The atmosphere in Jinyang City this year makes people feel particularly weird.

At this time in previous years, officials and military generals from all over the country would like to stay in Jinyang City for a few days. Obviously, the prosperous Jinyang City is more nostalgic than the bitter and cold places in the northwest, not to mention that there are various Various entertainment facilities.

At this time in previous years, on the streets of Jinyang City, you can often see groups of officials or children from wealthy families entering either the magnificent restaurants or the clean and tidy small restaurants, enjoying various Bingzhou-style dishes. snack.

After Li Shushi came to Bingzhou, the biggest impact on this area may not be the economic development and the stability of people's livelihood, nor is it that the grasslands or forest wolves have never attacked the city again. Perhaps the various large and small classifications established outside Jinyang City The college is the place that Jinyang people are most proud of, but the various kinds of food spread from Bingzhou Mufu are the things that have the most profound impact on people of all ages in Jinyang.

Li Shushi doesn't like extravagance or splendor, but he is very interested in eating - of course, because he must practice frugality, he can only eat four dishes and one soup at most every meal, and it is a very serious four dishes and one soup. , rather than having a super large platter in one dish, and small plates and small bowls to ensure there are no leftovers.

What is good above will be replicated below. In addition, various unprecedented plants from the west of the Western Regions and the east of the sea have taken root in Jinyang. Li Shushi even built two greenhouses on his own land. Through Su Xiaololi's ingenious skills, every winter festival banquet is like a brand-name clothing conference in modern society, leading Jinyang's catering culture.

It is a pity that all these things that Jinyang people have been accustomed to have changed drastically this year. They have become a bit difficult for Jinyang people to understand.

The officials who always used various excuses not to return until they had to go back to prepare for spring plowing now seemed to have their butts burned. They only stayed in Jinyang City for a few days and then left in a hurry. It may not be the place where they work, but basically they will not stay in Jinyang City. No one has undisguised anxiety on their face.

In the past, restaurants of all sizes were particularly lively at this time. Now they are much deserted. Only the guests who occasionally hide in private rooms in twos and threes and stay for a long time make people extremely excited. This scene should have been a scene in Jinyang City, but Even this occasional scene is no longer for the new and delicious food in the city, or the old wine. Some even just order a few side dishes to go with wine and boil a few small pots of sake. , you can stay in that private room for a long time.

After a while, the host and guest left. Sometimes both parties smiled with a tacit understanding, and sometimes both parties left in a hurry with angry faces. One could tell at a glance that these people were definitely not just for simplicity. It's a simple relationship, and it's definitely for something important. But sometimes it's possible to reach an agreement that both parties are satisfied with, and sometimes it's a little difficult.

Another sign that made the people of Jinyang City feel that the atmosphere was completely different from the past, or to be more precise, the entire five states under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou Mufu felt that the situation had changed dramatically. The powerful powerful men began to recruit young children from their hometowns who had little academic future. They recruited those powerful knights and martial arts students, and purchased slaves from foreign races with outstanding strength. There was a strong momentum to arm armies. .

What is going on? Is it possible that something will change?!

This turmoil not only affected the entire five states, but even Cao Mengde in the east and Yuan Benchu ​​in the north had heard about it.

They had tried to contact familiar families in private, trying to get information or even make some small moves. But to their surprise, such actions had no effect. On the contrary, those who were sent to Li Shushi's rule

In the blink of an eye, the masters of those families took Xizuo to the Bingzhou Mufu, allowing Jia Xu to destroy the opponent's intelligence base without any effort.

"Lord, look at what you are causing. Maybe not everyone is crazy, but basically all the powerful families are crazy. Even some rangers who have no background but have some charisma are also crazy.

Crazy, my subordinates are all doubting whether the land under our rule will still be cultivated in less than three years, and whether our army can still recruit enough men."

"Mr. Zhongde is right and true. Don't talk about those greedy businessmen. Even after I heard your plan, I had the urge to give up and lead others to participate in the plan. In the end, if it weren't for you

My sister-in-law was persuaded to stop and look at my resignation letter."

"Xiaoqiang, believe it or not, if you dare to leave your caravan and go into business, I will immediately issue a document asking all checkpoints to treat your caravan as a bandit. Even if it cannot be defeated, it will have to pay 100% of the checkpoint tax before it can be allowed to pass.

