Chapter Fifty-Eight: Farming in the North Sea
Our group of Hao Hao Tang Tang entered Beihai City, the people welcomed them, and the three brothers Liu Xuande were full of smiles and hugged their fists to thank their fathers. Several old people knelt on the ground to greet each other in the distance, Liu Bei saw it, hurriedly jogged a few steps, stepped forward to help him up, the people burst into tears of joy, but Liu Bei was also crying.
I don't think it's like they're here to fight, it's like they're coming to visit relatives. "This Liu Bei is quite good at winning people's hearts," Xu Qianxue whispered in my ear.
But I guess that the people of this city don't know that I am the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, otherwise I would have lost a few lives here today. Not far from the city, Kong Rong had already greeted him, and he was dressed in the decoration of a civil official of the imperial court, but he also looked approachable. Liu Bei had already greeted him, bowed down to the ground, and said: "Liu Bei, the plain minister, see the county guard." ”
Kong Rong had already helped him up and said, "General Liu is polite, I have heard of the general's name earlier, and I am fortunate to see it today, it is really a blessing for three lives." ”
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Kong Rong thanked me and the others, then ordered the soldiers to settle down, and led us straight into the county guard's mansion. The county guard has already hung lanterns and held a banquet to celebrate.
Liu Bei saw that Kong Rong was not very familiar with me, so he got up and said: "Kong Beihai, this General Duan is the new commander of the Yellow Turban Army, I heard that he is an old acquaintance with adults, so I made my own opinion, and specially invited Beihai City, and asked my adults not to blame." ”
"What did Brother Xian say? Brother Dahu is kind to me in Beihai, and Kong Rong dare not forget it for a day. But I don't know why Brother Duan became the commander of the Yellow Turban Army?" Kong Rong asked.
"It's a long story. "I simply said the origin of the Yellow Turban Army, which mentioned the farmer's place, Xu Qianxue explained it herself, and she spoke very eloquently, which was naturally a hundred times more thrilling than me. Although I am not eloquent in the story of this way, everyone also listened very attentively, and when encountering a thrilling place, Zhang Fei opened his eyes like copper bells, and when he encountered a bad luck, Zhang Fei ate a bowl of wine and laughed.
"This one makes a eunuch have such martial arts?" Guan Yu said disdainfully, "He must compare and contrast one day." ”
Kong Rong said: "Since Brother Duan has such an adventure, since Guan Hai has been ambushed today, I don't know what to do next?"
I glanced at Xu Qianxue and said, "There are no plans at the moment." ”
"Now that Brother Duan is the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, why don't you come to my Beihai station, I am willing to provide my brother with 5,000 stone of grain and grass to solve the urgent need. And Beihai City has thousands of hectares of fertile land, which is enough for the future material needs of the Yellow Turban Army. Kong Rong said.
Before I could reply, Liu Bei laughed and said: "This is very good! The Yellow Turban Army was originally born from the common people, and in fact, it was not enough to rebel, and now Kong Beihai is willing to abandon his previous suspicions, and the two armies join forces, but it is a good deed." ”
"This is obviously Zhao'an, Liu Bei took care of my face, so he said that the two armies joined forces, how can there be a family of officials and bandits since ancient times?" I secretly said, now the Yellow Turban Army has no leader, and it is a group of rabble, if you really want to fight, it is estimated that you can't beat it, or there is a small victory, but it will be difficult to become a big one, at present, there is only recuperation, and it is probably the best policy to retain strength before the chaos in the world.
I was about to tell Xu Qianxue what I thought, but she asked, "Master Kong, if we are attached to Beihai, will we be officials or thieves from now on?"
"Officers and soldiers, of course. Kong Rong said solemnly.
"If the court doesn't allow it, then what?"
"I will report to the court from now on, whether the court is allowed or not, I Kong Rong will bear it!"
"Since Kong Beihai is so benevolent, I have nothing to say. Xu Qianxue said to me, "Brother Duan, what do you think?"
When I saw her ask me like this, I naturally agreed. At the moment, he pushed the boat down the river and said: "Since this is the case, it will be according to Kong Beihai's proposal!"
Liu Bei raised his glass and said: "Such a great kindness! After drinking the wine in the cup, everyone is a family." ”
The next day, Liu Bei's three brothers said goodbye and went back to their own territory. Kong Rong was grateful for his kindness, and he inevitably talked about the wine again. Tai Shi Ci was here, and he also said goodbye to Kong Rong, Kong Rong couldn't keep it, and gave him some coiled luggage, but Tai Shi Ci also insisted on not accepting it.
