If you don’t have money, you will naturally think about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Of course, saving money will not be much money. The entire Yangzhou is developing. How can there be a place to save money? The rivers need to be dredged, roads need to be repaired, and land needs to be opened. Now Yangzhou is in a prosperous state.

If you can't save money, then open source. If you want to ask the Minister of Revenue Mi Zhu, who called Mi Zhu, and Mi Zhu could only shake his head. Now Yangzhou is basically impossible to have a big scene, and it is not easy to maintain such a trade route.

The annual tax burden should be around 30 to 400,000 gold. This is based on Mi Zhu's use of all relationships. It is impossible to add it, unless it is just killing the chicken to get the eggs.

"If it's not possible on the business road, then let's change the way!" Liu Mang thought about it. The easiest wealth to make and the fastest way to make money. Liu Mang thought for a while and finally his eyes lit up.

Why didn't he expect that the easiest thing in this world to make a fortune is nothing else, that is, war wealth. A cannon fired a thousand taels of gold is not about war wealth. Taking a city, getting taxes from a city to get the weapons and warehouses left by the enemy in the city, these are wealth, and also about letting the enemy cede land and paying compensation. The army in Yangzhou is now ready to go.

The first thing Liu Mang thought of was Jingzhou. Because Jingzhou was so rich that he took over a Jiangling capital, Liu Mang received 500,000 stones of food and grass, countless armor and weapons, and more than 100,000 gold. These were all money.

If you take over the southern county of Jingzhou and the Jingzhou mansion Xiangyang, you may be able to receive goods of no less than one million gold.

"Yuanzhi. How about we send troops to attack Jingzhou?" Liu Mang was almost crazy about money now. He had such a rich man around him. He was sorry for Liu Mang's Yangzhou army if he didn't rob his mother.

Liu Mang originally thought that Xu Shu would agree with his thoughts. Now there are three main forces in Jingzhou, one of Wenpin's main forces has been eliminated in the Yangtze River, and there is also a Huang Zu's army that can only guard the five counties in Changsha. The last main elite is in the hands of Cai Mao, but now Cai Mao and Liu Biao are both in a good manner. It would be good if Cai Mao does not rebel. You still expect Cai Mao to help you. So now is a good time to attack Jingzhou.

But Xu Shu clasped his fists at Liu Mang and shook his head, "My lord is definitely not the time to attack Jingzhou!"

"Why is this?" Liu Mang didn't understand. If such a rich man is in front of him, why don't you attack him?

"Lord, we took Jiangxia, the gentry in Jiangxia had already withdrawn. Jiangxia is basically dispensable. After taking Jiangling, it was my General Lu Xun who planned and attacked Jiangling. He was the help of the eldest daughter of the Wu family in Jiangling. But if you want to attack Xiangyang now, you would not be an enemy of Liu Biao!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.

"Don't you be an enemy of Liu Biao? What does this mean?"

"It's not an enemy with Liu Biao, but an enemy with the entire Jingzhou." Xu Shu continued to speak.

"Is there any difference between the two?" Liu Mang didn't understand. Isn't Jingzhou Liu Biao's Jingzhou? Is Liu Biao and Jingzhou still different?

"The difference between the two is great. What does the lord need to win the world?" Xu Shu asked Liu Mang.

"The people's hearts? The army?" Liu Mang responded in confusion. Those who win the people's hearts will win the world. Liu Mang still understands it. Look, if Liu Bei shows off there, he can make the people foolish and die for him in vain. There is also a strong army.

"Yes!" Xu Shu nodded, "But lord, do you think you have this two now? Have you won the hearts of the people of Jingzhou and have enough troops?"

