At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 268: The rapidly developing Pei State and the true nature of the old gangster

In the next month, Liu Bang transformed into a diplomat and traveled hundreds of miles around his country. He relied on wine and meat diplomacy to become brothers with dozens of savage tribe leaders.

Relying on the simplicity of the savages and Liu Bang's super charm, these savage tribe leaders became Liu Bang's half-brothers. Liu Bang even took in three savage tribes that could not survive, adding hundreds of subordinates.

After inquiring about the situation around Peiguo and establishing contact. Liu Bang began to recruit these savage young people to work for him, and paid a high salary of 30 yuan per month to hire these savage young people to work for him.

The productivity here in Liaodong is so underdeveloped that Liu Bang can buy ten savages for a month's labor force with a piece of cloth. Moreover, it was a huge profit for these savages. In the past, they had no place to sell their labor force. If they wanted to get a piece of cloth, they had to pool their efforts, because there were really no specialties here in Liaodong. They wanted to trade. He couldn't get much out of it. Now, as long as ten tribesmen work for a month, they can get a piece of cloth. The reputation of Peihou's generosity spread throughout the hundreds of miles.

For Liu Bang, a piece of linen cost only 300 yuan in the Han Dynasty, but it could indeed hire ten young and strong laborers, and he made a lot of money.

Both parties feel that they have made a profit, which is a win-win situation.

There are now more than 2000 savages working for Liu Bang in his camp. These savages may have helped Liu Bang reclaim land. With the help of these savages, Peiguo City Wall also began to dig a moat and lay the foundation for the city wall.

The new country of Pei is rising slowly, with new changes every day. Liu Bang happily watched his vassal states being established little by little every day, and he felt like he was playing a civilized game for future generations. This is the real-life version that Liu Bang plays with a higher sense of achievement.

At Liu Bang's camp, senior officials from Pei State gathered to discuss matters.

"The land cultivated by Pei State has exceeded 5 acres. The next step for us is to turn the raw land into mature land and use struvite to fertilize it. In just three years, this land can provide Pei State with ten thousand acres of land every year. Fifty thousand shi of grain is enough to feed people, so after this autumn harvest, Pei State can recruit refugees to settle in Pei State." Lou Jing said.

Liu Bang said happily: "Sir, the country's scholars are unparalleled. When our country of Pei can produce 30 shi of grain per year, I will definitely make you the prime minister."

Lou Jing said happily: "I will definitely devote myself to the great cause of the monarch."

Then Liu Bang looked at Qi Qin and said, "How is the construction of the brick kiln going?"

Qi Qin said: "Three small kilns have been built, and the surrounding trees are enough to be used as fuel for the kilns. However, if you want to make high-quality bricks, you must use coal. I would like to ask the military lord to inquire more about this, and make iron in the future." The factory also needs coal and iron ore. Without these two raw materials, our steel plant in Peiguo cannot be built.”

Liu Bang said: "I will attract people's attention, but when will the city wall of Peicheng be built? Without the protection of the city wall, I will not feel at ease living in the wilderness."

Qi Qin said: "With the help of these young and strong savages, the raw materials have been prepared. Using the method of block building, a three-mile city can be built in 10 days. As for the bricks, they can be used to build houses and palaces."

It's not that Qi Qin doesn't want to build a brick city wall, it's because there is no such condition here, even to lay a layer of bricks outside the city wall. These three small kilns are only enough to build larger houses, so Qi Qin simply doesn't Bricks were wasted on city walls, but more houses and palaces were built.

But Qi Qin believed that Pei's repairs and city walls were enough. Liu Bang's Pei Kingdom is almost at the border of civilization. There are only some savages around and there are no strong enemies at all. Therefore, the city wall does not need to be made of masonry like in the Central Plains. It can be built with clay mixed with some weeds. Although such an earth city wall is neither strong nor durable, it is enough for the current Pei State.

Liu Bang said: "Please hurry up, sir. If you need any financial or material resources, please tell me. When Peicheng is established, I will promote you to the rank of middle doctor."

"Thank you for your appreciation!" Qi Qin said happily.

