The soldiers yawned, walked down the city wall, stayed on the city wall all night, tired their eyes were a little unable to open, the soldiers who came to replace had already come to the city wall, the two sides changed the guard one by one, the captain of the city gate personally led the team, stood aside, watched the soldiers of the east gate one by one to complete the change of guard, he nodded, and was about to go to the next gate, but was hurriedly stopped by a soldier.

"Captain Sima...", the soldier shouted.

Sima Fu stopped, looked at the soldier, waved his hand, his personal entourage no longer stopped him, the soldier ran in front of Sima Fu, Sima Fu asked, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

"That's right, more than half an hour ago, there was a carriage, parked at the gate of the city, ready to go out, we will go to investigate, however, this person took out the identity of the Taifu servant, and he didn't want to tell us where we were going...", the soldier said, Sima Fu frowned, Taifu servant, Jia Gong? He looked around, and sure enough, by one of the ramparts near the city gate, there was a carriage parked.

Sima Fu asked the soldier to go back to rest, and he led the people and passed over that way.

The horse pulling the cart lowered its head, just spewing out a thick mist from the tip of its nose, and a person curled up, sitting at the front of the carriage, pulling the reins, shrunk all over his clothes, closing his eyes to rest, Sima Fu had not yet spoken, and the soldiers on the side shouted: "Who is it?!" Listening to the soldier's brutality, the horseman who was resting suddenly raised his head.

Sima Fu also saw the appearance of this groom clearly, the groom was handsome, his eyes were sharp, not like a groom at all, he looked at the soldiers in front of him, especially Sima Fu, got off the carriage, bowed his hand, and said: "In Xia Xu Fu, he is a disciple of Jia Gong, who retired yesterday and wants to go back to Liangzhou to recuperate... I sent him home. ”

Sima Fu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly returned the salute, Xu Fu handed over the inspection to Sima Fu for inspection, Sima Fu asked for a moment, and said without speaking: "I have heard the name of Jia Gong earlier, I don't know if I can give it away?" Xu Fu did not hesitate, nodded, he came to the side of the carriage, rolled up the curtain, Sima Fu looked inside, a thin old man squinted his eyes, sitting in the carriage.

"Meet Jia Gong!"

Sima Fu bowed, and many soldiers behind him also visited him one after another, Jia Xu glanced at him a little blankly, and did not reply, Xu Fu closed the curtain, and then said: "You don't want to blame, Shijun is a little delirious...", Sima Fu nodded, looked into the distance, and shouted: "Release!" ”

The carriage finally left Luoyang and sped away towards the west.

Sima Fu watched the carriage leave, for some reason, he was a little sad, the power of time, how many heroes and heroes, have become such a Haoshou old man, how many ambitions, in the end, there is only a belief that the leaves return to the roots.

.....

"What? Left?? ”

In the Shangshu Mansion, Xun Yu was shocked, his eyes widened, looking at Sima Fu in front of him, he asked, "Are you sure that Xu Fu left Luoyang with Jia Gong??" ”

Sima Fu lowered his head and said, "That's the case, I saw that Jia Gong's expression was extremely bad, and I didn't dare to leave him for interrogation." ”

Xun Yu frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "It's okay, you can go out." Yesterday, he received a recital from the officials of Taifu, saying that the servant had left Luoyang and returned to Xiliang, Xun Yu still didn't believe it, Jia Xu's old man who spared his life would never dare to leave Luoyang like this.

The Son of Heaven had just appointed his disciple to preside over his original policy of allowing him to cultivate his body in Luoyang, and Jia Xu left like this, wasn't this a direct disobedience to the Son of Heaven's order? How could someone as shrewd as he do such a thing?

Perhaps, it was because he felt that the Son of Heaven would never kill him, so he was so bold, but he was never a risk-taking person.

Could it be... Is he really going to fail?

Xun Yu trembled, thought for a moment, and then shook his head, no, when it comes to saving his life, who in the world can be around him, absolutely not!

He wanted to go to the Houde Palace, thought about it, or forget it, the Son of Heaven should have gotten the news before him, the important thing at present is that Jia Xu's original things, how to contact, how to act, only Jia Xu and his disciples know, if you want to take over, it is also a little difficult, Xun Yu rubbed his forehead, these days, why is it so difficult.

.....

Yuzhou

From Zhuge Liang's governance of Yuzhou, it is also about a year old, in this year's time, Yuzhou's changes are not small, first took the lead in completing the treatment of the western mines, Zhuge Liang set up a huge mine with an official nature here, called Yuzhou Mine, through the contact with Ma Gong, he bought a large number of recent developments from the temple Gongfu.

He didn't buy machinery, but craftsmen and technology.

At first, the officials in Yuzhou were still a little scared, the local government spent money to buy manpower from the temple or something, which was also an unprecedented thing, and it sounded like something was wrong, and there was a feeling of bribing the temple, but Zhuge Liang ignored this, regardless of the worries of the local officials, and directly wrote a letter As for the Gongfu, Ma Jun quickly replied.

He could send some craftsmen to help build the latest mining and iron-smelting equipment here in the Yuzhou mine.

This is exactly what Zhuge Liang wanted, and the two began a long negotiation with a letter.

"I have long admired Ma Gong's ability, so I am willing to borrow a hundred craftsmen, thinking that Yuzhou mine is used, Ma Gong does not lose Daxian, can agree, Liang is really happy, grateful, I only hope that the craftsman can start early, for the ten years of the big policy....", Zhuge Liang's letter, first of all, the neat Ma Jun praised a meal, the words are sincere, in addition, it is to mention the construction of Yuzhou, and even the ten years of the policy, it is also hoped that Ma Jun can care more.

