"Speaking of combat strength, I can tell you that the Huns, who were defeated by our Han army, have fought against the Great Qin army, and have defeated them many times, and are advancing towards the hinterland of Great Qin.

The Huns who were defeated by us could defeat them, let alone our Han army? ”

Liu Zhang glanced at the surrounding soldiers and said in a deep voice: "So the war does not depend on the excellent armor and sharp swords, but on the fighting will of the generals and soldiers. ”

"The Han army is mighty, invincible, and invincible."

The soldiers standing guard around roared, and the civil officials also exchanged their heads and ears, all of them were triumphant, and Fa Zheng stood at the top and looked at it with a smile, wondering how he, the lord, knew so many things.

You must know that Liu Zhang has been a state pastor for six years, and he has never been out of Chengdu, not even the state pastor's mansion, but now he seems to know everything about the Great Qin State.

Coupled with the printing chair, table, mahjong, poker, etc., the law is getting more and more strange.

Of course, Liu Zhang would not think that the soldier's will determines everything, in the era of cold weapons, the soldier's will accounted for the vast majority of the combat power, but it is by no means all, armor and weapons are equally important.

It's just to encourage the soldiers, of course, the more idealistic the better.

It was more than a hundred years after the Huns really defeated the Romans, but now it is true that the Huns are migrating to Europe, so Liu Zhang's statement is not wrong.

The Han people have a central ideology, and Liu Zhang can't make trouble, so if he says something pandering, if he praises how powerful the Romans are, he will definitely be unanimously condemned, and he can't do it.

According to the analysis of many historians, the Han Dynasty was the strongest country in the same period, which Liu Zhang agreed, but the ruler is long and short, and the overall strength does not mean that everything is strong, not to mention the rise of an empire, there must be his reasons, Rome is a centuries-old empire, it is impossible to live without him.

Qu Xi was a little embarrassed, and even Liu Zhang said the same, as if he was a traitor alone, listening to the calls of the soldiers around him, Wenchen whispered, he couldn't walk, and stood motionless.

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Gongzi Qu, no matter what, you are interested in offering this armor and short sword to our Sichuan army, but if you want our Sichuan army to equip these, I'm afraid it's not realistic, although these things are excellent, but they are very expensive, except for this kind of chain mail, which is cheaper than our chain mail, better than fish scale armor, but you can have a little equipment, as for the rest." ”

Liu Zhang shook his head and said that he would not buy these equipment from Quxi.

"Your Excellency misunderstood." Qu Xi bowed and said: "Qu Xi offered these, not to Hou Ye to buy these armor blades, purely to offer to Hou Ye, if I have the financial resources to build it, if there is no financial resources, Quxi has a way, or Hou Ye can use a smaller price, let the Sichuan soldiers wear these armor and use these swords." ”

"Oh? What's the solution? Liu Zhang asked curiously.

Qu Xi straightened his robe and was about to kneel, but at this moment, the protocol proclaimed loudly: "Yin Bai, the son of the Yin family in Chengdu, has a heavy gift." ”

Qu Xi frowned: "Is this guy coming to raise the bar again?" ”

Then I saw Yin Dahan and Yu walked in proudly, with a wave of his hand, the two family members brought two plates covered with red cloths, and when the red cloth was lifted, they were all yellow gold.

"The grass people meet the emperor." Yin Bai saluted Liu Zhang and glanced at Qu Xi defiantly.

Liu Zhang always felt that it was impossible for a businessman like Quxi to simply give a gift, and he would give it so chic. I haven't figured out the reason why Qu Xi sacrificed those armors, Yin Bai came out to stir up the situation at this time, and he was already dissatisfied, but when he stepped forward to see it, it turned out to be two plates of gold, heavy but heavy, but nothing new.

Of course, Liu Zhang likes gold, and made a windfall by raiding his family and exterminating the clan in Xiangyang, but it was all used for the reconstruction of Jingzhou, and now the internal affairs of Yizhou have just started, and Liu Zhang is also short of money.

But lack of money is one thing, Liu Zhang is actually very afraid of business backlash against politics, so now when business has not yet risen, he opposes businessmen giving expensive gifts to officials, of course, he must lead by example.

This Yin Bai sent so much gold, although it just solved the urgent need, but it was not pleasant.

"Thank you Yin Gongzi for your heavy gift." Liu Zhang waved his hand, and two servants entered with gold plates.