Then Liu Bang looked at his second uncle Lu Shizhi, who could be his son, and said, "You haven't dug out all the struvite. The speed of development of our country, Pei, depends on how much struvite you dig out."

Liu Bang's Pei Kingdom has just been established, and the fields are only consumed but not produced. Now Liu Bang has two pillar industries. One is that his fleet can sell the Han's grain, cloth and other goods at high prices to the surrounding tribes, and then the surrounding tribes Their furs, herbs, etc. were sold to the Central Plains, but these savage tribes did not have much supplies after all. The money earned from this trade route was not much, and it was not enough to maintain the development of Pei State.

The second pillar is the struvite industry. After more than a year of popularization, people all over the world know that there is struvite as a fertilizer. There are no bad reviews from those who have used struvite, especially in the Central Plains. Counties, counties, and landowners have all seen the power of struvite to increase production. It is a magical tool that can turn lower fields into upper fields. Now people all over the world are eagerly waiting for struvite.

However, the amount of struvite is very small, and excavation is very difficult. Struvite can only be excavated on overseas islands where fish and birds are abundant, which makes the price of struvite high. Now one stone of struvite in the Central Plains can be It sells for 30 yuan, and the price is still rising.

On the waterway from Liu Bang's Peiguo to the Central Plains, there are a series of large and small islands. Now Liu Bang's fleet is usually on the islands with struvite. They dig up struvite and sell it to the Central Plains. They can make a lot of money on one trip. 10 money.

Then use the money to buy enough grain, cloth, and ironware to return to Pei State, and use these goods to purchase the labor force of the surrounding savages, which solves the problem of insufficient purchasing power of the surrounding savages. Such a small economy with Pei State as the core appears in In this desolate land of Liaodong, with the food, cloth and other goods brought by Liu Bang, the lives of the surrounding tribes have obviously improved. And Liu Bang's spreading of food has also made his prestige in this land higher and higher day by day. One day.

Therefore, this struvite channel is the economic pillar of Zhenpei State and the source of power for the development of Pei State. At this time, Pei State cannot lack this pillar.

Lu Shizhi smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, there are as many islands in our Pei country as there are stars in the sky. Now there are more than 10 islands where struvite can be mined. I'm afraid that someone will use these struvite in his lifetime." I can’t dig it all out.”

Liu Bang said with a sigh of relief: "That's good."

The struvite stones on those islands have been regarded as gold mines by Liu Bang. He is worried that there are not many gold mines, which will interrupt Peiguo's good development momentum. Now it seems that before Peiguo develops completely, these struvite stones It's enough to dig into.

Zhang Sheng said: "The military preparations of Pei State still need to be strengthened. Not counting the country of Jizi, there are tens of thousands of savages around us. I have found out clearly that these people are all Yi people. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, they asked the Zhou Dynasty Tributary country. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi once launched a war against the Yi people, but there was no hero who united them to establish a country belonging to the Yi people."

"But our appearance will definitely arouse the vigilance of Yao people. If Yao people learn from us and establish a country, it will not be a good thing for Peiguo."

As long as civilization appears in a place, it will inevitably spread. There have been no traces of civilization in the territory of the Hao people. The Hao people can live well as a small tribe. Naturally, it is difficult for civilization to progress, but Liu Bang and the others appeared like a catfish. It will surely stir up the study of tribes everywhere.

This is just like the Central Plains civilization and the grassland civilization. Before the First Emperor unified the six countries, the grasslands were also fragmented. When a unified Qin Dynasty emerged, if the grassland peoples wanted to continue to plunder the Central Plains people, they had to integrate the entire grassland to fight against it. The increasingly powerful Central Plains dynasty. So when the First Emperor appeared, the appearance of Maodun became inevitable.

The same applies here in Liaodong. If Liu Bang cannot quickly consume and integrate the Yi people tribe, then they will give birth to local tribal alliances or even primitive countries. When tens of thousands of Yi people in the surrounding area unite, it will be annihilation for Liu Bang. A disaster.

