A City of Infinite Winners in One's Life

Until the demise of the Shu Kingdom, there was no real good exit, and they were stuck in the base camp and couldn't get out.

Therefore, Li Wei chose the development of Yuzhou, which is more convenient in transportation, considering that this is the most suitable place to open and hang, whether it is north or south, it is the most suitable center point.Although it seems to be a place of four battles, the geographical superiority of Yuzhou is still higher than that of Jingzhou.

There are many mountains in Yuzhou. Li Wei can build a defense system based on the mountains to achieve joint defense. No matter who wants to enter Yuzhou, he has to pay a painful toll.Jingzhou belongs to the plains, the land is fertile and suitable for planting, but there is no danger to defend, and all have to rely on the city to defend, but the city of Jingzhou is limited, it is impossible to achieve a comprehensive defense.

Therefore, Jingzhou is a piece of coveted fat in a troubled world, and whoever occupies it is a hot potato.Even Li Wei didn't have so many resources to achieve a comprehensive defense, so although Jingzhou was good, it was not suitable for him.

The results of the economic survey were not optimistic. Because of the destructiveness of the Yellow Turbans, production in various places was affected in different ways. Land production was reduced and other handicraft industries were destroyed. In this era of small peasant economy, this is simply the biggest disaster.Aristocratic families can survive, but ordinary civilians can't, so I am afraid that there will be many desperate civilians who have to be sold/served to be cattle and horses for the aristocratic families.

On the whole, this era still belongs to the relatively wealthy North, the South has not been systematically developed, and the economy of the South is better than that of the North.

Looking at a sealed letter, Li Wei's heart became more and more confident, and his confidants knew more about the enemy. However, no one had the concept of intelligence warfare in this year, so the shadows sent by Li Wei were not at all in the investigation. There was not much resistance, and many shadows even mobilized people to run industries to cover themselves. The shadows opened a chain of hotels, and the name is also quite funny "Yuelai Inn". People, opening a hotel can better obtain information.

Just after Li Wei looked at these secret letters with gusto, an urgent secret letter was presented.

"Oh? Is there an emergency at this time?" Li Wei muttered, taking the letter from the clerk.

After paper was popularized, although it would take a certain amount of time for ordinary people to afford it, officials in various places had already discarded the cumbersome bamboo slips and expensive silk, and started to use the white paper produced by Runan, so what is the correspondence between them? It has become more time-saving and labor-saving. As for the semi-finished Caihou paper, there is no longer any market. After all, the cost of Caihou paper is also high. Apart from being more convenient than bamboo slips, it has no competition with Runan white paper. The advantage was quickly squeezed out of the market.

The letter was sent by Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia. After reading the whole article, it turned out to be a letter of help.

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Now Huang Zu is also a new official and wants to make some achievements, but the environment of internal and external troubles makes him helpless, so he thinks of the prosperous Yuzhou.Now the Yellow Turbans are raging in the entire Jiangxia area. The army formed by Huang Zu is now a group of recruits, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.

Jiangxia is not far from Runan, and there is Yiyang in the middle, which can be regarded as bordering Yuzhou. Yiyang is the raw material supply place of Runan, and it belongs to the location of supporting facilities. However, Yiyang's defense is well done, and the Yellow Turbans have no chance. Taking this opportunity, Jiang Xia next door was not so lucky. He was already stared at by the hungry and red-eyed Yellow Turban Remnant. If Li Wei was to watch the play, then Huang Zu would at most survive until the beginning of spring. Yangzhou is very chaotic. In the previous Yellow Turban crusade, two state shepherds died in a row. Now is the time when the dragons are leaderless.

Li Wei was a little undecided, so he called the little official who was standing beside him, and said, "Go and invite Mr. Yuan Zhi, and discuss something important."

"No." The clerk responded and left the government. Xu Shu was like a prime minister in Li Wei's camp. Xu Shu would never leave Runan, because if there was an important matter, he could meet at any time. .

chapter 542. slaughterhouse

Xu Shu, who was wrapped in a thick coat, came over. Xu Shu has not yet married, and the family is just an old mother. At this time, he usually accompanies his mother at home. He is a very filial person, and he basically stays at home during the holidays. , unlike other celebrities flying out of the waves.

"Huh... the weather is a little cold. What is the important thing for you to come to me at this time, my lord?"

There was also a biting cold wind who entered the door with Xu Shu. The little official who was working on the desk at the door quickly closed the door after Xu Shu entered.

Li Wei threw a cushion to Xu Shu, motioned him to sit down and said slowly, everyone here is Li Wei's confidant, there is no problem of leaking secrets, and many problems can be said with confidence.

