Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 34 Liu Bei's nobleman

The uprising of the Yellow Turban Army in Zhuoxian County, coupled with Guangyang's request for help, made everyone aware of the crisis. The whole city stepped up its guard, stepped up training, and was ready to fight at any time.

The political affairs in the city were handled by Liu Fang. He transported all the money looted by the bandits and the money and food copied by the families to the treasury, so that they could support the victims outside for a period of time.

Just as the guards were asking the servants to pick the seeds and place the servants and servants, they suddenly heard that Liu He posted notices all over the city to recruit soldiers, calling on the people to join the rebel army to hunt down thieves.

Liu Fang was taken aback, and hurried to persuade Liu He, saying: "My son recruited soldiers privately, which is against the law. If he is tracked down, he may be charged with treason."

He was a little bit worried about Liu He's private recruitment. Although Liu Qi was dead and Liu He acted as an agent for the affairs of the city, his identity was just a soldier and he did not have the authority to recruit soldiers.

Liu He raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said: "The Yellow Turban bandits killed officials and looted everywhere. At this time, the prefectures and counties have fallen, and the world is in chaos. Everyone just wants to protect themselves. I am better than those officials who escaped, right?"

Liu Fang was still worried, and said: "Others are fine, but the young master is a member of the royal family, and your father holds a high position in the court. If you rashly recruit soldiers, you are afraid of being falsely accused."

Liu He said with a smile: "Nowadays the capital is shaking, and the imperial court cares about one thing and loses another. How can it care about us? This is an expedient measure. We seek to protect ourselves first. Presumably His Majesty has issued an order to send troops to suppress the rebellion, ordering rebels from all over the country to guard against bandits. The message hasn't been delivered yet."

Liu Fang wanted to persuade him again, but the announcement had already been issued, so there was nothing he could do about it, and what Liu He said made sense, the most important thing was to manage the law and order in the city well, and the thieves could no longer take advantage of it.

On this day, the imperial envoy finally arrived together with Liu Yu's letter. It turned out that they were delayed by the Yellow Turban Thieves in Jizhou for more than half a month.

In addition to appointing Liu He as the county magistrate of Zhuo County, there is also an important edict to be sent to Guo Xun, the governor of Youzhou. Training and defense, the whole point of weapons is ready to fight at any time.

Hearing the envoy's words, Liu felt relieved to be secretly shocked, all of this was actually within Liu He's expectation, thinking back that if all the Yellow Turbans started the attack from the city like Zhuo County, other places would suffer heavy losses.

Liu Fang, the governor of the county, Liu Qi, was killed by the thieves. He only informed the envoy that the sentry horse reported the day before yesterday that Jicheng was surrounded by the thieves. The message could not be delivered at all. Lu Xiong was also blocked outside the city by the thieves. The two were trying to contact each other. , Prepare to cooperate with the inside and outside to break the thief.

Liu He also advised the envoy not to go any further, but the envoy dared not delay. After resting for a while, he rushed to Jicheng non-stop. Liu He had to send another hundred soldiers to escort him along the way.

After sending the envoy away, Liu He received ten generals who came with the envoy from Luoyang. If Liu He did not return to Luoyang, Liu Yu had to send someone to protect him and be his bodyguard.

The name of the chief guard was Wei Dun, with thick characters. This man was a hero Liu Yu rescued when he was in Youzhou. After following Liu Yu, he abandoned martial arts and followed literature.

In history, Liu Yu was falsely accused by Gongsun Zan of colluding with Yuan Shao to usurp the throne, and coerced him to behead Liu Yu and send his head to the capital.

At that time, except for Liu He, all Liu Yu's family were killed. Now this cheap old man took good care of him, Liu He was moved, and naturally he would not let the tragedy happen again.

Originally, Wei Dun was expected to lead the troops, but he only wanted to be ordered to be a follower to protect himself, so Liu He had no choice but to let him and Gao Cheng stay by his side, and things would be much more convenient in the future.

It was different to have a background, and his subordinates grew stronger all of a sudden. Liu He let them live in the backyard of the government office. After Gongsun Zan left, this place has been empty, and it is convenient to clean up.

