Chen Chu was surrounded by more than 20 strong young men, which Mr. Deng insisted on. According to his words, the lord's identity is different now, how can there be no followers when he goes in and out? Chen Chu accepted this with a few followers, which is more convenient to do things, but this is not the main reason. In his previous life, Chen Chu was very envious of those gangsters or bosses of large consortiums, and his majesty was very powerful. Now he can finally enjoy this kind of treatment.

Surrounded by everyone, Chen Chu, who was sitting upright on the horse's back, got even straighter.

Walking on the road, Chen Chu was unknowingly thinking about the issue of money and grain. Now the development of Longhu Village has been on track, but money and grain is a big problem. With the continuous influx of refugees, the burden on Longhu Village is already very heavy. If the situation continues, Longhu Village will inevitably be dragged down. Of course, Chen Chu can use the right of the noble of a county to drive away refugees by tough means, but Chen Chu would not do this unless he had to. First, he could not take action when he looked at the hungry and cold refugees; more importantly, he hoped to take this opportunity to improve his reputation.

Money, grain, money, grain! Alas! Where should I get money, grain? Do I have to take fierce measures to prevent the refugees from continuing to influx?

Chen Chu thought distressedly, and then he thought of the boss Li Tai, who invited him. Can you ask him for help?

Chen Chu's eyes lit up, but then they dimmed again. "I am not familiar with him, so the businessman is based on profit-seeking. Will he spend a lot of money to help him?"

However, Chen Chu thought of Li Tai's invitation to him with great sincerity, and it was obvious that Li Tai had something to ask for him. ‘Maybe he could get Li Tai’s help when he paid a certain price.’

Thinking of this, Chen Chu became calculating in his heart, so the horse hooves moved forward faster.

Just when Chen Chu was worried about money and food, Zhang Liao and Wang Han were very shocked because they had 600,000 kilograms of food in front of them!

"Be good! I have been in Leping County for so many years, but I don't know that the former county magistrate has greedy for so much official grain! How damn it!" I don't know whether Wang Han was excited or angry, but I heard him curse constantly.

Zhang Liao was also very excited, but he did not show it. He thought to himself: With so much food, I believe that it can solve many problems for my elder brother! Now Zhang Liao is thinking about problems based on Chen Chu's position.

"Wang Han, please tell your brothers to start moving grain." Zhang Liao ordered.

Wang Han then realized, and immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Go on! Brothers!"

Dozens of yamen runners and hundreds of civilians immediately rushed into the warehouse and began to move grain.

This warehouse is located in the former county magistrate's home. Zhang Liao and Wang Han discovered it while copying the Qin county magistrate's home. In addition, they also copied five thousand gold in another secret room.

With this batch of money and grain, Chen Chu no longer has to worry about money and grain in a short period of time. However, Chen Chu didn't know about this at this time.

Julu.

"Tang Zhou, the commander of the thirty-six parties to speed up the collection of food and grass to prepare for major issues." On the main seat, a middle-aged man in a yellow robe ordered. This middle-aged man had a clear face, long eyebrows and long beards, giving him the feeling of being a fairy-like spirit. One person sat on each side of his left and right, with a somewhat similar face to him, but he was younger. There was another person in front of him, kneeling respectfully on the ground, and this person was Tang Zhou in the middle-aged man's mouth.

"Yes, great wise and good teachers." Tang Zhou respectfully agreed. It turned out that this middle-aged man was Zhang Jiao, who called himself the "great wise and good teachers", so the two younger brothers sitting on his left and right should be his two younger brothers - Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.

"It's just that there are constant famines everywhere, and it's quite difficult to raise food and grass. I'm afraid it's difficult to raise enough food and grass before the uprising." Tang Zhou said again.

What Tang Zhou said was indeed a problem, and Zhang Jiao couldn't help but think about it.

At this time, Zhang Bao, who was standing beside him, said: "Brother, now that robbers are rampant, why don't we let the Qu coaches from all sides pretend to be robbers to go to wealthy families and some small counties with weak defense power to collect money and grain."

Zhang Jiao's eyes lit up when he heard this, "This is indeed a solution. Tang Zhou, please continue to pass the order."

"Yes. I understand." Zhang Bao from the Tang and Zhou Dynasties gave a gift and then retreated.

After Tang Zhou left, Zhang Liang, who had not spoken, asked Zhang Jiao: "Brother, do you think we can succeed?" As he spoke, there was a hint of worry on Zhang Liang's face.

"Don't worry. Now that the fortune of the Han court is about to end, we will rise according to the destiny of heaven. How can we fail?" Zhang Jiao said confidently.

Since mid-April 183 AD, the number of robbers in various places has suddenly increased.

Many wealthy households and small counties were looted, and their money and food were lost extremely heavily. All the locals flew to Luoyang like snowflakes, but they were blocked by the seal of one of the ten regular attendants.

Time passed quickly, and a month passed in a blink of an eye.

Chen Chu finally had his own armed force, and a thousand infantrymen were trained with Zhang Liao's efforts. In order to form this thousand-man infantry team, Chen Chu spent a considerable price. One thousand armored weapons were bought by Chen Chu for a thousand gold. In fact, in this transaction, Li Tai did not make Chen Chu's money. All the armored weapons were sold to Chen Chu at a cost price. If it was based on the market value, these thousand armored weapons would definitely be sold for two thousand gold. Chen Chu was still very grateful for this.

