At this time, Huang Quan walked in, glanced at his weak sister on the bed, frowned, sighed in his heart, reluctantly straightened, and turned to Liu Zhang: "Lord, Jiangdong Lusu is here." ”

Liu Zhang's face twisted, Huang Yueying's expectations were really good, the news of Zhou Yu's demotion came just last time, and now Jiangdong has really come to negotiate peace.

"Nope." Liu Zhang didn't look back and said.

Huang Quan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Liu Zhang was missing because of Huang Yue's body, and said solemnly: "My lord, now that Jingyi Erzhou has just been hit hard, agriculture and commerce need time to recover and develop, and they need a rest time, and there is no harm in making peace with Jiangdong Yan, isn't this also the meaning of the military division and the former military division?" ”

"Yes, husband, military affairs are important, don't worry about me, I will take good care of my body, and it will be fine after a while." Huang Yue said softly.

Liu Zhang gently pressed Huang Yue's shoulder, let her lie down with peace of mind, stood up and said to Huang Quan: "Lord Huang, don't fall for Lu Su, look at what time it is?" It's dark, why did he say he wanted to see me at this time? ”

Huang Quan was stunned.

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief: "Lu Su just saw that we had just been hit hard and urgently needed to negotiate peace, so he came to test at this time, if I really saw him, we would be passive, understand?" ”

Huang Quan frowned, and he also understood why Lu Su didn't arrive in Chengdu early and late, but arrived at dusk, this is not a coincidence.

"When is the lord going to see him?"

"Ten days from now."

"Ten days? But. Huang Quan frowned and said: "It's not a matter to drag it like this, after all, we have an internal emptiness, this is what Lu Su sees in his eyes, even if it is dragged, with Lu Su's intelligence, he also knows that we need to negotiate peace, and his subordinates feel that it is indeed inappropriate to summon tonight, it is better to summon it within three days." ”

"Are you afraid of leaving Lu Su angry?" Liu Zhang looked at Huang Quan. Huang Quan looked at Liu Zhang in a daze, and really thought so in his heart, these celebrities have always been arrogant, if Liu Zhang doesn't see him for a few days, Lu Su will run back to Jiangdong in a fit of anger, which will not be good for anyone.

Liu Zhang looked at Huang Quan. Suddenly laughed, patted Huang Quan on the shoulder and said:

"Gongheng, you are too worried, first, Lu Su will not leave, because Lu Su carries the expectations of the entire Jiangdong clan, Lu Su has just become the governor of the capital, and the Jiangdong clan has finally squeezed Zhou Yu down, and the first thing cannot be done. Do you want his prestige? Aren't the Koto clans afraid of a backlash from the main battle faction? And with Jiangdong's current predicament, what qualifications do you have to play a big name?

Besides, Lu Su saw that we were false and real, and felt that we urgently needed to negotiate peace, which was the view of ordinary princes, but it was based on Lu Su's cleverness. I just don't think so, because I'm Liu Zhang, what is my Liu Zhang's reputation? Hehe, trust me. Lu Su never dared to rule out the possibility that we did not want to negotiate peace. ”

Huang Quan listened to Liu Zhang's words, and suddenly realized that he was indeed too conservative in his thinking. Anyone who sees Jing Yi's current situation will think that Jing Yi doesn't want to fight, but the leader of this land is Liu Zhang, and the situation is completely different.

Once 5,000 soldiers and horses fought in Fucheng, 40,000 soldiers and horses fought in Hanzhong, 100,000 soldiers and horses attacked Jingzhou, and Cao Cao in the north despite Jingyi's emptiness, can you conclude that he did not crusade against Jiangdong when Jingyi was heavily damaged? With Jiangdong's current weakness, the Sichuan army is not completely unable to take it.

It was a nightmare for the Koto clan.

Liu Zhang's reputation for going his own way has long been spread, and with Lu Su's cleverness, it is impossible not to consider this.

"Summons Jingzhou." Liu Zhang said with his hand: "Wei Wen's army continues to attack Baqiu, Baling, and Chaisang, you can also go to Hukou to take a turn, now we are still hostile to Jiangdong, we can grab whatever we can, I want to see who is more calm." ”

On the second day, Liu Zhang gathered a wide crowd outside the main hall, including civil and military officials, meritorious soldiers and enlightened gentry, ordinary people who had made great achievements in the arrest of the clan or were very typical, as well as the consular supervisors of the craftsmen's houses and workshops in Xicheng, and began to seal the heroes of the rebellion.

Zhang was promoted to the general of the chariot cavalry, worshiped the township marquis, Feng Weiyan was appointed as the general of Wei, worshiped the township marquis, Fa Zheng was appointed as the military advisor, worshiped the township marquis, and Fan Lixiang was appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou and worshiped the township marquis.

