After everyone was promoted, Liu Bei began to inquire about political affairs.

Xi Zhicai first sent a table, which was naturally invented by Liu Bei, which detailed the number of soldiers in each county, and the number of acres and horses allocated. said: "The rewards of the government soldiers at all levels have been distributed, and every household is grateful for the benevolence of the lord. ”

Just casually glanced at the form, Liu Bei put it down, then nodded and said, "Mr. did a good job." Zilong, Ziyi, the two of you are going to take the soldiers who have been running with me for months on vacation and go home to visit relatives. Yun Chang and Yide, you will take turns to take the soldiers on vacation, so be sure that they can personally feel the changes in their families. ”

"The lord is wise." Xi Zhicai casually patted a horse and said: "In this way, the morale of the army must be cheered up." ”

He asked about the grain and grass.

Cui Meng stepped forward and said, "My lord, our army will get 1.5 million grains this year. and so shall the grain stored in the homes of the people. ”

"Okay, I have food in my hand, and I don't panic." Liu Bei praised, "Mr. Cui, it's hard work." ”

Cui Meng said again: "Originally, there were no displaced people in the plain. However, because the lord governed well, and there were several groups of displaced people from other counties and counties, they could not be resettled for a while, so they had to order to build a porridge farm first, and then arrange household registration and fields one by one after a while. ”

Liu Bei said: "It doesn't matter, the more the population, the better." However, we can't let these homeless people eat for nothing, and arrange for them to do all kinds of work, which is called cash-for-work. ”

Seeing Cui Mengyingnuo, Liu Bei asked how the training of the soldiers was.

Guan Yu said: "Don't worry, my lord, in the past few months, we have been training the government soldiers, and we dare not slack off, and the soldiers are becoming elite day by day." In particular, those newly recruited and those who have not made meritorious contributions, who have seen the meritorious soldiers of the previous time, have obtained hundreds or thousands of acres of land, and everyone is eager to fight, and everyone is vying for the first. ”

Naturally, it is impossible to distribute the acres of land of these government soldiers equally, at the beginning, each household was 100 acres, and this is the same. As long as the army is sent, taxes and conscription are exempted, which is different. In other words, the government soldiers are actually the first-level public servants in the 20-level military merit knighthood system. Those who made meritorious contributions were distributed according to Shang Jun's twentieth level of military merit.

It can be said that in addition to the title that cannot be awarded, the plain at this time and the Qin army under the 20-level military merit system of the Shang monarch are also very close.

In the end, Liu Bei asked how the horses were, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, who had already set up a horse farm and could supply horses for the army. Liu Bei's own private horse farm is also operating well.

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he talked about the crusade against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. asked, "If I want to break the yellow scarf, where should I start?" ”

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he first offered a plan: "The lord is now the Qingzhou Thorn History, the former Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiaohe, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in various counties and counties. ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, so he sent someone to send an order to Qingzhou County first.

Guan Yu said: "Lord, if our army sends troops from the plains, it will be quite inconvenient to be blocked by the Yellow River. Dare to ask how the navy is prepared, if you want to detain civilian ships into the army, you will send someone to do it. ”

Liu Bei's heart moved, as a person of later generations, he naturally knew the importance of the navy. However, the people of this era don't know, they just regard the navy as an auxiliary to the army, and they don't even call the navy, they call it a sailor. Therefore, Liu Bei felt that he should take advantage of the current layout of the navy. First choose a strong leader for the navy, and no one will dare to scold the navy casually in the future.

So, he said to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang is reasonable, I returned from Luoyang, and brought back 500 craftsmen who are good at shipbuilding, and all of them will be allocated to you, and you will supervise the shipbuilding for the army to cross the river." ”

Guan Yu took the order.

After explaining the political affairs one by one, Liu Bei returned to the mansion and came to visit Cai Wenji.

"Wen Ji, how are you feeling lately, but what is your discomfort?" As soon as he entered the room, Liu Bei asked gently.

Cai Wenji's face was full of maternal brilliance, shook her head, and said, "That's not true, it's just that the little guy can't wait to come out." ”

At this time, Cai Wenji was not only bloated, but her face was also a little swollen, but at this time, she had the brilliance of motherhood, which made her more beautiful in Liu Bei's eyes. Speaking of children, it is a smile of happiness and expectation.

As she was talking, suddenly, Cai Wenji's face changed, and she felt a sharp pain in her big belly, accompanied by convulsions. Said: "I—I have a stomachache. It was just a moment, and Cai Wenji's face was already covered with cold sweat.

Liu Bei hurriedly shouted: "Midwife, midwife, come on, go and call the midwife." ”

After screaming a few times, Liu Bei came to his senses and said secretly, I can't panic, let alone pass on my nervous emotions to Wen Ji. So, Liu Bei bowed his head and said to Cai Wenji: "Wen Ji, don't panic, I have already invited several experienced midwives to be on standby, and Wen Ji will definitely be able to give birth to a fat doll safely this time." If it is a son, it is my Liu Bei's son. ”

After saying that, Cai Wenji was afraid of giving birth to a daughter, Cai Wenji found it difficult to accept, and added: "If it is a daughter, it must be a talented woman like you." ”

Eight sturdy servant women arrived early and used a simple single bed to carry Cai Wenji, who was dead and alive with a big belly ache, into a "delivery room" that had been cleaned up long ago

Of course, this is also Liu Bei's idea, not only is the delivery room clean, the ground is splashed with water to prevent dust, all the utensils in it are boiled with boiling water, and the bedding is also washed and exposed to the sun.

