The matter about forming a military vehicle camp was quickly settled.

According to Yin Si's calculations, the entire military vehicle battalion has nearly 1,200 vehicles of various types, and it takes at least five to eight people to operate a crossbow cart, so the military vehicle battalion will require 5,000 to 8,000 soldiers. Li Hong said that it is definitely impossible to have 8,000 people, so that only 5,000 people can be given. He discussed with Xian Yufu and others and decided to adjust the number of soldiers in each battalion of the third battalion of the infantry to 5,000, so that the additional soldiers in each battalion could be collected by 5,000 people.

The commander Zhang He led the military chariot camp, Yin Si was Zhang He's marching Sima, and other Sima Zhang Xiao and other troops, and Sima Dingbo of the army were the commanders of the military chariot camp.

Li Hong immediately ordered Qian Gong and Chen Jian to serve in Xianyu Supplement Army, and promoted Leizhong to fake Sima. The three of them each took a unit to fill the vacancy left by Zhang He and others after they left.

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In the big tent, Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, Qu Yi, Yan Rou, Zheng Xin, Zuo Yan, Wei Zheng, Li Wei and Tang Yun sat around to talk about the upcoming Taiyuan battle situation. Li Hong sat aside, smiling and without saying a word.

"Sir, why are you so happy? Let me tell us too." Qu Yi smiled.

"Well, there is something happy to say to you." Li Hong said mysteriously, "A great good thing."

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly, tell me quickly." Li Wei hurriedly urged.

"Zhongyuan made great contributions in this matter and deserves great reward."

"Me." Li Wei pointed at himself in surprise and said, "What great contribution did I make? Why don't I know?"

"We have 2.7 billion yuan now, do you believe it?" Li Hong said with a smile.

Everyone in the tent was stunned, and then Xian Yufu and others understood and burst into laughter excitedly.

Li Wei and Tang Yun looked at each other, secretly shocked. It was beyond their expectations that Li Hong had so much money, but they were also moved by Li Hong's trust. This kind of thing was not his confidant, and Li Hong would never say it. The feeling of dying for Li Hong suddenly surged in their hearts.

Li Wei said excitedly: "Thank you for your trust in me and Wenlong."

Tang Yun was also excited and didn't know what to say, and finally said something he thought was the stupidest, "Where did you get so much money?"

"This money was intercepted by us when Xiliang was greedy." Zuo Yan smiled, "At that time, we thought that even if we didn't keep a little, no one would believe it. Even His Majesty wouldn't believe it, so we left 1 billion yuan. As for how it turned into 2.7 billion yuan, that was Zhongyuan's credit."

Li Wei and Tang Yun suddenly realized.

Tang Yun then said dissatisfiedly: "Sir, I have kept too few, so I should keep more."

"Enough." Zheng Xin smiled, "Most of the stolen goods are houses and fields, and we can't keep them. That's too eye-catching, so I gave them all to Your Majesty." Then he said to Li Wei, "Zhongyuan, before you and the adults arrived in Luoyang, you once told the old man how to make money with money. We turned 1 billion into 2.7 billion yuan according to your method, so you have the greatest contribution."

Li Wei then thought about it and said proudly: "Oh, so I really have my credit."

"This time, thanks to Yuntian's two brothers, we made a fortune." Li Hong patted Qu Yi on the shoulder and said, "This money came in time. With this money, I am very confident that I will resolve the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Bingzhou in the short term."

"The court pays money for war, so where do we need to pay?" Li Wei said hurriedly, "This money should be kept for other things. Moreover, if the adults use this money to fight, they will cause Wuwang disasters and cause trouble."

"I won't talk about this now. At that time, you will know that the money must be spent." Li Hong smiled, "I'm careful that this money is not enough, so I want to ask everyone, what else do you have to make money?"

"Twenty-seven billion yuan is not enough?" Tang Yun said with a big eyes widened, "Sir, what do you want to do?"

