This year, the atmosphere in Jinyang City feels extraordinarily weird.

In previous years, at this time, officials and generals from all over the country like to stay in Jinyang City for a few more days, obviously the prosperous Jinyang City is more nostalgic than those bitter cold places in the northwest, not to mention that there are all kinds of entertainment facilities here.

At this time in previous years, on the streets of Jinyang City, you can often see groups of officials or rich children entering or magnificent restaurants, or clean and tidy small wine shops, enjoying various snacks with the characteristics of Bingzhou.

After Li Shushi entered the state, the biggest impact on this area may not be the economic development and the stability of people's livelihood, nor the grassland or timber wolves have never attacked the city again, perhaps the various large and small colleges established outside Jinyang City are the most proud of Jinyang people, but all kinds of food from the Bingzhou Pastoral Mansion are the most far-reaching things that have the most far-reaching impact on Jinyang.

Li Shushi doesn't like extravagance and waste, and he doesn't like the splendor, but he is not small interested in eating - of course, because he must maintain a frugal style, he has a maximum of four dishes and one soup per meal, and it is a very serious four dishes and one soup, not a dish equivalent to a super large platter, and the small dishes and small bowls try to ensure that there will be no leftovers.

In addition, all kinds of never-before-seen plants from the west of the Western Regions and the east of the sea have taken root in Jinyang, and even Li Shushi has built two greenhouses in his own land.

It's a pity that this thing that Qiē Jinyang people have become accustomed to has changed greatly this year. It became a little incomprehensible to the people of Jinyang.

The officials who had always used various excuses not to delay until they had to go back to prepare the affairs needed for spring ploughing were now like burning their butts, just staying in Jinyang City for a few days and then leaving in a hurry, maybe not where they worked, but basically they would not continue to stay in Jinyang City, and there was no one who did not have undisguised anxiety on their faces.

In the past, at this time, 7 was especially lively restaurants of all sizes. Now it is also a lot more deserted, only the occasional guests who hide in the private room for a long time make people extremely This should be a picture of a scene in Jinyang City, but even if it is this occasional scene, it is no longer for the new delicious and delicious food in the city, or old wine, and even some just order a few snacks and scald, only a few small pots of sake can stay in the private room for a long time.

After a while, the guest and host left. Sometimes both parties have a tacit smile, and sometimes both parties leave in a hurry with indignant faces, so that people can know at a glance that these people are definitely not just for simple contact feelings, but definitely for something important, but sometimes they can reach an agreement that is satisfactory to both parties, and sometimes it is a little difficult.

Another manifestation that made the people of Jinyang City feel that the atmosphere was completely different from the past, or to be more precise, the entire five prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Prefecture Governor felt that the situation had changed dramatically, that is, those powerful people in the local area began to recruit those young children in their hometowns who had no future in their studies. Recruit those powerful Jianghu rangers or martial arts children, and buy those powerful slaves from other races. There is a momentum to arm the army.

What's going on, is it going to change?!

This turmoil not only affected the entire land of the five states, but even Cao Mengde in the east and Yuan Benchu in the north had heard of it.

They had all tried to get in touch with familiar families in private, trying to find out information or even make small moves, but to the surprise of the two of them, such actions not only did not have any effect. On the contrary, those who were sent to Li Shushi's rule were sent to the Bingzhou Pastoral Mansion by the masters of those families in a blink of an eye, which allowed Jia Xu to destroy the other party's intelligence stronghold without much effort.

"Lord, look at what you're messing with, maybe not everyone is crazy, but basically some powerful families are crazy. Even some rangers who have no background but some charisma are crazy, and their subordinates are a little skeptical, in less than three years, whether the land under our rule will still be cultivated, and whether our army can still recruit enough people. ”

"Old man Zhongde is right, the book is true, don't talk about those greedy businessmen, even if I listen to your plan, I have an urge to pick and choose not to take people to participate in that plan, and in the end, if it wasn't for your sister-in-law to persuade me, look, my resignation."

"Xiaoqiang, believe it or not, if you dare to pick a son to run a business, I will immediately issue a document to let all the checkpoints treat your caravan as a robber, even if you can't beat it, you have to pay 100% of the checkpoint tax to allow the pass, and then there are road and bridge construction fees, road maintenance fees, vehicle and ship management fees, city management fees, business license fees, health permit fees, high-salary maintenance fees, ......"

