In the ninth year of the Warring States Period, in December, in the depths of winter, the cold wind was bleak, the snow was fluttering, and the sky above the entire Wudu County was a vast white.

Northwest of Xiabiancheng, 100 miles away, Qishan.

A series of mountains and roads between Hanyang County and Wudu County in Liangzhou, now between these rugged mountain roads, many people wear cotton clothes and cotton gloves, digging roads in the ice and snow.

"The stones over there are to be bulldozed with large instruments!"

"This paragraph needs to be filled in!"

"As a regular gallop road, this width has to be opened!"

There are also many officials from the Ministry of Industry supervising the work.

On a high hill on the left flank of the road, there was a barracks, above the barracks.

"Big brother, this time we Bashu War Elephant two legions are afraid to thank you for your righteousness!"

Zhuge Liang stood on the hill of the barracks, looking at the long road repair workers on the winding mountain road at the bottom of the mountain, with a touch of gratitude in his expression.

This is the handiwork of Zhuge Jin, the governor of Bashu.

"Governor Zhuge is righteous, we keep it in mind!"

Chen Zhi and Xu Sheng stood on the edge of the cliff and nodded one after another.

"Hehe, that's all I can do now!"

Zhuge Jin said with a smile: "The cabinet does not allow my governor's palace to open a warehouse to support you without authorization, I can only rely on the hand of the Ministry of Industry to propose to build a road, if we can build a road from Wudu to Hanyang, this is also a good thing for our cabinet, and it can promote the development of Liangzhou in the future, of course, it is a good thing for you now!" ”

He has taken over the livelihood of Wudu and incorporated it into the management system of the Bashu Governor's Palace.

After the end of the battle of Wudu, he proposed to build a large gallop road from Wudu to Liangzhou in the name of the governor of Bashu, which was strongly supported by the Ministry of Industry.

With the Ministry of Industry giving an explanation to the cabinet above the imperial court, his governor's palace did things much more smoothly, and it was implemented in a short period of time, and he provided grain and grass and requisitioned officers and soldiers to build this road, but instead provided a large amount of logistics to the military.

Kill two birds with one stone.

"That's more than a good thing!"

Chen Zhi's eyes lit up: "Not to mention Governor Zhuge for our logistical support, let's just say that this road, if it is repaired, the first benefit will be us, just with this galloping road, it is enough for us to continuously transport troops north, and the speed will be more than doubled, which will be of immeasurable help to us to capture Liangzhou in the coming year!" ”

Between the Wudu Army and Hanyang County, the core of Liangzhou, there is a lack of a Dachi Road that can be reached directly, most of which are small roads and mountain roads, the traffic is very inconvenient, and the march is also very troublesome, which makes it difficult for them to march and cannot transport the main force north in a short time.

If there is a direct gallop road, they will not only transport troops quickly, but also have enough logistics to ensure transportation.

It was a surprise to them.

"Big brother, I heard that this gallop has just been proposed to the cabinet, but you started work ahead of schedule, will it be difficult to explain to the cabinet?"

Zhuge Liang squinted slightly and asked in a low voice.

Zhuge Jin is his elder brother.

At the beginning, the Zhuge family was oppressed by some villains because of the war, and fled from Langya, Xuzhou, after Zhuge died, Zhuge Feng took their Zhuge brothers south to Jingzhou, and later Zhuge Feng also died, and the brothers parted ways in Jingzhou and fell apart.

Zhuge Liang took refuge in Liu Bei in Xinye, and Zhuge Jin went south to Jiangdong, and there was also a Zhuge Jun who went north to Guanzhong, and now there is no news, but Zhuge is a family, all of them are outstanding people, and Zhuge Jun is afraid that he will not be nameless.

Now that the two of them can stand in the same formation now, it is not easy, Zhuge Liang naturally doesn't want Zhuge Jin to affect his future in the cabinet because of this trivial matter.

Zhuge Jin is not comparable to him as a subordinate in the Great Wu Dynasty, and his future is definitely above him.

Zhuge Jin is a promising star in the cabinet today.

He is young, he is young, he has deep roots, as an old courtier from Donghou Mansion back then, he is impeccable in qualifications, he has the ability, control the Bashu Governor's Mansion, and now ranks as the first minister of Xinjiang.

If there is an opportunity in the future, Zhuge Jin may even sit on the throne of the first assistant of the cabinet above tens of thousands of people under one person.

"Kong Ming rest assured, with Liu Ye, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, in front, it is not my turn to carry the pot!"

Zhuge Jin said with a smile: "I exchanged grain and grass for military soldiers to build roads for our Governor's Palace, and even if the cabinet investigates it, it can be justified!" ”

"Will the Ministry of Industry willingly give you the black pot?"

Zhuge Liang frowned.

"Kong Ming, you don't know Liu Ye a little!"

Zhuge Jin said: "If this matter is a black pot for me, the governor of Bashu, but for his Liu Ye's Ministry of Industry, this is a performance, a performance to improve the performance of his Ministry of Industry, our Governor's Mansion is willing to pave the way for his Ministry of Industry, he will naturally not object!" ”

"Big brother, sometimes I can't figure out the system of the Wu Dynasty!"

