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Li Ru reported to Dong Zhuo that Niu Fu led an army to surround Zhang's family. Dong Zhuo was depressed, but he didn't rebuke Niu Fu, he just made an understatement: "This is not a big deal, so why report it to me?"

Seeing Dong Zhuo’s attitude, Niu Fu couldn’t help but rejoiced in his heart, and immediately agreed: “Yes! This is not a great thing, Master Li, you are so okay to look for trouble!” Li Ru guessed that Dong Zhuo might be relying heavily on Qiang people now. , So that Niu Fu was so tolerant, he stopped saying anything, but he was worried. Li Ru felt that the Taishi's move to draw Niu Fu and then the Qiang people was not wrong, but it seemed that it was not a wise move to offend the Zhang family, who had a huge influence throughout Guanlong and Xiliang!

Chen Lang led the army back to Luoyang.

That night, Chen Lang sat alone in the pavilion drinking. Although he was in Luoyang, his thoughts flew thousands of miles away.

Juan'er came over with a few delicate dishes, and placed them gently on the stone table in front of Chen Lang. Taking a look at Chen Lang's expression, he couldn't help asking in a low voice; "Is the son thinking about Miss Dong again?"

Chen Lang retracted his thoughts, smiled, and said to Juan'er; "Come on, drink two glasses of wine with me." Juan'er didn't dare to defy, blushing in response, and sat down beside Chen Lang.

Chen Lang picked up the jug to pour the wine for Juan'er. Juan'er felt flattered immediately, and quickly stood up and said, "Let the slaves come!" Then she reached out to take the hip flask.

Chen Lang didn't give her the hip flask, and smiled: "Which so many rules, sit down!" Juan'er sat back a little bewildered.

Chen Lang put down the flask, picked up the wine glass and raised his head to do it, frowning and asked; "Juan'er, should you say that a truly affectionate and righteous man should abandon everything to save his woman?"

Juan'er thought for a while and said, "The son likes Miss Dong very much. The eldest brother just endured the heartache and put the overall situation first!"

Chen Lang laughed, "You said me too well! I'm not that good!"

Juan'er shook her head vigorously, and said seriously: "Big brother loves his woman more than any man, but the big brother knows that there are so many soldiers and so many people relying on the big brother, and the big brother forces herself to temporarily let Dong go because of them. Miss thing!"

Chen Lang looked at Juan'er and smiled bitterly. Picking up the hip flask, uncovering the lid, he poured it out.

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On the second day, Chen Lang didn't wake up until three poles in the sun. Seeing the sunlight projected from the window, Chen Lang only felt dizzy.

Chen Lang got off the bed and walked around the screen. He saw the hot water to wash his face, the white salt to rinse his mouth, and the breakfast that was being heated on the charcoal stove were all ready. When Chen Lang finished washing and was eating breakfast, Juaner gently opened the door and entered. Seeing that Chen Lang was already up, joy immediately appeared on the charming little face, and he ran up and said, "My son, are you up?"

Chen Lang smiled and nodded, and said, "I am used to serving you, what can I do in the future?"

Juan'er went inside without knowing it, and asked curiously: "Juan'er will also serve the son in the future!"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "How can you still serve me when you get married."

Juan'er's face turned red immediately, and she coyly said: "I, I'm not married!",

Chen Lang chuckled, "Little girl, say something silly!" Then he asked, "What's going on today?"

Juan'er immediately remembered something and quickly said, "By the way, Brother Guan Yu and Brother Zhao Yun came early this morning, and they have been waiting for the son in the lobby!"

Only then did Chen Lang remember the incident, patted his head, and rebuked himself: "I forgot about it!" Then he grabbed a beef-rolled biscuits and ran out of the bedroom while gnawing.

When Chen Lang came to the hall, the breakfast in his hand had already been eaten. Seeing everyone waiting for them in the lobby, they smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I overslept!" Everyone quickly stood up, clasped their fists and said, "Lord (Big Brother)!"

auzw.com Chen Lang walked up to sit down and said to everyone: "Don't be polite, just sit down!" Everyone took their seats back.

Chen Lang glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "This battle is finally over without danger! Thanks to Dong Zhuo for giving us such a good opportunity, otherwise our army would not have achieved such a big result!" Can't help laughing.

Guan Yu clasped his fist and said: "Brother, I have told the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang Army prisoners according to what the big brother said. Most of them are willing to submit to the big brother, there are probably 40,000 people."

Chen Lang nodded, "Okay. Just follow the original plan and reorganize into a Xiliang army. As for those officers and soldiers who are unwilling to join our army, they will all be given travel expenses to let them go home." Guan Yu clasped his fist and asked immediately. "Big brother, should the various military forces be recruited separately?" Chen Lang nodded, "Recruitment can be carried out immediately!" Guan Yu sat down with his fists and promised.

Chen Lang looked at the civil servant at Chen Gong and asked, "How about the reserves of the treasury?"

