Chapter 104: Money

Zhao Yun left, although Lu Lingqi was reluctant, he also knew that this was a battle for Zhao Yun to prove himself to the world, whether it was for his own name or for his own future, Liaodong, Zhao Yun must go, and Gongsun Du's head must also be taken back, because Gongsun Du violated Lu Bu's taboo, surrendered and rebelled, and also killed the grassroots officials and people from the Department of Justice sent by Lu Bu to Liaodong to take over the city of Liaodong, adding up to hundreds of people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Rebellion is rebellion, but he shouldn't kill the people he sent over, this is no longer a political issue, but a provocation with Lu Bu, even if there is no Zhao Yun, Lu Bu will send others to clean up Gongsun Du, even Gongsun can't run, the Hussar Mansion has just gained a foothold in the world, and it is about to establish authority, at this time Gongsun Du himself put his neck up, Lu Bu can only say that he can't complain about others if he dies.

However, although Gongsun Du is annoying, but under Chang'an and even the entire Lu Bu, no one will really take Gongsun Du seriously, Zhao Yun is different from history, Zhao Yun in history, since Liu Bei, rarely led the army alone.

No matter how talented a person is, if there is no practice of tempering, after a long time, no matter how good the talent is, it will be wasted, but now Zhao Yun has experienced countless vicious battles in the Western Regions, fighting wits and courage with Xianbei people, and finally started with Lu Lingqi and Pang Tong with fifty-six female soldiers and finally created a famous reputation, which is not only brought by personal bravery, but honed by countless battles.

Regardless of vision or military level, Zhao Yun is now more than a star and a half stronger than in history, which is also the reason why Lu Bu was angry at the beginning, after all, talents were cultivated by themselves, and then they were cheaper Liu Bei, and it was not easy to put anyone on him, but in his heart, this son-in-law Lu Bu was still relatively satisfied, otherwise he would not give him the merit of Ping Liaodong.

For the war in Liaodong later, the entire Chang'an, except for Lu Lingqi, I am afraid that not too many people pay attention to it, and Lu Bu only asked Youzhou to allocate another group of grassroots officials and relevant personnel of the Department of Justice to prepare for taking office, and there is also the problem of Wuhuan, which Zhang has experience in governing in Xiliang before, and there should be no problem in co-opting and integrating Wuhuan.

Pang Tong regretted very much that he followed Zhao Yun and them back in the past few days, Chang'an is really not a place for them to stay for high-end talents.

When he was in Luoyang, Gao Shun was quite tolerant of Pang Tong, he ate and drank well every day, and there was naturally a special person to deal with official business, Pang Tong was occasionally idle and had nothing to do, and he would also help, after all, it was only Luoyang, and the population in Luoyang was empty, basically it was a military problem, there were not many people's livelihood problems, and the population of the entire Heluo area added up to only 10,000 households, not to mention that there were many people who had undergone professional processing training, even if no one helped, Pang Tongyi could handle it personally.

But when I arrived in Chang'an, it was different, just after a day of rest, I was arrested by Lu Bu Zhuangding, not to mention the prosperity of Sanfu now, and the past is no longer the same, just the caravan from the south to the north and even from the Western Regions, are comparable to the total population of the Heluo area, not to mention the people's livelihood in the land of Sanfu, now Lu Bu has a big stall, and it is not only Sanfu that needs to be dealt with, but also the problems of Bingzhou, Youzhou, Xiliang, Jizhou and even the Western Regions and Hetao will be summarized here.

Pang Tong and Xu Shu are so busy every day that their feet don't touch the ground, and Chen Gong rarely sees him idle, in addition, Yang Fu, Wei Kang and other Xiliang celebrities are now living a life like coolies.

Looking at Xu Shu, who was conscientious but happy, Pang Tong felt that he seemed to be more qualified than his subordinates, who were already loyal to Lu Bu, and he was still the kind with a small salary.

"The lord should recruit people again, why do you want me to ask about the affairs of the Ministry of Works? This doesn't make sense! Pang Tong glanced at Chen Gong and complained to Xu Shu in a low voice: "Didn't the lord talk about the division of labor?" What are we? ”

"There is no way, there are few people at the moment, and the general also said that that set can only be implemented when there is sufficient manpower, and now there are enough grassroots officials, but there are too few middle and upper level talents, so we have to suffer, Shi Yuan has no other talents to recommend to the general? It's okay to pull over and help us share the burden. Xu Shu rolled his eyes and said.

"Other talents?" Pang Tong smiled: "Yuan Zhi deceived me, the talents I know, there are only a few of you, do you say that Kong Ming is willing to come or Cui Zhouping and Meng Jian are willing to come?" ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly, Lumen Academy, in fact, except for him, are basically the children of the family, judging from the current policy implemented by Lu Bu, these children of the family are afraid that they want Lu Bu to fall, even if they come, they have to guard against it.

"Wait, the frustration is back, when we can share our pressure, Yuan Shao is dead, and there is no reason for the frustration to continue to be loyal to Yuan Shao, if you don't surrender, you have to surrender, speaking of which, the lord's method is also to bully the frustrated gentleman, if it is me......" Pang Tong gestured with some excitement, but he didn't notice that Xu Shu's face on the other side gradually became strange.

