Guo Jin did not hesitate to tell Zhuge Liang the naked reality that the imperial power was above Wei Lu.

Zhuge Liang didn't seem surprised at all.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister does this without any selfish intentions, the minister does this only to develop and build Dunhuang, so that the people of Dunhuang can be fed and clothed, and live up to the trust of His Majesty in entrusting Dunhuang County to the minister."

"You have a string of good things to say, since I talk to you, you don't have a word in your heart, in the face of me, will you only use official words to prevaricate?"

Guo Jin put away his smile: "Zhuge Liang, I'm not here to ask you about the guilt, I'm just here to take a look, to ask about the guilt, that's also my father's business, it has nothing to do with me, do you really plan to say anything to me in your heart, just prevaricate me like this?" ”

Zhuge Liang blinked and hesitated for a moment.

"Your Highness, the minister is just a little worried that His Highness and His Majesty don't like the current Dunhuang County."

"The development is good, why worry about me and my father not liking Dunhuang County? The people of Li live in good health, have money to spend, have food to eat, and will not starve to death, this is enough, why are you so worried? ”

"Because His Majesty has issued many edicts to the county guards of the world to attach importance to agricultural production and encourage agricultural production, instead of focusing on commerce and encouraging commerce."

Zhuge Liang sighed: "The minister doesn't know if this will violate His Majesty's orders, so he worries about it every day, but there is no way but to do it." ”

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, attaching importance to agriculture, is a matter of course, no one can go a day without eating, but not everyone has to do business every day, the trade-off between business and agriculture is so simple."

Guo Jin shook his head: "Besides, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is to attach importance to agriculture and suppress commerce, not to eliminate or not allow private business, but to ask officials to pay more attention to agriculture, and no one will blame you for your good business development." ”

"With His Royal Highness's words, the minister's heart will be bottomed."

Zhuge Liang smiled as if relieved: "Your Highness, agricultural production is certainly the foundation of the country, but there are always some places that are not suitable for agricultural production, no matter how they are cultivated, no matter how they are produced, it is impossible to produce higher than other places." ”

Guo Jin agrees with this.

Some places are mountainous and have little land, some places are dry and lack water, some places cannot keep up with soil fertility, and some places are colder.

To put it mildly, there are really not many places suitable for agricultural production in this world, and the same is true of Liangzhou, where the climate is bitter cold, arid, and less precipitation than in the Central Plains.

Of course, these places can also develop agriculture, but if they only develop agriculture, they will not be able to develop Guanzhong, Yanzhou and Yuzhou in the Central Plains and Jizhou in Hebei.

Congenital limitations, acquired are really difficult to make up, this is providence.

Places with good agricultural production can be fed and clothed with warmth, while places with insufficient agricultural production can only eat chaff and vegetables and be hungry for a full meal, which is too rigid and impersonal.

"Yes, what you said makes sense, some places are just not suitable for agricultural production, and there is no way to do it."

Guo Jin nodded in agreement with Zhuge Liang's opinion.

Therefore, the minister knows that Dunhuang County, the entire Liangzhou, no matter how to develop agriculture, in the end, it is impossible to be better than the Central Plains and Hebei, this is certain.

In this case, the minister thinks that Liangzhou cannot focus on agriculture and must find other ways out, otherwise Liangzhou is still the bitter cold Liangzhou, and the life of the people of Liangzhou must be difficult and difficult to develop. ”

Guo Jin came to be interested.

"So, you have your eye on business?"

"Yes, the minister thinks that if you want to make the people of Liangzhou rich, you must rely on commerce!"

Zhuge Liang said firmly: "The climate of Liangzhou is bitter and cold, and the development of agriculture cannot be developed in other states and counties, so it can only find another way, the so-called endless road, since the development of agriculture is not good, then the development of commerce, after all, can not let yourself be trapped in one acre and three points of land."

Liangzhou is the hub connecting the Central Plains and the Western Regions, the traffic artery, since it is the traffic artery, people come and go is indispensable, some people have business opportunities, people always have to eat, drink and sleep, this is indispensable, but where there is spare strength, you can operate wine shops and hotels along the trade route. ”

"That's all?"

"Of course, not only that, but also the premise of operating business, that is, the support of the government, the support of the government, and the provision of convenience, so that business can continue, such as the minister in Dunhuang County to set up a large bazaar, to provide a variety of convenient policies, to attract a large number of merchants to trade and stay here.

The longer they stay, the more commercial profits will be, the more profitable they are, the more people will come, the more people will come, the more taxes the government will collect, and more convenience will be provided, so commerce can prosper. ”

Zhuge Liang told Guo Jin his idea, Guo Jin thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case.

"The road connecting the counties of Dunhuang with Dunhuang County was also repaired by you?"

"Yes."

Zhuge Liang said: "Since the minister is the county guard of Dunhuang, he can't favor one over the other, and other counties should also take care of it, these counties do not have such good location conditions as Dunhuang County, so use roads to make up for it, let them engage in agriculture, produce food, vegetables and fruits."

Agriculture will naturally develop, there are many people engaged in agricultural production in Dunhuang County, they still have a surplus in the production of agricultural products, they can be provided to the wine shops in Dunhuang County, there are many people in Dunhuang County engaged in animal husbandry in the north, raising cattle, sheep and horses, and can also provide meat for the county. ”

"In this way, the entire Dunhuang County has been revitalized for you, with Dunhuang County as the center, whether it is agriculture or commerce, you can get a piece of the pie and make a profit, so that your Dunhuang County can develop to this point."

Guo Jin looked at Zhuge Liang with some sighs: "Zhuge Kongming, Zhuge Kongming, it's not in vain that your father cares so much about and cares about you, you really live up to your father's cultivation of you." ”

"The minister dare not live up to His Majesty's cultivation."

Zhuge Liang once again expressed his loyalty.

The more Guo Jin looked at Zhuge Liang, the more he appreciated and was satisfied.

So he smiled and said: "But in this way, including the four counties of Hexi, many other counties in Liangzhou will eat the leftovers of your Dunhuang County, which is not conducive to the unity of Liangzhou officialdom, are you not afraid that other county guards will be dissatisfied with you?" ”

"Dunhuang County's agricultural production is not as good as other counties, every year from other counties to buy a large number of agricultural products to fill the vacancy, they are not completely without money, and the way is here, people are alive, can not trap themselves to death."

Zhuge Liang smiled: "It is the duty of the minister to serve as an official, benefit one party, and make Dunhuang County develop better, as for other places...... It's not the minister's turn to worry, the minister is just the county guard of Dunhuang, not other county guards, not the history of Liangzhou Thorn, and the minister does not dare to go beyond the bounds. ”

"Hahahahaha!"

After a conversation, Guo Jin likes Zhuge Liang very much.

He patted Zhuge Liang's shoulder vigorously: "Okay, you Zhuge Kongming!" Good! Let me tell you, if you let the other county guards hear this, you don't want to mix in the Liangzhou officialdom, and the other county guards will have to unite to squeeze you out. ”

"If Liangzhou can't stay, with Your Majesty's wisdom, the minister will definitely have a better place to go."

Zhuge Liang didn't care about the unity of officialdom at all, so Guo Jin was even happier.

After laughing for a while, Guo Jin calmed down, looked at Zhuge Liang with great appreciation, and then sighed again.

"Kong Ming, there is something I have to tell you, if I don't tell you, I'm afraid you won't have much time to arrange."

"Your Highness, please."

"The army is about to pacify the Western Regions, and the status of Dunhuang County is afraid that it will be difficult to maintain."