"After Wei Gong returned, he posted a notice to buy rice and grain from the people of Bingzhou, and the price must be fair, and the people must not be forced to arrest all merchants who secretly raise the price of grain, and during this period, Ben Hou does not want to see businessmen sell rice and grain to other states and counties." Lu Budao said that businessmen seek profits, and at such a time, it is difficult for them to guarantee that they will not do risky things, hoarding rice and grain, and raising the price of grain, which is also their usual method.

"My lord, if the salaries of the officers and soldiers in the army are suspended, and the three meals are changed to two meals, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers." Guo Jia worried.

Lu Bu nodded slightly, how could he not know about this matter, but he had confidence in Jinyang's army, no matter whether he could succeed or not, he would have to give it a try "If it can't be done, Ben Hou will not be reluctant." ”

After making a rough arrangement, Lu Bu rushed to the army, and after the generals in the army got the order, they had already gathered.

Lu Bu slowly walked up to the high platform and glanced around at everyone, the lowest level that can gather here is also the rank of military marquis or above.

"Many of you are ordinary people, step by step through your own efforts to get to the point where you are now, Ben Hou is very pleased, but now the state is at a critical moment." Lu Blanc said.

The generals in the army were puzzled, they didn't get the news of the war, and when facing the war, how could the Bingzhou army ever be afraid of others, except that when Xianbei invaded the border, the Jizhou army attacked Huguan, and Bingzhou was in danger, could it be that the Xianbei people made a comeback? Or did the Jizhou army attack Hanoi?

"What Ben Hou said is not a war, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Sili suffered from a great drought and locust plague, and many people had no harvest, and in desperation, they went to Bingzhou, if you are Benhou, will you drive them out of Bingzhou, or let them enter Bingzhou?"

From the eyes of the generals, Lu Bu has already gotten the answer, many of them are ordinary people, and they have deep feelings for ordinary people, and it is precisely the generosity of Bingzhou towards the people that makes them feel at ease every time they fight, they know that even if they die on the battlefield, the Marquis of Jin will not treat their families badly, even if they are injured, they will not worry about life when they return to Bingzhou.

"Benhou's decision is to let the people enter the state." Lu Bu said in a firm tone.

When the generals below heard this, they shouted in unison: "The general is mighty, the general is mighty!" ”

Lu Bu stretched out his hand to stop the noise below, "but the state is short of money and food, but there are 30,000 refugees gathered outside Huguan, and there will be more refugees coming, from now on, the salaries of the soldiers in the army will be temporarily suspended, and the soldiers will have three meals a day, which will be temporarily changed to two meals, and the officials in the city will be halved, and the generals who have opinions will step forward." ”

Most of the generals stood still, they just set their eyes on Lu Bu.

Some generals were talking in a low voice, and their expressions were naturally a little dissatisfied, not only did they have no military salaries, but they even had to deduct food, and it was not easy to explain to the soldiers under their command after they went back.

"Ben Hou knows the worries of many soldiers, this is also a critical moment for the state, after the state is stable, all the arrears of military pay will be made up, and I hope that after you go back, you can explain to the soldiers, if you have any questions, just go to the state pastor's mansion, Ben Hou will personally deal with it." Lu Budao.

The generals who have doubts, in the face of Lu Bu's words, are also relieved, in their minds, the Marquis of Jin has always been true to their word, if it is replaced by other generals to say these words, I am afraid that the camp will have a long time ago, and the military salary will be deducted, but the taboo in the army, only the Marquis of Jin has such courage.

"If you have no objections, this matter will be decided for the time being, and the people outside the Huguan of this Hou Dynasty have thanked you." Lu Bu bowed deeply.

The generals in the field hurriedly returned the salute, some of the generals even had red eyes, some of them followed Lu Bu from Luoyang to Bingzhou, and more deeply realized the difficulties of the people in the troubled times, if it wasn't for Lu Bu's attack on Dong Zhuo, they were reluctant to Chang'an, I'm afraid it would be difficult to survive, what is the situation of the people of Chang'an now, they are still relatively clear, from time to time there will be people who flee from Chang'an to Bingzhou, today's Chang'an can be said to be the people's livelihood, and Lu Bu does this for the people, It strengthened their determination to follow Lu Bu.

After Lu Bu left, the generals in the army also talked about it, and this incident had a great impact on them.

"General Zhao, what's wrong with you?"

General Zhao's eyes were red and said: "You are from Bingzhou, naturally do not understand the difficulties of those people, when they were rescued by the Marquis of Jin, along the way, the people had no food, at that time the Marquis of Jin ordered the soldiers in the army, the three components of the meal to the people, although each person is only divided into a few mouthfuls, but it is very satisfied, more people rely on the bark and grass roots along the way to satisfy hunger, every time you go to a place, the bark and grass roots are the most precious things, and finally under the leadership of the Marquis of Jin, arrived at the state, Now the refugees outside Huguan remind Zai Xia of the past. ”

Many of the generals were silent.

"Most of us are from ordinary people, the Marquis of Jin can treat the people like this, what else do we have to hesitate about, and the military salary will be made up in the future, what about two meals a day, in the past, the army was two meals a day, and I didn't see anyone starve to death." One of the generals shouted.

With these generals going back to appease the soldiers, coupled with the promise of the Marquis of Jin, it did not cause much shock, and many soldiers heard the rumors, and even took out the accumulated military salaries to donate to the state governor's mansion.

After Lu Bu learned about this, he also put his mind at ease, as for the salary of the soldiers in the army, he would not ask for it, this is the blood of the soldiers on the battlefield, and the arrears of military salaries are also an expedient measure, once these people are stabilized in the state, the military salary will be paid.

Many people outside Huguan couldn't help shedding tears when they ate hot porridge, they were either from Yuzhou, or from Yanzhou, or from Sili, some of them also went to Jizhou, in the face of the soldiers' drive, they had no choice but to go to Bingzhou.

I thought that I would face the same treatment, after all, there were too many people outside Huguan.

But when porridge sheds were erected outside the kettle, they were more grateful than drooling.

An old man with gray hair fell to his knees with a pop, crying incessantly.

More and more people feel something, sobbing more than once, with this bowl of porridge, they have completely identified with the state in their hearts.

Among the refugees, there are many princes, they also came to find out the situation of the state to treat the refugees, and the surrounding scene also infected them, and they couldn't help but think of their relatives at home, if the same situation happened in other states and counties, what kind of scene would it be.

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