Chapter 23: New Products Launched
Cao Cao's jaw, it was when he saw this that he would gather his ministers to discuss.
If the people are not rich and the country is not strong, what will be used to strengthen the army.
With his current strength, not to mention Kuang Fu's Han family, it would be good to be able to resist Yuan Shao's southward movement.
In this way, everyone combed through Lu Bu's policies to see which policies were suitable for implementation under Cao Cao's rule.
It is absolutely impossible to abolish all kinds of heavy taxes like Lu Bu.
So, at most, some of the taxes were reduced symbolically. The rest is only to learn from Lu Bu to prosper the laborers, oh no, it is paid to requisition, so as to increase the labor.
Although people don't know much about economics, they still understand some simple truths.
However, Cao Cao's paid conscription was almost entirely used to improve his military strength.
What kind of school to run and what road to build like Lu Bu.
Hehe, that's definitely a full of food and support, and waste money.
It's not that Cao Cao doesn't want to do it, but now he can't do it at all.
Today, all the candidates will naturally send scouts under the rule of other candidates.
Xuzhou's policy naturally cannot be hidden from the world.
And in addition to Cao Cao, many of the candidates wanted to learn from Lu Bu.
However, they found that they didn't learn much at all.
Except for the great requisition, the others don't know what to do at all.
Like running a school, it seems to be an epoch-making initiative.
But they don't have paper books, so how can they run this school? Moreover, scholars everywhere are extremely protective of books, and they are not willing to pass them on at all.
Moreover, this is completely useless for military purposes, so all the candidates have no intention of doing so.
Because Lu Bu's school is all free!
It is also called what compulsory education.
Which candidate thinks that he has a lot of money and will spend a lot of money to do this kind of thing.
With this money, wouldn't it be better for them to buy more horses and make more weapons and armor?
In short, the development of Xuzhou, all the people are just paying attention to the excitement.
It depends on what kind of fame Lu Bu can make, and then they will fight each other, take revenge, and grab the territory.
And Lu Bu naturally doesn't pay much attention to the war outside, as long as no one comes to fight him, he will develop with peace of mind.
What Lu Bu didn't expect was that the second epoch-making product was not soju, but soap.
Moreover, the workers even learned some of the techniques of Lu Bu's brewing and directly made soap.
For example, what chrysanthemum soap, pear blossom soap, lotus soap and so on.
Yes, the soap process is very simple, and the main raw materials are oil and alkali.
Caustic soda, chemical name sodium hydroxide is a very important chemical raw material.
There are too many uses for it, so Lu Bu personally refined this thing first.
The raw material used, naturally, is limestone. If there is a lot of coarse salt, it can also be extracted from salt later.
In short, Lu Bu is not short of these industrial raw materials at all.
Although this soap is not as delicate as that of later generations, the decontamination effect is very good.
So, how Lu Bu doesn't like it.
Soon, all kinds of shochu were brewed.
Soju is a general term for steamed liquor, and Lu Bu allows people to try it in a variety of ways.
Like bamboo leaves, chrysanthemums, pear blossoms, lotus flowers, mulberry leaves, etc., are added to make flavorings.
If you add bamboo leaves, it is naturally called bamboo leaf green. Then there are some ancient wine names in Lu Bu's memory.
Like what daughter red, lotus stamen, Hantan incense, autumn dew white, golden stem dew and so on.
These epoch-making products are Lu Bu's means of grabbing the world's wealth.
And Lu Bu's main money-making targets are naturally those who are rich.
LΓΌ Bu allowed these people to enjoy his products first, but at the same time, they had to use the money for him.
As for the sale, Lu Bu naturally gave full authority to the Elk family to complete.
Elk Hao has fully understood the concepts of agents, distributors and so on that Lu Bu said.
And Lu Bu's goal for him is to turn all the businessmen in the world into his dealers and agents within three years.
Every time a new product is released, a new agent will be selected.
If Lu Bu produces enough things, let alone three years, the Elk family may be able to attract merchants all over the world in one year.
In this way, the lifeblood of the whole world is in the hands of Lu Bu.
As long as Lu Bu said a word, he could trap any candidate to death casually.
Elk Hao has fully understood what economic warfare is.
At this point, Lu Bu can finally start recycling and making money.
Otherwise, he will not be able to make ends meet all the time, and Lu Bu will definitely not be able to last long.
You must know that most of the treasures of King Liang's tomb have been consumed by Lu Bu. Without any financial resources, he had to start drinking the northwest wind.
With the artifact of newspapers, and after Lu Bu's hype, rich people all over the world knew that Lu Bu had invented new products.
June 1, the National Unified Sales Day, all the rich are looking forward to it.
I look forward to the kind of fairy wine that will get drunk after drinking a bowl, and the kind of soap that can be used to take a bath to be clean and refreshing.
After Lu Bu told Lu Hao about the concepts of monopoly and hunger marketing, he went to Pengcheng.
After more than a month of governance, Lu Bu wanted to see what kind of situation Pengcheng was like now.
After reading it, Lu Bu couldn't help but be happy.
The people have settled down, and even those who do not have new houses have a place to live temporarily.
All kinds of infrastructure are being built, and it is a thriving scene.
"Shiyuan, good job!" Lu Bu couldn't help but praise.
Pang Tong grinned (but the smile was more ugly than crying): "Everything is the lord's policy, and the unification is just copying the lord's policy!" β
"Hahahaha, how does that Shiyuan feel?"
Pang Tong took a deep breath: "The lord is a talent who has passed through the heavens and latitudes, and he is very obedient!" β
"Huh~!" Lu Bu couldn't help laughing: "Shiyuan will also make a sycophant!" β
"It's not sycophancy!" Pang Tong said solemnly: "For example, these houses are obviously bricks they burned, wood they cut themselves, and houses they built, but they owe a lot of money to the lord. However, the lord only needs to pay a small amount of wages, and the surplus value that the lord says is completely understood. What's even funnier is that the lord asks them to pay in installments. Not only did they make more money, but they were also grateful to their father-in-law. The lord not only makes a lot of money and labor, but also wins a good reputation, how is it not a talent who has passed through the heavens and latitudes! β
Lu Bu smiled, these strategies were not original to him, but things that everyone in the future would know.
As a ruler, LΓΌ Bu is now maximizing the surplus value of these people.
But at the same time, it is also so that they can live better.
Xing, the people are bitter.
Death, the people suffer.
But in any case, it is better to prosper than to die. Because we don't need to die, we can create value and prosper society.
The hard work of the present is for the enjoyment of the future.
Lu Bu stayed in Pengcheng for two days, enjoyed being praised by people all the time for two days, and hurried back to Xiapi.
Because of the news, a large number of locusts began to be brought under the rule.
If locusts are overflowing, they will become locust plagues. At that time, the rice grain that has been planted with great difficulty will definitely be harvested.
With such a big matter, Lu Bu naturally hurried back to deal with it.
And after understanding, Lu Bu learned that in the past ten years, there have been locust plagues almost every year.
It can be said that the three major natural disasters of locust plague, drought and earthquake created the Yellow Turban Uprising.
Lu Bu had no experience in dealing with the locust plague, but he still thought of a way.
As long as someone persists, it may not be many years before the locust plague disappears completely.