Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 332 The General’s Mansion during the New Year Festival

The folk festival atmosphere in Yangzhou becomes more and more festive every year.

This year, guidance on the use of "Shennong Essence" has begun, especially in Guantian, almost all of which use "Shennong Essence".

Coupled with Bai Tu's passive strategy, Yangzhou's average yield per mu has now increased by nearly [-]% compared to before the Jian'an Year, and the private grain tax has also been reduced to five to one - already lower than during the Yellow Turban years. , before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, when there were no additional wars or famines, the imperial court would also tax one out of ten, and local officials might even levy some more privately.

Although the tax rate has increased by [-]% compared to then, the output has increased by [-]%. In the end, the remaining harvest in the hands of ordinary farmers is [-]% more than in previous years of peace!
As for the comparison with other princes in the same period...

Even Hanzhong and Yizhou have no comparison with Yangzhou at this time!
At the same time, due to the salt import policy of the General Government, a large amount of grain was recycled by salt merchants and used in exchange for salt import from the government, which also ensured that the price of grain did not plummet.

The government's grain, especially chaff, was invested in raising livestock. People who had spare money were ready to save money to buy cattle. After all, although the government's cattle were enough to rent, they also required rent, and... …Things from other people’s homes are not as reliable as your own.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs also encourages farmers to buy cattle and have their own cattle, which will also facilitate farmers to improve their farming efficiency.

Ordinary farmers, as long as they pay a [-]% down payment, they can buy cattle from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then repay the loan in three years.

Of course, only for ordinary farmers without cattle...

There are also quite a few people who are appropriately "chic", especially during the Chinese New Year, buying meat and silk cloth are all part of the right thing.

In fact, during the Western Han Dynasty, the protein intake of the Han people was also very high among the feudal dynasties, making the Han people's physical fitness significantly better than that of the surrounding countries, so there is a saying that "one Han is like five barbarians".

It's just that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the national and people's strength was declining, and meat became increasingly rare on people's tables...

However, in Yangzhou, the common people can already taste meat and fish every now and then, and they can enjoy "big fish and meat" during the Chinese New Year. The sales of various other light industrial products that are not usually necessary have also increased-if Liu Bei is in Jinling now If you sell straw sandals, you can have your wife and children on the bed in two years!
At the same time, civilian workshops have gradually sprung up, which is a sign of the gradual recovery of the small commodity economy.

On the contrary, compared to the private sector, the Jiangjun Mansion has become a bit "deserted" this year.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu who were in Jiangxia could not come back, Gan Ning who was in Donglai could not come back, Zhao Yun who was in Nanyang also did not come back, only Jia Xu came back to report on the work of the Northern Route Army, not to mention Jingnan - the transportation was inconvenient, it would not be possible easily I came back specifically to catch up with this New Year's Eve party.

Judging from the war situation in various places this year, the General's Mansion is not only no longer unique, but also in a "slump". Jingzhou's offensive has been blocked, and it has not reached the edge of Nanjun until now. Even Jiangxia is about to be counterattacked.

In the eyes of most Central Plains people, the four counties of Jingnan, which are remote and barbaric places, are all holding back the offensive of the General's Mansion in Changsha County!
Instead, in Qingzhou, the general's office took advantage. When the navy returned, they picked up Donglai County. Now they are still in trouble with Xuzhou because of this...

And Cao Liu from the Central Plains has made great profits this year!
Cao Cao enjoyed the glory of defeating Yuan Shao's "millions of troops" in the eyes of the world. Xudu, which usually had a lot of "noise", was much quieter at this time. Many courtiers in the court who originally disliked Cao Cao, They were all removed by Cao Cao without any care.

Originally, Cao Cao was still concerned about some influence, and he understood best that most of these people were just "Yan Yi saved the country". They could just be monitored and there was no need to pay too much attention to them.
It's just that this time he defeated "Yuan Ni", his reputation was unparalleled, and he became even more assertive in the court!
Liu Bei defeated Yuan Tan in Qingzhou. Although it did not cause as big a response as Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shao, it did benefit. Now that he has most of Qingzhou in his hands, the strategic depth has finally become thicker, and he is not as frustrated as he was in Xuzhou.

It is exactly the opposite of the situation last year when the Central Plains had "no harvest" and the General's Mansion had "a huge profit"...

Therefore, compared to last year, the staff of the various departments of the General Mansion have also restrained their attitude of looking at others with their nostrils. It is not that they were arrogant last year, but that each and every one of them felt that they had made great contributions to the General Mansion under the source of the rainbow. This year... ...The battle situation in the General's Mansion is not going well, and their arrogance has naturally weakened a lot.

Even the Ministry of Industry has reached a bottleneck in many projects this year.

Although there are many new things, after all, there is no eye-catching guy like the Zhenqi Crossbow...

On the contrary, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which was somewhat low-key last year, is proud and proud this year.

Projects in various places are proceeding step by step. Grain production has increased significantly, people's per capita meat intake has increased significantly compared with last year, and the income from workshop tax and commercial tax has increased significantly...

Coupled with the support from other departments, the eldest cousin Lu Su can be said to be very proud this year.

Jian Yong originally used the general's failure in the crusade in Jingzhou this year as a bargaining chip. Liu Bei even asked him before he left to try to persuade Bai Tu to stop the army, at least not to touch Nanjun, and to withdraw from Jiangxia!

If Bai Tu agrees, spreads the word to the world, and forms an alliance with Liu Biao of Nanjun, Liu Bei will not only be willing to cooperate with Bai Tu and assert his control over Nanyang and Jingnan, but also give up the entire Donglai County to Bai Tu to station the navy.

Of course, Jian Yong is not that naive. He understands that Bai Tu has not been forced to negotiate peace with Liu Biao!
Besides, why should he give up his Donglai for Liu Biao?

If he dares to negotiate like this, isn't he afraid that next time he meets Mr. Guan, he will be stared at with squinted eyes and sweat on his back?
Instead, it was Jian Yong's plan to use the General's Mansion's unfavorable battle situation in Jingzhou as an introduction to straighten his back when fighting for the interests of the Xuzhou Mansion.

only……

The "gloom and gloom" that Jian Yong expected did not appear, or rather... it only appeared on the faces of some of the general's staff!
Generally speaking, an unfavorable battle situation not only means casualties among the generals, but also means that the princes have to further squeeze the potential of the people to maintain and increase the strength of the front line. This will also make the people worried and weakened.

However, in Jinling, or rather along the way Jian Yong saw it, this scene did not appear. Instead, there was prosperity and peace everywhere.

It even made Jian Yong wonder, could this Jinling person not care about the frontline war?Or was the news blocked by the General's Office?
However, within two days, this possibility was removed from Jian Yong's mind, because... on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the day of the Little Year, Bai Tu held a grand ceremony at the Humin Temple outside Jinling City!

(End of this chapter)