Zhang Liao is worthy of being a famous general. Under his strict supervision, it took only one month to turn a thousand strong people into well-known soldiers. However, the combat effectiveness of this infantry team was not very good. Chen Chu once asked Zhang Liao excitedly: How effective is this thousand-person infantry team? Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "It's very bad! First of all, the training is still not enough! And the other is that this army has not been baptized by the war and cannot be compared with a real elite army at all!" Chen Chu was quite disappointed when he heard Zhang Liao's words, but he didn't feel anything other than that. If an army trained casually and became an elite army, it would be fine. However, Chen Chu was quite satisfied with the physique of his soldiers. The shortest soldier was over 1.7 meters tall, and he was very strong.

Chen Chu did not interfere with Zhang Liao's training. After all, no matter how good Zhang Liao is, he is much better than his pharmaceutical factory salesman.

In addition to this thousand-man infantry team, Chen Chu also asked other middle-aged men to train every seven days, and do whatever they should do at other times. There were about 4,000 people in total, which was Chen Chu's reserve troops. Zhang Liao praised Chen Chu's approach very much. He said that this method not only saves the expenses of raising troops, but also can gather a huge army in a very short time when necessary.

Compared to Zhang Liao's praise, Chen Chu praised it. Chen Chu sighed in his heart: He is worthy of being a famous general of the Three Kingdoms! You can see at a glance the benefits of the reserve military system in later generations that I plagiarized!

In addition to military aspects, Chen Chu also gathered the blacksmiths found among the refugees and set up a separate place as a blacksmith factory. There were nearly 300 blacksmiths in total, which was a production force that Chen Chu valued very much. Since the existence of these blacksmiths, Chen Chu bought iron embryos through Li Tai, and then asked the blacksmiths to make various weapons and armor, and finally sold them through Li Tai's channels. Chen Chu finally found a way to make a profit, and the profit margin was quite high, but the transaction was just beginning, and Chen Chu did not gain much profit from it.

On that day, as usual, Zhang Liao trained soldiers in an open space next to Longhu Village, while Chen Chu watched with interest under the shade of the tree. Next to him was the handsome and handsome sister Zhang Rui wearing light armor.

Zhang Rui is now the deputy commander of the infantry team, which is completely the result of Chen Chu being unable to resist the opponent's soft and hard work. Chen Chu was a little moved: This sister Zhang, we just love fighting and killing! It seems that she has the potential of a barbaric girlfriend!

In fact, Zhang Rui, the deputy commander of the infantry team, is not responsible for the daily training of the infantry team. Our Ruier is a good girl who is self-aware. She knows that she is not as good as Zhang Liao in leading troops and training, so she, the deputy commander, is only responsible for one thing, that is, military rules and regulations. Not to mention, no one dares to test the law in front of this selfless deputy commander. At first, those thorns who despise her as a woman and deliberately lazily in front of her, now when she sees Zhang Rui, it is like a mouse seeing a cat, and she dares not even let go of her fart.

In fact, with Zhang Liao, a famous general, no one dared not to obey military rules. Although Zhang Liao was amiable to soldiers, he did not recognize his relatives during training, especially when dealing with soldiers who violated military rules. The soldiers treated Zhang Liao in awe.

As for Zhang Rui's role, if you think about it carefully, it seems that it has no effect.

Zhang Rui glanced at the audience with majestic eyes, but Chen Chu was a little funny. In his opinion, Rui'er's appearance was really funny.

Just as the training continued, a yamen runner came to Chen Chu quickly.

"Sir, a person has come to the county yard to see you." The yamen runner got off his horse and reported.

"Want to see me? Are you from the Li family or from the Wei family?" In Chen Chu's impression, these two big merchants are the ones who have a good relationship with him and often come and go.

However, the yamen runner shook his head and said, "No, the visitor claims to be the envoy of Hu Xiaozhai." When he said this, the yamen runner's expression was a little unnatural.

"Tiger Roar Village? Could it be that this is a group of robbers?" Chen Chu asked in surprise. The yamen runner nodded.

Chen Chu touched his chin, feeling a little worried: What does this robber send someone to come? Isn’t this Crouching Huzai really powerful?

After thinking for a while, Chen Chu asked, "Where is this Tiger Xiao Village? Who is the leader? How many people are there?"

The yamen runner still had some understanding of Hu Xiaozhai, and he answered: "Hu Xiaozhai is in Leping County. There are about two or three thousand people on Hu Xiaoshan thirty miles north of Leping County, but it is not clear who the leader is."

Two or three thousand people! Chen Chu couldn't help but gasp. He only had a thousand infantry soldiers trained by Zhang Liao, and more than a hundred yamen runners. All of them were less than the average number of this group of robbers. I'm afraid that self-protection would be a problem!

Chen Chu's face was gloomy and he was thinking about countermeasures silently. After a while, Chen Chu suddenly asked: "Does this envoy from Hu Xiaozhai come to blackmail money and grain?"

The yamen runner nodded, "Yes, they come twice a year, and each time they come, they will need 100,000 kilograms of grain and a thousand gold."

Chen Chu was immediately surprised and sighed in his heart: Good! These guys have a really big appetite!

Although Chen Chu was surprised, his face was very good. He said to the yamen runners: "Since they want to meet this county, let's go and meet them."

Just as he was about to set off, Zhang Rui shouted, "Brother, I'll go with you."

Chen Chu thought: Rui'er's martial arts skills are good, and she is just in case of precautions. So he nodded and said, "Well, okay, then Rui'er will go with the eldest brother."
Chapter completed!