Guan Yu looked at the clothes on that person, it should be a school captain, and couldn't help sneering: "You are just an ordinary soldier now, and you still call yourself a general!" ”

The man hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the little soldier Qin Yi begged General Guan to open the net and give the villain another chance." There is an old mother in the villain's house, and there are young children under it, all of which are maintained by the villain's meager income, if the villain loses this errand, the family will really have no way to live. I also hope that General Guan will have mercy, and the villain is willing to be a cow and a horse for General Guan. ”

Guan Yu is a master who eats soft and does not eat hard, seeing this guy named Qin Yi tearful and pleading, his tone involuntarily eased, gently stroked the long hair under his chin, and said: "That is the case, when this is the case, Guan Mou will go home with you to take a look, if it is as you say, Guan Mou has his own district, if there is half a sentence that is not true, be careful of your dog head!" ”

Guan Yu is still very clear about the situation in the army. Most of those young soldiers have not yet started a family, and basically belong to the situation where one person feeds the whole family and does not go hungry, but those generals are dragged along with their families nine times out of ten, which is also the main reason why they dare not fight hard like those ordinary soldiers. However, the conditions of most of these generals' families are not bad, and even if they lose this errand, it will not have much impact on their lives. Therefore, Guan Yu is also suspicious of what Qin Yi said, if Qin Yi dares to lie, Guan Yu will not mind waving the big knife in his hand again.

Liu Bei sat in the carriage, he could only see the general situation in the school field, but he couldn't hear what they were saying, so he couldn't help jumping down and walked towards Guan Yu.

In the battle against the Cao army, Liu Bei climbed to the head of the city many times to command the battle, so most of these soldiers of the Xuzhou army knew him and knew that he was the new master of Xuzhou. ”

Guan Yu's attention was on Qin Yi, and when he heard the shouts of the soldiers, he was shocked, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Big brother, why are you here?" ”

Liu Bei waved his hand, and then glanced at the 35,000 elite soldiers who had just been selected and rearranged in the queue, and he didn't feel a great increase in confidence, and said with relief: "Second brother, you did a good job!" ”

Guan Yu shook his head and said, "Big brother, Guan has some things that are not well thought out. ”

Liu Bei was surprised: "Why did the second brother say this? ”

Guan Yu pointed at Qin Yi and said, "This person was originally a school captain, and now he is facing the fate of being dismissed. According to him, he still has an old mother and children at home, and if he loses this errand, I am afraid that the family will not be able to continue. ”

After a pause, Guan Yu pointed to the fifteen thousand soldiers in the field who were waiting to be retrenched, and said, "Among these people, there must be many such situations. The eldest brother, according to the younger brother, needs to find a way to properly settle them. ”

Liu Bei pondered for a long time before pointing to the captain named Qin Yi and asking, "Second brother, how do you plan to settle this person?" ”

Guan Yu had been thinking about this question just now, and when he heard Liu Bei ask, he said without thinking: "Back to the eldest brother, the younger brother plans to go back to his house to have a look first, and if it is really as he said, he will be left to be a personal soldier." ”

Liu Bei nodded and turned to the other fifteen thousand soldiers. The soldiers who were facing the fate of being dismissed also looked at Liu Bei with complicated eyes, with resentment, helplessness, expectation, and pleading in their eyes. Liu Bei is a person who does great things, he will not pity these old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, but he does not want to lose the hearts of the people. Behind every soldier here is a family, and if he doesn't handle it well, he will lose not just 15,000 people's hearts, but tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 people's hearts.

The people's heart is something that cannot be seen or touched, but for Liu Bei, it is the only thing he can win at present, so as to help him compete for the capital of the world. Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh and said, "Second brother, you can arrange a position for this Qin Yi as a personal soldier, but it is impossible to arrange all the fifteen thousand people here as a personal soldier, is there any other way?" ”

Guan Yu thought for a while, and said: "Big brother, junior brother heard that Cao Cao implemented the method of tuntian in the area of Yuzhou, which not only placed a large number of Yellow Turban captives, but also solved the dilemma of grain and grass, can we also learn from it?" ”

Liu Bei hesitated: "Although this method is good, but Xuzhou doesn't have so much wasteland, so what can I do about it?" ”

Jian Yong, who had been silent, suddenly arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, General Guan is right, now the three northern counties of Xuzhou have been occupied by Cao thieves, and even Xiapi County has been deeply affected by Cao Jun, and all counties under its jurisdiction have varying degrees of losses, and it is inevitable that there will be some borderless lands." Why didn't the lord send someone to investigate clearly, transfer these soldiers over, and let them settle in the fields. It not only solves their livelihood problems, but also provides money and food for a long time, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Okay, just according to what you say." Xianhe, leave this matter to you, and I will ask Mr. Sun Qian to come to assist you, and make sure that these dismissed soldiers are properly settled. ”

Jian Yong promised and took the order. Guan Yu also turned around and said, "Junior brother will send the eldest brother back to the house first, and then go to Qin Yi's house to have a look?" Please show it to the eldest brother. ”

At this time, many of the soldiers selected in the field had already started training one after another. In order to be able to obtain a better position in the future, those 500 "alternate" officers are all competing with each other, and who does not want to be able to go further?

