Early the next morning, Liu He ordered the sergeant to cut down trees again, and even ordered the demolition of siege equipment and build houses for the people because all the nearby trees were cut down.

Seeing Liu He considering the people like this, the people in the city were so moved that they regarded Liu He as their reborn parents. Some even built temples at home to support Liu He.

Liu He naturally heard about these things, but he didn't care. In his opinion, as long as he was sincerely good to the people, these things could be obtained naturally, and he didn't care about the false reputation. What he really cared about was actually the people's hearts.

He remembers this sentence firmly in his heart as the saying goes, who wins the hearts of the people.

There is another sentence he also kept in his heart. The sentence was the founding leader of China in his previous life said: "The deepest root of the great power of war exists among the people."

These two sentences are enough to explain why he had to be so good to the people, and it is enough to explain that he was so good to the people. On the other hand, although it seems a bit artificial, Liu He knew that it was precisely because of the glory of goodness that originally existed in human nature that forced him to do so. When he saw the baby with a little purple face, he did not think about the public's opinion at all, but instinctively took off his leather robe and gave it to the child.

After a whole day of busy life, the houses have basically been built. Although the mud on the walls on the house has not dried, the interior is much better than the outside world with the howling north wind, not to mention that the beds in the interior are covered with straw, which is enough to make people sleep peacefully.

However, before going to bed, the people had one thing to do, that is, to collect food. Almost everyone was deeply shocked that Liu He actually gave all the three million hu of grain in Gongsun Zan's camp to the people, leaving no grain behind.

As a result, almost all the people in the city changed from a pauper to a small landlord, and the food on everyone's head was enough for them to eat for more than a year. If they saved some food, they would be able to eat for two years.

"This, lord, how could you give us so much food? The soldiers of the three armies still have to fight, so they should take some of this food."

"You are right. If you weren't there, we wouldn't have received a grain of food, and we would have been starved to death. So, you should take the big head and the small head, so that we might feel better in our hearts."

"Yes, yes, that's right, we feel a little embarrassed to do this."

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Liu He could naturally understand the kindness of the people, but Liu He did not take back the grain, but pressed his hands to signal everyone to calm down, and then said: "You leave some seeds for these grains, and when the spring plowing is cultivated, some wasteland will be planted, and when the autumn harvest is harvested, you can harvest new grain. If you really feel sorry, you can sell us the excess grain and we will buy it at the market price. In fact, as long as you are willing to sell the grain to us, we will be very satisfied."

"Please rest assured that as long as we have surplus grains in our hands, we will definitely sell them to the government army, and we will definitely sell the good and new grains to the government army at that time."

An old man's beard was trembling with his touching beard and shouted to Liu He, and his statement was immediately approved by the people.

In addition, there were many young and strong people who were willing to join the army. Seeing that they were full of sincerity, Liu He told them that if they were really interested, they would go out of the military camp to find soldiers responsible for the recruitment the next day. At the same time, he also emphasized that when recruiting, they must look at their family situation. If there is only one son in the family or only one strong laborer, there is no need to think about joining the army, because they still need to farm and raise their families. They must not fish in the pond and kill chickens to get eggs.

When the people heard this, they naturally praised Liu He and lamented that Liu He was a benevolent lord, and he was many times stronger than Gongsun Zan before.

Even if it is a sage, he will be proud after hearing others' sincere praise, not to mention that Liu He is not a sage, so when he hears the people praise it, he naturally can't help but feel proud.

Early the next morning, Liu He ordered Zhao Yun to call for recruiting soldiers, but in less than half a day, he actually recruited 3,000 people, not including those young people who had only one strong laborer in their family but insisted on joining the army and were rejected in the end. If all the registrations were counted, the number of people would be estimated to be five or six thousand!

"Haha, this time we obtained more than 3,000 new recruits, which can be said to be a powerful supplement to the lost troops in this war. Although we did not get the three million hu of food, we received three,000 new recruits, which is also a kind of compensation."

Seeing that the three thousand new recruits recruited this time were very strong and most of them knew how to ride horses, Pan Feng was also very happy and temporarily put the matter of three million hu of military rations aside.

However, Pei Yuanshao said, "Brother Hei, don't you understand it now? Three million hu of grain is such a huge fortune? Not to mention three thousand soldiers, even 30,000 soldiers, there is no way to compare with them."

Liu He laughed and scolded, "I don't know that you all have some opinions on the issue of food, but I have a longer-term plan in my mind. It is definitely worth using these three million hu of grain to exchange for a prosperous Youzhou. Now you don't understand, but you will understand it in a few years. Besides, we are not without food. Even if there is no food, someone will take the initiative to send it to us. If they don't deliver it, we will also pick it up."

"Someone takes the initiative to deliver food? Who? Could it be these people? Can't it? If they wanted to deliver it, they would have delivered it long ago." Pei Yuanshao was still a little resistant and said dissatisfied.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a spy report: "Report to the lord, it's not good. According to the horse exploration report, Murong Yu, the leader of the Xianbei Murong tribe in Liaoxi, led 20,000 cavalry under his command, took advantage of the chaos to plunder Xu Wuxian, kill our people, and steal my wealth."

But Liu He nodded and snorted softly: "Although Xu Wuxian is the remaining troops of Gongsun Zan and has not surrendered to us now, after all, it is my Han family. How can we tolerate foreign races to rage? I will order Xian Yufu to lead 10,000 cavalry to fight Murong Yu. This time, we must teach these barbarians a lesson so that they can understand a truth: those who offend me, who will be punished even if they are far away."
Chapter completed!