Gao Cheng didn't know that he had become a eunuch henchman in Yuan Shao's eyes. and secretly calculated, ready to borrow a knife to kill. He stayed in Luoyang for several days, enjoying the prosperity of the Shendu to the fullest, and then left with everyone and galloped in the direction of Yingchuan.

After leaving the scope of Luoyang, we arrived at the Central Plains, and what I saw was the endless wilderness and ruins, and a large number of people were displaced and fell on the roadside to starve. The prosperity of Luoyang and the misery of the Central Plains form a stark contrast.

Seeing such a scene, Liu Bei's unsmiling face showed a trace of grief, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Gao Cheng's subordinates all became serious, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided, the whole world seemed to become more chaotic, Yuzhou was first subjected to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then there was a drought, and the original tens of millions of people were directly lost most of them, only one-third was left.

Many homeless people on the road, after seeing Gao Cheng and his party, thought they were horse thieves, and were frightened and fled in all directions, and there were many hungry skinny children who fell to the ground and cried weakly. Seeing such a scene, Gao Cheng waved his hand, and the people around him and the two hundred cavalry immediately slowed down, so as not to be misunderstood by these homeless people.

"Lujiang is vast and sparsely populated, and needs to be filled by the population, these people are displaced, if they can be brought back to Lujiang for resettlement, not only can they increase their household registration, but also select strong soldiers from these displaced people, and make the king, this is a good opportunity, you can't miss it!" Liu Bei's eyes flashed a trace of unbearability, and then he came to Gao Cheng's side and suggested.

When the others heard this, they felt that it made sense. Gao Cheng laughed and said, "Xuande Gong thinks so too, it seems that we are really heroes who see the same thing!"

Xu Xuan next to him smiled and said: "Xuande Gong, when my lord was in Luoyang, he had already decided to collect the displaced people from Yuzhou to go to the Lujiang River, and purchased a large amount of grain and grass in Xuzhou, and transported it to Yingchuan County along the Huai River and Yingshui, calculate the time, and the news will come in two days, and when we receive the news, we can start to collect the displaced people!"

Liu Bei looked overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Make Jun benevolent, admire him!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also nodded again and again, and their impression of Gao Cheng was better. No matter what Gao Cheng's purpose is, if he can let these displaced people live, he can be called a benevolent and righteous person with countless living people.

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Two days later, as Xu Xuan said, a messenger from Xuzhou arrived, and it was Zhou Cang who came to report the news.

"Lord, Lu Dai has led the fleet to Yingshui, and is heading north against the water, and in ten days, it will be able to reach Yingyin County!" Zhou Cang respectfully reported.

Yingyin is located in the east of Yangzhai, and after meeting with Xi Zhicai, it will be possible to arrive in a few days. This time, a large amount of grain and grass was purchased through Mi Zhu, and Lu Dai personally led the merchant ships to the north, strangling countless thieves and strongmen who wanted to rob grain along the way, and even had a few fierce confrontations with several Yellow Turban rebels.

With Lu Dai commanding the ship and Gao's elite soldiers, they finally repelled waves of ill-intentioned Qiang Liang.

After hearing this, Gao Cheng felt more and more that Yuzhou was like a powder keg, accumulating the power of destruction. If the imperial court doesn't think of a way to solve it, tens of millions of people in Yuzhou will become homeless, and the essence of the Central Plains will be destroyed.

At that time, the strength of the Han Dynasty will drop by three percent out of thin air.

Gao Cheng turned his head to look at Liu Bei and said, "Duke Xuande, I'll leave the matter of collecting the displaced people to you! As for Yun Chang and Yide, you will follow me to select the elite of the displaced people, and first organize and train some soldiers and horses, and when we arrive in Lujiang, these horses will be our foothold!"

Liu Bei happily accepted the order, Gao Cheng's arrangement was very in line with his thoughts, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had no opinions, Liu Bei could be reused, they were also very happy, and besides, this is not to let their brothers separate, Liu Bei gathered the homeless, they were selected and trained, and they all needed to cooperate with each other.

After getting the specific situation of grain and grass, Gao Cheng had the confidence to collect the displaced people, Liu Bei seemed to be born with a special temperament, and could gain the trust of others, after Gao Cheng gave him power, in less than three days, he collected more than 5,000 displaced people. Among them were seven hundred of the strong.

Gao Cheng handed over the matter of military training to Jiang Qin, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and handed over the matter of collecting the registration of displaced people to Xu Xuan and Liu Bei. You see the big picture.

Before arriving in Yingyin, the grain and grass needed by these displaced people was not a small amount, and as those displaced people got the news, they kept coming, and the number of people increased and increased, and the grain and grass carried by Gao Cheng would soon be consumed.

However, Gao Cheng had already expected that, according to the method in Yuzhou last time, let Jiang Qin, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei take turns to sweep away the cottage bandits along the way. And there are a large number of homeless people in the cottage. The original number of soldiers and horses, which was originally only 700, expanded rapidly.

Sweeping the cottage is a method, and Gao Cheng also spent the remaining five baht to buy a lot of grain and grass from those family forts, with the official seal of Lujiang Taishou as a certificate, these families also gave some face and sold some grain and grass.

Through these two methods, more than 10,000 homeless people barely starved to death, and followed Gao Cheng to keep walking in the direction of Yingyin, according to Gao Cheng and Liu Bei's appeasement, they already knew that as long as they arrived in Yingyin, they would be able to eat enough.

On this day, Gao Cheng rode a horse and looked ahead, Guan Yu led a hundred cavalry and a thousand strong, escorting hundreds of bandits and a dozen grain carts back. With this super master of refining the Gang Sevenfold in person, the Yellow Turban rebels in Yingchuan who fell into the grass were not his opponents at all.

In just a few days, he destroyed more than a dozen cottages and looted thousands of stones, grains and grass.

In addition to Guan Yu, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Jiang Qin were all busy in the distance, and Zhou Cang was the only one left by Gao Cheng's side.

"Yun Chang has worked hard!" Gao Cheng stepped forward with Zhou Cang, a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Guan Yu bowed his hand and said: "Meet the envoy, I am fortunate not to be dishonored, I have already broken through the leopard tail village, and I have obtained a total of 2,300 stone grain and grass, as well as 300 prisoners! Dare to ask the envoy, are these prisoners also disposed of according to the method last time, and they are disrupted and absorbed into the army?"

Gao Cheng nodded and said, "Let's deal with it according to the method last time, but Yun Chang should pay attention, those people who have cruelly harmed the people in their means will all be screened and killed, and these people can't affect the people's trust in us!"

Guan Yu said: "I understand!"

He then led a large number of prisoners to the camp of displaced people behind, when several soldiers pushing the grain cart suddenly fell to the ground, and the rice on the cart was spilled on the ground. There are also many five-baht coins looted from cottages. Gold and silver jewels were also revealed.

"Ah, it's gold!"

These soldiers, all of whom had just been selected from among the outcasts, had not yet fully transformed into qualified soldiers, and when they saw the gold, silver, and jewelry, they immediately became in an uproar, and they did not know who took the lead and swooped forward, grabbed the gold, and stuffed it into their arms. Seeing this, the others were also greedy, and the whole team suddenly became chaotic.

"Stop it!" Seeing this, a trace of anger appeared on Zhou Cang's face, urging him to step forward and prepare to suppress the chaos.

At this moment, a brilliant sword light roared out from the crowd, and the sword light swept the moon like a comet, stabbing into Zhou Cang's chest with a bang.