Dong Zhuo is busy moving the capital, Yuan Shao is busy giving generals to the princes from all walks of life, the princes of Sour Jujube are busy setting up wine and high meetings, Sun Jian is busy killing the officials of the imperial court, Yuan Shu is busy showing each other official positions, and the rest are busy watching the excitement.

What is Liu Bei doing, he is busy farming. February, is the beginning of spring ploughing, the plan of the year lies in spring, in fact, it is spring ploughing, not to mention that this is a classical agricultural society, that is, the future industrial age, those powerful countries, there is no agriculture underdeveloped. It's just that the population of people engaged in agriculture is small, and it is not that agriculture is underdeveloped.

As a traverser, Liu Bei is very clear about the ending of this to ask Dong, don't look at the momentum now, there are actually not a few times to really do it.

It's like those characters who are playing tricks, pretending to make two gestures, testing each other's depths, and then clasping each other's fists and saying to each other: "Admire, admire!" "You can serve the plate and collect the money.

Only Sun Jian was a little petty and went out to attack Dong Zhuo, otherwise, it would be a big loss to ask for the face of the princes of Dong this time.

However, this is not a confrontation between one or two people, hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people are strong laborers, and this year and the agricultural season has been missed, and this year and next year will definitely be a national year of grain shortage.

Therefore, Liu Bei must do a good job in grain production.

Otherwise, just wait for thieves to swarm from all over the world.

If you have enough food in your hands, you can also attract the displaced people who can't survive on other people's territory to take refuge on your own territory, no one understands the value of population in this era better than Liu Bei, and the population is the most valuable wealth in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, this is also an inspection of the resettlement of the government soldiers below, if someone really does not open their eyes and dares to stretch out their hands in the matter of the government soldiers, Liu Bei will have to come and make an example of the chickens.

Fortunately, no one messed around with this matter, which made Liu Bei very satisfied.

At this time, Liu Bei inspected again, all the way to a test field in the plain, ten miles of place, a total of 60,000 or 70,000 acres of land, divided into several parts, Cui Meng was in charge, using several different ways to cultivate, the human and animal manure was treated in different ways, to see which way can be used to increase the yield under the same manpower, and then it will be extended to all counties and counties in the future.

As soon as he rode up, someone had already stopped him, checked it, and sent a letter. This is also a rule set by Liu Bei, if there is any emergency military situation, no matter whether Liu Bei is eating or sleeping, the situation must be passed on to Liu Bei in time.

It is said that when the Allies landed, they needed the approval of the mustache to mobilize an armored division with strong combat effectiveness to attack, but the mustache took a nap, and no one dared to disturb him, and he missed one of the most important fighters in vain. This kind of lesson, Liu Bei naturally has to learn, be cautious a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times is nothing more than a false alarm, if you really waste the fighter, one time is enough to choke.

After receiving the letter, Liu Bei opened it and said, "Let's see it here today." Mr. Cui, the people take food as the sky, and the experimental field here is related to the great cause of the future, and I hope you will be more attentive, and in the future, above the history, you will not have to make your achievements, but I am afraid that the future will become the god of Jumang, and it is not known. ”

Cui Mengxun thanked him, Liu Bei thought about it, pulled Cui Meng aside gently, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Cui, the secret recipe you experimented with cannot be leaked out for the time being, and it is only practiced in my Qingzhou jurisdiction, so as not to be taken away by the Yellow Turban Army or the like, but it is not beautiful." ”

Cui Meng glanced up at Liu Bei, lowered his head again, and said "yes" softly. There were already turbulent waves in my heart.

Cui Meng is also an old man who follows Liu Bei, and he has seen with his own eyes that from Liu Bei's small county order, in just over a year, to today's Qingzhou Thorn History. Although there are still two counties in Qingzhou that are not under Liu Bei's control, in Cui Meng's opinion, it is only a matter of time.

For example, if there is already a scene of chaos today, think about it, if Liu Bei occupies a place, the local grain production will increase greatly, what is the effect of this, this is more auspicious than any auspicious, it will make people feel that the destiny of heaven returns.

Liu Bei took his subordinates and returned to Pingyuan City, and only called a few of his most confidants, only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Xi Zhicai, and Dian Wei guarded.

"It's not a big deal, the imperial court, well, Dong Zhuo sent Chen Ji to be the new plain minister." Liu Bei waved his hand and said.

Several people looked at each other, this is not a big deal, Liu Bei, the history of Qingzhou Thorn, has only a total of how many counties there are, but only four counties. In terms of population, the plains alone accounted for a little more than forty percent of the population under Liu Bei. Moreover, the plain is the territory where Liu Bei started, and it is the most firmly controlled of all places, if it is really taken away by someone, Liu Bei will not say that he will be in a slump, and his vitality will be greatly damaged.

