Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 53 Inspecting the Zhou Family Fort

That night Zhou Jiabao held a big banquet, and Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao got very drunk.The next day, Pei Yuanshao took Zhou Cang to inspect Zhoujiabao.

Woniugang Mountain is not high, and there are not many dangerous places, so Pei Yuanshao spent a lot of effort to build many artificial barriers, leaving only one road into the fort and two secret trails behind the fort, and all other roads were destroyed. Dense forests, traps, cliffs, poisonous insects, etc., make Zhoujiabao's guards impregnable.There are lookout posts and turrets on the avenue in front of the castle, a suspension bridge at the gate, and organs and hidden posts on the trail behind the castle.

Zhoujiabao can be divided into a main castle and two auxiliary castles.There are a total of 2000 households, nearly 4 people, including [-] male and strong men, hoarding nearly [-] stones of grain and grass, and [-] catties of refined iron.Pei Yuanshao said that Mengshan also has [-] households, Dabie Mountain has [-] households, and the population of the three places is nearly [-], and there is still a growing trend.

Zhoujiabao has limited land and cannot accommodate too many people.Zhoujiabao can serve as soldiers with 1000 people. Under Pei Yuanshao's vigorous training, he once repelled several bandits who came to attack, and they can be pulled out to fight on the battlefield, but they lack equipment.

Pei Yuanshao led Zhou Cang into the secret treasure burial, all Liu Li's harvest over the years, including gold, silver, jade, bronze, and bamboo slips.Zhou Cang searched through it, and asked Pei Yuanshao to clean it up. Two days later, Zhou Da and Tuesday will transport the prohibited materials to Dabie Mountain, escorted by Hua Xiong and the commando.Zhou Cang looked through the bamboo slips again, there were Tao Te Ching, Nan Hua Jing, Shangshu, etc. Zhou Cang couldn't calm down after flipping through them. The content inside was thirteen chapters on the Art of War. Cang still remembered, so he put the bamboo slips into a cloth bag.

Pei Yuanshao told Zhou Cang embarrassingly that farming did not produce the expected results, which was due to the scarcity and barrenness of the land. However, in the first few years, there was only input but no output. The main reason was that the increase of refugees was faster than the output of farming. In the past four years, farming The income cannot meet the needs, mainly relying on Liu Li's income in exchange for food.Zhou Cang persuaded Pei Yuanshao that it would take ten years to see the results of farming, and it is a good thing that the results have been seen now. From now on, the focus of farming will be on the Dabie Mountains.

After inspecting Zhoujiabao, Zhou Cang patted Pei Yuanshao on the shoulder, expressing his satisfaction.Pei Yuanshao took Zhou Cang to the training ground to compete again. In the past five years, Pei Yuanshao's martial arts skills have not been lost, but due to the lack of battles, and no famous experts to guide and accompany him, the gap with Zhou Cang is getting bigger and bigger, especially Ma Zhan is not there at all. a grade.This made Pei Yuanshao very upset, and repeatedly told Zhou Cang not to stay in Wo Niu Gang, but to follow Zhou Cang's side.

Zhou Cang did not agree, and said, "Brother, the world is in chaos now. Although the Yellow Turban Army has dispersed, it will become more chaotic soon. Now we finally have a little foothold, so we can rest assured if we leave it to others. Although I am now following Lord Governor , but everything is unpredictable, if we want to succeed in the future, we have to rely on ourselves." How could Pei Yuanshao be willing to give up, he has been aggrieved in the past few years, and Zhou Cang brought Xiliang back Five good horses were given to Pei Yuanshao, which finally soothed Pei Yuanshao's depressed heart.

Zhou Cang also promised that if Pei Yuanshao met the Yellow Turban Army, he could go down the mountain to attack and train troops, but he should not stay away from the village. All the leaders of the Yellow Turbans would be killed, and their weapons and armor would be collected.Pei Yuanshao was finally happy, and began to tease Zhou Cang, saying: "At the beginning, my brother said that he couldn't see his brother at night, but now it's good to marry a good sister-in-law."

Zhou Cang remembered that he promised Pei Dahu that he would give Pei Yuanshao a relative, but he forgot, and said, "Are you in a hurry, how about I ask my brother to find you a relative?"

"Brother was joking. At that time, it was agreed that I would be the captain first." Pei Yuanshao said seriously.

"That's good, that's good. I think I will go to Luoyang again in a while, and you can go with me when the time comes, maybe I can find you a captain."

"Really, that's great. It doesn't matter if you can't find it. I haven't been to the capital yet. I heard that the capital is very big and there are so many people... What kind of official position is my brother now? How many people are under him? General Wei looks very powerful, can you beat him? Are Zhou Da, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday brothers?" Pei Yuanshao kept asking.

"No, they are sisters." Zhou Cang interrupted Pei Yuanshao, "Tell me about Bo Cai, how is he now?"

"Brother, don't ask, I was just about to say, that kid is really lucky. I heard that he led people to besiege the Changsha, so I kept sending people to watch, and then the Changsha was cut off by a fire. One day Liu An led People patrolling the mountain found a man on the cliff behind him. He was shot by several arrows, his face was slashed, and his eyebrows and hair were all burnt. Liu An came back to report to me. It took me a long time to recognize him, and it was his fate. Big, thanks to my elder brother who was called Guangshou Langzhong, he lay down for a month to save his life, and he took another half a year to recover, but his appearance is quite different from before." Pei Yuanshao said.

"After recovering from his injury, Bocai said that he was attacked by Huangfu Song in Changshi, and his troops were defeated. He escaped here by climbing mountains and jumping streams with the skills of hunters, and passed out from exhaustion. I discussed with him, and it is determined whether the government will decide. I was willing to give up and wanted to arrest him. I was afraid that the rest of the Yellow Turbans would come to my door, so I changed my name to Zhou Cai, and said that my brother came to join him. My brother wrote to say that he wanted to open up the Dabie Mountains, so I asked him to take the two I had collected. One of his subordinates went to the Dabie Mountains to resettle the refugees, and no one knew him there."

"You have arranged it very well. Let's see. I'm at ease when you handle things." Zhou Cang patted Pei Yuanshao on the shoulder, making Pei Yuanshao laugh, "But, do you think Bo Cai still wants to join the Yellow Turban Army?"

"This time he escaped death and his face was completely changed. After the death of Zhang Jiao's three brothers, he was even more disheartened and had no intention of joining the army. He was very satisfied with the job of taking in refugees in the Dabie Mountains. He also planned to call himself Zhou Jiabao. Cai said that he would never come out in the Dabie Mountains again. In addition, tens of thousands of people died under his command. He was very sad, so he would not see the people in the Yellow Turban Army in the future, saying that he was ashamed, and he should resettle and protect the refugees more. "Pei Yuanshao Said.

"That's fine. After all, his status is too special. Let's call it Zhou Jianan Fort. The people there are still a little thinner. I will stay in the Dabie Mountains on Tuesday to assist Zhou Cai in managing money and food. Zhou Cai has led soldiers and is mainly responsible for training soldiers." Zhou Cang felt more and more that there was a shortage of talents under his command, especially those who could make good decisions, but such people had a high self-esteem and were hard to use for their own use. "Let him search for talents by himself, promote and appoint them. Except for Tuesday, the rest can be decided."

"By the way, how are Zhang Shuang and Su Ping? Why haven't you seen them?" Zhou Cang asked.

(End of this chapter)