Three Kingdoms: I choose to assist Sun Jian

"This plan is great!"

Yan Xiang was listening, and he also bowed to Yuan Shu and said:

"My lord, I think Yuan Gongcao's plan is feasible!"

"As long as Liu Biao sends troops, our army will surprise Jiujiang again, and Sun Jian will not be able to take care of both ends."

"If our army can capture Jiujiang, then our army can block Sun Jian's army's northward advance!"

"Okay! That's it!"

Yuan Shu heard it, and immediately stood up, with a firm face and said:

"Since the two gentlemen have a good plan, our army will act according to this plan and lead all our troops to attack Jiujiang by surprise!".

Chapter 105 Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, and I was calculated!

The land of Jiangdong, Danyang County, Wanling.

After Sun Jian's army completely captured Jiangdong, Bai Liming suggested to Sun Jian to temporarily move the government office to the county seat of Danyang County.

The reason why it was moved here is because this place is actually more in the hinterland of Yangzhou than Wujun.

In order to facilitate the implementation of government orders, the government was naturally moved here.

However, in contrast, the land of Wanling is far less prosperous than the big counties such as Wu County and Shouchuna.

It's the twelfth lunar month of the year again, and there are no more people on the street.

Bai Liming was wearing a cloak and walking on the street, seeing this, he couldn't help laughing and said:

"If you talk about a prosperous place, the whole of Yangzhou is actually the most prosperous place in Wu County!"

"Look, my lord, you can see a thing or two just from this street view!"

At this time, standing beside him was not some beautiful woman, but a big and rough Sun Jian.

Behind them are Sun Ce and Gan Ning, accompanied by dozens of personal guards.

Listening to Bai Liming's words, Sun Jian smiled slightly and said:

"That's the truth!"

"If you say that the most prosperous place in Jiangdong is Wu County!"

"Compared to Wu County, this Wanling land is considered a barren land!"

As he said that, he saw a hint of worry in his eyebrows and said:

"But Ruozhong, although we have obtained Jiangdong now!"

"But this place is too vast, and the land is sparsely populated."

"Except for the land of Wu County, the rest of the counties are barren lands!"

"No wonder you said it would only take two or three years, but it would take five or six years to cure it!"

"In my opinion, it will take a lot of effort to govern this Jiangdong in the future!"

It has to be said that as Sun Jian's own status and territory gradually rose, he gradually began to make up for the previously neglected governance.

At this moment, with every word, he has the attitude that a monarch should have, and he is no longer as reckless as before.

For such changes, Bailiming is naturally happy to see the results.

Seeing that Sun Jian was concerned about Jiangdong's governance at this time, he couldn't help laughing and said:

"If it is said that Jiangdong is to be governed, it is not impossible to follow."

"My lord, don't want this place to be barren and desolate, but if it can be managed well, this place will become the most prosperous place in the world!"

"The most prosperous place in the world?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian couldn't help shaking his head and said with a smile:

"Ruo Zhong's words are too exaggerated. I am also from Jiangdong. How can I not know what Jiangdong looks like?"

"Not to mention the sparse population, this place is still full of barbarians, and there are barren hills everywhere, with few people in sight!"

"How can it be as rich as the Central Plains and Jizhou!"

"In my opinion, even Jingzhou can hardly compare!"

"otherwise!"

When Bai Liming heard this, he laughed and said:

"The reason why it is barren is because the lord has not seen the benefits of Jiangdong!"

"In my opinion, the lord is sitting on a treasure without knowing it."

"You shouldn't be so arrogant!"

Of course he could understand what Sun Jian said, but he didn't quite agree with it.

What Sun Jian saw was an undeveloped place in the south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, once Jiangnan is developed, it will be out of control!

To put it simply, it was not until the Eastern Jin Dynasty that Jiangnan began to be formally developed.

Afterwards, whenever the northern and southern imperial courts, or when the imperial court moved southward, they would develop Jiangnan once.

Until the Southern Song Dynasty, the entire Jiangnan plus half of Jingzhou and Yizhou's territories supported nearly 8000 million people.

It can be said that even in a feudal society, it is not a problem to support tens of millions of people in Jiangnan.

But at this time, listening to his words, Sun Jian became interested and said:

"So you're still blind?"

He smiled at Baili Ming with great interest and said:

"Ruozhong, tell me why Jiangdong is a treasure?"

"How should our army develop?"

Hearing this, Bailiming simply stretched out three fingers and said with a smile:

"In my opinion, this land in the south of the Yangtze River has at least three advantages!"

