Chapter 1 Three years later

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, three years have passed. In these three years, a lot of things have happened. First of all, after people's hard construction, Youzhou has undergone great improvements. The city has been completely renewed, and the grain has also been harvested. People's lives have been greatly improved. Because of the bumper harvest, people's grain has been surplus, so the livestock industry has also developed tremendously. The development of the livestock industry has driven the development of side businesses, and the development of side businesses has promoted the development of industry and commerce. Now there are various workshops everywhere in Youzhou. Under the leadership of Liu Bin, Youzhou's business has developed rapidly, and merchants from all over the world have continued to flock to Youzhou, which has promoted the increase in tax revenue. The increase in tax revenue and the stability and prosperity of Youzhou have finally allowed Liu Bin to get rid of the constraints of financial tension. He has once again expanded his army. Now the army under his command has reached 100,000. The several counties he controls now have been fully controlled by him.

Almost every army under Liu Bin's command has been fought on the grassland, and with hard training, each one can be regarded as an elite soldier. And the young generals have also gradually cultivated their military talents through actual combat. Liu Bin feels that the Youzhou Army is now the veritable number one army in the world, the Southern and Northern Army of the imperial court, and is no match for the Youzhou Army. The navy trained by Gan Ning has also achieved its first effect. Now they have often violated long voyages and carried out military training. They have also begun to wipe out some pirates and other pirates. When the navy was formed, Liu Bin also formed a sea caravan to open up the maritime market. Now their caravans have started doing business with Chaoxuan and the Japanese islands, and even arrived far away.

The islands of the South China Sea even joined some Western caravans. You should know that during the Han Dynasty, in addition to the Silk Road on the road, a maritime Silk Road was also opened, so Liu Bin's caravans were so big. The inter-market city on the grassland had already begun to operate. Liu Bin named Pegasus City. The beginning of the inter-market market allowed most livestock transactions on the grassland to be carried out here. Wuheng people, Xianbei people, and even the Huns all came here to trade. Liu Bin almost controlled the transactions on the entire grassland. In addition to obtaining a large amount of taxes and increasing the finances, Liu Bin also controlled the circulation of horses on the grassland to the Central Plains. Now it is difficult to buy a horse in the Central Plains. Even if the imperial court wants to buy horses, it must be through Liu Bin to buy them.

Horses are strategic materials in this era. If Liu Bin can really control the horse transactions, the world will be in chaos in the future and those princes will be in trouble if they want to form cavalry troops. Then their cavalry will be invincible. It will be much easier for them to unify the world. Moreover, although there have been no major wars in recent years, the world is still not peaceful and the people are safe, and natural disasters are still constantly, and the people are displaced. Liu Bin's Youzhou openly recruits refugees.

As long as the people arrive in Youzhou and register, they can be distributed to land, the government also allocated food, and they can also work in workshops to make money. Therefore, many homeless or displaced people are willing to rush to Youzhou to live. The total population of Youzhou has exceeded 4 million. It is almost the same as the population of Jizhou. And this number is still rising. This number still refers to the counties controlled by Liu Bin. It does not include

In addition, Liu Bin has trained those flying eagles and carrier pigeons, and through caravans, there are secret stations all over the country, and the troops and intelligence organizations have also begun to use these communication methods. Moreover, Liu Bin's three intelligence organizations have also developed rapidly, especially through the last intelligence organization, he has contacted the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, and secretly supported them and began to control them. As long as the time is right, Liu Bin can absorb and transform these people and become his subordinates. In addition, Gongsun Zan has been much more honest in recent years. After Liu Bin's power rested, thousands of Gongsun Zan's soldiers disappeared mysteriously, so Gongsun Zan was a little afraid to act rashly. Especially after marrying the Wuheng people, Gongsun Zan's territory was sandwiched between the Liu Bin and Wuheng people. Naturally, he did not dare to do anything unwise. He could only try his best to expand his power, recruit soldiers and expand his army.

In addition, Emperor Ling of Han has been living a very comfortable life over the years. Liu Bin has shares with the people on the grassland. In addition, he has sold official positions and titles over the years, so he naturally has a lot of money. In addition, he has lived a longer life, so he has been practicing according to the health preservation methods taught by Liu Bin. So although he has been extremely debauchery in the past two years, his body has been able to maintain it. So now Liu Bin can still develop his own power with peace of mind. As long as Emperor Ling of Han does not die, the chaos in the world will be postponed. In addition, Zhang Rang and others also maintain close contact with Liu Bin. Now the general He Jin is becoming more and more arrogant. In order to maintain their power, they have to rely on Liu Bin to fight against He Jin. They have now wanted to transfer Liu Bin to the tune of Liu Bin.

It means going to the central government. He Jin has the support of Gongsun Zan, and Liu Bin deliberately low-key and developing his own power in the past two years, and seems to have no idea about the court, so He Jin began to disagree with Liu Bin. As the two princes grew older, He Jin traditionally asked Emperor Ling of Han to be the prince as soon as possible. Although Emperor Ling of Han did not like Liu Bian and was more worried that He Jin's power would increase greatly, he could not completely refuse for so many ministers of civil and military, so he could only delay this order. He hoped that Liu Bin would confront He Jin as soon as possible and not let He Jin be so arrogant. The forces around Liu Bin. The Jizhou Mu had already been transferred to the central government. The new Jizhou Mu was Liu Yu, a relative of the Han family. The Bingzhou Mu was Ding Yuan.

Liu Yu originally wanted to be the governor of Youzhou, but with Liu Bin, he had to be the governor of Jizhou, but he was still very happy. After all, Jizhou is the largest state in the world and is relatively wealthy, and is much stronger than the bitter and cold place like Youzhou. Although Youzhou has developed rapidly in recent years, most people still think that Jizhou is stronger than Youzhou. Liu Yu is also very happy to take office in Jizhou. Liu Bin is also very happy about this situation. Ding Yuan and Liu Yu are not the kind of ambitious people, especially Liu Yu. He is not the kind of strong person. With such a person as a neighbor, Liu Bin can develop with confidence. And Ding Yuan doesn't have to worry, although he has a very ambitious person.

Lu Bu, but Liu Bin doesn't care much about Lu Bu at all. Although Lu Bu's martial arts are superb, he may not be his opponent. Besides, Lu Bu is just a brave man and will not play any role in the overall situation. He will not care about him at all. By then, the world will be in chaos, Ding Yuan will enter the capital, and Bingzhou will be his territory. After all, he is also a dignified King of Jin, and his own dilemma will be in Bingzhou. Bingzhou has no leader, so he won it in minutes? Liu Yu from Jizhou believes that he dare not be an enemy of him. Moreover, Liu Yu is a good man in history. He is also his fellow disciple now, so he naturally depends on some face.

Liu Yu's position in Jizhou has disadvantages and advantages for Liu Bin. The advantage is that he can help him block the princes in the south, attract the attention of the princes, develop with peace of mind, wait for an opportunity to enter the grassland, expand territory and expand territory. The disadvantage is that Jizhou is a must-pass place for Youzhou to go south. Liu Yu is in Jizhou, so he has no excuse to annex Jizhou. If he wants to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, it will be much trouble for him to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains. However, there is an unexpected situation in heaven, and God knows whether Liu Yu will be overwhelmed by something, so there is no need to worry about this. Anyway, he has time. As long as someone does not unify the world, gathers the strength of the whole country to attack Youzhou, with Youzhou's current strength, it can be competent. Moreover, if you want to unify the world, there is no need to think about them at all.
Chapter completed!