Chapter 4296: Can continue next year
Zhuge Liang finished processing the official documents in hand, and then answered Chen Xi's words.
"What happened to Cao Sikong?" Zhuge Liang asked, looking at Chen Xi while closing the official documents and reports, looking extremely focused.
"Nothing happened, but the basic disk seems to be smashed by Liu Ba." Chen Xi, who basically recognized the reality and didn't want to save him, has now regained his senses and started to look at the problem from the perspective of a pure outsider.
"Cao Sikong's basic disk, isn't it the soldiers and their families?" Zhuge Liang asked puzzledly, "Even if Liu Zichu wanted to destroy this basic disk, it wouldn't be so easy."
Chen Xi thought for a while, and began to think about how to explain to Zhuge Liang clearly what Liu Ba did and what consequences it caused.
"You should have the assessments made by Cao Sikong over the years. Even if Chang'an doesn't have one, you must have some here. Let me take a look." Chen Xi thought for a while and said that he might be a bit superior, so let's take a look at Cao Cao first. It would be better to die suddenly on the spot, or to be paralyzed.
"I've only seen this before, and I didn't find such a big loophole as you said." Zhuge Liang directly handed the assessment report on Cao Cao's rule to Chen Xi. However, Cao Cao's understanding of his own rule may not necessarily be as good as Zhuge Liang's.
"Some things can't be seen from the outside before the thunderstorm, especially if you look at the data, everything is fine." Chen Xi said with a sigh, "I'll look at the data first."
Because it is a vassal state, Chen Xi doesn't really care about it. The Yuan family, the Cao family, and the Sun family are all trying to manage it themselves. Consider whether you can afford it.
Cao Cao has not received much support from Chen Xi for a long time, and Liu Ba's ability is generally trustworthy, at least before the thunderstorm.
Chen Xi read it very quickly, because Liu Ba's strategy in the early days was completely copied from Chen Xi. Even if there were some modifications, the general idea was very clear-industrial prosperity.
"At the very least, I really didn't see any hidden dangers of thunderstorms under Cao Sikong's command that would blow up his own basic disk, not to mention Liu Zichu, not to mention other aspects, under his management, Cao Sikong's economic situation has always been stable. It's pretty good." Zhuge Liang said very flatly, he still didn't quite understand Cao Cao's thunderstorm.
"Didn't Liu Zichu manage Cao Mengde well before? Why did he suddenly blow up the basic disk?" Li You also asked with some doubts.
"I'm reading the report. From this report, I can see some of Liu Zichu's train of thought. There was no problem in the early stage. From here on, he was a little eager for success and began to pursue quick money." Chen Xi looked at the report with some confusion.
Compared with Zhuge Liang who can only see the colorful data and cannot see the changes of Liu Ba after these data, Chen Xi can see the changes of Liu Ba.
There is one thing to say, the early Liu Ba did a very good job. Although the route taken is not orthodox, it is indeed the Soviet Union to concentrate the national power of the country, promote important nodes, and then feed back.
Even if the method is a little rough and the method of raising funds is a bit out of the ordinary, the idea and method are correct. In fact, the reconstruction of the water network in the Helmand Valley can be completed in about five years, so that the initial 225 mu of irrigation area will be put into use. A large part of it lies in Liu Ba's capital investment.
All large-scale infrastructure construction consumes a lot of money, and Liu Ba absorbed this money by various means.
Otherwise, let alone the nonsense that the Helmand River irrigation area itself is a famous agricultural area in history, let alone complete the construction of 2.25 million mu of fertile land in the first phase of the irrigation area in five years, maybe even the dams have not been repaired over.
Just think about Afghanistan and Iran in later generations. This thing is not so easy to repair. Even if there are political considerations, if it is really easy to repair, it will not be delayed for so many years.
This kind of large-scale infrastructure is directly a gold-swallowing beast. Without the financial resources that Liu Ba did not know where, it is absolutely impossible to build this thing in five years. Counting the second phase of construction that is still in progress, after the entire repair is completed, After the Helmand River crossed Kandahar, the total
It can increase 4.5 million mu to 6 million mu of fertile land that can protect the harvest from drought and flood.
This can basically be regarded as an imperial career. Without Liu Ba, Cao Cao would definitely do it, but I am afraid that he will have the money to repair this thing when he gets Cao Cao.
