In the evening of the next day, Lü Bu led his army to Dongyanchi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Dongyanchi is the main salt producing area in Hedong, which is about 50 miles long from east to west and 10 miles wide from north to south. The salt produced in this huge pond area is of high quality and quantity, and is the main source of salt for more than 20 million people in the Central Plains. After Emperor He, the monopoly system of salt and iron was completely abolished, and a tax system was introduced, allowing private production and sales of salt, and the government collected taxes uniformly, and the salt supervision came into being.

In order to find out the situation, Lu Bu didn't care about having dinner, and led people to the salt prison on horseback. After the salt officials and tax collectors stationed in the salt prison saw the banner and token of General Huben Zhonglang, they did not dare to slack off, and opened the prison door to welcome Lu Bu in.

Lu Bu asked the salt official in charge: "This place is only a hundred miles away from Xie County, and now Guo Da led the people to rebel and occupy Xie County, it is said that there are 100,000 people under his command, and you can't wait for more than 100 people, why do you dare to stay here, not afraid that Guo Da will kill with men and horses?" ”

The salt official explained: "Sixty miles west of the salt prison is Yishi County, and most of the large families in the county live because of the salt, and these large families have a large number of families and tribes, and when they heard that the Baibo bandits broke into the east of the river, they guarded the dock fort to protect themselves, and also formed an alliance with the county soldiers in the county. After Guo Da occupied the county, the rich families of the Yi clan secretly sent money and grain as bribes, so Guo Da never attacked the Yi clan. The Yishi barrier was not lost, so we continued to guard the salt prison. ”

Lu Bu bowed his head and said mockingly: "The soldiers and horses of the imperial court did not protect you, but the rich families of the Yi clan provided you with shelter, this Niu Fu is really incompetent!" ”

Lu Bu can scold Niu Fu for being stupid, but the little salt official doesn't have such courage, so he just laughs silently at Lu Bu's side.

Accompanied by the salt officer, Lu Bu carefully inspected the amount of salt taxes collected from the prison, as well as the finished pool of salt that had not yet been transported, but he was thinking about how to keep this wealth for himself.

If God doesn't take it, he will be blamed. It is foreseeable that if Lu Bu does not take such floating wealth, it will inevitably fall into the hands of Guo Da and Yu Fuluo, which is no different from the capital enemy.

Back in the camp, Lu Bu told Chen Gong his thoughts.

"Even if I don't say it, I'm about to make this suggestion. The salt prison is not a place where our army stays for a long time, and the wealth in the salt prison must not be left to the bandits. In my opinion, it is better to let the salt officials and tax collectors take some silver money and pool salt for themselves, and then they will return to their hometowns on their own, even if the court wants to blame and investigate, you will bear the burden in the end. You are not even afraid of Dong Zhuo, are you still afraid of the blame of the imperial court? ”

Lu Bu laughed when he heard this, and felt that Chen Gong was actually quite humorous. "What about the rest of the salt tax and pool salt?"

"The big war is coming, treat the whole army once! Each person can share some silver coins and pool salt as incentives, which can not only boost morale, but also buy people's hearts. In the end, the surplus will be used as military funds for long-term use. ”

"Well, that's fine." Lu Bu completely agreed with Chen Gong's suggestion.

Early the next morning, Lü Bu led a murderous cavalry to surround the salt prison, and then let everyone in the salt prison stand in the square.

"Ben will come to Hedong to quell the rebellion on the orders of the imperial court, and he has the right to deal with it at the right of time. The scouts in front of him knew that Guo Da intended to bypass the Yi clan and loot the salt pond, and this place would soon become a battlefield, so he would have mercy on you and others to fulfill their duties, and today allowed you and others to carry a small amount of silver money and pond salt from the salt prison as a coil, and quickly leave this place and return to their respective hometowns to seek safety! ”

After Lu Bu announced the order, no one jumped out to object. Everyone is not stupid, it is not easy to meet such a general who dares to carry things and distribute travel expenses to everyone.

Soon, the 100 people in the salt prison left the salt prison with their hands on their shoulders.

After doing this, Lu Bu regarded the salt prison as a temporary command center, and moved his Chinese army tent into the salt prison. Subsequently, the 5,000 combined state troops were hidden around the salt prison, and Lü Bu called Xu Rong and Yang Ding and other lieutenants into the tent and announced the order to reward the troops.

Although Yang Ding was sent by Dong Zhuo to supervise Lu Bu, he was not stupid and knew that he did not have the power to put his beak in this kind of matter. If he dared to pretend to be righteous and awe-inspiring and speak out against it, Lu Bu would dare to drag him out and behead him on the charge of disturbing the army's heart. Against the whole army of 5,000 people, there will be no good end.

Whether it is the descendants of the soldiers in the old camp of Bingzhou, or the newly incorporated soldiers of the forbidden army, they are very grateful to Lu Bu for this generous treatment, which can be described as excited and morale.

After dividing the money and the salt, it was already evening, and the camp began to eat. Because they had to hide their whereabouts, the soldiers ate dry food to ensure that their tracks would not be leaked due to fireworks.

At this moment, a thin young man wearing only a single coat, shivering from the cold, and his face was blue came to the north road of the salt prison.

The sentry in charge of the guard stopped the boy.

The sentry told the boy that it was not safe here, and that he should go home and not wander around outside. The young man shook his head and stubbornly said that he had no home anymore and that he had come to join the army. The sentry looked at the young man's thin appearance, and fooled him into saying that there was a large army of the imperial court stationed in Anyi City, and he could go there to try to join the army.

The thin boy did not believe the sentry's words, and said in a loud voice, "Hugh is going to lie to me!" My grandfather taught me the art of war, and I could tell at a glance that there were four or five thousand soldiers and horses hidden in this area! I'm a scholar, and I want to see your generals! ”

The sentry was taken aback by the young man's words, the army was still hiding in the area of Wushan south of the salt pond yesterday, and only today the ambush was set up near the salt prison, and a shabby young man actually saw through it!

For the safety of the 5,000-strong army, the sentry would definitely not let go of this young man at this time, so he hurriedly sent someone to report to Xue Lan, who was in charge of camp security.

After Xue Lan learned about this, she felt a little strange, if this young man really read and write, he couldn't be taken lightly, because Lu Bu has been urging generals above the middle level to recognize words recently, which shows that Lu Bu attaches great importance to readers.

Xue Lan sent his subordinates to lead the young man into the camp, and personally tested a few basic questions about the marching formation, and the young man answered them fluently, which proved that the young man did not lie and had indeed learned the art of war.

Xue Lan was overjoyed, and felt like she had bumped into a baby. He personally came to report to Lu Bu, and after Lu Bu listened to it, he also attached great importance to it.

Since his rebirth, Lu Bu has never encountered a talent who takes the initiative to come to work. Regardless of whether this young man is a historical celebrity or not, as long as he is not a fine work sent by Guo Da, Lu Bu decided to recruit him into the army in person!

People who know the art of war come to vote, this is a good sign!

Lu Bu asked Xue Lan to hurry up and bring the young man over, and he wanted to interrogate and inspect him personally.

As soon as Xue Lan saw Lu Bu's expression, she knew that she had done the right thing today. Hou Cheng is not in the army now, he took over Hou Cheng's errand, if he can be appreciated by Lu Bu, he will naturally be promoted in the future.