Today's world is not peaceful, but after all, it is much stronger than the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the warlords raging in various places.

People far from the war zone can barely survive despite the hardships of life.

And the people of Jingyi are better than other places.

Although the people of Jingzhou are in the new war, the decree on reducing the tax in the New Year has been officially issued by Zhuge Liang and conveyed.

Zhijiang County, which made outstanding contributions to this war, was even given preferential policies of tax exemption and non-conscription throughout the year.

The conditions of the people in Yizhou are generally better.

As for the people in the shantytowns...... All the wine for the festival is ready.

At this time, the Spring Festival is the first day of the lunar calendar, called the first day, the first day and so on.

In the families of dignitaries, the juniors should give pepper wine to the elders in the family.

Pepper is pepper, at this time people think that the warm pepper has many benefits, quite a bit of a certain miracle medicine in later generations to cure all diseases.

But this thing is not produced in high quantities and is expensive, and it is not affordable for ordinary people at this time, even the people in shantytowns are reluctant to have such luxury.

The big family fights for wealth and shows off their wealth, in addition to comparing horses and houses than Meiji, they will also build pepper fragrance houses, and paint the walls with peppercorns when building houses, proving that they have money......

This has not changed for thousands of years, but it has become a car, a house, a secretary, and a luxury. The form has changed, but the essence is the same.

And ordinary people, if the conditions are better, they use cypress leaves to soak wine, and if they can't do it, they will fold some peach branches and leaves to cook "peach soup" and drink, which also has their own way of celebrating.

Eat gum tooth dumplings (maltose), five spice plates, and one chicken per person.

This is basically the first day of the common people's diet.

Lao Liu, who has always been stingy, naturally will not only prepare these, the palace cooks sheep and slaughters cattle, prepares fine wine and delicacies, and feasts Chengdu officials and generals.

For a time, the palace was respectful and humble, and there were rules and regulations, and the treasures were miscellaneous, full of rounds.

It is also indispensable to play music such as sheng, chime, zhengse, etc., as well as dance.

Of course, this time, because Mrs. Wu and other female dependents attended, I couldn't enjoy the energetic show.

Liu Chan also specially ordered someone to bring the elephant that was wilting because of the cold.

The young southerner, who was good at domesticating elephants, commanded the elephants to entertain the people, which was quite a bit of a circus performance.

Seeing the crowd shouting and applauding again and again.

After that, the central government will also give a reward to each magistrate according to his rank, which is the usual practice.

For festive festivals, Lao Liu, of course, is indispensable to make a new dress for himself.

Shu brocade is now popular in the north and south of the country, and is very sought after by dignitaries.

In Chengdu, Lao Liu, who likes famous horse clothes, has naturally become a pioneer in leading the fashion trend......

Steward Zhao also personally took people to receive the Shu brocade assigned to Liu Chan every quarter.

The amount is a little larger than Lao Liu expected, but Lao Liu, who has been pulled to more than 90 by Liu Chan, does not care about this kind of trivial matter.

Although the food and salary issued by the Red Star Army have gone to the public account, Liu Chan has not stopped accumulating wealth.

Espionage activities are also a money-burning job, and if you want to buy informants or bribe, you can't send people away with a few hundred copper coins.

Of course, every amount of money seems to be spent, and nothing real can be bought.

But in fact, those who die less because of this win the battle are ten times more valuable than a hundred times the value.

In Liu Chan's view, this is the real thing to do with little money.

The three brothers Liu Guanzhang spent a long time together, and then separated again.

Guan Yu, Guan Ping and his son returned to Jingzhou to exchange Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun back, but this time in addition to Guan Yinping, Guan Xing was also left.

said that he planned to let him get along with Liu Chan a lot, and by the way, he could accept the teachings of Zhuge Military Master together.

Liu Chan naturally would not object to this, and it was too late for him to be happy if he could have more people to help. What's more, he is still the son of the second uncle, so he naturally has a high reputation with himself, so he doesn't have to worry about loyalty.

Zhang Sanye still had to return to Langzhong, and after visiting the shantytown, after the end of the first day, he also went to Liu Chan's suburban military camp several times alone.

After seeing the daily drills of the Red Star Army again, the morale of the army, and the most important thing is the extremely high loyalty to Liu Chan, the third master still kept his face stiff and did not say a word.

just sighed before leaving, and deliberately said to Liu Chan: "Adou, you are right. ”

can hear this sentence from the mouth of the third uncle, and Liu Chan's original worries about him have also gone for the most part.

Winter turned to spring, and Zhuge Liang, who was busy with the reconstruction of Jiangling and the restoration of Jingzhou's post-war economy and livelihood, was exchanged for Chengdu.

"Kong Ming! You're finally back, and you want to be gone! ”

It was not Lao Liu who said this, and of course it was impossible to be Liu Chan, who had always treated Zhuge Liang as an uncle and a teacher.

But it is Shangshu who makes the law right......

Everyone who greeted Kong Ming was very happy, but this time Fa Zheng was extremely excited.

If Zhuge Liang comes back later, there will only be two results.

Either Fa Zheng will bare his own hair, or he will bare Liu Ba's hair......

Without him, the two surnamed Liu are too capable of making and tossing.

The cost of expanding the Red Star Army and the equipment ration alone added a lot of things to him out of thin air.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, and there are many overall plans to be made, and I didn't think there was anything special when I had Kong Ming working with me.

