Many years ago, Shinno had become the leading big city in Dahan. But over the years, the size of Shinno has not expanded.

First, because of various factors, the Han Dynasty could not support a larger city.

The second is that the power of the Guan family has spread to the west, and the core is no longer Xinye.

But the prosperity of Shinno is also increasing day by day. Needless to say, Mi's liquor is a source of businessmen from the southeast and northwest who gather in Shinno.

However, as time passed, the popularity of Mishi liquor slowly decreased. Because this wine is really expensive, even people who love to drink alcohol will not be able to drink it for a long time.

However, the sales of Mi's liquor are still relatively stable. Because the market is expanding, Mi's liquor is now not only exported to Southeast Asia, but even exported to more western places along the Silk Road.

The second is cloth, many merchants in the north will pass through Xinye, and then go south to the cloth village, buy the silk cloth produced in Fangling, and return to the north.

With special products comes popularity, and these two specialty commodities have made Xinye an important transit point for commercial activities in the south.

The Guan family set up a bazaar in the city to guide the trading of bulk commodities, so as to earn taxes, which was also a lot of income.

Ah, Shinno.

When the sun rises, there is a clamor of voices, and the sun sets. The world's first-class bustling city. And this place in Shinno is not only prosperous, but also very large.

Where Xinye was built, Liu Bei's concept was that he could hoard a lot of grain, two years of old grain, one year of old grain, new grain, and the grain could supply 200,000 soldiers and civilians for barely three years.

Supplies are piling up.

Cloth, salt, food, clothing, housing and transportation do not need to be mentioned. Iron armor, leather armor, bows, crossbows, arrows, all kinds of weapons, all kinds of warehouses are piled up, and soldiers and horses are stationed there.

to prevent anyone from setting fires in the city.

The city is very large, and there are many controlled row houses, and people from outside the city can be moved in at critical moments. A wooden arrow tower is set up on the city wall, the city gate is set up Weng Castle, there is a moat outside the city, and a drawbridge and antlers are set up at the city gate.

The Guan family has many generals in the city, Guan Yu himself, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, and Chen Dao, each training elite soldiers, and the rate of soldiers and horses wearing iron armor is increasing year by year.

The people outside the city, in the winter, also organized basic military training. Some talented women can also shoot arrows with bows.

In order to cope with the war, the city also stockpiled a lot of medical supplies such as herbs, sheep intestines, alcohol, etc.

This is a majestic city armed to the teeth.

Cao Cao first swept away the Yuan clan in the north to establish the foundation of the Cao clan, which is of course also very reasonable. But the Guan family did not move forward, but took advantage of the winter to come, kept eating, kept developing, and finally reached the point where it can almost be called a metamorphosis now.

For the sake of development, even Xinye, Fangling's finances are often insufficient, where does the money go? They were all spent by the Guan family's father and son.

Therefore, Guan Yu, as well as Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi, Wei Yan, Zhang Fei and others live a very hard life, as the so-called "house is thin, there is no surplus of wealth, there is no concubine in the side room, and there is no vocal entertainment in the backyard." Clothing is provided, horses are prepared, and food is modest. ”

The lord and the generals were so hard, which also affected Gan Ning, a luxurious guy, and he was somewhat restrained.

As the saying goes, civil officials are not greedy for money, and military generals are not afraid of death and are invincible.

And now the generals of the Guan family in Xinye are not only not afraid of death, but also not greedy for money, who can attack Xinye?

As the so-called Zhao clan guards Jinyang, the situation is poor and poor, the people have no betrayal, and they have been guarded for more than a year. The Guan family is now winning the hearts of the people in Xinye and accumulating materials, far exceeding that of Jinyang back then.

And there are reinforcements from outside, not an isolated city.

How can you say, you can't keep it?

It was Guan Ping who said "guard", and even issued an order to order Hanzhong, Fangling selected the people to be strong, and reinforce them at any time. And Wudu, the two counties of Yinping have recently been annexed, but they are also dispatching food for support.

