After arriving in Jiangling, Chen Yuan realized a problem.
Gangneung is a big granary.
Because Jiangling is located in the center of the Jianghan Plain, historically the food produced in Jiangling was not only able to supply the entire Jingzhou, but also raised hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers for Liu Biao.
Just tell me whether this place is important or not.
The farming in Xiangyang is really not as good as Jiangling.
However, someone had already discovered this problem before Chen Yuan.
That is Zaozhi.
Zao Zhi is a man of action. Ever since Chen Yuan arranged the big job of farming, he has been running all over Nan County.
Nowadays, people in Nanjun are very familiar with jujube.
What a coincidence, Zao Zhi is currently in Jiangling.
Guo Yong had come back a long time ago. When Liu Bei passed by Jiangling, he naturally had to take his subordinates out of the city to greet him.
Therefore, when Liu Bei and Chen Yuan arrived at the city, Guo Yong had already been waiting at the city gate with a group of officials.
Among them is Zaozhi.
After everyone paid their respects to Liu Bei, they entered Jiangling.
The Jingzhou Governor's Mansion naturally became Liu Bei's place to stay.
After the meeting, it was natural to report on the work.
He had already beaten Chen Yuan before, so Liu Bei would naturally not do such a thing again.
Liu Bei listened to the reports from the officials, and all of them were kind words and encouragement, and a benevolent image was established.
After the report, Chen Yuan kept Zao Zhi.
I specifically talked about the farming situation.
"Zi Gong (there is no record of the word "Zao Zhi", this is the author's own compilation, and the word "Zi Gong" means "respect"), is the land of Jiangling suitable for farming?
Zao Zhi nodded: "The land of Jiangling is wide in all directions, rich in water resources, and fertile. It is a good land for farming."
"Is there any difficulty?"
"Although there are fertile fields here, there are many powerful people, and they all have their own owners."
It seems that Jiangling cannot escape the rule that good things are snatched up by powerful men.
But, it doesn't matter.
Chen Yuan has his own way.
"My lord, I want to survey the land in Jiangling and organize the people into households."
Zao Zhi was shocked, good fellow, you are trying to touch the foundation of your power, others must not fight you.
The most important things for powerful men are land and slaves.
You've touched two pieces of cake at once, it would be strange if you didn't try your best.
However, Chen Yuan had his own ideas.
In the land of Jiangling, although the powerful are not weak in strength and have a lot of land and slaves, they have one flaw, that is, they have no good connections in the court and there are no great scholars.
There are no great Confucian scholars, which means that the right to speak among scholars is not strong.
As long as the operation is good, it's not impossible to just do it in one wave.
What's more, now that the army is on the side, if you want to resist, you have to think about whether you are strong enough.
Liu Bei thought for a moment and asked: "Who can take on this important task?"
Chen Yuan thought for a while.
Guo Youzhi has a gentle personality and is not suitable.
Although Dong Que was capable of both civil and military service, he was unable to restrain the eunuch Huang Hao when he was serving as minister. He was still a bit weak and inappropriate.
As for Kuai Liang, it is even more inappropriate. He is originally a powerful man in Nanjun, and naturally has some relationship with the powerful Jiangling. It is not easy for him to do this.
You must choose someone who has nothing to do with Nanjun's powerful people and has a strong personality.
Specific things can be done by Zao Zhi, but the person in charge of the overall situation must be tough.
If you use Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu, they will be overqualified and underused.
It’s you, Fu Wei.
"Gongli can be the captain of Nanjun, assisting Zi Gong in this important matter."
Liu Bei nodded: "Gongli is resolute and resolute, and Zigong is familiar with farming affairs, which is very good."
"Zigong, I'm leaving it to you now."
When Zao Zhi heard this, he did not refuse and bowed to accept the order: "I will obey the order of my lord."
Later, Zao Zhi said: "Should I inform Governor Guo about this matter?"
Liu Bei looked at Chen Yuan. He didn't know Guo Yong well and didn't know his character.
Chen Yuan had already reached a tacit understanding with Guo Yong, and he would not support any policies of the state government.
Chen Yuan said: "This is also a political matter in Nanjun. We should inform Governor Guo and let Governor Guo take charge of the overall situation."
When Zao Zhi heard this, he immediately understood. It seemed that Guo Yong had already defected to the state capital.
Immediately, Liu Bei ordered Fu Shu to lead a thousand troops to Jiangling and take up the post of Captain of Jiangling. At the same time, he would receive two thousand troops from the Prefecture.
Yes, Guo Yong still has two thousand soldiers and horses, and his strength is not weak.
At least if you beat the clan thief, you'll be safe.
Otherwise, Jiangling would have been occupied by clan thieves long ago.
With these three thousand people, Zao Zhi took charge of the land inventory and had the confidence to organize households and people.
Without the force to deter you, you can die unexpectedly in minutes.
Don't overestimate the bottom line of powerful people. If their interests are touched, rebellion is not impossible.
Therefore, to carry out such a major event, there must be military force to suppress it.
Three thousand troops were left in Jiangling, Liu Bei's 10,000 troops were in Wuling, and there were still several thousand troops in Xiangyang.
If Jiangling's tycoons really want to jump out and cause trouble, let them know what it means to suppress them by force in a minute.
As for why Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun or Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not sent to lead the troops to guard it.
Firstly, there are not so many troops. Secondly, it is a bit wasteful. Thirdly, this is Chen Yuan's intention.
Chen Yuan just wanted to see if anyone jumped out and caused trouble. That would be great.
Chen Yuan had enough excuses to directly let people sweep away Jiangling's powerful people.
Therefore, Liu Bei also gave Huang Zhong a secret order to keep a close eye on Jiangling and fly directly to Jiangling if there were any changes.
Anyone who dares to fight in Jiangling will be killed.
With Huang Zhong, a first-class strong man, Jiangling Haoqiang had better be wise, otherwise the end would not be good.
Things in Jiangling were arranged, and Liu Bei did not stay here any longer. Two days later, he crossed the river at Jiangjin Port, disembarked at Gong'an Port, and arrived in Wuling.
It was the Jingzhou navy led by Jiang Qin that carried Liu Bei across the river.
Jiang Qin was now the official commander of the Jingzhou Navy and was named Hengjiang Captain by Liu Bei.
Jingzhou Navy has a strength of 3,000 men and more than 100 ships.
Of course, most of them are small boats, and there are about three large boats like the Cai family.
These three ships were inherited from the former Jingzhou Governor's Office.
Otherwise, there wouldn't even be three ships.
It's easy to agree, Liu Bei is too poor.
Because after pacifying the Yellow Turbans, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty immediately asked the states and counties to transport taxes to Luoyang.
The emperor was also poor, and the Yellow Turban Uprising had a huge impact on the Han Dynasty, in all aspects.
Liu Bei took office after the taxes were collected, so the Jingzhou government actually did not have much money and grain, and even if it did, it could not use it at will.
Not to mention spending money and food to build ships.
However, this is only temporary. After this year, everything will be gone.
Do whatever you want to do by then.
If you want to build ships, build ships; if you want to recruit troops, recruit troops.
Chen Yuan had already thought about it. When he got rich, he would build Xiangyang Academy and bring in all the gifted children.