three kings

Chapter 325
If a country wants to develop, the most important thing is not farmers and soldiers, but businessmen.To measure whether a town is prosperous, you only need to look at the number of merchants in this town to know everything.

Businessmen are extremely snobbish, they only stay in prosperous places.The more merchants there are, the more prosperous it will be.

In order to govern the Central Plains, Sun Can followed the advice of his father Liu Hua, and licensed Xuchang City to break the conventional restrictions of "opening at noon and closing at sunset" and open night markets and morning markets.

This move has aroused great enthusiasm from merchants from all over the world.

Countless traveling merchants rush between the night market and the morning market, enthusiastically selling their products to every passerby.

The information among merchants spread quickly. Merchants from other places, seeing that Xuchang could sell in two markets in a row, naturally didn't want to stay in this town with only one market, and all moved to the Central Plains for development.

Merchants with poor economic strength live in the surrounding towns and drive to the two markets on foot or by car.If the economic strength is good, I will buy a shop in Xuchang and open it for business.

In the early stage of development, Sun Can adjusted the tax rate to a very low level, which can be said to be unique in the world, and this move made businessmen even more happy.Merchants from all over the world came here upon hearing the news.

With more merchants, Xuchang will naturally become rich.

The prosperity of Xuchang made people from all over the country move their homes to the vicinity of Xuchang.

Especially the people in the north, because of Yuan Shao's defeat, all the frontline materials belonged to Sun Can.Now, in order to support his remaining 20 troops, wherever he went, he expropriated wildly, searched and exploited without limit, and extorted miscellaneous taxes even more. , Jizhou, which has long been overwhelmed, is full of public grievances.

Even though Jizhou is rich and prosperous, with as many as 500 million people, it can't afford him to be so poor.

The Central Plains, which provides free accommodation and borrows fields and farm tools, is exactly their ideal home.

Moreover, Sun Can asked Xun Yu to use the business alliance to spread the benefits of the Central Plains everywhere in the North.

Countless people went south to flee famine one after another. In just over a month, the number of people who went south was as high as nearly one million.

The Central Plains gradually became prosperous, and the states and counties were thriving.

Ji County, Youzhou.

Jixian County belonged to the State of Yan in the Western Zhou Dynasty.In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was called Wuzhongzi Kingdom and its capital was established here. In the Qin Dynasty, Wuzhong County was established. It is located in the heart of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei.In ancient times, it was a must for military strategists, and it was also the capital of Youzhou at this time.

Since ancient times, there have been many generous and tragic officials in Yanzhao. The folk customs here are brave, warlike, and strength is the hero.Due to its proximity to Karasuma and abundant vegetation, it is one of the origins of the Han cavalry.

At this moment, Liu Bei has firmly controlled Youzhou in his own hands, relying on the sliver of fame he saved during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he will soon restore the hearts of the people in Youzhou.

And also relying on this outstanding personality charm, he took all the [-] troops that Yuan Shao gave him to put down the chaos for his own use.

On this day, Liu Bei was walking on the streets of Ji County, patrolling the streets.

The passing people saluted Liu Bei one after another.Liu Bei also took the trouble to return the courtesy to the people around him, with a gentle smile on his face, his smile would make people unconsciously have a kind of affinity, which made people feel particularly comfortable.

Looking at the bustling streets, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Since he led the army and left Runan, he came directly to the front line in the north.I use the first sentence of the "Nine Changes" in "The Art of War" to explain the situation.

He said to Yuan Xi, who was guarding the city of Ye: "The method of using troops will be ordered by the emperor, and the army will gather together. There is no shelter in the general land, and there is no place to stay in the dead land. If you encircle the land, you will plan, and if you die, you will fight. There is a way." I can't help it, the army will not attack, the city will not attack, the land will not be contested, and the emperor's order will not be accepted. The second son sits in Yecheng, ten days away from the front line. If the general reports the second son's situation everywhere, then it will be inevitable. It will lead to a loss across the board because of the delay of the fighter plane."

Yuan Xi is a descendant of famous men, and he has been familiar with military books since he was a child.Due to aptitude and potential, the fighters in the book of war cannot be integrated and used, but there is no problem with the literal understanding.Knowing that this sentence means that the principle of using troops is to accept the order of the king, gather troops to form an army, do not garrison in places that are difficult to pass, make friends with neighbors on arteries that extend in all directions, and do not stay in places that are difficult to survive. Pass quickly, be good at planning in areas surrounded by dangers and easy to be surrounded, and fight resolutely if you stray into a deadly area.Some roads should not be taken, some enemy troops should not be attacked, some cities should not be occupied, some regions should not be contested, and certain orders from the monarch may not be accepted.

The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and the coach should have the power to direct everything to meet the needs of the time.Now Gongsun Du is coming fiercely, the enemy is strong and we are weak, there must be a unified command to win the battle and resist the enemy thousands of miles away.

