Chapter 24

After Liu Bu persuaded several other hundred officials not to interfere in his actions, everyone divided the benefit cake to ensure that these people would not harm his good deeds, he began to concentrate on the reform of thousands of households.

He promised the military families that they would have food, clothes and clothes. It was impossible for everyone to stay still. Just like here, he would eat and drink every day and die. He hoped to build up here, make the economy active and let people eat and wear. As long as these people had food and clothes, they would not be bad for him.

Liu Bu is a man who does what he says. He immediately organized a young reclamation team to reclaim hundreds of mu of wasteland in the north. These wasteland used to be wasteland. Weeds and thorns are everywhere, mosquitoes and ants are everywhere, and poisonous insects are rampant. They first eradicated the weeds, then found firewood to burn the wasteland, and finally opened ditches to divert water into the wasteland.

Why didn't they do that before? In the past, the wasteland around here belonged to a large family surnamed Wang. If you dare to open it up, it will become theirs. However, now the Wang family has been killed because of the Wuqiao mutiny, and then it has become an ownerless wasteland. Since it is an ownerless wasteland, they can use it to open up wasteland.

Even in the land without owner, not everyone dares to open up wasteland and take it for use. Even Zhang shunshi is worried that once the wasteland is taken out, someone will rob it, and the county will send someone to collect taxes. This is called thin farmland, no one ploughs, and there are people fighting for it.

But Liu Bu is not afraid. He has money and power and soldiers under him. He is not afraid of this. When I drive out, it is mine. I don't care whether you are the county magistrate or the descendants of Master Wang. I drive this place.

On the one hand, Liu Bu organized people to open up wasteland, on the other hand, he built a farm in the health center. He bought sows and opened a pig farm, and then bought a lot of chickens and ducks and opened a large chicken farm and duck farm. What should he do when these chickens and ducks are raised and cultivated? Then sell them all to the army, and Liu Bu is responsible for receiving them.

Let the elderly and frail old people and women in the thousand households be responsible for feeding. They are good hands in doing this, and let everyone have work. This also ensures that everyone has work and makes the best use of the labor and manpower here.

Everyone runs to work, runs to work, and then the place moves and becomes active. When these military households and farmers have money in their hands, they will start spending, and finally the whole place will be revitalized.

Thousands of households in Fushan are busy. Everyone is working. They open up wasteland, chicken farms and pig farms. Some people go to the sea to fish. All the fish they catch can be sold to Liu bu. Liu Bu's army needs a lot of meat. As we all know, Liu Bu's army has good food. It is a meat eating army and needs to buy a lot of meat.

As long as you have goods, you can sell them. The price is very reasonable. It has always been settled on the spot.

Thousands of families in Fushan are busy. The happiest thing is the local military families. Everyone has something to do. They are down-to-earth. Although thousands of adults guarantee that everyone has food to eat, it is good to have work in the end. Everyone knows that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish.

But the happiest one is actually Li Wu, the tax official of the tax office of Jimo county government in Fushan. He saw these people working so hard, so hard, which means that there is a lot of potential for tax revenue.

Li Wu, a relative of the county magistrate, was in charge of collecting taxes in this area. He was very happy. He said, "it's good that these mud legs work as hard as fools."

The long follower beside him said, "in the end, it's not for the master. When the tax is collected, you can marry more concubines."

Li Wu said, "you will certainly benefit at that time. Master, I eat meat and you drink soup. Everyone will be happy together."

If Liu Bu knew that these people thought so and slaughtered him as a wronged leader, he didn't know how he would feel. The arrogance and arrogance of the Liu family could not pay taxes to these fools.

In the past few decades since the dawn of Ming Dynasty, there have been many kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The most domineering tax collectors in the villages and towns are these tax collectors. They are arrogant and can skillfully establish a name for all kinds of taxes. Liu Wu, the tax official, is just a small official who doesn't count as a dog in the official officials, but he has gathered hundreds of people around him to create a name and set up cards, Take it if you want.

They want to receive the head of the Liu family when they collect taxes. How crazy do you think they are? In the eyes of ordinary people, this is lawless.

When Liu Bu saw that the base camp was gradually on the right track, he began to prepare to recruit his family army. He placed great hopes on his family army.

They soon got a reply from Liu Yuanqiao, just a few words: "it's convenient."

The housekeeper Liu Fuqi said, "with years of experience in serving adults by old slaves, you can know that adults mean it can be done, but how to save money? It's called expediency."

Liu preached: "my young master's understanding is to do what he wants?"

