I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 188, the dark man
Zhongping five years (188) July!

Liu Bei used 3 cavalry to contain Zhang Yan's 30 troops!It made it difficult for Zhang Yan's army to expand beyond the scope of Wei County. Although the combat effectiveness of Zhang Yan's army had improved, facing Zhang Fei's 3 cavalry, they had more than enough defense and insufficient offense. As long as Yan marched a little, he would be raided by Zhang Fei's [-] cavalry, so Zhang Yankong had nowhere to display his strength.

After Liu Bei saw that Zhang Yan was holding back, he led an army of 7 and began to fight the autumn wind in various parts of Jizhou!

Unlike Guangxiu Fort in other places in the Han Dynasty, Jizhou has been the hardest-hit area for the Yellow Turban Army in recent years. The small Wubao is no longer enough to protect the nobles and nobles. Their private soldiers defend against the attack of the Yellow Turban Army together!Although the clans near the Taihang Mountain suffered heavy casualties due to repeated attacks with the Yellow Turban Army, but because they were far away from the Taihang Mountain and the Yellow Turban Army in East Jidong, the strength of the clan was still intact after all!So it was easier for Liu Bei to summon them.

Although he brought 10 troops to the south this time, it is clear that the current situation cannot continue to rely on the Luoyang court for support, and can only rely on the counties of Jizhou for support. Originally, it was not a problem to support Liu Bei's 10 troops with the status of the world's granary in Jizhou of.

But Liu Bei was not satisfied with this. Although he moved the refugees to Bingzhou, it was nearly a thousand miles from the Yellow River to Jingjingguan in Bingzhou. If there was no disaster relief along the way, most of these refugees would not survive in Bingzhou.But if they want them to survive, they must build a disaster relief point along the distance of nearly a thousand miles, so that the refugees can have the strength to go to Bingzhou.

Liu Bei and the others roughly calculated that it would cost at least 300 million shi of grain to build such a disaster relief point, which is almost equivalent to half a year's tax in Jizhou. It is obviously impossible for the government of Jizhou to pay such a large sum of money. .If you want to come up with this money and food, you can only rely on the powerful and noble families in Jizhou.

But it is more difficult than plucking the feathers of an iron rooster if the nobles and nobles want to produce several million stones of grain.

Don't look at Liu Bei becoming a general, but in the eyes of these powerful families, Liu Bei is just a poor family who has only made a fortune in the past two years. Which of the powerful families in Jizhou is not a hairpin for many generations, and that family does not have officials with 2000 stones. The Cui family even produced the Taiwei who is the head of the three princes. Liu Bei really has no reputation as a general who seeks captives.

Therefore, Liu Bei led an army of 7 to almost every county in Jizhou, extorting money and food from these powerful families, threatening them if they dared not donate money and food, he would let go of the line of defense and let Zhang Yan on Taihang Mountain rob them.

However, the noble clan headed by the Cui family warned Liu Bei that if he dared to release Zhang Yan, they would definitely sue the imperial court to make Liu Bei, a general seeking captives, do nothing!At the same time, let Liu Bei not forget who is raising his army.

In the eyes of the nobles in Jizhou, Liu Bei is a dog they raised. Now the dog wants to rebel and bite its owner. If they can't find anyone who can fight now, they would have kicked Liu Bei out of Jizhou.They immediately felt that this Jizhou needs a state shepherd to contain Liu Bei, and they can't let Liu Bei continue to be lawless like this!
And Liu Bei also convened his younger brother to discuss how to find these iron cocks to pluck their hair!
At this time, Zhang Fei took the whole package and said: "Brother, I know them well, and if I want them to pay for the food, leave it to me! I guarantee that within half a month, brother, you can see more than 300 million shi of grain !"

In terms of class level, although Liu Bei is a clan relative, the family has long since declined, and the people present are Zhang Fei, who was born in a powerful family and has a high class level!

