Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 77 General Ran, I have an important matter that only you can handle!

Shi Hu liked to build large projects, especially palaces.

When he was in Xiangguo City, the magnificent Taiwu Hall was built.

The capital was moved to Yecheng, and the East and West Palaces of extremely large scale were built in Yecheng.

Behind the Xianyang Palace, there are nine huge palace complexes.

He forcibly recruited tens of thousands of young and beautiful women from the country to fill his palace.

These women had already been selected and assigned to the soldiers in the army.

It’s just that they have nowhere to stay for the time being, so they are still staying in their residences in various places.

Lin Dao defeated Shi Hu, just like killing the old lion king in the lion group, and then took over the entire lion group.

At this time, the palace complex in Yecheng, including all the people inside, belonged to him.

Lin Dao himself didn't care about this, as he was still in the adaptation period.

It always takes time to adapt to a different identity.

But when your status reaches a certain level, there will always be someone to take care of many things for you that you can't even think of.

After the celebration banquet, the slightly tipsy Lin Dao did not return to the modern world, but found a bedroom to rest.

A military meeting will be held early tomorrow morning to discuss the next action plan of the Beggar Army.

After all, taking over Yecheng was just the beginning, and it did not mean that the world would be at peace.

There are still millions of barbarians in the north, the Xianbei have not been annihilated, and the aristocratic families in Jiangzuo are still celebrating.

All of these need to be done one by one.

Lin Dao hadn't even taken off his clothes when Li Nong came to see him.

"this late."

Seeing Liu Hu leading Li Nong in, Lin Dao asked in confusion, "What's so important that you have to talk about it now?"

"Commander."

Li Nong bowed and said, "The Stone Bandit has committed many evil deeds, and the people of the world all hate him deeply."

He called Lin Dao the Marshal because, like Ran Min, he had defected to the Beggar Army.

Similar to a foreign guest, he is called the Marshal.

Qin Lang and others recognized Lin Dao as their master and regarded themselves as his servants, so they called him Langzhu.

Xie Yi and his daughter have strong Jiangzuo influences.

Before Lin Dao expressed his position, their identity was still that of a person from Jiangzuo, so Lin Dao's official position in the Eastern Jin court was called Grand Commander.

Different titles also represent different identities.

"Well, you have a point."

Lin Dao, sitting on the couch, looked even more puzzled. "But Shi Hu is already dead. What else can we do?"

"Whip the corpse?"

"But his body is gone, scattered everywhere."

"Commander."

Li Nong said solemnly, "To relieve the hatred of the people of the world, the commander-in-chief should take in the women of the stone bandit and vent the anger of the people of the world!"

Lin Dao was stunned. “Huh?”

Although he had some experience in cultivating his qi, he was still shocked when he heard Li Nong's words.

"Are you sure that the people of the world think this way?"

"General," Li Nong replied sternly, "otherwise we cannot appease the people's anger."

This kind of thing is actually very normal, and it has happened many times in history.

Lin Dao raised his hand and rubbed his forehead.

He hadn't had many drinks tonight, so how could he have heard such bizarre remarks?

"I'll think about it."

Lin Dao waved his hand and said, "I'll give you an answer in a few days."

"Commander."

Li Nong stood up and took out a scroll. Liu Hu, who was standing beside him, held the hilt of the knife.

The scroll opens, "This is Princess An Ning, Liu."

The woman in the painting is extremely beautiful, with eyebrows like distant mountains and eyes like rippling autumn water.

I have to say that the painter's skills are excellent.

A true beauty in the painting.

Lin Dao stroked his chin and stared at the scroll without saying a word.

Li Nong came to Liu Hu and said, "Please ask Miss Jinlian to come over."

Liu Hu looked at Lin Dao and saw that the master did not express anything. After bowing, he followed Li Nong out.

Gritting her teeth and looking angry, Jinlian searched Princess An Ning carefully to make sure she had no sharp weapons on her.

After closing the palace door, Jinlian, accompanied by several girls from Sanhe Village, led Princess An Ning, who was bathed in fragrance, into the bedroom.

