On the big river, the battleship went down the river at an extremely fast speed, but in a few days, it had already returned to the Qingzhou Plain.

Since stepping into the Qingzhou Plain, Xun Yu was surprised to find that he seemed to have come to another world, Qingzhou, as if it was a paradise and had not experienced troubled times.

In August, it is already autumn, the weather has begun to slowly turn colder, at this time, it is the time of harvest, everywhere farmland, farmers are busy, everywhere is a harvest and happy pastoral scene.

"How is this possible!" Xun Yu was dumbfounded, if Xun Yu had poured water on the Internet, he would definitely complain, this is not scientific.

However, if you look closely, the crops in the fields are not all wheat and corn, but half grain and half pasture, and the pasture grass is mainly alfalfa.

If you look closely, it seems that there is also a difference, near the field, there are weapons, bows, crossbows, and even armor. looks like he is ready to fight anytime and anywhere, which is a little different from the era of peace.

It is the passers-by on the road, although the clothes are still very shabby, but most of them are very clean, although not everyone is strong and strong, but there is no dish that cannot be eaten. The so-called peaceful and prosperous era is probably nothing more than that. And there seem to be a lot of horses in Qingzhou, whether it is ploughing land, pulling carts, or pedestrians riding horses, horses can be seen almost everywhere.

In fact, this is also normal, in troubled times, people have a fixed mind. A large number of people died, and a lot of fields were vacated, and Liu Bei restored order in Qingzhou, and the politics were relatively clear. It is precisely because there are few people, more land, strong soldiers, light taxes, and the rule of officials is clear, which is not always the case with a newborn and vigorous classical agricultural regime.

In particular, Liu Bei's military merit system was different from that of the Qin Dynasty, and the agricultural tax levied on the soldiers was very small, and the plain was the place where Liu Bei ruled for the longest time, and it had been stable for almost three years.

There were a large number of livestock stolen from the Wuhuan people, low-cost iron farm tools produced by several iron officials in Qingzhou, and in three years, a large amount of currency was issued for circulation with the "grain standard", and the vitality of the people in the plains had already begun to recover.

The so-called Hong Fan Eight Politics, one is food, and the other is goods, which is what it means.

Liu Bei sent troops to fight several times, but strictly abided by the principle of "not violating the agricultural time", and almost did not delay grain production, so that the harm to the people was reduced to a minimum.

The same is true for sending troops to Dongjun this time, Liu Bei set off from the beginning, to pacify the Montenegrin Army in Dongjun, and then returned to Qingzhou, it took only a little more than a month. This efficiency, in ancient times, was simply dozens of unimaginably high efficiency. If it weren't for the fact that in order to get the matter of "adding Ding into the mu", Liu Bei mobilized all the government soldiers at the beginning, as a military preparation, ready to suppress the rebellion at any time, it would have been impossible to have this speed.

"Zhongde Gong, Wen Ruo, and look at how I am in Qingzhou, the two princes are both talented in the world, please give me advice." Liu Bei asked in a superficial tone, but in fact he pretended to be forced.

Although Cheng Yu is a little unaccustomed to Xun Yu, who was born in a high family, Xun Yu is a humble gentleman, and he also respects Cheng Yu a lot, and he has real talent and learning, and the two are almost under Liu Bei at the same time, so the relationship is getting closer and closer.

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, when they saw Liu Bei asking, they both sighed: "I don't mean that I can see the peaceful scene again today, the general governs Qi, and there is really the wind of a pipe." ”

Cheng Yu stretched out his hand, pointed to a small city surrounded by red brick walls, and asked, "That one is made of bricks, why is this brick red?" ”

Red bricks, in the eyes of modern people, are not a great thing, but in this era, it is the existence of black technology. Compared with green bricks, although the quality of red bricks is not as good as that of green bricks, it can be used just as well, and more importantly, it is cheaper.

The brick kiln used to burn bricks in this era was still sealed, so all the bricks fired were green bricks. Burn red bricks, when repairing the brick kiln, you can cut corners and save the kiln roof, the kiln top is more difficult to build, which saves a large part of the expenses, because there is no need to repair the roof, and the brick kiln without the top can be built bigger.

A brick kiln of green bricks can burn up to 5,000 bricks, and a brick kiln of red bricks can burn 50,000 or 60,000 bricks. The difference is ten times, more red bricks are burned, and the scale goes up, and the cost will naturally come down.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, most of the city walls were earthen walls, although the red brick walls were inferior to the blue brick walls. However, it is much stronger than an earthen wall.

Moreover, although Qingzhou said that it was stable, after all, it was not far from the war, and everyone was willing to spend money and effort on repairing the city wall. And Liu Bei also seems to have a paranoid hobby for repairing the city, always thinking that if one day in the future, the five ethnic minorities go south and build a little more fortified city, will it be possible to let some Han people be less integrated by others.

Therefore, in the whole Qingzhou, once it is time for farming, the government will organize people to build the city.

Other places are okay, the plain is Liu Bei's nest for three years, so it is not surprising that Xun Yu and Cheng Yu can see the city wall made of red bricks.

Although they just looked around, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were already admiring Liu Bei, and it can almost be said that they were throwing themselves to the ground. It was really like a surging river, and like the Yellow River overflowing, it was out of control.

returned to the plain, Chen Ji, the prime minister of the plain, personally came forward to greet Liu Bei, and exchanged pleasantries with Xun Yu, and Xi Zhicai also met Xun Yu, and they all had some feelings with each other. Liu Bei set up a banquet to entertain a group of people, etc., as for the reward and its own system, there is no need to say more. Only Le Jin, because of the merit of seizing the city, Liu Bei played Le Jin as the Zhonglang General, which means to try the Zhonglang General.

During the banquet, Chen Ji suddenly said: "Junhou, the old man is old, and he always has a sense of dazzle, and he wants to report to the court and resign from the post of plain minister." I don't know who can succeed him, but the prince can recommend it. ”

Where is Liu Bei willing to let go, Chen Ji is very famous, and even Kong Rong has to bow down and be small when he sees him. Chen Ji is a man and does not like to take power, he is the minister of the plains, and the affairs of the plains are in Liu Bei's hands.

is famous, does not take power, this kind of person does nothing, even if he stays to make a signboard, it is also excellent, so Liu Bei tried his best to keep it.

Chen Ji was resolute, but fortunately, in the end, Liu Bei understood that Chen Ji just didn't want to be a plain minister in name only, not to leave Qingzhou.

This is Liu Bei's worry, now there is war everywhere in the world, Chen Ji has to be so brainless, he will leave the plain and run back to his hometown to stay. It's just that I live in Qingzhou, and when I have nothing to do on weekdays, I just teach students.

Liu Bei said that he wanted Chen Ji to be the public school and Cai Yong's deputy, and he could teach if he wanted to, if he didn't want to teach, and he didn't need Chen Ji to do any specific work, just to be a signboard and get a salary.

Under Liu Bei's signal, Chen Ji recommended Zhang Fei as the prime minister of the plains.

And so, everyone rejoiced.