When Liu Bei returned to Xiaopei, he was shocked to learn that Zhao Yun had been here and immediately asked Zhang Fei: "Third brother, has Zhao Zilong been here?"

Zhang Fei was still drunk and hugged the wine jar and said loudly: "I, I don't know who Zhao Zilong is!"

Liu Bei was anxious and angry, but seeing his face full of drunkenness, he knew that he could not ask any more questions, so he asked the officer beside him and said, "Does that man really claim to be Zhao Zilong?" The officer clasped his fists and said, "Yes."

"What kind of person is he?"

"Well, white robe and silver armor, riding a white horse, carrying a silver spear, with a majestic appearance and heroic spirit!"

Liu Bei and Guan Yu both said, "That man must be Zilong!" Liu Bei hurriedly asked the officer, "Has he said where he went?" The officer shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything."

Liu Bei was very upset and said, "Zilong came to me, but he actually missed it!" Guan Yu said hurriedly, "Brother, don't be upset. I think Zilong shouldn't go far. I will go after him immediately." Liu Bei nodded repeatedly. Guan Yu went down immediately. Liu Bei suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!" Guan Yu stopped and turned around. Liu Bei walked up quickly and said, "Let's go find Zilong together! Zilong is a rare talent. If he missed it, he would regret it for the rest of his life!" The two hurried out of the door,

The two left Xiaopei with their personal soldiers and searched all the way to the south. A day later, they saw Lu Bu leading Zhao Yun back from the south on the road. The two talked and laughed, and had a very intimate attitude. Liu Bei was shocked and didn't know what to do.

Ailang and Zhao Yun saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu immediately were not far away, and were stunned and immediately met. Ailang clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, "Xuande, why are you here?" Seeing that Zhao Yun had already followed Lu Bu, it was hard to say that he was coming to Zhao Yun, Liu Bei smiled and said, "My second brother and I are free, so we went out to stroll around. Unexpectedly, we met Fengxian and Zilong here!" Zhao Yun clasped his fists at Liu Bei and Guan Yu and said, "Brother Xuande, Brother Yun."

Liu Bei and Guan Yu returned a greeting. Liu Bei looked at Zhao Yun reluctantly and couldn't help but say, "I heard that Zilong had come to Xiaopei to find me, but I didn't expect to miss Zilong!" Zhao Yun suddenly realized when he heard Liu Bei's words. He still had a good impression of Liu Bei, and couldn't help but sigh, and clasped his fists and said, "Everything is a mess! But it's a very lucky thing to be able to follow General Lu Bu!" Liu Bei nodded with a wry smile.

Seeing Liu Bei's appearance, Ai Lang felt very happy as if he was watching his beloved woman marrying someone else. He smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Xuande, Yunchang, you can go shopping, we're back." Liu Bei couldn't help but clasped his fists and said, "Fengxian is easy to leave." Then he looked at Zhao Yun reluctantly and said, "Zilong is easy to leave." Ai Lang and Zhao Yun went to Xuzhou. Liu Bei stared at Zhao Yun's back, and the depression in his heart was hard to express in words. Then he couldn't help but hate Zhang Fei, blaming him for drinking and mistakenly giving such a general to Lu Bu for free. However, no matter how resentful he was, it was useless. Zhao Yun had already followed others, and Liu Bei could only meet him again in his dream. After calming down, he took Guan Yu back to Xiaopei.

Ai Lang and Zhao Yun returned to Xuzhou together. When they entered Xuzhou City, Zhao Yun was stunned by the prosperity in front of them. A city was huge and magnificent, with shops on both sides endlessly visible. Flags were flying in the wind, and pedestrians and merchants were shoulder to shoulder, and a bustling scene. Zhao Yun couldn't help but admire Lu Bu, thinking that he was not just a brave general.

Not far away, hundreds of people were crowded there in an open space outside the yamen, as if they were rushing to sign up to do something. The people at the scene looked impatient, while those who left were all excited. Zhao Yun couldn't help but ask curiously: "General, what are you doing there?"

Ailang glanced at it and smiled, "There are recruitment there."

Zhao Yun suddenly realized and thought: "Since the people are so enthusiastic about joining the army, it can be seen that the general's policy is quite popular!" As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel that his choice was not wrong.

Ai Lang led Zhao Yun into the hall of the governor's mansion. Chen Gong and Jia Xu immediately came up. He saluted Ai Lang, then looked at Zhao Yun. Seeing that his weapon was extraordinary and heroic, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken. Ai Lang smiled and introduced to the two, "This is Zhao Zilong of Changshan." Then he pointed to Chen Gong and said to Zhao Yun, "This is Chen Gong, Chen Gongtai," and pointed to Jia Xu, "This is Jia Xu, Jia Wen and. They are both my military advisors." Zhao Yun clasped his fists and said, "I have met two gentlemen." Chen Gong and Jia Xu smiled and replied, "The General highly respected General Zhao. We didn't believe it before. When we met today, we realized that it was better to meet. General Zhao was really extraordinary!" Zhao Yun couldn't help but be grateful to Ai Lang and clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Gongtai has been awarded too much!"

Ailang said: "I plan to let General Zhao be my guard general, commanding the newly recruited 10,000 cavalry of the Qifeng Camp, and you can immediately send the documents to the public station." Chen Gong held his fists and agreed. Zhao Yun was surprised. He did not expect that when he came, the general would entrust him with such an important task. He was flattered and felt that he could only repay the general's love.

Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Lord, the army's strength has expanded to 120,000..."

Ailang was startled and shouted, "It's only 120,000, so soon?"

Jia Xu and Chen Gong looked at each other and smiled. Chen Gong said, "General Wuchang provides ten acres of fertile land to each soldier family and allows them to reclaim fifty acres of wasteland on their own, so everyone naturally rushes to the forefront."

When Zhao Yun heard this, he realized why the people he just saw were so enthusiastic about joining the army, and were so ecstatic when he was selected.

Ailang smiled and said, "That's great! I didn't expect that the soldiers and horses in my hands would be expanded to 120,000 so quickly!"

Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Lord, Gongtai and I came here to ask the lord, should we stop increasing troops immediately?"

Ailang thought for a while and asked, "It should be no problem to expand the army to 200,000 with our food and salary?"

Jia Xu said: "No problem. However, if there is a 200,000 army, the pressure on food and wages will not be mentioned for the time being, but the expenses on weapons, armor and horses will become very huge. In addition, as a large number of young men enter the military camp, the labor force among the people will inevitably be tight, and our money and food income will probably drop sharply. If the army expands to 200,000, there will be no problem within a year. However, if the territory cannot be expanded rapidly within a year to increase the population of the people, the pressure on money and food will become heavier and heavier!"

After hearing what Jia Xu said, Ailang couldn't help but hesitate. He glanced at the two of them and asked, "What do you think?"
Chapter completed!