Chapter Fifty-Nine: Distraction
"Husband, the concubines are not in good health, so they didn't find out about it earlier. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info "In the hussar general's mansion, Diao Chan's belly was already bulging, Lu Bu accompanied Diao Chan to walk on the shore of the small lake in the yard, Diao Chan said apologetically.
"This matter has nothing to do with you, and Madame doesn't have to blame herself." Lu Bu shook his head, touched Diao Chan's belly, and sighed softly, if Lu Lingqi is a man, even if she is unwilling, Lu Bu will use a stick to throw him into the battlefield, as Lu Bu's son, even if he is not good, at least he should not be cowardly, but it is a pity that a daughter's family has a heroic heart, which makes people a little helpless.
"You are pregnant, don't worry about these things, I have asked Zhou Cang to bring someone to bring her back, I believe that it will not be long before Zhou Cang will bring someone back." Looking at Diao Chan's worried gaze, Lu Bu smiled: "There is nothing to do left and right, I will accompany my wife to relax today, and I will be bored at home all day long, which is not good for my body and children." ”
Lu Lingqi's departure made Lu Bu feel a little guilty, not to Lu Lingqi, but his family, it has been more than two months since he came back from Xiliang, but Lu Bu has only a handful of time to stay at home, either with 500 soldiers to train all day, or in the craftsman camp to discuss with a group of craftsmen how to improve the armor, or with Jia Xu, Chen Gong and others to discuss the future development direction, it seems that with the territory getting bigger and bigger, gradually ignoring his family.
Take this daughter's matter as an example, if it weren't for Chen Gong to report it, he wouldn't even know that his daughter had already got a female soldier out a long time ago.
"Don't you have to go to the house?" Diao Chan looked at Lu Bu puzzled: "Don't delay the business because of the concubine." ”
"These things are too busy." Lu Bu laughed, in ancient times, even if he was busy, but the information circulation was extremely inconvenient, even if he was busy, he could always take some time to rest, for this era, from the beginning of the strangeness to step by step adaptation, to now, although not to say that he dominates the world, but it is also the ambition of one party, and his heart, ability, and concept have changed a lot compared with just coming to this world.
If you want to say where something has changed, Lu Bu can't say, people's growth is unconsciously transformed all the way, when you go far away and look back, some things will suddenly be discovered.
In his previous life, he started from scratch, worked hard all the way, was brave and enterprising, but he was often easy to ignore many things, such as family affection.
Probably because of this reason, Lu Bu attaches great importance to family affection, although in terms of soul, whether it is Diao Chan or Lu Lingqi's daughter, it is God who forced it into himself, but it is undeniable that since Xuzhou has been all the way, Diao Chan has never given up, and has never had a word of complaint, and even in order not to worry Lu Bu, even if he is pregnant, at the beginning, he also hid it from Lu Bu, this friendship, Lu Bu values it very much, including Lu Lingqi, who is shouting all day long to go to the battlefield, Maybe it's really because the many memories left by his predecessor are integrated into the depths of his soul little by little, and he really loves this daughter, and it is because of this that he will be so angry after knowing that Lu Lingqi ran away to suppress the bandits without permission.
At home, it was naturally impossible to wear armor, so Lu Bu changed into a Confucian robe, put on a sword, and accompanied Diao Chan to wander aimlessly on the bustling streets of Chang'an City.
In half a year, the weather in Chang'an is the same day by day, the streets are full of traffic, and in the crowd, from time to time, you can see the Qiang people who are dressed in a rather unusual way among the Han people swaggering through the market, but the surrounding Han people have already looked strange.
The atmosphere of the Han Dynasty is far from being like the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Lu Bu intends to integrate the Qiang and Han families, and in half a year, there have been some results, at least when they see the Qiang people on the road, the people will not look at them like they see monsters, and even Lu Bu also saw a few Qiang people and Han people in the restaurant at a table, talking together, it should be talking about business.
The tables and chairs created in the craftsman's camp have now been promoted, after all, they are not things that require too high technology, including stirrups and horseshoes, which are also not too high-tech things, and they are more convenient, so they spread quickly.
Lu Bu didn't use these things to make money, and now that Chang'an and even the entire Yongliang are in a recovery period, how much money can he get from the people? Therefore, under the rule of Lü Bu, the tax rate of ordinary farmers and craftsmen was extremely low, and the main taxes of the entire Lü Bu power were now basically maintained by the major markets.
