Zhongnan Mountain, Xiahou Shangxin's hermitage.

After a frost fell, Xiahou Ru hung a bear Qiu and trampled on the black and brown withered grass on the ground, he bypassed the mountain gorge path, looked up at the wooden house in front of the stone cave under the cliff, and felt indescribable melancholy in his heart.

It is becoming more and more difficult to understand today's Han Dynasty, since the annihilation of Wu Zhiyongliang Army in early August, the entire Han Dynasty has been developing in a way that is difficult to understand.

There are too many reasons, mainly because the merit is too high, and the imperial court can't come up with a feasible reward plan.

The Han Dynasty is now in power, and many things have to be negotiated constantly, so the merits of the Beifu have not been officially promulgated so far, and even the officials of the counties and counties of Guanlongzhou, except for Ma Chao, are actually awarded, and the other governors, county guards, and county magistrates are all acting.

After that, there were two factors that interfered with the normal operation of the Han government, the first was the obstruction of the road, the slow communication between Tian Xin, Guan Yu, and Zhuge Liang, and many emergencies needed to be announced, confirmed, and negotiated to deal with, and it took the most time to come and go.

The second is that the aftermath of Jiangdu's sudden time has not stopped, Dong Yun is too able to run, and he fled to Yizhou when he saw that things were wrong, and he still doesn't know how Zhuge Liang will deal with Dong Yun.

Zhuge Liang handled Dong Yun's matter, and Guan Yu was able to characterize Jiangdu's 'case of Sun's relatives colluding with the Son of Heaven'.

The result of the handling of this case represents Zhuge Liang's attitude.

Using the lives of trusted ministers as sacrifices, the attitude proved has a long shelf life, so that Guan Yu does not need to repeatedly confirm Zhuge Liang's attitude in the next period of time, and Guan Yu himself can represent Zhang Fei's attitude, so Guan Yu at that time can negotiate with Tian Xin on behalf of the imperial court and complete the meritorious reward.

In short, the current Han Dynasty has four political heads, which makes it difficult for Xiahou Ru to understand these four people, but he also thinks that it is not a bad thing.

Seeing that the next mountain roads were mostly gravel roads washed by mountain streams, Xiahou Ru dismounted and walked up the mountain with a few relatives.

It is also more than 30 steps high on the slope, here Xiahou Shang's wooden house is built on a huge rock, behind the rock is a sunken cave, the depth of the hole is limited, now set up a fence, tending to a dozen sheep.

When Xiahou Ru came, Xiahou Shang was dealing with an arm-thick snake skin, the snake meat was already hanging on the side to blow the wind, the snake skin was tight, and Xiahou Shang was scraping the sticky debris on the snake skin.

"Now is the time for my brother to show his strength, why bend down in the mountains and wilderness, and be accompanied by birds and beasts?"

Xiahou Ru couldn't wait to draw his sword and smash the black and white snake skin that Xiahou Shang handled: "Brother, do you know about Cao Zihuan sending people to negotiate peace?" ”

"Yes."

Xiahou Shang's tone was unhappy, and he squinted at Xiahou Ru: "I am already a dead man in the eyes of the world, why should I reappear and make the world laugh?" What's more, what face should I use to meet Cao Zidan? ”

Turning back to continue dealing with the snake skin, Xiahou Shang's tone was lonely: "I have two daughters and one son, and now they are all healthy. Cao Zihuan has nine sons and one daughter, and his daughter is in exile, and five of his sons have died. Presumably, he was also sorrowful day and night, and he could not pour out his sorrow to others, which was really pitiful. The old hatred, this is the end. ”

probably knew what Xiahou Ru was thinking, and Xiahou Shang advised this cousin again: "Zhongquan in the clan can command the army alone, no matter how useless it is." ”

"What does the elder brother think, what should the younger brother do?"

Xiahou Ru brought a small stool and sat on the side, and his tone was a little helpless: "Back then, I went out with my brother and Cao Ziwen to fight in Wuhuan, and so far I only have the art of commanding the army, and I have nothing else to do. ”

"I heard that Jiangdong Lu Meng is studious, and he has the reputation of being impressed by Shibei for three days. Chen Gong also often uses Lu Meng's affairs to motivate his troops, why did he become nothing else good when he came to you? ”

Xiahou Shang kept his hands: "I listened to the words of the public, it seems that I want to build a Nanshan Academy in Shanglin Yuan, and first select military officials to attend the school to listen to the lectures, which is intended to preach the law and the art of governing the people." Why don't you quit your military position and study in the academy? ”

Xiahou Ru hesitated and was unwilling: "Is there no other way?" ”

As a result, Xiahou was still silent, as the leader of the Xiahou clan who shared weal and woe with the Cao family, Xiahou Ru was like a fish in water in the Wei army, and his life was very comfortable, only others adapted to him and cooperated with him, and he only needed to cooperate with a few main generals to complete the task of leading the troops.

