Chapter 9, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads

Taishou Mansion, lobby.

As a place for Liu Du for 20 years, office and banquet. I didn't see that today, the familiar figure with a slightly slumped back.

I saw that the original Lingling County Lord was thin, sitting tall in the hall.

And Liu Xian on the side was holding a seal in his hand, pacing back and forth on the side, his face was entangled, obviously stumped by something.

After yesterday's argument with Liu Du in the Taishou Mansion, after checking and filling in the gaps, it was decided to delete some plans and keep them for the future. At present, the main focus is on road construction and agricultural upgrading.

There is an old man in the family, and Liu Du has lived most of his life after all. can be a local guard, how can he really be a mediocre person?

Thinking about being young, he was also a hot-blooded young man, a good man who participated in the party. Of course, it is not clear whether there are any of the party members.

Liu Du looked at this, ready to eat his son who was waiting for death. It's rare to want to make meritorious deeds and do practical things, so you naturally have to help.

With a wave of his big hand, Tai Shouyin took it to play and covered it casually.

"Is this Qianlong's happiness? I realized it! ”

Forget who said it, power is blindly the best aphrodisiac, which can make people excited and sinking! Liu Xian, who was stamping, silently praised it.

"Hey, I recall, how to reform in previous novels!"

Liu Xian, who was holding the Taishou seal, sometimes paced back and forth, sometimes bowed his head and murmured, and sometimes used the Taishou seal to smash his head and murmur.

Although there is the support of the father, there is the support of the boss. But it's really hard to reform......

Take road construction as an example, how can the road builders come, relying on conscription?

The Han Dynasty system of conscription was a mixture of military service and conscription. Even because of the feudal society, there is not much infrastructure construction, and the only biggest civil engineering project is the emperor's mausoleum, but the emperor's mausoleum is basically handed over to criminals.

Therefore, the conscription system is more precise, that is, the military service system is the mainstay. At a certain age, all men in the country are required to serve in the military, first in the county, then to the capital, and finally to the side of the house.

(Note: Civilians are usually like this, with the exception of money.) Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, crimes can be redeemed by spending money, not to mention exempting from forced labor. It can be seen that the Spirit Emperor loves money, which may be the pot of genetic inheritance. )

The above is still governing the world, not to mention the current troubled times.

What do you mean by troubled times? People are displaced and population movements are unstable. Even if it is stabilized, it is necessary to arrange for farming, and the resumption of grain production is a top priority.

"Master Guo, how many prisoners can we make up in Lingling counties?"

Liu Xian suddenly thought that forced labor was unreliable, and if the prisoners in the prison were brought out, they could also be used for emergencies. If it is kept closed, it will also waste food, so it is better to make the best use of things and do the best of people.

"Hui Gongzi, about 100 people."

The Lingling lord Bo's surname is Guo, and he is an old man who has followed Liu Du for decades. Over the years, he has basically helped deal with government affairs, and even said that he knows more about the situation in Lingling County than Liu Du.

"Is it only a hundred? It's a drop in the bucket. ”

Liu Xian still frowned when he heard this, if he wanted to find Lao Liu, he could integrate all the prisoners in the four counties, including Nanjun. It is estimated that there will be five or six hundred people.

In modern times, five or six hundred people are naturally enough to build roads, but in ancient times, there were no steel machines. People talk about whether they can repair it, but even if they can repair it, the progress is not fast.

Don't wait until the second master carelessly loses Jingzhou, I'm afraid that the passage from Lingling to Wuling County has not been repaired.

"Hey, didn't I lift the rock myself and shoot myself in the foot? It's okay to talk about a five-year plan and a ten-year plan. ”

Liu Xian was annoyed, as for asking Lao Liu to explain. There is indeed an element of gambling in this matter, and it is obviously not feasible to lose the bet.

The words that are spoken, the water that is spilled, the first love after the breakup, and the three major non-recyclables in life.

In fact, the reason why Liu Xian proposed a five-year plan was because the situation was urgent at that time. If you don't say that, you will have to be taken away by Liu Bei. I can only take care of my head, and passing a level is a level.

Why don't you want to stay with Liu Bei, two words, constraints.

Liu Xian's personality is a bit like Guan Yu, he loves the lower and the lightest. If you want to stay with Boss Liu, it's okay if it doesn't last long, but it's too depressed to die after a long time.

On the other hand, although Liu Xian is idle by nature. Through the end of the Han Dynasty, I didn't see the cannibalism of Yizi in those history books. But there were only a few skinny ordinary people left in the eyes.

