Chapter 261: Liu Bei's Ambition

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Lu Peng had long thought that Liu Yu would take the salt from the Luxian Salt Farm to attract money, this can't be given, before he completely fell out with Liu Yu, this money still has to be handed over, and at the same time, he also wants this money to support Liu Yu to fight with Gongsun Zhan, so that the family can prevent disasters for themselves, and they have to give some blood.

So Lu Peng immediately said: "Lu County produces 20,000 stones of salt every month, and you can get 1 million yuan of salt every month, and the original ones have been moved away by Liu Yan Taishou, and if you want to get this money, you have to wait for half a month." ”

Liu Yu expressed his satisfaction with the figures reported by Lu Peng, which coincided with the amount of salt produced in Lu County that he knew, of course, he did not know that since the use of the salt field method, Lu Peng's salt has been no less than 200,000 stone per month, and it has long been a daily income.

One million dollars is already very satisfying for Liu Yu, but it is a bit of a pity to wait for another half a month.

"This official took office, that is, to oppose Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's use of troops, now we only have 2,000 soldiers in our hands is not successful, in order to see this, the captain will hand over these 2,000 soldiers to Xuande Training Commander, and you will recruit back the soldiers you originally disbanded Tuntian, at least not less than 5,000, so that we can do it to the two."

Lu Peng bowed and said yes, looking at the three brothers Liu Guanzhang who were eager to try their military power again, and said in embarrassment: "It's not difficult to recruit my original soldiers, it's just this money and food-"

That's it, if you want to recruit the old department and don't give money and food, who will mix with you? Besides, why do I want to give you Liu Bei training with the money I earned?

Liu Yu thought for a while: "In this way, this month's salt money will be allocated 500,000 yuan for you to reorganize the army, and 500,000 yuan will be used for the daily use of the state capital." Then he looked at Liu Bei, who looked disappointed: "As for the military supplies that Xuande needs, I will go to the local big family to donate some." ”

In this way, the money he earned returned to his pocket almost in the blink of an eye, and Lu Peng was very satisfied.

After discussing this military issue, Liu Yu inquired in detail about Lu Peng's government affairs. Lu Peng explained his method 1510 and explained it in detail.

Regarding the policy of letting the big families reduce the rent of the people, Liu Yu could only smile bitterly and shake his head, he had just taken office in Youzhou, and he wanted the big families to reduce the rent, which was equivalent to cutting the flesh of those big families, which was to make enemies for himself, which could not be implemented.

But seeing the total benefits of liberalizing the official sale of salt, bringing Youzhou continuous real money and grain, so he tentatively asked Lu Peng, can he follow the example of salt, directly release the iron sold by the official, use the liberalization of salt and iron, recruit displaced people from all over the country to produce stability, and expand the population base of Youzhou, anyway, Gong Jing of Qingzhou has no friendship with himself, and Ding Yuan of Bingzhou and Han Fu of Yizhou do not deal with themselves very much, digging his corner, there is no burden psychologically, and now the world is in chaos, if you want to accumulate strength and do something, It is still necessary to focus on the population, and only with a huge population can everything be done.

For such a proposal, Lu Peng just couldn't ask for it, if the iron material was released again, then the iron factory in his Savage Valley would be able to work justifiably.

At the same time, there are many iron ores in Youzhou, and the reason why the country does not open up mining on a large scale is actually still scruples.

First, iron is a strategic material, although it can be used to build agricultural tools, but it can also be used to make knives and guns, which is the source of turmoil. Second, to exploit iron ore, it requires a large number of young and strong people, and when people gather, it is easy to expose the rod and rebel. Another point is that when everyone goes to work, there will be no one to farm, and in the era when the people take food as the sky, agriculture is the foundation of a stable dynasty.

But now the situation is different, the rebellion, with a wooden stick can also rebel, and the displaced people can not be resettled, which is the source of turmoil, coupled with the serious annexation of land by the wealthy families, the people want to farm and have no land to plant, therefore, the release of iron ore mining is also equivalent to the absence of the above drawbacks, but also to resettle the people and displaced people, in exchange for the materials and money of the armed officers and soldiers, this is the trend of the times, and it can be regarded as benefiting the country and the people. At the same time, as soon as Liu Yu came up, he opened another source of wealth for the wealthy family, and he won the favor and support of the wealthy family, which can be regarded as killing multiple birds with one stone.

After all the discussions were completed, Lu Peng said goodbye and went back to Lu County to "recruit troops".

When Lu Peng left, Liu Yu beckoned Liu Bei to sit down, and then said earnestly: "Xuande, you and I are both descendants of the Han family, reviving the Han Dynasty, and supporting the society is our duty, and I hope Xuande will work hard." ”

Liu Bei knelt down and said: "For the sake of the Han Dynasty, do you dare to work together?" ”

Liu Yu asked Liu Bei to sit down, and then said: "Lu Peng, there is still the heart of the upper and lower levels, and he also obeys the control of the imperial court, which is very good, but Gongsun Chan did not come to see the official, it can be seen that he is domineering, and there will be chaos in the future, so I am ready to clean up Gongsun Chan and completely build Youzhou into the foundation of your and my great cause." ”

"Gongsun Zhan, tiger and wolf, but there are countless soldiers under him, although Bei has the heart to be an adult and fight for the Han, but he has no heart."

Liu Yu nodded: "This can't make Xuande embarrassed, I will gather all the gentry in Youzhou to meet in a few days, and then use the conditions of opening the mine and iron factory to collect money and grain from them, Xuande, you will start recruiting soldiers now, well-at least 30,000 will be recruited." ”

Thirty thousand? Liu Bei's heart snorted, this is the most soldiers he has mastered in his life, if he masters an army of 30,000, then there will be a place for himself in the world.

