As everyone was talking, they saw Dian Wei walking in from the outside with a red face.

"Brother Dian, you're finally back!"

Ding Xiao greeted him with surprise on his face, "Haha, it's good that people are fine." ”

"Don't worry, the young general, Dong Zhuo's soldiers didn't chase far and went back, and we didn't have a single casualty." Dian Wei smiled.

"Then why did it take so long to come back?"

Ding Xiao looked puzzled, "Did you encounter something on the road?" ”

"Nope."

Dian Wei smiled embarrassedly, "That day, I followed Sima Lang's advice and took people to take a detour to Chenliu, but I didn't expect that before the chasing soldiers arrived, I went home and stayed at home for a few days. ”

Dian Wei was originally Chen Liuren, and he was recruited by Zhang Miao at this time in history, if it weren't for Ding Xiao's early start, he might have voted for Zhang Miao at this time.

"Then why don't you bring your family to Hanoi?" Ding Xiao asked with a smile.

"I brought it this time."

Dian Wei nodded and said, "It is precisely because I brought my family with me that the carriage and horses walked slowly, so it was a few days late." ”

"Haha, it's fine."

Ding Xiao was overjoyed, Dian Wei brought his family over, proving that he was going to follow him with all his heart, he naturally had to say, "Come on, immediately prepare a spacious residence for me, and settle Brother Dian's family well, and all the expenses will be out of the Shi Mansion." ”

"Yes!"

One of his men stepped forward to take the order.

"Thank you, Major General."

After Dian Wei thanked him, he said, "By the way, the young general, when I was in Chenliu, I learned that Zhang Miao and Cao Cao were recruiting troops separately, and they asked me to bring you a message, saying that after the recruitment is completed at the end of next month, they will lead the army to help." ”

"At the end of next month?"

Ding Xiao nodded slightly.

At this time, it was already the end of October, and Cao Cao and the two would not come until a month later, on the one hand, to recruit soldiers, on the other hand, it is estimated that they also wanted to wait and see the results of the battle between the state army and Dong Zhuo's men and horses.

"That's right."

He smiled lightly, "They have to come to help in advance, Huaxiong's 50,000 horses are not easy to divide." ”

Speaking of this, he turned to look at Zhang Liao, "Speaking of recruitment, Brother Wenyuan, how many soldiers have you recruited now?" What kind of talent can be found? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Liao raised his head and glanced at Lu Bu and Xu Huang, his face was embarrassed, obviously unwilling to mention the matter in front of these two people.

"Recruitment?"

Without waiting for Zhang Liao to speak, Ding Yuan said with a strange face, "We are now raising an army of 120,000, and we already feel a little struggling, if we swallow Huaxiong's soldiers and horses again, the financial resources of the state can barely be supported, but if we go to recruit troops again, we are afraid that we will be stretched." ”

"Haha, General Ding's words are different."

Han Rong touched his beard and said with a smile, "In the nine counties and eighty-one counties of Bingzhou, the tax alone is enough to raise 300,000 soldiers, and if you add the funding of the gentry from all over the country, there is no problem in raising 400,000 soldiers." Besides, we are now stationed in Hanoi, and with the financial resources of the eighteen counties of Hanoi County, we can raise tens of thousands of soldiers! In short, as long as our soldiers and horses do not exceed 500,000, there is no need to worry! ”

"Taxes?"

Cai Yong said strangely, "You mean, we should withhold the taxes paid to the imperial court and use them to fund the army?" ”

"Not bad."

Chen Ji nodded and said, "Now that Dong Thief is in power, if the state continues to pay taxes, it is tantamount to being an enemy!" In extraordinary times, do extraordinary things! Jianyang, you should order as the governor of the state to receive all the taxes into your own hands, and you will have no worries about armaments. ”

"Haha, good! That's a great plan! ”

Ding Yuan laughed and happily agreed.

"Wait."

Ding Xiao considered that although Ding Yuan had been promoted to the governor of the state, he had been stationed in Hanoi, and his actual control over the state was not strong, so he suggested, "Father, since we collect the taxes ourselves, then the child suggests that all taxes be halved!" In this way, we can also take advantage of the trend to unite a lot of people's hearts. ”

"Halving?"

