Uncle, please help the Han family

"Ling, go get Agan some wine."

Seeing his daughter coming, Hou Gumu raised his big hand and said quite generously.

"Agan, I've run out of wine, I'll make it tonight."

"No need, get on the horse and go buy something ready-made."

"Hey, Hou Gumu, our family has no money." The woman reminded.

"Then sell a horse. Or sell two horses. Anyway, the aquatic plants are getting less and less. If you don't sell them, you have to slaughter them."

"Two horses are enough, enough for us to live comfortably through the whole winter."

The woman nodded, and was about to lead two horses with Ling to sell to the Han army at the Great Wall, but before she left, she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Hou Gumu, Tian Khan said that a horse costs [-] yuan. Selling ten horses costs [-] yuan each, and we sell two...doesn't seem like a good deal?"

"..."

While drinking with a copper bottle in hand, Hou Gumu paused for a while, then looked into the distance.

These horses were his proud treasures, and no one in this little tribe had more horses than he.

But winter is coming, even if they don't sell it, they have to slaughter one or two horses.

However, if you sell ten horses at a time, you will only have one horse left.

The cold wind blows from the north, and a thin layer of frost seems to have formed on Hou Gumu's beard.

He loves the prairie, very much.

When winter passes, the grassland will turn into a sea of ​​green again.

Sitting on the edge of the tent, drinking wine, watching the sheep eating water plants, watching Ling dancing beautifully, smiling innocently.

Looking back, there has been no war for half a year.

It was Liu Yu who protected all of this.

"Then sell ten horses."

"Will ten horses be too much? That's..." The woman said in surprise, "30 yuan!"

After gulping down the fine wine made from grain, feeling the world without war, Hou Gumu showed a simple smile:

"Save the money, it will be used next winter."

Chapter 22 The lord is the best lord in the world

A group of strong black horses with tiptoes, dressed in fine armor, weapons made of pure mother stone, and 300 elite cavalry gleaming in the sun, escorted dozens of civilian investigation groups.

And on both sides of the wide avenue, there are thousands of hectares of fertile fields that are square and neat like a chessboard, and the edge can't be seen at a glance.It can only be seen that on the ridges of the fields, countless farmers with iron sickles in their hands are harvesting wheat enthusiastically.

The harvested wheat is packed in bags, and then transported by the convoy of officers and soldiers to large warehouses half a mile away.

The vastness of the scene is jaw-dropping.

"Okay, okay, in addition to the 30 refugees, there are more than [-] servants who have also joined the farming team. The grain produced in just the past six months has exceeded the sum of taxes in Youzhou in ten years!"

Seeing such a scene, a civil official couldn't help stroking his beard happily. After all, he didn't expect that the enthusiasm of farmers to participate in the military settlement could be so high, and the grain output was so abundant.

"That is, [-]% of the grain can be allocated to farming, and even [-]% can be allocated to farmers with private cattle. After the people pay the public grain, they can keep the rations for the whole family for a year. Naturally, it is fun."

"Now it's all right. After deducting the lost points for the people, Youzhou's taxes this year can leave 50 shi of grain! It's not a problem to feed an army of 15 for a year."

"It's really the great fortune of the people of Youzhou to have a Duke Ming like the lord, and it's the great fortune of the world!"

After these officials saw the effectiveness of the military settlement, they couldn't help but want to praise Liu Yu, and they wished they could sing praises to him right here.

"It's shameful, I only made a small contribution."

Liu Yu smiled and bowed to these officials who wanted to bow down to him, looking very humble.

Then, the officials admired this wise and mighty state shepherd even more.

That sentence is indeed true - when Lord Liu comes, the blue sky of Youzhou will be there.

After some courtesies with these Jicheng officials, Liu Yu rode a horse alone, took a step ahead, and enjoyed the scenery alone.

It has been half a year since the soul has been in this world, and Liu Yu, who does not have the skill of riding a horse, is already quite superb at this time.Moreover, he also learned some sword skills from a master swordsman like Zhao Ziyu.

Therefore, Liu Yu is no longer a weak chicken, and he can be regarded as a qualified soldier when he is incorporated into the army.

Of course, charging into battle is not his major, and he will never go to the battlefield to kill the enemy himself. He just regards horse riding, swordsmanship, and archery as some necessary means of self-defense.

"Ling'er, am I considered Duke Ming?"

Reining in the reins, holding the whip in his hand, and looking back at Zhou Ling, Liu Yu asked quite proudly.

