The next morning, the first thing Liu An did when he woke up was check the system.

Among the envoys sent to persuade the Xianbei tribes in the west to surrender, except for the envoys to the Chakshi tribe and the three surrendering tribes, none of them have returned so far.

He had been waiting before, but now he remembered that he could check whether the person was still alive through the system.

Liu An still remembers the names and rough numbers of those people. He only needs to open the directory to find out.

Pulling the number directly to Chakshi's position, Liu An started to search upwards from here, and saw the names of the four surviving envoys.

The other thirty or so people seemed to have never appeared in the system.

"Alas!" Liu An sighed, it seemed that he was all dead.

Maybe he was killed directly by the Xianbei leader, or maybe he encountered danger on the way back. In short, more than thirty death cards were gone.

However, more than thirty death cards were ultimately exchanged for Liu An's huge gains from going to the grassland, which was not a loss at all.

Putting the matter aside, Liu An got up and washed up. After breakfast, he called Zhang Fei and asked him to pull some carriages to find him at the manor outside the city.

There are not many people in the manor, only a few old men who guard the manor and old women who cook and wash clothes are here.

Liu An came to the manor with his guards, found a few vacant rooms, entered alone, took out the thirteen incense, soap, sugar and other luxury goods in the system, and after each kept some for his own use, he asked Zhang Fei to move them all

Got on the carriage.

Seeing that Zhang Fei had arranged for people to move the supplies, Liu An said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, this time you will lead the cavalry under your command to send the things to Luoyang. When you leave, take a carrier pigeon with you. When you are approaching Luoyang, release the carrier pigeon for Luoyang's carrier."

I’ll just send you to Luoyang to pick you up.”

The last time Gao Shun went to Luoyang to deliver something, Liu An later learned that even if Gao Shun knew the address of the residence, he had to search all over the huge Luoyang to find the location of the residence in Luoyang.

With the carrier pigeon this time, it is much more convenient. You don't even need to wait outside the gate of Luoyang many days in advance. You only need to release the carrier pigeon when it is about to arrive, and you can pick up Zhang Fei in about the same time.

"If you need money or food on the way, just go to Xuande."

"I haven't been to Luoyang yet, so I'll just go and see what the imperial capital is like! Haha!" Zhang Fei was so happy that his beard flew up when he heard this.

"Remember, don't delay your business by drinking!" Liu An warned: "If you delay your business due to drinking, Yide will marry a wife and go home to have children!"

What Liu An meant by this was that if Zhang Fei missed something because of drinking, he would be sent home and no longer wanted.

Of course, it was just a serious warning, and Liu An would never really do it.

However, Zhang Fei believed Liu An's words, and the smile on his face instantly solidified. He nodded and said, "Please be patient. I, Mr. Zhang, still know my priorities. I will never mess up anything by drinking!"

"Well, I know that Yide is a man of trust. Since Yide has made a promise, he will never break his promise, so I feel relieved." Liu An nodded with a smile and praised Zhang Fei.

It is typical to give a stick and then a sweet date. Zhang Fei's character is like this. Just beating is useless, and just praising is useless. The best way is to find a comparison object to arouse the opponent's competitive spirit, so that he will be strict with himself.

An hour later, all the things were moved to the carriage. After lunch, Zhang Fei took the order and set off.

During this period, Liu An arranged for Lu Bu to lead his cavalry to patrol the north of Wuyuan every day to monitor Xianbei's movements. Once he found that the Xianbei people had a tendency to go south, he would immediately send a letter to report via pigeons.

The gold mines in the northern mountainous area were also mined again. Fu Zhao took people to the iron ore area, and Liu An could only find another experienced blacksmith to take charge.

For defensive matters, Liu An selected an outstanding person from his own soldiers and gave him full responsibility for leading 500 soldiers.

In the afternoon, Liu An used the room vacated in the morning to extract 2,000 pieces of cotton cloth and 6,000 pieces of coarse cloth from the system.

Among them, Liu An recruited hundreds of women to make cotton clothes for the army officers.

Of course, two thousand cotton cloths were not enough, so Liu An took half of the coarse cloths and asked them to make cotton clothes together.

Liu An temporarily placed the remaining three thousand coarse cloths in the manor.

At the same time, villagers were recruited to build a cloth shop outside the manor. Once the cloth shop was built, the remaining coarse cloth was sold to the people of Wuyuan at a fair price.

Again, winter is approaching, and Liu An does not want people to freeze to death under his rule.

In addition, selling coarse cloth can also complete the side quest that Liu An has put aside for a long time.

In addition to the cloth shop, Liu An also asked Xiang Yong to build a grocery store next to it.

Liu An plans to use this grocery store to sell milk, eggs and other items at low prices.

There are still 500 cows and chickens in the inventory. There are also many cows and chickens that have been extracted and raised in Cheng Ze's breeding farm. If these animal products can be sold, they will not only bring an extra income to Liu An, but also

It can slightly improve people's lives.

Since Liu An took control of Wuyuan, he has almost never stopped hiring villagers for work. After several months of accumulation, many villagers have saved a small amount of money.

Moreover, after Liu An ordered the powerful men to return the overcharged tenant rent, the food and clothing problem of the villagers was basically solved. During the period of work, Liu An not only paid wages, but also took care of food every day.

Therefore, the lives of most people in Wuyuan today have undergone earth-shaking changes compared with last year.

It is basically affordable to buy some coarse cloth to make clothes for the winter.

As for things like milk and eggs, it depends on personal savings.

However, Liu An's three thousand coarse cloths are definitely not enough. He sells them at a low price, so most people will choose to buy them here.

