Three years passed in a flash, and the time entered 200 AD. During this period, Liu Bei and Cao Cao maintained a tacit understanding. Even minor frictions on the border did not occur. On the contrary, commerce and trade became more and more developed.
Of course, Liu Beifang must have taken the initiative in this business. He is a trade-exporting country and has always maintained a trade surplus. However, in this era, except for some people around Wang Xuan, no one understands these economic theories. Furthermore, in the trade process,
, the family made a lot of profits under Cao Cao's rule. Even if some bad situations gradually emerged, no one cared about it.
Or, no one wants to care.
It is not that Liu Bei did not pay for it. At least, a large amount of money flowed into Cao Cao's rule, which greatly alleviated Cao Cao's money shortage problem and brought Cao Cao back from the edge of economic collapse. Under the rule of various reasons,
Cao Cao could only remain silent. If he couldn't resist, he could only enjoy it silently.
As for sending his army north, not to mention Cao Cao himself had no idea, even the aristocratic family under his rule would never support Cao Cao's move.
This is different from any previous dynasty. In the past, no matter the rise or fall of a regime, it had no impact on the family. It was just a change of nominal allegiance. Now, with a person like Wang Xuan in the north, Liu Bei has launched bullshit reforms.
If you are not careful, you may lose everything, and the family is unwilling to take risks.
As for Liu Bei's support for foreign development and founding of the country, no results have been seen in the past three years. Except for Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu who have developed rapidly with Liu Bei's support, neither the Wang family nor the Su family and the Zhen family on the Korean Peninsula have developed very fast.
What's more, who knows if Liu Bei will regret it or not. It's better to keep the status quo and wait and see what happens. Now he can continue to accumulate strength. These centuries-old aristocratic families know how to protect themselves.
However, Cao Cao's side has stagnated and slowly continued to gain strength, which does not mean that Liu Bei's side will remain indifferent. As a new system among new forces, Liu Bei's side is extremely aggressive.
No, after the infrastructure construction in You, Bing, Hebei and even the Heluo area was completed and the country had begun to feed back, everyone, including Wang Xuan himself, set their sights on other places.
After all, only by growing stronger can you have better luck.
In Wang Xuan's mansion, looking at the chubby Liu Bei sitting in front of him, Wang Xuan twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "We will march to the west, why am I in charge?"
"There is no way!" Liu Bei stretched out his fat hand and began to count on his fingers, "The second brother is in Qingzhou, the third brother is in Bingzhou... The generals of the DPRK and the Central Government are stationed on the border respectively. Even if I don't keep anyone by my side, I can mobilize only a few of them now.
Just Zhao Yun, Gao Lan, Dian Wei, and Wu Anguo are responsible for leading the troops, so don't embarrass Anguo and Dian Wei. Zhao Yun and Gao Lan alone are responsible for this, and I don't feel at ease."
Looking at Liu Bei's helpless look like what can I do, Wang Xuan sighed. Three years have just passed, and women have become more and more beautiful. The fruits of hard work can just be picked and enjoyed, although they are still
It's a little green, but it's fun to be young, and it's wonderful to be ripe. Especially the process of slowly playing with it from green to ripe is the most intoxicating.
That enchanting arc, that swaying and delicate figure...
We were only halfway through and were about to take charge of the expedition. Wang Xuan really couldn't bear to hang out with a bunch of stinky men.
Especially Mi Zhen is still pregnant and will give birth in a few months. This is Wang Xuan’s first son. Thinking about it makes me very irritable!
"The main focus of the Western Expedition is the Guanzhong area. We cannot let these two guys, Li Jue and Guo Si, continue to cause trouble. The Guanzhong family is in misery. All their ancestral graves have been dug up, and everyone who can escape has escaped." Liu Bei said with a sad look on his face.
Damn it, if it weren’t for the slightly upturned corners of your mouth, I might have believed it!
