One hundred and ninety-fifth chapter on the use of ear and nose
After Hu Cai finished reporting, he left.
The potter looked up at the canopy in a daze.
If Xiao Ying'er's identity is really Zhang Jiao's daughter, then as Hu Cai said, she can be used to conquer the Yellow Turban tribes in the world bit by bit.
After careful calculation, she is the best chess piece!
Just imagine, if you can really bring most of the Yellow Turban tribes in the world under your rule, with such a huge population and productivity, no matter whether it is conscription, digging pits, construction, or farming, you will not be short of people no matter how you want to develop in the future.
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Winning the world does not rely on force or wisdom, it depends fundamentally on people. Is Zhuge Liang talented? In Xi Shu, where there are few people and poor land, it is still nonsense. In front of Cao Zhen and Zhang He, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty can't do anything.
But is it really good to do this now?
Accepting the surrender of the Yellow Turban tribes is not a problem, but if you really do this, once you develop too quickly on the surface, it will inevitably attract the attention of all the princes in the world. What if they all turn their guns against you?
manage?
When you don't have enough strength to do something that causes public outrage, it's best not to do it.
Some things have to be done bit by bit and cannot be rushed, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
The potter stretched out his hand and rubbed his aching temples.
Water can carry a boat or capsize it. Now I am still in the process of development, not the time to show off my talents.
Such an outrageous move like recruiting the Yellow Turbans from the world is tantamount to seeking death.
Now I still have to go step by step, developing Jinling City well is the top priority, and postpone the rest.
When did Jinling City become a place in his heart where there was no shortage of money, food, taxes, and military pay, and when the technology was mature, many people could afford to support it.
That was when the pottery merchants dared to have the confidence to do such a big thing as subduing the Yellow Turbans from the world.
The top priority now is to develop rapidly. After all, the first tough battle is not far away.
The pottery merchant thought very clearly!
In the near future, if Yuan Shu is really defeated by Liu Biao in Jingzhou and his power cannot extend to the south, Danyang County, the gateway to Yangzhou, will inevitably become Yuan Shu's target again.
This timing is very subtle, but it will definitely not exceed one year.
At that time, a battle between himself and Yuan Shu was inevitable!
Before this war comes, pottery merchants must make full preparations.
Especially in Jiangnan, infantry, navy and horse troops are all indispensable.
Now that he has 40,000 people as his team, the infantry army is strong enough, but what about the navy and horse troops?
At this moment, a scent of fragrance flowed into the potter's nose along the air.
The potter opened his eyes in surprise, but it was Xiao Ying'er who placed a bouquet of flowers on the table in front of him.
Xiao Ying'er's empty white eyes stared at the pottery merchant, and the child showed a sweet smile.
"Does it smell good? I picked it in the courtyard!"
Looking at this poor child with empty eyes, Tao Shang felt a little confused.
I don’t know how Sima Jun treated this poor child back then. When she got the chance, she would rather live outside and starve than go back and suffer.
Ignore the shortcomings that I just thought about, but if you put a child on the political stage so violently, and use a child who is born with an aura of suffering to conquer the so-called Yellow Turbans, what do you have to do with Sima Ju?
the difference?
The pottery merchant thought he had more conscience than Sima Ju because he was a gentleman.
"It's beautiful." The potter reached out and rubbed Xiao Ying'er's head and said with a smile.
At this time, Diao Chan had also walked into the hall, looking at the two of them tenderly.
"What did Captain Hu just say?"
The potter smiled at Diao Chan, shook his head and said: "Nothing happened. He was beaten by his wife and kicked out of the house. She asked me to find a place for him to live. I kicked him back and left him alone... let's eat.
I'm all hungry."
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In order to cope with Yuan Shu's possible all-out attack at any time, in addition to carrying out agricultural work, expanding the city, and monopolizing salt and iron mining, Jinling City is also making vigorous military preparations.
Tao Shang formed an independent battalion of the two thousand Danyang soldiers he had brought from his brother Tao Ji, and still made him the commander.
