In the twenty-first year of Yankang, Shangshu ordered Zhuge Liang to return to Ruo County.

At this moment, it has been four years since he went to Hezhou, and in these four years, he has done quite well for the expansion of the outside of the Saiwai, Zhuge Liang has opened up a large area outside the Saiwai, which nominally belongs to He, Xin, and Ningzhou, and sent the county order, the county guard, and moved a group of Haoqiang from Hebei, as well as lawbreakers, to enrich the number of these areas.

I have to say that although the land outside the plug is cold, there is a lot of fertile land, but millet, rice and the like can not grow here, mainly a large area of wheat and millet, these two types can still grow here, Zhuge Liang has been busy outside the plug for many years, made full preparations, and even watched the reclamation and education work here has been carried out, so as Shang Shuling, these people were exempted from slave status, and gave them the right to reclaim freely.

Even, despite the opposition of local officials, Zhuge Liang was exempted from taxes here for three years.

Many people can't understand what Zhuge Liang wants to do, what he thinks, Zhuge Liang will not explain to them, in Ningzhou, after the border army in Youzhou took over the local defense, the northern and southern armies also withdrew here.

Zhuge Liang didn't want to go back too early, but the letter from the Son of Heaven kept urging him to return early, and he had no way to resist the order, so he handed over the matter here to Lu Yu, leaving Zhuge Zhan as his deputy, but he returned to Luoyang.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhuge Liang was still full of sorrow, I don't know how many years, Zhuge Liang has never been really happy, remembering that before leaving, Zhuge Zhan was angry, and he was reluctant to look, Zhuge Liang was also a little sad in his heart, he was not a ruthless person, and he was reluctant to let go of his children, but there must be someone who knew his thoughts to help deal with the things outside the plug.

At the beginning, when the state pastors were canonized, in order to better guard against the strong enemies outside the Saiwai, the Son of Heaven arranged a group of strong iron-blooded state pastors in the border counties, so that they could better deal with the challenges from outside the Saiwai, but now, Zhuge Liang felt that they were very unsuitable to deal with the current problems outside the Saiwai, and the slaves had been busy for four years, and they hated the Han in their hearts.

Zhuge Liang liberated them and exempted them from taxes, that is, to let them develop outside the Saiwai, and constantly migrate the people of Hebei to here, so that this place can completely become the domain of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang can feel at ease, but unfortunately, over the years, except for those lawless heroes and prisoners, few people are willing to go to the Saiwai to develop.

Therefore, it is very necessary to educate, that is, not to let them forget their hatred of the Han Dynasty, but also to let them speak Yayan and enter the cultural core of the Han Dynasty, so that the outside of the Saiwai can be stable for a long time, Zhuge Liang even got in touch with Xun Yu in the island, and asked him to send some capable people to the outside of the island, and even hope to be able to migrate some people from the island.

Zhuge Liang knew in his heart that his practice of forcibly relocating the people would definitely be spurned, but this was already the best way at present.

The carriage drove slowly on the road, and finally, Zhuge Liang also rushed to Luo County, just entered the Sili area, that is, officials from all over the country came to greet him, Zhuge Liang's reputation over the years was already very high, and when he arrived in Luo County, there were even ministers who went out to greet him, Zhuge Liang also got off the carriage, looked at these people who came, and returned the salute one by one.

Standing in front of the ministers, it was the prince Liu Qu who came to greet Zhuge Liang, Liu Qu smiled, but his eyes were extremely hot when he looked at Zhuge Liang, there was a kind of almost worship, Zhuge Liang was a little creepy by him, he didn't have no dealings with this prince, but the prince's attitude towards himself seemed to have changed a lot.

"Your Excellency, you're finally back!" , Liu Qu grabbed Zhuge Liang's hand affectionately, and said seriously, adults are the title of the elders in the clan, logically speaking, it is not unreasonable for him to call Zhuge Liang like this, after all, Zhuge Liang is the son-in-law of Emperor Xiaokang, the sister-in-law of Emperor Xiaokang, and the uncle of today's son, however, Liu Qu suddenly called him so, Zhuge Liang felt a little unaccustomed.

"Your Highness.. This.."

"Hey, adults can call me Hu'er, these days, I miss my lords extraordinarily...", Liu Qu didn't give the rest of the ministers a chance to speak, pulled Zhuge Liang and walked towards the county seat, following him, only Zhuge Liang was one person in his eyes, looking extraordinarily fanatical, Zhuge Liang frowned, thought for a long time, and attributed all this to the reason why he had planned the temple orders outside the Saiwai for all these years.

Probably the prince also heard about these things, so he treated himself so politely.

However, this is a good thing, not that Zhuge Liang likes to be so respected by the Son of Heaven, he thinks that the prince can be so courteous to talents, which is a good thing for the Han, the Han has a wise prince.

