Zhuge Liang and Chen Deng's family letters were soon written in Xuzhou.

When the Zhuge clan in Langya was actually in Xuzhou, he was indeed preparing to move at home, but what he didn't expect was that Cao Cao did not slaughter the city to retaliate, and he did not anger the local people and scholars.

Even, at the beginning, it was still beneficial to the people and opened a warehouse to release grain.

At that time, Cao Cao, the people of Xuzhou thought that he was going to slaughter the city and would not let go of any opportunity to retaliate, but the result was very different.

Therefore, there is still a sense of gratitude in the hearts of the people of Xuzhou, after all, they have let hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou go.

Soon the news spread, and the people and other scholars heard the news and understood that something big was going to happen, and even after hearing that the people in Jizhou were going to re-register their household registration.

Many people will understand this news, most of the scholars in Jizhou are loyal to Yuan Shao, and the important people in the family, even the family property, have been taken away by Yuan Shao when he retreated, and it is useless for Xu Zhen to leave them.

After fleeing with the war, the slaves in the family can still return to the fields of each family to cultivate, for them, farming for themselves and farming for the Han are almost the same.

Anyway, the grain has to be handed over as a tax, and they can only keep enough weight, and the slaves have no ambition in their hearts, and they can only be loyal, after all, they were supposed to die, and they can only have a bite to eat if they become slaves.

It is not an exaggeration to be a dead soldier for the nobles.

But now as soon as the news spreads, there are speculations.

"Re-register the household registration, the prince wants people."

"Who doesn't want it, people are labor, and the income from internal affairs over the years depends on people, and these slave people can join the army in the future."

"Youzhou, Merge State, and continue to fight, what do you want now for soldiers and horses, where do the soldiers and horses come from!? Slave people are not the best candidates, as long as they are found out, they can join the army, these people have a long history, but they can be dead. ”

"Those who have slave status in the family should follow the example of Zhuge Beijia and Chen Duwei, both of whom are confidants of the prince and marquis, and it is said that the family members should be told to separate the slaves in the clan, and in addition to cultivating the land, the rest should form caravans to travel the territory of Jizhou, or go to various states and counties."

"In the future, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou Huainan will probably have to trade back and forth, and there will be prosperity."

"Good, good! I will let the slaves in my family form a caravan, even if it is just to buy some rice and grain, and go north and south, which is also convenient for passage. ”

For a time, in the past ten days, in Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou, there were hundreds of more caravans, and more than 20,000 people brought goods in the convoys, constantly walking everywhere, mainly selling grain and forage, as well as condiments used in cooking, as well as cloth, clothing, etc.

The road is very lively, especially in Jizhou, in the reconstruction of the city, the construction of roads at the same time, on the two roads of water and land, you can see the figure of the busy traffic, at first just to pretend to turn into a business, take a short route or two, and then found that there is indeed a market for the business, the farmland at home does not need so many people to take care of, and the road is indeed safe.

Back then, those black mountain thieves, horse thieves, etc. have all disappeared, and gradually there are more cars and horses on the road, and the business road is such a peaceful scene, as if returning to the time before the Spirit Emperor.

At this time, within the mountains outside the city of Yecheng, Jizhou.

Hidden in the cottage between the mountains and forests, there are horse figures, horse manure can be seen everywhere, there are countless bandits gathered here in the deep village, the head of the person has a broad body, strong and powerful hands, wearing a short robe, a cloak is scattered, the face is rough but not ugly.

"General! We've come down! ”

"Many brothers have already moved their minds, so many passing caravans, if they are all looted, the food can be enough to eat for a year, at least tens of thousands of stones."

"General, let's prepare, whether to surrender or continue to entrench, let's all follow."

"Since the uprising in Montenegro, I have been following the general, and now although I am defeated, I have not completely lost power."

"Brothers," Zhang Yan raised his hands, and the current chattering voice was immediately suppressed, his voice was very strong, brave and tough, agile, and extremely prestigious, "If we rob again, we will not be able to get along with Xu Bowen." ”

"I have already sent someone to inquire about this Xu Zhen, just like you and me, from a civilian background, but now he is a county marquis! 6,000 households! ”

"General Dahan, Jizhou Mu."

"When he was in power, when he arrived in Jizhou, he opened a warehouse to release grain, collected and resettled the turbulent and plundered people of Yuan Shao, he was a bright and upright person, he did not discipline himself, never harmed the people, and did not covet wealth and nobility, it is said that this person was poor all his life, and the money he obtained was scattered for military funds and disaster relief in addition to ensuring his family."

"Therefore, under his command, he has been accompanied by more than a dozen civil and military celebrities, and when officials in various places appoint officials, they are even more oriented to character and behavior, and strive for the well-being of the people."

"If we loot, it will be against benevolence and righteousness, and I can't do it."

