Liu Bei is a hero in the world, so although he has been defeated repeatedly, there are quite a few people who follow him. Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others are upper-class figures.

At present, Shinno City is small and outnumbered. Liu Bei appointed the county commander and also appointed the quartermaster. Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and others basically don't care about things, they just do a helper and come up with ideas.

Jian Yong and Sun Qian are still serving in the school, teaching the children of the Liu family to read and write.

When Liu Bei went to send General Lin, the quartermaster had already recorded the grain and put it in storage. The quartermaster was a strong man with a fat head and big ears, and he was smiling when he saw that the granary was full of food.

At this time, Jian Yong put his hands behind his back, revealing the leisurely appearance of an outing, and came here. He didn't teach today, and he heard that the grain from Xiangyang was coming, and the amount was still the same as last month.

Although he came up with the bad idea of making Liu Bei cry, he always felt that there was something wrong with it.

Liu Biao's ears are soft and easy to fool, but Cai Mao and Zhang Yunbi are as cunning as foxes and are not easy to deal with.

"Mr. Jane." When the quartermaster saw Jian Yong coming, he hurriedly saluted.

"How's it going?" Jian Yong looked at the granary, which was now closed, and Jian Yong couldn't see the internal situation, so he asked.

"Back to Mr. Jane, the number is the same as last month." The quartermaster replied.

"Open the granary, untie the sack, and take out the grain for me to see." Jian Yong is still holding his hands behind his back, relaxed and leisurely.

"No." Although it was very annoying to close and open it again, the quartermaster didn't dare to be annoyed by Jian Yong, so he hurriedly agreed, opened the granary himself, took out a bag of rice from it, and then untied the sack and looked inside. The quartermaster's face changed suddenly.

Because the rice in the sack is mostly mixed with sand.

The quartermaster hurriedly asked a small official to fetch the container, poured out the rice, looked at it carefully, and said with a pale face: "At least thirty percent of this is sand." ”

"More than that. According to the Iranian source, Liu Biao wants to cut the grain of Xinye, more than 30%. I see that there are other problems, so I will open all the food and see. ”

Jian Yong said with a smile.

This food problem is a big deal for Xinye, but Jian Yong's character is like this, and he will not act like the sky is falling.

"No." The quartermaster's face turned pale as he promised, and soon after, his face was as white as paper, and his body trembled. This good grain and bad grain are half of the sand, and this grain is less than half of the previous month.

How this is good.

Soon after, Liu Bei arrived when he heard the news. His face was no better than that of the quartermaster, and he was a little whiter than that Xue'er, like a bereaved mother.

"How much grain did you say?" Liu Bei asked the quartermaster with a trembling voice.

"Back to the lord, remove the bad grain and sand, only half of the last month, five hundred stones." The quartermaster lowered his head, not daring to look at Liu Bei.

"Damn, Liu Jingsheng dared to do this to me." Liu Bei was so angry that he trembled, scolded, and was extremely hesitant, as if he was about to explode.

You must know that 1,000 stone of grain per month is just enough for the soldiers. It was cut in half, and the soldier was going to go hungry.

If the soldier is hungry, he will defect.

Three thousand soldiers is enough to be few, and if they defect, they really have no troops at all.

"Lord, I think this is mostly Cai Mao, Zhang Yun's idea, Liu Biao is not like this." Jian Yong interjected beside him.

"I swear to destroy these two." Liu Bei's face turned from white to blue, with green tendons on his forehead, his hands clenched into fists, and his body was still trembling.

"Summoning Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Chen Dao, and Zhao Yun to the lobby of the General's Mansion to discuss." Liu Bei ordered.

"No." The entourage promised and planned to do it. At this time, Jian Yong said again: "I don't think it's necessary, since there was no result last time, this time it must be fruitless." At present, Yun Changhan is fishing, and Yide Xinye is hunting, which can barely subsidize it. When spring begins, prepare more seed utensils and order soldiers to work in the fields. ”

Tuntian.

It's a good idea, but it's also a bad one.

Tuntian is divided into military tun and min tun. Cao Cao nationalized the ownerless land, recruited displaced people to settle the fields, and distributed the grain obtained in proportion.

Borrowing grain from the imperial court for oxen to plough the fields, six or four points, and six points from the imperial court. The grain that you grow yourself is divided in half.

This is very beneficial to the imperial court, and it is extremely bitter for the people. However, at present, Liu Bei is in Xinye, and there are no displaced people around, because the displaced people have been resettled by Cao Cao.

Therefore, Jian Yong's suggestion is not Mintun, but Juntun.

The military tun is to let the army settle the fields, and the grain obtained is used as military funds. Soldiers plough and fight. The benefits are great, but they have a very bad effect on combat effectiveness.

At present, the 3,000 soldiers in Xinye Castle are all soldiers who specialize in fighting, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. If the soldiers are allowed to go to Tuntian, then they will definitely slack off in training, and their combat effectiveness will be problematic.

Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei to take the archers to hunt, and Guan Yu was unwilling to let him go fishing. Naturally, they are reluctant to implement tuntian next year.

But there is a good saying, the situation is stronger than people, and you have to bow your head.

Since Liu Biao has done such a thing, then he can't expect Liu Biao's conscience to find out, everything needs to be self-sufficient.

"Let's do it. Prepare seeds, farm tools, and when the land melts in the spring, start clearing the land. Anyway, there are barren fields outside Shinno Castle. A reduction in army rations, plus fishing and hunting, can also be supplemented by one or two. Let the soldiers work harder, and the situation will improve when the harvest next autumn comes. Let the generals try to appease the soldiers as much as possible and avoid the defection of the soldiers. ”

Liu Bei let out a long sigh, and his figure was incomparably sluggish.

"No." When Jian Yong saw that this young friend, the current lord, looked like this, he also had a little conscience and became serious.

After giving this order, Liu Bei returned home very sluggishly.

When the ancients achieved the cause of kingship, they could turn their homes into countries. At this moment, although Liu Bei's territory is very small, he is also a prince, and his family affairs and state affairs are a little blurred.

Liu Bei often brought state affairs home, which also affected the family.

Liu Bei's family has four people, Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Mi, and two daughters, the eldest Liu and the younger Liu. These two daughters, the same age as Guan Ping, were not born to Mrs. Gan.

Before Liu Bei, he still had his wife, son, and daughter, but they were all abandoned by him in the war or disappeared.

After Liu Bei returned to General Zuo's Mansion, Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi rushed to hear the news, one of them untied Liu Bei's big shackles, and the other took off Liu Bei's shoes.

After Liu Bei sat down, Mrs. Gan ordered the maid to cook wine to warm Liu Bei's body. After Liu Bei drank, his sullen color became stronger.

Liu Bei is indescribably angry in the face of outsiders, but he doesn't have to pretend to be in the face of his own people, let alone in the inner house, he has always been casual.

When Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi saw Liu Bei like this, they became more and more light-hearted. Madame Gan hesitated for a moment, then asked softly, "But what is there that bothers the lord?" ”