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

Chapter 326 Old Man Geng’s Military Office Stops Luo Yuan, Jiangling County’s First News of Recruiting Soldiers
As Luo Yuan gave orders, soldiers from the Military Command kept coming in and out, and the messenger rode away as soon as he got on his horse after leaving the door.

A group of old men at the door looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding. Looking at the situation, is something big going to happen in the Military Command?
There's probably going to be a war.

The old men's eyes sparkled.

"The messenger just now was heading to the navy camp, right?"

The old man who said this spat and took out a piece of paper with a date and a series of horizontal lines on it.

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Five lines make up a character.

The old man looked at the date above. On this day last month, only three messengers left the Military Commander's Mansion, but today is different!
And some people also went to the navy camp.

The old man clapped his hands and said, "It's different, completely different. Last month, there were far fewer messengers from the General's Office than today, and those messengers were also slow and unhurried. Today's messengers are like being bitten by a dog, so anxious!"

A group of old men looked at this man eagerly.

"Conclusion, has something happened? Are we going to fight a war?"

"I think it's possible!"

"I don't think I'll listen to Old Man Geng. Let's see what he says. Others, don't say anything!"

Old Man Geng took a breath and said, "I guess there will be a war."

All the old men seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and then became anxious.

"Hurry home and prepare your weapons. Get all the boys back and prepare to join the army. If you miss this opportunity, you won't know when there will be another chance!"

"What if the lord doesn't recruit soldiers?"

"Be prepared first. If there is a conscription, it will definitely be a good idea to be prepared. Don't you know how difficult it is to join the army now?"

Being a soldier certainly has its benefits, including military pay, the opportunity to advance, and the ability to become an official from the military in the future.

He doesn't need to be a high-ranking official, just an ordinary manager. For these common people, it is also a sign of success for their descendants. A strong grandfather is better than an ancestor!
Opportunities don't come often, so when they come, you must seize them.

These old men dispersed immediately. Old man Geng squinted his eyes and thought, ever since Luo Yuan put up a bulletin board at the door, a group of old men with nothing to do would wait at the door every day to read the news. They were all representatives from various places.

When discussing the political situation in Jiangling, everyone is very bold and dares to say anything.

Some even felt that Xu Shu was not doing a good job and it would be better for them to become officials themselves.

This has also become a landscape at the entrance of the Military Commandery.

Old man Geng chuckled, those old men were too stupid, since something big had happened, the prince would definitely come out, why were they running away now?

Can I still see you, my Lord?
Whether to recruit soldiers is up to the princes, and the recruits can be divided into infantry, navy, and cavalry.

I'll see you later and ask about the decision.

I would be satisfied if my son could join the cavalry.

Not long after, Luo Yuan, Xu Shu and others came out. The military order had been issued, and as the commander-in-chief he naturally had to show up to encourage people and let the people see him so that they would not think too much.

Since he didn't run away, the people knew that Jiangling was safe.

As Luo Yuan and Xu Shu were talking, an old man suddenly jumped out. The guards around him almost hacked him to death. After seeing the man clearly, the guards stopped. Fortunately, these people were well-trained. Old man Geng was also a celebrity at the gate of the General's Mansion. Almost everyone knew him.

The old man stands at the door with a piece of paper and does calculations every day. It's really magical.

Luo Yuan recognized Old Man Geng, the folk representative, at a glance.

"Why is it you, old man, again!"

Old man Geng smiled and bowed. He was not afraid of Luo Yuan. They were all acquaintances. The white paper in his hand was given to him by Luo Yuan. "Are you going to fight, my Lord?"

"Ha, you old dog have a very good nose. There might be a war going on."

"Sure, sir, I don't think so. Everyone thinks we don't have enough soldiers. We only have 80,000. Even 100,000 is not enough. The common people feel uneasy. Since we are going to fight a war, we have to recruit soldiers. All children can serve in the army to defend our country!"

Luo Yuan was not surprised that this old man could say something like defending the country. Jiangling's propaganda team had done a lot of publicity about it, and after a while these old men remembered it.

The words "defending the country" sound very inspiring, just like Jiang Ling now, there is such a momentum in it.

Luo Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was far from the time for large-scale conscription: "Are you anxious?"

"How can we not be anxious? Everyone knows that we are rich and the people have food at home. What if the enemy comes?" Old Man Geng looked at Luo Yuan with some complaints: "We shouldn't have demolished the city wall in the first place. Although the city wall is useless, it is at least a bit of protection, right? We old men have discussed it and it's not too late to rebuild the city wall now. Your Majesty, would you consider building a big and tall city wall that is several hundred miles long? It will be enough. Then we won't be afraid of the enemy coming!"

Hundreds of miles of city walls?

Why don't you go and build the Great Wall?

Luo Yuan quickly waved his hand to stop the old man from talking endlessly: "No repairs to the city walls, no conscription of soldiers!"

"Ah, forget about repairing the city wall, but how can you not recruit soldiers? The children are waiting." Old Man Geng held Luo Yuan's hand and said earnestly: "Your Excellency should recruit more soldiers. It was fine to recruit soldiers in the past, but now there are so many conditions to become a soldier. Whose lord is like this? I, an old man, have been very dissatisfied with this for a long time. How can your Excellency defend his country without an army? In order to defend his country, you must recruit more soldiers and don't be stingy with the people."

"People are just like the grass in the wild. If you cut it once, it will grow good grass again the next year. If you don't cut it once, there will be no grass to use the next year. Your Excellency, think about this and see if it makes sense!"

Old man Geng blinked his eyes, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense.

He must have learned a lot of lessons from spending every day outside the Military Commander's Mansion.

Now that I use it, I feel it’s cute.

Luo Yuan was extremely patient. Even though he was just talking nonsense, it was enough for the people to see him talking to the dead old man.

"What you said makes sense. We will definitely have to recruit soldiers, but it will come later. We will recruit soldiers for the navy, infantry, and cavalry. We will probably expand the army by 50,000. That's what you want to know, right?"

hiss!
fifty thousand?

Although I feel that it is still too few, considering the population of Jiangling, an extra 200,000 people is not a problem. Can the Military Command not afford to support them?

But it is already a great thing to be able to make the stingy prince speak. Fifty thousand is fifty thousand.

The competition is fierce.

Old man Geng laughed and said, "My parents gave me life, and the one who knows me best is the prince. 50,000 is 50,000, but it's a deal. Will you announce it later?"

"Of course you can go show off to your old friends. This is the latest news!"

Old man Geng felt very happy, thinking that the prince really understood him.

Wasn't he waiting to meet Luo Yuan just for this first-hand information?
(End of this chapter)