What are the factors that determine the success or failure of a war? Science and technology, human resources, economy. Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and the level of science and technology affects the quality of the weapons and equipment of both the enemy and us, as far as the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and as close as the United States fighting Iraq and Afghanistan, the asymmetry in the level of science and technology has caused an asymmetry in the military strength of the two sides, and the outcome of the war has already been decided. Although it is impossible to copy the technology of the 21st century to the Three Kingdoms era, in some ways, it is not completely impossible to achieve breakthroughs beyond the times in individual fields.

The second element is human resources. I am familiar with the Three Kingdoms, those historical celebrities can be said to know well, when they are not out of the woods, it is not impossible to take their own accounts, although there are many heroes in the world, all of them are a bit of a fool's dream, but if you can recruit a few more under the account, I don't know how much stronger than Liu Bei at that time, only to come to Japan, there are always opportunities.

The third point is the economy. The so-called economy mainly refers to money, and modern wars are fought with money, and the United States fights Iraq, burning as much as 500 million yuan a day, and without a strong national economic backing, how can it cope with this hugely expensive war? Although it was not possible to spend so much on wars in ancient times (500 million US dollars, if converted to the Eastern Han Dynasty, it would be an astronomical amount), but it was absolutely impossible to recruit troops and horses, grain and grass equipment, so that no money could be spent, and the soldiers had to eat food and salary, and the war horses also had to eat forage, and you could not organize an army without money. Liu Bei lost his father when he was young, his family was poor, he relied on his uncle to help him when he was studying, and he was able to get together a few hundred people with the help of a few horse dealers. But money is more difficult than the previous two conditions, after all, Liu Bei's family is a down-and-out royal family (Han Gaozu has spread branches and leaves, passed down for more than ten generations, and the surname Liu is probably everywhere in the world), neither a powerful landlord, nor a businessman who is hugely rich, and the capital of the incident is weak, it seems that this is the key to affecting Liu Bei's life.

After bidding farewell to Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei, Liu Ze secretly thought to himself, what project to do to make money? Salt and iron were monopolized by the state, and grain was purchased and sold in a unified manner, and there was far from a modern developed commodity economy in the Han Dynasty. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Jin merchants were rich and rich, and the goods were all over the world, and the business projects were tea and silk, so why not start from this aspect?

In the Han Dynasty, the main tea producing area was in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Lujiang Shanyue rebellion affected several counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the transportation to the south was basically cut off. Silk is produced all over the place, the best quality is Shu brocade, produced in Chengdu, only should be Shu road since ancient times difficult and difficult to travel, so the number of Shu brocade shipped out of Chengdu is limited, I heard that in the capital Luoyang has long been in short supply, the price is extremely high, but also has the rest of the businessmen to buy at a high price, often a brocade is hard to find.

Liu Ze made up his mind and started with this silk business, but then he was worried again, the project is there, where will the start-up capital come from? Although his family has no worries about food and clothing, he only has food and clothing, and if he wants to do business, the cost is too far away. Borrow money? Borrow from whom? I'm just a teenager, and I don't have a mortgage on my land, so who would lend me money.

Thinking about it, he was also at a loss. Depressed for a while, he could only go out to relax. On the way, I happened to run into Jian Yong. It turned out that Jian Yong gave up school and went home with nothing to do, walking on the street. Liu Ze told him the good idea he had thought of. When Jian Yong heard this, he was also a little interested, and immediately asked Liu Ze to count him as a share.

Jian Yong is quick to think and is good at mathematics, and if he can get such a helper, Liu Ze naturally can't ask for it. But Jian Yong's family background is average, and the cost problem still cannot be solved. Liu Ze naturally didn't talk to him about this problem, but he went to make an appointment with him when he set off that day, and when he saw him leaving in a hurry, he was even more sad in his heart, and walked aimlessly, unconsciously out of the north gate.

All the shops around him are closed, Liu Ze is very puzzled, the pork shop, cloth shop, pawnshop, and jewelry store outside the north gate are all Zhang Fei's industry. Thinking of Zhang Fei, since he entered the Lufu Academy, there have been a lot fewer opportunities to meet, and he has not seen him for more than half a year, and I don't know how much taller this black boy has grown? Liu Ze decided to meet Zhang Fei first.

Seeing the black gauze and white lanterns hanging in Zhang's Mansion from a distance, it was obvious that he had just held a funeral, Liu Ze couldn't help but be taken aback, and he didn't know who died in Zhang's Mansion, so he hurriedly stepped forward to inquire and learned that Zhang Fei's father, Mr. Zhang, had passed away, so he asked to see Zhang Fei.

There were subordinates who went in to report, and after a while, Zhang Fei rushed out like a puff of black smoke, shouting loudly: "Big brother, you are here, you want to mess with the little brother." The sound was like a bell, attracting people around to look sideways.

Liu Ze knew that he was still in the mourning period, and it was rude to make such a loud noise, so he hurriedly pulled him into the house.

Zhang Fei still shouted loudly as if no one was around: "Big brother, since you entered that Laoshizi's school, you don't come to see your brother, you almost forget your brother, right?!" ”

Liu Ze looked at Zhang Fei, I haven't seen him for more than half a year, this black charcoal head has grown a lot taller, it used to be the same as himself, but now it is almost half a head taller, his shoulders are wide, his body is strong, and his arms are bearish.

"Why, no one can forget you, brother Xian. It's just that I don't know that Lingzun has passed away and has not worshipped. ”

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "The old man chatters all day long, and he is clean even when he dies." Liu Ze knew that he was usually very arrogant, and he didn't think so.

