With Liu Bei lifting the harsh requirements for Prohibition, Cheng. They all began to become lively, and now when walking on the road, you can also feel a bit of the atmosphere of the big city, of course, for Liu Yi, the so-called big city atmosphere is also like that, the steel jungle in the previous life, not to mention the current success. In Liu Yi's view, that's what is going on, prosperity often comes from contrast, in this era, such a city is already prosperous.

In order to make up for the debt in his heart, Zhang Fei gave Liu Bei his house in the city to Liu Yi.

These days, Liu Bei will summon Liu Yi every once in a while, and this time. It was not a long-term residence, and Liu Yi didn't have the heart to rebuild it, but only repaired a few bamboo houses, and Lu Lingqi and the others could be more comfortable when he was away.

Although Cao Cao died, Cao Wei had too many troops in Guanzhong, Luoyang, and Xuchang, so he could only wait for the times to change, so Liu Yi's affairs in Nanzhong were basically settled, and the main discussion these days was the attitude towards the barbarians in Nanzhong, and how to solve the problem of those wealthy clans who made trouble with the help of the barbarians.

"Regarding the matter of the Nanban, I have discussed with Kong Ming before, the barbarians have surrendered and rebelled, and those wealthy clans in Nanzhong have a great reason, and the king wants to mine Nanzhong, and he also needs the help of these barbarians, and Yichen has been thinking about this matter for this time." Because it was not on a formal occasion, Liu Yi did not shy away from the affairs of the wealthy family in Nanzhong.

"Oh?" Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi when he heard this, and said with a smile: "What is Bo Yuan's plan?" ”

"In fact, it's not a strategy, show it with threat, give it with grace, and induce it with profit, these three strategies are enough." Liu Yi has discussed a lot with Zhuge Liang these days, and he also has a general direction for this trip to Nanzhong, as for the details, he can only see you in Nanzhong.

"Brother Bo Yuan, can you elaborate?" Fa Zheng looked at Liu Yi and smiled.

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded and said: "It is not difficult to understand the show of authority, at least let the various ethnic groups in Nanzhong know that the strength of our Han army is not something they can contend with, as for giving grace, although the land of Nanzhong is not suitable for farming, but it is abundant, the minister is ready to set up a few markets in Nanzhong, promote exchanges between the two sides in the form of trade, and assimilate them step by step for my use. And developed like Jingnan. ”

"Bo Yuan, if it is fully developed, according to your calculations, how long will it take?" Liu Bei said with interest, obviously interested in this topic.

"Lord, the land of Jingnan has been developed since it was obtained by our army, and if it is to be fully developed like Jingbei, it will take at least thirty or fifty years, and this land in the south is ......" Liu Yi smiled bitterly: "It is even more backward than Jingnan, if it is like Jingnan now, ten years and eight years will be about the same, but if it is fully developed, I am afraid it will be longer, and the minister may not be able to see that day in his lifetime." ”

Liu Bei heard this, and stopped asking, although Liu Yi said tactfully, but this topic still made him a little sad, Liu Yi is now in his prime, if there is no disaster or disease, it will not be a problem to live for another thirty or fifty years, whether he can see that day Liu Bei doesn't know, but Liu Bei knows that he must not see that day.

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't speak, Liu Yi also reacted, this was Liu Bei's sadness, and said at the moment: "However, it is not difficult to develop to the current level of Jingnan, and our army takes Nanzhong, one is to pacify the rebellion of the barbarians, and the other is to take its copper, but it is not difficult to do these two points." ”

Liu Bei reluctantly smiled when he heard this: "What Bo Yuan said is for my Han for a hundred years, if there is really that day, my Han will be even more prosperous." ”

Seeing that Liu Bei was depressed, Zhuge Liang stopped the topic with a speech, and said with a smile: "Regarding Bo Yuan's appointment, Liang has discussed with the king and you in the past few days, not only to mine the copper of Nanzhong, but also to avoid inconvenience, so he will set up a new position of Nanzhong Cheng and take a look at the affairs of the four counties in Nanzhong, what does Bo Yuan think?" ”

The four counties of Nanzhong are the four counties of Qiqi County, Zhudi County, Jianning County (Yizhou County) and Yuewang County, Qianwei County is not within the scope of Nanzhong, if you look at it from the map, half of Yizhou is under the command of Liu Yi, but in fact, the population of the four counties in Nanzhong combined, not even as good as the population of a subject country, the entire Shu land, most of the population is concentrated in this area of Shu County.

But nominally speaking, Liu Yi went to Nanzhong this time, which can be said to be a monopoly on power, ruling the four counties, and in terms of territory alone, it can be regarded as a small prince all the way.

"In the past, it's better to be in the name of Shaofu." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "If the status is too high, even if there are no soldiers in their hands, it will make them vigilant, but the manpower and material resources of the four counties need to be mobilized by me, after all, this time I went to Nanzhong, nominally, to collect copper ore to solve the urgent need at the moment." ”

After all, those people really don't take Liu Bei's regime seriously in their hearts, and if they really parachute into the past boss, it is estimated that the possibility of being rejected is extremely high.

