In the third year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, at the end of December.

In the first battle of Jinan, the record of 3,000 broke 15,000, which made the prestige of Lu Bu's army resounding all over the world again.

The return of the Jinan State, the reattachment of the Zichuan State, the Qi County and the Gaomi State were determined, and Lu Bu had half of the six counties and three places in Qingzhou, and his strength increased greatly, and even the officials who were not here with the center of the Linzi official mansion of Qingzhou were much more stable. In addition to the talent problem that gave Lu Bu a headache, the thriving development of Lu Bu's power made many people look sideways.

Because of the benevolent government of Lu Bujun when he first came to Qingzhou, the number of displaced people on the streets of Linzi was greatly reduced, and there were busy people everywhere.

Regarding Qin Xu's version of the policy of appeasing the displaced people, at the beginning, almost all the civil and military officials in Linzi complained that Lu Bu could agree to this move, the food shortage has been going on for a long time, and now it is easy to fill the Linzi treasury, and it is actually used on the untouchables, it must be that the Qin master has lost his mind and gone crazy!

Even the senior generals of Lu Bu's army did not understand it, thinking that it was better to increase armaments or reserve food for war. After all, Qingzhou has not yet been pacified, and it is better to reserve more military funds than such a loser.

But Lu Bu had already made a decision, and the grain, grass and military funds to appease the displaced people were all obtained by Qin Xu, and the relationship between the high-level generals of Lu Bu's army and Qin Xu was also good, so it was not easy to say anything, but it was indispensable to vaguely express his worries in front of Lu Bu.

However, after the forcible promotion in the past few months, coupled with Zang Hong's ruthless handling of a group of officials who profited from it, some people, especially the generals at the core of Lu Bu, gradually changed their views.

The new attachment of the Yellow Turbans required a large number of simple houses to house their families, and the displaced people, who had received the grace of Lu Bu's benevolent government, spontaneously organized the felling of large trees in the nearby mountains under the condition of completing their own tasks, and it took only five days to build enough simple shelters for more than 50,000 Yellow Turban families in addition to the newly built military camp on the outskirts of Linzi City. The people's hearts are available, and this alone has almost recovered the cost, not only saving tens of millions of dollars in expenditure for the Qingzhou treasury, but also reducing the danger of hiding troops in the mountains to deter Linzi.

The Linzi city wall has not been repaired for a long time because of the Qingzhou political turmoil, and it is these displaced people who are determined to settle down in Linzi because of Lu Bu's benevolent government.

The "gratitude" of the displaced people who have been placed in Linzi in the past few months has made the Linzi officials who had previously opposed Lu Bu's forcible promotion of Qin Xu's version of the exile policy obediently shut up.

Lu Bu's name of benevolence, righteousness and love for the people also began to gradually spread within the jurisdiction of Qingzhou under the impetus of "people with hearts", and there were signs of spreading outward with the Mijia caravan.

"Qin Xu, let's go buy some bamboo, shall we?" After the First World War of Jinan, Master Qin, who began to be idle again, was arrested by Lu Lingqi and Cai Yan early in the morning.

"Buy bamboo? Do what? "I've been thinking about how to sell Cao Ren and Cao Chun at a good price for the past few days, and Qin Xu couldn't turn around when he heard Lu Lingqi's words.

"You don't know that the day after tomorrow is the New Year, right?" Lu Lingqi held Cai Yan's arm, her starry eyes were round, she looked at Qin Xu like a monster, and asked dissatisfiedly.

"Chinese New Year? What does it have to do with buying bamboo? Qin Xu muttered and repeated. Thinking about it, it's no wonder that even Lu Bu, a martial arts maniac, has spent more time in the mansion than in the barracks recently.

"You don't even know this, do you? Sister Yan, your husband is too lonely and unheard. Lu Lingqi jumped around Cai Yan and was funny.

"Ling'er! Don't mess around! After all, Cai Yan is everyone's lady, and she is not used to playing like this on the street, so she pulled Lu Lingqi's hand with a pampering face and said.

