Chapter 256

Although drunk, he still knew how to do a favor.

Liu Bei laughed loudly and didn't decline,

"Then thank you, Brother Wenju!"

"My lord!"

Taishi Ci bowed deeply; he had long belonged to Liu Bei in his heart.

Liu Bei helped him up,

"Good, with Ziyi's assistance, I am very comforted. How about you serve as a Captain for now?"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Liu Bei said again,

"Ziyi, you should also bring your mother over. I know some medical arts and can help take a look at the old lady."

Taishi Ci was even more moved and secretly decided that he must work hard to kill enemies to repay the lord.

Wu Anguo on the side shouted in his heart,

"My lord, why don't you yield me to Governor Xuande too!"

The broadcast room's comments exploded,

"Damn, this Kong Rong is afraid he has a pear-yielding syndrome!"

"Yield Lu Bu? This Kong Rong's bragging is also quite big!"

"The big-eared thief and that Taishi Ci had long looked at each other with favor!"

"This Taishi Ci is quite fierce; his martial arts are slightly worse than Zilong's, but stronger than Zhang He and Xu Huang."

"The big-eared thief is crazy, accepting over a hundred thousand Yellow Turban soldiers. These people have poor discipline and eat a lot!"

Liu Bei returned to the military camp and called Guan Hai,

"About how many Yellow Turban soldiers are left in Qingzhou?"

Guan Hai thought for a moment,

"My lord, big and small, there are probably nearly a million people, with over thirty thousand elite and strong."

Guo Jia and the others all gasped. One-fourth of the people in Qingzhou had become Yellow Turban soldiers...

What Liu Bei needed most at this time was population. The Hetao Plain still had a large amount of land and grassland that needed people.

"Guan Hai, you send people to gather the Yellow Turban Army everywhere in Qingzhou. Those willing to follow me will be fed, and they will be distributed land and fields when they arrive in Bingzhou."

"Yes!"

Liu Bei said again,

"But say the ugly words first: if they still want to rob, then don't come; otherwise, I won't be polite."

Guan Hai knew that the lord's military discipline had always been strict, so he cupped his hands,

"Yes, my lord, I will send people out to contact them immediately."

"Good, you go down and rest first."

After Guan Hai went down,

Guo Jia sighed,

"My lord, your grand gesture truly makes me admire you. A whole million people—my Bingzhou and Hedong together only have three million people. Suddenly adding a million makes it a large state with a population of over four million!"

"Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and these important Central Plains places only have four million people, and Jizhou only has over five million."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Fortunately, we planted potatoes on a large scale this year; otherwise, I really wouldn't dare to take so many people in one breath."

"Fengxiao, if there are really a million people, the food, clothing, and expenses for the journey will not be small. Help me think of a way."

Guo Jia wrote a character on the desk with water,

Liu Bei's eyes lit up,

"Fengxiao truly understands me!"

Guo Jia cupped his hands,

"My lord, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has been a disaster for a long time. My lord is taking the initiative to help Qingzhou solve this big problem. Shouldn't the aristocratic families of Qingzhou express something?"

Liu Bei nodded,

"Good, tomorrow I will follow Kong Beihai to meet the famous scholars and aristocratic families of Qingzhou."

Liu Bei had to take these million Qingzhou people.

Historically, Cao Cao accepted these thirty hundred thousand Qingzhou soldiers, plus hundreds of thousands of family members. Although they were often short of grain, their combat power greatly increased, allowing them to fight everywhere.

These Qingzhou soldiers had poor discipline, but they had many people, so he could always pick some good ones.

Population at the end of the Han Dynasty should be considered the most important resource!