Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Originally, this was undoubtedly a very serious and normal question, but when he looked closely at Xu Chu's pair of eyes full of wisdom, Li Ji couldn't help laughing for a moment.

Xu Chu truly and vividly illustrates what it means to have a tiger-like physique and a foolish and clear temperament.

Perhaps the nickname "Tiger Crazy" of Xu Chu in the original storyline could be spread, not only because of Xu Chu's amazing bravery and crazy loyalty, but also had something to do with Xu Chu's unusual temperament.

At least, as soon as he came into contact with him, Li Ji felt that the nickname "Tiger Crazy" really vividly summarized Xu Chu's own characteristics.

Li Ji, who couldn't help but smile, also answered accordingly.

"Zhong Kang once led the local militia to resist the Yellow Turban bandits and maintained peace in the area. My lord and Ji had heard of Zhong Kang's name when they first arrived in Qiao County, so they came here to look for Zhong Kang."

"Hahaha……"

This was undoubtedly a great source of pride for Xu Chu.

Protecting the hometown and maintaining peace in the area are Xu Chu's greatest achievements in his half life.

Therefore, this praise touched Xu Chu's heart, and made Xu Chu's favorability towards Li Ji increase even more.

However, as Xu Chu was laughing, his voice suddenly stopped. He turned around to look at the hundreds of militiamen behind him, and thought that he had pledged allegiance to Liu Bei, so naturally he needed to follow Liu Bei and leave.

But if I leave, what will happen to my brothers and sisters?

Noticing the change in Xu Chu's expression, Liu Bei asked.

"Is Zhongkang in trouble?"

"Master...Master, I would like to ask for a favor. Can you please give up that good horse and give it to me as a reward?" Xu Chu's voice subconsciously weakened.

After these words were spoken, Liu Bei's expression froze slightly.

As a subordinate, and a newly joined subordinate at that, not only did he refuse the reward from his lord, but he also asked to exchange the reward for money and property. This is undoubtedly a taboo.

If Liu Bei had not just met Xu Chu and felt that Xu Chu was a kind person, he would have felt a little angry at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei became furious and shouted.

"Xu Chu, you are so good! My elder brother admires and values ​​you. As soon as we met, he gave you a good horse and appointed you as a lieutenant. Yet, you are so shameless that you even ask for money..."

Before Zhang Fei finished speaking, Li Ji raised his hand to interrupt him. "Yide, don't be impatient. Listen to what Zhongkang has to say. Zhongkang is definitely not a greedy person. There must be a reason for this."

Liu Bei, who reacted, nodded slightly, quite agreeing with Li Ji's judgment, and asked in a gentle voice.

"Why does Zhongkang need money? Is there an emergency at home?"

The attitudes of Liu Bei and Li Ji undoubtedly warmed the heart of Xu Chu, a kind-hearted man, but he also knew in his heart that what he had just asked for was a bit excessive, so he said with his head slightly lowered.

"It's not that there's an emergency at home, but now there are still more than 300 brothers following me to form a militia team. On weekdays, they can go hunting in the mountains from time to time under my leadership to earn some money to maintain their lives. But once I follow the lord, these brothers will have to disperse, so..."

Xu Chu hesitated for a long time before slowly expressing what he meant.

"So I want the lord to reward me with some money, and share it with the brothers who originally followed me, so that they can also find other jobs with some money." As soon as these words came out, the militiamen who were originally standing in the back couldn't help but tear up.

They were the local militia formed by Xu Chu who called on young and strong people from the surrounding villages and the same clans and tribes. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, there were still more than 300 people who admired and worshipped Xu Chu's bravery, so they did not disperse, but instead followed Xu Chu all the time.

On weekdays, this militia team of more than 300 people patrolled the surrounding villages from time to time to resist the looting of refugees, bandits, and local gangs passing through. Therefore, the villagers in the surrounding villages often provided food to the militia team.

In addition, Xu Chu often led a group of militiamen to hunt in the mountains. In addition to providing meat for the brothers in the militia team, they could also take the prey to the market to exchange for some money.

Over the past five or six years, this militia team has been maintained like this.

However, this militia team was originally formed with Xu Chu as the center. Once Xu Chu left, Xu Chu also understood that the militia team would inevitably disperse again and everyone would return to their own homes.

However, Xu Chu and these militiamen were like fellow villagers, and he knew very well that some of them had not helped their families with farming for several years in order to follow him.

If they dispersed in disgrace like this, many militiamen would certainly blame them or even reject them when they returned home. So Xu Chu wanted to leave some money for his brothers before leaving so that they would have an explanation when they dispersed and returned home.

However, Xu Chu treated his militia like brothers, and those militia were not ungrateful people. They immediately started shouting at Xu Chu one after another.

"Brother, there is no need to do this. Don't let us affect your wealth!"

"That's right, big brother. We have followed you all these years not for the sake of money. Please don't humiliate us."

"Brother, just follow this noble man. When you become rich, it won't be too late to come back to the village and find us for a drink and a meal."

……

This scene deeply touched both Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.

Don't forget, don't forget.

This sentence is simple to say, but how many people can really do it?

When Liu, Guan, and Zhang became sworn brothers, they recruited a large number of young and strong people in the countryside to form an army. After a series of battles, some casualties were inevitable.

But as long as they survived, Liu Bei treated them with wealth and honor. Some of the rebels have even become the pillars of Liu Bei's army.

Similar to the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun who were Zhang Fei's personal soldiers, one of them was entrusted with the important task of being in charge of the camp where the Taoyuan people were located.

However, rather than high positions and generous salaries, the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun wanted to follow Zhang Fei all the time, so Liu Bei later fulfilled their wishes one by one and let them return to Zhang Fei's camp to obey his orders.

Moreover, six riders had already died during the campaign against the Yellow Turbans.

Zhang Fei spared no effort to find their families from Youzhou and brought them to Wujun to take good care of them. He also let their sons or brothers replace the six sacrificed riders to complete the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun.

It was for this reason that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei instantly had a good impression of Xu Chu when they discovered that the money and rewards Xu Chu sought were not for himself, but to treat the local militia who followed him well.

Without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, Zhang Fei's attitude changed first and he praised him without any reservation.

"Brother, Zhongkang is truly a righteous man." (End of this chapter)