"Brother, the increase in the number of our army, this consumption is also faster, after a few more, the food will run out, you see that our resources are only not in and out, it is not a solution, after all, it is not a matter to sit and eat empty, we have to think of a way." Since Liu Deran was in charge of the military food work, he was really worried about food all the time, food is the lifeblood of the army, and an army without food is like a tiger losing its claws, and an eagle has lost its wings.

With the expansion of power, there are more and more troubles, in this troubled times, you can't have no soldiers in your hands, and the number of troops you have can not be too small, there is no army, you can't talk in this world, everyone speaks by force, the general will not be cared about, there is a risk of being eaten by others at any time if there are too few soldiers, therefore, Liu Bei has been doing at present, first of all, to seek survival, so that he can live in this troubled world, and secondly, to seek development, with the conditions for survival, we must strive to become bigger and stronger, and finally, to seek the realization of our inner ambitions, Put an end to this chaotic situation and use this to revive the Han Dynasty.

"The matter of military rations is really troublesome for you, come and sit down, our brothers haven't sat down alone for a long time!" Hearing Liu Deran's words, Liu Bei frowned and said: "This situation of making ends meet is really not a solution, do you have any good ideas?" ”

After Liu Deran sat down, he sighed and said, "This ...... Originally, our style of doing things has always been to feed the war with war, destroy the enemy, and seize their materials and grain and grass, but since the Yellow Turban thieves in Pingyuan County were driven out, our army has lost the source of materials, the last time we attacked Yuan Shao in Jizhou, even if the soldiers invaded the city, you did not allow the soldiers to plunder a cent, so that operation was equivalent to zero income, and by the way, thousands of people and horses were collected, the consumption increased, and the income decreased, I thought about it for a long time, and I think our previous style of doing things should also be changed. ”

"Indeed, now looking back, what is the difference between our style of acting and bandits and bandits, if you really want to be different, that is, they looted the people's materials, and we looted the homespun materials, and the homespun materials were looted from the hands of the people, so in the end, we have been doing the things of thieves and robbers, and we kept saying that if we were to eliminate harm for the people and seek thieves for the country, we didn't expect that in the end, we would be a thief." Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"This is also a way to no way, we are not like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, we have our own base, have our own fixed sources of materials, taxes, agricultural production, commercial transactions, etc., we don't have these, we don't go to rob the bandits and thieves' materials, it is us who die, although we indirectly took the people's materials, but we didn't take it in vain, we still eliminate disasters for the people, drive away the thieves, and do what they want to do but can't do, which is also to take people's money and money to eliminate disasters for people."

Listening to Liu Deran's words, Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "There is really you, you can think of this kind of words, but then again, we really can't be like this in the future, before our expenses were part of Tian Kai's supply to us, and part of it was obtained by his own battles, and now Tian Kai is busy with his cleaning up of thieves in Qingzhou, and he is gnawing food when he fights, and it will be ..... for our food Hey~ In the end, having the ability to do things is the king, everything can't rely on others, your own food source is controlled by don't spare your hands, no matter how powerful a person is, you will be controlled by others everywhere, Imada Kai looks at us and you give us food to eat, but we don't like it, pinch our food, and thousands of our soldiers have to die! ”

"This problem is also very serious, and I also know that I have always been in charge of our army's food work, and I should bear the main responsibility for not solving the food problem for us!" At this time, Liu Deran said sincerely.

"You can't blame you, after all, everyone has the first time to do something, as long as you are willing to study, there is no problem in this world to solve the problem."

"Brother, this problem of food shortage is not just what we encountered, back then, Emperor Wu fought against the Huns all the year round, and attacked the Western Regions in the later period, such a huge military operation consumed more materials, grain and grass, you know what method he used to solve the food problem of army expenses?"

Liu Bei thought for a moment at this time and said, "Tuntian? ”

"Yes, it's Tuntian, we can actually try Tuntian."

"Are you sure?" Liu Bei suddenly became interested.

"I'm not sure, but we can try, at least we have some objective basis now." Liu Deran said thoughtfully.

"What basis?"

"That's the case, I thought about it for a long time, since we entered Qingzhou, we have fought several battles with the Yellow Turban Thieves, and from the hands of these farmers, we have robbed a lot of farming cattle, hoes and other agricultural materials; Also, the Yellow Turban Thieves failed in the battle, and we did not kill them all, but agreed to their surrender, and soldiers like them who surrendered are now in a state of inaction; Then there is the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army in these years, which killed a large number of landlords Haoqiang, and as soon as these landlords died, their land instantly became ownerless.

Liu Deran took a breath of this, looked at Liu Bei at this time, and wanted to see Liu Beidi's reaction, and Liu Bei also looked at Liu Deran at this time, and said excitedly: "You continue!" ”

Liu Deran saw that Liu Bei seemed to be interested in the plan he proposed, so he continued: "We can organize these farmers to gather together, distribute our land to them equally, and when they cultivate, we rent cattle and hoes to them, so that they can use them to plow the fields, and when they have a good harvest, we will collect sixty percent of their grain, and if they use their own hoes and cattle, then collect fifty percent from them, so that if there is an effect, our military supplies will not have to worry!" ”

"Sixty percent, will it be too much?"

