Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 137
Today's world is not peaceful, but after all, it is much better than the time when the Yellow Turban Uprising and warlords were raging everywhere.

People who are far away from the war zone can barely live despite the hardships of life.

The people in Jingyi and Yi are better than those in other places.

Although the people of Jingzhou fought against each other in the new calendar, the decree of reducing taxes and corvees in the new year has been officially issued by Zhuge Liang and passed down.

Zhijiang County, which has made outstanding contributions to this battle, has received preferential policies such as tax exemption and no corvee throughout the year.

The conditions of the people in Yizhou are generally better.

As for the shantytown folks...the festive booze is all set.

The Spring Festival at this time is the first day of the lunar calendar, called Yuanri, Zhengri and so on.

In the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, the younger generation should offer chili wine to the elders in the family.

Pepper is Zanthoxylum bungeanum. At this time, people think that the warm Zanthoxylum bungeanum has many benefits, which means that a certain magic medicine in later generations can cure all diseases.

However, the output of this gadget is not high and the price is expensive. At this time, ordinary people cannot afford it, and even people in shanty towns are reluctant to bear such a luxury.

Big families fight for their wealth and show off their wealth. In addition to comparing horses and houses with Bimeiji, they also build pepper houses. When building houses, they use peppercorns to paint walls to prove that they have money...

This point has not changed for thousands of years, but it has become a comparison of cars, houses, secrets, and luxury goods.The form has changed, but the essence is the same.

Ordinary people, if they are better off, use cypress leaves to soak in wine, or break some peach branches and leaves to cook "peach soup" to drink. They also have their own ways to celebrate.

Eat jellyfish soup (maltose), Wuxin plate, and one chicken per person.

This is basically the first day diet of the common people.

Lao Liu, who has never been stingy, naturally wouldn't just prepare these. The palace cooked sheep and slaughtered cattle, prepared fine wine and delicacies, and feasted Chengdu officials and generals.

For a time, the royal palace was listed in terms of respect and inferiority.

There is also indispensable music such as sheng, chime, zither, and se, as well as dancing.

Of course, because Mrs. Wu and other female relatives were present this time, it was impossible to enjoy the program of Zanjiner.

Liu Chan also specially ordered someone to bring the elephant, which was a little wilted because of the cold weather, to be brought here.

The young southerner who is good at taming elephants directs the elephants to entertain everyone, which is a bit like a circus performance.

Seeing everyone screamed and cheered again and again.

After that, the central government will also give rewards to various local officials according to their ranks, which is a common practice.

For festive festivals, of course, Lao Liu must make a new costume for himself.

Shu brocade is now popular all over the country, and is highly sought after by dignitaries and dignitaries.

Living in Chengdu, Lao Liu, who likes famous horses and fancy clothes, has naturally become a pioneer leading the fashion trend...

Zhao Guanshi also personally took people to collect the quarterly Shu brocade allocated to Liu Chan.

The amount was a bit bigger than what Lao Liu had expected, but Lao Liu, who had been favored by Liu Chan over 90, didn't care about such trivial matters.

Although the food and salaries issued by the Red Star Army have gone to the public account, Liu Chan has not stopped his steps of accumulating wealth.

Espionage is also a money-burning job. If you want to bribe informants and bribe them, you can't send them off with hundreds of coppers.

Of course, each sum of this money seems to be a lot of money, and there is no real thing to buy back.

But in fact, the people who die less because of this, win the battle, but it is ten times and a hundred times the value that cannot be exchanged.

In Liu Chan's view, this is the real big thing with a small amount of money.

The three brothers, Liu Guan and Zhang, spent the first day together after a long absence, and then parted again.

Guan Yu, Guan Ping and his son returned to Jingzhou to exchange Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun. This time, apart from Guan Yinping, they also kept Guan Xing.

It is said that he intends to let him spend more time with Liu Chan, and by the way, he can receive the teachings of Military Master Zhuge together.

Naturally, Liu Chan would not object to this, and it would be too late for him to be happy if more people could help.What's more, as the son of my second uncle, I naturally have a high opinion of myself, so I don't have to worry about loyalty.

Mr. Zhang still wanted to return to Langzhong. After visiting the shantytowns, after the end of the first day, he went to Liu Chan's suburban military camp several times alone.

After seeing the daily drills of the Red Star Army, their morale, and most importantly, their extremely high loyalty to Liu Chan, the third master still remained sullen and said nothing.

Just before leaving, he sighed and said something to Liu Chan: "Adou, you are right."

Hearing these words from the third uncle's mouth, Liu Chan's original worries about him were mostly gone.

From winter to spring, Zhuge Liang, who was busy rebuilding Jiangling and restoring Jingzhou's post-war economy and people's livelihood, was exchanged back to Chengdu.

"Kong Ming! You are finally back, and you want to kill me!"

It was not Lao Liu who said this, and of course it is even more impossible to be Liu Chan who has always treated Zhuge Liang as an uncle and a teacher.

But it is Shang Shu Ling Fazheng...

Everyone who greeted Kong Ming was very happy, but this time Fazheng was particularly excited.

If Zhuge Liang came back later, there would only be two results.

Either Fazheng plucks out his own hair, or plucks out Liu Ba's hair...

Without him, this father and son surnamed Liu are really too creative and too capable of tossing around.

The cost of expanding the Scarlet Star Army and the distribution of equipment alone added a lot of things to him out of thin air.

