After five days of arduous trekking, Lu Su and others returned to Dongcheng County and found that the surrounding area was very desolate, with a large number of barren fields and a large number of people fleeing; The county is sparsely populated and appears to be very depressed.

Back to the old manor house and took a closer look, fortunately, his family just lost the grain, and everything else was as usual.

Although Sun Jian and others were crazy about looting ordinary people, they were very restrained against these local tyrants, knowing what to rob and what not to rob, if they were forced to resist together, they would not have a good result.

There was no one in Lu Su's house, Sun Jian thought that he had gone into hiding, so he only took away the grain, and kept the yard very well, and closed the gate when he left, so as to avoid being damaged by others.

didn't stay long, closed the door, and Lu Su led everyone to the cottage he set up in the mountains.

The place selected by Lu Su is very good, several sides are surrounded by mountains, only in the east of the mountain there is a narrow entrance, but also covered by big trees, if you do not go close, it is difficult for outsiders to find, there is only a small road connecting the inside and outside, the disadvantage is that the materials are in and out of trouble.

Inside the entrance, a three-zhang high city gate has already been built; Due to the narrow entrance, no number of enemies can be deployed, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In the cottage, there are hundreds of chivalrous warriors trained by Lu Su, as well as their families, as well as his tenants and clansmen, a total of more than 3,000 people; There are cultivated land and streams in the cottage, and it is basically self-sufficient.

Fortunately, before Lu Su was managed according to militarization, they performed their own duties, and after Lu Su was kidnapped and left, the cottage could still operate as usual, and it was not affected by Sun Jian's looting, and it was well preserved in the troubled times.

Lu Su used a secret signal to contact the people in the cottage, and the people guarding the city gate were overjoyed and immediately opened the door to welcome Lu Su.

Entering the cottage, everyone saw Lu Su return safely, and many people cried with joy.

The captain immediately greeted him and bowed for a long time: "Family master, you have finally returned, and I have sent personnel to inquire around, but there is no news of you, everyone is too worried about you." ”

"Haha, okay, don't cry, everyone is in place, people above the squad leader are coming to the meeting!" Lu Su was very happy, these people here would be the first troops he started.

"Yes, Master!"

The news spread quickly, and after a while, all the people in the cottage knew that the head of the house was back, and all the people were very excited, shouting and cheering, and then they had the backbone.

After a while, all the people above the level of squad leader came to the meeting hall, all of them were smiling, but many of them had tears in the corners of their eyes.

Lu Su looked at everyone, his heart was happy, all the backbone personnel arrived, and said: "You are quiet, during the period when Su is not at home, the cottage is running well, there is no external influence, you have worked hard, Su thank you for your dedication to the cottage!" As he spoke, he bowed deeply to the crowd.

"The head of the house, I can't help it!"

"The master of the house is polite!"

The captain in charge of logistics said: "The head of the family, everyone is very grateful to the head of the house for building this cottage, it is really prescient, if there is no shelter of the cottage, under the plundering of the Yangzhou soldiers, I don't know how many people can survive." ”

The captain in charge of the army's training and guards was calmer and asked, "Where have you been all this time?" and did not give a word of notice, so that everyone worried; But seeing that parents are in such a good mood, there must be good news to announce! ”

Lu Su was in a good mood, and the cottage saved the descendants for him, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, don't worry, you will take turns to report the situation under your respective jurisdiction first!" ”

The captain in charge of life and logistics first said: "The head of the family, the food produced by the cottage was originally self-sufficient, but a few years ago, Dongcheng County was affected by the war, many villagers around were displaced, unable to make a living, plus thieves from the beginning, it is even more difficult for the people to make a living, after everyone discussed, the cottage recruited five hundred strong people to join the army, the population of the cottage has skyrocketed, the total population has reached 5,381 people, so that now the rations are controlled, and half of the wild vegetables and greens are added to satisfy hunger, if the head of the house does not come back, We don't know what to do. ”

Lu Su was very happy, he didn't expect the number of cottages to increase so much, and the number of soldiers to double, which was very timely and important to him, and asked rhetorically: "Then won't you go to the county seat to buy some?" ”

"The head of the family, the price of food remained high after the rebellion, and the cottage did not have so much money, so it was a drop in the bucket to buy all the food, and it could not solve the big problem."