"Hey, hey, Shushi, I can't pay all the taxes you haven't heard of even if I sell everything!"

"Hmph ~ Anyway, my regulations also say that businessmen and their direct family members are not allowed to be officials under a state of emergency within three generations."

"But it doesn't seem like it's not allowed to join the army." Well, after such a long time, Xiaoqiang is also a lot smarter.

"You can be in the army, but if you have merit, you will not be rewarded and punished too much, anyway, you will basically maintain the status of a big soldier before you leave the army."

"Hey, hey, hey! Shushi, you are sure to go to the pit! ”

"Well, it's just someone else, because you are Xiaoqiang, you must be treated specially, and they are all specially prepared for you alone."

"Why do I have to be treated so differently as long as I am, Shushi, if you can't explain it clearly, hum~"

"Because you are the only one who has lost your job and intends to make money, and I don't cheat you, where do you say I can find such a good chicken to kill for the monkey."

"Actually, I just suddenly think that being a caravan escort seems to be good, especially this kind of action deep into enemy-occupied areas is even more exciting."

"Don't you find the war in the north exciting? Then I will allow you to select 5,000 elite soldiers by yourself, and then go deep into Danhan Mountain to kill all the people up and down Danhan Mountain, and don't leave any of them, as long as you can do it, I will allow you to fall in love wherever you go. ”

"Well, let's study the enemy in the north. Just leave the caravan kind of thing to my doorman. ”

"It seems that the lord has reached an agreement with General Fengxian, so should the lord inform the generals of your thoughts?"

"Isn't this kind of thing, whether it is Zhongde or Wen He, all of them are handy, isn't it okay to just reveal some rumors."

"But I still have to confirm it again, after all, the generals feel that this time the matter is very big, and they are a little unsure. At least if it can have the original words of the lord's characteristics, then a sentence can be used to wear out our mouths for a long time. ”

"Anyway, I'm not the leader or emperor. How can there be so many sentences at the top of one sentence, Wen and you are cheating people! ”

"Haha, maybe you don't think so, but you have an important place in our hearts."

"Forget it, you all know it anyway. We now do not have the experience or time to devote the main energy to the West, but although the development of the West requires a lot of initial investment, the harvest is extremely rich, whether it is soldiers or minerals. Therefore, if the attention of the families, wealthy merchants, and powerful families who had been focusing on lending money and competing for hundreds of lands in the township could be attracted to the development of new land, then the matter would have become easier to solve.

There's a good saying. It is called, 'If you want to take it, you must give it first.'" I've drawn such a big piece of bread for those people, and I don't believe anyone won't be tempted. As long as there are people, and many people are moved, my policies restricting lending and land expansion will be enacted together, and some of those who were hesitant will join in, and as for the remaining old-fashioned diehards, as long as they don't cause trouble, I can guarantee that they can live in peace for the rest of their lives. If you ignore my orders, a meritorious soldier will not dislike too much land.

Speaking of this trip to the north. I saw the power of those merchants. They are indeed extremely cunning, and they often wander on the edge of the law and even the bottom line of morality, but the power they burst out in order to obtain benefits is extremely terrifying.

In fact, the same is true of those wealthy families, aren't they unscrupulous for the sake of perhaps higher status and fame?

Since we are always worried about whether internal problems will detonate due to various problems, and whether those families will become stumbling blocks to our various policies and have to be cleaned up again and again, then why don't we transfer these internal contradictions? What about another enemy, an enemy that everyone thinks is an enemy?

As for whether such an approach will lead to the problems mentioned earlier, this is more or less inevitable in the early days, but as I saw in Heijo, there are many competitors on this path. But the victorious people are destined to be only a few, after half a year to a year, the weak are eliminated, the strong can stay, and the land left by the unfortunate dead can be reclaimed by the army or concentrated through a series of operations to carry out tuntian, and our ability to attract displaced people here is already very strong.

The most important thing is that the Hu people are more adapted to this kind of life than the Han people, and they find something to do for the Hu people in our territory, and it also saves them from being bewitched by the 'ancestors' in the north who don't know whether it is true or false if they are idle. Anyway, as long as you don't die, even the loser is a good soldier, and our troops can just replenish those people.

