The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 557: Wild King Yuan Shu
Yuan Shu, who had always been a maverick, still chose to go out and hunt alone after Yuan Shao came to the Western Regions.

He took Ji Ling and a group of diehard thieves, as well as several thousand direct bandits, and directly changed his career to become horse bandits, continuing to do what he was best at.

Half a year passed, and the Four Kings had just gained a foothold in the Western Regions. However, Yuan Shu had already relied on his unique personal charm and talent to unify the horse bandits in the Western Regions and its surrounding areas and became the horse bandit king.

Yuan Shu, who had gotten rid of vulgar interests, looked down upon the low-level looting methods of these horse bandits in the Western Regions and began to implement his own new plan.

The countries in the Western Regions were conquered by the Great Qi, but Yuan Shu did not move an inch.

Those who are not completely controlled by Da Qi will be directly visited regularly to collect protection fees. If they refuse to pay, they will be harassed until they can't stand it anymore.

Forcing the other party to surrender after realizing that resistance is not worth the cost.

In this way, Yuan Shu obtained much more money, food and supplies than the original looting by the Western Regions bandits without spending a single soldier or doing anything.

By the way, he also won the respect of all the horse bandits in the Western Regions.

Then Yuan Shu began to integrate the horse bandits in the Western Regions, and recruited about 30% of the elite among them as his own direct horse bandits, as B-class horse bandits.

At the same time, some capable and loyal followers were dispersed among the horse bandits to serve as the middle leading force and form Class C horse bandits.

Because there were very few Han Chinese among the Class C bandits, their combat effectiveness was relatively low, but under their command, their organizational and tactical abilities were greatly improved, and there was no trace of Han Chinese at all. Even when attacking the Kushans and the Northern Xiongnu, they did not have to worry about being discovered.

Therefore, after consolidating the basic base in the Western Regions, Yuan Shu began to expand his business to neighboring countries such as Kushan, Dayuan, Kangju, and the Northern Xiongnu, mainly by recruiting Class C horse bandits.

Under this situation, the tactics used in the Western Regions were no longer effective, so Yuan Shu resorted to the original method of looting.

It was just that on the basis of the original looting of money and grain, the looting of the population was added.

The looted people were brought back to the Western Regions and sold directly to Tianze, and a railway was built nearby.

It not only solved Tian Ze's manpower shortage problem, but also exchanged a large amount of money and food from Tian Ze. This was undoubtedly a win-win deal.

Today, Yuan Shu has formed his own extremely complete industrial chain and no longer needs Yuan Shao's financial support. He can even provide Yuan Shao with a lot of population and money in return.

The lives of himself and his brothers were getting better and better. Some young and strong people from small countries in the Western Regions even wanted to join them, which greatly expanded Yuan Shu's team, which now had more than 50,000 troops.

Yuan Shao, who only had 100,000 elite soldiers, expressed his helplessness.

I have to admit that my younger brother is really a genius, and he is really the wrong person to be used as a local lord.

Fortunately, this guy did not surrender to the enemy during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, otherwise the Han Dynasty might have perished long ago.

Tian Ze and his civil and military officials were also stunned after learning about the commotion Yuan Shu had caused.

What a “talent”!
I would like to regard him as the strongest "jungler"!
This development model and the speed of troop growth seem like cheating.

Tian Ze even thought that he should be given a title of king? Wild King?
Yuan Shu was not only very capable, but also came from a noble family so his knowledge and actions were impeccable.

Ever since he lost his status as a prince, it seemed as if he had completely broken free from the shackles, causing everyone to look at him with admiration.

Do the best you can in your position.

Not only did he not harm the Great Qi, he also exploited the countries in the Western Regions in moderation, and his work in helping the four countries resist harassment and looting by the Northern Huns was impeccable.

As long as the Northern Huns crossed the border, they would find that the Han army had arrived with the Western Regions Army.

The horse bandits who went out to plunder did not show any trace of the Han army at all, and they claimed to the outside world that they were driven out by the Han army.

This didn't attract anyone's attention.

Even if someone noticed something strange, they didn't think too much about the Han people. After all, they never thought that there was such a "genius" among the Han people.

Bringing two thousand Kushan female slaves and a large amount of money and food, Yuan Shu came to the city where Yuan Shao was in a triumphant manner.

"Brother, I have another gift for you."

Looking at Yuan Shu's chin that was almost raised to the sky, Yuan Shao's mouth twitched slightly.

Over the years, he found that although his relationship with his younger brother had improved a lot, he was becoming more and more difficult to "deal with".

He always wants to do something, but he always manages to do something big.

Even he had to admit that the turmoil that had been caused in the Western Regions during this period was something that even he had to admit.

Cao Cao on the side looked at Yuan Shao with envy.

Why don’t I have such a brother!

Even though this brother is not very obedient and causes trouble from time to time, the feelings and benefits he brings are real.

Today, Yuan Shu can actually break away from Yuan Shao and work on his own. After all, his abilities are somewhat abnormal under the current situation.

Even with the civil and military forces under his command, his overall strength is far inferior to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and is also slightly worse than Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan. But compared with Liu Fan, he is actually not much worse, and is completely up to the same level.

But Yuan Shu never mentioned this matter.

Normally, he never treated Yuan Shao as his lord, but he always thought about Yuan Shao, he was just a little arrogant.

Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Gongsun Zan, which one of them did not envy Yuan Shao for having a younger brother like Yuan Shu?

"Well done. Highway, you didn't cause any trouble this time, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu snorted and was in a good mood.

Since working under Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment every time he achieved results that surprised Yuan Shao.

Perhaps because he had been suppressed by Yuan Shao since childhood, Yuan Shu was extremely hostile to Yuan Shao, just like he was facing someone else's child.

However, he also admired Yuan Shao in his heart and longed for recognition from his elders and Yuan Shao.

The reason why he was always hostile to Yuan Shao was to prove that he was no worse than his brother.

And now, he has found another way to prove himself.

So what if Yuan Shao is powerful? Isn't it him who holds up the country?
He did not take a single penny of money or food from Yuan Shao. During this period of time, he had already repaid the money and food that he had "borrowed" from Yuan Shao. In return, he provided Yuan Shao with a lot of people and money and food.

Now he feels a sense of accomplishment that his children have grown up and are earning money for the family.

As for becoming a local lord again, Yuan Shu had no interest in it.

I have already satisfied my desire to be an emperor. What’s so good about being a mere king?

Besides, he didn't like dealing with those ministers every day, listening to those clichéd advices, and worrying about those trivial matters such as money, food, and people's livelihood, which were not enough of a headache.

Having a drink when you have nothing to do, chatting with the bandit leaders under you, going out for a ride from time to time, and not having to worry about anything, isn't this a great life?
Should I go and suffer that punishment?

(End of this chapter)