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After laughing, Chen Qun said: "Since Zhongda has no objection, then in a few days, I will find an opportunity to dedicate this "Nine Products Zhongzheng System" to Wei Gong." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Sima Yi's expression suddenly became very cautious, "Changwen, although this "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" is good, but in my opinion, now is not the time to dedicate it to Duke Wei. ”

Chen Qun was puzzled and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Sima Yi did not answer, but stood up and opened the door and window of the study.

Chen Qun originally came with the heart of a private meeting, since it was a private meeting, naturally there was a conversation that he didn't want outsiders to hear, in his opinion, the doors and windows should have been closed tightly, in case the partition wall had ears, but how did he expect Sima Yi to open the doors and windows with a big face, as if he was unscrupulous.

Chen Qun was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized, he couldn't help but admire Sima Yi greatly, thinking that this is called Gao Ming, the doors and windows are wide open, one seems to be frank and upright, there is nothing unseemly, even if there is a villain on the wall, it is so transparent inside and out, and there is no place for it.

After Sima Yi sat back, Chen Qun looked at him with a smile, and Sima Yi smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's hot and humid, open the doors and windows to breathe." ”

Chen Qun didn't point it out, so he said: "Zhongda said that the time has not yet come, I don't know what the reason is, so it's better to say it directly." ”

Sima Yi didn't sell Guan Zi, and said bluntly: "Changwen's "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System", it is clearly seen that it is to select talents for the country, but as long as you think about it carefully, you will know that this system is tailor-made for our clan to regain power. Although Duke Wei does not suppress our scholars as much as before, he is still very vigilant, and you don't see that under Duke Wei's command, there are still many Han people who are reused. Therefore, if Changwen dedicates this system, Wei Gong will know the deep meaning at a glance, and I guess he will not only not agree, but will also be suspicious of Changwen you. ”

Chen Qun is also a smart person, and after pondering for a moment, he nodded in agreement with Sima Yi's words, but sighed again: "As Zhong Da said, then the "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" that I worked hard to figure out will not be abandoned." ”

Sima Yi stroked his beard and smiled, "Changwen is a generation of wise men, how can he not see through this matter." ”

The more he said this, the more foggy Chen Qun became, he coughed a few times, and said with a wry smile: "Changwen, don't be sarcastic about me, you know that I have always been stupid, you might as well say it clearly." ”

Sima Yi smiled, lowered his voice and said: "The Cao family's generation of Han is an irreversible thing, even if it is not in the Wei Gong's generation, the next generation is imperative." Now although Duke Wei has a lot of jealousy towards the Shi family, but the long article is missing, the attitude of several sons towards the Shi family is diametrically opposed to his father. ”

As soon as Sima Yi said this, Chen Qun immediately understood, and couldn't help but smile and praise: "Zhongda is worthy of Zhongda, or you are far-sighted." Well, yes, several sons have made friends with the Shi family, and whether they are competing for the crown or standing on behalf of the Han in the future, they must win the support of our Shi family. As Zhong Da said, my "Nine Products Zhongzheng System" can wait until then to take advantage of the situation. ”

Sima Yi laughed, waved his hand and said, "This is all what you said in a long article, I haven't said anything." ”

"You, you, 'Mingzhe protects yourself' Sima Yi, you really didn't make a mistake." Chen Qun pointed at him, joking with the words of friends.

…… Soon after, the list of rewards for the king of Hanzhong came down, and Fang Shao was promoted to the deputy general of the military division and appointed Shangshu, this position, Wu was already in Zhuge Liang's military division general, and Wen was on the side of Fazheng's Shangshu order. The rest of Guan Yu and other generals in Jingzhou have also been promoted, but Guan Yu's official status is already quite high, and there is no room for further promotion at the moment, so Liu Bei can only promote the title of Marquis of Pavilion to Marquis of Duting this time.

The official title is a floating cloud for Fang Shao many times, and the most important thing is that he knows that Liu Bei trusts him very much now, and this is enough.

Fang Shao is not as simple as Zhuge Liang, the one hundred gold that Liu Bei rewarded him, except for half of it and gave it to some subordinate officials who were close to him, the remaining fifty catties, he took out all the fifty catties to buy fields, repair houses, and buy jewelry and clothes for the two ladies.

Three days after Fang Shao returned to Chengdu, he heard that Zhuge Liang had returned from a tour of other counties, so he hurried to meet him.

"Zhongzheng, I heard that this time you showed your face in Jingzhou, and I have heard a lot of legends about you in Chengdu."

In the face of Zhuge Liang's praise, Fang Shao maintained a modest demeanor as always, and laughed at himself: "How much ability I have, it's not all taught by you, sir, those rumors outside are all the same." In fact, I just played a little clever, the battle of Xiangfan is still the credit of General Guan and Zilong who fought to the death. ”

Modest people will always give people a sense of reassurance, Zhuge Liang knew that Fang Shao was deliberately "belittling" himself and elevating others, but listening to what he said, he couldn't help but show approval on his face.

