Since Liu Bei's implementation of cash-for-work, the people of Zhuo County have gradually gotten rid of the shadow brought by the yellow scarf, began to work again, earning money with their own labor, and people's lives have gradually become normal, but due to the increasing number of recruited security personnel and supervisors, the food in Liu Bei's hands has gradually become tighter, and Liu Bei has to have a headache for the food problem again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hey....." Liu Bei sighed, sitting alone under the long pavilion.

At this moment, Guan Yu quietly appeared from behind Liu Bei: "I don't know why the master sighed, it doesn't fit your obscene character, master!"

Liu Bei was taken aback suddenly, and when he saw that it was Guan Yu, he smiled and said, "Yun Chang, you have learned badly, you actually dare to joke with my master." Besides, what's obscenity! Why don't I like to listen to it, sir, I call it self-confidence, shameless self-confidence, understand! ”

Guan Yu smiled and nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, master, you are shameless self-confidence, Yun Chang admires!" “

Liu Bei smiled, but his face gradually became heavy again, "Yun Chang, we are in a very tricky trouble now, although we have now taken advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to become the guard of a county, and then we have no strength to protect a county. ”

"You see, in terms of troops, we only have the Liu Jiajun of more than 100 people at the beginning can be said to be reused, although it seems that we can still stand alone, but it is only because the Yellow Turban Rebellion has just emerged, and those Yellow Turban thieves have not yet formed a larger force, but with the gradual passage of time, I think we will never encounter a small army of only a few hundred people again, and then there will be thousands of Yellow Turban enemies of tens of thousands of people, if we want to survive in this big wave, we can only expand the army, but ......."

"But what?" Guan Yu asked puzzled

"But if we expand the army now, we will also encounter many problems, first, we do not have the support of the Han court, and we will not be able to receive funding for a soldier and a food. If we can develop smoothly, there will definitely be someone stronger than us who will force us to join him halfway, and if we don't, it will inevitably lead to war. Second, our foundation is unstable, and now is the time when the hungry people are all over the field, to put it mildly, I don't know how many times more people than food, if we expand the army, where will our food come from! “

After that, Guan Yu and Liu Bei were silent.

In the middle of the sound, Guan Yu said: "Master, Guan is a martial artist, then Guan will answer the master with the thoughts of a martial artist, there may be something wrong, I hope the master will bear with me." “

"But it doesn't hurt to say"

"The first problem is that if we don't get the funding of the Han Court, we don't have moral shackles, that is to say, we don't have to be controlled by others, we can do whatever we want, even if we will meet the covetousness of ambitious people, it can only prove that we are getting stronger and stronger. The second point is easier to solve, either the food is grown by himself, or it is robbed of other people, in addition, Guan does not know that there are other ways to obtain food. “

Liu Bei smiled: "Yun Chang really has extraordinary knowledge, but we do have another way to borrow the problem of food." In other words, since there is not enough food for all the people in the world, I must first ensure that my people do not starve to death. As for the rest of the Li people, we can only wait until we are strong in the future, although it is very cruel, but this is an indisputable fact, I have to do this, Yun Chang, follow me, let's recruit troops and farm! “

In just one month, Liu Bei recruited troops in the name of King Jing of Zhongshan in the Han Dynasty, although the promised military pay was very small, but it was guaranteed that every qualified soldier had something to eat, and the hungry people broke through the threshold of the county government in just one month, and the number of troops increased geometrically, from the original 150 people to more than 10,000 people in an instant.

The first thing Liu Bei did after recruiting these people was to provide these hungry soldiers with a steaming meal with the little grain left in the granary.

These newly enlisted soldiers took the bowls of food with a pair of trembling hands, and kept saying thank you, thank you, and then devoured all the food, many of them cried while eating, tears slipped from the corners of their eyes into the bowl, and then swallowed the food mixed with tears into their mouths.

All this was seen by Liu Guanzhang and his party, Liu Bei was a pampered superior in his previous life, how could he have seen the difficult situation of the life of the lower class people, and the scenes he sees now pierces his heart like a needle.

"The monarch is incompetent, the people are innocent, Yun Chang, Yide, we should act, for the sake of the world." With that, he turned and left.

"Yes, lord" The two replied in unison, and Guan Yu had a new view of Liu Bei at this time, because the moment Liu Bei turned around, Guan Yu caught a glimpse of the tears that had just dried up in the corners of Liu Bei's eyes, and said in his heart Liu Bei, this person, seems to be ruthless, but in fact he is affectionate.

After the end of the expansion, Liu Bei divided the 10,000 soldiers into 100 squads, each team was equipped with a Liu Jiajun as an instructor, and then two captains were elected by the people, Liu Bei wanted to completely penetrate the situation and style of Liu Jiajun into the hearts of these 10,000 people, and the combat effectiveness could not be as good as Liu Jiajun, but the mind must be exactly the same, only in this way can they have the capital to survive in this troubled world, so that they will not become lambs slaughtered by the elite armies of other forces.

In the days that followed, the daily tasks of this group of recruits could be summed up in two words: ploughing and fighting. High-intensity physical training and weapon training are the most basic military qualities of a qualified soldier every morning. In the afternoon, Liu Bei arranged for them to have a more "easy" task for them to buffer a little, that is, farming.

And Liu Bei also announced, more work, no laborers, no food, this group of people from the land planting to plant the land to a top of the dead, a day to plant twice as much land than before, of course, Liu Bei also fulfilled his promise, according to the amount of labor to distribute dinner, the entire labor and distribution process is open and transparent, supervised by Liu Jiajun throughout the process, and Liu Bei also designed a reporting point, in the middle of the food distribution site, by Zhang Fei in charge, as long as someone reports the unfair distribution of the instructor once verified, the instructor will receive fifty sticks on the spot, and was driven out of Liu's army. Whistleblowers, on the other hand, will receive personal protection and be given a certain material reward.

Relying on this system, the army is clean and honest, and no one is dissatisfied.

Liu Bei's first move to raise grain, accumulating troops and tuntian, began in this way, and his next two hands, borrowing grain and grabbing grain, are also secretly planning.