Yuan Shu was exterminated, Cao Ying, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce almost all got what they wanted, and the summer of 198 AD was exceptionally beautiful. Of course, after the distribution of the spoils, all parties are still chicken feathers.

Take Xuzhou as an example, after absorbing Yuan Shu's surrender army and taking Huainan, it also faced a lot of problems. "At present, there are a total of eighteen counties under the rule of the lord, namely the six counties of Xuzhou, the three counties of six counties of Yuzhou, and the Taishan County of Yanzhou, as well as the Shouchun County and Nantong County that have just been taken. Among them, the population of Xuzhou is about 2.2 million, Yuzhou is about 900,000, the population of Taishan County in Yanzhou is less than 100,000, and the population of Nantong and Shouchun County is more than 800,000, and the total population is definitely more than 4 million! In the city of Xuzhou, Changshi Chen Qun reported to Liu Bei one by one.

"Four million people?" Hearing this, all the high-level leaders in Xuzhou also exclaimed: I didn't expect so many people to gather at once. Zhao Feng knew that the population declined very much during the Three Kingdoms period, from 50 million at the beginning, to less than 20 million when the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin in the end. Of course, there are natural disasters in this, but [***] is also one of the important factors leading to the sharp decline in population. Think about how you come from the afterlife, how can you avoid such a tragic tragedy. Therefore, he did everything possible to improve the method of growing grain, and asked Lu Hao to drum out a waterwheel 20 years in advance, in order to prevent problems before they happen.

Regarding the current population, Zhao Feng does not know the exact number. However, it is estimated that Lao Cao's Yanzhou, Yongzhou and Sizhou are combined, and I am afraid that it will be 4 million at most. As for Yuan Shao, he occupies the four states of Youzhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou, of which the population of Bingzhou is less than one million, and Youzhou and Bingzhou are only just over one million, but Jizhou has a population of more than 3 million, and it is conservatively estimated that Yuan Boss should have a population of nearly 7 million. Among the remaining princes, Liangzhou has always been desolate, and it is estimated that Ma Teng and Han Sui combined, and the Han people under him are only about 600,000. Of course, with the Qiang tribe living there, it should be able to make up 1 million. Liu Biao in Jingzhou had the largest population of any state, with about 4 million, Sun Ce's Yangzhou was just over 1 million, and Liu Zhang in Yizhou had nearly 3 million, but a small half of them were southern barbarians. The rest of Jiaozhou, it is estimated that the total population of various ethnic groups is only about one million. Under the full calculation, the population of the thirteen states of Dahan is a little more than 20 million.

And now there are 4 million people under Liu Bei's rule, accounting for nearly one-fifth of them, which is not easy. "How's the army doing?" Liu Bei asked again, after all, the army is the most important thing in troubled times.

"In addition to the county soldiers and Tuntian soldiers stationed in various places, there are 220,000 troops in Xuzhou, 120,000 in Yuzhou, and 10,000 horses in Taishan County. Among them, of the 200,000 troops in Xuzhou, 100,000 are the foundation of old Xuzhou, and the other 120,000 are Yuan Shu's troops that were incorporated this time, and many of them can only be used as county soldiers and Tuntian soldiers. As for the 120,000 horses in Yuzhou, only 50,000 of them are elite soldiers, and the rest are the Yellow Turbans or Yuan Shu's army. Chen Qun said carefully.

"Not bad!" After listening to this, Liu Bei also had a general understanding of his current situation, and the focus of the next work was easy to arrange. The first is military training, although there are many troops in Xuzhou, but after a series of major battles, the old foundation is also very badly depleted. Although these Huainan soldiers who have captured Yuan Shu can fill the vacancies and even strengthen them, their combat effectiveness is really not optimistic, so Liu Bei even sent nearly 40,000 of the more than 100,000 captives to Tuntian.

Moreover, the princes of the nearby roads are not good, and Sun Ce in the south is now busy pacifying Jiaozhou and can't take care of this side; Qingzhou in the north has Yuan Shu's generals Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran guarding the town, and they will find some trouble from time to time, and it seems that the north of Xuzhou still needs the general to deal with it.

"Who is willing to go to Dongguan to stop the jaw from looking high?" Liu Bei looked around at the generals under his tent and asked slowly. Everyone has known each other for a long time, but Zhang Fei came out and said: "Big brother, let's go!" ”

"Zhang's jaw is known as the four courtyard pillars of Hebei, and it is not idle. It is okay for the third brother to want to go, but he needs someone to assist. Liu Bei groaned. The lord, the palace is willing to help the three generals to garrison Dongguan in order to block the open jaw and high view. Chen Gong also volunteered, and at that moment Liu Bei decided that the two would lead 30,000 elite soldiers to garrison Dongguan in case of jaw opening.

"Lord, why don't you take the opportunity to conquer Qingzhou, so that we don't have to worry so much?" At this time, Song Xian suddenly said, and everyone looked at him with an idiot expression when they heard the words. "Qingzhou is Yuan Shao's territory, and now Yuan Shao's army is no less than 700,000, and it is very unwise to fight with him." Liu Bei also smiled bitterly. As for the proposer, Song Xian, has been bluffed by 700,000 yuan.

So in the next few days, everyone began to get busy. Zhao Feng rarely interferes in civil affairs now, after all, what he knows is how to farm scientifically, and this has already been told to Chen Qun, and all that can be done is to design more advanced waterwheels and other farm tools with Lu Hao. Zhao Feng is now mainly in charge of training the army. Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and Chen Zhi were not there, and Zhao Feng and Gao Shun were basically responsible for military training, while Zhao Yun was only responsible for training cavalry.

