By forcibly apportioning bonds, Liu Bei accumulated tens of billions of money in half a year, and began to continuously forge cannons, recruit soldiers, build equipment, and restore his strength! But this also made the powerful gentry in the entire south resent Liu Bei deeply.
And Liu Bei also knew this, but he had no way to change it. If he could not become strong immediately in the face of Lei Gong, the Han Dynasty would definitely be annexed by Lei Gong, and the people in Jiangnan had long been unable to bear the burden of corvee. The imperial court would continue to conquer the people, just like Jizhou.
The collapse of a thousand miles will happen again, so Liu Bei can only steal the wealth of Jiangnan noble families.
But he did this not only to protect the big man, but also to protect the noble families in the world. However, they did not appreciate Liu Bei's hard work at all. This made Liu Bei extremely depressed. He only felt better today when he saw the scene of the upcoming harvest.
!
With this bumper harvest, the lives of the people in Jingzhou should be better!
Jian Yong saw the rice field and said: "The yield of this rice is only 5-6 shi. The land in the south is better. One acre of land can be worth 2-3 acres of high-quality land in the north. If calculated according to double crops, it can be equal to 2-3 acres."
At least 5-6 acres, the south is the real Feng Shui treasure land for farming. If I, the great man, had discovered this earlier and developed the south, the world would not have been in turmoil for so many years!"
Jian Yong was born in Youzhou, and there is basically no fertile land like the south. Most of the land in Youzhou is relatively barren. The yield per mu is a little more than one stone, and it has to be left fallow. Therefore, even a single family in Youzhou
There are hundreds of acres of land, but as long as the taxes are higher, life will still be very difficult!
But now he just doesn't know what to say when he looks at the land in the south. The land in Youzhou is not so fertile, and there is no shortage of water or sunshine. It even takes more time for crops to grow than in Youzhou, and the rice production capacity is
It is also generally more than 30% higher than wheat. It is a pity that the Han people did not pay attention to such a treasure. During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there were not even as many Han people as barbarians in the area south of the Yangtze River!
Yuan Ji looked at the rice fields that were about to be harvested and said with great pity: "If we had known that Jiangnan would become a granary at this time, I should have emigrated refugees to Jiangnan to reclaim wasteland. In this way, Zhang Jiao and Lei Gong and his like would not be able to become a granary."
Enemy of the Han Dynasty!"
Yuan Ji felt extremely regretful and regretful in his heart. If his uncle had found a way to develop Jiangnan, the noble families in the world would not have to suffer the disaster of Lei Gong. But now even if Jiangnan is developed, it is already too late, Lei Gong has already taken over.
When Zhang Fei heard this, he mocked: "Without the appearance of Thunder Lord, none of the land cultivated now would have appeared!"
Then Zhang Fei pointed at Yuan Ji and sneered: "You are too greedy, and you are not willing to let go of even small profits. When my eldest brother and I settled in Youzhou, we even resettled hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban remnants, but we started to see results.
, the cultivated land was annexed by you, and even Liu Taiwei could not stop your greedy behavior, so Zhang Chunzhangju rebelled in Youzhou, and Youzhou, which had hundreds of thousands of soldiers stationed in the field, was unable to resist.
In addition, Zhuangjiehou’s farming in Jizhou was initially effective. The Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou was about to dissipate. Even Thunder God was forced to hide in Mayi! But your people assassinated Zhuangjiehou for the land of Jizhou.
, deprived Jizhou’s field soldiers of their land, so these field soldiers who could not survive turned to Zhang Yan again, and Jizhou was occupied by Zhang Yan again!”
"My eldest brother and I have worked hard to pacify the world, but you always light a fire in the newly settled place to make the world turbulent again! The land in Jiangnan is so fertile, and you are definitely not willing to work hard to open up the land, but to seize it
You are experts at creating refugees in these lands!"
Even Guan Yu violently attacked Yuan Ji: "This is the first time Guan has heard that the Han people actually have the Shanyue race. They obviously look like Han people, speak Chinese, and use Chinese characters, but according to Jiangdong Haoqiang's
To put it another way, they are not Han Chinese!"
Yuan Ji could only smile bitterly when faced with such a problem. The powerful nobles in the Central Plains were vicious, and the powerful people in Jiangdong were just as domineering. To a certain extent, in the land of Jiangnan, the development level of the Eastern Han Dynasty was not even as good as that of the Western Han Dynasty. During the Western Han Dynasty, Jiangdong, Changsha, etc.
What has already been developed is almost the same as that of the Central Plains. A single Wu King Liu Bi can pull out hundreds of thousands of troops, and can even threaten the Western Han Dynasty court at that time. It can be seen that Jiangdong at that time had a large population and a prosperous economy, otherwise Liu Bi would not have
Hundreds of thousands of people may be mobilized to rebel.
