After casually dealing with Ren Qi and Jia Long, Liu Bei ordered the army to reorganize the battlefield, sort out the prisoners, and then led the troops back to the division.
When Liu Bei returned to Chengdu, Qianzhao had just arrived in Chengdu for a day. When he saw Liu Bei, Qianzhao also looked dumbfounded.
"I thought we were going to fight a tough battle. When I went to Bajun, I heard that the Yellow Turban bandits had attacked and killed all the prefects of Bajun. I thought they were really strong enemies, so I led the troops very cautiously. But as a result, After the battle, they were all wiped out... What kind of trash are the Yizhou army?"
Lianzhao sighed with emotion, not feeling happy at all about his victory. He only felt that his caution had fed the dog.
Now when I come to Chengdu and see that Liu Bei has finished taking care of Ma Xiang, and spends most of his time on the road, I can't help but laugh and cry.
But this is not entirely a bad thing.
The ease of dealing with these Caotai teams just proves that the Liangzhou Corps under Liu Bei has completely broken away from the Caotai team state and entered the professional player zone. Only by dealing with the Caotai team in a professional state can they achieve such a clean and complete victory.
In other words, with the current strength of the Liangzhou Corps, it can already march sideways in most areas of the Han Empire, and there are very few troops that can confront him head-on.
In terms of combat experience, only the elite Northern Army in Luoyang and the battalions in Bingzhou and Youzhou can compare with him.
It is not that there are no strong armies in other areas. They are either small in number or not in standing army status.
Without professional training, just having excellent soldiers will not work. A truly outstanding and strong army requires not only excellent soldiers, but also perfect training, perfect organization, and long-term maintenance.
Afterwards, Liu Bei handed over the logistics related matters and the tasks related to cutting bamboo to his subordinates, and asked Yan Wen to take the lead in organizing the army and prisoners of war to cut bamboo in Shu County, and then set off in batches. Return to Liangzhou.
Gao Yu was a little puzzled that Liu Bei wanted to bring all these prisoners back to Liangzhou. He felt that it was very expensive and a big burden for Liu Bei. It might not be appropriate to do so.
Faced with Gao Yu's doubts, Liu Bei sighed.
"Life is very difficult for the people. Most of them are coerced into becoming thieves. They don't want to rebel. They just have no food and want a way to live. If they are given a way to live, they can live in peace and contentment. After the chief culprit is killed, giving them a way to live is If they can live, why let them die? One more person means more labor, right?"
Gao Yu didn't say anything except sighing for Liu Bei's kindness. What he was more looking forward to was the papermaking workshop Liu Bei promised to help him build.
With the papermaking workshop, he was able to make full use of Shu County's superior resources to produce large quantities of convenient and easy-to-use paper, and then spread these papers widely to provide scholars with better writing tools.
What kind of cultural spectacle will it be then?
In order to deal with the matter of bringing the prisoners back to Liangzhou, Liu Bei stayed in Chengdu for a while and used military expenses to purchase some grain around Chengdu to subsidize military supplies.
Gao Yu and Zhao Yao, the prefect of Guanghan, each supported Liu Bei with some grain out of gratitude to Liu Bei.
Gao Yu also came forward to contact the major families in Shu County for Liu Bei, and used Liu Bei's prestige and the temptation of some educational resources to purchase some grain from them at a lower price.
So Liu Bei successfully solved the food problem of bringing people back to Liangzhou.
As for the powerful families in Shu County, they are actually very willing to help Liu Bei in this matter. They are not worried that Liu Bei will speak to them, but they are worried that Liu Bei will not speak to them.
Liu Bei asked for something, and they were able to help him. This was the royal process of establishing a relationship.
After learning about Liu Bei's needs from Gao Yu, a group of people were overjoyed. With the intention of making good friends with Liu Bei, they sold grain to Liu Bei at a relatively low price, and also gave away batches of additional grain in an attempt to In exchange for Liu Bei's favor, he gained Liu Bei's relationship.
Liu Bei's power in Liangzhou did not cover Yizhou, but Liu Bei's state studies in Liangzhou and his connections in Luoyang were enthusiastically pursued by these wealthy families who were interested in the development and growth of their families.
Liu Bei's power is local, but Liu Bei's influence can already spread throughout the country relying on Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals.
Because of some business dealings with Liangzhou, they all heard about what Liu Bei did in Liangzhou, and also heard about Liu Bei's centralization of power in Liangzhou and the establishment of a state school. They lamented that the people of Liangzhou could receive such generous treatment from Liu Bei. There are not a few.
They very much hope that they can pry some holes from Liu Bei. Even if they just become Liu's disciples, it is a way for their family.
Liu Bei did not refuse, but readily accepted it.
Being able to gain some local connections in Yizhou is also a way for him to intervene in the situation in Yizhou. Although this path may not play a big role, the difference between having it and not having it is still very big.
So all the big families in Shu County came to the water tower first to get the moon first. While sending gifts and food to Liu Bei, they also took their nephews to visit Liu Bei.
In order to obtain enough supplies, Liu Bei also planned to sell himself as goods at a good price, and also tried to sell more families and collect more wool, so he put on a pleasant appearance and met with those who wanted to go to Chengdu. People who meet him.
Liu Bei chatted and laughed happily with those people, and his attitude was cordial, so Liu Bei's reputation as a virtuous corporal soon spread.
So more and more people wanted to meet Liu Bei, and wanted to win the opportunity for their nephews to enter the Liangzhou Prefecture School. For this reason, some people even rushed over from Guanghan County and Jianwei County, hurrying and slowing down, just to see Liu Bei. , see if there are no good opportunities.
Liu Bei had the idea of harvesting wool to beat the autumn wind, and at the same time he had the idea of accumulating contacts in Shu, so he also had some thoughts on inspecting the sons and daughters of Shu who were brought to see him by their parents. Think carefully about their knowledge and thinking skills.
After some investigation, he determined that the academic abilities of the men in Shu were obviously much better than those in academic deserts like Liangzhou, but for the core areas of the Central Plains, they were still far behind.
But this is not important. Since you want to accumulate connections in Shu, you must make a real gesture.
So after careful consideration, Liu Bei selected the children of more than 30 large, medium and small families, including the Du family, the Fei family, the Li family, and the Zhao family, as his disciples from people in Shu County, Guanghan County, Qianwei County and other counties, and prepared to take them with him They went to Liangzhou to enroll together.
For this reason, a large number of people who were not selected felt very sorry and envious of this, while those who were selected were overjoyed and turned around and gave Liu Bei a larger amount of gifts and food.
As a result, Liu Bei successfully paid for the expenses required for this expedition, and even the cost of returning 100,000 captives to Liangzhou was "reimbursed" by these more than 30 families and a group of other families who were taken advantage of.
Xun Yu, Han Hao and others calculated the accounts in private and came to this conclusion, and then told Liu Bei the news with a look of joy on his face.
Liu Bei looked at their calculation results again and again, and then couldn't help but sigh.
No matter how poor you are, you can't afford education. This is really a good tradition. Poor people don't dare to afford education, let alone the rich.
As long as the education issue is taken care of, there is no need to worry about the rich not paying for it.
The "Liangzhou State University" he founded has super high qualifications certified by the official, which is basically equivalent to a direct train to officialdom. In order to get on this train, Liangzhou people paid a lot of money, and there is no reason why Yizhou people should not have to pay. cost.
