Time flies, and a month flies.

Because Liu Chan's martial arts are gradually on the right track, and his body and bones are getting stronger and stronger, he has already tasted the sweetness, and he no longer needs to be urged when practicing.

Jiang Weiyou let go of a matter of concern, and his focus gradually shifted to Pingqiangce.

Today, he is on duty for six hours a day, and three of them are walking in the office of the Great Sima Mansion.

According to the news from Hanzhong from Guan Ping, the people of Jingzhou have completed the division of fields and began to rush to plant this year's spring grain; When this batch of spring grain is sown, a large number of idle laborers will be left in Hanzhong.

This also means that Zhuge Liang is about to withdraw and go north. He will be in charge of Hanzhong, mobilize this group of laborers to repair the old water conservancy ditches, operate the official railway in Chuyang, and guide agricultural production in the coming year.

Hanzhong will be the base camp of the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty, and it is the consensus of the imperial court to improve its management as soon as possible.

According to what Jiang Wei has seen on weekdays, in recent times, Zhuge Liang has taken Ma Liang with him every day, and introduced his subordinates such as Yang Hong, Wang Lian, Qin Mi, He Yuan and other capable generals to him one by one.

In addition, Zhuge Liang also often summoned him to discuss the details of Pingqiang, and now the details of the regulations of Pingqiang's trip have been gradually improved, and he can go north as long as the materials are in place.

Cao Peng, Ma Jun, the new soldier who took over the baton from Yang Yi, was full of enthusiasm, and in just one month, he had presided over the production of 20 new silk looms; In addition, dozens of weavers from government-run workshops have learned to operate under his guidance.

There is no doubt that this year's government-run Shu brocade output is quite worth looking forward to.

And Jiang Wei's letter to the imperial court to breed carrier pigeons has been supported by the military. The imperial court has allocated a special fund for the purpose of literary cultivation, screening, and training.

Liu Ba's responsibility for shifting prices and cracking down on market speculation has gradually gained eyebrows.

After a period of investigation, the government can probably judge that the imbalance between supply and demand in the market stems from the overdelivery of Shu brocade. Liu Ba then ordered the city officials to investigate the details of the recent Shu brocade transactions, in order to find out who was buying on a large scale.

Unexpectedly, this group of thieves was very cunning, and when the goods were delivered, they all intervened through agents, without revealing the slightest clues, and the clues pursued by the court were interrupted for a while.

Under these circumstances, Liu Ba, who was proficient in the cultivation of goods, could only order the opening of the imperial treasury to replenish the supply of Shu brocade in the market, and strictly ordered that every large transaction must be registered with the city officials.

Inevitably, these lawbreakers set their sights on other goods, and he also took the lead in implementing the City Easy Supervision Law in Shu County according to Jiang Wei's policy, ordering all counties and cities to report large transactions every ten days.

In this way, the imperial court took a two-pronged approach, the market and the government means together, the arrogance of the lawbreakers was extinguished, and the price of Shu brocade in the market fell in response, which gradually eased the upward trend of the price of the rest of the goods.

Although the gang of thieves has not been traced, the problem of people's livelihood has been slowly alleviated.

Therefore, under the joint auspices of Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, and the three principals of Zhuge Liang, Liu Ba, and Ma Liang, all measures were properly implemented, and the situation in Yizhou gradually stabilized.

The sun and the moon are long in Shu, and the Jinguan City in May is full of flowers, and the sun is like fire.

On this day, Jiang Wei finally found time to gather the friends of the Qihe Luo Society to visit the mansion of the Later General Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng in the name of asking for advice.

The trip to Hanzhong is about to begin, and there is not much time left for him, and he wants to take advantage of the fact that he will do the things entrusted by Zhao Yun before leaving.

He also vaguely knew that there was not much time left for Huang Zhong.

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Jinguan City West, Hou General's Mansion, Shooting Range.

Huang Zhong is seventy years old this year, and he can still wield a fifty-pound broadsword and open two three-stone strong bows.

Since following Liu Bei, although he is old, he still charges into battle as a pioneer and fights against the dead, and is praised as the "Three Armies of Courage and Perseverance" because of his invincible attack.

When he fought in Hanzhong last year, he took the opportunity of Xiahou Yuan to divide his troops to rescue Zhang Jaw and personally defend the antlers, led the army to break into the enemy formation, killed Xiahou Yuan, and reached the peak of his life's work.

After the war, Liu Bei appointed him as the general, and Huang Zhong became famous, and immediately recited two sentences of Han Fu:

"Gou Jihan's life and death are too late, and the general will avoid it."

At this time, Huang Zhong's beard was white, standing behind everyone, looking at the young heroes in front of him holding bows and arrows, shouting noisily, about to distinguish the appearance of victory and defeat, he couldn't stop stroking his beard and laughing.

Speaking of which, since the untimely death of his beloved son Huang Xu, the family has not been so lively for a long time.

This is the biggest regret of his life.

Thinking of his beloved son who died early, Huang Zhong couldn't help but sigh softly, but then he thought about it again, life is rare for seventy years, and now that it has happened, what else can't be seen?

It is not in vain to be able to serve the Lord with what he has learned all his life, to establish meritorious deeds in his twilight years, and to go down in history.

What he is most concerned about now is that what he has learned in this body will not go into the ground with him.

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The shooting range of the Hou General's Mansion covers a wide area, with a weapon rack under the eaves and several longbows of different sizes hanging on it; There is a target at the hundred, twenty, and fifty steps outside the eaves, which is what Huang Zhong used to practice martial arts.

He is the chief marksman in Shu and has the reputation of wearing Yang in a hundred steps.

But after the Battle of Hanzhong, because of his health, he lived in seclusion on weekdays and rarely walked around the army again.

Among the juniors who came to visit, only Zhang Bao and the Zhao brothers were familiar with him, and Jiang Wei also had a relationship with him on the day of Yulinwei's big competition; Except for these four people, the rest of them were not very familiar with the old general.

This time, in order to get his approval, all the young generals worked hard and vowed to perform well in front of him.

Especially the arrogant Wei Rong, vying to be the first to perform.

But seeing that he chose a two-stone longbow, he pulled the bow to look at the moon, and after aiming carefully, he suddenly loosened the string, and the arrow went straight to the target a hundred steps away, hitting the red heart!

This hand immediately drew a burst of cheers. Wei Rong smiled, his face colorful.

Next, Guan Xing, the Zhao brothers, Ju Fu, Wang Ping, and Huo Yi were noisy and took turns to perform.

Huang Zhong stood cross-legged, looking at everyone's performances one by one. He had a smile on his face, seemingly plain, but in fact he was unusually attentive.

When he saw Guan Xing and the Zhao brothers shooting, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly, obviously noncommittal about their archery; After a circle, except for Jiang Wei, who had never made a move, only Wang Ping and Huo Yi's archery skills could make him nod slightly, and he could barely be counted into his eyes.

Although Wei Rong is quite accurate, he is too high-flying and jumpy, and he is not suitable for learning profound archery.

Everyone shot one by one, and finally it was the turn of Big Brother Zhang Bao to make the finale.