After summoning the civil servants and generals, Liu Jue should prepare to deal with Cao Cao.

In addition to military strength, the most important thing in a war is money and food. If the soldiers run out of food, their morale will easily collapse, and their combat effectiveness will also decrease.

The population in the south of the Yangtze River is less than that in the north. An important reason is that the south grows rice, and the rice yield in the Three Kingdoms of the late Han Dynasty was not high and could not compare with the grains in the north.

Therefore, if you want to increase the population, you must get a crop with high yield.

So Liu Jue exchanged his long-cherished corn seeds in the system store. This thing was not cheap, costing a full 150,000 merit points. After all, it was a treasure that could solve the problem of eating.

In addition to corn seeds, Liu Jue also exchanged the Ming Dynasty treasure ship construction plans and spent 100,000 merit points.

Liu Jue planned to build a shipyard outside Panyu City. As soon as Sun Quan's shipwrights arrived, he would immediately start building sea ships and let Bu Zhi be responsible for supervising the matter.

Historical records show that the largest treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty was 44 feet long and 18 feet wide, which is 168 meters long and 60 meters wide. Of course, this was the largest kind.

Liu Jue is not going on a long voyage, so there is no need to suffer such a big disaster. Just build one with a height of more than 100 meters. When he defeats Cao Cao, he will probably have almost built the treasure ship. By then, he will attack by land and sea. Jiangdong estimates that That's almost it.

In addition, Liu Jue also thought of many ideas in his mind. These do not need to spend merit points, just write them down first.

In addition to these, what Liu Jue needs to consider is Jingzhou's troops.

The soldiers and horses left by Liu Biao, not counting the four counties in Jingnan, totaled more than 80,000. Cai Mao directly controlled 30,000, including 20,000 navy troops.

Liu Jue went to inspect these Jingzhou soldiers and horses. Except for Wenpin's soldiers, they were really hard to describe, just like when he first arrived in Jiangxia.

These soldiers and horses must be strictly trained and the unqualified ones eliminated, otherwise the combat effectiveness will be really worrying.

As for the troops and horses in Cai Mao's hands, Liu Jue thought carefully and let him continue to control them. This was considered a step in his plan to deal with Cao Cao.

Historically, Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi was not only because his soldiers were not good at water, but also because he was arrogant and underestimated the enemy.

Because Cai Mao and Kuai Yue all surrendered at that time and obtained all the troops, horses and warships in Jingzhou, Liu Bei was chased by him for hundreds of miles, and even his wife and son were lost.

So Cao Cao felt that he was invincible in the world, and crossing the Yangtze River to dominate the world was a matter of course. However, Zhou Yu set fire to it and capsized the boat in the gutter.

Liu Jue felt that he should take advantage of Cao Cao's mentality, and he would definitely be burned worse than Zhou Yu.

Now Liu Jue's initial idea is to wait until Cao Cao's troops approach Xiangyang, pretend to resist for a while, and then retreat to the south of the Yangtze River.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue didn't care, but Liu Jue was eager for them to surrender so that he could give these 30,000 troops to Cao Cao, which would encourage Cao Cao's arrogance.

As long as he can use fire attacks to defeat Cao Cao as he did in history, or even burn him more severely than in history, it will be easy to recapture Xiangyang by himself.

When a master plays chess, he must give his opponent one step first. A temporary retreat is nothing, the key is to have the last laugh.

Xiangyang City is tall and tall. If he defends it, Liu Jue is confident that he can keep Cao Cao out and force Cao Cao to retreat. However, this is not what he wants. He hopes to cause Cao Cao greater losses.

In addition to the troops and horses in Cai Mao's hands, the remaining 50,000 troops naturally fell into the hands of Liu Jue. Now the troops and horses in Liu Jue's hands have exceeded the 100,000 troops.

I dare not say that it is comparable to Cao Cao, but it has surpassed Jiangdong. In the eyes of many people, it is already a first-class force in the world, and there are many talents who want to join him.

The next day, Zhang Juzheng, Bao Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Yang Zaixing came to report one after another. Considering their qualifications, Liu Jue arranged suitable positions for each of them.

After a few months, Liu Jue will be able to improve the four more people.

After everything was arranged one by one, Liu Jue, Cai Hao, Kuai Yue and other veterans got along pretty well, at least on the surface.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong also followed Liu Jue to Xiangyang. Together with Zhang Juzheng, Bao Zheng and others, they were able to compete with these veterans.

What's more, Liu Jue is not Liu Qi or Liu Cong. He holds real military power in his hands. There are also many veterans who fall in love with him, such as Li Gui, Liu Xian and others.

After handling the affairs in Xiangyang, Liu Jue returned to Xiling and stayed with Bu Lianshi and Xiao Qiao for a few days. The two women's bellies were getting bigger and bigger, and they were probably about to give birth.

After that, Liu Jue decided to go to Lu Xun to have a look. After all, the Wuxi mineral deposits were very important and related to the growth of the population.

Liu Jue took his soldiers and took a boat directly to the Public Security Bureau, and then went south to Yuanling.

Along the way, Liu Jue could see Wei Yan's soldiers forcibly taking the rebellious Wuxi people into the army one by one.

And those who dare to resist will only receive a beating without mercy at all.

Surrounded by crying Wuxi women and children, they seemed to be their family members. In addition, there were some Han people watching.

Regarding this situation, Liu Jue didn't have much trouble in his heart. He had given the Wuxi people a chance to integrate into the Han people. He couldn't blame others for committing suicide.

Yuanling is very close to Wuxi. When Samoko and others rebelled, they attacked Yuanling City and harmed many Han people.

Therefore, the people of Yuanling did not have a favorable impression of the Wuxi people. However, under Liu Jue's policies, a large number of widowed and unmarried Wuxi women married Han Chinese, which made the people of Yuanling accept the Wuxi people.

After Liu Jue entered the city, he quickly came to the county magistrate's office. Not far away was Wei Yan's mansion. The plaque on it read"Fu Wuxi Zhonglang General".

When they arrived outside the county magistrate's office, Lu Xun and Wei Yan were already there to greet them.

"Meet my lord!"When Lu Xun and Wei Yan saw Liu Jue, they immediately came forward to pay their respects. Now that Liu Jue has become the shepherd of Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang and the others naturally changed their names and called them lord.

"Boyan and Wenchang don’t need to be polite!"Liu Jue smiled slightly and stepped forward to help the two of them up.

They hadn't seen each other for more than a month. Lu Xun was a little tanned, but he had a bit more of a military temperament.

The three of them exchanged a few words, and Lu Xun invited Liu Jue into the house. Yamen, came to the study and sat down

"Boyan, I wonder what the situation in Wuxi is like now?"Liu Jue directly explained his purpose.

When he learned that Liu Jue was coming, Lu Xun guessed his purpose, so he was already prepared.

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