With the approach of Zhu Ti, the road gradually began to become smoother, not that the people who built the road were lazy, the road here is mostly stepped out, just like what Lu Xun said in the previous life, there is no road in the world, there are more people walking, there is a road.

Guan Xing looked at the village in front of him, looked at the sky, and said to Zhang Bao: "Xingguo, you go and discuss with the people in the village to see if we can camp here tonight?" ”

"Why should I listen to you?" Zhang Bao glared and said with an unhappy face.

"My uncle asked me to be a pioneer." Guan Xing said as a matter of course.

"Ridiculous, what my uncle said at the beginning was that you and I were both pioneers, and there was no priority, so why are you left here?" Zhang Bao said with a disdainful face.

"Even so, I am older than you, my father is also the brother of Uncle Yide, my martial arts are higher than yours, and the commander is better than you, so you should naturally listen to me!" Guan Xing looked at Zhang Bao dissatisfied.

"Ha~" Zhang Bao was furious, and replied: "I will admit that you are old, but this martial arts and art of war has nothing to do with the elderly, and my uncle also said that I am not ambitious in my old age, and I have no ambition to live for a hundred years. ”

"Okay, then today you and I will fight to see who is the elder brother, so that you can know how to talk to the elder brother in the future." Guan Xing lifted the knife on the horse's back and said coldly.

"Just what I want!"

……

"Tinghou, the two young generals are fighting again!" Liu Yi was discussing with Ma Liang what to do next when he arrived in Zhuti County, but he saw a team leader coming over and hugging his fists.

"Madam, go and see, whoever wins, the one who loses will be pulled back and beaten!" Liu Yi shook his head and said to Lu Lingqi: "Give them a wooden weapon." ”

"Hmm." Lu Lingqi nodded in agreement, got off the carriage, rode her war horse and left.

"Why don't you decide on a priority?" Ma Liang looked at Liu Yi suspiciously, not understanding why Liu Yi had not given them a priority after these two little guys had fought all the way.

"I forgot at first." Liu Yi said very calmly that at the beginning, he did ignore this point.

"And then?" Ma Liang was a little speechless, why can this kind of thing be said so calmly?

"I think that's fine." Liu Yi touched his chin and thought: "If there is no accident in the future, the two of them are the pillars of Wang Ting, rather than me forcing them to divide the priorities, it is better for them to solve it themselves, of course, you can't waste too much time, they are commanders and not reckless men, this kind of competition is still forgotten." ”

Ma Liang nodded, he also agreed with Liu Yi's statement, after all, they are all generals in command, and they are not simple brave generals, is it child's play for the commanders of the three armies?

"So, they have to make a decision, but they have to figure out what can solve the problem as quickly as possible." Liu Yi said with a smile.

"Then what if Tinghou comes to break it?" Ma Haoqi said.

"It's simple, since you are a general, you must first be able to point soldiers, in Tiangong Kaiwu, there are many detailed usages of how to point soldiers, how Han Xin ordered soldiers back then, let them calculate it for me, and the fastest one to calculate is the winner." Liu Yi said with a smile.

Although it is not as simple as commanding troops to fight, this is definitely a foundation, and I don't even know how many people I have under my command and whether there are any shortcomings, so what else do you talk about leading troops to fight?

Lu Lingqi soon returned, Zhang Bao obediently ran to discuss the matter of camping with the locals, and Guan Xing was responsible for investigating the Quartet and arranging sentry spies to ensure a stable environment for the large army.

When Zhang Bao, who had a blue nose and swollen face, arrived at the barbarian cottage, he won some sympathy for no reason, and the problem of going down to the village was relatively smooth.

The leader of the barbarian tribe was very enthusiastic and personally brought the strong men of the clan to help.

"These barbarians are quite enthusiastic." Liu Yi looked at the barbarians who were helping to carry goods or timber and smiled.

"They're here to ask for something." Ma Liang said with a smile.

"Huh?" Liu Yi looked at Ma Liang puzzled: "What's the explanation?" ”

"Although the land of Nanzhong is abundant, but because there are too many miasma, farming is not prosperous, so if the various ethnic groups in Nanzhong want to be full, they have to exchange all kinds of rare products in Nanzhong for food, these people help, it is not free, Tinghou will remember to give them some food later." Ma Liang said with a smile.

"Brother Ji Chang, you are also the first time to come to Nanzhong, why do you know so well?" Liu Yi had already looked at Ma Liang and asked.

"It's actually no different from Yamagoe." Ma Liang sighed and said: "These barbarian people, if you want to say simple, it is indeed simple, but they are not stupid, if you break this rule, they will treat you as an enemy." ”

Doesn't that force sales?

Liu Yi didn't like this very much, even if he felt that the Nanzhong barbarians were pitiful and wanted to help them, but such a semi-forced method was difficult to accept.