"This is a letter from Jiangxia Huangzu. I'm a little uncertain. You can give me the staff." Li Wei rubbed his hands and said, hooking his feet, and brought the stove on the side closer to him.Although it is not afraid of cold, it is more comfortable to roast the fire.

Xu Shu quickly read the letter, showing a thoughtful expression, then turned to Li Wei and asked, "What do you think, my lord, Shu wants to hear your most fundamental thoughts."

"The position of Jiangxia can be said to be a river point for us. If we can win Jiangxia, then it means that we have a channel to go to sea. We can form our own navy, and then can be in most of Yangzhou. Maneuver, but the trouble is, I have no righteousness in 623. Huang Zu asked me to exterminate the Yellow Turbans and was willing to let me develop business in Jiangxia, but it is useless to only develop business, but if you sit and watch Huang Zu be eliminated by the Yellow Turbans, it will be bad for your reputation It's not very good." Li Wei said his thoughts.

Xu Shu touched his chin without a beard and thought, this question is indeed a bit troublesome, after all, Jiangxia is not Yuzhou's territory, and Huang Zu is the Jiangxia prefect who was directly appointed by the above. Discord is indeed a troublesome matter, and a powerful Jiang Xia is not in the interests of Yuzhou.

Strong neighbors are never a good thing, even if Jiangxia has only one county, but he is the place where the Yangtze River passes.If possible, Yuzhou would better find a suitable reason to take Jiangxia, so that (bjci) can start to form its own fleet, if you want to go west to Europe, you can't without a fleet, if you go overland, you will definitely drag yourself to death.To be honest, Yuzhou encourages childbirth to prepare for these things in advance, but this is a long-term project. Even if it is aided by unscientific things like aura, the growth of children will take time.

Xu Shu thought about it for a while, and he couldn't find the righteousness of Jiang Xia for the time being, and Li Wei was not a rebel, so he had to follow the rules so far. Zu is also one of Liu Hong's chess pieces, and Li Wei cannot move Huang Zu for the time being.

"It's okay to help fight the Yellow Turbans. It's also a good thing that Huang Zu allows us to do business. In this way, we can control Jiangxia through the economy. Many people still don't realize the power of businessmen. There are many things that business can do. Jiangxia It's also a good place. They don't need to produce anything, they just need to learn to consume. At that time, we will use Huang Zu's own promise to monopolize the market and trade of the entire Jiangxia. If Huang Zu breaks the contract, we can be considered to have A plausible reason to suppress him."

Xu Shu thought about it and felt that Huang Zu's opening in business was his own fatality. A scholar like Huang Zu probably didn't know the dreadful nature of the beast of business. Confucianism has always declared that business is shameful and degenerate. Yes, they saw that doing business was unsettling, but they didn't see the huge benefits brought by business flows, and they still treated businessmen as the last person. Li Wei has now released this person who chose to kill Ferocious beast, Huang Zu's ability can't stop the flood of capital.

"It seems that commercial behavior can only be eroded step by step, but it is also, at least until Liu Hong's death, we can only keep a low profile. We will form a fleet in the name of business, which can be considered to avoid suspicion. Start with the river fleet, and then Step by step toward the ocean." Li Wei sighed.

"My lord, why are you so sure that Liu Hong will die? I think that although he is a little lethargic now, he will not die prematurely." Xu Shu said with some puzzlement.

"You haven't seen Liu Hong, so of course you don't know his current condition. On the surface, it looks good, but in fact, it's exhausted. I'm afraid that it won't take long for his feet to rise, and then it will be a mess. For a while." Li Wei laughed.

Liu Hong is just holding on to his body now. The long-term absurd life and his own pressure have overwhelmed his body, and he may turn off at any time, and Shi Changshi and He Jin, who have lost their restraints, are enough to let him go. The whole Luoyang was in chaos.

"My lord, if Liu Hong is dead, you can consider bringing the emperor of Luoyang here, and relying on the emperor to make the princes, it can make some things more convenient." Xu Shu looked at Li Wei's unchanged expression and guessed. Reaching the thoughts in Li Wei's mind, he smiled bitterly: "My lord, do you want to kill the emperor? It seems that you already have a better way, but I worry too much."

Li Wei smiled and said: "It is not wrong to rely on the emperor to make the princes, but it is not suitable for us, because we have enough strength to sweep away all dissatisfaction, whether there is an emperor is the same. On the contrary, the entire land of China has no emperor of the Han Dynasty. , then there are enough opportunities and excuses to attack other people. You think if we take over the broken emperor, we have to build a palace and a city for him. Isn't this asking for trouble? And how to deal with him in the end? It's also a tricky thing, and you can't just kill him casually."

