Pengcheng began to recuperate, but the world was not at peace.

Now Yanzhou Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Puyang, and the first battle failed, and many of the people fled south.

Yangzhou Yuan Shu relied on the great general Sun Jian, and he was invincible in attacking the city and soon occupied the entire Yangzhou. After occupying Yangzhou, he began to invade Yuzhou, and at the same time expanded to Jingzhou, and his power developed the most fiercely, and he has become a hegemon in the south.

Yangzhou and Yuzhou and other people heard that there was no war in Pengcheng, and Pengcheng Xiangtao should be a legendary figure, coupled with Pengcheng's many excellent policies, more and more refugees chose not to flee in Yangzhou, but to flee to Pengcheng.

So now several counties close to the border are already overcrowded. As soon as there are more people, life is not worth much, in order to eat, sometimes Peng Cheng sends a little work, and hundreds of people rush to do it. Because as long as you are chosen, you will have food to eat, and you will live. This also provides countless new forces for the rise of Pengcheng.

After learning more and more about Peng Chengguo, Tao Ying seemed to be full of hope for Peng Chengguo again. Tao Ying asked Chen Deng what is the biggest problem facing Pengcheng now?

Chen Deng thought for a while and said: "My lord, Pengcheng Country is short of food, and the rich people can eat one meal, but the people who fled here can't eat a meal!" ”

After thinking about it, it is true that there is a shortage of grain and grass now, Tao Ying asked Chen Deng if there was a way to solve the problem of grain and grass, Chen Deng seemed to have waited for Tao Ying to ask this question for a long time, and as soon as Tao Ying opened his mouth, Chen Deng said: "Lord, this matter can be solved." Now that the war in the north has calmed down, why didn't the grain and grass brought back by the lord from the front line be distributed to the people to satisfy their hunger? ”

As soon as he talked about the grain and grass he brought from the north, Tao Ying thought of the grain he had given to Cao Cao. I am really a fool and a force, my people can't eat enough, and I actually gave Cao Cao so much food at the beginning, which is just like **!

Chen Deng mentioned the matter of grain and grass to Tao Ying, and Tao Ying already vaguely felt that Chen Deng had the intention of letting him disarm.

"Is Yuanlong asking me to disarm? Although the grain and grass were transported back, there were still nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in Xiapi, and I led nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses back, adding up to more than 60,000 horses, if I cut the military horses to 10,000, then I could save 50,000 people of military food and send it to the people, is this what Yuanlong means? ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, Chen Deng nodded hurriedly, but shook his head again and said, "Lord, that's not all, has the lord forgotten?" When the lord was defeated in Tan County, he ordered Peng Chengguo and Xiapi to recruit troops, and now there are at least 100,000 military horses stationed on the border. If all these people are laid off, and then the collected military rations are distributed to the people again, I think this year's crisis will definitely be over! ”

Tao Ying forgot about this stubble, and sure enough, he was a sloppy person. He thought that he would lead so many soldiers and horses out by himself, but he didn't want to recruit so many soldiers and horses in the first place. It seems that sometimes, more soldiers and horses are not necessarily a good thing, if the country is not strong enough, there are more soldiers and horses, and more people can only suffer.

Chen Deng stared at Tao Ying, his face full of anticipation waiting for Tao Ying's reply.

In the quiet pavilion, Tao Ying suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "What Yuan Long said is very true! Yuan Long immediately sent an order to my third brother Zhao Yun to go to Wuyuan to select five thousand elite soldiers to stay, and the rest were sent home. If the homeless were given land, they settled in Pengchengguo. Then let Li Dian also go to Xiaoguan and Dangxian to cut troops, and reduce the number of soldiers and horses there to 3,000, and the 3,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in Xiaoguan, Dangshan and Shuqiu respectively. ”

Chen Deng nodded happily, Tao Ying actually agreed to all of his opinions, and sure enough, Tao Ying is a good lord to follow!

After thinking about it, Tao Ying said again: "How long will it take for the soldiers and horses I lead to pass through the battlefield, you let Yu Ban go and select 10,000 from my 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest will be disbanded." Let my second brother Xu Sheng cut troops in Xiapi, and control it at 10,000 soldiers and horses! ”

Chen Deng nodded hurriedly, Tao Ying now controls fifteen counties, Pengcheng and Xiapi, where the two large county administrations are located, and there are currently nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, which has far surpassed Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and even caught up with Yuan Shao's troops in the battle of Guandu in the north.

