Chen Gong had seen Xiahoudun that night.

Lu Bu didn't get up until the next morning, and the guards came to pass the ceremony, saying that Xiahoudun asked to see him.

After discussing with Chen Gong, Lu Bu knew what he was doing here, and immediately ordered the guards to take him to the study.

Xiahoudun came to the study, and Lu Bu was already waiting for him.

Seeing him come in, Lu Bu got up and greeted him with a smile: "Yuan Rang came to see me early in the morning, could it be to report good news to me?" ”

Xiahoudun was stunned by his question: "What kind of happy event did Wen Hou say?" ”

"Doesn't Yuan Rang know yet?" Lu Bu asked as he pretended to be surprised.

had already guessed what he was talking about, and Xiahou couldn't tell that Chen Gong had looked for him the night before, so he had to pretend to be puzzled and asked, "What did Wen Hou say?" I really don't know. ”

"I thought Yuan Rang knew." Lu Bu looked disappointed: "Actually, I only got the news last night, Cao Gong sent troops to Lujiang, and General Li Mancheng killed Li Mao, the fierce general of Lujiang, in a battle in Yijing, and the army should have approached Hefei, and it seems that Lujiang is about to fall into the hands of Cao Gong." ”

Cao Cao also fought against Yuan Shu.

After Yuan Shu became emperor, many officials were divided, and officials from all over the country also raised many staff members and fierce generals.

Liu Xun sat in Lujiang, and Yuan Shu's previous wars did not implicate him.

Xiahoudun had never heard of his fierce general Li Mao.

didn't know that Li Mao was powerful, Xiahoudun replied calmly: "Man Chengneng is a young general in Lujiang, it is reasonable to be beheaded by him, I don't think it's so surprising." ”

"It seems that Yuan Rang doesn't know how powerful Li Mao is." Lu Bu asked with a smile, "I don't know if Yuan Rang knows General Ji Ling?" ”

"Ji Ling was the first fierce general under Yuan Shu back then, and it is said that he served Wen Hou, how could I not know him?" Xiahoudun replied: "It's a pity that he and I haven't fought on the battlefield. ”

"When it comes to martial arts, Li Mao's loss to General Ji Ling is also limited." Lu Bu said: "General Mancheng was able to behead him, which is really beyond my expectations. ”

Unexpectedly, Li Mao was actually brave, and Xiahoudun was stunned.

"Yuan Rang came to me early in the morning, is there something wrong?" Lu Bu diverted the topic.

"I'm here to quit." Xiahoudun replied: "I also know that it is impossible for Wenhou to let the Qingzhou Army go to the coal mine, but I just want to remind you that I was willing to borrow the Qingzhou Army at the beginning, because I believed in Wenhou's character......"

"Just trust me in my character." Lu Bu grinned: "I borrowed the Qingzhou Army, in fact, I was also doing things for Cao Gong. Xuzhou has experienced many years of war, and there are very few people and goods. Once Cao Gong has a place for me, without the Qingzhou Army, who else can I count on? ”

Speaking of this, Lu Bu sighed: "It's not that I refuse to return the Qingzhou Army to Yuan Rang, it's really ......"

Chen Gong had already told him about the benefits, and no matter how unhappy Xiahou was in his heart, he could only temporarily give up bringing back the Qingzhou Army.

"Please also ask Wen Hou to remember the agreement between you and me." Xiahoudun said: "Ten years later, I asked Wenhou for the Qingzhou Army!" ”

"Yuan let rest assured, we will make a ten-year appointment!" Lu Bu replied: "In ten years, I will definitely return the Qingzhou Army to you!" ”

"I'll take my leave!" Xiahoudun bowed and turned to leave.

Soon after he left, Chen Gong came: "Wenhou, Xiahou Yuanrang has already left?" ”

"Gone." Lu Bu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and he asked Chen Gong, "What did you tell him last night?" ”

Chen Gong repeated what he had said to Xiahoudun.

Lu Bu pursed his lips: "It seems that a battle between me and Cao Cao is inevitable, and what you said, although you can persuade Xiahou Yuanrang to retreat, it will also make Cao Cao jealous of me." If it weren't for the Yuan family in Hebei, after he destroyed the Yuan family in Huainan, the next step would be to come to Xuzhou. ”

"Did you order the two of us to discuss yesterday?" Lu Bu then asked.

"I've already explained it." Chen Gong replied: "Big money is rushing to make it, and the coal mine has also sent people over." ”

"The conquest of the world is nothing more than people, money, and food." Lü Bu said: "I plan to issue a decree to encourage farming, and all the places under my rule will calculate the yield according to the yield per mu in each village during the harvest season. Whoever produces the most grain is exempt from paying taxes. If there is wasteland in the house, the tax shall be five times greater. ”

"This is a way to urge the people to work diligently." Chen Gong nodded: "It's just that Wen Hou still has to think that there are diligent people in the world, and of course there will be lazy people!" Those lazy people can't let them starve to death......"

"If the lazy don't starve to death, who will still support them?" Lu Bu smiled coldly: "If you are lazy, the local government is not allowed to give subsidies, let them know what it means to not work and not eat." ”

"And, about the population." Lu Bu instructed: "According to the Han law, women must marry on the fifteenth day, and in all places under my rule, they must be advanced to the twelfth. Each woman gives birth to more than five children, and the government subsidizes one ration every year. ”

"Giving birth to children, the increase in labor at home, and the government is subsidizing rations, the people must have worked hard to give birth." Chen Gong replied: "It's just that each woman gives birth to five children......"

"Tell the people that if you want to be rich, you have to build roads, and you have to plant trees and build roads." Lu Bu said: "Brush white characters at the entrance of each village, and as for the content, just write it like this......

He thought for a while: "The hundred-year plan is talent-oriented, and the prosperous place is prosperous." If you want to be rich, build more roads, have more children and raise more pigs! ”

Lu Bu tied the birth of a child and raising a pig together to talk about things, and Chen Gong was suddenly full of black lines: "Others are okay, but the last sentence ......"

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Lu Bu said: "Having children and raising pigs is actually the same thing, the more children you have, the more prosperous your family will be." As for raising pigs, the more you raise, the more you can take out and sell or kill your own food at the end of the year, of course, the more the better! ”

After thinking about it carefully, what Lu Bu said was also reasonable, and Chen Gong replied: "I'll do it!" ”

"Wait a minute!" Chen Gong retired and was about to leave, but Lu Bu stopped him again.

"Wen Hou still has orders?" Chen Gong asked.

"I heard that there are people in the families who are so poor that they forget to marry their mothers-in-law, and they all marry fathers, sons, brothers, and brothers." Lu Bu asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes, yes, but not much." Chen Gong replied: "After many years of war, many men have died, and marrying a mother-in-law is not as expensive as in the past. ”

"For all such families, as long as people are not lazy, the mother-in-law's government will arrange them for them." Lu Bu said: "Several men share a woman, don't delay my plan to prosper." ”

"I see!" Chen Gong responded.

"And!" Lu Bu explained: "You also have to marry wives and concubines, characters like you, don't have more children to help me, how can there be enough manpower around me in the future." ”

Chen Gong looked embarrassed: "I will do my best!" ”