The first year after the departure of the expeditionary force.

Lu Bu led 40,000 soldiers and horses to complete the cavalry supply in Bingzhou, and rectified out more than 20,000 elite cavalry.

Then he beheaded the thirteen generals under the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu.

Completely submissive to those Southern Huns who were already a little restless in their hearts, who had dissent to the Han Dynasty and wanted to secretly engulf the annexed state.

After this battle, Lü Bu confirmed his peerless reputation in the eyes of the Southern Huns.

Subsequently, he forced the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu to lead his army to join him.

The Southern Huns were forced to be helpless and were bound to Lü Bu's chariot.

However, in this regard, the Southern Huns did not have much rebellion in their hearts.

The reason is naturally because Lu Bu is too strong, and more importantly, people who are so strong now are still their allies!

You say this kind of thing is outrageous?

With such powerful allies by their side, they can do a lot of things with just a fight.

Moreover, this trip was to go deep into the grassland and bring back the place where their ancestors lived.

They don't have any local feelings.

But for revenge, no matter what kind of person it is, people will be very enthusiastic about it.

With the Southern Huns, these leading parties.

Lu Bu never worried about getting lost on the grassland after that.

In addition, this trip almost mobilized almost all the military forces and civilian resources of the Southern Xiongnu.

Along the way, the supply of the army was the cattle and sheep they grazed.

At first, the Northern Xiongnu army looked down on Lu Bu, a little-known young general.

In addition, it was the Southern Huns who had been beaten away by themselves before who ran over.

They are naturally arrogant and terrible.

At the beginning, he had to use absolute superiority to surround and kill Lu Bu and others on this grassland.

It's a pity.

They misestimated Lu Bu's strength, and also roughly estimated that the military qualities that Qin Yu had carefully cultivated had crushed the contemporary professional soldiers.

Only touched once.

The Northern Hun cavalry was completely crushed.

Even mounted archery, which is the military method they are best at, kite flying.

In front of the excellent armor that Qin Yu equipped these elite soldiers.

It's just tickling.

In addition, the realm strength of these soldiers themselves is extremely strong.

The weakest ones are now all true qi perfection.

When they also started to ride and shoot.

The ten-stone strong bow in his hand simply ignored the range disadvantage brought about by being flying a kite.

On the contrary, outside the range of the kite-flying cavalry of the Northern Huns, they carried out a wave of fierce bloodbath with horse shooting first.

Galloping on the steppe, where did these Huns, who did not have much resources themselves, see such a terrifying army?

After a wave of beatings, the result was that they couldn't even run.

They had gathered an army of 200,000 troops.

was killed by Lu Bu with a wave of Southern Huns.

For such a result, Lu Bu was not surprised at all.

The soldiers behind him were first-class elite soldiers.

And those so-called 200,000-strong Northern Hun troops.

They simply don't have the idea of a professional soldier.

Most of the 200,000 men were herders who had previously herded their herds.

These herdsmen got on their horses and became soldiers.

Now the panicked rats who were killed waited until Lu Bu annihilated them all.

The tribes they left behind were only the elderly, the weak, the women and the children.

Naturally, it became Lu Bu's trophy.

For these loories, Lu Bu naturally followed the reward and punishment methods that Qin Yu had already formulated before.

According to the amount of military merits, some of the cattle and sheep were distributed to those of the Southern Xiongnu.

The remaining cattle and sheep were slaughtered on the spot and used as military rations.

As for fur goods and other things, they were all sent back to Luoyang.

The Southern Huns watched with envy as the carts of goods and goods headed towards Luoyang City.

Compared to the cattle and sheep they had received before, it was really terrifying.

They are inevitably greedy in their hearts, but they also know that these things are not won by themselves.

Someone once expressed his dissatisfaction with Lu Bu in the barracks after being drunk.

The next day, all those who had drunk with him were court-martialed, and their heads were hung above the gates of the camp.

It's brutal.

The Southern Huns were naturally dissatisfied and naturally afraid.

But no one dared to mutiny, nor did they dare to rebel in the slightest.

There is no other reason, just because Lu Bu's strength is too strong, and the army under his command is too elite.

Even if they wanted to rebel, they had no chance of success.