Yin Bai looked at Liu Zhang's face, and probably saw that Liu Zhang was not satisfied, and smiled: "Uncle Huang, what the grass people said about the heavy gifts, but they don't mean this gold, Uncle Huang is open-minded, Yizhou's economy is booming, these gold are just a little meaning, the real heavy gifts are outside." ”

"Oh?" Liu Zhang glanced at the honest Yin Bai, and saw that this big man had a smug look on his face, which seemed to be the same as Quxi, all of which implied mystery, and these businessmen were really not fuel-efficient lamps, and he was also curious.

Liu Zhang came to the courtyard with all the civil and military personnel, they were all startled, a good "heavy gift", it was really heavy enough, there was a mammal parked in the courtyard, many people had not seen it, the huge body, similar to a room, blue skin, white sharp horns, long nose, everyone was surprised.

Liu Zhang saw that it was an elephant.

"Moo~"

When the elephant saw so many people coming out to see it, he probably felt uncomfortable and let out a cry, and some civil officials only thought it was going to bite, so they were so shocked that they took a few steps back, and their faces turned pale.

Huang Yue held Liu Xun's hand, Liu Xun watched the elephant shrink on Huang Yue's body, Liu Zhang saw that although Huang Yue patted Liu Xun's back and comforted him, in fact, she was a little afraid of looking at this big thing.

Liu Zhang smiled and said softly: "Don't worry, elephants don't bite." ”

"Uncle Huang." Yin Bai saw everyone's demeanor, obviously this gift is the most dazzling today, and he couldn't help but be very proud, and bowed to Liu Zhang: "Uncle Huang, this thing is a huge thing from the country of body poison, and I also have a product in Jiaozhou, named Elephant."

I thought that not many people had heard of it, and I had never heard of it, but I didn't expect to be broken by the emperor's uncle, I am really ashamed, this elephant was trained to be very docile and can be ridden by the son. ”

Fa Zheng glanced at Liu Zhang strangely again, how did he recognize the elephant at a glance?

"Is it just for the Followers to ride?" Liu Zhang asked.

Today, Liu Xun's sixth birthday, Liu Zhang also wants to take the opportunity to meet a famous businessman in Chengdu to show his attention, and these businessmen will naturally not let go of such a good sales opportunity.

Only Qu Xi and Yin Bai are strange.

Liu Zhang originally thought that Quxi was selling him armor and weapons, but he didn't expect to guess wrong, this Yin Bai ...... Do you want to sell yourself elephants?

Yin Bai replied with a smile: "Uncle Huang's eyes, this elephant is indeed for Xun Gongzi to ride, but the grass people feel that this can also become a sharp weapon for our Sichuan army to attack, in southern Xinjiang and poison and other countries, there are elephant soldiers, the two armies are against each other, invincible, the grass people only hope that the emperor uncle also has an elephant army, which will be able to dominate the world." ”

Liu Zhang pinched his forehead, Qu Xi and Yin Bai are competing, one wants to form a Roman legion by himself, and the other wants to form an elephant army by himself, it is undeniable that these two troops are very strong, but do you have the financial resources?

The cost of Roman armor is already expensive, not to mention the import of China, not to mention the southern Xinjiang and poisonous elephants, driving an elephant over, thousands of mountains and rivers, I don't know how much manpower and material resources are spent, it is not cost-effective to think about it.

With Quxi's lesson, the merchant is extremely treacherous, and Liu Zhang will no longer guess that Yin Bai is going to sell his elephant.

Liu Zhang asked Qu Xi and Yin Bai: "If you have any requests, just say it, for the opening of the port and trade, Ben Hou is happy to see it successful, and he will try his best to meet it." ”

Yin Bai and Qu Xi glanced at each other, knelt on the ground with their front and back feet, and scrambled to say loudly: "Please Uncle Huang order the reopening of the Southwest Silk Road." ”

"The Southwest Silk Road?" Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment, and Fa Zheng stepped forward and explained softly: "There are three Southwest Silk Road, two to the west of Jiaozhou, south to Nanzhong, connecting the extreme south, and one to Kunlun Mountain, connecting the Kungang jade (Hetian jade) production area.

The three roads are all originated from Sichuan and Shu, Chengdu is, the third road is pedestrian in the Zhou Dynasty, and the other two are opened in the Qin period, after Gaozu and Xiang Yu competed, they were gradually abolished.

