Jushou cupped his hands and said, "Go back to my lord, Mr. Zhang has already gone to see you. Liu Hao was originally weak, and he was frightened at the wedding. He has been a little confused. Recently, for some unknown reason, he has become more serious and often talks nonsense."
, crazy
He had epilepsy and even beat and scolded people in the yard for no reason. Mr. Zhang said that this disease is different from other diseases and cannot be cured by ordinary medicines and stones. He has no good solution at the moment but can only give him some soothing and calming drugs.
Drugs only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.”
Liu Xin had already understood. It turned out that Liu Hao was suffering from mental illness, and he was also a martial arts lunatic. Not to mention this era, even in later generations, this disease is the most difficult to treat. Liu Hao had this disease, and he himself
Maybe he didn't feel anything, but it was a pain for Wu Ran. Liu Xin felt a little guilty. If he hadn't insisted on letting Cheng Yu return Wu Ran to Liu Hao, the little girl wouldn't have suffered this.
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Jushou didn't know what Liu Xin was thinking. Seeing that Liu Xin was silent, he said cautiously: "My lord, my subordinates thought that this Liu Hao might be pretending to be crazy, so I immediately sent someone to keep an eye on him and pay attention to his behavior."
Every move."
Liu Xin knew that with Liu Hao's ability, he would not be able to think of this method. He was probably really crazy. Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but shook her head and said: "Forget it, he is also a member of the Han family.
If he wants to make a fuss, let him make a fuss."
Jushou no longer insisted on his opinion and continued: "My lord, there is news from Chang'an that Dong Zhuo is recruiting civilians on a large scale. I don't know what he wants. You need to be careful."
Liu Xin had a vague impression that Dong Zhuo had recruited more than 200,000 civilians in history and built a fortress near Chang'an. He could not remember exactly when it was built. Could it be now? Liu Xin was not sure.
, but he has just taken over the three counties of Yizhou, which is what he needs most
It means stability, so he said: "Gongyu, as for Dong Zhuo, as long as we keep a close eye on his movements, no matter what he does, we will only respond to changes by staying the same. If he dares to raise troops to invade, he will never come back.
If he doesn't come to invade the border, then we will wait until our recruits are fully trained to overthrow his lair."
Five or six days later, Wu Xian gave birth to a daughter in the E County Post House. At that time, the sun was setting, and the afterglow shone on the house, reflecting the red light in the room. Everyone who knew about it was amazed. Sun Ce was also very happy.
, directing everyone to rush around, but saw Cheng Pu hurried in, holding a large piece of paper in his hand, and said repeatedly: "Young Master, there is good news, you don't have to wait until next year to apply!"
Sun Ce was also overjoyed when he heard this. It seemed that his sister was really a strange person who could bring good luck. He couldn't help but asked: "De Mou, has E County started recruiting troops again?"
Cheng Pu smiled mysteriously, handed the paper in his hand to Sun Ce, and said: "Young Master, you see, we can go to Shu County, Guanghan, and Qianwei to apply, the places there are not full yet."
Sun Ce took the piece of paper and saw four big characters written in the middle of it - Dahan Express. There were many articles written on both sides of the paper, some introducing tax policy, some introducing military recruitment policy, and some introducing.
Those who receive military treatment also have experience
Some excerpts from the collection of historical records even contain a lot of jokes. And in the most eye-catching place, there is a whole page of story serials, titled "Journey to the West", with a half-human, half-monkey monster drawn next to it.
, holding a stick in his hand.
Seeing Sun Ce's confused look, Cheng Pu quickly pointed with his hand and said, "Young Master, look here. The three counties of Shu, Guanghan, and Qianwei have not yet recruited enough soldiers this year, and there are still many gaps."
Sun Ce took a closer look and saw that what was written there was a current affairs bulletin. The content was relatively complicated, including the appointment and dismissal of officials from various places, the tax situation in the past few months, and even the price situation in various places. This year's recruitment situation was also included. Although
It was just a very inconspicuous piece of news, but to Sun Ce, it was a blessing from heaven. He couldn't help but ask: "De Mou, what is this? Where does it come from?"
Cheng Pu cupped his hands and explained patiently: "Back to my young master, they call this a newspaper. It was recently issued by the government. This is the first issue. From now on, there will be one or two issues every month. This kind of newspaper
It's quite expensive, each copy costs one penny. This copy was borrowed from Yi Cheng and will be returned soon."
After all, Sun Ce was only a sixteen-year-old boy, and he was very interested in this novel thing, especially the serialized article. He really wanted to read it. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful when he learned that Cheng Pu did not buy this newspaper.
Said: "Although we are short of money now, we can still get a penny. Why don't you buy one yourself so that you can take a closer look at what is the difference between Liu Xin and others."
Cheng Pu said helplessly: "Although this newspaper is expensive, it is still very popular. By the time I get the news, it will no longer be available on the market."
At this moment, Yi Cheng walked in, raised his hands and said: "General Cheng, have you finished reading the newspaper? If you have finished reading, please return it to the villain as soon as possible. The villain has to put it away properly."
Sun Ce didn't think carefully about applying for the job just now. He just hurriedly read a few lines of the "Journey to the West". Seeing Yi Cheng's stingy look, he felt annoyed and returned the newspaper to Yi Cheng, but he felt very unhappy.