"Isn't it just to make a noise? Ling'er, Zhaohime, do you want to hear it louder? Qin Xu suddenly remembered the reason for buying bamboo. The custom of putting bamboo in the fire to make a noise to drive away the beast seems to have arisen in the Han Dynasty, and the firecrackers of later generations are not also called "firecrackers". Qin Xu remembered that when he scared Cao Cao at the beginning, there seemed to be more than a hundred or ten earth bombs left, although the lethality of that thing was not high, but the sound was definitely strong enough, and said immediately.

"Don't mess around!" Cai Yan deserves to be a talented woman with outstanding intelligence, as soon as Qin Xu's words fell, Cai Yan guessed Qin Xu's plan, frowned slightly and said: "You, those things are sharp weapons in the army, if someone finds out how to make them, I'm afraid it will be bad for General Lu!" How can you show it so easily? Ling'er, let's not look at that, ah! ”

"Oh!" Lu Lingqi's little face suddenly collapsed, and it was easy to have a fun thing but she didn't let it move, but when it came to her father, she had to give up.

"Don't worry, it's a big deal when I use it next time, I'll take you with me and put it away!" Qin Xu touched his nose in embarrassment, what Cai Yan said was not alarmist. Although those homemade earth bombs are nothing in the later generations, I am afraid that even a rabbit will not be killed, but in this era, it is definitely an excellent weapon for pretending to be a ghost and a scary person on the battlefield. Seeing Lu Lingqi's disappointed look, Qin Xu comforted.

"Really? That's it! Lu Lingqi, who had been released by Qin Xu many times on the issue of whether he could go to the battlefield, still didn't have a long memory, and after listening to Qin Xu's assurance, she suddenly smiled.

"Zhao Ji, do you think I'm looking for a time to visit Cai Zhonglang?" Qin Xu looked at Lu Lingqi who was bouncing and walking in front of him, and suddenly remembered another custom during the Chinese New Year, scratching his head and asking.

"What to do? Looking for scolding? Cai Yan half-covered his sleeves to cover his face, and laughed softly: "The matter of the previous guard, my father scolded you in the door for more than half an hour." ”

"Who called this old boy surnamed Wei always thinking about the idea of beating our family Zhaoji!" Qin Xu said indifferently: "Cai Zhonglang too, it's okay if you don't thank me, but you still favor this guard, I can't even visit my father-in-law during the New Year, it's true!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Cai Yanqiao's face was slightly red, she secretly glanced at Qin Xu, and said in a low voice: "Wei is Zhongdao's brother, you asked someone to beat him half to death at the gate of Cai's mansion, and my father always has to say something about his reputation." In the end, didn't Daddy ask you to let him go! ”

"That's right! Why don't I beg Cai Zhonglang to marry you earlier, and I won't have so many things! Qin Xu gently grabbed Cai Yan's waist and leaned into Cai Yan's ear and said.

"Sister Ling'er is not old enough to get married!" Cai Yan said pointedly, dodged Qin Xu's head with a shy face, and walked a few steps quickly to follow Lu Lingqi, leaving Qin Xu behind.

"Master Qin! The Lord orders you to return home quickly! Just when Qin Xu caught up with the two daughters and was about to hold one in one hand to enjoy the blessings of all the people, a general from General Zuo's Mansion came to meet him, and after seeing Qin Xu, he saluted.

"In such a hurry? What did the lord say? Qin Xu frowned and looked at the general in front of him who had disturbed his good things and asked.

"Uh...... I don't know! Please also ask Master Qin to go quickly! Retire under the next! Looking at Cai Yan and Lu Lingqi, who were hiding far away from Qin Xu's side, this senior general in Lu Bu's mansion seemed to understand something, and said with an embarrassed face.

"Daddy is in such a hurry to find you, it's definitely not good!" Lu Lingqi muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Okay, maybe something really happened, my sister will take you to my house, right?" Cai Yan glanced at Qin Xu empathetically, and said by holding Lu Lingqi's shoulder.