Li Wei sees this very clearly. The emperor of the Han Dynasty is a hot potato. Accepting or not accepting is troublesome, so it is better to let him die directly.Whoever wants to be emperor is Li Wei's enemy. There are so many clans in the Han family. Even if there is no emperor, a group of ministers can choose a new emperor from the clan, but each of them chooses an emperor. , Li Wei will kill the chosen unlucky one.

Because there is an emperor in power, Li Wei's affairs will be difficult to handle, and now it is also because his own strength is still insufficient, so he can't be seen.

Liu Hong is the only emperor of the Han Dynasty that Li Wei did not kill, because Liu Hong is still useful now and can buy some development time for Li Wei.The reason why Cao Cao later chose to hold the emperor was also due to his own lack of strength. If he had the confidence of Li Wei, he would probably choose to kill the emperor instead of holding the emperor. .

chapter 543. gossip

The so-called commercial behavior, although looked down upon by others, is quite profitable.In this era, there is already a saying of the four classes of scholars, peasants, businessmen, and commerce, but the rankings are unscientific. Strictly speaking, they should be scholars, merchants, farmers, and workers. Although farmers are poor, they are still good people. This trend of discrimination has not yet fully formed.

Because the ruling class wants to limit people to the land, it has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Moreover, the demand for trade by men and women in the small peasant economy is not high, so the status of merchants will always be low.Under the official-based social system, the qualification for plundering is the official position, not how much money you have. No matter how much money you have, you will be a fat pig to be slaughtered. However, modern society has realized the thinking mode of the gold standard. You can really do whatever you want.

Huang Zu is the descendant of the famous minister Huang Xiang, and he is considered a very practical person in the whole Confucianism system. Unlike other people who can only talk in empty words, Huang Zu is an all-round talent who can kill the enemy when he mounts a horse, and can write a pen when he dismounts. , but like everyone else, Huang Zu is also limited by the current knowledge system and vision, so he will seem to be late to some things.

In order to fight the Yellow Turbans, he let Li Wei's officials and businessmen enter Jiangxia on a large scale. Sooner or later, he will ride a tiger and be forced to jump over the wall, which is fun.

Although Li Wei and Xu Shu had some different views, they finally came to a consensus that there was no harm in entering Jiangxia, and they built a small dock in the name of commerce and began to build various ships to prepare for the future.When everyone else was preparing for a possible civil war, Li Wei had already begun to think about the benefits of overseas expansion. For example, the current Neon Island and Yizhou (Taiwan) are still undeveloped areas. These are natural The naval island chain in China is a typical good port, and it is beneficial and harmless to develop it.

There were no other things to discuss, Xu Shu consciously retreated, Yuzhou's official atmosphere was quite good, at least under Li Wei's nose, he didn't see the matter of clinging to Shangguan, and Li Wei was a little sensitive/sensitive to this aspect.After experiencing all kinds of troubles in the human society of later generations, he was well prepared for the parts that were prone to corruption. Even the level of anti-corruption in the Ming Dynasty could not suppress the birth of corrupt officials, and Li Wei only Being able to rely on the intelligence department to keep an eye on the inside is fortunate that the current system has too many advantages over the system of filial piety and integrity. Many people are still not used to it, so corruption has not even begun.

After finishing a day's work, Li Wei also packed up and left the government.

The New Year is happy, at least for the people in Yuzhou, it is very comfortable.

Li Wei was strolling on the street with his three daughters. The public security in Runan has reached the peak of this era, and has surpassed Luoyang in terms of overall wealth. At least in Runan City, this extremely prosperous picture makes Li Wei a a sense of achievement.

"It's really hard to believe that this is just the capital of a state, which is already more prosperous than Luoyang, and everyone's face is full of richness, unlike a place like Luoyang, where the gap between rich and poor is huge. Diaochan looked at the pictures of laughter and laughter around her, Runan is a safe haven in this troubled world, as long as you have hands and feet and you are not lazy, you can live comfortably in Runan, unlike other places where hard work is not necessarily rewarding return.

Diao Chan can be considered to have seen a lot of warmth and warmth in the world, so she is open to many things. She was originally a child of the "slum".It is precisely because she has seen so many injustices in the world that she has a deep understanding of the various dark sides of this era, and to have such a place for her to protect, Diaochan feels that her efforts are worthwhile.

"This shows that your husband's efforts have been rewarded, but it is not easy to get everyone out of poverty, and we need to continue to work hard. Now only Runan has completed its development, and the next step is the reform of the entire Yuzhou. However, it can only radiate out from the center of Runan, because the reform will touch the interests of many aristocratic families, and it is not an easy task to let those slaves regain their freedom." Zhen Mi smiled.