Li Hong looked at everyone's puzzled expression and pointed at everyone and asked, "No one of you wants to share the money, right?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Sir, even if we have this intention, we dare not say it." Qu Yi laughed, "But, since we have so much money, can we improve our meal?"

"Don't even think about it." Li Hong said seriously, "If anyone of you doesn't eat with the soldiers and eat alone, let's see how I deal with you."

"Okay, don't say much, everyone think about how to make more money."

"Sir, we don't understand this matter. You should discuss it with Zhongyuan and Wenlong." Yan Rou said with a smile, "If there is nothing else, we will leave first."

Li Hong glanced at him and Qu Yi and asked suspiciously: "Did you make an appointment with Hu Zi, Wuwei and others to go to the military city for a drink?"

Qu Yi immediately turned his face and looked at Zheng Xin.

Zheng Xin was startled and hurriedly said to his anger: "Yuntian, don't stare at me with your eyes. How dare my scout stare at you adults."

"You kid, you are getting worse and worse now, sneaky, let's go and examine you." Yan Rou pinched Zheng Xin's neck and dragged Zheng Xin out with both hands.

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"Zhongyuan, Wenlong, what are the two adults' ideas?" Li Hong asked, "Just make money?"

Li Wei smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir, you have the opportunity to make money right in front of you, and you can make a lot of money."

"Oh." Li Hong and the people in the tent looked at each other and asked in surprise, "Is there anything in front of me? Is there any opportunity to make money in front of me? Tell me."

"Military City." Li Wei pointed outside the tent and said, "The opportunity to make money is in the military city."

"My dear masters, think about it, there are 70,000 soldiers and 100,000 civilians in this camp. These 170,000 people have money now. If we ask them to spend ten dollars in the military city every month, the military city will have an income of one million. And we can earn at least 300,000 to 400,000 yuan from it. In a few months, it will be a huge amount."

"Especially those tens of thousands of Hu people, they don't know what their future destiny will be. Even if they don't die on the battlefield in the future, they can still return to the grassland, but they are useless to take the money from my Han Kingdom. So I found that after they get military pay, they will go to the military city to spend money randomly as long as they have time. The adults give them five hundred yuan a month, and 50,000 people will have two hundred and fifty million yuan. If they can all spend in the military city, we can make millions a month."

Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Xu Rong and others' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Now, in the military city, the soldiers spend most of their money on playing prostitutes and gambling and drinking. The means we use to make profits is rent and taxes, but these taxes have obtained very little, and most of the money is actually made by vendors in the military city."

"The vendors in border counties are almost all concentrated in the military cities around the country to make money. When I was in Yicheng, I heard that some vendors rely on doing some wine and vegetable business in the military city, and they can make hundreds of thousands of dollars in a few years, so the military city can still make a lot of money."

"Look at this time we have more than 100,000 people stationed in the Great Wall Fortress. The vendors in the fortress army city must have made a fortune, but what about us? We can only pay, not get in, and not get a single money."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, agreeing greatly.

"Zhongyuan, then how can we use to make this money back?" Li Hong asked.

"Then I have to ask Wenlong." Li Wei pointed to Tang Yun and said with a smile. "The Wenlong family is a wealthy man in Jiangzhou, Yizhou. He has been doing business for generations. He is very familiar with the art of breeding and is well aware of the tricks. How to make money back? I can only ask him, I really don't understand business."

"Wenlong, do you have a way?" Li Hong asked hurriedly.

Tang Yun bowed confidently and said, "Don't worry, since Zhongyuan has such a good idea, the subordinate will definitely live up to his high expectations and will make a lot of money back."

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After listening to several ways to make money introduced by Tang Yun, Li Hong pondered for a long time and said, "The people of the border counties are very hard, and often need relief from local government offices. Some of the taxes in the local government offices are from vendors. Therefore, Wenlong, don't just want us to make money by ourselves, which ruins the financial path of those vendors. What should we make for them, or let them make money. Everyone can make money, and there are more talents coming to the military city to trade; there are more people coming to the military city to trade, and the military orders (managers of the military city) collect more taxes. If we have done all the business by ourselves, vendors from all over the country will leave the market without profit, which will affect the reputation of the army, and secondly, we will lose a rich source of goods. Thirdly, even the news will be much closed."

