The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 228: Shi Tao's argument about the emperor and overlord, Jiangling's resettlement becomes a problem

Shi Tao hurriedly asked Kong Ming to talk to him, and then turned around to deal with someone, signed his name, and let the person go to collect the money.

Shi Tao laughed and said, "Stop neglecting your duty. Jiang Ling is very busy right now. We haven't had a rest for two days!"

Shi Tao stretched his body and his bones crackled!

Kong Ming looked at the stone and his eyes turned black. He couldn't help but wonder: "I have been walking along the way and I have seen people busy everywhere in Jiangling. Why is that?"

Shi Tao said: "After Gongqi returned from Jiangdong, he brought hundreds of thousands of people with him. All these people need to be resettled, and they need to be given houses and land. How can we not be busy?"

Shitou took a sip of the hot water, then remembered that he had not yet entertained Kong Ming, and hurriedly said, "There is only hot water in Jiangling, you can deal with it first, and I will help you check if Gongqi is free later!"

Zhao Yun was not very happy. They were all old friends of Luo Yuan, and Kong Ming was Luo Yuan's benefactor. It was really a bit arrogant of Luo Yuan not to come to greet him.

"Is Gongqi very busy? My military advisor was his former master. Why is he so neglectful?"

Shitou looked at Kongming, who was sitting quietly with a smile on his face. Shi Tao smiled slightly and said, "A gentleman's change is not the same as before. Gongqi was Kongming's servant before, but now he is the overlord of a region. How can he be the same as before?"

Zhao Yun laughed and said, "To be the overlord of a region is too much. Gongqi only has Jiangling, which is only a hundred miles in radius. How can he be the overlord?"

Shi Tao said: "General Zilong, you seem to have misunderstood the overlord. How can the overlord be divided by the size of the territory? Although Gongqi only has Jiangling, he can go to Changsha and Xiangyang. Our army has 50,000 soldiers, which is enough to shock the world. Can't we be the overlord? The Jiangxia that Liu Huangshu has today is just a gift from Gongqi to fulfill his kindness!"

Luo Yuan has been very kind to Liu Bei. Don't go too far and try to use your past status to make demands on Luo Yuan.

What are you thinking?

Shi Tao is very satisfied with his current life. Although he has not yet surrendered to Luo Yuan, he holds an official position in Luo Yuan's army, handles official business, and is busy and happy.

But it is much more meaningful than being a hermit before.

Seeing that Zhao Yun was about to say something, Kong Ming quickly waved his fan, and Zhao Yun stopped talking.

Kong Ming said: "I came to see you for important matters, please let me know!"

Shi Tao said, "I'll go take a look. You guys sit down first."

As soon as Shi Tao left, Zhao Yun looked at Kong Ming, who sighed and said, "I'm afraid our past friendship with Gong Qi will be useless!"

From Shi Tao's attitude, Kong Ming felt that Luo Yuan was no longer the Luo Yuan of the past, and his original plan was probably useless!

We need to find another solution.

Zhao Yun said: "He wouldn't be so serious!"

Kong Ming smiled bitterly. If Liu Bei hadn't gone too far, Luo Yuan would never have left Liu Bei.

Now that Luo Yuan has become powerful and has his own territory and power, he is naturally different from before. Shi Tao went to find Luo Yuan, but Luo Yuan was in a meeting. There were too many people coming, and if they were not properly settled, something bad would happen.

Liu Bei led the people out of Xinye, but in the end, how many people followed Liu Bei? Those people died on the road, and what was left was Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness.

Luo Yuan didn't believe that the people would voluntarily follow Liu Bei. There were not many good citizens at that time, and most of them were slaves of the gentry!
Those nobles supported Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao. But when Cao Cao came, the nobles were afraid of death. How could they not follow Liu Bei? If the master wanted to run away, what could the servants do?
I could only follow Liu Bei.

The common people that Luo Yuan brought from Lukou were originally slaves of the Jiangdong nobles. Their purpose of following Luo Yuan to Jiangling was very simple, and it was not for Luo Yuan's benevolence and righteousness!
Luo Yuan is fair and willing to give them benefits.

The people don’t care who is the emperor, just don’t ruin your own rice bowl!

Xu Shu and Luo Yuan talked about the recent arrangements. Jiangling had opened kilns to make bricks and porcelain, and there were also a large number of wood and iron businesses, but it was impossible to immediately arrange for more than 100,000 people to start working.

The Military Headquarters was already operating at full capacity, but there was simply no time to make arrangements.

We also need to provide the people with a place to live, build villages, plant a season of vegetables before the end of autumn, and arrange for oxen to be used for farming in the spring of next year.

Xu Shu's eyes were red, as if he hadn't rested for a few days. He grabbed the bamboo slips and said, "My lord. There is a huge shortage of farm tools, houses, land, and seeds. All kinds of materials are constantly being consumed. If this continues, I'm afraid that the people won't be able to settle down by next year!"

Luo Yuan said: "The key is winter. The people came with me to Jiangling, so we must not let them go through the winter. If we don't have enough manpower, we can recruit more. If we still don't have enough, we can ask the soldiers in the army to help the people open up wasteland and build houses. If we settle the people first, we can postpone the battle against Han Xuan next year."

Anyway, Han Xuan can't run away no matter where he is!

Luo Yuan was not in a hurry at all.

Xu Shu said quickly: "No, my lord. Next year, Cao Cao will march south to Jingzhou. We must capture Changsha before Cao Cao!"

"Don't worry about Meng De!" Luo Yuan said with a smile. "Now it's the people, we have to conquer the world for the people. If we can't take care of the people, what's the point of conquering the world? It looks chaotic now, but that's because it's the first time for everyone to encounter such a thing. We have no experience. When we become more skilled and figure out the process, it will be easier to resettle the people!"

Xu Shu said, "The army needs to expand."

There are too many people, so they can be absorbed into the army to strengthen themselves.

Luo Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry. When the people live a stable life in the local area, they will naturally take the initiative to join the army. Now the situation has changed again. We are new here and are weak. Now that so many people have come to Jiangling, the relationship between us and the local nobles has changed. We are strong and the local nobles are weak. In this way, we don't have to be polite to them in many things. If they are willing to accept our transformation, then we will transform them and become our assistants. If they are not willing, then we will eliminate them, distribute their land to the people, and liberate the slaves!"

Xu Shu thought about it and did not agree immediately. Even if he agreed, he felt it was too hasty. If he did as Luo Yuan said, he might get into trouble.

"Liu Huan has done a good job recently. The local nobles are not so fierce in their resistance to us. If we ask them to disband their slaves now, I'm afraid they will be unwilling to do so. It's better to take it slow!"

"Yuanzhi, we are strong now. We can let Liu Huan of the local nobles handle this matter and test their reactions first. For those who would rather die than obey, we won't be polite!"

Luo Yuan refused to allow Xu Shu to persuade him, "They will kill people sooner or later, so it is better to let them get familiar with our policies first."

When Xu Shu saw that Luo Yuan was unwilling to speak, he knew that Luo Yuan had already made up his mind. He thought to himself that he hoped that the local gentry could make some progress and not make things embarrassing for everyone!
He has tried his best.

(End of this chapter)