Chapter 61: Lu Su and Liu Ye's First Scheme
Fei Wo's ability is really not to build, in just seven days, the Quyuan plow was completed! Although there is the work done by Zhang Sheng and the four of them in the early stage, and the current Quyuan plow still has room for improvement, it is enough to meet the current use! Liu Bei and others were also very interested in this new type of farm tool, so as soon as Tian Fan mentioned it, they couldn't wait to take a look. The results of the experiment were very satisfactory, under Tian Fan's prompting, Fei Wo and several others suggested in front of Liu Bei that the Quyuan plough be renamed the Xuande plow, and Liu Bei reluctantly agreed after giving in. Judging from the unbroken smile on his face and the amount of money he rewarded several people, Liu Bei must have been extremely satisfied and excited in his heart.
After the test, Liu Bei ordered the craftsman battalion to build it with all his might! Be sure to build 30,000 planes within 10 days!
30,000 planes in 10 days, it's really a bit embarrassing! You can't blame Liu Bei for being in a hurry, you must know that there is a proverb in the farm, the white dew is early, the cold dew is late, and the autumn equinox is the right time to plant wheat! It is the best time to plant wheat, and it is best around the autumn equinox! The autumnal equinox is a good time to plant wheat, but unfortunately, the autumnal equinox is the sixteenth of the 24 solar terms, usually in the middle or late eighth month of the lunar calendar or the beginning of September.
It is already August 25, and there are only about ten days before the autumn equinox, and even if you calculate it to the end, counting the cold dew, the right time to plant wheat is only more than 20 days. Suppose 30,000 zigzag ploughs are built in ten days and distributed everywhere, it will take almost twenty days, leaving only a few days for the farmers to plow the land! So, Liu Bei is in a hurry!
Tian Fan knew Liu Bei's thoughts, he just wanted to let the Tuntian army change all their clothes before the autumn ploughing! In this way, the scale of this year's autumn ploughing can be expanded a lot, and next year there will be no need to worry about grain! After thinking about it carefully, he made a suggestion to Liu Bei, the craftsman battalion should build the key parts of it, and the rest of the accessories such as shelves, make the technology public, and allow the people to build it privately, so that there will be enough curved ploughs for farmers to use within five days.
For this suggestion, Liu Bei was not happy! Qu Yuan plough is a baby, he can't bear it! But in the end, he agreed, Tian Fan's reason for persuading him was also very simple, this thing can't keep a secret at all, and everyone is interested in good things! Employing fewer people, using fewer cattle, the efficiency is still high, and the depth of the soil can be adjusted, who doesn't want it? Especially those big families, they are looking forward to having such a good tool!
However, the land is all owned by the government, that is, Liu Bei's, Tian Fan suggested that large households should be allowed to occupy land freely, but in the newly occupied places, fifty percent of the grain must be paid, and the time limit is five years! Liu Bei listened, and after discussing with Chen Qun, Chen Deng, Cao Bao and others, they all agreed, so he gave an order. For these large households, although the tax of 50% is a bit high, but with the Quyuan plow, they do not need to increase their investment, even if they pay 50%, it is also very profitable! Why not?
So, after the big households saw the benefits of Quyuan plow, the whole Xuzhou set off a wave of enthusiasm for dividing up wasteland! Anyway, there is a wasteland, and even if they divide it up, there is still a lot left. Liu Bei collects more grain, and the big households also collect more grain, everyone is happy!
I was busy until the beginning of September, and finally all the big households in Xuzhou and the Tuntian army had new ploughs available, and the rest of the work was not a matter of the government, and I believe that the enthusiasm of these farmers would be higher than that of the government!
Tian Fan also knew that after the manufacturing process of Quyuan plough was introduced to the people, it would not take long for it to be introduced to other princes, because its manufacturing technology was not so complicated that others could not learn it. However, once Xuzhou uses it first, it can benefit at least one season or even a year earlier than the other party, and this advantage is likely to be more obvious. Second, even if the other party has mastered the manufacture of Quyuan plow, their agriculture is not systematic, and Xuzhou still has an advantage in comparison. Since Tian Fan made a series of farming improvements at the beginning of the year, Xuzhou has benefited obviously, and it has opened up a gap with other princes. After Fei Wo, a great talent who is good at agriculture, came, he successively put forward some opinions on Tian Fan's measures, and I believe that in the future, Xuzhou's agriculture will be compatible with other princes, and its advantages will definitely become greater and greater. …,
Therefore, Tian Fan doesn't care. After Tian Fan's persuasion, the others also understood this truth, and they didn't care anymore.
On September 10, Tian Fan's house came to two guests he didn't expect - Lu Su and Liu Ye!
