I'm Liu Bei.

My mother is gone, but the real Liu Bei is here.

I, Liu Bei, began the road of struggle for the Three Kingdoms.

When I returned to Zhang Yuan in the evening, I couldn't take care of eating, so I took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to hide in the room to discuss important matters.

"Now the court allows the people to recruit rebels to fight the Yellow Turban rebels. Third brother, can you recruit some strong men nearby to join our rebel army? "This is Zhang Fei's territory, and he knows best whether he can recruit people.

"Absolutely. There are hundreds of people in my village, and there are more than 100 strong men alone. Zhang Fei replied, looking very excited. It seems that he has been waiting for this day for a long time.

"At the banquet last night, I heard from the pavilion chief that there are many refugees in transit in the city, and maybe some strong men can be recruited." Guan Yu also said excitedly.

"Okay, let's split up tomorrow. The third brother's feet were not completely good, so he went to the surrounding villages to recruit strong men, and the second brother worked hard to recruit refugees in the city. ”

"What is this matter, don't say these kind words big brother, if you say it again in the future, you just don't treat me as a brother." Guan Yu's red face showed displeasure.

"Okay." I nodded, turned my face and asked Zhang Fei: "Third brother, I've always heard you say that you have some land at home, I don't know how many militiamen you can use to recruit?" ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he went to the back room and took out a small box. As soon as the box opened, it was shining with golden light.

"Not counting the land, it's just the gold."

"How many are these?"

"One hundred taels." Zhang Feile said hehehe.

But there is no spectrum in my heart, what is the concept of this hundred taels of gold? Equivalent to 100,000 or 1 million in the twenty-first century?

"Second brother, is this a lot of money?"

"Of course." Guan Yu said excitedly: "According to the court's monthly reward of 100 yuan to the soldiers, and then remove the cost of armor, weapons, food, grass, etc., here is at least enough for us to recruit a hundred people." ”

"Just a hundred? Too little. I muttered in disappointment, thinking it was 10,000.

A hundred people are a fart. Yellow turban thieves are thousands, tens of thousands. Even if each of these 100 people is an expert in swords and arrows, they can't withstand three or two of them, and they will die in their own way.

"Not a lot, big brother." Guan Yu explained. "Each of these hundred warriors must be equipped with a machete, a good horse, and a pair of armor, and they can prepare food and gold for half a year."

"Money?" It should be the same as "silver". It's just that silver could not be used as currency in this era.

"I forgot, I still have to build weapons and armor."

"Big brother, don't be careful. Iron for crafting weapons and armor is already available, and warhorses are available. Zhang Fei said.

"Oh?"

"At yesterday's dinner, it happened that the two brothers, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, said that the Yellow Turban was in turmoil and cut off the road to trade. The good horses and good iron in his hands can't be transported, and he is about to lose money. I saw that there was still some spare money at home, so I put it down and helped them. They promised to send horses and iron to-morrow, and only a hundred taels of gold. As soon as the banquet was over, I cleared the money. ”

"How many horses are there? Is the horse breed good? How much iron is there? Guan Yu asked.

Yes, that's the core issue. Even if it is a good horse, it is not worth the money if it is small in number; There are a lot of horses, and the horses are not well breeded, and they are not worth the money. Besides, they say that it is good iron, but is it still a big question mark at the bottom? You know, no business, no treachery.

"Oh, third brother, it's taboo to pay for goods without giving them money." I sighed.

"They have a good relationship with me, and they won't hurt me." Zhang Fei said stubbornly.

"At least ten horses and a thousand pounds of iron are worth a hundred taels of gold."

"Forget it, don't go anywhere tomorrow. If those two guys hand over shoddy goods, we will ask for a refund. A hundred taels of gold is not a small amount, enough for us to recruit a hundred rebels. ”

……

Early the next morning, I heard the family shouting outside the door. I ignored him and slept intermittently. In the haze, it seemed that Guan Yu had opened the door.

"What's the matter? Eldest brother. Zhang Fei asked me sleepily.

"It's okay, sleep well. We'll have to reason with those two profiteers in a while. ”

I have already tacitly acquiesced that Zhang Fei was "slaughtered" by those two horse merchants. Zhang Fei isn't too honest, just give a few taels of deposit, but just pay the money in full. In the 21st century, isn't this something that fools do? People open their doors to do business, where can he make money if he doesn't kill you? I was too lazy to think about it and continued to sleep.

After a while, Guan Yu came back and said loudly.

My eyes widened: "What? Two hundred horses. How many truckloads of iron, at least 10,000 catties? I couldn't help but sit up and ask Guan Yu again.

"Yes. The meadow in front of the courtyard is full of horses, and you can't see it at a glance. The carriages carrying iron and iron were not in sight. Guan Yu's expression was just a hint of how happy he was.

I pushed Zhang Fei, who was still asleep: "Third brother, you are really a business wizard." ”

"What? Eldest brother. Zhang Fei sat up and rubbed his eyes, which had not been closed all night.

"Hurry up and go out to thank those two Confucian merchants." I grabbed Zhang Fei with my left hand and ran out.

Suddenly, I realized that I was a snob. Last night, they also called those two people profiteers, and now they immediately changed their names to Confucian merchants after seeing the value-added goods. Is it my fault, or is it the fault of the twenty-first century?

At that time, I was not as happy as I am now, even though I could enjoy high-tech products that were not available in this era. The 21st century is a century of rampant materialism, and it is also a century in which moral credit needs to be reshaped. Otherwise, a credit crisis in the United States would not have spread to the whole world. When it comes to credit, Americans are the least trustworthy, and the Japanese are the second.

In the next ten days, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei ran out every day, recruiting a total of more than 800 strong men.

Let Guan Yu select 300 people from them and practice diligently every day. Zhang Fei supervised the blacksmiths hired to build weapons. I was recuperating at home while studying Lishu. The right hand is good very quickly, and now he can hold a knife, and his writing is also good, but the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, a bit like wild grass. If you continue to practice like this, you will become the head of the wild grass.

On the evening of the twentieth day, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei asked me, "When are we going to take refuge in the county captain?" ”

I replied, "Wait until the Yellow Turban rebels attack the county seat." ”

"The Yellow Turban rebels are far away in the area of Guangzong in Yizhou, how could they come to Youzhou?"

I pointed to my head, then to the two of them, and pretended to be B: "I believe that big brother, in a few days, this chaotic thief will come." The two virtuous brothers should not be too tired these days, and rest well, because a continuous battle is about to begin. ”

PS: I'm a novice on the road, if there are loopholes, please forgive and correct!