Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Seeing that Zhao Wen stopped talking, Lu Bu just gave up and looked at Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, I have received news that Zhang Liao, the governor of the Western Regions, has successfully recovered Dunhuang County a month ago, and the three counties of Jiuquan, Dunhuang, and Zhangye have been restored. Occupy, the general hopes to restart the Silk Road and increase trade between the Western Regions and our DPRK."

If you want to be strong, you must have money. The money here is not to mint more currency. It will only be like Dong Zhuo's original coin, which will cause the flood of bad currency among the people, and the people will no longer trust currency and choose to barter.

Lu Bu hoped that the wealth of the countries in the Western Regions would flow into Guanzhong to support various people's livelihood and military construction in Guanzhong.

From Jincheng to Yumen Pass, there is a distance of two thousand miles. If the Silk Road cannot be opened to attract merchants from various countries in the Western Regions to send their wealth to Chang'an or the entire Guanzhong, it will be meaningless for Zhang Liao to reoccupy the three counties. This place is a long strip around the Kunlun Mountains. According to the situation, the distance from Chang'an to Yumen Pass is farther than from Chang'an to Jiangdong. If it can't bring enough benefits, Zhang Liao's capture of the three counties, and the consumption and expenditure of governing the three counties will become a burden to the court.

Previously, the trade between Ma Teng and others with the Western Regions was a small matter, but now the imperial court has used the power of Guanzhong and Xiliang to restart the Silk Road. War horses, gems, and precious crops from various countries in the Western Regions flowed into Guanzhong through this road, and then to the Central Plains. In exchange for a large amount of supplies, the wealth brought by it is enough to make Chang'an a truly prosperous place.

Fortunately, Jiangdong in this period has not yet been able to communicate with overseas countries. Otherwise, the Silk Road on land would be more than a little worse than the sea route on the sea in terms of cost and round-trip time, and the speed of wealth accumulation would not be the same.

It is also because of this that Lu Bu, who controls Guanzhong, actually holds the wealth code of this era. Although the Han Dynasty also had exchanges with the Western Regions, it was not for the purpose of commerce and trade, but to promote the country's prestige of the Han Dynasty.

Not only did he fail to reap the benefits from the Western Regions, but in order to show the power of heaven, he would bestow a lot of things on the Western Regions. This also made the Protectorate of the Western Regions a burden to the big man. After getting the three counties, he naturally had to redefine the strategy for managing the Western Regions.

"Marquis Wen." Yang Biao hesitated for a moment, bowed to Lu Bu, and asked, "Excuse me, I have conquered the Western Regions before, and it is not impossible to restore the Protectorate of the Western Regions, but whether it is necessary to wait until the universe is cleared and restored. Think about it after the court authority?"

"Yes." Liu Xie also felt that Yang Biao's words were reasonable, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The four seas are still undecided, and the Western Regions are wild lands. Why does Marquis Wen summon the restoration of the Western Regions Protectorate?"

"Your Majesty, do you know how much property Ma Teng, the prefect of Jincheng, obtained from Xiliang every year when he was in Xiliang?" Lu Bu saluted Liu Xie, then looked at the crowd and said, "Then Han Sui and Ma Teng have been able to occupy Xiliang for many years. Liang is barren, but it can support tens of thousands of troops. As far as I know, a lot of their food and grass are exchanged with property from this powerful family in Guanzhong!"

Many people changed their colors after hearing the words. Could it be that they wanted to make use of the problem again and engage in another massacre? But suddenly a man knelt down and said loudly to Lu Bu: "Forgive me, Lord Wen, I did have a deal with Han Sui at that time, but..."

The imperial court was purged several times by Lu Bu, and the Jingzhao family was almost wiped out. Nowadays, many officials in the imperial court are selected from scholars in places like Fufeng and Feng Yi.

Having seen the entire army of Jingzhao scholars wiped out, which one under Lv Bu's command would dare not devote himself to doing things? This is also Zhan Weiwei, now when Lu Bu said this, before Lu Bu could speak, some timid ones knelt down and confessed.

Lu Bu: "..."

Am I that scary?

"Get up, I told you that as long as you follow the new order, the past will be wiped out!" Lu Bu stepped forward and stretched out his hand to support the official: "Everyone can question the morality of Lu Bu, but please believe in Lu Bu's promise. I won’t make things difficult for you in the past, you can rest assured!”

"Xie Wenhou!" The man who was lifted up by Lu Bu was a little weak, and thanked Lu Bu repeatedly.

"The mere Ma Teng and Han Sui do not specialize in operating the Western Regions. In addition, if you trade with them, there will be some deductions and exploitation. Even so, they can support tens of thousands of troops. Now if the imperial court takes the initiative to manage the Western Regions, every year How much tax can be brought to the court, have you ever thought about it?"

Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Lu Bu said loudly, "Don't worry, everyone, as long as you are willing to pay the commercial tax, the imperial court allows private people to form caravans to trade in the Western Regions, and you can still get the protection of the imperial court."

In today's world, only aristocratic families are capable of doing business in the Western Regions on a large scale. Lu Bu now needs people to go to the Western Regions to open up trade routes, so he is naturally encouraged.

