Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

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"At the beginning, although there were 6 to [-] people, when you first came to Suanzao, you also had [-] soldiers under your command, and countless auxiliary soldiers, right?"

"Compared to you, the highway has only a lot more troops..."

"Is it possible, what else is there to say?"

Slowly turning his eyes to Zhang Yan, Cao Cao was a little curious.

Yuan Shao is right, he really doesn't know much about the southern affairs.

Therefore, when seeing Er Yuan today, he always looked resentful towards Zhang Yan, and Cao Cao didn't know what the problem was.

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"Heh, there are quite a few."

Yuan Shao suddenly smiled.

"It's just Meng De, do you know that I am a county in Bohai Sea, located in the Central Plains of Jizhou, bordering Heluo in the west, and backed by Qingxu, how rich it is!"

"But even so, I only recruited less than [-] soldiers from Bohai County."

"It's not that I don't have more money and food to recruit, it's just that the population of Bohai Sea is limited, if more soldiers are recruited, how many good fields will be abandoned because of this..."

"With a land of millions of people in the Bohai Sea, such a number of soldiers is already the limit."

Gently pursing his lips, when Yuan Shao thought of Zhang Yan's majestic appearance when he came, and where the other party was stationed, a faint sense of astonishment and envy kept rising in his heart.

He is very clear about Zhang Yan's hometown in Lujiang.

When Zhang Yangang took office, how many people and how many fields were there in Lujiang?

It would be great to have one-third of Bohai!

Then where did Zhang Yan conjure up this [-] army?

Did he really do such a thing as killing the chicken and taking the eggs?

How can it be!

How did this Lujiang River develop into what it is now in two years?Zhang Yan must be hiding something from himself!

……

Seeing Yuan Shao gradually becoming speechless, Cao Cao had no choice but to turn his questioning gaze on Yuan Shu.

Two, Yuan originally belonged to a family, and if Yuan Shao knew the news, Yuan Shu naturally knew it too.

I saw Yuan Shu squinting his eyes slightly, looking at Zhang Yan who was smiling and embarrassed in front of him, and then Yuan Shao said:

"My Runan is the same."

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"Runan is richer than Bohai, and its population is more than twice that of Bohai."

"Relying on the help of my family, I took root in Runan for another two years, and only then did my subordinates have the scale they are today..."

"Meng De, do you know how many soldiers I have under my command?"

Turning around and looking at Cao Cao, Yuan Shu curled his lips, and before Cao Cao responded, he made a gesture:

"Eighty thousand!"

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"Deducting the soldiers who need to stay in Runan, I can send [-] elite soldiers to Suanzao to help you. I have done my best!"

"And what about De Mao!"

"There are more than [-] million people in Runan, and only [-] troops will be recruited... Doesn't the [-] to [-] soldiers under De Mao's command mean that there are at least two million people in Lujiang!?"

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Now that this is all said, Cao Cao is not a fool, so he naturally understands the reason for Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao's complex expressions.

He quietly approached Yuan Shao and asked in a low voice:

"At the beginning, what he just said was false?"

"The Lujiang River... I have heard about it, but I don't remember such a population?"

"Counties and counties with a population of more than one million, Henan Yin counts as one, Runan, Nanyang and other places count as one, and Hedong, Hanoi, Bohai and other places..."

"But Lujiang... shouldn't be among them?"

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"Oh, it's normal if you haven't heard of it."

On the side, Yuan Shao rubbed the corners of his brows amusedly, then said softly:

"The Lujiang River is located at the junction of Jing, Yang, Xu, and Henan. It is inherently remote, and bandits and bandits are rampant, and disasters are frequent."

"As early as a few years ago, Jiang Xiaman who rebelled in Jingzhou once invaded Lujiang, and the local Yue people in Yangzhou rebelled repeatedly. When my uncle in my family was a captain, the imperial court sent troops to Lujiang to suppress the bandits from time to time. Too many, and the imperial court is weak and weak, so we have to let it fend for itself.”