Zhuge Liang said suddenly.

"Why do you say that?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Jin squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Zhuge Liang's side face.

He knew that his brother was very talented, both in internal affairs and military strategy, he just chose the wrong path at the beginning, and now he is on the right path, which is more than a great achievement.

"I know, in fact, this matter is not your intention alone, if you dare to do this, it must be Your Majesty's will!"

Zhuge Liang was transparent in his heart, if there was no Sun Quan in it, Zhuge Jin would not have the courage to do it against the cabinet, after all, he was an official under the cabinet, and it was no good to work against the cabinet, but if there was Sun Quan's will, it would be different.

What he was puzzled about was: "Your Majesty is above the court, and he definitely has the potential to say nothing, and he says the same, but when he wants to use the Military Aircraft Department, he uses the cabinet to check and balance, and when he wants to make the cabinet make concessions, he must be careful to use your descendants, why is this?" ”

"Because of the rules!"

When Zhuge Jin heard this, he was silent for a while, he understood Zhuge Liang's doubts, and said: "Kong Ming, Your Majesty once said that the Great Wu Dynasty has never been a one-person world, but a world of people in the world, everything pays attention to rules, the family has family rules, the country has national laws, no one can override the rules, even if the person who sets the rules is His Majesty himself, he must abide by it!" ”

"Law?"

Zhuge Liang squinted slightly: "The rule of law is the world!" ”

Sun Quan: Is this exchanging his king's monopoly power for the rule of law in the future?

He suddenly understood.

"Kong Ming, the previous things have now passed, since Your Majesty uses you, he will not suspect you, I believe that you will have a place in the future Military Aircraft Department!"

Zhuge Jin raised his head and looked at the sky: "That's it, it's the only thing my brother can tell you, you are careful and thoughtful, although I am your brother, I can't figure out your thoughts, but I, as your brother, give you a piece of advice, the world is the world of Dawu, if you still have any careful thoughts, I advise you to think twice!" ”

"Brother is afraid that I will betray Da Wu?" Zhuge Liang's gaze flashed with coldness.

"Kong Ming, I haven't said this, what you think so, I'm afraid only you know, I just hope you can think clearly, okay, I can't leave Chengdu for too long, I have to leave today, take care of yourself!"

Zhuge Jin patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder, took a few personal guards and attendants, and left the hill.

"Take care of yourself, too!"

Looking at Zhuge Jin's back as he left the hill, Zhuge Liang's eyes became deeper and deeper.

"Overseer, there's news from Hanyang Jicheng back!"

A personal soldier hurriedly came, wearing a sentence in Chen Zhi's ear, his eyes lit up, he walked up, and said to Zhuge Liang.

"Back to the barracks!"

When Zhuge Liang heard this, his expression was shocked, and he hurriedly said.

The vanguard of the Wu army, a cavalry division and a main army have already gone north to Hanyang, and now they are waiting for news from Hanyang.

After the three of them returned to the barracks, they looked at the sand table and began to discuss.

"I just got the news that the 33rd Division has taken Jicheng!"

Chen Zhidao: "There are only a thousand soldiers and horses in Jicheng, and they are all ordinary county soldiers, they were defeated in one blow, they only took one day to break through, and the 14th Army also came back with news, their main force arrived in Xixian, which is at most five days away from Jicheng!" ”

"Five days is a big variable!"

Zhuge Liang said with a stern face: "We have entered Liangzhou, but the Wei army has also entered Liangzhou, I estimate that their main force will rush to Jicheng before the 14th Army, if the 33rd Division can't hold Jicheng, the 14th Army can't get a foothold, they will be driven out of Hanyang!" ”

"The Wei army has two roads, I'm not worried about this way on the right side of Long, Zhang Ren is not so fast, but Sima Yi's department is in danger, they entered from Guanzhong, although they took a little detour, but the road is relatively flat, if the speed is fast enough, at this time they should pass through Luoyang and enter Hanyang!" Xu Sheng said.

"Now we're competing with speed!"

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed with a sharp and cold light, and said: "The battle of Hanyang must be a bloody battle, whoever can sit firmly in Hanyang, and compete for Zhang in Liangzhou after the spring of the next year, who will be able to control the first move!" ”

"I believe in Meng Huo!" Chen Zhidao.

"I also believe in Meng Huo!"

"Now we can only trust him!"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, looked at Xu Sheng and asked, "Commander Xu, the main force of the War Elephant Legion has entered the Wudu!" ”

"The main force is all going north!"

"You send an army here!"

"The Overseers want to move the Qiang tribe!"

"This is also a road into Liangzhou, I just want to take the road that Zhang Ren once walked!" Zhuge Liang's deep eyes flashed with this essence: "The battle of Liangzhou is inevitable, let's fight a little harder, and take all the forces in Liangzhou at once, including the Qiang tribe, and there is another advantage, when they focus on our frontal main force, the soldiers and horses here may kill them by surprise!" ”

"It's a big deal!"

Xu Sheng nodded: "I'll immediately return to the next defense and transfer troops!" (To be continued.) )