Although Zhang Yan is also from a poor background, he has read books, and he belongs to both civil and military affairs in the bandits, otherwise he would not have secured the position of the leader, which is exchanged for personality charm.

The words spoken are the truth, easy to convince, and a few words can control the scene in your hands.

At this moment, Zhang Yan and the others gathered their eyes slightly, and then said: "Instead of writing a letter to Xu Du, it is better to vote directly to Xu Bowen." ”

"He also used to dialect that any bandit can be displaced and surrendered, waiting for Huizheng to gradually settle down."

"Then we are not just thieves, we have also been a general in peace, it is not an exaggeration to go to the annex, and we can even help to calm the disaster of the Yuan brothers outside!"

This is also the reason why Zhang Yan is now in the cottage and can always get the name of a general, and there are still many soldiers and horses who buy it, recognize him as a general, and also regard himself as a Han soldier, not all of them are thieves.

Of course, now that the troubled times have become the trend of warlords, the bandits everywhere are sitting on pins and needles, and what they dream of is that they can be co-opted, take the opportunity to return to their hometowns, and they can also settle their surplus and live in peace.

It's not like you'll be a mountain bandit all your life, and you don't know where to die.

"That's right, listen to the general!"

"Since we are obedient, we might as well return to Xu Zhen, and we don't have to ask Xu Du Tianzi to give him a name, and the soldiers and horses will be stationed in Qinghe, so that the family can live in Jizhou."

"There are more than 100,000 people here, and since Xu Zhen can even resettle the displaced people, if we sincerely plead, we will not sit idly by."

"Since that's the case, then join Xu Zhen!"

"Directly surrender to the Jizhou Army."

Zhang Yan passed through the alliance between Youzhou and Gongsun Zhan, and after being defeated by Yuan Shao in the battle, many of his men and horses were scattered, but there were still more than 100,000 people.

Of course, not all of these hundreds of thousands are elites, most of them are old veterans, as well as the disabled and sick, and some are even skinny, not thieves.

Of course, the military strength is uneven, and they are targeted by the elite cavalry, and they are afraid that they can be slaughtered as lambs with only five or six thousand, but if they are hidden in the mountains and forests, these people are confident that they can run away.

More than 100,000 people say a lot less, not too much, but they are all the people Xu Zhen wants the most now, and most of them are laborers, and there are only a few remnants of the old soldiers.

Zhang Yan threw her hair away, looked around and saw most of the people who were excited and expectant, no one was too depressed, it seemed that he was really a thief who had been a thief for too long, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to surrender.

Not to mention that Xu Zhen favors to train as a new elite, he also wants to take advantage of Jizhou to change to a new state pastor and be a normal citizen.

So Zhang Yan sent an envoy to set off, starting from the hiding place in the mountain, and the group went to Qinghe with gifts to meet Xu Zhen, compared to Cao Cao, who had defeated the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan was more willing to deal with Xu Zhen.

If memory serves, when Cao Cao defeated the Black Mountain Army, Xu Zhen was still unknown and had never come out.

In fact, Xu Zhen was already in Cao Ying at that time, but he was just a small soldier, and he was lucky enough to survive, so after he came back, he was promoted to colonel because of his military exploits.

Half a day's journey, the envoy arrived at Qinghe, and it happened that Xu Zhen's parade ended during this period of time and returned to the Qinghe government office.

Received Zhang Yan's envoy, and accepted the surrender, expressed the imperial court, named Zhang Yan as the general of Pingbei, and led the army to attack Youzhou in the future.

So Xu Zhen got 160,000 soldiers and horses, and after streamlining, he told more than 70,000 people, and the remaining 90,000 were not elite, but they were all mountain bandits, so the combat quality was not high, Xu Zhen ordered Zhang Yan to let the rest of the generals lead the army to the garrison of Bohai County, and Zhang Liao practiced together.

On the first day, when Zhang Yan went in person, he was impressed by the tacit understanding and momentum of Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the three thousand people of the tens of thousands of Montenegrin troops from the armor and cavalry can see the unrivaled momentum, and indeed, everyone's personal military literacy is extremely strong, which is not comparable to the ordinary army, no wonder they are all said to be victorious troops.

After the Montenegrin army was completely surrendered and returned to Jizhou, 90,000 soldiers and horses practiced day and night, waiting for the production of armaments, the supply of military rations to keep up, the selection of elites, etc., and sent new generals to take office, while Zhang Yan was left in Qinghe by Xu Zhen as a general.

Occasionally, you can go to Bohai to supervise the training of soldiers and horses and the training of sergeants.

This incident soon spread throughout the counties, and officials and princes outside could hear the news and shock the government and the opposition.