Therefore, it can be said that it is reasonable and reasonable for Liu Bei to want the command of Youzhou to defend against foreign enemies, and there is nothing wrong with it.What's more, Liu Bei often makes good friends with Yuan Shaojun's civil and military personnel, and no one doubts that he has two hearts.Therefore, Yuan Xi didn't think too much, and agreed to Liu Bei's request.

As soon as Liu Bei took over Youzhou, he immediately transferred his confidants to important positions in various places, controlled Youzhou, and claimed that his actions were only for the convenience of dispatching.

After taking control of Youzhou, Liu Bei once again used his outstanding personality charm and political means to cleanse Youzhou from top to bottom, keeping all those who were loyal to him, and those who were not loyal to him immediately forged intelligence and killed the other party.

After a period of cleaning up, all the people in Youzhou, from the prefect to the head of the department, are Liu Bei's own people, and he has firmly controlled Youzhou.

Liu Bei smiled slightly. As for Gongsun Du's attack, he didn't care at all.Not to mention the unparalleled general of the second brother Guan Yu, Wei Yan and Guan Ping's military talents are far stronger than Gongsun Du's.

The reason why he hasn't been dealt with so far is completely because he doesn't want to fall into Yuan Shao's tongue.

As long as Gongsun Du didn't retreat for a day, he would have an excuse to reject Youzhou as his own.Now that Yuan Shao's entire army has been defeated, I believe he will realize all his movements soon and order him to take back his military power.These soldiers were already loyal to him, Yuan Shao didn't have the ability to take them back.But, after all, these soldiers were given to him by Yuan Shao, if he didn't obey his orders, wouldn't he be charged with ingratitude if the news spread?

If so, how?
Liu Bei fell into contradiction again.

No.

never.

The big Han is the world of my Liu family, and it was my ancestor, Emperor Gao, who conquered it after going through hardships.The real power should be in the hands of my Liu family, not in the hands of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Sun Can and other thieves.

The big man must not be destroyed because of these thieves.

I managed to gain a firm foothold in Youzhou, and I must not lose it.

Liu Bei gradually calmed down, and his eyes became extremely firm.

Liu Bei was planning to go to counselor Tian Yu to discuss the future, when something happened suddenly.

A strange sound came from the side of the road, and when Liu Bei still couldn't figure out what was going on, the guards walking in front fell to the ground one after another, life and death unknown.

A sharp blade appeared on Liu Bei's chest, and a series of changes were completed in a blink of an eye.Liu Bei couldn't react in time, and the dagger passed through his chest.

A middle-aged man with an ordinary face pulled out the dagger that had been pierced into Liu Bei's chest, and hit Liu Bei's neck with a hand knife.

Liu Bei was hit hard and fell down slowly.

The crowd on the road immediately became a mess, scattered and fled, crying loudly for a while, and it was difficult to distinguish the enemy from ourselves.

"Brother..." A thunderbolt came from above his head.Guan Yu's figure descended from the sky like a roc spreading its wings, and the Qinglong Yanyue Saber slashed down like lightning.

As if the middle-aged man had been hit hard, under Guan Yu's blade, he had a feeling that he had no way to retreat, no way to hide, and before he recovered his senses, he was split in half by Guan Yu.Qinglong Yanyue Saber's castration continued unabated, and the tip of the knife sank into the ground.

The middle-aged man's body separated left and right, and fell to different places.

"Brother!" Guan Yu stepped forward and hugged Liu Bei, with big tears rolling down his tiger eyes.He regretted so much, why didn't he come down earlier, if he had come down earlier, this thing would not have happened.

"It's all my fault...it's all my fault..." Guan Yu blamed himself in a daze.

It turned out that he was invited by Tian Yu to drink on the second floor of the restaurant. Tian Yu is Liu Bei's most trusted adviser at the moment.

Guan Yu also respected him and came to the restaurant early, before Tian Yu arrived at that time.He drank himself.

Soon, I saw Liu Bei patrolling the streets.In the past, he would go down to patrol with Liu Bei.But today, as soon as he had this idea, he remembered that Tian Yu hadn't arrived yet, so he gave up and waited for Tian Yu.

But as soon as Liu Bei arrived under the restaurant, he was assassinated by an assassin.

Seeing that Liu Bei's life and death were unknown, Guan Yu was so crazy that he kicked a big hole in the wall, jumped down and chopped the thief who assassinated his elder brother in half.

Seeing that Liu Bei was unconscious and his eyes were red, he said word by word: "Send elder brother back to the government office for treatment."

He picked up the knife and walked towards the assassins who were guarded and couldn't escape.

With a wave of the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, one of the assassin's arms immediately fell off, and with another wave, the other arm also fell off, and with a turn of the blade, the left leg of the assassin with broken hands was cut off.

Before the assassin fell, the other thigh was cut off by Guan Yu.

In the blink of an eye, the assassin's limbs were severed, leaving only a remnant body wailing on the ground.

In a blink of an eye, the other three followed suit one after another. The assassin suffered heart-piercing pain and died in pain.

Guan Yu was worried about Liu Bei's injury, so he rushed to the government office.

(End of this chapter)