As a big city, Nanhe City has a lot of messy materials in the city.

Liu Xuande found a small millstone from the city. According to Liu Xuande, he thought the millstone was good, so he took it away.

Just like a carpenter who sees a good saw is happy when he sees a hunter, and a fisherman who sees a good net is happy when he sees a hunter.

Among the other princes, Lu Bu was delighted when he saw the handsome horse, Cao Cao was delighted when he saw the beauty, Yuan Shao was delighted when he saw gold, pearls and jade, and Sun Jian was delighted when he saw the jade seal.

He, Liu Xuande, saw a millstone...

From this point of view, Liu Bei was of low origin after all, and the millstone was an ordinary thing. When the people saw a good millstone, they would be reluctant to throw it away. When Liu Bei saw a good millstone, he actually looked like the common people.

The millstone is not big. Li Mengxi has never seen such a small millstone. It is only as big as a washbasin.

Liu Bei said the millstone was well made, and Li Mengxi also thought the millstone was good. The millstone was made of sandstone, 90% new, very round and regular, with no flaws at all. It was a good millstone.

However, this millstone is so heavy.

Seeing that the millstone was small, Li Mengxi thought about where it could be used if he had it with him.

"...It's good. When defending the city, the millstone can be used as a stone to smash down." Li Mengxi finally recognized the usefulness of the heavy thing like the millstone.

Liu Bei's expression was wonderful. He glanced at Li Mengxi and said, "It's not for beating rocks, it's useful."

Liu Bei said it was useful. Li Mengxi thought for a moment and suddenly realized, "Whetstone! Our army is short of whetstones. Isn't this grindstone suitable for sharpening knives?"

"...That's true." Liu Bei smiled, "Can't you grind wheat? Grind beans?"

When Liu Bei said this, Li Mengxi felt a little stupid.

Oh my god, what can a millstone be used for? Most people would immediately think of grinding things, but this guy Li Mengxi's brain is magically going to hit people and sharpen knives, but he never thought that the millstone is used to grind things.

Studying the art of war, I was stunned.

Liu Bei said, "Grind wheat, grind beans." Li Mengxi suddenly thought of something.

In the women's and children's camp, because there were pregnant women there, Li Mengxi did a good deed and gave the pregnant women some beans and a stone mortar, asking them to soak some beans themselves and then pound the soy milk to drink. Because of the limited conditions, there was no way to grind a large amount of beans to make soy milk.

You can only use this stupid method.

Li Mengxi also thought about getting a millstone before, but the millstone was too heavy and a waste of transportation capacity, so he gave up.

Now that Liu Bei had returned with a millstone, Li Mengxi immediately felt that another production plan could be restarted.

Soy milk, tofu, and tofu curd are so delicious! They are not more nutritious than eating porridge dry.

Thinking of this, Li Mengxi couldn't wait to give it a try.

You have to soak some beans first.

"Mr. Xuande, I'll go back and get the beans."

After saying that, he put down the pen and ink, didn't care about the seal, and left in a hurry.

Liu Bei smiled as he watched Li Mengxi running away.

Li Mengxi ran out of the city. He didn't run far when he was met by cavalry in a panic.

"Commander, we have found you!" The cavalry came from the corner of the camp, looking very anxious, "Commander, there are prisoners who have escaped!"

While talking, the knight dismounted and asked Li Mengxi to mount to deal with the emergency.

When Li Mengxi saw You Qi's posture, he said to himself, "You really think highly of me, Mr. Li. The prisoner has escaped, so you call me to calm down the situation. But to be honest, Mr. Li is still a child. For such a big thing, go to Liu Xuande."

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Li Mengxi thought about it again. When he met Youqi just now, he was circling the camp like a headless fly. He had obviously been looking for someone for a long time but could not find anyone.

This seems wrong. Doesn’t Liu Bei have a handsome flag?

There is a handsome flag raised, why is the contact delayed again?

Li Mengxi turned around and looked in the direction of the city. After seeing this, he understood.

Liu Bei entered the city, and with the city wall blocking it, the knights would definitely not be able to see where the handsome flag was.

I thought that when Liu Bei and I went to the city to pick up wood on an impromptu trip, Guan and Zhang were not present. Not to mention that Youqi couldn't find anyone, Guan and Zhang couldn't find Liu Bei at the moment either.

Thinking of this, Li Mengxi asked, "Have you asked Generals Guan and Zhang?"

You Qi said, "I asked the two generals, but I don't know where Duke Xuande is."