"As for the population of Lujiang... there are at most 50 million, which is amazing."

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"how is this possible?!"

Hearing that the population of Lujiang was only over [-], Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, then reacted, slammed the table and looked at Zhang Yan in front of him.

"De Mao, is this what you mean by not wasting your time?"

"You have only been in Lujiang for two years!"

"How could it be possible for the population under his command to increase to such an extent in two years!?"

"Don't tell me that with a population of 50 million, you recruited [-] to [-] soldiers out of nowhere!"

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"Hey, Meng De, don't worry, you have been in Luoyang before, and there are still many things you don't know."

On the side, Yuan Shu smiled sadly:

"I have stayed in Yuzhou for two years. During these two years, Lujiang's reputation has been very prestigious!"

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"First, they publicly solicited the children of the aristocratic family to settle in Lujiang, and later they smelted steel near the Huai River, and mass-produced ironware and agricultural tools..."

"And last autumn, we formed a so-called mutual protection alliance with the prefects of the surrounding counties and counties. We communicated with each other internally, and helped each other in offense and defense..."

"If it wasn't for that kid Yuan Boye's slip of the tongue after drinking, I wouldn't know that you did so many things secretly in Jiangdong!"

"Looking for Yuan Yi but not calling me, could it be that I'm worse than him!"

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Having said all this, Zhang Yan finally realized why Yuan Shu's attitude towards him was a bit strange today.

how to say……

It was as if he was having a temper tantrum with him, and his attitude was hot and cold, which made Zhang Yan a little uncertain.

However, he did not expect that Yuan Shu would be able to know that he had obtained the Eastern Han version of the "Regulations on Mutual Protection of the Eight Southeast Provinces" in Lujiang.

With Yuan Shu's character, he knew that he called other members of the Yuan family, but he didn't call himself...

It's normal for him to feel uncomfortable.

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"Look at you, it's not as exaggerated as Gonglu said!"

But at this moment, seeing Cao Cao and the other three looking at him with displeasure, Zhang Yan secretly found it funny in his heart, and didn't explain anything.

Guess, you keep guessing.

Let you guess the previous year, and you would never have imagined that now you have not only Lujiang River in your hands, but also Danyang as your backing.

The combined population of these two counties is more than 200 million?

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But then again, these things will be known sooner or later.It doesn't make much sense to hide it all the time, but it will make people feel that they are not honest enough to face their old friends.

After bowing his head and thinking for a while, Zhang Yan grinned, and then explained softly:

"My soldiers and horses are a little rich, but it's only because Danyang, the neighboring county, was attacked by Shanyue bandits a few days ago. I thought that the two counties of Lujiang and Danyang had a close relationship, so I chose to suppress the rebellion."

"After the Shanyue thieves were put to death, Danyang prefect Zhou Xin felt guilty, so he entrusted Danyang to me."

"Now the [-] troops seem to be mighty, but they are actually supported by the two counties of Lujiang and Danyang."

"I just did a little bit of work in it."

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Hearing this, Yuan Shao and the others nodded slightly, which seemed to agree with Zhang Yan's statement.

After all, it is a bit too exaggerated to develop Lujiang from a population of more than 40 to more than 200 million in just over two years.

But if you add Danyang, which already has more than 60 people, then this number becomes a little more normal.

Although in terms of political achievements, such achievements are still remarkable, but at least, from the perspective of Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao, this is something human can do.

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"Haha, that's amazing too!"

Patting Zhang Yan on the shoulder, Cao Cao didn't have anything like the Yuan family in his heart.

He just said with a smile:

"As early as when I was in Luoyang, I knew that you boy would definitely not be a mediocre person!"

"Now that you are sitting in Lujiang and Danyang, Demao, you can be regarded as young and promising, and you have achieved something!"

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Seeing that there was no trace of jealousy in Cao Cao's heart, Zhang Yan's heart warmed.

But he didn't waste any more time on the subject.