Everyone had dinner in the back hall at noon, and Liu He inquired about the situation at home and in Luoyang, and also wanted to know how Liu Bei was doing after changing his fate.

Liu Yu is now Zongzheng, whose job is to master the name book of the royal family, distinguish their identities from concubines and concubines, and list princes and kings with the same surname every year.

Liu Bei sent a letter to Luoyang, claiming to be friends with Liu He. Liu Yu not only proved Liu Bei's identity, but also kept him in the Zongzheng Mansion as an internal official.

Half a month ago during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, troops were recruited from all over the country to hunt down the bandits. Liu Bei asked to go out with the army to hunt down the bandits. Liu Yu saw that he was loyal to serve the country, so he recommended him to Huang Fusong to be incorporated into the five schools.

Liu Daer, this is the rhythm of taking off!

Liu He couldn't help frowning when he heard Liu Bei's news. This guy must have said a lot of compliments in front of Liu Yu. With Liu Bei's mouth, if he shed a few more tears, it would be easy to get the respect of the loyal and honest Liu Yu.

Compared with Cao Cao's cooking wine and discussing heroes, this difficulty is simply child's play.

Look at it from another angle: it's gold, and sooner or later it will shine.

A hero like Liu Bei, with his ability and charisma, as long as he doesn't get killed, he can make a name for himself wherever he goes!

While they were talking, Zhang Fei suddenly sent someone to invite him, saying that two distinguished guests had come to the village, and they were going to make a big contribution and wanted to meet Liu He.

The person Zhang Fei valued must be extraordinary. Liu He immediately rushed to Taoyuan. In the past few days, Zhang Fei has recruited more than 300 young and strong warriors to practice martial arts in the village, and they are doing very enthusiastically.

The peach blossoms are in full bloom in the Taoyuan. When Liu He arrives, he is throwing a big banquet. Zhang Fei brings two middle-aged businessmen to introduce them. They are horse dealers Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang who have helped Liu Bei.

Liu He was shocked in his heart, and then he was overjoyed. These two are Liu Bei's nobles. Liu Bei's earliest fortune was supported by these two people, and he was able to form a team to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army.

The appearance of the two Gods of Wealth means not only money, but also a batch of war horses.

These two people are 35 or [-] years old, Zhang Shiping is a little older, they are big merchants in Zhongshan, they mainly trade horses, and they go through Zhuo County every year to make horses outside the Great Wall in the north. The road of the horse was therefore stranded on Zhang Fei's village.

In the past years, they would occasionally rest in the village. Zhang Fei's black-tailed horse was a gift from Zhang Shiping. This time, I heard that Zhang Fei gathered Xiangyong and planned to follow the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. one side.

After exchanging greetings with everyone, they came to the village and sat down. The banquet had already been arranged. During the banquet, Zhang Shiping talked about the horse trade, but it was all thanks to Liu Yu. If Liu Yu hadn't recruited foreigners and opened up the frontier, their business would not have been so easy. .

This time, they are willing to help with all their money. Firstly, they are grateful to Liu Yu, and secondly, they hate the thieves for blocking the trade route, so that they can put down the rebellion as soon as possible, so that they can continue to do business.

Of course, Liu He would not refuse this kind of good deed. He took three hundred good horses, five hundred taels of silver, and one thousand catties of iron and iron which would be shipped from Fan Yang in a few days.

With these capitals, the first batch of cavalry could be formed. Zhang Fei was so happy from ear to ear that he thanked them repeatedly. After Liu He thanked them, he discussed a bigger business plan with them.

The war was fought with money and food, but Youzhou was poor, and Qingzhou and Hebei needed to subsidize official expenses every year.

In order to develop as a rear area in the future, it is extremely necessary to open up foreign trade at the border. Liu He has been thinking about forming a caravan that runs through Youzhou and Mobei, from the northern desert to the Western Regions.

When it is impossible to control the Central Plains, first open the Northern Silk Road to make money. If these two people are competent, it will save a lot of trouble.

(End of this chapter)