Lu Peng pointed out a hope to these numb people, a hope of a fairy realm, with hope, the villagers are full of enthusiasm for everything, and at the same time get a fierce general, Lu Peng is in a good mood, in Zhao Quan's big tent, Lu Peng is on the throne and listens to Zhao Quan's report.

"My lord, there are 20,000 grains and grasses of various colors in the hands of the last general, a number of forages, and nearly 10,000 horses of various colors of cloth, not many knives and guns in stock, and no armor." Looking at Lu Peng's disappointed look, he hurriedly whispered: "But the money kept by Cheng Zhiyuan is huge, and I don't know the value of other artifacts and treasures, but just copper coins, no less than 20 million yuan (20,000 yuan) and no less than 10,000 taels." Hearing such a number, although Lu Peng was already mentally prepared in his heart, he was still taken aback, and hurriedly stood up and said to Zhao Quan: "Hurry up and take me to have a look." ”

Zhao Quan immediately got up and took Lu Peng to the huge warehouse area, turning around seven times and eight times, and finally staying in the middle of countless warehouses, in front of a small and inconspicuous grain stack, and then uncovered a few pockets, feeling that this is a hollow.

At this time, the night has passed, the morning sun has risen, is directly shining into the big open hole, only to see the glow in the cave, the yellow is gold, the black lacquer is all kinds of bronzes, the crystal clear is a variety of pearls and jade, each piece is priceless, in those wealthy people are sought-after good things.

Lu Peng looked at the treasures in the cave, and Zhao Quan was also quietly looking at Lu Peng's expression, he found that when Lu Peng looked at the treasures, he was only excited, not greedy, and at this time his heart was really let go.

At this time, Lu Peng retracted his body, exhaled a long breath, and then reminded Xi Zhen: "Hurry up, pick up your eyeballs, and then let's go back and talk." ”

Xi Zhen smiled awkwardly, scratched her head and followed Lu Peng back embarrassedly.

The three of them returned to the big tent, Lu Pengping retreated from the left and right, and the three of them were left, so he whispered: "These grains and grasses are still second, these gold and silver treasures are the capital of our future start, we must find a hidden place to hide, thinking that we will be independent in the future." ”

Zhao Quan asked suspiciously: "Can't we be independent directly now?" ”

Lu Peng shook his head slightly: "Not now, it's not the best time for us to be independent." ”

"Why?" Xi Zhen and Zhao Quan immediately asked.

"Now the power of the Han Dynasty is still there, the foundation has not been shaken, once we become independent, we will immediately recruit the Han to suppress it with all our might, when the time comes, we will fight against the Han power with weakness, our chances of victory are not great, even if we can insist, the casualties will be heavy, and the price paid will be more, which is what I don't want to see."

Xi Zhen nodded, he knew that his lord, although he kept shouting and shouting and fighting, but in fact, his heart was compassionate, and he was the most unwilling to see the people dead and injured. Otherwise, he would not give up the opportunity to enhance his strength, and quietly let go of those people who defected under Youzhou City.

And Zhao Quan is even more at ease, with such a lord who is not greedy and not easy to kill, although it may be more difficult to succeed, but isn't it more reassuring?

"We must wait, when the world falls apart and the princes of various places rise together, before we can become independent, because when the world falls apart, the strength of the hostile forces will be weakened, and the princes of all places will rise together, and there will be no time to take care of us, so that we can calmly deal with development."

Also, I can't leave Liu Guanzhang and the three of them. ”

"Why?"

"Because I want to use the help of these people to finally rely on a good force to gain a foothold for us, and then develop our strength under his wing."

This is a major policy, this must not be wrong, as soon as those traversers come up, they want to play a piece of the world independently, Lu Peng thinks, it can only be a crooked, in reality, which hero do you see is not taking advantage of the situation?

Now that there are major policies, everyone has a goal to strive for, and Xi Zhen and Zhao Quan are even more motivated.

At this time, Zhao Quan cautiously mentioned a question: "Lord, in yesterday's battle, Cheng Yuanzhi's Yellow Turban Army was completely defeated, and those who retreated to me also fled, and even my three thousand brothers were scattered, but I think, our big camp is still there, and there will definitely be routs who don't go, shouldn't we recruit some to come back?" "This question is asked very carefully, if you are not careful, if this lord thinks that he is expanding his power, and he has a grudge against himself, it will be more than worth the loss.

Originally, Zhao Quan thought that he was fighting for the people, but after getting Lu Peng's questioning, he realized that he was not only not saving the people but killing the common people, and Lu Peng's square declaration last night completely pointed out the direction to Zhao Quan, so he followed Lu Peng with all his heart.

Lu Peng was of course overjoyed when he heard this, and clapped his hands and said happily: "This is indeed a good way, what we lack most now is manpower, if we can recruit those defeated soldiers, wouldn't it just enhance our strength, and also make those people less harmful to some places, and they can live, but these defeated soldiers don't know how to do physical fitness." ”

Zhao Quan smiled bitterly: "Those defeated soldiers are all coerced people, the old and weak, women and children are all dead, and those who are unbearable have been consumed in previous wars, and the rest can be regarded as the elite of the big waves, otherwise Cheng Yuanzhi would not dare to force Youzhou, and he would have moved his mind to occupy Youzhou." ”

Lu Peng nodded: "Actually, we won this battle by luck, as soon as the battle started, we directly killed Cheng Yuanzhi and his two deputies, so that the Yellow Turban Army was immediately leaderless, otherwise it would really be a bitter battle." ”

Zhao Quan sighed: "This is also the will of heaven, otherwise how can I meet the lord?" How can I be allowed to get lost in the bastard operation that wants to save the people of the world, but kills the people? ”

Lu Peng patted him on the shoulder: "The past is over, people can't live in the pain of the past, they should look forward." Then he immediately changed the subject and said: "The best way to recruit those rout soldiers is to still plant your banner in the camp, which can also dispel everyone's doubts and avoid unnecessary trouble." ”

Then he stopped Zhao Quan's shirk and asked again: "How much do you say you can recruit back?" ”

Zhao Quan thought for a while and said: "Conservative estimates, my original subordinates will not go far, they will definitely wait for my news around, so that after deducting yesterday's losses, they should be able to come back about a thousand, and there are also those who don't know where to go, there can also be some, it is estimated that there should be no problem with three thousand people." ”

"Three thousand." Lu Peng was a little disappointed: "There are too many materials now, they need to be carried and hidden, and we don't have enough manpower." Then he sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that the 20,000 captives yesterday, why don't I exchange some pearls and Liu Yan for them?" ”

As a result, Xi Zhen looked at the monster, and Zhao Quan also shook his head in pain.

Lu Peng asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Is there anything wrong? ”

Zhao Quan replied bitterly: "The 20,000 captured brothers may no longer be there at this time." ”