Lord, are you looking for me? Pang Tong picked up the curtain and entered the handsome tent, and when he saw Liu Bei and Jian Yong eating gudu soup together, he was not polite, and directly asked people to add a pair of chopsticks to himself, sat down and smiled.

Recently, the situation has been good for Liu Beijun, although Shangyong, Xixian, and Fangling did not clearly indicate that they wanted to take refuge in Liu Bei, they did not refuse, and they were very polite to Liu Bei's envoys.

"Well, Wen Chang has successfully occupied Yangping Pass with the help of Yang Song." Liu Bei nodded.

"In this way, Shangyong, Fangling, and Xixian can also be obtained!" Pang Tong laughed when he heard this, this is a good thing, Yangping Pass is the throat of Hanzhong, and now it is easily obtained by Liu Beijun, which is equivalent to cutting off Zhang Lu's foreign aid, even if he can't persuade Yang Ang to surrender, as long as Yangping Pass is in his own hands, it is not easy for Yang Ang to attack it, and Yangping Pass is not Chuyang.

"Well, Wen Chang sent a letter and wanted to ask Bo Yuan to go to Yangping Pass to help him consolidate the city defense." Liu Bei smiled: "Bo Yuan is still building that plank road recently? ”

"Well, three hundred miles of plank road, Bo Yuan has invested enough money this time, hired a full three thousand people to dig the mountain road with him, I went to see it yesterday, the plank road is quite spacious, can accommodate two cars in parallel, if it can be repaired, this Jiameng Pass to Hanzhong This road, it only takes ten days to transport grain and grass to arrive!" Pang Tong nodded, with a bit of amazement.

Liu Yi came back from Guanping, stayed in the barracks for a day, and asked Liu Bei to resign to repair the plank road, in fact, Wei Yan had not been able to take Yangping Pass at that time, Liu Yi repaired the plank road at this time If he finally failed to capture Hanzhong, it would be equivalent to making Zhang Lu a free bitter official, but Liu Yi still insisted on repairing and dredging the road between Jiameng Pass and Hanzhong, obviously taking Hanzhong as his own territory.

"But it's a lot of money!" Liu Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this, Liu Yi directly took 10 million money with him and ran to repair the road, if he didn't know Liu Yi's ability and magical powers, Liu Bei really suspected that Liu Yi had embezzled the money, and the money that Liu Zhang had just sent was taken by Liu Yi before he could cover it on his side.

What's more, Liu Bei had a long talk with Liu Yi before, in order to be able to send troops from Shuzhong in the future, Liu Yi is also ready to repair two more plank roads to ensure that the army marches unhindered, and build two checkpoints, conservatively estimated, also 50 million money, in addition, there is water in Hanzhong, Shuishui, can vigorously develop water conservancy, Liu Yi is ready to Liu Bei when he attacks Yizhou, the people's livelihood in Hanzhong will be raised.

The money in Zhang Lu's treasury, Liu Yi has now arranged almost it, except for rewarding the soldiers, everything else in Liu Yi's plan is to be used for construction, as for Liu Bei...... inexplicably gave birth to an indescribable sadness, even if he won Hanzhong, he would probably be the poorest monarch in the world.

"In Bo Yuan's words, this is called investment, the road is smooth, why worry about wealth not coming? When people's livelihood comes up, why worry about money and food? Lord, this money can't be saved, Bo Yuan is so anxious, he also hopes to enhance the foundation for the lord! Pang Tong shook his head and smiled: "In the land of Jingzhou before, there were quite constraints, and Bo Yuan was not easy to show his strength, but now this Hanzhong is where we can completely call the shots, and it is Bo Yuan who is so active." ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and nodded, how could he not know this truth, but Liu Yi spent money too ruthlessly, when he was in the public security, someone secretly calculated accounts for Liu Bei.

Not counting the money for building Yueyang City, the construction of temples in each county alone adds up to more than 30 million, as for Yueyang City, although Liu Bei's investment is only 15 million in the initial stage, but in the following two consecutive years, Changsha's taxes plus the income of the fishing township have exceeded 100 million.

In fact, when Liu Bei marched into Yizhou, the statistics showed that the population of the four counties of Jingnan plus the generals increased by nearly 100,000 in one year, and Changsha's taxes proved to be not in vain, after the restoration of taxes, the taxes collected in Changsha were almost equal to the sum of the three counties of Guiyang, Lingling and Wuling.

This kind of long-term benefit is difficult to see results in the short term, and it is precisely because of the long-term benefits that Liu Bei has never refused Liu Yi's various requests for money, of course, Liu Yi will not say what Liu Bei can afford.

In short, unlike Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, who focus on the world, Liu Yi always thinks about how to continuously consolidate the existing resources and foundation, and improve the overall overall improvement of Liu Bei's comprehensive strength and foundation from the aspects of economy and people's livelihood. Liu Yi was dismissed, but on many issues of interest, he still had to make some compromises to the Jingzhou scholars.

