The Necromancer of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 56 The army has a leader
Gan Ning defected to Liu Biao at the beginning and was under Huang Zu's command. He made many military exploits but was never reused.

Pang Tong received Tian Feng's letter and before deciding to come to Taiyuan, he wrote a letter to Gan Ning.

He told in the letter that Yuan Xu recruited heroes in Taiyuan, because there were no available people under his command, but those who were willing to vote would be reused.

I have known Pang Tong for a long time, and Gan Ning has always believed in him.

When he received the letter, he hung the official seal on the beam in front of the hall without thinking about it, and rushed to Taiyuan with more than a thousand relatives.

Before meeting Yuan Xu, Gan Ning was not sure whether he could be reused.

There are indeed a lot of rumors about Yuan Xu recently, but none of them are related to employing people.

When he arrived in Taiyuan, Gan Ning made trouble at the city gate, just to test Yuan Xu's mind and sincerity in employing people.

After telling the whole process of coming to Taiyuan from Nanyang, Gan Ning bowed to Yuan Xu: "You messed around at the gate of the city and injured the general under the son's command, please come down!"

"What crime?" Yuan Xu said with a smile, "That Xia Zhao, if you don't beat him, I will beat him sooner or later."

Gan Ning looked bewildered, and looked blankly at Yuan Xu, then at Tian Feng, Pang Tong and others.

"Xingba doesn't know yet." Pang Tong said: "The one you beat up is called Xia Zhao, and he is a subordinate of Gao Gan, governor of Bingzhou. He came to Taiyuan without any good intentions."

Pang Tong recounted the whole process that Yuan Xu told him.

Gan Ning frowned, "I knew there was such a thing, I just broke his neck just now."

"Fortunately, Xingba didn't do that." Yuan Xu said: "Cao Cao is going to send troops to attack the Yuan family, and I will also raise troops in the near future. At this time, I can't offend the high-ranking officials. What's more, he sent armaments, and we killed his men. , I can’t say anything.”

"Whenever the young master wants to kill him, please say hello." Gan Ning said angrily, "I'll do it."

"When it's time to strike, I won't let Xingba sit idle." Yuan Xu looked at Deng Zhan: "Mr. Deng will return to me and select some elite soldiers. You will teach swordsmanship in person and cultivate swordsmen in the army. As for the army, Xingba is here, just leave it to him to take command."

Deng Zhan agreed, but Gan Ning was surprised.

Under Huang Zu's subordinates, he was never welcomed.

Even if he made great achievements, he was only praised lightly, and there was nothing more to say.

After arriving in Taiyuan, Yuan Xu actually handed over the army to him to command.

He himself felt that he couldn't bear this trust: "Young master is willing to entrust the army, I shouldn't refuse. I just arrived in Taiyuan, and I haven't made any achievements..."

"Isn't it easy to make meritorious deeds?" Yuan Xu interrupted him: "We will be going into battle soon, and there will be a chance for Xingba to perform at that time."

Gan Ning didn't know how to answer the words.

He looked at Pang Tong for help.

Pang Tong smiled and stepped forward: "I just arrived in Taiyuan, and the young master was appointed as a military adviser. Xingba doesn't need to refuse, the kindness of knowing you, I will repay you on the battlefield!"

"I understand." Gan Ning bowed to Yuan Xu and said, "From now on, I will do my best!"

Within a day, Yuan Xu got Pang Tong and Gan Ning successively, and he was in a good mood.

Instructing Deng Zhan to arrange a house for the two of them and then hand over the military power to Gan Ning, he kept Tian Feng.

"Congratulations, young master, for being a talented person." Tian Feng congratulated Yuan Xu.

"It's not all due to you." Yuan Xu said: "If you hadn't written to Pang Shiyuan, how could he and Gan Xingba have come to Taiyuan?"

"With Gan Xingba, you don't have to worry about lacking a leader anymore." Tian Feng said: "We have a little more chance of winning against Cao Cao."

"After I lead the army to go out, Taiyuan can't be left alone." Yuan Xu asked, "You stay in Taiyuan, how about it?"

"You must guard your back for the young master." Tian Feng replied straight away.

"How long will it take for the grain to be harvested?" Yuan Xu asked about the farmland again.

"It will be harvested soon." Tian Feng replied: "The rice ears in the rice fields are full now, and there will definitely be a good harvest this year."

"Accompany me to the farmland." Yuan Xu stood up.

Tian Feng asked: "Do you want to call Mr. Deng?"

"He is busy taking care of Pang Shiyuan and Gan Xingba, and will hand over the military power later." Yuan Xu replied: "Don't call him."

Tian Feng agreed and followed him out of the study.

The two of them left Jinyang City with only a dozen guards.

After leaving the city, they headed straight for the farmland.

The fields that were barren at the beginning have been plowed by the farmers, and rice ears can be seen at a glance.

The yellowed rice is hanging heavily on the pole.

The wind blows, and the rice is like a wave of yellow and green, surging one after another.

"How much do you estimate the production capacity per mu?" Yuan Xu asked Tian Feng when he was stationed at Tianbian.

Tian Feng replied: "The yield per mu is twice as much as the previous corn."

"If there are only so few, I don't need to work hard to get hybrid rice seeds." Yuan Xu said: "Keep an eye on it. Every household has to report the production of millet."

"I understand." Tian Feng responded.

Yuan Xu continued to move forward accompanied by him.

After walking not far, I saw another field.

Compared with the rice fields that he passed before, Yuan Xu found that although the crops here were densely grown, there were not many ears of grain.

"What's going on here?" He asked Tian Feng.

"When the rice seeds were distributed, many farmers couldn't believe it, so they didn't go to the government to get them." Tian Feng replied: "Then they wanted to get them, but the rice seeds were gone."

"Opportunities wait for no one. If you miss them, you can only watch others harvest." Yuan Xu said: "Tell farmers who plant hybrid rice to keep their rice seeds and sell them to those who have not received them. From now on, I will not Rice seeds will be provided again.”

"It has already been announced." Tian Feng replied: "There is something I have always wanted to ask, Young Master."

"You said."

"When the harvest is good, should farmers replace their livestock with grain, or should they pay directly?" Tian Feng asked.

"The food was exchanged for money, and the merchants exploited it." Yuan Xu replied: "We don't care about the farmers' exchange for other things. The livestock distributed by the government can be converted into grain."

Walking forward, he explained again: "Farmers who have not received rice seeds can also go to the government to collect livestock as long as they buy new crop seeds. When the next year's harvest is bumper, they can also pay with grain. Cattle and donkeys are allowed in Taiyuan. It is traded within the territory, but slaughtering is absolutely not allowed, and it is not allowed to be sold outside Taiyuan."

"Trading is allowed?" Tian Feng asked, "If the farmer sells the cow or donkey, what will happen to the field in the future?"

"Cows can give birth to calves." Yuan Xu asked, "Are they all raised and not allowed to be sold?"

"I understand." Tian Feng replied: "Young Master explained, I will implement it one by one."

"Cao Cao is going to send troops, I'm afraid I won't be able to see the harvest in Taiyuan this year." Yuan Xu said: "When the next harvest comes, I hope to celebrate with the people."

"The people also hope that the young master can witness it with their own eyes." Tian Feng said: "If it weren't for the young master, I don't know how long they will be hungry."

(End of this chapter)