In order to prevent Lu Yuan from arresting people in the city at will, Liu Yi asked Zhao Guang, Chen Ergou, and Liu Sandao to lead 300 men and horses to inspect the cities in the name of inspecting the place, in the name of maintaining law and order, but in fact, to avoid Lu Yuan and those big clans from messing around.

Beginning on the third day, Lu Yuan sent those people back one after another, in order to avoid mistakes and omissions, Liu Yi asked Guan Xing and Zhang Bao to be responsible for bringing out these populations, and the three counties of Zhuti, the population that was arrested for resisting taxes and not paying taxes, there were more than 9,000 people, accounting for almost a quarter of the thirty percent household registration, and they were all young and strong.

What a damn human heart!

Standing on the top of the arrow tower that had just been built on the earthen wall, Liu Yi silently looked at the prisoners who were sent in from the outside, and did not challenge Lu Yuan because of this, and asked what these people were doing, there was no answer, and some of them could not be taken out, even if everyone's hearts were like mirrors, but Liu Yi's goal was not Lu Yuan, and he couldn't tear his face because of this incident.

These people who were named criminals were gathered by Guan Xing and sent to the outside of the city, Liu Yi was ready to build a walled city by the river outside the city, although the current conditions were limited, but at least it would be more like a county town than this earthen city, Liu Yi did need a lot of labor to help him cut down trees and dig the foundation.

"We're pretty much done with the coins we brought." Ma Liang stood beside Liu Yi and sighed, Shuzhong's finances are tight, the money allocated to Liu Yi this time has been almost used when he helped those barbarians build a walled city, and if he builds a city again, he is afraid that he will not be able to come up with so much money.

"Yes." Liu Yi nodded, the budget has been exceeded, Liu Bei's side is busy with the matter of becoming emperor next year, and it is difficult to squeeze out his side again, but Liu Yi believes that although Zhu Ti may not have too much money in hand, there is no problem in building a comprehensive walled city. With this, it will not be a problem to have friendly exchanges with the barbarians in Zhuti's area or even to absorb some barbarians within this year.

In fact, the so-called barbarians are already semi-sinicized, they have their own totems and beliefs, but they use the Han language, and they speak more like the dialect in the Chinese dialect, so to assimilate the barbarians into the Han people, Liu Yi feels that at least in Zhuti, you can take a milder route and don't need to be too strong.

Ma Liang naturally knows what Liu Yi is talking about, but whether he can succeed or not, Ma Liang is not too confident, for the concept of the barbarians in the south, in Ma Liang's heart, it is basically equated with the Hu people in the north.

Who would have thought that in that beautiful environment, the sinister inside is enough to strangle most of the creatures in this world, maybe the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are, right?

"Husband, it's time for breakfast." Lu Lingqi came to the city with a lunch box and shouted at Liu Yi standing on the arrow tower.

"Oh~" Liu Yi replied and looked down at his beautiful wife...... Not really.

The process of handover was harmonious, but Liu Yi's step has already made Zhu Ti's big families, including Lu Yuan, vigilant, they find that the power in their hands is constantly weakened, and the interests are constantly disappearing, although Liu Yi has not done anything out of the ordinary, but in fact, it has caused them great harm.

Like all the filth hidden in the darkness, they will not see the light after all, and the moment the light falls, what they rely on and are proud of will quickly dissipate in the sun, and the sun does not even need to be deliberately directed at them.

"Together?" Liu Yi looked at Ma Liang and asked with a smile.

"No, Tinghou will go by himself, Youchang will come back today, and I will eat with him." Ma Liang shook his head with a smile, and after greeting Lu Lingqi, he left by himself.

"It has been nearly a year since my husband came to Nanzhong, but in this year, there has been no war, and Nanzhong does not seem to be as chaotic as the outside world rumores." Lu Lingqi and Liu Yi are eating food in a house, her craftsmanship is now quite good, at least Liu Yi is more satisfied, originally Lu Lingqi was ready to come to help Liu Yi, but things seem to be different from what she thought, Lu Lingqi is a little confused, in this case, why not come over as a family?

"A war without gunpowder is sometimes more dangerous than killing on the battlefield." Liu Yi shook his head and smiled, now that Lu Yuan probably noticed it, he sent someone to find Master Zheng, naturally he couldn't hide Liu Yi's ears and eyes, but Lu Yuan couldn't get up, and now Zhu Ti's situation has been controlled by Liu Yi, and then Jianning, Qiqi, and Yuewang are the places that Liu Yi really needs to pay attention to.

"Gunsmoke?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi curiously.

"It's a beacon." Liu Yi thought about it and smiled.

Lu Lingqi nodded thoughtfully, in fact, she can also detect some, but she is not in it, she doesn't know too much, Liu Yi will not deliberately hide it from her, but there are some things, as a wife, it is best not to ask, Liu Yi will not harm her, and she is smarter than her, these things, Liu Yi is in charge.