Li Mengxi nodded and asked again, "You have been looking for a long time."

"The time is not short, there are still three or two moments."

Contact was interrupted for a few moments, which was normal.

Something's wrong, there's something wrong with the contact system.

The contact system is ignored for now, there are more important things, a prisoner has escaped.

"Xuan Degong is in the city, go find him yourself." Li Mengxi said.

The rider hurried into the city.

Not long after, Liu Bei and You Qi came out of the city together again.

Together, everyone rushed to the place where the incident occurred.

The place where the incident occurred was on a road far away from the camp and far away from the collecting places of the civilians.

At that time, a group of rangers and Guan Zhang surrounded a group of thirty or twenty prisoners.

Zhang Fei was yelling angrily, Guan Yu was trying to persuade him, and the prisoners knelt down and begged for mercy.

When Liu Bei arrived, he first stopped Zhang Fei and told him not to embarrass the prisoners.

I saw that the prisoners were old and weak.

Liu Bei dismounted and said, "Everyone, get up."

Liu Bei gave him a weak hand.

The prisoners couldn't afford it, so the leader, an old man, cried out and begged, "General, we are from Laohuai Village. We are not thieves. We were brought here by thieves. The general defeated the thieves, and we, the villagers, fortunately escaped with our lives."

Now that I have been away from home for a long time, I don’t know if my home is still safe. I would like to ask the general to let me go home."

"I beg you, General, to let me go home."

"Please general, please have mercy."

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The prisoners saw Liu Bei as a kind-hearted man, not as vicious as Zhang Fei, and not as evil as Guan Yu who refused to let people go thousands of miles away.

As that saying goes, good people will be held at gunpoint.

Liu Bei was confused by the fugitives, so he had to persuade the prisoners to get up first. The prisoners could not afford it, so they just asked for mercy.

Liu Bei had no choice but to persuade him with good words, "You have left home and it would be a good thing if you could return to your hometown. A gentleman has the beauty of a man and can accomplish good things, so I will not stop you.

It's just that the war is now in chaos, the army is all over the place to hunt down thieves, and the Yellow Turban thieves are also making trouble everywhere. Even if I let you go, can you really return home safely?

If you encounter the army or the Yellow Turbans, how many old and weak people like you can survive?"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Liu Bei finished speaking, the prisoners fell silent.

"You should stay with our army temporarily. When the Yellow Turbans are cleared and the surrounding area is stable, I will let you go home."

Liu Bei persuaded him kindly, and went over to help the old man up in person, comforting the old man to relax and follow the rebels. Not to mention too much, there was no shortage of porridge every day.

"Come on, escort everyone back to the camp." Liu Bei signaled the rangers to escort the prisoners back.

When the people walked away, Li Mengxi said to Liu Bei, "Forget it? They are deserters after all. How many people saw them running away, and instead of killing people, wouldn't it be enough to give them a whip?"

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, "...No need."

Li Mengxi went on to say, "It is not good to whip the old, weak, women and children, but there are also young and strong among the people who are running away. If the old and weak are ignored, wouldn't it be appropriate to whip the young and strong?"

Liu Bei pondered, "That's a solution, maybe next time."

Turning his head, Liu Bei asked the knights on the side, "Besides these twenty or thirty people, is there anyone else who escaped?"

"Nothing." You Qi replied.

Liu Bei and Li Mengxi immediately looked at each other in unison. There were 14,000 people, and only 30 or 20 people escaped.

If we consider that this is the first day we go out to collect, many people may not have the courage to escape, and some may still escape in a few days.

Just multiply this number several times, it will be 14,000 people. Those who can escape will only be 100 people.

With this number and this ratio, it seems that just a few days of appeasement can win over the captives.

On the way back, Liu Bei asked, "Xi'er, is there still a step missing in this recruitment?"

"What's missing?" Li Mengxi frowned.

"Give the flag." Liu Bei said.

"...Give the flag?" Li Mengxi looked confused, and then he suddenly remembered, "Oh! Give the flag!"

He remembered that the reason why a flag-giving ceremony was specially arranged when recruiting prisoners was because he discovered that although the prisoners were not short of daily rations and did not mistreat the prisoners, some of the prisoners still escaped frequently.

Later analysis showed that the prisoners had food and drink and were not mistreated. The reason why they still wanted to escape was because the prisoners did not know their future. Although they had food and drink and were not starving to death for the time being, some prisoners were worried that they would be tricked and killed one day.
To be continued...