Instead of envy and jealousy, those goods that have been sent back to Luoyang City.

It is better to set your eyes on the royal court of the Northern Huns.

As long as they can defeat the royal court, and they do enough credit in this battle.

In the end, are you still afraid that you won't be able to distribute the loot?

They all knew very well that a peerless murderer like Lu Bu, when he was in Luoyang, he followed the prime minister of Qin Yu and Qin.

I thought that Qin Yu, the prime minister, didn't have much ability.

But now it seems that they really underestimated Qin Yu.

also underestimated the horror of the big man.

Now that they have reined in their mentality, they only regard Qin Yu as the pinnacle powerhouse among the great men.

As long as someone can still suppress Lu Bu, they don't believe that Lu Bu can really risk offending Qin Yu, ignoring the law and discipline, and insisting on deducting the military merits that should belong to them.

Once this kind of behavior is done, it is self-destructive.

And so, in the third month after the great army had set out.

Lu Bu had already rushed to the depths of the grassland with his men.

In the fourth month, the Northern Huns mobilized heavy troops and wanted to fight Lü Bu to the death again.

was broken again by Lu Bu.

In the fifth month, the loot was sent back to Luoyang City.

Then, through the merchant families in Qin Yu's hands, he quickly exchanged these booty into gold and silver property.

into the treasury.

Naturally, some of the gold and silver property harvested back has also become the dividends of the 'shareholders' who previously invested in Qin Yu's grand strategy.

The largest shareholder is naturally Liu Hong.

But even with Liu Hong's shares, in front of the entire Han treasury, it is not too much.

But even so, when this wave of financial goods came back, Liu Hong was given at least two shares of three public prices.

The money sent over in vain like this can be bad for Liu Hongshuang.

Before this, where did he think that he could make money like this.

As long as he invests money in it and wins the war, he will bring back very rich returns.

And not only is there money to be made, but more importantly, he is now at war with foreign countries!

Foreign wars did not require him to bear much financial expenditure, but on the contrary, some made money.

In addition, this kind of behavior is expanding the territory.

Throughout the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there are too few emperors who can achieve the same achievements as he is now.

If this battle can really take down the Huns.

Wouldn't he want to directly reproduce Emperor Wu's achievements?

Liu Hong never dreamed that he would one day be able to compare with Emperor Wu.

But now such a dream is just around the corner.

How could he not be excited?

Wait for this time when the dividends are in hand.

Liu Hong ran over to Qin Yu without hesitation: "Aiqing, I have something urgent!" ”

"I think that although the three elites you sent out, Aiqing, are strong, they are too few in number."

"And I have a lot of sons and daughters, so how can I not let my sons and daughters participate in such a good thing of making contributions and defending the country and protecting the family?"

"I feel that Aiqing, you are afraid that you are trapped and the previous treasury is insufficient, so I have decided to give you additional investment now!"

"I have also saved a lot of money in the West Garden over the years, you take it all, just take it as my support to you, don't be polite to me!"

Qin Yu replied with a smile: "Then the minister will thank Your Majesty first, Your Majesty's money, the minister will calculate it and return it to the shares." ”

Liu Hong laughed: "Aiqing, what you said is really a bit too foreign, I am now investing in foreign enemies, this is my duty, where can I use what shares and other things you do?" ”

Qin Yu said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, all the money is put into the treasury, and the investment in our Han army must be treated equally, so that the people who have money and food in the world can rest assured, which is also the basis of our reputation." ”

Liu Hong said with a smile: "I don't understand what you said, but I believe in you, and in the future, just do what you say, no matter what the result is, I will always stand behind you, you can rest assured and bold to do it!" ”

With that, he departed happily.

Then he returned to the palace and sat back and waited for the next batch of dividends to arrive.

And with Qin Yu's previous first batch of dividends, it was issued.

Those merchants and families who had invested some of Qin Yu's money also reacted.

It's big business, and it can be earned!

Especially those merchants who had already been elevated to status by Qin Yu before.

Although they now have to pay more taxes to Qin Yu.

But now the Han are both in business and in their status as merchants.

It's so much better than before.

What's more.

The dividends that Qin Yu paid them as agreed, let them see Qin Yu's sincerity, as well as Qin Yu's credibility.

