Looking at Cheng Yu's receding figure, Chen Gong stroked his beard and praised,""In this way, our Shanyang County and the Ji Bei Kingdom will become allies.
If we send troops at the same time, the Yellow Turban rebels will be attacked from behind. We will definitely win!”
Liu Xu's lips curled into a smile as he said,""It's a pity that Gongtai has no interest in the position of Minister of Ji Bei! Otherwise, with Gongtai's ability, it would be extremely easy to control Ji Bei Country!”
Chen Gong stroked his beard with a smile on his face.
He was very pleased to receive Chen Xu's praise.
"Chen Gong is very touched that the lord trusts me. However, compared to the position of Minister of Jibei, I want to be by your side and assist you in controlling the entire Yanzhou!”
Liu Xu reached out and grabbed Chen Gong's hand."Good! With the help of the public platform, this state animal husbandry is like getting an arm!”
Chen Gong was greatly moved.
He bowed deeply." Thank you for your favor, Lord. I will do my best to live up to your trust!"”
At this moment, Wang Yu rushed into the Prefecture Overseer's Office with a stack of documents.
"My lord, I have something to report."”
"Yes." Liu Xu smiled faintly and said," Wenqing, if you have something to say, just say it!”
"My lord, we've recruited nearly 3,000 men over the past few days."
The number of Yellow Turban bandits who had surrendered was also out. There were a total of 4,500 people, of which 1,000 were young and strong.
Adding on the 2,000 old soldiers, we now have a total of 6,000 soldiers.
However, the remaining 3,500 Yellow Turban bandits who surrendered also needed to eat food.
"In that case, our food can only last for three months. We won't be able to last until the autumn harvest!”
"Three months?" Liu Xu frowned slightly. This was indeed a problem.
Wang Yu reported hesitantly,"My lord, why don't we keep the young Yellow Turban bandits and drive the rest out of Changyi City?"?
If we were to lose the 3,500 old and weak Yellow Turban bandits of Qingzhou, we would be able to hold on for nearly five months.
By then, it would be the autumn harvest season, and the food supply would naturally be available.”
Chen Gong sighed softly.
Food had always been a big problem.
If he wanted to expand his army, the most important thing to solve was the problem of food.
Cao Cao's subordinates were the same.
If it wasn't for Cao Cao's lack of food, he would have more soldiers!
"My lord, if there's really no other way, we can only dismiss those Yellow Turban bandits…" Chen Gong smiled bitterly.
"Don't mention this again!" Liu Xu waved his hand.”
His gaze swept across Chen Gong and Wang Yu before he said,""Gongtai, Wenqing, you have to know that population is the most important thing!
With an increase in population, our development will become faster!”
"How could we not know what the lord said!”Chen Gong laughed bitterly." It's just that this is a problem that every faction faces.
"Take Cao Cao for example. If it wasn't for the lack of food, he would have taken in a portion of the Black Mountain Bandits when he defeated them last time…" Liu Xu's fingers tapped lightly on the table.
What he was thinking about was not just these 9,500 people.
He was thinking more.
He had already sent Wan Qian to the entire Shanyang County to recruit soldiers.
He would probably be back in a few days.
At that time, there would still be a shortage of food.
Could it be that Chen Gong and Wang Yu were really going to disband the newly recruited soldiers?
What a joke!
If that was really the case, then what was he talking about conquering the world! Why would he still be a vassal!
How could he suppress Cao Cao and control Yanzhou?
Wouldn't it be better to join Cao Cao and become his subordinate?
No!
Cao Cao was so suspicious. If he was worried and killed him, wouldn't he be in big trouble?
Actually, Liu Xu was not thinking about just that.
If he wanted to succeed, then he would have to be like Cao Cao in the future and gather all the Yellow Turban bandits.
However, if that was the case, the food shortage would be even greater!
No!
He had to think of a way!
Liu Xu's eyes lit up as he thought of a solution.
His super genetic system was able to fuse genes with plants.
If he gave the rice and fused it with the gene, would that solve the problem at hand?
Liu Xu nodded at Wang Yu and said,""I will think of a way to resolve this matter.”
Chen Gong and Wang Yu cupped their hands at Liu Xu and walked out.
Wang Yu looked at Chen Gong." Official Chen, I know that you have extraordinary wisdom. How do you think the Lord will resolve this matter?"”
"It's difficult!" Chen Gong shook his head and sighed." The problem of food has existed since ancient times! It's really difficult to solve it!"
Wang Yu also smiled bitterly." If it really doesn't work, we can only stop recruiting soldiers."”
Chen Gong shook his head." If we stop recruiting soldiers, I'm afraid it's hopeless to recapture Rencheng County and Dongping Country!"”
……
At this moment, Liu Xu went straight to the warehouse in the backyard.
There was a lot of rice here.
He grabbed a handful of rice and walked towards the courtyard.
He pondered as he walked.
The question was what to fuse the rice with.
At this moment, he saw the weeds in the backyard.
A footprint pushed a few weeds into the ground, but these weeds continued to grow tenaciously.
Liu Xu's eyes lit up.
If the genes of the wild grass were integrated into the rice, would it mean that the rice would become even more outstanding?
With this thought in mind, he silently recited the 'Super Genetic System' in his heart.
A transparent screen appeared in front of him.
He saw that the patrolling guards were only greeting him and did not notice the light screen in front of him at all.
Only then did he relax.
From the looks of it, no one else could see this screen of light. Only he could see it.
Liu Xu carefully examined the screen.
The light screen was exactly the same as the one he saw yesterday.
Liu Xu frowned slightly.
He grabbed the handful of rice and casually pulled out a weed from the ground.
Then, he said to the system in his heart,"System, help me fuse with the wild grass gene!”
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