Although he didn't speak, just looking at Liu Yi's face, Ma Liang could roughly guess his thoughts, and hurriedly persuaded: "This is their rule, if they are unwilling, if they refuse at first, they will be disappointed, but they will not be entangled, but I don't wait to stop them from helping, but I don't want to pay afterwards, that is to break the rules here." ”

When Liu Yi heard this, he felt a little better, although it was still a little awkward, but at least there was a possibility of refusal, and he blamed himself for not understanding the rules at first.

"Alright, let's go around the stockade and take the guards." Liu Yi nodded, took Ma Liang, Lu Lingqi, Guan Xing and a few guards to greet the leader of the tribe and went to their village.

The military camp is only camped nearby, but it is impossible to be next to the stockade, it is inconvenient to come, and it is not easy to worry, and the distance between the two sides is at least ten miles.

In fact, the stockades built by these barbarians in Nanzhong do not have much to commend, at least in Liu Yi's eyes, in addition to sheltering from the wind and rain, they do not even have basic defense power, and the design is full of loopholes, not to mention the army, jackals, tigers and leopards may not be able to prevent it.

"I found one thing, how come I haven't even seen a decent beast along the way?" Liu Yi suddenly looked at Ma Liangdao beside him suspiciously.

"This ......" Ma Liang didn't know how to answer for a while, and he didn't know either.

"Husband, most of the fierce beasts in the mountains are a little wise and know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and generally unless they are extremely hungry, they will rarely collide with crowded places." Lu Lingqi said with a smile, in this regard, she is well-informed.

Liu Yi couldn't help but think of the big tiger that bit Wukong's mother to death back then, and he also had a lot of guards around him at that time, looking at the appearance of the big tiger, it didn't look like he was extremely hungry, couldn't it be ...... Does it have the confidence to win against so many people?

"However, most of the beasts have never eaten people, and I have heard that the beasts that have eaten people will take the initiative to attack people." Lu Lingqi added.

Well, that tiger has eaten people depending on the situation!

The cottage is simple, Liu Yi found that most of the cottages are women and children, and the men have gone to the barracks to help, but the old people are rare, there is no need to ask in this regard, Nanzhong is full of miasma, and there are really not many people who can live to old age.

The patriarch seems to be the longest-lived one in the village.

"Go and have someone bring them some food, and if they have furs or something that they are willing to exchange for the right price, then exchange it with them." Liu Yi turned his head and looked at Guan Xingdao.

"Whoa!" Guan Xing nodded in agreement, turned around and left in the direction of the barracks.

The barbarians in the stockade looked at them as if they were looking at animals, and some daring children would run over and carefully touch his armor or sword, which made Guan Xing very uncomfortable.

"Husband, let's go back." Lu Lingqi looked around, obviously a little unable to stand that kind of gaze, and looked at Liu Yidao.

"Well, wait a minute." Liu Yi's gaze stayed on the totem pole of the stockade for a moment, then nodded.

"This old man!" Liu Yi found one of the oldest elders, pointed to the totem pole and said, "What kind of totem is this?" ”

"Dangkang~" The old man said in a half-baked official voice.

Dangkang, is also a strange beast recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas, shaped like a pig, the whole body is blue, two big ears, there are four fangs in the mouth, in folklore, in the harvest years, when Kang will call his name to appear and dance, generally its appearance, it indicates the arrival of a good year.

Although the totem may not be useful, it can also be seen that the people here are eager for a good year.

The old man doesn't talk too much, with a little numbness in his expression, in such a harsh environment, the old man is the least valued group, no matter how beautiful they are when they are young, but when they are old, in order to be able to provide for more young and strong, the old man is often unwilling to eat more, which is also a kind of helplessness.

Bidding farewell to the old man, Liu Yi took Ma Liang and Lu Lingqi back, along the way, Liu Yi was thinking about some questions, and when he returned to the camp, the outline of the camp had already been erected.

"Go and call the patriarch, and I have something to consult with him." Liu Yi also thought about something along the way, since he wanted to change the status quo of Nanban, but the wealthy clans in Nanzhong were obviously connected to each other, even if he got to Zhu Ti, it might not be meaningful, it was better to start from here and help these small tribes develop to raise and cultivate the foundation on his side.

"Send someone to guard Zhuti, let's not go to Zhuti for the time being, let's just move around here, and send someone to explore the neighborhood and record the arrangement of the barbarians nearby."

"Whoa!" Ma Liang agreed and went to find the patriarch, while Guan Xing arranged for someone to go to Juti.

"This general, are you looking for me?" The patriarch came to Liu Yi's side, and asked with a smile on his wrinkled face.

"Not bad." Liu Yi nodded and said, "I hope to do some construction here to help you farm and increase grain production, I don't know what the patriarch wants?" ”

"You're going to help us?" A wary look flashed across the patriarch's face.

"Well, this official entered Nanzhong this time to help all ethnic groups in Nanzhong develop and prosper and not suffer from life." Liu Yi nodded.

"This ......"