Another significance of this to us is the passage of guò, we have opened up a new battlefield that is not obscure, we can release the chicks we keep in the 'greenhouse', and we can also pay attention to the outstanding talents who are hidden in the people and have not been discovered by us, and even if we can't win them, we have to find some way to work for us.

All in all, since the pre-Qin period, we are not such a conservative nation as we are now, perhaps because the Central Plains is too rich, and everyone has their eyes on this one-third of an acre of land. But we are different, we have been to the Western Regions, and we have even heard from soldiers from countries such as Sabbath and Kushan about the riches of the country in which they live. I also once sent our chief agricultural expert, Miss Rohoro, to the other side of the sea, which is equally beautiful and rich.

The world is so vast, and there is so much land that can be cultivated, why should we give it up.

If it was because I thought that it would not only cost a lot to reclaim such a distant place, but also that there would be no benefit, then I used the decree to promote this qiē, first of all the surrounding land. Then there is the distant ocean, and one day, the banner of the Great Han will be all over the place! ”

"Well, every time I hear the lord's words, the old man can't help but boil his blood. But ah, my lord, do you think it's really good for us to reveal all these words? If other forces have similar thoughts, I'm afraid it won't be good for us. ”

"Well. Haven't you already summed it up, you must be more familiar with which part to delete than me, I just provide a general direction, and the specific content is not a few of you 'smart people' summed up. I don't believe that those officials who came to Jinyang to report their work have changed from the original joy to the current 'coming and going in a hurry' is not your action. ”

"So the lord intends to use this action as a temptation?"

"It's not just a temptation, but it's also an advance preparation for the west, but this time we also have to learn from the alien race. In the past, it was those foreign races who constantly harassed us, making us exhausted, not only depleting our strength, but also causing our country to continue to bleed until the blood was gone, so the first emperor had to take the risk of taking the step of Zhang Jiao.

The reason for this situation is that the strength is not enough to confront our great power head-on. But it's not a good move. So if the offensive and defensive forces are reversed, we continue to harass each other, and let those caravans bribe and woo the Qiang tribes that have intricate relations but are definitely not monolithic, I want to see how those aliens can still bleed our country!

With the way of others to govern their bodies, I don't believe that I can't toss and cripple those Qiang people who are known as 'fighting against the Han Dynasty for the rest of their lives', and the unfinished business of Liangzhou Sanming and Dong Zhuo, I want to see if they are really inexhaustible! ”

"Many of your thoughts are interesting, and even ...... It even made his subordinates can't help but guess. Could this be the wisdom that comes from the wordless heavenly book that his subordinates have no chance to see? ”

Okay, Jia Xu children's shoes. How long are you going to use this stalk, is it true that I can find you a stack of blank papers?

Of course, if Li Shushi really found a pile of blank paper for Jia Xu, although Jia Xu would not throw the pile of white paper directly back on Li Shushi's face, it is conceivable that he will definitely have a deeper resentment towards Li Shushi - are you kidding, obviously an ancient book actually found a stack of white paper for others. Can your white paper be white after it has been stored for so long?!

Well, so Li Shushi's IQ can't even be faked, you should at least find a bunch of bamboo slips to make up the numbers.

By the way, don't forget to do the old.

In this way, the credibility is high, after all, in modern times, an ancient tomb that seems to be from the pre-Qin period was found in Chudi. There are many burials in the tomb, and it is said that there is a human head made of gold - of course, because of this the tomb has been excavated several times, but it is probably because of the strong purpose that many things have survived. It is in that ancient tomb that people have found a lot of bamboo slip fragments that record the laws of the Qin Dynasty and related texts, which have great archaeological value, but there are more bare bamboo slip fragments that are not only words, but also pictures or notches.

Therefore, if it is a bamboo slip, it is still barely possible to forge a so-called "Wordless Book of Heaven".

Of course, for Li Shushi and Jia Xu, who know each other very well, even if Li Shushi really comes up with such a thing, he will definitely not be able to deceive Jia Xu's old fox, but because this stalk has been played by Jia Xu into a habit, it seems uncomfortable not to say it for a while.

"Well, this is actually a little bit of inspiration from my previous thoughts." Well, Li Shushi felt that he could finally learn from those strategists under his command, shaking the white feather fan, and by the way, improving his compulsion or something.

