Xuande

Chapter 579 Xiahou Dun is an Honest Man

In the beginning, Liu Bei didn't realize that in Liangzhou he had to jump out of the technicians to deal with them alone, so except for women of childbearing age, other captives were beaten as coolies.

Later, Liu Bei received a report that some coolies were overwhelmed with heavy work, secretly collected raw materials to make weapons for resistance, killed some supervisors, and caused some minor incidents.

Fortunately, the army suppressed it in time at that time, otherwise it is hard to say whether a series of chain resistance will be triggered in the mining area.

From this, Liu Bei realized that the grassland tribes also had skilled craftsmen, and they could also forge iron and make weapons. Although their level was not as good as that of the Central Plains craftsmen, the weapons they produced could also kill people.

So Liu Bei began to adjust the captive strategy, singled out the technical personnel among the captives and treated them differently, registered them in the household registration, took them back for his own use, and gave them more generous treatment.

So these technicians began to be used by Liu Bei.

After losing these technicians, those coolies have become much more honest, and there is no way to obtain weapons to resist. Even if they want to resist, the harm is greatly reduced.

So the further back, after Liu Bei defeated the enemy and captured the prisoners, he would always pay attention to selecting the skilled talents among them for his own use, and use guys without any special skills as coolies.

The population of this wave of captives is relatively large, Xianbei people, Wuhuan people, Huns, and all kinds of miscellaneous people who can't distinguish their ethnicity. The total number is more than 70. The number is almost catching up with the number of Han people in Youzhou, so The number of women of childbearing age also looks like 21.

If these 21 women are all incorporated into Youzhou household registration, it will of course be a great supplement to the population of Youzhou.

Together with the more than 3 special skilled personnel selected later, the total will be close to 25.

Of course, these people are of great help, but how to allocate them specifically, how to feed so many mouths that need to eat, and the follow-up development of Youzhou also require supporting measures.

Of course Liu Bei also had plans.

Use this war to build Youzhou into the second Liangzhou, and completely transplant the Liangzhou model to Youzhou.

For the Liu Bei Group, this is not a strange thing. Rather, it is a very normal thing. Now the land of Youzhou has been severely damaged. After the chaos, there must be a big order. A big change will come. For the people of Youzhou, this is no longer unacceptable.

In times of peace, people don't like to make troubles and are generally conservative, but in times of war, everything is different.

After thinking about it, Liu Bei thought about the current trustworthy and entrusted manpower under his command, and then thought of Xiahou Dun who was serving as the prefect of Anding County in Liangzhou.

He has been the prefect of Anding County for several years. He has accumulated some experience in political management. It is well received by the department engaged in governance.

Among the first series of subordinates who followed Liu Bei, only Xiahoudun is still serving as the prefect of Anding County in a down-to-earth manner. Except for Guan Yu who is still guarding Liangzhou, only Xiahoudun has not changed, and his seniority is lower than him. They are all on the General, but Xiahou Dun is still a captain and has not been promoted.

Even so, Xiahou Dun didn't have any emotions, and he wouldn't fight if there was no war. He just did what he had to do, so the development of Anding County is currently the fastest among the counties in Liangzhou, and the population is also growing the fastest. one.

Liu Bei admired Xiahou Dun's ability to manage politics very much, so now he needs a governor of Youzhou who has strong executive power and is willing to obey orders. This person is none other than Xiahou Dun.

On the one hand, Liu Bei sent a letter to Xiahou Dun asking him to make preparations for the handover, and on the other hand, he wrote a memorial to the court for Xiahou Dun to be the governor of Youzhou.

At the same time, this wave of Liu Bei did not intend to give in. Youzhou was half disabled and needed strong manpower to clean up the situation. At this time, allowing the court to settle the insects in Youzhou will harm Youzhou. Liu Bei intends to People use their own hands to rectify Youzhou and implement Youzhou's reform plan.

Not to mention other places, Liu Bei will recommend his old Liangzhou Ministry as the candidates for the prefect and captain of the five counties, Yuyang County, Guangyang County, Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County, and Liaodong Dependent Country. Choose the smart and capable ones.

The rest of the low-level officials will also be selected from among his protégés and former officials. On the one hand, they will strengthen the political power they control, and on the other hand, they must ensure that Youzhou is properly governed. Otherwise, if Youzhou collapses, the whole Hebei region will be unlucky.

For the next period of time, Liu Bei did not return to Luoyang in a hurry, but inspected suitable officials in Youzhou, and set out one by one management measures and procedures, which were ready to be handed over to Xiahou Dun for execution.

How to resettle the population, how to establish a collective farm step by step to restore Youzhou's agricultural production, how to control the large number of captured foreigners, how to use them to renovate Youzhou's infrastructure, and some future preparations, etc.

Anyway, he has done a lot of things that should be done, so hurry up.

By the time he was ready to lead the army back on March 29, many things in Youzhou had already been put on the agenda and were on the right track. The officials and the people performed their duties in a peaceful and stable manner without any conflicts breaking out.

Man Chong, the governor of Youzhou, who was acting as a temporary agent, was retained by Liu Bei. Before Xiahou Dun took office, he was responsible for continuing to promote the governance of Youzhou.

The army followed Liu Bei from Yuyang County all the way to the south. When passing through Zhuo County, Liu Bei went back to the Liu clan. Under the warm welcome of the clansmen, he returned to the place where he and his mother lived together for more than 15 years. An ancestral house.

Fortunately, when Yuan Shao brought the rebels to attack Zhuo County, the settlement of the Liu clan was not completely destroyed, especially the house where Liu Bei lived, because of the relatively remote distance, it escaped.

When he went back to watch, the house was still intact, and the old mulberry tree in the yard was still there, and it looked even better than when he left.

"Uncle, this..."

Liu Bei looked at Liu Bo who was standing aside.

Liu Bo smiled.

"After you made a fortune, the tribe respected you very much, so the place where you lived was funded and repaired by the tribe. After that, people were specially hired to clean and maintain it every day. As the second most important place in the Liu clan after the ancestral hall, most people can't came in."

"Hi!"

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Why can't you enter here? It's not a place where ghosts and gods live. If you want to come in and take a look, just take a look. What's the point of sealing it so that no one can see it?"

"That's what I said, but for you, you still need to be treated specially."

Liu Bo said in a low voice: "Because of you, the Liu clan has the opportunity to stand up, to study further, and to become a noble family. This room is of great significance to the clan. The thief destroyed it, and everyone was very happy."

Liu Bei nodded, didn't say anything, went into the room and took a look around, his eyes were full of memories from that year, blinking, as if he could still see the time when he and his mother drank porridge to feed their hunger.

When he came to the original mother's room, Liu Bei sat down beside the small table, and stretched out his hand to caress the small table.

"Back then, my family was very poor and couldn't eat. I could only drink some porridge and eat some pickles every meal. It was a rare delicacy. I still remember that when I was growing up, I was always hungry. When I was eating, my mother Use a small bowl, I use a large bowl.

Every time I finished my big bowl, there was still a small half of my mother's small bowl, so my mother said that she was full, and gave me the remaining half, and I always happily ate the small half. The food is clean, but when I think about it later, how could my mother have enough to eat?
She just gave me the last bit of food to make me a little bit full, but even so, I can’t get enough to eat, I’m hungry, I’m hungry all the time, I want big fish all the time Big meat fills my stomach, and I barely have anything in my head except eating.

Uncle, if you hadn’t often helped our mother and son and sent us some food, our mother and son might have died of freezing and starvation in a certain winter day. You are our mother and son’s savior. . "

(End of this chapter)