Cao Cao chose to return to Chang'an, and Xue Rengui immediately retreated to Huaili to join Wei Rui and Ma Chao after Cao Cao returned to Chang'an.

Wei Rui arrived in Huaili first, and after seeing Ma Chao, he apologized and said: "Brother Meng Qi, don't be surprised, we were each our own masters before, and we could only watch Brother Meng Qi be beaten passively." ”

Ma Chao has already decided to take refuge in Zhang Yi, although he is unwilling in his heart, but he can't blame Wei Rui. He is Zhang Yi's confidant, his posture is so low, what can he say?

Ma Chao heartily helped Wei Rui up, let him enter the main seat, and talked with him, talking about Zhang Yi. Ma Chao said: "I have been fascinated by Zhang Zhengdong for a long time, and I don't know when I can meet him. ”

Wei Rui said with a smile: "The battle in Guanzhong will not start for the time being, if Brother Meng Qi wants to see the lord, I can arrange for Brother Meng Qi to go to Shouchun tomorrow." ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he was also a little stunned, he really wanted to see Zhang Yi, but he never thought about it in Shouchun. Because Shouchun was too far away, he didn't want to leave Guanzhong, and he was still a little reluctant to let go of his soldiers and horses.

Wei Rui said: "It can go back and forth from Guanzhong to Shouchun for two months, and Brother Meng Qi doesn't need to worry about anything else." Even General Yan and the others were all sent out after they went to Shouchun. If it weren't for the war in Guanzhong, Brother Meng Qi would need to stay in Shouchun for at least a year, and after completing his studies in the Academy of Martial Sciences, he would be sent out. ”

Ma Chao became even more curious, and hurriedly asked, "What is this Academy of Martial Sciences?" ”

Wei Rui introduced the Academy of Liberal Arts, the Academy of Martial Arts and the workshop set up by Zhang Yi, and then introduced the prosperity of Shouchun, "This is still the Shouchun I saw a few years ago, and now I don't know what it will become!" ”

Hearing Wei Rui's words, Ma Chao couldn't help but look forward to what would happen after going to Shouchun. He has seen places, even Chang'an, he has seen them, but the Shouchun described by Wei Rui is simply a fairyland on earth, and it should not exist in this world.

However, he still had some worries, and he didn't leave immediately, but waited for Xue Rengui to arrive.

Xue Rengui came to Huaili a few days later, and Ma Chao and Xue Rengui asked about Shouchun.

Xue Rengui said: "I went to Shouchun once a year ago, and it was really too big. I can't describe it, so let's talk to you! The places that have developed around Shouchun, such as Hefei City, are also the same as Chang'an. ”

Ma Chao didn't think of Hefei, he thought it was just a small city. In fact, Hefei was really not very big before, and Hefei's original development route was still after the garrison of Zhangliao, and it became a battleground for soldiers.

The place where soldiers have always fought is the north-south thoroughfare, and the development is very good. Otherwise, no one wants to stay here, even if the terrain is good, they are not willing to attack.

"To a city like Hefei, it is said that there will be a lot of Jiangnan." Xue Rengui said again.

Ma Chao is more yearning for the development of Shouchun. He has always lived in the barren Liangzhou, and when he came to Guanzhong, it was basically dilapidated. Chang'an, as the ancient capital of the Twelve Dynasties (twelve Western Han Emperors), was also made into a miasma by Dong Zhuoyu's party.

After being stationed in Huaili for about half a month, Ma Chao saw that Xue Rengui and the others really had no intention of attacking Chang'an, and couldn't help but wonder: "Why did the army stay in Huaili and not attack Chang'an?" ”

Xue Rengui said: "Our army's military rations have been transported for a long time, and they can't support a big war. The battle in Guanzhong affected the whole body, and Cao Cao would inevitably counterattack on all fronts, so he needed to prepare early. ”

Ma Chao said: "Cao Cao's soldiers and horses have been dragged in the pass, how can they fight back?" ”

"In Guanzhong is only part of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, Cao Cao has heavy troops in Nanyang and Runan, and there are also heavy troops in Qingxu Prefecture, if Cao Cao starts a war on the whole front, our army's grain and grass are only enough to support the defense of two lines, and the attack on Guanzhong will face a shortage of food."

Ma Chao is helpless, it seems that he will not be able to go to war this year. So he proposed to go to Shouchun to see it, and Xue Rengui asked him to wait for a few days, and wait for news from the direction of Nanyang before leaving.

A few days later, news came from the direction of Nanyang. Gao Changgong led 5,000 men, starting from Wuguan, conquering Shangxian, Shangluo, and occupying Lantian to deter the southern part of Chang'an, and opened the road to Huaili.

In this way, the grain and grass attack in Huaili does not need to run from Liangzhou, and most of the reduced distances are more than thousands of miles.

Xue Rengui asked Ma Chao to take Pang De and Ma Dai to Shouchun.

Zhang Yi has not played in the past two years, and he is now more in governing the place. After the development of Jia Sixian, Yangzhou is already a fertile field, and a small part of these fields are allocated to individuals, and the rest is still public land.

Zhang Yi now no longer collects taxes on the people near the public field, but lets them serve as farmers, and after they finish planting their family's fields, they go to the public fields to help for half a month, twice a year. The planting and harvesting of the public land is separated from the private land, so that neither the family nor the public land is delayed.

Ma Chao entered Nanyang from Wuguan, and then took a boat all the way to Shouchun. Although Ma Chao once made this kind of big boat, he still had some discomfort and was a little seasick. But I have to admit that the ship is indeed fast.

From the barren land on both sides of Jingzhou to the crops on both sides of Yangzhou, Ma Chao also felt the changes.

Before he arrived in a big city, the ships would stop, and Ma Chao would also go ashore to stroll, and he found that the more he went to Yangzhou, the more prosperous the market was, the more complete the goods sold, and the more generous the people became.

After arriving in Hefei, Ma Chao found that there were many businessmen here who pulled away goods by boat, and brought goods by boat.

The goods here are very complete, the horses from Liangzhou, the Shu brocade from Shuzhong, the silk from Jingzhou, the farm tools from Shouchun, the exotic beasts from Nanzhong, the spices from Jiuzhen, all the commodities that can be produced under Zhang Yi's rule, are all here, and Ma Chao has never heard of them in many places.

When he arrived in Shouchun, Ma Chao met with Zhang Yi and found that Zhang Yi was also a fierce general, and his intuition told him that Zhang Yi was definitely not something that ordinary people could deal with.

Zhang Yi is also observing Ma Chao, this Jin Ma Chao is indeed very good-looking. Among his subordinates, Gao Changgong is the first handsome, Di Qing is the second handsome, and the one who can be compared with Ma Chao may be Zhuge Liang.

Zhang Yi himself is not very handsome, he is not even as handsome as Lu Su, who is a low-grade handsome guy.

"Ma Chao, Force: 99, Strategy: 94, Strategy: 86, Internal Affairs: 71, Education: 62, Diplomacy: 56. Trait: Tiger General. ”

Ma Chao is still okay in strategy, but there are some holes in education and diplomacy. Education is about the next generation, and the education of 62 points can best educate ordinary people, no wonder there is no information about his descendants later!