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

Chapter 87 What does he want?

Jia Xu sighed. He could not refuse such a kind invitation, so he could only follow Jian Yong and his personal guards.

As we got closer, the view suddenly became clearer.

The carved patterns on the pillars and walls are still clear. The windows of all sizes are carved into hollow patterns, decorated with green chain patterns, and painted with fairy patterns surrounded by clouds.

Judging from the appearance, the hall in front of us is something that only the nobility can afford.

But when he walked in, he found no incense, no gold, pearls, jade, or rare treasures, not even a trace of stringed instruments.

Some have rows of seats, and when there are so many people it looks like a busy market.

What Jia Xu saw was really unrealistic. He wondered if he had taken the wrong direction or if there was something wrong with his eyes.

"Wenhe, sit down quickly."

Jian Yong pulled Jia Xu to sit down together.

Is it Xianhe and Wenhe?
Liu Bei felt secretly delighted, because the fact that Jia Xu came already proved the problem.

After a few days of hard work, the county government was cleaned up.

This hall was originally a place where county officials debated scriptures. If Fa Zheng had not led Ma Chao and Ma Dai to investigate in advance and found out that it was a place where idle officials were obsessed with carpentry and all the carved beams and painted buildings were their work, Liu Bei's blood pressure would have risen again, and he would have been so angry that he would not even bother to summon his third brother.

Thinking back on it, it was really all thanks to Xiaozhi, Chao and Dai.

A carpenter who is skilled in construction is far better than a clerk who does nothing and talks about scriptures all day long.

To show his determination, Liu Bei specially set up this as a hall for political discussions, imitating Director Zhen's meeting room.

Wait till everyone is here.

Liu Bei stood up and said
"My fellow soldiers, two days have passed since we entered Wuyun County. Although the situation is calm and all the handovers are going on in an orderly manner, time is running out. No one can predict the situation in other counties. I have sent scouts to inquire about it. Please ask Captain Guan and Captain Zhang to be prepared. If everything goes well, we will take over the remaining six counties as quickly as possible."

"promise!"

"promise!"

The moment Liu Bei finished speaking, the voices of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei suddenly rang out.

Jincheng County was restored by Emperor Xiaoming and had a total of seven counties, with Yunwu County as the seat of government. The remaining six counties were Jincheng, Yunjie, Zhiyang, Haomen, Lingju, and Yuzhong.

Border counties have always been restless since ancient times, and the situation faced by Jincheng County is even more severe.

After becoming the prefect, Liu Bei sensed a crisis from the documents he took over, the discussions of the gentry, and the opinions of the common people. As winter approached, the rebellion of the Qiang and Hu people would only intensify.

If Jincheng County, which is located on the border of Liangzhou, cannot be defended, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The iron hooves of the Qiang and Hu are sweeping across Liangzhou, and the flames of war may even spread to the heartland of the Central Plains, which would truly be a disaster for all.

time does not wait.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei continued, "My fellow soldiers, our situation is not optimistic. There are Qiang and Hu outside and bandits inside. If we wait until winter, when everything is deadly and the Qiang and Hu come to plunder, it will be too late. According to the original plan, we must spread the skills produced in Zhuo County as soon as possible. There is no need to invest too much in the immature skills for the time being. Do you have any objections?"

One man stood up and said, "Please be at ease, my lord. We had already rehearsed in Zhuo County, and yesterday's attempt was very encouraging. Under the leadership of Captain Zhang, the pig officials have centralized the castrated pigs for breeding, and made brushes from the pig hair. We also centralized the collection of their feces, and received earthworms from the county residents by paying them money and goods."

"very good."

Liu Bei nodded. The development of agriculture and animal husbandry are closely related. If one wants to ensure that all the people in the Han Dynasty have enough food to eat, the two are inseparable. Agriculture should be the main focus to increase the yield per mu, while animal husbandry should be the supplement to obtain oil and fat.

Based on his reading and observation during this period, Liu Bei was able to determine that in order to increase the yield per mu, he could only start from three aspects: good seeds, fertility, and tillage tools.

Liu Bei had already started breeding good varieties when he first started his army, but the results were too slow to show.

The fertility of the manure loosened by earthworms is beginning to show results.

Farming tools, various ones, such as plows?
But there were very few people who could afford livestock, and Liu Bei did not have many cattle on hand, so he could only rent them in the name of the county government.

So far, so good. Liu Bei shouted, "Next."

The next person to stand up was the coal official. He looked a little embarrassed. Unlike the previous one who had made great achievements, the embarrassment on his face was clearly visible. "Sir, I'm really sorry. We really have no idea what you said about replacing charcoal with coal to make weapons. What you said is too difficult to achieve. We have failed your expectations."

"It's okay, keep working on it. Being able to boil water is already beyond my expectation."

Liu Bei had no intention of blaming them. On the contrary, they found the coal in just two days. Even a god could not be that fast.

Of course he understood that it was indeed difficult to remove the impurities from coal in order to make it suitable for refining weapons.

The next one was the craftsman. He straightened his chest with pride and said, "My Lord, whether it's tables and chairs, farm tools, or weapons, our skills are already mature. We have successfully made the glass you mentioned, but the shape is difficult to control. And our papermaking skills have also improved."

Hua Tuo, the representative of the medical officers, stood up and said, "My Lord, there are already a hundred medical officers who can simply treat external injuries."

"Good good!"

Liu Bei no longer wore the mask of "not showing emotions on his face" at this time. He laughed out loud, and everything was moving forward steadily.

These medical officers, craftsmen and so on were not part of the temple's establishment, and all their expenses were paid by Liu Bei Liu Xuande. In other words, they used the money from Mi Zhu, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, and the money from selling pickled vegetables.

They were not in the county government system, but were under Liu Bei's command and were only responsible to Liu Bei. Liu Bei treated them as "officials" and taught them relevant skills after assessment.

And all of this was seen by Jia Xu who was sitting on the chair.

Jia Xu thought about what Liu Bei had done and if it happened to someone else, even Jian Yong who was by his side.

His first reaction was that this person would definitely do something wrong and would definitely bring chaos to Wenhe and the world, but when it came to Liu Bei, he felt at ease.

But is it really possible for Jia Wenhe to know such things?

Jia Xu looked at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei noticed Jia Xu's gaze and looked over as well.

His eyes were as clear as water, as if saying, Wenhe, I have shown you everything I have, and no matter what choice you make, I will not regret it.

Jia Xu slowly closed his eyes. He really wanted to ask, "Are there really such people?"

But what popped into my mind was the sincere Liu Bei.

It was Jian Yong who lacked talent but devoted himself to government affairs.

It was Hua Tuo who came and went in a hurry without asking for any consultation fee.

It was Captain Zhang who whipped the chief clerk.
Even the child who called out "Lord Princess"
"Xianhe."

Jia Xu called out Jian Yong's name for the first time.

His voice was so quiet that it seemed as if he had to hide himself.

Fortunately, Jian Yong had sensitive ears.

"Wenhe, what's wrong?"

"You said, Lord Fu, what are you trying to achieve?"

"What are you planning?"

Jian Yong smiled, "Xuan De, his ambition is so great that I dare not imagine it. After all, I have not seen it yet."

"Is that so?" Jia Xu murmured.

Jian Yong's tone changed and he said lightly: "But I still understand it clearly at the moment."

"Please say."

"I think we should let the people of Jincheng County get through this cold winter and have some soup to drink."

(End of this chapter)