Chapter 335 Fight with War

"Doesn't our Xiliang produce anything except horses? Is Xiliang so barren?" After listening to Zhou Jin's words, Lv Bu intuitively thought that Xiliang was very barren. According to Lv Bu's original idea, as long as he occupied a large area of land in Xiliang, this land would definitely become his own source of money in the future, but according to Zhou Jin, things did not seem to be like this at all. So Lv Bu asked what he was most concerned about.

"That's not true. In fact, Liangzhou's output is still very rich. Whether it is coal or iron or iron ore, Xiliang has it, and even we don't lack gold and silver ore. It's just that due to the continuous war in recent years, these veins have been either destroyed or abandoned. It takes time to resume production. Moreover, the investment in the resumption of production is not small. These things will be of great benefit to the future, but they are not very helpful to solve the current dilemma. After all, whether it is conscription or buying now. Food needs a lot of cash. It turns out that Xiliang is not without resources, but even if production starts now, there is no way to meet Lv Bu's current urgent needs.

"Is there no other way to solve it?" After listening to Zhou Jin's report, Lv Bu frowned. It takes a cycle to open the mine. It takes a lot of technical talents from prospecting to mining. It's not enough to send people to dig casually. Lv Bu had experience when he opened a coal mine in Bingzhou before. Second, this miner is not easy to find. It must be an iron book in this era. It's worth a lot. The cost of mining with iron is not low, which leads to the low efficiency of mining, and the safety of miners is not guaranteed at all. Therefore, Lv Bu used prisoners to open mines in Bingzhou. There is no need to worry about this. Anyway, the war with foreigners is about to begin, and there must be many prisoners in the future. However, the mining cycle is too long to cope with Lv Bu's immediate dilemma.

"In fact, the profit of salt and iron since ancient times is the best of all businesses. This iron has many uses and is expensive. As for this salt, it is a daily necessity for everyone. Iron is mined endlessly, and transportation is even more inconvenient. In contrast, salt bar is expensive and convenient to transport. More importantly, as long as the general is willing, an inexhaustible salt bar can be sold at any time. Seeing Lv Bu asking, Zhou Jin finally said the words hidden in her heart at this time.

It turns out that although Zhou Jin hasn't been in business for a long time, she is quite attentive. She often inquires about the production in various places. The benefits of salt and iron are well known all over the world. Naturally, Zhou Jin will not want to touch it. However, the iron and salt in the world are in the hands of the big forces. How can a small person like Zhou Jin touch it? It is not absolute. Zhou Jin inquired carefully, but let him know that there are two salt producing areas. One is outside the Great Wall. In the Western Regions, Zhou Jin once heard merchants say that there is an inexhaustible salt field. As long as you reach out your hand, you can get salt. The salt is like the cool sand in Xiliang, which is inexhaustible, and the other Everywhere is in the current area controlled by Xianbei, a place called Yanchi. I heard that there is a salt lake there. The lake is full of crystal salt. Once and now, a merchant team of Han people bribed the local Xianbei tribe and got salt from there. Naturally, Zhou Jin got this news in his early years, but because Lv Bu just took Liangzhou and it was not easy to be a mercenary again, Zhou Jin did not intend to say it at first. But now, since Lv Bu has decided to take action with the foreigners around him, Zhou Jin certainly hopes most is to win one of these two places. With this inexhaustible salt, Zhou Jin's Heqi Chamber of Commerce will have a huge development.

"Oh? What you said is true?" Hearing Zhou Jin's words, the first thing to be surprised this time was not Zang Ba, but Gao Shun. As the saying goes, you don't know how expensive it is. Over the years, Lv Bujun's military supplies have been handed over to Gao Shun. Gao Shun naturally saw the interests at a glance and was excited by Zhou Jin's news.

"Ye�, the Western Regions is really far away. It's really not easy to occupy the salt mines there, and then our front is too long, and there will be a lot of pressure on us. However, the salt pond you mentioned is a very good place. After you go down, you can carefully check the specific location of this place. If you can find a few guides, we will grab him first. This salt pool is no less attractive to Lv Bu than Zhou Jin. Zhou Jin needs this financial source to expand the chamber of commerce in his hand, and Lv Bu also needs this financial source to stabilize Xiliang's finance. Therefore, Lv Bu did not procrastinate and was ready to support it now.

"General, don't worry, the little one will do it." With that, Zhou Jin retreated with an excited face.

"Gao Shun, although Zhou Jin is a talent, the matter of opening the mine will still be left to you. In the future, you will have to take care of the coal mine and iron mine in Xiliang. If there is a shortage of people below, go to my father-in-law. Although he has a bad temper, those students are still quite good. It should help you make good use of it well. As for the miners? As long as the war begins, many prisoners will be transported here immediately, which is just right for them to open mines, but with more mouths, our food will be more difficult. Lv Bu still tends to let Gao Shun do the mining. Although Gao Shun's task is very heavy now, in Lv Bu's opinion, his chassis will definitely be more than Liangzhou in the future, and in the future, Gao Shun will come out to preside over the operation of Liangzhou. Therefore, from now on, many things will be handed over to Gao Shun. I hope he can Grow up quickly.

