Chapter 334 Business

While Chang'an City has undergone earth-shaking changes, Lv Bu, who is far away from Jincheng, Liangzhou, is formulating his own development plan. Today's Lv Bu is no longer the little general who looks at other people's faces, listens to others, and depends on others. Instead, he has become a prince on one side. However, when Lv Bu really gets Jincheng, he faces the whole At the time of Xiliang, it was not easy. It turned out that Liangzhou's products were limited and had been devastated by the war for many years. Coupled with the continuous erosion and disturbances of foreigners around, although today's Liangzhou is bright on the surface, it has rotted in its bones. In the face of all this, Lv Bu had no choice but to hold another meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Guys, our army has occupied Liangzhou, but we don't know about the business place. Now please tell us your opinion." Lv Bu sat in the main seat, glanced at everyone present, and then said. In the past few years, he has been used to listening to the views of the generals first. Although the generals are very immature in dealing with political affairs, Lv Bu believes that there will be a good way with the concerted efforts.

"General, I think that the current first step should be to quickly expand our army. Now we have Liangzhou and Longxi, but the strength of our army is too small." Seeing Lv Bu ask the generals, Zang Ba came out carelessly and said that now Zang Ba has accepted Lv Bu's task of forming 5,000 cavalry. After the previous 3,000 cavalry in Wuwei Yanxing were captured, Zang Ba did not hesitate to accept them all, and then conscripted 2,000 cavalry to join the army. Now Zang Ba, who has 5,000 cavalry, Lv Bu's position in the army was greatly improved, and he spoke with more weight than before, so he took the lead in saying that Zang Ba's words were quickly supported by some heartless generals, and Wei Xu also came out.

"The general feels that General Zang Ba's words are really reasonable. Now the general is already a big man, and there is no 100,000 soldiers who can't support the world of Liangzhou." Wei Xu also got up and said in approval.

Wei Xu was the first to follow Lv Bu, but seeing that Zang Ba actually had 5,000 cavalry and he still had no real power, he would be convinced. Naturally, he hoped that Lv Bu would add more soldiers and horses, so that he would have the opportunity to have more power.

With the speech of Zang Ba and Wei Xu, other generals were also eager to try. They looked at Lv Bu with their eyes shining. Seeing this scene, Lv Bu naturally knew what their hearts were thinking. In fact, Lv Bu also understood why these people were born and died with them? It's not that one day they will follow themselves to get ahead. Now that Lv Bu dominates one side, they naturally hope to get the most direct benefits.

"Well, are all your opinions like this? Then there's no need to say. Let's talk about any different opinions. Looking at the eager eyes of everyone, Lv Bu waved his hand and stopped everyone's impulse to speak. Lv Bu held a meeting not to listen to them say this. It was inevitable to expand armaments. However, what Lv Bu wanted to know was how much he should be expanded and how much armaments the Liangzhou he took over could withstand. Lv Bu I don't want to go fishing. In contrast, Lv Bu hopes to give the people of Liangzhou a cushion time to the extent possible. For many years, Liangzhou has experienced too many wars and massacres, and the people have suffered unspeakably. Otherwise, his recruitment in Longxi would not have been so smoothly. The people have no food and clothing, and it is the simplest and reliable way to do it. The saying that the law is to join the army and eat food as a soldier just proves this point.

"Well? There are a few words from my subordinates. I don't know whether to say it or not. Looking at the generals' unanimous request for more troops, only Gao Shun and Zhang Liao frowned and realized the inappropriateness, but neither of them did open their mouth directly. It must be an opposite thing to everyone. However, for the sake of the whole army, Gao Shun still stood up and looked at Lv Bu before asking.

"General Gao optimized and said, don't chase them. They don't know the difficulty of raising soldiers except for fighting." Lv Bu was overjoyed when he heard that Gao Shun had something to say. Although Gao Shun had not said anything, Lv Bu said with approval first that it must be a simple thing to expand the army compared with raising soldiers.

"Gentlemen, let's calculate the current strength of our army. Our army originally had 25,000 marchers and 10,000 cavalrymen. Now the cavalry has increased by 5,000. Longxi has another 10,000 new recruits, plus 15,000 soldiers and horses conscripted in Wuwei, West County and Zhangye, and 15,000 surrendered in Jincheng. Ten thousand people are willing to obey our army. In this way, our army has 15,000 cavalry and 60,000 troops, a total of 75,000 horses. Although there is no 100,000 troops, it is actually almost enough. Let's calculate the supplies of these soldiers and horses. Originally, the supplies of 35,000 people in our army were provided by Chang'an, but now it seems that this batch of supplies will not be available in the future. Our new Wuwei, Xijun and Zhangye have not brought any contribution to our army. Although Jincheng has some reserves, these grains and fodder, But it is only enough for 50,000 horses to be used until next spring. That is to say, there are still 25,000 people in our army who have no food to eat this winter. I don't know if you have thought about this? Gao Shun is a delicate person. Although he didn't say anything harsh, it was only calculated in such a detailed way that everyone took a breath of cold air. Even Lv Bu regretted his previous military expansion, but there was nothing he could do when he thought about it. It must have been during the war at that time. Lv Bu couldn't imagine how many soldiers and horses he needed to win the war. Thanks to the peaceful capture of Jincheng, otherwise, maybe Lv Bu's expanded soldiers and horses were still a little tight. What about Baba? But even so, it is still a problem to feed these soldiers and horses.

