"Haha... what's the crime? I heard General Ziquan say that in this battle under Taihang Mountain, you fought bravely to kill the enemy, and one person shot and killed more than a dozen enemy troops. This kind of bravery is a model of the three armies. I can't reward you yet, how can you blame me?"

Yuan Mai sat beside the bed, pressed Liang Bin, who was about to get up and salute, indicating that he didn't have to be restrained. He first praised him and said, "You have made contributions this time. We have just sent an order in front of the soldiers of the three armies to promote you to the army. I hope you will continue to work hard in the future!"

"Oh... the kindness of the governor, the villain really doesn't know how to repay it!"

When Liang Bin heard that he had been promoted to the army's Sima, he stood up again, ignored Yuan Mai's dissuasion and knelt on the bed, kowtowed three times "dongdongdongdongdong", and then gave up.

"Liang Bin, how much do you value you? You must work hard in the future and don't let the governor down!" Wang Shuang stood aside and smiled and encouraged the gang.

"No... the villain will not let down the governor's kindness, nor will he let you down!" Liang Bin nodded gratefully at Wang Shuang, with an expression of a soldier dying for his confidant.

"Is this letter written to you by your brother? I just saw that the font is straight, vigorous, and has a solid foundation. I was very interested, so I took a look!"

Yuan Mai intentionally or unintentionally transferred the topic to the letter, and as he spoke, he held the letter in his hand, and praised again: "Good calligraphy, good calligraphy, if you can write such neat first-hand characters, you must be a talent!"

Liang Bin sat on the bed and bowed, "I dare not deceive my elders. This letter was written by my brother Liang Xi. When he was young, he had studied in the school in our Chen County for several years, so he read a little about his writing, which made the governor laugh."

"What I said is not a polite word. Your brother's letters are not only neat, but also every word is gem, which is very philosophical. From this we can see that I have the talent to decide Bingzhou, and it was the time to use people. I don't know where your brother is now? I really want to recruit him to the commander. Let him shine and make some use of his learning!" Yuan Mai looked at Liang Xi with a smile on his face, and threw out his purpose quietly.

Liang Bin replied respectfully: "Report to the governor, the little man's brother is now working as a pen official in the yamen of our hometown, Chenjun, Zhe County."

The so-called "penny official" refers to a small official who copied documents in the yamen. It is equivalent to a commissioner like a secretary of a county government department in later generations. After hearing Liang Bin's words, Yuan Mai was relieved. As long as Liang Xi was not promoted by Cao Cao, he had great hope of taking him under his command. Since Liang Xi could start as a small official in the county government, it means that he was willing to serve as an official, and he hired him with courtesy and entrusted important tasks. I think there is great hope to bring him under his command.

"I was the first to take charge of Bingzhou, and everything is in trouble. It is the time to use people. You can write a letter to your brother, and say that the Jinyang Order is vacant. Ask him if he is willing to report his job?"

Yuan Mai smiled and made his request, assured Liang Bin that he would appoint Liang Xi as the Jinyang Order. According to Liang Xi's ability, even if he was given a prefect, it would be more than enough. However, to promote talents, you cannot rely solely on your own preferences. You must be able to convince the public so as not to cause dissatisfaction in the army.

Unlike Zhao Yun and Gao Shun who were appointed as generals as soon as they came, these two people were already well-known. When they served under Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan, they were already generals. They were appointed under Yuan Mai and were appointed as generals. They were appointed at the same level.

Liang Xi is different. He is now nameless and meritorious. It is already an extraordinary promotion to Jinyang Order. If he is appointed as the prefect, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction to the army. Give him a county magistrate for a while, and when he has achieved political achievements, then promoted him will be a natural thing.

Although the Jinyang ruling is just a county magistrate, Jinyang is a famous city in the world. The population of the county and surrounding areas is as high as 140,000. Not to mention that small county towns cannot compare, even ordinary counties and states are inferior to those.

Hearing that the governor wanted his brother to be the Jinyang Order, this was a great honor for the Liang family. Liang Bin fell on the bed and knelt down and thanked him again: "Thank you for your kindness to the governor. I thank you here for your brother. I am so fond of you. The villain doesn't have to write a book. I should go to my hometown in Zhe County and bring my brother to see you!"

"Okay!"

Yuan Mai nodded. With Liang Bin on his own, he should be more confident that Liang Xi will be brought under his command. In order to ensure 100% success, he must send someone to seek talent on his behalf. Who should I let him go? Yuan Mai thought about it and thought of Zhuge Jin. In terms of diplomatic ability, Zhuge Ziyu should be the first among his staff.

"Zhe County is long, so you don't have to worry. You should be relieved first. In a few days, when I go south to Henoi, you will accompany you. When I arrive in Wen County, I will send a few more people to your hometown in Chen County and ask your brother to come to Bingzhou to work."

"Thank you, Lord Governor, the villain will surely fulfill his mission!" Liang Bin thanked again.

After leaving the military camp, Yuan Mai had just returned to the governor's mansion, and the new Bo Cao Sima Fu asked for a quick visit.

