Chapter 42: The Triumphant Return

At this time, Cao Xing came in with a pair of cloth shoes.

"Lord, Liu Beijun threw all the shoes given by the lord on the side of the road."

Lu Bu was silent, and Chen Gong next to him slapped the table: "Liu Bei, the vertical son, is honest on the surface, but in fact he is treacherous, so it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible." ”

"Gongtai, arrange your caravan, quickly go to Pingyuan County to sell cloth shoes, spirits, and chicken essence, and let Liu Bei see if he can get rid of us."

"Okay lord, I'll arrange it."

LΓΌ Bu made a great move in Donglai County, although he did not deprive Yang Taishou of 10,000 troops, but arranged 3,000 elite soldiers led by Song Xian in Jinshan in the south. 5,000 tuntian soldiers were arranged in the west of Donglai City, and 2,000 tuntian soldiers of Wu'an Xiong were arranged in the north of Donglai City. These are all directly dispatched by Lu Bu, which is equivalent to firmly controlling Donglai County, and it is impossible for Yang Taishou to make any moves.

In the afternoon of this day, Lu Bu came to the concubine Mrs. Cai to check the progress.

Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse, and Mrs. Cai rode a white walking horse, and the two walked side by side on the endless sand.

Lu Bu sighed with emotion: "How can it be so fast, it's only been more than half a month, and more than 10,000 acres of salt fields have risen." ”

Cai smiled: "Each of these salt pans has its own owner, everyone does their own thing, no need to supervise, and they do it with the stars and the moon." Adults and children come together. ”

"Yes, it's still a matter of enthusiasm to get to the door. When a certain amount of grain and grass has accumulated in the tuntian, it is better to let these tuntian farmers re-establish the village, so that they can have enthusiasm and work together and need supervision. ”

"Husband, there is a lot of wasteland next to the village, why don't you let them cultivate it? After all, drying salt is not busy every day. ”

Lu Bu shook his head: "Do you think I'm the Thorn History of Qingzhou, and Qingzhou is my final say?" The salt was originally in the hands of the big families, and if it weren't for the Yellow Turban Army's trouble, it would be impossible for me, a thorn in the world, to come over and get a piece of the pie. Yang Taishou is already disgusted with me, now that the population is small, the output of salt has risen, and the purchase price of salt will inevitably fall. These ten villages are drying salt, fishing, and making salted fish and dried shrimp. When these ten villages are put in order, you can build a new pig-raising village, open up wasteland and cultivate land, grow mulberry and silkworms, raise pigs and sheep, but you must first train the female soldiers, the displaced people are not so easy to manage, you must ensure that they can be controlled, and there will be no chaos. ”

"I understand that there are Yellow Turban soldiers mixed among the homeless, and if they are not strictly controlled, there will be a big mess, and I will pay attention to it."

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun fell on the sea, and the fishermen's boats returned to the harbor on the shore.

Don't look at the fish in the bay, but there are really good goods, big yellow croaker, sea bream, yellow bone fish, etc., five or six catties of hard goods.

Every day, some of these fish will be sent to the garrison of the Lu Bu battalion.

The two rode home, and Mrs. Cai's home was very simple, with mud walls and thatched houses. The bricks and tiles are still being fired, and they cannot be built in a short time.

Today, Lu Bu came over, and Mrs. Cai personally went to the kitchen to make steamed large yellow croaker.

Lu Bu was very refreshing, so he asked Mrs. Cai: "Why don't you make braised wine, I'm tired of the steamed flavor." ”

"There is less oil, so the food is naturally steamed."

"I understand, in the future, we will promote more soybeans and sesame seeds, and there will be vegetable oil."

When no one whispered in the middle of the night, Mrs. Cai touched her little belly: "The concubine's menstrual affair has been postponed for half a month, and there may be." ”

Lu Bu was taken aback, always thinking that he had a problem, what was wrong, how long had it been, and it had happened.