"Find time to stay with you! Husband, I'm going to get busy with this old man's business first! Qin Xu secretly pinched the two women's tender faces, and in the indignant voices of the two women, they ran away.

Before he arrived at the meeting hall of General Zuo's mansion, Qin Xu heard the noisy argument inside. It's a pity that I haven't come up with a reason after listening to it for a long time.

"Master Qin, you say, should we take the opportunity to kill Cao Cao's thief at this time? If you want me to say, such a good opportunity, once in a lifetime, as long as my Divine Bow Battalion comes out, I will definitely win all battles! As soon as he entered the door, a wave of heat rushed to his face, followed by Hou Cheng's loud voice. It can be seen that in the last battle of Jinan, Hou Cheng was left in Linzi, although he also left a copy when he finally "divided" the Yellow Turban and surrendered the army, but he did not catch the battle, which still made this unruly general have a little pimple in his thoughts.

"Lao Hou, this is your mistake! The infantry of your Shenbow Battalion, when you get there, the battle will have already ended, so it's better to let us guard the battalion! Before Qin Xu could understand what was going on, Song Xian loudly cut off Hou Cheng's words.

"Our focus is on Qingzhou! Qingzhou! It's just a bit of a way to get on track, and they're just going to beat them! Don't make a mess of it, you kid! "Because all battalions of the Lu Bu Army have expanded to 5,000 people, except for the first camp and the trapping camp, Zang Ba, who has been transferred to the deputy commander of the pro-guard battalion, was just about to say a few words for his own superiors, but he was slapped aside by his own father Zang Hong, obediently listening to his father's teachings, and dared not speak angrily.

"Alright, stop arguing! Qin Xu, tell me what you think! Before Qin Xu could figure out what was going on, Lu Bu waved his hand, stopped the noise in the hall, looked at Qin Xu and said.

"What's wrong? What's going on? Are you going to counterattack Cao Cao? Qin Xu was confused, and asked Cao Xingdao, who happened to be beside him who had just been promoted to deputy commander of the Divine Bow Battalion.

"Master Qin!" Although Cao Xing is also the old man of Lu Bujun, he has not been involved in this controversy for a long time after he entered the core layer, and he was also very polite to Qin Xu, who is Lu Bu's son-in-law, and replied: "The lord just got the news, two days ago, Nanyang Yuan Shu collected the remnants of the Wancheng Black Mountain Army, hooked up with the Southern Xiongnu Yu Fuluo Department, and attacked Chen Liu, with an army of 50,000!" The generals said that the lord took advantage of the situation to destroy Cao Cao, but Zang Sima and the two generals Zhang and Gao disagreed. ”

"Muttering about what?" Seeing that Qin Xu didn't answer, but instead whispered to Cao Xuan beside him, Lu Bu said a little impatiently: "It's nothing more than taking the opportunity to send troops to take revenge or rectify Qingzhou's internal affairs first, what should you do?" ”

Obviously, Qin Xu listened to Lu Bu's tone and was very inclined to send troops to Yanzhou. After all, this opportunity is very rare, if he can defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, then for Lu Bu, it is indeed able to export evil anger. However, Yuan Shu's trick is too disgusting, in order to grab the territory, he actually colluded with the Huns, you know, Lu Bu started by fighting against the Huns, and even lacked a good impression of Yuan Shu. The so-called entanglement stems from this reason.

Cao Cao's crisis in history ended with Cao Cao's victory, but because of Qin Xu's mixing, Cao Cao is now losing troops and losing generals, and his strength is not as good as before. However, if Lu Bu was really moved by Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others, impulsively defeated reason, and sent troops in order to retaliate against Cao Cao's disgusting actions against Qingzhou again and again, regardless of the involvement of foreign races, then Qin Xu's reputation of benevolence and righteousness, which was easily spread through the shadows of Jia Xu's subordinates, would be ruined again.

"I don't know what the lord thinks of the Southern Huns?" Qin Xu asked knowingly.