After one piece of cloth is used to make a suit of clothing, there is almost not much fabric left.

Three thousand pieces of cloth are enough to make four thousand sets of clothes at best. How can it be enough?

Therefore, after arranging for people to build houses, Liu An sent his men to various places to purchase low-priced cloth.

As soon as things were arranged, Liu An's personal soldiers came to inform Liu An and asked Meng Lan to see him.

After Liu An led his troops into the grassland, Meng Lan returned to the farming area he was responsible for, preparing to harvest potatoes and carrots that were about to mature, and plant spinach for the winter.

A few days ago, I heard that Liu An was returning with his army, so I hurriedly arranged the things at hand, and had people load the harvested potatoes and carrots into trucks, and brought them all back to report to Liu An today.

When Liu An heard Meng Lan's request to see him, he thought to himself: Someone brought me a pillow just as I was about to fall asleep.

Just as Meng Lan came, he asked him to take back all the seeds he had just picked and plant them next spring.

A year and a half later, during the Yellow Turban Uprising, the war spread to eight states, namely Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan.

Bingzhou is not included in this list. Wuyuan County, located on the border of Bingzhou, is a poor place that the Yellow Turban Army looks down upon.

The same idea as the Yellow Turbans included Emperor Liu Hong and other princes in the court. When Wuyuan was most seriously harassed by Xianbei, the court even said it would abandon this place, so naturally it would not notice the changes here.

Moreover, this place is far away from the imperial capital and beyond the reach of the imperial court. Even if it wants to intervene, it may not be able to do so.

Now that the entire Wuyuan County is in Liu An's hands, even if the news leaks out, it will be very limited.

In this way, Liu An can safely develop farming here and accumulate strength. Wuyuan is a vast area with few people, and even if there is no wall around the countryside, it may not be destroyed.

After all, such a big place, Liu An asked Meng Lan to randomly find a land with rich water and soil to open up wasteland. When the Xianbei invaded, they would not go anywhere, but would loot the inhabited places with a clear goal.

Then the probability of encountering the countryside that Meng Lan is responsible for is extremely small.

What's more, now that the western Xianbei has been defeated, the central Xianbei is beyond their reach. Unless they move their tribes to the west, there is no need to worry about the Xianbei threat for the time being.

Liu An took Meng Lan into the inner hall and cordially pulled him to sit on the table.

When conquering Cheng Ze, Meng Lan was willing to sacrifice himself to help Liu An recruit Cheng Ze, which greatly touched him.

Since then, Liu An has been extremely close to Meng Lan, and has long thought about how to compensate Meng Lan and reuse him.

Meng Lan and Liu An are similar in age, both handsome and upright.

Liu An looked at Meng Lan and saw that his complexion was as good as before, so he said with relief: "Yuanpu is in high spirits. I hope that I will have a good harvest in the fields. Thank you Yuanpu for your hard work!"

"Lan dare not take credit for the great blessings of Ming Gong." Meng Lan sat on the table, bowed slightly, and said to Liu An: "Lan has never seen a crop with such a huge yield. That thing called potatoes, planted three

Fifteen acres actually produce more than 2,300 dan, and the yield per acre can reach as much as 65 dan! It can be called a divine thing!"

Meng Lan's eyebrows were beaming, and she continued: "The carrots are even more like this. The yield per mu is as high as seventy-five acres! With these two crops sent from heaven, no one among the people of Wuyuan will starve to death again!"

Liu An smiled and shook his head, and said helplessly: "Has Yuan Pu ever eaten potatoes and carrots?"

"No." Meng Lan asked puzzledly, "Are these two things poisonous?"

"No." Liu An replied, "Carrots contain a lot of water, so you won't be full after eating them and you will feel hungry soon, but they are very good as fruits and vegetables. Although potatoes are better than carrots, you will still feel hungry after eating them.

But what Yuan Pu said is right. Although these two things are easy to starve, if they are planted in large quantities, they can guarantee that people will no longer starve to death."

"I see." Meng Lan thought for a moment and then continued: "That's why Ming Gong ordered me to collect seeds so that they can be planted in large quantities. So... potatoes can be used as both seeds and fruits, wouldn't Lan have to do it again?

Transport it back?"

Liu An smiled and said nothing. Who asked you to transport all the potatoes without saying anything? You had no choice but to transport them back.

"Alas!" Meng Lan slapped his forehead and said regretfully: "I really suffered from my limited knowledge here. If I had asked Ming Gong for instructions earlier, I wouldn't have had to work so hard. This is Lan's fault!"

"You! Hahaha!" Liu An pointed at Meng Lan with a smile, but he didn't mean to accuse him at all.

"Next spring, follow the method I told you to plant all the potatoes harvested. In addition, I have a variety of magical crops here. I will write down the planting time, planting methods, etc. later, and you will arrange for them to be planted.

Just put it down."

"No!" Meng Lan also put away her playful attitude and solemnly agreed.

"By the way, how many fields were cultivated in total?"

Meng Lan recalled for a while and said: "Before I came, we had already reclaimed 1,300 acres of wasteland, and we are still reclaiming it now."

"Where are the apple trees planted?" When Liu An was looking for a place to plant apple saplings, he couldn't find a suitable place, but he discovered a gold mine in the northern mountainous area.

After that, he was busy improving his blacksmith skills and left the matter of selecting a place to plant saplings to Meng Lan.

"It was planted at the foot of the mountain in Wuyuan County. The water and soil there meet the conditions mentioned by Ming Gong. I have visited Lan several times since then. The saplings are growing very well, so there is no need to worry."
To be continued...