"It seems that my father's reward order has arrived, read it out."

Liu Feng's drunken face immediately swelled with joy, and the expressions of Huang Wei and Huang Wei naturally calmed down with a little expectation.

When the soldiers received the order, they said Liu Bei's urgent order verbatim in front of the three of them.

In just a few words, in an instant, Huang Wei and the two of them were full of anticipation, and they turned into frosted eggplants, and their eyes were clearly flashing with disappointment.

"How so!"

Liu Feng was also surprised, he thought that he had heard it wrong, so he snatched the military order book in a hurry, and read it carefully several times, and his surprised face gradually became equally disappointed, and in the end, he was a little ashamed.

This is indeed a reward order, but the content of the reward is not satisfactory to everyone.

Huang Zhong, who was originally recommended by Liu Feng to be promoted two levels in a row, only received some financial rewards that symbolized his surname.

As for Wei Yan, although he was appointed to a formal official position, he was just a trap captain. If Liu Feng hadn't mentioned to him about recommending him as a general, it would have been good for him to become a lieutenant as a civilian, but his current official position was three levels shorter than expected, and such a big gap naturally disappointed Wei Yan.

Liu Feng himself was promoted to a level, from a lieutenant to a lieutenant general, although it seems to have been promoted, but in the eyes of everyone, Liu Feng almost won the second county of Xiangdong without spending a single soldier, such a merit, at least he had to be promoted to the level of general Pei, but now he only got the position of a lieutenant general, which is obviously not consistent with his military merits.

As for Liu Feng's subordinate Ma Yan, he was also only promoted by one level and became a captain, and the other person was a military fake Sima Chen, perhaps because of the dereliction of duty in the fire in Xiakou, although he followed Liu Fengnan to make meritorious contributions, but his official position was not promoted like Huang Zhong, and he only received some financial rewards.

If it weren't for Liu Feng's "self-made smart" recommendation letter, maybe Liu Bei's reward order would have made everyone get what they needed, but now, the truth is the opposite.

This is exactly the effect that Liu Feng wants.

"Alas-" Liu Feng sighed, facing Huang Wei and the others, he couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect my father's reply to be like this, it seems that I have told you a lot, I am really a little sorry for you." ”

Liu Feng's self-blame immediately moved the two again. Huang Zhong hurriedly said: "Why did the eldest prince say this, your recommendation is worthy of us, and we are grateful." However, after all, we are newly attached, and if the lord can have a reward, we are already very content, and how dare we complain. ”

Wei Yan also smiled proudly: "The captain is the captain, it doesn't matter if the official position is big or small, as long as I can fight side by side with the eldest prince, even if I let Wei Yan be a pawn, what's the matter." ”

Despite all this, Liu Feng secretly did some tricks, but at this moment, listening to the sincere words of Huang Wei and the others, how could Liu Feng's heart not be hot.

On his face, the color of emotion was surging, he took a deep breath, calmed down, and said: "It's naturally good that you can understand me, but after all, you are all worthy of great responsibility, and my father's appointment is really a bit wronged by you, I can't sit idly by." In this case, I will write another letter to my father at once, explaining to him your talents, and I must persuade him to use you again. ”

Seeing this, Huang Zhong hurriedly got up and stepped forward, and said solemnly: "I keep in mind the mind of the eldest prince, but the eldest prince still don't be impulsive, last time because of the single riding meeting you promised me to write a letter of persuasion, the result was displeased with you, now if you violate his will again, it will definitely make him very annoyed, if you are angry with the eldest prince, I am equal to how peaceful I am." ”

"However, if I have wronged you so much, I will be at peace with my heart!" Liu Feng showed an embarrassed expression.

At this time, Wei Yan also got up and persuaded: "General Huang is right, the eldest prince doesn't have to provoke the lord to be angry with himself for this trivial matter, as for the official position, as long as we follow the eldest prince, why worry about not being able to fight for fame and fortune that belongs to us, there are still many opportunities in the future, and the eldest prince does not need to be in a hurry now." ”

Liu Feng's insistence has an element of acting, but Huang Wei and the two are sincere persuasion, Liu Feng persisted for a long time, then went down the ladder to the roof, sighed: "Even so, I have to temporarily wronged you, but I, Liu Feng, promise you that as long as I am here, in the near future, you will have a time to shine." ”

Liu Feng's last sentence already contained some hints, but Huang Wei and the others couldn't understand it.

"Don't mention these troubles, come, let's drink him drunk today." Liu Feng shook his shoulders, as if he had dispelled all the troubles in his body.

"Get drunk!"

Under Liu Feng's ingenious layout, Liu Bei's promotion order not only did not win the heart of Changsha's civil and military affairs, but further made people feel disgusted with Liu Bei. However, under this promotion order, Liu Feng's official position was promoted, which also allowed him to expand the army and train troops justifiably.

It is not enough to expand the army alone, and fighting a war is not only the courage of the soldiers and the wisdom of the generals, but also the logistics and economy. At the beginning, Liu Qi accumulated hundreds of thousands of stones in Jiangxia Valley, enough for 20,000 soldiers and horses to consume for several years, and such a huge military capital has now fallen into Liu Bei's hands.

Although the economy of Changsha County is the most developed among the four counties in Jingnan, it is still much backward compared to Jiangbei, especially the military funds and food accumulated by the county treasury are even more pitiful, and it cannot support Liu Feng to confront Liu Bei for a long time. Therefore, what Liu Feng has to do now is not only to expand the army and train troops, but also to hoard the grain, grass and military resources needed for future wars.

It is impossible to increase the endowment, and it is also unrealistic to forcibly levy from the local powerful landlords, which will only drive those scholars who did not support Liu Feng with iron heart to Liu Bei's side.

After some deliberation and discussion with Liu Ba, Liu Feng decided to immediately implement Tuntian in Changsha County. This method has been practiced in the north for many years, and it is with the grain and grass accumulated in Tuntian that it provides a strong logistical support for Cao Ying's southern expedition to the north to exterminate the heroes, which is also the best means that Liu Feng can think of to solve the problem of grain and grass supply in a short time.

However, Liu Feng soon faced another problem, that is, where did the population and land of Tuntian come from.

Cao Ying's ability to promote tuntian in the north was largely due to the warlord scuffle, on the one hand, there were thousands of miles of uninhabited people, and a large number of ownerless lands appeared, and on the other hand, after their homes were destroyed, they fled in all directions. Cao Ying has both a large area of wasteland in Tuntian and many displaced people who have lost their land, and the combination of the two is being used by Cao Ying.

Changsha County was less affected by the war, and the existing land was either owned by the assigned households, or was annexed by local tycoons taking advantage of the war, and by the way, those hired farmers who had lost their land turned into their own servants.

The households were the main payers of the grain tax, and of course Liu Feng could not turn them into tuntian households, which would only provoke popular revolt. Haoqiang, on the other hand, has strong military potential and political influence in the local area, and if Liu Feng wants to start a war with Liu Bei, he must have the support of these people, so these people can't move.

So the problem now is, how to cultivate land without land and population?