"What?! Manage the Merchant Market? Li Ru, are you stupid?"
A roar with anger and disbelief came from the governor's mansion. The guards outside took a moment to distinguish who dared to call the military advisor stupid, and then realized that the voice seemed to be Lu Bu's, so they all pretended to be deaf and refused at all.
Pay attention.
The reason why it is "again" is because the last person who scolded him in this way was Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe, but he had the capital to do so, didn't he?
"Fengxian, calm down." In the meeting hall of the county magistrate's mansion, Li Ru, who was wearing an Eguan Bo belt, was staring at the map of Liangzhou on the table and thinking about something. He responded nonchalantly to Lu Bu, who was roaring at him in front of him:
"I have a lot to do, and I don't have time to mess around with you."
"I don't have time to mess around with you!" Lu Bu, who was fully armed and seemed to be about to go out, slapped the table: "The so-called 'important task' is to be responsible for 'development'... uh, 'development of business'? I do it
Not that one!"
"Of course I know which one you can do," Li Ru straightened the crooked map and glanced at Lu Bu: "Training soldiers? Patrolling the streets? Supervising construction of the city?"
"Hmph... Actually, we can still capture horse bandits, but there are none in Liangzhou." Lu Bu was stunned for a moment before saying.
"Fengxian, my brother-in-law, you may be dissatisfied with those direct and unexplained orders," Li Ru shook his head, "I'll just say it for now, and you can just listen to it. If you don't understand anything, wait until I finish."
Ask, is it okay?"
"Oh... you tell me." Lu Bu crossed his arms and raised his chin.
"In this side story, Han Sui's rebellion marched all the way to Chang'an and Luoyang with the slogans of 'crack the soil and seal the king' and 'promote and make fortune'. If they want to come, they only need to force the court to compromise, and then they can conquer the two states of Liang and merge with each other."
The king dominates and does whatever he wants, so there is no preparation for logistical supplies. All the necessary supplies are plundered from local counties and counties. The "prefects" who are appointed to guard are just people who regard wealth as their lives and scrape the ground three feet away.
, They never thought that even if the court finally gave them the title of 'King of Xiliang' or some other title, the area under their jurisdiction would only be the places they had caused great anger and resentment." Li Ru said a lot in one breath.
, sipping tea.
"Haha... Those guys obviously just brought the custom of 'threwing grass and paddy' on the grassland. In their view, there is no difference between the Han people and those grasslands that will naturally recover after being eaten away." Lu Bu sneered: "What the hell...
It will never be wrong to kill every one of the foreign invaders who invade. If there is anyone who is aggrieved for them, just throw them outside the border fortress and let them have a taste of what those 'people' whom he sympathizes with and who want to 'live in harmony' will do to each other.
Whatever he does is fine."
"I almost forgot, Fengxian, you were born in Bingzhou. I must have seen many similar situations, but I am the one talking too much." Li Ru said.
"Since you are talking about this, do you have to tell me that because the market and trade routes in various cities in Liangzhou were severely damaged, my father-in-law is in urgent need of restoration but lacks manpower?" Lu Bu frowned fiercely: "But you just found some people in the mansion.
A scribe is better than me..."
"Fengxian came here today, can you see any scribes?" Li Ru interrupted.
"...could it be?"
"Is that the one?" Li Ru clicked on the map on the table. "While the Lord was driving away those aliens and rebels, I have been collecting available civil servants. Although the manpower is still insufficient, the restoration work of all towns has been completed.
At first, although they have official status, their status is too low, and many things cannot be carried out smoothly, so we need you as a group of 'military generals'."
"They?" Lu Bu asked doubtfully.
"Haha... Counting you, Fengxian, there are also Niu Fu, Hua Xiong, Gao Shun, Guan Hai, Zhang Ke, and Zhang Liao, who the Lord is training," Li Ru made a slashing gesture: "
They are all generals. However, because our army's morale was high while chasing the rebels, there was no need for training. The towns along the way were just waiting for the wind to fall, and there was no need to repair the city. The people in the city respected the lord's reputation as the "Ranger Commander", and the security was incomparable.
Good, there are no traces of bandits or horse thieves, so please choose one direction, Fengxian, to improve technology or develop business."
"Hmm..." Lu Bu stared at the map for a long time, and suddenly an idea flashed: "Where is Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe? He should be very suitable to lead these."
Li Ru shook his head and said: "My lord handed Han Sui over to Wen He. After all, he was the former rebel commander. According to him, he wanted to use Han Sui to dig a big hole for the foreign tribes in the northwest. Anyone who dared to join the invaders would directly
Fill the hole and bury it - as you know, part of the rebel army led by Ma Teng and Pound, the 'Mountain Cavalry' still maintains its organizational structure. With such a wandering army out there, many people are not too brave.
rise."
"Huh, I'm just running fast." Lu Bu felt a little itchy thinking of the cavalry that ran away from his hands in front of him.
"So, what about the choice?" Li Ru brought the topic back.
"If I still choose business, wouldn't this trip be in vain?" Lu Bu said: "Just choose 'technology'!"
