After hearing the 80,000 that Liu Bei said, Lin Chen was shocked.

But after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly didn't feel that there was any big problem.

If Jiang Xia can really take it down, is there really a large number of 80,000 people?

You know, Shu Dad is eyeing him in the northeast direction. Even if Tongxiang City is really surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is an absolute military center. But if Shu Dad goes crazy, 200,000 people can still be taken out.

According to the basic principle of Sun Tzu's Art of War, he surrounded him by ten times, attack him by five times, and divide him by multiple times, if he wants to take down Tongxiangcheng, Shu Dad really has to go crazy and start a large army... And if it is based on the expansion of 80,000 troops, Shu Dad may not be sure to win 100%.

"Eighty thousand is eighty thousand, but this number really can't be more. If you want to have a prosperous place, you will lack food now..."

Lin Chen only felt a headache when he thought about the famine that might break out in the coming year and the flood that would basically occur along the Yangtze River every year.

"Eighty thousand, absolutely not to change!"

Liu Bei nodded with certainty, and then he realized something was wrong - he was obviously trying to question the expansion of the army? Why did he suddenly add the code?

"cough!"

Feeling embarrassed, he coughed and quickly changed the subject and said, "How to deal with Ziyuan's prosperity?"

"This is not difficult. I will take out the food and distribute it to hungry and weak people who cannot join the army. Then I will let them do things to pay off their debts. Through these things, I will earn back the food bit by bit..."

As Lin Chen said, he felt that Liu Bei no longer wanted to hear it, so he could only say helplessly: "My lord just needs to see the effect."

"Ziyuan feels..."

However, Liu Bei blinked and asked the same question as Xiaobai (Duke Huan of Qi): "Can an ignorant person like me really support the Han Dynasty?"

In terms of war, Liu Bei is definitely a good player.

This is not to be questioned.

After all, according to the original history, he fought the entire Shu Han.

Although he directly brought the entire Shu Han into the ditch in the later Battle of Yiling, the results of the battle ahead cannot be denied, right?

In terms of personal charm and management, he is also a top figure. No one thinks that talents like Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang can be used by anyone who is just a little bit arrogant, right?

When it comes to government affairs, Liu Bei is definitely a big boss.

In Xuzhou, he handed over almost all government affairs to Chen Deng.

In the original history, when he first conquered Jingnan, he handed over all government affairs to Zhuge Liang. Historical records: The first lord then took over Jiangnan, appointed Liang as the military advisor General, and was appointed as the commander of Lingling, Guiyang and Changsha. He transferred taxes to fill the army.

After conquering Yizhou, he took charge of the governor of Yizhou and brought the left general with him. At this time, Zhuge Liang was the military advisor general and was in charge of the affairs of the left general's mansion.

After that, he ran to Hanzhong.

After looking at this circle, you can probably tell the fact that Liu Bei is a hand-off manager?

He didn't want to be a hand-off manager or liked to fight... Although there were certain reasons for this, the more important reason was that he was really not familiar with these things.

"Is the lord trying to follow the example of Duke Huan of Qi and ask Guan Zhong?"

Lin Chen jumped to worship, and after the ceremony, he pretended to be calm and said, "The lord is to add hobbies, happy dogs, horses, gorgeous clothes and other hobbies. As long as you have Chen for one day, you will never delay supporting the Han Dynasty."

"A child source is prepared, like a fish..."

Liu Bei was overjoyed and subconsciously prepared to say the four words.

"Why!"

Lin Chen waved his hand quickly and said, "My lord, don't say this. There have been many heroes in Nanyang since ancient times, especially since Guangwu, who have countless top talents. If the lord said this to me today, how can he speak to those top talents in the future?"

As he said that, he ignored Liu Bei's surprise and said with longing: "Chen's wish is just to see peace in the world and peace in the future."

...

At noon that day.

After Lin Chen left the government office, Liu Bei turned the expansion of the army into a fact, and it was no longer as simple as just a blow-out.

And it has also doubled, from 50,000 to 80,000.

When the wealthy families in Wan County heard this, they were overjoyed.

"Liu Xuande? Humph, I don't think he has a lot of days."

