Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 196
What Guanshi Zhao brought was not the latest news from Dianchi County. The caravan sent by Zhao's firm had withdrawn from Yizhou County long before the Yongkai incident, so it was only possible to return to Chengdu at this time.

There is a single-line connection between the shadow guard and the firm. If Wang Meng needs it, he can use the channel of Zhao's firm to transmit news at any time.

However, people from Zhao's firm were unable to take the initiative to find Wang Meng and others. This was because of the classification of confidentiality for safety reasons.

But this time the caravan also had a lot of gains. The pure economic benefits are not a big gain for Liu Chan today.

With the development of Zhao's business, there are many shops in the two states of Jingyi and even Soochow.

These shops are distributed in the most prosperous counties along the river, relying on efficient water transportation to sell goods from other places, and then distribute them to small traveling merchants through these shops, and sell them to further places.

From logistics and transportation to brand building and sales channels, they are all very mature.

With the addition of [Fuguiming], Zhao's firm has already started to make money for Liu Chan.

The profit of a single caravan is no longer as important as it used to be.

What matters are maps, geographic environment information, and resource distribution profiles.

Old Liu started too late, and has never controlled the center of power in the world, and there are some inherent shortcomings in some places.

For example, as early as the pre-Qin period, after Shang Yang's reform, the national census that can be called epic difficulty has been completed.

The geographical conditions of mountains and rivers, population conditions, resource conditions, and road network maps of various places are all extremely important information in the hands of the central government.

This information is extremely important for building a country's "operating system".

Gaozu was able to succeed back then, Zhang Liang gave him the opportunity to enter the capital to obtain this information, Xiao He understood the value of this information and helped him firmly grasp it in his hands, and Han Xin was able to build a large territory for him on this basis.

And Lao Liu is inherently deficient in this regard.

Fortunately, he still has Zhuge Kongming.

Liu Chan witnessed this person's joining with his own eyes since he was born, and gradually built the Lao Liu Group from a grassroots team and a wandering army into a powerful separatist force, and is still moving towards the continuous improvement of the concept of "country".

Without mastering the basic information that is extremely important for logistics, Wolong forcibly created his own "operating system" for Lao Liu from scratch, which not only operates normally, but is even excellent.

And Zhuge Liang has never even seen these things in his life. Every time Lao Liu enters a place, he needs to collect these information himself... What a terrifying person.

So what if I help him find out in advance before each attack?

Not only can he know the enemy before the battle, but after the battle, with Uncle Zhuge's ability, he must be able to turn victory into an increase in strength at a faster speed.

"Yizhou County is rich in salt pond fishing, rich in gold, silver and livestock, and is the most abundant among all counties; in Zangcai County, the land is often rainy, the plains are not conducive to farming, and there are few livestock and no sericulture, so it is the most barren..." Manager Zhao reported what he had seen and heard about the caravan traveling around.

At the same time, Liu Chan was also thinking that Zhu Bao, the prefect of Cang County, was easily bombarded by Yong Kai's sugar-coated shells. I am afraid that the land is so barren and the people have no oil to scratch, which is also one of the important reasons.

"The land in Yongchang County is fertile and beautiful, suitable for growing five grains and raising sericulture; Yueyi County has more plains and rice fields are widely spread." After finishing speaking, Zhao Guanshi also said with emotion, "People in the world often know that the barren land in Nanzhong is full of miasma and poisonous substances, and it is extremely barren.

"However, although there are poisonous miasma snakes and insects in the land, it is not as barren as imagined. The subordinates all suspect that these rumors are deliberately spread to prevent us from thinking about them."

Liu Chan smiled and said: "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. It's so good. I thought that after taking Nanzhong, I would support food to ensure the supply of gold, silver, war horses and other materials. Now it seems that the food in the land can not only be self-sufficient Self-sufficiency, a little development can also pay grain and tax."

Then Liu Chan checked the topographic map of the route brought back by the caravan with satisfaction, and prepared to put it together with the previous map, and then handed it to Lao Liu to revise the existing Nanzhong map.

Zhao Guanshi said again: "The prince ordered us to search for 'cotton', but there has been no progress. This time, I finally found that this velvet peach hangs on the tree, which looks like the cotton that the prince said. Please take a look."