After eating breakfast, Liu Yi continued to ask Guan Xing to count the number of people, about the design of Zhuti New City, it is much more complicated than the previous walled city for the barbarians, digging the foundation is not as simple as digging a big pit directly, the drainage system is now almost the standard configuration of Liu Yi's building, many scholars from Jingzhou are not very satisfied with the living conditions in Shudi, but it is a pity that Liu Yi has no time to build a city now, at least before the matter of Nanzhong is settled, Liu Yi is impossible to return to Shuzhong, even if Liu Bei's emperor ceremony is absent, let alone help people build a city.

He also thought about building a city in Nanzhong, but the terrain in this area of Zhuti is not suitable for building a big city, and the geographical location is not a place where a city needs to be built, judging from the map, Jianning seems to be more suitable, in addition, there is also the construction of roads, and the transformation of Nanzhong can not be completed overnight.

The loss of a large amount of labor naturally caused dissatisfaction among the big families in Zhuti, but they obviously didn't have time to trouble Liu Yi now.

In the winter of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, in mid-November, the Tang wolf Hao clan was suddenly killed by the barbarians who had always had a good relationship, and after three days, the Zhang clan and the Wu clan of Hanyang also followed in the footsteps of the Hao clan, and in just half a month, the Zhu Ti family was almost slaughtered by the angry barbarians.

"Tinghou, it's not good!" Lu Yuan ran to Liu Yi's construction site in a panic, knelt down in front of Liu Yi, and wailed: "The barbarians are reversed, reversed!" ”

"What's going on?" Liu Yi glanced at Lu Yuan and said indifferently: "Get up and speak, rejuvenate the country, and pour him a bowl of water." ”

"Whoa!" Zhang Bao took the water bowl from the brute beside him and handed it to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was not polite, raised his neck and drank a bowl of water in one go, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and said to Liu Yi: "Tang Wolf, Hanyang and the barbarians around Zhu Ti suddenly rebelled for some reason, and the big families outside the city were almost slaughtered. ”

"Have the people of the two counties ever been slaughtered?" Liu Yi frowned and asked.

"That's not true, these barbarians are only targeting the gentry from all over the world, and they are not embarrassing the people." When Lu Yuan said this, he also felt a little strange, I don't know who gave the tax book collected by the imperial court over the years to the barbarians, and it also became the root cause of this barbarian rebellion, but this barbarian rebellion did not hurt the people, it was impossible to be completely unharmed, but basically the people did not suffer much, and the most seriously damaged were the big families in the Zhuti area, which were almost slaughtered.

"Got it, send someone to Qianwei County to transfer General Guan Ping's garrison." Liu Yi nodded and said, "Let's settle this disaster first." ”

Lu Yuan felt that something was wrong, but at this moment, his fear of the barbarian rebellion overwhelmed everything, and he nodded at the moment, with the Han army in charge, at least he could have a more sense of security psychologically.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was about to leave, Liu Yi stopped him: "Don't worry, not at this time, there is still something for you to do." ”

"Pavilion Marquis, please command." Lu Yuan bowed and said.

"Inform Zhu Ti of those big families, I want to build a walled city here to resist the barbarian army, but there is a shortage of money, you go and consult with them, I want 50 million money, let them help me prepare." Liu Yi said indifferently.

"This ......" Lu Yuan's face was a little dark, fifty million was not a small number.

"In extraordinary times, you wouldn't think that such a dirt city would be able to stop the barbarian army, would you?" Liu Yi looked at Lu Yuan and said indifferently: "This new city is established, and they can also move in." ”

"Whoa!" Lu Yuan sighed, and finally sensed that something was wrong in his heart, who else could send these news to the barbarians unknowingly, and who else could convince the barbarians? And only Liu Yi has this reason to do this.

But just like Liu Yi didn't break their dirty things, even if he knew about this kind of thing, without evidence, he couldn't talk nonsense, and it was easy for Liu Yi to be charged with slandering Shangguan, not to mention that this matter was originally their fault, and if they really made trouble, they would suffer in the end.

Since Liu Yi entered Zhu Ti, including Lu Yuan, all the big households in Zhu Ti have been eaten to death by Liu Yi, and all the big households have been served in one pot without making a sound, and they have no responsibility for themselves, which is really a good means and a ruthless mind!

Turning around, he glanced at Liu Yi with some fear, Lu Yuan felt that he couldn't continue to stay here, and if he continued like this, he would be killed by Liu Yi sooner or later.

"Anguo." Watching Lu Yuan leave, Liu Yi turned his head and looked at Guan Xing.

"In!" Guan Xing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"Take a few people, go on a trip, see if these barbarians can still be used by me, if they can, let them send back the money they stole from each household, if not, don't conflict with them, safety first, I have my own plans!" Liu Yi looked at Guan Xingdao.

"Whoa!"