After returning to the camp, I explained to the Yellow Turban Army that the rebellion was a rebellion against the imperial court, but now the imperial court no longer knows whose court it is, and the princes of the world have risen together, and how can they rebel when they see that the world is in chaos? Seeing that the army is already short of food and cannot eat enough, what kind of rebellion can be made, and the only way to do it today is to preserve its strength, and he will fish in troubled waters every day, and open up a situation in this troubled world is the right way.
I said that my mouth was dry, the Yellow Turban Army was born in a gang of mud legs, and I didn't recognize a few big characters, and I heard it even more foggy. Seeing that the big truth didn't make sense, I said in easy-to-understand language: "Now let's open a mountain to occupy the mountain as the king, grab money, grab food and rob women, he doesn't lack anything in the day, and he will also rob an emperor and an old man!"
The Yellow Turban Army suddenly realized, nodded yes, and praised me for my wisdom. More than half of them agreed to follow me to Kong Rong. For those who were unwilling to join the imperial court, I also sent a pestering for them, encouraging them to return to their hometowns to marry wives and have children.
So, the style of painting changed abruptly, and I changed from a young swordsman who roamed the rivers and lakes to a general of the Yellow Turban Army. If I follow the novelist's routine, my story will change from a traversal to a farming text.
In other words, this step is to divide the official position. In the past, when Guan Hai was in charge of the Yellow Turban Army, it was a mess, and the generals who led the army did not know which soldiers they had under their hands, and the soldiers did not listen to anyone except Guan Hai.
At present, under Xiao Hanyi's plan, I set up a military army in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with five people and one army, with a captain, ten people and a captain, a team of 50 people, a captain, a tun with 100 people, a tun with a commander, five hundred people and a song, and a military marquis, two songs for the department, and Sima (military Sima) for other departments, two camps with an establishment of 5,000 people, and a captain, and two battalions for the army, and a captain.
Since then, the efficiency of the layers of jurisdiction has also been improved a lot. These mud-legged peasant armies envy the princes and generals, and if they do a good job, they can be promoted, and naturally they will have a head.
Originally, I didn't want an official position, but how to lead the army without an official position, so I appointed myself a miscellaneous general, called "General Huwei", in fact, I wanted to call myself a "General Tuntian", although this nickname was not called, but there were many people who abused me as "Duan Tuntian". Xiao Hanyi is knowledgeable, and it is appropriate to be named a "military advisor", Xu Qianxue knows the general trend of the world at a glance, and is also named the post of "military advisor", Xiao Hanyi is on the left, and Xu Qianxue is on the right. I issued a recruitment order again, and martial arts experts such as Zhou Cang and Liao Hua came to vote, and they were also divided into official positions and became captains.
At this point, I have a green dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right, and an old cow on my waist.
At the current spring equinox, the main task is to farm, and this matter will be handed over to Xiao Hanyi to be responsible; with food, you have to develop business again, and only when you have money in your hands can you not be chaotic in your heart, and it is nothing more than to do some business and business, open a few taverns, inns, green houses, etc., these things are still handed over to women to be responsible for reliable, so they were assigned to Xu Qianxue. I myself was in charge of training the troops, teaching the priests martial arts every day, bragging about them to boost morale.
Of course, the development of high-tech equipment is indispensable. Therefore, a recruitment notice was issued, and carpenters were recruited to form a carpentry workshop, mainly to make large equipment such as siege engines, in case of other needs, and a large number of blacksmiths were recruited, and the workers must first sharpen their weapons if they want to do their jobs well, and it is impossible to obtain good weapons.
In his spare time, he went to the surrounding area to loot the cottages of several bandits for public use. In this way, it has also developed very rapidly, the surrounding people have brought their families to invest, the territory has been expanding, the Beihai scene has never been so prosperous, Kong Rong is happy and can't close his mouth.
A year has passed in a blink of an eye, and my life is stable, I eat good wine and meat comfortably every day, and I am a little fatter. On this day, I was looking for a hot spring water bath, but I heard a messenger report that Kong Rong was in a hurry to find me.
I hurriedly dressed to see Kong Rong, only to see Kong Rong's hands trembling a little excitedly, and said to me: "Cao Cao issued an edict to unite the princes of the world to crusade against Dong Zhuo." ”
"Oh, I'll guard the North Sea for you. ”
Kong Rong looked at me, his eyes were full of banter, and said, "This edict is sent to you." ”
"Hey!" I sighed, "this Cao Cao really doesn't let people live a few days of stable life." These days, I'm planning to marry a daughter-in-law......"