Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

This expedition to Shu was not as fanfare as in the past, and even the vast majority of people in Chang'an City did not know that their lord had run away again.

After all, Lv Bu was not doing his job properly, and it was not a one-time or two thing to perform on the street, especially for the officials in the court. It was normal not to see Lv Bu for a year or so. Most of the things were decided by Lv Bu in the Wei Wei Department Then the Wei Wei Department spread to the various ministries to operate in this way. The meaning of the existence of the imperial court is probably to maintain the perfection of the system and a transitional period of power transfer.

Everyone knows that Lu Bu will not be a guard for too long, and now is Lu Bu's dormant period. When Lu Bu feels that he does not need to dormant anymore, his official position will naturally be promoted.

Many people have already seen the situation clearly, and at the same time they are afraid of being killed by Lu Bu. They obediently do what they are supposed to do, and they will not steal and play tricks to catch Lu Bu, but they will never do more. He expressed his dissatisfaction, but Lu Bu usually didn't even show his face. The most recent time was the Wan Guo Banquet the year before last. The only splash was that Zheng Tai, who wanted to take the opportunity to gain military power in Chang'an, ended up missing, and his life and death were unknown.

After the Wan Guo Banquet, no one saw Zheng Tai again, but Zheng Tai's fate is actually not difficult to guess.

It is precisely because of this that the singing and dancing in Guanzhong is now peaceful, and these people go to court every day to talk to His Majesty about the current situation, the scenery outside, and what is wrong with the people of the Western Regions. As for Lu Bu, as long as Lu Bu does not take the initiative to appear in the In court, everyone will try to avoid this topic.

After all, it’s hard to say... People have managed Guanzhong with great vigor. At a glance, it is countless times more prosperous than before, and it’s easy to get beaten up if you say such things. It’s okay... For them, it’s like that, and people don’t listen to it. Hearing that, he would not reuse them, so now this scholar-bureaucrat's attitude towards Lu Bu is... well water does not offend river water.

Well, from everyone's point of view, everyone has nothing to do with each other, just perform their own duties, we don't break the law, and if you have extra things, don't ask us.

As for resignation, it's not like no one has thought about it, but it's inseparable from Guanzhong. If you want to survive, you have to farm by yourself. Many people are not very good at it, and their lives are not very good.

Don't talk about the character of a scholar. After losing his privileges, there are parents to take care of, wives and concubines to support, and children to support. Looking at the mouths that want to eat, although the court... does not pay salary , but at least still retain some preferential treatment, such as how many tenant farmers can be hired.

Don't try to hide it, all the cultivated land in Guanzhong is recorded in the book now, how much a family has, and how much tax they have to pay is indispensable. The most important thing is that there are few people in Guanzhong's fields now, and the court only charges 10% of the arable land tax. Most of the common people rent and plant the land of the imperial court, even if they have the land, they don't have anyone to plant it.

Tens of thousands of acres of land, you try to plant it alone?

Therefore, if the scholars in Guanzhong want to have a harvest, they have to hire tenant farmers at a lower tax rate than the imperial court. You help you farm the land. Most of these tenant farmers are prisoners of war captured by the imperial court. There are Huns, Xianbeis, Qiangs, etc. There are not many in number, and most of them are nomads. You have to teach them to farm.

The advantage is that these prisoners of war are only registered by the imperial court, and the gentry only need to provide two meals.

Moreover, these tenants are only lent to you, not yours. If one day you quit your job, the tenants will have to return it. Don’t look at the cheapness, but if one dies, it can make you doubt your life.

In short, Lu Bu used various rules to strictly limit the direction in which these scholars could develop. Why did Zheng Tai want to seize power at the Banquet of Nations? It was also forced by Lu Bu. If you don't take this opportunity, the Guanzhong scholars will not be much better than they are now after a hundred years of development. It is precisely because there is no hope that Zheng Tai has no choice but to take the risk.

In short, almost no one noticed Lu Bu's departure. He only brought a team of personal guards out of the city, and then rushed all the way to Chen Cang, and then went to Hanzhong from Chen Cang.

Chang'an is 200 miles away from Chencang, and Chencang is 300 miles away from Hanzhong. These 300 miles are through inclined valleys. Lu Bu thought about the possibility of building a track according to the trend of the plank road.

This time Lu Bu secretly mobilized quite a few troops. The garrison in Longxi and Zhang Ji's two troops in Fufeng have a total of 50,000 troops. If Zhang Lu's is added, Lu Bu may have 80,000 or more troops to mobilize. .

With so many soldiers and horses, the rations from Hanzhong alone may not be enough. There are not many food routes that can adjust the rations. One is Nanyang, but there must be preparations for the next war, so the Nanyang army rations cannot be mobilized.

The other road is the direction where Zhang Liao's army came in, along the line of Qishan and Yangpingguan. This is also the widest road, but it has to make a big circle.

The closest one is the Xiegu road, but it is very difficult to move food and grass in an ordinary way. No one knows how long this battle to enter Shu will last. Lu Bu is not short of food now, but how to bring food and grass in is a problem. , which is why he considered railcars.

