The actions of the system's Forbidden Soldiers had disrupted Yang Rui's plan to attack Cao Cao. It was also impossible for him to target Yuan Shao in the north. Thus, Yang Rui decided to stay in Xu Province for the time being to deal with the unfinished business.
However, the annual famine mentioned in the system announcement was indeed quite serious. Previously, Emperor Liu Xie in Chang 'an City of Yongzhou had personally taken care of the disaster relief. It could be said that other than Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, and a few other prefectures, the situation of the other prefectures was not optimistic.
This could be seen from the changes in the price of food in the game.
The Yellow Turban Uprising was also a year of famine. At that time, the price of food was generally 20 to 40 copper coins per unit. The highest price was only 50 to 60 copper coins per unit.
However, the current price of food often hovered above 70 to 80 copper coins per unit. It was normal for it to exceed 100 copper coins per unit. In some remote areas, the price of food would sometimes exceed 200 copper coins. It was several times higher than during the Yellow Turban Uprising.
In terms of monetary benefits, the increase in food prices was a good thing for Yang Rui. Currently, due to the implementation of the farm system and the resource exchange system in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, food production was already very abundant. Apart from some reserves, most of the food was used for export.
According to the statistics that Wei Xiu'er made at the end of the year, she had nothing to do and was handling the resource trade. In just the second half of the fourth year of Chuping (193), Yang Rui had earned over two million gold coins from selling grain in Qingzhou and Yanzhou territories. On average, he earned over three hundred thousand gold coins every month. It was not any lower than the monetary reward that Yang Rui had received in the Battle of Xuzhou storyline.
One of the reasons for this situation was natural disasters. During the end of the Han Dynasty, drought and locust plagues had never stopped. In addition, the warlords attacked each other. As a result, the living conditions of the NPC civilians were much worse than during the Yellow Turban Uprising.
It could be said that there was chaos everywhere, and the people had no way of making a living. Many regions had even shown signs of thinning out their population. Under such circumstances, it was indeed necessary for them to rest and recuperate. However, the system's action of banning soldiers still made Yang Rui very unhappy.
However, he remembered that he still had a Reputation Quest to complete. There was still the terracotta soldier dungeon to grind, as well as the Dragon Soul and other famous historical figures to be subdued. Yang Rui didn't want to dwell too much on the unchangeable facts of history.
Actually, what Yang Rui was struggling with was not to eliminate the threat of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and the other vassals, but to change the plot path set by the system. If one thought about it carefully, the result of the Xu Province struggle could already be considered as a change.
According to historical facts and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Province should have been temporarily occupied by Liu Bei and Lu Bu. Moreover, Liu Bei's place of governance was still Pengcheng. The current situation has actually changed. Liu Bei's situation was not much different.
Most importantly, Yuan Shu had stepped into the Xu Province region and Yang Rui himself had seized a large piece of land from Xu Province. Even if the land that Yang Rui controlled was not the largest among the vassals, it was almost there. Moreover, the degree of prosperity was something that other powers could not compare to.
Thus, although he was unable to eliminate the threat of Cao Cao, Yang Rui's advantage over Cao Cao had increased by a lot. As long as he maintained this advantage, why would he need to worry about not being able to gain a foothold in the game?
After thinking through this point, Yang Rui did not dwell on the issue of the system's ban. Instead, he threw himself into handling the matters of the newly acquired Xu Province region.
At this moment, the lack of manpower in Yang Rui's hands became evident. Yang Rui needed to appoint people to manage the five commanderies and thirty-five counties of Xu Province. In a short period of time, Yang Rui clearly did not have that many talents.
The County Magistrate, County Lieutenant, and County Magistrate could still be filled by people from before. As long as they were willing to listen to Yang Rui's orders and cooperate with his policies, it would be fine.
However, important positions like the Governor of Langye Commandery and Donghai Commandery naturally needed people to fill them. Almost all of the land had been taken over by Yang Rui. As a result, Yang Rui took over the posts of Governor on behalf of Yang Rui.
For the time being, the posts of Governor of the two commanderies could only be left empty. The two commanderies would be led by General Huang Zhong and his daughter, Huang Wudie. They would temporarily defend Langye Commandery.
For this reason, Yang Rui was prepared to get a post for Huang Wudie. However, Guo Jia and the others felt that this was not appropriate and did not happen in the end.
Guo Jia even secretly told Yang Rui that even if it was to get a post for Huang Wudie, it was still a difficult task. With her status as a woman, it would be very difficult. The best way would be to take Huang Wudie as his wife as well. At that time, he would have enough titles to lead troops into battle!
Yang Rui did not expect this and was speechless for a while after hearing Guo Jia's words.
At the same time, Yang Rui ordered General Zhao Yun of the Yi Army and General Dian Wei of the Wuwei Army to lead 200,000 soldiers to defend Donghai Commandery.
Yang Rui, Zhang Ning, Han Dai, and Ding Yao stayed in Siwu Commandery with Gan Ning's navy to temporarily take control of Pengcheng Commandery, Xiapi, and Guangling Commandery.
At this time, Dragon Soul and the other large organizations also provided Yang Rui with candidates for Xiapi's County Magistrate, County Lieutenant, and County Deputy. The County Magistrate was actually Burning Snow, who had been in charge of negotiating with Yang Rui!
It seemed that this woman's identity was not simple! Regarding this point. Yang Rui had already noticed this before.
Previously, when Yang Rui was negotiating with Dragon Soul and the other large organizations, Burning Snow was able to make decisions for most of the time. This included the two conditions that Yang Rui proposed in the end. These were all passed down to Dragon Soul and the others after she approved them.
From this, it could be seen that Burning Snow's identity was not ordinary.
Regardless of the other party's identity, Yang Rui did not hesitate and directly asked Burning Snow to be Xiapi's County Magistrate. The other positions were all listed according to the names provided by Dragon Soul and the other large organizations.
Since Yang Rui handed over Xiapi City to Dragon Soul and the other players, he did not intend to interfere with the city's affairs. Even though Xiapi City was under Yang Rui's jurisdiction.
Moreover, Dragon Soul and the other large organizations had already given the Terracotta Soldier Quest Scroll to Yang Rui. At the same time, they also provided the name list and detailed information of the first historical famous/famous general. Yang Rui was also planning to try and subdue this person as soon as possible. He also planned to use this time to clear the Terracotta Soldier Quest.
"Big Brother Lie Yang, I'm really sorry to disturb you again … I'm really sorry …"
Sorry … "
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