Chapter 62: The Left Pocket Money to the Right Pocket Plan
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The moment Zang Ba fell from his horse, he suddenly thought of a person, Zhang Fei who dared to challenge Lu Bu in front of Hulao Pass. After that, his vision went dark and he didn't know anything.
Zhang Fei easily lifted Zang Ba up from his horse to prevent him from being reduced to a pulp by the cavalry behind him. He figured out that the reason for Zang Ba's defeat was not because he was too weak, but because the opponent he encountered was already at an inhuman level.
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"Zang Ba has been captured by me, why don't you abandon your weapons and surrender!" Zhang Fei roared, his voice directly suppressing the screams of Zang Ba's troops.
"Surrender!" The commander-in-chief was captured and the army was divided. If he did not surrender, there was only one way to die. Zang Ba's army, which had lost all morale, completely lost its fighting spirit after Zang Ba was captured. Under Zhang Fei's roar, the entire army was defeated.
The person was like an eggplant beaten by frost, completely wilted.
Hua Xiong commanded his men to capture Zang Ba's troops. Originally, after a battle like this, the capture of prisoners was left to the rear army. After all, the front army was basically exhausted after a bloody battle.
There are only so many people under Hua Xiong, and there is no rear army at all. And the original bandit army under Hua Xiong's leadership did not do such a thing at all. It should be the rear army's consciousness. They will do whatever Hua Xiong says, and capture prisoners.
It's much safer than carrying a huge boulder and climbing a cliff. Besides, we've defeated these bastards before, so there's nothing to worry about.
Under Hua Xiong's arrangement, Hua Xiong's bandits separated out 500 lightly wounded soldiers and drove the prisoners together like ducks. They also separated out 3,000 people to be on guard, and the remaining people scattered like scouts.
Come on, as a warning.
As for the prisoners who were driven away by Hua Xiong's bandits, who were only one-twentieth of themselves and were all lightly wounded, none of them dared to resist. It seemed that Zang Ba's pro-army troops were basically defeated.
At least within a short period of time, there would be no thought of any resistance in the face of this silent army that defeated them.
"Zijian, I didn't realize that your military training skills are really amazing!" Zhang Fei lifted Zang Ba and gave a thumbs up to Hua Xiong who was standing on the boulder.
"Don't mention it. I don't know what happened. The military advisor asked me to train like this. I still don't understand why. None of these people are afraid of death. They will do whatever I say." Hua Xiong waved his hand.
He said that this is not a problem of his ability to train troops, but entirely Chen Xi's ability.
"Oh, I didn't expect Zichuan to have such a skill. He didn't teach me to Lao Zhang. I'll ask him when I get back." When Zhang Fei heard this, he was happy at first, and then angrily shouted that he wanted to look good to Chen Xi.
"It's better not to talk about looking good to the military advisor. Wake up Zang Ba, and then you go back and lead troops to seal the surrounding roads for me. The military advisor ordered to capture Sun Guan. I still don't know where Sun Guan is.
, How do I catch him? I hope Zang Ba knows." Hua Xiong said with a wry smile. The task Chen Xi gave him is not difficult. The difficult thing is to find the bandit Sun Guan in Mount Tai. The only one who may know now is
Zang Ba, this is why Hua Xiong took the risk to attack Zang Ba.
Zhang Fei found a basin of water and poured water on Zang Ba to wake him up. He didn't worry about Zang Ba's wound infection, and he didn't have to worry about preferential treatment of prisoners of war. In this era, basically everyone treats you preferentially if they like you, and if you don't like you, then you can do whatever you want.
Well, who made you a prisoner of war? Speaking of which, masters who have reached the level of refining qi to become a gang do not have to worry about getting sick. It is difficult to get rid of ordinary minor illnesses, but once you get sick, you are basically not far away from becoming a steamed bun filling.
"Cough cough cough." Zang Ba coughed up blood and opened his eyes. When he saw the two people he saw before looking at him, he knew that he had been captured. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and Zang Ba asked with twinkling eyes.
He said, "I want to know that I am in the hands of Zhang Yide, a Yan native."
"Hey, Yide, I know you, let's see if you are from your hometown." Hua Xiong teased with a smile.
"Hmph, I'm not a fellow thief. Most of it can be seen from my strong martial arts skills and burly figure." Zhang Fei said unhappily.
"It's not necessary. Zichuan has already said that there are many people in this world who don't recognize you who can recognize the Zhangba Snake Spear. You yourself are not as good as your weapon." Hua Xiong continued to tease Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei basically had no fear.
"Tell me, how did you recognize him?" Zhang Fei grabbed Zang Ba and asked with a ferocious look on his face.
Hua Xiong looked sideways at Zang Ba with half-squinted eyes. This was what he and Guan Yu had learned. Looking at people with this look was particularly murderous and majestic. At least now Zang Ba was covered in cold sweat from this look.
"Okay, Yide, don't joke anymore. Leave Zang Ba to me. I still have something to ask." Hua Xiong is not a person who cares about seriousness, so just make a few jokes.
"Leave it to you. After watching you fight, Old Zhang is a little itchy. Unfortunately, all my men are cavalry and cannot fight in the mountains." Zhang Fei threw Zang Ba to Hua Xiong and said helplessly, "
It seems that I can only go with my second brother to gather the refugees from Qingzhou."
It has to be said that at the beginning of this troubled times, when the people no longer recognized the Han Dynasty, pure disaster relief could no longer be carried out. The reason was simple. The people did not believe that you would distribute food for no reason. Even if someone spread it to Qingzhou, those
The displaced people are not willing to believe it. They believe that they can feed their families by relying on their own strength.
In order to investigate this reality, Chen Xi directly put an end to Liu Bei's idea of opening a warehouse to release grain. It was not worth spending so much grain to create such a small profit. Hundreds of thousands of living people with hands and feet could not be created anywhere.
Profit, this is all money.
On the contrary, it would be a burden to feed them directly after releasing the grain. Instead of opening a warehouse to release grain, let these refugees work directly, and the money and grain would be treated as wages once a day. It would be more harmonious.
Chen Xi put an end to the simple operation of opening warehouses to release grain, and directly started working for relief. Since he had the hands and feet, it was better to let them eat the grain they earned than to eat the disaster relief grain. At least they would be able to put in the effort to eat grain.
Confidence, although national disaster relief is also an obligation, but wouldn't it be more reasonable to provide them with work and food? By the way, it can also stimulate business circulation and so on, and give them a little money to let them see more hope. Wouldn't it be more
future.
With this idea in mind, Chen Xi had no intention of opening any more warehouses to release grain. Anyway, the country's reputation was basically ruined, so it was better to build a new monument and add some private goods in the process.
For example, with the idea of teaching people to fish, teach them to build houses, give them food, and when they finish building, tell the refugees that the wages previously paid to you can be used to purchase the houses you built. If it is not enough, just pay a
As for the deposit, the government can rent it to you first and pay it back later when you have money.
Similarly, if you want to farm but don't have the money to buy land, the government can still grant you the land. You can follow the farming order compiled by Zhao Zilong, with 40% of the national tax and 10% of the lease fee. After five years, only the national tax will be left.
The land is yours, but of course each adult is only entitled to fifty acres.
Look, what a good policy. Even Liu Bei was shocked. He even asked Chen Xi if the money and food were enough. But Chen Xi laughed and said nothing. He even wanted to ask Liu Bei if you saw me spending money with your eyes. Didn't you put it in your left pocket?
The money was transferred to your right pocket and spent a lot of money. In the end, the money was not still in your hand, but more people made money for you.
