"It seems that you are all well-informed people. Come, come, have a drink."
Lu Bu picked up the wine glass and smiled.
The moods of Family Master Jiang and Family Master Tao were like a roller coaster, rising up and down again. It could be said that they were completely manipulated by Lu Bu and had no power to fight back.
The heads of the family present thought that the dust had settled and drank wine with a wry smile on their faces.
After all, they were forced to shed a lot of blood, and they don't know how long it will take them to return to their previous prosperity.
Although we live in troubled times and there are opportunities everywhere, we still have to be determined to make a fortune.
Just like the current situation, Lu Bu has put the knife on everyone's necks, how dare the family heads say a word.
At this moment, Lu Bu spoke again: "I heard that the courtyards of the Jiang family and the Tao family are a bit dilapidated. Why not renovate them while I am sitting in Shouchun City and the young people are intruding?"
After hearing this, the Jiang Family Head and the Tao Family Head were a little confused, not knowing what kind of medicine Lu Bu was selling in the gourd.
After all, what Lu Bu said is an indisputable fact. In troubled times, the renovated courtyard is so beautiful that it is easy to attract people's attention.
When the time comes, when it is attacked by the refugees in the city, the newly renovated courtyard will be soiled by ignorant untouchables, and it will have to be renovated again, which is not worth the gain.
So the two heads of the family simply did not mess with their own courtyards. Otherwise, it would be easy to just build a luxurious courtyard in the Eastern Han Dynasty based on the reputation of the two families.
Over time, the two family heads did not think of this matter, but now that Lu Bu mentioned it again, it made the two family heads wary.
After all, Lu Bu is not a good person. If he can bring this up, he must have his own purpose, otherwise Lu Bu would not be able to bring it up so kindly!
"Marquis Wen, this is indeed the case."
The head of the Jiang family thought for a while and finally nodded. No matter what Lu Bu wanted to do, for the time being, he just had to follow Lu Bu's wishes.
"Then you have to seize the time to repair it. You see there are so many refugees in the city. They only need to provide food and have inexhaustible labor force. Why not do it."
Lu Bu smiled.
The heads of the Jiang family and the Tao family looked at each other and immediately understood Lu Bu's underlying meaning.
It's just that the war has been going on for so long, there are too many refugees who don't have enough to eat, and their families have been destroyed. If these refugees are ignored, the refugees will only freeze to death on the streets and roads outside.
This is the difficult situation of the people during the war. After all, it is hard for the people to prosper and it is hard for the people to die!
Even if you are a peace dog, you will not be a person in troubled times!
After the refugees die and turn into corpses, a large number of bacteria will be produced. At that time, we will not consider the issue of marching to fight, but the issue of how to deal with the plague!
Moreover, refugees are both population and war potential. As long as these refugees are rescued, the population of Jiujiang County will not fall seriously no matter how it falls.
If there is a population, there will be a future. When Lu Bu promulgates policies and encourages more marriages and children, the war potential of Lu Bu's army will never be bad!
For example, the land that Cao Cao holds in the north is not large, but why is Cao Cao said to be the strongest prince during the Three Kingdoms period?
Just because the population is concentrated in the north, even though the land in the south is vast, the population is extremely sparse. In some places, not even a single household can be found within a radius of ten miles.
Under this situation, even if Cao Cao lost the Battle of Chibi and was seriously injured, he could still regain his health quickly!
After all, the total number of people in the north is there, and Liu Bei lost the battle of Yiling, and the Shu Han Dynasty was about to die. Even if Liu Chan worked diligently and diligently for so long, he still never recovered to the time when Liu Bei lost the battle of Yiling!
In troubled times, population is the most important thing. Naturally, Lu Bu cannot just sit back and watch a large number of refugees die in his own territory. He must give full play to the initiative of the wealthy families and save more refugees.
