Regarding Lu Chen's outlook, Chen Gong is very conservative, and Pang Tong is relatively calm. The two of them built one after another, and Lu Chen used the money and grain in other places, such as farming, such as building cities, and strengthening soldiers, which were all better than building roads and opening mines. Moreover, they do not think that a pile of burning stones, there is anything special, and it is even inferior to firewood.

"If you want to become stronger, you don't rely on military strength, the north is barren and bitter cold, and reckless military force can only be a dead end. The family and the country must be strong, and only when the people under their rule are prosperous and prosperous, can they be truly strong. If the people are rich, the country will be strong, and if the country is strong, the army will be prosperous! Lu Chen rejected the two of them.

"Xiao Junhou said that there is a dead end for the poor soldiers, but how much difference is there between the labor and the loss of money and the poor soldiers?" Chen Gong retorted.

Pang Tong is better, he is young and familiar with Lu Chen, it is easier to accept new things, and he believes in Lu Chen more.

Lu Chen didn't answer, and asked rhetorically: "According to Uncle Gongtai's thoughts, the land on the border of Yanmen is already bitter cold, and the mountains and arable land are scarce, how can I be strong?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Naturally, it is to encourage fertility and land reclamation, expand agriculture and population, as long as there is food and population, you can be strong." ”

Needless to say, nature is still the same old-fashioned, China has been an agricultural nation since ancient times, and this has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Lu Chen shook his head slightly: "If I am like Gou Jian, I have twenty years, there is naturally no problem in doing so." But we don't have even two years, can this work? The reclaimed wasteland is not enough to feed the wasteland, and the population that is born is still drinking milk, these are strengths? No! It's a burden! ”

Chen Gong said again: "With the sergeant tuntian, you can supplement the grain and grass. Recruit soldiers and expand combat power. ”

Lu Chen sneered: "Do you want me to learn from that Cao Bald Man?" Engage in military tun farming? Then I ask you, what about the families of the soldiers? Do you have money to feed them? To put it another way, these soldiers only serve as soldiers, not wives? Don't have children? Where does that recuperation come from? How to increase the population? ”

"This ......" Chen Gong was depressed and didn't have a good breath, "Then what do you say?" ”

"I said? It's easy to do. Lu Chen smiled proudly, I really couldn't help it, I was so proud, what did we do before? Setting up a stall? NO！ That's called doing business!

Chen Gong was very unhappy with Lu Chen's pride. "Easy to do?" Then tell me about it. ”

Lu Chen said: "Do you remember why Ma Yi is called Ma Yi? At that time, Meng Tian, the general of the Qin State, raised horses in the siege of Mayi. That's why Ma Yi said......"

"Raising horses? People don't have enough to eat, and they still have horses? Chen Gong interrupted.

Lu Chen was not annoyed, and continued: "Meng Tian raised horses to fight against the Huns. In the end, it's about fighting. Then I ask you. Where is the most powerful war now? Central Plains! So. Now the horses enter the Central Plains in large numbers, and the horses enter the Central Plains four roads. First, it is Liaodong. That's the Wuhuan horse, we can't take care of it. Second, it's Xiliang, it's the Qiang horse, and we can't control it. Third, it is Hedong, which is the horse of the Huns. Fourth, it is Yanmen Mayi, where there are Xiongnu horses and Xianbei horses. Every year, a large number of Han businessmen go out to buy horses, don't you see Mr. Gongtai? Have you ever seen a big wave of five baht coins approaching? ”

Chen Gong was stunned, suddenly overjoyed, and shouted, "I know!" Sell horses! Bought horses from Xiongnu Xianbei and sold them to the princes of the Central Plains. ”

Lu Chen's face suddenly fell, Lao Tzu said so much, you thought of such a broken idea?

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "None, none!" ”

Chen Gong asked Pang Tong: "Then what do you say?" ”

Pang Tong said: "Be a horse market!" ”

"Bingo!" Lu Chen clapped his hands, and said in his heart that it was still Pang Tong, a lewd guy, it seems that people will be rigid if they are too upright, except for an upright and smart genius like me. He said to Chen Gong, "I want to be a local tyrant!" We can't control the war horses of Wuhuan and Xiliang for the time being, so we don't care. The Xiongnu have already formed an alliance with us, and it will be even easier after eating Liu Bao in two days. Let the Huns not go out from the east of the river, all the horses are transported to Mayi to sell, and we guard the Yanmen Pass, do not allow the Han horse merchants to buy horses, all the transactions related to war horses must be carried out in Mayi! We don't participate in buying and selling, but when we buy and sell horses on our territory, we have to collect a tax, one out of ten, which is not expensive! It also guarantees your safety, as well as the integrity of the transaction, which is really not expensive. If it's too expensive, then go to Liaodong, where your father died coldly, or Xiliang, which is thousands of miles away, to buy a horse. ”

"However, although the Xiongnu are allied with us, are they willing to go near and far and concentrate their war horses in Mayi to sell?"

