Chapter 306
It was not until the next morning that the five thousand troops safely crossed the Yangtze River.
The former army officer Cao Ping led five hundred horses to slowly search for the road. When he arrived in Jiangnan, he was very different from the north. He was covered with small intestines and dense forests everywhere.
The army became cautious and walked slowly, only sixty miles a day, and camped early.
After three days of travel, I finally arrived at the destination of this trip. There were dense forests everywhere in front of me. This was the gathering place of the Maogan tribe, Maogan City.
It is said to be a city, but it is actually just a village, with a wall of only one and a half feet high.
Mao Gan led his troops back to the city early to shrink, and there was no sentry outside.
After searching around Cao Ping, he found that the people in the nearby small villages were hiding in the deep mountains.
Although they wrote a letter to Mao Gan early and explained in detail that Xuzhou only wanted the Shanyue people to rule and not to destroy them, they seemed to believe it.
Lu Bu repeatedly strictly enforced military orders: it is strictly forbidden to enter villages and houses without permission. It is strictly forbidden to rob money and collect food and vegetables for the people. It is strictly forbidden to rob women. Anyone touches the lightest as a whip, and when it is heavy, it is beheaded on the spot.
In order to cooperate with these bans, Lu Bu also invested a lot of money. The Xuzhou army had abundant supplies, including food, meat, pickles, and canned food, and there was no need to rob it. There was double subsidy during wars, and there was nothing to say about eating and drinking.
Lu Bu was a little angry and said it well when he wrote the letter. Mao Gan said that as soon as Lu Bu's army arrived, he led his tribe members to Xuzhou. Now that the army has been outside the city, he will not come out.
Master Zhao slapped the fan: "Lord, don't worry, it's time for us to come, and Mao is willing to be prepared. Let's go to see him outside the city and discuss matters."
"Okay, let's set off right away."
"It makes sense, let Mao Gan see our military power."
Lu Bu did not lead many troops, so he only asked Xu Shitou to walk with two hundred horizontal sword guards and personal guards to follow him on foot. Lu Bu, Zhao Zhubo, and a group of more than 200 people came outside Maogan City.
There were five-colored flags on the city wall, and the shirtless Shanyue warriors were holding long wooden guns. There were also many horse-resisting horses piled up outside the gate. It seemed that Shanyue people learned a lot in the war, and the array was quite like that.
A loud voice soldier had already left the line and shouted with an iron horn: "Mao Ganqu came out to speak."
Mao Gan had long seen the Lu Bu flag with several deputy generals on the city wall. Although Lu Bu only brought two hundred soldiers, his aura was too strong. He was wearing armor made of fine steel, shining brightly under the sunlight. He sat down on the Red Rabbit Horse and the sky halberd in the palm of his hand. Who can compete with him?
Mao Gan looked around and said, "Mr. Wen is here. Everyone comes out of the city to see. You can't let Mar. Wen laugh at us for being timid."
Mao Gan's Shanyue family is known as ten thousand households, with about 50,000 people, and there are still many warriors.
Mao Gan brought five deputy generals and two hundred powerful warriors out of the city and came to greet Wen Hou.
"Shiyuequ coach, see Wen Hou."
"Mao Ganqu is really majestic and majestic. There is no need to be too polite. Let's come over and have a good talk."
"Everyone is the only one who listens to the emperor."
There was a pine tree not far away, like an umbrella. It was covered with blankets, tables, and stools under the tree.
Lu Bu took the initiative and started first: "Mao Qushuai, the letter also made it clear. Shanyue people cannot eat enough in the mountains, wear warm clothes, have poor farming tools, and have little land. They also asked to immigrate to Hefei or Guangling, and give them three acres of food fields per person to farm tools, cars, and seeds. Tax exemptions for the first three years, and taxes will be made in ten years after three years."
Mao Gan was a little embarrassed: "The people of Shanyue are indeed not full or warm in the mountains, but they are used to being free in the mountains. Moreover, Wenhou gave too little land, three acres of food per person, so how can we eat? We can't even eat if we grow five acres of food per person in the mountains."
Next to him, Zhubo Zhao asked someone to put a few farm tools on the ground, including steel hoes, pickaxes, shovels, rakes and other farm tools.
Zhao Zhubo was not polite: "What kind of agricultural tools do you use? What kind of agricultural tools do we use? A mu of sweet potatoes in Xuzhou can produce more than 10,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and a mu of Wenhou rice can produce 15,600 kilograms. A person with three acres, and a family of five is fifteen acres. The grain is basically overflowing every year, and it can be eaten for three years a year. Every household has surplus grain to raise pigs, sheep, cattle and horses."
Mao Gan believed it a little, and it should make sense to hear that Xuzhou is prosperous.
"Can the seeds and grains be given for free?"
Lu Bu shook his head: "Xuzhou recruited tens of thousands of immigrants this year, and there are all in it. The seed grain is paid for one pound and three pounds. The food is paid for as much as you eat. As for the farm tools, the cart will be given to you first, and you will use the grain to pay for it when you have enough money. You can also distribute some pigs or sheep in an appropriate amount, and you will also pay it back slowly in the future."
Mao Gan looked at the deputy general behind him. What Lu Bu said was very real. If Lu Bu said that it would be dangerous, there would be no free pie in the world, there was only free traps.
"What is the car Wen Hou mentioned?"
"The vans and wheelbarrows are used in the field for production, which are much more efficient than carrying the carry. In the past, grain, agricultural tools, seeds, carts, livestock, and clothes will be distributed in time, and will be repaid to the government after the harvest is bumper. As long as you spend the first few years and there will be no famine in the future, the people of Shanyue will have a stable and united life."
Mao Gan still believed in Lu Bu, after all, there were Pan Lin’s past lessons. Mao Gan was a deputy general in the past, but he didn’t know how many soldiers he could lead.
"How many soldiers can I keep after the past?"
"The Xuzhou Army is now 150,000 cavalry and infantry. Our first-class war soldiers are trained except for occasionally farming. They have a subsidy of 100 yuan a month, and they are paid by the team. So we implement the policy of elite soldiers. You can lead 1,000 troops after you come. And if you are willing, you can arrange them nearby in Hefei, just cross a river."
Mao Gan was very moved. As a coach of Qu, he knew his position very well. Although the tribe had 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, there were only a few thousand soldiers who could fight. Moreover, there was no stockpiling of food and grass, and no weapons support. If you wanted to be independent, you would be nothing.
At this time, a deputy general standing behind Mao Gan suddenly spoke: "I want to ask about Wen Hou's martial arts."
Lu Bu saw that this person in his life was two meters high, like a hairless brown bear, with a wide and thick body. Just this head looked stronger than Niu Dali, which was a typical tank body.
Lu Bu looked at the big guy coldly: "Are you sure you want to choose the best player?"
Mao Gan introduced: "This is the number one warrior in our tribe, Mao Xiong Da.
"Sure."
When Lu Bu heard this, he wanted to laugh: "You are Xiong Da, where is Xiong Er?"
"The Mao Xiong was so angry that he was muffled: "Xiong Er is my brother, he didn't come today."
"You are not qualified to compete with me, but since you have the courage to propose it, you will satisfy you. What do you want to compare?"
Chapter completed!