Life in the Wei army is more comfortable...... But if Cao Pi knew that Xiahou was not dead, he would definitely clean him up.

There is really no way but to respond to Xiahou Shang's call.

As a result, now the military power can't be retained?

Although it is dangerous to lead the troops, the support of the army is always the priority; Besides, it is also dangerous to be a county warden and county magistrate in these years.

Xiahou Ru sat for a while, Xiahou Shang handled the snake skin, applied a layer of grease and hung it to dry: "You are still short-sighted, far inferior to the Yang family." As soon as the Yang family entered Jingzhou, he knew that the college had a long-term relationship. If it weren't for the Han court's deliberate alienation and vigilance, the three Yang brothers would have gone to give lectures. ”

led Xiahou Ru to the wooden house, the iron pot hanging from the fire pit was already boiling, and a young woman was sewing clothes by the bonfire, and suddenly saw Xiahou Ru a little nervous.

Xiahou Ru saw that this woman had loose hair, wore a leather jacket, hung a beast tooth necklace around her neck, and the blue and red color of the skirt, so he judged that this was a woman from the Qiang tribe.

Looking closely at the face of this tall woman, it is six or seven points similar to a woman in my memory.

The only obvious difference is that this Qiang girl's chin is more pointed, probably because she doesn't eat well, her face has no meat, and her eyes are bigger and rounder; So the temperament is also much worse.

Xiahou Shang knew what he had in mind, so he said: "She is a person who burns the Qiang Department, and she should be surnamed Yao according to her blood, and her parents don't have a good name for her, and she can't understand the official language." ”

After a brief introduction, Xiahou Shang said: "I gave the armor to her father, and she became my person." The head of her tribe gave me some sheep, which happened to be her company. ”

Saying that, Xiahou Shang smiled, and the Qiang girl also smiled, and cautiously smiled at Xiahou Ru, as if she was worried about angering this nobleman who was richly dressed and wore a bear fur.

What else can Xiahou Ru say?

The matter here has to be concealed and not let the rest of the clan know.

After all, it was not good to hear when the matter was spread, and it would damage the lintel and image of Xiahou's family.

The matter can only end here, Xiahou Ru ate a rough mountain lunch, but drank a bowl of green tea with endless aftertaste, and left the nameless ravine of Zhongnan Mountain with a complex emotion.

Maybe in a few years, ten years, it will develop into a small mountain village.

At the foot of Changle Slope, Cao Zhen and Wang Lang strolled on the south bank of Kunming Canal, and after a month of tidying up, both sides of Kunming Canal were already full of wheat seedlings.

No one can be sure of the climate in Guanzhong, can not copy the experience of Nanyang, so the wheat seedlings on both sides of the Kunming Canal are sown in batches, the early sowing has been a palm high, the late sowing can be sharp, and even there are not sharp.

Sowing seeds in batches in this way will certainly lose two-thirds of the ...... But it must be lost, which ensures that at least a third of the winter wheat survives.

Only by doing so will we be able to accumulate a large amount of data that will lay the theoretical basis for planting a wider range of winter wheat next year.

However, the climate of Guanzhong and Nanyang is similar, so in the worst-case scenario, it is certain that half of the winter wheat will be saved.

It's just that Wang Lang, who has just been released from house arrest, doesn't know the inside story, and Cao Zhen, who has just arrived here to negotiate with Tian Xin, doesn't know either.

I don't know what Beifu is up to...... But you also have to record it and try to see if it can be promoted in Hebei.

Hebei is very likely to break out this year Xianbei invasion war, the entire Hebei people are famine due to drought, and urgently need the relief of the Great Wei court.

I heard that the grass in Biansai was dried by the sun and turned into green hay like tea leaves...... You can imagine that the relatively rainy areas near the border are so arid, so what would be the miserable situation in the north, where there is less rainfall?

Xianbei didn't want to starve to death, so he could only start a war.

Unless, Da Weiken transported grain for 3,000 miles to relieve the Xianbei people.

In a difficult environment, it is easier to drive the Xianbei tribes to form alliances and mergers with each other, and develop in the direction of centralization.

Cao Zhen and Wang Lang communicated with each other, and now they must stabilize Beifu and solve the Xianbei problem, they can't fight anymore.