This is also a fundamental reason why Pang Tong said that Liu Yi can't let go of his hands and feet, every time Liu Yi makes some achievements, there are always some people who want to deprive them, and some people even suggest that Liu Bei detain Liu Yi's family.

In the final analysis, Liu Yi is still not fully accepted by the scholar class, and now he has entered Shu, which is also a great opportunity for Liu Yi, Liu Bei sent Liu Yi with the army several times, and also hoped that Liu Yi could make more meritorious deeds, and the officials who promoted Liu Yi in the future can also change their names to be more justifiable.

In fact, judging from the past few experiences, Liu Yi's own strategy in the art of war may not be outstanding, but as long as he is surrounded by generals with sufficient ability, Liu Yi does have the ability to take charge of himself, and the most important thing is that Liu Yi will never be greedy for power, and often as soon as the battle is over, he will hand over the military power, and he can't wait to discuss with Liu Bei how to use the results of the battle together.

He attaches more importance to construction than rights, but because of this, while Liu Bei is quite relieved, he also won Liu Bei's trust, and even gave birth to the idea of letting Adou and Liu Yi's daughter marry, but both families are surnamed Liu, which is a taboo in the Han Dynasty if they are not married with the same surname, and this idea is just a thought in the end.

"Look...... Can Bo Yuan strengthen both sides? Liu Bei asked.

Although road construction is important, it is equally important to strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass, and even at the moment, Yangping Pass is more important than road construction.

"I'm afraid not." Pang Tong shook his head and said: "I have seen Bo Yuan's design drawing, the plank road structure is quite complicated, including the location of the corner frame, how to place it, the requirements are not only the process, but also the logarithmic attainments are quite high, Bo Yuan has been studying mathematics in recent years, and he has Kong Ming and Zhou Ping to point out, he himself is quite talented in this area, so that he can have today's attainments, if it is someone else, I am afraid it will be difficult to carry out." ”

Jian Yong on the side suddenly said: "Why don't you ask a person who is proficient in mathematics to temporarily command Bo Yuan, and let Mr. Bo Yuan go to Yangping Pass?" The repair of this plank road requires quite a lot of logarithmic skills, but if it is to strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass, it won't take too long, right? ”

After all, when Liu Yi was in Yueyang, he was not at the construction site for a month or two, but the construction speed of the city was not slow, as long as he had money.

"Who can replace Bo Yuan?" Liu Bei asked with a smile, saying so, but his eyes were looking at Pang Tong.

Jian Yong looked at Pang Tong with a smile.

Belch......

Pang Tong was a little speechless in the face of the eyes of the two, as if he had pitted himself, but Liu Yi's new number symbol and many measurement methods were quite novel, Pang Tong also wanted to see it in depth, so he could only nod and say: "Since this is the case, then it will be in the next few days." ”

It's not an easy meal.

After the three of them ate and drank enough, Pang Tong got up and went to Liu Yi's side to discuss the matter with Liu Yi, as for Nanzheng, in the short term, it is mainly to limit the strength of Nanzheng, as long as Zhang Lu does not take the initiative to attack, Liu Bei will not go to Zhang Lu's trouble, but if Zhang Lu dares to send troops, Liu Bei will not be afraid at all in the field, Liu Zhang's 8,000 people added to Liu Bei have now arrived at Jiameng Pass, and they will arrive soon, and when the time comes, Liu Bei's forces will grow again.

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"Yangpingguan?" Liu Yi frowned and looked at Pang Tong and said, "But the things here are not things that can be done as long as you have money. ”

The stability of the plank road does not only need attributes, if there is not enough foundation, how much attributes are added in vain, not to mention that there are still some places that need to build bridges, which can save a lot of roads, which is a technical job, and he needs to sit in charge.

"It only takes a few days to go to Yangpingguan, you just need to design the drawings and let the craftsmen do it, you don't need to stay in person to suppress the formation, I have brought you the drawings of Yangpingguan, as for the things here, I will help you for a few days." Pang Tong looked at Liu Bei and smiled.

"How much money has the lord prepared to strengthen Yangping Pass? Have the materials been prepared? Liu Yi asked.

"Bo Yuan rest assured, Yangping Pass is a strong city, just need Bo Yuan to build a military camp for the soldiers to recover, and then build some equipment to defend the city." Pang Tong smiled.

Pang Tong's words, Liu Yi is relieved, his attainments in mathematics, even if he has been studying hard for the past two years, Liu Yi can't compare to people like Pang Tong.

As for the defense of Yangping Pass, it is basically a routine, and it is not very difficult, not to mention just designing and issuing money, even if it is to direct it yourself, it will not take much time.

"In that case, let's go now!" Liu Yi nodded and said.

"So fast?" Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi unexpectedly.

"Well, I can't wait to see this walkway finished." Liu Yi nodded, this is the first time he seriously designed and repaired a road, for the properties after completion, Liu Yi is very much looking forward to it, if it is feasible, when he Liu Bei takes the entire land of Sichuan and Shu, and engages in road repair projects, even if it can't be as smooth as the Central Plains, but at least it can make the Shu Road not so difficult, and in the future, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the grain road will not become their shortcoming.