There is no need to talk about his early martial arts. He was probably on par with Jiang Qin. He often led troops to attack Shanyue and served as General Zhonglang. He followed Lu Su, Lu Meng and other governors to attack Guan Yu successively.

His most important martial arts achievement was that he single-handedly led an army of three thousand to suppress the Jiaozhou rebellion.

At that time, Shi Xie, a prince who had ruled Jiaozhou for many years, died, and his son Shi Hui and others launched a rebellion. Therefore, Lu Dai ignored the dissuasion of others, quickly marched in, and the magic soldiers descended on Jiaozhi City.

Shi Hui and others were so frightened that they led six brothers to surrender naked, but they were still beheaded by Lu Dai.

Lu Dai then sent his troops to wipe out the other rebel forces that came to besiege, and then went south to attack Jiuzhen County, reaching the southernmost end of the Han Dynasty's territory, and completely bringing the entire Jiaozhi area under the strong control of the Central Plains.

Jiaozhi, this is the place where Sun Ce must go to manage.

Sun Ce has always felt that the Central Plains has had one of the most serious shortcomings since ancient times, which is that he regards himself as the only one in the world.

It seems that there is only one side of the Central Plains. The other four sides are not worth mentioning or even paying disdainful attention to.

Of course, judging from the degree of agricultural reclamation and population density, this view is not wrong.

As long as the Central Plains can be unified, it will have an overwhelming advantage over its surroundings in terms of military and scale.

In the troubled times, even if the princes conquered the four directions, they often moved the population inland and had no intention of managing the wild lands. The grain and soldiers obtained from development could not support the battlefield in the Central Plains during the long journey.

If viewed from the perspective of a feudal small farmer, the decision-making of these heroes from the Central Plains was absolutely correct.

But Sun Ce was from a later generation, and his perspective on the world was completely different from that of the traditional agricultural era.

If you put aside agriculture and look at it, the surrounding foreign countries and small countries can definitely be regarded as economically prosperous!

For example, in Champa, Linyi and other places south of Jiaozhi, there is not only a large amount of gold, hundreds of thousands of kilograms, but also a large amount of spices, jade, copper and iron, etc.

Economically, this can bring a lot of wealth to the princes of the Central Plains.

Even if it is food, as long as the Central Plains needs it, they will continue to deliver it.

Isn’t this how the Maritime Silk Road provided a large amount of taxes to the southern regime?

The key is how to make them sincerely convinced and enthusiastic and proactive in trading with Zhongyuan.

There must be highly developed industry and commerce, and there must be commodities that can harvest their wealth and make them flock to it.

And what is the weapon used by the Central Plains to harvest other countries?

The name Maritime Silk Road makes it clear.

It must be silk, silk and satin, or even valuable brocade!

As long as the army can conquer all the countries, they will not dare to plunder, and they can sit down and make serious deals.

The silk fabrics from the Central Plains can bring back a huge trade surplus, gold and silver, grain, copper and iron, jade, etc., each of which can significantly enhance Jiangdong's financial strength.

Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that agriculture has been highly developed, and the level of productivity can allow only a few people to cultivate all the farmland. There is no need to lock all the people in the fields. Some people can be liberated from the farmland and take the initiative.

Engage in industry and business. Sell silk fabrics and ceramics overseas.
Chapter completed!