It wasn't until Zhuge Liang went to Jingzhou that Fa Zheng found that every day without Kong Ming was torment.

Economic, military, water conservancy, agriculture, businessmen, and wealthy surnames...... It seems that all of a sudden there are endless problems to deal with.

Although trivial matters are handled by their own subordinates, they can't decide, and there are a lot of things to report to Shangshutai.

Fa Zheng only felt that it was better to go back and fight the battle of Hanzhong again......

To say that his friendship with Zhuge Liang was before the Battle of Hanzhong.

He voted for Liu Bei at the beginning, and once he gained power after successfully taking Chengdu, he tried his best to repay those who had been kind to him before, but he also retaliated mercilessly against those who offended him.

When there is a killing, there are also people, and the other party is also an official.

Many people were dissatisfied with Fazheng's behavior, so they begged Zhuge Liang and wanted Zhuge Liang to take care of it.

Zhuge Liang, who advocates the rule of law and Confucianism, naturally does not agree with the practice of legality.

But at that time, he said this: "The lord is also in the public security, the north is afraid of Cao Gong's strength, the east is afraid of Sun Quan's compulsion, and the near is afraid that Mrs. Sun will change under her elbows; At that time, the advance and retreat of the wolf, the law and filial piety are directly auxiliary wings, so that they soar and cannot be copied. How can the Fa Zheng be forbidden to do his evil intentions!"

It means that Lao Liu lived so miserably every day, and he was afraid that his daughter-in-law would harm him when he slept, and the appearance of Fazheng was like the wings of the lord, allowing him to soar into the sky and no longer be restricted.

How can we restrain Fa Zheng more today and make him feel aggrieved?

Zhuge Liang's remarks of "openly supporting the law" said that the Fa Zheng was comfortable in his heart, and the two factions in Dongzhou and Jingzhou have not had any major contradictions since then.

And Fa Zheng also took the initiative to restrain a little, so as not to complain about Zhuge Liang afterwards.

After the war, the two cooperated seamlessly, which was beneficial to the stable development of the state.

Now seeing Kong Ming, Fa Zheng feels that he is finally getting rid of the bitterness of heavy official duties.

It's a pity that Liu Chan's New Year's plan will bring a lot of affairs...... I'm afraid this old man's wish is about to come to naught.

To develop, agriculture is the foundation of everything.

In this era, everything is nonsense if the yield per mu cannot be raised.

Liu Chan has observed for many years, coupled with the knowledge of his previous life with the revival of his talent, and his understanding of this point has become more and more thorough.

In addition to the reasons for the decline of morality and the increase of social instability, there is also the most practical question of why it is necessary to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce and restrict handicrafts.

When people see that they can make a lot of money in business, they all run to do business, who will plant the land?

Therefore, the ruling class must use various means, including strictly restricting the movement of population, tying up a large number of laborers, and cultivating land and paying for itself.

But in this way, if you conscript the people to build infrastructure, it will seriously affect the people's livelihood, and the problem of lack of people to farm land will not be solved by sending money.

If you want to concentrate manpower to engage in manufacturing, it is even more foolish, and you must be cautious about conscription.

If the yield per mu is not increased, all this cannot be fundamentally changed.

If the yield per mu does not increase, the northern expedition of the two states will become more and more difficult.

However, as Liu Chan's agricultural talent advanced, some of the things he had seen in his previous life or learned in school that he had forgotten became clear.

In this rare period of development, it is necessary to generalize......

Grand Sima Mansion.

It was originally the time to teach the prince as usual, but today is a bit special, Liu Chan became the main speaker, and Zhuge Liang became the one who listened.

"The prince means to add a turnable ploughshare to the head?" At this time, he pointed to the simple prototype of Liu Chan's painting and asked with great interest.

Liu Chan writes very well with a brush, but how can he paint...... I can barely tell what the level of the thing is.

But Zhuge Liang has been with him for a long time, and his understanding ability is far more comparable to that of a very human being, so there is no obstacle to communication.

"Yes, in addition to changing the straight wheel to the curved wheel and changing the long frame to the short frame, the weight of the plough can be greatly reduced, and the free rotation can reduce the consumption of manpower and animal power......

The benefits of the curved plough are fly-by, not only that the operation is easier and less labor-saving.

The most critical point is that at this time, the straight plough needs two oxen to lift the bar, and the appearance of the curved plough has directly become a cow to pull and dry.

If it is popularized, how much more land can be cultivated by the saved manpower and ploughing cattle?

"Yes, here the plough wall is made in a circle, and the soil that is turned up will be pushed to the sides, reducing the resistance to advance.

"This thing is added here for the plough evaluation, and this thing is built for the plow, so that the ploughing depth can be adjusted......"

If it were someone else, I'm afraid I would already be smoking at this point.

But in front of him is a "part-time great inventor", the hexagonal prime minister Zhuge Liang.

Not only did he understand Liu Chan's sketches and explanations, but he also immediately saw the importance and significance of this object without waiting for Liu Chan to explain further.

"How? Uncle Zhuge , can this thing be made? Liu Chan asked hopefully.

Zhuge Liang's answer did not disappoint him: "This thing is very important, so the minister will ask the king, hand over all the official affairs to Fazheng, and recruit craftsmen to try to make this thing!" ”

Liu Chan was immediately relieved when he heard this, the wooden oxen and horses were all made, and the Quyuan plough should be no problem.

As for Fazheng, let's have been suffering a little more recently.

(End of chapter)