Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"Wonderful, my lord, this method is wonderful!"

Hearing this, Guo Jia's eyes lit up, and he suddenly yelled, his face full of joy, while Xun You and Kuai Yue were obviously a beat slower, and they hadn't fully understood Li Yi's meaning.

Seeing the different reactions of the three of them, Li Yi understood quite well, because Guo Jia used to come from an ordinary family, and he was inevitably busy with feeding himself on weekdays, but Kuai Yue and Xun You were both descendants of aristocratic families, and they never had to worry about eating and drinking. It is difficult to understand the thinking of the poor.

Kuai Yue asked: "My lord, if that's the case, wouldn't the military vouchers in the hands of the soldiers accumulate more and more, what's the use of this?"

Guo Jia wanted to answer, but after thinking about it, it's better not to show off too much, and immediately looked at Li Yi, waiting for Li Yi's standard answer.

Li Yi smiled and said: "Indeed, normally speaking, the military coupons in the hands of these soldiers will indeed accumulate more and more, and this is exactly my purpose."

"When a person is alone, even though he is poor, he is also unrestrained. He often does what he wants, and goes where he wants to go. Anyway, he has a bad life. Many of the soldiers who surrendered in Yangzhou now have a similar mentality."

"However, when a person has a wife, children, and family property, although they live a happy life, these things will also become their ties and restrain their behavior."

"It is a foregone conclusion that these Yangzhou soldiers have left their families in Yangzhou. I want them to stay in Jingzhou with peace of mind, so I have to tie them down again. It is impossible to just ask me to arrange for them to start a family and start a business. Therefore, I I just want to tie their hearts here through military coupons!"

Li Yi shook the military coupons he had sloppily drawn, and said: "These people have half of the military coupons in their hands every month. In the first one or two months, they may still have the idea of ​​​​running away, but after three to five months , when they are used to exchanging military yuan vouchers for what they need, and they have confirmed that the military yuan vouchers are worthless, and at the same time, more and more military yuan vouchers cannot be exchanged in their hands, are they still willing to leave?"

"If it takes seven or eight months, let alone they leave by themselves, even if someone drives them away, they will not leave, because they stay in Jingzhou. Although there are some restrictions on these military coupons, they can be exchanged for real rice. Food can provide them with life, but if they leave Jingzhou and leave me, Li, the world is big, but the military vouchers in their hands can only be a piece of scrap paper and have no other use!"

"High! My lord's trick, it's really high!"

Xun You also understood at this time, turning around and facing Li Yi was a great gift, he was really convinced that Li Yi could even come up with such an idea.

Kuai Yue on the side also understood the twists and turns. He admired and was afraid at the same time. He was glad that he was sincerely submitting to Li Yi.

Hearing Xun You's compliment, Li Yi laughed. He was very proud, but he was barely humble on the surface, and continued: "This military coupon is just the incense bait in my hand. With the incense bait, the [-] Yangzhou troops who surrendered will be able to pay for it." All of them are for my own use. However, people's hearts are unpredictable. In order to avoid accidents, the bait must not only be seen by them, but also must be eaten by them. Therefore, using military coupons as military salary is only the first step. I still have arrangements in the future. , so that nothing will go wrong!"

Chapter 434 Gan Ning's News

Guo Jia and the others immediately glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "I'll be all ears."

Li Yi said with a smile: "This military coupon can be used as a fragrant bait, the premise is to let the soldiers below know that this fragrant bait will eventually fall into their mouths, so that they will give up their lives for the fragrant bait, so, I decided that when I sent troops to Jingnan in the future, if the former Yangzhou surrendered troops and made meritorious service, I could increase the number of military coupons he could redeem every month as appropriate, and even avoid the so-called punishment directly. Redeem it all."

Guo Jia reacted the fastest, instantly comprehended Li Yi's meaning, and nodded again and again: "This method is very good. When other soldiers see this, they must be envious, and then they will rush to make meritorious deeds. In this way, the morale of the army can be used!"

Li Yi shook his head slightly and said: "This is not enough, because after all, there are only a few soldiers in the army who can make meritorious deeds. Even if most people fight bravely, there are only so many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. If you don’t pay back, it’s inevitable that you will have the idea of ​​breaking the can.”

