Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 334 Business
While the earth-shaking changes were taking place in Chang'an City, Lu Bu, who was far away in Jincheng, Liangzhou, was formulating his own development plan. Today, Lu Bu is no longer the young general who looks at other people's faces, listens to others' orders, and lives under the fence. Lords, but when Lu Bu really got the Golden City and faced the whole of Xiliang, he couldn't relax. It turns out that Liangzhou's products are limited, and it has been devastated by wars for many years. Although Liangzhou looks bright on the surface, it is already rotten deep inside.Faced with all this, Lu Bu had to hold another meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Everyone, our army has occupied Liangzhou, but we don't know where it is operating. Now, please share your views." Lu Bu sat on the main seat, glanced at everyone present, and said.In the past few years, he had gotten used to listening to the opinions of the generals first. Although the generals seemed very immature in handling political affairs, Lu Bu believed that with the collective wisdom and efforts, there would be a good solution.

"General, my subordinates think that the first step should be to expand the army quickly. Now we have Liangzhou and Longxi, but our army's strength is too small in comparison." Seeing Lu Bu asking the generals for advice, Zang Ba He came out carelessly and said, now Zang Ba has accepted Lu Bu's task of forming five thousand cavalry. After the three thousand cavalry in Wuwei Yanxing were captured, Zang Ba took them all without hesitation, and then recruited another two thousand cavalry. The cavalry joined the army, Zang Ba now has [-] cavalry, his status in Lu Bu's army has been greatly improved, and his words are more important than before, so he took the lead in speaking, Zang Ba's words will soon get some heartless generals For support, Wei Xu also came out.

"The general feels that General Zang Ba's words are really reasonable. Now that the general is a member of the party, there is no one hundred thousand soldiers who can't support the world of Liangzhou." Wei Xu also stood up and said in agreement.

Wei Xu was the first to follow Lu Bu, but seeing that Zang Ba had [-] cavalry and he still had no real power, he would be convinced there. Naturally, he hoped that Lu Bu would add more soldiers and horses, so that he would have the opportunity to have more that power.

Following Zang Ba and Wei Xu's speeches, the other generals were also eager to try, and looked at Lu Bu with bright eyes. Seeing this scene, Lu Bu naturally knew what they were thinking. In fact, thinking about it, Lu Bu also understood that these people followed I was born and died, for what?It's not that one day they will follow themselves to the top. Now that Lu Bu dominates one side, they naturally hope to get the most direct benefits.

"Okay, are all of your opinions like this? Then it goes without saying, let's talk about any differences." Seeing everyone's eager eyes, Lu Bu waved his hand, stopping everyone's urge to speak Well, Lu Bu held the meeting not to listen to what they said. The expansion of armaments is inevitable, but what Lu Bu wants to know is how much should be expanded, and how much armaments the Liangzhou he took over can bear. Lu Bu does not want to waste money.In contrast, Lu Bu hoped to give the people of Liangzhou a period of buffering time as much as possible. For many years, Liangzhou had experienced too many wars and massacres, and the people were already miserable. Otherwise, he would be in Longxi It is impossible for the conscription to proceed so smoothly. The common people have no food and clothing, and the easiest and reliable way is to join the army. The saying that the soldiers eat food just proves this point.

"Eh? I have a few words from my subordinates. I don't know if I should say it or not." Looking at the unanimous opinion of all the generals asking for more troops, only Gao Shun and Zhang Liao frowned, realizing that there was something wrong with it, but The two of them did not speak directly, so it must be something against everyone, but for the sake of the whole army, Gao Shun stood up and looked at Lu Bu before asking.

"General Gao, just say, don't chase them away. They don't understand the difficulty of raising soldiers except fighting." Lu Bu was delighted to hear that Gao Shun had something to say. Although Gao Shun hadn't said anything, Lu Bu first agreed. It must be said that compared with raising troops, expanding the army is really a simple matter.

"Everyone, let's calculate the current strength of our army. Our army originally had 5000 infantry and 1 cavalry. Now the cavalry has increased by 5000, and there are 5000 new recruits in Longxi. Of the 1 troops conscripted by Wuwei, Xijun and Zhangye, and 5000 of the 6 surrendered in Jincheng, 5000 were willing to join our army. In this way, our army has 5000 cavalry and 5 infantry. , a total of 5000 troops, although there are not yet [-] troops, but in fact it is almost the same. Let's calculate the supplies of these soldiers and horses. Originally, the supplies for our army of [-] people were provided by Chang'an, but now There will be no more supplies after this batch. Our newly acquired Wuwei, Xijun and Zhangye did not bring any contribution to our army. Although Jincheng has some reserves, the food and grass are only enough for [-] horses. By next spring, that is to say, there are still [-] people in our army who have no food to eat this winter, I wonder if you have thought about this?" Gao Shun is a delicate person, although he didn't say anything harsh, but It's just such a careful calculation, but it made everyone gasp.Even Lu Bu regretted his previous military expansion actions, but he couldn't help it if he thought about it. It must be during the war, and Lu Bu couldn't imagine how many troops he would need to win this war. Otherwise, the soldiers and horses expanded by Lu Bu may still be a bit tight to use.But even so, feeding these soldiers and horses is still a problem.

