Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 52 Return to Huaiyin

"Brother, isn't this inappropriate?"

"Liu Xuanren is pretty good."

Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he couldn't suppress his voice anymore.

Liu Bei quickly reached out and covered Zhang Fei's mouth.

"Yide, please keep your voice down. I said you are too impatient. Are you that kind of person?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei shook their heads: "Of course not."

"Then brother called us here and kept it so private. What's the matter?"

Liu Bei stopped writing and said directly:

"Then let me tell you straight, since we have acquired Shouchun, then the assets that were previously owned by Yuan Shu must belong to us."

"Logically speaking, we should take over," Guan Yu replied, "However, County Magistrate Liu has thousands of troops stationed, so it is normal to use some of them in the past two days."

Liu Bei said, "It's just a normal expense, so nothing will happen. But what if Liu Xuan wants to take away the things tomorrow? Should we stop it or not?"

"Uh~" Zhang Fei scratched his head, "I didn't expect this."

"Shouchun is Yuan Shu's capital, so there should be a lot of things there."

Liu Bei nodded, "No matter how much it is, it is what we worked hard to get. Since Liu Xuan has agreed to withdraw from Shouchun, when he leaves tomorrow, he cannot take anything here with him."

"You two worthy brothers, do you understand what it means to be brothers?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei suddenly realized, "I understand."

Guan Yu said, "In that case, brother, I will send personal guards to guard the four gates tonight."

Liu Bei smiled with satisfaction and said: "Yun Chang's move is exactly what I want."

He patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder and said, "Yide, you have to learn from Yun Chang when it comes to being thoughtful."

The night passed and the city was peaceful.

After breakfast in the palace, Liu Xuan's troops gathered and prepared to return to Huaiyin.

The mighty team arrived at the south gate of Shouchun, and saw the three Liu Bei brothers already waiting at the south gate.

Liu Xuan greeted with a smile,
"I troubled Duke Xuande and the two generals to see each other off at the city gate in person. Liu Xuan deserves it."

"Where is it?" Liu Bei said politely, "Bei is lucky enough to be admitted to Shouchun. I also want to thank County Magistrate Liu for intervening. Today, Magistrate Liu's team returns to Huaiyin. How could I not come to see you off?"

As he spoke, Liu Bei stretched his neck and looked towards Liu Xuan's army.
The huge queue filled the entire main street.

Each soldier only has weapons and shields in his hands.

Except for the baggage team at the rear carrying a small amount of food and grass, everything was normal.

Liu Xuan did not take away Shouchun's supplies.

"Brothers are all here?" Liu Bei asked.

"They're all here," Liu Xuan said with a smile, "Since I said I wanted to hand over Shouchun, I naturally wanted to take all the brothers away."

Seeing Liu Bei and Zhang Fei glance back from time to time, Liu Xuan asked,

"Who is Mr. Xuande looking for? Or something?"

"Ah no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no," Zhang Fei shook his head, "I just saw the majesty of County Magistrate Liu's team, so I just took a second look."

Liu Xuan smiled and didn't say much.

"With that, Liu Xuan will take his leave."

With that said, Liu Xuan urged the horses and went straight out of the city gate.

Liu Bei and the other three kept watching Liu Xuan's team walk out of the city gate.

When the baggage train passed by behind,
Zhang Fei smiled and patted the grain cart, seeing that it was full of fodder for the war horses and other baggage.
He smiled awkwardly and said, "Good job, brothers."

Did Liu Xuan really take away nothing?
Now it was Liu Bei's turn to fall into self-doubt. Perhaps, he really thought too much.

Guan Yu said from the side: "Brother, my men were guarding the four gates last night, and indeed there was no one guarding them."

Liu Bei thought for a moment, got on his horse, and

"Let's go to the palace and have a look."

The three of them rode directly to the palace treasury. They saw that the treasury was still locked, but there was no one guarding the door.

