Overlord!

Chapter 182
Zhu Xia has always had the concept of not worrying about scarcity but inequality.The situation of Jiangdong counties is so different now, not only those counties where the livelihood of the people are starved are dissatisfied, even Wu County is not without complaints, all the taxes they pay go to support other counties.

So the best way is that the people in other counties have money and can buy the wealth and output of Wu County.

And this is also an opportunity to build Jiankang City into a commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River, making the city economically prosperous, listing shops, attracting powerful and merchants from the counties in the east of the Yangtze River, and sending all the goods and goods of the counties to Jiankang for trade.

From this point of view, the more scale of work-for-relief in the construction of cities, the better.

Sun Ce asked Zhuge Jin, "Is it enough to recruit thousands of corvees to build Jiankang City?"

These thousands of people are not all working here. Excluding the personnel who mine raw materials, cut down trees, and transport materials, it would be good if there are 2000 people left here.According to this scale, I don’t know how long it will take to build Jiankang City.

Zhuge Jin nodded confidently, and said: "Jiankang City is surrounded by forty miles. Such a magnificent city cannot be completed overnight. In the early stage, there is no need for the government to build houses, cities, or even the city wall. Thousands of people only need to build the county government. Government offices, palaces and gardens are enough."

Then Zhuge Jin pointed to the north side of the map and said: "The first batch of thousands of corvee workers started construction in this area, specifically including building a Zhaoming Palace for the General's Mansion near Xuanwu Lake, and building dozens of mansions to the west of Zhaoming Palace. The office is used for officials to handle government affairs, record land registration and land deeds."

When it comes to land registration and land deeds, Sun Ce suddenly understands.This Sun Ce is no stranger to him. Central Plains has had property taxes since ancient times, and Jiangdong is also collecting real estate taxes.

This project has always been aimed at the houses in the city. Generally, there are only a few hundred households in a city. Those who pay the tax will be sent a household post made of bamboo rafts by the chief official, which says what year and month to pay. How much is the tax, who is the chief official in charge, for later tax collectors to check.Household inspection is done once a year, and after paying taxes, a new year's household post will be issued.

It doesn't look difficult, but it is only achieved on the basis of very strong control.The population of Dahan County can be accurate to single digits, and the statistics can be counted on each person's head. Only then has a group of officials and officials capable of powerful statistics of various government affairs been forged.

The implication of Zhuge Jin's words is that the government only cares about the planning of the city, and builds facilities such as palaces, government offices, arsenals, and Taicang.

Once the palace of the General's Mansion is located in Jiankang City, the government offices, county government, county government and other institutions will all be relocated to the new city. Naturally, aristocratic families, powerful scholars, merchants and ordinary people will all move to the new city.

The powerful families in Wu County are all wealthy families. As long as the government plans the land and sells the land deed to them, they will build castles and mansions in the city themselves.

The chief officials of the government are only responsible for planning and supervision. What kind of construction will be completed depends on the wishes of these people.If they have money, they can build gardens and gardens, and no one will take care of them, so they can show the ultimate in architectural art.

Then Zhuge Jin pointed to the map and said: "After the rebellion is quelled in Danyang and Yuzhang counties and the enemy is defeated, tens of thousands of men and women will be taken in. I don't think it is necessary to resettle them. It is easy to turn back and difficult to settle down, so they can all be sent to Jiankang City to continue building the city walls and smelting and casting equipment. This will make the world rich and reduce its disasters."

Sun Ce nodded slightly. After Jiankang City was built, or after it took shape, the Military Weapons Supervisor should move here.

Many people in Shanyue know how to smelt copper and iron, privately forge armored soldiers, and the Yue sword has a sharp reputation since ancient times. These people can be sent to the Military Weapons Supervision to form a huge industrial organization with a scale of tens of thousands.

There are tens of thousands of people making equipment for Jiangdong, and it may only take a year or two for Sun Ce to have elite soldiers who are fully armed and wearing black armor.After all, no matter how bad it is, it can't be worse than the blacksmith's shop five miles away from the wild boar skin.

Sima Yi was cut off by Zhuge Liang with three thousand armors in just one battle, so the number of iron armors owned by Wei State may be tens of thousands.But Wei Guo seems to have only more than 400 million people, and the hidden households may only have 1000 million people.

But Wei's economic foundation is too poor.His commodity economy has almost returned to the original state of bartering, and no one has vigorously sorted it out from the beginning to the end.

Therefore, the scale that Wei Guo can achieve can basically be surpassed by Jiangdong.

After all, under the liberation of the Bulitian system, the agriculture in Jiangdong Wujun was extremely developed. With this rich output, Sun Ce was able to set up a 1-man military inspector and a 1-man weaving department.Developed, the first scale of the handicraft industry.