Lu Ze frowned when he heard this and said: "Pei country only has a thousand people, so no matter how you improve your military force, it will be extremely limited."

Lu Ze is the general of Pei State. Of course, this general can only command a maximum of two hundred soldiers of Pei State.

Liu Bang thought for a while and smiled: "It's not difficult to increase military equipment. You can definitely learn from the emperor's tricks. We came here with our wives, children, and children, but the soldiers below are all single. As their monarch, of course I have to Help them solve this problem.

A certain person hired these people and asked them to marry a wife or concubine. In this way, the population of our country would be doubled. Even their wives, children, and children could join our country. In this way, our country would have a few more people. With twice the population, since she has become the wife of a Han, she will naturally become a Han. You see, our country, Pei, has civilized thousands of savages. "

Then Liu Bang continued: "I'm so down and out. It's still hard to marry this mother-in-law. Once Peicheng is built and we have a good house, we won't have to worry about the mother-in-law."

Although people like Lou Jing were dumbfounded, they also found it credible.

So Liu Bang and others made every effort to speed up the construction of Peicheng, and finally spent 8 days closing the walls of Peicheng.

Although Liu Bang's Peicheng was only 3 feet high and was built of clay, it was the only city and the only beacon of civilization in this desolate land.

Liu Bang sent scouts everywhere and invited the leaders of his Yi tribe to come to Peicheng to celebrate the founding of Peicheng.

"This is Peicheng!" The soldier on horseback introduced the tribe leader who was following him in a proud tone.

This soldier is a native of Yi, and Peicheng is the first city he has seen in his life. He and his partners built it from scratch.

After the city was established, Pei Hou personally promised that they would be qualified to settle in Peicheng and become citizens of Pei State.

For Yao Ren, this is a spectacle that he has built with his own hands. Now of course he has to show off in front of these tribal leaders.

As for the tribal leaders, they are more knowledgeable and know that there is a city close to the Central Plains, but they were surprised when they saw the three-foot-high city wall for the first time. They even thought that the city was very tall. If their tribe could live in it, It should be safe here. "Brother Zhui Feng, why are you here so late?" Liu Bang stood at the city gate and said with a smile.

Zhui Feng said with admiration: "Brother, you are so capable. This city was built in less than a month. I really don't know what it is like to live in this city."

Liu Bang said boldly: "My city is my brother's city. Brother, if you are willing, you can bring your tribe to settle in my city. I can set aside an area for your tribe to live in."

Although Zhui Feng looked surprised, he thought about it and refused: "I still have to hunt for a living, and there is no way to hunt when I come here."

Liu Bang said nonchalantly: "Hunting is too unstable. It can feed a few people. Brother, bring your tribe and I will arrange a piece of land for you to grow food. What do you think of the flat land just east of my city? Burn I will find people who know how to farm to teach your tribe how to farm. As long as you have fields, your tribe will not starve in the future, let alone starve to death. "

The reason why Liu Bang built Peicheng so quickly was not because he wanted to attract the surrounding Hao people to join them. The Hao people had not been strong in the past hundreds of years and were often bullied by the surrounding tribes. This kind of tribe is the best to absorb and digest. , if the Donghu people turned to him, Liu Bang would think twice.

Directly changing the production method of a tribe. Although Zhui Feng was the leader of the tribe, he still did not dare to make such a determination. Instead, he said: "Let's see and talk about it later."

Liu Bang did not force himself and took Zhui Feng into his own city of Peicheng.

In the central palace of Peicheng, many tribal leaders have arrived.

But after all the tribal leaders arrived, Liu Bang's banquet officially started.

After drinking for three rounds, Liu Bang said to these tribal leaders: "My subordinates are all young and strong and have no women, but they have reached the age of getting married. A certain prince also wants to help his subordinates find wives, so a certain person wants to If I marry a girl from your tribe, our brotherhood will be even better."

"Of course, brothers, you don't have to worry about your tribe suffering a loss. Every time one of my subordinates marries a wife, I will give your tribe a piece of cloth to ensure that your tribe does not suffer a loss."

