Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

But Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun came to the village with wine and meat in the morning, saying that a man named Xu Shu had come to join him, and they would come to the village with Liu Bei and the others for a harvest feast.

So Lan Tian had no choice but to push down Mr. Deng's invitation, and soon went to the kitchen to start working.

After discussing with Mr. Deng, Li Yang moved all the vegetables and meat prepared by himself to Lantian's kitchen, and Zhang Luo's mother-in-law and aunt came to help.

When Liu Bei and others arrived, four or five large tables had already been set up in the Deng family compound, among which the Deng family sat on two tables to chat, and Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun sat on one alone.

"It's so lively today." Liu Bei said to Deng Gong with a smile.

"General Liu..." everyone greeted.

When Zhao Yun saw Liu Bei arrived, he stood up with a swipe, while Zhang Fei waved and said, "Big brother, second brother, come and sit down."

Liu Bei pulled Xu Shu to sit over and asked, "Where is Ziyu?"

"I'm busy inside, what I'm waiting for is his craftsmanship." Zhang Fei said.

"Ziyu is also good at cooking?" Xu Shu was full of doubts.

Zhang Fei snorted coldly after hearing this, and then drank on his own. Liu Bei immediately explained: "Ziyu's kitchen skills are better than farming."

"Don't swallow your tongue for a while." Zhang Fei added.

"Third brother, don't be rude." Liu Bei frowned.

Seeing that Liu Bei was really angry, Zhang Fei didn't dare to speak out to ridicule Xu Shu. At this time, the aroma of the dishes had already wafted over, and several mothers-in-law and aunts were bringing out large and small dishes.

When the dishes were almost finished, Lan Tian changed his clothes and came out to meet everyone.

Under Liu Bei's introduction, the two greeted each other with salutes, and Xu Shu and Lan Tian finally met.

Lan Tian was looking at Xu Shu, this person was older than him, he looked refined and refined, and he didn't know how much worse than Zhuge Liang.

Xu Shu is also observing Lantian, from Xinye to Dengjiazhuang, everyone praises him when he mentions it, even a warrior like Guan Zhang is convinced, this son must have something extraordinary.

After the harvest feast started, all the tables ate happily. After Xu Shu tasted the dishes, he really felt that the taste was extraordinary.

A simple farm banquet, the host and guest enjoyed the meal, most of the men, women and children were drunk, only Liu Bei, Lan Tian and Xu Shu were still sober.

Taking advantage of Xu Shu's absence, Liu Bei whispered in Lan Tian's ear, "Ziyu, do you think Yuan Zhi can be of great use?"

"I'll go for a walk in the countryside with him in a while, and we'll get to know him a bit before telling my brother-in-law," Lan Tian said.

"It's so good. I think the harvest is good this season. How long will it last?" Liu Bei asked again.

Lan Tian replied: "Some fields use my improved seeds, so the yield increases when it is less abundant. The tax that should be collected this season can be used by the soldiers of Xinye for a year."

"Did Ziyu count the 3000 people who surrendered during Anlu's suppression of the rebellion?" Liu Bei continued to ask.

"It's all counted, there is absolutely no problem." Lan Tianxin said that my calculations are conservative and rough, and if I really want to calculate carefully, it may be more than this number.

"Zi Yuzhen is my Xiao Heye..." Liu Bei was overjoyed after hearing this.

Liu Bei's beaming appearance was just seen by Xu Shu who had returned from Xiaojie, and his curiosity about Lantian increased again.

After the banquet, Zhang Fei and others stayed in the village to sober up because they were drunk.

Lan Tian invites Xu Shu to take a walk in the countryside. At this time, the south wind blows the ears of millet and creates golden waves in the unharvested fields.

The conversation between the two of them in the countryside was deeper than Xu Shu and Liu Bei's. They used soldiers to govern the country and have the economy and people's livelihood. Lan Tian basically talked about the general direction, while Xu Shu talked about the small details. In the end, both of them gained something from each other.

Walking through a field ridge, as if walking through a period of time and space, both sides have a feeling of admiration.