"Ha ha, General Gao Shun is too down to look at us. Who are we? There are soldiers and horses. If there is not enough food, can we grab it? We took a lot of things from Xianbei people last time, didn't we come back? Seeing that everyone was speechless at Gao Shun's words, Zang Ba suddenly said with a smile, as if it was very useful for robbery and robbery.

"Cough, I don't agree with this." Just as Zang Ba finished speaking, Cai Yong, who had been sitting next to Lv Bu and had been silent, suddenly spoke. He only heard him say slowly, "In the past, you were Dong Zhuo's soldiers. Dong Zhuo was used to robbing things, so he didn't care about robbing and robbing, but now it's different. You represent Xiliang. Go again to rob, robbing. If so, it will be criticized by the world. Besides, soldiers are soldiers, and they can't be confused with bandits. Cai Yong had no power and no power. The generals didn't pay attention to what he said, but Cai Yong must be Lv Bu's father-in-law. This face still needs to be given, so Cai Yong just listened to what he said, but didn't care.

"Ha ha, please rest assured about this. We will only rob and rob foreigners, and will never do those things that damage our own reputation." For Cai Yong's words, Lv Bu naturally knew the importance. He laughed that he was now a town of princes. How could he do that family robbery? Isn't that self-destruction of the Great Wall? But the idea of Lv Bu, a foreigner, is completely different. Now Lv Bu is sitting in Xiliang, and it is a competitive relationship with the foreigners around him. Since they can beat the grass in winter, why can't Lv Bu beat the grass in winter? Thinking of this, Lv Bu was overjoyed. He finally found a way to deal with the current situation. Although it was only a stopgap measure, it could also solve the urgent need.

"This doesn't work either. Lv Bu, you have just entered Liangzhou and your position is unstable. At this time, you can get along well with the aliens around you. Only in this way can you stand firm in Xiliang. After your prestige is developed, it is not too late to be with them for a long time." Seeing that Lv Bu was eager to go to war with foreigners, Cai Yong said bitterly. It must be that the war in Xiliang has just ended, and Lv Bu's soldiers and horses also need some time to digest, and Lv Bu's robbery and robbery plan for foreigners is still too risky for Cai Yong.

"Ha ha, please rest assured that your father-in-law have their own proportions in the war. Moreover, when winter comes, our life is not easy, and these alien lives are also difficult. Even if we don't beat them, they will come to trouble us. After the last time I ate 20,000 Xianbei iron riders, it must be Xianbei people. I won't be reconciled." Lv Bu is naturally very confident about the war. Since he is doomed to fight with the Xianbei people, Lv Bu feels that it is better to start the war by himself.

"Hmm." Seeing that Lv Bu and the generals didn't mean to listen to their opinions at all, Cai Yong suddenly got up and walked out, regardless of everyone's surprised eyes. Lv Bu didn't care about Cai Yong's attitude. Anyway, Cai Yong had never given Lv Bu a good face before, so when he saw Cai Yong angry, Lv Bu was very calm.

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

"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 brought back some goods from the Central Plains. However, the war is tense these days. Because our army entered Xiliang, the road to the Western Regions has been blocked. The local horse production is limited, and the quality is not high, and there is no good Dawanliangju. The output of this business is very limited. Moreover, the transportation of grain from the Central Plains or Jingxiang is too far away, and the loss is too large. It takes a lot of manpower. It's not cost-effective to calculate it like this. Looking at Lv Bu, Zhou Jin said with some frustration. Although Lv Bu's status has increased greatly now, Zhou Jin's status has also risen. From a small boss in Longxi, he has become the head of the largest consortium in Xiliang. However, Zhou Jin's business is really poor. Even if it is difficult to maintain the cost of setting up shops in various places, it is because Lv Bu's strength expansion is too rapid and the growth time of the Chamber of Commerce is too little. If Lv Bu occupies the territory but there is no harmony with the Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Jin will feel that it is his shame, but he does Business needs to be accumulated. How can it be achieved overnight? More importantly, Lv Bu's Liangzhou is waiting to be prosperous, and there is really no output, which makes Zhou Jin need a lot of money to buy what he needs to ship back to Liangzhou. Unfortunately, no goods are shipped out to make money.