Lu Su said with a smile: "You have done a good job, in the war period, it is necessary to expand the army, it is very good to be able to save so many villagers, but it just makes you embarrassed, how much food is there now?" ”

"Homecoming, there are still two hoards of grain in total, about 6,000 stones, barely enough to meet a month's supply."

Lu Su immediately arranged: "Okay, from today onwards, food will be distributed in full, and soldiers must step up training; The old butler took out all his money and bought food; It is estimated that in two months, we will be able to go to normalcy and no longer worry about food. ”

"Yes, Master!"

Everyone rejoiced, and when the head of the family returned, there was a way to solve the food problem.

Lu Su said again: "Tell me about the situation of the army!" ”

The captain in charge of the guard said: "The head of the family, there are 1,230 soldiers, all of whom are strong and strong, and after training and running-in, they have the strength to fight. ”

Lu Su ordered: "Transfer the soldiers of Situn to return to the old mansion to garrison, and the newly recruited people and the families of the soldiers will move back to the manor to prepare for spring ploughing." ”

The captain hurriedly asked: "Family master, there are many soldiers and thieves outside, why don't you go out now?" ”

"It's okay, there are Situn soldiers guarding it, and the average thief doesn't dare to come to make trouble; Leave the two tun soldiers to guard the cottage, and the other six tun soldiers will first exterminate the surrounding thieves, which will be regarded as actual combat training; It is changed semi-monthly. Lu Su believed that the extermination of thieves could not only seize the spoils of war, but also select some people from them to join the army, and more importantly, liberate these people and settle them as people, increase the number of people, and reduce the barrenness of land.

"Yes, Master!"

"Before that, it is necessary to reorganize all the soldiers, and the capable will go up and the mediocre will go down, so as to give full play to everyone's strength to the greatest extent and enhance the combat effectiveness of the army."

The captain asked, "Family master, how to reorganize?" ”

Lu Su was ready to adopt the method commonly adopted by the lord's forces, that is, to challenge, so he said: "The soldier can challenge the commander and the chief, and the winner will be replaced; The chief can challenge Dubo, Dubo can challenge the tun chief, challenge success, and change positions and treatment. ”

Lu Su arranged for a senior military attache at the level of Sima of another department to be responsible for the reorganization of the soldiers; The old housekeeper and the captain in charge of life and logistics began to prepare for the relocation.

These men were very skilled in the reorganization of the troops, and they completed the reorganization in just one afternoon; Challenge the highest-level tun commander, and generals of the above level need to be appointed by Lu Su on the spot every time.

The next day, a middle-level military attache led the Situn soldiers to garrison the old house in Lusu, and the old housekeeper returned to the manor to buy food, etc., and gradually accepted the people who moved out of the cottage.

Fortunately, the original tenants' houses were all there, which was relatively easy to arrange, but the disadvantage was that all the tools and daily necessities were looted and had to be brought from the cottage or purchased separately.

A junior military attache led the soldiers of Liangtun to garrison the cottage and trained the soldiers of these two tuns in turn.

The original captain led the Liutun soldiers to begin to clear the surrounding thieves.

Sima of the other department led several officers to begin to recruit soldiers in the county and surrounding areas, in the name of recruiting family members in Lusu; After the disaster, the survivors did not have enough to eat, which was equivalent to giving the local people a chance to live, and a large number of young and strong people flocked to it.

Under Lu Su's reasonable arrangement and the assistance of all civil and military officials, everything was carried out in an orderly manner.