So Tao Ying began to learn from Cao Cao, and he also wanted to build elite soldiers! Cao Cao attacked the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and captured 300,000 horses, but then selected 50,000 or 60,000 to join his army. And Tao Ying also compressed more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to 28,000 people, but when he thought about it, it seemed that there were too few people, so he asked Chen Deng to send Zhuge Jin to select 2,000 elite soldiers to guard in Yongqiu.

Although Zhao Yun, Xu Sheng and Li Dian were young, they had fought many battles after all, so Tao Yingyou accidentally let them go to guard the border to exercise. But Zhuge Jin did not bring soldiers and horses, so in order not to let him fail on the battlefield, Tao Ying deliberately let him go to the south gate of Pengcheng, which is handed over to Yuzhou, and there will be no war here for a period of time in history.

After deploying 30,000 soldiers and horses, Tao Ying let his commander Yu Ban lead 10,000 troops to guard Pengcheng. Some people will think that although Yu Ban is talented, he is far from Zhao Yun and others, but Zhao Yun and others are still too young, and the current Zhao Yun is much better than Yu Ban and Yu Ban than him, because Yu Ban doesn't know how many times he has led troops to fight alone!

After all the deployments were completed, Tao Ying asked Chen Dengqi again: "Yuanlong, after the reduction of the troops, the grain and grass will be distributed to the people, and after the autumn comes, the grain will also be distributed to the people, and by June next year, after the grain from Pengcheng and Xiapi will be produced, this difficulty will definitely be over!" ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to distribute grain and grass, Chen Deng shook his head again and said: "Lord, no, if you send grain and grass, there are many people, and our surplus grain will be gone!" ”

Tao Yinggang heard that the people only ate one meal a day, so he asked, "Isn't it enough to save so much grain and grass?" If it is not enough, will it be enough for the people to eat two meals a day? ”

Chen Deng shook his head, and Tao Ying said again: "Then the order goes down, from today on, the people will only eat once a day, and I will only eat once a day like everyone else, and the remaining grain and grass must feed the more than two million people in Pengcheng Kingdom and Xiapi Kingdom!" Chen Deng nodded, and Tao Ying began to want to mobilize grain and grass from Xiapi again, because Xiapi had suffered fewer military rebellions, so the people still had surplus food, but he suddenly thought that at this time, except for Xiapi City, the rest of the Xiapi Kingdom was Liu Bei's territory.

So this idea had to be abandoned, but fortunately, the millions of people in Xiapi County did not have to worry, they had enough food. Tao Ying thought about it and ordered Guangling Taishou Zang Ba to transport 10,000 stone of rice to Pengcheng for emergency purposes, so as to prevent people from starving to death after the arrival of winter.

After all the arrangements in the main hall were completed, Chen Deng had already left to convey Tao Ying's order. Tao Ying wanted to walk around the city, but suddenly thought of finding a teacher for Zhuge Liang, and now he has too many messes, which makes Tao Ying's head a lot bigger.

First of all, there is the education of Zhuge Liang, and then I have to teach a three-year-old Cao Zhi who doesn't know anything, and an eight-year-old Cao Pi who knows how to eat and play a temper. Speaking of inviting teachers, there are no celebrities in Xuzhou, and when he thinks of celebrities, Tao Ying suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Alas, how did I forget Zhang Zhao?" ”

After Tao Ying led the troops north, he asked the second and third brothers to go to collect Zhenrong. Xu Sheng and Zhao Yun led nearly 1,000 troops to Guangling, and after arriving in Guangling, Zhenrong had already killed Zhao Yu, and then swept away Guangling's money and fled to Yangzhou. But fortunately, Zhao Yun kept chasing around the clock, and finally caught up with Zhenrong at the border. Then Xu Sheng led the troops to kill, and Zhen Rong led his troops to fight with Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun stabbed him to death three generals in a row.

Zhenrong couldn't resist Zhao Yun, so he had to lose his money and flee to Yangzhou. After collecting the money, Zhao Yun looked for Zhang Zhao, a celebrity, and finally found Zhang Zhao in Jiangdong, and Zhao Yun arrested Zhang Zhao's family back to Pengcheng without mercy.