It wasn't you, Liu Bei, who seduced Li Jue and Guo Si into digging up people's ancestral graves. Now that you're talking about this, won't your conscience hurt?
As for the small detail that this was the first thing he brought up, he didn't care at all.
"It's not a big problem to solve their problems. The main thing is to take charge of solving the chaotic people's livelihood problems in Guanzhong. This involves both military and political aspects. Others are either too busy with their own affairs, or they are not qualified or capable, so
We can only take him out of the mountain!" Liu Bei said sincerely.
"Zhezhu, you are saying that I am an idler, right?" Wang Xuan raised his eyebrows.
Liu Bei spread his fat hands and said with an upright face: "I didn't say that, you can't accuse me unjustly!"
Depend on!
Looking at Liu Bei who was blatantly acting rogue, Wang Xuan sighed, this guy is getting more and more shameless, and he doesn't know who he learned this from.
"Okay!" Considering that they are just two bad guys like Li Jue and Guo Si, it is not easy to deal with them.
Besides, the east-west railway has been built as far as Luoyang. From Luoyang to Chang'an, it is only more than 700 miles. It can be reached in two days by waterway. It only takes about half a year to build the railway. In other words, it will take less than half a year at most.
He can come back.
Moreover, Chang'an is not a barren land. At worst, after cleaning up Li Jue and Guo Si, he can ask all the lovely wives and concubines at home to accompany him.
The preparations for the expedition did not take long. The transportation of grain and grass, which was originally the most time-consuming problem, was solved in two days with the help of the railway line. After Wang Xuan said goodbye to his family, he took Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and Gao Lan with him.
Together with 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, they embarked on the westbound train.
When he arrived in Luoyang, Wang Xuan couldn't tell how he felt. The ancient imperial capital was now not even in ruins. It had turned into a huge construction site. Nearly a hundred thousand slaves were working here to rebuild Luoyang. The source of slaves was extremely complex.
, there are Huns, Wuhuan people, Buyeo people, Goguryeo people, Samhan people, and Japanese people.
Regarding how to use slaves, Wang Xuan gave a set of effective methods, one of which was that a single clan was never allowed to appear in one place, and must be mixed to prevent chaos.
Of course, this is just a precaution. For these slaves, life here is better than before, but they have lost some insignificant things.
For those of us who have struggled to get a full meal, this is nothing but bullshit.
After leaving Luoyang, we continued westward, passed Gucheng, and arrived at Hangu Pass the next day.
Hangu Pass has a long history. It has been rebuilt several times due to the terrain and the diversion of the Yellow River. This Hangu Pass is located in Xin'an, west of Luoyang. It was rebuilt by the Han Dynasty. It borders the plateau to the west, Juejian to the east, the Qinling Mountains to the south, and the Yellow River to the north.
, it is really a checkpoint that one man can pass but ten thousand people cannot open, but it is responsible for the most important function of connecting Luoyang to Chang'an. During the war of aggression against China, the Battle of Hangu Pass started here.
Coming out of Hangu Pass, the scene immediately changes drastically. The inside and outside of the pass are like two worlds. One is full of civilization and hope, thriving, and the other is full of death and decay, a scene of doomsday.
"The fertile land of Guanzhong has produced two great dynasties, the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. In the past eight or nine years, it has not suffered any invasion. Even if two dogs are placed in the position of ruler, they can develop well. But now it has been conquered by Li Jue and Guo
You made it look like this."
Wang Xuan shook his head and sighed, then turned to Dian Wei beside him and said, "What a special talent!"
Dian Wei waited for his copper bell-sized eyes to nod in agreement, "No, digging someone else's ancestral grave is as bad as a pig or a dog. I don't know who would give birth to a child without an asshole to think of such an idea!"
"Pah!" Wang Xuan slapped Dian Wei hard on the back of the head, "Look, there's a mosquito!"
Dianwei looked at Wang Xuan blankly, his eyes full of surprise and disbelief, as if he had discovered Hua Dian's blindness.