Steward Zhao did not bring the latest news from Dianchi County, the caravan sent by the Zhao family had withdrawn from Yizhou County long before the Yonghong Incident, so it could return to Chengdu at this point in time.

There is a one-line connection between the shadow guard and the firm, and Wang Meng's side can use the channel of the Zhao firm to deliver news at any time if needed.

However, the people of the Zhao firm could not take the initiative to find Wang Meng and others, which was for the sake of security, and the level of secrecy was divided.

But this time, the caravan also had a lot of gains, and the simple economic gains were not a big gain for Liu Chan today.

With the development of Zhao's firm, there are many shops in Jingyi Erzhou and even Dongwu.

These shops are located in the most prosperous county towns along the river, and they rely on efficient waterway transportation to sell goods from other places, and then distribute them to small foot traders to sell them further afield.

From logistics and transportation to brand building, to sales channels, they are all very mature.

Under the bonus of [Rich Life], the Zhao family has begun to make money for Liu Chanri.

The profit of a single caravan is no longer as important as it used to be.

What matters is the map, the geographic environment, and the distribution of the resource.

Lao Liu started too late, and he has never controlled the power center of the world, and some places are congenital shortcomings.

For example, as early as the pre-Qin period, after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, a national census of epic difficulty had been completed.

The geography of mountains and rivers, population, resources, and road network maps are all extremely important information in the hands of the central government.

This information is extremely important for building a country's "operating system".

Gao Zu was able to succeed back then, Zhang Liang gave him the opportunity to enter the capital to obtain this information, Xiao He understood the value of this information and helped him firmly grasp it in his hands, so that Han Xin could lay a large territory for him on this basis.

And Lao Liu is congenitally deficient at this point.

Fortunately, he still has Zhuge Kongming.

Liu Chan has witnessed the addition of this person since he was born, and the old Liu Group has gradually built itself from a grass platform team and a wandering army into a powerful separatist force, and is still moving towards the concept of "country".

Without mastering these basic information that is extremely important for logistics, Wolong created his own "operating system" for Lao Liu from scratch, which not only operated normally, but was even very good.

And Zhuge Liang has never even seen these things in his life, and Lao Liu needs him to collect this information personally every time he enters the main place...... What a horrible man.

So what if you help him figure it out in advance before attacking each place?

Not only can you know your opponent before the war, but presumably after the war, with Uncle Zhuge 's ability, he will definitely be able to transform victory into strength growth at a faster speed.

"Yizhou County has the richness of salt, ponds, fishing, gold, silver and livestock, which is the most among all counties; Qiqi County, its land is often rainy, few plains are not conducive to farming, and there are few livestock, no sericulture, and the most barren ......" Steward Zhao reported what he saw and heard about the caravan traveling all over the country.

Liu Chan was also thinking about it, Zhu Bao, the Taishou of Qiqi County, was easily bombarded by Yonghong's sugar-coated cannonballs, I am afraid that its land is so barren that the people have no oil and water to scrape, which is also one of the important reasons.

"The land of Yongchang County is fertile and beautiful, and it is suitable for planting grains and raising sericulture; There are many plains in Yuewang County, and rice fields are widely spread. After finishing speaking, Steward Zhao also sighed, "People in the world often say that the wild land in the south is full of miasma and poison, and it is barren.

"However, although there are poisonous miasma snakes and insects in the land, it is not as barren as imagined. The subordinates all suspect that these rumors are deliberately spread so that we don't attack their ideas. ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." It was so good, Lone thought that after taking Nanzhong, he would support food and supply silver war horses and other materials. Now it seems that the land is not only self-sufficient in grain, but also pays grain taxes with a little development. ”

Later, Liu Chan was satisfied to check the topographic map of the route brought back by the caravan, ready to put it together with the last map, and turned it back to Lao Liu to correct the existing map of Nanzhong.

Steward Zhao said: "The prince ordered us to look for the land to grow 'cotton', but there has been no progress, this time I finally found this velvet peach hanging tree, quite similar to the cotton that the prince said, please take a look." ”

Liu Chan watched Steward Zhao take out a white plush thing from his sleeve, and hurriedly took it to see, isn't this cotton?

