Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"Window, you, you, people ignore you!"

Cai Yu was dumbfounded at first, but then she was ashamed. She didn't expect Li Yi to tell her this out of the blue. She pulled the curtain and blocked Li Yi out, humming with her little nose. Angry, but the corners of her mouth are curved, and her eyes seem to be dripping water, which is really touching.

Chapter 433 Military Yuan Coupon

After coaxing away the shy and messy Cai Yu, Fu Shou and the others got out of the car and went in to tidy up the new house. There were a lot of miscellaneous things, but fortunately, there were servants to handle them, and it was not Li Yi's turn to do it himself. , having nothing to do left and right, Li Yi strolled to the back of the convoy, he wanted to see how Huo Jun was doing.

Now Li Yi has become the shepherd of Jingzhou, and Huo Jun's elder brother Huo Du has also joined him. However, Huo Du is in South County, and he hasn't had time to meet each other for a while, but Li Yi has a good impression of the Huo family brothers. People are his key training objects.

Li Yi strolled to the back, and saw Huo Jun and thirty or so sergeants standing guard around the three carriages, with serious faces and swords in hand, and all the passers-by walked around them, not daring to approach them at all.

Seeing this, Li Yi was surprised, and stepped forward and said, "Zhong Miao, what are these trucks loaded with, that you are so on guard?"

When Huo Jun heard the voice, he turned his head and saw that it was Li Yi, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "I have seen the lord!"

"No need to be polite!"

Li Yi pulled him up with a smile, looked him up and down again, and praised: "I haven't seen you for a while, Zhong Miao has become more and more calm."

Huo Jun hurriedly said modestly: "The lord is too famous, the general just read some books recently, and seems to have gained a little."

Li Yi nodded in satisfaction. No matter what they were like before, even if they were completely illiterate, after following him, they must be able to read and write, and they must go to an academy for further studies. The effect may not be obvious, but after a long time, Li Yi believes that the overall IQ of his subordinates is definitely a little higher than that of his opponents.

Li Yi pointed to the carriage and asked again: "What's in here, why are you already in the city, are you still so nervous?"

Huo Jun glanced back, and immediately replied: "My lord, the things in the carriage were moved from the workshop behind the prefect's mansion in Wancheng. There is newly-made paper, which is extremely valuable and must not be lost, so I will personally take care of it here if there is an accident in the end."

"Well, good, good!"

Li Yi was very satisfied with Huo Jun's earnestness. Before that, he wondered why Huo Jun didn't come to see him after they all went to the city. It turned out that it was to take care of these things.

At the same time, Li Yi subconsciously thought of Huang Yueying. This girl had already made several kinds of paper for him, and the quality was so good that Li Yi felt that when the world was stable and the people were prosperous, he might just We can try to promote banknotes, because for this era, the quality of paper made by Huang Yueying already has the conditions to become banknotes.

Of course, Li Yi is just thinking about it in his head now, and he needs to make specific arguments on this matter. After all, currency is a big thing, and it is possible to collapse the country's economy by accident, not to mention that he is now Only one Jingzhou is occupied, it is really too early to consider banknotes.

Just when Li Yi was about to give up this idea, he was taken aback for a moment. He remembered what he was having a headache recently, and a thought-provoking idea that seemed to be pretty good was born in his heart.

After a while, Li Yi's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he said to Huo Jun, "You continue to guard here. After the handover, you go to find Xu Huang and ask him to make arrangements for you. As for now, I have some urgent matters, so I will leave first. I'll talk to you another day."

After all, Li Yi didn't wait for Huo Jun to reply, and strode away directly. Huo Jun didn't know why, but he didn't think too much about it, and continued to guard the carriage seriously, performing his duties.

Soon, Guo Jia, Xun You, and Kuai Yue were all told by the attendants that Li Yi invited them to discuss matters. The three of them did not dare to delay, and went one after another. They arrived at Li Yi's study almost at the same time, greeted each other, walked into the study, The three saw Li Yizheng bowing his head on the desk, gesturing and drawing something with a paperweight.

The three of them glanced at each other, feeling a little weird, and were about to salute Li Yi, but Li Yi couldn't wait any longer, and beckoned: "Come here quickly, you three, and see how this thing is."

Guo Jia and Li Yi were the most familiar, so he didn't care too much about it. He immediately stepped forward, took a piece of paper from Li Yi's hand, held it in his hand and looked it up.

Seeing this, Kuai Liang and Xun You also moved closer, wanting to know why Li Yi hurriedly asked them to come over to discuss something important.

I saw that the piece of paper that Li Yi gave Guo Jia was as long as the middle finger and as wide as the knuckles. Li Yi drew a square frame around it with a thin charcoal pen. What kind of flower pattern, although the layout is not bad, but Li Yi's painting skills are really worrying, people can't bear to look directly at it.

Resisting the urge to complain, the three of them looked at the middle of the paper, and this time they understood. On the top was written "Jingzhou Mu, General Li Yi who conquered the South" in small characters. cross together.

Then in the lower right corner of the pattern, there are two small frames, which are empty, but Li Yi marked the word "Inscription" next to it.

Finally, on the left side of the pattern, Li Yi's self-created easy number "1" is written, followed by the word "Dou" of similar size.

Guo Jia and the others were dizzy looking at it. Except that they probably knew that this piece of paper seemed to represent a bucket of rice, it was hard to tell the rest.

