One.
Previously, Yang Rui had discussed with Liu Xie about taking out a large area around the Large Auction House, roughly one-sixteenth the size of Luoyang's imperial city, as a place to conduct business. Any merchant alliance member who was willing to purchase the land would have the right to set up shop in Luoyang's imperial city.
Most of the area around the Large Auction House was an empty plaza. Yang Rui had no intention of changing this layout. Back when Luoyang's imperial city was flourishing, the plaza had been packed with people. Yang Rui did not expect to see such a scene again.
Yang Rui's main focus was the buildings around the plaza. Regardless of whether they were residential buildings, the Han Dynasty's offices, or even the residences of the civil and military officials, Yang Rui had coordinated with Liu Xie to move all of them away.
At this time, there were plenty of empty buildings and establishments in Luoyang's imperial city. After changing owners several times, many of them had long since been emptied. It was entirely possible to relocate a few people. In fact, Liu Xie had only given Yang Rui a few words to settle down in the imperial city.
Previously, Yang Rui had spent nearly 100,000 East Sea Gold Coins to support the Han Dynasty and its civil and military officials. Just obtaining this piece of Land would definitely earn him many times more than that. Even the current value of this piece of Land would definitely be much higher than that.
Most of the buildings around the plaza were for business purposes. There were plenty of shops and such. However, due to Luoyang's desolation, most of them had long since closed down. Yang Rui decided to temporarily use these buildings. In the future, when necessary, he might need to mobilize NPCs to redesign and reconstruct the buildings.
However, he could still make do with them for now. Yang Rui planned to auction off a total of 360 of these buildings at the Merchant Alliance's trade fair. The auction would be held in the Large Auction House.
On the other hand, Yang Rui had already chosen a building opposite the Large Auction House as the venue for the Merchant Alliance's activities. It was a large inn from before. When Cao Cao occupied Luoyang's imperial city, it was no longer in business. The owner had already fled to some unknown location.
At this moment, Yang Rui's side had already occupied ten spots in the Merchant Alliance, including A Pint of Incense, the Wei Family's transport team, the Steed Trading Company, and so on. They included several main production resources and goods.
Yang Rui felt that the construction of the Merchant Alliance was far from enough. He had already entrusted Ren Sisi with learning and managing various aspects of the game's business and finance. However, it was obvious that they were still lacking in strength.
Yang Rui had also considered hiring more real-life players, but in the end, he gave up. To Yang Rui, he was already at the forefront of all the civilized regions and had opened up a considerable gap. If players from other civilized regions wanted to replicate the same model, they would not have the corresponding strength and conditions for a long time.
Therefore, what Yang Rui needed to do was not to blindly advance. Instead, he needed to maintain this advantage. Yang Rui chose the safest way and rejected almost all help. He would rather walk slowly than take a risk and fall.
While planning and building the Luoyang Imperial City Trade Center, as well as the operation of the Merchant Alliance's internal trade fair, Yang Rui also focused most of his energy on the crusade against Yuan Shao.
Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Xun You, Sun Qian, and the others arrived a little later. After dealing with a series of matters, Yang Rui used the Flying Carpet to bring them to Luoyang's imperial city. It took nearly two game days. Fortunately, the souls in the small storage ring could still be used. Otherwise, Yang Rui would not have been able to complete it even if it took twice as long.
At this moment, due to the restriction of teleportation within his jurisdiction, Yang Rui could no longer gather all of his subordinates for a discussion like he did when he was attacking Cao Cao. Therefore, he could only summon some of the main strategists and generals through the Void Spirit Ninja.
This included Xu You, Ju Shou, and Chen Lin, who had once belonged to Yuan Shao's camp, as well as Han Dai and Han Fu, who had once occupied Ji Province. After all, they were relatively more familiar with the situation in Ji Province. Moreover, Yang Rui intended to comfort Xu You, who had not been put in an important position.
After Yang Rui brought them to Luoyang's imperial city, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, Gan Ning, Guan Hai, Dian Wei, Nan Lou, and Suli, who were originally in Si Li Province, were also replaced by Yang Rui. It took more than half a day.
Yang Rui's subordinates were the most suitable to be the main attackers. Although many of them were also good at defending cities, it was somewhat inappropriate to put them in Si Li Province to defend the city. It would be difficult for the remaining subordinates to gather a strong force to attack Yuan Shao.
When Yang Rui picked up Cheng Yu and the others, he had already brought over most of the generals in Pingyuan City, Puyang City, and the other cities near Ji Province. He had replaced Zhao Yun and the others with Han Hao, Wu Anguo, Bian Xi, Su Puyan, Fu Luo Han, and Que Ji.
The only generals who originally belonged to the northern mobile corps were Du Yang of Pingyuan City and Liu Ba of Puyang City. Yang Rui planned to have the two of them be in charge of the logistics and logistics when the battle against Yuan Shao began.
Yang Rui did not only arrange for Han Hao and the others in Si Li Province. After all, Cao Cao's territory had just been seized. After discussing the matter of attacking Yuan Shao, Yang Rui planned to have Cheng Yu and Xun You stay in Si Li Province to be in charge of the administration of the new territory.
As for the direction of Henei Prefecture, Yang Rui planned to hand it over to Gao Shun, Ju Shou, Chen Lin, and Huang Zhong and his daughter who were still stationed there. At the same time, Yang Rui planned to bring Xu You, Han Dai, and Han Fu to Ji Province to attack Yuan Shao. The three of them would be able to exert their full strength against Yuan Shao.
However, with Ju Shou and Chen Lin's personalities, this might not be the case. Yang Rui even had two former subordinates of Yuan Shao who had not yet submitted to him — Tian Feng and Xun You. Because of their strong personalities, Yang Rui had repeatedly asked Ju Shou, Chen Lin, and Han Fu to persuade them to surrender. However, the two of them had always refused. Yang Rui did not know if the two of them would still be stubborn when their old master, Yuan Shao, was destroyed.
Yang Rui had more than two or three captives that could be considered important, including Yuan Shao's, Cao Cao's, the other feudal lords', and the Wo Nation's. In fact, he had a lot of captives. However, it was difficult to persuade them to surrender in a short period of time, so they were wasted there.
If Yang Rui did not have the small black pill from Zhang Rang, as well as places like Sky City and Mount Tai's Secret Realm that could store a large number of captives, it would be a big problem to guard these captives in the hands of ordinary people.
At this time, let's not talk about the captives for now. Guo Jia and the imperial guards had always been in Luoyang Imperial City. After Yang Rui gathered everyone, they discussed for more than half of the game day. Only then did they roughly decide on the crusade against Yuan Shao.
Among them, the vanguard cavalry was definitely indispensable. Yuan Shao's cavalry was much more than the other feudal lords. This time, Yang Rui still chose Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Yu Jin to lead the same cavalry that attacked Cao Cao.
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