This scale really can only be said to be in its infancy, and it is completely incomparable with the later Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. There are hundreds of thousands of craftsmen in Jingdezhen in later generations, and there are tens of thousands of chimneys.

Now Jiangdong has the power of the whole territory, and the industrial scale is less than one tenth of that of a small town in later generations.

But compared with the current world, Jiangdong's industrial scale is crushing.

Moreover, relying on this large-scale production, Jiangdong also has a way out to solve the rebellion of Shanyue and Zongzi. In addition to sending troops to conquer and suppress them, they can also be sent to various places such as military inspectors, shipbuilders, mines, and city walls. , engaged in industrial activities.

Incomparable wealth is one of the main forces to solve the scourge of alien races!

In the past, Jiangdong repeatedly suppressed and rebelled against Shanyue. An important reason was that after Jiangdong civil and military recruited tens of thousands of Shanyue men and women, except for a small number of young and strong elites who were recruited into the army, the other tens of thousands had to be resettled locally.

Under the Buqu system, these generals really have no spare energy to support tens of thousands of Shanyue, so they can only let them stay in the place in the hope that they can be stable.

But now Wu County has a good harvest, one county is rich, and several counties have no worries.

Sun Ce dare not say that he can stabilize 30 Shanyue, but it is absolutely no problem to stabilize [-] Shanyue and sect thieves.

Wu County can move [-] out of Shanyue, and Danyang Fengren can move out another [-]. In the future, there will be Kuaiji, Yuzhang, and Wuxing. The wealth of each county can help Sun Ce's grand plan.The situation is like in "Theory of the Six Kingdoms", if you cut five cities today and ten cities tomorrow, Sun Ce will be able to move all these mountains out of the mountains sooner or later.

Zhuge Jin's city building plan can not only create a century-old foundation for Jiandong, but also help Danyang County greatly alleviate the risk of Shanyue's rebellion. Sun Ce's next expedition to the south and north will no longer have to worry about rebellion in the rear!
So Sun Ce said with a smile: "Your strategy is grand and far-reaching, public loyalty to the country, and I am very lonely. After the construction of Kangcheng and the city, all follow-up projects will be handed over to the governor of Qing. What else do you need help from alone?" ?”

Zhuge Jin nodded immediately, and said: "There is indeed one place that needs the help of the general. It has been almost a year since Danyang County was under the control of the general. If it hadn't been for the sudden outbreak of the rebellion, which made the county restless, when Danyang was collecting taxes in October, it would have been Land registration, household registration, taxation, youth, etc. should have been recorded one by one."

"I think that the construction of Jiankang needs the help of Danyang's powerful family no matter what. It supplies timber, transports guests, and repairs roads, all of which will make Jiankang City rise quickly."

Sun Ce thought deeply, and asked, "Your intention is to use Danyang's taxes to attract Danyang's heroes?"

This reminded Sun Ce of the engineering contracting of later generations. Zhuge Jin may not have the awareness of this aspect, but he can think of winning the support of heroes in Danyang County, which is already very remarkable.

Zhuge Jin said with a smile: "The general may not have cared about some small things among the people. The help of a powerful force is indispensable for the government."

"There are many rangers among the people who are as generous as the great ancestors. They are usually dissolute and donate money. Perhaps their wives can't bear it. If they have a penny, they also generously invite relatives and friends to share."

"Such a person may not have a prominent family background and live in sackcloth, but as long as he is recruited and given money, he will be able to respond immediately, and people around him will follow him to Jiankang, build fortresses, and earn money."

"These heroic men travel all over the world, and one person can lead dozens of people into the forest to cut wood and go into the mountains to quarry rocks. The government only needs to give them money to purchase."

Sun Ce nodded in praise. Today's era is indeed full of such heroic people who donate money.

If they can receive remuneration from the government, they will be able to gather young people from their hometown and do great things.

At a young age, these people are rangers and wanderers from the same town, but at an older age, they are the generation of Liu Bei and Cao Ren!It's just that Liu Bei and Cao Ren were very ambitious and dared to fight and kill, so they were able to dominate the world.

Others don't have this talent, but it's not a problem to gather young people in the village, venture out together, and earn wealth.

These people have natural potential as contractors.

So Sun Ce said with a smile: "This generation can be reused, let him be in charge of a project, the government only needs to pay money, and then accept it."

Then Sun Ce looked serious and said: "But if the project is defective or the quality is poor, there will be no forgiveness. You can formulate a charter."

Zhuge Jin immediately agreed, then put away the map in his hand, stood on Zhongshan Mountain with Sun Ce, pointed to the distant river and Xuanwu Lake, and said: "There is such a moat, if Kangcheng is built, leaning on the river and next to the city, and setting up water camps, the The foundation of Jiangdong will be stable and worry-free! Generals can embrace the people of Jiangdong, garrison troops and build Kang, advance to fight for the greatness of the Central Plains, and attack the inner world. Retreat can reach the end of the Yangtze River, occupy it, and watch the wars of the world."

