On the same day, Guan Yu led the army to Guangling, while Liu Lan took 5,000 guards to Xiaopei under the escort of Xu Chu and Zhang Jaw, and did not alarm the county commander Jian Yong and the county lieutenant Xu Sheng.

The crowd in front of Xiaopei City is surging, in addition to the business travel, there are more people who have fled from Yanzhou, the crowd is surging, and the city gate is crowded, Liu Lan frowned slightly, it seems that he still underestimated the seriousness of the disaster in Yanzhou, and more importantly, he only deployed a series of measures to prevent and control the locust plague in the state, but ignored the many refugees who fled from Yanzhou. According to the current situation, with the influx of refugees, his subordinates are bound to provide disaster relief, which makes Xuzhou's burden heavier, but he is not sure whether the locust plague will spread to Xuzhou, if it does, under the double blow of the refugee wave and the locust plague, Xuzhou will face an unprecedented disaster.

Even if we are lucky enough to be able to organize refugees to replant autumn food, but when we get the harvest, it will take a few months, and if the number of refugees is small, it is okay, but from the current scale, we can see that with the increasingly serious locust plague in the Central Plains, the number of refugees will only increase. If Xuzhou hadn't experienced Cao Cao's military disaster, maybe the burden would not be nothing, but with the money and grain saved in Xuzhou at this time, could it really resist for seven or eight months?

Liu Lan entered the city with a heavy heart, but found a strange thing at first sight, next to the gate of the city, he found that a large number of people had gathered there.

After glancing at Xu Shu, he ordered Chen Guo to come forward to investigate, and soon Chen Guo found out the news, it turned out that the entrance of the fang was the recruitment point of Xiaopeicheng, and a large number of refugees were going to sign up at this time.

Liu Lan's complexion changed again and again, Xiao Pei's number of soldiers was 5,000 people, this was customized, he did not give Xu Sheng the right to expand the army or recruit troops, Xu Sheng's purpose in doing this was a little bit of the original Zang Ba's taste. But after all, Zang Ba is sitting in Kaiyang, even if the number of soldiers exceeds 20,000, he can still maintain it through taxes in the private military city and county. And Xu Sheng recruits soldiers, how should he raise these soldiers? Could it be that he and Jian Yong did something about Pi Li Yangqiu, otherwise Xu Sheng would not say anything about such a major matter of recruiting troops. How could Jian Yong not repay himself!

Liu Lan's face immediately became difficult to see, he didn't like such an uncontrolled situation, now that it was the war, he could allow corruption, but he couldn't allow the private army to appear, and even if it appeared, it should be his preferred personal guard, and the number was only three hundred to one thousand, not such a large-scale recruitment as now.

Under Chen Guo and Xu Chu opened the way, Liu Lan squeezed into the crowd. The first thing that catches your eye is a huge notice.

Xiaopei County told the people: Today's **** looting, the more hooligans, a special recruitment order, those who fill the army can receive twenty hangings, one stone of rice, those who fill the army, ten hangs per month, two stones of grain.

Liu Lan's face was even more difficult to look at. According to the Han system, the monthly food consumption of the soldiers in Xuzhou County is only about 1.8 stones. The money is only 700 Wen, that is, seven hangings, but Xiao Pei's military salary is even higher than that of Xuzhou and Liaodong! And the money and grain are to be doubled during the war, such a high expenditure, could it be said that Jian Yong beat the local tyrant in Xiaopei? Or is the income of money and grain more than a county under his rule in Xuzhou? Otherwise, how could the two of them offer such a lucrative price!

Even if Xiaopei has reformed. But after all, it was still the early stage of reform, and he didn't believe that Xiao Pei's current taxes could afford such a large expense, but Jian Yong and Xu Sheng dared to recruit troops so generously, where did their confidence come from?

"Where is this recruitment, it is clearly under the guise of recruitment. Give these hooligans money and food! ”

Chen Guo muttered a word, but unfortunately Liu Lan heard it, he knew that there must be another mystery in this matter, just like Chen Guo said, such a large amount of money and food distribution is by no means something that Xiaopei County can afford, so Jian Yong agreed to Xu Sheng's recruitment, could it be to solve the problem of resettlement of some hooligans, but why didn't the two of them send a charter over?

At this moment, I saw a man behind a table in the recruiting office, he was holding a wolf in his hand, and he was recording, on his left hand stood many officers and soldiers guarding money and food and distributing money and food, and on his right hand there was a force measuring rod composed of two stone piers, a bit like a dumbbell, and it seemed that it was about forty pounds.

