Nanyang County, Xinye County, Yushuwan Village.

Under the governance of Wei Shi, brick kilns, iron kilns, and weaving workshops were established one by one, and there were more and more villagers who came to ask for a job in the surrounding neighborhoods.

Among them, there are those who really want a job, and there are also those who want to find some benefits, there are many idlers in the village, and the number of theft cases has begun to increase, which makes Wei Shi, who has just been more idle, a headache.

In troubled times, princes, robbers, and people from all walks of life fought back and forth, and it was the people who suffered.

With the situation that Yushu Bay is thriving and making money every day, it is a matter of time before children are pregnant with gold in the downtown area, and it is a matter of time before they are targeted by forces such as robbers.

Wei Shi thought about it, it happened that Wei Yan was idle in the village, and Huang Xu's family also had servants to teach, so it was better to invite Wei Yan, a capable family, to help train the villagers.

Townspeople.

That is, the militia that defends the village.

Compared to the regular army, they are inferior in combat effectiveness.

But this also has to be divided into occasions, if the war happens to the relatives of the township soldiers, the bloodthirstiness of these township soldiers is even stronger than the regular army of the imperial court.

Wei Yan got a good knife, and he was feeling guilty in his heart, and when he heard that Wei Shi had something to ask for, he simply asked Liu Bei for leave, and ran to Yushu Bay with a team of close soldiers to stay for a short time.

After a while, Fu Wei saw that there was nothing to do in the army, and he also ran over to be a temporary lieutenant for a while, and the arrival of these two Liu Beijun officers made the township soldiers under Wei Shi gradually show signs of forming an army.

After more than three months of training, the scale of the Weishi Township soldiers has reached a tun, one hundred and five.

Wei Shi appointed himself as a general, and the two righteous sons of Wei Cheng and Wei Gong were respectively appointed as team leaders, and they were regarded as confidants.

It's a pity that the township soldiers recruited by Wei Shi are all illiterate villagers, and their identities are only cloth clothes and Qiantou, and their follow-up potential is limited. These people are on the battlefield and are consumables at best.

During this time, Liu Bei, the general of Zuo, was not in Xinye, although he served as the Taishou, but more than half of the time, not in Xinye, but in Jingzhou, especially in Xiangyang, to visit famous and virtuous people.

Liu Bei is thirsty for talent.

Since there is only one city in Xinye, and Liu Bei relies on Liu Biao to supply, Liu Bei can't afford to raise too many people now, so it is said that it is a recruitment, but it is actually a recruitment of generals and soldiers.

Yi, Xiang Lang, Wei Yan, Fu Wei and other brave men in Nanyang were Liu Bei who defected at this time.

At the same time, due to the lessons of the two defeats in Xuzhou and Runan, Liu Bei's standards for recruiting troops and horses are very different from before.

Earlier, when he was in Pingyuan County, Liu Bei was accompanied by friends such as Tian Yu and Zhao Zhao, but later, when he was in a difficult situation, Tian and Zhao left one after another.

When they arrived in Xuzhou, there were Chen Jue and Chen Deng's father and son, but when Cao Cao went east to Xuzhou, the Chen family father and son abandoned Liu Bei and defected to Cao Cao.

The rebellion again and again made Liu Bei very uneasy about his subordinates.

Competence and loyalty.

What Liu Bei wants most is, of course, to be both capable and loyal.

If we retreat to the next best, it means that loyalty comes first, and ability comes last.

If the ability is very good and the loyalty is poor, then he can't look down on it.

When cooking wine and talking about heroes, Cao Cao once mentioned that he valued Wei Chong's ability and trusted him very much, but he was rebelled by Wei Chong and almost lost his Yanzhou foundation.

That's a lesson from the past.

Baume & Mercier.

Hermit.

Reggie.

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Liu Biao's wool, Liu Bei has to work hard.

Compared with other famous scholars in Jingzhou, Wei Shi did not show any talent; Martial arts, Wei Shi is also average.

Although Wei Shi has built a pedal spinning wheel, a shuttle loom, and built a brick kiln and an iron kiln, and his logistics capabilities are good, but now, Liu Bei has Liu Biao to supply heavy military resources, and the pressure in this regard is not great.

