Zhao Yi watched a soldier not far away send a few more people into the barracks, looking at the weak appearance of these people, Zhao Yi sighed.

Cheng Yin was deeply touched: "My lord, these people want to use their lives to eat. If you drive some people back, how do they live. ”

Liao Hua also echoed beside him: "Lord County Cheng is reasonable, now that the smoke is raging, there is a shortage of soldiers and horses, and other counties are worried about the lack of soldiers and horses, but your lord, you are worried about the number of soldiers and horses." If you dismiss some of the soldiers, you will probably hold a grudge against them and spread the word about what you are doing. In the future, if adults want to recruit again, it will be difficult. ”

What Cheng Yin and Liao Hua said made sense, and Zhao Yi was already moved by compassion when he saw the tragic situation of these soldiers, and muttered: "What the two of you said is good, it seems that we have to find some way." Saying that, Zhao Yi scratched his head, and his eyes lit up: "Sir, isn't there still hundreds of acres of wasteland in the east of Fanyang County that have not been reclaimed, in this way, General Liao, pass on my order to let these soldiers reclaim this wasteland." ”

Liao Hua took the order, and Cheng Yin nodded: "The wasteland reclaimed by the adults, the people of Fanyang County, can each get more land, and there will be a greater harvest in the coming year." "The land represents food, the food represents food, and the food represents stability.

Cheng Yin only saw the surface of this matter, but did not see the inner mystery. Using the army to help the people reclaim wasteland, this not only makes these soldiers not idle, but also does a little practical thing for the people in the county, and can also win the hearts of the people, and the local people will naturally love Zhao Yi more, which is really a double win.

Liao Hua took 3,000 soldiers to the east of the city to reclaim the wasteland, and at the same time, the government of Fanyang County also posted a notice in front of the government, saying that after the wasteland was reclaimed, it would be distributed to the people.

This made the people cheer, rushed to tell each other, and said: "Only a county commander like our Lord Zhao is worthy of being called a parent official." ”

In the past, officials were loved by the people for their honesty and honesty, and some officials loved the people like sons and were loved by the people. Zhao Yi directly gave these people the land they relied on to survive, so that even if Zhao Yi slapped each of them in the face, he didn't dare to say that Zhao Yi was bad.

When the soldiers reclaimed the wasteland, some people spontaneously went over to deliver water, which made Zhao Yi very emotional, the people did not have a city like Liu Bei, nor did they have a deep scheming like Cao Cao. The people's thinking is very simple, they will be good to whoever is good to themselves.

Cheng Yin looked at the scene of military and civilian labor in front of him, and his eyes were a little red: "In this troubled era, it is really commendable to have such a picture." ”

This matter spread to other counties in Fanyang County, attracting many people to vote. Liao Hua led the soldiers to reclaim the famine in the morning and train in the barracks in the afternoon.

However, these people in the barracks were mixed, and some of them were so thin that they were exhausted and panting after a few swings of their guns. Zhao Yi asked Liao Hua to single out those who were thin. These people thought that they had not kept up with the training and let themselves go. Three meals in the barracks were not sumptuous, but they were full. I'm afraid that within a few days of leaving the barracks, these people will starve to death.

Liao Hua looked at the reddened eyes of these people, and opened his mouth to say something to Zhao Yi, but he never said it. He understands that survival of the fittest is an immutable law, and the military camp is not a good hall, and it is impossible to support these people for a long time.

Those soldiers begged Zhao Yi to take him in, and some even knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Yi: "My lord has pity on us, we are all homeless people, and we haven't eaten for nearly a year, if you let us leave the barracks and walk outside, we will definitely not live for a few days." ”

Zhao Yi was surprised: "Who said let you leave?" I'm only looking for you to give you special training to help you catch up. ”

"My lord, as long as we are not allowed to leave the barracks, we are willing to suffer anything." These people nodded their heads busily, and some even broke their heads.

Zhao Yixin said that Cheng Yin was right, these people are using their own lives to eat.

Anyway, Zhao Yi has also been in the army for five years, and there are many ways to train recruits, so he picked some points and said to Liao Hua, and Liao Hua's eyes lit up: "My lord, can this set of training methods be implemented on everyone?" ”

"Absolutely." Zhao Yi smiled, what leader didn't want his army to be strong in combat.

The training method had just been handed over to Liao Hua, and Zhao Yi was afraid that something would go wrong, so he had been living in the barracks for the past two days. Dark stars fill the night sky, and curtains rustle in the wind-blown canopy.

Zhao Yi hadn't done it for a long time since he had inspected the camp in the middle of the night, walking in various tents and covering those soldiers with quilts. However, it woke up some soldiers who were sleeping lightly, staring at Zhao Yi's face in disbelief, and the adults actually helped him cover the quilt himself?! What an honor it was, struggling to get up: "Big ......"