"General Gao, your 800 trap camp should be expandable, right?" On this day, looking at the new army training more and more interesting, Zhao Feng also proposed. "Yes, I will make a decision after I have passed the lord." Gao Shun did not object. When it was said that his trapping camp only had 800 people, it was of course because the trapping camp had high requirements for soldiers' combat effectiveness, but more because Lu Bu was not very willing to give him military power. The next day, Gao Shun proposed this matter to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei agreed, and allowed him to go to the various armies to select suitable candidates. So Gao Shun picked a few words, and picked out more than 2,000 people, and finally filled the camp of 3,000. At present, Chen Dao is not there, and Bai Er's elite soldiers are also trained by Gao Shun. If you talk about the training of the army, Gao Shun is not as good as Zhao Feng; But after all, he was not a professional soldier in his previous life, and it was not easy to understand the two times of military training. Sometimes Zhao Feng even sighed: I knew that I would cross, and I should have been a Marine Special Forces in my last life!

It is said that the day by day is dull, and Zhao Feng, who is too guarded in Pengcheng, also deserves a taste. However, on this day, when the army was being trained, suddenly the servant of the family came to report that someone had brought him a gift.

"It's just a gift, do you have to run to the school yard to tell me? Isn't Madame at home? Zhao Feng was a little amused at the servant's rejuvenation, but he didn't want to come but handed him a gift list, and Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment.

"Three hundred good horses, five thousand taels of gold, five thousand taels of silk, and ten thousand catties of fine iron!" Zhao Feng looked at this gift list in a daze, and finally understood why the servant came to him. The gold and silk were gone, but the iron and the horses had no place in their own house.

"Who's sending it?" Zhao Feng's heart can no longer be described as surprised, this gold, silver and silk is nothing, but iron and horses are not available to ordinary merchants.

"The person who came only said that it was an old friend of the general, and he came to repay his kindness. If the general wants to find out, he only needs to go to Pengcheng Drunken Immortal Tower. The servant replied honestly.

"I see!" Zhao Feng vaguely guessed who was so generous, but a few hundred horses is not a small number, at the moment Zhao Feng asked Gao Shun to be in charge of today's training, and ordered someone to bring horses and iron to the army, but he went to explain it to Liu Bei first. After all, these hundreds of horses and tens of thousands of catties of iron are not a joke, don't let people think that they want to rebel.

"I see, Bo Tao really met a rich man." Liu Bei was also shocked when he heard such a generous handwriting, when he raised the army, he had to be funded by two horse dealers, so he gathered five hundred villagers. But the funding of those two people pales in comparison to today's generous gift. After a pause, Liu Bei also sighed: "This Zhen family is known as the richest man in the Han Dynasty, and it really deserves its reputation." But since it was given to you, Bo Tao can't donate it all to the military. Then take all the iron and iron, and keep the silk and silver and gold for your own expense. As for the horses, you can pick some good ones and keep them, and send the rest to the army! ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhao Feng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But he didn't know what happened, but Liu Bei was also a lot more relieved of him. Originally, Zhao Fengping was a money fan, but this time he didn't care about iron and horses, but he was calm about gold, silver and silk, which is enough to show that he is a person with no ambition. Although the character of such a person is not very good, the leader is more at ease with this kind of person.

Back at home, Zhao Feng and Diao Chan checked this generous gift, and it actually blocked an empty house in the backyard. As for the horses, the stables in Zhao Feng's house were crowded, and more than fifty were left, and the rest were all sent to the army.

"Husband, who gave this gift?" Diao Chan asked in some surprise. She can be regarded as having seen the world, but such a generous gift is rare. "Who else could it be, the Miss Zhen we met last time." Zhao Feng waved his hand.

"Is that her?" Diao Chan couldn't help but be a little stunned.

"Rich man!" Zhao Feng also sighed. His cheap eldest brother Zhao Yu, since he followed his advice to dry salt, has also made a lot of money. But as far as family property is concerned, it can only be regarded as the wealth of a state, and there is still a gap between it and the Zhen family, which is a national-level rich.

"How is the husband going to deal with it?" Diao Chan put on a smock for Zhao Feng and asked.

"What else can I do, let's see you." Zhao Feng replied noncommittally. I remembered the encounter outside Guangling City, but I couldn't help but feel a wave in my heart.

"That's the case, husband, you go early and come back early!" Diao Chan is a little sour. "Huh?" Zhao Feng sensed that Diao Chan's tone was not quite right, and hurriedly asked, "Madam, won't you go with me?" ”

"It's not good for me to show up, so you'd better go by yourself, husband." Diao Chan smiled reluctantly. "I thought you were so generous, woman, alas!" Zhao Feng couldn't help but have a headache, so he had to pat her shoulder first to comfort her, and then went out.

All the way to the agreed Drunken Immortal Building with a few guards, as soon as Zhao Feng got off the horse, two small servants came up to lead the way for him. Came to a relatively secluded small room on the second floor, the guide opened the door for him, Zhao Feng walked in, but saw a woman in a pink shirt waiting for him there, and the table in front of him was actually set up with wine and food.

With a dry laugh, Zhao Feng said: "Miss Zhen, it has been a few months since Guangling was parted, and it is really a pleasure to meet today!" ”

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