Then there are road and bridge construction fees, road maintenance fees, vehicle and ship management fees, city management fees, business license fees, health license fees, high salary and low income fees..."

"Hey, hey, Shushi, even if I sell everything, I still can't pay all those taxes you've never heard of!"

"Huh huh huh~ Anyway, my regulations also say that businessmen and their three immediate descendants are not allowed to serve as officials unless in a state of national emergency."

"But it seems that you are not allowed to join the army." Well, Xiaoqiang has become a lot smarter after such a long time.

"You can join the army, but merit will not be rewarded and excessive punishment will be imposed. Anyway, you will basically remain a top soldier until you retire."

"Hey, hey, hey! Shushi, you are definitely going to die!"

"Well, that's it for everyone else. Because you are Xiaoqiang, you must be treated specially. It is specially prepared for you alone."

"Why do I have to be treated so differently, Shu Shi, if you can't explain it clearly, hum~"

"Because you are the only one who quit your job and plans to make money. If I don't cheat you, where can I find such a good chicken to kill for the monkeys?"

"Actually, I just suddenly felt that being a caravan escort seemed good, especially the action of going deep into enemy-occupied areas is even more exciting."

"Don't you find the war in the north exciting? Then I allow you to select five thousand elite soldiers yourself, and then go deep into Danhan Mountain and kill them all. No one will be left alive. As long as you can do it, I allow you.

Go wherever you fall in love."

"Okay, let's study the enemies in the north. Just leave things like caravans to my retainers."

"It seems that my lord has reached an agreement with General Fengxian, so my lord should inform the generals of your thoughts."

"Whether Zhong De or Wen He can handle this kind of thing easily, can't they just let out a little bit of information?"

"But I still need you to confirm it again, my lord. After all, the generals feel that this matter is very big and feel a little uneasy. At least if it can have the original words of the lord, then one sentence can be enough to keep us talking for a long time.

"

"By the way, I'm not that leader or emperor. How can I say so many things in one sentence? Wen He, you are just trying to trick people!"

"Haha, maybe you don't think so, my lord, but you occupy an important position in our hearts."

"Forget it, you all know it anyway. We don't have the experience or time to devote our main energy to the West. However, although opening up the West requires a lot of initial investment, the harvest is extremely rich, whether it is soldiers or minerals. So if we can

It will become easier to solve this problem if the aristocratic families, wealthy businessmen and powerful people who originally focused on lending money and competing for hundreds of lands in the village focus on the development of new land.

There is a saying that goes well. It's called 'If you want to take something, you must give it first'. I have drawn such a big pie for those people, and I don't believe that there will be no one who will not be moved. As long as there are people, and many people will be moved,

With this in mind, my policies restricting lending and land expansion have continued again and again.

At the same time, some people who were still hesitant will join in. As for the remaining die-hards, as long as they don't cause trouble, I can ensure that they live a peaceful life. If you ignore my order, meritorious soldiers will not dislike it.

There is too much land.

Speaking of this trip to the north, I saw the power of those businessmen. They are indeed extremely cunning, and they often wander on the edge of the law and even the moral bottom line, but the power they unleash in order to obtain profits is extremely terrifying.

of.

In fact, the same is true for those powerful people from aristocratic families. Aren't they doing whatever they can to achieve higher status and fame?

Since we are always worried about whether internal problems will explode due to various problems, and we are always worried about whether those families will become a stumbling block for our various policies and have to be cleaned up again and again, then why don't we

These internal conflicts were originally transferred to another enemy, an enemy that everyone considered an enemy?

As for whether such an approach will cause the problems mentioned before, this is more or less unavoidable in the early stage, but as I saw in Pingcheng, there are many competitors on this road. But the winner is destined to be the only one.

They will be a minority. After half a year to a year, the weak will be eliminated, and the strong will be able to stay. The land left by those who unfortunately died can be cultivated by the military or concentrated for farming through a series of operations. We attract refugees here.

The ability is already very strong.

The most important thing is that compared to the Han people, the Hu people are more adaptable to this kind of life. They can find something for the Hu people in our territory to do, and save them from the possibility of being raped by those in the north who don’t know whether it is true or not if they are idle.

The 'ancestors' are bewitched. Anyway, as long as they don't die, even losers are good soldiers, and our army can just add those people.