What about Guan Yu in Xinye at this moment?

When the news that Cao Cao dug up the Xuanwu Pond to train the navy reached Xinye, there were fewer merchants from the north, and there were many fewer merchants from the south.

War brings nothing but destruction.

Guan Yu didn't make a big move for a while, just sent Jian Yong to Hanzhong to inform the capable and excessively stinky son.

On this day, the sun is shining. Guan Yu himself took Zhou Cang, Zhang Fei and other hundreds of people to the outside of the city to inspect the farmland.

The people of Xinye belonged to the Guan family, so the people knelt down along the road to greet them. Guan Yu came to a farmland, asked a family kneeling on the road to get up, and asked about this year's rice growth.

Master Guan does not respect scholars, even though his temper has changed a lot in recent years, he is still the same. But it's very good for the common people.

is kind and pleasant, and his attitude is much better than that of his own son Guan Ping.

Of course, this farmer was sincerely afraid, but seeing that Guan Yu was so kind, he also made up his mind, and immediately replied that this year will be smooth and rainy, and it must be a good year.

Guan Yu sighed when he heard this, as if he was a little resentful. This made the farmers very puzzled, and they didn't know why Han Shouhou sighed.

Zhang Fei, who was following Guan Yu, and Zhou Cang understood what was going on, so they all sighed.

Guan Yu inspected the rice field and talked with the farmers, then got on the horse with Zhang Fei and Zhou Cang and returned to the Hanshou Marquis Mansion in the city.

Guan Yu has been a general of Zuo for many years, and Liu Bei has also been dead for many years, but Liu Bei's General Zuo's mansion is still there, and Guan Yu's mansion is still the mansion of the Marquis of Hanshou.

But Guan Yu's mansion has been expanded, after all, Guan Yu's Shogunate Zuo, there are also a lot of officials and personnel in and out, if it is too narrow, it will not work.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhou Cang returned to the door of the Hanshou Marquis's Mansion, Guan Yu turned over and dismounted, and ordered Zhou Cang to say: "Please Yin Changshi come in." ”

"No." Zhou Cang promised and went to invite Yin Guan.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arrived at the study together and sat down, and soon after, Yin Guan walked in, and Zhou Cang was guarding outside.

Just like his son Zhou Xiong.

There are two generations of the Zhou family and two generations of the Guan family.

"My lord." Yin Guan, as always, entered the study calmly and bowed to Guan Yu. And after doing all these years of history, Yin Guan's official authority has become increasingly heavy.

At present, the government affairs of the Guan family in Jingzhou are basically handled by Yin Guan.

Yin Guan is called Changshi, but he is actually a character like Yan Pu.

Although Cao Cao has not yet started, he not only trains the navy, but also constantly mobilizes baggage, grain and grass, and armor soldiers to gather in Xudu. I think it's going south. In the long history, food is the top priority. ”

Guan Yu said.

"I understand. The brewing of Mishi liquor in the castle, as well as folk brewing, were all stopped. Yin Guan said calmly.

Winemaking consumes food.

There was no food in Xinye back then, but Liu Bei sold Lu and started a business.

"One more thing. If a war breaks out before the autumn harvest, a fire will burn the rice fields outside the city and move people into the city. If it breaks out in winter, it doesn't need to be. But obviously, Cao Cao couldn't have let us collect the grain. Guan Yu touched his beard, his face was very cold.

This is the reason why Guan Yu sighed, he hoped that Cao Cao would be able to go south after the autumn harvest. But.

Food, even if it is burned, cannot be left to Cao Jun.

"No."

Yin Guan was also a little heavy, and he promised.

War.

A year's hard work of the farmers in Xinye is about to come to naught.

Guan Yu summoned Yin Guan for these two things, and how to fight and defend the rest of the war, the generals already knew in their hearts, and there was no need to say more.

