Liu Bei distributed the land deeds so generously that every one of his old associates received one, each worth at least thirty-five thousand strings of cash, instantly filling everyone with the drive to strive. As for the new recruits, Liu Bei had already hinted that once he was a bit more financially comfortable in a couple of days, he wouldn't mind doling out money, grain, and beauties.
After handing out the land deeds and money and grain, Liu Bei felt that a private treasury was very handy to use. In the past, even if he had earned all those billions, should he dare to spend it so lavishly, his subordinates would still curse him despite benefiting from it.
Now, it's my own money, what can you all say? I'll support whoever I want to support, and if the government treasury doesn't provide the funds, I'll just use my own. You bunch of officials want to bite me for it? Come on then, let's have a painful fight, who's afraid of whom?