When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 148: White Lie Soldiers

It was February and the weather was still chilly.

The sun gradually emerged from the clouds, and the streets of Jincheng County, which had just escaped the cold winter, were full of hurried pedestrians. Officials from the Engineering Department had already put out a wooden sign recruiting workers at the door, and hired the loudest voice in the area to shout out the salary and wages. The owners of the wine shops and teahouses followed suit, posting jute paper with a message saying that they were looking for accountants who needed to be literate and able to count.

The officials from Hanyang County had never seen such a bustling county town. Fortunately, Gai Xun informed them in advance, otherwise they would have been stunned.

The Jincheng officials who came from the county government and prefecture government took the Hanyang officials and patiently taught them their experience. They all took out jute paper and carefully recorded it.
Jia Xu and Liu Bei stood in the distance and watched.

Jia Xu smiled and said, "My lord, everything is going well. This is already the fifth wave of officials in Hanyang County."

Liu Bei nodded and looked at Jia Xu, "How is the food consumption?"

"That's enough. Last year was a bumper year. We bought grain at a high price. The grain in the treasury was abundant, and the grain price in the market was stable. The price was much cheaper than in other states and counties. Therefore, many merchants saw the opportunity to buy a large amount and sell it to other states and counties. After deducting the cost of the journey, they could still make a lot of money."

Just as Jia Xu finished his words, a man in plain clothes was captured by the county guards. The man struggled and shouted, "Why are you arresting me? I just wanted to buy a stone of corn. Why are you arresting me?"

There was no need for Liu Bei and Jia Xu to solve the problem. The county clerk started to scold them, "Shut up! The innkeeper reported that you went in and out several times a day, and each time you came back with a big bag of stuff. The rice shopkeeper confirmed that you bought corn!"

The man was still shouting that he was not convinced, but the county guards would not tolerate him. Several county guards came together and kidnapped the man.

However, not all county soldiers left at the same time. One person stayed behind and explained the reasons to the county residents around him in a strong voice. Then this official ran to a pavilion near the county government office. There was nothing else in the pavilion except a wooden sign with people's names written on it. All of these people had done good deeds and made contributions to the county.

After writing down the name of the shop owner who had made meritorious reports, the soldier ran to another pavilion. Not only was this pavilion not as grand as the previous one, it also had a masterpiece by a certain Master Zhang hanging on the wall. Although the painting was simple and sloppy, one could understand the true meaning at a glance: the painting showed a person spitting at the pavilion.

Therefore, anyone recorded in this pavilion will be despised by the county residents.

After the speculator's name was added as the final stroke, the county residents who were watching applauded the store owner and cursed the speculator who bought rice.

Seeing this, Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction.

Jia Xu looked at Liu Bei with admiration. Liangzhou was close to Qiang and Hu and the customs there were not like those in other provinces of the Han Dynasty. Basically, people spoke with fists and whoever had the bigger fist was listened to. This kind of pavilion could change the customs in Liangzhou. Although this pavilion was suggested by the immortal "Zhen", wasn't Liu Bei, who could get the advice from the immortal, worthy of admiration?
You are worthy of being my lord.

Jia Xu sighed in his heart.

"Let's go, Wenhe."

"promise."

Jia Xu came to his senses and followed Liu Bei's steps.

The two men came to the clinic. When the medical officer saw Liu Bei and Jia Xu coming, he quickly stood up and bowed.

"General, Gongcao."

Liu Bei got straight to the point, "How are the preparations going?"

The doctor was just about to open his mouth when Hua Tuo and his disciples came over. After they saluted towards Liu Bei and Jia Xu, Hua Tuo spoke up to explain, "General, everything is going in an orderly manner. We have already decided on the specific itinerary with Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping. Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping will set out tomorrow, first heading south and then east, to convey your wish, general. Anyone who is interested in learning medicine can go to Jincheng, Liangzhou. I will teach you everything I know and you don't need to pay for it yourself. The money and food spent in the process of learning medicine will be borne by you, general. Of course, it has to pass Pu's review." The 'Pu' that Hua Tuo mentioned was his eldest disciple Wu Pu. Liu Bei understood Hua Tuo's concerns. After all, it was not uncommon for people to take advantage of the situation when grain was distributed last time.

After walking out of the clinic, Liu Bei and Jia Xu inspected the army again, and happened to come across the most massive military exercise of the month. The soldiers were all brave and their physical strength was much better than when they came here. Among them, one team was the most eye-catching.

Their attire was no different from that of other soldiers, but they had white bird feathers and animal hair pinned on their helmets.

But his strength far surpassed that of the other soldiers, whether in endurance, physical strength, swordsmanship, or archery. After traveling long distances, he left the other comrades far behind.

The only pity was that the number of troops in this troop was very small, less than 500 people, and many of them were Qiang people. Although their appearance was slightly different from before, overall they were basically the same. The moment Liu Bei saw them, he only needed to think a little and he could easily tell their names.

This is the part that Shuzhi practiced.

"Go and call Chen Gongcao." Liu Bei ordered.

"promise.

The personal guard left in a hurry, and soon after, he brought the armored Chen Dao to Liu Bei.

Chen Dao clasped his fists and knelt on one knee, "Greetings, my lord."

"Shuzhi, please stand up." Liu Bei helped Chen Dao up and asked, "Shuzhi really gave me a great surprise. He trained a strong army in just a few months! He is really a fierce general! I just don't know why Shuzhi used white feathers for decoration?"

Chen Dao's face was blushing. He was praised by Liu Bei in front of so many soldiers. He was really happy, but he was also a little embarrassed. Even his voice was a little intermittent. "My lord, they are called Bai Li soldiers. I, I learned it from my second brother's military book. As the saying goes, quality is more important than quantity. I selected the best of the best, ate and lived with them on weekdays, inspired them with my lord's ambitions, and required them to meet the most stringent standards. They would be rewarded for their merits and punished for their mistakes. However, it was still a little different from what I expected. At present, they can only use the three-stone bow, and their sword skills are barely passable. They can only fight with me for ten moves. The rest of the tree climbing, mountain climbing, sneak attacks, etc. have not been fully trained."

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Liu Bei fell silent. He looked at Chen Dao who talked eloquently when it came to training. He always felt that the soldiers he had trained over the years were just dogs. Today he realized that the soldiers trained by Chen Dao would become the Bai Li soldiers in the future. They were elite soldiers. What's more, they gave people a different feeling from Cao Cao's elite cavalry. It seemed that they were fighting in complex terrain?
Jia Xu was a little puzzled. Under normal circumstances, he would have kept silent. But now, in order to go to the fairyland, how could he just sit back and watch?

"Shuzhi, although I am not good at commanding an army, but the amount of food and money you have spent on training like this must be several times more than that of ordinary soldiers, right?"

Chen Dao nodded.

For some reason, standing with Liu Bei, Jia Xu felt that it was strange to be empty-handed, but this was not the point at the moment. Jia Xu continued: "Let's not talk about whether the environment in Liangzhou is suitable for the Bai Li soldiers, let's talk about improving the combat capabilities of the other soldiers. Can you delegate the request? Find a training method that does not consume so much money and food, but under necessary conditions, can be transformed into a Bai Li soldier training method after two drills?"

Jia Xu meant to improve the entire army as a whole and turn it into the reserve force of the Bai Li soldiers.

"Let me think about it."

Chen Dao thought with his head down.

Just then, the guards came to report.

"Report, General, General Zhang is reporting military intelligence!"

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