As soon as the war broke out, Zhang Laosan and Zhang Sanye did not act as a demon, honestly clasped his hands in front of his chest, did not say a word, and became a mascot.

Immediately, Guan Yu asked Zhang Laosan to go down and gave a word of advice, so as to appease the soldiers. Zhang Laosan is very angry, don't I know this?

But it was stuffed in the stomach and didn't mutter.

Not long after, the main book walked in from outside, but it was Guan Ping's letter that arrived. Guan Yu opened the letter and looked at it, a little angry.

Because Guan Ping, a stinky boy, actually said that his father must not fight, and he will definitely be defeated if he fights. Guan Yu was angry, so he crumpled the cloth into a ball.

However, Guan Yu still agrees in his heart, Xinye can only hold on, not fight with the enemy.

Immediately, Guan Yu sent someone to Jiangxia and told Zhuge Liang that he could act cheaply.

Guan Ping wrote a letter to these two things.

After Guan Yu dealt with the matter, he wanted to lie down for a while. Zhou Cang walked in from outside again, saying that Mrs. was invited. Guan Yu frowned, but still went to the back house to visit the Liu family.

Guan Ping entered Fangling and went to Hanzhong over the years, the Liu family has not changed much, but in the end, he has come up with age and added some wrinkles.

"Husband." When Liu heard the movement, he hurriedly went out of the small hall to welcome Guan Yu in, and then asked Guan Yu to sit down before he sat down.

"What?" Guan Yu asked.

Liu knew that the war was about to break out now, and Guan Yu, as the lord of Xinye, was in a heavy mood. She shouldn't have bothered too much, but she couldn't help it.

Liu hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth and said, "Husband, Xinye is the front line in the end. It's better to send Xing'er to Hanzhong and hand it over to Ping'er to take care of. ”

Liu's is a little difficult to speak, but a mother's heart is like this. She can follow Guan Yu to stay in Xinye, and there is no way to die, but she is always relieved that Guan Xing will not be relieved.

"No, you can't. If I want to migrate and go to Hanzhong, how will I face the generals? Since Xing'er was born in the Guan family, my son is his life. If the city is broken, it will die. If the city is not broken, it will live. Guan Yu said very coldly.

But in the end, it has been husband and wife for many years, Guan Yu said to Liu slowly: "Peace of mind." Shinno can hold on. Speaking of this, Guan Yu walked out of the small hall with his head held high.

"Hey." Liu sighed and wiped away tears.

My Xing'er, who told you to be born in the Guan family?

said that Guan Yu was very harsh on his wife and son, but when he left the small hall, he took Zhou Cang, out of the Hanshou Marquis' Mansion, and came to the outside of General Zuo's Mansion.

That is, the original mansion of Liu Bei, and currently Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Mi and Liu Bei's two daughters live in the mansion.

Hearing that Guan Yu was coming, Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi hurriedly came out to greet her. After entering General Zuo's mansion, Guan Yu invited the two sisters-in-law to sit as always, and sat in the guest seat himself. Then he said: "Xinye is the front line, not a place to stay for a long time. I asked Zhou Cang to send a team of elite soldiers, two sisters-in-law and two nieces, entourage maids, and house slaves to Fangling for temporary refuge. ”

The reason why he went to Fangling was because Guan Yu knew that once the war broke out, Hanzhong might also be the front line, but Fangling was a place of confidants and was quite safe.

Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Mi was shocked when she heard this, and Mrs. Gan said embarrassedly: "Yun Chang, can't Xinye hold it?" ”

"It should be kept, but there are no absolutes in the world." Guan Yu replied.

"What about the younger siblings? What about Guan Xing? Mrs. Gan asked again.

Guan Yu shook his head and didn't answer. Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi glanced at each other and said that they wanted to stay. But Guan Yu refused, Guan Yu almost forcibly asked Zhou Cang to help Mrs. Gan, and Mrs. Mi packed her bags and sent the two sisters-in-law to Fangling.

After that, Guan Yu went back to the house to rest.

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