The Nameless of the Common Clans

The second year of Xingping was a relatively peaceful year for the entire Han Dynasty. After Cao Cao regained Yanzhou, he did not rashly mobilize troops. Chen Mo in Guanzhong quietly sorted out his own forces, began to establish new rules, restored people's livelihood, and no longer fought blindly with the surrounding areas. He cooperated with Zhang Lu and allowed the Qiang people who were willing to trade with the Han people to start trade. At the same time, he built a city in the Chang'an area, mainly to gather military households.

At the same time, Chen Mo separated the general of craftsmanship from the Shaofu and set up the general of craftsmanship, led by Ma Jun, who was responsible for researching and improving agricultural tools and military equipment. In addition, Chen Mo also set up the general of agriculture, who was responsible for the promotion of agricultural affairs in various places, the use of manure, and the cultivation skills. After breaking through the ninth level, Chen Mo obtained the grafting technology, and he was ready to promote the grafting technology widely. In the second year of Xingping, Chen Mo personally served as the general of tenant farmers. Although many people did not understand, under the leadership of Chen Mo, this year, Guanzhong had a bumper harvest of grain, fruits and vegetables, far exceeding previous years.

In this year, Chen Mo showed his amazing achievements in agriculture to the world, and personally taught hundreds of old farmers who were proficient in grafting technology. Later, they took over Chen Mo's work and promoted grafting technology to various places. At present, according to the information provided by the system gods and Chen Mo's reading of "Fan Shengzhi's Book".

Originally thought that the method of grafting was only available to the system gods, but when Chen Mo flipped through the classics, he found that Fan Shengzhi had similar methods before, but compared with the method given to him by the system gods, Fan Shengzhi's grafting technique was too simple, but it also had its merits.

At least when teaching others to learn, Fan Shengzhi's method was easier to be accepted by others. The things of the system gods were too obscure, and they involved another set of knowledge. Even if others wanted to learn, it was difficult to understand. After Chen Mo thoroughly understood these things, he explained them in his own way, and these people could understand them.

After all, the knowledge that the system gave Chen Mo was quite mysterious, but the practice was not difficult. Chen Mo wanted to teach the practice rather than let them understand why it was so. This would be much simpler. As for the principle... Fan Shengzhi probably didn't understand it back then. Even if Chen Mo now has the knowledge taught by the system immortal, he still can't figure out what cells are. Are plants and animals made up of cells?

This... Although he knew that what the system immortal said should be right, Chen Mo still couldn't accept it for a while. He thought that he had learned almost everything the system immortal said, but now it seems that he still has a lot to learn.

The military household academy has also been built. The children of the generals under Chen Mo are the first batch of disciples. In addition, many children who have made meritorious contributions and are willing to enter the academy to study have been selected to join, which also shows these people a way.

The results are very significant. This year, the candidate for the general under Han Sui's account came to attack, and he was directly left behind. His head is now hanging on the top of Ji County. In addition, the three Qiang tribes in Fengyi area disappeared forever.

This is not just because Chen Mo established the Military Household Academy. More importantly, as long as you have made meritorious contributions, your family will be able to meet the tax, and there will be additional compensation for death in battle. Chen Mo has already implemented a set of laws and regulations to give preferential treatment to the families of military households in early March. Now the morale of the three armies is high, and even the new recruits can burst out with good combat effectiveness.

"My lord, this method is good, but it is..." Xu Shu smiled bitterly and looked at Chen Mo and said, "The money and food in the treasury are seriously consumed. I am afraid that we will not be able to wait for Zhang Lu's second batch of food and grass to arrive, and it will be difficult to support."

Short of money, Chen Mo's words and strokes of the pen, a large number of military households' families have gained real benefits, but the wallet is hurt. The pensions for the families of the soldiers who died in battle and the logistics of the army, even if there is no war, just to maintain the current situation, the money and food consumed are not few, and it is just a drop in the bucket to expect to make up for it from the spoils of war.

"Why not..." Jia Xu on the side smiled and twisted his beard and said, "We can intimidate Zhang Lu and make him hand over more food."

"Forget it, it's not that bad yet." Although he was tempted for a moment, Chen Mo shook his head and said, "The situation is not as bad as you think. Zhang Lu is an ally after all. He has to guard the gate of Western Shu for us. Too much intimidation may backfire."

Chen Mo certainly couldn't trust Zhang Lu completely. Allies can betray at any time. Chen Mo didn't move Zhang Lu because he had no intention of attacking Shu for the time being. Otherwise, the first thing Chen Mo would have to do was to deploy to Hanzhong. Now that he didn't have this plan, it would be best to appease and win over Zhang Lu. Necessary defense is indispensable. Now Hao Zhao is stationed in Chencang to guard against Zhang Lu.

"As for the grain and grass, although the government office doesn't have much grain and grass now, the people have a lot of grain after the autumn harvest. We don't collect taxes, but the people can buy back the grain they can't finish at the market price. In addition, the shock brought by the three Qiang tribes may be beyond your imagination. So far, five tribes with a thousand people are willing to submit, and more than a dozen Qiang tribes are willing to trade with our dynasty. We can get grain from them." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"My lord, I hope you will think twice about the Qiang people's submission." Li Ru's heart moved. He knew that Chen Mo had always wanted to integrate the Qiang people into the Han people. Although the two families lived together, there were still conflicts in concepts between the Qiang and Han people in many places.