Li Yan, Wang Fu, Qin Mi, Zhang Song, Xu Jing, Jiang Wan, Gong Zhi, Dong He, Liang Qiao and other civil officials were all sealed, and rewarded with gold and silver, Deng Xian, Ma Dazhong, Ma Xiaozhong, Li Hui, Qin Ci and other military generals were promoted, and rewarded with silver.

All the wounded and disabled soldiers of the counterinsurgency are given land and settling-in allowances, those who are willing to return to their hometowns are honored to return to their hometowns, those who want to stay in Chengdu are to stay in Chengdu, and other meritorious soldiers are given rewards and land, which are managed by their relatives, and those who have no relatives are managed by the government.

The people who made great contributions were all officially awarded official positions, and the largest one was directly appointed as a county magistrate.

Under the heavy reward, the joy was thunderous, the civil and military officials were rewarded in a reasonable way, and the promotion of the people was also a promise, and the most unexpected thing was that those soldiers originally thought that they were accumulating a little credit, and getting some rewards would be considered God's grace.

But I didn't expect to get land rewards and the right to settle around Chengdu, some veterans were even given women, with land, money, women, a veteran soldier became a little rich.

This is completely different from the fact that in the past, when joining a soldier was just a mess or forced to eat, it greatly boosted the morale of the army.

The craftsmen and workshop workers of the craftsman's house and the people of Xicheng were all rewarded for their participation in the suppression of the rebellion and the disturbance of the rebels, and the families of the deceased received land and silver bounties and posthumously held official positions.

After rewarding hundreds of civil and military officials, meritorious soldiers, ordinary people and craftsmen, the rest are those enlightened gentry, these people, except for the Brazilian Qu family, the Jiangzhou Fei family really contributed to the counterinsurgency, the Yin family and the Jin family temporarily defected, and the others really had no credit, they were just self-preservation.

But this rebellion involves many clans, and it is already very good that these big clans can be stable when the rebels are victorious, not to mention that these are still the first vanguard of commerce, Liu Zhang decided to give them some benefits.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Liu Zhang looked at Quxi, Yin Bai and the leaders of various ethnic groups, and asked in a deep voice: "You are all meritorious people, and you are also the pillars of my Yizhou, if you have any requirements, just say them, and Benhou will try to meet them." ”

A dozen clan leaders and elders glanced at each other, and Quxi Yin Bai nodded his head, knelt down to Liu Zhang as if they had been discussed, and said, "We ask your Excellency to open the Southwest Silk Road. ”

Liu Zhang, Huang Quan and others were stunned. I didn't expect these people to bring up the old things again, and when they first offered Roman armor, weapons and elephants, they didn't make Liu Zhang tempted, so they asked again this time.

It is no wonder that the Southwest Silk Road does contain huge business opportunities.

Qu Xi bowed to Liu Zhang and said, "My lord, I don't have any other requests, only ask your lord to order the opening of the Southwest Silk Road." Nantong is poisonous, west to the Western Regions, we know that the pastoral government is not optimistic, so open the mountain road, build a post station, we are willing to work together to contribute half, please allow your lordship. ”

"Please allow me." And they all bowed down together.

Now it is impossible to expand the land, and even the land rewarded by Liu Zhang does not have the right to buy and sell, so he wants to have private land. It must be purchased through the government at a price five times higher than the market price, and all counterfeiters will be severely punished.

Moreover, there may not be tenant farmers to cultivate the expanded land, and who will pay the double tax burden if they can rent cheap land from the government?

In such cases. These enlightened families can only turn the direction of the family's development to business, even if there are still some outdated concepts, they can't stop the general trend. Now in Jingyi, if you don't develop business, these clans will only fall.

It is the capital that hopes to open the Silk Road. to gather money.

Liu Zhang was thinking about it, and Fa Zheng came up and said in a deep voice: "Lord, don't promise them." ”

Liu Zhang didn't know that the opening of the Southwest Silk Road was very important, but the benefits were also obvious, and now these merchants had no other requirements, and the opening of the Silk Road was the only requirement, and he could not refuse it.

After pondering for a while, Liu Zhang said: "Ladies and gentlemen, let me consult with all officials on this matter, and within ten days, I will give you an answer, how about it?" ”

"Master Xie." Qu Xi and the others got up.

At night, Liu Zhang convened several core civil and military councils to discuss the affairs of the Silk Road, including the French government, and the civil and military forces were almost overwhelmingly opposed.

"My lord." Huang Quan said: "Opening the Silk Road has cost a lot, and now I am empty, I'm afraid I can't afford it." ”

"Have you used up all the food, gold and silver of the confiscated clan?" Liu Zhang asked.

"That's not true, in addition to transporting supplies from Jiangling, resuming the operation of workshops and craftsmen's houses, and restoring order in Chengdu and the counties, there is still more than half a year's cost left, but this is not enough to open the Southwest Silk Road."