By the time of Emperor Xiaowu of our dynasty, Emperor Wu had tried to open these three Silk Roads three times, and successively destroyed Southwest Yi, Yelang, Yunnan and other countries, but due to the obstruction of the barbarians, it was ultimately unsuccessful. ”

At this time, seeing Qu Xi and Yin Bai kneeling down and requesting, other merchants had already wanted to open the Southwest Silk Road, and they had to go out of the Yumen Pass every time, I don't know how much manpower and material resources were spent, and they would be exploited by the warlords of Liangzhou, if the Southwest Silk Road was opened, I don't know how much distance would be saved.

The Shu brocade, silk, porcelain and bamboo canes in Shu, etc., can be dumped outward, Rome is the best buyer, at this time China is poor in silver, but Rome has a lot of gold and silver, ordinary people have a lot of gold coins, dinar silver coins are also circulating in the market, can be infinitely transported to the country, can be described as a huge business opportunity to make all merchants salivate.

All the merchants knelt down one after another and said in unison: "We are waiting to ask for the opening of the Southwest Silk Road and show off my great Han Tianwei." ”

Qu Xi worshipped and said: "Uncle Huang, I have nothing else to ask for, I just hope that Uncle Huang can order the opening of the Southwest Silk Road, so that the products of all our workshops in Chengdu can be sold out, not like now, the demand for items has reached the limit, and the expansion of the workshop has slowed down, which can enrich the financial resources of my Shuzhong."

Moreover, as far as the grass people know, now that the Great Qin Kingdom is decaying and degenerate, and the nobles all like silk and porcelain, and worship and respect the products of our Han Dynasty, we can exchange our silk for their weapons, armor, gold and silver, so that the imperial uncle will be invincible in the face of Cao Cao and Sun Quan and others. ”

"yes." Yin Bai glanced at Qu Xi, and followed closely without outrage: "Uncle Huang, if the Southwest Silk Road is opened, and the poisonous country is now in chaos, we can not only hire local laborers and send the elephants back to Shuzhong cheaply, but also bring their population in and give us tuntian, isn't Uncle Huang who is in short supply of people to cultivate the fields?" ”

Yin Bai's words immediately caused a whisper, those traditional officials and landlords and gentry originally looked down on businessmen, in their opinion, their own land is fundamental, and what Silk Road is opened, it costs a lot, and in the end it is not their money? That's 10,000 reluctance.

In their hearts, these merchants are fed.

What's more, now that Yin Bai has one mouth, he is trafficking in human beings, and these landlords and gentry and conservative officials are even more contemptuous in their eyes and tone. If they didn't know that Liu Zhang would not listen to them and suppress business, I am afraid that they would have to unite and persuade Liu Zhang to close himself off from the country.

Liu Zhang admired Yin Bai's eclectic thinking, what is human trafficking, how many colonial countries have made their fortunes on this, not to mention that selling Indian (poisonous) people to Shuzhong may not have harmed them, Liu Zhang's policy of encouraging agriculture did not discriminate against any foreign race.

If it is reused as a silk brocade produced by the workshop, it will be continuously replaced with weapons and armor to form a Roman legion-like infantry, plus an elephant army equivalent to a modern heavily armored tank force.

Liu Zhang's blood boiled when he thought about it.

But with a word, Fa Zheng poured a basin of cold water on Liu Zhang, and suddenly pulled back to reality.

"Lord, we can't promise them, we don't have any money."

Now agriculture must reclaim new land, produce agricultural tools, subsidize refugees and foreigners, build new workshops for business, invest in craftsmen's houses, build weapons and buy war horses, and Jingzhou must be rebuilt.

If it weren't for the extermination of dozens of big clans in Xiangyang, how could Liu Zhang have so much money, if Cao Cao was rich, Liu Zhang would have made him pay compensation, but unfortunately that guy is poorer than himself now.

With such a huge consumption, if the Southwest Silk Road is opened again, the finances of Jingyi Erzhou will definitely not be able to afford it, and Liu Zhang can only give up the good wishes in his heart.

Liu Zhang said in a deep voice: "You love the country and the people, heaven and earth can be learned, but now is not the time to open the Southwest Silk Road, I believe that as long as we develop the people's livelihood well, the people have food, clothing, and some money, they will naturally buy our products."