Someone had already served tea, and Zhang Feinai asked, "Didn't the eldest brother study in the Lu Gongfu, why did he come here?" ”

Liu Ze then informed Lu Zhiguan of the dissolution of the Shanyue School in the south of Lujiang Taishounan, and also told him the idea of wanting to do a silk business, saying that he had no money and was helpless.

Hearing this, Zhang Fei slapped his thigh and shouted, "No capital? This is easy to do! You're here, brother, I'm here! Chamberlain! ”

A skinny butler-looking man walked in tremblingly, "Go, get all the cash!" ”

Liu Ze hurriedly stopped and said: "I can't help it, Ling Zun has just passed away, I have come today to ask for trouble, and the matter of borrowing money can be discussed later." ”

Zhang Fei shouted: "What to borrow or not, brother, every copper I have is your eldest brother, take it to flowers, if you see it like this, you will look down on your brother." ”

Seeing that the butler was still standing there, he glared: "Go!" The housekeeper was so frightened that he answered, and went down.

A pillar of incense, the butler trembling walked in, followed by two servants, one holding a square wooden plate, one plate with some scattered gold and silver, the other plate with dozens of strings of copper coins, the butler's waist almost bent to the ground. "Young master, all the cash is here."

Zhang Fei glanced at it, couldn't help but smoke, roared angrily, kicked the two plates to the ground, grabbed the butler's placket, and shouted: "Damn, so you have so much cash?" Did you hack all your grandfather's money? ”

The housekeeper was so frightened that the three souls went to two souls, "It's so small, it's so small that I don't dare, the young master spares ...... life."

Liu Ze persuaded Zhang Fei to return to his seat, but Zhang Fei still scolded him.

"Say, where did the money go? That's it? There is a half-lie, today grandpa I have to peel your skin! ”

The housekeeper was so frightened that he almost collapsed, and replied with a shudder: "There is not much cash in the house, and when the lord was alive, all the money was invested in the shop pù and the field, and the rent has not been collected this year, and the lord's funeral cost most of the cash, plus the shop pù has been closed for many days, so there is only so much cash for seven or eight shops collected." ”

Zhang Fei slapped the table angrily and shouted, "Get out!" ”

The housekeeper and the housekeeper hurriedly withdrew.

Zhang Fei said embarrassedly: "Big brother, this ......"

Liu Zeyi waved his hand and said: "Brother Xian's heart is understood, and I also ask Brother Xian not to worry, Brother Xian has his own way to deal with money." The hour is not early, take your leave. ”

Zhang Fei sent Liu Ze outside the mansion in a sneering manner and said goodbye.

Liu Ze saw Zhang Fei's embarrassment, in fact, he was even more embarrassed in his heart, but the moment he walked into Zhang's mansion, he selfishly had a glimmer of hope that Zhang Fei could help him, but such a result made him a little frustrated, and he cut off Zhang Fei's hope, and couldn't help but feel a little desperate in his heart, is it really so difficult to start in the Three Kingdoms?

After a few days without a clue, Liu Ze was really depressed to the extreme, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and he lost a lot of weight, his mother asked him eagerly why, and he had to push the bullet that he had a headache and didn't want to eat, he didn't want his parents to share his sorrows, not to mention that they couldn't help anything.

Liu Ze thought about it, among the friends he knew, only Gongsun Zhan was a rich son, and the only person who could help him. But Liu Ze had a headache when he thought about it, he had just rejected Gongsun Zhan's kind invitation, and now he went to ask for someone else, but Liu Ze didn't have any bottom in his heart. What's more, although Gongsun Chan is the son of a family, he is a concubine, even if he wants to, it is still a question whether he has a large amount of money to lend.

Liu Ze secretly told himself in his heart that everything has to be tried to know. He made up his mind to go to Youzhou early tomorrow morning, no matter how difficult it was, and to borrow money back.

Sleepless, early the next morning, before he got up, he heard the noise of people outside, horses and mules neighing, and when he got up to look, he saw a long line of horses and vehicles at the door, and the leader shouted loudly there was a tall and strong black man, not Zhang Fei.

As soon as Zhang Fei saw Liu Ze, he grinned and took the lead in greeting. Liu Ze is second monk was confused, he didn't know what Zhang Fei was doing, so he stepped forward and said, "Brother Xian, you are ......"

Zhang Fei laughed, patted the two bulky bags on the horse's back, and said, "Big brother, aren't you asking for money?" It's all, and the back is all, real money, hehe! ”

Liu Ze was stunned: "You have so much cash?" ”

Zhang Fei smiled straightforwardly and said: "I have sold all the shop, the village, and the fields, except for these dozens of sturdy families, those maid ring families have also sold all of them, and all of them have been exchanged for cash, which is enough for you to make a big deal." ”

Oh my God, Liu Ze was completely stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Fei to do this, bankrupt his family, just to support himself, looking at the honest black man, there was an inexplicable thing surging in his heart, his eyes couldn't help but be a little red, and he choked up: "Brother Xian, you shouldn't." ”

"Big brother, you and I are brothers, what do you share with each other, I will be a single person from now on, but the eldest brother is the first to look forward."

"Why sell it? It's better to mortgage it and redeem it when you make money. ”

"That's so troublesome, not to mention that you can't give a few birds money when you mortgage it, and you sell it happily!"

"These properties are Ling Zun's hard work for many years, and they are also the only memorial left to you, you have sold them all, can you be worthy of Ling Zun's spirit in the sky?"

"It doesn't matter, eldest brother, you are a person who does great things, your brother will not look away, and the eldest husband can build a famous career in vain and go in the next life."

Liu Ze held Zhang Fei's hand tightly and said, "That's right, brother, the eldest brother hereby solemnly swears that the future world is ours!" ”