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"You are the former general's mansion lord Bo Yanxiang?" Liu Shi asked a little curiously.

According to the information obtained from Shi Lian, Yan Xiang, the master of General Yuan Shu's mansion, is wise and famous. What doesn't look like it looks like in front of you? In his forties, thin, he was a little timid to see Liu Shi's face still full of calmness. Hearing Liu Shi's question, he couldn't see any expression, but replied lightly, "Exactly!" The voice was calm.

"I guess you know my name and know that I will come to receive it. Why not run? Liu Shi asked.

"Entrusted by the former general, how can you flee without a fight? Besides, if it weren't for your newly trained selection of blades, how could you attack Xinye so quickly. It can only be said that it is providence! Yan Xiang still said lightly.

Liu Shi was a little annoyed when he saw him like this, "You're not afraid that I will kill you?" ”

Yan Xiang said: "Since I have been captured by you, it is up to you to kill or not, how can I beg." Besides, I died for the former general, was loyal to the court, and died a well-deserved death. What's the regret? ”

Liu Shi sneered: "Loyal to the court, don't you know that I was sent by the court to serve as the Taishou of Nanyang?" If you refuse my acceptance, you are against the court. can only be said to be rebellious, how can you talk about loyalty? Would you like to surrender? ”

Yan Xiang smiled coldly and said, "You are just a small county magistrate, and you bribed Li Xuan to get a county guard position." What power can I bring you down? When General Yuan came, he didn't give me a roll back to Shangluo. Are you also qualified to occupy Nanyang? ”

Liu Shi's anger rose in his heart, but he quickly suppressed it again. His face changed, and he said with a smile: "People say that Lord Yan is thin and talented, and it really deserves his reputation, even so, it is useless for me to keep you, I am still the old rule, I will stay at the Yuan Warlock, and those who are willing to stay in positions above the team leader will stay, and those who do not want to stay, please do it." However, the money obtained can only be used for the expenses on the road, and the rest of the children cannot be brought more. You take from the people, and use it from the people. Yuan Shu is under the teaching of you people, and he will be a good Nanyang County: my Chaodi Township, 37 counties, nearly 2 million people, and there is not much left of the scourge. According to investigation, the total population of Nanyang County is now less than 400,000. This is all thanks to you, you go back and tell Yuan Shu, don't be a rebel, and don't try to take away my Nanyang. Otherwise, I don't care if he is the fourth and third dukes, after the famous family, I will see him once and fight once. ”

After saying that, his face changed, and he said, "Take it down." He turned and walked towards the council chamber.

At this time, there were many people sitting in the conference hall, including Li Ru, Shi Lian, Li Si, Liu Zhen, Gao Shun, Peng Tuo, Yan Rou, Cao Xing, etc.

Liu Shi glanced at them, then fixed on Li Ru and asked, "How is Nanyang's reception?" ”

Li Ru stood up and said: "Judging from the situation obtained in the past few days, there are still nearly two million people left in Nanyang after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Yuan Shu has only been in Nanyang for about three years. The 37 counties of Nanyang have a population of less than 400,000. Many counties have almost run out, especially three days ago, there was news that Yuan Shu had lost the battle and was going to raise taxes when he came back, causing more than 100,000 people from more than 10 counties near Xinye to go to Jingzhou at once. Although the county government has issued documents, there are still many wealthy families who are still moving to Jingzhou, and this must be stopped as soon as possible. Also, at present, there are only ten county commanders in the thirty-seven counties, and the others have fled, and the same is true for the county lieutenants. ”

Liu Shi looked at Li Si again. Li Sidao: "Investigation and punishment of the county government treasury and Yuan Shufu in Nanyang, a total of 4,000 catties of gold, 10,000 catties of silver, 50 million money, countless cloth, salt, and 25,000 pieces of various weapons, most of which have been mutilated. There are 100,000 stones of all kinds of grain, including 20,000 stones in Fancheng, 10,000 stones in Wancheng, 5,000 stones in Yexian, 5,000 stones in Luyang, and 65,000 stones in Xinye, of which 50,000 stones were transported from Jingzhou three days ago. Money, cloth, and salt are mainly obtained from the three cities of Wancheng, Fancheng, and Xinye. ”

Cao Xing said: "So many! ”

Li Si smiled bitterly: "Before Yuan Shu went to Yanzhou, he robbed the people of Nanyang again, and now most of the people of Nanyang have no food to spend their lives, waiting for the government to help." There are also nearly 20,000 Yuan troops, who also need to eat and drink, coupled with the frequent wars and turmoil recently, the grain harvest is poor, and the price of grain is extremely high. This money is not enough for us to consume for a few months, and food is less than two months. Therefore, the general had to find a way to buy from Jingzhou in order to survive the famine year. ”

Liu Shi's face changed, and he looked at Gao Shun again.

Gao Shun coughed lightly and said: "Xinye's eight thousand Yuan army, after selection, the available soldiers are five thousand. According to the opinion of the lord, about two hundred men were selected by the Dubo above, and half of them were willing to stay in our army. The rest want to go to Yuan Shu. As long as the lord agrees, let them go, and take all the family members of Yuan Jun with him. In addition, please ask the lord to match the equipment of the remaining 1,000 trap camps to facilitate the mission. ”

Shi Jian said: "A few days ago, the people fled from Nanyang, but it was the news released by Jingzhou, saying that Yuan Shu had been defeated, and he wanted to come to Nanyang to increase taxes and extract strong courage to make up for the loss. Now most of these people have been lined up by Liu Biao in the direction of Changsha and Lingling. Xinye's 50,000 stone grains were sent by Liu Biao at the request of Yan Xiangzhi. Prepare to hold on here, waiting for Yuan Shu to come to help. ”

