Chapter 373

It depends entirely on their own performance.

“Hmm? This is a good idea!”

Xu Rong’s eyes lit up, and he gave Jia Xu a thumbs up: “You are still the best, Sir! In this way, we can indeed reorganize and clean up our troops step by step, making it easier to integrate into the Lord’s main force in the future!”

“Let’s do it as you said, Sir!”

“However, as for those old, weak, sick, disabled, and unqualified people who were discharged, how do you think we should handle them, Sir?”

“Killing them all is certainly inappropriate, but letting them leave, I feel it will also cause trouble.”

It’s quite troublesome!

“Hehe!”

Jia Xu smiled knowingly: “It seems you have also seen quite a few problems, General! That’s even better!”

“These people indeed cannot be left alone;”

“Do you know about the Lord’s policy of military-agricultural colonies, General?”

“Hmm?”

Xu Rong was slightly stunned, then suddenly realized: “Oh! Is that what you mean, Sir? Could it be that you intend to let these discharged soldiers engage in civilian farming?”

“Good idea! In this way, not only is the hidden danger solved, but it can also bring us a large supply of grain and fodder. It’s killing two birds with one stone. Let’s do it!”

With this, the problem of grain and fodder can also be solved for the most part, or even completely!

After all, there are more than 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, not just in Chang’ancheng. Gathering them all up, plus some refugees, it’s no problem to get 100,000 or 200,000 people to engage in farming.

By then, the grain problem for 100,000 troops should be about solved.

As for the land problem?

This is very simple. Now that a lot of the population in Guanzhong has been lost, many noble clans cannot stand the turmoil in Guanzhong and, for the sake of their lives, have left Guanzhong with their families, leaving a large amount of land vacant.

Xu Rong prepared to let Jia Xu send people to confiscate all these vacant lands later! To use for farming.

“Haha! Exactly!”

Jia Xu laughed aloud: “However, it’s not entirely civilian farming!”

“We can gather refugees for civilian farming;”

“But those discharged surrendered soldiers should still be reorganized into second-line troops for military farming!”

“Only in this way can we truly ensure that these people do not cause trouble!”

“Otherwise, it is basically impossible to truly transform them into civilians and let them honestly farm the land!”

“These people have been used to burning, killing, and looting under Dong Zhuo! Without someone forcing and watching them, it is impossible for them to be truly honest!”

“Even if we implement military farming, we will have to separate out a certain number of regular troops to watch them and strictly implement military discipline and rules;”

“Calling them second-line troops is actually more appropriate to call them labor reform troops.”

Once a person learns to take shortcuts, it is extremely difficult to get them to honestly follow the formal channels again.

Jia Xu gave this suggestion precisely because he understood human nature too well.

“Oh? Is that so?”

Xu Rong was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a moment, he had to admit that Jia Xu was very right.

“You are truly admirable, Sir! I finally understand why the Lord values you so much!”

“What you said is indeed very reasonable! Then let’s do it as you said, Sir!”

Can’t compare, really can’t compare!

It seems he is really only suitable for commanding troops in battle; in terms of management, he is in a completely different dimension from Jia Xu.

Jia Xu’s feeling to him was even more powerful than Li Ru’s was in the past!

And such a powerful Jia Xu had actually been hiding low-key under Dong Zhuo’s command, unknown.

He hadn’t attracted much attention and lived quite comfortably, which was very impressive!

“Asking an off-topic question, Sir, since you were so low-key, how were you discovered and recruited by the Lord in the first place?”

Xu Rong looked at Jia Xu with some curiosity.

“This...”

Jia Xu’s expression paused slightly.

Jia Yi, standing to the side, couldn’t help but chuckle: “Haha! I know this! It was I who led people to find Mr. Wenhe and expressed the Lord’s recruitment of him. After a lot of persuasion, Mr. Wenhe truly surrendered his heart!”

Jia Xu spread his hands helplessly: “That’s how it was!”

“I actually know what you want to ask, General. You want to say, since I was so low-key, how did the Lord know of my talent, right?”

“Actually, I have some doubts about this too. Why don’t you tell us, Jia Yi?”

Saying this, Jia Xu looked at Jia Yi.

Jia Yi said with a light smile: “Because the Lord is proficient in calculation and knows how to divine!”

“Huh?”

Jia Xu and Xu Rong both widened their eyes and looked at Jia Yi speechlessly.

“Why, don’t you believe it?”

Jia Yi said amusedly.

“No! I still believe it a little! Especially after joining the Lord’s command!”

Jia Xu shook his head.

His Lord was indeed a very magical and mysterious person.

Just that Star Qi Refining Method was not simple at all.

It was clearly created by his Lord.

Saying he could divine and calculate, and could deduce him, Jia Wenhe, Jia Xu also believed it.

Only this could explain it clearly.

“Sir, do you really believe it?”

Xu Rong was stunned and said with disbelief: “Does the Lord really have such ability?”

“Naturally!”

Jia Yi nodded affirmatively: “The Lord is only far more miraculous than you imagine! A Heaven-Human descending to the world is no joke.”

In the eyes of Jia Yi and even all the Dark Guards, the Lord was simply an omnipotent existence.

“Hiss! It seems my understanding of the Lord is still too little! I must pay attention to it in the future!”

Xu Rong had to believe Jia Yi’s words now.

He felt that Su Xuan was becoming increasingly mysterious.

That same day, the letters from Jia Xu and Xu Rong were delivered to Su Xuan.

After reading them, Su Xuan handed them to Guo Jia, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, and others to read.

Then he said: “What do you all think of Jia Wenhe’s plan and suggestions?”

Xun You spoke first: “Very good! The consideration is very comprehensive! He is worthy of being a top talent valued by the Lord! Better than me.”

“Haha! Gongda, you are too modest!”

Su Xuan shook his head with a smile: “In my opinion, you and Jia Xu are on par, each with their own strengths!”

“Jia Xu is top-notch in insight into human nature, while you are top-notch in grand strategy and layout;”

“It’s impossible to distinguish who is better or worse!”

Xun You smiled modestly: “The Lord overpraises me!”

At this time, Guo Jia also stroked his beard and spoke: “I have to say! This Jia Xu’s grasp of human nature is indeed very powerful!”

“He has considered every aspect! This can be seen from his reorganization of the army, disarmament, and military-agricultural colony strategy;”

“This is a shrewd person! An old fox!”

“I am increasingly looking forward to meeting and working with him! It must be very interesting, right?”

“By the way! My Lord! I think his suggestions are all very good and can be implemented exactly as they are!”

“Even, his handling of the army, military farming, and civilian farming, I suggest promoting them to other agency areas;”

“In this way, not only can we greatly reduce these regions’ dependence on us, but we can also let the troops in these regions develop a step ahead and gradually move closer to our main force;”

“It will be convenient for us to easily integrate these troops into our army when we formally take over these territories and troops in the future!”

“In this way, not only can we save a lot of time, but we can also expand our army in advance. There are many benefits!”

— Author's Notes —

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