Nanyang County, Xinye County, Yushuwan Village.

Under Wei Shi's governance, brick kilns, iron kilns, and weaving mills were built one after another. More and more people from the surrounding villages came to seek work.

Among them, there were some who really wanted a job, and some who wanted to find some benefits. With more idle people in the village, the number of theft cases began to increase, which gave Wei Shi, who had just had some leisure time, a headache.

In troubled times, princes, bandits, and people from all walks of life are fighting among themselves, and it is the common people who suffer.

With Elm Bay prospering and making money every day, if a child is pregnant with money in a busy city, it is only a matter of time before he is targeted by bandits and other forces.

Wei Shi thought about it, and it happened that Wei Yan was idle in the village, and Huang Xu's family also had servants for training. If he didn't want to bother the two masters, he might as well invite Wei Yan, a capable family member, to help train the village soldiers.

Rural soldiers.

That is, the militia that defends villages and towns.

Compared with the regular army, their combat effectiveness is inferior.

But this also depends on the occasion. If the war happens to the relatives of the rural soldiers, these rural soldiers will be more bloodthirsty than the regular army of the imperial court.

Wei Yan got a good sword and was feeling guilty. When he heard that Wei Shi was asking for help, he simply asked for leave from Liu Bei and took a group of close soldiers to Yushu Bay to stay temporarily.

After a while, Fu Wei saw that there was nothing going on in the army, so he came over and became a temporary captain for a while. The arrival of these two Liu Bei army officers gradually gave Wei Shi's soldiers signs of forming an army.

After more than three months of training, the size of Wei Shixiang's soldiers has reached one hundred and fifty.

Wei Shi appointed himself as the general of the garrison, and his two adopted sons, Wei Cheng and Wei Gong, were respectively appointed as team leaders and were regarded as confidants.

It is a pity that the rural soldiers Wei Shi recruited were all villagers who were illiterate, and their status was just that of a commoner in Guizhou Province, with limited follow-up potential. When these people arrived on the battlefield, they were at best expendable.

During this period, Liu Bei, the general of the left, was not in Xinye. Although he served as the governor, he spent more than half of his time not in Xinye. Instead, he visited various places in Jingzhou, especially in Xiangyang, visiting famous people.

Liu Bei was thirsty for talents.

Since there is only one city in Xinye, and the supply of supplies depends on Liu Biao, Liu Bei cannot support too many people now, so what he calls recruiting troops is actually recruiting generals and soldiers.

Yi Ji, Xiang Lang, Wei Yan, Fu Wei and other brave men from Nanyang defected to Liu Bei at this time.

At the same time, due to the lessons of the two major defeats in Xuzhou and Runan, Liu Bei's recruitment standards were very different from before.

When he was in Pingyuan County earlier, Liu Bei was accompanied by friends such as Tian Yu and Qian Zhao. But later, when he was in trouble, Tian Yu and Qian Qian left one after another.

When they arrived in Xuzhou, Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son joined him. However, when Cao Cao went to Xuzhou, the Chen family and his son abandoned Liu Bei and defected to Cao Cao.

The repeated rebellions made Liu Bei very worried about his subordinates.

Ability and loyalty are two different things.

Of course, what Liu Bei wants most is to be both capable and loyal.

If we settle for the next best thing, we must put loyalty first and ability second.

If your ability is very good but your loyalty is poor, then he will not look down on you.

When discussing heroes over wine, Cao Cao once mentioned that he valued Wei Zhong's ability and trusted him very much, but Wei Zhong rebelled against him and almost lost his Yanzhou foundation.

This is a lesson learned from the past.

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Liu Bei was able to gather Liu Biao's wool with great energy.

Compared with other famous scholars in Jingzhou, Wei Shi did not show much talent in strategy; in terms of martial arts, Wei Shi was just mediocre.

Although Wei Shi developed a pedal spinning wheel, a shuttle loom, and built a brick kiln and an iron kiln, and his logistics capabilities were good, Liu Bei now had Liu Biao to supply heavy supplies and military supplies, so the pressure in this area was not great.

The most important thing is that Wei Shi is too young, only seventeen years old, and his status is too low. The grassroots village official has just taken office, so it is reasonable that he failed to enter Liu Bei's horizons.

