The Jiaodong Linglong Gold Mine has produced 300 taels of gold this month and is expected to produce a thousand taels of gold per month in the future. There are many gold mines in Donglai County that have not yet been discovered. If it can produce 10,000 taels of gold per month, it can support tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

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"The merchant ships heading to Japan have been prepared in Qu County. This time there are 134 merchant ships. Mi Zhu, the captain of Dongdu, will go to Japan again to preside over trade. The lord of Hirado Castle, Taira Yoshimori, is still in power, and he sent 80 Japanese ships during this period.

Come to Qu County, Xuzhou for trade."

"Qu County and Xihai County are planned according to the port mentioned by the Lord. Among them, Qu County already has a sixth-level shipyard and a sixth-level dock..."

"According to the instructions of the lord, Penglai Port was also built in Huang County, the seat of Donglai County, and Weihaiwei was established to conduct multilateral trade with Liaodong, Korea, and Japan."

"Salt fields are widely spread in every port, and the salt produced every year can satisfy the needs of tens of millions of people. All sea salt is exclusively owned by the government and the selling price is controlled. If the price of sea salt per kilogram increases by ten copper coins, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be obtained."

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After Sang Hongyang became Minister of Economic Affairs, he reported to Chutian on matters related to territorial economic development.

Sang Hongyang was in charge of macroeconomics, and Mi Zhu was in charge of foreign trade. The two cooperated with each other to reduce Xia Liang's burden.

Now Xia Liang devotes himself to taking care of the children, only providing occasional advice and not taking care of the finances himself.

"Let Mi Zhu pay close attention to the situation in Japan and win over the samurai and merchant classes on Kyushu Island. As for the farmers in Japan, just exploit them."

Chu Tian deployed Prince Yan in Monan, and at the same time asked Mi Zhu to pay attention to the situation in Japan and make arrangements in all directions. If he unified the Eastern Han Dynasty in the future, he would definitely attack in all directions and sweep across all directions.

By laying out the chess pieces in advance, it will be much easier later on.

"The administrative seat of Jiujiang County has been transferred from Yinling County to Shouchun City, and Shouchun City has become the center of Huainan. The subordinates have opened up 300,000 acres of fertile land, appeased the exiled people, and recruited more than 20,000 mountain bandits. Shouchun Defense

The army and the Hefei Defense Army have been formed to repair the walls of Shouchun City and Hefei City and build fortifications..."

Liu Fu, the governor of Jiujiang, came to Xiacheng and reported to Chutian about the governance of Huainan.

Huainan is an extremely important territory. The unknown governor Liu Fu managed Huainan for Chu Tian. He promoted farming in Huainan, appeased the people, recruited mountain bandits, and built Huainan into a granary.

Hefei was guarded by Xu Sheng, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan to resist the influence of Tongque, the prefect of Lujiang, from penetrating into Huainan.

"Have scouts been deployed in Lujiang County? What is the threat from Lujiang?"

"One hundred scouts have been dispatched to Shu County, Wan County and other places. As long as there is a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses in Lujiang River, they can be detected immediately and notify Xu Sheng, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan generals to carry out defense. Lujiang Prefect

He led the main force, named the Beifu Army, to attack Wu County in a large scale. Yan Baihu of Wu County and the local alien lords were defeated, and Yan Baihu was captured and killed by the Beifu Army. If Tongque captures Kuaiji County again, it is very likely that he will peek at Huainan."

"He may also go to Jingzhou to increase penetration into Jiangnan."

Chutian had to guard against Tongque's Beifu army.

The Beifu army was powerful and conquered Danyang County and Wu County one after another, and then annexed Kuaiji County and Yuzhang County. Tongque would own Jiangnan, Minnan, Jiangxi and other places, and become a great vassal in Jiangdong.

Although Tongque always held the title of Lujiang Prefect, he was actually an out-and-out Yangzhou Mu. There were few princes in Jiangdong who could rival him.

If the direction of Tongque's expansion changes to Huainan, it means that Chutian will allocate half of its troops to confront it.

Chu Tian would rather he go to fight in Jingzhou than confront the Beifu army in Huainan so soon.

