Is the world in chaos?

It is the end of the first year of Jian'an. Nanyang, Wancheng, and Lu Bu have occupied these areas for more than a year. Outside, Liu Bei is fighting Yuan Shu. Chen Mo began a large-scale expedition against the Qiang people in the second half of the year. In the north, Yuan Shao is also fighting with Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain bandits.

After Cao Cao occupied Runan, he began to quarrel with Yuan Shu. Naturally, Lu Bu was not idle either. He took over the territory that should have been Liu Biao's. Liu Biao was naturally unwilling to do so. In the first half of the year, Lu Bu had a fight with Liu Biao's generals.

, but in the second half of the year, as the news came that Cao Cao occupied Runan, Liu Biao chose to reconcile with Lu Bu.

Lu Bu and his men fought too fiercely. Liu Pan, Huang Zu, Cai Hao, Zhang Yun, Wenpin, and Jingzhou generals were almost tortured by Lu Bu. Lu Bu was not stupid. After trying a water battle, he would never

If you want to fight near the water, come over and fight. If you don't fight, I won't go over.

Liu Biao's power is naturally more powerful than Lu Bu's. Whether it is soldiers, horses, money or food, it is far from what Nanyang can compare with now.

Speaking of which, Nanyang is also the land of Longxing, but starting from the Zhongping period, this was one of the core towns of the Yellow Turban Army. At that time, various armies fought here. Later, after the Yellow Turban was pacified, Huangfu Song also went on a killing spree in Wancheng, and the Yellow Turban

After its destruction, Nanyang regained some vitality, but following Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Sun Jian conveniently killed the Nanyang governor at the time when he passed by Nanyang. Then Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang and recruited troops to attack Dong Zhuo.

Later, Yuan Shu fought with Cao Cao and was driven away by Cao Cao. Liu Biao and Cao Cao temporarily formed an alliance and prepared to make Nanyang their capital and welcome the emperor to Nanyang. Liu Biao and Cao Cao jointly assisted the emperor.

If that was the case, it wouldn't be a bad thing. Who would have thought that Cao Cao would change hands and run away with the emperor, and the two families would naturally fall out. After several wars in Nanyang, most of the people in Nanyang fled to Guanzhong or Jingzhou. Today's Nanyang has a smaller population than at the beginning.

I'm afraid it's not even half enough. Now that Lu Bu has occupied Nanyang, Liu Biao originally wanted to take it back. However, Lu Bu is not good at governing, but he is good at fighting. The cavalry is running around in Xinye. Sometimes the Jingzhou army is overrun just after crossing the river.

The cavalry that arrived were driven away.

After fighting like this for more than half a year, Liu Biao was a little tired. The most important thing was that Cao Cao occupied Yingchuan and Runan and could invade Nanyang at any time. Fighting Lu Bu at this time would probably give Cao Cao an opening to capture Nanyang, which would be equivalent to

He gave Nanyang to Cao Cao, but Liu Biao was naturally unwilling, so he chose to reconcile with Lu Bu.

The two sides will not invade each other. Lu Bu blocks Cao Cao. If necessary, Liu Biao can help Lu Bu provide some support in terms of food and grass. Anyway, Jingzhou is not short of food.

There was no war, and Lu Bu felt uncomfortable. In the past, he could steal some food, grass and baggage from Jiangxia to support himself. Now that there is no war, governing Nanyang is the only thing Lu Bu can do at the moment.

He had served as the governor's secretary. It would be impossible to say that he had no experience in governance. However, his level was limited, and there were many generals around him. No one from the Nanyang gentry was willing to serve as an official. This also led to the fact that Lu Bu had no one around him who could help him with suggestions or help.

He manages local talents. Sometimes, Lu Bu would write to ask Chen Mo.

When he was in Chang'an, he often discussed with Chen Mo, but after all, it was too far away. Now that he is really responsible for governing a country, how to encourage farming, restore people's livelihood, how to benefit the people, or how to collect taxes?

How to assess the standards for taxation.

In the end, Lu Bu left these matters to Zhang Liao and ran out to get some air. This lord didn't seem to be easy to take on.

Then, Lu Bu was quickly invited back to the government office by Zhang Liao to discuss major world affairs.

There were wars everywhere, and Lu Bu felt that the world was in chaos, even more chaotic than before.

I need a counselor by my side who can help me deal with these trivial matters. Someone who can give me advice when I encounter doubts...just like Chen Mo.

The Nanyang nobles looked down upon Lu Bu, but Lu Bu also didn't think highly of these people either.

"Lord, I am afraid that the population of Nanyang alone cannot support the army at the moment." Zhang Liao asked someone to place a few bamboo slips on Lu Bu's desk. In order to fight Liu Biao, Lu Bu had trained many new soldiers, and now they have been brought in from Guanzhong.

The Bingzhou Army that came out of Nanyang had nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses. With the current taxation alone, let alone foreign wars, they could not afford to support them in normal times.

"Since there is no war, how about disbanding the new army?" Lu Bu looked at the scrolls of bamboo slips, feeling a little headache, and casually opened one of them and said.

"No, although we have made peace with Liu Biao now, our army has Cao Cao to the east and Chen Mo to the west may attack from Wuguan at any time. If the new army is disbanded and the two parties attack, our army may not be able to resist." Zhang Liaosu

Rongdao.