The Tiger Guards led by Xu Chu have been constantly selecting warriors from the central army to increase their numbers, and have now expanded to 3,000 people.
Han Hao was busy with farming, so three thousand Taishan troops were handed over to Xu Rong for training and management.
In addition to these 8,000 elite soldiers and horses, the remaining 37,000 or so soldiers are all the Jinling Central Army of the pottery merchant.
With the mining of iron ore and salt ore, the development of farming, and the research on hybrid rice, potters feel that they will not be short of money, food, weapons and equipment in the future, and even auxiliary tools such as horseshoes will be endless.
, but now there are two more important issues.
One is that I don’t have a decent naval force.
Second, he did not have many cavalry.
As the saying goes, Danyang County's natural resources are relatively well developed by potters, but horses cannot be conjured out of thin air.
The most powerful force in the Han Dynasty was undoubtedly the cavalry.
It seems that at this moment, it is time to make use of the two house slaves.
Yu Erbi and Liu Hubi!
The two little Xiongnu nobles lived a pretty good life since they became the slaves of a pottery merchant. Although they were of low status, at least they no longer had to live the same wandering life they had before.
After eating and drinking all day long, the father and son seemed to be a lot fatter than before.
What this slave asked them to do was really cool.
On this day, the pottery merchant found a time to invite the two handsome brothers to talk.
As soon as he saw the white and fat cheeks of father and son, the pottery merchant felt a little unhappy.
Because of the development of Jinling City, I had an overview of the overall situation every day and every night, and worked hard with my subordinates, and I felt that I had lost a lot of weight.
But these two bastards have grown fat and fat as if they were raising uncles, and they look like Maitreya Buddha in the prairie.
How outrageous!
The Taiping princes generally do not have corrupt people under their command.
"Ear and nose, how have you been in Jinling recently? Are you still used to it?"
Yu Erbi looked at the pottery merchant uneasily, nodded and said: "It's very good here. I'm very full and comfortable. It's all thanks to Mr. Taiping's blessing."
While arranging the slips and documents on the table, the pottery merchant said: "As long as you eat well, you will also see after following me to Danyang County. Jinling City is currently in a vigorous development momentum. My civil and military personnel
Officials are very busy every day in order to develop military and political affairs. As the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace. As a servant, even if it is to have better and more delicious food in the future, do you have to do your best for the development of Jinling City?
A small amount of effort?"
Although Yu Erbi was born in the Huns, he was not a stupid person.
At least from the beginning, he knew in his heart that Tao Shang had gone to such great lengths to bring him and Liu Hubi around just to humiliate them over something as trivial as making them slaves.
Yu Erbi has been admiring this young man of peace.
This young man is very bad! He is very evil! And he also has his own ideas.
Although he understands the truth, the pottery merchant has not said anything to the father and son during this period, which makes Yu Erbi feel uncomfortable. He is restless and uneasy all day long, not knowing whether the pottery merchant wants his father and son to replace the Tao family.
do something.
Today, Mr. Tao finally called Yu Erbi over, but he was finally going to have a showdown with him.
Yu Erbi said cautiously: "Excuse me, what does Master Taiping want us, father and son, to do?"
The pottery merchant finished clearing the table, stood up with a smile, and said to Ear and nose: "Er and nose, when we were in Hedong County, we first met, and it happened that you were expelled from the Southern Huns royal court and lived in the middle-earth... we
By the time we met, how many years had it been since you had been expelled by the Southern Huns?"
When Yu Erbi heard that the pottery merchant mentioned his expulsion, he felt a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, and then whispered: "It's been more than three years."
The potter's brows raised slightly.
"It's been more than three years? Then you have received these war horses from the Central Plains, but they are very resistant and have not been replaced for more than three years?"
This sentence can be regarded as asking the fundamental question.
Yu Erbi now finally understood the potter's purpose of bringing him back. It turned out that he wanted a war horse!