Five years later, in the winter, Luoyang Palace, morning court.

Not long after the court meeting began, Huang Shang received the news that Cao Cao contracted a cold in Wei County and died.

Seeing the civil and military officials in the palace jumping for joy, Huang Shang found it boring.

Another iconic figure from the Three Kingdoms has left, and the world is becoming increasingly boring.

He spent five years cleaning up the pests hiding in the Central Plains, and vigorously developed the Central Plains' economy, education, medical care, transportation and a series of projects that benefited the country and the people, and finally managed all the territories under his control.

The main ground roads and waterways are all connected, strengthening his control over various places.

With the emergence of thermal weapons, there is no longer a need for many troops for war. Through military reforms in the past few years, the Han army is now all professional soldiers. According to the rules of modern conscription, a group of young people are recruited from various places to join the army every year.

After three years of military service, those who perform well will be retained as professional soldiers, which can be regarded as a promotion channel.

Those with average performance will retire and go home, and the government will come forward to arrange jobs locally. If they are not satisfied with the job arranged by the government, they can also go home and farm. Anyway, as a soldier, you can be exempted from agricultural taxes for ten years, and farming is also good.

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In addition, there are a group of students who have studied well since childhood and graduated from university. They will be directly competed by various departments. They will be small cadres or elite scientific and technological personnel.

School education has been going on for many years, and the first batch of college students have graduated and joined the workforce, so what Huang Shang is most lacking now is talents. The days when aristocratic families controlled the government are long gone.

In comparison, although the north ruled by Cao Cao had the support of countless gentry clans, it was just as the saying goes, the roots are intricate and the tail is too big to be removed. Cao Cao wanted to implement policies that were beneficial to his rule. As long as it harmed the interests of the gentry, he would be scolded as a dog and let him

It is difficult to implement it completely.

However, Cao Cao did not dare to send troops to kill them. The total number of private armed forces controlled by the nobles was more than the troops controlled by Cao Cao. Moreover, the Cao family itself was the largest noble group, so how could he oppose him!

But seeing Huang Shang in the south growing more and more, Cao Cao was very anxious every day. Finally, he was infected with wind and cold in the winter of this year, which caused a series of comprehensive disease outbreaks. He was unable to survive the pain, so he passed away.

Nowadays, the entire north is in chaos, with people fighting for power, profit, and liquidation... There are wonderful performances every day.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

Huang Shang directly issued an order to the Luoyang Military Region, Yanzhou Military Region and Qingzhou Military Region: "Fight across the Yellow River and unify the entire north!"

The three major military regions that had been preparing and training for this for five years immediately took action. The new version of the warships lined up in several rows, carrying soldiers and siege artillery across the Yellow River in three ways, one of which went to attack Bingzhou.

The other two groups went straight to Jizhou, each with an army of 50,000, enough to sweep across the north.

Without Cao Cao as the leader, the "gentry group" in the north was simply a headless fly. Facing the volleys of three groups of musketeers, they had no ability to resist and collapsed at the first touch.

In a head-to-head confrontation, the northern army is very brave, but before they can even charge forward, they are beaten to death by the opponent's shuttle. Is this still a game? Why don't they run away and wait to feed the dogs?

When the war reached this point, the northern gentry had only two choices left: one was to flee with their families to the grasslands and make a living on the grasslands in the future; the other was to give up the land and wealth accumulated over the years and become good citizens under Huang Shang's rule.

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After living a stable life in the pass, no one wants to make a living in the harsh northern grasslands. Based on their understanding of Huang Shang, except for those nobles with a bad reputation, although other nobles will have their land confiscated, they can still be allocated farming according to their heads.

The land and the family's money can basically be retained, but Huang Shang's household registration policy means that if they want to have servants to serve them in the future, they can only spend commissions to hire contract workers or temporary workers. They can no longer buy it back as before.

Domestic servants should be beaten to death.

Huang Shang, a man who revolutionized the fate of his clan.

After much deliberation, except for a small number of local tyrants and evil gentry who chose to flee to the northern grasslands, other gentry with a not too bad reputation chose to stay.

Even if the life in the future is a little "harder", it will still be better than going to the grassland to live in danger.

In this way, with the three armies of the Han Dynasty crushing all the way, the territory in the north of the Han Dynasty was quickly pacified.

At the same time, a large number of engineering teams stationed along the Great Wall and began to build a transportation network extending in all directions.

Today is different from the past. With the agricultural civilization equipped with hot weapons, if we are faced with the nomads who go south to clear grass and valleys again, those nomads who are good at conquering and fighting will quickly become a minority group that is good at singing and dancing.

Huang Shang knew that his time in this world was running out, and wanted to leave as many valuable assets to the people of the world as possible before leaving. In addition, he also wanted to teach the young princes some modern knowledge.

At least astronomy and geography must be learned, and the scientific outlook on development must be learned. Education, medical care, the electric power revolution, etc. are top priorities and must be learned.

He has set up a twenty-year devil's learning + experience plan for the young princes. Whoever can persist to the end will be the future successor of the Han Emperor.

Although, he probably won't see that day.

Time has passed unknowingly for another five years. By this time, the dangers of the grasslands have completely disappeared in the north. Under the cover of elegant and easy-going spears and cannons, the ethnic minorities on the grasslands who are good at singing and dancing have found a correct way to get along with the Han people.

The cattle, sheep, horses, wool, milk, goat milk, and grassland pastoral songs on the grassland can be traded with the Han Dynasty to obtain the food, vegetables, tea, salt, cloth and other daily necessities they need. Moreover, the Han Dynasty invented a kind of cotton-padded clothes.

