Demon of the Three Kingdoms

() After half a month's drive, Lu Rui finally returned to Fan County. At this time, Fan County had already begun to take shape under the governance of Guoyuan and Xu Shu. There was already a market and some small handicrafts in the new city. The reporter started to do small business in Fan County to make a living. Lu Rui was very happy to see all this, because business is the foundation of a prosperous city.

Lu Rui returned to his Lord Hou's Mansion, and all the officials came to visit Lu Rui and report to Lu Rui the achievements of the past few months. Although Lu Rui is still young, the report work still needs to be done, and Lu Rui's intelligence Bufan, they dare not fool around, if something goes wrong, there are still many ways for Lu Rui to punish people!

Guoyuan's focus in the past few months was still gathering refugees and farming. He gathered many refugees from the nearby Yellow Turbans. At the same time, in order to reduce the pressure on the people to farm, Guoyuan also implemented the military camp, which distributed the fertile land near Fan County to the soldiers to farm. In addition to paying taxes, they could also provide food for the soldiers’ homes, which greatly improved the soldiers’ ability. Positivity.

Lu Rui still agrees with Guoyuan's approach very much. His own army only needs to defend. The army station is really suitable, because the fields in the army station generally belong to the sergeant's family. If an enemy comes to attack Fan County, in order to They must work hard to protect their fields!

Afterwards, Ma Jun began to report to Lu Rui his work for several months. Ma Jun first improved a lot of farm tools, which doubled the production efficiency and increased the output of food and crops.Now Fan County has begun to build large-scale barns, just to store excess food.This surprised Lu Rui very much. Ma Jun is really a talent. According to historical records, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was an era of food shortages. The soldiers and horses Cao Cao recruited in Danyang were disbanded because of lack of food. The county is not only self-sufficient, but also has surplus grain, which is not easy. The current big man, it is estimated that Fan County can do it!

Secondly, Ma Jun also arranged a lot of semi-automatic defensive crossbows and equipment on the city tower. These things can help the defenders defend. At the same time, Ma Jun also invented a new city gate, which can resist the attack of ordinary siege equipment. .Lu Rui nodded and expressed his appreciation. Lu Rui was very relieved of Ma Jun's invention. It is recorded in history that after seeing Zhuge Liang's Liannu, Ma Jun immediately improved it and improved the performance of the Liannu. Several times, if the Cao Wei regime didn't pay attention, I'm afraid little Zhuge would be shot and killed by random arrows!

When Lu Rui was listening to the reports from the crowd, suddenly, the gatekeeper reported that there were Xuzhou businessmen asking for an interview, one named Chen Ying and the other named Mi Fang. They came on behalf of the Chen family and the Mi family in Xuzhou. Lu Rui talked about the commercial development of Fan County.

When Lu Rui heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Mi Zhu and Chen Deng are quite good at doing business. They just got the tax policy, and they are going to come to my Fan County to enclose land?Hehe, just right, this is exactly what I want, and I want your investment in my Fan County to never return!

Lu Rui waved his hand, indicating that he could bring the two to the Taishou's mansion, and soon, the two were brought to the Taishou's mansion.After seeing Lu Rui, Chen Ying and Mi Fang bowed their hands and said, "See Qi Guohou!"

After Lu Rui indicated that the two could sit down, the two cupped their hands and sat down respectively.At this time, Lu Rui looked at the two of them. Mi Fang and Lu Rui had already met in Xuzhou. There are not many historical records about the other son, but Lu Rui infers that he should have inherited the business of the Chen family. According to the rules of the Eastern Han Dynasty, descendants are generally divided into two categories: business and administration.

Guoyuan looked at the two of them, cupped his hands and said, "Qi Guoyuan, Prime Minister of the State of Qi, has met you two!"

The two immediately replied, "I've seen Mr. Guo!" They knew that although Lu Rui was smart, he was still young. In fact, the manager of Fan County was Guo Yuan, and of course they should be respectful to Guo Yuan.

Afterwards, Mi Fang first complimented Lu Rui, saying that Lu Rui left Xuzhou too hastily and did not allow the two families to fulfill their friendship as landlords. Passing customs and paying taxes, now the two are here to discuss specific matters on behalf of the two families.

After Mi Fang and Lu Rui finished talking, Chen Ying cupped his hands and said, "The Marquis of Qi allowed our two goods to pass the customs here. Our Chen family and the Mi family are very grateful. In order to thank the Marquis for his kindness, our two families decided to invest here. To build a commercial workshop, please be kind to the Marquis!"

