"Xuantong is really calculating! He sent some new books of Wuling to the princes of the world, but he used this to make his Wuling famous again! I'm afraid that after this trouble, most of the talents in the world will go to Wuling! Cao Cao held a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War printed by Wuling Printing in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh. But that's the case, but from his uncontrollable appearance, it can be vaguely seen how much he loves this new book of Wuling.

"I don't want Lu Xuantong to be able to develop such a literati artifact, if the new book of Wuling can be widely circulated, I'm afraid that it won't take a few decades, and the world will be full of talented people!" Xun Yu sighed slightly, a little admiring. If the knowledge or martial arts to a certain point, there will be the existence of internal strength, which is recognized by the world, many people in the world are not knowledgeable because there is no book to read, so it is difficult to become a talent, can not reach that step, and if this new book of Wuling can be widely circulated, when it is played, everyone in the world is like a dragon.

"With this book alone, Lu Xuantong is enough to leave a name in history!" Xun You, who has always been silent, stared at the biography of the Marquis in his hand, and it was rare to open his mouth again.

"I'm afraid this book won't be circulated for the time being, Xuantong is a smart person, he will definitely use this new book of Wuling as a monopoly, so as to recruit talents for it, to make up for the lack of talent caused by his constant opposition to the world's wealthy families." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and spoke.

"Looking at what he does, he often plans to move, this person is afraid that his plans are not small!" Xun Yu saw Cao Cao's very appreciative appearance of Lu An, frowned, and said.

"Hehe, Xuantong is both civil and military, and he has great ambitions, but he is trapped in Wuling County, which can be described as congenital insufficiency!" Cao Cao laughed, he had some sympathy for Lu An, with Lu An's talent, if he could give him a state for him to show, I am afraid that in a few years, he would become the most eye-catching existence in the world, but there is only one Wuling County, even if it can be built, the location is too remote, and there is a Liu Biao who rode down Jingzhou alone, I am afraid that he will be suppressed for a long time before he can come out.

"But so!" Xun Yu and Xun Yu glanced at each other, and it was also a pity and a pity, even if it was a masterpiece, he had to have luck, this Lu Xuantong was the top in intelligence, but he was unlucky, he only got a broken place in Wuling, now that he thinks about it, Dong Zhuo sent him to Wuling, I am afraid that he has already had this plan.

Of course, Lu An would not know that Cao Cao and his advisers were talking about him, but at this time, he was overjoyed by the flow of people coming and going in Wuling, it seems that he really underestimated the role of printing in this era, and underestimated the attraction of later books to the students of this era.

"Lord, during this time, we have made a lot of money just by collecting tariffs!" Sun Shao next to him said happily.

With the huge profits of green salt and distilled liquor, Wuling's money and grain have grown at an astonishing rate, but the cost is even greater, not to mention the gradual relocation of the Wuxi barbarians before the need for money and grain, as well as the bottomless pit of the compulsory military system, plus the lord of his own family has been paying taxes lightly, and even occasionally buying land from the family to distribute it to the people, so that Wuling's money and grain are not rich. As the county prince of Wuling, the head of the political officials under the Taishou Mansion, you can imagine how much pressure he is under on weekdays.

"Hehe, if there are more people coming and going, our tariffs will naturally increase! Therefore, we can't get rich by relying on agricultural taxes alone, and if we want to be truly rich, we have to rely on commercial taxes instead of agricultural taxes! Lu An smiled slightly and spoke.

"Business tax? How can commercial taxes support a county's revenue and expenditure? Sun Shao was a little puzzled, if it weren't for the fact that this person was his most beloved lord, he would have to scoff at him. If you want to rely on commercial taxes to get a lot of money and food, you don't seem to have heard of this kind of theory since ancient times.

"Can you explain a thing or two to us?" Gu Yong on the side also arched his hand. I want to hear Lu An's insights.

"That's what you haven't seen before! Think about it, where would there be a large number of merchants? Seeing the puzzled eyes of the two political officials under his command, Lu An smiled lightly and spoke. Although these two people are considered talents, it is a pity that they are limited by the situation, and they have not been able to see the era of the commercial explosion in later generations, how can they imagine the importance of commercial taxes.

"Nature is a place of interest!" Gu Yong replied. Merchants are very profitable, this is a well-known thing in the world, as long as there is enough profit, no matter whether that place is the end of the world or the cape, there will be businessmen running over.