Abundant human resources need money to be mobilized.
It can be said that the construction of the Helmand River water conservancy project, the transformation of the water network, the transformation of the lower reaches of the Helmand River into a historically famous irrigation area in advance, and the development of large state-owned farms and plantations are absolutely correct.
It’s just that the speed of returning money from this idea is generally not too fast. After all, this kind of large-scale infrastructure itself takes time. After the construction is completed, there will be a steady stream of money for farms, plantations, and supporting animal husbandry. It takes time.
However, Liu Ba did not dislike the slowness of money in the early days. He was basically doing these basic constructions in a down-to-earth manner. Even if there are some occasional unexplained high growth in the data, it can be understood as earning some extra money during the down-to-earth process. , this kind of thing, Chen Xi will also do it.
After all, people are not rich without windfall, so they have to invest some funds in some small-probability events that may have huge benefits, but this kind of investment is the best type, and it will not cause losses if there is no one. It is impossible to put the big head on this above.
So Chen Xi looked at the economic data under Cao Cao's rule in the early years, and he was more or less satisfied. It was a little bit off, but it was indeed the right way. Industry prospered the country, and the money came slowly, but it was stable.
What's more important is that there is a pool of industry in order to offset many possible crises and stabilize people's hearts. After all, even in later generations, when local governments see a large enterprise fall on their own territory, they will work hard to absorb the local population and create Labor positions, even if such a large enterprise does not have much income, the government is happy to accept them.
So just look at the behavior of Liu Ba in the early days, a proper representative of industrial prosperity, tried every means to absorb funds, invest in large-scale infrastructure and various basic industries that can increase in value in the future, while absorbing population and stabilizing society, constantly increase in taxes.
"Looking at it from this point of view, there is absolutely no need for Liu Zichu to overpay by 500%. His early thinking is completely fine. Even if he considers the speed of incoming money, even if he wants to overpay, he will not expand to 500% according to his early conservative thinking. % Ah." Chen Xi looked at the overall asset statement under Cao Cao's rule very strangely.
"Let me ask, what did Liu Zichu do?" Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Xi and asked, he now more or less knew what Chen Xi did, but Chen Xi would not be so outrageous.
"Liu Zichu surpassed 500% of the valuation of the overall assets under Cao Sikong's rule." Chen Xi looked at the report somewhat strangely. According to the report, there was no need to be so outrageous.
Liu Ba is indeed radical, but no matter how radical Liu Ba is, it is impossible for him to be radicalized to such an outrageous level. Even if it is an over-issue, after Liu Ba has completed a large number of industries, the over-issue based on the industry is actually a kind of financial Just run.
Chen Xi himself is also based on his own size to carry out a certain amount of super distribution, but because he has an accurate forecast for the future, the scale of Chen Xi's super distribution can be suppressed by the growth rate, and it seems to be almost in a balanced state.
Liu Ba is definitely not able to achieve this level, but Liu Ba itself is an offline entity, and with the arrival of Beigui's manpower, Liu Ba's human resources are growing, which dilutes the labor cost to a certain extent. The emerging irrigation area in the Armand River Basin is expanding, and the value of agriculture, animal husbandry and plantations is increasing effectively, and Liuba can afford the overdevelopment.
In this era of barbaric value-added, even if Liu Ba over-issued by 100%, he could actually cover it. Moreover, Liu Ba himself, as the operator, also played the role of referee and whistleblower. If something goes wrong, it should be Liu Ba was the first to discover it.
Since Liu Ba was the first to discover it, it would be a big deal to carry out slow-release devaluation. To put it bluntly, it would be a delay, because after Beigui invested in Cao Cao, the explosive growth of human resources made Liu Ba invest money in the early Helmand River irrigation area. It can grow explosively from hundreds of thousands of acres to two million acres, and even enter the second phase of infrastructure construction.
Putting this in the feudal era, it was a shot in the arm to stabilize people's hearts.
Just like Rome, Pompianus also arrived in multiple cycles at the beginning.
The bet is the same, but the confidence in the market has not collapsed, so Pompianus can borrow money from other veterans, and the veterans can see the high-quality resources that Pompianus has at hand, and they all know that this product is fundamental. It won't fall, at most it's turnover, although everyone hopes that Pompianus will fall quickly so that he can sit back and divide the spoils.