Lan Tianxin said that Xu Yuanzhi's reputation is well-deserved. Anyway, using military affairs to manage politics is definitely better than a layman like me. Before Kong Ming came out of the mountain, you can take the lead.

Chapter 63 Liu Biao's Helplessness

With Lantian's certification, Liu Bei directly worshiped Xu Shu as his military advisor after returning to Xinye.

Seeing Liu Bei's kindness, Xu Shu immediately responded, and he didn't want his talent to go to waste.

He had considered assisting Liu Biao before, but it was a pity that this person had only small plans but no great ambitions. It was not until Sima Hui's recommendation that Xu Shu paid attention to the current lord.

Xu Shu really wondered why Liu Bei had such a great talent as Lan Tian, ​​why he failed to achieve anything before.

Liu Bei sighed after hearing this: "This is because the naked eye can't recognize talents. I buried Lan Ziyu and didn't start to reuse it until I came to Jingzhou."

"Lan Ziyu is a learned man, why didn't my lord ask him to be a military advisor before?" Xu Shu asked.

"I have invited him before, but unfortunately Ziyu said that his intelligence cannot match, and he can see the general trend but has no way to deal with it, so I invited Ying to work in Dengjiazhuang, but he is really good at farming." Liu Bei explained.

After hearing this, Xu Shu sighed: "Lan Ziyu's talent is no less than mine, but he is so humble. I can't match this kind of mind. But his farming and growing grain can relieve the master's worries, and it is also an important job."

"I can save this. Cao Cao is in Xudu, and he is also sent by the general Xiahou Dun. Food and grass are naturally the most important thing." Liu Bei suddenly remembered the Legend of the Condor Heroes. Although the mysterious Jin Lao has passed away, Lan Tian may know Genghis Khan's rations.

"Lan Tian has the ability to farm the land, and he also proposed to accumulate grain widely, why not let him expand production?" Xu Shu asked.

Liu Bei explained: "Ziyu told me about this matter. Now we have few major generals in Xinye. If we occupy a large area of ​​land, it will definitely attract the jealousy of Jingzhou's nobles. When the time comes to instigate Liu Jingsheng to drive them away and Cao Cao and Sun Quan to attack them, what should we do?"

After Xu Shu heard this, he had to say to himself: "Lan Ziyu is cautious, but she is somewhat similar to him."

"Who is Yuan Zhi talking about?" Liu Bei asked.

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "I said Ziyu is cautious, but he is very familiar with the general situation of the world..."

After Xu Shu became a military adviser, he practiced soldiers and horses and strengthened the city defense in Xinye. His laws were strict, his military training was good, and his personality was easy-going, so he quickly won the favor of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao.

When Xu Shu was young, he liked Renxia, ​​and he also had a bold and forthright personality. He gradually got Zhang Fei's appetite, and Zhang Fei finally obeyed his orders.

The grains in the second half of the year are growing well, and it looks like there will still be a good harvest, but the vegetables in the field, such as radishes and song, are too large to eat. The climate in Jingzhou is humid and not as cold as in the north, so the vegetables stored in the cellar are also easy to rot.

Lantian taught everyone how to make wind-blown radish, womb and other things, so as to solve the problem of vegetable quality preservation.

At this time, the news of Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shao in Cangting came back, and the land of Jingzhou was shrouded in a tense atmosphere, and Liu Bei in Xinye stepped up to prepare for the battle.

Due to the serious population loss in Nanyang, it was very difficult for Liu Bei to recruit troops in Xinye, and the total strength was less than [-].

After the Battle of Cangting, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao sent envoys to Xiangyang. The former came to ask for troops to attack Cao Cao, and the latter came to find Liu Biao to form an alliance.

Jingzhou now has more than [-] armored troops, lying in the center of China's territory, it is a force that cannot be ignored.

Liu Biao's heart has always been towards Yuan Shao, because the Yuan family has always been the leader of the scholar-bureaucrats. The reason why he helped Cao Cao break Yuan Shu's food path was because of Yuan Shao's face. After all, Cao Cao was still living under Yuan Shao's wings at that time.