When the midwife and servant women came in, they would drive Liu Bei out, and Xuande would agree. In modern times, isn't it all about women giving birth to children, and men have to be by their side?

"Master Hou, according to the rules, men are not allowed to enter the delivery room, which is unlucky. Hou Ye can't help much here, and he has to wait for a long time, so let's go out first. ”

The midwife persuaded hard, Liu Bei was helpless, and said in his heart, a time period, a custom, only to get the room. After thinking about it, he sent someone to inform Cai Yong and the others.

"What, Wen Ji is about to give birth." Hearing the news, Cai Yong was in Liu Bei's mansion, and he didn't care about anything else, so he immediately stood up. It's just that Cai Yong is old, and he has been kneeling for too long, and he is too anxious when he stands up. Suddenly, his head was dizzy, his eyes were dark, and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, there were also people around Cai Yong to serve, so he hurriedly went up to support Cai Yong. Cai Yong stood firm, settled down, turned three steps into two steps, and went straight to Liu Bei's inner house.

In the mansion, Liu Bei sat in the courtyard outside the door of the delivery room, waiting anxiously, standing up from time to time and turning around the courtyard a few times.

Cai Wenji's humming sound inside kept coming, it was very loud at first, but now it has begun to weaken.

Liu Bei was worried, so he had to comfort himself in his heart, Cai Wenji in history must have no dystocia, and she should be fine now.

In modern time, about an hour or so has passed. Not only Cai Yong, but Liu Bei's uncle and others also arrived.

Liu Bei invited them to sit in the courtyard next to the delivery room and drink tea, and accompanied them by himself.

At this time, it was already evening, the sun was about to set, and a red cloud appeared in the sky, which was a burning cloud.

Of course, Liu Bei knew what this was, and complained in his heart, not knowing if this was a vision and auspiciousness.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei's heart moved, and he stood up suddenly, Cai Yong was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Xuande, what's wrong." ”

Liu Bei didn't have time to think about it, and said directly loudly: "It's not good, the delivery room is on fire." Come on, come with me to put out the fire. ”

With that, he rushed out and went straight to the delivery room.

Cai Yongting's delivery room was on fire, and he was so frightened that he almost fainted. When Cai Yong came to the delivery room, he saw Liu Bei looking up at the sky there, and Cai Yong saw that the delivery room was fine, so he also followed.

I saw that the sky was red, as if it had been burned.

Otherwise, can you call the fire to burn the clouds?

At this moment, a crisp and loud baby cry suddenly came.

Good news from the delivery room, birth!

Liu Bei suddenly thought, if this is a son, what should a daughter do.

God bless, but don't give birth to a son, this is not my Liu Bei's patriarchy, but the cow blew out, and a daughter came, then it would be embarrassing, how could you let me lie.

"Congratulations to Master Hou, congratulations to Master Hou, mother and son are safe, they are a little son."

With a sigh of relief, Liu Bei said to Cai Yong and the others: "I saw that the delivery room was red and bright, as if it was on fire, so I came to put out the fire." ”

After a pause, Liu Bei explained: "Who knows, the delivery room is fine, it's just a red light, and the sky is red for dozens of miles and hundreds of miles." It's weird. ”

Listening to Liu Bei's words, Cai Yong's face twitched, and his hands began to tremble, this is auspicious.

Liu Bei's uncles were also overjoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Ancestors shelter, ancestors shelter." ”

In total, the fire cloud appeared for about a few minutes, less than ten minutes. But it's enough for everyone to see clearly.

When the maids, servants, and guards around heard this, they all looked up at the sky in awe, and then looked at the delivery room.

Of course, it's not that no one doubts it, thinking that this is not just a burning cloud, but they don't dare to say it, and there is no child in the emperor's new clothes here.

Besides, the burning clouds do not occur every day, why are they there today, who dares to say that this is not a vision of the birth of the Son of the World.

Liu Bei showed joy and said: "Very good, each of your midwives will be rewarded with 3,000 yuan, and each person in the house will be rewarded with 300 yuan, and the doctors will continue to serve and reward 5,000 yuan." ”

Later, Liu Xuande sanxing the Han room and recreated the hot sky. This auspiciousness is clearly recorded in the historical book "Continuation of the Han Book".

and production, the red light filled the room, as if it was burning, the Holy Ancestor and the people around him saw it, and they were shocked to think that the fire was rising, and they ran to save it, but there was no fire. Only to see the red light rushing to the sky, illuminating the sky for dozens of hundreds of miles, a red color.

When someone with good hope saw it, he said: "This red emperor is also." ”

coincided with Dong Zhuo's rebellion and the decline of Zhong Han, so he was a saint from heaven to settle China.

Yes, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing at this time.