"It's quite high, but there's no way to do extraordinary things at extraordinary times!" Liu Deran sighed and said: "If it is not high, we will have nearly four thousand soldiers and horses, so what will feed them!" ”

"Well, that's okay, I'll listen to you, are there any other measures?"

"In addition, we can organize manpower to open up the wasteland, and we will exempt the people who cultivate on these newly cultivated lands from taxes in the first year, collect half of the materials they should receive in the second year, and collect the full amount from the third year." Liu Deran snapped his fingers and said.

"That's okay, I'm also the minister of state now, you've been with me for so long, and you don't have some decent official positions, and now I officially appoint you as the captain of the agricultural school, and I'll leave these things to you, remember, the food of our entire county depends on you!"

"Yes, yes!" Liu Deran got up and said.

"Hey~ It's just the two of us here, don't see each other like this!" Liu Bei motioned for him to sit down, and said with a smile: "That's like this?" ”

"What? What that? Liu Deran looked at Liu Bei's expression and didn't understand what he was.

"Tsk! Isn't this knowingly asking, Tian'er's matter, have you done it? ”

"This ...... Hey, brother, why did you suddenly ask about this! Liu Deran blushed and said: "She often goes to Gan'er to play when she has nothing to do, the two of them have a good relationship, where will they take care of me!" ”

"I'm just you stinky, you like her, don't you?"

"Nope!" Liu Deran said.

"Don't me and I'm poor, let me tell you, the matter is done quickly, our two brothers don't even have a son now, don't let outsiders see our jokes, don't let Liu Xiong's descendants be unproductive when the time comes, you know!"

"And what do you do?" Liu Deran asked again: "My sister-in-law is also gone, you can't just be single!" ”

"Hey~ I have a hard life, I used to like Xue'er, but Xue'er is gone; Later, I married the Wang family, and the Wang family also left, I don't dare to think about it now! Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Do you think I'm a wife!" ”

"What do you say, what kind of wife is not a wife, I have only heard of Kefu, but I have never heard of Kefu!" Liu Deran changed his words and said: "I think Gan'er is good, you can accept her, knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous, which is not bad at all!" ”

"I want to, but people don't want to!" Liu Bei said innocently.

"Did you ask? Brother, you can't be old now, you don't even have a baby, and I'm sorry for the uncle, anyway, you can do it yourself, there's nothing else, I'll leave first! Liu Deran was ready to get up and leave.

"Wait! I'm still in business! Liu Bei shouted at the door: "Come on, call Yun Chang, Yide and Xianhe to me!" ”

"Yes!"

"Brother, what did you suddenly call them for!"

"That's the case, it's the first time you've held such an important position and taken on such an important burden, I want to find you a few helpers."

"Are you Yun Changyide? They are all two martial artists, and they can march and fight, which allows them to farm, and I don't think they have the patience. ”

"Ahem~ Deran, think about it, these homeless people have been in turmoil everywhere in recent years, and their temperament has been wild for a long time, think about it yourself, can you deter them with just a few civil officials and a few pens? I asked Yun Changyide to lead troops to assist you, so that you have the confidence to speak and do things, and you can also let go of your hands and feet, aren't you? ”

"This ...... Or brother, you think thoughtfully, that brother thanked my brother here! ”

"Hey~ They are all brothers of their own family, what do you want to say about thank you or not, I have to thank you in advance for the people of this plain county, of course, I have to thank you myself!"

"Brother, you must not be like this, my brother should do this, if it weren't for you, my brother would still be farming and cultivating in Zhuo County, where is there still an official to do it, haha......"

"Big brother, Xuande, you're looking for us!" As soon as Liu Deran finished speaking, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Jian Yong hurriedly ran over.

"Oh yes, there's no one else here, you all sit down." Liu Bei pointed to the empty position and said, "Sit casually, don't care about any etiquette!" ”

"Brother Xie!"

Seeing that everyone sat down, Liu Bei and Guan Yu Zhang Fei said: "We are now in short supply of food, and we urgently need a solution. ”

"Okay, this is good, the people take food as the priority, and food is the top priority!" At this time, Guan Yu Zhang Fei said.

"Xianhe, what do you think?"

"I agree with both hands, it's just that we have just started Tuntian, do you want to do the pilot work first, and implement it in the whole county at once, I'm afraid there will be risks!"

"Well, Xianhe's good idea, Deran, then let's try it here in Pingyuan County first, what do you think?"

"Yes, I know, I think it's a good plan!"

"Yun Changyide, I now officially appoint you as the Sima of the other departments, and they are under the command of the soldiers and horses of Pingyuan County!"

"Yes, Brother Xie!" At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei immediately stood up and said excitedly.

"Don't be too early, I still have a task to hand over to you, De Ran is now our captain of the farm, Yide, I want you to cooperate with De Ran to do a good job in Tuntian, when there is a riot among the homeless, you help De Ran to deter them!"

"Yes! Yes, sir! ”

"Yun Chang, now that we are in a time of chaos, the training of the army cannot be delayed, step up training, and the security and city defense of Pingyuan County will be handed over to you!"

"Yes! Yes, sir! ”

"Xianhe, you can do what I do, and usually help me deal with all the affairs in the county, okay!"

"Yes, Prime Minister Xie!"

"Hey~ If you don't spare me, call me Xuande, call the county and the prime minister or something, haha......"