The current state of the world is moving in a direction that Liu Biao doesn't want to see. Yuan Shao, who is strong, is no match for Cao Cao. If the battle of Guandu is defeated by tricks, why is the battle of Cangting?

Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao twice at Guandu and Cangting, which made the pro-Cao faction in Jingzhou rise again. Under pressure, Liu Biao sent Han Song as an envoy to Xudu.

Liu Biao secretly agreed to Yuan Shao's envoy, saying that he would send troops to contain Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao could not care about both.

After sending off the envoys from both sides, Liu Biao was in a state of desperation, how could he persuade his brother-in-law to send troops?This guy is now in charge of Jingzhou's military, and it is difficult for outsiders to mobilize his arrogant soldiers.

Cai Hao's kissing Cao was an unsolvable problem for Liu Biao, and in the end he could only put his mind on Liu Bei in Xinye.

At the end of the year, Dengjiazhuang's grain had piled up in the granary, and Lantian had to ask people to build a granary, and the wind blowing radish, dried scorpion, etc. had also been placed on the dining table.

Gao Shun finished the day's training and drank corn porridge with radish dry. He felt that it had a special taste. He suggested to Lan Tian: "I think this product can last for a long time, and the taste is also sufficient. It is very convenient to carry. Why not promote it in the army? ?”

Lan Tian was delighted to hear this and said, "I told you before that Genghis Khan brought his own dried meat, mare's milk and other food, so there would be no baggage burden. In fact, we can do the same."

"There is not enough food in the Central Plains, where does the meat come from for military rations?" Gao Shun asked suspiciously.

Lan Tian pointed to the granary under construction and said, "We don't have enough meat, but we have plenty of grain."

"Isn't this still a matter of burying the pot for cooking?" Gao Shun asked puzzled.

"Can't we turn it into cooked food? Fry corn flour in a copper pot, and dry radish can also satisfy hunger? This can be stored for many days." Lan Tian said happily. This idea still came from volunteer soldiers.

Gao Shun was surprised when he heard that, "Sir, you are so talented. This way you can really cook without burying the pot. If you really want to eat hot food, you can just boil a pot of soup, but it takes a lot of time and effort."

Lan Tian laughed and said, "Why waste time and energy? There are so many households in the village, and each family grinds noodles and stir-fries tens of catties. It probably takes half a day. It will be faster if the noodles are ground in advance."

"Wonderful." Gao Shun praised.

In the first month of the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Cao once again marched into Guandu, intending to take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao sent people to various places for help.

In March, Liu Biao sent Yiji to Xinye and asked Liu Bei to attack Xudu with soldiers from Xinye.

Liu Bei said: "There are less than [-] people in Xinye? How can we capture Xudu?"

Yi Ji smiled wryly and said: "Yuan Benchu ​​asked for help from Jingzhou, but Cai Mao and others stopped him. It is really helpless for the lord to come to find the envoy..."

"But there are too few troops here. Once there is a change, Xinye will be in danger..." Liu Bei sighed.

Yiji said again: "Wen Zhongye has [-] defenders in Xi'e, and my lord asked him to attack Xudu together with the envoy."

"When are you leaving?" Liu Bei asked again.

"I'll go to Xi'e first to see General Wen, so that you can make some preparations for the expedition in three to five days, so Ji will leave first." Yi Ji said.

"Uncle Ji, go slowly."

Looking at the back of Yiji going away, Xu Shu shook his head and sighed: "Wenpin may not send troops. If he really wants to attack Xudu, my lord should mobilize all the troops in the city. It's just the city defense of Xinye..."

"Military commander, don't worry, I will send people to Xinye to deploy defenses, and you can dispatch troops and generals at ease." Liu Bei said.

Xu Shu was taken aback for a moment, and said to himself that I know all about the family background of the lord, so where are there any soldiers?

Chapter 64 Liu Bei: Lan Ziyu always surprises me

Liu Bei's attack was naturally Lan Tian's idea. To be precise, he played Gao Shun's idea. Although there are only a few hundred people left in General Gao's camp, his ability to command troops may be stronger than Guan Yu's.