Ding Yuan lowered his head and calculated, even if the tax was halved, it would be easy to raise 200,000 soldiers and horses, and he could also buy the hearts of the people, so he nodded and agreed, "That's okay, just do it!" ”

He then arranged for men to spread the order to various places.

And Ding Xiao looked at Zhang Liao with a smile again, "Brother Zhang, you have been recruiting soldiers for seven days, even if the specific number is not counted, but the talents among them should be easy to find, right?" ”

"Ahem, this one, it's not too late to talk about it after the Huaxiong Department is destroyed." Zhang Liao dodged his gaze.

Hearing this, Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Wen Yuan, you secretly recruited troops and didn't say anything in advance, what's the matter?" Do you want to monopolize it? ”

"What's the monopoly? You're 40,000 horses, why are you still worried about me? Zhang Liao said angrily.

"I don't want soldiers, but I have to pick a few generals!"

Lu Bu did not give way.

"Is that true?"

Zhang Liao said happily.

"Once the word is spoken, the horse is hard to chase."

Lu Bu nodded.

"Let's be honest, how many fierce generals have you recruited this time?" Xu Huang on the side grinned and asked, "Why don't you divide the two of me too?" ”

"It's none of your business!"

Zhang Liao warned Xu Huang with his eyes, "You have the most men and generals, so don't mix with it." ”

After speaking, he looked at Lu Bu with a smile again, "Hehe, in fact, I didn't recruit a few generals this time, I can give you at most one." ”

"That's not going to work."

Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "You can score at least two of me!" ”

"At most, I'll give you one general and two brigadier generals." Zhang Liao bargained.

It must be known that the minimum standard for an official general is the division realm, and the so-called "brigadier general" refers to a person who is at the peak of the scholar realm.

Just like Sima Lang, he is a "brigadier general" at this time, and he is only one step away from a real general.

But the division realm is a watershed, the threshold is very high, martial artists must practice literature to assist, in order to hope to break through the realm, and many martial artists do not know a single big character, may only stay in the realm of "brigadier general" for the rest of their lives, and they will not be able to step into the ranks of the strong in the division realm until death.

"I also have a lot of brigadier generals, and I just need generals who can be used immediately!" Lu Bu insisted.

“…… All right. ”

Zhang Liao thought that the other party was more than his own after all, so he reluctantly agreed, and immediately ordered his subordinates to bring in several new generals.

"Grass people Wei Yue, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, and Qin Yi meet the generals!"

The four newly recruited generals bowed in unison.

"Sure enough, they are all generals of the division realm, haha."

Ding Yuan was overjoyed.

And everyone else was excited and happy.

"Huh?"

Ding Xiao's eyes lit up suddenly.

Historically, Hao Meng and Cao Xing were originally one of the "Eight Warriors" under Lu Bu's account, while Wei Yue was as famous as Cheng Lian and was one of the generals that Lu Bu relied on in the later period. It is not surprising that the three of them came to vote for Ding Yuan.

As for Qin Yi, although this person is not famous in history, his wife Du Shi is a crucial person who directly affects the final ownership of a top famous general.

So he didn't care about others, but walked directly to Qin Yi and asked with some eagerness, "Qin Yi, do you have a wife?!" ”

"Uh-"

Qin Yi couldn't think of what this question had to do with his joining the army, so he froze in place.

"This is the son of General Ding, Ding Xiao."

Zhang Liao introduced on the side, "The young general has a question, you can answer truthfully!" ”

"Yes!"

As soon as he heard that Ding Xiao was the young master, Qin Yi hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed, "Back to the young general, the grass people have followed their master up the mountain since they were children, and they have not married a wife until they have practiced martial arts. ”

"Great!"

Ding Xiao was overjoyed, and couldn't help but yell, startling everyone around.

"Major General, you won't be ...... Want to say goodbye to Qin Yi, right? Zhang Liao on the side couldn't help blurting out a question.