Tian Fan had some ideas for a long time, but it was difficult to implement them in the absence of righteousness, so he didn't mention it to Liu Bei, now is the time! He arched his hand and said to Liu Bei: "Lord, now that we have righteousness, what we have to do next is to recruit talents!" Under the banner of this righteousness, it must be very convenient to recruit talents! ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Not bad!" I also want to seek talents, but how should I seek the Fa? ”

Tian Fan stood up and said: "Lord, please post the list and say, 'Since ancient times, the king of Zhongxing has been ordained, and he must seek sages and gentlemen to rule the world together. Today, the chaos has arisen, and the people have been displaced, and they are willing to seek the help of talents and talents to achieve the great cause of Zhongxing. Meng Gong is Zhao, and Wei Lao is superior, and he can't be Teng or Xue Dafu. 'If it is available later, then how can Qi Huan dominate the world? Is there anyone who is fishing in Weibin by brown jade today? But if you want it, you don't want it, you can use it'! Lord, you must know that no one is perfect, and everyone has shortcomings. There is no perfect person in this world, as long as the lord uses the right person in the right place, and makes the best use of his talents, why worry about not succeeding in big things? Lord, you must know that if the talents are hidden in the mountains and forests, the biggest loss is not them personally, but the country and the society! The first few sentences are in Cao Cao's "Seeking Talents", Tian Fan felt that it was very good, and it was also in line with his understanding of talent appointment, so he wrote it down.

Liu Bei's hands were trembling, and his lips were trembling. His eyes were hollow, and he was muttering something, and it was obvious that these words touched him greatly! The hall was quiet, and it could be seen that Chen Qi, Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others were very excited, yes, if these few sentences were written, how could they not make the world's talents crazy? Why worry about big things? Chen Deng and Chen Qi glanced at each other, and the two of them quickly exchanged glances, and both nodded slightly.

After a while, Liu Bei came to his senses, got up and saluted Tian Fan deeply, and said emotionally: "Since the beginning of the army, I have been repeatedly frustrated, but I don't know why, listening to Boguang's words today, it is like an empowerment!" Boguang, what a savior from God! Please be prepared! ”

Tian Fan was also a little excited, and hurriedly got up to help Liu Bei and said: "The lord is not vulgar, and he gives him an important position, how dare he not assist with all his heart?" With that, the two held hands and chuckled.

Chen Deng and the others hurriedly got up and saluted, and said in unison: "Congratulations to the lord, the monarch and the minister!" ”

Liu Bei laughed, waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please get up, everyone is the right hand of the preparation, and you must ask for more consultation, I hope you will work together to reproduce the glory of my Han!" "Everyone said yes in unison!

The crowd regained their seats and resumed their deliberations. Everyone praised Tian Fan's talent seeking order, especially Chen Deng, who simply admired the five-body casting. After deliberation, everyone decided to post this paper to the world, well, to be exact, to spread the world. Now that the Han Dynasty is divided, the warlords are divided, and the heroes are rising, who will let Liu Bei issue an order to seek merit? However, this is not an unsolvable problem, as long as you turn to the various businesses that come and go to Xiapi, you can do it. With the expansion of the scale of burnt knife production, the number of merchants traveling to and from Xiapi has shown a blowout development, which must also provide convenience for many other businesses. In this way, over time, Xiapi will definitely develop into a commercial capital.

According to Liu Bei's meaning, Sun Qian will be responsible for this matter, Sun Qian is the most careful, he does it, everyone can rest assured! Tian Fan and Chen Deng glanced at each other and smiled at the same time. The father and son finally made a decision, and from now on, they will do their best to assist Liu Bei.

