Although there were only 300 guards, in fact, Liu Yi was accompanied by Ma Liang, Ma Yan, Zhao Guang, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and a hundred craftsmen, and the guards sent by each family to accompany him, and there were as many as seven or eight hundred people and dozens of chariots and horses, and the marching speed was naturally not fast.

"Ji Chang, you said you brought a warrior, where is his person now?" Out of the way. It's been a few days, but the warrior Ma Liang said hasn't seen it, which makes Liu Yi a little curious.

"Tinghou don't be in a hurry." Ma Liang smiled and said: "This person has now gone to Zhuti County first, and he has also brought fifty Wuxi warriors on this trip, if he comes to the army, it will inevitably attract attention, so I asked him to go to Zhuti County first." ”

Liu Yi nodded, looked at the map, and said with a wry smile: "I heard that this place in Nanzhong is full of miasma and the terrain is complicated. ”

Shuzhong road, he also built two, one is from Jiamengguan to Nanzheng, the other is Jingzhou to Ba County, as for to Nanzhong, although I thought about building a road before, but it was too late in time, after getting out of the Shuzhong Plain, this road became rugged and difficult to walk, many places are the kind of plank road that I don't know how many years, wooden planks are put together, the carriage can't pass at all, and can only rely on people to carry the accompanying materials, this road is probably the worst road Liu Yi has taken over the years, When I entered Shu from Jingzhou, the road was better than this.

"Tinghou has the ability to turn decay into magic, and if you go to Nanzhong, you will definitely be able to improve." Ma Liang smiled.

"Hey, don't you want to praise me like this, there are a lot of problems on this trip." Liu Yi shook his head and sighed, he is not an immortal, although he has not gone to Nanzhong yet, but according to the current information, not to mention the rest, just to make the roads in the counties of Nanzhong smooth, it will take several years to build roads, not to mention that the problems faced by going to Nanzhong are not just as simple as road repair and construction.

"This Zhuti County belongs to the territory of Qianwei, and I have ordered someone to go to Qianwei County to choose a guide who is familiar with the road, I don't know where Tinghou is going to Zhuti County this time, where are you going to start?" Ma Tan asked.

"First set up the Shaofu Mansion in Nanzhong, and it is more difficult to transport materials from Shuzhong, compared to the other three counties, this Zhuti County is relatively more stable, I plan to establish bricks, cement, smelting and other places here to provide some material preparation for the future reconstruction of Nanzhong, and send people to explore the location of copper ore veins, this is our nominal purpose here, although it is not a real purpose, but only in this way can others be relieved of their guard, and the next thing can be done." Glancing at Ma Jian with appreciation, Liu Yi found that Ma Jian was actually a very capable and sensible person, and anything that was handed over to him could be completed quickly, and the issues that should be considered could also be considered.

"I think it......" Ma Tan looked at the map and said with a smile: "Since the Tinghou wants to use trade to get closer and satisfy the relationship, he can use this matter to establish a trade with the various ethnic groups in Nanzhong, not only limited to copper mines, but also various medicinal materials, timber, etc. ”

"If that's the case, I can guarantee that the Nanzhong Hao clan will soon unite." Liu Yi shook his head, the idea was very good, but it was a little unrealistic, and he frowned: "We have no foundation in Nanzhong, if we just arrived in Nanzhong, we will only make the gentry of Nanzhong hostile." ”

"We have to eat the food in one bite, and the road must not be taken one step, what we have to do now is to first establish a good foundation in Nanzhong, at least some people can support us and accept us, and then the next step is to start!" Liu Yi gave Ma Jian a dried fruit and smiled.

Although he is a lot more capable, he is still a little impatient, and he still has to grind it.

"What I'm more concerned about now is who are the wealthy families in the South and Central area?" Liu Yi looked at Ma Liang, he was in charge of intelligence gathering in this area.

"There are quite a few, but most of them are attached to the Yong's!" Ma Liang smiled.

"Yong's?" Liu Yi looked at Ma Liang and asked, he didn't even know that he had this surname.

Ma Liang nodded and said, "Has Tinghou ever heard of Shifang?" ”

Liu Yi thought for a while and nodded, "Yongya? ”

"Not bad." Ma Liang said with a smile: "Yong's is after Yong's tooth, in Yizhou, Yong's is a big surname, and it is quite trustworthy in this southern land. ”

Ma Liang said that Yizhou is not the whole Yizhou, but refers to Jianning County, before this called Yizhou County, after Liu Bei entered Shu, he felt that this Yizhou County and the whole Yizhou had the same name, some bad, so it was changed to Jianning County, which is also the largest county in Nanzhong, the most populous place.

"Then this time our opponents, does it include this Yong's?" Liu Yi asked with a smile.

"I don't know about this subordinate official." Ma Liang shook his head and smiled, theoretically speaking, since the Yong clan is a big clan in Nanzhong and has a lot of power, most of the problems in this Nanzhong land are inseparable from the Yong clan, but this kind of thing, before there is no evidence, it is best not to talk nonsense, if you say it right, it is not good, and if you say it wrong, you will provoke people.

