Just when Liu Yi and others were still busy cultivating farmland, Zhang Jiao, a giant deer man, had already developed the Taiping Dao organization that he founded into an unprecedented growth.

Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao was founded together with his two younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, in the Jianning period (168-172), he took his two younger brothers to start preaching in the Yizhou territory where the disaster was more serious, Zhang Jiao often held a nine-section scepter, on the basis of traditional folk medicine, with charms and spells, specifically for those disaster areas or people who could not afford to see the disease, and at the beginning also advocated the doctrine and viewpoint of "mutual equality and mutual love", which was deeply supported by the poor people.

After having a certain base of the people, Zhang Jiao sent his disciples to various states and counties to spread the doctrine and develop believers, and claimed that "he has been good at Taoism and has educated the world."

During the more than ten years, the power of Taiping Dao was widely distributed in the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan and Pre, with hundreds of thousands of Taoists.

Zhang Jiao proclaimed himself a great sage and good teacher, and was the chief leader of Taiping Dao; His two younger brothers, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, claimed to be great doctors and were also one of the leaders of Taiping Dao.

Seeing that the three of them had a large number of believers, they began to revolt and rebel, so Zhang Jiao instructed his subordinates to go to various branches and began to spread the belief that "the sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand", and gradually the believers all over the country began to sprout the psychology of rebellion.

On this day, Liu Yi took a few guards around him to the farmland to check the growth of seedlings, this year is a good idea, since the middle of May, continuous light rain has been falling for nearly half a month, to the middle of June, the seedlings in the field have grown to almost Liu Yi's knees high, Liu Yi looked at the green seedlings all over the mountains, not to mention how happy he was.

After checking in the field, Liu Yi returned to the house with everyone, and as soon as he entered the mansion, he saw Cui Si, who was usually not at home, pacing back and forth in the front hall at this time, as if he had something on his mind.

Liu Yi shouted as he walked to the front hall: "Oops~ Why did you go back home today?" ”

Cui Si, who was in the front hall at this time, heard someone talking outside, hurriedly turned around, and saw that the person who spoke was Liu Yi, Cui Si hurriedly ran to Liu Yi.

"My lord, it's not good! Something big could be wrong! Cui Si said anxiously.

Liu Yi, who had just walked into the courtyard, saw that Cui Si, who was usually very out of tune, was so anxious at this time, knowing that something big had happened, he turned around and called back left and right, and took Cui Si to his room.

After arriving at Liu Yi's room, Liu Yi closed the door tightly, and asked Cui Si with a frown while letting Cui Si sit down, "What's wrong, Si'er?" What's wrong with you in such a hurry? ”

Cui Si was willing to sit down, strode to Liu Yi's side, and said nervously, "Lord, when I went to the restaurant in the city to inspect today, I heard from the guy in the restaurant that a group of people came to our restaurant yesterday, and these people found a private room in the corner when they arrived at the restaurant. Guess what he heard? ”

"Getting to the point!" Liu Yi said impatiently when he saw Cui Si talking and selling Guanzi.

"This guy said, after those people drank a lot of wine, they began to say something about rebellion, uprising, etc., and after listening carefully, I learned that there was a person named Zhang Jiao in Julu County, Jizhou, who formed an organization called What Tai What Taoism, and this organization currently has hundreds of thousands of believers, and the old boy named Zhang Jiao is now preparing to rebel!"

"Huh? How can it be? Is your message accurate? Liu Yi's eyes widened and he said in disbelief.

"It's true! After that guy finished talking to me, I also went to investigate, and found that there is really such an organization, and we also have this Taoist believer in Youzhou, lord, you said that if these people really rebelled, would it affect us at that time!? Cui Si said with a sad face.

At this time, Liu Yi's head was already a little dazed, although Liu Yi knew that there would be a Yellow Turban Uprising, but it should be a year later, it was only the middle of 183 AD, nearly a year earlier than the time of the Yellow Turban Uprising recorded in history, the reason why Liu Yi wanted to train troops and expand his fields was to be able to strengthen his power before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and then he could use the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising to seize military achievements to seek a higher position, and now the Yellow Turban Uprising may be advanced, which makes Liu Yi a little at a loss, After all, his current strength is still too weak, if the Yellow Turban Uprising breaks out, it will be difficult for Liu Yi to do anything big with these current resources.

At this time, Liu Yi's brain began to run rapidly, and after thinking for a while, he said to Cui Si seriously, "You immediately send your trusted people to inquire again, you must find out the detailed information, and this matter must be kept secret, you must know that God knows you and I know, and you must not let the third person except you and me know!" ”

"No!" Cui Si agreed, got up and was about to go out to make arrangements, just walked to the door, as if thinking of something, turned around and asked, "Lord, don't we report this matter to the imperial court?" Report early so that the court can prepare early! ”

"This matter must not be known to the government!" Liu Yi frowned and looked out the window and said solemnly.

When Cui Si heard this, the two pairs of mouse eyes turned around, and said to Liu Yi, "Lord, do you need me to find someone to contact the person named Zhang Jiao first, and when the time comes, we will also have a response!" ”

Liu Yi was stunned when he heard this, and only after thinking for a while did he react, knowing that Cui Si had misunderstood what he meant just now, he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

"Touch a fart! Lao Tzu doesn't want to rebel with him, I want to suppress them to get on the throne, you contact them, we won't become complicit! I'm afraid I won't even know how to die when the time comes! Liu Yi scolded in a low voice.

