Three Kingdoms New Lü Bu

  Cheng Lian quickly walked out of the account door, only to see him with his butt up "pfft...". He let out a long fart, and then comfortably said: "Ah... comfortable."

  Everyone covered their noses and retreated to one side, Cao Xing tightly pinched his nostrils and cursed: "You damned coward, you're so scared that you don't even dare fart!"

  Cheng Lian glanced at Cao Xing and said, "You also don't make a fuss, you're not afraid to breathe." Then he asked Gao Shun, "Where did Big Brother Gao find such a fierce character? Very vicious."

  Gao Shun didn't speak, and someone beside him chimed in: "That's right, that case was smashed to pieces with just one slap from the county official. If it had hit his head, tsk tsk tsk...his brain would have been splattered all over."

  Gao Shun said to the crowd, "Remember this, don't provoke County Lieutenant Lü in the future. I've seen him kill Xianbei cavalry like cutting melons and vegetables. If we encounter Xianbei cavalry again in the future, with County Lieutenant Lü here, there won't be a defeat like today."

  Zang Ba and Wei Xu both had the same feeling. Everyone was in a hurry to ask the three of them about today's horse exploration.

  Lü Bu thought it over and decided that he couldn't just give those two small gold blocks to Wang Biao for nothing. After all, being the county magistrate of Shuofang wasn't a great position, so he should make good use of those two small gold blocks. He then took his halberd and left the main tent, calling out to Gao Shun to go with him to find Wang Biao.

  Arriving at the prefectural government office, Lü Bu opened his mouth and said to Wang Biao: "Wang sir, why is this Shuofang County so desolate? The border troops and yamen attendants are only a dozen or so people. If the Xianbei people come to kill us, won't we just have to wait for death?"

  Wang Biao didn't know if Gao Shun had told Lü Bu the truth about the situation beforehand. So he said, "County Lieutenant Lü, the current state of affairs in the northwest has been going on for some years now, and it's not just today that things are like this. If the Xianbei come to raid the border, County Lieutenant Lü should first investigate the military situation, and I will also gather the people to escape into the pass."

  Lü Bu heard that he had escaped into the pass again, and his nameless anger surged up again. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Wang Biao fiercely, saying: "I wouldn't have been a county lieutenant if I didn't want to be one. Since I am a county lieutenant today, don't even think about being a deserter."

  Wang Biao listened and said, "I highly praise the heart of County Lieutenant Lv, but there are no soldiers available in the county, what can be done? The Xianbei people will definitely return when the heavy snow comes. After the Xianbei leave, we will come back again next spring when the snow melts. Every year is like this, and County Lieutenant Lv doesn't have to worry about branches growing outside the festival."

  Lü Bu said coldly, "There are no soldiers to use, so we can recruit and train civilians. The border people are mostly fierce and brave, as long as the military discipline is strict, with a little training, they can become soldiers."

  Wang Biao smiled bitterly: "Recruit strong men? Ha ha, I also want to do so, but where is the money and food? Where does the money and food come from? Does County Lieutenant know how much military funds the Governor's Mansion allocates to our county each year?"

  Lü Bu said: "I don't know."

  "Thirty people! Don't expect anything from the imperial court, the Northern Territory Governor's Office only sends thirty soldiers' salaries to our Shaofang County every year. I, Wang Biao, don't just want to be the county magistrate of Shaofang, but also the military marquis of the Shaofang border army. The border army in the county is not just a border army, but also serves as the county's official duty. But what about the annual salary? It's just that little bit of salary, which was even paid by Jia Gu for letting us block the Xianbei people and do hard labor. Ha ha! I, Wang Biao, don't want to be this incompetent county official, but it's beyond my power. If County Lieutenant Lu can raise military funds on his own, I'd be happy to provide convenience."

  Lü Bu listened to Wang Biao's words and looked at Gao Shun again. Gao Shun sighed and said, "What the king says is not false at all. The court abandoned the northern frontier, which was a misfortune for our people. I have no other requests, only hoping to be able to protect our parents and relatives."

  Lü Bu listened and didn't dare to flatter the imperial court. To be honest, he didn't have a good impression of the imperial court either, after all, he was new here. Since that's the case, things are a bit difficult, but it's still better to do something practical. So he said: "If that's the case, then Your Excellency can give an order, and let Lü Bu go recruit some strong men, I'll take care of the military expenses myself."