"Chen Mo will also attack?" Lu Bu frowned and asked. He and Chen Mo should have a good relationship.

"My lord, now my lord is also a prince. Among these princes, public and private affairs must be separated. The relationship between Cao Cao and Chen Mo is also good. In the past in Luoyang, the two of them had a close relationship, but Cao Cao did not take advantage of Chen Mo's hand to seize it.

Are you cheating on the emperor?" Zhang Liao sighed, Lu Bu's biggest shortcoming is that he is cruel to his enemies, but he is unprepared for his friends. Can fighting in the world be the same as the friendship in daily life?

Lu Bu nodded, still feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart: "But where does the food come from? Ask Liu Biao for some?"

Liu Biao promised to provide full support in terms of food and grass.

"Liu Biao will naturally ask for it from him." Zhang Liao nodded and said, "But if this is the case, our army may be controlled by Liu Biao. Once Liu Biao cuts off the supply to our army in the future, we may be in danger of destruction immediately.

Although we are allies, we must guard against them!"

These days, the most unreliable ones are allies. The princes who were in the alliance to fight against Dong were all allies. But look at the past few years, these allies are the ones who have killed each other the most. If there were any allies when they were fighting against Dong,

It was so powerful that Dong Zhuo probably wouldn't have been able to move the capital back then.

"What do Wenyuan think we should do?" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao: "..."

If I wanted to know, I would have told you earlier.

The two of them stared at each other for a long time, and Zhang Liao suddenly said a little decadently: "My lord, I feel that the most important thing for me at the moment is to find a wise man to assist your lord, to advise him, and to govern the place, who is better than you."

I am much stronger."

Lu Bu nodded, looked at Zhang Liao and said, "I heard that this land of Jingxiang is full of outstanding people. Does Wen Yuan know if there is anyone who can rival Chen Mo?"

Zhang Liao unconsciously licked his dry lips. His boss really dared to say, who is Chen Mo? He was famous all over the world even before he was crowned weak. He could kill enemies when mounted, rule the country when dismounted, and merge states. Guanzhong was quite famous under his governance.

The prosperous phase relied on his own efforts to become the northern overlord who could compete with Yuan Shao. Chen Mo's foundation was really built by his own ability. Such a talent is unprecedented, but in today's world,

How many people can be compared with this, and even if there are any, they will vote for Lu Bu?

"My lord, you have good taste." In the end, Zhang Liao could only give him a nice compliment. His vision was indeed high enough. He coughed lightly and said, "But outstanding people like Changling Marquis are hard to come by. The general will feel that...

My lord's top priority is to find a few pragmatic people who can help my lord handle county affairs, analyze the current situation, and make suggestions for my lord. Talents like Changling Marquis need to be slowly identified."

"It's hard to find?" Lu Bu groped his chin, feeling that Chen Mo was easy to get along with and a bit smart, but he couldn't find someone similar, right?

It’s not too difficult, but it’s hard to find!

Zhang Liao was speechless. If he had known this, he should have captured a few ministers from Luoyang. It would be better than not having anyone available now.

"Tomorrow I will ask someone to find out if there is an expert in Nanyang." Lu Bu rubbed his temples and finally sighed: "I must let him help me."

Even if they are tied, they must be tied up!

Lu Bu had already made up his mind. Life without advisers was too uncomfortable. Hou Cheng and the others couldn't even settle the accounts.

"My lord, in fact, it is difficult to find such a distinguished person, but in this land of Nanyang, there are also many poor people, including in Wancheng. My lord may not hesitate to post a list of posts, and treat them with the positions of chief secretary of the county, prime minister of the county, etc., there will always be a general meeting

Someone came to apply." Zhang Liao thought for a while and said.

If an expert could be invited so easily, he wouldn't be called an expert. And even if he was invited, people might not be willing to help. It would be better to invite someone with an official position. There might be some people, even if they are not powerful people, but they are always willing to help.

Is it better than people like Hou Cheng and Wei Xu who have to pay taxes for more than ten days?

"Okay, let's find some people to help with the county affairs first, and then find out the whereabouts of the master." Lu Bu nodded and solved the urgent need first. As for talents, you can find them slowly.

"Let's do it now." Zhang Liao stood up and said.

"One more thing, let Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Cheng Lian and the others go to conquer the bandits in Nanyang if they have nothing to do. Remember, there is no need to disturb the people!" Lu Bu said as he stood up.

Suppressing bandits is also a way to improve people's support. Now that Lu Bu has finally found a foothold, he naturally wants to govern well. Suppressing bandits is one of the few ways Lu Bu can think of that will help the people and enrich the treasury.

As for how to fight... people like Lu Bu have been in Bingzhou for many years, and they have their own way of finding bandits and grassroots bandits. This is not difficult for them, and it does not require too many troops. They can definitely support war with war.

By the way, train the new recruits.

This is a good idea.

Zhang Liao nodded and stood up to leave.

After Lu Bu patiently handled official duties for a while, he got up and left the government office. He didn't realize it before, but since he became the lord of Nanyang, Lu Bu has become very repulsive to the government office. This place is too torturous!

The moment he came out of the government office, Lu Bu felt as if he was about to float. For a moment, he felt refreshed, walking with a breeze, and everything he saw became much more pleasing to the eye.
Chapter completed!