"Then why don't you go back to Jinan County with me, I don't feel at ease when you and your daughter are here."

Mrs. Cai shook her head: "A man's mouth, a deceitful ghost." I know you don't want to marry me, and I'm going to lose face for you now as a peasant woman. Just let me stay here, I will develop here, provide sufficient support for my husband, and I will take care of all the salted fish and bacon of the army in the future. ”

Lu Bu laughed: "Your braggart skills are quite powerful, but you have ambition." Tomorrow I will give you another 3,000 yuan, no need to save it, if you don't have to look for me, you must settle the homeless people by the sea, and reserve a few thousand sailors for me, and I will build a sailor in the future. ”

"Don't worry, it's going to be done for your husband."

Lu Bu is very happy, marrying a concubine, and being so capable, quite profitable.

After a night without words, Lu Bu returned to Donglai City. The army was already ready, when it came, there were 7,000 cavalry, and when it left, in addition to 7,000 cavalry, there were 10,000 more infantry and 50,000 strong men.

Zhang Yun retreated to the second line and wanted to go to Tuntian, Jinan County. Zhang Hu was taught a lot by Lu Bu, and now he is Wu Anguo's deputy, leading more than 1,000 troops.

Zhang Yun's nephew Zhang Ying belonged to a half-bottle of water, a reluctant second-rate general, and Lu Bu arranged for him to learn more from Guan Hai, Wu Anguo and others.

Three days later, when the army arrived in Beihai County, Kong Rong went out of the city to greet him, and he was sincerely happy to see that Lu Bu had eliminated the Yellow Turban Army.

"Congratulations to Marquis Wen on his triumphant return."

Lu Bu hurriedly dismounted: "How can you let the old father-in-law greet you." ”

Kong Rong is serious: "Etiquette cannot be abolished, and public and private must be separated." ”

Lu Bu allocated 20,000 strong men and distributed them to the lord Bo Qin Yilu and asked him to settle in Beihai.

Zong Bao, the defender of Beihai, has also belonged to the Qingzhou Army.

Gao Shun, Hua Xiong, and Guan Cheng also praised Lu Bu's victory very much.

A few days later, the army returned to Jinan County, and the people of Jinan came to the south gate to welcome Lu Bu's return.

The army was still a few miles away from the city before stopping.

Chen Gong came over: "Lord, please go to the city first." ”

"No, the first merit of this battle is to trap the camp, and the Gao Shun brothers entered the city first with the brothers who died in the battle. Then Guan Cheng and Zhang Ying entered the city first, if it weren't for their deep understanding of righteousness, more soldiers would have died. ”

Lu Bu said a few words, don't want to be moved by Guan Cheng and Zhang Ying.

Only a small number of soldiers were selected to hold this ceremony of entering the city, and the others were camped outside the city.

Lu Bu did not rush home, but went to the camp first.

As soon as Lu Bu came in, Zhang Liao reported to Lu Bu with a serious face.

"Taishi is dead, killed by Situ Wang Yun?"

Lu Bu was taken aback, although he knew that Wang Yun was going to start a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, had he only been in Jinan County for two months?

"When?"

"A day ago, the flying pigeon reported secretly, only I know."

Lu Bu's expression was as usual: "Okay, keep it a secret, and I'll talk about it in a few days." ”

It turned out that Dong Zhuo had swelled more and more since he fought the Kwantung princes and retreated, and successively killed some relatives of the Yuan family and the Cao Cao family, about four or five thousand people.

I searched the rich families in Luoyang again, and got more than 2 million yuan in silver, and countless other gold, silver and jewelry.

In order to strengthen his strength, Dong Zhuo passed down an order to transfer Fan Chou, Guo Huai and others to Beijing, which is an army of 50,000 and is the direct line of Dong Zhuo's start.

Wang Yun was greatly surprised when he got the news, and finally persuaded Lu Bu to leave, if there was another Fan Chou, how would it be good, and immediately decided to plan ahead.