New Lubu War

Chapter 34
Lu House.

early morning.

"Lang Jun, go slowly, and I will sleep for a while!"

Yan's lazy and weak voice came from behind.

Under the service of Chunlan, Qiuju and other maids, Lu Bu dressed neatly and walked out of the room refreshed.

'what'

Raised his hand and stretched his waist, very comfortable.

Walking all the way to the martial arts hall, he picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd and danced.

For the past two years, rain or shine, Lu Bu had to do morning exercises for an hour every day.

After practicing the halberd technique and returning to the inner room, Mrs. Yan has already got up and ordered her servants to prepare breakfast.

After breakfast, Lu Bu dismissed Yan's suggestion to play the quiver, and went for a walk in the back garden by himself.

He needs to clear his mind.

"I didn't expect to receive so many cattle, sheep and horses for the first time when I accepted the tribute from the surrounding barbarian tribes!"

Lu Bu thought unexpectedly.

With Hedado dispatching outside, he soon received tribute from all the Hu tribes.

More than half a million sheep, [-] cattle, and [-] adult horses!

"Based on this number, there are probably more than one hundred tribes of Hu tribes thousands of miles to the north of Wuyuan County, with a population of about [-] million!"

Lu Bu thought to himself.

The northern states and counties of Dahan are sparsely populated, but the population of Hu people is even smaller!

Even so, so many cattle, sheep and horses were offered to him in the first year.

"There are so many sheep, you can't finish eating them, you can't finish drinking the milk from the cows, and the horses far exceed the number of soldiers in Wuyuan County!"

"The extra cattle, sheep and horses, brother has to spend energy to find someone to take care of them, it's really troublesome!"

Lu Bu thought with some distress.

It's only the first year, so many cattle, sheep and horses will be sent every year, what should we do?
After destroying the Keda tribe and taking all their wealth, Lu Bu was already very rich, and now there is no end in sight!

"Trouble, trouble!"

Walking back and forth in the back garden with his hands behind his back, Lu Bu frowned and thought hard.

"Now that the food problem has been solved, [-] soldiers are not afraid even if they eat mutton every day!"

A sheep weighs more than [-] catties, eat sparingly, adults can eat it for three months!
May I ask, Lu Bu now has nearly a million sheep, and [-] people eat them every day, how long will it take to finish eating?

Also, more than [-] sheep are added every year. How long can we eat?

trouble!

Of course, the troubles of happiness!
"Although food and horses are enough, armor and weapons cannot be fully supplied. They are short of money and cannot buy them. There is no iron mine in Wuyuan County, and they cannot build them by themselves!"

Thinking about the thorny issues at hand, Lu Bu walked up and down in the back garden.

In the spring, after deterring the barbarians in the northern grasslands, the Jiuyuan army solved the problem of war horses and food.

Because of this, he once again ordered Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others to expand the scale of recruitment.

But soon, an embarrassing fact was discovered.

No more armor and weapons!

His previous battle armor and weapons came from Wuyuan County's inventory,
Today's Wuyuan County is dominated by Lu Bu, and he is in charge of the army, so the soldiers in the county guard's treasury are naturally free to use.

But the inventory is limited, the [-] horses before the equipment is finished, there are not many left, and now it is expanded again, but there is no more.

If you want to get enough armor, there is no way for the Hu people. They all wear leather jackets, so where can they get sharp armor?
Ask your superiors?
On the face of it, Lu Bu is just a thief Cao Cao, whether it is Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, or the Luoyang court, who will give him?

There are no craftsmen in Wuyuan County who know how to make armor, even if there are, Lu Bu does not have the materials for armor!
In the surrounding area, there are no special products except grass or grass!

For Lu Bu, only by paying for it in the name of the frontier army of Wuyuan County can it be possible to obtain advanced Han-made armor and weapons.

Buy from other counties, buy from big businessmen, and buy from rich and wealthy families in the Central Plains.

Although arms control existed, in the late Han Dynasty, many of them were superficial, and as long as they were willing to spend money, they could still be bought.

In addition, in addition to the urgent shortage of soldiers, Wuyuan County also lacks salt.

This is fatal!
How can the days without salt be long?

But again, not to mention Wuyuan County, the entire Bingzhou has no salt-producing fields, and can only buy from other states and counties.