Hearing Liu Bang's generosity, these tribal leaders were all pleasantly surprised.

The Yiren tribe is too primitive and still retains the tradition of marriage exchange. Therefore, marriage exchange is very common for their tribe. However, they did not expect to get a piece of cloth after the marriage exchange this time. It is such a bargain. Why didn't they take it? Liu Bang brought the bad habit of betrothal gifts to this continent for the first time.

"Brother, the women in my tribe are the most beautiful in a hundred miles." A tribal leader said anxiously.

"You lied that the girls from our tribe are the most beautiful. My brother will exchange marriage with our tribe!"

Soon these tribal leaders started to quarrel over the marriage exchange.

Finally, Liu Bang said: "This way brothers don't have to hurt each other. I will give each of your tribe fifty places. Starting tomorrow, I will take my subordinates to your tribe to exchange relatives. I will keep as many horses as I like." Bu, I won’t let you, brothers, suffer.”

"Brother is worthy of being the king of the Han Dynasty, you are so generous!" these tribal leaders said happily.

Suddenly the entire banquet was full of tribal leaders who were flattering Liu Bang.

These tribal leaders are very pragmatic. My brother is so rich that even if he plucks out even a hair, he will eat them. He cannot be flattered at all.

Zhang Sheng and others outside the banquet looked at the tribal leader who was counting the money after the sale and said: "These people are so simple, I am embarrassed to deceive them."

Lou Jing said: "Then let them become our own people and let them live like human beings for a few more days."

The civilization of the Yi people was too primitive and backward. Even the tribal leaders had to fight on the front line and hunt to feed their tribesmen. They were not as good as an ordinary citizen of the Han Dynasty.

The next day, Liu Bang summoned 50 soldiers from Peixian County and said: "Today we are going to a Yiren tribe. If you like that woman, marry that woman."

The fifty children of Peixian County were extremely excited to get a wife.

However, some people asked: "What should I do if someone already has a mother-in-law?"

Liu Bang said angrily: "Then I will take you as a concubine, but agree in advance that you must be good to others, otherwise one of you will not agree."

"No!" said the fifty disciples of Pei County.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Bang took the 50 children of Peixian County out of Peixian County and rushed to the Yi people tribe closest to them.

Half a day later, Liu Bang came to the gate of Zhuifeng tribe with 50 children from Peixian County.

"Brother, you are here!" Zhui Feng said happily. What made him even more happy was that behind Liu Bang there was a pile of cloth like a hill.

Liu Bang smiled and said: "I have brought all my subordinates here. How much cloth can be left depends on the skills of the girls in your tribe."

Zhui Feng said: "Brother, don't worry, the women in my tribe are definitely good."

Then under the guidance of Liu Bang and Zhui Feng, the young men and women from both sides got closer together.

But what worried Liu Bang was that none of the wooden men under his men dared to move for a long time. What embarrassed Liu Bang the most was that it was those charming girls who took the initiative to step forward, and the atmosphere began to harmonize.

Liu Bang slapped himself and said, "No one dares to take the initiative. Naigong's face has been completely humiliated by these people."

Zhui Feng smiled and said, "Brother, why don't you come to my house and I will entertain you personally."

Liu Bang said: "Lead the way."

The Yiren tribe all have straw sheds, even Zhui Feng, the leader of the tribe, lives in leather tents at most.

Entering Zhui Feng's house, he found that there was another woman inside.

Zhui Feng smiled and said, "This is my sister. She likes heroes and husbands the most, and my brother is the biggest hero here. I want to hand my sister over to him, but I don't know if he is willing."

Liu Bang looked at Zhuifeng's sister. Although her skin was a little darker, she was young and beautiful. Her age of less than 20 years old was her greatest asset.

He was so moved that he asked: "Is your sister willing? It's best if you and I agree on this matter."

Zhui Feng said: "How could I not want to be the mother-in-law of such a great hero like my brother?"

Liu Bang took Zhui Feng's sister's hand and found that there was no struggle. He pulled her into his arms and said with a smile, "I will call you uncle from now on."

(End of this chapter)