"In this case..." Li Ru thought for a while, then took out a waist badge engraved with the word "Ji" and handed it to Lu Bu: "Although the guards everywhere should know you Fengxian, the rules are the rules. If they want to check your waist
Don't hit them with your iron halberd."
"Do you think I'm stupid? Tell me, what do you need to do to 'develop technology'?" Lu Bu grabbed the waist card.
"The main responsibility of the workshop is to improve weapons and armor, siege equipment, and transport vehicles, etc. If you are a scribe who knows about this, you can make suggestions..." Li Ru paused: "In this case, Fengxian, you can just ask
The craftsmen there make demands that they hope will be realized on the battlefield, whether reasonable or not, and 'leading the way' - but never make demands that are patently impossible."
"Do you think I would ask for a flying siege vehicle?" Lu Bu sneered, turned and walked away: "At most, I will ask them to build an iron halberd that will not be burned by electric current. Oh, it is called 'anti-electrification'
halberd'."
Fang Tian painted a halberd, maybe... Li Ru looked at Lu Bu's back and thought that because of his "unparalleled power", Fengxian consumed one to ten iron halberds every battle, depending on the intensity, which really needed to be resolved.
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After Lu Bu left the meeting hall, he did not go directly to the workshop in the city. Instead, he went to the back house of the prefect's mansion to see his daughter and then have a drink with his father-in-law. Wouldn't it look like he was in a hurry to complete the task just after receiving it?
He, Lu Fengxian, has no face?
Speaking of which, Dong Zhuo has been living in seclusion since he was named the governor of Liangzhou, leaving most of the arrangements to Li Ru. Lu Bu couldn't guess what the reason was, but he should leave this kind of thing to smart people to think about.
My daughter Lu Lingqi always likes to follow Dong Zhuo's granddaughter Dong Bai. This is okay, but it is more scary when she calls out "Princess" from time to time. In order to keep it secret, my father-in-law no longer hires new servants, but uses the original one she transferred to
The ranger's servants helped take care of them. Those guys were unmoved when they heard the word "princess", but they were very cautious with Dong Bai. It was ridiculous. Could she still eat them?
Today, two little girls were hiding deep in the garden muttering for some unknown reason. It took Lu Bu longer than usual to find them.
"Hey, I found you." Lu Bu stepped forward and picked up the two girls one by one: "What are you doing?"
"Uncle," Dong Bai pointed at the southeast sky with his short finger: "We are looking at [clouds]."
"Oh..." Lu Bu naturally didn't think Yun was attractive, so he responded: "I [came] to find Lingqi's grandpa, did Abai see it?"
"Grandpa is in the study." Dong Bai tilted his head and responded.
"Fengxian——" A little further away, there was a study room at a distance that could be vaguely seen and heard, but not really clear. Dong Zhuo opened the door and waved to Lu Bu.
"You guys keep playing." Lu Bu put down the girls, touched their heads, and walked towards the house where Dong Zhuo was.
He had to let his father-in-law find a way to recruit more civil servants. He thought, if nothing unexpected happened, Li Ru should assign all the "military generals" to civil servants. Hey, is this called "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice"?
"Father-in-law, Li Ru—"
"Fengxian, I understand 'unparalleled'."
"..."
After meeting Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, who originally wanted to make fun of Li Ru, was stunned for a moment - wait a minute, his father-in-law is already over forty years old. The current general view is that if he has not understood "unparalleled" at the age of twenty,
", then this person will never be able to do it in his lifetime. Although the "strategist characteristic" is not an example, it also has no fighting ability, right?
Although Dong Zhuo is very capable of fighting as a ranger commander, and with a full set of excellent quality weapons and equipment, he can fight against regular unparalleled generals without falling behind - such as the Inferno Knife that has been strengthened several times, but his own powerlessness cannot be changed.
, and the imperial court probably considered this point in appointing him governor so happily.
As a result, now he says he has understood?
"Well... the dead trees are turning into spring, and the old trees are blooming. It's a joy to congratulate." Lu Bu said in the end.
"...Ha." Dong Zhuo laughed out of anger: "Fengxian, if you can't speak, just say a few words of congratulations. Anyway, I don't plan to spread this matter."
"Oh, congratulations," Lu Bu responded calmly.
"My 'Wushuang' is a little different," Dong Zhuo ignored Lu Bu's slip of the tongue and explained: "While keeping a certain distance from people, the vaguely heard words will be combined into specific sentences. After a period of time, the words will be combined into specific sentences."
It is effective for the people outside the government, the soldiers in the military camp, as well as the market merchants and the craftsmen in the workshops."
"Oh..." Lu Bu tried to understand this sentence - it didn't seem to be a fighting ability, but it was different from the characteristics of a counselor.
"I'm still researching how to use this 'unparalleled', and I'll leave the external matters to you and Wenyou." Dong Zhuo looked at the two girls playing outside the window: "I just heard your conversation forming the four parts of 'Zhao Yun's Visit'
I don’t know who he is and who he wants to visit, but you’d better mobilize your trap to make arrangements.”