The problem is, he has no money!
During these days, Lu Bu deeply felt that Hu people are good at everything, but they have no money, which is too depressing.

If the Hu people are rich, why is Lu Bu so embarrassed?
"It seems that we can only take the trade route!"

After pacing for a long time, Lu Bu stopped and said to himself.

"At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were many rich and wealthy merchants who were doing great business. As long as you give them money, you can buy anything!"

"Although I don't have money, I have cattle, sheep and horses. In this era, the main meat of the rich and powerful is not pigs but sheep, and the value of cattle and horses will only be higher!"

"Opening a trade route with the Central Plains, and exchanging cattle, sheep and horses for salt iron armor is the only way at present!"

"In this way...!"

His eyes flickered, and there was a rare hesitation in Lu Bu's eyes.

He had to hesitate.

Because, once trade with the Central Plains is launched, the internal situation of Wuyuan County will be difficult to conceal, and it will definitely be known to the court.

Coercing the northern grasslands and ordering the Hu tribe to pay tribute regularly, all related news was firmly blocked by Lu Bu.

At the beginning, this decision really puzzled and even dissatisfied the subordinates.

Suppressing the Hu people and keeping one side safe is something worthy of praise for the Han Dynasty.

From the point of view of the subordinates whose perceptions are still stuck in the glorious days of the great man, if the report is truthful, it will be rewarded by the court.

Undoubtedly, Lu Bu will be named the governor of the county, and he will be in charge of Wuyuan County from then on!
In theory it is!

But after Zhang Yi's refusal of the people's pleadings, Lu Bu already understood that he should not talk about anything without his birth.

It was almost the same when it was replaced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In the current period, the official administration and reward system of the Han Dynasty have long been ruined by relatives, eunuchs, and Han Lingdi, who has settled down.

No birth is nothing!

Even if you have a background, you are nothing if you have no money!

If Lu Bu really told the court what he did in Wuyuan County and expected to be rewarded, there is a high probability that all the seizures will be confiscated, and then a few words of encouragement will be given.

Of course, the possibility of being rewarded is not ruled out, and even being promoted to the prefect of Wuyuan County is unknown, but there is no doubt that the possibility is relatively small!
Lu Bu didn't dare to gamble.

Although it is possible to win the bet, he is not a gambler.

What's more, the probability of winning the bet is small.

No one above, just so helpless!
Fatty Dong is about to enter Beijing, and the world is about to be in chaos. Soldiers, money and food are everything, and all rewards are fake.

Wuyuan County is in my hands, and I can't escape, so what's the hurry?
Therefore, Lu Bu suppressed everyone's opinions without hesitation and blocked the internal news of Wuyuan County.

In this era of closed information, border news is not easy to spread, let alone deliberately blocked?
Therefore, so far, the situation in Wuyuan County is not known to other counties.

At least, Zhang Yi, the governor far away in Jinyang, Taiyuan, had no idea.

However, once the trade with the Central Plains prefecture and county is started, the situation of Wuyuan County, no matter what, cannot be kept secret.

"It's okay!"

With his hands behind his back, looking at the flowers blooming in the garden, Lu Bu thought to himself:

"It's the summer of 186, and it's less than three years since the death of Emperor Han Ling in 189. Even if the news leaks, it doesn't matter much!"

He intends to do salt and iron business with rich merchants in Jizhou and Qingzhou. These places are far away from the land of Sili, and it is difficult for the Luoyang court to detect.

When the Luoyang court finds out, it will take at least a few years at the speed of information dissemination in this era.

At that time, why not leak it?

"It's still a little troublesome!"

With deep eyes, Lu Bu secretly said:
"If you want to do business with Jizhou and Qingzhou, you can't avoid the Bingzhou government. If Zhang Yi, the governor of Jinyang in Taiyuan, sends someone to investigate, it will be troublesome!"

Taiyuan is in the east of Bingzhou, bordering Jizhou, and the caravan from Wuyuan County is going to Jizhou, so it is hard not to be known by Taiyuan.

"It doesn't matter!"

"Even if Zhang Yi sends someone over, he has to come, or go back!"

"Humph!"

With a flick of his sleeves, Lu Bu turned around and walked out of the mansion.

(End of this chapter)