Donglaihuang County, in the Prefecture.

Guan Tong ran away, and his wife and children became prisoners.

But he was lucky and met Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei had not come to Qingzhou, a few years later, when the whole state rebelled against Yuan Tan, he might have abandoned his wife and children and led his troops to rescue Yuan Tan, but his wife and children were killed by the rebels.

"Don't be alarmed, Mrs. Sister-in-law. I'm not here to be an enemy of Prefect Guan. I won't hurt you. Prefect Guan has moved to Le'an. I will send someone to escort you to Linyi, and then Kong Shijun will take you to Le'an."
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Even if he captured Guan Tong, Liu Bei would not kill him, let alone these women and children.

He sent someone to escort Guan Tong's wife, children and family away.

"General benevolence and justice!"

Although this was the right thing to do, Wang Xiu was still impressed by Liu Bei's behavior.

In the prefecture of Guan Tong, more than 500 kilograms of gold and more than 200,000 yuan were found, and there were more than 30,000 stones of grain in the granary.

"I never expected that in such a poor and troubled county, Guan Tong could accumulate so much money and food!"

Looking at the gold and copper coins in the house, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh. At the same time, his guilt for seizing control of Donglai County also reduced a lot.

"Yes, the people will be poorer, and the greedy will be richer!" Zhou Xing sighed, and then said, "Lord, with this money and food, we can deal with it calmly and don't have to be impatient."

"Military advisor, Donglai has been captured, what should we do next?" Liu Bei asked.

He followed Zhou Xing's suggestion to come to Donglai, but he was not very confident about the future development. He completely trusted Zhou Xing at this time, and he still had to listen to the military advisor on what to do.

Of course, Liu Bei has his own ideas in his heart, and he will only do what he thinks is right.

Zhou Xing has actually thought of a development path for Liu Bei.

The main purpose of persuading Liu Bei to stay in Donglai County was to temporarily avoid fighting with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

With Liu Bei's current strength, competing with the two giants is tantamount to hitting an egg with an egg against a stone. Survival is good, but development is difficult.

Otherwise, if Liu Bei is allowed to follow the old path of history, it will take more than ten years for him to get better. Moreover, the final outcome will be just a state.

The body will be further shattered into pieces, and the sky will be broad for a while.

Staying still doesn't mean doing nothing, it just means holding back your edge temporarily and not becoming the target of others' attacks too early.

"Lord, we should take five steps in Donglai. Fight thieves, pacify the people, farm, train troops, and attack."

"The first step is to defeat the thieves first. If the thieves are not eliminated, the people will be uneasy. Whether it is the Yellow Turbans, pirates, or soldiers from Liaodong, we must destroy them. Even if we cannot destroy them, we must drive them out of Donglai territory."

"The second step is that if there are no thieves in the county, the people will follow. We can also reduce taxes and reduce taxes, not only to bring back the people in the county who have left their hometowns, but also to recruit refugees from other states and counties."

"The third step is that once we have a population, we can cultivate the fields and implement the strategy of stocking the fields, which can not only feed the people, but also store grain."

"The fourth step is to have a population, then you can have soldiers. You can recruit 3,000 soldiers for a period of one year and conduct actual combat training. After three years, you will have nearly 10,000 soldiers. Moreover, this will not cause Cao Cao to

With Yuan Shao's attention, we can also save some food and reduce the burden on the people."

"The fifth step is that after we have food and soldiers, we can start to attack, first seize Beihai, and then Qingzhou. With the land of Qingzhou, we can take Jizhou to the west and Xuzhou to the south. At that time, we can look at the situation in the world.

And move.”

Zhou Xing once again proposed the strategy of survival and development to Liu Bei.

"Will it take three years to reach 10,000 regular soldiers?"

It has been thirteen years since Liu Bei followed the captain Zou Jing to attack the Yellow Turbans, but he is inevitably anxious when he thinks that he only has more than a thousand troops.

It is very rare to capture a county with more than a thousand troops. If you want to capture more counties and states, you need tens of thousands of troops.

"That's right, Lord, we have to stay here for now, and just... stabilize our development. Now that Cao Cao is getting stronger, I think there will be a battle between him and Yuan Shao sooner or later, and then we can wait for the opportunity. If now

Just go fight with them, I'm afraid we will never develop."