"Oh? What if it was a scholar? Lu Bu's voice suddenly appeared, startling Pang Tong, and when he looked back, he saw Lu Bu standing at the door with a black face.

"Hey, it's not like being pulled by the lord." Pang said with a unified face.

"Do things." Lu Bu shook his head and greeted Chen Gong: "Gongtai, there is a new kind of water turning wheel from the Ministry of Industry, which can improve the efficiency of farmland irrigation, but it costs a lot of money, and the value is about the same as that of a windmill. ”

Lu Bu sat down, these days he will study the Shield Armor Heavenly Book every day, but more often, he is staying here in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Agriculture, although the knowledge in the Shield Armor Heavenly Book is good, but it will take many years to study, and it cannot be used in a short period of time, so although Lu Bu also reads, he will not waste too much time on the Shield Armor Heavenly Book.

Chen Gong patted his head when he heard this, and looked at Lu Bu: "Do you want money again?" ”

"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded: "The people from the Ministry of Industry don't dare to come, so I can only come." ”

In addition to the Ministry of Industry, Lu Bu also set up the Ministry of Agriculture, which is responsible for studying how to improve crop yields, but these things need time to test, and they need to be put into the place, and the funds are not much.

When the people gradually get used to the convenience it brings, and then the building technology is spread to the people, the government withdraws the investment, and the people can build it according to their own conditions, but the funds consumed in this process can almost scare the princes of any way in the Central Plains to death.

So up to now, the government really promoted, there are only windmills, as for the water hose car, in fact, there is, but not much, the new water hose cart made by Ma Jun can greatly reduce the irrigation pressure, weaken the dependence on the weather, so Lu Bu will propose to promote the water hook car.

"How much do you need?" Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu with a vigilant expression.

"Probably ......" Lu Bu thought for a while and said, "Ten million dollars......

"Ten million!?" Chen Gong almost shouted out, not to mention Chen Gong, even Pang Tong and Xu Shu were secretly stunned when they heard this number, and they really dared to speak.

Tens of millions of dollars can equip a 10,000-strong army, and it is still a sophisticated kind, and it is still calculated according to the current standard under Lu Bu.

"That...... It can be allocated in batches. Lu Bu said with a smile.

"The lord can know that the basic expenses of the salaries of the various armies and the salaries of officials at all levels are now 300 million yuan a year in the government treasury, in addition to the renovation and repair of equipment, and the maintenance of the families of soldiers, in a year, the five states under the jurisdiction of our army now need nearly 1 billion yuan." Chen Gong was heartbroken.

"What about taxes?" Lu Bu frowned and said, this number sounds like a lot, but that's five states, 130,000 troops, tens of thousands of officials, plus some necessary expenses, one billion is really not much.

"Don't think about it." Chen Gong sighed: "However, in the past two years, our army has developed commerce, and there is an endless stream of merchants who travel to and from the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and there can barely be some surplus, but in the treasury, there should be at least some storage, right?" If there is a war at this time, how can it be supported? ”

Pang Tong couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this, even if he looked at these accounts every day, but after all, it was not as specific as Chen Gong, although he knew that Lu Bu earned a lot of money on the commercial tax side, but he didn't expect it to be perverted to this extent, big money is the unified currency under Lu Bu's rule, if converted into purchasing power, one billion dollars, can hollow out a big family like the Pang family, Pang Tong was born in a family, and he knows a lot about the family, although the family is rich, but it has been accumulated through several generations or even more than ten generations, A situation like Lu Bu where taxes alone can bury a family in a year is almost unimaginable.

The most ironic thing is that the agricultural tax, which is regarded as life and fundamental by the family, is almost an addition here, and Pang Tong doesn't even want to say more.

Lu Bu, is it already strong enough to this extent?

"Gongtai went to find Zhen Yao." Lu Bu thought for a moment and said: "A batch of inferior horses that were eliminated last year were sent to Kanto for sale, and the money was freed up for promotion. ”

If the inferior horse is put in the Central Plains, it is really not a bad horse, Lu Bu now controls the horse source of the entire Central Plains, many times, the war horse he eliminated is put in the Central Plains, which is the BMW level, but here, because there is a huge space for choice, the good ones are picked up, and those who are inferior will naturally become inferior horses, but these things, put in the Central Plains, that is what the princes are rushing to want, and they don't worry about sales at all, and don't think about playing tricks with Lu Bu, now Lu Bu monopolizes the war horse market, this time you dare to rely on it, next time you guarantee that you can't even buy a horse.

Nowadays, many horse dealers in Lu Bu rely on Lu Bu to eat, Lu Bu said not to anyone, these horse dealers do not dare to cut off their own money, you sell horses privately, Lu Bu can turn a blind eye, but if you dare to disobey Lu Bu's decree, then wait to starve to death, even if you get a horse, don't think about passing the test.

"Yes." When Chen Gong heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he no longer allocated money from the treasury, anything would work, and besides, the war horse was still profitable in the Central Plains, and it was directly controlled by Lu Bu. (To be continued.) )