When Cui Si heard this, he understood why Liu Yi didn't report to the government just now, hurriedly shrunk his neck, smirked at Liu Yi embarrassedly, and then turned around and prepared to go out.

Cui Si, who had just walked to the door, didn't have time to push open the door, but was stopped by Liu Yi behind him, Cui Si turned around and asked in confusion, "Lord, what's wrong again?" ”

Liu Yi looked at Cui Si and said with some uneasiness in his heart, "You go to find out the news of Yao Lie and the others, this kid hasn't been in contact with us for more than a month, something must have happened, if you contact him, call them back immediately!" ”

"No!"

After Cui Si left, Liu Yi was the only one left in the house, and Liu Yi at this time could be said to be anxious, and today's news of Cui Si completely disrupted his plan.

Originally, Liu Yi planned to use the time of this year to let the people recuperate, recruit troops and buy horses by himself, and set up a team of 10,000 people anyway, so that he could also show his strength when the Yellow Turban Uprising next year came, but now the Yellow Turban Uprising may break out in advance, and with the strength of Liu Yi and others now, it is really difficult to show his strength in this big event.

A small team of 1,000 people, plus a special force with only a few dozen people although it is very strong, if you want to stand out in a big battle of hundreds of thousands of people, it is almost impossible, first of all, Liu Yi is not a military strategist, although he has the memory of his previous life as an advantage, but it is only limited to knowing when what will happen, it is simply not enough to command the battle, and there is no strategist around him who can give advice.

The most important thing is that Liu Yi is still waiting for someone, this person is very important to Liu Yi, Liu Yi does not have the noble status of the fourth world and the third prince like Yuan Shao, nor does he have a prominent ancestor like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Liu Yi is just a small person who has crossed over, and he has worked hard to become the county magistrate, Liu Yi can only rely on the memory of his previous life to try his best to recruit those famous talents in history, but so far in addition to Zhang Fei, only Yao Lie and the three people who are not in the historical record can be regarded as Liu Yi's henchmen, For Liu Yi, if he wants to dominate the world in the future, it is far from enough to have these few people.

The more Liu Yi thought about it, the more anxious he felt, and when he thought about it, his head began to hurt a little, Liu Yi stopped thinking about these troublesome things, walked out of his room, and prepared to go to the Arsenal Division to have a look.

When he came to the Arsenal Division, Liu Yi saw Blacksmith Li carrying his usual crutches and shouting loudly in the courtyard, and when he saw Liu Yi arrive, Blacksmith Li hurriedly came up to salute Liu Yi.

"I've seen the lord!" Blacksmith Li said respectfully.

"What progress has been made in weapon building lately!" Liu Yi asked after helping Blacksmith Li up.

"Back to my lord, because most people were building daily utensils before, the progress of weapons and equipment is a little slow, and the ring-headed knife and spear have been built, but it may take half a month to create enough armor for a thousand sets, and you also know that the complexity of armor is greater than..."

Liu Yi interrupted Blacksmith Li, who was going to continue, and said solemnly, "From today onwards, everyone will stop building daily iron tools, and everyone will go all out to build weapons and equipment for me, and five thousand sets of equipment must be created for me within a month!" ”

"Five thousand!?" Blacksmith Li shouted.

"My lord! 5,000 sets is too many, and you know that now each of our soldiers has to be equipped with spears, ring-headed knives and bows and arrows in addition to armor, and 5,000 sets can't be built in a month! Blacksmith Li said bitterly.

When Liu Yi heard this, he also felt that his request was a bit excessive, so he said to Blacksmith Li, "These 5,000 sets, except for the armor, 2,000 pieces of spears, 2,000 pieces of ring-head knives, and 1,000 sets of bows and arrows, can this be done?" ”

Hearing this, Blacksmith Li frowned and thought about it in his heart for a while, and then solemnly assured Liu Yi, "Since the lord has asked for it, even if the old boy does it all night, he will drive out these equipment."

Liu Yi looked at Blacksmith Li, who was over half a hundred years old and still on crutches, and was a little moved in his heart, and said to Blacksmith Li with concern, "Master Li, if there is any difficulty, you must tell me, and you don't have to be busy with everyone all day long, you must pay attention to your body, after all, compared with weapons, your body is the most important!" As long as I have you, I can build another arsenal at any time, so you must take care of your body, and let your subordinates do the unimportant work! ”

Blacksmith Li was moved to tears by Liu Yi's words, and knelt down and bowed, "Thank you for your concern, the old child will definitely live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

After Liu Yi picked up Blacksmith Li, he instructed his subordinates to take care of Blacksmith Li's body, and then returned to the house with the guards at any time.

In the next few days, Liu Yi has been waiting for Cui Si's news in the mansion.

In the early morning of this day, Liu Yi and Zhang Fei were squatting in front of the drainage ditch in the house, holding a toothbrush made of wild boar bristles in one hand and a water bowl in the other, brushing their teeth, and suddenly saw Cui Si running to the house while crying.

Liu Yi was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly got up to meet him and asked, "What happened again, Si'er?" ”

Cui Si ran in front of everyone, fell to his knees, and cried and said to Liu Yi, "Lord! Yao Lie has betrayed Gongsun Zhan!! ”

"Smack~"

I saw that the water bowl in Liu Yi's hand fell to the ground and fell into several petals, and then Liu Yi felt a sweet throat and spit out a mouthful of blood, and then Liu Yi felt that his eyes were black and he fainted.