As soon as this person said this, Lu Buwei raised his eyebrows and looked over.

said: "Mr. Qiao, come quickly!" ”

Qiao nodded and said: "Xiangye, about the title, the king has decreed, this point, Xiangye is unchangeable, however, Xiangye must know that no matter whether Su Zheng is Wu Anjun or other titles, these cannot shake Xiangye's status, and what can affect Xiangye is mainly fiefdoms and food, which represent the real strength." ”

Qiao's words suddenly made the people around him understand the key, Lu Buwei was worried about Su Zheng's strength, whether he could threaten him, the name was secondary, and the important thing was the fiefdom.

Lu Buwei said: "Your words are understood, do you want to let the prime minister get Su Zheng's fiefdom to a remote place?" ”

Several others nodded.

Chang Yu said: "This is indeed a way, the quality of the fiefdom, in addition to the region, but also depends on the population, but also on the fertility of the land, the wealth of the people." ”

For example, Lü Buwei's fief is Luoyang, and he eats 100,000 households, whether it is geographical location, population, or land, it is far from being compared with other food estates.

Lu Buwei also nodded secretly, Su Zheng has a lot of credit, but he is the prime minister, and it is not impossible to operate it secretly.

Qiao smiled and said: "Don't do it, Prime Minister, if you do this, anyone will know that the Prime Minister is jealous and virtuous, if it spreads, who will trust the Prime Minister in the future?" ”

Lu Buwei was puzzled: "What does Mr. mean by this, I want to weaken his strength through fiefdoms, but also can't make his fiefdoms remote, so how should I do it." ”

The others also looked towards Qiao.

Qiao said: "Don't worry, let me talk to the prime minister carefully, and the prime minister will know how to do it." ”

Qiao paused for a moment, and then said: "Long ago in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Longxi River Valley Basin had fertile land, open terrain, green peaks and prosperous waters, and abundant water and grass, which was a good place for grazing horses and raising livestock. ”

"Boyi, the ancestor of the Qin people who live here, was given the land of Shun and the surname Ying because he bred horses for Shun quickly."

"When he arrived in the Western Zhou Dynasty, after Boyi, Qin Feizi was appreciated by King Xiao for his meritorious work in raising horses for King Xiao of Zhou, and King Xiao not only let him inherit Boyi's surname, but also made his land a vassal, the Qin of Yi."

"This place is the birthplace of the Qin State, and now it is called Longxi."

Lu Buwei said: "Could it be that you asked the prime minister to send Su Zheng to Longxi, this is not good, although Longxi is located in the northwest, but it feeds millions of people in Daqin, such a fertile land, how can you give Su Zheng?" ”

Qiao smiled, shook his head and said: "Prime Minister think about it carefully, now in the entire Guannei, there are Longxi, Beidi, and Bashu!" ”

"Longxi is densely populated, with tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land."

"Let's not talk about Beidi and Bashu, the grain production of Longxi alone can feed the army and civilians for more than 200,000 years for more than one year."

"And every year, it is providing a strong strategic burden to Guanzhong."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads, Longxi is not only the land of the Qin people's Longxing, but now, without the wealth of Longxi, it is impossible for the Qin people to break out of Hangu Pass.

Because there isn't that much food.

Qiao continued: "Xiangye, take a look for yourself, between Xianyang and this Longxi, there are still one hundred and eight miles of Qinchuan. ”

For a while, Lu Buwei and everyone understood.

A little closer to Guanzhong, in addition to the grain produced in Longyou, the second place is Qinchuan, which is eight hundred miles, but the grain here is a bit of a problem.

Different from Longxi, although the 800-mile Qinchuan is a hinterland, it has been dry and flooded for many years, and it is mostly a fierce land.

The Qin people often say that here, "the yield per mu is one stone and three, which is not as good as daily use." ”

At that time, in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, most of them were one and a half stones per mu, but the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan because of perennial drought and flood, the mu yield was much less, so how much is Longxi, Longxi's mu yield is three stones and two buckets.

Converted to 100 catties, it can be seen that the gap is very large!

In the entire 800 miles of Qinchuan, there are 200,000 cultivators, but the irrigated land is only more than 8,500 hectares, that is to say, the 200,000 cultivators can cultivate the land for a long time, only more than 40,000 people, the same cultivated land, but less than eight times the number of Longyouzu.