"Army? One hundred thousand elite troops in Yangzhou are ready to go. The Yangzhou navy in the Yangtze River has already crossed the river. I can give them 30% of the people's hearts. Can Liu Biao be as good as my Yangzhou?" Liu Mang said to Xu Shu that 30% of the taxes were paid. This amount can be said that no prince dared to play like this. Once 30% of the taxes are paid, he would not think of enough food and grass to fight. Liu Mang is not afraid, because there are so many fertile land in Yangzhou. In addition, Liu Mang has things like sweet potatoes in his hands, so he can afford it. He does not believe that Liu Biao can still think of him as Liu Mang to the people.

Xu Shu shook his head with a wry smile, "My lord, we didn't care before, because indeed, Liu Biao in Jingzhou could not do 30% of the tax, but lord, that was on the border of Jingzhou. And what we are going to attack Jingzhou this time is the residence of Jingzhou, which is the generation of Xiangyang." Xu Shu explained to Liu Mang that it doesn't matter if Liu Mang attacks the periphery of Jingzhou, because the people there are indeed poor and they want to join Yangzhou to enjoy the benefits of 30% of the tax, but it is different for Xiangyang generation.

What is Xiangyang? It is the economic and political center of Jingzhou. It can be considered a wealthy place. A music hall can bring in tens of thousands of dollars in one day, let alone other places. Just like now, even an ordinary citizen in the imperial capital, he can become a million or millionaire by selling his house.

Therefore, although the people in Xiangyang are still in a state of high taxes, they are not poor. This is why Liu Pan cannot find recruiting soldiers near Xiangyang, so their families have money and food, so why do they follow you to do the work of keeping their heads on their waists?

If Liu Mang attacked Jingzhou now, it would be really not an enemy of Liu Biao, but an enemy of these people.

These people think simple. This is my hometown and the political and economic center of Jingzhou. When Liu Biao was there, my real estate could be sold at a high price. If you attack me, your capital in Yangzhou has nothing to do with me. My status in Xiangyang will naturally be reduced. I won’t talk about the sharp drop in housing prices. There is another reason why you will beat my home away.

This has touched the vital interests of the people. At that time, the people of Xiangyang will not buy Liu Mang's war. Even the 30,000 elite Jingzhou navy under Cai Mao could only turn the bow of the ship and deal with Liu Biao to deal with Yangzhou. After all, Xiangyang is also the hometown of those Jingzhou navy troops.

"Isn't it better for me to give them their original treatment? But I give them less houses, and I give them less land!" Liu Mang said to Xu Shu.

"Lord, how much can you give? Hundreds of thousands of people in Jingzhou. If you give to the people of Xiangyang, what about the other people in our Yangzhou?" Xu Shu asked back. There is no absolute fairness in this world, but there is a prerequisite that is, you should not worry about the lack of people but the unevenness. If you give so many benefits to the people of Jingzhou, how can you face the people of Yangzhou? You can't favor one or the other, the people of Yangzhou have shared the joys and sorrows with you.

"There is one aspect of the people's hearts, and that is the huge relationship between the gentry in Jingzhou!" Xu Shu spoke again. Liu Mang obtained Jiangxia and Jiangling in Jingzhou, both of which were of good character. After Huang Zu was laid off, Jiangxia's gentry moved out of Jiangxia. As the Jiangxia War became bigger and bigger, the gentry had long run away without any signs, so there was no obstacle to taking Jiangxia.

The original number one gentry in Jiangling was the Wu family, the ship king of Jiangling, who was also killed by Liu Pan with an excuse. Therefore, everyone who had a relationship with the Wu family was in danger. They were afraid that they would be the next Wu family, so they began to relocate to Jingnan, that is, the five counties in Changsha. As for the gentry related to Dong Zhi, because Dong Zhi rebelled, Lu Xun simply handled it, that was to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. If you rebel, you will naturally have an excuse to mess with you. No one will say much.

Therefore, it is very easy for Jiangling and Jiangxia to accept it.

But now it is different if you want to attack Xiangyang. Where is Xiangyang? It is a place where the gentry gathers together. The Central Plains are in chaos. Many large and small gentry in the Central Plains have all taken refuge in Jingzhou, so the gentry in Xiangyang is one after another.