Another significance of this matter for us is that through this matter, we have opened up a new battlefield that is not eye-catching, and we can release the chicks we raised in the 'greenhouse', and we can also

Pay attention to those outstanding talents who are hidden among the people and have not been discovered by us. Even if we cannot win them, we must find some ways to work for us.

All in all, since the pre-Qin Dynasty, we have not been as conservative a nation as we are now. Perhaps it is because the Central Plains is so rich that everyone has focused their attention on this three-acre land. But we are different. We have been to the Western Regions

, and even heard from the soldiers from Parthia and Kushan countries about the richness of the country where they lived. I also sent our chief agricultural expert, Miss Rohoro, to the other side of the sea, which is equally beautiful.

And rich.

The world is so vast and there is so much land that can be cultivated, why should we give up?

If it was because I felt that it would not only cost too much to cultivate such a distant place but also seemed to have no benefits, then I used decrees to promote all this, first the surrounding land, and then the distant ocean. One day, the flag of the Han Dynasty will be

All over the place!”

"Well, every time I hear these words from my lord, I can't help but get excited. But, my lord, do you think it's really good for us to reveal all these words? If other forces have similar ideas, I'm afraid they will

We are not doing a good job, right?"

"Well, haven't you all done the summing up already? You must be more familiar with which part should be deleted than me. I'm just providing a general direction. The specific content is not summed up by you smart people. I don't believe it.

Those officials who came to Jinyang to report on their work changed from being reluctant to return to being in a hurry. It was not your actions."

"So the lord is planning to use this action as a test?"

"It's both a test and a preparation for the attack on the west. But this time we have to learn from the aliens. In the past, those aliens kept harassing us and made us exhausted. They not only consumed our strength but also caused damage to our country.

The blood continued to bleed until all the blood was gone, so the late emperor had to make a risky move like Zhang Jiao's.

The reason for this situation is that it is a last resort because it is not strong enough to confront our huge country head-on. But it is not necessarily a clever move. Then if the offensive and defensive trends are reversed, we continue to harass the opponent and let those caravans have complicated but complicated relationships.

But it is definitely not a monolithic Qiang and Di tribe trying to bribe and win over each other. I really want to see how those aliens can make our country bleed!

I don't believe that I can't kill those Qiang people who claim to be "against the Han in every life". I want to take a look at the unfinished business of Liangzhou Sanming and Dong Zhuo.

Let’s see if they are really inexhaustible!”

"Lord, many of your ideas are very interesting, and even... even make my subordinates unable to help but guess. Could this be the wisdom from the wordless book that my subordinates have no chance to see?"

Okay, Jia Xu children's shoes. How long do you plan to use this meme? Do you really want me to find you a pile of blank paper?

Of course, if Li Shushi really found a pile of white paper for Jia Xu, although Jia Xu would not throw the pile of white paper directly back into Li Shushi's face, it is conceivable that he would definitely resent Li Shushi even more deeply -

—Are you kidding me? You found a pile of white paper for me when it was clearly an ancient book. How can your white paper still be white after being stored for such a long time?!

Well, so if Li Shushi's intelligence is such that he can't even fake it, you should at least find a bunch of bamboo slips to make up the numbers.

By the way, don’t forget to make it old.

This increases the credibility. After all, in modern times, an ancient tomb that seemed to be from the Pre-Qin period was discovered in the Chu region. There were many things buried in the ancient tomb, and it is said that there was also a human head made of gold - of course because

That tomb has been robbed several times for this reason, probably because

The purpose was so strong that many things were spared. In that ancient tomb, people found many fragments of bamboo slips that recorded the laws of the Qin Dynasty and related texts. They have great archaeological value, but there are more

Not only are there words, but they are also bare bamboo fragments without any pictures or inscriptions.

Therefore, if it is a bamboo slip, it is still possible to forge a volume of the so-called "Wordless Heavenly Book".

Of course, for Li Shushi and Jia Xu, who knew each other very well, even if Li Shushi really came up with such a thing, he would definitely not be able to deceive the old fox Jia Xu, but because this joke had become a habit for Jia Xu, he would not say anything for a while.

It seems uncomfortable.

"Well, this is actually a little bit of inspiration that I got from thinking before." Well, Li Shushi felt that he could finally learn from the counselors under his command, shaking the white feather fan, and improving his skills and so on.
To be continued...