With Lu Bu's current strength, it is impossible to provide a large amount of food to relieve refugees. After all, Lu Bu still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to support, and officials in several counties to support, and money and food are needed everywhere.
If Lu Bu couldn't afford the money and food, then why would his troops follow Lu Bu?
If officials don't have enough to eat, they can't ruthlessly exploit the people under their command. When the time comes, the people will suffer again.
Even if they are given enough money and food, some officials will still commit corruption, but as long as the corruption is not so serious that it makes it difficult for the people under their command to survive, it is still acceptable.
If the corruption is really too much, then first ask Lu Bu if he agrees with Fang Tian's painted halberd.
Nowadays, only wealthy families have the strength to support so many refugees, but if they want the wealthy families to take the initiative to provide money and food to help refugees, it will definitely not work without using thunderous means.
After all, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of the family was better than that of the country, and the family came first before the country!
Let’s make the family rich first. As for the country, that is beyond the control of aristocratic and wealthy families like them.
With the decline of imperial power, basically only aristocratic families and wealthy families were vying for it. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the stage became more lively, with performances taking turns!
Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce and others began to exert their efforts and tried their best to see off the Eastern Han Dynasty for the last time, which was comparable to a grand funeral!
Without the foundation of strength, it is impossible to compete for the world. Even the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao swept through the eight states in a mighty manner, but in the end it perished.
Because of the nominal peasant uprising of the Yellow Turban Army, most of the generals were uneducated and degenerated so quickly that it was beyond imagination!
Moreover, many generals did not listen to Zhang Jiao's orders, but acted in the name of the Yellow Turbans' uprising, each with their own evil intentions.
It was Zhang Jiao's personal charm that supported the imperial court's encirclement and suppression campaign. As soon as Zhang Jiao died, the Yellow Turban Army was immediately eradicated.
After all, except for Zhang Jiao, everyone is weak, how can they resist the imperial encirclement and suppression.
In the early days, the Yellow Turban Army expanded so rapidly that aristocratic families and wealthy families did not take action. When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty could not withstand the huge pressure brought by Zhang Jiao, aristocratic families and wealthy families took the opportunity to demand rights.
In the later period, the prefect could recruit his own soldiers and horses to deal with the Yellow Turban Army. This shows how much power Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty delegated!
Aristocratic families and wealthy families also carved up a lot of cake through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, causing the shaky Han Empire to perish at a faster speed.
In Lu Bu's eyes, no aristocratic family or wealthy family is a good thing, and he suppressed them with iron and blood without any psychological burden.
Removing these moths from the big man can be regarded as a masterpiece contribution to the big man. Lu Bu can even say that he can be called a loyal and good man!
"What Marquis Wen said is absolutely true. I haven't turned my head around. I will prepare to renovate the courtyard immediately after the banquet."
The head of the Tao family said in a deep voice.
The art of compromise is that as long as you compromise once, there will be no psychological burden on subsequent compromises.
Anyway, I've already had a major bleeding, so I don't care so much about this kind of minor bleeding.
The head of the Jiang family also echoed: "My courtyard has been in a state of disrepair for a long time. Fortunately, Marquis Wen captured Shouchun City in time, otherwise my courtyard would not be renovated until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse."
In and out of words, the Jiang family leader used a grateful tone, creating the impression that Lu Bu's coming to Shouchun City was a blessing they had cultivated in eight lifetimes.
The heads of the family present secretly cursed the Jiang family head as a flatterer, but the smiles on their faces remained unchanged and they said complimentary words to Lu Bu.
This has solved a small part of the refugee problem, but it is not enough. Renovating the courtyard certainly does not require so many refugees, and we still need to continue to find jobs for the refugees.
Looking at the world, only Lu Bu was concerned about the refugees. The other princes could not protect themselves, so how could they care about the refugees? They were all left to fend for themselves.
And Lu Bu relied on iron and blood suppression to find a way out for the refugees. This is what makes Lu Bu different from other princes.