The body that was about to sit up was pressed down by Zhao Yi and whispered, "No need to be polite, go to sleep." As he spoke, he walked past the soldier and looked at the other soldiers.

After Zhao Yi left, the soldier opened his reddened eyes, how could he not give up on his adult if he treated him like this.

Liao Hua accompanied Zhao Yi to check the camp until the third watch, and Zhao Yi said to Liao Hua, who was standing carelessly: "General Liao, don't underestimate these trivial things, this can enhance the feelings between the soldiers, only the soldiers can be invincible." People's hearts generally do not die in big things, but that small disappointment again and again becomes a fatal wound. ”

Liao Hua bowed with his hands: "What the adults say will definitely be memorized." ”

Early the next morning, Zhao Yi walked in the barracks, and many soldiers greeted Zhao Yi and saluted, in addition to the usual respect, there were some differences in their eyes.

Zhao Yi spoke enthusiastically one by one, and a few simple innocuous jokes made these soldiers laugh.

Liao Hua's eyes flashed as he stared at Zhao Yi, who had mingled with the sergeant in a short time, and a soldier beside him said, "General, our adults are very different from other adults." ”

"What's the difference?" Liao Hua asked casually.

The soldier scratched his head: "I heard that the officials are very serious, which makes people look in awe, but we adults are different, approachable, and love soldiers like children." ”

"What do you think of us?" Liao Hua became interested.

The soldiers who ordered the ban would not say anything big, but just laughed twice: "Okay." ”

Liao Hua raised his eyebrows, and his face showed joy: "Let's go to training." ”

Zhao Yi waved his hand and asked these people to train, and during the training, Zhao Yike became a cold-faced instructor. It's very severe, and which one doesn't do well is the real punishment. It is a powerful contrast to the approachable image just now.

Some soldiers couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, they were approachable before, how did they become serious at the beginning of training, could it be that the previous approachability was pretended?

Zhao Yi naturally understood what these soldiers were thinking, and when these people were tired and couldn't lift their waists, when Zhao Yi let these people rest, he said: "There is a saying that sweat more in training and less blood in wartime." If I'm not everyone, I won't be able to train well. When the time comes, many of you will probably die. If you don't train now, you will not be responsible for your own lives. ”

Zhao Yi has said very clearly, these soldiers have a look of shame on their faces, the adults are thinking about their own lives, but they are suspicious of the adults, it is really damned.

Explaining the stakes, these soldiers no longer have a sense of resentment, they train harder, and after the retraining, let Zhao Yi train for half an hour.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yi's mouth and muttered, "This is the difference between active and passive. ”

Liao Hua walked over with a look of admiration: "Although the lord has never led the army, he uses soldiers like gods, not only knows everything about the army, but also has quite innovative moves." It's also full of witty words. Saying that, Liao Hua muttered again, sweat more in training, and shed less blood in wartime. His face was full of excitement: "Can you still find such incisive words in the world?" ”

As soon as Zhao Yi wanted to say something, he heard someone behind him shouting about himself, and when he turned his head, he saw Li Si calling himself again: "My lord, my lord." ”

Looking at this hurried appearance, it seems that there is something urgent, is there another yellow turban thief attacking? Zhao Yi's eyes couldn't help but become a little heavy: "What's wrong?" ”

"My lord, Miss Xiaomei, please hurry up." Li Si greeted Zhao Yi.

Could it be that hydrosol is not a problem? No, there is no problem at all to follow your own process. Zhao Yi's eyes turned, turned over and let Liao Hua stay here to train the soldiers, and he galloped home on a fast horse.

The expected scene of the distilled iron pipe explosion shattering the house did not appear. Zhao Yi couldn't help but exhale, looking at Mei Lan, who was standing in the courtyard with an anxious face, and the panicked expression of the four girls after seeing Zhao Yi converged.

"What happened?" Zhao Yi turned over and immediately looked the four girls up and down, there were no missing parts, and the things in the workshop were intact.

It was Xiaomei who spoke: "Master, because of the excessive demand for hydrosol, almost all the chrysanthemums around our Fanyang County have been cut down by County Lieutenant Li. ”

Li Si also echoed beside him: "My lord, I have searched all the surrounding mountains in the past few days. ”

Zhao Yi really couldn't cry or laugh: "So that's it? ”

"Master, isn't this a big deal? Zhou Ping sold a thousand bottles again in Yuyang, saying that he would come back in the next few days to pick them up. At this time, there is a shortage of raw materials, what is good? Xiaomei said with some distress.

"Let's not always keep our eyes on chrysanthemums, in addition to chrysanthemums, other flowers can also be refined into hydrosols. No matter how bad it is, we will go to the surrounding counties to take them, and these flowers are not food, so no one will care. ”

Zhao Yi solved the problem in just a few words, making the fourth girl smile again, Xiaomei looked at Li Si, who was still standing aside: "Lord Li, don't go quickly!" ”