Liu Zhang looked at the scenery along the way and said, "I have two questions, I wonder if Yuan Jian can explain my doubts?" ”

Liao Hua said: "Childe, please speak!" ”

Liu Zhang said: "The name of this mountain is the lion's head, why do I look closely, but there is no half of the lion's head, is it not because the name of the mountain is because it looks like a lion's head?" ”

Liao Hua said: "When I first came here, I was also very strange, and later I heard from the locals that in the early years, the forest on the lion's head peak was sparse, and there was only a circle of pine trees on the mountainside, which was very similar to the lion's mane, which was named the lion's head peak, and then the trees on the mountain were gradually abundant, and it was impossible to see it. ”

Liu Zhang: "Oh, I see. My second question is, looking at the flat terrain of this lion's head peak, with only 3,000 people, but it can run rampant for several years? Didn't the imperial court send troops to clean it up? ”

Liao Hua said: "If the local government really wants to clean up, I'm afraid the cottage will be destroyed a long time ago, but if we are really wiped out, what excuse will the county magistrate use to ask the court for money and grain, and how can he wantonly collect money and grain in the local area and expand the army?" Because of this, he not only did not send troops to fight, and even the county wanted to lead troops to conscript, but he expanded the strength of our village indefinitely, and all of them said that they were extremely vicious, brave and good at fighting, and the place where the cottage was located was even easier to defend and difficult to attack, and the strength was ten times that of the other party It was also in vain, and the people in the county were frightened when they heard it, so the matter of clearing and suppressing only stayed in words, and there was no actual action. What's more, Liu Bi and others will give the county order a lot of filial piety every year, and they agreed with the county order not to attack the county seat and not damage the county order's family property, so the county order is naturally optimistic about our existence! ”

Xun You sighed: "If the water is clear, there will be no fish!" ”

Wei Yan was deeply affected by it, and immediately scolded: "It turned out to be a family of officials and bandits, but unfortunately it was us ordinary people who suffered in the end!" ”

Zhou Cang and Liao Hua already knew that Wei Yan was a nearby villager, and now they were working under Liu Zhang, even if they didn't take the lead in evil, they were a little embarrassed at this time.

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At noon that day, Zhou Cang and Liao Hua invited Liu Bi, He Yi and others to a banquet according to the plan, but Liu Bi and others did not notice it and came happily with a few cronies. Only when He Man went out to do evil a few days ago, his mount fell off his horse in shock, and he was not lightly injured, and he was afraid that he would not collapse within half a month, so he did not arrive.

When the wine was drunk, Xu Chu and others suddenly attacked, and Liu Pi and others, who were completely unprepared, were all killed.

Zhou Cang and Liao Hua said that they were dissatisfied with Liu Zhang for a long time, and they immediately joined Liu Zhang's command, and personally led people to kill He Man, who was recuperating at home.

On the same day, Zhou Cang and others controlled the entire cottage, and then arrested 85 people in the cottage, killed them together, and expelled more than 100 Liu Pi and others to eliminate all hidden dangers.

Liu Zhang convened everyone to give a lecture, announcing that from now on everyone in the village is no longer the Yellow Turban Party, but the ordinary Han people, all the past has been revealed, from now on, the village is reorganized into the Han army (temporarily do not declare this matter), temporarily stationed here for training, monthly salary can be received, daily food can be eaten, family members can also pick up the cottage......

The soldiers were very excited when they heard it, don't look at being a bandit is very majestic, spending money like land, but that is only a very small number of leaders, ordinary minions actually live a very miserable life, eat and drink well on weekdays, not to mention their share and have to work hard often, many people have long been tired of it, this will hear that it will be the Han army in the future, not to mention that they can eat and eat, and there is still money to receive, and they don't have to worry about being killed by the court from time to time, how can they not be happy?

Of course, Liu Zhang will not bring so much money and grain, he dares to boast of such a Haikou, because Zhou Cang took him to visit the warehouse of the cottage, the money and grain in it can be described as piled up like a mountain, he and Xun You and others roughly calculated, only the grain in the cottage can be used by 3,100 people and 800 women and children in the village for a year, and if all kinds of property are converted into food, at least 10,000 people can eat for more than three years (of course, this does not calculate the rise in prices, and when Dong Zhuo began to trouble Luoyang, prices changed three times a day, The amount of food that can be purchased with these possessions will be greatly reduced.) Liu Zhang had to sigh, it's really fast to make money as a bandit! It seems that there will be more copycats in the future.

Thinking of the scene in Wei Yan's village, and then thinking of the nearby I don't know how many such villages there are, Liu Zhang decided to take the grain in the village to help the nearby villagers, which can be regarded as atoning for some sins for the people in the village! Xun You and others all agree with this.

Liao Hua said that there were many people affected by the disaster, and the food in the village could not be relieved at all.

Liu Zhang said: "There is a lot of money in the village, you can take out the purchase of grain as needed, and take part of the money to buy some seeds and farm tools to send to the victims. ”

Xun Yu said: "It is better to teach people to fish, it is better to teach people to fish, this method is very wonderful!" ”

Man Chong also said: "Yes, the money and food in the village are limited after all, and if the people want to survive, they still have to save themselves in the end!" ”

Liu Zhang said: "But far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and we still need our relief for the time being, and I will also find a way to let people send food over." ”

Man Pet and others are very strange, how can Yizhou send grain and grass from a long distance.

Liu Zhang: "Gongda, this matter is going to trouble you!"

Xun You: "What do you mean?"

Liu Zhang: "The Yingchuan Xun family has been in business for more than ten generations, and it must be very wealthy, so I would like to ask the Xun family for support." Of course, I will not damage the Xun clan and make it difficult for Gongda. What I mean is to ask the Xun clan to come forward to help buy the grain and send it here. All grains are used at market prices for money and Xun's! ”

Xun You is not the master of the Xun family, it is impossible for him to let the Xun family take out money and food to help Liu Zhang, but there is no problem in helping him, he immediately agreed, and said that he would persuade the people of the family to waive the transportation costs and not earn a penny. Liu Zhang expressed his gratitude, he understood that the literati at this time were not the same, unlike the later businessmen, who opened their mouths and closed their mouths about "direct sales at factory prices" and "handling at a loss".

Liu Zhang looked at Xun You, Man Chong, Xu Huang, Xu Chu and Wei Yan, and said: "It's okay for Yuan Jian and others to go into battle to kill the enemy, but they are from an irregular army, and they don't know much about their training and tactics. ”

Although Man Chong and Wei Yan felt that it was a pity that they couldn't follow Liu Zhang's side, they still nodded and said, "Everything is according to the son's arrangement!" ”

Liu Zhang said: "Boning, Wenchang, so hard for you, you can rest assured, more than a year, later half a year, I will return to Luoyang, I hope to see an elite army!" ”

"I will not pay the child's expectations!" Full of favors, Wei Yan bowed.

"This army is the first army I have ever mastered, and I have decided to give it the name 'Yingwu', hoping that when I see it again, I will live up to it!"

"Childe, rest assured, when we meet again, the British army will definitely impress the public!"

Liu Zhang nodded: "That's it, the Yingwu Army has Bo Ning as the captain, and Wen Chang and Yuan Jian are supplemented!" ”

"Yes!"

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