Liu Chan watched Guanshi Zhao take out a white fluffy flower from his sleeve, and hurriedly took it to see, isn't it cotton?

Liu Chan suspected that the five-color mottled cloth brought back by Manager Zhao from Nanzhong was made of cotton.

However, when it came to cotton, no one knew about it. He described it to Guanshi Zhao and ordered a caravan to search for it, but it was still fruitless. He had given up hope, but unexpectedly found it.

"Exactly this thing!"

Zhao Guanshi didn't expect that what the crown prince wanted was really this, and he was puzzled: "But this thing is knotted on a tree, and the locals call it ancient bei wood, not the low cotton that the crown prince said grows in the ground..."

"...Uh, maybe Gu remembers it wrong."

Although Liu Chan's farming talent is also increasing day by day, things he doesn't know will not come out of nothing.

He had only seen low cotton fields in his previous life, but he didn't know that this kind of cotton was not native to China, but an imported product, which was not available at this time.

But Huaxia is not without cotton, but was born in the south, called Gubeimu.

"In this way, it will add a big boost to our army's Northern Expedition and the livelihood of the people!"

If Nanzhong can be planted in large quantities in the place where this tree grows, the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army will be able to guarantee their combat effectiveness in the bitter cold climate.

When the amount of planting is enough, it will be popularized among the people, and fewer people will freeze to death in winter.

After all, no matter how rich Liu Chan is, it is impossible to hand out a "sable" to the soldiers of the Northern Expedition.

In winter, he can wear brocade clothes, wrap furs, put on a big cloak, and live in a warm house, but a large number of people, especially those in economically underdeveloped areas, cannot do so.

The standard of living in Chengdu cannot represent the whole region, and Liu Chan still has a clear understanding of this.

For example, the living standards of the people in the three eastern counties were not much better than those of bandits.

But planting a large amount of cotton in Nanzhong can solve the problem of keeping warm in winter!
It can also reduce the premature death rate of infants and young children in winter and increase the population growth rate, which can serve multiple purposes.

……

Liu Chan received good news, and Lao Liu also received a piece of news.

It's just that the source of news is one south and one north.

After a long time since Boss Cao's death, Lao Liu finally found out about it.

Cao Pi wanted to attack Wei Wangjue and succeed him, so he naturally wanted to announce it to the world. He did not conceal the news of Cao Cao's death, and there was no need to conceal it.

After Lao Liu heard that his old opponent who had chased him for half his life was finally buried, he went back to the palace study alone.

In front of Lao Liu was a urn of aged wine produced by his son, and there were two wine cups on the table, but the opposite side was empty.

He didn't look up to the sky and laugh and drink freely, but stared at the empty seat in front of him in a daze.

"Today, the only heroes in the world are Shi Jun and Cao Er."

The last time when we sat together drinking, how high-spirited was Cao Mengde when he said this sentence that made his heart skip a beat?

The words are still in my ears, the old man has passed away.

"Brother Mengde... After all, you are one step ahead of me."

Saying these words at such a time sounds like ridicule, but if someone is watching, you can see that there is no irony on Old Liu's face.

Whether it was Cao Mengde, who was in high spirits and wanted to help the Han Dynasty when he was fighting for Dong, or the rebel Prime Minister Cao who would add Jiuxi, Mianshi, and sword to the palace in the future, who did not enter the court and praised the unknown.

Now, it has all turned into a handful of loess.

Lao Liu silently raised the wine cup and took a drink, then spilled the wine opposite on the ground.

The death of his old opponent brought him not only relief, but also the embarrassment of the years, and the fear of death.

After closing his eyes for a moment of silence, and then opening them again, Lao Liu's gaze became firm again.

"Brother Meng De, let's go, wait for the day when we meet again, and we will talk about it before too late."

After saying that, Liu Bei strode away without looking at the wine case behind him.

He still has a lot of things to do, and this sentimentality cannot be tolerated.

Soon, the news of Wang Meng and Deng Fang, the surrendered governor, finally came, and the news of the Nanzhong rebellion finally reached Chengdu.

(End of this chapter)