The Eastern Han Dynasty government was a lame government. Not only could it not restrict the clans, but it could not restrict the powerful Jiangdong powerhouses who were far away from the emperor! The people would suffer without the protection of the imperial court.
So by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of the entire Jiangdong region had been declining for hundreds of years, because in the south of the Yangtze River, the powerful powerful people were still annexing the land. The land that the people had worked hard to cultivate was basically annexed by such powerful powerful people. This kind of thing was done too much, and it was barbaric.
Naturally, there was more land, and there were more barbarians than Han people. Counter-nationalization, which only appeared in the industrial age, appeared in the land of Jiangnan thousands of years in advance!
At this time Liu Bei said: "Third brother, please don't say such things in the future. Jiangnan is in the current situation, and the powerful gentry of the powerful gentry have also made great efforts. What everyone has to do now is to work together to fight against Thunder Lord, instead of looking for the old ones."
mistake!"
Lei Gong relied on the power of the people to achieve his current power, and Liu Bei can only rely on the power of the nobles to fight against Lei Gong, so he does not want Zhang Fei to continue to say things that will damage his relationship with the nobles!
However, Yuan Ji said: "General Zhang is right. The Han Dynasty will fall into this situation today. We all need to reflect on it. In the past, the Han Dynasty did not care about the people at all, and the nobles and nobles did not care about the people, so the people would seek refuge with those who care.
Only among their people could there be such rebellion as Zhang Jiao and Lei Gong. They relied on the power of the people to bring trouble to the great Han Dynasty. Now that we are fighting for the world with Lei Gong, we are fighting for the power of the people!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The situation in the world has become what it is now, and the powerful noble families of the Han Dynasty are in danger of extinction. In the face of life and death, Yuan Ji and the others continue to reflect
, constantly thinking about why their situation has become what it is now, and finally, under the pressure of reality, they have to admit that the power of the people is above them, even ten times and a hundred times stronger than them, that's why Lei Gong is so invincible!
In the past, it was difficult for the common people to cause damage to the nobles when they rebelled. The nobles had forts. Even the forts of the nobles in the Yellow Turban uprising were rarely breached. In addition, the Han army often wiped out the Yellow Turban Army by hundreds of thousands, so the nobles were not very powerful.
He cared about the power of the Yellow Turban Army and even used the power of the Yellow Turban Army to deal with the Han court.
But after Xu Wei came up with the crowbar and gunpowder, Wubao could no longer protect the safety of the nobles. Even Xu Wei organized the power of the people to eradicate the nobles in Hebei. All the nobles in the world were not only afraid.
, it was the first time that I felt the power of the common people, which was even ten times stronger than the combined strength of the powerful nobles like them.
There is nothing easier to convince than swords, and Xu Wei's artillery is a hundred times more convincing than swords. After seeing the power of the people, the world's nobles finally no longer regard the people as ants, but the first
For once, I see them as the same people as myself!
Therefore, even though Liu Bei stole tens of billions of money from them this time, the entire Han dynasty and nobles only dared to complain about Liu Bei, but did not dare to transfer these bonds to ordinary people, and they should not even hinder Liu Bei's actions.
Because they knew that they had to rely on Liu Bei and the people of the Han Dynasty to protect themselves and prevent Xu Wei from occupying Jiangnan!
Here Dong Zhuo wants to cry and come to life. Back then, he licked and knelt down the nobles so much that he gave them all the rights of the three princes and nine ministers, but they still couldn't stand a military general and prime minister. Now Liu Bei has stripped the nobles, but they don't want it.
He said that he wanted to assassinate Liu Bei, but he didn't even dare to hinder Liu Bei's actions, for fear of causing turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River and causing Lei Gong to attack the south of the Yangtze River!
Yuan Ji looked at the fields about to harvest and said: "The population in Jiangnan is still too small. After Lei Gong occupied Yanzhou, the population in Hebei will soon exceed 30 million, and our Jiangnan land is only half of Lei Gong's. In addition, Jiangnan's economy is
It’s not as prosperous as the Central Plains, so it’s hard for us to resist Thunder God’s attack in the land south of the Yangtze River!”
Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "But the world's population is only so large. Even if we allow the people to have more people, it is impossible to increase the population too much in a short period of time!"
Things in the world are so wonderful. At first, the Han Dynasty disliked the large population, so that there were millions of refugees in the world. These refugees rebelled every year and were killed, causing headaches for the civil and military officials of the court. But now they have to compete with Lei Gong for hegemony in the world.
I feel that the population and troops in my hands are too small! It is difficult to resist the Thunder Lord!