"..." Zhou Ling didn't know how to praise the lord, because she knew very well that no matter what she did, she couldn't speak as well as those adults behind her.So, after talking in her mind for a while, she nodded in a daze, and replied in a very serious tone, "My lord is Duke Ming, the best Duke Ming in the world."

Liu Yu was very pleased to hear this, he liked this kind of flattery, especially from people of Zhou Ling's gender.

Well, it's the girl.

This is normal, of course it's more enjoyable to be blown by a girl than by a man.

"The 50 shi of grain will all be put into a warehouse in Youzhou, and within at least five years, there will be no more shortage of grain and grass."

Liu Yu finally has the confidence now. For the past six months, as the governor of Youzhou, he has taken the lead in frugality and careful planning. He dare not order more meat dishes for a meal, just for this moment.

It was finally the harvest season.

A total of 40 people participated in farming, which not only resolved social instability, but also directly saved 50 shi of grain, of which 40 shi was enough to pay the salaries of all officials under the rule, and the remaining 3 shi Enough to feed a full-time armed force of [-] people for five years.

Oh, by the way, it is worth mentioning that Liu Yu's army has expanded to 5000 troops, not counting the 3 old, weak, sick, and disabled field troops, and among the 3 people, the number of cavalry actually stands half, which is enough. There are 5000 people.

Compared with before, it has expanded ten times at once!

On the other hand, Miss Gongsun Zan still doesn't have the consciousness to strengthen economic construction. The military rations are either collected or robbed, and she can't even be self-sufficient.Under such oppression, the few people in those counties in Liaodong began to flee to their own side and actively joined the Tuntian Army.

If only resources are considered, the comparison between Gongsun Zan and himself is already one mine versus four mines.

But Gongsun Zan is at least nominally his subordinate, so now she is hungry and has nothing to eat, so if she asks the state shepherd for food, Liu Yu will still give it.

Of course, the food given to her was only above the food and clothing line, and she would not be given any more.

And follow the principle of equivalent exchange, I can give you food, but the appointment and transfer of officials in several counties in Liaodong must be decided by the Youzhou government.

All in all, because of this garrison, and because of my painstaking management in Youzhou for more than half a year, everything in Youzhou except Gongsun Zan's [-] frontier army has been shuffled.

Gongsun Zan is really just a general now.

But Liu Yu still didn't underestimate it, because the threat of Gongsun Zan still existed, and it was not smaller than before. After all, a hungry wolf was more difficult to provoke than a full wolf.

"My lord." Just as Liu Yu was walking his horse comfortably in the autumn wind, Zhou Ling came over and reported, "The envoy of the imperial court has come again and asked when the mother stone in Youzhou will be handed over. Do you need to reply? ?”

Since that night, facial cleanser... no, after listening to Zhou Ling's inner voice at close range, this guy's attitude towards himself has become less restrained.

As the head of the bodyguard, she began to undertake some work other than guarding.

"Here again? Didn't you just remind me?" Liu Yu was a little impatient.

To explain, because the mother stone was robbed by Qiu Juli before, Liu Yu went to the court, hoping to accommodate, and postpone the date of handing over the mother stone by one month, so as to avoid such economic losses to the court.

One month later, an envoy from the imperial court came and asked Liu Yu for the Mother Stone. However, Zhang Chun happened to rebel at this time, so Liu Yu said that he would send troops to conscript and seized the batch of mother stones. He was robbed by the bandits to strengthen his power.

Two months later, Zhang Chun's rebellion was settled, and Wuhuan personally sent Zhang Chun's dog's head, and the Han court sent envoys again, but when Liu Yu came...

sick.

Again and again, Liu Yu delayed for half a year, and the mother stones produced for three full quarters were all held in Youzhou.

This time when the Han envoy came, it should still be the same question—Liu Zhoumu, do you see my Youzhou mother stone in the third quarter?

Because he was really a bit of a bully, Zhou Ling asked puzzledly: "It has been half a year, and not a single stone from Youzhou has been handed over to the imperial court. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Is that a stone? I didn't give a single grain of rice to the emperor.

"Delay for another three months to prevent Zhang Chun's other forces from counterattacking."

"After three months, if the court envoy comes again..."

"At that time, the war will start." Liu Yu smiled.

"War?" Zhou Ling was very confused. She didn't know where the war was. Why didn't she see it.

Regarding this, Liu Yu could only laugh it off: "It will come."

