Zhang Ren, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei are all generals no less than Huang Zhong and Yan Yan. In a month's time, it is really not easy to train the proud soldiers and fierce generals in the Yulin Army to this level. However, although the soldiers did not make a sound, Liu Zhang could see that they were worried. Since ancient times, conscription and great works have been symbols of death. Qin Shi Huang repaired the Abang Palace and the Great Wall, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty repaired the Grand Canal.

How could Liu Zhang not know the mood of the soldiers, he stood on the high platform and asked with a smile: "Are you worried that my requirements for the military camp are too high, and some of you will die?" ”

The soldiers looked at Liu Zhang, although they didn't speak, the expressions on their faces had already revealed the most basic thoughts in their hearts. Liu Zhang looked at the bitter faces of the soldiers in the audience and continued: "Don't worry about this, if you don't have confidence, how can I let you build a military camp?" You may not believe it, but the facts will educate you. You are soldiers, and you need no doubt about my orders, you just need to carry them out, carry them out, and carry them out! I will give the task to your generals, and if you have any opinions, I will give you a chance to raise them now! Of course, if someone doesn't want to stay, they can leave! ”

The soldiers looked at each other, they had held out for so long, they were really reluctant to let them leave, but they were still worried that Liu Zhang would toss them to death. At this time, a small soldier asked loudly: "General, it's not that I don't trust you, but I really don't understand, how are you going to build a barracks?" If we want to build a stone barracks, it is clearly not for us. Such a project is too big for us! ”

Seeing that someone asked questions, Liu Zhang was very happy, and he was afraid that no one would speak. Liu Zhang smiled and said, "This soldier, I admire your courage very much. I can tell you that I will have a new way of building a barracks, and it will be easier to build a barracks than a mud house, but it will be stronger than a stone house! Since I am your master, I will lead you to a different path, which will lead to honor, not death! Of course, there will be death in it, but there is no value in dying! Who else has questions? ”

Liu Zhang had already told Zhang Ren and the four of them about his idea. Although it seems a little whimsical, Zhang Ren and others believe that as long as Liu Zhang is ready to do something, there is a good chance that they will succeed. It's like Liu Zhang's training method, which looks a bit child's play, but the effect is extraordinary.

Liu Zhang glanced at everyone and saw that the expressions on the faces of the soldiers were much better than at the beginning, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "Since everyone has no opinion, just act according to my orders!" If you have any questions, ask your Lord about them. Let's start the construction of the barracks! Zhang Fei, Zhang Ren, Zhao Yun, Huang Xu, according to my order, start the division of labor! ”

As soon as Liu Zhang's order was given, Zhang Ren and the others began to act. Zhang Ren's task is to flatten the ground in the valley, Zhang Fei's task is to lay the foundation in the valley, Zhao Yun's task is to guard the valley, and Huang Xu's task is to build an improvised military fortress and transport cement and bricks. Of course, the tasks are not fixed, and they rotate every day according to the level of effort.

The soldiers saw that Liu Zhang's method of building a military camp was indeed different from the past, so they believed his words. When the cement and bricks were brought back to the valley, the soldiers didn't know how to build houses with them. However, Liu Zhang was not in a hurry, it is very important to build the foundation of the house, and if it is not tamped, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble. What's more, the military camp that Liu Zhang wants to establish is an existence similar to a military school.

Although the valley is not small, there are many people in Liu Zhang. In such a large place, 5,000 people rammed earth to lay the foundation, and soon the ground in the valley was flattened. Liu Zhang ordered people to mix the cement with water and spread it on the ground of the valley little by little. The next day, after the cement on the ground dried, the soldiers were stunned, even Zhang Ren and others were stupid!

Miracles! Looking at the ground that looked like a whole boulder, all the soldiers and generals secretly admired Liu Zhang in their hearts. Although cement was a common thing in later generations, it was undoubtedly a shocking artifact during the Han Dynasty. The soldiers were convinced. Liu Zhang's behavior made them understand that not everything can be measured by age.

In the future construction, Liu Zhang did not need to explain anything to the soldiers, because the magic of cement made them have blind confidence in Liu Zhang. In the eyes of the soldiers, Liu Zhang is an omnipotent god, and what they have to do is to offer unparalleled obedience to Liu Zhang.

When 20,000 people are invested in the construction of a project, as long as the division of labor is reasonable, the progress can be described as speed, especially the construction of such a simple house. Of course, without steel bars, Liu Zhang didn't dare to build too high, and the soldiers' dormitory was just a three-story small tile house, which could sleep ten people in each room.

After another two months, the barracks were built! Looking at the newly built barracks, Liu Zhang actually had the feeling of returning to his college days in his previous life, but the building was a little shorter. Originally, Liu Zhang wanted to find someone to build a batch of high and low beds and then let the soldiers live in it, but the soldiers couldn't stand the temptation of this three-story small western-style building, even if they had a bunk on the floor, they had to live in it first.

