Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 306
"Okay, with the help of someone like you, I, Lu Bu, will be even more powerful." Lu Bu could see that Zhou Jin should be a scholar, but Lu Bu had been taught the stubbornness of scholars. Neither Xun Yu nor Jia Xu could be tamed easily. Now that Zhou Jin is willing to serve, Lu Bu naturally has no reason to refuse.

"It's Zhou Jin's honor to be able to serve the general." Zhou Jin said all the way.

After Lu Bu received Zhou Jin's allegiance, he came directly to Longxi City. At this time, the first thing Lu Bu had to do was to finalize the matter of the Hero Tomb that had just been decided. It is indeed difficult for the soldiers to convince the people and let the people yearn for it. Fortunately, Lu Bu is no longer fighting alone, and there is Cai Yong, the father-in-law behind him. According to Cai Yong's knowledge and talents, it is possible to do all these things, but In Lu Bu's opinion, although Cai Yong is very knowledgeable, it's a pity that he lacks the color of a magic stick, otherwise this scene will definitely be well done.Thinking of this, Lu Bu wanted to discuss with Cai Yong immediately, but Lu Bu came to Longxi first with the wolf riders, and Cai Yong and Cai Yan are still on their way to Longxi, but even so, Lu Bu still let people stay in the city first. Cleaned up an elegant courtyard, which used to be the residence of a rich family. Although it was severely damaged by the war, it can be seen after a little tidying up. The owner of this house must have put a lot of effort back then. The tone that is not luxurious is just right for Cai Yong. Cai Yong, who wants to get such a house, will not be ashamed not to contribute to Lu Bu.

Then Lu Bu began to inspect various places in Longxi City. Although the Longxi City still has a government system, it is a pity that various settings have been dilapidated, and many places need to be rebuilt, especially some facilities such as the city wall are severely damaged.

"General, it seems that we need to start building various defensive facilities right away. Such a defense cannot withstand the enemy's attack." Seeing the dilapidated Longxi City in front of him, Zhang Liao said involuntarily. The current defense of Longxi is in Zhang Liao's eyes. It's just full of holes.

"I also feel the same, but I am not good at building, and I don't know if any of the generals under my command are good at building." Lu Bu glanced at Tai Shici next to him, and said leisurely, with a very serious expression on his face. Difficult look.Lu Bu originally intended to let Zhang Liao take charge of the construction.However, I feel that it is a bit wronged to tie Zhang Liao to this kind of city building. It must be that Lu Bu's goal is not just a Longxi, Zhang Liao has a more important task for Lu Bu.

"General, my subordinates are not willing to fully supervise the construction of Longxi City and build a strong city for the general." Sure enough, just as Lu Bu spoke, Zhang Liao first said with a fist in his arms. Although Zhang Liao was not Dianwei's opponent in a fight, he said For building the city, Zhang Liao believed that no one in Lu Bu's army could match him, so he said bravely.

"Hey, is Zhang Liao the only one available to me?" Lu Bu said and glanced at Tai Shici again.When Tai Shici saw Lu Bu looking at him, he immediately reacted, feeling that Lu Bu disliked him and stopped working for free.

"Although Tai Shici is dull, he also has a lot of experience in building cities. He is willing to build a city for the general." Seeing what Lu Bu meant, Tai Shici said immediately.

"Haha, I've heard for a long time that General Taishi is a versatile man. It's really good to see General Taishi today. When General Taishi built the city, please remember that when the Longxi City was newly built, it would be good to improve it on the basis of the original, so that he is more suitable. To develop agriculture and commerce, as for defense, you don’t need to put too much thought into it, I must be used to attack.” Seeing Tai Shici’s intention, Lu Bu laughed and agreed.

The reason why Lu Bu asked Tai Shici to focus on the development of agriculture and commerce was because he was afraid that Tai Shici would build Longxi into a military fortress, so Lu Bu's wolf cavalry were not suitable for defense. Besides, Lu Bu didn't believe that someone could make him sneak into Longxi city ​​defense.However, although Lu Bu has said that Tai Shici should pay more attention to the development of agriculture and commerce in Longxi City, but the city was originally born for defense, and this defense is naturally an indispensable part, and the so-called suitable for agriculture and agriculture. From Tai Shici's point of view, commercial development means building more shops, a few farm tool workshops, and some grain warehouses.

"Don't worry, General, Tai Shici will definitely do his best." Faced with Lu Bu's request, Tai Shici reluctantly agreed, although he didn't know what to do.In Tai Shici's view, it is easy to understand that it is suitable for agricultural development. Agriculture is an extremely important thing for a country, not to mention warehouses and grain purchase facilities are indispensable to maintain sufficient military supplies. However, Tai Shici didn't understand Lu Bu's emphasis on business. After all, although merchants in the Han Dynasty were very rich, they were still a humble occupation. Tai Shici naturally knew the spirit of not bending for five buckets of rice.How did Tai Shici know that the reason why Lu Bu wanted to develop business was simply because he was short of money.Looking for some extra cash.