They had thought that Qin Yu had pried away those so-called investments from them.

It's just a clever way to get money from them.

No one expected it.

These goods that Qin Yu took away from them were really like what Qin Yu had told them before.

It has become a tool that can give them continuous money and profits.

And the difficulty and speed of making money is really much safer than what they seemed to be everywhere before.

Now the four major merchant families are all thinking about the feasibility of continuing to increase their shareholdings in the future.

And at this very time.

Qin Yu sent a decree to various states and counties.

He was ready to start opening money banks in various states and counties.

The people in each state and county can deposit the surplus money in their hands in the bank, and they can get a certain profit on a regular basis by depositing it in the bank.

It is also possible to invest this money and goods in the army shares in the bank.

As long as the Ming army opened up and obtained property, they were also able to get sufficient remuneration from these goods.

At the same time, Qin Yu also encouraged these people to devote themselves to commerce and various handicrafts.

Encourage the reclamation of wasteland.

Today's population is sufficient, but there has been no way to place these people in positions that suit them.

In other words, there is no shortage of labor, what they lack is only social jobs that create wealth.

Qin Yu himself knew very well.

In fact, the ancients were not lacking in creativity at all.

The experience and wisdom of the ancestors should definitely not be underestimated.

The reason why the various tools of agricultural civilization seem to have not developed much since the Zhou Dynasty.

It's just because of political necessity.

Once there is a continuous iteration of production tools, the difficulty of cultivating the land is greatly reduced.

There are not enough jobs to accommodate the population that is constantly emerging in society.

When the time comes, it is natural that there will be instability that threatens the dynasty.

But these things were nothing to Qin Yu.

Not to mention that after his road of heavy business and heavy industrialization, there will inevitably be many positions in today's society that did not exist before.

As a result, it will bring a huge population use.

It's just the land that was pioneered and fought through foreign wars.

It is also enough to digest a large number of people.

If the rate of population growth increases further with material abundance.

Then there is the possibility of immigration.

In the future, the Gangetic plain and the Mongolian steppe were places that needed a large number of people.

There is a shortage of people in the Northeast.

Just purge all the barbarians who don't obey discipline over there.

After carving out a huge plain.

It is also bound to be able to provide a large amount of food every year.

It's just that if you want to open up the Northeast, resisting the cold is the first thing.

All in all, Qin Yu is not afraid of a population explosion at all.

On the contrary, he was more looking forward to this kind of scene.

6th month.

With the arrival of the second batch of goods and supplies.

The profits from the expedition to the Xiongnu have greatly exceeded Liu Hong's previous expectations.

Another month passed.

Good news came from the border pass.

The court of the Xiongnu was completely broken by Lu Bu and the Southern Xiongnu.

A large number of Xiongnu began to flee deeper into the steppe.

Lu Bu didn't want to let go of the good opportunity to harvest.

He took the cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu to continue the pursuit.

It was not until he finally arrived near Lake Baikal that Lü Bu stopped his pursuit.

At this time, the Xiongnu had been beaten to pieces.

And the materials accumulated by the Southern Xiongnu over the years have also been consumed by Lu Bu.

Lü Bu did not continue to go deeper, but returned to the dynasty with many Xiongnu slave teachers.

Along the way, the Xiongnu slaves suffered numerous casualties.

When he returned to Luoyang, the hundreds of thousands of slaves he brought with him when he set out were now less than 100,000 left.

Naturally, these slaves also became the materials captured by Lu Bu.

The matter of slaves is also Qin Yu's arrangement.

He's not going to turn back the clock on history.

Regression from this feudal dynasty to slavery.

But he didn't want to change the slavery status of these people.

Just less than 100,000 slaves naturally can't shake the foundation of the dynasty.

There are these slaves in existence.

It fills the gap created by those who have devoted themselves to crafts and commerce.

They are now at the bottom of society's workforce.

All the heavy lifting is on them.

Something like reclamation would have been done by ordinary peasants.

What needs to be consumed may be the savings and efforts of all the people in the family.

But just use these slaves to do it.

The cost will be greatly reduced.

At the same time, it also opened up more means of production for the people of the Han Dynasty.