The movement of the valley could not be concealed from those who cared, and the day after the military camp was built, Liu Zhang was called into the palace by Liu Hong. Speaking from the heart, Liu Hong didn't expect Liu Zhang to train any elite soldiers, as for the Youzhou soldiers, Liu Hong thought that Huang Zhong and Yan Yan had trained them, after all, both of them had the foundation to be soldiers, but Zhao Yun and the others in the West Park made Liu Hong impressed, and then the information from Liu Zhang also surprised Liu Hong, especially after the military camp was completed.

For the emperor, Liu Zhang did not hide it, he told Liu Hong about the cement 1510, but Liu Hong came to a sentence, which is promising. Liu Zhang didn't understand what Liu Hong meant, so Liu Hong explained it carefully, but this explanation made Liu Zhang dumbfounded, it turned out that Liu Hong had already thought of how to make a fortune with cement! Looking at Liu Hong, whose eyes were shining with golden light, Liu Zhang was a little helpless. This guy shouldn't be an emperor, he should be a businessman. However, it is impossible for Liu Hong and Liu Zhang to be businessmen, which makes Liu Hong a little discouraged.

Chinese emperors have all kinds of hobbies, some love power, some are nosy, some love travel, the more elegant like poetry and calligraphy, and the vulgar like pleasure, beautiful women, and give birth to dolls. But Liu Hong is definitely an outlier in the history of Chinese emperors, he likes money!

Some people say that everyone likes money, and there are many emperors who love money, but Liu Hong is different from them. Like Chongzhen and Jiaqing, these emperors love money because they lack money, Li Shimin and Liu Bang love money because they don't have enough money, but Liu Hong loves money because he likes money, it can be said that he is a fan of money in Chinese history!

In order to accumulate wealth, Liu Hong embarked on a new historical path of industrialization, diversification, and extreme shamelessness. He likes to engage in industrialized operation, and it is not the goal to get enough at a time, but his purpose is to make it all in his life. Take tribute as an example, the Eastern Han Dynasty was the world's superpower at that time, and every year some countries sent envoys to communicate with the Han Dynasty, and those envoys always had some national treasures in their hands to curry favor with the Han Emperor.

The usual process of paying tribute is to submit a list, count it, and send it to the state treasury to become a state asset. If the emperor wants something, he will send someone to pick it up, and some of them will have to be reviewed by the relevant departments before they can reach the emperor. Liu Hong was troublesome, so he hurried to extract the commission before the tribute was put into the warehouse, and sent it directly to the palace, which was called "prudent travel fee". The tribute continues every year, and there is no shortage of prudent travel fees every year, and Liu Hong obtained the first pot of gold in his life.

After Shen Xing Fei embarked on the road of industrialization, Liu Hong began to focus on the field tax, that is, the agricultural tax. In ancient China, agricultural taxes often accounted for more than half of the total fiscal revenue. Liu Hong's action on this shows that his IQ in terms of money is not ordinarily high. The first way to do this was to tell a big lie to the people of the whole country, saying that they were going to renovate and expand the palace, and that in order to avoid a fiscal deficit, they would raise the ratio of agricultural taxes. There are tens of millions of acres of land in the country, and the extra ten yuan per mu is hundreds of millions a year.

Then Liu Hong told a second lie, saying that there was a shortage of wood in the palace, and officials from all over the country were asked to send as much as they wanted. Of course, the magistrates did not dare to do so, and sent the wood to the capital on time and in good quantity. Unexpectedly, the eunuchs in charge of acceptance were critical with an incomprehensible eye, and under normal circumstances, they would be judged unqualified. What to do if you are not qualified, Liu Hong's loss trick came out. Each locality must sell to the central government at a discount of one-tenth of the original price, and then the central government will sell it back to the localities at the market price. Liu Hong and his eunuchs made a solid profit. As a result, after a few years, the palace was not touched, and the magistrates knew that they had fallen for the emperor.

When the people of the whole country are still learning from the deceived, the second step of Liu Hong's diversification has already begun. This time he is doing real estate investment. He took a large part of the first and second pots of gold back to his hometown to buy fields, repair houses, and make large-scale real estate investments. Land has been the most popular financial product since ancient times, Liu Hong is wealthy, unique vision, coupled with his own strong administrative resource advantages, within a few years, he made a steady profit.

Even in the fields and tributes, Liu Hong can squeeze out oil and water, not to mention the cement that Liu Zhang made? With Liu Hong's business vision, he can see that as long as the cement thing is done properly, it will definitely make money. Although these money are small money in Liu Hong's eyes, for a money fan, as long as it is money, he will never let it go. And cement is a strategic material for Liu Zhang, and he doesn't want to leak it. Liu Hong was looking at the sales prospects of cement, and Liu Zhang naturally wanted to turn his eyes elsewhere. After thinking about it carefully, Liu Zhang thought about it. Since Liu Hong wants to make money, how can he not take advantage of this opportunity?

(Chapter 3 arrives, and there is one more chapter before 12 o'clock)