"What if you add the counties and counties, as well as the confiscation of Jingzhou? We collected a lot of money in commerce in the first two years, and the autumn harvest is coming soon, and the grain should be able to solve the problem, and it should be enough to open the Silk Road, right? ”

"But it can't be left at all." Huang Quan was a little anxious.

What is the meaning of recuperation, in addition to raising the people, but also slowly hoarding grain, grass, gold and silver, so that a large-scale conquest will be settled after a few years. Isn't that a vain break?

Wang Fu said: "Lord, in addition to money and grain, this rebellion, our Jingyi population has decreased, to develop business, first of all, agriculture, only the people have enough to eat, business can be talked about, and now the population is insufficient, even if you join the barbarians and Qiang, there are still large areas of arable land that no one cultivates, and the grain output is not high."

The opening of the Southwest Silk Road, the mountains and forests, will inevitably consume a lot of manpower, if the young people are to open the Silk Road, then agriculture will inevitably be slack, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Fa Zheng also said: "What Lord Huang and Lord Wang said, it's not all difficulties, the opening of the Silk Road, the benefits are very great, we are now spending manpower and material resources, maybe we can really recover the cost in a few years, but if we really open the Silk Road, we will encounter far more obstacles." ”

"What else?" Liu Zhang asked.

Fa Zhengdao: "The Southwest Silk Road, hundreds of years earlier than the opening of the Northwest Silk Road, since there are business opportunities, why abolish it?" Is it just because the Han people are in war that commerce is not thriving? You must know that in troubled times, there are even more people who take risks and seek wealth.

When I was Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, I ordered the reopening of the Southwest Silk Road, why was it not feasible in the end?

All the reasons are because on these three Southwest Silk Roads, there are countless barbarians, Qiang and other foreign races living there, they are unwilling to open the Southwest Silk Road, they will obstruct us when we open the way, and they will also obstruct the passage of merchants.

At the beginning, in order to open up this road, Emperor Xiaowu successively destroyed more than a dozen small foreign countries in the southwest, but in the end he fell short.

During the period of filial piety, our Han soldiers were powerful, but also on the Silk Road, not to mention today, we have a strong enemy outside, and there is a lack of space inside, if it can really be opened, it is good, if it costs a lot of manpower and material resources, but in the end it is not opened, it will seriously affect the development of our Jingyi. ”

"yes, yes." All the officials agreed.

Liu Zhang glanced at the officials, "You mean that there is no possibility of opening the Silk Road?" ”

"It is indeed unwise to open the Silk Road at this time." Huang Quan bowed, and all the officials nodded one after another.

"Whew~~" Liu Zhang spit out a breath of turbidity, all of which were pieces of advice.

But in his heart, he hoped to open the Silk Road, and outside the Han Dynasty, there were not only armor, swords, elephant soldiers, but also countless gold and silver, horses, population, and even a variety of high-yield crop seeds, as well as military training methods that could be absorbed.

Historically, the rise of Europe was to rely on the development of colonization to bring a steady stream of wealth to Europe.

Although Liu Zhang has no colonial intentions now, the silk, porcelain, Shu brocade, tea, and even the paper and various handicrafts in Shu can be exchanged for necessary military and civilian materials.

The slave trade, the inflow of gold and silver, and the sale of goods all attracted Liu Zhang.

Today, there are four great powers in Eurasia, namely the Great Han, Rome, Anxi, and Kushan.

Of the four empires, Rome was the most powerful and wealthiest, and the Han Dynasty had declined due to war and needed to be replenished by trade.

The rest of the archers, the Roman phalanx troops, the elephant soldiers of the Kushan, and their constant demand for the luxuries produced by the Han civilization.

This is really a great temptation.

Now there are two questions, first, how long will it take to recover the cost of the Southwest Silk Road.

Second, whether the Silk Road can be opened, the problem of money and grain, especially the problem of alien races mentioned by Fa Zheng, is very tricky, and Liu Zhang can't think of a solution, if it is consumed in the deep mountains and old forests with those aliens, the Silk Road will not be opened in a hundred years.

On the one hand, there was a huge temptation to open up, and on the other hand, there was a huge difficulty, Liu Zhang had a little headache, dismissed all the civil and military forces, and carefully thought about the problems that would be encountered in opening the Silk Road.

Early the next morning, Liu Zhang called Zhang Song over to check the bank's account books.

Liu Zhang asked as he flipped through it, "How much liquidity does the bank have now?" ”

After Liu Zhang's "training", Zhang Song has become familiar with some economic terms by virtue of his unforgettable and quick-thinking advantages, and the word "working capital" has long been a problem.

"Dozens of dollars." Zhang Song replied.

"Nonsense." Liu Zhang slapped the account book on the table at once, and said angrily: "Your bank coordinates so many workshops, and almost all the money deposited by the official workshop is in your hands, and I have allocated so much money from the pastoral government, how can it be that there are only dozens of dollars?" You're not going to fill your pockets, are you? (To be continued.) )

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