Liu Bei's emotion made Meng Tuo suddenly feel that he had met a close friend.
"Your words are like clearing the clouds and revealing the sun, making me suddenly enlightened! Such is the truth in the world!"
"well……"
Liu Bei shook his head.
How else to say that the economic base determines the superstructure?
The economy is so divided that caravans cannot connect with each other and cannot reach the whole country. Even tools related to agricultural production are isolated by checkpoints and cannot circulate freely. It would be strange if there is no political problem!
But for now, even with the help of the emperor and the great eunuchs, it is estimated that we can barely connect the land of Sanhe and Sanfu with Liangzhou. It would be good if we could barely get around it in the name of tribute, but where else? Can you pursue more?
Liu Bei was also quite depressed.
But he can only promise to do his best first, and then think about other things.
At least, he felt that the collective farms in Liangzhou should first be equipped with enough sophisticated iron farm tools so that the farmers could turn the soil smoothly and comfortably, instead of being unable to turn the soil due to lack of farm tools.
Guaranteeing the freedom of farmers' farm tools, Liu Bei originally thought that this was what every dynasty that emphasized agriculture and suppressed business should do, and it was indeed something they did. However, it seems that in the long dynasty era, Chinese farmers may have never Achieved freedom of farm tools.
Not to mention the freedom of fertilizers and cattle.
In a large country that emphasizes agriculture, it happens that farmers cannot buy enough farm tools.
If they are not given farm tools, do they have to turn over the soil by hand?
This is really ridiculous and ridiculous!
From this point of view, in addition to natural disasters, the main reason for the low grain yield per mu in ancient times was man-made disasters. If water conservancy projects, fertilizers, agricultural tools, etc. can be fully guaranteed, the grain yield per mu will be greatly improved.
The agricultural potential of the Han Empire was far from being fully exploited.
This is something that he must solve in the future. No matter what, Liu Bei cannot let this situation continue to happen.
While Liu Bei was actively building his own stalls and intensifying his internal strength training, Cheng Pu was also on his way to Luoyang on horseback.
His visit to relatives was over. It wasn't very long, but it was enough to relieve the pain of lovesickness.
This trip to visit relatives made him determined to leave Sun Jian and run into the arms of Liu Bei. This has become his decision and cannot be shaken.
This time when he returned to his hometown to visit relatives, Liu Zheng, the right governor of Beiping, personally greeted Cheng Pu, accompanied by the county magistrate who looked embarrassed but not impolite.
At that time, the county magistrate was so majestic. This time when Cheng Pu returned to his hometown, he was very humble.
At first, because of some minor twists and turns, this guy had tormented Cheng Pu to the point where he had to leave his hometown and flee, fearing that he would kill him. But this time, Cheng Pu came back upright, but he could only accompany him in a humble manner. Laugh, and then laugh and describe what happened back then as a "misunderstanding."
Your family’s misunderstanding requires me to be driven from my hometown to Huaisi to play extreme survival?
Your misunderstanding is really powerful!
Cheng Pu almost rolled his eyes to the sky at that time.
But considering that I am not Liu Bei's subordinate yet, I can't teach this guy a lesson openly, so I can only endure it for the time being, pretending to be generous and say with a smile, "Everything is over."
The official immediately became happy and repeatedly praised Cheng Pu for his magnanimity. Then he invited Cheng Pu to a banquet and entertained Cheng Pu with good wine and food. Go back to his house.
Cheng Pu's family is also a small and well-known family in Youbeiping. It is not poor, but it is still far behind compared to a truly luxurious family.
But this time when he went back, he obviously found that what his family members wore and spent were different, and they were obviously better than before.
After further inquiry, Cheng Pu found out that Liu Zheng and the official had given a lot of things to the Cheng family in order to please him, and used various reasons to increase the Cheng family's land, which made the Cheng family's family income have a breakthrough and the family's life. much better.
After that, Cheng Pu's trip to visit his relatives was almost arranged by the chief officials. No matter what Cheng Pu wanted to do, the chief officials paid for it. It looked like he was spending money to eliminate disasters, which gradually made the resentment accumulated in Cheng Pu's heart for many years disappear. Feeling relieved, his gratitude to Liu Bei became more and more clear.
When the trip to visit relatives came to an end, Liu Zheng and the chief officials treated Cheng Pu to a feast. During the meal, Liu Zheng said some interesting words to Cheng Pu.
"I have known Fan Yanghou's father-in-law for a long time, but I have never been entrusted with something by him. Unexpectedly, this first time is not for Fan Yanghou, but for you, Demou. It seems that Fan Yanghou is interested in you. There are great expectations.”
Cheng Pu knew it well and just smiled.
"It is a great honor for Pu to be favored by Marquis Fan Yang. Pu can only repay this kindness with his life and fight on the battlefield for Marquis Fan Yang, that's all."
Liu Zheng also smiled.
"Hehehehe, Demou can be favored by Fan Yanghou. This is a good thing that no one can ask for. With Fan Yanghou's current position of power, it is impossible for people like me to guess where Demou can go in the future. , I just hope that Demou will prosper in the future and don’t forget his hometown.”
Don't forget your hometown?
Cheng Pu was in a trance when he said this, almost thinking that he was already in a high position and had become a being that even Liu Zheng looked up to.
However, Cheng Pu quickly realized that what Liu Zheng cared about was not him, but Liu Bei behind him.
The determination in his heart became stronger, and he wanted to serve under Liu Bei as soon as possible, make contributions and become an indispensable part of Liu Bei's team.
Only then will he be qualified to be on an equal footing with people like Prefect Liu Zheng.
A few days later, Cheng Pu said goodbye to his family, rode a tall horse, and ran all the way to Luoyang. He couldn't wait to go to Liangzhou to meet Liu Bei.
When he finally returned to Luoyang, the first thing he did was to visit Sun Jian and bid farewell to Sun Jian.
Although he has decided not to follow Sun Jian anymore, his current official identity is still Sun Jian, a small military prince under the command of Sima of another department. No matter what he will become in the future, he still has to say goodbye properly.
When Cheng Pu visited Sun Jian, Sun Jian was depressed.
Because he was not accepted by Liu Bei, he stayed in Luoyang and failed to follow Liu Bei to Liangzhou.
Some time ago, he heard that Liu Bei had successfully obtained the position of prefect for several of his generals, so that the subordinates who were in their twenties with ordinary backgrounds became the prefects of two thousand stones and became famous.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dong Huang, Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun.
When he went to Liangzhou before, these people were all his comrades-in-arms and were on the same starting line as him.
But now, he, Sun Jian, is still working as his commander-in-chief in Luoyang. He didn't even get any promotion because of his previous military exploits. He just watched helplessly as several former comrades who he thought had many shortcomings were promoted to the two positions. The position of Qianshi Prefect.
Really, Sun Jian's eyes turned red when he heard the news.
There was a rational being in his heart who was regretting his past, blaming himself for why he was eager for quick success and why he wanted to break away from Liu Bei's subordinates, which made Liu Bei have a bad opinion of him and no longer get close to him.
If this were not the case, I would be able to get one in the position of prefect now!
Why are you still doing this miserable Sima of another department here?
But another louder voice covered up this rational voice. Instead of looking for the reason from himself, he tried his best to excuse himself and pushed the fault onto Zhou Shen and Liu Bei.
(End of chapter)