Guo Jia said softly: "Then the lord wants to"

Li Yi smiled and said: "If I tell the soldiers that in the future when my army invades Yangzhou, Yuan Shu will give the leadership, and Yangzhou will change hands, then there will be no limit to the military coupons accumulated in the hands of all soldiers, and they can be exchanged at will." , Ha ha, what do you think the soldiers want to do most in the future after they know the news?"

Guo Jia's eyes widened, and he said pleasantly: "In this way, if the lord wants to attack Yuan Shu in the future, there is no need to mobilize at all. The [-] surrendered troops outside the city will take the initiative to ask for orders to be the vanguard. in a hurry!"

"tsk"

Guo Jia praised a few times, and said: "My lord will have a battle with Yuan Shu in the future. My lord will occupy the righteousness. This is a three-point chance of winning. There is too much hatred between Jingzhou and Yuan Shu. From the officials to the common people, they all wish to take Yuan Shu. Life, the lord has won peace, and there are three chances of winning, and now the lord has won the loyalty of the original Yangzhou army by ingenious means, hehe, pardon me bluntly, with these three points, Yuan Shu is nothing to worry about!"

What Guo Jia said made Li Yi feel good, but his mind was still relatively calm. Although he was happy, he still asked Xun You and Kuai Yue cautiously: "Do you two think this method is feasible?"

Xun You bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a wonderful plan, and you think there is nothing wrong with it."

When it was Kuai Yue's turn, Kuai Yue hesitated for a moment, as if he was struggling with something. Seeing this, Li Yi took the initiative to ask, "Sir, did you find something wrong?"

Kuai Yue hurriedly shook his head, and said: "No, my lord, Yue Yue was just thinking that at the beginning of this military coupon, most of the soldiers in Jingzhou would take it as a joke, but after a long time in the future, they might be envious of it instead. Those soldiers."

Xun You asked curiously, "How do you say that?"

Kuai Yue reached out his hand to feel in his sleeve, took out a few large coins, weighed them, and said with a clatter, "The sum of these can't buy half a dendrobium of corn. It's heavy."

Then Kuai Yue took the military coupon from Li Yi, and said: "But this small piece can be exchanged for a grain of grain, and it is as light as a feather. Naturally, I prefer the latter."

Kuai Yue continued: "Although Yue is not in the army, he knows that it is very troublesome to distribute military salaries and property to soldiers during wartime, and sometimes even delay the march, but this matter must not be delayed, otherwise the soldiers will complain in their hearts, so, The more I think, in the future, the military pay may be replaced by military coupons. First, it is easy to carry and will not delay the march. Second, "

After a little hesitation, Kuai Yue said: "Secondly, if the battle is difficult, the soldiers can only spend the military coupons in their hands, and they can only fight to the end. Moreover, with the military coupons, they can greatly reduce The number of deserters, even if someone is accidentally defeated and captured, they will try their best to escape."

Li Yi nodded slightly, and said, "That's right, what you said is very reasonable."

Li Yi first affirmed Kuai Yue's statement, and then said: "Actually, I also have this intention, but this matter is too involved to act rashly. If something goes wrong, it may shake the morale of the army. It's a good opportunity, we can try this, if the effect is very good, and other soldiers also expect the general's salary to be exchanged for military coupons, then we will follow suit, if the soldiers don't want it, we can't force it, just the generals Do you think it is safe to use it on those who have surrendered?"

Kuai Yue thought about it and said, "Great kindness!"

The other two also echoed, saying they had no objections.

Li Yi smiled slightly, but he took a high look at Kuai Yue in his heart. He could feel that Kuai Yue had something to say in his heart just now, and if Li Yi expected it to be true, Kuai Yue should have given up the military coupons before. The meaning of developing in the direction of currency is that he didn't think about it, or thought it was too reckless, so he didn't speak.

However, although Kuai Liang didn't speak, his vague attitude gave Li Yi a hint to let Li Yi know that the ancients were not as stubborn and conservative as he thought, just like Kuai Yue's analogy. It was much more convenient than carrying a handful of copper plates, so why didn't he choose paper?