She waited for Yi Cheng to leave for a long time before he looked back and said: "De Mou, without further ado, we will set off for Guanghan to see if we can enlist in the army."
Wu Shu was very happy that her son could suddenly wake up. Since he wanted to join Liu Xin's army with his own ability, how could he not support it? When Sun Ce was leaving, Wu Shu handed over a large bag of gold and silver presented by Liu Xin.
He took them out and gave them all to Sun Ce. He repeatedly told him to work hard when he got to the army and not to have other ideas.
Sun Ce did not take away all the gold and silver, but only took out a small part as payment, and the rest was quietly handed over to Sun Quan. After leaving the post house, Sun Ce, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai rode on three horses, whipping their whips all the way, and headed straight for
Luocheng.
From Jiangxia to Bajun, there is a flat road all the way. Sun Ce and others are working hard, wishing they could fly to Luocheng. At this time, the autumn harvest has just ended, and groups of busy people can still be seen in the fields. After waiting for Ba
The county is a different scene, with large-scale construction projects going on everywhere. Engineering teams are repairing roads, bridges, cities, and building water conservancy facilities.
The engineering team has now grown to 100,000 people, more than half of whom are newly organized Yizhou prisoners. Although a large number of prisoners are used, it does not affect the progress of the project at all, because these prisoners are no more energetic than those who built the project.
The veteran members of the team are poor. Except for Liu Xin’s implementation
With the assessment and incentive mechanism, these Yizhou prisoners also found that they came to participate in the so-called forced labor, which was to do some physical work of building bridges, paving roads and building cities, but the food was much better than what they had in the Yizhou army. Not only
You can eat enough, and you can eat meat and eggs almost every day.
In recent years, in addition to vigorously developing agricultural production and commercial trade, Liu Xin has also carried out an important task, which is to vigorously promote livestock and poultry breeding in his jurisdiction to ensure that meat can be supplied to the army in large quantities. With the increase of livestock and poultry
With the development of breeding, in addition to meeting the supply of the army, there are also more meats on the market. In the past, except for a few
The aristocratic class and ordinary people rarely eat meat a few times a year, and their protein intake mainly depends on legumes. Now that the people are rich, they have the economic strength to buy meat, and there is an ample supply of meat on the market, and their living standards have improved.
Naturally, things are getting better day by day. Now even prisoners of war in the engineering team and criminals in prison can eat meat.
After living in Xiangyang for so long, Sun Ce and the others certainly knew that Liu Xin had an engineering team that was responsible for building roads and other matters. They also knew that the engineering team was mainly composed of prisoners of war or former prisoners of war. What they did not expect was that these people in the past were
The prisoners of war who were in the present tense or in the present tense not only did not rise up to resist
, did not choose to escape, but worked very happily one by one. Seeing such a scene, the hearts of the three of them sank half way down. It allowed the prisoners of war to work hard willingly, and they couldn't help but be impressed by Liu Xin's ability.
I gained new perspectives and became less and less hopeful that I would be able to find opportunities to rise again in the future.
They stayed overnight at dawn and arrived in Luocheng in three days. They didn't stay in any inns along the way, and it was the same when they came here. They just found an inn and stayed there.
Early the next morning, after paying the rent, they asked the waiter about the recruitment office. The waiter led them outside the door, pointed in the direction of the city, and said, "You three gentlemen, please follow this road.
As you walk down the road, wherever you see the most people, that's where the recruitment office is."
After hearing what the waiter said, Sun Ce couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Unexpectedly, he hurriedly hurriedly, and Luocheng, which had not recruited all its members a few days ago, now had more and more people applying. When they found the recruitment office, it was already crowded with people.
long dragon
They lined up a mile away, with orderly soldiers walking back and forth carrying spears and salt. In fact, if they had come a few days earlier, it would have been a different scene. The recruiting office was deserted, and the officials in charge of recruiting were yawning idly.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible to jump in line. Sun Ce and the others quickly stood at the end of the line and queued together from early morning to noon, and then they reached the front.
The person in charge of recruiting their team was a local scribe from Luocheng. He worked hard for most of the day and looked listless. He seemed to have no strength to even raise his head to look at Sun Ce. He just shouted very mechanically: "
Name, age, household registration certificate.”
Sun Ce couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "What is the household registration certificate?"
In fact, the household registration in Guanghan and other three counties is in progress and is far from completed. However, the inspection of household registration during the recruitment process is very strict. In order to meet the needs, those who participate in the recruitment can give priority to household registration. These are
How did Sun Ce and the others know about the new gadgets implemented in Liu Xin's jurisdiction?
When the clerk heard that he did not have a household registration certificate, he ignored him and said casually: "If you don't have a household registration certificate, go to the Yamen to fill it up and then come back. Next!"
When Sun Ce heard this, he became anxious and said, "You accept me first. I have martial arts skills and am a good soldier!"
The scribe became a little impatient and shouted: "You can't do it without a household registration certificate. Quickly, quickly, go aside and let the people behind you come first."
Behind Sun Ce were Cheng Pu and Huang Gai. They also had no household registration certificates, but the people behind them couldn't wait any longer and started to get agitated.
Sun Ce thought about how he had to wait in line for most of the day, but because of his words, he had to do it all over again. He couldn't help but feel angry, and punched the table in front of the clerk hard, knocking him down.