"The general rest assured that his subordinates will do these things. Regarding the matter of food, I think that we can let the soldiers store grain. Although there will be a lot of wars in the future, we don't use many troops in each battle. They said that I think we can make the elite troops into a standing army, which is specially responsible for the battle, and to weave other troops into grain soldiers, which can be used as a supplement to the soldiers. , receive training. Second, we can grow grain to ensure the supply of grain and fodder in our army. Lv Bu's style of combat is to use cavalry for long-range raids, and the probability of infantry fighting is not high. Even if there is a need to attack the city, Lv Bu is always used to minimizing the possibility of attacking the city, which leads to the fact that it is rarely used in infantry operations in Lv Bu's army. In response to this fact, Gao Shun feels that it is better to use the infantry to garrison. The characteristics of the land are that they are allowed to store grain on the spot, and at the same time, they are trained as reserve soldiers of combat troops. In wartime, they are soldiers, and in agricultural time, they are for the people. This is somewhat like the practice of all ethnic groups on the grassland.

"Ha ha, this idea is very good. What do you think?" Lv Bu smiled but turned around and asked the other generals. Although he was asking for their opinion, Lv Bu had already said it very well. Even if other generals were unwilling to lead troops to farm, it was not easy to object at this time. Fortunately, Lv Bu's generals were not rich and would not really drive them to store grain.

"General, when will my battle against foreigners begin?" Seeing that Lv Bu's Zhongyuan's shooting was not much worse, Zang Ba asked again. Seeing that Lv Bu is going to start a foreign war, Zang Ba naturally wants to train his newly formed cavalry. Although they are all new, the army that has not been baptized by the war will always be new, so Zang Ba prefers to let them grow in actual combat.

"Ha ha, if you are ready, you can start attacking at any time. The wolf rider has to stay in Xiliang during this period. We must get Xiliang. We have to wait until this place stabilizes down before we can get out. But your people can start to act first. I don't want to let Xianbei people idle. Nowadays, Liangzhou is waiting for a lot of waste. What Liangzhou needs is stability. Once the Xianbei people start to attack and disturb Liangzhou, it will be a great hidden danger for the construction of Liangzhou. For this, Lv Bu's approach is to send people to attack and disturb Xianbei. In this way, the initiative is in your own hands. However, the wolf horse can't move. The wolf horse is the elite in Lv Bu's hand and the foundation for the stability of Liangzhou.

"General, what should we do?" At this time, when they saw that Zang Ba could show their grand plans, Wei Xu and others were a little anxious.

"Oh, only Zang Ba in Xiliang is indeed a little less than the 5,000 cavalry. Well, Hou Cheng, I allow you to build a cavalry, but at present, I can only give you a thousand posts. No matter how many soldiers and horses we have, we really can't afford to raise them now. When you recruit enough 1,000 people, you can also go to Xianbei's territory to fight grain grass. Of course, if you get good results, I can also increase the quota for you. A thousand cavalrymen are indeed nothing, so when Wei Xu heard this number, he was a little disappointed. Zang Ba must have taken 5,000 people with him, but Lv Bu's words did give Wei Xu hope, that is to say, everything depends on the future results.

"Thank you, General. The little one will definitely live up to the general's expectations." Saying that Wei Xu is about to leave, the reason why he is so anxious is that he is not like Zang Ba's 5,000 people who have become a system, and Wei Xu's thousand cavalry still needs to be recruited.

"Wait, don't worry." Just as Wei Xu was about to go out, he was stopped by Lv Bu. This time you go to war, you have to fight with war. Although the quartermasters will not deduct your supplies, I hope you can be self-sufficient. If you get extra, you can also transport them back and let the quartermasters be converted into war achievements. You have been with me for so many years, and your official position should be promoted. It turned out that Lv Bu sent Wei Xu and Zang Ba this time to attack Xianbei. He also wanted to experiment with the practice of fighting. In the past, when the Han fought with the Xiongnu, the biggest trouble was that the Huns could enter the Central Plains to support the battle, while the Han people could only supply long-distance to attack the grassland, which limited the Han people's. Effect, and this time against the Xianbei people, Lv Bu hopes that Zang Ba and Wei Xu can make an attempt in this regard.

"General, don't worry, we will never fall from the reputation of the general." Zang Ba is not worried about Lv Bu's war, because the last time Lv Bu took the wolf to attack Xianbei, he got a lot of food. From this point of view, it is still feasible to fight with war.