"Lord, are you looking for me?" Pang Tong picked up the curtain and entered the coach's tent. He saw Liu Bei and Jian Yong eating Gudu soup together. He was not polite, so he directly added a pair of bowls and chopsticks to himself, sat down and said with a smile.

The recent situation is good for Liu Bei's army. Although Shangyong, Xixian and Fangling did not clearly state that they would surrender to Liu Bei, they did not refuse. They were also very polite to Liu Bei's envoys. This was obviously waiting and waiting for the price.

"Well, Wen Chang has successfully occupied Yangping Pass with the help of Yangsong." Liu Bei nodded.

"In this way, Shangyong, Fangling and Xixian can be obtained!" Pang Tong laughed when he heard this. This is a good thing. Yangpingguan is the throat of Hanzhong. Now that it is easily obtained by Liu Bei's army, it is equivalent to cutting off Zhang Lu's foreign aid. Even if Yang Ang cannot convince Yang Ang to surrender, as long as Yang Pingguan is in his own hands, it will be difficult for Yang Ang to attack, and Yangpingguan is not Mianyang.

"Well, Wen Chang sent a letter and wanted to ask Bo Yuan to go to Yangping Pass to help him consolidate the city defense." Liu Bei smiled and said, "Which plank road is still being built by Bo Yuan recently?"

"Well, the three hundred miles of plank road, Bo Yuan has invested a lot of money this time and hired a total of three thousand civilians to dig the mountain road with him. I went to see it yesterday. The plank road is quite spacious and can accommodate two vehicles in parallel. If it can be repaired, the road from Jiameng Pass to Hanzhong will only be ten days to transport food and grass!" Pang Tong nodded and exclaimed in a little bit of surprise.

Liu Yi came back from Guanping and stayed in the military camp for a day. Then he resigned from Liu Bei to repair the plank road. In fact, Wei Yan had not been able to capture Yangping Pass at that time. If Liu Yi repaired the plank road at this time, it would be like a free miserable official for Zhang Lu. However, Liu Yi still insisted on repairing and clearing the road between Jiameng Pass and Hanzhong, and obviously he had regarded Hanzhong as his own territory.

"But this expense is also a lot!" Liu Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this. Liu Yi directly took 10 million yuan to repair the road. If it weren't for knowing Liu Yi's ability and supernatural powers, Liu Bei really suspected that Liu Yi had embezzled the money. The money that Liu Zhang had just sent was taken away by Liu Yi before he could warm up. Even Liu Bei, Liu Yi's way of spending money would make him feel distressed.

What's more, Liu Bei had a long talk with Liu Yi before. In order to send troops from Shuzhong in the future, Liu Yi also prepared to repair two more plank roads to ensure that the army was unhindered in marching. Two checkpoints were built. Conservatively estimated that it would cost 50 million yuan. In addition, there were Mianshui and Cen River in Hanzhong, which could vigorously develop water conservancy. Liu Yi was preparing to build the people's livelihood in Hanzhong when Liu Bei attacked Yizhou.

Liu Yi has arranged almost the money in Zhang Lu's treasury. In addition to rewarding soldiers, the others are all used to build in Liu Yi's plan. As for Liu Bei... he felt an inexplicable feeling of sadness. Even if he took Hanzhong, he would probably be the poorest monarch in the world.

"In Bo Yuan's words, this is called investment. If the road is clear, why worry about wealth not coming? If people's livelihood is rising, why worry about money and food? Lord, this money cannot be saved. Bo Yuan is so anxious, and he also hopes to enhance his background for the lord!" Pang Tong shook his head and smiled: "Before, there were quite constraints in Jingzhou, and Bo Yuan was not good at showing off his strength. Now, we can make the decision in Hanzhong. It is because Bo Yuan is so active."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and nodded. He didn't know this truth, but Liu Yi was too ruthless in spending money. When he was in the police, someone secretly settled the accounts for Liu Bei.

Not to mention the money for building Yueyang City, the total cost of building temples in each county is more than 30 million. As for Yueyang City, although Liu Bei's investment was only 15 million in the early stage, the taxes and income from Changsha for two consecutive years were exceeded 100 million.

Of course, the man was talking bad about Liu Yi, only counting the loss, not the gain. In fact, when Liu Bei entered Yizhou, the statistics showed that the population of the four counties in Jingnan and generals increased by nearly 100,000 in one year, and the taxes in Changsha were not in vain. After the taxes were restored, the taxes collected by Changsha were almost equal to the sum of Guiyang, Lingling and Wuling counties.

It is difficult to see results in the short term, and it is precisely because of seeing long-term returns that Liu Bei has never rejected Liu Yi's various demands for money. Of course, Liu Yi will not say what Liu Bei has to bear.

In short, unlike Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang who are looking at the world, Liu Yi always considers how to continuously consolidate the existing resources and foundations, and improve Liu Bei's overall strength and foundation from the aspects of economy and people's livelihood. Although it is inconsistent with the current mainstream of the world, in fact, whether Cao Cao, Sun Quan or Liu Bei have realized that all industries in the world have withered in recent years, and have begun to pay more or less attention to people's livelihood issues. However, Liu Bei has a weak foundation. When he was in Jingzhou, although he did not believe in slander and dismissed Liu Yi, he still had to make some compromises with the scholars of Jingzhou on many interests.

