Lu Bu said: "With you staring at Yuan Shu, I am a hundred relieved." ”

After talking about Yuan Shu, Chen Gong left.

Although he doesn't care about Xuzhou's internal affairs now, he has a lot of things to do.

As for the 100,000 young men in Fan Lihua's hands, if he hadn't stared at it and arranged it personally, how could he have recruited Qi in such a short period of time. And the equipment of the 100,000-strong army, which he had collected from various counties for several months, could barely get it together.

Now, we have to face the matter of dividing the troops, and we have to urge all armies to step up training.

Don't look at him, he doesn't have a serious official position, and he doesn't have specific tasks, but he is actually busier than anyone else, and he has a greater responsibility than anyone else.

Lu Bu returned to the backyard of the Thorn Mansion, faintly heard the sound of the euphemistic and pleasant piano, he looked for the sound of the piano, walked into the garden, and saw Diao Chan sitting in the pavilion, playing the guqin, with two rings waiting behind him, and a lot of fruits on the stone table.

Xiao He held a bundle of bamboo slips, sat on the stone bench, and watched intently.

This scene made Lu Bu feel very warm: "The relationship between these two fathers and daughters is getting better and better. ”

"The lord (husband)."

Seeing Lu Bu enter the pavilion, Xiao He and Diao Chan got up and saluted.

Lu Bu waved his hand, signaled the two of them not to be polite, found a place to sit down, and said with a smile: "The sound of the cicada is getting better and better, just like the gurgling water, the sound of continuous sound, it makes people intoxicated." ”

"The husband made fun of it." Diao Chan put away the guqin and said, "The husband and father have important matters to discuss, and the concubine retired first." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Lu Bu did not come here to listen to the piano. It was to find Xiao He and inquire about the current internal affairs of Xuzhou.

Seeing Xiao He's sad face, Lu Bu had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Father-in-law, what problems did you encounter?"

Xiao He shook the bamboo slip in his hand and said, "It's not just a problem, it's just worrying to death!" ”

"Then what is it that makes my father-in-law so worried?"

"It's not for the sake of food."

"Food? Aren't we well fed? Lu Buxin said: "Lao Tzu has just copied the homes of more than a dozen big families, how can there be no food?" ”

Xiao He said: "It's not worrying now, but what about the future?" I did the math yesterday, and the food we have now can only last for four months. After four months, if there is no new food to replenish it, there is a danger of running out of food. ”

"So serious?"

"Yes, 170,000 soldiers, how much food do they have to eat every day, and how much pay do they have to pay. Our taxes in Xuzhou alone cannot support it. I'll have to find another way. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao He glanced at Lu Bu and complained: "Fengxian, don't blame me for being too talkative. After you capture Xuzhou, you shouldn't recruit 100,000 troops, you need to know that it is easy to recruit troops, but it is difficult to raise troops. ”

Lu Bu smiled bitterly: "If I don't recruit 100,000 soldiers, let alone support it for four months, even if it is forty days, I can't support it." At that time, it was not only the problem of food that had to be faced, but also the army of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu. ”

"Alas, it's easy to fight the country, but it's hard to defend the country...." Xiao He was moved.

Lu Bu's eyes kept rolling in his sockets, and after thinking about it, he grinned and said, "Father-in-law, isn't it just to get some food, and it's worth your worries?" After a while, I will give you tens of thousands of stone (dan) of food. ”

"Do you have a way to get tens of thousands of stone of grain?" Xiao He was shocked.

"Yes."

"yes, let's hear about it." Xiao He took it seriously.

"Eh... Can't say now. But I promise that within four months, I will definitely get a large amount of food. Don't be upset about this, and do the rest of your thing. ”

Lu Bu said in his heart: "Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, the huge Xuzhou, and can't find tens of thousands of stone grain?" ”

"Can you really get food?"

"Really."

Xiao He stood up, threw the bamboo slip on the stone table, and said, "Okay, then the matter of collecting military rations, I will bother you to find a way, I still have to evaluate the officials of various counties and counties, and I really don't have time to ask." ”

After saying that, he fled and left.

For this matter, he has been worried for a long time, but he has never been able to think of a way, since Lu Buken has taken over, he is happy.

"Isn't it just food, why don't you ask the family for help?" Lu Bu groaned secretly, and already had a rough plan in his heart. Looking at the whole of Xuzhou, aren't there only a few families that have food, if you don't look for them, who are you looking for?

One morning two days later, Lu Bu sent dozens of his own soldiers to various places in the city, informing the patriarchs of various clans to discuss matters in the Assassin's Mansion.

After receiving the news, the patriarchs of the various clans were all panicked.

"A few soldiers, this is my little meaning, and please laugh at it." In front of the Li Mansion, the head of the family, Li Dejiang, took out a money bag with a smile and stuffed it into the hands of a soldier outside the door.

The soldier weighed it a few times and said with a smile: "I took the money, but you still have to go with us." ”

"Shall I go back and say hello to my family?"

"No! The lord has an order, and when he sees you, please go to the Assassin's Mansion immediately, and there must be no moment's stay. ”

"That's... Then I'll go back and change my clothes. ”

"Don't be verbose, let's go!" The soldiers were unceremonious and dragged Li Dejiang away, frightening him with weak legs and trembling.

At the same time, in a brothel, Zheng Biyou, the head of the Zheng family, was lying in the arms of a beautiful woman, and there were four beauties waiting next to him, beating his legs, playing fans, and feeding fruits. And he closed his eyes and enjoyed listening to the euphemistic sound of the piano coming from behind the screen.

Suddenly, the door of the house was kicked open, and four soldiers broke in, shouting, "Who is Zheng Biyou?" ”

"I, I, I... I am, who is not eye-opening, dare to break into this master...! He rolled to the ground in fright, and when he stood up, he wanted to get angry, but when he saw that it was Lu Bu's personal soldier who appeared in front of him, he swallowed back the words behind him.

"Few... Big brothers, what's the matter with me? ”

"The lord has an invitation, and the assassin will ask." The soldier said with a blank face.

"That's... I'll go home first. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, go directly to the Assassin's Mansion!" The soldiers didn't bother to talk to him, grabbed him by the collar, and forcibly took him away.

The Li family and the Zheng family are the largest families in Xuzhou (at least for now) except for the Mi family; In addition to Li Dejiang and Zheng Biyou, there were also many heads of small families who were also affected and forcibly taken to the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion.

As for what to do in the Assassin's Mansion, the soldiers did not say, and the heads of the families were uneasy and kept speculating.

Thinking about it a few months ago, Lu Bu slaughtered more than a dozen big families, and even the Mi family was unlucky, will he cut them this time? Will it be like those families, directly copying the family and asking for beheading?

Thinking of Lu Bu's ruthlessness, and thinking of his family's imminent head-to-head landing, the heads of the families trembled when they even walked, and were dragged into the Assassin's Mansion by the soldiers, their faces full of horror.