Old man Ding immediately straightened up his waist and clasped his fists, saying: "There are a lot of spoils that the lord seized from the eyebrows, and now we have enough money and food, and only a small part of it can cover the cost of expanding and increasing troops."

Chen Lang said: "There are two other areas that will spend a lot of money, one is the pension of the fallen soldiers. The detailed list and data in this area will be handed to you soon. You must prepare in advance; the other is the recovery. The cost of Guanzhong, the land of the Three Qin Dynasty in Guanzhong, especially the Chang'an area has been barren due to years of war and chaos. It is necessary to restore Guanzhong to its original condition, and it will take a lot of effort. This will cost you. You have to count it carefully, and let me take a look when you are done." Old man Ding clasped his fists and took his promise and sat back in his seat.

Chen Lang said: "If you count these expenses in, I'm afraid there won't be much left over from the previous seizures." Can't help but sigh with emotion: "The use of money at the national level is terrifying!" Everyone couldn't help but feel frightened. Laughed.

Chen Lang looked at Xue Tong and asked, "How is the tax revenue situation recently?"

Xue Tong immediately took out a booklet from his arms, stood up, walked in front of Chen Lang, presented it with both hands, and said: "This is the tax situation in the past two months. Please look at the lord."

Chen Lang took the pamphlet and opened it to read it, with a look of surprise on his face, and said: "So much?! This, this commercial tax revenue, actually two million two months!?"

Xue Tong said with excitement: "This was never thought of by his subordinates! After the cancellation of many unnecessary tariffs, market transactions have grown at an unimaginable rate. Now the scale of trade transactions in Luoyang City alone has increased compared to a few months ago. More than double!"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "No wonder I was blocked when I went to the city for a few days!" Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Xue Tong continued: "The rapid development of commerce has stimulated other industries, and all industries are now a thriving scene! Although many taxes have been abolished, the overall income is higher than before!"

After reading Xue Tong's report, Chen Lang said joyfully: "Okay! The financial revenue has gone up, and our financial pressure is much smaller than before!"

Xue Tongdao: "Now Guanzhong is dying, although it will cost a lot now. However, once the Guanzhong is restored, it will be able to increase us countless money and food!"

Chen Lang smiled and said: "The prospects are naturally good. But there are still a lot of things to do at present, and this matter falls on you." Then he thought about it: "The first thing to do in this restoration is to The refugees who fled to the Luoyang area migrated back, and you have to start work in this area immediately." Xue Tong clasped his fists and promised.

Chen Lang glanced at everyone and said: "Our situation is not what it used to be, but we still have a long way to go before our ultimate goal. You must not slack off!" Everyone clasped their fists and promised.

After the meeting was over, everyone was busy and went separately. Chen Lang and Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others went to the military camp outside the city to watch the exercise. They saw a brigade of cavalry rushing from a distance, forming a wave-like shock formation to initiate a charge, with a loud boom. The earth is shaking, that terrible power is not like the might of the world, it is just like the mighty power of heaven, unstoppable!

Chen Lang saw the tiger and ben’s iron cavalry like a rainbow. What’s more rare is that in such a charge, he can not only maximize the impact power, but also maintain a certain degree of power in such a charge, so that the cavalry torrent can charge like a real ocean wave. The same wave after wave continues to impact the opponent!

Chen Lang couldn't help applauding, and praised: "Zilong has trained the Tiger Ben warrior into the most elite warrior!"

Zhao Yun clasped his fist and said: "The lord has passed the award. In fact, I think the tiger ben's warrior still has weaknesses."

Chen Lang was surprised, and smiled: "Are there any weaknesses in our Tiger-Ben Fighting Cavalry? Tell me, Zilong!"

Zhao Yun pointed to the tiger's battle cavalry, who had just completed a charge and was changing its formation, and said: "Our soldiers have nothing to say, they are willing to go through fire and water with the ideals of the lord and lord! The armors and knives they are equipped with are also very good. Sophisticated, powerful in close combat, **** war front I dare to say that they can defeat any opponent under the same conditions! But they lack a good horse that can completely match the Huns, which makes our cavalry limited in endurance, and is limited by the number of horses. To achieve the goal of a knight with two or more war horses, it will be even more impossible to make a long-distance attack! Furthermore, our military warriors are not like those nomads, although they have been rigorously trained to defeat any opponent in close hand-to-hand combat. , But the cavalry fights with bow and arrow first. No matter how trained, our war cavalry can’t compare with the nomads in riding and shooting skills. In fact, it’s not better than those nomads who grew up on horseback since they were young. Compared with the Youzhou Cavalry, we are also very different!"

Chen Lang said: "I understand this, so I have asked the Ordnance Yard to step up and improve the cavalry crossbow. As for the war horse, half a year ago I let the horse field cultivate a good horse that takes into account the impact of the Dawan horse and the endurance of the Huns. , I don’t know what’s going on now? There should be some results!"