The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 64
Getting Tai Shici made Liu Xiao very excited. He is another general, a general who can stand on his own. Now that Dianwei Cheng Yaojin is not here, it is the time when there is a shortage of manpower. With Tai Shici, he is like a tiger with wings!

Without saying a word, Liu Xiao personally helped the old woman onto the horse, took her to Beihai, and brought back Taishi Ci.

"My lord,"

After returning to the prefect's mansion, Yue Fei walked up, bowed and said, "Now the Yellow Turban rebellion outside Beihai City has settled down, and Guan Hai is willing to submit to the Lord, but the three thousand elites who have been selected outside the city, and the rest of the rebellion There are bandits, refugees, the elderly and the weak, and there are more than [-] people who consume a lot of money every day. How should I arrange them? Please tell the Lord..."

Liu Xiao frowned and looked at Xun Yu and Kong Rong.

Xun Yu said in a deep voice, "Wen Ju, how much grain is there in the Beihai City treasury?"

Kong Rong smiled wryly and said, "Beihai is a low-level county with a population of only 10,000+. Over the years, we have accumulated some money and food, but it is only more than [-] shi. If it is opened to the refugees outside the city, [-] catties of food a day will cost only [-] jin. I'm afraid that in two months, Beihai County will be completely eaten..."

Liu Xiao said indifferently: "No need, Wen Ju, take out a thousand stones of grain, and settle the refugees. From now on, post a notice to confiscate all unowned wasteland in Beihai County, hand it over to the county government, and use the wasteland to attract refugees. Allocate [-] mu of wasteland, old and weak, women and children, each allocate [-] mu of wasteland, the county government is responsible for producing seeds, and in addition, subsidizes each strong laborer with three catties of grain. On the day of harvest, the county government confiscates [-]% of the grain obtained, and the rest is left to the land reclamation farmers. In less than a year, Beihai County will be peaceful all over the world, and there will be no more riots..."

"Take the wasteland back to the imperial court?"

Kong Rong was taken aback, and said hesitantly, "My lord, if you do this, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the local tyrants..."

"dissatisfied?"

Liu Xiao's face was serious, and he snorted coldly: "I'm still dissatisfied! Why do they occupy the best land in the world, exploit the kindest farmers in the world, and eat delicacies from mountains and seas every day, but they don't know how to pay taxes to the court? Why do ordinary people You can't even guarantee the land, and you still have to pay taxes? Why do farmers rebel? Is it because they can't survive being squeezed by these powerful landlords? Gao Chong led [-] Qingzhou cavalry to stay in Beihai County temporarily. Then kill the chickens and monkeys for me, and you must know that this world belongs to the people of the world, it belongs to the Liu family, but it is not the world of these powerful people!"

Kong Rong almost cried, and thought to himself, my lord, what you said was light. Every powerful family has a pivotal position in the local area. The family has stretched for hundreds of years, with branches and leaves, and a population of thousands or even over ten thousand. He also raised a large number of private soldiers. Once the two sides tear their skins apart and quarrel, it will cause huge troubles!

"My lord, are you thinking about it?"

Kong Rong said in a low voice, "When you first arrived in Qingzhou, you didn't show any kindness, and forced to fight against the local tyrants, I'm afraid it will lead to disaster..."

"disaster?"

Liu Xiao sneered: "Wen Ju, you are wrong, these people will definitely not accept it, but I have plenty of ways to subdue them!"

Kong Rong was dumbfounded. Is there any way?What else can be done?I'm afraid that the governor will use his blood to teach these local snakes a lesson. The former local snakes ignored the governor. The governor is furious. If he wants to cause trouble again, the governor will never be polite. This is not a well-read poet. The old master of the book has a gentle temperament. This is a great general who has come down from the battlefield. He was a great figure who determined life and death at the beginning!

Liu Xiao went on to say: "Of course, leaving all the more than 3 refugees in Beihai, I'm afraid Beihai County can't digest it. Wenju, I will leave half of it for you. You come to collect the fields and bring in the refugees. I don't care about the rest. 2 people, if you can’t pay [-] shi of grain after a year, you, the prefect, will be incompetent. It’s midsummer, and the fields are plowing, and there is still time to harvest a wave of grain. You need to speed up the progress Don't miss the farming season, if someone makes trouble, you don't need to come forward, leave everything to Gao Chong, he knows how to do it, Wen Ju, in a word, only when there is land and food, can these refugees take root again and be safe and secure If they don't even have food to eat, don't rebel, don't loot, how can they live?"

"Yes, my lord!"

Kong Rong had no choice but to agree first. As for the local tyrants, we need to communicate with them first. Anyway, after a month, the patriarchs of these big families will go to Qingzhou to meet Liu Xiao. If there is any problem, we will solve it together at that time. .

"Also, my lord, now that we have recruited another 7000 strong men, the total strength has already exceeded [-]. After a year, the food alone will consume [-] to [-] shi. I'm afraid the food and horse supplies in Qingzhou City's treasury won't last. ..."

Yue Fei said in a deep voice.

Liu Xiao's face darkened, and he said angrily: "I know, didn't I say it? Farming, farming, only farming can save a surplus. How can it be supported by taxes alone? Back to Qingzhou After that, the unowned farmland was confiscated immediately. Within a month, 50 mu of farmland had to be collected. Among them, [-] mu was recruited by refugees to cultivate, [-] mu was cultivated by the Qingzhou army, and [-] mu of farmland was saved. Jin, one year is enough to accumulate [-] shi of grain, and in three years, I will take at least [-] mu of farmland in Qingzhou, and accumulate food and grass for the treasury every year!"

Xun Yu said in a deep voice: "My lord, don't be in a hurry. This matter needs to be discussed in a long-term, coordinated and arranged, and pushed forward rashly. At that time, there will be many mistakes, and it will be even more troublesome. The so-called sharpening the knife does not make mistakes in chopping firewood. Give Xun Yu half a month. Xun Yu must come up with a mature strategy, once and for all!"

Liu Xiao nodded and replied: "In this case, it will be half a month. However, the settlement can be delayed a little bit, but the confiscation of land cannot be delayed. Qi County and Beihai must reclaim 20 mu of land within two months. Within a year, the garrison system will be implemented throughout Qingzhou. Within a year, millions of acres of land will be garrisoned. The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first, and without food and grass, we can do nothing. Consumed to death! Wen Ruo, you don’t understand, do you?”

Xun Yu nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, Xun Yu understands that within half a month, I will definitely formulate a detailed strategy for you. In one year, we can farm a million acres of land. Within three years, we can supply at least [-] troops for our army. The people's livelihood is prosperous, and by then, even farmers from other states and counties will be attracted to Qingzhou!"

Liu Xiao sneered and said, "What we want is this effect. To compete for the balance of the world, only talents are the foundation, only those who obey government orders and people's livelihood are the foundation, and only those who produce food are the foundation!"

(End of this chapter)