Sun Ce withdrew his troops and retreated, and Hefei was lifted from the wartime state.

The various government offices and camps in the city, like the vegetable market on weekends, are suddenly very busy, especially the main book of Lusu.

The post-war inventory of losses, the registration of merits, the assessment of the identity of new displaced people, and the statistical distribution of relief grain were all collected and handled by the main registry.

When Long Xiang arrived at the main bookkeeper's mansion, Lu Su was still busy verifying the use with the officials.

The moment he saw Long Xiang, Lu Su pointed at him and greeted him.

"Yunqi? But if you do not come, I will seek you."

"Oh? Zijing is looking for me?"

Lu Su nodded solemnly: "More than 10,000 displaced people have come to Lujiang, and half of them are craftsmen, do you know what this means?"

"Isn't that a good thing? These craftsmen involve all walks of life, as long as they are well guided and used, Hefei can basically be self-sufficient, to be honest, I am more worried about the flow of businessmen, and it is not the kind of fine work that Deng Dang..."

Lu Su shook his head and sighed: "Yunqi only sees the benefits of craftsmen, but he doesn't see the risks..."

"Craftsmen build cities and improve lives, but they can still take risks?" Long Xiang was amazed.

Lu Su explained bitterly: "Yuan Shu raised so many craftsmen at the beginning because he had a million people in Huainan, and now there are less than 70,000 people in Hefei, counting more than 3,000 people in the craftsman camp, the current craftsmen in Hefei account for more than 10% of the total number of craftsmen, and they can't afford to continue to raise..."

Long Xiang swallowed his saliva and asked in a low voice: "Hefei has stocked up some grain in the past two years, and Zheng Bao has collected a lot of money..."

"No matter how much grain Hefei has in stock, it will run out sooner or later than it can make ends meet, so it is necessary to take precautions."

"How long is there enough grain in the official warehouse?"

"Up to two years..."

"So fast?"

"The large number of people naturally consumes quickly, especially the sudden influx of a large number of displaced people, even if they can farm immediately, it will take several months to collect grain, and many of the advances cannot be recovered..."

Long Xiang adheres to the good habit of stockpiling grain and carrying risks, just like Chinese people like to save money.

When he knew that the deposit was only enough to spend two years, Long Xiang suddenly felt a little nervous in his heart, worried that there would be a catastrophe and war, and two years was quite fast.

"Zijing means..."

Long Xiang looked at Lu Su and stopped talking.

Lu Su said to him: "The so-called open source and throttling, open source is the top priority in front, Hefei is adjacent to the fertile land for water application, there used to be Shouchun Yuan Shu in the north, Chaohu Zhengbao in the south, in order to weaken the existence of Hefei, only in a small area of tuntian downstream;

Now that Yuan Shu and Zheng Bao are dead, it is time to make use of the fertile soil on both sides of the strait, and we can take advantage of this time to cultivate the famine, and we can sow seeds in the coming year."

"Good."

Long Xiang nodded in affirmative, and then asked, "What about throttling?"

Lu Su continued: "Throttling is naturally a reasonable plan, and it can only be sustained by gradual progress. You can't just keep receiving it, right?

Hefei's accommodation is limited, and the distribution ratio of Tuntian's income is not adjusted again? Leaving too much for the people..."

"Hefei is such a big city, and it is not a problem to fit 100,000 people, but now it is less than 70,000; In addition, I don't recommend raising taxes, without the support of the people of Qianshou, how can we keep it so easily? Not to mention that they send food and goods during wartime, just strictly observing order and obeying commands is already very good..."Long Xiang gave a different opinion.

Lu Su explained bitterly: "Anhui County was captured by Sun Ce in two days, but Hefei blocked Sun Ce back, Hefei will definitely become the first choice for nearby displaced people, do you think 100,000 people will wait for a long time? We'd better think long-term; Although the policy of low taxation and benefiting the people can quickly gain the hearts and minds of the people, it is difficult to last for a long time, and it is not conducive to the country..."