But precisely because of this consideration, they all believed that Pompianus could pay back the money.
In the same way, Liu Ba has grown from 450,000 mu to 2.25 million mu in two years. He has maintained a good harvest due to drought and flood, and has continued to increase in value. The number of fertile fields is still increasing, and these fertile fields have been successfully turned into farms, pastures, The plantation has been successfully operated. Now that Liu Ba says he has no money, will others believe it? Of course not!
Market confidence is extremely sufficient for Liu Ba, so if Liu Ba only oversends 100%, there will be no problems. Everyone believes that Liu Ba will definitely get money.
Even if you can't get it, you can't get the subfield!
Liu Ba relied on his abundant human resources and the fact that the nobles from the north were good at animal husbandry, and he also started animal husbandry on the water network that was not fully completed in the second phase. He couldn't grow a field. I can grow grass and raise cattle and sheep, right? Sugarcane plantations were carried out on the land that had not yet been fully fertilized, and the brown sugar factory in Afghanistan was completed a thousand years in advance, and it was specially sold to Rome.
Therefore, in this case, Liu Ba will not have a major problem because he cannot cash in the profits exceeding the invoice in a short period of time. Even if the value is directly depreciated, it will be scolding at most. , Cao Cao came forward to be a good person, and made up for his brothers. This matter can be attributed to Liu Ba's black heart, and he didn't want to give money.
Would anyone suspect that Liu Ba had no money? There is no doubt that because those industries are still operating, and the millions of acres of plantations are still producing continuously, it is impossible for short-term overproduction to destroy this long-term output that is obviously calculated on a century basis.
After all, Liu Ba forcibly pinched out a hen that lays golden eggs, and everyone is not stupid. "It's completely incomprehensible, why it was oversent to 500%." Chen Xi looked at the subsequent explosive growth data, and felt incredible. Liu Ba is undoubtedly a smart person, and he is indeed capable, so he will be a disaster Misfortune is not such a misfortune.
In particular, Chen Xi could doubt Liu Ba's ability and character, but he would never doubt Liu Ba's loyalty to Cao Cao.
But what Liu Ba is doing now is exactly the rhythm of burying Cao Cao alive. This is the rhythm of smashing Cao Cao's foundation to pieces, and it is to let Cao Cao die!
"Could it be some accident that led to the explosive growth?" Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Xi and asked, "According to what you said, Liu Zichu's previous behavior has always been controllable, even if some behaviors are out of line, it is still possible Within the control range, suddenly uncontrollable, there must be an accident, probably something went wrong in a certain link.”
Chen Xi nodded slowly when he heard the words, there is only one possibility, although this may not explain why Liu Ba behaved like crazy, after all, Liu Ba's behavior before seemed more or less normal, and it was controllable The status, the follow-up is suddenly uncontrollable?
"I can't understand it. The first half of the game was normal. Even if some plantations, ranches, farms, and supporting production companies were listed as tickets for super-issuance, at least there is an obvious anchor, which can be regarded as an act of absorbing funds. Follow-up It suddenly seemed crazy." Chen Xi looked at the reports under Cao Cao's rule, and became more and more weird. Could it be that Liu Ba suddenly couldn't think about it and wanted to die.
Liu Ba’s early anchoring is actually the growth rate of human resources and capital investment for the development of irrigation areas in the Helmand River Development Zone. Come out a larger plantation or pasture.
Because the human resources of Beigui and the people under Cao Cao's command were not used to the limit, the newly opened irrigation area could be turned into a plantation by Liu Ba in that year, and then based on the annual sugarcane grass harvesting method, the sugar factory was carried out. copy.
Brown sugar technology in Afghanistan
To put it simply, at the beginning of the year, my 30-acre plantation was oversupplied to 60 mu, and the supporting industrial facilities were doubled and oversupplied in the form of tickets, but by the end of the year, I really had an 80-mu plantation. Also really making sugar.
Even if it is somewhat inflated because of the market value, but I
If there are so many industries, and there are more industries than I boasted years ago, then the market will never collapse, and the people's confidence in the market will not be a problem, and it will continue next year.
