The bank is developing rapidly. In just over two months, it has loaned more than 60 million yuan. This money has appeared in various industries, allowing commercial trade in Shu County and other places to develop rapidly in 195.

Many ordinary people have joined these people's entrepreneurship, and wages in various places in Shu County have begun to rise again. Especially the young people who are literate and motivated are quickly signing long-term contracts with the new chambers of commerce. The business community in Shu County has emerged.

There are many new forces, and some new chambers of commerce have adopted new cooperative development models, and their strength has grown rapidly.

By the end of March, not a drop of rain had fallen in any county in Yizhou. Everyone knew that there would be a severe drought this year. Grain stores in Shu County began to purchase grain in large quantities. Liu Xin gave an order to 56 counties.

Households are not allowed to hoard food for more than one year, and if found to do so, they will be punished for the crime of speculation in a disaster year.

In this way, statistics provided by 56 counties show that from the beginning of the year to March 30, all grain shops sold a total of more than 45 million shi of grain. Nearly 30% of the grain hoarded by Liu Xin was bought in these three months. By the fourth

At the beginning of the month, food consumption finally slowed down.

Liu Xin sold grain at a fair price, which made the entire Shu county know that a drought was coming, but no one was panicked. They trusted the government or Liu Xin, and believed that Liu Xin could solve all crises.

Liu Xin began to send troops to Wudu County's old road, Qiang Road, and Wudu Road to check whether the caravans heading north had brought food. The six counties and two counties had already ordered that all food under Liu Xin's rule should not be transported out of the country.

In addition to Wudu County, there are checkpoints in key areas such as Gangshi Road on Yinping Road, Chengdu County, and Wuyang County to specifically check whether caravans are smuggling food. If food is found to be smuggled, all will be confiscated and sent directly to the reform camp.

Years, no need to go through official review.

Some aristocratic families who originally planned to leave Shu County with their families had already exchanged all their banknotes for gold, and were planning to go to Guanghan County or even leave Yizhou. At this time, they began to hesitate. At least they did not have to worry about their family's safety in Shu County.

There was chaos everywhere, so the gold was deposited in the bank. Some aristocratic families who had left came back after arriving in Guanghan County, because the price of food in Guanghan County had increased to more than 400 yuan per stone, which was four times that of Shu County.

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More and more people followed the caravans to Shu County. In April, more than 30% of the fields in Guanghan County were dead due to drought. At this time, the government began to persuade the people to water their fields more, and they only advised, unlike those in Shu County.

It is completely different from the large-scale construction of water conservancy projects organized by the government.

Liu Xin was originally worried that Liu Yan's rule would be unstable due to food shortages. In order to divert the conflict and find trouble for him, he had decided that as long as Liu Yan dared to take the lead, he would march directly into Guanghan County. However, he learned from Xianyan that Liu Yan had already

Seriously ill, and very serious.

Liu Yan sent people to Hanzhong County to look for Zhang Lu. His illness could only be cured by Zhang Lu, or by Liu Xin and others who had learned the "Snake Light Technique", but the price he had to pay to save Liu Xin's life would be huge.

Zhang Lu ignored Liu Yan's plea for help. He is now developing well in Hanzhong County. After gathering people from aristocratic families from Jingzhao Yin, Zhang Lu's territory has begun to extend to the Sizhou area and has become a powerful force in the world today.

One of the great princes.

In this way, Liu Xin did not worry about Liu Yan. According to history, Liu Yan should have died at this time. It was Liu Zhang who led the Dongzhou scholars to fight against the local aristocratic families. In the end, Liu Zhang would conquer the eight counties in northern Yizhou, but because of Liu Xin's appearance,

It was no longer possible for Liu Zhang to occupy Yizhou.

On April 5th, Huang Zhongfei Ge of Yunnan County sent a message that the iron castle in Yongchang County had begun to be built and the blast furnaces had begun to produce iron. Because they used charcoal as fuel, the four blast furnaces were not very large and could produce 20,000 kilograms of iron per day.

Liu Xin asked Yunnan Iron Fort to start making all kinds of road construction tools, as well as new horse-drawn carriage shock-absorbing chassis, various steel plates, and iron nails. Now the official road from Shu County to Yunnan has been completed, but many places are temporary.

Wooden Bridge, Liu Xin needed to build a highway from Shu County to Yongchang County.

The population of Yuexun County last year reached 860,000, which is nearly twice the previous count of 320,000. Yuexun County is surrounded by mountains, and many tribes have not even had contact with the outside world for hundreds or thousands of years. To manage Yuexun County well,

Yuexun County is not easy. Liu Xin accepted his first counselor Cheng Yu and put him here as the prefect in order to control the entire Yuexun County as soon as possible.

We got news from the Central Plains states that Liu Bei is now in a fierce fight with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is weaker than Liu Bei. After negotiating peace with the northern Gongsun Zan, he started many battles with Liu Bei in central Jizhou. Liu Bei has Zhang Fei, Yuan Shao has defeated Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but

However, Yuan Shao's generals under Cao Cao were brave, and both sides were in constant anxiety.

In order to get rid of the control of the Yanzhou family, Lu Bu moved to Yuzhou and fought with Yuan Shu after occupying the northern part of Yuzhou. Sun Jian of Yangzhou, after taking Wu County and defeating Yan Baihu of Kuaiji County, began to dissatisfy Yuan Shu's rule and began to cause troubles everywhere in the world.

During the disaster, the people were willing to fight tooth and nail without having anything to eat, and the wars between the princes became more and more intense.

After Ma Teng conquered many Qiang tribes in the west of Liangzhou, he fought many battles with the Huns in the north. The Huns he killed did not dare to enter the territory of Liangzhou. The eighteen-year-old Ma Chao showed great prowess in the west of Liangzhou. He was the sole Huns general in the county.

13 people, killed six of the opponent and then chased down the enemy ten times his own, so he already had the title of God of War in Liangzhou.

Li Que and Guo Si of Sizhou fought with the officials of the imperial court for three years. The two of them killed hundreds of people from aristocratic families, but the whole Sizhou was still getting more and more chaotic. They could not prepare much food this year, so they gave up.

Chang'an City occupied Chiyang Huangbaicheng. The people of Chang'an City escaped from the clutches of Li Que and Guo Si and began to flee. They knew that they heard the news that Wudu County was in the hands of Liu Xin and had enough food to take in the refugees, so everyone

They fled together to Chencang County.

Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew occupied Bingzhou. Liu Biao only occupied the four most prosperous northern counties in Jingzhou. He is now conquering the southern counties. Although Jingzhou seems to be the most peaceful now, Liu Biao is still worried about Sun Jian. He and Sun Jian have conflicts and cannot help each other.

To resolve it, you can only continue to strengthen your own strength and wait for Sun Jian to come and seek revenge on you.

Understanding the situation in the world, Liu Xin knew that the war between the princes has reached this stage and the forces of all parties have basically stabilized. It is not easy to decide the winner, so he no longer worries about the situation in Yizhou.

.While all the counties under his rule were relatively stable, Liu Xin decided to go to Yuexun County and even Yongchang County to personally inspect the situation in each county.

Because he knew that when the three-year drought passed and he began to dominate the world, he would probably not have the chance to travel south.
Chapter completed!