In addition, Wei Shi's character was questioned by Mi Fang, Liu Yan and others.

According to Mi Fang, a child from a poor family with a low background and a disloyal and untrustworthy temper may have some ability but not high loyalty.

If it is reused, if there is any backlash, whoever recommended it will be jointly and severally liable.

Wei Shi didn't know that a promise he made for Han Qiuyun would make his character questionable.

But even if he knew the result, Wei Shi had no regrets.

Nothing in the world is perfect.

All he wants is to have a clear conscience.

In the first month of the seventh year of Jian'an.

On this day, Bo Gongcao Liu Yan, the governor of Xinye, suddenly ran from Xinye to Yushu Bay and sent Wei Shi an appointment document for the county captain of Neixiang County.

According to zoning, the village of Yushuwan belongs to a lower county called Neixiang under Xinye.

The location of Neixiang County is closer to the west than Yushu Bay. In later generations, it was known as "guarding the gateway of Funiu for eight hundred miles and blocking the transportation of Qin and Chu".

During the Jian'an period at the end of the Han Dynasty, this place belonged to Liu Biao, Cao Cao and various bandits.

Funiu Mountain, Xiong'er Mountain and other mountains in western Henan are within the territory of Neixiang. In the deep mountains and ravines, there are not only the scattered remnants of Zhang Xiu, but also the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party who established strongholds in the mountains. These bandits come to Xinye and Wancheng every year.

, and even took it a few times in Xiangyang.

The position of county lieutenant is mainly responsible for prohibiting thieves and theft. In layman's terms, the county lieutenant is the public security director in charge of public security in a county.

Liu Bei participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban uprising and was awarded the title of Lieutenant of Zhongshan Anxi County by the Han Dynasty. This time, Liu Yan brought the appointment of Neixiang County Lieutenant. It is not known whether he had the intention of taking the examination.

When Liu Yan saw Wei Shi, his attitude was quite arrogant.

In the past few months, Xinye City had collected corvees to repair the city, which required a lot of bricks and stones. Wei Shi also made a lot of money here, which made Liu Yan, who was in charge, very dissatisfied.

According to what Liu Yan said, bandits were really rampant in Neixiang, and General Zuo was preparing to fight Cao Cao. He was unable to send any manpower at the moment, so he had to send Wei Shi's rural soldiers into battle.

Wei Shi had heard about Liu Yan.

Liu Yan, courtesy name Weishuo, was a native of Lu in Yuzhou. As early as when Liu Bei was in Yuzhou, he recruited Liu Yan as his official.

Since they were from the same clan and had the same surname, they were all surnamed Liu, so they were favored by Liu Bei and often socialized as guests. After arriving in Xinye, Liu Yan was also entrusted with the important task of being in charge.

However, what Liu Yan is most famous for in history is not his ability, but the fact that he was cuckolded by Liu Chan, and finally made false accusations and was executed in the city.

"Boss Liu, since General Zuo has been appointed, Wei should do his best. I just don't know who the county magistrate of Neixiang County is, who will be handed over to him after he gets there, and how the rural soldiers will be supplied with food and supplies."

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Wei Shi didn't have any friendship with Liu Yan, so he didn't hide his thoughts at the moment.

Here in Yushu Bay, Wei Shi finally built a little business, and now he is going to be transferred to work in the inner countryside. The brick kilns and iron kilns here cannot be moved. Anyone with a discerning eye will know who will get the advantage then.

Liu Yan rubbed his beard with his hand, his face darkened, and he said: "The Neixiang County Magistrate, three days ago, was killed by the bandit Wang Zhong. The county seat was also looted, and the people were homeless and miserable. Wei County Lieutenant, your responsibility is very important...

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"In addition, according to the information obtained by the scouts sent by General Zuo, Cao Cao recently raised troops in Xuchang and ordered General Xiahou Dun to garrison Ye County in order to move south to Jingzhou. Considering the needs of the war, the prefecture must immediately requisition the brick kilns and iron kilns here.

......."

Wei Shi's face suddenly turned ugly.
Chapter completed!