The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 162

Chen Gong met Xiahou Dun that night.

Lu Bu didn't get up until early the next morning, and the guards came to report, saying that it was Xiahou Dun who asked to see him.

After discussing with Chen Gong, Lu Bu knew what he was here for, and immediately ordered the guards to lead him to the study.

When Xiahou Dun came to the study, Lu Bu was already waiting for him.

Seeing him coming in, Lu Bu got up and greeted him with a smile: "Yuan Rang came to see me early in the morning, could it be to say good news to me?"

Xiahou Dun was taken aback by his question: "What kind of happy event is Wen Hou talking about?"

"Could it be that Yuan Rang doesn't know about it?" Lu Bu asked pretending to be surprised.

Already guessing what he was talking about, Xiahou Dun couldn't tell that Chen Gong had looked for him the night before, so he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What did Marquis Wen say? I really don't know."

"I thought Yuan Rang knew about it." Lu Bu showed disappointment: "Actually, I only got the news last night. Cao Gong sent troops to Lujiang, and General Li Mancheng killed Lujiang fierce general Li Mao in a battle at Yijing. The army should have approached Hefei. The Lujiang River is about to fall into Duke Cao's hands."

Cao Cao also attacked Yuan Shu.

After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he entrusted many officials, and the officials from all over the country also supported many aides and generals.

Liu Xun sits in Lujiang, and Yuan Shu's previous wars did not implicate him.

Xiahou Dun had never heard of his fierce general Li Mao either.

Not knowing how powerful Li Mao was, Xiahou Dun replied calmly: "Mancheng is capable of both literature and martial arts. He is just a young general in Lujiang. It is reasonable for him to be beheaded by him. I am not surprised."

"It seems that Yuan Rang doesn't know how powerful Li Mao is." Lu Bu asked with a smile, "I wonder if Yuan Rang knows General Ji Ling?"

"Ji Ling was Yuan Shu's number one general back then. It is said that he joined Marquis Wen. How could I not know him?" Xiahou Dun replied, "It's a pity that he and I never fought on the battlefield."

"When it comes to martial arts, Li Mao's loss to General Ji Ling is also limited." Lu Bu said: "General Mancheng's ability to kill him is really beyond my expectation."

Unexpectedly, Li Mao was so brave, Xia Houdun was astonished.

"Yuan Rang came to see me early in the morning, is there something wrong?" Lu Bu changed the subject.

"I'm here to say goodbye." Xiahou Dun replied, "I also know that Marquis Wen can't let the Qingzhou Army go to the coal mine, but I just want to remind you that I believed in Marquis Wen's character when I was willing to borrow the Qingzhou Army..."

"Just believe in my character." Lu Bu grinned, "I borrowed the Qingzhou Army to do things for Duke Cao. After years of wars in Xuzhou, there are very few people and goods. Once Duke Cao uses my place , without the Qingzhou Army, who else can I count on?"

Speaking of this, Lu Bu sighed: "It's not that I don't want to return the Qingzhou Army to Yuan Rang, it's really..."

Chen Gong had already discussed his interests with him, no matter how upset Xiahoudun was, he could only temporarily give up bringing him back to the Qingzhou Army.

"Please remember the agreement between you and me, Marquis Wen." Xiahou Dun said, "Ten years later, I will ask Marquis Wen for the Qingzhou Army!"

"Don't worry, Yuan Rang, we will make a ten-year agreement!" Lu Bu replied, "I will return the Qingzhou Army to you after ten years!"

"I'll take my leave first!" Xiahou Dun bowed his hands and turned to leave.

Not long after he left, Chen Gong came: "Marquis Wen, Xiahou Yuanrang has already left?"

"Let's go." Lu Bu seemed relieved, he asked Chen Gong: "What did you say to him last night?"

Chen Gong repeated what he said to Xiahou Dun.

Lu Bu curled his lips: "It seems that a battle between me and Cao Cao is inevitable. Although what you said can persuade Xiahou Yuan to retreat, it will also make Cao Cao jealous of me. If it weren't for the Yuan family in Hebei , after he wiped out the Yuan family in Huainan, the next step is to march to Xuzhou."

"Have you ordered what we discussed yesterday?" Lu Bu asked afterward.

"It has been explained." Chen Gong replied: "The big money is being processed, and the coal mine has also sent people there."

"Conquering the world is nothing more than people, money, and food." Lu Bu said: "I plan to issue a decree to encourage farming. Wherever I rule, each village will calculate the output according to the yield per mu during the harvest season. Who will produce the most grain? , exempt from paying taxes. If there is wasteland in the house, five times the tax will be levied.”

"This method can urge the people to work diligently." Chen Gong nodded: "It's just that Marquis Wen has to think that there are hardworking people in the world, and of course there are lazy people! Those lazy people can't let them starve to death..."

"If lazy people don't starve to death, who will support them?" Lu Bu smiled coldly: "The local government is not allowed to subsidize lazy people. Let them know what it means to not work without eating."

"Also, about the population." Lu Bu instructed: "According to the Han law, women must marry at fifteen, and in the places under my rule, it is earlier than twelve. Every woman has more than five children, and the government subsidizes one person's food every year."

"Give birth to a child, the labor force in the family increases, and the government is subsidizing rations, so the common people will definitely have to use their strength to give birth." Chen Gong replied: "It's just that each woman has five children..."

"Tell the people that if you want to be rich enough to build roads, you need talented people to plant trees and build roads." Lu Bu said, "Paint white letters at the entrance of each village. As for the content, just write like this..."

He thought for a while: "The century-old plan is based on talents, and a prosperous place will have a prosperous population. If you want to be rich and build roads, have more children and raise more pigs!"

When Lu Bu tied childbirth and pig raising together, Chen Gong's head was full of black lines: "Others are fine, it's just the last sentence..."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Lu Bu said, "It's actually the same thing to have children and raise pigs. The more you have, the more prosperous your family will be. As for raising pigs, the more you raise, they can be sold or sold at the end of the year. The more you kill yourself, the more you eat, of course, the more the better!"

Thinking about it carefully, what Lu Bu said made sense, Chen Gong replied: "I'll do it now!"

"Wait a minute!" Chen Gong resigned and was about to leave when Lu Bu stopped him again.

"Marquis Wen has any orders?" Chen Gong asked.

"I heard that some people's families are extremely poor. In the past, they couldn't afford to marry a wife. Father, son and brother married one together." Lu Bu asked, "Is there such a thing?"

"There are, but not many." Chen Gong replied: "The war has been chaotic for many years, many men died, and marrying a woman is not as expensive as it used to be."

"In any such family, as long as the people are not lazy, the mother-in-law government will arrange for them." Lu Bu said: "Several men share a woman, so don't delay my plan to prosper."

"I understand!" Chen Gong agreed.

"Also!" Lu Bu confessed again: "You should also marry more wives and concubines. People like you don't have many children to help me. I won't have enough people around me in the future."

Chen Gong looked embarrassed: "I will do my best!"

(End of this chapter)