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"The tea is slightly bitter, and the sweetness can only be tasted after a long drink."

Chen Feng picked up the teacup, this guy may have multiple personalities, sometimes he is crazy, sometimes he is calm and refined.

"This is similar to life, Wen You, I have agreed to all the requests you said before."

"Don't think about it anymore, my reputation is extremely bad, there is no prince in the world who doesn't want to kill me to make my name famous.

Sometimes, even I myself feel that my reputation is really bad, hehe, if this face can't be changed, I really want to change my life. "

"Do you think it's necessary for me?"

Chen Feng shook his head and smiled, with a trace of pity in his eyes.To be honest, a person like Li Ru has become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats. This is indeed very sad.

"It's meaningless to ask for more of those false names, besides, the Xiliang Army did commit a lot of crimes, but they can't all be blamed on you.

People have to look forward when they are alive, no, if you blindly lament the past and the impermanence of fate, I think it is irresponsible to yourself.

Wen You, you are a smart person and know what to do. As for your followers, hehe, to put it bluntly, they are Dong Zhuo’s relatives and some of the surviving subordinates. I can guarantee their survival. "

"Subordinate Li Ru, I have met my lord."

This literati is Li Ru. According to rumors, he died in Chang'an and was beheaded by Lu Bu himself. Later, because of the trampling of the rebellious army, there was no bones left.

Outsiders would not know why he appeared here. From now on, he will serve Chen Feng wholeheartedly.

Chen Feng, who received Li Ru's allegiance, was naturally very happy. He is short of talents now, especially top counselors.

Li Ruzhi's talent is not inferior to Jia Xu's, and in some respects, he is even better than Jia Xu.With Li Ru's allegiance, some of Chen Feng's plans could be implemented faster.

There is no way, without the approval of the aristocratic family, Chen Feng can only try his best to recruit talents, especially, there are almost no great talents in this era who can pledge their allegiance to him.

Li Ru's appearance was probably a gift from heaven to him.Anyway, he now has two masterminds, and for the time being, it is definitely enough.

Chapter 329 The weather turns cold 1

After the work of the autumn harvest in the Central Plains was completed, all the princes were busy counting the supplies.In troubled times, people are more important than materials.

Then, those who are a little ambitious want to expand their strength at this time, and those who are not ambitious can only guard their one-acre three-point land.

This era is the era of cannibalism. If anyone does not want to climb up, he will be trampled to death again. Therefore, most of the princes in this world will not be idle.

The harvest here in Xiliang is not good every year. If there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, the local people can barely make a living. Once there is a war, the local people will suffer.

For many years, there have been many fierce cavalry in Xiliang, and these people are more often bandits. It is normal to loot the village, so the people of Xiliang are living a very bad life.

The top soldiers at the bottom also have to find ways to fill their stomachs and support their families, so in this season, they all do their best to serve their superiors.

As for the princes in Xiliang, in order to win the support of their subordinates and expand their strength, they could only think of ways to do something.

"Father, I have already found out that Cao Cao's autumn grain in Sanfu is stored on the spot, and most of the grain and grass in Chang'an are still hoarded in various farm warehouses."

In the living room, Ma Chao was reporting the situation.When it was time for the autumn harvest again, Ma Chao had already planned how to obtain supplies.

"We didn't dare to plunder before because we were afraid of scaring the snake. But now, we don't have to worry about it. Cao Cao has absolutely no peace of mind for us.

Father, this is our chance. Han Sui has not realized this situation yet. If we do it first, our army can get at least [-] shi of food and grass. "

"One hundred thousand stones is enough for our army to survive the winter. If we can regain most of it, hehe, our army's strength will increase a lot, but the food and grass are not so easy to obtain."

Ma Teng was tempted, but he had no choice but to have a large number of troops in his hands, and they had to rely on food to feed them.In the land of Xiliang, there is not so much food and grass for him to consume.

In the land of Xiliang, it is very unrealistic to rely solely on self-growing to obtain food. It is not that the climate and soil in Xiliang are not good, the key is that Xiliang does not have such an environment.