Tang Yun nodded repeatedly, thinking about something.

"The vendors in the military city need to live and spend money, and what they think about is how to make more money. Wenlong, if you can make money from them and make them gain a lot in the military city, that is your ability and a safe way for us to continue to make money, what do you think?"

"Sir, wise." Tang Yun said admirably, "My lord's words made the lower officials suddenly enlightened. The lower officials were not as far as the lord's eyes were, and they were all thinking about flirting with small profits. The lower officials should think about it carefully before replying to the higher officials."

Li Hong smiled and said, "I just talk about the matter. I can't see far. Don't flatter you. There is another thing you should pay attention to. Most of the camp prostitutes in the military city have miserable lives. Many people are sent to the military city to be camp prostitutes because of being implicated. Some people are even wronged and guilty, so don't do anything for money. If someone is willing to marry them home, as long as they agree, all military orders must be released and no interference is allowed."

"What if the punishment is not over?" Tang Yun asked, "The Han Dynasty only allows them to return to their hometown after they are sentenced, and there is no such thing as a marriage for adults."

Li Hong smiled but said nothing.

Zuo Yan leaned into Tang Yun's ear and whispered a few words. Tang Yun suddenly realized and then smiled and said, "You have the final say in this kind of thing. I and the military order will only report it, no matter how you let it go."

Zuo Yan said, "I will just talk about this matter here. Just have a clear idea. In the future, the country will be stable and the war will quell. These Hu soldiers must make proper arrangements and cannot let them go back to the desert. Therefore, starting a family and establishing a business is a big deal. If you can do this well, it will be a great contribution to the stability of the border counties of the Han Dynasty."

Tang Yun touched his chin, glanced at Li Hong, and asked carefully: "Sir, do you have more prostitutes in the camp, the better?"

"In recent years, we have been conquering and have no place to live. Let's just follow the situation." Li Hong smiled, "This is a future matter. At present, you should help the army make money, just know other things."

"But without a fixed camp, how can the military city come from?" Tang Yun asked in confusion, "Without a military city, wouldn't it be useless to say so many words?"

"After we arrived in Taiyuan County, we would have to stay for a long time." Li Hong said, "After conquering Jinyang, we stationed in Jinyang Camp, where there was a military city."

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No one spoke in the big tent for a while, and everyone was thinking about the meaning of Li Hong's words.

Li Wei couldn't help asking, "Sir, do you want to scoop up the Yellow Turban Thief?"

"Yes." Li Honghuan glanced at everyone and said slowly, "Although we have not arrived in Taiyuan County yet, I still want to tell you how to fight this battle first. I hope you all can understand my intentions and not be at a loss when doing things."

"Whether it is Taiyuan County or Shangdang County, the terrain is complex and there are many mountains, it is difficult for our cavalry to play any role. Don't expect me to use cavalry to attack the city like the Xianbei people. I will never do such a thing."

"The Xianbei people used cavalry to attack the city, which was a helpless move. They had grown up on horseback. For them, there was no distinction between cavalry and infantry. Whether it was grassland combat or attacking cities, they were all those people fighting. But for me, it was different. My Han country's national power was declining, and the population of border counties was getting smaller and smaller. It was difficult to recruit soldiers who were good at riding and shooting. It was basically a luxury to form a powerful cavalry army. The cavalry in my hands are all Hu people. In the future, I still hope that they will guard the border, so I am unwilling to take it out to attack the city."

"We have 20,000 infantrymen. If we are supplemented by Iron Cavalry, we will indeed have a chance of winning, but the problem is that if they lose, they will escape to the Taihang Mountains. Once we withdraw our troops, they will go down the mountain to cause trouble. When will this situation last until it will end?"