Zhang Fei went to Jingjingguan, and hundreds of nobles from Bingzhou came to Jizhou!
They first found Liu Bei and cried: "General Liu, you have to mention that we are the masters! Lei Gong in Mayi is lawless. He robbed us of all our money and land! He even hanged many of us. These are the loyal and good families of the big man, and they died in the hands of the rioters like this, is this still the world of the big man!"

Liu Bei asked them to get up with embarrassment, but these aristocratic families in Bingzhou knelt on the ground and wailed!
Liu Bei blamed: "What are you doing, you think we don't have enough troubles here!"

Zhang Fei said in a low voice: "The nobles in Jizhou don't shed tears when they see the coffin. Now let them see what happened to the nobles in Bingzhou. Brother, please comfort them and tell them about their difficulties. At the same time, let them go to Jizhou more. Relatives, let the nobles in Jizhou know what Lei Gong is doing in Bingzhou as soon as possible, and they will know that the big brother doesn’t want much! The big brother only wants them a little food, and Lei Gong in Mayi wants their lives!”

Liu Bei can only comfort these people, saying that he has to deal with Zhang Yan, and it is difficult to fight Lei Gong without food!And even if you want to attack Lei Gong, you must seek the consent of Jizhou!

The aristocrats in Bingzhou begged Liu Bei not to move, so they simply went to the homes of their relatives in Jizhou to ask them for help.

So in less than half a month, the whole of Jizhou knew what Lei Gong was doing in Bingzhou. He actually nationalized the entire land in Bingzhou, and then distributed it to the refugees for planting by the Tengjia Army. The landless policy.

According to their relatives, the Tengjia Army used the method of dividing the land to confuse the people as long as it occupied a land. Not only did their tenants and serfs not protect their masters, they even punished their masters, tried the gentry publicly, and hanged the family members. Now the entire Taiyuan County has been turned upside down, lawless, like the end of the world!
After hearing the descriptions from their relatives, the nobles in Jizhou heard the familiar flavors and recipes. Lei Gong had already done these things in Wei County. They didn’t find it strange at all, but they didn’t know why they started to sweat after hearing it. DC!Feeling creepy!
"I also ask you to send the slave-seeking generals to conquer the rebellion of Lei Gong and take back our land!"

The family members of Jizhou are not willing to hear this, now there is Zhang Yan in Jizhou, if Lei Gong is attracted again, I am afraid that the fate of these relatives now will be their future!
Only then did they realize that it wasn't that Liu Bei couldn't live without them, but that they couldn't live without Liu Bei.

At the same time, they looked around and found that there were 30 Yellow Turbans led by Zhang Yan in Wei County, one million Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, and the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans even defeated Mu Taoqian in Xuzhou.

There is still a scene of prosperity here and there, it is simply the end of the dynasty, and the situation in East Ji is even more precarious. If there is a little carelessness, the clans of Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou will be their fate!
I know that Jizhou is inseparable from the protection of Liu Bei's army.Sure enough, the attitude of the nobles in Jizhou changed. Although they hated Liu Bei for extorting them and being a reckless man, they still found a way to raise 500 million grains, and the nobles from all over the country even took the lead in setting up disaster relief points. All the refugees in the country will go to Bingzhou to fend for themselves, don't be a disaster in Jizhou!

After raising enough food and grass, Liu Bei built an immigration passage thousands of miles from the Yellow River, connecting the Yellow River to Jingjing Pass, and there was a disaster relief site every 20 miles. Liu Bei placed a team of 50 people to maintain law and order, and also to supervise For food use, these resettlement sites are full of cooked porridge to ensure that the refugees can fill their stomachs and continue to march to Bingzhou.

And because of this immigration channel, the number of disaster victims who immigrated from Bingzhou to Bingzhou has greatly increased. Some disaster victims from the Central Plains even crossed the Yellow River, and then followed these disaster relief resettlement points to march northward step by step.

After the prefects from all over the Central Plains learned about Liu Bei's actions, they called Liu Bei a hero in the world. They immediately dispatched their own men to throw the local refugees to Jizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River, and let Liu Bei deal with them, and they didn't care!So now the refugees from the Central Plains also began to gather in Jizhou, and then emerged through this channel to Bingzhou!

