At this time, Zhuge Liang also smiled and said:

"Just about to report to the lord to know, a few months ago, Boyo recommended Ma Jun to the minister, and his people invented the silk loom, which doubled the weaving efficiency of Shu brocade, and now the output of Shu brocade has increased greatly. This time Boyo promoted the exchange of silk for horses, which was really beneficial to the imperial court! ”

When he said this, he suddenly remembered something, pondered for a moment, and asked:

"Did you say that the place where the horses and silk were delivered was located in the Wudu Field?"

"Exactly!"

Zhuge slowly bowed his head and turned to Liu Bei and said:

"I just talked about appeasing the Yizhou family, but the minister had an idea this time...... The Qiang people have a large number of Di people, but the output is not much, and there is a great demand for Han treasures. Why didn't the lord issue an edict to allow the Yizhou family to participate in the commercial affairs of Wudu Rongchang? In this way, there are at least two advantages: first, the big family can profit from it, and it should be able to compensate for the loss of their tenant slaves; Second, the Wudu field became more and more prosperous, and the imperial court could extract commercial taxes to supplement the state. ”

Liu Bei said: "This honest old man has become a country, so I will do it accordingly!" ”

Zhuge Liang bowed down and said with a smile: "Then please tell me about this second matter?" ”

Jiang Wei nodded, hugged his fists and said: "This second major event is that Wu Dai, the head of the Xihai Alliance, agrees to accept the canonization of the lord, and will be driven by the lord in the future!" ”

Liu Bei was stunned.

Xihai's agreement to sell the horse was enough for him to be overjoyed, and Zhi Wudai's initiative to surrender was even more unexpected than he expected. After all, the power of the imperial court is limited to Yizhou, and it can't reach as far as the Xihai grassland.

By the time Jiang Wei roughly explained the ins and outs of the matter, Zhuge Liang was already smiling and clenching his fists to congratulate:

"Boyo's trip to Pingqiang made Di Rong come and surrender one after another, and he also got a strong reinforcement for his northern expedition. This shows that the power of the Han Dynasty is still there, and the Lord's destiny is in his body, congratulations to the Lord, congratulations to the Lord! ”

Before Liu Bei could react, Jiang Wei also knelt on the ground, and said:

"The minister is going to ask the lord to become a great unification as soon as possible, to be enthroned as the emperor, and when there is a change in the world, that is, to lead the ministers to the north of the Central Plains and restore the Han Dynasty!"

Liu Bei glanced at Zhuge Liang and said with a smile: "You two are really heroes, and you see the same thing." ”

He was interested in teaching, so he asked, "In my opinion, when is the best time to go on a northern expedition?" ”

Jiang Wei said categorically: "Cao Wei re-centralized, and 200,000 Chinese troops were stationed in Luoyang and Xuchang. The Chinese army went west, and it could reach Guanlong in ten days; To the south, half a moon can reach Jianghuai and Jingxiang. Therefore, if our army wants to go on the Northern Expedition, it must first use Sun Quan to limit the main force of Cao Wei's Central Army, and only in this way can we take advantage of the weakness and annex Yongliang in one fell swoop, so that it is a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition! ”

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, he thought that Jiang Wei's answer would be similar to Zhuge Liang, it was nothing more than Donghe Sun Quan, taking the opportunity to go on a northern expedition, but Jiang Wei actually said that he used Sun Quan to contain Cao Pi, and he only felt very fresh for a while.

Even Zhuge Liang showed a look of daring interest, but seeing him pondering for a moment, he twisted his beard and said:

"Actually, what Boyo said, I have already said in Longzhong's countermeasures. In my original plan, if Jingzhou was not lost, General Guan could send troops directly to capture Luo and Wan. This is the place of Cao Wei's henchmen, he will definitely command the army to resist, so that Guanzhong must be empty, and the lord can personally command the army, across the Qinling Mountains, and attack Guanlongxi Liang, as if probing the bag to take the ear. ”

After a pause, he suddenly sighed again: "It's just that now Jingzhou has been lost, Sun Quan is a subordinate to Cao Cao again, and Wei Wu is now a family, it is rare for Sun Quan not to attack me, how can I use him to contain Cao Pi's main force?" ”

In fact, this is the benefit of being a human being.

Jiang Wei's soul in the previous life told him that after Cao Pi ascended the throne, he had made three southern expeditions to Eastern Wu, and each time he was more serious than the other. For the last time, the two sides mobilized almost all their forces and all famous generals to participate, and a full-scale war broke out on the eastern, central, and western fronts.

But on this point, he could not tell it directly, so after a little contemplation, he said:

When Cao Cao died, he ordered all the troops to perform their duties and not leave their posts without permission. Now that Cao Pi is in power, how can he tolerate that all the authority in the army is held by his father's old subordinates? And the people he relied on were only a new generation of clans such as Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Xiahou Shang, and now these people are not famous and their merits are shallow, so he needs to launch various wars, borrow wars and merits, and complete the transfer of military authority. ”

"What the minister heard with his own ears when he was in Xiliang, Cao Zhen asked for peace with the four counties of Hexi, supervised all the affairs of Yongliang, and integrated the authority of the Western Army, and saw that he was already the pillar of Cao Wei's new generation of army, which was enough to confirm the minister's speculation. And today, the kings of Hao, Fuyu Shan Yu, Yanqi, and Khotan have all sent their own envoys to contribute, and now the only people who can be called Cao Pi's opponents are the lord and Wu Hou. It's just that my Yizhou mountain is high and far away, and it is inconvenient to attack, and the only place where I can suddenly get military achievements is Soochow. This is one of them! ”

Seeing that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang both showed expressions of attentive listening, Jiang Wei couldn't take his eyes off it, and continued at a faster pace:

As for the matter of Marquis Wu bowing down to Cao Wei and proclaiming his ministers, the ministers have a different understanding. Wu Hou, far-sighted and ambitious, is he a subordinate of Jiugan? He surrendered Cao Wei just to avoid the enemy's situation when he took Jingzhou, but it was just a temporary plan. But Cao Pi is also a masterpiece in the world, Wu Hou can deceive him for a while, but he can't deceive him for a lifetime. ”

"When the minister was in Tianshui in the past, he heard that Cao Pi was an indulgent person in his bones, and he couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes. But there is no mercy on those who fail him! For example, at the beginning of the year, after Wei Jiang was released, he visited Cao Cao's mausoleum, but Cao Pi ordered someone to paint the state of Junhou Zhanke, Pang De's anger, and Yu Ban's surrender, and after Yu Ban saw it, he died of illness in shame; I also heard that when Cao Pi was the prince in the past, he tried to borrow money from his uncle Cao Hong, but Cao Hong did not allow it, and was jealous of Cao Pi, and now he often provokes because of private matters, which makes Cao Hong tremble and walk on thin ice; What's more, he treats Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, the two siblings who are competing with him, extremely harsh! ”

"Cao Pi has such a temperament, when he appreciates a person, he is naturally like honey blending oil, icing on the cake; If you hate a person, you will ignore it and inflict it on him with the wrath of thunder! When he saw through the appearance of Wu Hou bowing down to his subordinates and secretly acting on his own, it was when the Wei-Wu conflict broke out in full swing, and at that time, it was also the best time for our army to work hard and take Guanlong in the north! ”

These words were sprinkled, and at first glance they seemed to be full of nonsense, but Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had worked with Jiang Wei for a long time, and they knew that he was not a person who spoke endlessly, and there were many examples in his words to prove that the world is impermanent, and it may be true as he said.

The moment is all in deep thought.