Liu Bei was also infected by the enthusiasm of these soldiers, waved his hand, and said: "Second brother, for my brother, I am here to watch the soldiers drill, you can go by yourself, don't worry about me." ”

Qin Yi's home is in an alley in the north of Xuzhou City, and most of the people who live there are poorer and their houses are more dilapidated, but compared to other places, the price is naturally much lower. Qin Yi was not a native of Xuzhou, he was originally a subordinate of Lu Bu, and later fled to Xuzhou alone after the failure of Lu Bu's sneak attack on Xiangyang, and joined the army to serve. Because he was a captain in Lu Bu's army in the past, he was also entrusted by Tao Qian to the position of captain. With an official position, Qin Yi quietly took over his family, but he didn't have much savings, so he had to buy a dilapidated courtyard in this area and live temporarily.

Guan Yu walked into this slum area, he had already believed Qin Yi's words for three points, his face was a little calmer, and he asked about Qin Yi's situation casually, and learned that he did not have any property in Xuzhou, and the whole family only lived on his salary, and he had already moved to accept him as a personal soldier.

The two of them talked as they walked, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the door of Qin Yi's house. Qin Yi pushed open the courtyard door, only to hear a woman say in a coquettish voice: "Master, you are back!" ”

Guan Yu looked through the courtyard gate, and only felt that his eyes lit up. It was a beautiful young woman, only seventeen or eighteen years old, with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, moth eyebrows and willow waist, and her appearance was still a few points better than that of Ganmei.

The young woman was sitting behind a table and nursing the child in her arms. Guan Yu's eyesight was excellent, and he could clearly see that the baby had a bright red cherry in his mouth, and as the baby sucked, the two plump white flesh in the young woman's half-hidden clothes trembled up and down. Guan Yu stayed with Liu Bei all day long, how could he ever see such a fragrant scene, and he couldn't help but be a little stupid.

Qin Yi pushed the door of the courtyard a little anxiously, and he didn't expect that his wife happened to be breastfeeding the child, and Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, coughed dryly, and said, "Xiuniang, don't come and see General Guan soon." ”

The woman named Xiuniang found out that there were outsiders in the courtyard, hurriedly covered her clothes, stood up, and her pretty face was already red with shame, and she said a blessing to Guan Yu, and said: "Cheap concubine Qin Dushi, I have seen General Guan." ”

Guan Yu returned the salute, and couldn't help but secretly glance at Du Xiuniang again, but he didn't watch out for Du Xiuniang also peeking at Guan Yu, the two looked at each other, and hurriedly turned their heads. It turned out that these days Cao Cao's army came to attack, Guan Yu bravely killed the enemy, his prestige has long been rumored in the city, even Du Xiuniang has heard of Guan Yu's name, I don't want this big hero to come to his home today, I can't help but want to look at him twice. At this glance, I really feel that the name is well deserved, and the momentum alone makes Du Xiuniang's heart pound.

Qin Yi saw it in his eyes, and he was quite unhappy in his heart, but he didn't dare to attack, so he had to hold back, pointed to the baby in Du Xiuniang's arms and said, "General Guan, that is the little Qin Lang, who is not yet a year old." The villain also has an old mother, who is sick in bed and can't come out to meet the general, and I hope the general will not blame. ”

While speaking, Du Xiuniang had already returned to the room with the child in her arms, leaving only Guan Yu with a slender back and a writhing buttocks. Guan Yu retracted his eyes in disappointment and said to Qin Yi: "General Qin, you used to get the captain's salary, and life at home is still so difficult. If you become Guan's personal soldier in the future, the salary will not be as good as in the past, have you ever considered how to live in the future? ”

Qin Yi was not stupid, after listening to Guan Yu's words, he knew that he would definitely be able to stay, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The villain doesn't dare to have too many extravagant hopes, as long as he can support his family, he will be content, as for the future, he will plan slowly when he settles down." ”

Guan Yu laughed and said, "General Qin, you don't have to worry too much. From today onwards, you will serve as Guan's lieutenant. ”

Qin Yi was stunned for a moment, and was speechless for a moment, and only after a while did he mutter: "General Guan, what you said is true?" ”

Guan Yu's face returned to calm, brushed the long hair under his chin, and said arrogantly: "When did Guan Mou speak?" ”

Qin Yi couldn't help but burst into tears, bowed to the ground, choked up and said, "In the future, the last general will only look forward to General Guan's horse, and he will die." ”

Guan Yu waved his hand and said, "Okay, Guan will leave here, you can take good care of your wife and children." Remember, report to the barracks on time tomorrow. ”

Back in the house, Liu Bei had just returned. After such a fuss today, Liu Bei no longer had the interest in making love with Ganmei, and had a long talk with Guan Yu, and did not fall asleep until the third watch. But Guan Yu tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night, as soon as he closed his eyes, that delicate and pretty face appeared in front of him.