"What? Five thousand men and horses, disappeared so quietly? Not even a bit of news was sent back? What do your spies do?" Sogdi said angrily, his violent hands couldn't help clenching his fists,

A table was just scrapped.

"General, we have neglected our duties and are willing to be punished. However, this matter is indeed too strange. We have carefully investigated and found no trace of the march of the army, and we have not received any news from General Asafa. I'm afraid.

The army led by General Asafa is in danger." said the general in charge of the investigation.

"That's nonsense. There were 5,000 elites, including some cavalry. How could they all be wiped out, not even one of them escaped. Could it be that Shen Du sent more than 50,000 army cats behind us? Do you think we are?

Are they all blind?" Socrates became even more angry.

"But apart from this explanation, I really can't think of any other explanation."

At this moment, a nobleman accompanying the army stood up: "General, do you think there is something wrong with Asafa?"

"Impossible." Sogdi said without hesitation: "Asafa is a veteran who has been following me for many years. If he had problems, he would not wait until today."

"Then this matter is really unexplainable."

The tent suddenly fell into silence, everyone looked solemn and said nothing.

Finally, a nobleman spoke up and said: "General, this matter is indeed incredible and difficult to explain. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find out if we continue to pursue it. It is better to put it down for the time being to avoid demoralizing the entire army. After all, it is only 5,000 soldiers.

, has little impact on the overall situation. Since the matter is irreversible, our first priority now should be to stabilize the morale of the military and win this battle. Be more cautious about this matter and send people to investigate secretly. Maybe we don’t need to investigate.

Shen Du will pass the news on his own later."

"General, Master De'anfa is right. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find out this matter for a while. It's better not to make any announcements when the enemy is facing us."

"yes."

After hearing what his generals said, Sogdi also nodded slightly. Although this matter was strange, it was not the time to pursue it.

"Well, let's put this matter aside for the time being, and then investigate after the body poison is eliminated. Next, we will send more spies to investigate the grain roads in our rear. We must not let any enemy troops go, and send more soldiers to protect the grain transportation.

Team, we must ensure the logistics supply of our army."

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison. Some of them had a strange light flashing in their eyes.

...

In Jinling, on the rare day of going to court, the court hall was almost noisy and turned into a pot of porridge.

Yuan Shu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked helplessly at the market-like situation below and sighed slightly.

His own family knows his own affairs, and he knows that he is not very capable, so he delegates power to his ministers very leniently. Basically, he only needs to be the final check on major matters. In addition, he is a lazy and gentle person, and does not like to pretend to be serious.

Pretending to be dignified, these ministers were more lively, and it was common for them to argue with each other in the court.

During this period of time, there have been too many things. In the past, although there were many courtiers arguing with each other in the court, they were still restrained and the scale was not large. However, due to too many things during this period, all parties are in urgent need of a large number of

As a result, the quarrel became more and more fierce, and the entire court became a bustling city. If Yuan Shu had not suppressed him, these ministers would have performed a full-scale martial arts show here.

The military commanders on Yuan Shu's right stood in silence, looking at the civil servants on the other side with interest or awe, their hearts filled with wonder.

These literati usually look gentle and polite, but when they are serious, they are really scary. They have been arguing for an hour, spitting at each other, and not even wanting to stop talking. Everyone is arguing about the allocation of treasury silver.

On the issue of funding, various states, counties, and departments are competing with each other.

Originally, these generals saw the excitement of these people and wanted to get more armaments. Although they were not many, no one minded getting more. As soon as Ji Ling, who was pushed out as the representative, spoke, Tian Feng,

Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others immediately came over and cursed Ji Ling to death. Ji Ling was not good at words. Facing these big guys, he couldn't even get a word in.

, I was scolded for half an hour without saying a word, and finally I could only retreat silently, full of grief and anger. After that, no one dared to interrupt these civil servants.

Just joking and comparing words, the other party can make you speechless. If you want to use force, the other party is eager to splash your blood. I didn’t see the older ones among these people arguing, one by one, relying on their old age and infirmity.

, they would lean on each other at every turn, wanting to "touch porcelain." The Confucian scholars of this era talked about the Six Arts of the Gentleman, but they were not the sour scholars of later generations.

If they start, these people have already started fighting. In the end, they find that they can't defeat the other party either softly or hard, so these generals simply stop talking. Anyway, they still have Yuan Shu to support them, so they can't lose.

However, there are still some civil servants who remain calm and rational, such as the trio of paddling people standing at the front. One has his eyes closed to rest, one is playing the one-two-three wooden man who can never get enough, and the other is drinking.

Sipping a glass of wine, he happily watched Tian Feng and Zhang Zhao fight to the death.

Yuan Shu looked at the faces of all the people in the audience, feeling helpless in his heart.

Emotional I am still a poor man!

Yuan Shu once thought he was very rich. From the rich heritage of the Yuan family in the beginning, to the capital circulation brought about by the development of business later, as well as the emergence of banks and banknotes, as well as the large number of gold and silver mines in Yingzhou and Yizhou. Dachu

It has almost become a representative of wealth. When the princes of the world think of Jiangdong, the first reaction is not to be powerful, but to be rich. It is simply extremely rich. But when the original four southern states expanded to the current ten states in just a few years,

Yuan Shu found that the money he had almost spent was not enough.

The stalls were spread too quickly, and the originally sufficient resources became a bit stretched, because most of the states and counties that were taken over were poor and simply a burden. You know, although Yuan Shu controlled the bank, this lack of money was not

Just print more banknotes. Just put your internal productivity and manpower there.

Yuan Shu was very glad that he didn't have the brainpower to directly march north to dominate the world. Otherwise, it would not be too difficult to conquer the world. But how to manage it would probably be a headache for Yuan Shu. He might be taken advantage of by a greedy family.

, and ended up with Emperor Guangwu, leaving the aristocratic family unable to lose. In this case, it would not mean much to Yuan Shu to take over the world. If he couldn't control himself internally, why talk about fighting him out?

Fighting down one place after another, although slower, is better than a steady pace. Yuan Shu can clean up the local cancers more easily and concentrate on treating them one by one. But even so, Yuan Shu now feels a little strenuous.

Although the newly conquered states have basically been reshaped according to the original Yangzhou template, their development speed has been very slow due to insufficient supply of money and manpower. Of course, this is compared to the original Yangzhou and Jingzhou. After Cao Cao and others

This kind of development speed seems unimaginable to people. However, Yuan Shu and others are not satisfied. You must know that Jingzhou was basically formed in less than two years, and the current northern states are probably not even seven or eight years old.

It can't be formed.

If it weren't for the situation, Yuan Shu would have wanted to confront Yuan Shaoduo for two more years. Now his capital and talent reserves are far from enough. Even if he conquers these places, it will be difficult to manage. Not to mention other things, just health and
Chapter completed!