"Benevolence comes in different sizes, so does virtue!"
"You are no longer the Liu Bei you used to be. You are now the head of a county and will be the shepherd of a state in the future. You need to have a long-term vision and look at different things. Now you have to start thinking about the overall situation!"
"The overall situation now is that we need food, the people need food, and building Qingzhou and restoring order requires a lot of food!"
"Do you understand what to do next?"
"Understood!" Liu Bei replied decisively.
Not only him, but also everyone else felt that this moment of their own had become so sacred. For the sake of the lives of the Han people in Qi County, and even the entire Qingzhou, if they did not scrape out more grains from the hands of these wealthy families, it would be simply a waste.
'Heinous crime'!
Wang Xuan is very satisfied with everyone’s attitude now!
After some admonishment, these guys let go of their inner burdens. Liu Bei still acted innocent and refused with a smile, but Guan, Zhang, and Zhao Dian became more and more evil.
At this time, news from the coalition forces also came over. Liu Dai used the excuse of asking Qiao Mao to borrow food but the latter refused to give it to him and suddenly launched a sneak attack, catching Qiao Mao off guard.
Brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao rushed to the rescue. After a melee, Liu Dai suffered a lot of losses. Qiao Mao died in the rebellion. Brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao annexed Qiao Mao's remaining soldiers, and their strength increased, but they also had to fight with Qiao Mao.
Liu Dai formed a deadly feud.
This is thanks to Wang Xuan. He didn't treat Zhang Miao badly before leaving. He left a letter specifically for the two guys to keep an eye on Liu Dai. That's how the current scene happened.
Chaos has appeared in the world, and the wealthy families also know the principle of protecting themselves wisely, and they are increasingly unwilling to provoke Liu Bei, who is passing by with my army. They just spend money to eliminate disasters. In troubled times, this is a blessing.
Along the way, Wang Xuan did not just search for food and grass. Of course, he would not only focus on the top talents. Instead, he would focus more on the unsuccessful children from poor families.
Whenever they pass through some cities, they begin to send out a large number of manpower to inquire about local intelligence. There are those poor scholars or unsuccessful talents. With enough manpower and great fanfare, the efficiency is really amazing. Generally, these highly praised talents will be collected the next day.
To the letter written by Liu Bei.
It is impossible to visit at your door. There are too many people and not much time, unless Wang Xuan is sure that this person is very famous!
For example, Zaozhi's family was originally named Ji, but later changed his name to avoid misfortune, and now he is from a poor family.
Don’t get me wrong, a poor family does not mean a poor family who cannot afford to eat. It refers specifically to a family with a lower status and power, also called a common people. With the development of society, the influence of aristocratic families gradually decreased. By the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties
During this period, people from poor families did not belong to the ranks of the gentry.
Zao Zhi was a little surprised by Liu Bei's visit. He was one of the 19 princes and a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He made a big splash in the war against Dong and had the most powerful generals among countless princes. Now he is the governor of Qi County. It can be said that the general trend is
Already done.
He was indeed flattered that he could condescend to visit him in person.
"I've met Liu Fujun." Zao Zhi opened the door to greet him and let Liu Bei in respectfully. He was very clear about Liu Bei's intention, but Qijun was not optimistic about it.
In this era, not only did the king choose his ministers, but the ministers also chose the king. Faced with Liu Bei's intention, Zao Zhi did not avoid it, but directly asked: "Why did the Xuande Guild choose Qi County? There is nothing but yellow scarf thieves."
, it’s really not a good place!”
In my opinion, being surrounded by enemies on all sides means that there is room for development on all sides. This statement is definitely useless to Zao Zhi. Wang Xuan directly interjected: "Qingzhou has a good thing that other states and counties do not have!"
Zao Zhi could see that Wang Xuan was the mastermind. It was definitely not unreasonable to choose Qi County instead of choosing from so many good prefectures and counties. He immediately frowned and thought deeply. After a long while, he got nothing. It was worth looking up at Wang Xuan and said:
"I'm sorry for being stupid, but I don't know what advantages Qi County has that other places don't have!"
"The land of no one!" Wang Xuan said word by word: "The entire land of Qi County is now the land of no one, and the entire Qingzhou is basically the land of no one. Is this enough to become the real foundation land!
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"Others see Qingzhou as full of banditry, chaotic, and extremely difficult to govern. What I see is indeed a clean picture that can be painted over at will."
"The Yellow Turban thieves are not Yellow Turban thieves. In my opinion, they are just a group of guys who don't have enough to eat. As long as there is enough food, these guys will obey immediately. As for the small number of thorns, just kill them."
"When the time comes, a 100% controlled Qingzhou will serve as the foundation. Compared with other princes, the gap in strength that can be exerted will be huge!"
Wang Xuan's eloquent talk immediately made Zao Zhi's vision brighten. Indeed, from Wang Xuan's perspective, Qingzhou is the best place to establish a foundation. Although he is from a poor family, he also understands the harm of having a family that is too big.
In addition, to be honest, it is true that the Zao family is poor now, but from the bottom of his heart, he wants to revive the family in his own hands. If there are so many aristocratic families under one power, and the benefits are almost divided, how can he still do it?
There is room for these poor families to develop.
For Liu Bei, the unclaimed land is very important. For the Zao family or other poor families, the unowned land is equally important.
Thinking of this, Zao Zhi looked up at Wang Xuan and asked the most critical question, "Where does the food come from?"
"That's why we came to find you." Wang Xuan looked at Zao Zhi and said with a smile, "Tunting!"
Farming was not the first invention of Zao Zhi. This method existed in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was very unsystematic. Zao Zhi summed up a set of methods after many years of research, and it was basically formed during this period.
"As for the food and grass needed in the early stage, don't worry. The Mi family, one of the top five wealthy merchants in the world, will naturally provide help. In addition, there is Tao Gongzu of Xuzhou!"
This way there will be no problem!
Zao Zhi stood up, straightened his clothes solemnly, and bowed to Liu Bei, "Zao Zhi pays homage to my lord!"
"Hahaha, if you can get help from Zao Zhi, you will definitely have great achievements!" Liu Bei laughed, now he is also qualified to open a palace and accept subordinates.
Before this, Liu Bei was not qualified to be called 'Lord'.
"Let's go back to the camp together. I'll take you to meet the others!" Liu Bei didn't show up either. He took Zao Zhi with one hand and walked outside intimately. He was approachable and had no pretensions. Liu Bei meant it from the bottom of his heart.
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Wang Xuan shook his head silently, Liu Bei must have taken people back to cook meat in the big copper cauldron again!
Ever since Liu Bei became qualified to do this, no matter who he recruited, even if he was an unknown person, he would get people to cook meat and eat it in a big copper cauldron.
Although it was not delicious at all, the people who ate it were grateful and Liu Bei was very proud of it. As time went by, Wang Xuan was too lazy to say anything.