Despite this, these eight hundred miles of Qinchuan are the hinterland of Guanzhong.

Among them, there are Yunyang, Jingyang, Yongdu and other important cities.

In particular, Jingyang was the former capital of the Qin State.

During the Qin period, most of the people paid taxes, and most of them paid grain, once the grain could not keep up, where did Junyi get the income? Even food has to rely on Longxi to help, and the tax and grain paid to the national treasury every year has become a big problem.

At this moment, Lu Buwei completely understood, and said with great joy: "The prime minister understands, as long as the prime minister proposes to give Jingyang to Su Zheng, then Su Zheng's strength will not only not increase, but will be dragged down, good strategy, good strategy." ”

Chang Yu and others praised it one after another, it was wonderful.

Tens of thousands of households in the food town also depend on the harvest, Guanzhong has been in drought for a long time, and perennial droughts and floods are not uncommon.

Qiao smiled and said: "It's good that the prime minister understands this, Jingyang is the old capital, and giving Su Zheng with outstanding military achievements is a generous reward in anyone's opinion, and the prime minister will fight for it, and everyone will only praise the prime minister's behavior." ”

After Lu Buwei figured it out, he was really happy, and suddenly thought about it: "Mr. Qiao, there is one more thing, the king ordered that there should be no less than 50,000 households, although Jingyang is the old capital, but now most of them have moved to the vicinity of Xianyang, there are only more than 30,000 households in the city, and there are still 50,000 households, so what should I do." ”

When Qiao heard this, he smiled and said: "This is the prime minister of heaven, there is Yunyang north of Jingyang, it is not enough, there is Yongdu south of Jingyang, these three cities together, there are 70,000 households, and the land to which it belongs is dry land accounting for seventy percent, with General Su's military exploits, one county is not enough to reward, at least three counties." ”

Lu Buwei took a deep breath and said, "The land of three counties? It's a bit ......."

Qiao shook his head and said: "Lu Xiang has forgotten that when Chu Guochun Shenjun, he was given twelve counties north of the Huai River by King Kaolie as food!" Now that General Su takes the three counties, what is it? ”

Lu Buwei understood, and he also understood in his heart, if this Su Tribulation won the three county towns of Qinchuan in these eight hundred miles, just paying grain taxes would be enough for him to eat a pot, not to mention that the local food was not enough!

"Sir, your plan is so wonderful, I want to reward you greatly!"

……

The next day, in the palace!

Lu Buwei and Pang Yi were standing still in front of Zi Chu at the moment.

Lu Buwei's eyes were firmly fixed on the bamboo slip in Zi Chu's hand, it was the two of them who agreed on the matter of Su robbing the fiefdom yesterday.

Zi Chu watched it twice and muttered: "Jingyang, Yongdu, Yunyang, Chiyang, Sanyuan, well, yes." ”

Pang Yi said: "King, these cities are all north or west of Xianyang, and they are not too far away from Xianyang. ”

Zi Chu smiled and said: "Yes, yes, it can't be too far, this is the most important, which three do you think the prime minister thinks?" ”

Lu Buwei saw Zichu asking, so he said: "The minister thinks that Jingyang, Yunyang, and Chiyang are suitable, these three cities are connected near the Jing River, if they are given together, it is convenient to come and go, and if General Su can make great contributions in the future, when the king considers rewarding, he can also directly give Liyang, so it also seems that the king has considered the courtiers early, and General Su will be greatly satisfied." ”

Liyang, a heavy city of 50,000 households in the Qin State, is near the Luohe River and is on a line with Jingyang.

When Zi Chu heard this, he immediately felt good, and said with a smile: "It's still the prime minister who is thoughtful!" ”

Lu Buwei arched his hand and said: "The old minister doesn't dare, he uses his ability to be virtuous, and he explicitly rewards and punishes this is the merit of the king, and the old minister just does it according to the king's wishes." ”

The monarch and the ministers talked happily for a while, and the matter was settled.

Lü Buwei secretly rejoiced and retired.

As soon as I left the palace, I looked up at the sky and felt that the sky was a little bluer!