The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 23 Gaining Popular Hearts
In the distance, Lin Chao and Tian Feng witnessed the whole process of Liu Bei's talks with the heads of the three families.

"Look, Yuan Hao, the people outside the city are starving, while the gentry in the city are sitting on mountains of food, but they are unwilling to give any money to help the people." Lin Chao looked on coldly, shook his head and smiled, "Tell me, there is still a rescuer for such a big man." ?"

Tian Feng was speechless and remained silent for a long time.

"But what's the point of all you did?" Tian Feng looked at Lin Chao with puzzled eyes, "You lured these people here, but the gentry in the city refused to help them. If these people were starved to death, What a crime you Lin Zi committed at the beginning!"

Lin Chao's face remained unchanged and he said: "Yuan Hao said seriously, I, Lin, can't afford such a serious crime. Do you think that if I don't attract the people, they will have a way out?"

"In other words, whether the people die or not has nothing to do with me, Lin Zichu, but has a lot to do with those who have food but refuse to take it out."

Tian Feng sighed and remained silent again, because he knew that Lin Chao was telling the truth.

At the same time, a question arose in Tian Feng's mind. Just like what Lin Chao said, is there really any way to save such a big man?

After hesitating for a long time, Tian Feng straightened his clothes, saluted Lin Chao to the end, and said, "No matter what you want to do, the tens of thousands of people outside the city are innocent people, and I hope Zichu treats them kindly."

"That's natural, I don't need Yuan Hao to tell you that." Lin Chao said with a smile, "What Lin has to do is to lead a group of people who are about to starve to death to a group of people who have food. What will happen next? , how did Lin know about it?"

Looking at Lin Chao's half-smiling eyes, Tian Feng seemed to have thought of something, his pupils suddenly dilated, looking at Lin Chao as if he was looking at a scourge.

"Lin Zichu, could it be that you want to..."

"Yuan Hao, whether you see through or not, you are still good friends."

……

With a harsh sound, the Zhending City Gate opened from the inside, and a group of armored soldiers rushed out.

Seeing the gates of the city opened wide, the refugees who were about to enter the city flocked, but when they saw the weapons in the hands of the soldiers, they all stopped abruptly.

Liu Bei strode out, with Guan Yu guarding behind him with a broadsword in his hand.

"Fellow folks, I am Liu Xuande, temporarily acting as the magistrate of this county."

Liu Bei spoke loudly, and with the presence of soldiers guarding him, he successfully attracted the attention of all the people, and the noisy voice immediately quieted down.

"I know that you are all good people who were displaced because of the Zhang thief's rebellion. I only hate that there are only a few soldiers and few generals, and I can't kill Zhang thief so that you can return to your homeland. But since a certain is an official of the Han court, he will never let you go. There is no place for the good people of my big man to settle down."

As he said that, Liu Bei waved his hand and shouted: "I have opened the treasury, folks, follow me into the city, and I will never let you starve to death before the treasury runs out of food!"

These people have never seen such a benevolent official, they all shouted: "Xuande Gong is benevolent and righteous!"

This sentence was not within Lin Chao's script, but it was within his expectation.

Being praised by tens of thousands of people, Liu Bei looked excited, as if he had forgotten that he was acting and took it for real.He took the lead and strode into the treasury, but Liu Bei was about to run out of food, and the treasury was almost empty for running mice, so how could there be much food.

Even so, Liu Bei still ordered people to set up the pot and cook immediately, so that these 2 people could have a full meal.

At this time, a person rushed out from the side, it was Jian Yong, who stood in front of Liu Bei and cried loudly.

"My lord, don't do it! Our army has only a few days of food left, and now it's all distributed to the people. What will the soldiers eat? If the soldiers have no food to eat, who is willing to work for the lord? If things go on like this, the army's morale will be broken. What can the lord do?" Destroy Zhang Thief!"

What he said was reasonable, and even some of the refugees behind Liu Bei couldn't help but nodded.

But Liu Bei was furious, drew out his sword and pointed it at Jian Yong, and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way! A certain would rather suffer the sword than abandon the people, let alone a small army! Thinking of your meritorious service in ordinary times, forgive me this time! If you dare to stop your life again, you will definitely be killed!"

Seeing Liu Bei's murderous aura, Jian Yong had no choice but to let out a long sigh, and said with a lonely face: "If so, my lord's years of hard work will be in vain!"

"Even so, as long as the common people survive, I will be happy!"

Liu Bei walked into the treasury without hesitation, and personally led people to move out the remaining grain.

"Xuande is benevolent and righteous!"

All the refugees shouted again.

Looking at Liu Da'er, who enjoyed the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, he simply ordered people to set up a cauldron next to the brought out grain, and started cooking with real knives and guns.

Not long after, amidst the hopeful eyes of the refugees, the smell of cooked rice wafted out.

The fragrance wafted into the nostrils of the refugees, and Liu Xuande gained the loyalty of tens of thousands of people at the bottom.

They were good people before they went up the mountain, but because of years of natural disasters and exploitation by officials, after seeing all the hardships and dangers in this world, they simply went into the mountain to become bandits, but their life was not so good.

Now that he is forced to go down the mountain again, and obey Lin Chao's order, he may have a chance of survival.

And at this moment they finally believed that the only person in this world who could bring them a chance of survival was Liu Gongxuande in front of them.

Only by following him can these people believe that they will have a way out.

Today, the scene of Liu Bei cooking porridge with military rations and distributing them will be engraved in the depths of their memories and will never be erased for a lifetime.

If they can continue to live, their descendants will be hit by their ears, and a subconscious mind of loyalty to Liu Bei will be born invisibly.

And this power, with the passage of time, will spread the width, and become new over time, and eventually everyone will know the name of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness.

The scent drifted to the Chen family, and all the families who were discussing how to deal with the refugees in the Chen family all sneered.

"This Liu Xuande is really stupid. He actually let so many untouchables into the city. How much food does he think he has to feed these untouchables?"

The head of the Chen family sneered, as if he regarded Liu Bei as a fool.

Everyone said yes.

The head of the Luo family frowned and said: "Brother Chen Shixiong's words are reasonable, but it is not appropriate for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the city after all. When they finish eating Liu Xuande's food and take the opportunity to make trouble, how should we deal with it?"

"Joke, why do we have to deal with it!" The Patriarch of the Chen family disdainfully said, "The untouchables were put near the city by Liu Xuande, so what does it have to do with us? We will work together, and we are afraid that those untouchables will fail! There is a real disturbance, too. He Liu Xuande will deal with it. If he doesn't deal with it properly, the court will punish him!"

Everyone nodded one after another. They had never paid attention to these low-level people.

The fragrance drifted to the city wall. Looking at all this, Lin Chao couldn't help nodding and smiling, which was in stark contrast to Tian Feng who was beside him and sighed.

"The so-called invitation to buy people's hearts, you, Lin Zichu, have indeed reached the highest level."

Lin Chao frowned, and retorted: "Yuan Hao, you are talking nonsense. It is obvious that the people are convinced by Xuande's benevolence and righteousness. How can it be said that it is an invitation to buy people's hearts, and what does it have to do with Lin."

Tian Feng was used to Lin Chao's shamelessness, he shook his head and said, "Not only is it an invitation to buy people's hearts, but you, Lin Zichu, are also very shameless."

(End of this chapter)