"That's right, where there is profit, in other words, it is where businessmen can make money! So where can a businessman make money? Lu An said, without waiting for the two to speak, he said again: "That is the prosperous area, such as the previous Jingshi, Yecheng in Jizhou, Xiapi in Xuzhou, Xiangyang in Jingzhou and other places are the most prosperous areas in the world, so there are a lot of merchants over there, am I right?" ”

"But my lord, what does this have to do with the replacement of commercial taxes with agricultural taxes?" When Lu An said this, the two were even more confused.

"Of course, there is a connection, as long as there are many merchants to a certain extent, and even the market is overcrowded every day, and there are merchants everywhere, in this case, will the commercial tax replace the agricultural tax?" A chuckle appeared at the corner of Lu An's mouth and explained.

"How is that possible, if there are too many businessmen, there will be no profit with the original, and many businessmen will not come again!" Sun Shao shook his head, even Luoyang, the most prosperous imperial capital before, could not have achieved this point.

"That's because the people are not rich enough, most of the wealth is in the hands of the family, the people don't have any spending power at all, so there will be no profit, if the people can be well fed and clothed, and even have some money in their hands, do you think there will be no profit?" Lu An turned his head slightly, glanced at the two of them, and said lightly.

"This, I finally understand the ambition of the lord, if I can really do that step, the lord's merit can be compared to the ancient saint emperor!" When Gu Yong heard this, his eyes flashed at the moment, and then he saluted sincerely.

Yes, he finally understood why Lu An had been ruthlessly suppressing the powerful family, but he only distributed fields to the people, even if this move caused him to have a shortage of talents, and he was scolded by the world's wealthy families, the lord refused to turn back at all, this is simply for the future, as long as the people have land, they will be rich, and as long as there is a little less agricultural tax, the people will have some money and food, so that the people can buy some things they like, stimulate business, and business will continue to feed back and come to the endIt's a win-win situation for everyone, the people live and work in peace, the merchants can earn the money they want, and the government can get a lot of taxes, it's a perfect cycle. And the people will also be happy for it, just by looking at the prestige of the lord in Wuling County, you can know that this method, as long as there is time, it can be feasible for so long.

"I see! Is this the foresight of the lord? Sun Shao also thought about what would become at that point, Lu An's approach was really a bit exciting, but it was a road that thousands of people had never walked, and there was already a faint direction to success, as soon as he thought of this, Sun Shao was a little enthusiastic, and it was undoubtedly a very gratifying thing to be able to walk on this unprecedented road of governance.

"It's still too far to say this, the road is still long, first of all, the most important thing is that we have to be strong, otherwise our own strength is not enough, even if we have a long road, no matter how big our ambitions, sooner or later we will be swallowed up by this troubled world!" Lu An is very calm, no matter what, strength is fundamental, as long as there is strength, everything else will be realized sooner or later.

"I will assist the lord to achieve the immortal foundation!" The two of them bowed at the same time. My heart is full of hope for the future.

"My lord, Mr. Fengxiao has sent someone to deliver a message!" At this time, Niu Wa, who had been serving as the captain of Lu An's personal guard and running part-time errands, hurriedly ran in and said breathlessly.

"Isn't he busy working at the academy? What did you say? Lu An was a little surprised, during this period of time, because of the prevalence of Wuling's new books, Changhe Academy was completely on fire, and even Guo Jia, who had always been lazy, was helplessly busy at this time, leaving early and returning late every day, and originally wanted to discuss with him about the specific dispatch of troops to the other three counties, but they could only be postponed temporarily.

"He said that the size of the academy is almost unable to accommodate so many students, and he hopes that the lord will expand it quickly!" Niu Wa sucked the words out completely.

"No, it won't! When I built it, I deliberately expanded it a lot, but now it's not enough! Lu An was surprised, when he ordered the construction, maybe it was for nostalgia, and he deliberately built it in the kind of land area of the university in the future, and in this era, it should be more than enough, but he didn't expect it to be too small now.

"Hehe, I guess the students have come recently!" Gu Yong showed a slight smile, as a scholar, he could understand how tempting Wuling's new book was for literati, fortunately, he now belonged to Lu An's camp, and there was no shortage of such books, otherwise, I am afraid he would not be able to calm down.

"Hmmm! Changhe Academy is not very far from here, and it happens that we are free today, so let's go and have a look! Lu An was aroused by what they said, so he thought about going to find out, this Changhe Academy was ordered by him, but except for the day he was built, he had not been there since, at this time he wanted to see what the Changhe Academy had become.

"The lord has this Yaxing, how can we not accompany him!" Sun Shao and Gu Yong looked at each other, both smiled slightly, and bowed to Lu An.