Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Next, Shu County was in the period of spring plowing. Lu Bu had already issued a decree last year, so it was inconvenient to disturb the people at this moment. However, the fall of Chengdu was only Shu County that was captured, and Berkshire was still in the hands of Pang Xi.

Liu Zhang wanted to surrender Pang Xi, but was rejected by Lu Bu. What he wanted was not this, but to send out the gentry in central Shu. Therefore, after a period of rest in Chengdu, Lu Bu led his army to attack Bajun again.

Compared with Shu County, with the decline of Shu County, Berkshire's resistance is much weaker. Although there are also gentry in Berkshire who gather soldiers and horses to resist, this kind of private army is naturally inferior to the regular army.

Lu Bu brought the four generals Pang De, Gan Ning, Zhang Ren, and Meng Da all the way this time. Pang Xi was still entangled with Xu Huang in Langzhong, but found that the rear had been pushed by Lu Bu. The county has been broken, Liu Zhang has also surrendered, and Pang Xi can only choose to take advantage of Lu Bu's future to abandon his troops and flee.

He fled from Chang'an to assist Liu Yan at the beginning. The other scholars were taken down by Lu Bu, so they were sent away from the mainland to live in other places. The reason why Xi escaped.

After Lu Bu heard the news, he didn't say much. As soon as Pang Xi left, Brazil immediately became a mess, and when the autumn harvest came, Berkshire would also belong to Lu Bu.

In September of the fifth year of Xingping, when Lu Bu returned to Chengdu with his people, the autumn harvest had already passed, and the new tax law had gained a firm foothold in Shu after this year.

Lu Bu recruited some talents in Shuzhong who had surrendered to him, and the next step was to discuss the development of Shuzhong.

"I know that Shu is a land of abundance, rich in things and rich in people, but if some resources can be circulated as traders, the benefits will be even greater." Lu Bu looked at Huang Quan and the others and said humanely.

That's right, Huang Quan finally chose to move his family to Chang'an, and he himself joined Lu Bu's sect as Lu Bu's staff. Lu Bu planned to let him share Xun You's work after returning.

Hearing what Lu Bu said, Huang Quan thought for a while and said, "Earlier, various families in central Shu had traded with Chang'an, so what is your lord referring to?"

"That's right." Lu Bu nodded and said, "Currently Shuzhong and Guanzhong are connected, and there is no obstacle to trade. In addition to salt and iron, Shu brocade and tea also need to be brought under the control of the imperial court."

Everyone knows that salt and iron are huge profits. Shu brocade is so precious. Now you can see it on the Silk Road. Roasted tea is now an important income to attract tea drinkers in the Western Regions, and it is still increasing year by year.

"Since you are willing to support the imperial court, the imperial court will provide some of these items, and the Central Shu Chamber of Commerce will sell them directly. They can be sold to Chang'an. If you are willing to take some risks, it is not difficult to send them to the Western Regions for sale." Lu Bu looked at the crowd and said. : "And the imperial court will take out the latest loom. With this thing, you can get twice the result with half the effort."

As he said that, Lu Bu looked at Ma Jun who was beside him, Ma Jun nodded, and led a small official forward, under the suspicious eyes of everyone, but seeing Ma Jun writing quickly, the small official beside him said quickly: " Look, everyone, this is the latest loom, if there is water conservancy, it is the best, you can use water conservancy, save manpower, and the weaving efficiency is twenty-five times that of ordinary looms!"

But seeing the little official ask someone to set up a blueprint, on which is a loom that is very complicated at first glance.

"Twenty-five times?" The people in the hall stood up in shock, looked at the drawing in disbelief, then felt a little lost, sat down on their knees again, and bowed to Lu Bu: "My lord, this... But really?"

"This thing was jointly designed by Ma Jun and the three hundred craftsmen of Shenjiying, and it has already started to be used in Chang'an." Lu Bu nodded affirmatively. With this loom, the output of Shu brocade will increase rapidly.

"It's really a wonderful idea." Several people looked at the blueprint and were amazed. They didn't expect that the loom could be improved to such an extent.

"My lord likes these?" Huang Quan asked with a smile.

I can't tell that Lu Bu, the number one general in the world, likes such things.

"Jingheng, do you know what this twenty-five times means?" Lu Bu knew the meaning of imperial power. In fact, this era does not pay much attention to work, and he wants to change this concept.

Huang Quan shook his head, he really didn't understand.

"Central Shu has not yet started to use it, so it is difficult to estimate, but taking Guanzhong as an example, it means that the profits from sending cloth to the Silk Road every year are enough to feed the entire Guanzhong. Many people have made a fortune because of this." Lu Bu laughed.

This loom is nothing new, Lu Bu designed it and put it into use two years ago.

As long as you are brave, spend money to buy a few looms from the imperial court, and then find some women to be responsible for weaving, you can spin a large amount of cloth and send it to the Silk Road.

Or sell them directly in Chang'an City to those merchants from the Western Regions who came to collect these things.

This is just the item of cloth, in addition, there are tea, lacquerware, etc. Now that Lu Bu has taken over Shuzhong, he has a direct source of tea. This item can also be used as a livelihood to make the people rich.

