I heard that Zhuge Liang's sister and younger brother had arrived and settled their home in Pingyu, and Sun Ce was very satisfied.

That's the right attitude.

"How do you think? What are your thoughts?"

"The people are rich and the officials are poor, and the general is kind and complimentary, but I am afraid it will be difficult to last. If the enemy enters the country, there will be disadvantages of obtaining the enemy."

Sun Ce and Guo Jia exchanged a look and smiled at the same time. As expected, Zhuge Liang came with questions, not as simple as applying for results. He was unwilling to start with the grassroots intern military strategy. He wanted to take the lead and strive for a higher starting point for himself. Perhaps he had already benchmarked himself with Pang Tong. Pang Tong was an idol in the minds of countless young people. He was not good at appearance, but he could gain a place with his intelligence and talent. He became an important figure second only to Guo Jia at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Zhuge Liang was a person who was good at collecting information and could not know Pang Tong.

One is Wolong and the other is Fengchu, who is born to be a rival. However, now the opposite of history, Pang Tong took one step first, and in one step, he was one step slower and became a chaser.

"Then tell me, what should be done before?"

"Cash money and property in the officials and dispatch them in a unified manner. The people only have half a month of food to celebrate the New Year. After the New Year, if they join the army or serve, those who work hard can have food and clothing, while those who are idle cannot eat. In this way, the people will be uneasy and the officials will have spare energy. They can defend against the enemy outside and prevent changes from inside. Even if the enemy cavalry enters the country, they cannot eat, and those who are ill-behaved dare not act rashly."

Seeing Zhuge Liang talking, Sun Ce did not interrupt him, but just listened quietly. Guo Jia asked someone to take the case table, and the three of them took a seat under the corridor. Just as the case was set up, Yuan Quan and others came over with food boxes, took out a bowl of steaming Lantern Festival, and placed it on the prepared long table. Before he could greet the military planners smelled the fragrance and surrounded them. While reaching out to get it, they thanked Yuan Quan and others.

Yuan Quan and Mrs. Zhong came to Sun Ce and others with a bowl of Lantern Festival in one hand. Yuan Quan looked at Zhuge Liang, immediately understood the whole story, gave Sun Ce a look without hesitation, and smiled knowingly.

"Eat first, the green ones are vegetables, the red ones are red beans, and the white ones are lard, be careful to burn them."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly avoided the seat and saluted. "Thank you, my wife."

"I heard that your sister is here too. When will you have time to come to the workshop to meet? The workshop is short of staff. If they are willing to come and help, I will welcome you."

"Sure, certain."

Yuan Quan nodded and stepped back with Mrs. Zhong. Sun Ce picked up the bowl and signaled Zhuge Liang to eat first. Zhuge Liang was not polite either. He picked up the bowl, covered his face with his sleeves, and ate it in small mouthfuls. Sun Ce and Guo Jia ate while chatting, not talking about military affairs, all of them were idle business, which military strategy quarreled yesterday, which family had a happy event recently, which winery released a new product, and so on.

But what they talked about most was the best selling of window glass. Yuan Quan organized a group of glass craftsmen in the workshop, using the conditions of promotion and salary increase, in exchange for them to share their own technology, learn from each other, and then conducted a planned experiment, and quickly created the first batch of window glass. These window glasses were still far from Sun Ce's requirements. First, they were not pure enough, with many variegated colors and many bubbles; second, they could not make large flat panels, and the maximum was three or four inches square. To ensure the yield rate, they could only make up two inches. However, Yuan Quan was very satisfied and asked someone to make a batch. They first installed them on the windows of the water pavilion, and then sent some to the county school. With special window edges, they greatly improved the indoor lighting, which caused a lot of sensation. In a few days, they received a large number of orders, and the deposit in advance was dozens of gold, which was enough for the glass workshop to expand reproduction.

Window glazing not only allows people to see the scenery outside in winter, but also gives rise to an interesting question: Why is the scenery outside the window through glazing distorted, and the degree of distortion of each piece of glazing is different? It is said that several county students are already collecting different window glazing blocks and preparing to systematically study this problem.

Sun Ce was happy to see this. For him, window glazing is not only a way to make money, but also a window to broaden the horizons of scholars.

Although Zhuge Liang had been eating with peace of mind, he could hear it clearly. When he finished eating, he put down the bowl, wiped his mouth with the wet cloth that he prepared his hands, cleaned his hands, and then sat quietly aside. After Sun Ce and Guo Jia finished eating, he said, "The general has studied "Guanzi"?"

"There is no research, it's just like the same thing." Sun Ce smiled and said, "You know that my family used to sell melons and know a little bit about the business."

Zhuge Liang was a little embarrassed. Sun Ce could make himself a joke that he was a man of selling melons, but he could not agree, so he had to pretend not to hear it. "Guan Zhong is indeed a great talent. His country and the world are good strategies. Qi is domineering because of it, Qin is strong because of it, Sang Hongyang uses his strategy, and Han Wu sweeps the Liuhe. If the general has free time, he can take a look and it will be beneficial to open the book."

"Do you think I'm not doing well now?"

"It can't be said that it's not good, it's just that the trade-offs are slightly inappropriate."

Sun Ce looked at Guo Jia with a slight look. Guo Jia raised his hand to signal Sun Ce to himself. First, economy is indeed not his strength, and second, Zhuge Liang should be asked to see Sun Ce's background at this time, otherwise Zhuge Liang would find it difficult to be awe-inspiring and would be able to experience slowly by Sun Ce's side. Sun Ce knew it well and ordered people to take the bowl, get tea, and prepare for the dragon gate formation.

There are usually three levels of state when looking at history: one is to distinguish the authenticity, that is, to see which things may be historical facts, which may be melodies, and which are later decorative; the second is to recognize trends, expand your horizons, eliminate individual gains, losses, successes and failures, and interpret the changing trends of history based on classes and groups; the third is to distinguish the rules, extend the time scale, cross the group, and see the development laws of the entire society.

The first layer is the struggle history of kings, princes, generals and ministers, and the second layer must consider factors such as geography and culture. The main content of the third layer is the impact of productivity and production relations on society. To put it more simply, it is economy. Economy is the foundation, politics is the superstructure, and politics cannot be separated from the influence of economic factors. In the short term, grasping military power is the most important, and in the long term, how to control the economy is the key.

Guanzi's greatest success was the creation of state capitalism, which was later absorbed by the Legalists. Whether it was Shang Yang's rule of Qin with law or Confucianism in the Han Dynasty, it was a deformation of state capitalism. The state held the most profitable resources and industries - such as salt, iron, tea, wine, tobacco, financial industry, and real estate - in order to control the entire country's economy.

Although Zhuge Liang was only 14th and 15th, he was precocious and a native of Langya. He was deeply influenced by Qi culture. Guan Zhong's thoughts were a long time ago and had a profound influence on him. He later used this set of things to govern Shu. This set cannot be wrong, but it is not perfect. Later scholars have discussed this, and Sun Ce himself has read a lot, which is considered a little research. When he came to this era, he considered these issues before formulating policies.
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