Liu Yi naturally knew this truth, so he didn't ask any more questions, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Order us to pay more attention to this Yong clan in Nanzhong." ”

"Whoa!"

In March of the 25th year of Jian'an (220 years of the park), the coins in Shuzhong were missing, and Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, ordered Liu Yi, the Shaofu, to lead the post of Nanzhong Cheng and lead the craftsmen to Nanzhong to find copper ore coinage to alleviate the current coin crisis in Shuzhong.

Nanzhong, Jianning.

Yonghong looked at the letter from Shuzhong, frowned, looked at the staff next to him and said: "Liu Yi, I heard that he is a powerful person, this time he went to Nanzhong, is it really just for copper mining?" ”

After Liu Bei occupied Shuzhong, Yonghong saw that Liu Bei was powerful and took the initiative to vote for Liu Bei, but in fact, from Liu Bei to the present, Nanzhong's taxes have always been in a state of making ends meet, Liu Bei's side not only can't receive the taxes handed over by Nanzhong, but has to post a lot of money to this side every year, even if the Taishou is changed, the economic lifeline of Nanzhong is controlled by these Nanzhong wealthy families, and the county Taishou is either a person from Nanzhong, or it is overhead, don't look at these Nanzhong sergeant clans are nothing at all when they are put outside, except for Yong's, The scholars outside may not recognize his status, but in this southern land, he is a real emperor of the soil.

Just as Shuzhong is isolated from the outside, Nanzhong also has its own small circle, which does not buy Liu Bei's account too much, but only nominally belongs, but in fact, Liu Bei's control over Nanzhong is not high.

"I don't know if it's just for copper mining, but even if it's only for copper mining, this copper in the south, the lord is really willing to let go?" The staff asked rhetorically with a smile.

"Humph!" Yonghong was a little annoyed: "What if you don't want to?" If there is really a war, then Liu Bei sent a large army, how can we resist it? ”

"What if Liu Yi can't get to Nanzhong?" The staff laughed.

"Liu Yi is not an official in the past, and he is quite favored by Liu Bei." Yonghong shook his head and said, "If you really kill someone, I'm afraid it's ......."

"It doesn't have to be the lord to do it himself, this place in the south and the middle of the country, there is a lot of miasma, if Liu Yi himself strays into the miasma......" Speaking of this, the staff paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Liu Bei regards himself as benevolent and righteous, and he can't be angry with the lord because of this." ”

"Oh?" Yonghong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at the staff and said, "How can there be such a good thing, then Liu Yi is like Nanzhong, I heard that he has hired a guide." ”

Speaking of this, Yonghong suddenly looked at the staff and said, "The guide is your person?" ”

"It's not." The staff shook his head: "But if you want people to sell their lives, you don't necessarily have to be loyal to me." ”

"That's fine." Yonghong nodded, and probably understood the thoughts of the staff, it was nothing more than coercion and temptation, these methods were done, but they were really useful: "In this case, this matter will be handled by you, remember not to let the king of Hanzhong suspect us." ”

"Don't worry, lord!"

……

When Liu Yi arrived in Jiangyang, it was already early April.

did not rush into Nanzhong, but temporarily rested in Jiangyang, and ordered someone to find Qianwei Taishou.

"Xiaguan see Tinghou." Qianwei Taishou bowed to Liu Yi, bowed and said, "I don't know what happened to the Pavilion Marquis calling the officials here?" ”

"I want to know something about this Nanzhong." Liu Yi smiled and stretched out his hand to help the other party up and said: "Tai Shoujiu is here, next to Nanzhong, and knows Nanzhong better, when Biyi knows better." ”

"Tinghou, excuse me." Qianwei Taishou is a very serious person, and he speaks and does things with a clear look.

"The others can be led by the guide, but I need to know the distribution of miasma in this south-central area." Liu Yi pondered.

This time into Nanzhong, the most important problem is not anything else, but this miasma problem, whether it is the Nanzhong Hao clan or the Nanban, that kind of is people, it is people, they can communicate, they can fight, anyway, there will always be a solution to the problem, but if you accidentally run into the miasma, in the face of this natural force, it is really powerless, so this time into Shu, the most important point is to ensure that you will not accidentally break into the miasma, some miasma has a smell, it is easy to be able to detect it, but miasma is just a general term, Some are simply colorless and tasteless, and when they encounter this, they may not know what happened when they die, so Liu Yi must first determine the location of the distribution of these miasma, and if he can, it is best to learn how to avoid miasma in Nanzhong.

After all, the ancestors of the Nanzhong barbarians have lived here for generations, and there must be some ways and experiences to avoid the miasma.

"It's not difficult." Qianwei Taishou thought for a while and said, "There are a few Nanzhong barbarians under the command of Xiaguan, so you can let them draw maps and teach them some experience. ”

"That's very good." Liu Yi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then thank you Taishou, I helped a lot." ”

"Tinghou, don't we have a guide?" Ma Jian looked at Liu Yi and wondered.

"The most important thing in this march is to reduce the dangers you may encounter, people will deceive people, but learning what is in your stomach will not deceive you." Liu Yi shook his head and smiled.