"You can make some changes, you don't have to pay attention to government affairs, but the tax burden of the government treasury and the fact that you can bypass the officials of the four counties at any time and directly recruit people from Nanzhong, and if necessary, you have the right to appoint and dismiss officials at the county level and below." Zhuge Liang pondered, Liu Yi's worries were not unreasonable, although he felt that with Liu Yi's ability, even the general affairs of the four counties were enough to be competent, but Liu Yi obviously wanted to be safe, and did not mean to rush forward, so he made some adjustments.

However, although some adjustments have been made, in fact, in terms of official positions, it is equivalent to letting Liu Yi grasp the financial power and the right to appoint and remove personnel in each county, and it is still an overview of the affairs of the four counties, but it has become a little more tactful.

Liu Yi glanced at Zhuge Liang, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Originally, he was going to go to Nanzhong with his family, but now it seems that it is not good to take his family with him before stability, Nanban is the last piece of trouble that threatens Liu Bei's group, as long as this piece is done, the next step is to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

After everyone agreed on some details, Liu Bei ordered Guan Ping to go to Qianwei to garrison first, ready to respond to Liu Yi at any time, as for Liu Yi, it was later, he had to wait for Ma Liang to come, the two of them were not very dangerous, since Liu Yi decided to go, then his own safety was naturally the first place, he not only had to make a defensive suit for himself, but the three hundred elites of the same company should also be fully armed, with inner armor and outer armor, and also equipped with a repeating sleeve crossbow, the range was not far, and there were only three shots, but in the short-range battle, it was more able to surprise.

"Didn't the husband go to Nanzhong this time and say that he would take his concubine with him?" In the evening, Lu Lingqi leaned on Liu Yi's arms, enjoying the heat, and suddenly asked.

"Well, things have changed a bit." Liu Yi shook his head: "When it is settled over there, I will send someone to pick up your mother and son." ”

"In danger?" After Lu Lingqi was silent for a moment, she asked softly, as a wife, she could feel that Liu Yi was different from before.

"I can't talk about it, but the situation is more complicated, not as I thought at the beginning, just suppressing the Nanban." Liu Yi nodded, without much explanation, he didn't want his wife to worry.

Lu Lingqi didn't answer, just turned around and hugged Liu Yi tightly.

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The leisurely days are almost coming to an end, Ma Liang also came over a month after Guan Ping sent troops, and Liu Yi's three hundred elite soldiers plus Guan Xing and Zhang Bao are all well equipped, and their appearance is only more distinct than the armor of ordinary soldiers, but in terms of defensive power, it is far beyond ordinary troops, and the weapons are sharper.

With such a heavily armed army, Liu Yi is confident that he will not be afraid of 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Liu Bei couldn't come forward this time, but as a friend, on the day Liu Yi went on the expedition, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and even Fa Zheng all arrived.

"Be careful on the road, the bag has been put in the car, there are clothes that the husband has changed, there are books that the husband often reads in the wooden box, and there are some dried fruits brought by Jingzhou in a small bag." Lu Lingqi was a little chattering, but there was not much reluctance in her expression, different from the previous feeling, every time she went on an expedition in the past, Lu Lingqi would send Liu Yi to a place where she could not send it again, and that kind of feeling of parting could be deeply experienced.

But this time, although it was also as chattering as before, it gave Liu Yi a slightly different feeling.

"Ma'am, then I'm leaving." Liu Yi looked at Lu Lingqi and asked.

"Husband, go slowly."

"I'm really gone."

"Take care, husband."

Liu Yi got into the carriage and felt a little lost, is it true that the seven-year itch has arrived, the passion has faded, and it has returned to dullness?

But it feels like my wife is crazier than ever in the past few days, and the passion is surging, not like the feeling of no passion? Women are creatures that are sometimes really hard to understand.

Shaking his head, Liu Yi motioned for the carriage to speed up, don't let everyone wait for a long time.

"Little Ring, put on armor for me!" Seeing Liu Yi's carriage disappear at the end of the street, Lu Lingqi took a deep breath and said to the small ring.

"Madam, will it be too dangerous to go to Nanzhong here?" Xiaohuan said with some concern.

"Since the fifth year of Jian'an, I have traveled to the southeast under the pursuit of Cao's army, and there have been no less than a hundred battles, and I have not tasted a single defeat." Lu Lingqi didn't explain anything, just said indifferently.

As he spoke, the previous feeling of grace and luxury disappeared, replaced by a rare heroic spirit, Lu Lingqi at this moment was like a veteran on the battlefield, Xiaohuan couldn't help but be stunned.

"Why don't you put on my armor?" Putting on the armor she sewed by herself, looking at the small ring in a daze, Lu Lingqi frowned.

"Whoa!" Xiaohuan reacted and hurriedly bowed down and agreed......