I turned against Dong Zhuo at the beginning, and I went crazy in the Three Kingdoms.

The fertile fields between Anyi City and Lanshui need water for irrigation.

If Lu Zhen controls the water and restricts their use of water...

Haha~ Then he can control these nobles.

Lu Zhen ordered his scouts to survey the surrounding terrain, and he took Zhao Yun and others to the south of the city.

Thirty miles southeast of Anyi City is Wuxian Mountain, and there is Wuxian River to the southwest. This river connects to Yuncheng Salt Lake and is a flood control facility and can also be used to dry salt.

Lu Zhen and others went to see the Salt Lake salt drying field. It was not big, but it was enough for Anyi City's own use.

In addition, there is an iron mine between Anyi City and Xia County with huge output.

There is salt and iron, this is the confidence of Anyi City, and it is also the reason why Lu Zhen chose this place to establish his feet.

But when Lu Zhen arrived, he saw that the open-pit iron mine was empty and seemed to be abandoned.

Zhao Yun saw that there were hills and ravines in the mine, which might be dangerous, so he tried to dissuade him:

"Please ask the general to wait while Yun goes in to take a look. Lu

Zhen looked at the size of the mine and said:

"No need, the mine is going to be taken over anyway, just bring people over in a few days."

Salt and iron belong to the government and are not allowed to be resold, so the nobles cannot occupy them. Lu Zhen can take over directly.

Zhao Yun sighed:

"Such a large mine would probably require thousands of people to mine it."

Lü Bu's army only has a few thousand men. It needs to guard against the bandit army and the Niu auxiliary army.

Therefore, it is short of manpower. It is necessary to recruit people.

Lu Zhen asked Baoqin:

"Have the notices for recruiting refugees been posted?"

"Back to you, sir, I posted it last night."

Lv Zhen heard the sound of hugging Qin tiredly. He turned around and saw that their faces were tired and dusty.

They had been out riding for a day and only ate a few cakes at noon, but they were exhausted.

Lu Zhen felt a little distressed. After they returned to the city, they were ordered to go back to the wing to rest.

Then Lu Zhen went to find Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai had slept for a few hours and was in good spirits. When he saw Lu Zhen coming back covered with dust but with an excited face, he hurriedly greeted him. ,road:

"It seems that the general has a plan. Lu

Zhen smiled cheerfully and said:

"He who knows me is a talented person!"

Lu Zhen immediately told him that he wanted to control the water and blackmail the nobles with water supply.

Xi Zhicai nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, this is a way to coerce the nobles to invest money and people to jointly control the water."

But how to threaten?

Call all the nobles to make an announcement?

I'm afraid they can't be summoned.

Xi Zhicai smiled freely, pointed to a place in Lanshui and said:

"If you build a water village here and store water to cut off the flow, the nobles will come to inquire. Lu

Zhen praised him. He is indeed a top strategist, and he knows how to make a move.

Before the discussion with Xi Zhicai was over, Lu Bu came in a hurry.

As soon as he entered the door and saw a sickly man who looked like a gentleman, Lu Bu said in surprise:

"Oops, Yuandang, have you found the teacher?"

Teacher?

" Xi Zhicai looked surprised.

Lu Zhen hurriedly explained:

"I'm currently looking for someone to teach the generals how to read."

Then, Lu Zhen explained to Lu Bu:

"This is Xi Zhicai, the chief secretary and military advisor I am looking for. Lu

Bu looked Xi Zhicai up and down and saw that he didn't look like a nobleman in his clothing and temperament, so he couldn't help but ask:

"May I ask where you are from, sir? Xi

Zhi realized that Lu Bu wanted to ask about his origin, so he said directly:

"It's a crime below."

Zui Ji?

Lu Bu's eyes widened immediately. Can Ji Ji be a strategist?

It's not that Lu Bu looks down on others, but that in this world of nobles, only counselors with high family backgrounds can provide help.

Because the higher the family background, the larger the network of connections. Naturally, things will be easier to do.

Not to mention the high-born gentry counselors around Cao Cao.

In history, Zhuge Liang also had a very close relationship. His father-in-law’s family was the Huang family of Jiangxia, his brother-in-law was the Kuai family of Nanjun, and Cai Mao was his wife. Uncle.

To say that Zhuge Liang is a country boy? That’s nonsense!

And Xi Zhicai didn’t blame Lu Bu for being contemptuous. After all, he lived in this era and knew the importance of family background.

However, Lu Zhen was not happy and said:

"Something's wrong? If it's okay, I'm going to discuss things with my husband. Seeing that his son was angry and wanted to drive him away, Lu Bu said helplessly:

"The military scribes are extremely busy. Since you issued the announcement, tens of thousands of people have registered to reclaim wasteland."

This should be a good thing, but the announcement has only been issued for a day, so it is impossible for so many people to come. It is probably the nobles who asked their servants to pretend to claim the quota. Anyway, after reclaiming the wasteland, not only will the rent be exempted, but you can also farm and harvest food.

Moreover, outside Anyi City There are only so many abandoned fields. Once they have finished cultivating them, the refugees will naturally have nowhere to cultivate them.

"Eighty percent of these people were servants of noble manors."Lu Bu could see that something was unusual.

Lu Zhen had expected it, and he said nonchalantly:

"It doesn't matter, let them cultivate it"

"Make household registration for them and provide them with tents to live in. The Sun Jianjun tents we captured last time can now be used.

Lu Bu was surprised:"Give me a tent?""

"Yes, since they are refugees, they naturally have no house or land. They have registered to reclaim wasteland and cannot stay in the city."

"Keep statistics, these will be our population from now on, and they will be used in the future recruitment of husbands."

When Lu Bu heard this, his eyes lit up and he laughed and said:

"That's right, since the nobles have"spit" out so many people, then don't even think about going back."

It has always been a difficult problem for noble manors to conceal their population, and this time they have exposed themselves.

Of course, as the registered population increases, it is also true that the wasteland is not enough.

Therefore, Lu Zhen needs to start water control and expand his territory to the north.

And The north of Anyi City is the area occupied by Baibo bandits, and it is inevitable to mobilize troops.