Hanzhong, imperial palace.

Perhaps it is really the true emperor. Since Liu Bei ascended the throne, the grain harvest between Jing and Shu this year has greatly alleviated the food crisis in Shu this year. In addition, since June, Jianning has continuously transported a large amount of copper coins and copper out of Nanzhong and transported it to Hanzhong. Now, although the deficit caused by the country's use of money and grain in recent years has not been completely compensated, the newly built court can operate normally.

"As Bo Yuan said in his heart, the wealthy families in the South China have cast a lot of copper coins privately over the years, but these copper coins have relieved a lot of embarrassment." Liu Bei handed the bamboo paper in his hand to Zhuge Liang and smiled: "Count it, Bo Yuan has been like Nanzhong for two years."

"Your Majesty is joking, it's not that long." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, Liu Yi left last year. If calculated based on the year, it's indeed two years, but in fact it's only a little over a year.

"I just didn't expect that this southern central area would be so complicated." Liu Bei nodded with a smile. Originally, he was not very concerned about Nanzhong and occupied half of Yizhou's territory. But in fact, Nanzhong's population is not even 100 million in Yizhou, and it is a barren land.

But what Liu Bei did not expect was that according to the results reported by Liu Yi, the population of Nanzhong was at least twice as high as that recorded in household registration. This was not considered a barbarian. If all of them were included, the population of Nanzhong could not be ignored.

Originally, Liu Yi said that he wanted to develop the Southern Central Committee, but Liu Bei did not agree. After all, it was not worth it to keep a general in the Southern Central Committee there. At present, the entire Liu Bei court is actively preparing for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and even a plan to send troops is already here, and Liu Bei did not want to spend too much manpower and material resources in Southern Central.

But Liu Yi brought only less than 5,000 troops to Nanzhong. As a result, Liu Yi's total of 30,000 troops under Liu Yi's command had a total of 30,000 troops. This was the result of Liu Yi's dismissal, and he even sent back billions of wealth to Liu Bei. It was said that Liu Yi occupied several silver mines, which made Liu Bei's attention to Nanzhong continue to increase.

"There is another thing, Kong Ming see." Liu Bei handed a letter to Zhuge Liang and said, "I think it's inappropriate for Bo Yuan to propose the minting of silver coins."

Zhuge Liang took the letter after hearing this. The letter was sent by Liu Yi two months ago and had been in Liu Bei's hands for some time. However, Liu Bei always felt that it was not good to add a new coin rashly, so he wanted to discuss it with Zhuge Liang this time.

The content of the letter is to use silver coins as currency. One silver coins are equivalent to a hundred and ten copper coins, which flows into the public, which is considered a large-scale banknote.

"It's not very good." Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "People coins have just stabilized. If silver coins are launched at this time, it is not to mention whether the silver mineral output in Yunnan is sufficient, but it is also easy to cause panic to the people. It is best to wait for some years to live, and it is best to slowly follow the peace in the world."

Many of Liu Yi's ideas are good, but in Zhuge Liang's opinion, it is a bit too radical. This is a bit too radical. In this way, as Liu Bei's territory becomes larger and larger, it is necessary to seek stability. Too large-scale reforms will easily lead to chaos. After all, the Liu Bei group is no longer the small force of the past, and needs to consider all aspects of the problem.

"Is the world peaceful?" Liu Bei touched his beard and sighed, wondering if he could wait for that day.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei's expression was a little depressed, and knew that he had encountered Liu Bei's sadness inadvertently, and quickly comforted him: "The situation in our dynasty is now very good. Although Cao Wei occupied the Central Plains, he was attacked from all sides. He only waited for three or five years to accumulate. After our dynasty's soldiers were sufficient, he could send troops to Guanzhong. If he could get the land of Guanzhong, he could join forces with the Eastern Wu and attack the Central Plains from north to south. Why worry about the uncertainty of the world?"

Liu Bei smiled when he heard this, and his heart was much better. In fact, he knew that things were not that simple. If the Han Dynasty really regained the land of Guanzhong, it would be worth discussing whether Jiangdong was willing to form an alliance with Liu Bei. After all, if he could really win Guanzhong, the Han Dynasty would already have the ability to compete with Cao Wei. Even if he finally defeated Cao Wei, Jiangdong might not be able to expand. Since this is the case, Jiangdong is likely to plan for Jingxiang again.

"I have Kong Ming, Bo Yuan and Shi Yuan who are supporting each other, why worry about the uncertainty of the world? It's a pity that Xiaozhi died early, which is really the fault of my great Han Dynasty!" At the end of the story, Liu Bei's expression was a little dim.

Fa Zheng was suffering from a serious illness when Liu Yi was going to Nanzhong. Even if Liu Bei sent someone to Jingzhou to invite Hua Tuo, he would have not had time to treat Fa Zheng. Fa Zheng's death made Liu Bei heartbroken.

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei's fifty-year-old hair, and the wrinkles on his face became clearer and he sighed silently. Now that Liu Bei is over 60 years old, he really doesn't know if he can see the day when the world is unified.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of State ordered Pang Tong to seek his opinion." Just as Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were silent, an eunuch came in and bowed to Liu Bei and said.

"Biography." Liu Bei nodded and said when he heard this.

After a while, Pang Tong's fat body appeared on the hall, looking a little funny. Pang Tong's life was obviously good in the past two years. After coming in, he bowed to Liu Bei and said, "See Your Majesty!"

"There is no need to be too polite to the Shiyuan." Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "He came in a hurry, but what's the point?"