As for opening up enough business channels, it has to be restricted. The aristocratic family is rich, but they have to pay taxes. In addition, they must be careful that the aristocratic family starts to erode power after it has a lot of wealth.

Lu Bu, who has experienced it once, is now thinking about how to restrict the aristocratic family, and even use the power of the aristocratic family to absorb most of the wealth in the Western Regions into the court.

"business?"

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Bu said this, the voices of opposition in the court suddenly decreased a lot. After all, Lu Bu's land tax reform made most families in Guanzhong lose their land. If Lu Bu did not kill too hard, how could it be Lu Bu's turn to sit in Guanzhong Lord's seat?

But the situation is like this, Lu Bu's strength has broken the backbone and arrogance of the Guanzhong gentry, and the family's financial resources have shrunk sharply. If there is a way to get rich at this time, it is also a good thing.

It's just such a good thing, would Lu Bu really open it up to everyone so generously?

Another point that people are more concerned about is the business.

The aristocratic family more or less had some commercial activities. For example, before Lu Bu, the Zongbu business in Guanzhong was basically monopolized by the Zhu family. There were many similar things, but basically few of them were handled by themselves. There are also some cases, such as the Mi family in Xuzhou and the Zhen family in Jizhou, but these can only be called wealthy merchants, not even wealthy families.

The name Shang is easy to put on, but difficult to take off.

"You should know how to do it." Lu Bu looked at the crowd, but didn't say what to do specifically, and it wasn't that he really didn't know. With such an expression, didn't he want Lu Bu to give them an accurate word?

But you can’t just say these things casually, otherwise, if Lu Bu wants to take back some things in the future, he will give people an excuse, so if there is no such thing, guess it yourself, regardless of whether it is right or wrong. When necessary, it’s best to behave yourself little bit.

old fox!

Seeing Lu Bu's words, everyone felt a bit of a toothache. He was obviously a brave general, but his words were impeccable, which was a bit bullying.

"May I ask Marquis Wen, how will the business tax be collected?" an official asked.

"The imperial court will not prohibit anyone from entering and leaving, but they need to be counted when they come back, and then pay taxes. If you need the imperial court's protection, you will pay 50%; if you don't, you will pay 20%!" Lu Bu said indifferently.

"This..." Everyone was a little puzzled, Jing Zhao Yin Zhongyou frowned and asked: "Dare to ask Marquis Wen, why is there such a big difference?"

"In the north of the three counties, most of them are sandy land. In many places, there are sand bandits intercepting and killing passing merchants. These sand bandits are used to living in this desert. Even the imperial court may not be able to do anything to them. In the county, the imperial court will be responsible for the safety of the caravan, if there is any loss, the imperial court will also pay for it, if there is no loss, the imperial court will not take care of it if there is a robber, and in addition to avoiding taxes in any way, as long as it is found, it will be confiscated. "

The ministers frowned slightly when they heard the words, 20% is acceptable, but 50% is a bit too much, taking a trip to the Western Regions and spending half of the profits, how many can accept it?

But if you only pay 20%, what should you do if you encounter sand robbers?

Lu Bu was also thinking about this issue. He wanted to take this opportunity to liquidate the power in the hands of all the families and make preparations for it in the future.

The Yang family can take out 70,000 slaves at once. Even if the other families are not as good as the fourth generation and third princes of the Yang family, the population reported to the court may still be hidden. Take this opportunity to put these hidden population under the nose. is the best.

It can be said that the two sides have their own ideas, but no one objected to Lu Bu's reopening of the Protectorate of the Western Regions to conduct trade with countries in the Western Regions.

As long as there is no objection, it will be fine. Lu Bu is going to send envoys to various countries in the Western Regions first to discuss the trade with them. As for the caravan trade, it has not yet started. The aristocratic family found out the way and revitalized the situation, so that it would be beneficial for businessmen from various countries in the Western Regions to come to Chang'an.

The real big head is actually here. The imperial court directly makes large transactions with merchants from various countries in the Western Regions, and it connects with the entire Western Regions. Compared with the Guanzhong gentry running one by one, this profit is naturally greater.

The officials returned home and discussed with each other. Yang Biao looked at the confident Yang Xiu in Taiwei's mansion, and felt a little helpless. Later, he found out from the side that Cai Yong had actually persuaded Lu Bu to let him go. With a sideways step, most of the Yang family's wealth was given away.

Although Yang Xiu's concerns were not unreasonable, but the wealth accumulated by the family for several generations was just handed over... Yang Biao was fine in the prison, but after he was released, he was almost pissed off by his son.

When Cai Yong came to visit later, Yang Biao still had to assume that money is something outside of him, but who knows how distressed he feels?

"You say this is a good opportunity?" Yang Biao looked at Yang Xiudao.

"That's right!" Yang Xiu nodded, looked at Yang Biao and said, "Father, don't worry, my lord's move is to attract various caravans to the Western Regions. At this time, my lord will definitely not play tricks with everyone and prevent everyone from getting With real benefits, who is willing to take risks?"

Yang Biao nodded, what he said was reasonable, then he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I will leave this matter to you and leave it to my father."

"Thank you father!"