An artifact that allows them to feel the warmth of spring even in the bitter cold winter.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty was really smart and invented many strange and very useful things. Although they lost the ability to go south to harvest grass and valleys and steal women, it was still a good choice to survive in a peaceful way.

The key is that the Han's spears and cannons were so terrifying. In the autumn five years ago, more than 300,000 prairie warriors stayed in that land forever, never to return to the Heaven of Immortality.

The Han's muskets and artillery have also become a nightmare for the grassland people, which can stop children from crying at night.

But it's strange. There seems to be no Han muskets and artillery in Xiliang. They still fight with very primitive cavalry. I don't know what the Han emperor is doing? Aren't you afraid of trouble by the Qiang people in Xiliang?

However, their questions were quickly answered.

In the spring of this year, Huang Shang Yujia personally marched and led an army of 100,000 into Xiliang. After three strikes, five divided by two, Xiliang was returned to the territory of the Han Dynasty. Ma Chao, who thought he was brave, saw that he could not defeat the Han musketeers, and his eyes turned red.

He yelled in front of the battle: "If you want me, Ma Chao, to surrender, unless one of you can defeat me on horseback!"

Facing Ma Chao's desperate roar, General Zhao Zilong, who was nearly fifty years old, stepped out to fight.

Before the war, Huang Shang told him that this would be his last time on the battlefield, and when the army returned in triumph, he would personally remove his armor. Therefore, Zhao Zilong knew from the beginning that this would be his last glory on the battlefield.

There may still be wars in the future, but his military career has come to an end. Even if Huang Shang doesn't care about his great achievements, he knows that he must retreat to the second line, so he wants to burn as much as he can before retreating.

Facing Ma Chao, a man in his thirties, Zhao Zilong, who was nearly fifty years old, shouted loudly and fought with Ma Chao. Guns were going back and forth like lightning and fire, and the sound of gold and iron clashing was endless and very fierce.

The veteran who had not seen a fighting general for many years had almost forgotten that fighting a general was such an exciting and dangerous thing, and before he knew it, he was covered in sweat.

After fighting like this for nearly a hundred rounds, Zhao Zilong was old and frail after all. In addition, he had not fought against generals for many years and felt a little unfamiliar. Ma Chao gradually took the advantage and could only rely on experience to defend.

"well!"

Passing by each other again, feeling the trembling in his arms, Zhao Zilong sighed: "I'm getting old."

"Zhao Zilong, accept your fate!" Ma Chao excitedly clapped his horse and rushed towards him.

As long as he kills the great general of the Han Dynasty, he will become famous all over the world and become a true divine and mighty general.

In order for his divine power to spread throughout the world, Zhao Zilong must die!

boom--

...I am Han Sui a few days later...

As Han Sui died from random gunfire, Huang Shang finally heard the long-lost notification sound.

[Main mission: Unify the world at the end of Han Dynasty.]

[Completed. After returning to reality, you can specify a lottery reward of blue level or above to take away. Since the host only has one blue level or above reward this time, it automatically defaults to 'Spreading beans and forming an army'. 】

[Side mission 1: Recruit Zhao Zilong.]

[Completed, you can take away the ‘Beast Language’ reward after returning to reality. 】

[Side mission 2: Let Luo return home in peace and glory. 】

[Completed, you can take away the ‘Invulnerable to All Poisons (Mortal Level)’ reward after returning to reality. 】

[Side mission 3: When the world is at peace, remove Zhao Zilong’s armor. 】

[Unfinished, the host can choose to complete or give up the task before being forced to return within 24 hours. 】

"..."

Huang Shang looked at the unfinished status of side task 3. This was the first time that there was still an unfinished side task before completing the main task, and it was a very fatal side task 3 that could only be restored to physical and mental condition after returning.

He turned around and looked at Zhao Zilong standing on the battlefield, feeling very lucky.

Fortunately, he was on the expedition himself. Otherwise, even if he returned to Luoyang from Xiliang, he would have been very hard to come back within 24 hours even if he had to work hard and stop. Once side mission 3 failed, he would have returned from a second

Teenagers turn into fifty-year-olds.

Even though his body ages very slowly due to his five-spirit body, after more than 20 years in this world, his body has inevitably aged a bit. From the outside, he is almost thirty years old.

If he really went back like this, it would be hard for him to explain.

Fortunately, there is still a chance.

"Zi Long!"

Huang Shang came to Zhao Zilong on a sweaty horse.

"His Majesty."

Zhao Zilong dismounted and clasped his fists: "Please forgive me for wearing my armor and being unable to perform the full ceremony."

Huang Shang dismounted with a smile and said: "Zilong, do you still remember what I said to you before coming here?"

Zhao Zilong took a deep breath and said with some excitement and melancholy: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Huang Shang smiled slightly, and in front of all the soldiers on the battlefield, he personally took off Zhao Zilong's armor, and finally put a cloak on him, and said with emotion: "Zilong, as the saying goes: On the day when the imperial edict comes back, I and the general will be in peace."

Take off your shirt. It’s been hard work Zilong these years.”

Zhao Zilong's eyes were red with excitement, and he gave a full salute: "Zhao Zilong of Changshan, I am willing to devote myself to your majesty until my death!"

[Side mission 3: When the world is at peace, remove Zhao Zilong’s armor. 】

[Completed. After returning to reality, the physical and mental state is restored to that before entering the world. 】

[Congratulations to the host, all main and side tasks are 100% completed, and rewards will be distributed after returning to reality. 】

[The host can choose to return to reality immediately, or be forced to return to reality after 24 hours. 】

Huang Shang helped Zhao Zilong up, glanced at the soldiers and the great rivers and mountains in the distance, and was in a daze.

These are my soldiers...this is my kingdom!

Hehehehe...hahahaha...
Chapter completed!