In the next few days, Lu Bu sent Cui Jun and several other county guards away, settled Cai Yong's family, and spent most of his time and energy on discussing with Jia Xu, and the entries on the silk silk were also constantly refined and added with the discussion.

The more he sorted out and the more he constantly discussed with Jia Xu, the more Lu Bu's thirst for talents reached an unprecedented height.

And what he longed for was not all famous people who were familiar with the books of the sages, but also doctors, merchants, and old farmers and craftsmen who could not read a single word.

That is to say, as long as Lu Bu thinks that there is a skill, it can be classified into the ranks of talents. The only thing to worry about is whether he can recruit these talents, and the other is whether he has such a strong capital to digest so many talents.

In the midst of the busyness, there were only less than ten days left before the end of the year, and Lu Bu's family finally arrived in Jinyang.

With the arrival of the ice and snow, the Han Empire finally calmed down from the violent turmoil, and between the government and the opposition, as if in the previous three abolitions, all the energy was exhausted, and suddenly fell into a silence, even the Xianbei outside the plug, the Xiongnu and Wuhuan attached inside, the Qiang, Di, and Yueshi Zhuhu who were ready to move, and the Shanyue and Nanban who had repeatedly made trouble, also calmed down.

Lu Bu took this opportunity to send people to recall the generals stationed in various places, Xu Huang stationed in Yanmen, Cao He and Hao Meng stationed in Hedong, Zhang Liao stationed in Shangdang, and Han Hao stationed in Gaodu, and rushed to Jinyang a few days apart.

In the governor's mansion, the lights and candles were bright, more than ten tables were set up in a moment, and Lu Bu held a feast to wash the dust for the generals under the tent.

Lu Bu sat in the first place, and on the left and right were the chief military advisor Jia Xu and Keqing Cai Yong, Hao Meng, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Han Hao, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng, and nine people, seated in two rows on the left and right.

This team is now a little rudimentary, although it is still too thin, compared to the strong foundation of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others, it is a lot worse, but compared to the self-made hero Liu Bei, it is still too strong.

Lu Bu was very satisfied with this, and for the first time in the first place, he abandoned the small wine cup, returned to his previous heroism, picked up the big wine bowl, and saluted everyone with three bowls, and then put it down.

Lu Buhuan swept his eyes, stood up, walked slowly in front of everyone, his voice was low, and said: "Everyone, a lot has happened in the past year, and in the new year, I am afraid that more and bigger things will happen." ”

With such a thought-provoking sentence as the opening remark, everyone frowned slightly, falling into thought, Cai Yong's body was even more shocked, obviously touching more.

Lu Bu paced to the door, looked at the door standing for a while, then turned around, and continued: "The world is not quiet, whether it is a temple or a countryside, it is difficult to be peaceful, after the father-in-law went, Bu Zeng made a grand wish, to protect the family and the country with the sword in his hand, and now he can get the help of the kings, Bu is very honored." ”

Everyone bowed one after another, and they were humble, only Cai Yong, who seemed to be a little confused when he heard it, and seemed to have some understanding, his eyebrows were twisted together for a while, and then stretched out again.

The first time he heard these words, he felt that it was a bit rebellious, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was true.

Lu Bu was still walking slowly in the hall, his figure was already tall and straight, but at this moment, in the eyes of everyone, he actually had the momentum of a dragon and a tiger, and the atmosphere in the room became solemn because of this.

He stood in the hall, looked left and right at the general of the unified army under the tent, and said, "Previously, my husband and I discussed many times and sorted out a lot of things to do. It is imperative that you do two things when you return to your residency in the next year. 1. The soldiers and guards of the cities and passes in various places will be collected under the account, and the subordinate officials of the soldiers, lieutenants, thieves, and thieves of all counties and counties will be collected under the command; Second, the soldiers under the account, select the elite soldiers, form another army, and the remaining soldiers, together with the county soldiers and guards Zhu Cao Ya, form garrisons in various places. ”

The impact of these words was bigger and stronger than Fang Cai's opening remarks. There was silence in the hall for a while, and even the sound of everyone's breathing could be heard clearly.

"What questions do you have?"

Lu Bu looked left and right and asked.

Jia Xu, who was the first, knew about this earlier, and his demeanor was as usual, Cai Yong didn't know anything about military affairs, although he felt that this move was a little strange, but he didn't have time to think about it for a while, and he was a guest secretary, so he just watched quietly.

The next nine generals are different, they hear the expansion of their own authority and the expansion of their responsibilities, and they make eye contact with each other to see what the attitude of others is.

Hao Meng, who was still the first on the left, got up and asked: "Envoy, it is understandable that the county soldiers and guards will be collected, and the subordinate officials of the county soldiers, captains, thieves, and thieves will also be subordinated, will the county and county chiefs ......?"

"This matter has been discussed with the county guards."

Lu Bu replied very simply, directly interrupting Hao Meng's worries, and then continued, "Defending the city and catching thieves are all related to the army, and when the world is peaceful, it is appropriate for the county chief official to be in charge, but now the situation is different, thieves are everywhere, in order to protect the family and the country, it is necessary to unify these functions to improve the ability to respond." Defending the city, arresting thieves, and maintaining order are the duties of the garrison, which is not only under the orders of the generals stationed in the counties, but also under the orders of the county commanders, and they must not leave the garrison without orders. Sharp soldiers, after forming another army, will be the main force of the battle, and they can be pulled out at the first order. ”

Such a question and answer is generally clear to the generals.

