The Three Kingdoms: Zhaolie, the strategist, and the rise of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 82 Xu Qiu was shocked. How many things did Liu Bei do in a year? (First order! 55)

Xu Qiu looked at the guard in confusion, and the guard explained:

"My Lord, there is chaos and turmoil in the country, and there are many bandits on the road. You are rich and might be coveted by the bad guys."

"It's better to go back to the car and rest."

Xu Qiu ignored him and just looked around.

Immediately, he uttered a sigh:
"Look around here, the roads are connected and the houses are neatly arranged."

"Where does it look like there are evil people causing trouble?"

"Besides, it's broad daylight, who can harm me?"

Xu Qiu walked towards the fields by himself, and when he saw the villagers working, he couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

"All people want is food to fill their stomachs and clothes to cover their bodies."

"This little demand alone is hard to stop people..."

Then, he walked up to several villagers and asked loudly:

"Are you locals?"

Several villagers were busy working in the fields. They turned a deaf ear to Xu Qin's questions and didn't even raise their heads.

They are so busy making a living every day that they don't have time to talk.

The waiter at the side shouted:
"How dare you! How dare you ignore the question from the Prime Minister of the East Sea?"

When they heard that it was the Prime Minister of Donghai, the villagers changed color, knelt on the ground and apologized to Xu Qiu.

"Please forgive me, sir. We really didn't know. We really didn't know!"

The lower classes have an in-built awe of the ruling class.

Fortunately, Xu Qiu loved his people like his own children and did not take it to heart. He then asked:

"No problem, you can answer my previous question first."

“Are you locals?”

Everyone thought about it for a while, and one person spoke first:

"My Lord, I am not from Xia Pi. I am from Lanling County."

“…I am from Pengcheng.”

"…I am from Xuyi, Guangling."

Oh?
Xu Qiu was slightly surprised:

"You all come from different counties, how come you are gathered here to work on the land?"

One person explained:

"We were all victims of the war, but fortunately we were able to escape the disaster. However, we were forced to make a living and had no food to eat. We thought we would die."

"I didn't want to know that last year, Liu Shijun issued a notice to settle refugees. As long as you obey the government's deployment, you can be allocated land to cultivate."

"We were assigned to Xia Pi."

Xu Qiu nodded and asked again:
"The envoy gave you land to cultivate, but where do you get your food, seeds, farm tools, and oxen?"

The man chuckled and said:

"We have fled here, we are uneducated, so we can't afford these things."

"It was Envoy Liu who gave us seeds, farm tools, and provided us with food."

Xu Qiu was shocked when he heard this. He was not surprised at Liu Bei's kindness, but at where Liu Bei got so much money and food.

Seeing Xu Qiu's shocked expression, the man quickly added:

"Of course, these food rations and seeds are not given for free, and the fields are only lent to us for farming."

"When the harvest comes next year, the grain must be returned to the government."

"As for the oxen used for farming, each household takes turns to borrow them. If anyone kills them privately or steals them, the government will arrest the person and punish him."

……I see.

Xu Qiu nodded repeatedly.

No wonder people say Xuzhou had a good harvest last year.

Liu Bei gathered the refugees together to cultivate the land, lent them food, tools and land, and then after the harvest, he collected all the crops and returned them to the government.

It is no wonder why Xuzhou produces so much extra grain every year.

This military farming law was both benevolent and firm, and made the best use of Xuzhou's human resources.

These people work for the government for a year for nothing, and instead of resenting the rulers, they will be grateful to them.

Because there is no government, they will all starve to death.

What a powerful method of ruling the people!

Xu Qiu let out a sigh.

Liu Bei had governed Pingyuan before, but he had never used such means.

I wonder which expert helped him?
Following the villagers' gaze down the mountain, Xu Qiu saw the threshing ground piled high with grains. He couldn't help but smile:
"How was the harvest last year?"

When the harvest was mentioned, the villagers' faces immediately became excited.

"Good! Excellent!" "Last year, thanks to the blessing of God, my village's 600 acres of land produced more than 2,000 stones of millet, and the village is no longer in danger of famine!"

Great!

Although he admired Liu Bei's strategy of military farming, Xu Qiu couldn't help but exclaim in amazement after hearing about the harvest in a village.

Is this the village near Xia Pi government office?

This level of productivity is considered top-notch among these big guys, right?
How many experts are there around Liu Bei to help him?
In fact, it is the seat of Xuzhou.

Liu Bei did invest a lot of resources near Xia Pi in order to ensure that grain could be supplied to Xia Pi in a timely manner.

Li Yi, Lu Su, Mi Zhu and others contributed greatly in the process.

Only in this way can the surrounding countryside be full of vitality and all things flourish.

Xu Qiu asked again:
"As the ancients said: 'It is a crime to possess a treasure.'"

"There have been years of drought and famine recently, but this year the granaries are suddenly full. There are many bandits in the nearby mountains and fields. When they hear about the harvest, how can they let it go easily?"

Normally, ordinary people would be terrified upon hearing the word "bandit".

After all, after a year's hard work, the most feared thing is being robbed by bandits.

Unexpectedly, these villagers all looked disdainful, and even sneered:

"Your Excellency may not know that the envoy is cultivating the land and training the army in Xia Pi."

"All new soldiers must go out to fight bandits. Anyone who kills the enemy will be rewarded with military merit, and those with outstanding military merit will be rewarded with land!"

At this point, the villager's eyes almost lit up.

Which common people doesn’t want to have a piece of land of their own?

Reward land?

Xu Qiu was shocked again, and wondered inwardly whether Liu Bei was still implementing the system of military merit and titles.
This is too much work!

"……you do not say."

Another villager smacked his lips and said unwillingly:

"Ever since the envoy established the system of military merit and nobility, everyone has rushed to join the army."

"The selection criteria have become stricter as a result."

"In the beginning, any male could enlist, but now only those who are 20 years old and strong can be selected."

"These selected recruits will be trained by General Taishi and General Guan."

"After we have achieved some success, we will go out and wipe out the bandits."

"Because everyone knew that killing the enemy would reward them with land, they were fearless and killed the bandits so fiercely that they were terrified and felt as if they had lost their parents."

"It's been less than a year and we're gone."

"At least we didn't see any bandits in Xia Pi."

"Perhaps those bandits were afraid of the might of our Xuzhou troops and fled to other counties?"

After hearing this, Xu Qiu was undecided for a long time.

But he still has a question.

"From what I have seen of your speech and behavior, you are not completely rude, and you seem to understand some etiquette."

“But is there anyone teaching?”

Xu Qiu was already shocked by the prosperity of Xia Pi, but he was even more surprised by the high overall quality of the people here.

"Kong Beihai was invited to Xuzhou by Liu Shijun."

"Kong Beihai established a city in Xiapi, established a school, promoted Confucianism, recommended virtuous people, and gave lectures to the villagers from time to time."

"We are from a poor family. How could we have ever seen a great scholar?"

"Now that we have the opportunity to see the world-famous Kong Beihai, we will naturally go to listen to his teachings."

"Everyone is happy to listen to it after working in the fields."

"After a long time, I can recite a line or two of poetry."

“Although we don’t understand what it means.”

hiss……

Xu Qiu took a deep breath, and this time he finally lost his composure.

It seems that I am really getting old and have stayed in the East China Sea for too long, so the news is too delayed.

Liu Bei did so many things in one year!
He didn't even know that Kong Rong had been invited from Beihai to Xuzhou.

Liu Bei, I can't wait to see you.

Xu Qiu thought so.

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