  Wang Biao smiled and said, "What need is there for an imperial decree to recruit soldiers? Even if we were to think of the worst-case scenario, even if the northern regions were to be turned upside down. The old ministers in court would only quarrel a few words at most. As for the actual situation, although I am a civil official, I am also a military commander on the border, and I can recruit up to a thousand soldiers. If you have any good ideas, County Lieutenant Lu, do as you please, I only have one request."

  Lü Bu said: "What does Lord Wang require?"

  Wang Biao said, "Lv Xianwei should follow the usual practice of Gao Tunzhang's case and frequently send scouts to the north to explore. If it is discovered that the Xianbei have a move southward, he should quickly come back to report to his superior."

  Lü Bu smiled and said, "This is natural, I will go myself to scout out the horses." Lü Bu had been a soldier after all, so he was still quite strict about such matters. Therefore, Wang Biao gave him clear orders, authorizing Lü Bu to recruit strong and brave border soldiers, while the military expenses would be taken care of by himself.

  Lü Bu took the letter of instruction, and after a busy morning, he returned to the Gao family with Gao Shun in the afternoon. When Gao Shun met Lü Bu, it was as if he had found his life's guiding light, and his mood was relaxed all day long. But Lü Bu was different, his mind was preoccupied with how to get money and grain.

  After the decline of Shuofang County, the original population migrated south. After more than a hundred years of decline, from the original ten counties and hundreds of thousands of people, it declined to the current one county and several thousand people. Lü Bu learned this from Gao Shun. Now the population of Shuofang City is less than 2,000, and even if you add up the villages under its jurisdiction, it does not exceed 3,000 people. How can such a small town make money and grain, which became Lü Bu's biggest worry. Shuofang also has goods transported with Guannei, but that is after the snow melts in autumn. Now it has just passed the autumn harvest, and the merchant teams that came from south to north have just returned not long ago. Moreover, it will not take one or two months for the Xianbei to invade the border again.

  Lü Bu held a piece of venison specially prepared by Gao Shun to entertain him, but his mind wandered far away and he didn't notice any changes in the Gao family from morning till now. Gao Shun, on the other hand, was kneeling opposite Lü Bu with a worried expression, unable to figure out how Lü Bu had transformed from a brotherly figure in the morning to a strict lady in the afternoon.

  Yan Ni couldn't stand wearing those mourning clothes anymore, so after arriving at the Gao residence, Gao Shun took Lü Bu to the government office. Yan Ni saw that Gao Shun's wife, Madame Gao, was around her own age and lived in the city, so she put on a feminine appearance and borrowed a set of clothes from Madame Gao, washing up afterwards. When Gao Shun returned home, he naturally didn't understand what was going on at first. Lü Bu didn't notice anything unusual because he had always known that Yan Ni was a woman; it was just that for safety reasons, he had let her wear mourning clothes temporarily. Now, with thoughts of money on his mind, seeing Yan Ni in women's clothing didn't seem strange to him either.

  Lü Bu thought about it for an entire afternoon but couldn't come up with a plan. He wanted to create everything he knew, but felt that was too unrealistic. Never mind the machine tools, even if he knew certain techniques, they didn't even have the basic equipment, so what's the point?

  At night, Lü Bu discovered that the wound on his back had not healed yet, but it had stopped bleeding without any medication and the bloodstains had dried up. It seemed that his body was quite resilient after all.

  Lü Bu fed the horse, returned to the western wing of the Gao family's house, and sat down on the bed with a thud. He began to wipe clean the stolen weapons. Yan Ni was tidying up her "territory" on the bed, and when she saw Lü Bu enter, she casually sat down on the newly laid-out quilt. Angrily, she shouted at him: "Hey, what are you doing?"

  Lü Bu was taken aback for a moment, looked at her with a puzzled expression, and continued to wipe his Heaven-Shaking Halberd. He lazily replied, "Don't you have eyes?"

  Yanni's anger rose further, her phoenix eyes flashing with rage as she said: "Let me tell you, this bed is mine, go sleep on the floor."

  Lü Bu hadn't thought much of it, but after hearing Yan Ni say that, he seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing that sly smile. He turned his head, looking at Yan Ni with ill intentions.

  Seeking gold medals, seeking collection, seeking likes, seeking comments, seeking red envelopes, seeking gifts, all kinds of seeking, whatever you want, just throw it over!