Liu Shi's eyes flashed, and he said calmly: "It's already like this, don't say much." First of all, send the family of General Yuan Shu out of Nanyang as soon as possible. Second, those in Yuan's army who do not meet the requirements of our army should be arranged in the fields as soon as possible, although they are missing the season, but the water conservancy and roads in Nanyang are very poor, and they must be urged to repair and consolidate them. Third, select literate people from the army, and assign some counties that do not have county commanders and county lieutenants, and each county lieutenant can bring 50 people to maintain law and order in the county. The county should do a good job of persuading farmers to cultivate and educate the people. Counties where the county government treasury has been emptied can draw a small amount of grain from Xinye to cook porridge for the people who have no food to help them survive the famine year. But it must be done in lieu of work, and it must not be eaten in vain. ”

Gao Shun hesitated for a moment and said: "In order to prevent Yuan Shu from attacking, the lack of military strength of our army should be solved in time without delay. ”

Liu Shi thought for a while and said: "We can recruit young people under the age of 30 in Nanyang to supplement our army, which can not only prevent these people from becoming bandits due to hunger, but also allow the people of Nanyang to find a way to live, and solve the problem of insufficient military strength for our army." ”

Gao Shun's eyes lit up and said, "The lord's move is at stake." ”

Li Ru asked, "How is this tax collected?" Yuan Shu has been scraped several times, and the people of Nanyang don't even have anything to eat. ”

Liu Shidao: "You can promulgate a message that the entire Nanyang will be exempted from calculation and endowment, and the grain endowment will be halved." Where anyone in the family enlists in the Nanyang Army, each person can be exempted from one person, including those who have captured Yuan's army to join the Nanyang Army or execute Tuntian. Other matters can be adjusted by Li Wenyou. After a pause, Liu Shi added: "A few thousand new Yuan troops will be handed over to Chengren in Xinye for three months of training and then distributed to the various departments." ”

Cao Xing continued: "Who will train the newly recruited army?" ”

Liu Shidao: "At present, all of them are being trained by Chengren for the time being. He continued: "Pay close attention to Yuan Shujun's retaliation from Yingchuan and Huaiyang." And the state pastoral side should of course also pay attention. For those who are famous and virtuous in Nanyang, report to the county government or the general's mansion immediately. The Annan General's Mansion was stationed in Xinye, Zizhen took 3,000 troops to station in Boai, Chengshan brought 3,000 troops to the Ping clan, Yan Rou took 500 light cavalry from the headquarters to follow the General's Mansion, and the other garrisons did not move. ”

After the meeting, Liu Zhen and Li Si divided the grain and grass with the various departments, distributed money, and rewarded meritorious officials.

Li Ru worriedly asked Liu Shi to discuss the food issue alone, this Nanyang was originally troubled by Yuan Shu once, and he was forced to leave Nanyang because of lack of food.

If Nanyang hadn't been funded by Liu Biao for Yan Xiang's tens of thousands of stone grains, he was afraid that it would be a big problem right now, and these tens of thousands of troops would not be able to feed them. However, even if there are tens of thousands of extra stone grain, it is simply not enough for tens of thousands of troops, and they must think of another idea.

According to Li Ru's calculations, the Annan General's Mansion now has 20,000 troops, plus 19,000 people captured. In order to defend Nanyang and reduce the rebellion of the Nanyang villagers, it is necessary to recruit those who have the courage to join the army. In this way, there are at least tens of thousands. This is still many families who have been forcibly taken away by Yuan Shu, otherwise there are more. In this way, it is almost necessary to feed nearly 50,000 people, and almost one million stone of grain is needed a year, which is not a small number. It is also necessary to give relief to some of the people, so that the need is even greater. At present, most of the fields in Nanyang are barren, and the farmland that has just escaped a few days ago urgently needs to find someone to take care of it.

When Liu Shi heard that more than one million stone of grain was needed to meet his needs, his scalp was a little numb. Immediately said: "You will negotiate with Liu Zhen for this 10,000 tuntian army, and at the same time, you must cooperate with Liu Zhen in military clothes and weapons, and recruit a large number of blacksmiths and clothing workers, and weaver girls." ”

Li Ru said: "This is a good thing, now in the slack season, recruiting these people can solve the food problem of some families, recruiting these people, you can't levie in vain, you must give a little salary." ”

Liu Shi said with a smile: "Thank you Yuan Shu now, leaving so much wealth is enough for us to spend a while and solve some problems." The salary must be reasonable, we must not oppress the people, let the people know that we are good officials, I will talk about these with Liu Zhen, and you must discuss specific matters with him. At the same time, you should encourage the local big families in Nanyang to go to other places to buy grain, and within the Nanyang area, the Nanyang army will provide protection. I have sent a letter to Rangzi and to start the trade of goods in Nanyang and other places as soon as possible to ensure the supply of food in Nanyang. Therefore a part of this money should be set aside for the child and flow. ”

Li Ru breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that the lord has some arrangements!" ”

Liu Shi smiled: "Are you worried that I will use all the money to build armor and weapons?" Don't worry, this Nanyang has been plagued by Yuan Shu once, can it still be harmed by the second Yuan Shu? Besides, even if many troops are recruited and have no food to eat, they will still disperse. Why can't I learn Yuan Shu to ask for others, or directly rob others! I can't do that. ”

Li Ru smiled and said, "I knew that the lord was a Ming monarch!" ”

Liu Shi smiled bitterly: "Mingjun is not counted, but I have experienced the terrible scene when the people have no food to eat, that is, the eyes are green, and even the living can be eaten." Now, in Nanyang, I don't want this kind of inhumane thing to happen. Go for it! As long as it can improve the lives of the people and stabilize Nanyang, I will support you. ”