I hope you will continue to work hard, as long as the people of Shuzhong live a good life, the government is rich, and the Southwest Silk Road will definitely be reopened. ”

"Uncle Xie Huang." Qu Xi, Yin Bai and the others stood up, all disappointed, but they had already expected it.

The businessmen were dumbfounded, some officials and landlords and gentry had happy faces, while others were moved by Liu Zhang's words, putting the common people first, whether it was Wang Fu Qin Mi and other civil officials who had the ideal of serving the country, or Huang Zhong and other soldiers, they all felt very honored.

Everyone walked back to the lobby, Liu Zhang glanced at the elephant, and suddenly became interested, and said to Liu Xun as he walked: "Xun'er, that elephant is so big, Daddy wants to know how heavy it is, what should I do?" ”

Liu Xun glanced back at the elephant and shook his head blankly, Liu Zhang seemed to guess the result, and looked at Zhou Budo again, Zhou Budo glared at Liu Xun, meaning: Why are you stupid, and said to Liu Zhang casually: "Find a mechanical roller, put on a strong thick rope, and hang the metal stone while tying the elephant until the elephant is pulled up, and the weight of the metal stone is the weight of the elephant." ”

The people around were amazed, full of praise, and even more admired Zhou Budo's quick wit.

Liu Zhang smiled: "There is another method that is similar, that is, to use a boat, with an elephant and a stone to load the ship separately, when the stone is loaded on the boat and pressed down to the same depth as the elephant, the weight of the stone is the weight of the elephant, but I still have a way." ”

Liu Zhang said to Zhou: "We can choose a piece of ice, use an object with a known mass on the ice, pull down and slide by a hanging object of known weight, according to the gravitational formula, the mass is multiplied by the known gravitational acceleration, we can get the pulling force, so as to calculate the friction coefficient of the ice surface."

Then we pull the elephant in the same way, and the weight of the elephant can be calculated by using the known coefficient of friction and tensile force. ”

Zhou Budo looked at Liu Zhang stunned.

Liu Zhang's voice was low, only the people next to him could hear it, and Huang Yue on the side frowned when he heard it, what kind of method is this? Even if it is feasible, it is much more complicated than Zhou Budo's method.

But Zhou Budo was very interested, not because of how troublesome Liu Zhang's method was, but because it sounded very powerful, but he didn't know it.

In addition, in the first two months, Liu Zhang took the time to "point out one or two", and Zhou Budo suddenly felt that mathematics was broad and profound, and what kind of friction coefficient and gravitational acceleration must be very knowledgeable.

"My lord, go back and teach me tonight." Zhou Budo said in a pleading tone.

"Are you proficient in the mixed operation of the three seedling numbers?"

Zhou Budo shook his head, although the mixed operation looks simple, but for a person who has only been in contact with numbers for a short time, what addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimal points positive and negative numbers also made Zhou Budo dizzy, plus Liu Zhang just pointed out a few words, without a teacher, where is it so fun.

"Then when you learn mixed arithmetic, and teach Liu Xun well, and when I ask him questions like elephants next time, and I can answer them, I will teach you an introduction to physics."

Zhou Budo looked at the stupid Liu Xun, clenched his fists hard, and swore in his heart that even if Liu Xun's head was a stone, he would let him open his mind.

At this moment, the protocol at the door preached again: "The third son, Liu Mao, send three bunches of rice chestnuts to the son." ”

Liu Zhang looked back and saw his third brother Liu Mao, walking in from outside the door, dressed in a simple cloth dress, without any fancy decorations, with a kind smile on his face, he walked over with his head slightly bowed all the way, and he looked like a restrained person.

Jiading opened a box, which was three bunches of golden rice chestnuts, this year's harvest in Yizhou, in the Chengdu Plain, such rice chestnuts are not uncommon, during the autumn harvest, Liu Zhang has been to the farmland, this is still known.

Liu Zhang handed the box to Liu Xundao: "Xun'er, your third uncle is telling you to always keep in mind, the name is food, if you become an official in the future, you must be kind to the people, you know?" ”

"Well, thank you, Uncle San." Liu Xun nodded and thanked Liu Mao sincerely, and Liu Mao hurriedly bowed.

"Brother has a heart." Liu Zhang said to Liu Mao. Since I came to this place, although I know that I have an older brother, I rarely have contact with Liu Mao, firstly, because I am afraid of goofs, and secondly, because my brother is too pure-hearted, does not like power, does not like to socialize with people, and is as low-key as a down-and-out scholar.