Tian Fan said again: "Lord, this matter of seeking merit has been decided in this way, and it is suggested that the lord should set up two armies in addition to the two armies of Mabu!" ”

Liu Bei and everyone looked at Tian Fan, Tian Fan's words made everyone very puzzled. What other army could there be besides the horse infantry army? …,

Liu Beiqi said: "Oh? The two armies? Boguang, please speak! ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "Lord, this first army is called the Water Army!" Lord, my Xuzhou is next to the sea! We can build a strong navy by the sea, and with a strong navy, from Jizhou to Qingzhou to Yangzhou to Jiaozhou, it is within the range of our strike! We can even land in the north and strike at Xianbei, Karasuma, and Sanhan!

In addition, there are rivers such as Huaishui and Surabaya in Xuzhou, and Guangling County is adjacent to the river in the south, and the south of the river is someone else's territory, so we also need an inland water army! Everyone bowed slightly.

Tian Fan saw that Chen Deng wanted to speak and stopped, and asked, "Yuanlong, what questions do you have?" ”

Chen Deng first saluted Liu Bei, called him "lord", and then said to Tian Fan: "Boguang, I admit that you are right, we in Xuzhou really need a naval army. But we don't have such big boats, and the boats in Xuzhou are all small boats, mainly used for fishing or playing, or for boats for transportation, these boats...... In addition, boats in rivers and lakes cannot drive in the sea, and the waves are relatively large and easy to capsize. Second, we don't have a suitable naval general, and our sergeants are mostly accustomed to land warfare and are not familiar with water warfare! ”

Tian Fan nodded in agreement and said, "I also thought of what Yuanlong said. The problem of ships, we can slowly transform from river boats, Huailing County Yin County Ling's family is in Guangling Dongling Pavilion, his family has been building ships for some years, they should be able to produce some ships suitable for warships. Whoever told him agreed to help. If it really doesn't work, we will go to Jingzhou to ask Liu Yuanjun for help, he can build a big ship there! As for the issue of naval soldiers, we can recruit some people from the sea or lake to form an army, they have water nature, and we only need to train them in combat skills and military discipline! There is no way to solve the problem of the generals of the navy for the time being. We can only choose from the assembled water army, but I am sure that there will be generals who are familiar with water warfare in the future! The crowd bowed.

Sun Qian said: "My lord, what Boguang said is extremely true, especially in the navy! In fact, if we had a navy, we would get more than that! ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Sun Qian continued: "Lord, our army's cavalry has always been the biggest weakness, if there is a navy and a big ship, we can buy it from the northern grassland!" When Sun Qian said this, everyone was very excited. Now that the north is controlled by Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, it is impossible to buy a horse from Yuan Shao, Gongsun Chan can buy it, but with Yuan Shao stuck in Jizhou, even if there is a horse, it can't be transported! Now Liu Bei has more than 30,000 troops in his hands, and there are less than 2,000 cavalry. If there is a fleet of seagoing vessels, it is entirely possible to buy horses from the northern steppes.

Liu Bei finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, no matter how difficult it is, we have to build this army!" After everyone discussed, it was decided to train the navy near Yuzhou Mountain in the northeast of Qu County after sweeping the entire Xuzhou, which is now Lianyungang, which is a natural deep-water port, and there is no problem at all in building a navy with wooden ships as the main warship! The preliminary idea is that the navy has 5,000 people under its jurisdiction, and it is led by a lieutenant general and two lieutenants! In addition, the water army camp was established near the Tanglin Pavilion in the river, and the scale of the water army was preliminarily determined to be 10,000 people, led by a lieutenant general and five captains!