"Of course it's possible! We can produce double stirrups and horseshoes here, the Huns can't produce them themselves, and war horses equipped with stirrups and horseshoes are definitely better than war horses without these! What do you think. ”

"In other words, the Huns and Xianbei people sell horses in Mayi, and we sell equipment?"

"yes!"

"Hmm...... That's a great way to make money! Chen Gong pulled his goatee and glanced at Lu Chen, "However, what does this have to do with opening coal mines and building roads?" ”

"Of course it matters, the road is not easy to walk, how much advantage does Mayi have compared with Xiliang and Liaodong? The east side has to cross the entire Taihang Mountain, the south side has to pass through the Huguan, and the west side has to be more aggrieved, and it has to go up from the territory of the Huns. And if we repair a better road than the current official road and Qin Straight Road, for war horses and carriages, wouldn't it be a natural moat to change the road? Naturally, there are more people who come to Mayi to buy horses. ”

"What kind of cement can you really build a better road than a rammed earth road?"

"It's smoother and stronger than a stone road!"

"What does that have to do with opening a coal mine?"

"Coal is a raw material for the production of cement, and it is also a fuel for cement kilns, and the flame temperature of ordinary charcoal is not enough. Similarly, the same is true for iron smelting, which is more efficient and of better quality than charcoal. The technology of stirrups and horseshoes will soon flow out, however, their steel will not be comparable to ours by then. At that time, we can also take advantage of the business opportunities attracted by war horses to sell other weapons. ”

"Oh......"

Chen Gong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, although he still didn't want to believe the cement and coal he had never seen, but he also knew very well in his heart that if Xiao Junhou's wish came true, then Yanmen Mayi would become an important commercial town, and it would also be an important town for weapon manufacturing. Not only can you make money quickly and powerful, but what is even more terrifying is that you can constantly make weapons and improve your weapon skills through guò, and you will definitely be far ahead when the time comes. Moreover, it can also gather skilled craftsmen and a large number of manpower. When the time comes, there will be no shortage of money and grain, craftsmen, population, Yanmen, and there is an ally of the Xiongnu, can't it be strong?

Seeing that he had convinced Chen Gong, Lu Chen was in a better mood and said, "It is a matter of time before you subdue the Nine Plains in the clouds. When the cement avenue is connected to Qinzhidao, Jiuyuan to Chang'an and Pingchuan, hehe, Guanzhong is the paradise of my cavalry! ”

Chen Gong was shocked again, he was really told by Guo Jia at the beginning, Xiao Junhou's ambition is not Hebei, but Guanzhong.

After a while, Chen Gong and Pang Tong left.

Chen Gong was happy and suspicious, Lu Chen also explained to him for a long time, what is a coal mine, what is cement, but he couldn't understand, and finally Lu Chen was also annoyed, and gave him a drawing, asking him to send someone to survey and map today, and organize the displaced people to start building roads tomorrow, and when the cement is made, he will know.

These things are not under the control of Pang, but many people need him to collect them. At the end of the Han Dynasty, many people fled to Jiangnan and Jingxiang for refuge, the Pang family is a big family in Xiangyang, and naturally there is still some influence, Lu Chen now wants craftsmen who build roads, smelt iron and make weapons, the more the merrier.

Lu Chen is actually very tired, there is no way, there are too many things, most of them need his instructions, and he has to find a way to deal with them himself.

In fact, he has been in this era for nearly half a year, and he has not had a good rest, and he has been coming and going between the bloody battlefields in front of him, and he has finally finished the battle, and there are endless chores to do. Calculated carefully, it seems that Taoguang is recuperating and recuperating, which is more tiring and grinding than fighting, but the road was chosen by Lu Chen, and he had to go on hard.

"It's not bad to be a local tyrant in the Three Kingdoms or something. Whether it is an agricultural society or an industrial society, money and grain are the most basic strategic resources. Lu Chen sat alone in the courtyard and got up, "When I have built a transportation system and a military industrial system far ahead of the times, Cao Bald, even if you take Scar Yuan, how can you hold the fertile Guanzhong Plain?" (To be continued......)