Liu Lan looked at the document recorded with his head bowed, and immediately recognized him, it was Gao Xiang, the bandit leader who robbed Zhuge Liang when he went to Xiaopei, just because he could write, and now he has become a thin clerk under Xu Sheng's account.

Gao Xiang shouted without raising his head: "Next." ”

"It's coming!"

"Age, name, nationality." Gao Xiang repeated these three sentences tirelessly, even he didn't know how many times he said it, he was numb to what he had said, so there was a bit of boredom in his tone.

"Dupu, eighteen, from Peiguo County." The young man standing in front of Hu's table said loudly.

Eighteen years old? Gao Xiang looked up at the young man, and saw that he was seven feet tall, thin, and holding a wooden pole nearly one zhang long in his hand, which was obviously a blade, but the blade was wrapped in linen, and then lowered his head and asked while writing on the recruitment book, "Have you ever planted the land?" ”

"Haven't planted it!" Dupu was surprised, he was here to be a soldier, why didn't he ask him if he knew martial arts, but asked him if he could farm, such a recruitment standard made him a little puzzled.

Gao Xiang put down the pen and paper, his face changed, and said: "We are recruiting the Tun army here, you are not suitable, next!" Then he got up and added a few words next to the recruitment order, recruiting only farmers, not soldiers.

It's not that Gao Xiang was negligent, but the people who couldn't farm at the end of the Han Dynasty could say that they didn't, so he ignored this, but he didn't expect to really let him meet one today, which was beyond his expectations, and he had to add such a standard to the recruitment order.

All this made Du Pu, who had been practicing martial arts since he was a child and was dedicated to being a soldier, dumbfounded, he dragged his family with his mouth, and his family was waiting for dinner, thinking that he could immediately receive twenty hangs of money when he came to be a soldier, and one stone of rice could be regarded as being able to survive the immediate crisis, plus ten hangs per month after enlisting in the army, he could also support his family, so he concealed his parents from coming to fill the army, but he did not expect to be rejected because he could not farm.

No matter what, you have to get the money and food back today, otherwise how can your family live today, her face was flushed, and she said with a stiff brow: "Do you want to be a farmer when you are a soldier here?" Those who know martial arts don't accept it? ”

This made Gao Xiang hesitate a little, and the instructions given to him by Captain Xu for the recruitment order were: This time the recruitment of the Tuntian Army will only recruit those who can farm, but Xu Sheng added another one at the end. If you can't lift them, then you will naturally go to Tuntian, but if you can lift them, you will naturally be included in the regular army.

Gao Xiang thought about it and pouted at the stone pier. Said: "If you can lift the stone pier, I will recruit you!" ”

Liu Lan, who has been watching from the crowd, completely understands the purpose of Xiao Pei's recruitment, this matter seems to be handled by Xu Sheng of the military, but behind him he sees the shadow of Guoyuan, although he started a military camp on the basis of Mintun, but why didn't he ask for instructions in advance, without his own consent, he actually made such a big decision without his consent, did they still put themselves in their eyes!

Liu Lan's eyes flickered. Regardless of whether the charter of Juntun was handed over or not, the matter of Xiaopei's three military and political officials still made him suspicious, or uneasy, no matter what their purpose was, before Xuzhou was decided, the chief officer of Xiaopei, the gateway of Xuzhou, was first of all loyal.

He wanted to go to the county office as soon as possible to listen to the report of Xiao Pei and the others, and to hear their explanation of the matter, but now he wanted to see the young man named Du Pu in front of him.

Dupu didn't step forward after Gao Xiang asked him to lift the stone pier. He is thin and small, how can his arms have a hundred pounds. Knowing that he couldn't lift it, his face was so red that he stood still.

Gao Xiang saw him standing in place in a daze, knowing that he couldn't lift it, and said, "Since you can't lift it, then retreat." "Finished. And he shouted, "Next!" ”

"General, the kid is not good at learning art, if I don't play a set of marksmanship, general, take a look, if you can do it." You take me as a soldier, and if you don't succeed, I'll leave immediately. With that, Dupu ripped the sackcloth off his hand, revealing a bright silver spear with a pear wood pole.

"If you don't know how to be good at strength, isn't that just a means of embroidering your legs, if you really want to go to the battlefield, the enemy will not show mercy to your subordinates because you run out of strength." Gao Xiang was about to speak, but suddenly found several figures in the crowd, was slightly stunned, and hurriedly got up, only to suddenly find that he waved his hand to signal him to sit down.