But in this way, the pressure on Xu Wei was great. At the beginning, only a few thousand disaster victims entered Bingzhou every day, but after the completion of the construction of the disaster relief channel for the refugees, the speed of the transportation of the victims skyrocketed, and now there are tens of thousands or even tens of thousands every day. Refugees began to appear in Bingzhou.

But for Liu Bei, he was relieved, and finally helped these refugees find a way to survive. Now Liu Bei can only pray that Lei Gong can resist this wave of refugees!
Then Liu Bei began to secretly contact Zhang Yan!
Jizhou, Changshan Country, Fangshan.

Zhang Yan led his personal guards to sit in this gazebo with a lot of emotion. It was here that he was planning to discuss Zhao'an with Fu Bian back then.

But now things are different, and Fu turned to die.He is now also burdened with the lives and deaths of millions of people, but his situation has not improved much. Liu Bei's 10 troops stationed in Jizhou can still suppress them. The Yellow Turban Army still can't see the future, and the only Zhang Yan can't Knowing whether it is good news is that the end of the big man can already be seen. Even if he is now, he can tell the great virtuous teacher and the commander-in-chief that Cang Tian, ​​who belongs to the powerful and noble family, is finally about to die under the blow of their Yellow Turban Army.

While Zhang Yan was still sighing, there was a sound of horseshoes at this moment. Wang Dang and Sun Qing immediately drew out their long swords and became vigilant. The cavalry in the dark quickly approached and then quickly dismounted.

Only three people walked into the gazebo!

The leader saluted them and said, "Liu Bei has seen Marshal Zhang, all of you are Marshal Zhang!"

Zhang Yan also stood up and saluted: "Zhang Yan has met General Liu! General Zhang, General Guan!"

Liu Bei sat down and said: "Although we have been fighting for many years, it seems that we have never sat together and communicated face to face like now!"

Zhang Yan said: "You are officials, we are thieves, and we will only communicate on the battlefield! Tell me, there is something that needs to be discussed in secret!"

"The purpose of looking for the commander-in-chief this time is to conclude an armistice agreement, and you and I will use the current borders for various truces!"

Wang Dang sneered and said, "Why do we have to stop the war? The situation is favorable to us now. The Yellow Turban soldiers from Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou revolted again. As long as we continue to fight, the big man will perish sooner or later!"

Zhang Fei said angrily: "You are just dragging the refugees to death. If you have the ability to single out, I will beat you 10!"

Wang Dang blushed immediately and said, "Who is afraid of you!"

"Wide!"

"Subvalue!"

Zhang Yan and Liu Bei stop them both!
Then Liu Bei said sincerely: "The reason why I want to make an armistice agreement is to complete the migration of the refugees from the Central Plains! Whether you admit it or not, Commander Zhang Yan, if these refugees stay in the Central Plains, most of them will not survive. This winter, now in the whole world, there is only Marshal Lei Gong who can keep them alive. Although this is a bit unfavorable to the Yellow Turban Army, I know that Marshal Lei also had contact with Fuzhou Mu and wanted to completely end the turmoil in Jizhou. It failed for all these reasons, but since Fu Zhoumu trusts the commander in chief, he is also a great hero who saves the country and the people one by one, and he does not want to see these millions of refugees die in the cold wind like this!"

Liu Bei's words made Zhang Yan ponder. The most beneficial thing for Zhang Yan is of course to encourage these millions of refugees to rebel, but unfortunately, this is basically impossible.Since the great virtuous master, there is no one among the generals of the Yellow Turban Army who can convince the crowd. If the great virtuous master is still in this situation this year, he will surely be able to defeat the imperial court steadily, and even occupy the entire Central Plains, instead of the current situation. Similarly, their Yellow Turban Army was dispersed and acted independently, unable to form a united force to attack the big man.

