Although most of the people who were exchanged for food by Yuan Shu were the most ordinary, among the more than a thousand people, Wei Xiuer and others finally identified more than 10 craftsmen of various types.

Of course, Yang Rui designated Yuan Shu to use various personnel to exchange materials, not just to find various talents from them. In fact, the population itself is also a huge wealth. I am afraid that only Yuan Shu would do this if he exchanged 100 kilograms of grain for one.

These refugees will immediately become different in Yang Rui's hands. With the basic supply of food and clothing, refugees will be able to live safely quickly. This kind of security system is already very proficient within Yang Rui's jurisdiction.

After the basic living security is met, most of the people who have settled down can live well and create more value.

Under the current game background, the strength of one force depends to a large extent on the number of people under its jurisdiction, whether it is food supply or military recruitment. This is the most fundamental reason why Yang Rui made this strategy.

And all kinds of craftsmen are considered unexpected surprises. Most of them will be sent directly to workshop industrial bases in various places, and the value they can create will be greater.

However, the strategic significance of the population in the jurisdiction is reflected in the long run. Conversely, for Yuan Shu, the number of refugees in his jurisdiction has decreased rapidly, the burden will decrease accordingly, and the order will increase accordingly.

Therefore, in the short term, Yuan Shu exchanged some useless refugees for Yang Rui for supplies, which not only did not have a negative impact on the surface, but also had some benefits.

After the first test, Yuan Shu's agent immediately returned to the territory to raise a larger population exchange. At the same time, he also informed Yuan Shu of the relevant matters in the form of letters and asked someone to transport the food and food back to Shouchun.

Not to mention its series of operations, such transactions continued from now until the end of the plot of Yuan Shu’s predecessor to the emperor.

However, Yang Rui and Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu all maintained a state of war. It was a bit troublesome to just maintain the state, and they needed to take down a town territory of the other party within 7 days.

Fortunately, Yang Rui had several naval forces, and his troops were more flexible in mobilizing, and he did not need to be occupied all the time after he took over the other party's territory. It was completely okay to give up the territory directly.

Originally, Yang Rui wanted to take the lead in solving the troops of Liu Bei in Xuzhou and occupy all the territory of Liu Bei. The remaining Yuan Shu's territory in Xuzhou was not a big obstacle. Before the leading plot ended, Yang Rui would definitely be able to capture the entire Xuzhou.

After that, Yang Rui could free up his hands to deal with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu, and use the leading plot to consume as much power as possible to prepare for the third large-scale system plot. Finally, he declared war on Yuan Shu, and while capturing Xuzhou, he also expressed his position.

However, although Yang Rui's abacus was good, it was difficult to implement it. First of all, Liu Bei's level was not easy to pass.

It is not that Liu Bei's military strength is so strong, but Yang Rui ignored the role of Chen Deng and his son. At first, Yang Rui did not expect that Chen Deng and his son would govern Guangling County so vividly, laying a very solid foundation for Liu Bei to have in Guangling County.

Furthermore, after Liu Bei retreated to Guangling County, he has been using the county's developed water system to expand the moat and the city's water system. At the same time, after the leading plot, heavy rains near Guangling County have occurred for several days, making the war even more difficult to carry out.

Yang Rui's plan to quickly defeat Liu Bei was difficult to implement at this time. He still involved a large number of troops in Gaoshan City, Dongyang City, Gaoyou City and Ping'an City. Yang Rui wanted to attack Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu at the same time, but his manpower was also very insufficient.

Therefore, Yang Rui had to choose to change his strategy against Liu Bei, change the way the army confronted each other to the water surface blockade, and return the six wives outside Ping'an City and Gaoyou City to Jiwu County.

Yang Rui retained only Xu You and 200,000 troops in the east direction. He only defended but did not attack the seven men in the west direction. He still maintained an advance attitude, but in the overall strategy, he only defended but did not attack, and he could deal with the situation where other directions might be immortal at any time.

The main responsible for the blockade was Gan Ning and its subordinates.

At this time, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Chen Deng, father and son, were in a long-term confrontation with the developed water system of Guangling, as well as the accumulated materials and people's hearts.

However, its water power is far inferior to that of the Ganning Navy. Not to mention the water generals, troops, etc., the gap between Liu Bei and Yang Rui's armies is not a little bit or two in terms of ship equipment.

As for the large ship alone, at this time, the number of building ships in Yang Rui's hands had exceeded 170, which were almost evenly distributed among the three naval armies of Ganning, Fang Lan and Taishici. The number of building ships in Ganning was nearly 60.

Moreover, more than two-fifths of these building ships have been installed in Mohist equipment. Needless to say, 15 new building ships have been assembled before delivery, including a batch of building ships initially equipped, which have also been successively upgraded with equipment in recent times.

Among the Gansu Navy, the total number of other small ships such as turrets, bucket ships and large and medium-sized transport ships exceeded 160, and the number of small ships of various types such as Ge Ships is even greater.

In total, the Ganning Navy controlled about 400 ships, and the Taishici Navy also had similar scale and combat power. Only Fang Lan Navy had a scale of less than the size of all forty or fifty tower ships, and their combat power should not be underestimated.

Ganning has about 400 ships of various types, but in fact, it can blockade the last five counties in Guangling County, Xuzhou occupied by Liu Bei. At least on major traffic roads such as rivers and lakes, it can achieve key control.

The developed water system of Guangling County is conducive to Liu Bei's defense, but it is actually conducive to the implementation of the Ganning Naval Army's troops and blocking waterways everywhere.

Originally, the water transportation in Guangling County was the most important way of transportation. However, as soon as the Ganning tribe arrived, they controlled all the transport ships seen in the waters and gathered them together. Some of them even sank or destroyed them directly.

Water transportation in the five southern counties of Guangling County began to be completely paralyzed, tax rate transportation was blocked, and land transportation was also implicated. Under the developed river and lake water network, Gan Ning tribes that could be seen everywhere would jump ashore at any time, threatening land safety.
Chapter completed!