And this time, probably because Li Shushi's previous thoughts were really interesting, so it was rare that even Xiaoqiang didn't make trouble anymore, and even seemed to be very focused, but Li Shushi didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

After all, after following him for so long, Xiaoqiang's intellectual potential is no longer the original one, only a little higher than (9).

In fact, if this idea is to be traced, it can be traced back to the original summary of Dong Zhuo and the Kwantung coalition army.

I think that although Dong Zhuo's strength was strong, under the pressure of the heritage and appeal of the Kwantung Coalition Army, he still had to burn Luoyang City and retreat to Xiliang. Even after defeating the pursuing Cao Mengde and Sun Wentai's subordinates, he simply closed the pass and defended himself. It looks like it's the end of the road, and it's a complete failure. But who would have thought that the final result would be that the coalition forces were in chaos for various reasons. Fall to pieces.

So I thought of our Han Empire again, and thought of the back and forth with the Qiang people when the Second Emperor Huan Ling was in the past.

Do you feel that our Han Empire is like an unparalleled warrior with infinite strength like the overlord of Western Chu, holding an iron rod in his hand, and every swing is earth-shattering. But those Qiang people were like a swarm of nasty flies and mosquitoes, not only buzzing around the warriors. And he kept taking advantage of the warrior's swing of the iron rod to suck blood from other places.

A single swing of the iron rod may not kill a fly and mosquito, at most it will scare those flies and mosquitoes away, but almost in an instant, those flies and mosquitoes will come back again and surround the warrior again.

Perhaps for a warrior, a fly swatter may be more useful than an iron rod, after all, the efficiency of a fly swatter is obviously more practical than an iron rod. It's just that after thinking about it carefully, I think that if it was the reign of Emperor Huan, this method might still be a good way, because the warriors have enough strength to deal with flies and mosquitoes. But now. The body of the warrior has been consumed a lot by those flies and mosquitoes, and he is becoming more and more intelligent in the circle with the warrior, and he knows more and more about using his advantages, unless he rushes up to a dozen fly swatters at a time, it is difficult to offset the advantages of flies and mosquitoes.

So if you want to solve the danger of flies and mosquitoes, what you need is no longer fly swatters, but geckos, a group of geckos. That is, the animal called 'snake boy' in our local dialect and likes to eat flies and mosquitoes.

And more importantly. Flies and mosquitoes are just annoying things for warriors with fly swatters in their hands, and if they are few enough to be less annoying, they will stop wielding them with a lot of energy, giving them a chance to regroup. But geckos are different, they hunt flies and mosquitoes for food, they feed on flies and mosquitoes. They don't give flies and mosquitoes any chance.

If there were no flies and mosquitoes at all, and the geckos were going to attack the warriors in turn, what do you think would be the result? ”

Looking around, all he saw were some thoughtful glances, and Li Shushi suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

"Geckos are much bigger than flies and mosquitoes. It's a behemoth for flies and mosquitoes. But what if it's compared to the warriors? It's also not worth mentioning, even if an ordinary fly swatter can't deal with an enemy like a gecko, it's a big deal to replace the fly swatter with a fine iron cast, or even a thousand iron rods that were originally put aside.

In fact, you don't need to eliminate all the geckos, just find a few of the fattest or most disobedient ones and beat them is probably enough, the geckos are too big, and it is not so easy to escape like flies and mosquitoes. Wouldn't it be nice to give birth to some new flies and mosquitoes to reward the well-behaved geckos? ”

"Lord, Lord, you ...... Why are you talking to us so much? ”

"Hmph~ Anyway, this kind of thing is actually not very difficult to figure out, although the initial idea may be more difficult, but after the results have been formed, reverse deduction is not a difficult thing for you to look at."

walked between Lu Bu and Cheng Yu, stretched out his hands and pressed the shoulders of the two people.

"Besides, even if my ideas are really clever, they are just some words on paper, and it is up to you to help me make these ideas workable. So, since you are so 'grateful' to me for the lesson I have taught you, then it is better to continue to be my 'slave' and die this winter! ”

"Shushi, don't stop me, tell me who I said that sentence, I promise not to kill him!"

As a result, today's Jinyang City is also filled with a happy and peaceful atmosphere. (To be continued......)