In Liu Qi's original plan, the two governors of Yanzhou, Liu Dai and King Chen, Liu Chong, were not in the first echelon of Liu Qi and his son who won over the candidates.

Because the plan to "protect the king" was still in the process of brewing, Liu Qi and his son did not take any actual actions.

At that time, Liu Qi felt that he would expose his intentions, especially Liu Dai, who was an ally of the Yuan family, would sell him. No one could tell whether he would sell him. If Yuan Shao interfered, the alliance would easily fail.

But now the situation is different. Since Liu Yu has already agreed to the alliance, it means he has accomplished and there is no need to keep it confidential.

Based on this, Liu Qi focused on other clans. If he wanted to enhance the strength of the alliance, clans like Liu Dai and Liu Chong would need to win over.

Faced with Liu Qi's proposal, Liu Biao was not in a hurry to answer.

He smiled kindly and waved to Liu Qi: "My son, come and sit down for my father."

"promise."

Following Liu Biao's order, Liu Qi came to Liu Biao's side, sat upright, and prepared to listen respectfully.

He knew in his heart that whenever Liu Biao asked him to sit close, he would teach him his unique governing experience.

Compared with Liu Biao, Liu Qi's biggest shortcomings are that he does not have a deep understanding of the people in the court and the gentry in the world.

Many things he only read in books in later generations.

Books can educate people or mislead people. In comprehensive classics, they are also written by people, with some biased opinions from the author.

What Liu Qi is facing now is not the things that are conclusive in the book, but the real and flesh-and-blooded people.

Liu Biao is better than him in this regard. The things in his heart do not come from any books and history books, but the valuable experience he has accumulated over the years of wandering in the court.

After Liu Biao asked Liu Qi to sit beside him, he said, "My son, you asked to place a letter to Liu Chong and Liu Dai for your father and invite them to join the alliance... It's OK, but the result may not be as you wish."

Liu Qi said humbly: "I wonder what my father has to do with great advice?"

Liu Biaoyan said, "Let's talk about King Chen first. Alas, King Chen is really a martial arts of Anbang. He is extremely brave, good at using bows and crossbows, superb archery skills, and is upright and arrogant. The most important thing is that he was born orthodox and belonged to the lineage of Emperor Xiaoming... In terms of seniority, you have to call him..."

"Grandpa?" Liu Qi had calculated the seniority gap between him and Liu Chong in advance.

Liu Biao sighed and said, "Yes, he belongs to your grandfather. If you see him, you will call him "Wenweng"... Just imagine that if you go north to protect the king, if he leads troops to command you with his grandfather's generation, do you respect his orders or disrespect his orders?... What's more, he is still a prince!"

Liu Qi has figured it out.

I just thought about expanding the alliance's strength, but I didn't consider what Liu Biao said.

Among the Liu clan, Liu Qi's seniority is indeed too low.

When the princes meet, Liu Biao needs to take charge of Jingzhou and cannot take action. If Liu Qi goes... When Liu Chong's grandfather arrives, how can he speak?

Being controlled by others.

Liu Biao stroked his half-black and half-year-old beard and said, "Liu Yu sent troops to echo our south and north, and it is not restricted. Although Liu Yan was also your grandfather, if he responded to the alliance, he would not be able to come by himself. The faction of Yizhou was complex, and the local tyrants and the Dongzhou soldiers fought repeatedly, and they fought openly and secretly, and they would definitely not leave Shu... But as soon as King Chen Liu Chong arrived, you would have to listen to his orders."

Liu Qi hugged his hands and knelt on his luggage: "The father thought carefully, and the child still needs to learn more from his father."

Liu Biao smiled slightly and said, "As for Liu Dai, although he is a famous scholar, he is very selfish. When he first arrived in Yanzhou, he was known as the governor, but he was not real. Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, was a clan of Qiao Xuan clan. He was once the governor of Yanzhou for many years. He has both reputation and military generals in Yanzhou. With such a person in Yanzhou, Liu Dai would be unable to sleep or eat, and he was afraid that he would be seized by power every day, and he had to rely on Yuan Shao to regulate. Therefore, we wanted to win him over... it was extremely difficult."

Liu Qi nodded suddenly, he could naturally understand this relationship.