In fact, in the simulated world of the end of Qin, he had done similar things, but the land veins were different at that time. At that time, there was a river connecting Guanzhong to Shu, but now this river is gone.

In fact, there are other small roads, but they are not good enough to be used as grain roads. In fact, even the inclined valley is not suitable for grain roads, but apart from the Qishan road, the inclined valley is relatively spacious. Recently, transporting grain from Xiegu can save nearly half of the road loss compared with detouring Qishan Mountain. This is one of the reasons why Lu Bu studied the combination of plank roads and wooden rails.

In fact, he has made a lot of gadgets similar to wooden beasts. In theory, there are still many ways to do it, but if these things are enlarged enough to transport food, they will be somewhat insufficient.

To transport food, first of all, it should not be too fine, as it is easy to break, and secondly, the operation should be simple, so that everyone can get started easily, and finally, the materials should be easy to find. After all, if you need to use refined iron to make food for a large army, Lu Bu Where can I find these things?

My lord, all the sentry posts along Xiegu have been occupied by our army, and all Hanzhong soldiers have returned to Hanzhong, so we can pass the army! Zhang Ji walked in and saluted Lu Bu.

Although Zhang Lu has agreed to surrender, but people's hearts are unpredictable, and things like the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers should not be taken lightly, especially in the terrain of inclined valleys. will send troops.

Send troops! Don't be careless. Accept the surrender as if you were an enemy. Let Pang De lead the elite to go first. After arriving in Hanzhong, quickly occupy the important areas, check whether there are any ambushes around, whether there are signs of water level drop in the river, etc., this time enter Shu The war of war is different from the past, all we want is one word, stability! Lu Bu nodded, it seems that Zhang Lu is still sincere, but sincerity does not mean there is no danger, in places like central Sichuan, once the back road is cut off , It is very difficult to get it back, so you must think carefully about the way forward, and then enter!

Partial risks are fine, but it is naturally impossible to risk the lives of the entire army.

At the end of the day, I will send someone to inform Pang De! Zhang Ji nodded, turned and left.

This time into Hanzhong, Lu Bu marched in two directions at the same time, his own route and Zhang Liao's route. On his side, Pang De was the vanguard. This is a general Lu Bu is very optimistic about. As for Zhang Liao, Xu Huang was the vanguard. This person left a deep impression on Lu Bu at the beginning, he was regarded as a general, and his subsequent performance was also remarkable, he is a talent to be made.

Zhang Ji and Fan Chou are Lv Bu's deputy commanders. They seem to be high-ranking and powerful, but in fact they are somewhat ostracized.

But Lu Bu led the army himself, and the two of them had nothing to say.

Following Lu Bu's order, the army began to slowly enter the inclined valley, and Lu Bu also followed the army on the road. Even if it was not the first time entering Shu, the volley plank road made Lu Bu very worried.

It's not about worrying about himself. If something happens to him in this kind of place, then don't talk about fighting for world hegemony. What Lu Bu cares about is that people slip and fall down the plank road every day. This kind of non-combat attrition is the worst thing for people. heart.

It is an honor for a soldier to die on the battlefield, but it is not worth it to die on the road and fall off the plank road.

Deheng! Lu Bu recruited Ma Jun to expand the land on the road. This time, when he entered Shu, almost all the elite craftsmen from the craftsman camp were taken by Lu Bu.

My lord... what... orders? Ma Jun came to Lu Bu's side and bowed.

Pay attention to the topography of these plank roads. The plank roads will be constructed as they are being built. Lu Bu handed the few sketches he had drawn to Ma Jun.

I'm not an outsider either. Along the way, it is very difficult to rebuild the plank roads in many places, but the plank roads in most places can be rebuilt, and they can be wider and safer.

Here! Ma Jun took a few blueprints from Lu Bu, looked at them carefully, and said with admiration, My lord... my lord... if this new... plank road... can be built, this... ...the road from Hanzhong to...Chang'an...will be easy...a lot!

Go get ready, don't be in a hurry. Lu Bu shook his head, talking to this little stutterer is sometimes a big test of patience.

Here, Ma...Ma Jun...retire... Ma Jun agreed, saluted Lu Bu, and bowed to leave.

During the camp, Lu Bu laid out the small wooden rails, and lined up several railcars one by one. Among them, several railcars were commonly used in the simulated world at the end of Qin Dynasty, but they obviously couldn't be used here. To put it bluntly, this kind of rail car still has to rely on horses, but on this plank road, let alone galloping horses, people have to walk tremblingly. It is unrealistic to rely on horse-drawn carts. Push hard, and then let the rail car move, and it has to be safe.

However, some of the railcars need to be recharged every once in a while, and some of them are too fragile after being enlarged, and they will be destroyed with a little force.

Lu Bu rubbed his temples, the consumption of food and grass alone is a big problem, even if there is food, it can't be transported here, this problem must be solved!