"Zhang Jiao is dead, Zhang Niujiao comes out; Zhang Niujiao dies, Zhang Yan comes out; even if we beat Zhang Yan to death, who would say that another Yellow Turban leader would not appear?"

"Every time we suppress the rebellion, we must displace more people, we must die of hunger, and we must make our Han Kingdom scarred and dying. Do we have to fight, kill, and destroy the Han Kingdom together with the Yellow Turban Army?"

"Sir, we can understand your meaning, but you can't ignore the meaning of Your Majesty and the court." Li Wei said worriedly, "Xiliang's pleading was caused by you, but the final result was a mess. In the end, the battle of Yicheng decided the victory and defeat, so the difficulty of this pleading the Yellow Turban Thieves..."

Li Hong stroked his long hair with his hand and said, "It must be difficult, but only if we are united, we should be able to do it. We cannot all follow His Majesty and the court in the present. We must consider the future of the Han Dynasty, the millions of refugees who followed the Yellow Turban Army, and more importantly, for ourselves and our soldiers."

Li Hong's smile gradually faded and sighed: "We suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Yingtao. Lord Fengyi of Julu County, Li Han, Fu Qiang, and many brothers were all killed in battle. Where is the Yellow Turban Army? Their chief Zhang Niujiao was killed in battle, and more than 100,000 soldiers were killed in battle. What about the refugees in Youzhou, Jizhou? At least hundreds of thousands of people died in war in several months. But what was the final result? The banner of the Yellow Turban Army was still holding, but our brothers were already in ashes, and refugees scattered everywhere were still dying. At this time, what were His Majesty and the bureaucrats in the court doing? What did they do besides celebrating the victory of the rebellion? How many did they think about solving the problem of refugees? If the refugees were not solved, how could the Yellow Turban Army solve it?"

"If we don't resettle the millions of refugees who are stranded on the Taihang Mountains, we will not be able to quell the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army. Not to mention that this year is not possible, it will not work in a few years. There are so many people on the mountain, and refugees from all over the mountain are still rushing to the mountain. Please think about it, when will we kill to finish it?"

"If we count on His Majesty and the court in everything, this battle will never be over. One day, we will all die on the battlefield and no one will survive."

"So I decided to recruit the money, and the money was also used to resettle the refugees. You all know that the Grand Secretary Agricultural Mansion has been emptied by a series of wars. We don't know whether the court can provide us with military funds. Therefore, we can only pay the money ourselves. Anyway, this is also the money of the Han Dynasty, the blood and sweat of the people of the Han Dynasty."

"Sir, if I had known this, I would have left billions of dollars when Xiliang was greedy." Tang Yun muttered dissatisfied.

"How could I know I could live until now?" Li Hong smiled bitterly, "For me, life is something that is lost every day and night. I may die on the battlefield at any time, so I rarely consider these headaches, but this time it doesn't work. This time I have to make a complete break with Zhang Yan while I am still alive."

"My lord means that he wants to solve the millions of refugees on the Taihang Mountains by pursuing the Yellow Turban Army. So, does he have a specific solution in his mind?" Li Wei asked.

Li Hong shook his head and sighed.

"No, I have no clue at all. This matter involves the Yellow Turban Army, Bingzhou Prefecture, the imperial court, and the Han laws, official system, land, population, taxes, and all aspects. In the end, His Majesty nodded in everything. We have no idea how complex it is, and we can only take one step at a time."

"Especially now, I don't even know how to get Zhang Yan to accept the slaughter. Should I hurt him or talk to him on my own initiative? If I hurt him, he might turn around and run back to Taihang Mountain. If I talk to him, he might think that I can't beat him, but instead make things difficult for him. In addition, if I don't fight, what will your Majesty think? If I propose a proposal to recruit him, will your Majesty agree?"

Silence fell into the big tent.

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To be continued...