"Only five tribes of 1,000 people have surrendered this time, and the total number is less than 10,000. It's just right for a trial. I plan to disrupt these five tribes of 1,000 people by governing the Han people. I will register them one by one, and send them to various counties. The tribal leaders can go to Chang'an, and the court can provide them with some industries and even support them." Chen Mo nodded. This matter really can't be messed up. Chen Mo is now trying little by little. If these people can successfully integrate into the Han people, it will only benefit and not harm the acceptance of more Qiang people in the future. Even if it fails, Chen Mo is confident that he can control the current scale.

Li Ru nodded, knowing that Chen Mo was determined to try to integrate the Qiang people, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Let's do these first. The food and grass issue is still the most important thing at the moment. There is still a lot of money in the treasury, as well as silk cloth, silk and other things. If these things can be exchanged for food and grass, we should exchange them all. As for the Qiang people's issue, I think we should transfer Zhang Ji here. He and I will be responsible for this matter." Chen Mo was going to deal with the Qiang people's issue in person, and he smiled at everyone.

"Yes!" Seeing that Chen Mo was going to deal with this matter in person, everyone was relieved. After all, Chen Mo was still very steady in doing things. As for transferring Zhang Ji here, everyone also understood that after the situation was opened up, Zhang Ji would probably be responsible for the Qiang people's issue in the future, which showed that Chen Mo was very optimistic about this person.

At that moment, Li Ru and Xu Shu were about to leave, but Dian Wei came in quickly and bowed to Chen Mo, saying, "My lord, a group of people came to the outside of the mansion to ask for an audience, saying that they are my lord's clansmen."

"Clansmen?" Chen Mo was stunned for a moment before he realized that the Chen family had sent someone. He nodded and said, "Please come in."

If Chen Deng could come, that would be the best. Chen Mo knew Chen Deng's ability, but it was unlikely to happen. Chen Deng was Chen Gui's legitimate son and would inherit the Chen family's business in the future.

Soon, a middle-aged man came in with a young man. Chen Mo didn't feel anything about the middle-aged man, but the young man was somewhat similar to Chen Deng.

"Who are you..." Chen Mo looked at the two people and stood up to ask.

"Chen Cong (Chen Ying)." The middle-aged man nodded slightly.

"It turns out that my uncle and brother have arrived. Please take a seat." Chen Mo nodded. Chen Cong is Chen Yu's younger brother. Before this, Cao Cao instigated Yuan Shu and Tao Qian. After Yuan Shu was defeated, Chen Yu and Chen Cong refused to let Yuan Shu enter the city and formed a feud.

As for Chen Ying, he is Chen Deng's younger brother. Chen Mo heard Chen Deng mention him when he was in Luoyang.

Although they are relatives, this is the first time they meet each other. They are somewhat unfamiliar. Moreover, they are not as free and easy as Chen Deng. They are somewhat restrained. After all, Chen Mo is now a lord who actually controls two states and millions of people. As for Chen Cong and Chen Ying, if Chen Mo remembers correctly, after leaving Shouchun, Chen Cong did not serve as an official again, and Chen Ying has always followed Chen Gui. He has a reputation of being a filial and honest official, but he has never served as an official.

Jia Xu got up and left tactfully. He seldom took care of things on weekdays. He would occasionally give Chen Mo some suggestions. Most of the time, he lived his own life with his salary. He would only do something when Chen Mo ordered him to. He basically spent his days muddling around.

After a conversation, Chen Mo also understood the intentions of the two. Chen Cong and Chen Ying came here to join Chen Mo. After all, Chen Mo has now established a firm foothold in Guanzhong. Chen Gui has also been worried that there will be a war in Xuzhou in the future. In order to protect the Chen family from disappearing in the war, he asked Chen Cong and Chen Ying to come here with part of the Chen family's wealth and retainers to join Chen Mo.

In Xuzhou, after Liu Bei got Xuzhou, he was quite enthusiastic about the Xuzhou clans. As a family of three officials, the Chen family is now the largest clan in Xuzhou, and naturally became Liu Bei's primary target for winning over.

Liu Bei, at least he is not annoying, but Chen Gui is not optimistic about Liu Bei. Xuzhou can be said to be taken advantage of by Liu Bei, but Liu Bei's foundation is too weak. Although he has the support of the Mi family, it is far from enough to compete with Cao Cao. However, Chen Gui sees an opportunity for the rise of the Chen family, and can use Liu Bei to make the family go further.

Although Chen Mo is also a direct descendant of the Chen family, he is not from the same lineage as Chen Gui after all. Now that Chen Mo has become a local lord, the Chen family dare not put the entire Chen family on Chen Mo, so Chen Gui chooses to let Chen Cong and Chen Ying come here to help Chen Mo, while Chen Deng and Chen Yu stay in Xuzhou to continue to develop the Chen family. Even if one side loses in the future, the whole family will not be wiped out.

After learning this, Chen Mo did not say anything. Chen Mo still knows the way of survival of the aristocratic family. He asked the two to work under his door first, and then make arrangements based on their abilities.