Li Nong outside the hall finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He bowed to Liu Hu and said goodbye, then turned and left.

He did not return home, but went to look for Ran Min.

The first thing he said when he met Ran Min was.

"Shi Shi's death must be kept secret!"

At noon, Lin Dao appeared in front of everyone.

"I drank a little too much last night." Lin Dao casually explained, then looked at Wang Meng and asked, "What will the Qihuo Army do next?"

"Master Lang."

Wang Meng stood up and saluted. "The most important thing at the moment is to settle the refugees and barbarians from all over the place."

"There's a serious problem of abandoned land everywhere now, and many people are coming to Yecheng."

"There are even rumors that once you arrive in Yecheng, you'll be able to eat and won't starve to death."

This is not a rumor, it is a fact.

"In this case, the pressure on Langzhu will be very great."

Ever since he learned that the food in Lin Dao was not inexhaustible, Wang Meng began to consider this core issue.

But the current time period is really bad.

The spring plowing season had passed, but Shi Hu had previously acted perversely and, at the critical moment of the spring plowing season, he mobilized young men from various states and counties to fight in the war.

They even drained all the food and supplies stored in various places, causing them to lose the ability to deal with natural disasters and man-made disasters.

"Spring plowing was unsuccessful, and droughts were severe in various parts of the country. I'm afraid the autumn harvest will be less than two-tenths or three-tenths of what it was in previous years."

"Even before the autumn harvest, there will be mass starvation and death."

Wang Meng bowed and said, "Lord, please implement a policy of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure."

Hearing this, Lin Dao's expression was calm. "Tell me in detail."

He thought the situation was serious, but he didn't expect it to be this serious.

The disruption of spring plowing and the continued drought will inevitably lead to a massive reduction in grain production during the autumn harvest.

It is inevitable that a large number of people will starve to death.

The food reserves in various places could still save many lives.

However, these grains had been taken away by Shi Hu before, and most of them were concentrated in the granaries in Yecheng. When Wang Lang was ordered to set fire to the city, the granaries were of primary importance.

Millions of bushels of grain and fodder were burned.

Faced with hundreds of millions of mouths that need to be fed, we have to feed them until next autumn harvest.

Thinking of this, Lin Dao's scalp felt a little itchy.

"The various barbarians in the north number in the millions." Wang Meng explained how to save money: "We should issue an order to expel all the barbarians and drive them all away."

It is indeed a cost-cutting measure, reducing the demand of millions of people at once.

Ran Min was puzzled and asked, "It would be too troublesome to drive him away. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to deal with him directly?"

"that is because."

Wang Meng breathed a sigh of relief. "The Lord's reward is too high."

It is indeed easier and more convenient to deal with it directly than to drive it away.

But the problem was that Lin Dao had said before that any regular soldiers who took the heads of the barbarians would be rewarded.

Grain, cloth, meat and oil.

Just talking about food, one head is worth ten stone of grain.

If we really slaughter all the regular soldiers, we will have to spend tens of millions of dan of grain!
"Cough~~~"

Lin Dao looked away, a little embarrassed.

When I first arrived and didn't understand the market, the rewards I offered casually have now become a hindrance.

As your status rises rapidly, it becomes increasingly difficult to break your promise.

"If I have the opportunity to travel to another time and space in the future, I will definitely investigate thoroughly first and never speak nonsense again."

In fact, you can't blame him.

But the forest road comes from the modern world with extremely abundant materials.

The rewards he mentioned casually seemed very little to him.

I never thought that Yonghe Time and Space would be so poor.

Ran Min's expression was somewhat unnatural. "You can order the local soldiers, civilians, refugees and barbarians to do it."

"Let's not even talk about how many casualties would be caused if we let them go and slaughter the Hu people. It's still unclear who would slaughter whom."

Wang Meng shook his head and said, "The Lord has already said that anyone who takes the head of a barbarian can be transferred to a regular soldier."

"General Ran, do you know how much a regular soldier in the Qihuo Army is paid?"

Of course Ran Min knew.