"Boda is so quick, why are you panic?" After calling Sima Fu into the study, Yuan Mai sat calmly on the chair of the Grand Master and asked.

"Oh... Master Governor, something is wrong!" Sima Fu took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, and said panting.

"Let me tell me in detail?" Seeing Sima Fu's anxious look, Yuan Mai had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sima Fu gasped and said, "I'm sorry for the food in the granary and the numbers on the record thin, it's too far apart!"

"How many?" Yuan Mai asked with a frown.

He has been in Jinyang for half a month and has been busy with military and political affairs. He has not had time to go to the granary to check it out, but only asked the local officials in charge of food and supplies to report all the documents to himself. He took a quick look at it at that time and seemed to record that there were still 600,000 stones of grain in Jinyang granary. Is this number sorry?

"Only 100,000 stones left!" Sima Fu cried and reported the numbers.

"What?" Yuan Mai was furious and slapped the table.

One stone of grain is equivalent to about 120 kilograms for offspring. Based on the calculation that a young man eats three kilograms a day, Yuan Mai's direct troops are calculated based on 50,000 people, and 1,250 kilograms of grain and grass are consumed every day. Calculated, 100,000 s of grain and grass can only last for about 80 days. How can Yuan Mai not be furious!

"Where did the remaining 500,000 stones of grain go?" Yuan Mai asked angrily.

"Oh... I asked the soldiers guarding the granary. They said that when Governor Gao left, he loaded all the 500,000 stones of grain and transported them to Youzhou!" Sima Fu wiped the beads of sweat with his handkerchief in fear and replied carefully.

"Great guy, this bastard!" Yuan Mai couldn't help but patted the table and cursed.

If I had known this, I would have transported Yijing's grain and grass to Bingzhou. After capturing Yijing, I seized two granaries and obtained nearly three million stones of grain, which was a great harvest. When Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng, he transported 2.6 million stones and left 400,000 stones for local garrisons to eat.

When I came to Jinyang, I considered that my subordinates were all cavalry and their transportation was inconvenient. In addition, I heard that Jinyang was fertile and had abundant food and grass for a long time, so I never considered the problem of shortage of food. Unexpectedly, the high-ranking officials actually played a "empty city plan" and transported most of the food and grass away. It was simply intolerable!

"Sir, what do you think?" Sima Fu asked with his heart tense.

Yuan Mai was furious and laughed: "Very good, very good. The high-ranking officials finally didn't transport all the food and grass. If he loaded all the food and grass on the truck to Youzhou, I'm afraid we'll drink the northwest wind at this moment!"

Although he said that, Yuan Mai felt so angry that he felt very angry. In the past, he had no feelings for the high-ranking officials, neither close nor distant. At this moment, he was so embarrassed that he wished he could send troops to destroy this guy!

It is May now, and there are about three months left before the autumn harvest. One hundred thousand stones of grain can be supplied to 50,000 people for 80 days, which can almost be maintained until the new grain is reached. But I have ordered the states to issue recruitment orders. After a period of time, it is estimated that about 20,000 new soldiers will be recruited. In three months, it will take 45,000 stones of grain.

There are 80,000 stones of grain stored in the local granary in Hanoi, which can make up for this gap and prevent soldiers from starving. But this is based on the smooth supply of grain collected in autumn. If there is a natural disaster or something in autumn, it will be difficult to supply grain and grass!

After calming down for a moment, Yuan Mai ordered Sima Fu: "You will take people to various counties tomorrow to see how much grain is stored in the granaries in various places, and whether there is any excess, and send people to Jinyang. I will immediately write a letter to the high-ranking officials and borrow 200,000 stones of grain from him. What does he say?"

Sima Fu took the order and left. The next day, he took a hundred guards to various counties and counted how much grain was there in all the local granaries in Bingzhou. The envoys sent by Yuan Mai rushed to Yijing and borrowed grain from the high-ranking officials.

Five or six days later, Yuan Mai's envoy arrived at Yi Jing and submitted Yuan Mai's letter. After reading it, the senior official hurriedly summoned his aides to discuss it. He felt a little guilty that he had transported the food and supplies from Bingzhou, but Yuan Mai did not move a grain of grain from Youzhou. Compared with the two, it was really not interesting.

But looking at the million stones of grain and grass in his hand, the high-ranking official did not want to lend it out. Besides, Yuan Mai said that he would borrow it in name, but he was afraid that he would borrow it but not return it. He beat the dog with meat buns and never looked back.

But he didn't want to offend Yuan Mai, so he asked a few aides frowningly: "What are your tricks to not offend Yuan Xianyong, nor to lend food?"

Guo Yuan stood up and said with a smile: "The subordinate has a clever plan. He can first send someone to load 300,000 stones of grain and grass into a truck, and then transport it out of Yijing. He then sent someone to disguise himself as a black mountain bandit, intercept it halfway, and secretly transport it back to hide it. He then wrote a letter for Yuan to buy it, and said that the grain and grass were robbed. When it was taken back from the black mountain bandit, he would send someone to Jinyang. In this way, he could neither send food nor offend Yuan Xianyong, leaving him speechless!"
Chapter completed!