Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

"Prince, please see, the five elements are used inside to integrate fire power into water power to drive the Yin and Yang furnace and drive the wheels. This track is laid a hundred miles away. When the Yin and Yang furnace is running, it only takes an hour to arrive. Hundreds of miles away!”

It is still a car made of yin and yang furnaces. However, this time it can be clearly felt that the internal yin and yang furnaces occupy a much smaller space, but their power is not small. However, the steam generated makes the entire carriage filled with smoke.

It only took an hour to drive all the way to a hundred miles away. Lu Bu jumped out of the car, shook his wet hair, looked at the already wet drawings, frowned at the other party and said, "When I get back, I will use this drawing again." Draw a copy and think of another way to guide the steam outside."

"Prince, don't worry!" The master craftsman nodded quickly. This time the Yin-Yang Furnace Cart was finally a success.

"How to get back?" Lu Bu didn't want to sit on this ride again. Although the speed was really fast, his whole body seemed to have been steamed, so he could easily catch the wind and cold.

Mining, yin-yang furnaces, five-element boats, water spinning machines, as well as gunpowder and Vulcan cannons. Lu Bu felt that if he brought these things back to the Han Dynasty, as long as he gave himself ten years, at least Guanzhong could change its appearance, because it was not like Now it takes ten years just to think about how to improve and use it. Now that I am a big man, I can start it directly, so there should be great improvements in ten years.

Of course, it would be better if there were more.

The Yin Yang Furnace has now entered a new stage. At the same time, after more than ten years of accumulation, the Wei Dynasty has stabilized its national power, governed the country clearly, and the people have enough food and clothing, and it has become a prosperous age.

However, just when Lu Bu was about to lead the Ministry of Industry to start laying the railway track in the northwest, news came from the west that Songtsen Gampo of Tibet sent people to the Wei Dynasty to propose marriage.

However, the three generations of the Lu family are all men, and there is no woman. Although Lu Zhong is married and has children, he does have a daughter, Lu Bu's granddaughter. She is only three years old this year. If the Tubo people dare to make this request, Lu Bu will directly beat him. It's past.

"How do my son think we should get along with this Tubo?" Lu Gu said looking at Lu Bu.

"The newly launched Yin Yang furnace car can be opened to the Western Regions. When it is completed, it may only take two days to arrive from Chang'an to the Western Regions. Tubo is a big country in the Western Regions and guards the main roads of the Western Regions. If it is willing to be a vassal of the Wei Dynasty, it will naturally be a good thing. , If you don’t want to, in ten years at most, my Wei Dynasty will defeat Tubo, which will not be much more difficult than suppressing the bandits." Lu Bu said with a smile.

The biggest change when the Yin-Yang Furnace Car appeared was that it made the world smaller. As long as enough rails could be laid, it would take less than ten days to go anywhere at the speed of the Yin-Yang Furnace Car.

At the same time, it also means that the consumption of grain and manpower for transporting grain and grass is reduced. In this way, the Wei Dynasty will have stronger control over the Western Regions and the grasslands. Of course, laying this railway track is not a trivial matter. The project The amount is not much less than when Yang Guang dug the canal, and the iron ore mined by the Wei Dynasty in recent years also needs to be invested in the construction of the northwest railway track.

"Not a battle?" Lu Gu said with a smile.

"Conquering people with force will never last long." Lu Bu shook his head and said: "It will not be difficult to take down Tubo in ten years, but for our country, the best choice is to cooperate with them and use Tubo as our country's capital. If there is an enemy attack in the vassal states and front stations in the Western Region, they can be blocked by our court. At the same time, if there are mineral veins in the Western Region, they can also be used by our court."

Nowadays, with the emergence of Yin Yang stoves and Five Elements Ships, the requirements for carbon and iron are gradually rising. Most of the hulls of Five Elements Ships are made of iron. Although the Wei Dynasty has a vast land and rich resources, mining these things requires a lot of manpower. It can Through trading, the manpower to mine these things was moved down to the vassal states. At the same time, silk, tea and other increasingly low-cost things could also be used in exchange for the other party's mineral deposits.

Nowadays, high-quality silk in the past can be mass-produced. It used to be one piece a day, but now it is ten or more pieces a day. However, in the countries in the Western Region, the price is the same as before. Lu Bu is keenly aware that there is huge profit in this, and it can be used for Profit for the country!

Lu Gu nodded. He also felt that Lu Bu's move was feasible. According to Lu Bu's words, he began to lay railway tracks in the northwest to transport carbon stone and iron ore from the north.

Things went as Lu Bu thought. Countries in the Western Region began to mine their own mineral veins to trade with the Wei Dynasty, which enabled the Wei Dynasty to gain a lot of wealth in a very short period of time.

Not only did the court gain a lot of wealth from this, but also among the people, many merchants with large assets appeared due to their travels to the Western Regions.

These traders began to gather labor in large numbers, set up workshops everywhere, and recruited or simply trained craftsmen themselves.

At the same time, Lu Bu had not been able to open the route for several years. With the emergence of the Five Elements Ship, traders in the south who could not benefit from the Silk Road began to take the initiative to explore the route after learning that they could also connect to the Western Regions by sea. Some lost everything, but some truly explored it. Out of route.