"I will follow Lu Peng's example and work with you to raise troops and train soldiers in this place, so that it will last for a long time."

has soldiers and land, and he has become a small warlord overnight, and Liu Yu ordered Lu Peng to recruit the old department, not more than five thousand, then, although he is nominally under the jurisdiction of Lu Peng, his strength and ability far exceed that of Lu Peng, at this time, Liu Bei's heart is balanced.

"What does Xuande think about the future of Youzhou?" gave the right to the army and gave the territory, and Liu Yu asked Liu Bei what he thought about the future.

Liu Bei said bluntly: "Now there are two major dangers in Youzhou, one is Zhang Ju Zhang Chun, and the other is Gongsun Zhan, if you want to defeat Gongsun Zhan, you must first eliminate Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun to gain stability in our rear." ”

Liu Yu nodded but remained silent.

"Zhang Ju Zhang Chun, in fact, he looks good, but he is just a group of rabble, compared to Gongsun Zhan, it is much easier to deal with, first easy and then difficult, this is the right way." A hero, definitely not covered, can mix from a straw shoe craftsman to a provincial high-ranking official, in addition to knowing people and being good at their duties, and getting the assistance of Zhuge Liang, he also has a strategy in his heart, otherwise, he would have been played to death.

Now that Liu Bei has this platform, he has shown his ability.

"What Xuande said is yes, but although the two are a rabble, there are many people under them, and the so-called ants bite the elephant to death, we can't take it lightly, not to mention that they also have the Wuhuan King as the backing, and the strength is also quite large, how can this be handled?"

Liu Bei said confidently: "The two are not in harmony, we can completely divide and conquer, on the one hand, to surrender Zhang Chun, and on the other hand, to attack Zhang Ju, in this way, the two will be defeated." And Wu Peng's combat power is strong, we can use Lu Peng as a pioneer, I heard that Lu Peng's team is strong and capable of fighting, and there should be no problem in dealing with Wu Huan. ”

Liu Yu smiled, Liu Bei, who cried when he saw Lu Peng, was also on guard against calculating Lu Peng, he himself went to justice and soft persimmons, of course, it was not a problem, but let Lu Peng gnaw on the hard bone of Wuhuan, in fact, it was a disguised consumption of Lu Peng's strength, this is really a trough that can't be tied to two donkeys, even if it is Liu Bei Lu Peng, who is like a brother on the surface, but isn't this exactly what he wants to see?

"If we divide the two sheets, we have no worries, what should we do left?" Now, Liu Yu attaches great importance to this family, and he really humbly asks for advice.

Liu Bei said frankly: "To deal with Gongsun Zhan, but you can't use Lu Peng, because Lu Peng and Gongsun Zhan have the reality of Weng as sons-in-law, once they use him, there is a possibility of fighting against the water, which has to be guarded against." "Liu Bei said this, in fact, it was very contrary to his will, Lu Peng said that he and Gongsun Chan had the truth of being a son-in-law, but when you and Gongsun Chan were young, there was still brotherly love, when Liu Bei and Gongsun Chan were together, it was a big brother shouting.

However, the last time he failed to bribe the ten permanent servants, after Zhang Rang mentioned "This villain is also", Liu Beixue was obedient, and when he went out to introduce himself, he only said that he was a royal Miao descendant, and no longer mentioned other people, such as being recommended to Liu Yu this time, and after knowing Liu Yu's thoughts, he never mentioned the acquaintance between him and Gongsun Zhan.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Yu was relieved to hand over his heart to Liu Bei, if he knew that he Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan had such a relationship, he would be able to strangle Liu Bei at that time.

"However, after all, Lu Peng also has a side of soldiers and horses, how to deal with him." This gave Liu Yu a headache, after all, Lu Peng was nominally a lieutenant in Youzhou, and he couldn't relieve him of his military power without authorization, in that case, it was easy to make extraneous branches.

Liu Bei smiled slightly: "Divide the troops." ”

"How?"

"Order Lu Peng to occupy the city occupied by Wuhuan that he has taken, and then order him to defend the grassland to the north and Liaodong to the east, so that with Lu Peng's troops after the war, and then disperse and resettle, then what role can he play?"

Liu Yu clapped his hands and shouted loudly.

Is this the way to do it once and for all?

In fact, these two people are calculating in this dark room, and they are in harmony with Lu Peng's mind and making a wedding dress for Lu Peng. Sometimes some things, when the bad guys are in the wrong hands, can often be helping people, which is indeed a paradox that makes people laugh and cry.

If Liu Bei knew that he was calculating, but he helped Lu Peng, wouldn't he be angry and cry on the spot?

Liu Yu took office, and all the families in Youzhou hurried to celebrate, and the property was piled up, which was very different from Xu Jie's appointment in Lu County, firstly, Liu Yu's official reputation was very good, and secondly, Liu Yu also relied on the clan and was willing to be the spokesperson of the clan, and thirdly, these clans also hoped that Liu Yu could suppress Lu Peng's bad thing, and vent his anger for the clan, donated generously, and in a blink of an eye, they solved the money and food for recruiting troops in Youzhou.

With the support of this huge amount of money and food, the three brothers of Liu Bei immediately threw off their arms and began to recruit troops.

Now there is turmoil in various places, and the displaced people are everywhere, as long as they have food to eat, they can live for a while, and the people who volunteer to join the army are the amount of vehicles, but in the blink of an eye, Liu Bei recruited 30,000 horses, and after training for three months with Lu Peng's original training method, he has a certain combat effectiveness, and is ready to sharpen his knife Huo Huo to move to the two.

(End of chapter)

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