Li Yi thought about it for a while, and felt that it is better not to mention the currency, so let the military yuan coupons go to explore the way first. If the military yuan coupons are accepted by the public one day in the future, they even start using military yuan in private If the coupons are used as a transaction, then Li Yi can push the boat along the way and launch real currency. If few people are interested in the military coupons, Li Yi doesn't intend to take the trouble. Anyway, with his current status, he doesn't bring any Money.

Now that several people have reached an agreement on the use of military coupons, the next step is to discuss the details.

These tasks are mainly done by Guo Jia and the others. Li Yi is more of an audience, and only when he talks about important points, he will occasionally interject a few words, and because he is a time traveler, although He didn't say much, but he often pointed to the point, which made the three of them amazed from time to time.

Guo Jia, Xun You, and Kuai Yue, the combination of these three people can be described as quite luxurious, and after a while, they gave a rough plan.

Among them, there are mainly some regulations, such as the prohibition of counterfeiting, the prohibition of discount sales, and other management methods on the use of military coupons. There are more than 20 regulations. After all, there are about [-] soldiers in Yangzhou, and they are implemented for such a large group. It takes a lot of energy to put a plan into practice.

Li Yi looked it over, and probably felt that it was more comprehensive, so he planned to convene a discussion with everyone tomorrow to brainstorm, and if he was sure that the plan was okay, he would start implementing it immediately.

When the matter came to this point, the few people should have dispersed, but a servant reported that Su Fei had returned from Nanjun and had entered the city, waiting for Li Yi to summon him.

Li Yi thought for a while, and decided to hold a banquet at night for everyone to get together.

During this period of time, Li Yi held a lot of banquets, not because he likes extravagance and waste, but because he hopes that through the communication on the wine table, his small group can merge with the original Jingzhou interest group as soon as possible. Management is also conducive to avoiding internal conflicts.

As for whether to let the two groups of forces check and balance each other, Li Yi hasn't considered it yet because it's too early.

In the evening, officials of all sizes from Jingzhou gathered in the Mansion of General Zhengnan. Because Xu Huang was relatively unfamiliar with Jingzhou officials, Li Yi first introduced Xu Huang to everyone, and he also specially emphasized that Xu Huang was the first one who really followed him. people, even before Jia Xu.

Li Yi did this to tell everyone Xu Huang's position in his heart, and to affirm Xu Huang's rights, so that no one would be dissatisfied with the general who came to Jingzhou suddenly.

Fortunately, that situation did not happen. After all, everyone is a well-mannered person, and with Zhang Liao, Guo Jia and other young people as examples, no one would deliberately despise Xu Huang.

Huang Zhong is rather proud in his bones, but now he has completely returned to his heart, and was told by Huang Xu that Li Yi kicked the threshold off the threshold in excitement that day to welcome him, without noticing it. What else is there to say?

Even if he was acting as a cow and a horse for Li Yi, his old Huang Zhong would recognize it.

After the introduction, Li Yi asked Xu Huang to deal with those people by himself, and he himself called Su Fei, wanting to see how this person is in person, and ask some more questions by the way.

When facing Li Yi, Su Fei was quite nervous. He was just promoted by Liu Biao, but because of Kuai Liang's flickering, when Xiangyang was playing lively, Su Fei just squatted in Nanjun with nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses. He didn't move at all, although Liu Biao had nothing to do with him, but the generals under his command had a lot of opinions on Su Fei, and they often buried him behind his back.

However, Su Fei can't tell anyone the truth. It's been a hard day these days. If Li Yi refuses to recognize the official Liu Biao gave him, and beats him back to his original form, Su Fei feels ashamed to start the show.

Fortunately, Li Yi is not someone who crosses rivers and demolishes bridges. He had a conversation with Su Fei. On the military side, Su Fei spoke in a very orderly manner. Although there were not many amazing things to say, there was nothing wrong with it.

Li Yi felt satisfied, so he asked, "I want to know your ambition. Do you want to continue to lead troops in Nanjun, or stay in Xiangyang and sharpen yourself first?"