The Grand Collective

When others took office in a new place, their first concern was how to befriend the local nobles. When Liu Bei took office in Qi Commandery, his first concern was how to settle more than two hundred thousand hooligans!

Yes, they were even worse than refugees. At the very least, before this they had all been Yellow Turban bandits, so calling them hooligans was more fitting.

Fortunately, Wang Xuan had planned for this long ago. On one hand, he brought back all the Yellow Turban leaders to meet him and thoroughly pacified them. On the other, he selected more than four thousand well-trained soldiers from the army.

Wang Xuan's plan was simple. The soldiers under him had undergone strict training and possessed excellent discipline and organization. Of the four thousand selected men, each was put in charge of fifty people. Since they had all come from the Yellow Turban bandits, they were naturally close in status, even though they came from different commanderies and provinces.

These fifty people were divided into five squads, with one squad leader placed in charge of each. The squad leaders answered to the soldiers assigned to them, passing orders down one level at a time. Each order only needed to reach one's own soldiers.

Within a single day, the two hundred thousand people had been assigned. After being allowed to eat their fill of a hearty meal, they immediately became much more orderly.

"Smack." A rough plan was tossed in front of Xi Zhicai. Wang Xuan pointed at it and said, "Take a look."

Xi Zhicai did not ask any questions. He picked it up and began reading. The main contents consisted of several items.

First, clean up Linzi City. Remove all the rubbish, including collapsed houses and the like.

Second, divide the farmland outside