Liu Dai and Qiao Mao were both governors and county magistrates. Although there was a difference between the top and bottom, Qiao Mao had a foundation and military force in Yanzhou. He was a powerful player. Liu Dai was airborne and his troops were temporarily pieced together. If he and Qiao Mao were both on the side of the Yuan family, Qiao Mao was concerned about the friendship between his colleagues and naturally respected Liu Dai as his superiors. But if Liu Dai left Yuan Shao, it would be equivalent to leaving Qiao Mao's camp...

Then Liu Dai's position as governor could not sit steadily.

"My father is far-sighted and thorough in his eyes, and the child is taught."

Liu Biao waved his hand and said, "You have never joined the official position in Luoyang, and you have never seen these people. It is understandable that you don't know the relationship between China. In your spare time, you will tell you all about these gentry families in the court for your father, and you will know it in your heart."

...

After giving up the plan to invite Liu Dai and Liu Chong, Jingzhou began to prepare troops.

Because of this time, Liu Qi deeply realized that carrying out an expedition to conduct a military operation was much more complicated than he imagined.

The last time Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng were pacified, it was a small fight and a decisive battle, and it was not a large-scale military operation.

But this time it is different. The Lao Shi expedition spans several places, and the matter involved is very complicated.

The soldiers... Liu Qi has them, the generals... He has them, and his equipment is enough.

The most important thing is food.

When sending troops on an expedition, the most expensive thing is military rations and military pay. When it is in the local area, the base of food consumed by soldiers is not very large.

But once the expedition is on the rise, not only the soldiers who go on the expedition will need to use grain, but also the civilians who are recruiting the frontline soldiers to transport grain. The land output that is delayed due to recruiting the civilians will also decrease...

Once you count inside and outside, you will know that the longer the war is, the more barren the Ao Cang of Kufu will be.

Cang Ao in Nanjun is still full at the moment, but the food will always be enough if it doesn’t come with a watch.

Who knows how long it will take to send troops this time?

And some things need to be prepared in advance.

What if Liu Qi takes the opportunity to expand his troops or bring displaced people back to Jingzhou?

The ancient people's wars brought the population back to their garrisons was not uncommon, because population is productivity, and hijacking productivity was a necessary measure in the war.

If this is true, the food in Nanjun Cang Ao would be ineffective...

In fact, it was not just Liu Biao who had to face this problem. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Muslims and Guards in various towns had basically encountered such things when they were just starting to compete for the world.

Because everyone has just started, the states and counties have no experience in preparing for large-scale war food, and the matter of military farming and land planting is not put on the agenda. Instead, the local herds and guards have increased their troops too quickly due to the rapid growth of military development, resulting in large-scale grain transportation and grass transfer agencies.

Due to the rapid development of the situation, serious indigestion will inevitably occur.

So in a hurry, how should we solve this problem?

In response to this point, all the methods of maintaining the basic plan are exactly the same.

Collect food from local prominent families and powerful people!

As for the way to collect grain, there are only two types: one is the binding of interests and the other is threatening and forcing.

Of course, there are also those who combine these two methods into one, just like Zhou Yu asked Lu Su about borrowing grain in history.

The process is very simple: Zhou Yu was the head of the nest, and he passed by hundreds of people to wait for Su and sought food. Su's family had two rice, three thousand hu of each. Su then pointed to a Huo and Zhou Yu. Yu knew the strangeness and then got married...

There were two rice in Lu Su's family. Zhou Yu came to ask him to borrow food, but he borrowed Zhou Yu a lot. Zhou Yu was very surprised to see this and felt that this person was too generous, either wise or stupid. From then on, he made friends with Lu Su and later recommended him to Sun Quan.

On the surface, Zhou Yu borrowed grain from Lusu by binding interests.

But if you taste it carefully, you will know that Zhou Yu asked Lu Su that borrowing grain was actually a combination of interests and threats.

Who has borrowed grain and got hundreds of people to borrow it?

Lu Su is a smart person. When he saw Zhou Yu bringing such a person to "borrow grain", he immediately said: Zhou County Zun borrowed things and brought so many people to testify. He is so polite!

What else can we say to borrow such affectionateness? Isn’t it all for you to give it to you!

Liu Qi actually wanted to give him half of his family's money when he brought 100,000 troops to Cai's mansion to borrow grain one day.
Chapter completed!