It will come, and in less than half a year, the most exciting war in the entire Chinese feudal history will come.

Liu Yu will still prevaricate the court in various names now, but when that time really comes, there is no need to perfunctory anymore, and no one can control himself anymore.

In troubled times, you should build high walls, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly.

Ji Nai under the crotch, with a horsewhip in his hand, looked at the vast expanse of fertile land. Liu Yu, who had adapted to this era, found himself looking forward to it.

Zhou Ling on the side, looking at the protagonist in front of him, felt that he was really full of heroism, even if he was aimlessly trusting the horse, people couldn't help feeling that he was thinking about something very clever, something that others would never think about .

However, the protagonist actually has a different side.

When reviewing documents at the State Shepherd's Mansion, whenever he saw bad reports from the counties and counties below, he would show a very real irritated expression, then call himself over, and bury his head on his chest and say Some strange words, such as "Linger, I'm so stressed, I'm so stressed", some confusing words.

My lord, you are really quite different from ordinary people.

Just looking at the lord from the side, Zhou Ling felt that his life as a bodyguard was so fulfilling and interesting.

"What's next?" Liu Yu asked the servant beside him.

The servant quickly replied: "My lord, after the harvest ceremony, I will go to Zhuojun City to hold a banquet."

The so-called Harvest Ceremony is a ceremony to sacrifice to the heavens to celebrate the harvest, but it was over yesterday, and the rest belongs to the Jicheng official regiment building day, and travel to Zhuojun at public expense.

Because it is just an ordinary team building, it is not very important.

And as a modern person in the 21st century, Liu Yu deeply understands one thing - team building without leadership is good team building.

"Tell you adults, let them have fun, I have something to accompany."

After Liu Yu finished speaking, without waiting for the servant to respond, he threw the horse's whip against the horse's leg and yo-yoed it.

"My lord...my lord?"

The servant stood there dumbfounded, not knowing how to convey the lord's behavior to the other adults.

It's too capricious.

As Liu Yu's personal guard, Zhou Ling naturally brought nearly a hundred elites to guard the lord personally.

"Linger, do you know where we are going?"

"Back to the lord, Ling'er doesn't know."

It is rare to come here, Liu Yu will not forget this, so looking at Zhou Ling with a simple face, he asked: "Do you know that there are three heroes in Zhuo County who once married Jinlan in Taoyuan?"

"My lord is talking about the three sisters Liu Guan Zhang?"

Chapter 23 Not only got her

In Youzhou, Liu Yu is a real celebrity, because he is the leader of Youzhou, the highest chief executive, as a Youzhou person, you must know this name.

But besides him, there are some people who have no power but are also famous.

Among them, Liu Bei is one, and he is out of the circle.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Bei and his two sisters pulled up an armed team and joined the army to suppress the rebellion, and defeated the Yellow Turban army of nearly [-] people with a mere [-] militiamen.Because of this, she was also commended by the court at that time.

However, this is a corrupt and decayed man. The poor family and the common people basically have no bright future, and Liu Bei was indeed just a small person at that time, and more than [-]% of the credit for the suppression was taken by meat eaters, so she only got one county at that time. Wei (district and county public security bureau director) small official position.

The officialdom is complicated, and human nature is unpredictable. People above can't go down, and people below can't go up. Liu Bei, an official with excellent achievements in the bottom line, couldn't spend money to bribe the supervisor, so the "flagellation supervisor" happened. 'Such an event.

Of course, excellent people are excellent everywhere. Cao Cao also served as an official at the level of Luoyang Beiduwei, but he also shined.The same is true of Liu Bei. Since she finished whipping the postal supervisor, she has traveled to several places and served as the county magistrate (the second in command of the county), the county magistrate, etc., and she also has good achievements in political affairs, and is praised by the local people.

All in all, she's someone with a pretty good reputation.

But what got her out of the circle was something else.

This is an era in which the status of women is rising rapidly. All kinds of gender barriers have been broken one by one, and women have gained more and more freedom. However, the patriarchal society has lasted for thousands of years, and many things are still only done by men. .

Therefore, the behavior of the three sisters Liu Guanzhang and Taoyuan to become sworn brothers created a precedent for women's sworn worship, and it became a trend for a while.

If you are good sisters, then go to the army together!

This seems to be well written in the conscription brochure...

"By the way, why does my lord want to meet these three people?" But Zhou Ling didn't understand.