By then, if he has occupied the three counties, he can continue to attack Hanzhong east, and after taking Hanzhong, he can go south to attack Yizhou, and go north to attack Guanzhong Chang'an and other places. Once he is allowed to occupy Yizhou and Guanzhong, then his general trend of sweeping the world will basically be achieved. At that time, who can still stop his troops.

It was precisely because of these that Liu Yu chose Shangyong.

Shangyong was about a thousand miles away from Luoyang. Liu Yu and his three brothers walked away with their 10,000 troops, and finally arrived at Shangyong for twelve days.

"Brother, we are here." Guan Yu saw Shangyong's city wall from afar and said to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was also very happy. He nodded: "Well, it's finally here. From now on, this is the foundation for the three brothers to compete for the world."

When he arrived at his territory, Liu Yu felt relaxed and became more energetic. The next thing was to manage Shangyong, expand and train troops as much as possible. Because Emperor Ling of Han would die in about one month, and Dong Zhuo would lead his army into Luoyang in about two months, and began to cause trouble in the government. After more than a year, the eighteen princes of the 18th vassals would fight Dong. Liu Yu would not miss such a grand event, so he had only about a year and a half to manage Shangyong.

Near the gate of Shangyong City, there were many people gathered here, all of which were powerful county officials from Shangyong, and they were welcomed by Liu Yu.

"Shangyong's county officials, pay homage to the prefect." Five county magistrates took the lead, other county magistrates, county magistrates, and powerful household heads were behind, and dozens of people bowed to worship.

"No need to be polite. I am the prefect who has just arrived here, so I need to give you some help." Liu Yu said.

"The prefect is so serious. This is the meeting gift we give to the prefect. Please accept it with a smile." One of the county magistrates asked the two servants to carry a box of copper coins, which should look like a thousand guan. This is obviously a bribe to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu has not made any statement yet, but Guan Yu and Zhao Yun are both people who hate evil and are so blatantly bribed by others is simply insulting in their eyes. Zhao Yun said, "What do you mean by waiting?"

Liu Yu reached out to comfort Zhao Yun: "Third brother, don't be impatient and don't be rude."

"Come, please accept the generous gifts from all of you." Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand to let the two soldiers come forward, and accepted the gifts prepared by five county magistrates and others.

At least one thousand jin of money can be bought with hundreds of stones of grain. Don’t be in vain.

Moreover, Liu Yu knew clearly that these five county magistrates and these powerful households were deliberately testing him to see if he might be a person who was with them. If Liu Yu was tactful and accepted their gifts, it means that Liu Yu could be a person who was with them and everyone would make a fortune in the future. If Liu Yu was too "pedantic" and refused to accept gifts, then he could not make a fortune with them. They would use all means to drive Liu Yu away.

Although Liu Yu brought 10,000 troops and claimed to be a relative of the Han Dynasty, who could become county magistrates, who did not have a backstage in Luoyang, and joining forces might not be afraid of Liu Yu.

In short, Liu Yu accepted the gifts they gave in front of so many people, which was equivalent to proving that Liu Yu was not the kind of "pedantic" person they saw, but a person who could deal with. They were relieved immediately.

After arranging the military camp, he went to the prefect's mansion again. The Liu Yu and his brothers settled down in Shangyong.

"Brother, why do you take money from these corrupt officials in front of so many people, and aren't you afraid that the people of the Shangyu regard you as a person who is with them?" Zhao Yun said in confusion.

Guan Yu didn't understand, but they all believed in Liu Yu.

Liu Yu explained: "Two brothers, my brothers and three of them are the first to come to Shangyong. There are too many things I don't know. If you want to control Shangyong, you can do it in just a few days. The reason why you accept the gifts they gave is not to be with them or not ashamed of being a brother, but to make them relax and not beware of being a brother."

"As for whether the Shangyong people regard Hui brother as a person who is with corrupt officials, Hui brother is not worried. It takes only one or two days to be the prefect of Shangyong for me. Even if the Shangyong people don't understand him as brother at the beginning, when the time comes, the corrupt officials who should be killed for me will be killed, the Shangyong people will immediately understand that Hui brother's initial tolerance will not be bad in the end." Liu Yu said with a smile.

"It turns out that the boss is planning to beat him. Brother is smart." Guan Yu said along the long beard under his blushing face.

"It turns out that my brother had a plan, but he just confused those corrupt officials." Zhao Yun also smiled, and admired Liu Yu's forbearance very much.

"Chief Yun, Zilong tomorrow, you two will set up a thousand soldiers to inspect the five counties, and each will leave three hundred soldiers to maintain public order. Try not to touch the officials of the five counties and the powerful households, but you must also collect their crimes. At most two months, corrupt officials with enough crimes will be beheaded for all of them!" Liu Yu arranged.

"Chang Yun obeys the order!" Guan Yu bowed and took the order.

"Zilong obeys the order!" Zhao Yun also bowed and took the order.

Zhao Yun asked again: "But, brother, why do you have to wait for two months?"

"Rong Wei's brother will be kept in a secret. After two months, the two brothers will naturally know." Liu Yu would certainly not say that because he knew that two months later, the general He Jin was conspired to kill by the Ten Constellation Assistant. Then the Ten Constellation Assistant was also led into the palace by Yuan Shao and others. Finally, Dong Zhuo led his troops into Luoyang according to the edict before He Jin's death, interfered in the government affairs and abolished the emperor. The prestige of the Han court disappeared from then on. Even if he killed the magistrate of the five counties, no one could pursue them. Only then would Shangyong and the five counties were truly controlled by him and become his solid territory.

The next day, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun followed Liu Yu's orders and led their troops to inspect the five counties, collected crimes of corrupt officials, etc., and prepared for the execution.

Liu Yu stepped up training in Shangyong City and recruited more soldiers.

The population of Shangyong County is less than 100,000, so the soldiers they can recruit are naturally limited. Liu Yu estimated that in the end, he could only recruit an additional 3,000 soldiers from Shangyong.

"What a pity that the nearly 30,000 Yellow Turbans captured at the time." Liu Yu sighed secretly.

Those were all populations, but the court had not yet rewarded merits and his food was limited, so it was impossible for him to raise nearly 30,000 Yellow Turban prisoners for a long time. He could only select a part of them and supplement his army with tens of thousands, and let all the rest go.

If he had already had territory, he would have brought all the Yellow Turbans he captured and filled the population on the territory.

There was no saying that ordinary soldiers of the Han Dynasty had military pay. Population and food were the foundation of strength. Only a larger population could recruit more soldiers and more productivity, and ultimately transform them into strength.
Chapter completed!