What Zhuge Jin said couldn't be more exciting!The same is true for Sun Ce.

Now the whole world is in turmoil, and there are disturbances from all directions. The princes and heroes are all embracing the public for their own interests. No one knows what will happen to them.Sun Ce can't guarantee that he will be able to sweep the world.

Dong Zhuo used to be powerful and powerful all over the world, but he died in just a few years, and his subordinates were not pardoned by the court.

Stronger than Lu Bu, brave and invincible, once killed Dong Zhuo, and his voice shook the barbarians, but he fled in a hurry and lost his home.

Under such circumstances, which courtier can go all out without any worries?
But with the construction of Jiankang City, Jiangdong's entire foundation has been stabilized!It's definitely not the generation of dogs whose prosperity is also booming and whose death is also sudden.

This will greatly boost the morale of the civil and military forces in Jiangdong, and everyone can have peace of mind.It will even greatly attract domestic scholars to serve as officials!

For example, Zhuge Liang who moved to Jiangdong in the future may not work for a prince who has been in power for just a few years, but in the next few decades or hundreds of years, the Sun family will rule Jiangdong?

Then the Sun family is the lord of Jiangdong, which family would not work for it?

This kind of situation will soon follow the rise of Jiankang City, and it will be seen clearly by the people of insight in the entire Jiangdong. It will also attract heroes and sages from all over the world to go south to Wu, just like the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they all joined in. Li Tang.

Because at the moment, Jiangdong's tendency to swallow the world is the most obvious.Sun Ce is most likely to sweep all directions and achieve supremacy.

Of course, there is Yuan Shao in the north.His situation is also very similar to that of Sun Ce, sitting on the north side of the river, with strong soldiers and strong horses.

So Sun Ce didn't dare to make too much noise, otherwise, once Boss Cao's desperate situation was overturned, Jiang Dong would surely suffer heavy casualties due to Boss Cao's ruthlessness.Especially since this guy is a good wife, Sun Ce doesn't want to be cuckolded even after he dies.

Moreover, Sun Ce is not an advantage over Cao Cao now.

After Cao Cao swept Yanzhou, there was really no strong enemy.He defeated Lu Bu and took over the area of ​​Yingchuan and Runan. His strength grew rapidly, holding two prefectures and ten counties in his hands, he was truly a first-class prince in the world.

At this time, he has no worries about external aggression, and he can fully utilize Yingchuan scholars such as Xun Yu, Mao Jie, Ren Jun, Zao Zhi, Guo Jia, etc. to develop the economy.From outside, Cheng Yu, Yu Jin, Le Jin, Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan and other famous generals can be used to expand the territory and expand the strength rapidly.

The Central Plains is a flat land, and refugees are everywhere. Soon, millions of people can be gathered to revive the economy.

You know, in Xu County alone, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the fields.

And Cao Cao has hundreds of counties under his command. As long as he is not so cruel, he will pay seven to eight out of ten taxes, and his strength will always surpass that of the south.

Liu Biao, his greatest enemy at the moment, was attracted by Sun Ce to Yuzhang again, which can be said to be the disadvantage of going to the place of the Fourth World War while enjoying the prosperity of the Central Plains.

Under the pressure of Cao Cao, Sun Ce did not dare to slack off. After the government affairs were handed over to Zhuge Jin, he immediately began to prepare for the development of the navy.

After all, when entering Danyang this time, Sun Ce's strategic goals are very clear, there are only two, one is to stabilize Danyang, so as to stabilize the hearts of Jiangdong.

The second is to develop the navy and build ships.

The biggest reason for choosing Danyang for shipbuilding is that the degree of deforestation in the south is far less than that in the north, especially in Danyang County.

Due to the early development in the north, the giant trees of hundreds of meters have already been cut down.In terms of the richness of giant trees, the south of the Yangtze River is far better than the north.So today, both the scale of construction and the level of shipbuilding are far superior to those in the north.

As long as the workers cut the wood in the upstream mountain area, they can go down the river, saving the cost of transportation.

Next to Jiankang is the Qinhuai River, and timber from the Danyang Mountains can be directly transported to the side of Jiankang.

If the south of the Yangtze River is developed, if you want to find this kind of giant tree in the future, you will have to go to the mountainous area of ​​central Shu. The giant tree flows down the Yangtze River system.

Therefore, looking at it comprehensively, both the north and the south have their own advantages. The south has a vast land, rich resources and more potential for development, while the north is densely populated and has a prosperous economy.

Who can level the world depends on who can maximize their respective advantages.

(End of this chapter)