The Black Mountain thief that Yuan Shao couldn't solve back then, why Xu Zhen could solve it, and let Zhang Yan personally order the messenger to come and ask for return, if it weren't for Xu Zhen's extremely high requirements for the sergeant, he might not know that he had 90,000 reserves, or even 160,000, and could directly tell the world.

What is the charm of Xu Zhen? How can he be deserved?

He himself only has 80,000 elite soldiers, and now he actually has 90,000 reserves, and when these soldiers and horses are trained in a year or two, then it will be okay, how can the Yuan brothers in Northern Xinjiang be Xu Zhen's opponents, the two of them together may not be able to stop Xu Zhen's army from attacking, not to mention that the two brothers are still fighting among themselves.

Not to mention that the civil and military personnel of Xu Du couldn't understand it, this matter was transmitted to the south as intelligence for spying, and Liu Bei, who was in Jingzhou, was bored for three nights in a row and didn't understand the reason.

Jingzhou, Xinye.

Liu Bei, who failed to visit the virtuous, put his mind on political affairs, Huang Tian lived up to his wishes, this autumn came, a bumper harvest benefited the people, and a lot of popular hope was harvested.

And because Liu Bei often ploughed, personally checked the condition of the land with the people, and once went down to the river to rescue the danger, he must take the lead in every disaster, and he has to praise the good name, that's it, the conscription is only a few thousand.

Hoarding 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xinye, the grain and grass are not sufficient, and the armor is not strict, but fortunately, in order to commend his political achievements, Liu Biao has sent 30,000 stone grain, 3,000 pairs of armor and blades, and 800 high-grade war horses.

Let Liu Bei be a little richer.

Everyone in charge of the territory expects their subordinates to prosper.

But Liu Bei never dreamed that more than 100,000 soldiers would smash the camp at once, so he could only say that Xu Zhen's life was really good.

"Alas, jealousy ......"

At this moment, the hall is full of henchmen, and Liu Bei is vomiting quickly, and he doesn't want to say anything else, it's just sour.

Acid to plasma wall separation.

It's so sour that I lose my mind quickly.

"Actually, I can figure it out, Yuan Shao's subordinates were all scholars back then, this Zhang Yan and other black mountain thieves, the most hated fear is the scholar clan, they rebelled as thieves, originally to rebel against the cool officials of the scholar clan, the eunuchs were chaotic, and naturally friendly with Xu Zhen, who was born in a commoner, and according to the news, if I remember correctly, Xu Zhen is demolishing the ancestral house of the Shi clan."

This matter will cause people in the world to scold, and even generations of hatred, but it can also make these thieves feel close...... Because the Black Mountain thieves don't want to demolish it. ”

"Alas!"

Liu Bei only felt bored, he heard that Xu Zhen was doing well now, and it was more uncomfortable than losing the hearts of the people.

Xu Bowen is full of evil.

There is no Wolong at all, or everyone is Wolong, as long as I go to Jingzhou to find a random person, I will think that it is the Wolong he said at the beginning, Jingzhou was originally a hermit, just say a word to deceive me.

In fact, he didn't say that, I went to Jingzhou today to find teachers and friends, and visit sages from all over the world.

Xu Zhen's words are pure mixes.

To put it bluntly, I was so moved that I deceived my feelings!

I've been touched for five years! Do you know how I've spent the past five years!!

"Lord, there's a letter from Xiangyang, I want to invite the lord to see Liu Jingzhou and talk about the banquet."

Liu Bei chuckled in his heart.

Immediately glanced left and right, he didn't think that something good was happening, and there must be a demon when something went wrong.

At this time, I suddenly came to invite, or after the harvest is over, I am afraid that there is also a big matter to discuss.

"What, please come at this time?"

"My lord, do you want to go? Some time ago, I remember that Cai Mao ordered the money, grain and cloth given to us to be withheld, and then Liu Biao scolded him before sending it again, I am afraid that it will be dangerous to go," Jian Yong said in a deep voice, his face was not very good-looking.

Liu Bei fell silent, the news from the north was enough to make him unhappy, and now he has caused new trouble, this Xiangyang banquet, I am afraid that it is not specially set up for himself, he must say something big.

Even if you want to beat it up, your own royal brother is worried that it is a good thing for him to sit big and become famous, but as an imperial uncle, it is not necessarily a good thing to become famous in someone else's territory.

"Xianhe, don't speculate, the imperial brother is benevolent, he won't treat me like this, and now I must be happy for my outstanding political achievements by hosting a banquet."

"Shall you cause me a feast because of this, and I shall go at once."

"Chen."

"The last general!" Among the generals, there is a fierce and handsome general who stands up and hugs his fists, this person is Liu Bei's close attendant, brave and courageous.

"Come with me."

Liu Bei got up and sighed, one person took hundreds of guards, and walked to Xiangyang, although he didn't know what was the big deal, but he had to go.

(End of chapter)