"Guangling County has opened up 500,000 acres of fertile farmland this year, built 13 dams, and opened more than 100 miles of canals. The main focus is on controlling floods. The Huaihe River is the foundation of Guangling, but every year during the rainy season, the Huaihe River breaks out, destroying farmland and countless houses.

, therefore, building water conservancy and encouraging farming and mulberry farming are the key to governance."

Chen Deng, the governor of Guangling County, also came back to report his political achievements.

Guangling County and Jiujiang County actually belong to the Huainan region. They formed the Yangtze River defense line to block lords from the south of the Yangtze River.

"Pengcheng State has vast plains and millions of acres of fertile farmland. The damage caused by last year's locust plague has basically subsided, and we can expect a harvest this year."

Peng Guoxiang Wang Lang came from Pengcheng to report.

The governors from various places have to come to Langya Kingdom to report what they have done every once in a while. This can be regarded as a link in the centralization of power and at the same time accept supervision.

After listening to everyone's reports, Chu Tian made some comments, and then asked the governors from various places to return to their own areas.

The civil servants who can serve as governors have political attributes above 80. They are all respectable big shots, and none of them lacks ability. The only thing Chu Tian needs to consider is the relationship between the aristocratic families and their loyalty.

There was no shortage of civil servants in Xuzhou. These civil servants gave Chu Tian no worries, and Chu Tian could deal with Cao Cao with confidence.

After the Battle of Xiaopei, Chutian took two months to rest, and the injuries of Joan of Arc, Zhao Yun, Gongsun Ao and others were basically recovered.

Joan of Arc's legion of servants were used as cannon fodder by Chu Tian and were exhausted. Chu Tian simply arranged for her to serve in the fifth school of the Northern Army.

In this way, Chu Tian was somewhat looking forward to the third national war.

The Servant Legion is blessed by the fanatical belief of Joan of Arc and is very practical. The Servant Legion only receives half of the military pay, and no pension is required if someone dies in battle, so the cost of war is extremely low.

It is a pity that Chutian can only capture foreign soldiers from national wars to serve for himself. Unless he can occupy other civilized areas, he can continuously recruit servant armies.

At present, Joan of Arc's servant army cannot be replenished in time and can only wait until the national war.

Chu Tian began to dispatch troops to the Yanzhou battlefield, hoping to completely eliminate Cao Cao who was entrenched in Dongjun and annihilate the most powerful hero of the Three Kingdoms.

Xia Liang saw that Chu Tian had not long returned and was about to go on an expedition again, so before Chu Tian left Langya Kingdom, he squeezed Chu Tian hard and then let Chu Tian go.

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In Yanzhou East County, Cao Cao's power was at its most dangerous moment. All the civil servants and generals under Cao Cao knew that Xuzhou Mu planned to conquer Yanzhou personally, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Wherever Xuzhou Mu went, he was invincible. This time, Chutian finally wanted to use its main generals to deal with Cao Cao.

"We must defeat Pang Juan before Chu Zimou arrives!"

"We have fought in the north and south for five years to get the territory we have today. How can we give it to others!"

Cao Cao still wanted to resist Chu Zimou's oppression and swore an oath in Puyang City.

Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xia Houyuan, Le Jin and other military generals trapped in Puyang burst into tears. They had finally gained their current territory, but they were suppressed by Chu Zimou, and even Yanzhou could not be unified.

Now Cao Cao's forces only have Dongjun and Chenliu. Without Dongjun and only Chenliu, Cao Cao is equivalent to a prefect.

"Go out of the city and fight to the death with Pang Juan! Only by working together can we turn defeat into victory!"

Cao Cao made a tragic speech and led his generals and 30,000 troops out of the city to fight against the enemy.

The wind rustles and the water becomes cold, and a strong man will never return once he is gone.

Cao Cao felt like a tragic hero. At the beginning, all the strangers in Dongjun supported him. The development of Cao Cao's power was extremely strong, and it had the potential to sweep across the entire Yanzhou. Until Cao Cao met that man, the development of Cao Cao's power stalled.

, and the territory is getting smaller and smaller, and it is no longer as grand as it used to be.

