Unexpectedly, it has been a month since I returned to Pengcheng.
Liu Kongci, the former subordinate of Kong Rong, and others who came back with Lu Bu first spent this month visiting and studying the development of various industries in Pengcheng.
Everyone was amazed when they saw the movable type printing, iron smelting and the use of new agricultural tools to plow the fields and open up the farms.
At the same time, he also recognized many of Lu Bu's new policies.
Although there are still some criticisms about Lu Bu's use of swords to forcibly cross the sea to plunder the foreign barbarians and return them to Xuzhou as slaves, after hearing about the history of the foreign barbarians and how these low-class people repaid kindness and revenge, Chen Deng and his family who were good to them also annihilated them. Gradually, I got used to treating them as inferior people.
Although these scholars talk a lot about benevolence, justice and morality, in fact, their class consciousness is deeper than anyone else's.
They feel that because they were born into a wealthy family or a poor family, they are inherently superior to ordinary people, not to mention the Sanhan and Zhou Hu people who don’t know etiquette?
Since these foreigners are so ignorant, they deserve to be slaves!
This means that if God does evil, you will still be pitiful, but if you do evil yourself, you will not be able to live!
Kong Rong and others also completed the handover work. Except for Sun Shao, who was left to continue to be a long history in Beihai and assist Taishi Ci in governing Beihai, most of the others followed Kong Rong to Pengcheng to study.
With the words and deeds of Liu Kongci and others who came first, these people began to adapt to Lu Bu's new policy.
Everything seemed to be going well, and Lu Bu captured more than half of Qingzhou, but Lu Bu felt a little unsure.
He killed Liu Yi and occupied Donglai. Why didn't Gongsun Du react at all?
How could Gongsun Du be so generous, or in other words, so cowardly?
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
After discussing with Guo Jia and other counselors for a while, we could not come to a conclusion.
The final result is that 80% of Gongsun Du is accumulating strength to build a fleet and land from other places such as Donglai or Langya.
Anyway, the entire Xuzhou is along the coast, so you can land from anywhere.
Relying solely on guesses is definitely unreliable, so Lu Bu decided to send a spy to Liaodong to investigate.
Guo Jia said: "Lord, I think we shouldn't just send agents to spy on the intelligence in Liaodong!
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. Why not take advantage of these peaceful times to send out detailed troops to all states? "
Lu Bu nodded and said: "Fengxiao and I thought of going together! I have this plan and have been planning it.
Since I brought it up today, let me first talk about my plan.
When I asked Mi Zhu to send Quyu plows to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, I intended to use this kind of thing to open up the markets of the two places.
Then, under the guise of opening a store, people can be deployed to spy on information.
Now a few months have passed, and although I haven't received any important information, it's still pretty good.
Therefore, I want to promote Quyuan Li to Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Sili, Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places. "
The curved-column plow is indeed an invention that spans the ages. Even if they don’t understand farming, everyone can appreciate the improved efficiency brought by the curved-column plow in farming.
No matter which prince you belong to, whether you want to protect yourself or dominate one side, you must maintain a large army.
Only food can feed the army!
It can be said that no one can refuse a product like Lu Bu's. This is a naked conspiracy.
Mi Zhu said: "My lord, although this curved shaft plow is good, it is too heavy.
It's okay to transport it to the surrounding states, but it's too far to transport it to remote areas such as Yizhou and Liangzhou.
It was transported by boat and cart all the way, but I was afraid that the surplus from selling iron plowshares would not be enough for people to eat.
And this kind of curved shaft plow is actually not complicated to make. As long as you get a sample, you can copy it in large quantities. "
Lu Bu nodded and said: "I have also thought about this problem, so the focus now is still on the prefectures and counties adjacent to us such as Hebei, Yan, Henan, Qing, Yang, and Jing.
As for other states, what do you think about transporting our printed books and improved paper there to sell them? "
Paper and books are definitely not fast-moving consumer goods, but they will definitely be sought after by gentry everywhere.
This has been verified by many people when they saw paper books for the first time.
Moreover, the gentry must be more well-informed, and they may be able to get more information than selling Qu Yuan plows.
Guo Jia said: "Not only selling paper books, the Lord can also ask semicolons in various places to issue notices.
Anyone who is willing to have his or her books published into volumes can also be accepted.
Not only can you make money in this way, but you can also take the opportunity to meet more knowledgeable people in the world.
If you get familiar with these people, you can naturally get more information.
If there are useful talents, the Lord can also find ways to recruit them! "
Lu Bu clapped his hands and said, "What Feng Xiao said is absolutely true! Why didn't I think of it?"
In later generations, many upstarts and pseudo-experts have some dirty money in their hands. In order to improve their taste and popularity, many people like to write a book themselves or find someone to write it for them.
Then he found a publisher to publish it as a book at his own expense, and then gave a signed book to everyone he met, lest others not know that he had published a book.
People at this time naturally cannot resist this simple and easy temptation that can quickly increase their own worth.
Of course, among them there will definitely be people of insight like Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing who want to record their true talents and knowledge so that they can be passed down to future generations.
Seeing the excitement on Lu Bu's face, it was obvious that he had decided on this business, Mi Zhu said with some embarrassment:
"This paper book is indeed a good business, but... with so many places selling it at the same time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for my men to find so many available people..."
Lu Bu said: "Don't worry about this. You are responsible for the three states of Yu, Yan and Qing, and Jingzhou and Yangzhou will be handed over to Lu Zijing.
The Lu family is also a very wealthy family, with businesses spread across these two places. It is not a problem to open a semicolon to sell some paper books.
As for Jizhou... I want to go there in person, and I can also visit Yuan Shao by the way! "
When they heard that Lu Bu said that he was going to see Yuan Shao, everyone couldn't help but become a little worried.
Chen Gong said: "If my lord has anything to say, just ask someone to bring a letter to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is not a broad-minded person. If it embarrasses my lord..."
Lu Bu smiled and waved his hands and said: "Don't worry, although Yuan Shao is not a gentleman, he is definitely not a fool.
I will visit Yuan Shao with great fanfare, letting everyone in the world know that I am cooperating with him with full sincerity.
You said that if Yuan Shao was placed under house arrest or even killed someone who came to cooperate with him, and this spread, what would the heroes of the world think of him?
Do Cao Cao and others still dare to form an alliance with him?
By then Yuan Shaoke will become the target of public criticism and everyone will stay away from him. Fengxiao, do you think I am right? "
Guo Jia smiled and said: "What my lord said is true, the more you make a fuss about your personal visit to Yuan Shao, the less Yuan Shao dares to touch you.
After all, Yuan Shao has always regarded himself as the leader of the world, so he will definitely cherish his feathers. "
Lu Bu said to Mi Zhu: "You ask someone to prepare some goods and choose a few smart and capable people to bring them to me. I will go to meet Yuan Shao in a few days!"
Mi Zhu agreed.
Lu Bu patted Guo Jia on the shoulder again and said: "Intelligence network is the top priority next. Mi Zhu, you have a lot of things to do now, so you can ask Feng Xiao to help you manage the intelligence matters. Feng Xiao , you have to put more thought into it!”
Mi Zhu and Guo Jia nodded in agreement.
Lu Bu said to Chen Gong again: "Gongtai, Xuzhou's government affairs have to be left to you again!"
Chen Gong said: "Lord, just don't worry, Gong should do his best!"