Tian Fan was excited for a while! After giving up the two of them to their seats, and asking about their intentions, Lu Su replied: "Boguang, the two of us are here just to go to Uncle Liu Huang!" Tian Fan couldn't help but feel curious, in Guangling, he invited them three times before and after, but the two of them never expressed their position, so they couldn't help but ask the reason.
It turned out that since they came into contact with Tian Fan in Guangling, they inadvertently learned about Liu Beijun's current situation, and they were a little tempted at that time! Later, they saw the process of Tian Fan turning coarse salt into refined salt, as well as the construction of terraced fields, and their thoughts to follow Liu Bei became more determined. However, they didn't discuss it with their families, so they didn't give a positive answer to Tian Fan's invitation! After the two went home, they told them what they had seen and heard in Guangling, and the family agreed, so they rushed to Xuzhou with the family. They didn't leave until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the whole family was there, so they were delayed for some time along the way, and they didn't arrive at Xiapi until now.
The three of them were talking, and suddenly someone came to report, saying that Liu Bei had invited Tian Fan to discuss the matter. Tian Fan didn't say a word, and pulled Lu Su and Liu Ye to the state pastor's mansion.
After rushing to the governor's mansion, the three of them went straight to the hall. In the hall, Liu Bei, Chen Qun, Zhuge Jin, Sun Qian, and Mi Zhu are here, discussing what you say and I say.
When Liu Bei saw Tian Fan coming in, he hurriedly got up to greet him, and when he got to Tian Fan's side, he noticed that there were two strangers beside Tian Fan. After Tian Fan saw the ceremony, he introduced Lu Su and Liu Ye to Liu Bei and others. After listening to Tian Fan's introduction, several people hurriedly greeted Lu and Liu. For these two people, several of you have heard of them, especially Liu Ye, who was praised as "the talent of the world", which can be regarded as a little famous. Relatively speaking, Lu Su's reputation is much smaller, and everyone has only heard of it.
Liu Bei heard that the two of them were here to vote for him, and he was very interested, so he asked the two of them to join the army first.
Since ancient times, the literati have been contemptuous, and several other people listened to Liu Bei's reward for the two, and they were somewhat unconvinced, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts. Only Tian Fan knows that the skills of these two people are not only something that this kind of petty official can play, but nothing can be done in one step, the steps can't be too big, the steps are easy to pull the eggs when the steps are big, everything has to be done slowly!
Liu Bei asked with a smile: "I don't know, what do Zijing and Ziyang think of the general trend of the world?" ”
Lu Su and Liu Ye immediately understood that this was Liu Bei taking the school exam! After glancing at each other, Lu Su spoke: "Lord, everyone! The general trend of the world is not clear at this time! ”
Liu Bei couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly said, "Please speak in detail!" ”
Lu Su nodded slightly, and after a deep groan, he said, "Lord, everyone! At this time, it is the time when the world is in turmoil, the warlords are fighting in a chaotic manner, and the general trend of the world will take a while to see! For example, today, the more powerful warlords, in addition to the lord, there are only two Yuan, Cao Mengde, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, Liu Biao, Liu Xuan, Gongsun Zhan, Li Dao Guo Yan! These people have their own advantages and disadvantages!
"First of all, let's talk about Eryuan, Yuan Benchu is wide and jealous inside, can gather people but can't use people, if his power is weak, he can be big, but once his power is strong, he has no ability to transform strength into victory! Yuan Highway is a person, his eyes are above the top, he is rigid and arrogant, relying on himself to be the son of the Yuan family and looking down on the world's heroes, incompetent people, don't worry!
Cao Mengde...... This person has outstanding ability, and has the ability to listen to both, and has the talent to gather people and use people, he is really a hero, I heard that this person does not follow the rules of etiquette, and his actions are often unexpected, and he will ...... in the future He will be the lord's worst enemy! ”…,
Tian Fan nodded again and again when he heard this, and said in his heart that a master is a master, and at a glance, he can see the strength of Cao Cao, who is not outstanding, powerful! Everyone here knows how powerful Cao Cao is, and they have all learned it, and when they hear it, they can't help but echo it.
