Liu Bei has been fighting in the past few years, and he has indeed beaten himself poor. In later generations, there was a saying that when the cannon went off, there were ten thousand taels of gold, which was really not nonsense. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought the Xiongnu, he emptied the treasury saved by his grandfather and his father's two generations of emperors, not to mention the frugality, and almost collapsed the entire country's economy. Taxes are even more indiscriminately collected. If it weren't for the "Edict of Guilt" in his later years, and then he would have stopped the army and not enlisted, it would have been a problem whether he had the surname Liu in the world.

Liu Bei is the same here, every time he fights a place, not to mention the post-war reconstruction, but also exempts it from taxes to appease the people. The same is true of the war with Yuan Shao, after the pacification of Jizhou, Liu Bei was exempted from a one-year rent in Jizhou because of the difficulty of the Yuan family in Jizhou: "Those who have a country and a family do not suffer from widowhood and inequality, and do not suffer from poverty but anxiety." The rule of the Yuan family also made Haoqiang arbitrary, and relatives were merged; The people are poor and weak, and they are not enough to meet the demands...... Therefore, the rent is exempted for one year, and the county and the state are clearly inspected. ”

In addition to the need to exempt the occupied territories from rent, another very important reason is the limitation of productivity. The two major factors restricting agricultural production are the area of cultivated land and the output per unit. In this era, yield per mu is a very big problem. Although Liu Bei's territory was a little bigger, he desperately reclaimed wasteland and expanded the cultivated area. But if the yield per mu can't go up, it's also in vain. The shogunate hired countless old peasants and asked the scholars of the academy to follow the records to summarize the experiences that could be replicated, but for several years, there was still little success.

In this era when there is no chemical fertilizer, it can only be a delusion to want to achieve a significant increase in the yield per mu of the field. No wonder people at this time said that three years of cultivation have one year's savings. Coupled with the impact of weather and natural disasters, it is really difficult for ordinary people to survive. When Liu Bei had a headache, he couldn't help but admire Dr. Yuan, the great druid of later generations.

Of course, the continuous experiments in the past few years have not been without gains. In terms of seed selection and fertilizer, we have accumulated some experience. The yield per mu will not be greatly increased, and small steps forward are also acceptable to Liu Bei. Moreover, in some areas, experiments with intercropping and double cropping have been carried out, and in some places they have succeeded, and in others they have failed. However, this is all experience, Liu Bei asked people to record them one by one, and they will be compiled into a book in the future, promulgated in the world, and passed on to future generations.

After receiving Liu Zhang's report, Liu Bei asked Zhao Yun to mobilize troops and horses, and tentatively walked the Lianyun plank road in Chen Cang, so as to put pressure on Cao Cao, and on the other hand, the imperial court also issued an edict to Cao Cao as quickly as possible. He expressed his appreciation for pacifying Zhang Lu, and ordered him to go to the table to play the meritorious soldiers, and then increase his food to show his merits, and finally the real goal, follow the good temptation, persuade him to withdraw from Hanzhong and Ba County, and return to Jingzhou. And soon there will be officials appointed by the imperial court to Hanzhong and Ba County.

After the edict arrived at Cao Cao, Cao Cao was silent for a while, and finally went to the table, listing a large list of soldiers for reward, but he didn't say a word about the retreat.

Liu Bei and the princes of the court didn't care about it, they just thought that Cao Cao was still weighing and considering, and they thought that they would see each other soon. As for how long it will be soon, everyone agrees that it should be after the year.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the flow of people in Linyong City has also begun to increase, all of whom are coming into the city to purchase New Year's goods. The people outside the city have worked hard for a year, and they can enjoy one or two during the New Year's Festival. Although I don't have a few dollars left, I save money just to tear a piece of cloth for my wife and buy some food for the children at this time. The family is happy, and it is worth it to suffer more.

Liu Bei also summarized his achievements this year, and he was generally satisfied. After defeating Yuan Shao last year, this year he made another effort to sweep away the large and small forces in Guanzhong. In addition to the four counties of Hexi, Liangzhou is still advancing, and the other lords are also dying and surrendering. If you want to come next year, the whole territory of Liangzhou will be able to return to Han again. Of course, the most satisfying thing is not the recovery of the customs and the coolness, but the breaking of Xianbei on the grassland. The two major Xianbei orders were both killed, tens of thousands of Hu horses were beheaded, and countless Xianbei people were punished and confiscated as slaves. Such a big record, the two Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, is also rare.

The Xianbei people died, and the rest either fled far away from the wind, or they were honest and did not dare to make any changes. In this battle, Liu Bei is confident that at least he has fought the border for five years. If the Hu people did not dare to invade the border for five to ten consecutive years, then Liu Bei would have enough energy to deal with the two major separatist forces in the south.

After the unification of the whole country, if the Hu people still dare to make changes, then the whole country will be conquered, and the victory will be easier.

Liu Jin and Liu Chen, the two brothers are already ten years old, and they will be eleven after the New Year. They were at home with several other siblings and were taught by Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi resigned from the government and devoted himself to educating these naughty children.

Because Liu Jin is the eldest son, he was taught to be well-behaved, and his temperament was also generous and benevolent. Liu Chen is different, very naughty. He is always indispensable in fighting and making trouble with a group of half-sized naughty boys outside. But he still has the love of his two married sisters. The one who can control him at home is Lu Hang, and he can't change his mother, Luo Yeke.

Whenever Lu Heng disciplined Liu Chen, and Liu Bei was beside him, he just smiled and persuaded: "There is only one naughty boy left and right, so let him go, and when he is older, he will naturally be sensible." ”

Lu Heng disagreed: "The king's words are not good, he doesn't teach when he is young, and when he grows, how can he discipline him?" And Erlang is the king's last son, if he is indulgent, how can he have a future? ”

Luo Yeke was reluctant to do it because of his heartache, but he had always admired Lu Heng's sister and agreed with Lu Heng's words very much. Now that Fu Jungui is a prince and king, his every move has been watched by tens of millions of people, not to mention, his children must also be the object of attention from outsiders. If your own children have a bad reputation, won't it damage your husband's reputation?

Liu Bei looked at his wife Xunzi with a smile, he felt that this was his happiest time. The son is filial and the wife is virtuous, and the mother is still there. These days, not to mention how comfortable it is. Now in addition to his two daughters, he has five children by his side, Da Qiao has given birth to a son for him, and Zhao Ji is also pregnant. By next year, I will add Ding again.

The family is prosperous, and Liu Bei's mother, Mrs. Liu, is the happiest. The old man feels that his days are numbered, and it is really the greatest satisfaction to be able to watch Liu Bei, the lone seedling, spread out its branches and leaves.

A few years ago, Liu Bei held a banquet in the mansion and feasted the ministers, thanking them for their efforts and contributions, and full of expectations for the work in the coming year. At the same time, he also pointed out the shortcomings in the work and ordered everyone to correct them. In a burst of laughter, everyone waited for the arrival of the second year of Yanping.