Liu Mao smiled awkwardly: "Where, my younger brother works hard for state affairs, consolidates and expands his father's foundation, and the foolish brother can't help one or two, I'm really ashamed." ”

The servants of Yahuan set up a banquet, and the civil and military officials and businessmen and gentry also sat down, each pushing a cup and holding a cup, so it was not lively, Liu Zhang and Liu Mao sat together.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Zhang saw that Liu Xun had been eating vegetarian dishes and was about to clip a piece of chicken thigh meat for him, Liu Mao suddenly turned his head and said: "Brother, now that Yizhou is under the governance of my younger brother, it is becoming more and more prosperous, and the foolish brother is also very happy."

It's just that now the internal affairs are being carried out at the same time, and many new positions have been added, and the foolish brother heard that his younger brother is lacking officials, and even some peddlers and pawns are hired as officials. ”

Liu Zhang's hand shook, and the chicken thigh meat on the chopsticks fell into Liu Xun's soup bowl, Huang Yue picked it up and ate it himself, and re-clamped a piece for Liu Xun, Liu Xun frowned, he didn't like to eat meat, but when he saw his father clipping it, his stepmother also clamped it, so he ate it hard.

Liu Zhang took a sip of wine, and while eating the beans, he said casually: "What position does the brother want?" ”

"I heard that Hanzhong is now fighting against the Qiang people, although the scale is not large, but my younger brother is transporting the grain and grass in Shuzhong to Hanzhong in a steady stream, I believe there is a big move.

It's just that now General Zhang Ren is training troops in the west, and Huang Quan Wangfu is busy with affairs, transporting grain, counting, escorting, and avoiding dereliction of duty and corruption, all of which are complicated things. ”

Fa Zheng at the bottom frowned, the position of grain and grass supervision, whether it is big or small, is generally Huang Quan, or Zhang is the supervisor, but now the two of them can't get away, and the huge amount of grain and grass escort is a big deal, and there is really a shortage of people.

But this position is not as simple as grain and grass, it must also have a military talisman, plus Liu Mao's identity...... Fa Zhengruo looked at Liu Zhang with deep meaning, but Liu Zhang didn't look at him, raised his wine glass and took a sip, and said quietly: "Brother, last time at the Chongyang meeting, my brother didn't arrive, but went to Yan's house, I am very sorry, I am really happy that my brother can come today." ”

"Brother, the foolish brother went to the Yan family to appease these families, and now the younger brother is innovating and needs to ......," Liu Mao hurriedly explained.

"Yes, yes." Liu Zhang interrupted Liu Mao's words and patted Liu Mao's shoulder with drunkenness: "My brother knows, my brother is all for our great cause of Sichuan and Shu, and for my father's foundation, my brother knows." ”

Liu Zhang said that a glass of wine was drunk, and the lotus flower stepped forward to pour tea, Liu Zhang's drunkenness was even stronger, and he turned his head to palm Liu Mao's shoulder and said: "I mean, my brother can come today, I am very happy to be a younger brother, and my brother is also a great talent. ”

Liu Zhang knocked his forehead and said decisively: "In this way, I will transfer the Hanzhong Wu class back, how about my brother go to be the Taishou of Hanzhong?" I am the northern gateway of Yizhou, rich in money and food, this is enough to meet my brother's character, what does my brother think? ”

Liu Mao looked at Liu Mao in a daze, Fa Zheng looked at Liu Mao, Liu Zhang's palm was on Liu Mao's shoulder, staring at him with drunken eyes, his face was slightly red, and Liu Mao's face was full of wine in his mouth.

"Huh." Liu Mao laughed embarrassedly twice: "Hehe, the foolish brother is used to being idle, just now it was a whim, I want to be an official and have a good time, now that I think about it, it is really troublesome to be an official, don't take it to heart brother, it's all a joke, it's all a joke, hehe." ”

Liu Zhang smiled, took the wine glass and touched it with Liu Mao.

"Brothers of one heart, do it." Liu Zhang said loudly.

"One heart, one heart." Liu Mao watched Liu Zhang drink the wine in the cup and drank it too.

Liu Zhang patted Liu Mao on the shoulder twice, turned his head and continued to drink and eat as if nothing happened, Liu Mao touched his forehead, and his palms were full of sweat.