"With Zhuge Linggong here, the state affairs are worry-free!" , Liu Qu looked very happy, the two walked into the county together, looking at this familiar street, Zhuge Liang sighed with emotion, Hu'er took him to the palace, Zhuge Liang once again thanked the many friends who came to greet him, and then entered the palace, Liu Qu led him towards the Houde Palace.

"Kong Ming!" , Liu Xi saw Zhuge Liang again, he seemed very excited, he smiled and walked forward, old friends met, both of them were a little excited, greeted for a long time, the two sat down, Liu Qu just stood aside, did not speak, Liu Xi waved his hand to let him leave, Liu Qu reluctantly left, Liu Xi and Zhuge Liang talked about important things.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for their sins, the ministers have made their own decisions, and the people outside the Cyprus have been exempted from taxes for three years... The minister also wants to let Saiwai settle down as soon as possible, and also implement a series of overseas policies outside Saiwai, as long as you can learn elegant dialect and read and hyphenate people, the temple will be rewarded, so that Saiwai can be civilized as soon as possible...", as soon as Zhuge Liang opened his mouth, he talked about his own mistakes.

He hoped that the Son of Heaven would understand his painstaking efforts outside the Saiwai, and even if he deposed himself, he would never revoke his decrees outside the Saiwai.

Who knows, Liu Xi seemed very calm about this, nodded, and said: "That's right, Kong Ming, I believe that you can do it well, you just have to worry about it..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"You and I are old friends, why bother?" , Liu Xi shook his head and asked about some things outside the Saiwai, Zhuge Liang also truthfully said the expansion of the Saiwai, and he even told Liu Xi about the cycle he saw, "I see...", Liu Xi nodded, he became the first person in the Han to trust Zhuge Liang's words, which made Zhuge Liang's calm heart also touched a little.

"Things outside the Seychelles can be emulated by Xun Xiang's policies in Wajima.. I'll send someone to take care of... A few days ago, Xun Linggong wrote a letter and recommended his son Xun Shu to me, wanting Xun Shu to go to Hezhou... I saw that Xun Linggong was alone, and Xun Xu was taking care of him all day, so I couldn't bear to agree to him. ”

"Alas... Your Majesty, Xun Xue is indeed a good choice, but the minister recommends another person, although this person is young, he is definitely able to handle these things well..."

"Oh? Are you going to recommend your son too? ”

"No, Zhan'er is lazy by nature, he is not suitable, the most suitable candidate is the son of Yuan Gong in the past, Yuan Yao."

"Yao'er? He's still young, can he do well? ”

"Your Majesty, if he doesn't do well, the minister can be guilty of the same crime as him."

"Alas... Okay, then let's do it. ”

"Speaking of which, Shijun's son, I didn't care too much, I can't be considered a good disciple all these years... Shijun is such a son, if you don't say it, I will almost forget it...", Liu Xi sighed, he frowned, the wrinkles on his forehead were quite obvious, Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "This kid is still good, over the years, he has also made great contributions overseas..."

"That's what you taught."

The two chatted for a long time, and then they talked about things outside the plug.

"Kong Ming... You say, within a year, are you sure that you will conquer Kushan? Liu Xi suddenly asked, Zhuge Liang was shocked, hurriedly raised his head, and said: "Your Majesty, this party has just started to attack the outside of the Saiwai, the treasury is unstable, there are many disasters, the soldiers of the northern and southern armies are tired, how can they still move troops again within a year?" What's more, this Guishuang is different from Saiwai, Guishuang is not as good as before, but if it is forced to death, it will probably be able to make up hundreds of thousands of troops! ”

"Your Majesty think twice!"

Listening to Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Liu Xi smiled bitterly, "How come I don't know this?" But, Kong Ming, if I am not in a hurry to conquer Guishan, I am afraid, and in a while, I will mobilize the strength of the whole country to conquer, I am afraid... If I were to do it, I would be able to destroy the enemy at least at the lowest cost, and that would be a good thing. ”

"Your Majesty... Within a year... I'm afraid it won't work, if you start preparing now, it will take three years..."

"Three years?" , Liu Xi was stunned for a moment, and gently put it on the heart that was in sharp pain from time to time, and quickly put it down again and shook his head.

"I'm afraid there won't be three years."

"Your Majesty!" , Zhuge Liang was shocked, stood up, and the whole person was a little flustered, "Why did Your Majesty say this?" Your Majesty is still young, and Your Majesty must not speak like that..."

"Give you two years...", Liu Xi was unmoved, but said seriously, "Two years later, the Northern and Southern armies will send troops together to turn Guishan into a state of Dahan... Can you do it? Liu Xi looked at Zhuge Liang with anticipation, the almost pleading look on the face of the Son of Heaven, Zhuge Liang had never seen it, and Zhuge Liang's expression gradually became resolute.

"Respectfully!"

Zhuge Liang bowed to him.