The plan for a year is in the spring, and there are many overall plans to be done. When Kong Ming worked together, I didn't think it was anything special.

It wasn't until Zhuge Liang went to Jingzhou that Fazheng realized that every day without Kong Ming was a torment.

Economy, military affairs, water conservancy, farming and mulberry, merchants, noble family names... It seems that there are suddenly endless problems everywhere.

Although trivial matters are handled by their subordinates, they can't decide, and there are many things to report to Shangshutai.

Fazheng just felt that his life would be better if he went back to fight the Battle of Hanzhong again...

To say that his friendship with Zhuge Liang was before the Battle of Hanzhong.

He voted for Liu Bei at the beginning, and once he gained power after successfully taking down Chengdu, he tried his best to repay those who had favored him in the past, but he also mercilessly retaliated against those who offended him.

There are also cases of murder, and the other party is also an official.

Many people were dissatisfied with Fazheng's behavior, so they asked Zhuge Liang to take care of him.

Zhuge Liang, who advocated the rule of law and paralleled Confucianism, naturally did not agree with the method of law and rectification.

But at that time he said this: "When the lord is in Gong'an, he is afraid of the strength of Duke Cao in the north, and the pressure of Sun Quan in the east, and he is afraid of Mrs. Sun's life changing under the elbow and armpit in the near; Auxiliary wings make you soar and cannot be copied. How to prohibit the righteousness of the law so that it cannot do its evil intentions!"

It means that Lao Liu had such a miserable life every day, and he was afraid that his wife would harm him when he slept. The appearance of Fazheng was like the wings of the lord, allowing him to soar into the sky without restriction.

How can we restrict Fazheng more today and make him aggrieved?

Zhuge Liang's remarks of "openly supporting the law" made him feel at ease in his heart. The two factions in Dongzhou and Jingzhou have not had any major conflicts since then.

Moreover, Fazheng also took the initiative to restrain himself a little, lest Zhuge Liang complain afterwards.

After the war in Hanzhong, the two cooperated closely, which contributed to the stable development of Yizhou.

Seeing Kong Ming now, Fazheng felt that he was finally getting rid of the bitter sea of ​​heavy official duties.

It's a pity that Liu Chan's New Year's plan will bring many things... This old man's wish may come true.

To develop, agriculture is the foundation of everything.

In this era, it is all nonsense if the yield per mu cannot be raised.

After many years of observation, Liu Chan has become more and more thorough in his understanding of this point, coupled with the knowledge of his past life that has been revived with his talent.

Why do we want to emphasize agriculture, suppress commerce, and restrict handicrafts? In addition to the reasons such as moral decline and increased social instability, there is also the most practical problem.

When people see that doing business can make a lot of money and turn around, they all run to do business. Who will plant the land?
Therefore, the ruling class must use various means, including strictly restricting population movement, tying up a large number of laborers, and farming land for themselves.

But in this way, if you collect corvee and let the people do infrastructure construction, it will seriously affect people's livelihood, and even sending money will not solve the problem of lack of people to cultivate the land.

It is even more idiotic to want to concentrate manpower on the manufacturing industry, and conscription must be cautious.

If the yield per mu does not increase, all this cannot be fundamentally changed.

If the yield per mu does not increase, the Northern Expedition in the land of two states will become more and more difficult.

However, as Liu Chan's farming talent improved, some forgotten things he had seen in his previous life or learned in school also became clear.

During this rare developmental period, it is necessary to promote it...

Da Sima Mansion.

It was originally the time to teach the prince as usual, but today is a bit special, Liu Chan became the main lecturer, and Zhuge Liang became the one who listened instead.

"The crown prince is saying, add a rotatable plow plate to the shaft head?" He pointed at the crude prototype of Liu Chan's painting, and asked enthusiastically.

Liu Chan's handwriting is very good, but the painting... can barely tell what it is.

But Zhuge Liang has been with him for a long time, and his understanding ability is far beyond human comparison, so there is no obstacle in communication.

"That's right. In addition to changing the straight shaft to a curved shaft and changing the long frame to a short frame, the weight of the plow can be greatly reduced, and the plow can be rotated freely to reduce the consumption of manpower and animal power..."

The benefits brought by the Quyuan plow are leapfrog, not only easier to operate and labor-saving.

The most important point is that at this time, Zhiyuanli needs two oxen to lift the bar, and the appearance of Quyuanli directly becomes that it can be done by pulling an ox.

If it is promoted, how much more land can be plowed by the saved manpower and cattle?

"Yes, here the plow wall is made into a circle, and the turned up soil will be pushed to the sides, reducing the forward resistance.

"This thing is installed here as a plow review, and this thing is a plow construction, so that the cultivation depth can be adjusted..."

If someone else came, I'm afraid my head would be smoking by now.

But in front of him is the "part-time great inventor", Zhuge Liang, the hexagonal prime minister.

Not only did he understand Liu Chan's sketches and explanations alone, but he immediately saw the importance and significance of this thing without waiting for Liu Chan's further explanation.

"How is it? Uncle Zhuge, can this thing be made?" Liu Chan asked expectantly.

Zhuge Liang's answer did not disappoint him: "This thing is of great importance, so I will invite the king to hand over all the official duties to Fazheng, and recruit craftsmen to try to make this thing with all their strength!"

Liu Chan was immediately relieved when he heard the words, and Qu Yuanli should be able to do it without any problems.

As for the Fa-rectification, let's just suffer a little more recently.

(End of this chapter)