"Well, looking at Zhuge Jun's letter, I am gratified, people in the world have long misunderstood craftsmen, I never thought that today's Zhuge Jun is ignoring those pedantic words, openly buying books, I also care about the ten-year policy, since Zhuge Jun is for official business, and it is close to me, then I am also more generous, and I don't say that a craftsman has ten thousand dollars, Zhuge Jun will give nine thousand dollars, and it will be good."

“... Thank you Ma Gong for your reply, the development of Yuzhou has just begun, the temple is funded, all the use and construction are in progress, money is in short supply, 100 craftsmen, 900,000 yuan, some expensive, I don't know if Ma Gong can be exempted from some more? Grateful, play the Son of Heaven at the next meeting, and praise the kindness of Ma Gong. ”

"Good!"

Looking at Ma Jun's reply, Zhuge Liang smiled, looked at Yuan Yao on the side, and said happily: "Who said that Ma Gong is rich?" You see, that's what you do, that's great, you just wait for the craftsmen to arrive, and when they arrive, the matter of the mine can finally be solved, and then, you can mainly handle the matter of the farmland and the road..."

Yuan Yao frowned and said, "Master, Ma Gong has a very good relationship with my father, and when he was in Luoyang, he also came to take care of me, this person... Well, the disciple thinks that this matter is definitely not so simple, Ma Gong is a little... It's just a little stingy...", Ma Gong is Yuan Yao's elder after all, and he doesn't dare to say it too bluntly, so he can only remind him carefully.

Zhuge Liang frowned, and said unhappily: "Yao'er, Ma Gong is a great man in the world, and he is respected as a great sage, how can you say that about him?" Talking about elders behind their backs, is it the work of younger generations? You haven't finished those questions yet, have you? I'll give you some more! ”

"Don't!! Master, I know my mistake!! Yuan Yao shouted, but unfortunately, his begging for mercy could not impress the ruthless and cold-blooded Shijun, holding a bundle of test papers, Yuan Yao wanted to cry and walked out of the study without tears.

After waiting for a long time, finally, when I waited for these craftsmen, I heard that the craftsmen arrived, Zhuge Liang was very happy, and personally came to receive these craftsmen, and the craftsmen were all taken to rest in the post station, and a few people led by them were taken to the state pastor's mansion, when Zhuge Liang arrived, these people immediately got up and saluted, and Zhuge Liang smiled and returned the salute.

These are some simple and honest craftsmen, they don't dare to raise their heads, and they don't dare to speak, they chatted with Zhuge Liang a little, but they lowered their heads and stammered and couldn't speak, Zhuge Liang chatted with them very gently for a while, only to know that these people are good craftsmen in the Gongfu, although they have not participated in research and development for the time being, but they are all important henchmen under Ma Jun.

Being able to lend these people to him for a year, Ma Gong is worthy of being a virtuous person, Zhuge Liang thought to himself, and became more and more happy.

"Then tomorrow, I will have to bother you to go to the mine, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Zhuge Gong... Cannot. Several craftsmen shook their heads in embarrassment, Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why?" ”

"Ma Gong sent us here, but he didn't give us tools, we came empty-handed, drawings, tools, we didn't bring them..."

"Can you find it in Yuzhou?"

"Materials can be found, but drawings, tools, etc., only the Ministry of Labor."

The smile on Zhuge Liang's face gradually froze.

Asking the officials to take care of these craftsmen, Zhuge Liang hurriedly returned to the study, took out pen and ink, and began to write letters.

"Ma Gong, the craftsman is here today, thank Ma Gong again for his great kindness, but whether Ma Gong has forgotten to give drawings and tools, these craftsmen are empty-handed, there is no way to build, and I hope that Ma Gong can help one or two, and send the materials together, this matter really can't be delayed any longer...."

"Zhuge Jun, you just borrowed a craftsman from me at that time, five thousand dollars, borrowed a craftsman for a year, this is already my greatest help, these craftsmen, each of them are capable people, they are all henchmen under my command, and now, I have to borrow the rest, these drawings, tools, are all made by the Ministry of Industry with a lot of money and painstaking efforts, can not be easily lent to others, in addition, the drawings are 30,000 yuan, the prices of various tools are different, I will introduce them to Zhuge Jun one by one..."

"Ma Gong, you just make it clear at once, apart from these tools, what else is there to collect money?"

"There is also the cost of guiding the craftsmen for you, the craftsmanship of the Gongfu cannot be taught in vain, and the cost of the wear and tear of the tools, which you also have to pay, otherwise it will be damaged, we will not replace it, and there is also the cost of the loss caused by the vacancy of these craftsmen in the Gongfu....."

"Smack!!" , Zhuge Liang slapped the letter on the case fiercely, and took a deep breath, I am a moral person, I must not be angry, I can't say filthy words, Kong Ming, bear it, disciple of Wen Rengong, you are still too naïve.

Zhuge Liang smiled indifferently, then picked up the letter and continued to read.

"Zhuge Jun, I heard that Yuzhou Qianzhuang is doing well, and the money doesn't have to be given to me in a hurry, you can deposit it directly into the Qianzhuang, and I'll take it out from here!" In addition, Zhuge Jun, if you need any help, just ask, I will do my best to help, as long as the price is right! ”

"I ????! You??? Target! I????!! ”