During the Northern Expedition to Xudu, the strength of Xinye was less than [-]. Xu Shu's ability had not yet been verified. The only thing Liu Bei could do was to take all of Guan Zhangzhao away, and the safety of the rear could only be handed over to Lantian and Gao Shun.

During Xu Shu's preparations in Xinye, Liu Bei directly sent someone to Dengjiazhuang to deliver an order, ordering Lantian to take his soldiers to garrison in Xinye.

Liu Bei didn't take the attitude of discussing, but directly issued orders from his superiors and subordinates. This was the first time since Lantian defected.

After Lan Tian asked about the situation, he realized that the northern expedition to Xudu was necessary.

He immediately called Lu Lingqi and said, "Xiaojun, pack up immediately, we are going back to Xinye."

Lu Lingqi looked puzzled and said: "The spring plowing has started now, and the seeds will be sown in a while. What are you going back to Xinye when the farming is busy?"

"Brother-in-law asked me to go to Xinye to garrison, he should have drawn all the troops in the city." Lan Tian explained.

"Where is General Liu going to attack?" Lu Lingqi was very curious.

"Xu Du."

Lu Lingqi didn't speak, she thought that Liu Xuande couldn't even beat Gao Shun, but now he has the guts to beat Xu Du?But she still went back to the house to pack her bags.

Lan Tian called Gao Shun again, "General Gao, we are going to garrison in Xinye now, how many people do you think it is appropriate to bring back?"

Seeing Lan Tian's firm tone, Gao Shun replied, "If no foreign enemy comes to attack, two or three hundred people for security patrols are enough."

"Then select 400 strong men from the farmers in the village and join your camp to make up [-] people. We will immediately go to Xinye to garrison." Lan Tian said seriously.

"Miss, are you going back to Xinye too?" Gao Shun asked.

"I want to go back." Lan Tian said concisely.

"Wei." Gao Shun took the order with fists in his arms and left.

Lan Tian finally called Li Yang and said, "Xiao Lizi, General Gao and I are going back to Xinye to garrison, and we will take away [-] farmers, but the farmland in Dengzhuang must not be abandoned.

Now the village has started spring plowing. If you really don’t have enough manpower, you can mobilize Zhuang Ding’s family. I can reduce the tax by [-]% this season. In addition, I will leave General Gaoyuan to assist you. "

"Young Master, don't worry, they are already veteran farmers. You should have walked out of the field long ago for a talent like you," Li Yang complimented.

"Food is the foundation of the people. You must pay close attention to it. I will come back to take a look when I have time. In addition, let each family in the village fry [-] catties of miscellaneous grain noodles, add some dried radishes and dried wombs, and I will come back later." To take away."

During the slack season in winter, Lan Tian thought of the volunteer army’s fried noodles again. He asked every family to grind dozens of catties of corn and broad bean flour in advance, and taught the farmers to fry them.

Although the taste is relatively poor, the shelf life is relatively long, and it can be swallowed with dried radish.

Now that Liu Bei is going to the Northern Expedition to Xudu, he can take him there to try to replenish the army rations.

Li Yang asked mysteriously: "Is there going to be a war? Do you want to distribute some weapons to us?"

"Dengjiazhuang and Xinye will not be affected for the time being, you can direct the spring plowing here at ease." Lan Tian said with a serious face.

"I can save it."

While Gao Shun was in the army and Li Yang was going to pretend to be a steamed bun, Lu Lingqi walked into the courtyard wearing a sassy military uniform.

Lan Tian's eyes brightened, and he praised: "Xiaojun is still so good-looking, so I'd better not wear the peasant woman's clothes from now on."

Lu Lingqi muttered, "You're going to live in a farm house, and I can't always dress like this. It's really inconvenient to work."

"Xiao Jun, you can rest and quit..." Lan Tian shook his head and said.

"How can I do that? Husband, you do everything by yourself, how can I be that lazy woman?" Lu Lingqi raised her eyebrows and said.

Lan Tian smiled wryly and said: "After all, it's my husband's fault, this time we'll stay in Xinye for a while longer."