"Hehe, Lu Bu can rest assured that General Ziyi is in charge of his affairs." Seeing Tai Shici readily agreeing, Lu Bu laughed and said.

"It's just that the construction of the city is very costly. I wonder if the general has already made preparations?" Lu Bu was happy, but he was so shocked by Tai Shici's words that he broke out in a cold sweat.At this time, Lu Bu's only wealth had already purchased many seeds, farm tools and cattle, and was going to transport them over to recruit refugees to open up wasteland in Longxi.Lu Bu is really penniless now, where can he get the money to build the city, but the city has to be built.

Faced with Tai Shici's question, Lu Bu finally understood what it meant to be a landlord with no food left.Regardless of the fact that Lu Bu now owns large tracts of land in Chang'an and Longxi, he can already be regarded as a big landlord, and he can even be said to be the emperor of one side.But if you think about it carefully, Lu Bu does have a sum of money, that is, the military pay of tens of thousands of soldiers under Lu Bu. Although Lu Bu leads the army alone, these troops are still Dong Zhuo's subordinates, so Dong Zhuo's military pay is paid out on time. However, it is a pity that Lu Bu cannot embezzle this money, otherwise he will destroy the Great Wall himself.

"Um, you can go to the quartermaster to discuss matters about money. I can't directly intervene." Thinking that he had no money to build the city, Lu Bu could only push the matter to Wei Xu, the current quartermaster, and asked Tai Shici to find Wei Xu to solve it. , and Lu Bu can imagine that Wei Xu must have no good solution.

"General, Zhou Jin is here to see you." At this moment, a soldier came to report.

"Invite him to come here quickly." Upon hearing Zhou Jin, Lu Bu's eyes suddenly lit up. This week, Lu Bu knew that Zhou Jin was a businessman.Zhou Jin is a businessman, who can make more money than a master?Thinking of this, Lu Bu was really looking forward to meeting Zhou Jin.

"My subordinate Zhou Jin has met General Lu Bu." Zhou Jin came to Lu Bu and said with a deep bow.

Behind Zhou Jin, a pair of mules and horses were transporting a lot of goods. Lu Bu took a look and saw that these goods were exactly the goods Zhou Jin brought back last time.

"Hehe, Zhou Jin, you came just in time. Tell me, what is the fastest way to make money?" Lu Bu asked without saying a word when he saw Zhou Jin.

"Eh? This? Is the general testing me? The fastest money-making business in the world is of course no-capital business." Zhou Jin is a businessman who travels across states and counties, so he naturally knows the benefits of no-capital business, but this is not true for Lu Bu. So simple?
"Business without capital, are you talking about robbing? This is too cheap. Is there a better way?" Hearing about business without capital, Lu Bu remembered the few jobs he had done before. Although the robbing is all ill-gotten gains, the reputation of robbing and robbing is naturally bad, and it can only be done occasionally, but it cannot be used as a fixed vegetable garden. Otherwise, Lu Bu would have become the king of the mountain. Mix in circles.

"Hehe, the general's income from robbing is just one type of business without capital. In fact, there are many kinds of business without capital. For example, if the general occupies Longxi at this time, he can tax the hundred trustees in Longxi County and collect protection taxes from merchants. Passing merchants and pedestrians collect road tax and bridge tax, these are also no-cost businesses, and many princes do this." Looking at Lu Bu, Zhou Jin told Lu Bu a lot about this no-cost business magical effect.Lu Bu's eyes lighted up.

"Hehe, what you said seems to make sense. These are indeed no-cost businesses. As long as there is a site, there will be income." Lu Bu is still very fancy about Zhou Jin's knowledge. It’s just that doing so seems to be a waste of money, Lu Bu had to ask carefully: “If I do this, will there be any bad effects?” Thinking of the possible bad consequences of such taxation, Lu Bu couldn't help but asked weakly.

"Hahaha, the general is indeed an outstanding person. Ordinary princes only ask how to make money, but they don't care about the impact on others after making money. Although the general loves money, he doesn't want to base his happiness on other people's money." Above the pain, this is extremely valuable, which shows that I, Zhou Jin, did not follow the wrong person." When she heard that Lu Bu started asking how to make money the fastest when they met, Zhou Jin was shocked and couldn't help but compare Lu Bu and those greedy for money. However, when he saw that although Lu Bu loves money but can take care of other people's feelings, Zhou Jin was finally relieved. What he feared most was that Lu Bu was dazzled by his own power and acted without restraint. As long as Lu Bu can consider other people's feelings and curb his own greed, Zhou Jin is still very willing to help Lu Bu. A businessman must seek profit. In the eyes of a businessman, everyone is profit-seeking, but as long as he can curb his greed, he will be recognized by others .

(End of this chapter)