"My lord, this is a gift from a gentry in the city." When Lu Bu appeared outside the gate of Chen's mansion, he saw that vehicles loaded with grain, grass, and jade silk had stopped outside the door.

Lu Bu stepped forward and opened a wooden box, but the inside was jeweled, which was extremely dazzling in the dark night.

"Buying life money?" Lu Bu grabbed a few jade beads, felt the cold texture, and shook it violently, and a handful of jade beads turned into jade powder in his hands.

"Several prominent families in Tanxian County have sent a letter of worship, hoping that the lord will receive them." Zhang Liao nodded, these people are also well-informed in the city, they know the fate of the Chen family, they are afraid that Lu Bu will settle with them, so they sent goods in advance, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are buying their lives, but they are buying their own lives.

"Hang it first, and then talk to them when I clean up Chen Deng." Lu Bu opened his palm, watched the handful of jade powder disappear with the wind, and said indifferently.

A person who has died once will look down on many things, and no one hates money, but it will no longer make him tempted.

"Whoa!" Zhang Liao nodded.

"Have you counted the defenders in the city?" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao, he cared more about what was in his hands than the attitude of those wall grasses.

"There are 3,000 defenders in Tan County, some of them have resisted stubbornly before, and they have been extinguished, and now in this Tan County, plus the 300 soldiers we brought, there are more than 2,200 defenders." Zhang Liao bowed and said.

Although Cao Cao let Chen Qi temporarily take charge of Xuzhou, it was impossible for Chen Qi to have too many troops in his hands, and the troops scattered by Lu Bu before were all taken away by Cao Cao, guarding various fortresses, plus before Chen Qi also sent 1,500 people to guard the grain and grass with Xu Chu, and the actual number of troops in Tan County was not much.

Now what Lu Bu has to do is to take back the troops that were scattered by Cao Cao, and now Xiapi and Tan County are two percent, and the total number of troops in Lu Bu's hands is only a little more than 10,000, if only these two cities are guarded, it is naturally enough, but there are twenty-nine counties in Xiapi and Donghai alone, and these troops are not enough to garrison.

"Pass on my order, the soldiers who dispersed in the past, as long as they are willing to return, can be reorganized into the army, and everything in the past is not to blame." After thinking for a moment, Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liaodao.

He needs troops now, not to mention Cao Cao, just in Guangling, Chen Deng has been operating in Guangling for many years, and has invaded Jiangdong several times, and there are 20,000 soldiers under his command, which is an army that Cao Cao can't deal with for the time being.

In a short period of time, it is impossible for Lu Bu to recruit new soldiers, there is not so much time, and there is not so much money and food, so it is better to reconvene the old department.

"Whoa!" Zhang Liao bowed down and took the order.

If you want to accumulate troops to attack the East China Sea, not to mention the current situation of the following Pi, how long it will take to recover, it is to be able to gather enough troops, and it is not easy to attack the East China Sea by means of a frontal attack.

For the people of Tan County, this night can be described as thrilling, although there is chaos outside, but there are not many people affected, until the sky is completely bright, Lu Bu ordered people to start to put up a list of people, clean up the streets, some bold began to run out, the defenders did not change much, and some familiar people began to inquire about the news.

When it was learned that this Tan County was re-mastered by Lu Bu, the people of Tan County were not too surprised, since the beginning of the early peace period, the people of Xuzhou have experienced several changes of ownership, Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, Tao Qian let Xuzhou, and then Liu Bei lost Xuzhou.

People say that Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous, but in fact, for most of the people in Xuzhou, they can't feel too much of the benefits brought by Liu Bei's so-called benevolence, and there is actually no difference between Tao Qian and Lu Bu, so for Lu Bu to reoccupy Tan County, the people are very calm, and naturally there will be no scene of greeting each other, but there is no rejection.

After a long period of war, even if Cao Cao came to govern Xuzhou, they could accept it, as long as they stopped this damn war as soon as possible.

When the sun was on the third pole, there were nearby villagers who began to enter the city one after another, or sell some goods, or buy some things, spring plowing is approaching, the weather is gradually starting to warm up, everyone is busy, Lu Bu did not hold a big meeting this time because of the return to take charge of Tan County, just let people remeasure the fields of the Chen family, as well as those abandoned because of the war, before he discussed with Qin Li and Chen Gong how to restore the livelihood of Xuzhou.

Qin Li is a disciple of Zheng Xuan at any time, but he is not exactly a disciple of Zheng Xuan, he can be regarded as a half-way apprentice, before that, Qin Li was a disciple of the Legalist family.

According to Qin Li's suggestion, in recent years, Xuzhou has lost or died in the war because of Cao Cao's several massacres of the city, resulting in a large number of ownerless lands in the entire Xuzhou, those families should not be provoked for the time being, as for these ownerless fields, you can take out a small part of the meritorious soldiers last time, and the rest will be measured, in the name of Lu Bu, or in the name of the government, to recruit and resettle the displaced people, one thing Qin Li said very clearly, that is, these fields must be in the hands of Lu Bu, Even if someone gets a meritorious service in the future, they can't be rewarded, this is the foundation of Lu Bu.

As for the reason, Qin Li also said that with these fields, Lu Bu can no longer be subject to the family, and the food grown by the displaced people can not only make the people rich, but Lu Bu's pockets can also be bulging, and he no longer has to be subject to the family as before.

For Lu Bu, everything else is false, this is the most real, he has had enough of the feeling of being controlled by others, although Chen Gong has a complaint about this, in this way, it will make the family regenerate turbulence, after all, the family's land tax is much higher than that of the official field, if Lu Bu directly intervenes in it, then the family can only press the tax to the same level as Lu Bu in order to retain the tenants, which is tantamount to cutting meat on these Xuzhou gentry.

However, Lu Bu, who has experienced several betrayals by the wealthy gentry of the family, will not care about the thoughts of these people, he attached great importance to these people before, and was willing to compromise, but in exchange for a ruthless betrayal, now he wants to let himself take care of the overall situation of the so-called family but don't even think about it, now Lu Bu will care about the military heart, will care about the public opinion, but will never care about the meaning of the family anymore, they are dissatisfied, let them be dissatisfied, next, what Lu Bu has to do is to hold the military power, waiting for the opportunity to take Guangling, Pengcheng and Langxie, The land of the five counties of Xuzhou is all in his own hands, and the Lang evil Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others will not care for the time being, but Chen Deng of Guangling must be managed, and he has sent all the four ghosts around him to monitor Chen Deng's every move.

And Chen Deng, when he learned that Lu Bu was going to attack Donghai County, had also begun to gather troops and horses to prepare to gallop to the aid of Donghai, but there was no further news yet.