The five-colored spotted cloth that Steward Zhao brought back from Nanzhong before, Liu Chan suspected that it was made of cotton.

However, no one knew about the cotton, and he described to Steward Zhao that he ordered the caravan to find it, but it was still fruitless, and he was originally hopeless, but he didn't expect to find it.

"That's it!"

Steward Zhao didn't expect that what the prince wanted was really this, and said suspiciously: "But this thing is knotted on the tree, and the locals call it Gubei Mu, not the low ......cotton that grows in the ground as the prince said."

“…… Well, maybe I'm mistaken. ”

Although Liu Chan's talent in agriculture is also increasing, what he doesn't know will not come out of nowhere.

In his previous life, he had only seen low cotton fields, but he did not know that this kind of cotton was not of Chinese origin, but was a foreign product, and there was no such thing at this time.

But Huaxia is not without cotton, but was born in the south, called Gubeimu.

"In this way, it will add a big boost to our army's Northern Expedition and the livelihood of thousands of people!"

If Nanzhong can plant a large number of trees in the place where this tree grows, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army will be able to guarantee their combat effectiveness in the bitter cold climate.

When the planting amount is enough, it will be popularized to the people, and fewer people will freeze to death in winter.

After all, no matter how rich Liu Chan is, it is impossible for him to give a "mink" to the soldiers of the Northern Expedition.

In winter, he can wear brocade clothes, wrap fur fur, put on a big coat, and live in a warm house, but a large number of people, especially those in economically underdeveloped areas, cannot.

Chengdu's standard of living is not representative of the whole territory, and Liu Chan still has a clear understanding of this.

For example, the people of the three eastern counties did not have much better living standards than bandits in the past.

However, planting a large amount of cotton in Nanzhong can solve the problem of keeping warm in winter!

It can also reduce the mortality rate of infants and young children in winter and increase the population growth rate.

……

Liu Chan received good news here, and Lao Liu also received a message on his side.

It's just that the sources are one south and one north.

After a long time since Boss Cao's death, Lao Liu finally learned about it.

Cao Pi wanted to attack the prince of Wei and succeed him, so he naturally wanted to tell the world, and he did not hide the news of Cao Cao's death, and there was no need to hide it.

And after Lao Liu heard that the old opponent who had chased him for half his life finally entered the ground, he returned to the palace study alone.

Lao Liu had an urn of aged wine made by his son in front of him, and there were two wine cups on the desk, but there was no one on the opposite side.

Instead of laughing and drinking, he stared at the empty seat in front of him.

"Today's heroes, only the king and the ear."

The last time we sat down to drink together, how energetic was Cao Mengde when he said this sentence that made his heart beat?

The words are still in my ears, but the deceased has passed away.

"Brother Mengde...... You're one step ahead of me. ”

When he said this at such a time, it sounded like a mockery, but if someone was around, he could find that Lao Liu had a lot of sighs on his face, and there was no irony.

Whether it is Cao Mengde, who was high-spirited to help the Han family when he was courting Dong, or Cao Cheng, a traitor who added nine tins, crowned ten people, went to the palace with a sword, did not enter the court, and praised and worshipped the unknown thief.

Now, they have all turned into a handful of loess.

Lao Liu silently raised the wine cup and drank a glass, and then sprinkled the wine opposite on the ground.

The death of his old opponent brought him not only ease, but also the sighs of the unforgiving years and the fear of death.

Closing his eyes and being silent for a moment, and then opening his eyes again, Lao Liu's gaze became firm again.

"Brother Meng De, let's go, when you and I see each other again, it's not too late."

After that, Liu Bei strode away, and didn't look at the wine case behind him.

He still has a lot to do to do and can't afford to be sentimental.

Soon, the news of Wang Meng and the surrender of the governor Deng Fang finally came, and the news of the rebellion in Nanzhong finally reached Chengdu.

(End of chapter)