After the banquet was over, Liu Zhang sat under the grape trellis to sober up, Zhou Budo took an exercise book to do mixed calculations, Liu Xun did the questions Zhou Budo gave him on the side, and from time to time he bit the pen and meditated.

Fa Zheng walked over and sat down, took a sip of herbal tea and said: "Lord, as the saying goes, you can't kiss each other, but there are some things that I don't vomit or be unhappy, I think today's performance of the princess is unusual, since the lord inherited the throne of the first lord, the prince has always been pure-hearted, does not get involved in officialdom, and does not even ask about officialdom at all, why do you directly ask for officials today?" ”

Fa Zheng pondered for a while and continued: "According to some soldiers who stayed behind, when we went to Jingzhou, Mao Gongzi had a close relationship with the Chengdu family, and went to Wei Yan's mansion three times, which is already unusual, and this year's Chongyang, Mao Gongzi, who basically stayed at home before, actually went to the banquet of the family, I think ......."

Fa Zheng didn't continue, Liu Zhang understood what Fa Zheng meant, but when he thought about it, he took over the throne for six years, and there were several crises in the middle, when he was in Fucheng last year, it should be more difficult than the current situation, at that time Liu Mao didn't think about it, at this time he returned from a big victory, and the soldiers were strong and strong, what did he think?

Liu Mao has never revealed his desire for power for six years, generally speaking, he is really a person who has no intention of career, if such a person still has hidden ambitions, it is an old fox like Sima Yi, but Liu Mao is unknown in history, is it so powerful?

From the bottom of his heart, Liu Zhang still feels that Liu Mao is a person who has no desire for power.

It's just that today's actions are indeed unusual, as Fa Zheng said.

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Let him go, after my temptation today, he did not insist on seeking office, which shows that my brother has not been blinded by power, maybe it is really a whim." ”

In fact, Liu Zhang thought more about Liu Mao's strength at all, and Liu Mao's performance at the banquet did not look clever. As long as he is still in Chengdu, Liu Mao does not have a single soldier, what tricks can he make?

Since the two elder brothers died in Chang'an and Liu Yan died, the Liu family has been thin, if he can dominate the world in his lifetime, it would be fine, otherwise it would be better to leave some Liu family roots, otherwise it would be impossible for Huang Yueying to continue the great cause.

Fa Zheng nodded hesitantly.

At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Lord, Jingzhou Huang Junshi reported two military situations to the lord." ”

"Speak."

"Yan Yan sent his soldiers out of two ways, all the way into the Qingni Pass, all the way into Wancheng, captured a lot of property, and moved more than 100,000 refugees south, Xun Yu sent envoys to negotiate peace, agreed to the request of the military advisor, and sent 10,000 women aged 13 to 30 to Jingzhou, the military advisor said that she was in charge of her own affairs, please forgive the lord."

"Ten thousand women." Liu Zhang groaned again, and suddenly laughed, he was worried that he couldn't take advantage of Cao Cao, a poor bastard, but he didn't expect Huang Yueying to think of a way.

Originally, the Sichuan army was not really fighting, and it needed an opportunity for peace talks, but this time Cao Xian escaped from marriage, and the Sichuan army sent troops, although it robbed a lot of people and things, but if the official face was not good, it would be very faceless.

But if you want something, Cao Cao has no money and no food, Chi Guoguo is barefoot, Liu Zhang has been worried about how to end the war, Huang Yueying can think of this trick, and it can solve the urgent need.

Huang Yueying, as a woman, attaches great importance to women, she once said that the number of women determines the number of future populations, and now Cao Cao, I'm afraid only women can get it.

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Huang Junshi's clever move, not only has enriched our manpower for the future, but more importantly, Cao Cao has lost his prestige and lost his face to his home, and his prestige will definitely plummet, whether it is a soldier or a citizen, he will be dissatisfied with him." ”

"Nope." The soldier said: "There is news from Xuchang, saying that Xun Yu made the decision to give us women, Cao Cao did not know about it in Guandu, and he had already sent a letter to criticize Xun Yu fiercely, and dismissed Xun Yu from all his duties, and Cheng Yu acted as an agent, Xun Yu is currently only working as a staff member in the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng glanced at each other, and their smiles were drowned, this Cao Cao is really clever, he put all the sins on Xun Yu, and abandoned the pawn to protect the handsome.

