Chen Gong pounced, and had to ask the soldiers in the mansion...

At this time, Lu Bu had already arrived at the location of Xiao He's office and found Xiao He in Lingyi Mansion in Xiapi County.

Xiao He sat in the hall, processing stacks of official documents, and four or five scribes next to him gave him a hand, summarized the processed official documents, and sent them to him that had not been processed.

Lu Bu entered the lobby, threw the roster on the desk, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, I have already solved the food matter, you can take a look." ”

Xiao He was taken aback, and when he raised his head, he found that Lu Bu was standing in front of him.

"My lord."

"Don't be polite."

"Look at this roster, a total of 54,000 stone of grain, to be delivered to the northbound granary within two months. Do the math, how long can you support the army? Lu Bu found a place to sit down, quite proud.

Even Xiao He couldn't settle the matter, he could do it in three or two days.

"Is that really so much food?" When Xiao He heard this, he couldn't close his mouth with joy.

But when he opened the roster, his face was full of solemnity, and he asked, "My lord, are all these big families willing to donate food?" ”

Voluntary food donation?

Lu Bu rolled his eyes and said in his heart: "Why is this Xiao He so naïve, and he still voluntarily donates food?" Who wants to donate? ”

"Father-in-law, this grain..." Before Lu Bu finished speaking, he heard Chen Gong's shout from outside the mansion gate: "Lord, lord..." ”

"This Mr. Gongtai is really haunted." Lu Bu was very speechless, he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived here with his front foot, Chen Gong followed with his back foot.

"What's going on?" Xiao He looked dazed.

Lu Bu said: "You will find out later. ”

Chen Gong ran in sweaty, arched his hand towards Lu Bu, and said eagerly: "Lord, the family headed by Li Dejiang is against Liu Bei, and he was very resolutely on your side at the beginning, how can you extort their food?" Isn't this self-defeating and forcing them to rebel? ”

Lu Budao: "I am short of food now, if you can get 50,000 stone of military rations, I will not embarrass them." ”

"If you are short of food, you can think of other ways, you don't have to rob the world. If this continues, who will support us in the future? ”

"Are you reprimanding me?" Lu Bu's face sank.

"My lord, all the princes, all the powerful ones, all of them curry favor with the clans, in order to gain their support. Only the forces they support can gain a foothold on the ground. If you become an enemy of them, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Xiao He walked over and said, "Yes, Mr. Gongtai is right, in the past month, I know that the world is strong. Take Pengchengguo and Guangling County as examples, the local families are not rebellious, but secretly they are still competing with us. They control the market and raise prices, making the local people miserable, originally a stone of corn, only 220 yuan, but now it is sold for 3000 yuan! A stone of salt costs 800 yuan, but now it costs 10,000 yuan! If this continues, the people will work for a year, but they will not even have a full meal. ”

"Is it that serious?" Lu Bu was a little unconvinced.

Xiao He said: "It may be more serious than this. ”

"The lord may wish to think about it, the land and houses of a county are all occupied by the big families, and the people want to survive, they can only be tenant farmers, and after a year of work, in addition to the cost of renting and renting the land, they also have to pay various taxes, and the remaining ten do not save one, just such a little money, how can it be enough to eat for a year? If the family raises the market price again, the people will only starve to death. At that time, there will be many bandits, rogues, and even rebels. We don't need the enemy to attack, we're done with it ourselves. ”

Chen Gong said: "This is also the reason why I advocate making friends with all the big families, only with their support can we keep Xuzhou peaceful and restore the peace of the people." ”

"Fart!"

Lu Bu scolded, stood up and said, "The family members all put knives on Lao Tzu's neck, and let me make friends with them?" What do you think? ”

After saying this, Lu Bu walked out of the hall of the mansion directly.

Chen Gong followed closely and asked, "Lord, Li Dejiang's matter hasn't been clarified yet, where are you going?" ”

"Go to the school and find Luo Cheng! Lao Tzu is going to destroy all those turtle king bastards! ”

"Huh?!"

Chen Gong was frightened stupidly, and after reacting, he caught up with the bitter persuasion and didn't let Lu Bu do such a stupid thing when he died. But in the eyes of Chen Gong, it is a stupid thing, but in Lu Bu's eyes, it is a natural thing.

If anyone does not offend me, I will not offend, but if anyone offends me, I will offend!

If you can't even protect your own people, and you can't even control prices, what kind of fame and fame can you talk about ruling Xuzhou?

This is the most fundamental issue of sovereignty, and if we fail to maintain the supreme authority of supreme and exclusive political power on our own territory, we will have problems in the long run.

Just like Xiao He said, when the people can't afford to eat, they will take risks and become bandits, rogues, and rebels, and the consequences are unimaginable?

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Just when Lu Bu rushed to the north school field angrily, preparing to find Luo Cheng to go on the expedition, in the Li family in the south of the city, twenty-four families also gathered here to discuss countermeasures.

Zheng Biyi changed his previous appearance and became extremely strong, slapped the desk, and stammered: "How can it... Outrageous! This... This three... Three surnames are slaves, non... Govern him well, let him know, let him know... Awesome, awesome! ”

"In the past, when Liu Bei was in charge, although we were pressed by the Mi family, it was better than being robbed by Lu Bu, as soon as we opened our mouths, it was more than 50,000 stone of grain, and I don't want to think about it, can we take it?"

"Yes, instead of letting Lu Bu govern Xuzhou, it is better to ask Liu Bei to come back."

"If this continues, we will die at the hands of Lu Bu sooner or later."

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The patriarchs of the various families have a lot of opinions about Lu Bu's domineering and arrogantness, and they have risen to the point of rebellion.

"Lee... Brother Li, you are here for us, really... The strongest, you... You say, say something. Zheng Biyou looked at Li Dejiang, who was as calm as water, and was anxious.

Li Dejiang said: "You know that you are brutal, have you ever thought that Liu Bei dares to be an enemy of Lu Bu?" His troops were less than half of Lu Bu's, and he didn't have any food, so even if he came back, he couldn't beat him. And I've heard that they have an alliance agreement, and if either side tears it up, they will be infamous for being unkind. Liu Bei prides himself on benevolence and righteousness, how could he take the initiative to tear up the covenant? ”

"This..." The heads of the families were speechless.

Li Dejiang continued: "Moreover, Xuzhou is the land of four wars, with Cao Cao in the west and Yuan Shu in the east, all of which are on the border of Chen Bing, ready to invade Xuzhou at any time. At this time, how could Liu Bei return to Xuzhou to take charge? If he moves, Cao and Yuan will definitely press up, and it will be difficult for Xuzhou to protect at that time. ”

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