Although Zhang Yan is the most powerful commander in the Yellow Turban Army, he is too young and too qualified to command other Yellow Turban Army commanders at all. In this way, the Yellow Turban Army from various states in the Han Dynasty cannot join forces. Now it seems that the Yellow Turban Army occupies However, Zhang Yan knew that as soon as winter came, most of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army would lose the ability to attack and could only hide in the mountains.And most of the refugees will die tragically this winter!

Liu Bei continued: "Secondly, the autumn harvest is coming soon. This year, the flood of the Yellow River has flooded the seven wealthiest counties in Dahan, plus the military disasters in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. The reduction of grain production in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou is inevitable. Now, if we continue to fight in Jizhou, the food production in Jizhou will be greatly reduced this year, and more than tens of millions of people will starve to death by then. Please stop fighting, so that the people of the world can rest and recuperate!"

When Liu Bei said that Zhang Yan suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have much food left. He swept half of Jizhou and hid tens of millions of grains on the Taihang Mountain. , so even if he stayed on the mountain, he never worried about the food, but he got in touch with Lei Gong later. He exchanged gold and silver treasures for a large amount of weapons and armor. After the money was spent, he exchanged a lot of food. He has kept enough food for two years, but the needs of hundreds of thousands of people are obviously different from those of millions of people. Only at this time did Zhang Yan realize that he also has a food crisis. If he did not get enough food in Weijun , his followers will not be able to survive this winter!

After being reminded by Liu Bei, he realized that he had to hoard food, or else many of his followers would starve to death!
So Zhang Yan said: "Okay, let's stop the war with the current border, and we will continue to compete next year!"

After speaking, Zhang Yan took Wang Dang and they left!
Zhang Fei looked at the arrogant Zhang Yan and said unconvinced: "Brother, why do you have to be so low-key, even if we don't stop fighting, the 3 cavalry in our hands is enough to suppress Zhang Yan and they will not come out of Wei County!"

Liu Bei said helplessly: "Don't stop the war, how will the grain production in Jizhou recover? This year, the grain in the Central Plains has already run out. If there is another grain shortage in Jizhou, the big man will really be powerless. Do we want to kill tens of millions of people to reduce food consumption? !"

Guan Yu also said: "Third Brother, Eldest Brother is also preparing for reclamation. In the next few years, we will all have a very difficult life. Only with food in our hands can we survive!"

Speaking of food, Jian Yong thought for a while and said, "Lei Gong in Mayi has a method to increase production, and we can use it in Jizhou as well!"

Liu Bei asked, "What method?"

Jian Yongdao: "Lei Gong invites small businessmen from Youzhou to dig a kind of fertilizer called struvite on the island every year. It is said that the price is not low. Many small businessmen have no capital, so a few people join forces to find a small boat to go to the island. You can earn tens of thousands of dollars by digging guano rocks on a human island!"

And these fertilizers will be scattered in the fields after Lei Gong is purchased. Lei Gong is obviously a newly reclaimed wasteland, but the grain output is particularly high, generally reaching about 3 shi, and even 4-5 shi. Three to two years!If we popularize the method of planting Lei Gong in Jizhou, the grain production in Jizhou can at least be doubled! "

After speaking, Jian Yong also took out a very simple book, on which was written "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" in affiliation

He, Jian Yong, handed the book to Liu Bei and said, "This is the book that Mayi Litian and the others use to guide farmers in farming. I think it should be used in Jizhou as well!"

Liu Bei opened the book excitedly, and found that it contained rich pictures and texts, and explained in detail how to fertilize. It turns out that there are not only struvite fertilizers, cow dung fertilizers, fermented fertilizers and other fertilizers. Each fertilizer has different functions and the proportion of fertilization. , and the effect of fertilizing the farmland, and how to carry out two years and three kinds. It can be said that the writing is very straightforward without any literary talent, but anyone who has read the book can rely on this world to become an agricultural talent!
After reading it, Liu Bei sighed: "If the prefects and magistrates of the Han Dynasty all have a copy of "Nongzheng Quanshu", how can the Han Dynasty keep refugees and wars constantly! No wonder Lei Gong obviously occupies a barren Mayi, but he can spend tens of millions of stones. Food is used to help the victims, and Lei Gong of Mayi is simply a unparalleled national soldier, if he hadn't been forced to rebel by Zhao Zhong and the others, the situation of the big man must be much better than it is now!"

