Taizhou.
Ding Yan was overjoyed when he received the news from Yang Gan.
During this time, Ding Yan has been worrying about the salt road. Since Hezhou cut off their salt road, the price of salt in Taizhou has soared.
At the beginning, each household might still have a little inventory and the like, which could barely survive for a while.
But as time goes by, it becomes troublesome.
Without salt, food would have no taste.
Not only that, but more importantly, without the supplement of salt, the entire life will be greatly hindered.
After the last battle with Hezhou, Taizhou did not dare to attack Hezhou easily.
Fifty thousand men and horses were lost at once, and Taizhou also suffered heavy losses.
While Hezhou said it was about suppressing bandits, how could Ding Yan not know that Zhang Bao was responsible?
Recently, I was thinking about finding a way to deal with Zhang Bao, but I didn't expect that this Yang Gan actually took the initiative to find him.
And from what Yang Gan meant, he planned to unite Shaanzhou and Jeju to attack Hezhou from three sides.
In this case, why worry about not being able to kill Zhang Bao?
Although Yang Gan's troops in Dongzhou are weak and their combat effectiveness is a little weaker, Guang Yantian still has a lot of say.
"Mr. Wu, what do you think about this matter?"
Ding Yan asked his staff.
"Sir, since Dongzhou has taken the initiative to unite with us, we have nothing to worry about. In my opinion, we might as well have people stationed at the border of Hezhou first. In this way, Hezhou's attention will definitely be on our side. , I believe that Dongzhou, Jeju and Shaanzhou will definitely wait for the opportunity!"
"In this way, Hezhou will definitely divide its troops to defend against the other three sides. This is our opportunity. If we attack again, Hezhou will be in a panic. Won't it be easy to win Hezhou?"
"And we have the experience of attacking Xihe County and Beihai County before. After quickly capturing Xihe and Beihai, we will have a huge advantage. Going south will be a pure profit!"
"However, this matter must be kept confidential when taking action, and the other state pastors should also be informed. When everyone takes action, it should be carried out as quietly as possible. In this way, Hezhou can be caught off guard!"
Ding Yan's staff said.
"Okay, as Mr. Wu said, I will make arrangements immediately!"
Ding Yan nodded.
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Hezhou.
During the recent period, Zhang Bao's faith plan has been going very smoothly.
I specially found a famous painter in Hezhou to draw Lao He on the huge canvas of the hot air balloon, and not just one side, but all four sides were painted with Lao He's appearance.
In this case, no matter which direction you look from, you can see Lao He's huge head with melon seeds flying in the air.
The effect is still very obvious.
This time, Zhang Bao went up in person for the hot air balloon experiment.
Although the forward speed cannot be controlled normally, the rising and falling speeds are basically no problem.
Of course, at the beginning, Zhang Bao still tied a thick rope under the hot air balloon to a tree. After the test showed no problems, he completely let go.
Zhang Bao and Bai Fang ascended all the way to the sky, reaching a height of one to two hundred meters. After testing the explosive fuses they made, they found a similar height.
Make sure that the explosive explodes almost as soon as it hits the ground.
The experiment was very successful, but the cost of the hot air balloon was too high, and the production cycle was also long.
With the help of Zhang Bao's hot air balloon, Lao He has become the God of God in Heyang County.
The effect is very significant.
Take the matter of military conscription, for example.
As long as Lao He said a word, the recruitment office was full.
For example, Zhang Bao wanted to build a road in the mountains to connect villages. Everyone was very enthusiastic!
For them, the gods have made a decree, and if they follow it, they will definitely be blessed. If they don't do it, maybe thunder will come down from the sky to punish them.
So they are very cooperative now.
Moreover, there is a tablet of Lao He in every house, so Lao He dare not go out. As soon as he goes out, everyone will kneel down and worship him.
Before, Lao He managed to disguise himself and sneak out to eat in a restaurant.
As a result, he was recognized accidentally.
Everyone put down their chopsticks, Lao He didn't want to eat, they all didn't dare to eat.
There was no way, Zhang Bao could only offer Lao He as a mascot.
Throughout Hezhou, whenever there was a situation, Lao He was carried there, and everyone was honest.
Under Lao He's influence, the entire Hezhou military force expanded rapidly, and now there are nearly 200,000 people!
And the reserve force is sufficient.
Zhang Bao asked Lao He to say several slogans, one of which included: If you want to be rich, build roads first, have more children and plant less trees!
In addition, the food production and the living conditions of each family in Hezhou have improved a lot.
Even if you have many children now, feeding them is not a problem.
All of this is actually due to Zhang Bao's reforms of Hezhou's overall tax policy and land policy.
In Heyang County, the effect of these two policies was very obvious.
After Zhang Bao became the state animal husbandry of Hezhou, he was forced to promote it in Hezhou.
It is also a good opportunity to establish authority.
If you are obedient and do what I say honestly, nothing will happen to you. If you have many opinions, worries about this and that, and even use the imperial court to criticize things, Zhang Bao will put them down and come back. Go farm at home.
What about the imperial court?
No matter what the situation is now.
If this bastard court really worked, when Taizhou attacked our Hezhou, did the court fart?
I, Zhang Bao, am the prefect of Hezhou, and everything in Hezhou must be done according to my wishes.
It was because of Zhang Bao's strength that he had the capital to take action.
Sanhe County, Yueyan Restaurant.
Zhang Baozheng was holding a letter and looking at it quietly.
"What do you think about this matter?"
Zhang Bao handed the letter in his hand to Fan Hanzhong.
After Zhang Bao received the letter, he specially called Fan Hanzhong back.
This letter stated that at this time Dongzhou was conspiring with Taizhou, Jeju and Shaanzhou to deal with Hezhou.
Judging from the handwriting of the letter, it is the same as the last time when I received the reminder from the Zheng family.
In other words, the person who sent the letter last time sent it specially.
"Sir, if it is still that force, I think the content of this letter is still credible."
"Dongzhou may indeed have a motive because of the salt road incident, and this Yang Qian is a proud man and will definitely not listen to what you say."
"On the contrary, this organization that delivers the message makes me feel a little... undecided."
Fan Hanzhong looked at the letter and shook his head.
