think you are also homeless now, Come back to Youzhou with me, with me, Zhao Yun, you won't be hungry."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun left, and the two old men didn't dare to answer. They did a lot of excessive things to Zhao Yun back then, and now, it's retribution.Zhao Yun didn't ask them about Fan Susu. Even her parents became refugees. Fan Susu was either dead or married far away.No matter what, Zhao Yun felt that he would never meet her again.

Since Gongsun Xu seized a large amount of grain, grass, cattle and sheep when he defeated the Huns, Gongsun Xu still left behind a lot of grain and grass except for Gao Shun. Therefore, Gongsun Xu would not worry about the shortage of grain and grass.

Soon, news of General Hushi distributing food and grass spread throughout Changshan. Many refugees gathered at the place where Gongsun Xu's army was located. Thousands of refugees.

The officials of the neighboring states did not come forward to stop them. Firstly, they were afraid of offending Gongsun Xu. Secondly, it was also pressure for these refugees to stay within the scope of their own rule. They might as well let them go to Youzhou.Anyway, Gongsun Xu surrendered many bandits along the way, and officials from all over the country couldn't say anything more.

In order to facilitate the reunion with his family, Gongsun Zan has already moved his family to Youbeiping.After the management of Gongsun Xu and his son, Youbeiping has long been transformed from an earthen city into a military fortress, and the shadow of the tall city wall can be seen ten miles away.

There are always similarities in history. In history, Gongsun Zan set his headquarters in Youbeiping, and now it is still in Youbeiping.After Gongsun Xu stayed in Youbeiping for half a month, he left Zhao Yun to appease the refugees. He took Guo Jia, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and three thousand soldiers to Liaodong. Gongsun Xu also went on the road with his wife Zhen road.

Gongsun Xu couldn't bear to say goodbye to her all the time, and since he wasn't going to Liaodong this time to fight a war, he took her with him as an outing.

As for why Zhao Yun was not brought along as a general, huh, the reason is very simple. Zhao Yun's wife, Zhen Jiang, is happy, and it has been almost five months.

The dizzy Zhao Yun agreed without thinking.Gongsun Xu had no choice but to force Zhao Yun to leave, so he could only keep him under the pretext of appeasing the refugees.

After Gongsun Xu and his party came to Liaodong, the matter in the Xianbei Grassland was almost settled, and He Lian and his tribe moved far to the west, not daring to take sides with Gongsun Xu's forces.According to Gongsun Xu's instructions, Yan Liang was the commander-in-chief and Wen Chou was the general, leading an army of [-] to guard the eastern grasslands of Xianbei.

The defense line on the eastern grasslands of Xianbei was too long, and the 5 people alone would definitely not be able to defend them. Yan Liang adopted the policy of hiding soldiers among the people, encouraging tribes who surrendered on the grasslands to join the army and form militias.In this way, the combat power in the eastern part of the grassland reached [-], which is completely capable of defending the front line.

Along the way, Gongsun Xu kept explaining to Guo Jia his own strength and various departments and organizations, especially the craftsman battalion, weapon supervision, and his reward system for those with skills. Guo Jia immediately praised Gongsun Xu after hearing all the explanations. Said: "Your lord is a true god and man. If you don't dislike those lowly craftsmen and even become officials, you will be far ahead of Yuan Shao and others."

Being praised by the genius Guo Jia, Gongsun Xu couldn't help feeling elated. In fact, Guo Jia didn't know that Gongsun Xu's trick was to learn from the system of later generations.

At the same time, Gongsun Xu also had to admire Guo Jia's vision. If it were someone else, even if he didn't criticize Gongsun Xu's approach, at least he would not agree, at least he needed to think about it.But Guo Jia can see the benefits at a glance. Gongsun Xu has to admire this kind of insight. The wisdom of the ancients should never be underestimated.

After observing Gongsun Xu's Liaodong base camp, Guo Jia secretly rejoiced that he had chosen the right person. At least this strength, few people in the world can match.At the same time, Guo Jia also put forward many suggestions after serious thinking, and finally even discussed with Gongsun Xu that the production method of the assembly line can greatly improve the efficiency.

After discussing with Guo Jia for six days, Gongsun Xu decided to make some reforms to his base camp.First of all, the production of all important ordnance must be kept absolutely secret, and the families of all highly skilled craftsmen must also live in the general camp for protection and surveillance.The children of all craftsmen can go to school for free, and it is up to them to decide whether they will become officials, join the army, or continue to be craftsmen in the future.

Second, the production of ordnance is changed to an assembly line method. Simply put, some people are responsible for part of the production of ordnance, and finally skilled craftsmen complete the key processes and final steps.This not only saves human and financial resources, but also improves confidentiality and production efficiency.

Third, military rations are formulated. In order to meet strategic requirements such as long-distance raids, the production of military rations must be more demanding. Not only must the military rations not change, but also the nutrition of the military rations must be guaranteed.Finally, with the cooperation of many craftsmen, it was finally researched that the general grain can be cooked and made into dry food, and then compressed to support small pieces, and then packed in a special storage bag.