Everyone thinks so.

But in the afternoon of that day, Guan Yu's messenger brought a shocking news to them.

"Good news!"

"General Guan has attacked Tongxiang City and is now in a confrontation with Liu Xun. However, since Liu Xun brought not much food to the expedition this time, his morale has begun to shake!"

After hearing this news, Liu Bei ordered it to spread.

Many wealthy families felt their faces a little dark.

Wan County, Tongyang, Taotingyi, Juchao and Tongxiangcheng...

Liu Bei is going to gain a foothold!

They all think so.

When they thought about the benefits they might lose, they felt desperate.

But at the same time, they kept muttering quietly: Once Liu Bei expands his army, he will never have a few good days to live.

Of course, they also knew that this hope seemed to be becoming increasingly slim.

However.

Just when the wealthy families were disappointed, another news that made the wealthy families happy again appeared.

"Among the people, Liu Jingzhou Bei said: From now on, people who move from all over the country, who are hungry and unable to fill their stomachs, can report the situation in various places in the city center... Once the identity of the hungry people is confirmed, they only need to work to obtain food, land, etc., etc. to help their livelihoods."

"Is this crazy?"

"Since the Central Plains has been in chaos, how many refugees are there in this area now? I'm afraid there are 200,000 or 300,000, right?"

"He Liu Bei is in charge of everything?"

"If this happens, how many more people will come in the future? This..."

Someone shouted at home, "How much food does he have?!"

At this point, they finally couldn't hold on, so they started to rely on relationships and find people to join this system as soon as possible.

Because if Liu Bei couldn't leave for a while, if they did not grasp certain rights, their future interests would become less and less.

Lin Chen naturally couldn't do it alone, and this was the scene he was waiting for.

Therefore, after these people began to actively seek official positions, almost all of them would want as long as they had no bad records.

That's it, three days later.

The entire Wancheng came alive under a series of grain supplies.

Under Lin Chen's instructions, a town was quickly established to the west of Jushi City and east of Wan City, specializing in excavating various minerals, including coal and iron.

Hearing that Liu Bei had already captured Mi Zhu from Lujiang, he rushed over.

When he heard the news that Lin Chen was going to dig coal and iron, he found Lin Chen as soon as he talked to Liu Bei.

"Ziyuan, there won't be any trouble if you do this?"

He said with a sad face: "Since theories of salt and iron, not many people dare to enter these industries..."

To put it, Mi Zhu is one of the beneficiaries after the theory of salt and iron.

His family is in Haixi. Why do you think he can take out billions of dollars at will?

Based on appearance?

Pooh!

Isn’t it because of selling salt and wine?

To put it, the official salt and iron camp of the Han Dynasty started with Sang Hongyang during the Wu period of Han Dynasty. After Emperor Zhao came to power, Huo Guang ordered Sang Hongyang to hold a debate with great scholars from all over the country... This is the famous salt and iron conference, also known as the salt and iron theory.

Since then, the Han Dynasty abolished the monopoly of salt, iron and liquor in some areas until Wang Mang completely abolished it.

However, later, when Guangwu was reviving, due to economic difficulties, the great magician once again opened a salt and iron monopoly.

However, it didn't last long, and after his death, the measure was basically abolished.

Before Emperor Ling died, the Han Dynasty only taxed salt and iron, and did not intend to make a special offer.

Therefore, countless terrifying powerful men appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty... For this reason, Lin Chen thought he could think a little about Zhang Shicheng at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

This guy started his business with private salt dealers, and basically all rely on these two things for the money, food and fodder they brought in.

Through these, we can see how profitable the salt and iron are. At the same time, if you think about it for a little, you should know how many wealthy families have been raised over the years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

As a direct beneficiary, Mi Zhu should not be reminded, and he should even wish to see Lin Chen fall.

But the problem is that he is not only the head of the Mi family, but also a minister under Liu Bei.

Compared with the money and grain that can be obtained casually, the Mi family obviously wants to transform and upgrade.

Simply put, Mi Zhu is no longer satisfied with being a wealthy clan, and he now wants to be a gentry.
To be continued...