They immediately recruited more than 1000 people to come here, but these people still have to pass the exam. It's not too much to describe them as having passed five passes and cut six.

When others recruit soldiers, they force strong men to join the army and pull them when they see people, but they recruit soldiers as carefully as people choose their wives.

The more the Liu family sets the threshold high, the more it attracts the refugees from ten townships and eight miles, or hundreds of miles nearby, hoping to join the Liu family's family army. Once they join, it is equivalent to the whole family finding an iron job. This attraction is quite great.

This thing is a little taboo, so they didn't do it in the thousand households, but set the training headquarters of the servants in the Fushan valley behind their Liu family's mansion.

This is not a place for the government, so they can be more unscrupulous in selection and troop arrangement exercises.

Liu Zhongyong, Liu Yu and Liu Ning are responsible for recruitment.

At the beginning of the audition, more than 1000 people were selected from 3000 people, and they will eliminate the remaining 500 people, and recruit only 500 people at most.

Liu Bu was a little surprised to see such an amazing elimination rate. Is this a recruitment or a door-to-door son-in-law?

However, the advantage of the Liu family's wealth is reflected. They directly pack food and shelter, allowing people to come here for selection. Even those who fail to win the election will send dozens of kilograms of grain as travel expenses for them to go back. If they are selected, it will be great. Let your family work together on the farm near the Liu family, which is really a way for one person, Chickens and dogs have gone to heaven.

Such conditions can be said to have a broad view of the Ming Dynasty, and there are quite few. Countless people rush in to join the Liu family and become a member of the Liu family army.

Liu Bu went to the valley to have a look. The scene of the heat facing the field is very gratifying.

This candidate not only needs a clean family, but also needs to be young, strong and agile. The entry is to run ten miles at a time, and then do all kinds of complex military actions. After success, he can enter the next level.

Just this one, they successfully rinse down many people, let many people sigh, run ten miles at a time, and have to do these military actions. They are not first-class elite soldiers. Who can do it?

However, they relaxed the restrictions. If you have other specialties, you can also join in. This is riding and shooting. If you have good players who are good at riding and shooting, you can avoid running ten kilometers and conduct direct assessment.

Someone sighed: "the emperor Laozi took the martial arts examination, and that's it."

Liu Bu was very satisfied with the 1000 people they elected in the primary election. They were better than those in their guard station. I don't know how many times. He wanted to recruit all the 1000 people.

But Liu Zhongyong refused: "I still want to choose."

That's what Liu Fuqi meant.

Why did Liu Fuqi get involved again? Because of the continuous recruitment in recent days, grain flowed out like water. They pulled out carts of grain from Liu's grain depot.

When you go to the camp, the guard station and the farm, there is no going in or out. Such consumption is nothing. The old housekeeper is worried.

Liu Bu is not in charge of his family. He doesn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. He just desperately asks the housekeeper for money and food.

The young master's orders, he did not dare not to carry them out. All the pressure was on Liu Fuqi. He said worriedly, "even if the Liu family has Jinshan and Yinshan, it can't stand this bottomless hole."

Liu preached: "housekeeper Liu, what are you worried about? These grains have been pressed for several years. If you don't eat them, they will become moldy. If you feed them to pigs, they won't eat them. Now you just take this opportunity to consume them. There are many forms of wealth, and a well-trained elite soldier is also one of them. With these people, we Liu family won't be afraid of being bullied in the future."

Housekeeper Liu Fuqi said, "we are not afraid of being bullied. Now the world is bad. Once the world is peaceful, there is nothing wrong. These people are a wolf. You know, if you keep a wolf, if you don't have meat for him, they will eat your meat."

Liu Bu said, "no problem. I don't have to be afraid of this. Isn't our family rich? It's not a problem to raise one or two thousand people. I promise you, I'll sell my carriage, and I'll never spend money on women like Chen Meimei again, and I can't spend more than ten Liang a month. OK? I'll call your uncle. Don't worry? OK?"

Liu Fuji said, "the master and servant are different. How can you call me uncle? How can the old slave stand it?"

Liu Bu said, "I trust you and think you can stand it. Uncle Liu, there is one thing I want to tell you. You must not tell others."

Liu Fuqi said, "please tell the young master that the old slave has an advantage of keeping his mouth shut."

Liu Bu said, "I can tell you a secret, that is, I hanged at Linqing mansion."

Liu Fuqi said, "young master, don't do this again in the future. It will scare the old Buddha and master!"

Liu Bu said, "I don't remember this at all. I suspect someone hung me up while I was sleeping."