Liu Lan looked at Xu Chu and then at Zhang Jaw, if Xu Chu is allowed to test, this kid may have no chance, it is better to let Zhang Jaw try, if this kid can barely support it, then it will be okay to accept him.

In this era, there are many people who have the strength of two arms, but there are few people who can punch and kick the blade, since he said that he is not good at strength, then he has to try whether he has the means, and then it will be clear whether he will keep it or use it.

Zhang Jaw got the signal from the chief officer, pushed away the crowd and walked out, and said, "I'll try your skills, if you really have the ability, stay here!" ”

Only Gao Xiang saw Liu Lan and his entourage of several bigwigs, but Chen Shi, who distributed money and food, didn't find it, he was just about to get angry, and wanted to say whether to stay or not is what you say can be counted, even if you want to try, it won't be your turn.

But just about to scold, he hurriedly covered his mouth, his eyes looked directly at the open jaw who walked into the field, his throat swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his heart was cold in a cold sweat.

The surrounding crowd looked at Zhang Jaw who walked into the field in confusion, and even the soldiers who didn't know why around them were puzzled, where did this person come from, and he was quite bold.

They all waited for the tun chief to scold this old boy who came out of nowhere, but they didn't wait for a long time, but they saw the tun chief Gao Xiang and Chen Shi get up respectfully, waiting for the jaw to make a move.

Everyone immediately noticed the subtlety, and then looked at the comer, although he was not wearing armor, but his figure was still much stronger than ordinary people, obviously a practitioner, could it be a certain general who did not know?

But in Xiaopei City, except for the county lieutenant Xu Sheng, where can there be generals who make Chen Shi and Gao Xiang awe-inspiring, but General Xu They have all seen it, but this person is definitely not, but since it is not General Xu, who will it be, could it be Xuzhou......

The soldiers thought of this, but they stared at Zhang Jaw, the generals of Xuzhou are the topics they usually talk about the most, since they talk about it, of course, they will distinguish the high and low, the strong and the weak, such as the first place in the argument between General Guan and General Zhao.

And General Xu and General Zhang quarreled because of the third place, but Zhang Jaw and Xu Sheng, who were in the fifth place, were undisputed, and then they were all expected to return to Zhou Cang, so at this moment, some clever soldiers were no longer thinking about the origin of this person, but which big man was in front of them.

Behind him, Dupu looked back, only to see that the person's tongue was like lips, his eyes were blazing, his body was nearly eight feet long, and he was full of a proud momentum.

"Boy, are you ready, I'm going to make a move!"

The corners of his mouth hung a trace of curvature, after all, it was a temptation, not a real fight, and he left seventy percent of his strength, and reminded him with a joke in his eyes before attacking him.

Dupu is a lot shorter than him, plus there is a lot of difference in size, especially the person who comes is imposing, the first impression is that he is a master among the masters, and the crowd around him immediately muttered, and I don't know if Dupu, a thin and weak little offspring, can eat a blow from a big man. Although the first image he gives people is that he is weak, this does not mean that he is a mediocre talent.

But he still underestimated the speed of Zhang Jaw, although Zhang Jaw did not use a blade, but in his fist technique, he secretly made the 'stars lingering' in the Starfire Marksmanship and struck at him.

For a moment, Dupu only felt that his whole body was covered, and it was difficult to even move, and that feeling was like every movement being magnified several times, and it was all under the control of the other party.

In a hurry, he had to protect the vital points of his body, but the reaction speed was still too slow, and the next moment he felt a strong force attack and landed on his chest, but although this strong force was strong, he had been practicing the art for many years, although his body was thin, but such a force could not pose a threat to him, or even hurt.

This is also Dupu's real ability, if it is replaced by someone else, don't say that it is a blow with a three-percent force with a single jaw, even a punch with a one-percent force, and he will be beaten by him.

"Huh?" The jaw opened and sighed lightly, such a result made him shameless, especially this hit on his chest, which made him feel like a stone ox entering the swamp, and it seemed to hit the catkins, although there was only a fist of three percent force, but it only used the power of one percent of the force.

"It's kind of interesting!" The jaw became serious, and the young man named Dupu aroused his competitive heart even more, and his fist sank, and he struck at him again.

Dupu was very conceited about his own skills in his heart, but at this moment he knew how many masters in the world there were, especially when the opponent's second punch arrived instantly, he didn't see what was going on, he only felt a strong wind coming, and knew that he couldn't stop it, but the punch was fast, and he couldn't dodge, he didn't dare to be careless after trying the other party's power, and he took a deep breath in the dantian and took this punch. (To be continued.) )