It's not surprising that Cai Mao changed his attitude towards Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu is so powerful that there are so many states and counties all at once. Although there is a gap in combat power, the difference in strength is not too big.
In winter, Zhang Yu didn't plan to go to war.
But the South has been mobilizing food and grass.
It's not too cold in winter in the south. Zhang Yu ordered people to transport the grain and grass to different places.
Mainly Yuzhou and Yanzhou, which may become a battlefield in the future and reserve food and grass in advance.
Cao Cao was seriously injured after his failure. After he was sent to Luoyang, his condition worsened.
He had been injured and couldn't get a rest on the road. He came back bumping all the way and almost killed half of his life.
Cao Cao was seriously ill and the whole force was on the defensive.
Cao ang is in charge for the time being.
He called in several important counselors of Cao's group, but none of them was Xun you.
Xunyou was one of his most trusted counselors, but Cao ang had to exclude him from the core because of the Xunyou family's affairs last time.
In fact, Xun you was under house arrest, which had no effect on his daily life. He was followed when he went out, so he couldn't be allowed to leave Luoyang City.
This time, Xunyou, like Xunyu, had a great influence on them.
"Everyone, Zhang Yu is already powerful. He controls half of the country and is rich. Can we have a chance to fight it out?" Cao ang asked.
Cheng Yu came out and said, "big boy, Zhang Yu is wise and has capable people under him. It's not easy to be practical, so our strategy should focus on defense and wait for opportunities."
Jia Xu also said: "defense can consume the enemy as much as possible. Zhang Yu is ambitious and will definitely want to unify China. If he is militaristic, we have a chance to fight out."
Several counsellors agreed to defend and then look for opportunities to play.
But Cao ang knew that it was very difficult. As long as Zhang Yu was alive, there was no possibility of fighting.
Zhang Yu will not be militaristic.
Although he is ambitious, in order to develop the economy and strength, he has endured no expansion.
Now everything has developed. He is powerful. Even if he is militaristic, it is not Cao ang who can hold on.
After thinking, Cao ang said, "I will try my best to persuade my father to form a separatist regime, and then wait for the opportunity."
Cao Ang's most important thing now is to calm people's hearts. Everyone knows that Zhang Yu has gained an overall advantage in this defeat.
Cao ang and they have no good way, they can only try to maintain the present situation.
In fact, they have a great advantage, because there are two big cities before Chang'an and Luoyang, where the population is also quite large and the development is very fast.
And Zhang Yu, braved the wind and snow, went back to Peiping.
Now, the matter has come to an end, Zhang Yu should go back to discuss the next strategy.
On the way, Zhang Yu inquired about Jiaozhou.
"Sure enough, it didn't disappoint me. It took Zhuge Liang more than half a year to clean up the whole Jiaozhou area. Now it's not outside the law, but under my control." Zhang Yu was very happy after receiving the report.
Some and many people commit crimes, or have money, go to the port city of Jiaozhou, or evade taxes, and then indulge in extravagance, or try to get away with it.
However, after Zhuge Liang went there, it was very effective.
With the help of Ling Cao, Zhuge Liang did things very smoothly, especially with the support of a large number of talents from Zhang Yu.
"When Jiaozhou develops, it will certainly contribute a lot of wealth."
Zhang Yu got to know the financial situation again.
This year, of course, his income was not enough to make ends meet. After nine months of fighting, he consumed a lot of wealth, and Zhang Yu's finance was empty.
But he can hold on and recover soon.
Before the new year, Zhang Yu finally returned to Peiping.
Instead of rushing to deal with government affairs, Zhang Yu asked the cabinet to get ready first and sort out all the information that should be reported, and then he would go.
When Zhang Yu comes back, he will spend a few days with his wife and children.
After that, Zhang Yu held a meeting.
After entering the meeting, Zhang Yu sits at the top of the round table, and there are several cabinet on both sides. The difference is that this time, two people have been added to record the meeting.
These two people can not be assumed by any one, because they will involve a lot of secrets. They must be high-level talents and may be reused in other places in the future.
"OK, Zibu, let's report on our government finance first." Zhang Yu said first.
Zhang Zhao took out the prepared materials and said, "Lord, we will collect taxes this year. After statistics, we can basically fill in the military expenditure. Now we owe tens of millions of dollars. It's not a big problem. We can pay them all in a month."
In this war, hundreds of thousands of troops died. I don't know how much it cost. But now, with the increase of the autumn tax revenue and other money, it can be basically balanced. It has to be said that this is a great miracle.
Before the war, Zhang Yu raised a lot of money. In addition, during the war, the cabinet did not move any major projects, so they all saved money.
After understanding, Zhang Yu has a clear idea.
Later, Zhang Yu asked Gu Yong, "how much money can we use in the bank?"
"Lord, although Yanzhou and Yuzhou have a large number of aristocratic families who have put money in, we also need to open the banks in these two states immediately, and there won't be a lot that can be called."
Zhang Yu nodded, that is to say, he doesn't have much cash in hand, but he has a strong ability to make money, and he has more and more overseas funds.
Development, to the back, are net income.
"Well, the cabinet will arrange it right away. I'll build some roads."
Road building is road building again.
Zhang Yu said: "Jizhou and Yanzhou are both rich and well-off places. We must link them up. In the future, it is very important to mobilize troops and economic development."
"In the next year, there won't be a big war. We must use one year to link up all the sites effectively, develop well and reserve talents well."
"One year later, all mechanisms will be completed, and by that time, there will be endless fighting. If China is not unified, it will not be easy to stop the war."
The cabinet has no problem. They are developing too fast to keep up with the talents. What Zhang Yu is most worried about is that the cabinet and the multi department system can not play an effective role. We must take time to sort it out.
Nowadays, all departments are basically staffed, but when it comes to implementation, many problems will still arise.
Zhang Yu asked the cabinet to solve these problems slowly in one year and reserve talents. A year later, it is time for a war.
The princes are also preparing.
Sun CE, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are ready to be emperors, and Cai Mao is also going to be kings.