Zhuge was reborn, killed the old thief Sima

Chapter 113 I Can't Keep This Money

Jingzhou did not cause any chaos because of Liu Bei's various actions. Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others did things very appropriately.

The same is true for Yuan Huan who is now beside Liu Bei.

They knew very well where the bottom line of Liu Biao and the wealthy families in Jingzhou was, and they would not touch it, let alone test it.

Maintaining the appearance that Jingzhou was still dominated by Liu Biao, Liu Bei never let anyone come into contact with Huang Zhong even after he had behaved like a show of goodwill towards Zhao Yun and Xu Shu, who were under Liu Bei's command.

He even took the initiative to keep the generals under his command away. This made Liu Biao, who was extremely angry, not choose to take action directly after overturning several tables.

Cao Mengde was like a mountain pressing down on all of them, putting endless pressure on Liu Jingsheng.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, repeatedly wandered and jumped through the gaps in the mountains, constantly accumulating his reputation and strength but never really wanting to fall out with them.

This attitude also made everyone in Jingzhou, including Liu Biao, slowly feel relieved.

As for Wu Chen, with Zhuge Liang's "help", he slowly began to gather several counties in the north of the mountain step by step. His troops relied on the food, grass and baggage brought to him by Kong Ming.

First, Cangwu County was stabilized, and then Yulin County was established. Finally, the people of Nanhai County also had ideas after seeing that the lives of the neighboring people were getting better.

Under Zhuge Liang's contact, some people began to take refuge. Then when Zhuge Liang assured them that Nanhai County would treat them equally, the people of Nanhai County finally decided to end their current chaotic and absurd life.

However, in order to ensure that Wei Yan would not do anything bad, Zhuge Liang finally decided to let Xi Zhen lead the troops into Nanhai County to appease the people and govern the place.

As for what happened after Xi Zhen left.
"Zhou Buyi has aged a lot recently, it's time to contribute more to the people of the world."

When Zhuge Liang's words fall into Zhou Buyi's ears, he can't help but shudder.

However, with the passage of time, these counties under the rule of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang also experienced obvious changes.

First of all, Zhuge Liang, who had completely gained a foothold in Jiaozhou, finally started his own harvest.

In the past two years, he has quietly found three trade routes for Liu Bei.

Mi Fang and Su Shuang were responsible for the two trade routes in Jiangxia respectively. Mi Fang went to Xichuan to transport Shu brocade, and Su Shuang went to the north to transport furs.

As for Zhang Shiping.
The north was too chaotic, and he was targeted on his second trip. Although the cargo was safe in the end, Zhang Shiping could no longer travel anywhere.

For this reason, Liu Bei specially asked people to find his family members and settled in Wuling. Even if he could not be an official in the future, he would be able to maintain his wealth for the rest of his life.

The third one is the area from Jiaozhou to Hebei that has just been opened with the help of the Kuai and Pang families.

A large amount of Jiaozhou specialties were sent to Hebei.

In addition to bringing grain, materials, and a lot of fame and goodwill to Liu Bei, the most obvious benefit of these three roads is that they have brought a lot of benefits to Liu Bei.

In the words of Liu Bei and his veterans.

"I have never been so rich in my life."

Liu Bei even dared to discuss with Zhuge Liang in private whether he could arm the two thousand elite men under Guan Yu. Who would have believed this matter two years ago?

And after having a lot of money and a steady stream of money, Liu Bei's current potential has just exploded.

As the winter festival of the ninth year of Jian'an passed, Cangwu County, Yulin County, Wuling County and Lingling County started a major renovation at the same time, and countless people walked out of their homes.Lured by boxes of money and silk and a large amount of food, tens of thousands of people in the four counties joined the labor.

After the most rough calculation, the four counties repaired more than [-] miles of rivers, and the money and food consumed was enough to support Liu Bei in arming Guan Yu's men for another [-] men.

It is said that Jian Yong kept covering his heart while settling the accounts and twitching from time to time.

And widening rivers and repairing canals are just the beginning of burning money. Liu Bei's daily life now is to watch countless money coming to him.

Then it kept slipping away in his hands.

Xun Yue led people into Jingnan to establish a school. Liu Bei no longer cared about the content of the lectures. It was just to let more people recognize the Han Dynasty and the Liu family's imperial power.

Although everyone knows that this is probably not a good thing for Liu Bei, at least it did not attract Liu Bei's opposition.

Even in secret Liu Bei always protected the other party.

But what worried Liu Bei was that only the seven schools in the two counties of Jingnan gave him half of the money and food.

"How can we get so much money and food for just a few schools?"

When Liu Bei saw the various income and expenditures sent by Jian Yong, he even felt that it was ridiculous for a while. If he had not heard of Xun Yue's name, he would probably suspect that someone was meddling here.
However, the detailed description soon left him speechless.

“The academy courtyard does not cost much money, even if it needs to be renovated, it will be nothing.

But the latter ones are really different. They are just bamboo slips with ink and brushwork. Mr. Xun and the others don’t need money or food, but we can’t really refuse to give them.
In addition, this entrance requires a lot of training, and even the simplest one is not something ordinary people can do.

This part will be sent to me by the government office on my behalf."

Jian Yong didn't care about this matter at all. Shu Xiu was not like a school fee, but a kind of courtesy.

You can't enter a school and the first thing you do is teach those people what it means to get something for nothing.

But what Jian Yong didn't expect was that Shu Xiu, who had ten pieces of dried meat, actually dared to take it home and eat it directly, and then never mentioned anything about going to Xun Gong to listen to his teachings.

Jian Yong almost fainted because of this. Did they really not know what they had lost?

For these people, Jian Yong could only leave it to Yuan Huan, but in the end he couldn't really do anything to them. It was considered that the government suffered a big loss in vain.

"In addition to going out to cultivate, I am also responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of Xun Gong and other scholars. In addition, there are many people who follow you.

These are still small things.

Now Xun Gong directly made the name of teaching without distinction, and opened the door to anyone who was willing to go and listen to the teachings.

But they can't just listen. Jingnan is not the land of Yingchuan and Yuzhou after all to copy the classics. I need to find a way to give them the ink and bamboo slips.

In addition, if the people go to Xun Gong, there will be no way to do the farming and mulberry farming.

We also need to raise enough food for them, so as not to hinder others due to hunger and cold."

"That's enough, that's enough." Liu Bei could only raise his hand to interrupt Jian Yong's words, "That's it. Bei finally sees that... I can't keep this money!"

(End of this chapter)