After a few months, the relationship between the master and apprentice is still strong, and the atmosphere is as relaxed and happy as ever.

"Zhongzheng, how are you getting along with that Mrs. Sun of yours?" After chatting a few words about national events, as Fang Shao expected, Zhuge Liang still mentioned this matter.

Fang Shao coughed lightly, "Well, it's okay, thank you sir for your concern." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, "You and Mrs. Sun are also fated, and now you can become a family member, sir, I am really happy for you." ”

Fang Shao could hear that Zhuge Liang's words were indeed sincere, Fang Shao guessed that Zhuge Liang mostly remembered the twists and turns between himself and Pang Shanrou, so he was a little envious of himself and Sun Shangxiang.

However, after saying the good words, Zhuge Liang said again: "However, sir, I still have to remind you, although your Mrs. Sun, although she is married to our Han China, she is the sister of Wu Hou after all, and you are one of the trusted courtiers around the king. ”

Zhuge Liang's meaning Fang Shao naturally understood, but he was still afraid that Sun Shangxiang would secretly correspond with his mother's family and leak state secrets to Dongwu.

In fact, with Fang Shaozhi's carefulness, even if he doesn't need to be reminded by Zhuge Liang, he will take precautions, such as Amei and other personal maids brought by Sun Shangxiang from Dongwu, Fang Shao has ordered Ahsan to send someone to secretly monitor, and when he himself is at home, in addition to flirting with the two ladies for fun, he rarely mentions military and political affairs.

"Don't worry, sir, I have my own measure." So Fang Shao replied very simply.

Zhuge Liang mentioned his private life, Fang Shao felt something, and said: "Sir, when you were not there, Mrs. came to my house and chatted with Ah Rong all night. ”

"Oh, what did they talk about?" Zhuge Liang's expression was not unusual, he was very calm and calm.

Fang Shao said tentatively: "Actually, it's nothing, I just heard Mrs. say that Mr. is out on patrol and has not returned home for a long time, she is afraid that Mr. You can't eat or sleep well or something, and she said that she wants Mr. to take a concubine room and renew the incense as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's face couldn't help but change slightly, and the change contained surprise and excitement. However, it was only a fleeting moment, and then he smiled and said very casually: "They are women, and they always like to talk about boring things. Zhongzheng, you have two women in your family, and thinking about you is enough for you. ”

If it were someone else, Fang Shao would not talk about this kind of personal matter at all, but Zhuge Liang's relationship with himself was also a teacher and a friend, from Longzhong to Fancheng, from Fancheng to Xiakou, from Xiakou to Jiangling, and then from Jiangling to Chengdu, this kind of teacher-friend relationship has never changed. Therefore, Fang Shaocai made an exception to say such things.

However, he just clicked to the end and gave Zhuge Liang a hint, as for how Zhuge Liang will deal with it next, it is none of his business.

Fang Shao didn't come here just to talk about family life, after talking about personal matters, Fang Shao took out a drawing and spread it in front of Zhuge Liang.

"Sir, in this battle of Xiangfan, I felt that the cavalry of the Cao army was strong, so I thought that when the king's soldiers left Guanlong in the future, they would inevitably face a huge threat from the cavalry of the Cao army, so I pondered and designed such a thing, hoping to help the king to ride on foot. It's just that I'm really not proficient in this aspect, and I only want to draw a sketch, and I have to ask you to see it first, sir. ”

Zhuge Liang carefully looked at the patterns on the case, and gradually, excitement swelled on his face.

That's right, what Fang Shao showed Zhuge Liang was the sketch of the famous 'Zhuge Crossbow'.

In fact, the so-called Zhuge crossbow is an upgraded version of the traditional Chinese repeater, and the advancement of this new type of crossbow lies in its exquisite repeating mechanism, which allows an excellent crossbowman to fire ten crossbow arrows in fifteen seconds, and the fastest can even reach twelve. This number can already be called an ancient machine gun.

As we all know, one of the advantages of cavalry is speed, the traditional archer against the enemy's cavalry, there is the so-called "no more than three shots" limit, therefore, if you want to resist the impact of the cavalry with arrows, you must need ten times the enemy's strength, or even dozens of times the enemy's strength, relying on the salvo when covering to effectively suppress the cavalry.

And a hundred repeaters can fire a thousand crossbow arrows at the enemy in fifteen seconds, but the same crossbowmen can only fire a maximum of two hundred arrows, five times the rate of fire, just imagine, what a terrifying lethality this will be.

In the past history, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, with a strong cavalry of the Wei regiment, but rarely dared to confront the weak Shu Han infantry corps, in addition to Zhuge Liang's well-trained troops, the mysterious crossbow troops, is also an important factor that makes the Wei cavalry daunting.

"Well, the design of this repeater is indeed very imaginative, but a few key parts are not reasonable enough, if it can be improved again, it will definitely become a magic weapon to restrain the cavalry of the Cao army." After looking at the entire design, Zhuge Liang gave this evaluation.

The corners of Fang Shao's mouth raised slightly, he was waiting for Zhuge Liang's words.

(To be continued)