"As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers, how can someone refuse to vote? If it can't be resettled in the city, it can make the latecomers live outside the city, so why not build a new city? Zijing just said that low taxes are difficult to last for a long time, and they are not conducive to the country, what is the explanation?"

Long Xiang looked like he was asking for advice, he really wanted to hear what the ancients thought.

In the dragon

In the previous world, some experts said that high housing prices were not conducive to the struggle of young people, and Lu Su's argument seemed to be a bit similar.

Lu Su explained: "Giving the people with low taxes is a great good for the people and a small good for the country. There are three reasons, one is that the people are rich and the country is poor, which will be coveted by foreign countries, and there will be constant wars;

Second, if the people have more than enough, they will be lazy, they will be obedient when they are poor, and they will be cunning when they are rich, which is the nature of self-interest;

The third rich are greedy for life, and when they are poor, they can die for a meal, and how can they bend their waists for rice after they are rich? At that time, no matter how high your popularity was, who would still be willing to go into battle and fight?"

Long Xiang replied confidently, "It's not okay to pay too low a tax, but if it's too high, there is no hope for the people, so let's just strike a balance; At present, half of the government and the people in Hefei, it doesn't matter if the people stay more for the time being, let's exchange it back in other ways;

For example, bricks, cement, houses, furniture, etc., all these things that the people need are made into official camps like salt and iron; As long as we keep raising the expectations of the people, we will not save the surplus food of laziness and greed, and we will not let the country become poor."

"Then it depends on the skills of politicians..."

Lu Su carefully recalled everything about Feifei, and Long Xiang seemed to be implementing what he wanted, so he stopped abruptly halfway through the conversation.

Long Xiang pointed at Lu Su and said with a smile: "I have a son to help me, why am I afraid?"

While Lu Su shook his head, he showed two fingers, he seemed to be telling the other party that he still had less than two years, and hoped that Long Xiang would not rely too much on himself.

Long Xiang's face suddenly became serious, and he whispered, "I always remember the three-year appointment, and now take me to a secret place, and I have something very important to tell you."

"Well, the clouds come with me."

Seeing that Long Xiang was so solemn, Lu Su immediately led the way to find an empty room.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Su closed the door and couldn't help but ask.

Long Xiang took out the copied "Cloth Belt Edict" from his arms, handed it to Lu Su and said mysteriously, "Zijing take a look at this first."

"Huh?"

Lu Su took the silk book with both hands, and immediately began to browse the content of the book, and the first word of the opening chapter shocked him.

"I have heard that the great humanity of the people, father and son come first; The difference between respect and humility, the monarch and the minister are the most important. The nearest powerful ministers are thieves, from the cabinet gate, and they are indiscriminately talking about the rank of assistance, which is really the crime of deception... The edict of the fourth year of Jian'an in the spring and March."

"This... It's—"

Lu Su was so shocked that he couldn't speak, the silk book was clearly the edict of the Son of Heaven, and it was entrusted to a certain important minister, how could it appear in Long Xiang's hands?

Long Xiang leaned against Lu Su and explained in a low voice: "This silk is a copy of the work, and the authentic handwriting is written by His Majesty in the blood of his fingers, hidden in the jade belt to hide the eyes of the Cao thief, and was taken out of the forbidden palace by Uncle Dong Guo."

"Why—"

When Lu Su heard the name of his uncle at this time, he mistakenly thought that Dong Cheng was the lord of Longxiang, but he felt that it was unlikely, so he didn't ask directly.

Long Xiang Zhengse said, "Zijing asked me before, who is the master in my mind? I think I can give you the answer now, now the blood edict of the Son of Heaven is on him, and he fled from Xu Du under the pretext of intercepting Yuan Shu a few months ago, he is the general of Hanzuo, the Marquis of Yicheng Ting, and the pastor of Lingyuzhou..."

"Liu Xuande!"

When Lu Su shouted the last three words, he immediately covered his mouth with his hands, and his clear eyes were full of surprise.