Everyone was somewhat tempted at the moment. If what Lu Bu said was true, then even if they lost their land, they could still make a fortune in other ways.

"Of course, if we want to do this, there is one more important thing." Lu Bu looked at the crowd and said.

"My lord, please tell me!" Everyone quickly looked at Lu Bu, and before they knew it, their resistance to Lu Bu weakened a lot.

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Build the road!"

road?

Everyone looked a little weird and a little hesitant.

Huang Quan said with a wry smile: "My lord, you also walked in all the way, you should know that the road to Shu is difficult."

"Of course I know." Lu Bu nodded. He may be more aware of the difficulty of the Shu road than the Shu people: "But it is difficult to repair. Here is the new plank road designed by me and Deheng. Let's take a look."

Ma Jun took out another design drawing. During this time, he and Lu Bu have been studying the design of the new plank road. The new plank road is not only wider, but also has wooden rails on it, which Lu Bu did not have in Guanzhong. However, when entering Shu this time, Lu Bu came up with a rail car that could travel quickly by manpower.

So there are not only places for people to walk on the plank road, but also wooden tracks.

There is only one section on the drawing, but it actually runs from Mianzhuguan to Chencang.

"My lord, it would take ten years to attack such a massive city with enough manpower!" Huang Quan couldn't help but said.

It looks very good, but building a road from Mianzhuguan to Chencang will require an unimaginable number of manpower and material resources.

He does not agree with this road.

"Although it is difficult at the moment, if this road is opened up, it will be beneficial to future generations!" Lu Bu looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Everyone can rest assured that this road will be funded by the imperial court, but after the road is completed, it will be maintained. Merchants in central Shu need to pay half of the merchant tax to protect this road, everyone, are you willing?" Lu Bu looked at the crowd and asked.

If the imperial court contributes, then there is no problem.

Everyone heard the words, so there is no problem. As for road maintenance in the future... Hey, let's talk about it later.

At the moment, except for Huang Quan, everyone else nodded in agreement.

Just agree.

Seeing everyone nodding, Lu Bu was also very satisfied. He had been thinking about how to build the road to Shu two years ago, and now that it has been decided, the next step should be implemented.

"In addition, there is another matter. Last time the barbarians in southern Xinjiang were defeated, I sent someone to invite them to come here to discuss some matters." Lu Bu looked at the crowd and frowned, "It's just that there is no reply yet."

"My lord, southern Xinjiang is a barren land. I don't know why my lord is looking for them to discuss." Huang Quan looked at Lu Bu with some puzzlement. The barbarians in southern Xinjiang seemed to have no other purpose except to bring endless troubles.

"Southern Xinjiang is rich in products, but I haven't noticed it. Since this land in the south is my Han land, no matter whether the people living here are Han people or not, they should not let it go. Therefore, I plan to open trade with them to exchange what they have. Help them build the southern border, clear the miasma, and make this place more suitable for people to live in."

He remembered that this place was rich in resources, and the existence of the Nanman was also a hidden danger in Yizhou. Before leaving Shu, he wanted to find a suitable way to eliminate the trouble of the Nanman.

In Lu Bu's view, apart from force, the best way is to find common interests, and then use both kindness and power to deter the opponent with force, and then use the interests to integrate the opponent into himself.

As for what benefits to look for, it depends on what Nanzhong has.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult!" Huang Quan shook his head and sighed.

"Why?" Lu Bu was puzzled.

"Nanzhong is full of miasma, not just because of the inaccessibility of people, but more because of the unbearable heat in Nanzhong. Even if there is no miasma everywhere, ordinary people will easily be injured by the heat when they go to Nanzhong." Huang Quan explained briefly to Lu Bu The environmental characteristics of Nanzhong.

I see!

Lu Bu nodded silently when he heard the words. He hadn't thought about this link. In fact, the climate in central Sichuan was unbearable for northerners. Especially last winter, the inside of the house was colder than the outside, which also made people gain insight. up.

"Anyway, try it first. After all, the Nanmans are human beings. Since they live there, they have needs. It's better for us to communicate with each other than to fight randomly." Lu Bu looked at the crowd and smiled.

"My lord." The other person stood up and saluted Lu Bu, "Actually, Nanzhong is hard to be attached to. Apart from what Gongheng said, there is another reason."

"Oh?" Lu Bu looked at this person, "I would like to hear more about it."

"Gain's local scholars secretly contacted the barbarians and instigated the barbarians to invade the country. Many people actually know this, but we don't know how to instigate them. In short, although it is a problem of the southern barbarians, the real words in the southern barbarians are true. Yes, but they are still local gentry.”

Lu Bu almost uprooted the gentry of the two counties of Bashu. Although he did not kill people, he abolished the foundation of these people and moved them away to prevent the turmoil of these people. But except for the two counties of Bashu, other In other places, Lu Bu didn't move, not because he didn't want to, but because he was too far away. Now that he has captured Yizhou, he mainly refers to Bashu. As for the four counties in Nanzhong, they can't even count as surrender.

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