Chapter 150 Going out to buy a horse
Liu He took a sip of wine and moistened his throat, and continued, "Not only that, brothers have seen it. Now the court is incompetent and to say disrespectful words, it can be said that it has reached the verge of collapse. Can the people's uprising be destroyed and the people can be prevented from suffering? I don't think so. It's better to let them do it, make a bigger difference, and then break it up. Maybe the people in the world can still gain some vitality."
The fact that the disaster relief grain was embezzled layer by layer was hit by Liu He on the spot also changed some of Liu He's ideas.
In the past, I always stood from the perspective of God, thinking that the Yellow Turbans together caused chaos in the Central Plains. The melee has been in trouble for nearly a hundred years. The Han people are weak, which gives foreigners the opportunity to invade.
But now Liu He really felt that these people were just forced to do anything.
If the current situation continues, the Han Dynasty will still decline. The invasion of foreign races is already very obvious in the northern states, including Bingzhou. If this continues, it is afraid that the chaos in the Central Plains will still be inevitable in a hundred years.
So I simply broke the situation and let the Han Dynasty and the aristocratic families in the world be alerted. I will break it first and then build it. Perhaps there is still a chance to revive the country.
"Well, what my brother said is very much. They are all suffering people. It should also teach the incompetent court a lesson."
Cheng Liang suffered from the incompetence of the court and was displaced. He heard Liu He's words immediately resonated.
"How is Brother Liu going to stop this Taiping Road in the future?" Ye Xiang asked curiously.
Liu He pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Tang Zhou is absolutely loyal to me now. Since the Qu Shuai, who is stationed in Anping County, is a confidant he personally recommended, it should be reliable. In this way, if used properly, these 10,000 people can be considered our own people."
Everyone nodded and expressed their deep agreement with this, and admired Liu He's secret move.
"Zhang Jiao has been planning for a long time, but the court is incompetent. Many soldiers in the army have not been trained for a long time. Once the Taiping Road rebellion begins, the court will inevitably suffer a major blow in a short period of time. In order to strengthen their own strength, officials from all sides will inevitably take the opportunity to make suggestions and ask localities to recruit soldiers to assist the court in resisting. The court was forced to do nothing and would agree to this matter."
Cheng Liang smiled and said, "It's amazing, once this happens, we can be legitimately recruiting troops and training. With the current manpower of our Lang County, it will be no problem to recruit thousands of young and strong people!"
"Haha, the third brother said it well, but this is just one of them."
Everyone was curious: "Oh? I wonder what big brother has to think about?"
Liu He touched the outer wall of the pottery bowl used to drink with his right hand, felt the warmth conveyed from his palm, and continued to speak.
"If that decree is really issued, not only can we recruit soldiers, but we will not have any scruples in the land under our rule in the future. Massive construction of weapons and armor, buying war horses, repairing cities, sending troops to fight, and even collecting grain will become legitimate, and there is no need to sneak or make small fuss."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
"Yes! Now that we have no food, we dare not collect food. We have to hide a few weapons in the mountains. There are many restrictions on developing arms. It is really cowardly."
Cheng Liang patted his thighs and looked very excited.
Zhu Ye hurriedly asked, "And what? What's going on after this? What's going on with the elder brother?"
Liu He pointed at the mouth of the bowl with his finger and said slowly: "It's very simple. Brothers, do you still remember what Brother Yu said? Our ability can protect a county, then be the county magistrate, or be the county magistrate?"
"Of course I remember!"
"That's it." Liu He smiled, "This gang is ambitious and uses doctrine to deceive the people and make a certain power for his own. I am afraid that it is not a good person. As the blood of Emperor Gaozu, I naturally have to maintain the country of my great man."
"At that time, the chaos will be a long time, and there will definitely be many cities that will be threatened, including several counties around our Langdiao County. We will share the worries of the court wherever we can abilities. It is natural and legitimate. At that time, we will attack everywhere, quell the war and appease the people, and expand as much power as possible, so as to use this as the basis for our future foothold."
Guan Yu and others were so excited after hearing this.
"For the people of the world, we have no choice but to be responsible for the people! We are all brothers who are willing to die!"
"I am naturally relieved to you brothers, but the chaos is a big deal. The strength of the enemy we have to face is far beyond the comparison of those bandits and bandits in the past. Although our Anmin Army has strict military discipline, well-trained and strong combat power, it ultimately suffered a loss in the number of people, so it must be compensated for it in the arms."
"Well, it's good. Fortunately, all the progress in the Five Wolf Valley is going smoothly. It is estimated that before the chaos comes, it will be enough to build a group of excellent arms."
Zhang Yong is familiar with this situation, so he is quite confident.
"Well, of course, there is no need to worry about this, but it is still not enough. We thought about forming cavalry at the beginning, but it was limited by various conditions and has not been realized. Now that we have more than two million coins in hand, I decided to take out a sum of money, purchase a hundred war horses, and select 150 cavalry for training first in case of emergencies. In addition, recruit more blacksmiths to speed up the progress in the Five Wolf Valley."
Now that Langdiao County is snowing heavily, the snow in the mountains is even heavier, ore mining in Wulang Valley has been suspended, and several blacksmiths have to rest for a while.
I don’t know when the heavy snow will stop completely. The time has become increasingly tense. An Minjun has more than 3,000 sets of weapons. If he doesn’t hire more blacksmiths to help, he may not be able to build it in another half a year.
"Don't worry, brother, I asked Qian Li to do the recruitment of blacksmiths early this morning. As for purchasing horses, it's a bit difficult. The horse merchant in Langdiao County has few horses, but the price is not cheap."
Zhang Yong frowned and said.
Liu He also knew about this, but he couldn't think of a good idea for a while.
There are Malaysian merchants in Jinyang City, but they have been in contact with the governor's office all year round, so they are afraid that they will not look down on the business in their small county town.
At this time, Cheng Liang spoke: "Brother, buying a horse reminds me of two people."
"Oh? Can I know Ma Shang any more?" Liu He looked at Cheng Liang with interest.
"Haha, there is no question of knowing each other. My elder brother knows that I am from Zhongshan, Jizhou. There are two horse merchants in my hometown, both from Youzhou and our Bingzhou. They have many war horses in their hands and good looks. I saw them when I was in the army in Shouyang County in my early years. I really want to talk about Zhang Ding and Zhang Shiping, and I still have some relatives with me, but they are too long apart, so everyone has no longer taken it seriously."
Chapter completed!