Looking at Zhou Zhi in front of him, Liu Hong slowly spoke.
"I am Liu Hong, the shepherd of Yanzhou."
"I want to build a shipbuilding yard in Qingzhou, and you will be solely responsible for it. Would you like that?"
Zhou Zhi looked at Liu Hong blankly after hearing this, his eyes full of disbelief.
He didn't expect that he would be reused as soon as he arrived.
For him, being able to build ships is his best job.
After all, since he was born, what he has been exposed to the most is how to build good boats.
"Zhou Zhi, meet my lord!"
Looking at Zhou Zhi in front of him, Liu Hong was in a good mood. He went out and hired an animal trainer and a shipbuilding master.
In addition, he has now taken over most of Qingzhou's land, and the coast of Qingzhou is just suitable for building a shipyard.
The construction of the shipyard is of great importance.
First, you can build a fleet and a navy. At critical times, this is a surprise force that can conquer various states.
Secondly, when the fleet is formed, it can explore overseas places.
He still misses those condiments from overseas.
Of course, it is still too early to talk about exploring overseas expansion. Before the industrial revolution, if you wanted to explore other continents at the sailing speed of ordinary ships, the speed of the ship would be calculated based on the year.
If you encounter a storm at sea, it is normal for the entire army to be destroyed.
Now, he is just preparing for a rainy day, laying a solid foundation first, so that when technology explodes, he can use it directly.
We won't have to start from scratch again at that time.
Building a fleet will take at least several years if it is to be effective.
If you prepare one day earlier now, you will be able to get results one day earlier later.
Of course, shipbuilding is not something ordinary people can do.
A huge amount of manpower and material resources were consumed during this period.
However, with his current financial situation, he does not take this level of consumption into consideration at all.
The money in his hands is growing crazily every day.
There is so much money that I can never spend it all!
If you weren't afraid of currency inflation, you could buy a whole state if you just throw some money away.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is as rich as a country.
He can afford to burn this money.
After returning to the mansion, he arranged for Cheng Yu to meet Zhou Zhi and provide him with all the materials needed for shipbuilding.
After finishing the trivial matters, Liu Hong came to the sand table in the hall.
Looking at the flags on the sand table, Yanzhou's flag has been planted in most of Qingzhou's areas.
It is only a matter of time before the remaining counties are taken down.
In addition to worrying about Cao Cao jumping over the wall, the only ones he has to worry about are Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Tao Qian of Xuzhou.
Compared with Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou is much easier to deal with.
Tao Qian didn't have any great ambitions. Although Xuzhou had strong troops and horses, he was hesitant and overly cautious.
Unless they are forced to do so, they will not dare to attack Yanzhou and give him a way to attack Xuzhou.
However, it’s better to be careful in everything.
"Ziman, pass my order."
Dian Wei, who was aside, listened to the order.
"Let Tai Shici lead an elite army to the Xuzhou border to garrison troops to prevent Tao Qian."
"Yes, my lord!"
Dian Wei clasped his fists and accepted the order and left quickly.
Watching Dian Wei leave, Liu Hong turned to look at the sand table in front of him.
"I thought that one hundred thousand elites would be enough, but now it seems that it is not enough either!"
He sighed, most of Qingzhou fell into his hands, and Cao Cao occupied the remaining three counties, but he was just lingering and dying slowly!
With his methods and strategies, Qingzhou will fall into his hands sooner or later.
If he had 200,000 elites in his hands, he would definitely choose to bulldoze Qingzhou directly and march on Beihai!
However, it is a pity that he only has 100,000 elite troops in his hands, and the rest are only half-finished army soldiers and Qingzhou Yellow Turban soldiers.
Most of the 100,000 elite troops were sent out.
Qingzhou stationed 25,000 elite troops, Jizhou Wei County stationed 25,000 elite troops, Xuzhou stationed 12,500 elite troops, plus the 5,000 wolf cavalry stationed in Bingzhou.
Of the 100,000 elites under his command who have been gradually replenished, only less than 40,000 are still available.
In addition, some of them need to guard various places in Yanzhou. At most, there are only two armies and more than 20,000 people that can be used.
In addition to these, there are only Wei soldiers, Jin Yiwei, these special units, and the 5,000 Qin cavalry who are still in training.
The soldiers and horses under his command seem to be strong, but what if Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Xuzhou attack him at the same time?
One hundred thousand elites can barely support it, and when the time comes, they will have to use field soldiers and yellow scarf soldiers.
In this way, the war situation is destined to develop into a protracted war.
Although he occupies Yanzhou and most of Qingzhou, if he really wants to fight a protracted war, both sides will lose.
In the four states, at least several million people will be killed. This is still the most conservative situation.
What's more, the Han Dynasty and other princes, as well as Yuan Shu of Yuzhou, are eyeing him.
However, Yuan Shu now has Yuzhou and Jingbei locked in a fight, and he should not have time to care about him for a while, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being.
The current strategy is not to attack Qingzhou with brute force, otherwise if Cao Cao is in danger of destruction, he will most likely be targeted by Tao Qian and Yuan Shao.
Regarding the situation at hand, Liu Hong was not in a hurry.
On the contrary, Cao Cao has fallen into a dilemma. Based on his understanding of this guy, he will definitely not wait quietly for death.
Otherwise, he would not be Cao Cao.
Qingzhou relied on Yanzhou and Xuzhou to counterattack Yanzhou, even if it gave Cao Cao the courage.
Then his only breakthrough can only be in Xuzhou.
As long as Cao Cao dares to attack Xuzhou, it will give him the opportunity to send troops.
When the time comes, we can naturally seize Xuzhou with Cao Cao and kill the old boy Tao Qian first.
As long as it can annex half of Xuzhou, plus half of Qingzhou, and Yanzhou.
He can be regarded as holding the land of two states, and can be said to be the largest prince today!
At that time, if Cao Cao is killed, it will only be a matter of time before he holds the land of the three states and annexes the world.
He didn't believe it. Then someone named Sima would appear, who could survive better than him and could survive him to death.
"Ha ha!"
After analyzing the current situation clearly, Liu Hong laughed loudly and returned with his hands behind his back.
As soon as I got home, I immediately pampered the female members of the noble family.
As the saying goes, a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief.
Although his wives and concubines are all stunning in the world, he still prefers to pamper these noble women in his spare time compared to his own wives and concubines.
While he was being whipped, he thought of the nobles who were against him and looked at the noble women below who were enjoying themselves, and there was a strange feeling lingering in his heart.
After a night of continuous whipping, Liu Hong returned to the room until the early morning, not forgetting to give Cai Wenji, Diao Chan and the others something sweet to taste.
The next day.
Liu Hong was exercising in the courtyard on a regular basis when he suddenly remembered something.
“It’s time to refresh your luck value!”
I glanced at the system panel and it was indeed refreshed.
pS: Before you know it, a year has passed. I hope everyone will make a lot of money in the new year and prosper in the Year of the Dragon.
In addition, in the new year, let’s ask for some gifts from everyone. Hehe, I hope brothers can order some for free, thank you.
