"Fame, I have to say, is a good thing!" Liu Tao immediately looked at Lu Yan and the others and said to them.

"That's also because the brother is benevolent, and the people are vying to join him." Lu Yan was indeed very convinced, the two of them originally knew that reputation was important, but they didn't expect that this thing could be artificially cultivated.

Before the kryptonite powerhouse like 'Eight Kitchens' came out, if you want to be famous this year, you have to make some real achievements, or amazing moves. Then he was appreciated by a county commander and promoted to a county official, and then he had the opportunity to do bigger things, and finally show filial piety.

Liu Tao is good, and he is sorry for the well-being of others, but he can also mix up a benevolent and righteous name, which is really incredible.

That is, they don't say it, or they are embarrassed to say it directly, otherwise Liu Tao doesn't mind telling them what it means to rob the rich and help the poor, and what is called fighting ...... Belch......... Forget this, count the people present, minus Jian Yong, who are all local tyrants and gentry.

"To be famous as soon as possible, to gain fame is to take the initiative, just like we take advantage of this turmoil to take the initiative to raise troops, in order to stand out and reach the court and Li Shu. But if we read slowly, waiting for others to discover us, when will it be our turn? Risk, there is definitely risk, but what can be done without risk? Liu Tao can only say it another way.

He himself is just a person who sells his reputation and reputation, just to mix well, he has to put on the skin of 'benevolence and righteousness'.

The key to this is how to let others put such a layer of skin on yourself. It's best to clean yourself off and look flattered.

As a traverser, even if you don't have this skill, you are somewhat familiar with it. It's just that these ancient people, especially the few in front of them, don't have so much knowledge, and they are stunned by him at the moment.

"What my brother said is very true, Yan is taught." Lu Yan was the first to react and bowed solemnly. Lu Zhi won't say this kind of thing to him, at least not yet, and it is possible that he himself does not know. The point is, these words are really valuable.

"It's just that the lord must not say it when he sees people, otherwise not only will it not work, but it will backfire." Jian Yong reminded. He has already joined Liu Tao's disciples, and the latter's fame is equivalent to his own fame, so maintaining his reputation is the first priority.

"Those present are either brothers or their own people. And you, I don't have to hide anything. Liu Tao said with a smile.

For a moment, this feeling of trust stimulated everyone's senses, especially the softness of the heart. Under this stimulus, an emotion called 'excitement' emerges from the depths of the brain, and rationality is suppressed.

"I'll wait until I die, and I won't leak half a sentence!" Everyone responded, and even swore the most vicious poisonous oath for this.

It's a pity that Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu didn't recognize the master, which made Liu Tao a little disappointed. On second thought, one is a clan brother and the other is a cousin. This relationship is like the relationship between Cao Cao and Cao Ren and Cao Hong, and between Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan.

His father passed on to Cao Teng, so ethically, Cao Ren and Cao Hong are his brothers. But he himself is from the Xiahou family, so Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan, although they are subordinates, are also blood brothers.

Let's just say that now, Liu Ge, the clan brother, calls himself 'lord', and he feels a lot of points.

"Yes, I think it's better to get back to the topic...... Lu Yan felt that it was not a way to continue talking, "Five hundred young people, how to distribute it." Can't you put it all in the baggage troops, right? ”

"It's not necessary, is it?" Jian Yong thought for a moment, "Our baggage troops are even a little excessive. ”

Strictly speaking, two thousand baggage troops are completely sufficient, and it is directly increased to five thousand, but the number of four is not very good. As a result, the team is a little cumbersome, and the daily consumption of food is also a bit much.

On the first day of leaving Lunu County, I only walked more than forty miles, and in addition to Zhang Fei's troubles, there was another factor, that is, the team was too large, the cost of the guards increased, and the marching speed had to slow down.

"Then let's join the soldiers!" Zhang Fei jumped out directly, "The cavalry under my command should also be replenished!" ”

"You only need to add twenty-two!" Liu Tao teased, and then looked at Lu Yan, "But this does have to be added." ”

"I'll look for a soldier who is good at riding and add to it." Lu Yan nodded, there is no hard battle to fight at present, the cavalry can be trained while marching, as long as it can form combat effectiveness within a month.

Then he looked at Liu Tao and continued: "If it's only twenty-two people, it's good to select directly in the baggage troops......

"Swords, shields, and crossbowmen haven't been able to do a lot yet, have they?" Liu Tao thought about it, and then looked at Guan Yu and Shangguan Yu, both of whom were military candidates, but in fact, the troops under the command of the two were not enough for a song. Three hundred sword and shield soldiers, two hundred crossbow men, and five hundred men were just right to put in.

"The problem is, the sword and shield soldiers are okay, these five hundred people may not be good at shooting." Jian Yong reminded.

"Among the soldiers, priority is given to crossbowmen and cavalry. We have plenty of time, more than 20 days, enough to go around Zhongshan County. Liu Tao thought for a while, "In the future, I will march twenty-five miles every day, and the rest of the time will be used for drills." ”

"That's a good idea." Lu Yan thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement. The biggest thief in Zhongshan County, Gao Sheng, has now been awarded. There are still some thieves who are not in the climate, and it is a problem whether they dare to fight, let alone take the initiative to attack out of the city.

In addition, it's good to waste time and time, recover Zhongshan County too early, and then go south is not, not south.

At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh: "I used to hear people say that although the country is big, the warlike will perish." Originally, I thought so, that fighting a war is simply a matter of labor and money. But how did you get to us, but the more you fight, the stronger you get? ”

Lu Yan said that, everyone reacted, others fight, the bigger the poorer, just say that the former Han Emperor Wu period, this is the case, and later Confucianism also privately used this as an example to illustrate the principle of 'warlike will perish'.

On the question, how did they get here, but the more they fight, the stronger they become, the richer they become?

"What's so strange about this?" Liu Tao didn't think there was anything strange about this, "When others fight, even if they win, there will be three or five percent of the casualties, whether it is a pension or a new conscription, they have to pay money." On our side, this part of consumption is nothing compared to the seizure, and it is naturally getting stronger and stronger! ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly became stunned, they have fought since ancient times, killed 1,000 enemies, and lost 800 themselves. Therefore, the example of winning more with less and defeating the strong with the weak can be recorded in history.

"The other is the baggage supply, it's okay for us to fight in Jizhou, leave here, the supply line is too long, no matter how rich the Zhen family is, no matter how much food there is, it will be dragged down by us. The southern expedition of the first Qin, or the northern expedition of the Han Emperor to the Xiongnu, were all because the supply was too long and the transportation process consumed too many materials, so they finally dragged themselves down first. Liu Tao then explained, these truths are probably known to those who have traveled.

Let's just say Bashu, because the mountain roads are difficult, so they often need manpower to transport grain. In order to ensure that the grain can reach the front line smoothly, it seems that it is necessary to arrange grain transport soldiers for grain transport troops, and then to the grain transport soldiers who transport grain to grain transport soldiers, and also to equip grain transport soldiers, and consume an unknown amount of grain in order to transport grain to the front line, and the grain and grass materials consumed in a war are three times that of other places.

As a result, Shu Han became poorer and poorer, not only because of the relationship of too many deaths, but also because of the economic collapse. Liu Tao even remembered that he didn't know which book he had read in that Zhuge Liang had to come up with a hundred dollars to use as a hundred dollars and a copper coin as a hundred wen in order to save the collapsed economy, which further accelerated the collapse of the economy.

But then again, who knows anything about the economy these days? Slow down......