"It was the news sent back from Nanzhong." Pang Tong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please see."

"Oh?" Liu Bei asked the eunuch to present the memorial presented by Pang Tong.

"The Southern Barbarians have been settled?" Liu Bei handed the letter to Zhuge Liang, and exclaimed in surprise: "It has only been half a year since Bo Yuan officially entered the throne, and he has won six battles and six times, and has he surrendered the Barbarian King?"

Liu Yi's heart was to repay his merits, and secondly, he hoped to establish a new county so that Meng Huo could be the prefect of Yunnan, with the intention of appeaseing the barbarians and the people. Thirdly, Liu Yi hoped to continue to stay in Nanzhong to be responsible for the construction of Nanzhong and clear the road between Nanzhong and his territory. In addition, Liu Yi discovered that the barbarian soldiers had good combat power after training, and refused to let go of the barbarian soldiers under the tent to disband. He hoped that the court could send a general to take over the barbarian soldiers under Liu Yi for training and train a Southern barbarian soldiers for the court.

The letter also mentioned the matter of the rattan armor, which had been loaded and transported back. In the letter, Liu Yi gave a detailed explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of the rattan armor. If such a rattan armor soldier can be trained and sent troops to Guanzhong in the future, it may be effective.

In general, Liu Yi’s letter this time only has three things: handing over military power, repaying merits, and asking for money!

There are at least hundreds of cities to build the Nanzhong area, open up various roads, and establish transportation lines. There are also issues of barbarian naturalization. Which one does not cost money?

Liu Bei was quite happy at first. After all, the southern central area was completely pacified, and the court would have no worries anymore. However, when Liu Yi asked for money later, Liu Bei's face turned a little green.

I think I know that to develop and improve the entire Nanzhong area, as well as the track laying as Liu Yi mentioned, the money I will definitely need. The national treasury just had some money, and the money sent by Nanzhong has not yet been heated up, and Liu Yi will be asked to go back again.

Although Liu Yi did not say that he wanted to build a city this time, those dazzling projects, such as track laying, basic city construction, central city construction, and small town construction, as well as logging and land reclamation, Liu Bei estimated that after so many projects, three or five Yueyang cities would be able to build.

Liu Bei's mood is now complicated and difficult to understand. After Liu Yi pacified Nanzhong, he quickly handed over military power, which made Liu Bei very pleased, but he followed Liu Yi and asked for money and it became a habit for many years. Sometimes Liu Bei thought that even if Liu Yi wanted power from him, it might be easier to accept than paying money for a lot of money.

Not only that, after Liu Yi's project was completed in Nanzhong, he would start wars in Shu, Hanzhong and Jingzhou. The budget was five years, and manpower in various places also needed to be used. Although the construction was only started in various places and there was no need for civil servants to travel, this time, the budget manpower for the so-called track laying was needed to be used as 500,000 yuan, which made Liu Bei's heartbeat a little aggravated.

The population recorded in Jing and Shu is now 9 million when the counting last year was stating last year. It sounds like 500,000 is not a lot, and it is only in the local area and can still go back to plow the fields during the busy farming season.

But the problem is that hiring these people is not a recruitment, it costs money, and the price is not low. Five hundred thousand people have to spend 50 million yuan a day!

Of course, these 500,000 civilians are not going to be mobilized at once, but even so, the money spent is also an astronomical figure.

"Kong Ming!" Liu Bei sighed when he saw Zhuge Liang reading the memorial with relish.

"Your Majesty." Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei.

"You said, was this Bo Yuan sent by God to punish me?" Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "If you use so much manpower, you have to spend money to hire me. Do you see if the money he expected to consume is 30 billion!"

Liu Bei felt that when he said this number, his heart was trembling. Is there so much money in Jingshu land added up?

"Your Majesty hasn't finished it." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "This is actually a matter of mathematical techniques. If you only do not enter, it is indeed 30 billion yuan. But this money is not calculated like this. For example, if you build a market and open trades of various ethnic groups, in addition to the money required for construction, you can collect taxes and farmers also need to consume the money issued. Buying a house also requires money. The house is the Shaofu responsible for the construction, and the money collected will eventually flow back to the treasury. At the same time, after these rail cars are opened, in addition to transporting goods, they can also attack the people to ride, which is not free, and food and accommodation can also be provided along the way.

It greatly reduces the cost of business travel and adds another amount of money to the treasury. For this algorithm, fifty memories are required in the first year, but although six billion is required in the second year, the construction in the first year has begun to recover funds. In fact, the investment is much lower than this amount, about 2 billion to 3 billion. And so on, the income and expenditure may be balanced in the third year. The queen can use the money she had before to build for two years. Not only does it not require investment, but there is also a certain surplus. After these are completed, it will only be profitable every year and invest this... The money for maintenance is not required to be allocated."

Five years later, it’s pure profit, but in fact, what needs to be invested is only the beginning of 8 billion.

"When isn't this the case?" Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "It's just that I haven't earned two years, so Bo Yuan will definitely continue to build new things."

"But if this rail car replaces civilians as Bo Yuan said, it can travel a hundred miles a day and employ fewer people, I think it is worth it." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, he could see clearly. Although it would hurt a little for the time being, it would be smoother the more it went. It would be a great thing for the entire country.

"Just... eight billion!" Liu Bei said with a little distressed feeling. He was just a straw sandal seller. He had told Liu Bei decades ago that this number could scare Liu Bei to death.

Zhuge Liang just smiled and didn't say anything. He believed that Liu Bei would make the right decision.
Chapter completed!