"First, the land is fertile. From Jiangxia to Wu County, along the road, there are all good fields, but no one cultivates them."

"As for the farming method, it's actually illegal!"

"Secondly, the climate here is suitable. Both north and south crops can be grown here. If we can vigorously promote northern crops, it will have a miraculous effect!"

"Third, the shipping here is convenient. Whether you go north to Shuzhong along the Yangtze River, or go to Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Liaodong and other places along the sea, you can go to sea from here!"

"As long as you make good use of these three points, you won't have to worry about dying in Jiangdong!"

"So that's what Ruo Zhong said!"

Sun Jian listened, nodded repeatedly and said:

"Based on Ruozhong's three points, there is something that the Central Plains can't match!"

After saying that, he smiled again:

"Since Ruo Zhong has already said this, how about continuing?"

At this time, he also knew that Bai Liming had a habit, that is, he obviously had a lot of talents in the world, but if you didn't ask, he wouldn't tell.

Whenever you ask, no matter what, this guy can tell you clearly.

Compared with Bai Liming's saying that the land of Jiangdong is a treasure, he thinks that he, the military adviser, is the treasure.

As long as you are willing to dig deep, then no matter what the hell can be dug out for you.

At this time, Bai Liming's opening like this, he naturally couldn't let it go easily.

However, Bai Liming naturally didn't know what was going on in Sun Jian's mind. Seeing Sun Jian's question at this moment, he simply followed along and said:

"To develop this land in the south of the Yangtze River, we can actually start from three aspects!"

"For one thing, taking advantage of the great chaos in the north, the refugees went south, and arranged these refugees in various counties reasonably."

"As the population increases, this land in the south of the Yangtze River will naturally become prosperous!"

"But besides that, we have one more thing to do!"

"What else is there to do?"

Sun Jian said hurriedly.

"Encourage fertility!"

Baili Ming laughed and said:

"If we talk about how rich the world is, it is absolutely inseparable from the population. We can only vigorously encourage births, and even our army subsidizes food, and the population must be raised!"

Sun Jian smiled wryly upon hearing this;

"If you are not in charge of the family, Ruo Zhong, you don't know the price of firewood and rice. Our army is already spending money like water!"

"If you are subsidizing childbirth, where does the money come from?"

"This is the second point I want to say!"

Baili Ming laughed and said:

"The second point is to vigorously promote the method of farming. It is best to invite those refugees from the north to the south to vigorously teach the southerners how to farm!"

The reason why he said this was because compared with the developed farming industry in the north, Jiangdong at this time was still slash-and-burn farming, and the agriculture was simply unbearable to look at.

Having said this, he continued:

"In addition, our army will also promote the cultivation of wheat."

"My lord may not know that in this land of Jiangdong, especially in the south of Kuaiji, if wheat and rice are planted alternately, they can be harvested twice a year."

"In this way, our army's food production can be greatly increased!"

"Harvest twice a year?"

When Sun Jian heard this, his eyes immediately lit up!

If the food is harvested twice a year, then their army will not have to worry about food in the future!

"These two things can be done! I'll arrange someone to do it!"

Overjoyed, Sun Jian naturally agreed on the spot.

Then, full of spirit, he said:

"And what about the third point?"

Seeing Sun Jian's excited appearance, Baili smiled and said:

"As for the third point, it is Daxing Commerce. With the advantage of water transportation in Jiangdong, no matter it is west or north, you can conduct business!"

"If necessary, our army can even form a caravan to carry out large-scale trade!"

"Want to start a business?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian suddenly lost his excitement and said:

"Since ancient times, agriculture has been emphasized and merchants suppressed. Ruozhong, why does our army want to promote commerce!"

"If the common people stop farming because of our military development, what should we do?"

Faced with Sun Jian's doubts, Bailiming laughed and said:

"No, my lord wants to miss something!"

"Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce is not in conflict with Daxing commerce in essence!"

"As the saying goes, no agriculture is unstable, and no business is not rich. What our army wants to promote is big business, not small business!"

"Ordinary people, if they need to plant land, they will plant land, and if they need to plant mulberry, they will plant mulberry."

"However, in Jiangdong, the weather is good. Whether it is farming land or mulberry, there will always be a surplus. Our army can pay to collect these surpluses and sell them around to get money."

"In this way, wouldn't it be great if the people get rich, the family gets happiness, and our army gets rich?"

"Secondly, our army has suppressed the aristocratic families in agriculture, and it is completely possible to introduce them to business, so that these aristocratic families will turn their attention to making money instead of desperately annexing fields!"