He was squatting next to his "treasure box", looking at his box filled with various things, feeling a little worried.
In the past year or so, several useless items have been released, and they are all scattered into the box. Now it is almost impossible to pile them up.
"The box is only five or six cubic meters in size, which is still not enough..."
Seeing that there were still some items on hand that couldn't be stuffed in, Lu Yan couldn't help but think: "How about taking some useless items and selling them for some money?"
Sell it for money, because Lu Yan is really short of money recently...
The investment in the construction of the army will only increase, and the training and equipment of the Shadow Guards will continue to be strengthened (the must-win skills have already been blown out).
From April of the first year of Xingping, drought and famine began.
Until June of the second year of Xingping,
Refugees are still entering Yanzhou one after another, so working-for-relief is still the most expensive policy.
Although it costs money, the results are obvious to all.
Although these results will not be immediately effective, they are all moral projects that will benefit the present and the future.
It’s just that all the troubles last year completely depleted all my savings, and I’m afraid it will take a lot of time to recover now.
Due to financial constraints, the papermaking process that was started at the same time as glass last year was temporarily stopped.
This is a very important thing, and it must be released before welcoming the emperor. Otherwise, if you wait until the emperor is welcomed and release a new paper, the sensation, influence and reputation caused may be divided by the court and the emperor.
Not only papermaking, but also movable type printing must be developed, clay movable type, copper movable type, whatever is possible, try it.
"These are all money-burning businesses, comparable to gold-eating beasts..." Lu Yan thought as he took some things out of the box, preparing to estimate their value before selling them out.
...
Although glass and spices have begun to make money, they still cannot completely plug these bottomless pits.
What's worse is that the three-year tax-free period promised by Boss Cao is about to expire, which means that Chenliu County will have to pay a large amount of money to Boss Cao every year in the future.
Every time he thought about this, Lu Yan's heart throbbed and hurt so much. He even thought about fooling Boss Cao again to let him stay free for a few more years...
"Emmm... I'd better keep the elixir for my family." Lu Yan picked up the porcelain bottle and put it back.
"Ordnance shovel? Let's leave the artifact to the brothers of the Shadow Guard."
"Scarlet cloak and bright light armor? This thing... It shouldn't be too much to trade Yuan Shao for a hundred war horses, right? He is the most respectable person, so he will be more respectable when he wears this outfit..."
Lu Yan took out the Mingguang Armor and cloak and threw them to the ground aside.
"Sparrow tongue gun? Tiger head knife? The quality is average, the material is only good, but they can't be sold at a good price..."
One by one, he took out these things that took up space and put them aside. Lu Yan couldn't help but sigh.
I worked hard to sort out the boxes, but found that I couldn’t part with the things that could be sold for a good price, and the things I was willing to sell couldn’t be sold for a high price. “It’s really hard to do this...”
His head hurt, Lu Yan tapped his forehead...
After trying many things, only this pair of Mingguang armor with a cape seemed useless but also worth some money.
With a helpless sigh, Lu Yan had no choice but to close the box again.
Then he sat behind the desk and took out his diary.
【The end of June, the second year of Xingping.】
[The twenty-eight Chang'an Shadow Guards were all gone...]
As he wrote this, Lu Yan felt a little heavy, which once again confirmed his determination to strengthen the training and equipment of the shadow guards, "Just burn money, there are still many ways to make money..."
[...Boss Cao’s real take-off began after Emperor Feng.]
Calculating the time, "The Emperor should have almost escaped from Chang'an. The Emperor will return to Luoyang in October at the latest."
Thinking of this, Lu Yan regained his energy and said to himself: "When the emperor comes, Boss Cao will not have so much trouble recruiting people. Unfortunately, my hairline has tended to move backward recently.
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[When the emperor is in hand and Boss Cao has many talents under his command, I can fish and farm with peace of mind! It suddenly dawns on me! How beautiful it is!!]
Touching his hairline, which had not changed much, Lu Yan closed the diary, pretended to pour himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and finished it.
[Diary synchronization completed, congratulations to the host for successful sign-in!]
[Judgment of diary content: A!]
[Your sincerity will always be rewarded. Your diary today was rated as Grade A, and the reward will be upgraded to a higher level.]
[Rewards are being generated, please wait...]
[Congratulations to the host, you have received the skill reward: "Star Movement"*1]
[Dou Zhuan Xing Shi Shi: After practicing this skill, you can dissolve and transfer the opponent's internal force and the strength of his moves, and injure the opponent or a third party (dissolution and transfer depend on the skill gap between the two parties). 】
Lu Yan's eyes lit up when he saw a technique he had not seen for a long time, and he cheered in a low voice: "The stars are changing!"
After reading the introduction to "The Stars Move", he thought of Gusu Murong in the martial arts novel, and thought to himself: "Looking at this explanation, it should be the magical skill passed down by Gusu Murong's ancestors to treat others in their own way.
The stars have changed."
"Is there anyone in this world who has deeper inner strength than me?" Lu Yan thought for a while and said to himself: "It seems that there is not so far, but there are some strong people who are not worldly. It's not necessarily true."
For example, Zhao Yun's master Tong Yuan; another example is Lu Bu's master Wu Xuanyuan.
In addition, there are also the Nanhua Old Immortal who taught Zhang Jiao the Three Volume Heavenly Book, Zuo Ci, Yu Ji and others who are known as half-immortals.
Although they are either out of touch with the world or are legendary figures, Lu Yan cannot guarantee that they will not appear.
Anyway, having too many skills is not a burden. In this era of war and chaos, it is always good to learn one more life-saving skill.
Lu Yan picked up the jade slip that recorded "The Movement of Stars" and then sunk his mind into it, "Since I have nothing to do, why not practice first!"
However, after looking through the techniques in his mind, Lu Yan muttered again: "Tsk, tsk... I have to admit that the system is very powerful, but it is not very user-friendly in some places.
With their system, no matter how advanced or difficult something is, you can learn it with just a click.
As for my home system, the things provided are not very good, so I have to go through all the trouble to learn on my own..."
Fortunately, this system is not that smart. If it were replaced by the pad next to a certain guy, he might have to argue with Lu Yan for three days and three nights.
Putting aside the messy thoughts in his mind, Lu Yan began to concentrate on practicing "The Movement of Stars".
Three hours later, Lu Yan felt that he had finally achieved something.
However, he now encounters a bigger problem...that is, he doesn't know what the current effect of Dou Zhuan Xing Yi is...
When I first built the three-foot air wall, I could prick myself to test the thickness of the air wall.
How can I try this when things change?
"Cock! Cock!" At this moment, the rooster crowed outside.
Lu Yan turned his head and looked outside, only to realize that it was almost dawn.
"Zi Heng should be getting up soon for morning exercises... How about trying him first?"