Lu Bu discovered that the craftsmen no longer focused on studying technology, but began to amass money crazily. The reins of the imperial court's control of the world suddenly felt like they were about to lose control.

This feeling was not only felt by Lu Bu, but also by many people in the court. After many people gained a lot of wealth, they began to look down upon the court.

The ministers were at a loss what to do.

"Fengxian, is there any solution?" Lu Gu frowned and looked at Lu Bu. In the current situation, with the appearance of these people with a lot of wealth, the court began to lose control of the world.

"Yes." Lu Bu groped his chin and suddenly noticed that his father's hair was much grayer. Thinking about it, he seemed to be no longer young. Was this his whole life?

"Prince, if you have any clever ideas, you might as well speak up." Fang Xuanling looked at Lu Bu and asked.

"Where do they have the confidence to ignore the imperial court?" Lu Bu asked instead without answering.

"Having a lot of financial resources in their hands, they employ a lot of people, and the people have to rely on them for food." Du Ruhui sighed.

"So, as long as the court stands on the side of these people, what can they do?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.

When the ministers heard this, their eyes lit up, as if they had caught something.

"As far as I know, taking textile factories as an example, with the continuous technological innovation, the amount of work a spinner can do in a day has increased from one horse at the earliest to ten, twenty, and thirty horses later. However, the remuneration they receive has not been the same. It has never changed, and even in order to obtain more profits, the spinners are made to work longer every day, from the first three hours to five hours or even longer now. The court has never protected these wealthy businessmen, but should be These spinners." Lu Bu said with a smile.

In fact, although the relationship has changed, the disputes over interests have never changed. They have just changed from landlords and tenant farmers to wealthy businessmen and small workers today.

"The imperial court issued a decree to protect these craftsmen, including how the corresponding salary should be distributed and how long the craftsmen can work at most." When Lu Bu said this, he looked at everyone and smiled and said: "The same sentence, the imperial court encourages people to explore the sea, and does not I don’t mind that they gained wealth through courage, but a gentleman loves money in a wise way, and I, the merchants of China, should not just amass money without caring about the lives of others."

"If no one comes to complain, wouldn't this law be in vain?" One person frowned.

"Then wait until someone comes to sue!" Lu Bu said coldly, the rules cannot be broken. The Wei Dynasty is indeed rapidly increasing its national power through these wealthy merchants from all over the world. If it is forced to intervene at this time, it will discourage these people, so the imperial court is You must remain neutral on this matter.

But if someone violates the laws of the court, that is another matter.

The imperial court quickly drafted the corresponding decree and sent people to read it in various cities and villages. However, most of the people were accustomed to being exploited by wealthy merchants, and no one dared to file a lawsuit for fear of losing their jobs. The wealthy merchants were therefore emboldened, and even saw the imperial court every day. There are further actions, even more unscrupulous.

This went on for three years. Finally, someone was exhausted and exhausted. His wife came to the government to file a complaint. The court immediately sent troops to investigate. The local officials wanted to stop it. This time, the court sent not only law enforcement officers, but also police officers. Military escort.

The wealthy businessmen who prevented the officials from being imprisoned directly and exploited the laborers were imprisoned. After an investigation, it was found that not one of the decrees issued by the imperial court three years ago was complied with.

The imperial court ordered that the money owed to the laborers for the past three years should be paid back together, and the extra time under the imperial court's four-hour working hour system should be paid twice as much. However, in this case, plus the fines imposed on the imperial court, although the wealthy businessman did not The whole family was ruined, but nearly half of the family wealth was lost.

The news here spread quickly with the help of the imperial court, and more and more dissatisfied workers came to complain. The talents accumulated by the imperial examination in the past few years quickly took office, and batches of officials were taken down and their properties were confiscated. Behead those who deserve it, and ransack their homes if they deserve it.

After this incident, 90% of the lower-level officials of the imperial court were wiped out. Although the losses were not small, the most important thing is that these rules must be established. Rich merchants cannot override the laws of the imperial court even if they have money. The article that wealth can communicate with gods cannot be ignored. Da Wei is not qualified.

This stick has also calmed down many people who have been inflated by the rapid expansion of wealth. Some people have gone overseas and want to build a family business overseas.

But the cruel reality told him that only Da Wei can find the most complete raw materials. Similarly, only Da Wei can produce rails and five-element ships. Without Da Wei, their self-proclaimed abilities are nothing, not even It is impossible to build a simple water spinning wheel. This was already ten years ago.

People who recognize the reality want to come back, but find that their household registration has been cancelled. If they want to continue doing business and setting up factories in Dawei, they not only have to pay taxes in full without any policy exemptions, but more importantly, they have to purchase various things. They are all restricted, and he can only buy them after others have finished buying them.

In short, if foreign businessmen want to do business in Dawei, it's not impossible, and it's not impossible to make money, but they are definitely the smallest group.

This competition for power and wealth is simple to say, but it took ten years for everyone to feel awe of the Wei Dynasty. By the time this war without gunpowder was fought, Lu Bu was already sixty-one years old, and Lu Gu was even more... He is eighty-one years old...