When Lu Rui heard it, hey, the Chen family and the Mi family are really big merchants, so they thought of this trick so quickly, taking advantage of the cheap land price in Fan County, they bought and built real estate first, and when Fan County prospered, they would invisibly The cost is saved, and it is possible to make a fortune when the land price rises. It is not easy!

Lu Rui looked at Guoyuan, Guoyuan, nodded and said: "You two, since it is an investment, we need to buy land first, and our Fan County will hold a public bidding meeting for land purchase after March. How about waiting in Fan County and buying the land in March?"

The two looked at each other and said, "Thank you, Lord Hou, we are waiting for the bidding meeting for the land purchase in Fan County!" After speaking, the two presented gifts from the two families and left the Lord Hou's mansion.

Guoyuan looked at Simpi and asked, "George? Is the taxation that Mi Fang and Chen Ying said true?" A penny?too little!

Simpi smiled and said, "Zini, the two of them are right. This is the contract signed between Lord Hou and them." After speaking, Simpi handed the contract to Guoyuan.

Guoyuan was stunned when he saw it, and asked suspiciously: "Master Hou? You only cleared customs and taxes in the first month, didn't you?"

Lu Rui waved some fists and said, "Little Nini, you are so stupid!"

Simpi took out a stack of papers from his bosom, and said, "Zini, Yuanzhi, this is the tax in two years' time!"

After Guoyuan and Xu Shu saw it, they were stunned, then they cupped their hands and said, "Master Hou is smart!"

Lu Rui said excitedly: "Hey, this is the secret I found out from my research on "Huainanzi". How about it, it's amazing!"

The two arched their hands and said, "Master Hou is really talented and intelligent, different from ordinary people!" "Huainanzi" is an ancient book introducing mathematics, but it contains only some simple mathematics, prescribing?That's a long way off!

Guoyuan thought for a while and said, "Master Hou, now that the Chen family and the Mi family from Xuzhou are coming to buy land, is our price too low? Should we send people to participate? Raise the land price?"

Xu Shu immediately stood up and objected: "Zini, even if we send people to participate, it will still cost the money of our Lord Marquis's house. I'm afraid it won't work, and both of them are big merchants. I'm afraid the property in the house is insufficient?"

Lu Rui looked at the two of them and smiled in his heart. As expected of a wise man in ancient times, he looked at problems very carefully. It's a pity that he has never studied modern economics. Let me teach you.Lu Rui waved his fist and said: "Little Nini, little Xu Xu, are you too stupid? During the Chinese New Year, the people near Qiao County knew that there was a fair in the county, so they all came to buy things. Cao's shop made a lot of money." A lot of money, you don't know how to think of a way, why can the Cao family make money? We, the Marquis of Qi, can't make money?"

When the two heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and fell into deep thought. Simpi cupped his hands and said, "Master Hou, you want us to tell the world about our contract with Xuzhou, so as to attract businessmen from all over the world to compete? Increase our land price?"

Lu Rui smiled, hehe, Simpi still has a business mind, as expected of a family with a business start-up, he knows everything!After listening to Simpi's words, Xu Shu and Guoyuan suddenly realized, and then they cupped their hands and said, "Master George, I admire you!"

Seeing that the three of them understood what to do, Lu Rui signaled them to go down, and then Lu Rui ran back to his backyard, hehe, it's been a long time since I pinched Ling'er's face, let's pinch that little girl first!

The next day, the Marquis of Qi State in Fan County began to implement Lu Rui's plan.Xu Shu began to send spies to publicize the content of the contract between Lu Rui, the Chen family of Xuzhou and the Mi family in various parts of the Han Dynasty. Of course, it was only spread through secret rumors.The contract says that the content is not allowed to be leaked, but gossip is out of the question!

At the same time, Guoyuan issued a statement in the name of Lv Rui, the Marquis of Qi, which stated that Lv Rui took over Fan County and felt that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Fan County was dilapidated, and Lu Rui wanted to govern and prosper Fan County.The Marquis of Qi State decided to invest in the construction of the Fanxian Shangfang, imitating the Shangfang of Linzi, the capital of Qi State, one of the seven heroes of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and revitalize Fanxian County again!

As soon as this statement came out, it did not cause much repercussions in the court. After all, it is the business of a Marquis to govern his own fiefdom and promote local development, and now that Dong Zhuo is in chaos, not many people will pay attention to a Marquis. What is the expression of the father.However, this article had a great influence on the merchants of the Han Dynasty and the families mainly engaged in business. In addition, the gossip about the contract between Lu Rui and the Xuzhou Mi family and the Chen family made many business families feel stupid. move.The Zhen family in Hebei, the Gu family in Jiangdong, the Lu family, the Zhu family, and the Zhang family.Jingzhou Huang family, Cai family, Zhang family, Pang family.The Wei family in Hedong, the Zhang family in Hanzhong, the Lu family in Huainan, and the Zhao family in Xichuan all sent their representatives.Some big businessmen also began to come to Fan County one after another.