After discussing the matter of the naval army, Liu Bei asked Tian Fan again, "Boguang, you just said that you want to build two other armies, and now you just said that there is one army, which army is there?" ”

"The second army I want to talk about is an army of craftsmen! The reason why Qiang Qin swept through the six countries was because of Qin's sharp bow and crossbow armor; Back then, Li Ling used 5,000 infantry to fight against more than 100,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu, also because Li Ling's crossbow was powerful. If one day the soldiers under the lord use a sword that is sharper than the opponent, armor that is stronger than others, and a bow and arrow that shoots farther and stronger than others, then how can the lord not be victorious? Lord, the current artisan battalion is said to be a military camp, but in fact, before Zhou Ting took office, it was completely free-range like a sheep, and there was no one who was good at craftsman things in charge. We should attach importance to the craftsman battalion, and if you ask for your life, you will be a captain of the craftsman! "Tian Fan's request to be a craftsman is deliberate, firstly, he really has no talent for other positions, and secondly, he came to the Three Kingdoms era, he doesn't understand anything, he only knows a little advanced knowledge, if he doesn't leave something, wouldn't it be in vain? …,

Liu Bei and others still agree with Tian Fan's artisan camp, everyone knows the importance of artisans, but no one wants to be in charge of that part, just because the status of artisans is too low, no one can afford it. Now that Tian Fan takes the initiative to take the initiative, there is indeed no more suitable person than Tian Fan to be responsible for this part, so he agreed. Tian Fan's wine, the new pots and pans invented, and the new cooking methods have all swept Picheng, and he still has some talent in making things.

Tian Fan thanked him and said: "Lord, please attach all kinds of craftsmen to the order for talent, no matter what kind of craftsman, as long as you have the ability, we will hire them." I need all kinds of craftsmen here, whether it be blacksmiths, coppersmiths, carpenters, shipwrights, as long as they are craftsmen, I want them. The lord had better note that if he is really capable, he can also be an official! Just like me, am I not just a craftsman who is an official? All are the horse bones that the lord asked for! ”

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Liu Bei said: "Okay, I agree!" Hehe, the current craftsman is Zhou Ting, that guy is not bad, I believe that the two of you will be able to cooperate happily! ”

As a result, Tian Fan became a craftsman under Liu Bei!

Then, Liu Bei made adjustments to the main work of the first stage. Tian Fan wants to train the new army, the things and venues are ready, and the people have been selected, so he is waiting to start. At the same time, he should be ready to accept craftsmen from all over the country at any time, and discuss the next step with Zhou Ting as soon as possible. Chen Deng's work remains the same, and he still has to take the responsibility of tuntian, after all, spring plowing is about to begin. Chen Qian and Mi Zhu took the emperor's holy decree and went to various clans in Xuzhou and various counties that did not obey discipline, Sun Qian and Jian Yong, who were responsible for assisting Liu Bei in handling government affairs, and Zhang Fei and them were still training soldiers. Zhang Fei said that there are about three months or so for those soldiers to be trained, that is to say, in another three months, after Zhang Fei and Tian Fan compete, Liu Bei will sweep away those separatist forces in Xuzhou one by one!

After discussing the matter, everyone was very happy, especially Liu Bei. For him, today is a happy event, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao have a thousand soldiers and horses to vote, and there are more than 1,000 elites and two generals. You must know that the Yellow Turban Army has long been exterminated, and there is no waste left! The emperor issued an order, recognized Liu Bei's identity as the Xuzhou Mu and the emperor's uncle, and crowned General Zuo, and also had the right to appoint officials freely, which was unimaginable before! As soon as this talent seeking order is issued, there will definitely be a lot of people who will come to take refuge, and they will not be troubled by the lack of talents in the future! And the two armies that Tian Fan said, he couldn't wait.

With so many happy events, how can you not celebrate? Liu Bei doesn't care about Zhang Fei, he likes to drink as much as he likes. Everyone drank a lot, and Tian Fan also drank a lot! Liu Bei was worried that something would happen to Tian Fan, so he sent six sergeants to send Tian Fan home. Well, I forgot to mention that Tang Yi and Tang Er were sent by Tian Fan to see the three hundred warriors that Chen Deng had selected for him. Zhou Cang was originally going to follow back to Tian's house, but now this guy is drunk into a piece of mud, and he is still shouting to fight with Zhang Fei, so he can only rest in Liu Bei's mansion.