If Xu Wei is here, he will definitely refute Liu Bei. He is used to the modern society where everyone is equal. Xu Wei is a natural rebel. Forced against.

Zhang Fei shattered Liu Bei's illusions and said: "My officials don't care about whether the grain in the field is good or not, and they don't go to the fields to guide the people to farm. They only issue orders in the official office, or call friends, Drinking, having fun, and going to the fields are all things mud legs do!
Even if Lei Gong joins the officialdom of my big man, he will only become a small official. Maybe no one cares about his books. There will be millions of people in the Rattan Armor Army studying there! "

Zhang Fei is very familiar with the big man's system, especially their family is from a powerful family. Several relatives have become small officials in the big man's officialdom. There is no way, so even the powerful in the big man are oppressed by the powerful and noble families.

Liu Bei was speechless!Now the big Han basically selects officials based on reputation, not practical work at all. Officials also focus on talking. They despise officials who can do practical things as vulgar talents, and suppress them at the lowest level of the big Han officialdom!If Lei Gong really wanted to join the imperial court, with Lei Gong's family background, he might not be able to get ahead.

To use an old saying, the political environment of the Han Dynasty is extremely dark, and there is no light in sight. Except for a few people, the entire Han people are oppressed by this corrupt politics!
Everyone knows that during the Three Kingdoms period, heroes came out in large numbers, but why did these heroes not show up when the big man was still there? Logically speaking, as long as these heroes can assist the big man, how can the big man delay his demise for decades!
But this is simply impossible. As long as the regime of the big man is still there, there will naturally be corrupt people occupying positions in the officialdom, and these oppressed heroes will not be able to stand out, and even force these heroes to the opposite of the big man!

Just like Yuan Shao in troubled times, Cao Cao, whom Yuan Shu could oppress, would not be able to stand out. Without troubled times, Liu Bei would have to find a way to become a county magistrate all his life. Without troubled times, Sun Jian would at most become the captain of the border county.

It's not that heroes come out of troubled times, that's where the heroes are!
It's just that the troubled times broke the shackles on these heroes, allowing them to dive into the sky.

The same is true for the people at the bottom. Rebellion will only make them lose their shackles, but they have a chance to gain the whole world!
Seeing the atmosphere sinking, Zhao Yun said: "Mr. Xuande, there are many islands overseas in Jizhou, and there will be no shortage of struvite. Now the grain is still 1-2 months away from harvesting. Should we arrange manpower to dig out the struvite? Try it in the fields, it may not have much effect this year, but next year it will help Jizhou to have a bumper harvest and solve our food shortage problem!"

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Zilong is right! If the grain output in Jizhou can be doubled, the whole Dahan can reduce millions of refugees! If struvite really has this effect, it will be very important to Dahan!"

Zhongping five years (188) August!

Liu Bei and Zhang Yan signed an armistice agreement, but it was not good news for Xu Wei. The number of immigrants who moved to Bingzhou skyrocketed!Xu Wei in Taiyuan County was in a hurry.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo actually had bad intentions. He kept moving the victims from Shangdang County to Taiyuan County and ignored it. Dong Zhuo experienced a three-sided attack and didn't want to encounter this situation again. As long as there were victims in Shangdang County, he would Immediately move these victims to Xu Wei's site. It can be said that the victims of the entire Dahan are entering Bingzhou through these two immigration channels, so that Xu Wei's site will take over 10 victims every day!
Emperor Ling's idea on the spot was fully realized. With the loss of millions of victims, the momentum of the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains began to slow down. In some areas, the Han army began to counterattack the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army. It can be said that Xu Wei's actions can be regarded as giving the big man a mouthful. The blood was gone, and a lot of vitality was restored.

(End of this chapter)