Every day, more than a dozen corpses would be transported out of Lingling City, either starving to death, or dying of disease, or with two pieces of sackcloth, or even a corpse without an inch. Both men and women, young and old.

It's still every day, it's still a place. Looking at the world, what should it be?

During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the registered population was about 55 million. In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, and the Eastern Han Dynasty perished, with a population of only about 15 million. In just a few decades, however, the population has plummeted by three-quarters.

Liu Xian is not a savior, he just wants that when he enjoys privileges every day, he will not feel so guilty.

"Gongzi doesn't have to worry about it, Lingling originally had 5,000 soldiers, and Hou Ming took 3,000 men and horses. The remaining two thousand soldiers. Why doesn't Childe act as a county soldier? ”

Seeing that Liu Xian was thinking, Guo Zhubo said.

He has been a minister of Liu Du for a long time, and he has long recognized him as the master. As for the lord's father, let's call it a Ming duke.

"No, the soldiers can't move."

Liu Xian shook his head and refused, the army should have the appearance of an army. Now the main energy is to clean up the civil affairs, and the army has to hand over Lao Xing for the time being.

First of all, the drill manual, and the military regulations will be a test field. I will definitely free up my hands and manage it well.

"Childe misunderstood, in mind. The road is not in a hurry to be repaired at one time, and the original official road can be repaired. In this way, the project is relatively small, and the prisoners in Lingling City are currently competent. ”

"As for the use of county soldiers, it is when the county soldiers are physically trained, such as carrying weights off-road. It can be pulled up to the avenue, and the two thousand people are mighty, enough to be used to ram the earth. In this way, it will not delay the training and complement each other. ”

Seeing that Liu Xian had misunderstood, Guo Zhubo explained unhurriedly.

Therefore, don't underestimate any era, and don't underestimate anyone. Be humble, or you will see others as fools, and others will look at you as well.

"That's right! Lao Guo, the real countryside relics! Liu Xian suddenly realized when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to hug Guo Zhubo for two bites.

"The son is falsely praised, the old man is just trusted by the old lord, and he has dealt with county affairs for decades and has some shallow views." Guo Zhubo said humbly.

Liu Xian may have been awakened by Lao Guo, and his head suddenly cleared. also remembered a good idea, "This son will not be left behind", and then asked Guo Zhubo.

"Lao Guo, let's Lingling in addition to the degree of use in the house, the degree of use in the army. How much grain is left? ”

"Hui Gongzi, there are about 10,000 stones of grain left, 5 baht and 40,000 yuan, and 100 horses of silk cloth." Guo Zhubo replied.

Liu Xian groaned slightly when he heard this, obviously estimating this in his heart.

"I twisted a stone of rice in the Han Dynasty, about fifty or sixty catties. If it is purely based on food, meat and vegetarian dishes are not counted. Take out 10,000 stone of grain, enough for one or two thousand people to spend for a few months. If it's really not enough, you can also take out the money to buy it. ”

"In this way, I can recruit about 2,000 displaced people. Specifically organized. ”

Ever since the strife of the world, the princes have fallen into. As soon as the war was fought, the people were displaced, and when the war was over, a vicious circle began to solicit people to save the people.

Over time, the people are not stupid. Except for some of the homeland that is difficult to leave, most of them are from Hebei, the Central Plains, where wars are frequent. Flee to Jiangnan, Jingchu, Bashu and other relatively stable places.

Although a large part of it will be picked up by the Maison, there will still be a lot of remnants.

What's more, Jingnan, in the eyes of the family, belongs to a reckless land where chickens don't lay eggs, birds don't. Not only are there few powerful families, but the strongest ones are the four Taishou.

Therefore, there are not many displaced people in the four counties. It's just that Liu Du almost didn't integrate the gang, and now he has fulfilled Liu Xian.

"First set up an engineering brigade of 2,000 people, Lao Liu will repair it when he hits it, and then slowly increase the number of people. Bigger and stronger, and create brilliance! ”

Liu Xian dragged out the thoughts in his heart, and Guo Zhubo had already proved that he was not a stupid person with a corpse vegetarian meal, so he naturally clapped his hands and said yes.

The two discussed some side matters, and finally Lao Guo wrote the edict of Taishou, and Liu Xian stamped his seal. The road construction plan is about to be in full swing!

At this time, I finally understood why Lao Guo Gao was on the throne. Liu Xian can't recognize all the traditional characters, Lishu is a thing, and the concubines can't do it!