Under everyone's surprised gazes, Xu Rong made an unexpected move.
He raised his hand and swung his fist at Li Bai. Li Bai was also stunned by his action. When he came back to his senses, he saw Xu Rong's fist was in front of him. Li Bai did not have time to think and fell to the ground and rolled on the ground, narrowly avoiding Xu Rong's punch. Zhang He was first shocked by Xu Rong's action. When he came back to his senses, he saw Li Bai falling to the ground. Xu Rong raised his foot to attack Li Bai again. Zhang He stretched out his foot and collided with Xu Rong. Zhang He swayed. Xu Rong took five or six steps back before he stopped. He looked at Zhang He in surprise, but there was no other expression on his face.
Gongsun Du, who was standing beside him, was already drenched in cold sweat from Xu Rong's actions. Seeing Zhang He and Xu Rong exchanging a kick, he quickly went up to Xu Rong and shouted," Xu Boxiao, do you know what you were doing just now? Hurry up and apologize to the lord."
At this time, Li Bai stood up with the help of Zhang He. He pulled Zhang He, who was furious, and looked at Xu Rong with a bitter smile."Boxiao and I have a feud?" Xu Rong shook his head."
Then what did I do to offend Boxiao?”，Xu Rong still shook his head and did not speak.
Zhang He saw Xu Rong's arrogance and Li Bai's polite words, but Xu Rong just shook his head and raised his hand to hit him. Li Bai quickly pulled Zhang He back, but Li Bai didn't say anything. He just smiled at Xu Rong.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the living room was quite strange. Li Bai and Xu Rong looked at each other, Gongsun Du was sweating, and Zhang He was glaring at Xu Rong. After about 15 minutes, Li Bai nodded at Xu Rong, still smiling at him. Xu Rong, who had been expressionless before, knelt down to Li Bai under Gongsun Du and Zhang He's dumbfounded gazes and said,"Xu Rong pays his respects to my lord. I hope my lord will take him in."
Li Bai quickly went forward to help Xu Rong up and said,"" Boxiao, please get up." The two of them looked at each other and laughed, causing Gongsun Du and Zhang He to be confused.
After the four of them sat down, Li Bai said to Xu Rong,"" Boxiao, I'll let you be a commander in the army first. Are you willing?" Xu Rong nodded and said,""This subordinate will obey your orders."
Then, Li Bai said to Zhang He and Gongsun Du,""In the future, Boxiao will be a member of my Liaodong army. The two of you cannot take the opportunity to find trouble with Boxiao, understand?”，After hearing Li Bai's words, the two of them nodded quickly. Li Bai nodded in satisfaction.
The spring of the third year of photosynthesis was the beginning of the year. After nearly three months of hard work last year, all the refugees who came to Liaodong had built their own small homes with the help of Li Bai and the army, and they had obtained seeds. In the beautiful season of spring, people began to have new expectations and longing for future happiness.
In the past, they did not even dare to think about this day. Today, it was finally going to happen because they had all received their own land from the government. Each person had two mu of land, and this land was their own. Although the government stipulated that this land could not be bought or sold, if it was bought or sold, the government would take it back.
However, no one objected to this. In the hearts of these simple and honest people, as long as they had their own land, their lives would get better and better. Therefore, they were given land today. In this white mountain and black water, it was filled with laughter.
Everyone knew how this land came about, so they were very grateful to him. They even worshipped his portrait in their homes and prayed for him.
That day, Li Bai spent a short but very fragrant morning under Xiu-Er's service. When Xiu-Er was helping him put on his clothes, he took advantage of Xiu-Er's inattention and pulled her into his arms. He wantonly seized her sweetness. Although she was very shy, he still let her have her way.
While Xiu-Er was still embarrassed, Li Bai laughed and left the room, heading to the meeting hall. Last year, Li Bai had renovated the prefect's manor. Not only did he add a meeting hall, but he also added a waiting room and a combat hall. This made the prefect's manor the military and political center of Liaodong.
Li Bai came to the meeting hall. Not only were Zhang He, Lu Su, and the others who had stayed in Liaodong sitting there, but there were also Jiushou, Tian Yu, and Guoyuan who had rushed over from all over the country.
Speaking of this Guo Yuan, it had to be said that when Lu Su was ordered to recruit him, he hesitated for a moment and refused, saying that he only wanted to be a scholar in this life and did not want to be an official. No matter how eloquent Lu Su was, he just shook his head.
However, when Lu Su handed the letter Li Bai gave him to Guo Yuan, after he read it, he quickly told Lu Su that he was willing to be an official in Liaodong, making Lu Su dizzy.
After asking, he found out that Li Bai had only written the number of refugees and the current population of the people in the letter. Guo Yuan took a look and saw that the Great Han Dynasty had a total of about 20 million people, and the number of refugees in various places was about 6 million. It was because of those commoners that Guo Yuan agreed to become an official. Lu Su was also surprised by Li Bai's move and secretly admired Li Bai's talent and ability to identify people.
" Everyone, how's the situation in the various places?" Li Bai sat down and asked everyone.
Qiushou stood up first and said to Li Bai,""My lord, the 150,000 locals and 300,000 refugees in Xuantu Prefecture have been given land and seeds. In order to thank the lord for his benevolence and righteousness, the local people ordered the lord's portrait to be worshipped at home and prayed for the lord and Liaodong every day.
And because of my lord's benevolence and righteousness, the people's will to join the army is very strong. At present, General Ju Yi has already found 10,000 soldiers, but there are still 20,000 to 30,000 young people who want to join the army. I have already repaid my lord's great kindness. Please make a decision, my lord."
Li Bai nodded and said,"As long as Liaodong is united, we will be invincible. When you go back, ask Ju Yi to recruit 5000 more people. But don't miss the spring ploughing. This is not only important to the people, but also to us." Li Bai said meaningfully.
" Don't worry, my lord. I understand. I guarantee that we won't delay the spring plowing." Li Bai nodded.
Next up were Tian Yu and Guo Yuan. Their situation was similar to that of Ju Shou, so after Li Bai looked at them with admiration, he also asked them to recruit another 5000 soldiers without delaying the spring plowing. The two nodded in agreement.
The situation in Liaodong Prefecture was also quite good. Basically, all the people had been given land and seeds. 250,000 local people and 300,000 refugees had been properly settled.
Li Bai looked at Lu Su with satisfaction. Then, his expression turned serious and he said to everyone," Everyone, I've called everyone here today to tell you about something that concerns the lifeline of Liaodong."
Seeing Li Bai's serious expression, everyone stood up straight and listened carefully to Li Bai.
[PS: Tomorrow will be 10 updates. I won't update tonight. I'll conserve my energy and see if I can make up for today's updates tomorrow.]
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