Zhou Xing understands Liu Bei's current mood. After all, he has been a state shepherd, and he will definitely not be willing to live in this small county.

"Pursuing thieves, calming the people, farming, and training troops. Well, the strategies of military advisors are feasible. I just wonder how many thieves there are in the county now? How many people and fields are there?"

After Liu Bei thought about it, he felt that he could only develop by following Zhou Xing's strategy. Although it would take a little longer, it was better because it was safe.

"My lord, you can call the chief secretary of the county's meritocracy to inquire."

"Good."

The prefect Guan Tong ran away, but the county officials could not. They were all Donglai people, and most of them were from powerful families in the county. They were not afraid that Liu Bei would make things difficult for them.

Liu Bei gathered all the officials in the county together and said: "Kong Shijun, the governor of Qingzhou, has appointed me as the prefect of Donglai, and Guan Tong has been moved to be the prefect of Le'an. Guan Tong closed the city and refused with troops. Originally I thought he was reluctant to leave Donglai.

But after I entered the city, I discovered that he was reluctant to give up the opportunity to plunder the people of Donglai. Do you know how much gold and wealth he has hidden in his house? These are all his private wealth."

"My military advisor Zhou Wensheng often told me that among the fourteen states in the world, the most chaotic one is Qingzhou, and the most chaotic county in Qingzhou is Donglai County. You are all from Donglai, tell yourselves, Donglai County is chaotic

Are the people of Donglai doing well?"

Bang!!!

Liu Bei suddenly slapped the case, which shocked all the officials in the hall.

"It's not easy!" Liu Bei raised his voice and continued, "Since I entered the border of Donglai County, what I have seen is that the people are so hungry that they are skinny and have no clothes on their bodies."

"In the final analysis, the Donglai Rebellion was because the people had no food and were forced to turn into thieves and plunder everywhere, causing the wise to avoid living and the brave to become bandits."

"I summoned you here today because I want to tell you that I, Liu Bei, came to Donglai mainly for two things, one is to fight against thieves, and the other is to bring peace to the people. Now, can any of you tell me how many bandits there are in Donglai County? Are there any?

How many people are there? How many fields are there?"

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After Liu Bei finished speaking, he looked around the hall with a serious face.

This was the first time Zhou Xing heard Liu Bei say such shocking words.

It can be seen that Liu Bei said this from the bottom of his heart, and he was really angry.

Indeed, as he said, since entering the border of Donglai County, the people of Donglai have obviously had a worse life than the people of Beihai.

Especially when he saw the gold and money that Guan Tong had accumulated, Liu Bei really wanted to put things in order and make the people of Donglai live a better life.

All the county officials looked at each other, and the county meritorious officer took a step forward and replied: "Your Majesty, there are probably more than 10,000 bandits in Donglai County. The main ones are Guan Hai, Guan Cheng, Cong Qian and other bandit leaders. The main ones of Guan Hai are

Gathered in the mountains at the junction of Donglai and Beihai, there were many thieves in their hands, tens of thousands of them. Guan Chengze was mainly in Changguang County, with five to six thousand thieves, and Congqian in Muping, with three thieves.

There are four thousand people, and there are still many small groups of thieves. The governor once wanted to attack the thieves, but the county soldiers only had three thousand, and they were really powerless, so the thieves became more powerful."

A meritorious officer is like a state official. Apart from the prefect, he is almost the most powerful person in the county and the most trusted person by the prefect.

Liu Bei did not answer. He looked at Gong Cao and listened to him continue.

The meritorious officer continued: "As for the registered people in the county, there are... more than 47,000 households and more than 185,000 people. The fields... there are so many abandoned fields that it is difficult to count."

"I wonder how many people there were in Donglai at its peak?" Zhou Xing couldn't help but ask.

Donglai can be regarded as a medium-sized county, but it only has a population of hundreds of thousands. Although Zhou Xing had expected it, he was still surprised.

"At its peak, there were more than 400,000." Gongcao replied.

Liu Bei was shocked and angry when he heard that Donglai now had a population of less than 200,000.

I was surprised that I came to this place. There were so many thieves and the population was so small. How on earth could I develop?

What makes me angry is hearing that there were more than 400,000 people in its peak period, but now there are only more than 180,000 people left. The situation of population elimination and loss is infuriating.
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