Who is in the mood to grow food in the chaos of war? Besides, even if you have worked so hard to grow it, you may not know who it is.

"How is Hu Qiang living in the prairie now? Has Bo Zhan and Yun Lu sent back any news? We must explain this matter to them."

"Yes, after autumn, the trade volume over there has increased a lot. Bo Zhan is in charge of the overall situation over there, and he won't be able to return in a short time."

Pang De immediately replied: "Miss is now in command of two thousand fine cavalry to maintain local law and order, and those caravans from Youzhou have a very good relationship with us.

Last month, Bo Zhan led his troops to teach a lesson to the two restless tribes in the area, which made our army famous. With such a lesson, the business there will be much easier.

Now, the tribes that want to trade with the Youzhou caravan first go to Bozhana to give gifts and report, hum, whoever dares to be dishonest will be repaired.

Hehe, in this way, our army's gains over there are not small.At least, compared to farming, it is much better.

Bo Zhan once mentioned that in addition to feeding the local garrison, what he gained there could also send us the supplies needed for the life of the [-] army. "

"Okay, Bo Zhan suggested that we strengthen our relationship with Youzhou. Now it seems that this decision is right."

Ma Teng nodded, his face full of joy.There is no way, the land of Xiliang is too poor, if you want to feed more soldiers and horses, you must find a way to obtain more food, grass and supplies.

"In this way, even if our army has a stable income in the grassland where the Hu and Qiang live together, and the seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses there are on alert for a long time, they will definitely be able to maintain their combat effectiveness.

Both Bo Zhan and Yun Lu have done a good job. If this is the case, then don't transfer them back. With them there, I feel relieved. "

"No, but my lord, the situation of Hu and Qiang living in the grassland is too complicated. In addition to the Qiang people, now the Huns and Xianbei people are also involved. Bo Zhan mentioned this situation.

Our relationship with the Qiang people is a little bit better, but it is much worse with the Xianbei people and the Huns.Many Qiang tribes were even plundered by the Huns and Xianbei, which caused a lot of panic in the local area.

Autumn has arrived, and those nomadic tribes have fattened up their war horses. Now, it is estimated that those tribes with greater power are thinking of going south to plunder.In their eyes, the grassland where the Hu and Qiang live together has become a piece of fat. "

"Hmph, it's indeed fat, but it's just Lao Tzu's fat. If anyone dares to stretch out his claws, I will chop him off."

Ma Teng snorted coldly, with a trace of murderous look in his eyes. With that posture, if anyone really touched his interests in the grassland, let alone killing people, he could also slaughter certain tribes.

"Don't say that the Xianbei and the Huns are coming, it is said that the Heavenly King Lao Tzu is coming, and I will not let go. Ling Ming, you tell Bo Zhan and the others, don't be low-key over there, but be absolutely strong.

Anyone who dares to mess around will be killed. By the way, one thing is very important. We must establish a good relationship with the one in the north and ensure this trade route.

The soldiers and horses in our hands cannot continue to be transferred out, otherwise Han Sui's old fox will definitely notice something.

How about this, I gave Bo Zhan an order to allow him to recruit a certain army locally to enrich his own strength, so that even if the Huns or Xianbei came, he would not have to worry about anything. "

"Father has a good opinion. With Bo Zhan's ability, it's no problem to keep this piece of fat. If he can, I believe he can expand his interests there.

But the boy finds it strange that in the past, the Huns and Xianbeis would go south to plunder at this time of year, but there had never been a time when the Hu and Qiang people plundered on a large scale on the grassland. "

"Well, hehe, I know some reasons."

Ma Teng stood up and pointed to the northern part of the map, with a sneer on his face, as if mocking the grassland tribes.

"This ally of ours has caused quite a stir in the north. In recent years, the barbarians in the grassland have suffered a lot from him.

The old nest of the Huns was taken over by him once, and the leader of the Xianbei people was killed by him. Now, our ally has expanded his power to the Taiyuan area of ​​Bingzhou.

If those Huns dared to go south, he would be able to send troops directly from Taiyuan to attack the tribes of the Huns and kill them.