Didn't Kong Rong slap Dong Zhuo several times in the imperial court, and was sent by Dong Zhuo to Beihai to serve as the state minister, wanting to use the Qingzhou Yellow Turban to borrow a knife to kill people. As a result, as soon as Kong Rong arrived, he prepared to conquer the Yellow Turban Army. To put it bluntly, I just don't accept it, I don't want to be Liu Bei's subordinate. Strictly speaking, Taishou and the Minister of State are indeed not the subordinates of the Assassin History, even if it is a strong Assassin Shi like Liu Bei, who holds military power and adds the title of General of Zhengdong, it cannot be said that he is the master of the Taishou and the Minister of State, Liu Bei is not Qingzhou Mu in the end.

Liu Bei is the Qingzhou Thorn History, and the theoretical job of the Thorn History is to supervise his subordinates, so it is naturally impossible to concurrently serve as the Plains Minister, otherwise he will not be his own supervisor, so it is completely reasonable and legal for the imperial court to send a new Plains Minister, if ordinary people come, such as Li and Guo, Liu Bei can also use Dong Zhuo's lackeys as an excuse to drive people away, the problem is that it is Chen Ji.

Liu Bei asked: "Sir, do you know who this Chen Ji is?" ”

Xi Zhicai is also a person from Yingchuan, but he is from a poor family, so Liu Bei has this question.

Xi Zhicai said: "Chen Yuanfang Gong is the son of Chen Wenfan Gong, a famous man in the world, and a well-known person at home. Now that Chen Gong has been appointed as the Prime Minister of the Plains, the Lord is only afraid that it will be difficult to shirk it. ”

Liu Bei asked, "If so, what should I do in the first place?" ”

Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said: "Chen Yuanfanggong's father, Wen Fan Gong, known as the "Three Gentlemen", is the most well-known celebrity in the world, and the famous scholars Zhong Hao, Xun Shu, and Han Shao are the four chiefs of Yingchuan. After his death, more than 30,000 mourners and thousands of cars, speaking of which Cai Zhonglang personally wrote the inscription, why not start from this aspect, maybe there is an unexpected joy, but it is not known. ”

Liu Bei said: "That's it." ”

A few days later, Chen Ji arrived in the plains, and Liu Bei, in order to show respect, personally led people to the plains to greet him.

Chen Ji also did not put on the stand of celebrities, and called Liu Bei "the king".

When they arrived in Pingyuan City, Chen Ji and Cai Yong met and had a good conversation. He introduced his son Chen Qun to everyone, Liu Bei was shocked, what kind of person is Chen Ji, Liu Bei is not familiar with it, Chen Qun is too familiar, this is the founder of Cao Wei Jiupin Zhongzheng System.

Liu Deran led the officials of Pingyuan County and handed over the seal ribbon of Pingyuan Xiang to Chen Ji.

The next day, Liu Bei held a banquet to invite Chen Ji. During the banquet, Chen Ji said to Liu Bei: "Since I entered the plains, I have heard rumors from children, 'Qingzhou Mu, Uncle Liu Huang, since I came here, the people are abundant. 'I also saw that I was living and working in peace and contentment, which showed the talent of the king. It's just that it is common for people to trade with each other with food stamps, and I don't know what these food stamps are? ”

Liu Bei briefly explained the food stamps.

"I see," Chen Ji said, "Qingzhou's wealth has something to do with this food stamp." ”

Liu Bei was slightly startled, and said to himself: This Chen Ji is not simple, and said, "Not bad." ”

Chen Jidao: "Can you explain one or two things to the old man?" ”

Liu Bei groaned slightly, explained briefly, and said: "Actually, the thing is like this, the division of labor between people is different, there are things in the hands of other people, and they all need things in the hands of other people, but barter, there is a lot of inconvenience, at this time I use food stamps to issue as currency." The food is still in my hands, but it was circulated through food stamps, and everyone got what they wanted. In fact, cloth also assumes the function of money in many cases, but cloth also needs to occupy fields, and now food is still a priority. ”

In ancient times, for a long time, in fact, the use of copper coins was far less extensive than cloth, for example, Cao Pi asked Cao Hong to borrow money and asked him to borrow 100 pieces of silk instead of 100 copper coins.

In fact, Liu Bei is not an economist, and even the little economic knowledge that Liu Bei understands is very poor.

However, Chen Ji still understood, maybe Chen Ji just wanted to find an excuse, so he didn't know how to pretend to understand. Chen Ji said: "The king is really talented, I can't reach it, the current situation in the plain, it is not easy to come by, so that the king's order, I don't change a word, so that the person you use, I am not easy to be alone." I came to the plains, but I did nothing, and Xiao Gui Cao followed. ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed and said: "Don't dare, please ask Yuan Fanggong for more advice, I have heard that Wen is a big talent, and I want to recruit Changwen for Maocai, Yuan Fanggong, what do you think." ”