Three months later, Chen Ying and Mi Zhu came to Hou Ye Mansion to inquire about the bidding for the land purchase.As soon as they arrived in front of Lord Hou's mansion, the two were stunned. There were many old acquaintances here. Chen Ying was alright, and Mi Zhu was sweating profusely. , Why did they all come to Fan County?

The two entered Houye's mansion to meet Lu Rui, but they were told that Lu Rui was not at the mansion and had gone hunting in the countryside, and the bidding meeting for the purchase of land would be postponed for one month, so they sent them back.For several days in a row, both of them got such a result, so they had to return to the inn helplessly.

Mi Fang looked at Chen Ying and said, "Brother Chen, what do you mean by Lord Hou's residence?"

Chen Ying sneered and said, "Hmph, we underestimate the Marquis of Qi State too much. Although Lu Rui is small, there are many resourceful people around him. There must be some experts who have advised Lu Rui to recruit businessmen from all over the world. Fan County, raise the land price!"

Mi Fang thought for a while, combined with the news she received recently, and said, "Hmph, isn't Lu Rui treacherous? Isn't the content of the contract with us confidential?"

Chen Ying took a sip of tea, shook his head and said: "This is a rumor in the market, what can we do with Lu Rui? If we pursue it, Lu Rui can bite us back, saying that our people leaked it. When the time comes I'm afraid I can't even get a piece of land in Fan County!"

Mi Fang nodded, and then said: "Should we still stay here? Continue to buy land?"

Chen Ying took out the map, looked at it and said, "Liu, even if there are families from all walks of life here, we have to take root here! Fan County, the geographical location is too important!"

Seeing that Chen Ying was so determined, Mi Fang couldn't explain to Mi Zhu when she went back alone. When Mi Fang came to Fan County, Mi Zhu confessed that she would take root in Fan County and buy property at all costs!

During the days when Chen Ying and Mi Fang were waiting, many aristocratic families and businessmen from the big man signed the so-called one penny tax with Lu Rui, and everyone happily waited in Fan County, waiting for the purchase of land. The bidding meeting, in the fourth month, finally started the bidding meeting for the commercial land in Fan County.

It was the second time for Lu Rui to wear Lord Hou's costume and came to the bidding meeting. The first time was when he saw Emperor Ling of Han in Luoyang when he was awarded the title.

Lu Rui looked at the group of black heads below, laughing wildly in his heart, a group of idiots, a group of idiots, two years, two years later, I will let you know how good I am, Lu Rui just sat obediently on the stage, the rest of the things It was Guoyuan who managed and spoke on behalf of Lu Rui. After three hours of fierce bidding, many aristocratic families got their favorite properties.

At night, Lu Rui counted the rare treasures sent by various aristocratic families and merchants, laughing loudly, the ancients do not deceive me, a little trick of my own can have such a big benefit, this is much easier than robbing, No, this is robbery, civilized robbery!

Chen Ying and Mi Fang returned to the inn, Chen Ying shook his head and said: "It's a pity, before April, it was still a vacant lot, but now it is a series of buildings, we wasted a lot of money!"

Mi Fang nodded. It is true. Before April, it was still an empty lot. Four months later, Lu Rui had already built a house on the empty lot. Selling a house is of course more expensive than selling an empty lot, and there are so many more competitors.Mi Fang looked at Chen Ying, and could only comfort her: "Brother Chen, don't worry, we have a tax contract, and we are earning money!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "That's right, the annual tax is just over 3000 Wen, it's really worth it!"

The rest of the big Han family and businessmen were very satisfied with the contract signed with Lu Rui. Although they spent a lot of money to buy real estate, it was worth it!However, after two years, they all realized that this was a loss-making business, and they lost a lot of money!

When Lu Rui was selling land in Fan County, Tian Feng looked at the information sent by the spies in the prefect's mansion of Bohai County, and said to himself: "Fan County Commercial Square? Is it another trap? Behind Lu Rui Master, what exactly do you want to do? Business prosperity? Money? Support Cao Cao? Hehe, it seems that Cao Mengde is not easy, and he has arranged a master beside Lu Rui to work under the name Lu Rui, in fact, to raise military pay for himself?"

Thinking of this, Tian Feng walked out of the study and looked at the sky: Cao Mengde, you will be my master's great trouble in the future!

At this time, Cao Cao, who was about to go to Dongjun to pacify the Yellow Turban, sneezed. Cao Cao wiped his nose, someone cursed me?