In fact, it is no different from the previous dry food.However, the military rations researched this time ensured the rationality of the rationing, and the ratio of meat to grain in each piece of military ration was just right. Finally, it was compressed with a thousand catty iron block, and the volume of the military ration became very small, making it easy to carry.Storage is easier.

Fourth, vigorously research and develop bows, crossbows, swords and other actual combat weapons, especially for iron and steel smelting, Gongsun Xu has increased investment, only with sharp armor, can he have a greater advantage when fighting against the enemy.

Regarding how to make steel, Gongsun Xu summed up many suggestions based on his own memory, such as using water power instead of manpower, and using coal as fuel. There are rewards for discovering and reporting.

In the end, Gongsun Xu decided to hold a martial arts competition in Youzhou every year and build a recommendation hall in Youzhou. All talented people, regardless of their origin or family background, can come to Youzhou to develop.This is also why Gongsun Xu found that after his sphere of influence expanded, talents became scarce, especially the talents of the middle force, and the local area needed too many people to manage.

However, the current system of holding exams and holding schools is obviously inappropriate. The surname is still Liu, and Gongsun Xu doesn't have the guts to do such a rebellious thing for the time being.Fortunately, Gongsun Xu knew that there were many talents in the Three Kingdoms period, especially those from poor families, and there were too many talents who had nowhere to serve the country. The key is to find out by yourself.

This reform also won the praise of Guo Jia. At the same time, Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Jushou and Shenpei all wrote to hope that Gongsun Xu would establish a recommendation hall as soon as possible, because many things had to be handled by themselves. I'm almost too busy.

Gongsun Xu had no choice.Fortunately, my own family, the Gongsun family, united with several major families in Youzhou to support me, and I was able to send many children to help me handle affairs. Otherwise, Gongsun Xu would not be in the mood to expand the territory.

After arranging all this, Gongsun Xu left Guo Jia to preside over the overall situation of the reform, but he himself led Gan Ning and Gan Ning's subordinates to a port in Le Lang. Le Lang has a military base specializing in the production of ships. This military base It was formed as early as when Xu Shu captured Liaodong.

Since there are many deep forests in Eastern Liaodong and the best raw materials for building ships, Gongsun Xu set his voyage base here.When Gan Ning looked at the [-] giant ships floating above, Gan Ning was also stunned.

After traveling across the Yangtze River for so many years, the largest ship Gan Ning has ever seen is the dragon warship of the Jingzhou Navy.But those warships are far worse than the giant ships in front of them.Gan Ning even wondered if the gods helped to build these giant ships.

After hearing Gan Ning's question, Gongsun Xu had no choice but to explain patiently. Finally, Gongsun Xu concluded: "These seventeen giant ships are named You Zhan, which I have spent so many years building. Warships, their power and function can only be realized when they are on the sea. Xingba, you have to look farther, the Yangtze River is nothing compared to the sea.

I want you to form a navy within three years and sail overseas. Many of my ideals can only be realized overseas, and overseas can provide us with countless materials such as gold, silver, spices, and superior war horses.

After the strength is sufficient, the navy can also be used for long-range attacks, which will surely have an unexpected effect.Xingba, the position of my naval commander has been reserved for you, don't let me down. "

Gan Ning listened to the blueprint drawn by Gongsun Xu, and he was also stunned. Gan Ning never thought of going to sea by himself. Before, he thought that he could become the overlord of the Yangtze River.Now, he found that his vision was really too narrow.

How big is the world.I really wasted so many years of time.But Gan Ning knew that the responsibility was heavy, and he felt that he might not be able to do it. At the moment, Gan Ning had no choice but to ask: "My lord, Xingba's ability is limited, and I can't do so many things by myself. Please give me some advice."

Gongsun Xu looked at the sun that was about to set on the sea level, and sighed softly: "I know this task is huge, and it cannot be completed by you alone. I will give you half a year to recruit talents. The day after tomorrow, you will bring my token Go back to Jiangdong, Jingzhou, there are many heroes there, you will be able to recruit a lot of talents, and when you work together, you will be able to form a navy as soon as possible."

After taking the order, Gan Ning stood behind Gongsun Xu and also looked at the sunset.In the eyes of others, the setting sun is so sad, it's just a dead end.But in Gan Ning’s view, the setting sun today is only working hard for tomorrow’s rising. He has already met the Lord of the Ming Dynasty. In less than three years, Gan Ning believes that he will be famous all over the world. When the time comes, let’s see who else is there He will call himself Jinfan thief.Gan Ning believed that he could do it soon.

A few days later, Gan Ning left Liaodong with Gongsun Xu's token and fifty capable men. The formation of the navy could not be completed overnight.Gongsun Xu has waited for so many years, and he will not be in a hurry for this moment. Moreover, as far as the current situation is concerned, the actual combat value of the navy has not been reflected. Only after a large amount of supplies, gold and silver are plundered from overseas, the value of the navy will be known to the world. .When the time comes, Gongsun Xu believes that he will be invincible.

(End of this chapter)