To put it bluntly, Lu Bu's move is actually to separate the military and government of the counties under his jurisdiction, and the benefits of this are obvious, reducing the overall military expenditure and preventing the county from sitting on the throne after holding the military and political power, whether it is a betrayal of the enemy or self-reliance, it is a nerve-wracking thing; But the disadvantage is also obvious, once there is an emergency, the county taishou, as the chief official of a county, may be difficult to mobilize the local garrison, so that the fighter may be delayed.

In fact, in the eyes of Hao Meng and others, the power in the hands of these generals has been greatly improved, which also shows that in Lu Bu's mind, these generals who have been following him are more trustworthy than the county guards in various places.

This is a reception banquet, there are still many unknown details, everyone just silently wrote down, and did not rashly put forward at the banquet, they just need to know that the general direction has been decided, and then implement it accordingly, as for the details, there will definitely be a special time to discuss later.

After the feast was dispersed, due to the practice of coach Lu Bu, everyone drank only a little meaningfully, and no one was drunk.

In the next few days, Lu Bu spent most of his time with Hao Meng, Gao Shun and others discussing many details of implementation, and then prepared to spend about three months to implement it.

After the implementation, the 4,000 elite cavalry remained unchanged, and the 18,000 foot soldiers selected 8,000 soldiers, and even the 2,000 auxiliary soldiers were carefully selected, and the remaining 10,000 were all turned into garrisons, stationed in Yanmen, Taiyuan, Hedong, Shangdang and Gaodu.

In Jia Xu's eyes, the result of this is that the government treasury can only increase taxes for a year, but now it can last for another six months, and the effect is beyond imagination.

At the end of the year, in a calm and peaceful, Lu Bu sent away the generals who guarded everywhere, and devoted himself to the fiery internal affairs construction with great enthusiasm.

All items related to "taxes" need time to be discussed slowly, a plan can only be said to be initially mature after full discussion and even argument by all parties, and he is now running the most, that is, the workshop, placed in the western suburbs of Taiyuan 30 miles away from Qiligou, after more than a month of construction, here has begun to take shape, many people are still reclaiming a small piece of cultivated land nearby, ready to plant some vegetables or something after the spring.

Not long after the Lantern Festival, Lu Bu came here again, this time, he did not come to give a mission, but to see the results.

According to the report, a group of craftsmen have made a plough that is lighter and more efficient than the current long straight plough according to the direction of improvement he proposed.

Placed in front of Lu Bu, no matter how you look at it, it is very similar to the picture of the Quyuan plow that he has only seen a few times in his memory, only the plow shovel is made of iron, and the other parts are all wooden, and the depth of the soil can also be adjusted.

After some demonstration, Lu Bu, a layman, didn't think much of it, but the seven old farmers he specially recruited were immediately brightened, and he immediately realized the true value of this new type of Quyuan plow.

"How?"

Lu Bu directly asked the seven appraisal experts he had invited, the old farmer, and the reply he received was surprisingly consistent, that is, an incoherent "good, good ......"

In the laughter of the surrounding onlookers, Lu Bu knew that most of the seven appraisal experts couldn't even say a complete sentence because of him, a high-ranking official who had never been in contact with him before, but their evaluation was still genuine, and he immediately hahadaxiao proudly said: "Okay, hurry up, make more, spring plowing is about to start, this year, we will vigorously promote the free trial first, and next year, we can sell and rent." ”

After speaking, he turned to the group of craftsmen who made this plow, a total of eleven people, and praised: "This is a great achievement, not a heavy reward, not enough to reflect your value, well, each person will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan, and each family will be rewarded with 10 grains per month, 10 catties of meat, and 3 years!" ”

"Wow!"

There was an uproar all around, all of them stunned by the richness of the reward given by Lu Bu.

Not to mention the one-time reward of 10,000 yuan, it is ten grains per month, which is basically enough for the daily consumption of a family of five, and ten catties of meat is usually what you want to buy, but you may not be able to buy it, and what's more, such a reward is three years!

Today's biggest harvest of Lu Bu, Qu Yuan plough itself is still second, the reaction of the crowd to such a generous reward, and the subsequent heated discussion, is what Lu Bu values the most, what he wants is to stimulate the enthusiasm of these craftsmen, is the demonstration effect brought by the improvement of the plough this time.

"Don't be surprised, in the future, whoever makes a contribution to the improvement will be executed according to this award. So, everyone, do your best! ”

Lu Bu seemed to be afraid that the fire was not fierce enough, so he added another scoop of oil to it, and as soon as the words fell, the faces of the onlookers were immediately wonderful, and many people were clasping their hands, and it seemed that they were full of strength.

Lu Bu wanted to say a few more words, but at this time, Hou Cheng, who was beside him, quietly pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Envoy, someone is here." ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu turned his head to look at Taniguchi, and saw his guards galloping towards him, looking at this jiashi, there should be an emergency military situation.

Sure enough, the guards went directly to the periphery of the crowd, and after dismounting, they galloped over directly, and whispered in Lu Bu's ear: "Report, urgent report, sir, please make you return quickly." ”