Facing the suspicious eyes of the three people, Li Yi said expectantly: "How do you feel about this thing?"

Guo Jia blinked and didn't say anything. Xun You stroked his beard and was still thinking. Finally, when Li Yi's eyes fell on Kuai Yue, Kuai Yue didn't know what he thought of. He suddenly showed shock and looked at Li Yi. Yi looked hesitant to speak.

Li Yi said expectantly: "What did you think of, sir?"

Kuai Yue took a deep breath, cupped his hands, and said sternly, "Isn't my lord wanting to use this thing instead of coins to buy food?"

In the end, Kuai Yue's voice was already a little low, and he was extremely nervous.

Li Yi glanced at Kuai Yue in surprise. Although Kuai Yue's answer was not perfect, in some respects, the answer was not too bad.

Before Li Yi could react, Guo Jia and Xun You also understood what Kuai Yue meant, and looked at the obvious joy on Li Yi's face. The two immediately felt bad, and all stared at Li Yi, as long as Li Yi was sure Kuai Yue's answer, they must try their best to dissuade them.

Li Yi was looked at very innocent by their eyes, and he couldn't keep it up, so he explained to them directly: "I named this thing the military yuan coupon, and it is only used in the army for the time being. Whether those soldiers from Yangzhou can return to their hearts in the future? Maybe it’s time to look at this.”

Seeing that Li Yi didn't want to use this ticket to find people or aristocratic families to buy food, the three of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After all, coins are the foundation of a country. Lose the hearts of the people.

However, when he heard that Li Yi was going to use this military coupon in the army, it was still unclear, so Guo Jia asked immediately: "Forgive me for being blunt, and please clarify my confusion, my lord."

Li Yi smiled slightly and said: "Many of those who originally surrendered in Yangzhou have been divided into other armies. According to what Xu Sheng told me, although these people acted cautiously in the army and did not appear to be disorderly, they usually There are many acts of homesickness, and occasionally some people will cry silently, and then everyone will cry, it can be seen that there must be other means to make them feel at ease."

Guo Jia and the others nodded one after another. They also knew about this situation, but there was no good solution for the time being. Everyone could only hope that strict control would allow them to gradually integrate into the Jingzhou army over time.

Li Yi sighed, and said: "When I was still in Nanyang, I saw a brave man under Gong Du's subordinates, so I asked him if he had killed someone before, and the man replied that he had, and I asked him why he killed someone the first time. Said, because the other party had half a sack of rice grain on him, and he was very hungry, so I saw the man killed."

Li Yi took back the military coupons from Guo Jia, and said, "So, I thought, since people can take their lives for a few catties of rice when they are hungry and cold, can they take their lives for dozens of catties of rice?" Liang, are you willing to sacrifice your life for me?"

Guo Jia and the others were in a daze. They felt as if they had grasped something vaguely, but they were still too hazy for a moment to fully understand.

Li Yi continued: "All my soldiers in Jingzhou have military pay, and Yangzhou also has them, but Yuan Shu is stingy, and the military pay is too insignificant. As far as I know, the reason why these people follow Yuan Shu is either because they are forced or because they want to In the army to eat a full meal, that's all."

"When I recruited these people before, I thought about whether I could use military pay to win them over. But when I thought about it carefully, it was very difficult, because the military pay was too little to impress people, but it also couldn't be given. Too many, if their treatment is equal to that of Jingzhou soldiers, most of Jingzhou soldiers will be dissatisfied, this is also a problem."

"Not to mention, it's not worthwhile and a loss to pay them military salaries. It can't be said that just in their hands today, it will become their expenses on the way back to Yangzhou tomorrow."

"So, after thinking about it, I came up with a solution, which is to use this military coupon to replace the salary of the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army!"

Xun You asked aloud, "The lord is going to give them military coupons, and then ask them to exchange military coupons for food?"

"exactly!"

Kuai Yue hesitated for a moment, then asked again: "But what's the difference between this and directly giving military salaries?"

Li Yi shook his head, and asked back: "Talk about it, the three of you, is it reasonable for me to treat surrendered soldiers even if I don't pay them, or even treat them as coolies?"

Kuai Yue nodded and said: "There are many precedents for similar actions. If the Lord is like this, no one can criticize the Lord for it."

Li Yidao: "That's it. I give them the military salary. Even if it is less, they still need to be grateful to me. Then, if I play a little trick with the military salary, I won't be afraid of their complaints."

Li Yi pondered for a while, and said: "In this way, assuming that each soldier from Yangzhou, calculated according to the military salary of Xiangyang soldiers and horses, can get [-] military coupons per month. Sergeants can use the military coupons to exchange for food or equivalent money and cloth at designated places in the city."

Guo Jia hesitated to speak, but Li Yi glanced at him and said with a smile, "Do you think it's inappropriate for them to be paid the same as the Jingzhou army?"

"exactly."

Li Yi shook his head and said: "It's okay, just listen to me and continue. Although you can get [-] military coupons for a month, because they followed Yuan Shu's disobedience before, this is a crime, and if they are guilty, they should be punished. Therefore, I only allow each month. They exchange ten military coupons, that is, they can only exchange half of them, and keep the remaining ten coupons in their hands!"

"In this way, the generals of the Jingzhou army will not be awkward when they see that they get only half of their rations."