They eat refined rice and white flour all day long, and occasionally have meat as a snack.

Not only can you have enough food and clothing for yourself, but you can also support your family and live a good life.

In Ran Min's opinion, this treatment was better than that of the Black Spear Dragon Sovereign Army and Shi Hu's personal guards.

The Qihuo Army fought extremely bravely, which was closely related to their extremely high treatment.

If there are millions more regular soldiers, how will we support them?

Ran Min was silent.

Wang Meng continues to elaborate on the open source "job request and land division."

"Distribute the unowned wastelands in various places to the refugees and savages."

"Encourage land reclamation, and exempt newly reclaimed land from taxation for three years."

"Lending grain, seeds, farm tools, oxen, and horses is equivalent to being a farmer."

Lin Dao hesitated and said, "Spring plowing is over."

"Yes." Wang Meng lowered his head and replied, "There are many things that can be grown. As long as they are edible, we can grow whatever we can find."

"Please establish a market." Wang Meng paused and continued, "Reset weights and measures, mint new coins, appoint commercial officials, open up trade routes, and clarify taxes."

The economic system of Later Zhao suffered devastating damage during the reign of Shi Hu.

The barbarians were brutal and would rob and kill people at will, so merchant caravans from all over the country did not dare to come.

Wang Meng's proposal to emphasize business ultimately had only one purpose.

Open up trade routes and allow caravans from all over the world to transport gold.

What the master needs most is gold.

Wang Meng is worthy of being the most powerful man during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

The proposals to increase revenue and reduce expenditure are all good.

Everyone looked at Lin Dao, waiting for his final decision.

Lin Dao sat there quietly, with a half-smile on his face, and whispered softly.

"Just driving away?"

After a long while, Lin Dao simply stood up, walked out of the hall and came to the Dan steps outside the hall.

He looked up at the sky.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, as black as ink, as if they were going to swallow up the world.

After an unknown amount of time, the golden sunlight tore through the dark clouds, spreading light to the earth.

The entire world was dazzling and bright, as if it were sublimated.

Lin Dao's heart suddenly became clear.

"When the world was first created, the vast Divine Land was established. It was flourishing and flourishing, and its power spread across the vast expanse of the world."

"The barbarians in the barbarian lands eat Chinese food, learn Chinese characters, follow Chinese customs, stay away from eating raw meat and drinking blood, and no longer be orcs~"

"But now, looking around at the barbarians, all of them repay kindness with hatred, seize our Han land, and kill our Han people~"

"This beautiful land is a paradise, but who is the master of this world today?"

Xie Daoyun's beautiful eyes were full of energy, and she asked in a low voice, "Father, Grand Commander."

"Don't talk, just listen!"

"Today's barbarians are full of wicked ambitions. They take pleasure in plundering and slaughtering, and take pride in seizing Han territory."

"The barbarians disturbed the Central Plains, slaughtered cities and plundered land, committing all kinds of evil~"

"The Hu dogs and the Xianbei plundered the Central Plains and robbed countless treasures~"

"They kidnapped hundreds of thousands of Han women, humiliated them with silver at night and cooked them in the morning. Thousands of them were thrown into the river, and the Yi River dried up."

"The barbarians, the Xiongnu, set fires on all sides, roasting the Han people for food, treating them like sheep and killing them for food~"

"The north is desolate, the elite have migrated south, the land is full of barbarians, and the children of the Han family are almost being slaughtered."

"It is difficult to describe all these things in words!"

"Between heaven and earth, the wind and clouds change color, and the plants and trees are filled with sorrow!"

"The Central Plains is in danger! The Han Dynasty is in danger!"

"The world is in dire straits, families are filled with vengeance, and people are seeking revenge."

"The sky is clear, those who follow the will of heaven will prosper and those who go against the will of heaven will perish~"

"All parties in the Nine Provinces, rise up in rebellion and kill the barbarians~"

"Save the fallen Han Dynasty and support the crumbling Central Plains!"

Lin Dao breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned around and walked in front of Ran Min.

"General Ran, I have an important matter that only you can handle!"

(End of this chapter)