"Hehe, General Gao Shun looks down on us, right? Who are we? We have soldiers and horses. As for the lack of food, can we rob it? Didn't we just grab a lot of things from the Xianbei people last time?" See Gao Everyone was speechless at what Shun said, but Zang Ba suddenly said with a smile, as if he was very useful in the business of robbing and robbing.

"Ahem, I don't agree with this point." Just as Zang Ba finished speaking, Cai Yong, who had been sitting silently next to Lu Bu, suddenly spoke, and Yi Yi said slowly: "You used to be Dong Zhuo's. Bing, Dong Zhuo is used to robbing things, so his men don't care about robbing, but now it's different, you represent Xiliang, if you go to rob, you will be criticized by the world, besides, soldiers are Soldiers, you can’t be mixed up with bandits.” Cai Yong has no power and power, and the generals don’t care about what he says, but Cai Yong must be Lu Bu’s old man, so he still has to give him face, so Cai Yong Everyone just listened to the words, but didn't care.

"Hehe, please rest assured, Yuezhang, we will only rob and rob foreigners, and we will never do things that damage our own reputation." Lu Bu naturally knew the seriousness of Cai Yong's words, and joked that he is now a prince of a town, why? Will do the thing of robbing houses, isn't that self-destructing the Great Wall?But Lu Bu has a completely different idea about foreigners. Now that Lu Bu is in Xiliang, he has a competitive relationship with the surrounding foreigners. Since they can harvest grass in winter, why can't Lu Bu thresh grain in winter?Thinking of this, Lu Bu was overjoyed. He had finally found a solution to the current situation. Although it was only a stopgap measure, it could also solve the urgent task.

"That's not okay. Lu Bu, you just entered Liangzhou, and your position is not stable. At this time, you can live in harmony with the foreign races around you. Only in this way can you gain a firm foothold in Xiliang. It's not too late for them to fight each other." Seeing that Lu Bu was in a hurry to start a war with the foreigners, Cai Yong said earnestly.The battle in Xiliang must have just ended, and Lu Bu's soldiers and horses will need some time to digest, and Lu Bu's plan to rob foreigners is still too risky in Cai Yong's view.

"Hehe, father-in-law please don't worry about this, children have their own discretion when it comes to war, besides, when winter comes, our life will be difficult, and the life of these alien races will also be difficult, even if we don't beat them, they will come to trouble us After the [-] Xianbei cavalry were eaten by me last time, the Xianbei people must not be reconciled." Naturally, Lu Bu is very confident about the war, and since he is destined to fight with the Xianbei people, Lu Bu feels that the war should be initiated by himself it is good.

"Hmph." Seeing that Lu Bu and the generals had no intention of listening to his opinion, Cai Yong suddenly got up and walked out, regardless of the surprised gazes of the crowd.Lu Bu didn't care about Cai Yong's attitude. Anyway, Cai Yong had never given Lu Bu any good looks before, so seeing Cai Yong angry, Lu Bu was very calm.

"Zhou Jin, how is your Heqi Chamber of Commerce doing? Is it possible to buy some food and grass for our army?" Although robbing and robbing foreigners is a costless business, it is not safe, so at this time, Lu Bu hopes that Zhou Jin's Harmonious Chamber of Commerce can help. Once the Chamber of Commerce is on track, it will be a stable income for Lu Bu. Lu Bu still values ​​this stable income more.

"This? I'm ashamed to say that in the past, small businesses used to sell war horses from Xiliang to the Central Plains, and then bring some goods back from the Central Plains. But these days, the war is tense. Since our army has taken control of Xiliang, the road to the Western Regions has been closed. Sealed, the local production of horses is limited, and the quality is not high, there are no good Dawan horses, the output of this business is very limited, besides, the grain is transported from the Central Plains or Jingxiang, due to the long distance, the loss It’s too big, it takes a lot of manpower, so it’s not worthwhile to calculate it like this.” Looking at Lu Bu, Zhou Jin said a little dejectedly, although Lu Bu’s status has increased greatly, Zhou Jin’s status has also skyrocketed. From a small boss in Longxi, He has become the head of the largest consortium in Xiliang.However, the business in Zhou Jin's hands is indeed pitifully small. Even maintaining the cost of setting up shops in various places is already quite difficult. Without the Harmonious Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Jin would feel that it was a shame for herself, but doing business requires accumulation, so how can it be accomplished overnight? More importantly, Lu Bu’s Liangzhou is waiting for prosperity, and there is really no output, which makes Zhou Jin need A large amount of money was used to buy the goods needed to be shipped back to Liangzhou, but unfortunately there was no goods to be shipped out to make money.

(End of this chapter)