Although the largest Kuai family and the Cai family had a good relationship with Liu Mang, it was not easy to speak for Yangzhou under such circumstances, because after Liu Mang attacked Xiangyang, he would definitely be a power replacement and purge of interests. Xiangyang was originally a piece of cake, and it had been allocated by the major gentry in Xiangyang.

If you, Liu Mang, will inevitably bring you the gentry members from Yangzhou. At that time, there will inevitably be conflicts between the local gentry and the gentry members from Yangzhou. The cake is so big. If there are too many people who share the cake, some people will naturally suffer.

No one wants to lose this kind of loss, so once Liu Mang attacks the gentry of Xiangyang, he will definitely be united in the front.

"What should I do? This can't be fought, and that can't be fought. Could it be that Liu Biao will enjoy his old age? Then Liu Pan is forming a new army, waiting for the 100,000 troops in Xiangyang to appear again!" Liu Mang became angry. Attacking Jingzhou was not only because Liu Mang was coveting the wealth of Jingzhou, but also because he wanted to take revenge on Liu Biao. After all, Liu Mang almost died at the hands of Liu Biao. There was also that woman, and when she thought of her, Liu Mang couldn't help but feel a stinging pain in her heart.

"Lord, we cannot attack now, but it does not mean that our army cannot take Xiangyang!" Xu Shu shook his head and stepped forward to appease Liu Mang and said.

"kindness?"

"Lord, when we attack Jingzhou now, we can only let Liu Biao integrate the entire Jingzhou power. You and us are enemies. This is not good for us. Even if we conquer Xiangyang, we will be powerless to advance to other places and can only stay in a corner in the end. And now we are not moving, so we are the best attack. Jingzhou is not a solid piece. Can you tell me that Huang She, the eldest son of the Huang family, and Liu Biao's second son, Liu Pan?" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.

Of course, Liu Mang knew these two people, not only did they know them, but they were also familiar with each other, because they had both had enemies with Liu Mang. "What?"

"These two are now Liu Biao's left arm and right arm!" Xu Shu said with a smile, "but these two are incompatible."

Xu Shu's first sentence made Liu Mang frown, but the next sentence made Liu Mang think.

Liu Biao's two confidants had a conflict, and this was a lot of fun. Although the king's emperor's technique was to support one subordinate to suppress another subordinate, and then support the suppressed person to fight back, so as to ensure the balance of power under his command.

But that is the art of the emperor, and you have to wait for the empire to be unified. If you have no enemies in the country, Jingzhou itself is now hard to protect, and there are still internal strife in it. Isn’t this asking for death?

"Liu Biao is old. According to the information sent by Yang Changcheng, Liu Biao can't live long." The news brought by Yang Hong's spy in Jingzhou was that Liu Biao had vomited blood several times and his face was very bad. From the medicinal materials he used, he had already appeared in the century-old ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum and other medicinal materials. These were all for life-threatening use.

"Liu Biao can still maintain restraint among these two people. If Liu Biao dies, lord, what will happen to Xiangyang?"

Since Huang She had a feud with Liu Pan, there would naturally be no situation of getting along well.

If Liu Pan wants to suppress Huang's head, he must get the position of Jingzhou. On the contrary, if Huang's head wants to suppress Liu Pan, he must not let Liu Pan have this opportunity and support Liu Biao's youngest son Liu Zong.

The Cai family and the Kuai family also wanted to support Liu Zong ascend the throne, and Liu Pan had military power. Once Liu Biao was dead, Liu Mang had already seen that scene. Liu Mang could not force Xiangyang too much now, but should relax and let Liu Biao's second son train his troops and command the army well.

Just as the two were discussing, a guard ran in and said to Liu Mang, "Report! Report to Your Highness, the inner minister, Xu Du is here to send me!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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