This is also a fundamental reason why Pang Tong said that Liu Yi was unable to let go of his hands. Whenever Liu Yi made some achievements, there were always some people who wanted to deprive him, and some even suggested that Liu Bei detain Liu Yi's family.

After all, Liu Yi has not been completely accepted by the scholars. Now entering Shu is also a great opportunity for Liu Yi. Liu Bei sent Liu Yi to accompany the army several times, hoping that Liu Yi can make more contributions and that the promotion of Liu Yi's official title will be more legitimate in the future.

In fact, judging from the past few experiences, Liu Yi's military strategy may not be outstanding, but as long as he has enough ability to equip him with generals, Liu Yi does have the ability to stand on his own. The most important thing is that Liu Yi never greedy for power. He often handed over the military power after the battle, and came to discuss with Liu Bei how to use the results of the battle together.

He attached more importance to construction rather than rights, but because of this, while Liu Bei was quite relieved, he also gained Liu Bei's trust and even had the idea of ​​marrying Adou and Liu Yi's daughter. However, both families were surnamed Liu, and this same surname was not married was a taboo in the Han Dynasty. This idea was just a thought in the end.

"Look... can Bo Yuan be strong on both sides?" Liu Bei asked.

Although road construction is important, strengthening the defense of Yangping Pass is equally important. Even at present, Yangping Pass is more important than road construction.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Pang Tong shook his head and said, "I have seen Bo Yuan's design drawing. The structure of the plank road is quite complex, including the location of the corner frame and how to place it. It requires not only the craftsmanship, but also the attainment of mathematical technology. Bo Yuan has been studying mathematical technology in recent years, and has to be guided by Kong Ming and Zhou Ping. He himself is quite talented in this area to achieve his current accomplishment. If it were someone else, it would be difficult to use it."

Jian Yong, who was standing beside him, suddenly said, "Why not ask a person who is proficient in mathematics to temporarily serve Bo Yuan's command and ask Mr. Bo Yuan to go to Yangping Pass? This plank road repair requires a lot of mathematical skills, but if it is strengthened to strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass, it will not last long, right?"

After all, Liu Yi was not on the construction site for one or two months when he was in Yueyang, but the city construction speed was not slow, as long as he had money, it was enough.

"Who can replace Bo Yuan?" Liu Bei asked with a smile, saying that, but his eyes were looking at Pang Tong.

Jian Yong looked at Pang Tong with a smile.

Well……

Pang Tong was speechless when facing the eyes of the two, as if he had cheated himself. However, Liu Yi's new numerical symbols had many new measurement methods. Pang Tong wanted to see them in depth, so he could only nod and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go on for a few days."

This meal is not easy.

After the three of them had enough food and drink, Pang Tong stood up and went to Liu Yi to discuss the matter with Liu Yi. As for Nan Zheng, the short term will be to limit the troops of Nan Zheng. As long as Zhang Lu does not take the initiative to attack, Liu Bei will not cause trouble for Zhang Lu. However, if Zhang Lu dares to send troops, Liu Bei will not be afraid of fighting in the field. The eight thousand people added by Liu Zhang to Liu Bei have now arrived at Jiameng Pass and will arrive soon. At that time, Liu Bei's troops will grow again.

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"Yangping Pass?" Liu Yi frowned and looked at Pang Tong and said, "But the things here can't be done as long as you have money."

The stability of the plank road requires more than just attributes. If there is no sufficient foundation, it will be useless to add any attributes. Moreover, there are some places that need to build bridges, which can save a lot of roads. This is even more technical work, and he needs to take charge.

"It only takes a few days to go to Yangping Pass. You just need to design the drawings and let the craftsmen do it. You don't need to stay in person to press the formation. I have brought you the drawings of Yangping Pass. As for the matter here, I will help you for a few days." Pang Tong looked at Liu Bei and smiled.

"How much has the lord prepared to strengthen Yangping Pass? Have the materials been prepared?" Liu Yi asked.

"Don't worry, Yangping Pass is a strong city. You only need Bo Yuan to build a military camp for the soldiers to recover and build some cities to defend the city." Pang Tong said with a smile.

Liu Yi was relieved to say that his achievements in mathematics were not as good as those of Pang Tong even though he had been studying hard for the past two years. Liu Yi asked himself that he was not as good as those of Pang Tong.

As for the defense of Yangping Pass, it is basically the same routine and it is not difficult. Not to mention just designing and paying money, even if you direct it yourself, it won’t take much time.

"Since that's the case, then set off now!" Liu Yi nodded and said.

"So fast?" Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi unexpectedly.

"Well, I can't wait to see the plank road completed." Liu Yi nodded. This was the first time he had seriously designed and repaired a road. Liu Yi was looking forward to the properties after completion. If it was feasible, Liu Bei would take over the entire Sichuan and Shu area and carry out road repair projects in the future. Even if it could not be as smooth as the Central Plains, at least it would make the Shu road not that difficult to move. In the future, the grain road would not become their shortcomings.
Chapter completed!