Liu Ye also nodded and said, "What Zijing said is extremely true! Cao Mengde is indeed amazing! If you give him a place to live, it is tantamount to a dragon entering the sea and a tiger returning to the forest! It's really a big rival of the lord! ”
Lu Su nodded and continued: "Let's talk about Sanliu, Liu Jingsheng is a master of success, but he is not good at pioneering!" He has occupied Jingzhou for several years, and the only outstanding place is the means to enter Jingzhou at the beginning! Borrowing the power of the Jingzhou clan, he joined forces vertically and horizontally, and soon became the master of Jingzhou! But for the same reason, he relied too much on the Jingzhou scholars, how could the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Zhang family and other scholars get along well? In recent years, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, and how many talented people have been displaced to Jingzhou? But Liu Jingsheng doesn't use them, maybe he wants to use them but can't use them! The Jingzhou clan has always been xenophobic, and the primary purpose is to keep their own one-third of an acre of land, and they will definitely not allow others to take power on their own territory! In my case, Liu Jingshengcheng is also a scholar, and he is defeated...... It's also a scholar! ”
Others may not understand, but Tian Fan knows Liu Biao's affairs very well! Although Liu Biao hesitated between the two sons, he originally wanted to pass on Liu Qi, but the Cai family was not happy, and after his death, the Cai family even pretended to pass on his will and made Liu Cong the lord of Jingzhou! When Cao Cao went south, this group of Zishi immediately surrendered, and Jingzhou, which Liu Biao had worked hard to keep, disappeared in a blink of an eye!
Excited, Tian Fan spoke: "Zi Jing Gao Jian! After Liu Jingzhou, Jingzhou will be worse than the Shi family! ”
Lu Su nodded and smiled at Tian Fan, and continued: "Liu Xuan...... This person is also a member of the Han family, and he has outstanding ability, but his life is not good! Originally, Yangzhou is also a good place, especially in Lujiang and Jiujiang, which are treasures! But Yuan Highway occupies two regions, the fourth generation of the Yuan family and the third duke, Yuan Highway is the son-in-law, and his reputation is more effective than that of a Han clan relative, and he Liu Xuan is not an opponent at all! Then Yan Baihu, Wang Lang and others occupy Yangzhou Huiji, Wu County and other places, in fact, the only places that Liu Miao can control are Danyang and Yuzhang! I'm afraid that the Danyang and Yuzhang he occupies will not be able to grow long!
"Liu Zhang, this person, is as timid as a mouse, cowardly and incompetent! He inherited Yizhou from his father's generation, but ...... When his father entered Yizhou, his own way was extremely flawed! Yizhou Shi ...... Compared to the Jingzhou Shi clan, it is even more powerful! Liu Yan to the Yizhou Shi clan...... Huairou is too much, the scholars of Yizhou don't take him seriously at all, let alone Liu Jiyu, who is not as capable as him?
"Besides, this man's belly is too small! Soon after taking over the throne, he killed Zhang Lu's mother, cutting off Hanzhong's last hope of returning to Yizhou! This person, don't worry! ”
Speaking of this, everyone had already sincerely admired Lu Su, Sun Gan nodded, and said in a very respectful tone: "Mr. Zijing, please continue!" Lu Su smiled at Sun Qian and said, "Gongyou, just call me Zijing!" Sun Qian nodded and said, "Please give me advice!" ”
Lu Su said: "Don't dare to point out, let's discuss!" After speaking, he paused for a moment before continuing: "Gongsun Bogui, this person is too strong, he doesn't know how to be flexible, he doesn't listen to people, and he is easy to kill!" His strategy towards the Hu people is too radical! Although he is very capable of fighting, especially the White Horse Yicong under him, he is a rare elite division in the world, but it is conceivable that he will not be Yuan Benchu's opponent! In the near future, his Youzhou will fall into the hands of Yuan Benchu!
"Zhang Lu has some means, especially the system of theocracy that he founded! Many of the people in Hanzhong are followers of the Wudoumi Sect, and these people are absolutely loyal to Zhang Lu, but they are afraid of ...... It's a pity that Zhang Lu doesn't have much ambition, maybe he just wants to be trapped in Hanzhong and keep the Five Bucket Rice Sect founded by his ancestors! Moreover, under this person, there are no outstanding generals, and it will be difficult to become a great weapon in the end! This person, don't worry!
"As for Ma Teng Han Sui in Liangzhou in the northwest, the soldiers and horses under the two of them are very strong, but they ...... Liangzhou soldiers and horses are not good at attacking cities, and it is okay to be trapped in one place, and they want to dominate the world...... But it's far from it!
"Li Dao and Guo Yan, hehe, it is almost negligible, these two people have no hope of entering the world! These two people were originally Dong Zhuo's remnants, although they ...... The prestige of the Han dynasty has ...... But they are still the public enemies of the princes of the world! No matter who grows stronger, they will not be allowed to exist!
"As for the others, like Hanoi Wang Kuang, Yongqiu Zhang Chao, Liaodong Gongsun Du, Wujun Yan Baihu and others, they are just carp crossing the river, and sooner or later they will be annexed by other princes, so they don't have to worry!"
Everyone listened to it, and they were silent for a long time!