The reason why Cao Cao's senior officials were so shocked was simply because they were frightened by these data.
Especially the results of forecasting the future on a year-on-year basis made everyone unable to sit still, twisting and twisting on their chairs as if something had been stuffed under their buttocks.
Four years ago, the output of various materials under Cao Cao's rule far exceeded that of Liu Bei.
After all, thanks to the efforts of these aristocratic families, the Central Plains region has been developed to the limit of this era.
At this point, we have to say that these aristocratic families have contributed to the entire nation, and this must be acknowledged.
In the past four years, due to the upgrading of various technologies on Liu Bei's side, land development has been further deepened. Whether it was forced or active, Cao Cao's production technologies have also been upgraded, and the output of various materials has also been upgraded.
It is also improving steadily.
For example, sun salt, although there is no complete version of cement, its production method has been 'learned' long ago.
Fish products have also been greatly improved, with better steel smelting methods, more advanced agricultural tools, transportation methods, etc. Cao Cao is not without progress.
But compared with Liu Bei's progress, this progress was at least two steps slower.
There is no way around this. After all, one is inventing and the other is relying on "diligence to steal good things".
If it was due to basic reasons at the beginning, he was not able to win in the first year, but starting from the second year, Liu Bei has almost surpassed him.
The third year passed, and the fourth year has just passed, but Liu Bei has already left Cao Cao far behind.
After all, war is something that cannot be guaranteed by words and glorious history. Otherwise, our Qing Dynasty would not have perished.
In the final analysis, it depends on resources, national strength, and productivity.
Now, in addition to military strength, the resources and national strength have fallen behind, the quality of the soldiers is also inferior, and the political system is still lagging behind...
Well, they, the defenders of the interests of the aristocratic families, will never admit the latter point.
Even if the facts told them the truth, they still believed that Wang Xuan's methods could not stand the test of time and could not last long.
After all, the aristocratic family system has withstood the test of time, while Wang Xuan's system has also withstood any storm.
But the fact is that they were forced to compromise as much as possible. The once long-haired Mohist classics and public loser classics were dug out again. The status of craftsmen was also improved to a certain extent and they were symbolically awarded official positions, even low ones.
Poor and still looked down upon by others.
But the problem now is that Cao Cao's side has completely fallen behind.
Xun Yu glanced at Cao Cao, who was above him, and continued at Cao Cao's signal: "Now, the bigger reason why Liu Beifang has not launched a full-scale attack is that 80% of their energy has been invested in construction, so just take steel
In terms of output, roads, bridges, houses, railways, river embankments, sea embankments, etc..."
"Based on Liu Beifang's year-on-year growth over the years, in at most three years, the newly occupied areas of Sili Guanzhong, Xiliang, Hanzhong and Shuzhong can be completely digested. By then, most of the energy can be transferred to
After the war..."
"It is not said that our army has no resistance, but as long as we do not advance rashly and continue to consume it step by step, our army will definitely be defeated."
Zhong Yao looked at Xun Yu and opened his mouth. He wanted to retort, "Don't use others' prestige to destroy our morale," but after opening his mouth several times, he still couldn't say anything.
"Wen Ruo." Jiang Wan asked with a dry voice and a heavy tone: "Just tell me how you want to deal with it."
Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao. He couldn't say this, even though he had discussed it with Cao Cao before after roughly calculating the data.
"Guyu and Liu Bei are in full-scale war." Cao Cao said word by word.
"This..." Everyone looked at each other in silence for a while. In the past few months, first they lost the battle of Shuzhong, then Jingzhou, then southern Xuzhou and the Huaihe River Basin. It can be said that they lost troops and generals, and were defeated repeatedly. This Xiangyang
It was lost just now, and more than 100,000 troops were lost.
Now we are actually going to start a full-scale war with Liu Bei. Is this really unreliable?
After hearing this, the military generals were full of fighting spirit. Xiahou Dun and others still didn't believe that they would never be able to defeat Wang Xuan, but the civil servants had more considerations.
The smarter this person is, the more worries he has, and the less courage he has to risk everything.
"The same data shows." At this time, Xun Yu spoke, "Now the Han army cannot attack."
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Xun Yu in shock. What does this mean?
"To put it bluntly, the Han army has no money!" Xun Yu added, "They put too much energy into construction, lack of military supplies, and the expansion of their chassis. It can be said that the current Han army is the weakest.
when!"
"I know!" Xun You suddenly shouted excitedly: "Wang Xuan is just bluffing!"
"As the number one person under Liu Bei, how could he not know this? In order to get through this difficulty, he must put on a tough look to scare us, but in fact he is at his weakest now.
, but once we let him bluff us, it will be useless even if we react if we wait for a long time. By then, they will be in an invincible position!"
"And our only chance is now, to engage in a decisive battle with Liu Beifang at all costs in order to disrupt their so-called five-year plan. Once those resources and labor are invested, they cannot be recovered easily."
"Once the plan is broken, there will be a series of chain reactions."
"At that time, Liu Beifang's losses will not only be caused by the war, but also brought to the country."
“One hair move affects the whole body!”
"But our side is different." The more Xun You talked, the more excited he became, as if he was doing behavioral analysis for Wang Xuan last time. "Due to institutional reasons, our side does not have problems with war potential, even in this kind of war.
In terms of intensity, we have been able to fight for three consecutive years without any problem. In the final analysis, it will not be worse than before."
After saying this, everyone made eye contact and understood the meaning of Xun You's words. In recent years, under the influence of Liu Beifang, Cao Cao's national power has indeed risen steadily to several levels, but the increase in national power has all been attributed to these wealthy families.
Physically, the people are no different from the past.
This is just like how the average number of fireworks and mahua vines can make it into the ranks of the Forbes 100... Well, the per capita GDP is US$10,276.
Of course, people's lives have indeed improved. At least no one is starving to death and there is no rebellion.
But Liu Bei's side is different. The improvement of national power is mainly reflected in the people. The people's life is indeed far better than that under Cao Cao's rule. But for creatures like humans, you can get better day by day, but once there is a decline, you will still have less to eat than before.
Even if you are ten thousand times stronger, you will still be dissatisfied and have turmoil...
When the time comes, there may not be a chance to take advantage of it!
Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other, and sure enough, people can let it go, but they can't know it.