Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 369
"Paper tiger? Mr.'s language is very strange. In the end, the general will return to Panyu to let Shihui prepare." Hu Ke said with his fists clasped.

Lan Tian nodded to signal Hu Ke to go first, and then turned his attention to the map.

After Hu Ke left, Gao Yuan asked curiously: "How many people do you plan to send to the South China Sea? If there are too few, the deterrent effect may not be enough."

"Is the deterrent force of 8000 people enough?" Lan Tian asked meaningfully.

Gao Yuan was very surprised, "Eight thousand? There is no need for so many, right? There are only [-] soldiers in total. If there is any danger to Cang Wu, temporary dispatch will be troublesome. You should think twice."

Lan Tian said with a smile: "Who said I want to transfer Boping's troops to the South China Sea?"

Gao Yuan scratched his head and asked, "Who are your 8000 people?"

"Can't General Sha's eight thousand barbarians work?" Lan Tian asked with a smile.

"But didn't you ask them to pack up and return to Chenyang?" Gao Yuan was even more puzzled.

Lantian pursues a policy of elite soldiers. The Wuxi barbarians in Shamoke completed their mission after pacifying Jiaozhou. Now there is no need for so many soldiers in peacetime, so they are going to temporarily let these barbarians return to their hometowns and recruit them when the war requires them. The establishment of 500 generals of Samo Ke Zhonglang was retained.

Wuxi barbarians are not regular soldiers, and they use knives in wartime instead of hoes in wartime, but they have been stationed in Jiaozhou for the past few years and are used to eating military rations, so now they would rather work their lives on the battlefield than go back to their hometowns to farm. Lantian has prepared a very generous severance package, which will be distributed only after being transported from Quanling to Guangxin.

Now there is Shihui in charge of eating and drinking, and Lantian happens to have a certain amount of development funds left. He smiled and replied: "How can things stay the same in this world? My decision yesterday may not keep up with today's changes. You should go to General Sha immediately." Call me here, don't mention the matter of stationing in the South China Sea."

"Wei." Gao Yuan cupped his fists.

Half an hour later, Shamoke came to the back hall of the main hall with his head buzzing.

If all the 500 barbarians return to their hometown, they will be fine. Now there are [-] people who can stay. If there is hope, there will be competition. Wanting to be the lucky one who eats military food, Shamoko has been in a dilemma these days.

"The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, isn't it difficult for General Sha?" Lan Tian asked.

Shamoke nodded lightly, "These guys were straight-hearted, but after this incident, they suddenly became enlightened. Everywhere I went, people interceded. I was almost stuck in the toilet when I went out last night."

"Hahaha, enthusiasm is a good thing, it shows that you lead troops well." Lan Tian laughed.

Sha Moke sighed: "There is no such thing as a good way to lead troops. I just want to stay as a soldier to eat food, and I don't want to go back to my hometown to farm and hunt. Sir, you are very resourceful. Is there any good way?"

Lan Tian didn't answer, but asked curiously: "Soldiers are murder weapons. Casualties are inevitable in the army. Are you barbarians not afraid of death?"

Shamoke smiled wryly: "Aren't mortals afraid of death? But you will hardly suffer from following Mr. Even if there are a few casualties in the war, the compensation you give is very high, so they are all willing to join the army."

"So that's the case." Lan Tian nodded.

"Sir, you may not know that, including my Wuxi barbarians, the defenders in many places dream of joining the army. It's a pity that you are unwilling to expand the establishment, and even if there is a reduction in personnel, there will be a fixed source of troops to supplement."

The fixed source of soldiers that Sha Moke said was in Linwu. In the last Changsha battle, the army that fell into the battle had a small number of reductions, so they went to Li Yang's village to pick and replenish.

Lan Tian explained: "The weapons and armor of the entrapment army are expensive, and I can't afford to support too many of them. Besides, this army is considered a private part, and it is not suitable for it to be too large."

"Understood, I don't know why Mr. asked me today? Could it be that the payment from Quanling arrived? I haven't made a decision on who to keep. " Sha Moke lowered his head and asked.

"This batch of property is quite a lot, and the preparations were not completed so soon. I was wondering if you should keep some more of your barbarians." Lan Tian continued to whet his appetite.

Sha Moke was overjoyed when he heard that, "Sir, are you serious? How much more do you want me to keep? Eight hundred or one thousand?"

Lan Tian shook his head and didn't speak, his expression was very calm. Sha Moke felt that he had guessed wrong?
"How about five hundred?" Shamoke continued to ask tentatively.

"Since we all want to serve as soldiers and eat food, let's all stay here." Lan Tian said in a flat tone.

Shamoke's eyes widened. He turned his head as if his ears were lying to him, and then swallowed: "Sir, is it just a joke? Didn't you say that there are too many idle troops, which will affect the state's taxes?"

Lan Tian said solemnly: "Do you think I'm joking with you? Go back and prepare quickly? Tomorrow, we will leave for the garrison in Panyu, and go directly to Hu Ke, the chief secretary of Shihui. The original plan for dismissal will be cancelled."

"Cancellation is good, cancellation is good, as long as they can stay, it is better than anything else, I will tell the barracks to reduce rations, and save some money for the husband when there is no war, we can't eat white rice." Shamoke looked happy.

Lan Tian quickly waved his hand: "Who told you to eat free rice? If you have nothing to do, you can learn from General Gao to train more soldiers, and then go to Panyu to supply military supplies to a scholar's house. You are not allowed to make suggestions and save me rations. We can have more things from outsiders." Eat some, do you understand?"

Shamo Kexin said that there is such a good thing?He nodded quickly to express his resolute obedience to the order, and then walked out cheerfully, almost bumping into Gao Shun who entered the door.

Gao Shun walked in and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with General Sha? He seems very happy."

Lan Tian smiled and replied: "His barbarians don't have to go back to their hometown for the time being, that's why they lost their composure due to excitement."

"So that's how it is. The house Mr. asked me to look for yesterday has been found. Now if there is nothing wrong, I will take you to see it?" Gao Shun asked.

"Then take a look." Lan Tian stood up immediately. The house he asked Gao Shun to look for these two days was not the small courtyard that Xu Shu wanted for his mother, but a quiet office space.

The two of them rode on the street, took a few detours in Guangxin City, and finally found the house in Gao Shun's mouth in a secluded place in the northeast of the city. garden.

The layout of the entire house is regular, larger than the current State Shepherd's Mansion in Lantian. There are several broad-leaved trees in the courtyard, which can just withstand the harsh sunlight. Although the outer door looks dilapidated, the inner doors, windows, beams and columns are all new. The paint on it, the furniture in each room has everything that one expects to find, and there is an apricot grove in the garden behind, which echoes the words on the plaque at the door.

"There is a hole in the sky here, it doesn't look like the residence of an ordinary family, can Boping find out who is the owner of this garden?" Lan Tian asked curiously.

Gao Shun replied: "I heard that this garden is Wu Ju's private residence, where hundreds of concubines and maidservants were kept for his enjoyment. After Wu Ju was killed, Lu Fan entered Cangwu as the new prefect, and this place became Lu The place where Fan received Jiangdong envoys."

(End of this chapter)