Yuan Jidao: "There are a large number of barbarians in the high mountains of the four states in the south of the Yangtze River, estimated to number in the millions. Although the lord has attracted a large number of them into the plains to reclaim land and build towns over the years, the scale is too small and there are too few people coming down the mountain.
My subordinates suggest that officials and government offices should be set up to appease the barbarians, and all the barbarians in the five thousand miles south of the Yangtze River should be integrated into the territory of my Han Dynasty to enhance the strength of my Han Dynasty!"
Liu Bei asked: "Shiji, what choice do you have?"
Yuan Ji said: "Ma Xuan, a native of Yicheng, Xiangyang, his family has lived in the Jiangnan area for generations, and has good relations with many barbarians in the south of the Yangtze River. If Ma Xuan becomes an ambassador to appease the barbarians, he will surely make a large number of barbarians descend from the mountains of Jiangnan! These things
The barbarians are very powerful, and with a little training they will definitely become elites who can deal with Thunder Lords!"
Liu Bei said: "Then let this Ma Xuan become the ambassador of appeasement for 600 shi first. If he can really bring out a large number of barbarians, I will definitely use him!"
A month later, in the four states in the hands of Liu Bei in the south, there was a great harvest of grain. Liu Bei, who had been injured in the battle in the Central Plains, quickly recovered his strength, and Ma Xuan lived up to Yuan Ji's recommendation. In this month alone,
Within a short period of time, he recruited 10 barbarian tribes, and tens of thousands of people came down from the mountain to become subjects of the Han Dynasty! Liu Bei was overjoyed and promoted Ma Xuan to the rank of Captain of the Barbarian Guard, giving him full authority to direct the affairs of recruiting the barbarians in the south of the Yangtze River.
Because he had plenty of food and generals like Ma Xuan, Liu Bei recruited a large number of southern barbarians in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yizhou to increase the population under the rule of the Han Dynasty. After these barbarians were recruited by Liu Bei and came down from the mountains, Liu Bei supported them with a large number of agricultural tools to open up the land.
We built cities and towns for them to settle down, and registered household registrations for these southern barbarians to increase the population. In less than half a year, millions of barbarians throughout the south were recruited by Liu Bei to come down and become Liu Bei's tribe!
Then Liu Bei recruited soldiers among these barbarians and formed an army. This allowed Liu Bei's military strength to recover quickly, and soon it reached 300,000 again! Of course, the combat effectiveness and equipment of these armies are not the same as those of Liu Bei's veterans.
In the land of Yuzhou and Sili, Yuan Tan and the others also ushered in a bumper harvest of winter wheat, but at this time the situation in Yuzhou and Sili was already very bad!
If the noble families in the south of the Yangtze River have a sense of crisis about the current situation in the Han Dynasty, the noble families in Yuzhou, Sili, feel like they are sitting on pins and needles.
And Yuan Tan felt that he was sitting in a crater that could erupt at any time. For more than half a year after the Central Plains War ended, Yuan Tan never left his armor or his sword, fearing that the cavalry would rush to Yuzhou at any time.
Surround them! There must be a battalion following them when they leave the city.
Under such a sense of crisis, Yuan Tan and the others were very active! As soon as he escaped to Yuzhou, he immediately sent his second brother Yuan Xi to garrison Luoyang City, and sent Xinpi to help Yuan Xi!
And when he kept Yuzhou, just after the war, he immediately started recruiting troops and horses in Yuzhou to build artillery, weapons and armor!
However, the finances of Yuan Shao's forces were already in danger. At first, Yuan Shao still had to rely on Liu Bei's support to barely maintain the 300,000 troops. Now, he has to recruit hundreds of thousands more troops and re-arm these troops.
, but also to melt copper coins and cast cannons. The cost of all this is extremely huge, and it is simply not something Yuan Tan can afford now!
Although he has no money, Yuan Tan doesn't want to just sit back and wait for death. At this time, all the forces in the world are carrying out currency reforms. Lei Gong of Hebei sells stocks to raise funds. Yuan Tan can't learn this at all. He doesn't make money like this.
The factory is used to market!
Cao Cao of Qingxu and Liu Bei of Jiangnan also learned from Daqian in issuing banknotes, but Liu Bei used grain, silk, and salt as collateral to issue currency, while Cao Cao almost used grain and salt.
It was very difficult for Yuan Tan to learn this. He had neither food nor salt, and only some salt was available in the Hedong area, but it was not enough to compare with the advanced technology of sea salt, and it was even more difficult to support a huge currency reform!
But counselors such as Yuan Tan and Xu You knew that currency reform was their only way to come back to life. If they could not regain their strength before Lei Gong's next attack, they would definitely die. Therefore, Yuan Tan gave Xu You the full responsibility for the currency reform.
In Yuan Tan's opinion, Xu You's talent will surely bring their power back to life!