Liu Bei couldn't find the person to open the lock, so he anxiously pulled out the sword from his waist.
He cut off the copper lock with a sword, pushed the door open and entered the treasury.

There is nothing in the empty treasury,

Liu Bei's face suddenly darkened.

Without saying a word, he quickly rode to the arsenal.
There is only a little inventory left in the arsenal, and they are shields, swords and the like of relatively low quality.

Sure enough, the most worrying thing still happened.

He occupied Shouchun, but did not get Shouchun's resources.

No money, no weapons.

Moreover, after Yuan Shu's troubles over the past year in Shouchun, the common people in the city had almost no men to recruit.

Liu Bei felt like crying without tears.

After a long silence, Liu Bei raised his head again, with a look of confidence in his eyes again.

"Heaven is going to entrust this person with a great responsibility, and he must first work hard on his muscles and bones and his mind."

"Since I, Liu Bei, am protected by the destiny of heaven, this mere difficulty is nothing. When we raise troops in Zhuo County, we will only have a few hundred soldiers and no place to stay."

"Now that we have occupied Xiaopei and Shouchun, and our power spans hundreds of miles, isn't there a lot to be done?"

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei said,
"Two worthy brothers, you are of the same mind as my three brothers. Their strength is as strong as gold. Even if you start all over again, what do you have to fear?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked excited, "I am willing to die for my eldest brother!"

. . .

Liu Xuan led his army back to Huaiyin, and Zhao Liniang and a group of personal guards greeted him at the city gate.

Behind him, three Huaiyin bosses, Qin Li, Li Lin and Shen Fu, were also waiting at the city gate.

Liu Xuan captured Shouchun in the first battle, killed Yuan Shu, and overthrew the Dacheng court.
This matter has already spread to Huaiyin,
The people in the city were all overjoyed, and the three bosses were even more determined to hold Liu Xuan's thigh tightly.

Liu Xuan entered the county government office, retreated to the treasury alone.

Unload all the money and treasures from the hidden corners,

The treasury was immediately packed tightly.
That is the wealth of a capital city, and the district and county offices are of course filled with it in minutes.

After leaving the treasury, Liu Xuan called Zhao Liniang.

"Liniang, please take the guard camp to count the money in the treasury."

Zhao Liniang took the order and left.

Liu Xuan estimated that it would take a long time for the 100 Guardsmen to count such a large house of property.

Then he came to Hucao Xuchong's official office.

Previously, Xu Chong cooperated with Liu Xuan to solve the plague case in Huaiyin City.
Liu Xuan felt that this man was a practical official.

After becoming the county magistrate, Xu Chong was still put in charge of Hu Cao, and all related matters were also put in charge of Xu Chong.

When Xu Chong saw Liu Xuan's arrival, he was flattered and bowed immediately.
"The county magistrate came to Hucaosi to inspect just after returning from the Shouchun campaign. He is really a role model for our generation."

Liu Xuan waved his hand,
"It's not an inspection. I'm here to find out some things."

Xu Chong picked up a few brochures from the case and said to Liu Xuande,
"If you have any questions about the county magistrate, just ask."

Liu Xuan asked Xu Chong to lead the way to Hucao's warehouse and asked as he walked,
"How is the official harvest this year?"

Xu Chong immediately opened one of the books and flipped through a few pages.
"Returning to the county magistrate, there are about 150 official tenant households this year, and about [-] acres of official land are rented and farmed. Now the autumn harvest has been completed, and all tenant rents have been paid. The total rent collected is less than [-] million jin."

"So few?" Liu Xuan asked in surprise. He knew that the rent collected by official tenants in this era was very high.
Basically, it’s about half or even more than the tenants.

However, for 150 acres, the rent collected is only 700 million catties, which is more than [-] tons.

However, after each household’s sharecroppers have planted crops in one year, the average amount of grain left in their hands is less than 700 kilograms.

The yield per acre is only about one hundred catties.

There is no land in the world, and the farmer still starves to death.

The fundamental reason is that productivity is too low.

(End of this chapter)