Cao Cao has been forced into a corner by Chu Zimou and must fight hard.

At night, Cao Cao led 30,000 troops and fought to the death with Pang Juan, Xu Rong, and Hua Xiong who were surrounding Puyang City. His shouts of killing alerted all the civilians in Puyang City!

Pang Juan's troops were at an advantage, but Cao Cao himself was a talented commander and had generals fighting to the death, so he suppressed Pang Juan!

Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to charge back and forth among Pang Juan's army and fought bravely. He was really unwilling to hand over the territory captured by Cao Cao to Xuzhou Mu!

The stray arrow hit Cao Chun's armor. Cao Chun was unaware that the spear pierced the shield of a Wei soldier and nailed a Wei soldier to the ground! He pulled out the saber from his waist and charged through Pang Juan's army with his heavy armor!

"The enemy is determined to fight to the death, so you cannot fight with them!"

Guo Jia heard from Cao Jun's shouts of killing that Cao Jun had the belief to fight until the end, so he persuaded Pang Juan, Xu Rong and others to retreat.

Cao Cao reduced all his troops, and it was a matter of life and death. His officers and men were united, and Pang Juan was not able to deal with him.

The aura of Cao Cao's entire army supported the generals of Cao Wei, and all the generals fought bravely. Li Ling, the new archer who joined Cao Cao's command, shot twenty arrows in a row, killing seventeen enemies, and all of them fell down!

"Withdraw the siege!"

Pang Juan followed the advice of his military advisor Guo Jia and personally led Wei Wuzu to the rear. Guo Jia was obviously insightful. When Guo Jia realized that the situation was unfavorable to his own army, he proposed to withdraw his troops to avoid the complete annihilation of Pang Juan's army.

As one of the top commanders of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was determined to fight tooth and nail with his generals and defeat Pang Juan's army!

Because Guo Jia promptly proposed the withdrawal, Pang Juan's army avoided heavy losses and retreated smoothly.

In this battle, Cao Cao's army only lost 3,000 men and killed more than 10,000 Pang Juan. Xu Rong was unable to use flexible tactics such as sneak attacks under Puyang City, so he could only fight Cao Cao head-on, but was defeated by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao made up his mind to fight, and all his soldiers were determined to fight to the death. They unleashed a powerful fighting force and expelled Pang Juan from Dongjun. The momentum was great!

Not only that, Cao Cao regained his confidence and pursued Pang Juan one after another!

"Cao Cao can still be so tenacious. He deserves to be the most powerful hero in the Three Kingdoms."

Gong Ziwen had been fighting with Cao Cao for a long time, and he was very familiar with Cao Cao and knew Cao Cao's abilities. Cao Cao was different from Yuan Shu. Even though Yuan Shu had ten counties, he was still defeated by Chu Tian in Pengcheng and betrayed by his own subordinates.

But even if Cao Cao only has two counties, there is still a possibility of a comeback!

Unless Cao Cao is completely convinced, Cao Cao will give up resistance!

Cao Cao made a comeback in Dongjun. Guo Jia's opponent was Xun You, who was much older than him. He could only do his best to protect Pang Juan's army and set up suspicious troops.

Gong Ziwen was in a tug-of-war with Cao Cao, losing more and winning less, but he could hate Cao Cao for two years and didn't care about losing once.

Gongziwen retreated to Dingtao, waiting for the arrival of Chutian's main army.

"The Cao thieves are really difficult to deal with, and it's all because of Xun's support."

Guo Jia still called Cao Cao a thief, believing that Cao Cao had the support of Xun You and Xun Yu, so he could defeat Pang Juan's army.

Guo Jia's considerations are basically not biased.

If Cao Cao did not have the support of Xun You, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others, he might have been annihilated in this offensive long ago, and how could he organize a counterattack.

After Cao Cao defeated Pang Juan, he went to attack Le Yi without stopping, hoping to imitate Chu Tian and use the tactics of defeating them one by one.

When Le Yi heard that Pang Juan's army had failed, he gave up the attack on Dong'a County and returned to Jibei Kingdom. He also waited for Chu Tian to dispatch his army to attack Cao Cao.
To be continued...