In each of the more important cities, there are markets, planning and building shops, according to the quality of the location to collect rent, not to mention the foot merchants, some merchants to and from the northwest are still willing to rent shops, for these places, Lu Bu adopted the model of the shopping mall in the later generations, as long as the things sold are not illegal, they can be sold in the shops, the government will not interfere, and the merchants can also use two ways to pay taxes.
One is to rent a shop and pay the other according to the number of transactions, which is generally between half and one percent.
It's not too high, but many vendors are willing to pay this way, after all, business doesn't happen every day.
At the beginning, Chen Gong, Zhang Ji and others were very opposed to this kind of thing, after all, since ancient times, China has been a big country dominated by agriculture, and the farmers and businessmen, and the social class have begun to be deeply rooted in the concept of all people in the early Han Dynasty.
Lu Bu's practice is tantamount to improving the status of merchants in disguise, so that merchants have the capital to break away from the family.
However, the results of the three months after the trial trial were three times the final profit that could be obtained according to the calculation of Chen Gong and others according to the old system, and Chen Gong and others obediently closed their mouths.
This is still a prototype of business, but it brings very considerable profits at the same time, but has no impact on the people's morale, and even drives more people to flow to Guanzhong.
They are all smart people, and it is easy to see the key clearly, but it also points out the harm, the government must have absolute control over commerce, and businessmen pursue profits, if they cannot be restrained, it will become a double-edged sword, which in turn will balance Lu Bu, which is something that neither Lu Bu nor his officials and generals can tolerate.
Although he was in business in his previous life, Lu Buke had no intention of building a business empire, so as to enrich the country through business and strengthen the country with industry.
Of course, the words of work sound a bit cheesy, in modern times, it is called technology, in this era, but it is just a craftsman, if there is no business system built by Lu Bu, where can there be so much money, when training soldiers, can you build a workshop dedicated to researching new things? It's all made with money.
Of course, Lu Bu will not be stupid enough to openly announce the promotion of the status of craftsmen and merchants, many things are not slogans, but in the case of many external conditions reached, it will come naturally and spontaneously, and now if Lu Bu shouts such a slogan, I am afraid that many of his subordinates will resist.
Breaking the rules is easy to say, but when you really want to do it, shout and shout about what you want to establish new rules, don't wonder why those people you support are not willing to stand with you, the deep-rooted concepts of human beings cannot be changed so easily when they do not touch their vital interests.
Just like the current Chang'an, if there were no practical benefits brought by commerce, Chen Gong and they would not agree to Lu Bu's lenient treatment of businessmen.
"Husband, what are you thinking?" Diao Chan enjoyed the two-person world accompanied by Lu Bu, and looked at Lu Bu's absent-minded appearance on the road, and asked with some amusement.
"Nothing." When Lu Bu heard this, he shook his head, rubbed his eyebrows with a wry smile, and looked at the changes in Chang'an, and subconsciously began to think about the next plan, and he was a little stunned.
In the following time, Lu Bu accompanied Diao Chan to walk in the market, looking at the dazzling array of goods in large and small shops, and even some were brought by Hu merchants from the Western Regions.
During this period, there were also businessmen who recognized Lu Bu's identity and came up to curry favor, but Lu Bu waved away.
"Husband, that monkey just now is so cute, why don't we raise one too." After an afternoon of shopping, Diao Chan has recovered a lot of her little daughter's posture.
"Well, I'll have someone buy one later." Lu Bu said with a smile, animal trainers are also a scarce industry, but compared to training monkeys, Lu Bu is more interested in being able to train eagles and pigeons, in this era of backward information circulation, if a group of flying pigeons can be domesticated, it can greatly improve the work efficiency of Lu Bu's command.
Belch...... Unconsciously, he thought of military affairs again, which made Lu Bu quite embarrassed, seeing that he did not attract the attention of Diao Chan, he silently kept this matter in his heart, after all, now that the territory is bigger, if there can be communication tools such as flying pigeons, it will be more convenient to convey many things, and he will let Chen Gong Zhang Bang find this kind of talent for a while.
As for monkeys, dogs and whatnot, it is not bad to raise a few at home and feed them when they are bored, and they can also play a role in housekeeping.
"It's getting late, let's go back and rest." Lu Bu held Diao Chan and looked at the sky.
"Hmm." Diao Chan nodded obediently, Lu Bu can accompany her like this for a day, she is already very satisfied, her husband is a person who does great things, even if she can't help her husband, she shouldn't let her husband worry about it, Diao Chan is a very sensible woman in this regard. (To be continued.) )