The most important thing is that Wei Shi is too young, only seventeen years old, and his status is too low, and the village officials at the grassroots level have just taken office, so it is reasonable that he has not been able to enter Liu Bei's vision.

In addition, Wei Shi's conduct was also questioned by Mi Fang, Liu Yan and others.

According to Mi Fang, a low-born son of a poor family, with a discouraged and untrustworthy temperament, although such a person has a little ability, his loyalty will not be high.

If it is reused, in case there is a backbone in the back of the head, then whoever recommends it will be jointly and severally liable.

Wei Shi didn't know that a promise made for Han Qiuyun would make his character doubted.

But even if he knew the result, Wei Shi did not regret it.

There is nothing perfect in the world.

All he asked for was to be worthy of his heart.

Seven years of Jian'an, January.

On this day, Bo Gong Cao Liu Yan, the lord of Xinye Taishou Mansion, suddenly ran from Xinye to Yushuwan and sent Wei Shi a document appointing the county lieutenant of Neixiang County.

The village of Yushuwan, according to the division, belongs to a lower county called Neixiang under Xinye.

The location of Neixiang County is closer to the west than Yushu Bay, and later generations have the elegant name of "guarding the gateway of 800 miles of barberry, and choking the key point of Qin-Chu traffic".

In the Jian'an period at the end of the Han Dynasty, it belonged to the place where Liu Biao, Cao Cao and various groups of people were handed over.

Funiu Mountain, Bear's Ear Mountain and other mountains in western Henan are in the inner countryside, deep mountains and ravines, not only scattered Zhang Xiu remnants, but also the Yellow Turban Yu Party according to the mountain village, these robbers have to go to Xinye, Wancheng, and even Xiangyang every year to walk a few times.

The position of county lieutenant is mainly responsible for prohibiting thieves and thieves, and in layman's terms, the county lieutenant is the director of the public security bureau in charge of public security in a county.

Liu Bei participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Army uprising that year, and was also awarded the lieutenant of Anxi County in Zhongshan by the Han court. This time, Liu Yan brought the appointment of the lieutenant of Neixiang County, and I don't know if it has the intention of taking the school examination.

When Liu Yan saw Wei Shi, his attitude was quite arrogant.

In the past few months, Xinye City has requisitioned and repaired the city, and a lot of bricks and stones need to be used, and Wei Shi has also made a fortune here, which makes Liu Yan, who is the main director, very dissatisfied.

According to Liu Yan, banditry was rampant in the inner countryside, and General Zuo was preparing to fight Cao Cao, so he couldn't send people for a while, so he could only send Wei Shi, a village soldier, into battle.

Wei Shi has heard of Liu Yan.

Liu Yan, whose name is Weishuo, a native of Lu in Yuzhou, was recruited as early as Liu Bei during his stay in Yuzhou.

Because of the same clan and surname, they are all surnamed Liu, and they are deeply treated by Liu Bei, and often socialize as guests.

However, Liu Yan is most famous in history not for his ability, but for his deeds of being cuckolded by Liu Chan, and finally making false accusations and being beheaded in the city.

"Master Liu, General Zuo has been appointed, and Wei is the fighting force. I just don't know who the county magistrate of Neixiang County is, who will hand over to him after arriving at the place, and how to supply the grain and straw of the township soldiers? ”

Wei Shi and Liu Yan have no friendship, and they don't hide their thoughts at the moment.

Here in Yushuwan, Wei Shi finally created a little foundation, and now he has to be transferred to the inner countryside to work, and the brick kiln and iron kiln here cannot be moved.

Liu Yan stroked his chin and beard, his face sank, and said: "Neixiang County Magistrate, three days ago, he was killed by the Tukou Wang Zhong, the county seat was also ransacked, and the people were displaced and miserable...... ”

"In addition, according to the news sent by the scouts sent by General Zuo, Cao Cao raised troops in Xuchang a few days ago, and ordered the general Xiahoudun to garrison Yexian in order to go south to Jingzhou.......

Wei Shi's face was difficult to look at for a moment.

Liu Bei is about to start a war with Cao Cao, and the speed of various military fund-raising is accelerating, and Liu Yan and others seem to be eyeing this bit of family background in Yushuwan and want to take advantage of it.