As soon as this move came out, all the anger and dissatisfaction were transferred to Xun Yu, and it also made the soldiers and civilians in the entire Central Plains territory hate the Sichuan army even more, this shame must be transformed into fighting spirit, not to mention that Xun Yu is a staff member in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he has no official position, so he can still arrange everything.

Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng both saw Cao Cao's awesomeness, and they really couldn't despise it.

"And what about the military newspaper?" Liu Zhang asked in a deep voice.

"Report to the lord, I recently found that in the Wuxi area, the barbarians in the Wuxi area gathered, it seems that it is not good for Jingnan, Huang Junshi has gone from Xiangyang to Jiangling, and I hereby ask the lord for instructions."

Fa Zheng frowned and said: "Lord, this is a big deal, I heard that this summer, the weather is hotter than usual, and the barbarians have not saved enough food, I am afraid that they will not be able to survive the winter, and they will go to Jingzhou to loot." ”

Liu Zhang is also a little worried, now he has unified Jingyi Erzhou, almost wrapped up the Wuxi area, and the barbarians will rob it when it comes to disasters, this is the custom, now there is only one family around to rob, who is not robbing himself?

Liu Zhang really doesn't want to have a stalemate with Wuxi Man, now he has recruited troops and farmers from the barbarian area, and the momentum is very good, if there is a stalemate, these are gone, what should Xiao Furong do? As the daughter of the King of Wuxi and the young lord of Youxi, she must be very embarrassed.

Liu Zhang said to the soldiers in a deep voice: "Summons Huang Yueying, Wuxi Man does not assemble, you only need to monitor, don't care about it, if you really dare to attack, annihilate on the spot." ”

"Yes."

Liu Zhang wanted to use this summer high temperature disaster to recruit more barbarian soldiers and peasants, if Wuxi Man really didn't have anything to eat, he could go to the farmland of the Sichuan Army and Bashu to eat, if he dared to violate the border, no matter what concerns he had, Liu Zhang would not show mercy.

As for military issues, with Huang Yueying sitting in Jiangling, Liu Zhang couldn't be more relieved.

At this time, the lotus flower hurriedly ran over, her sleeves fluttering, and shouted anxiously: "My lord, it's not good, madam, oh, Miss Huang, she suddenly felt unwell after leaving the table, you should go and have a look." ”

"What?" Liu Zhang was taken aback, immediately left his seat, and walked to Huang Yue's room.

"My train of thought." Zhou Budo sighed at a thousand-digit mixed operation problem that had just been halfway calculated.

Liu Zhang rushed to the door of the room in a hurry, and the doctor was coming out of it and said urgently: "Doctor Zhang, how is it?" What disease did Miss Huang have, was it serious? ”

Dr. Zhang was carrying the medicine box on his back, his face was a little embarrassed, Seno didn't speak, Liu Zhang looked at it, only thought it was very serious, and his heart was shocked.

Doctor Zhang hesitated for a while, and said hesitantly: "Miss Huang is not sick, she just ate greasy food, the reason why she is uncomfortable is because, because of her, she, Miss Huang is pregnant." After Dr. Zhang finished speaking, he looked at Liu Zhang nervously.

"Ah, what's ......" Liu Zhang didn't hear clearly, only judged from Dr. Zhang's tone that it was a serious illness, and shouted, but he was suddenly stunned, stared at Dr. Zhang and asked, "What did you say?" Pregnant? ”

Dr. Zhang nodded.

"Really?" Liu Zhang turned from surprise to joy, and said in a deep voice: "What's so bad about this, this is a happy event, Doctor Zhang, go and get the reward." ”

Fa Zheng in the back suddenly pushed Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment, reacted suddenly, and slapped his forehead, it seems that he is overjoyed, Huang Yue has not married himself yet, this has a child, and it is not good for Huang Yue's reputation to spread it.

…… After Liu Zhang instructed the maid to tighten his mouth, he entered the house alone, it seemed that he had vomited just now, Huang Yue's face was a little pale, Liu Zhang held Huang Yue's hand and said, "Yue'er, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have postponed the wedding, now ...... I'm sorry for you. ”

Huang Yue smiled and shook her head slowly, Ren Liu Zhang grabbed her thin hand, and said softly: "It's okay, it is Yue'er's wish to be able to give birth to a child for her husband, no matter what others think, Yue'er is happy in her heart." ”

Liu Zhang grabbed Huang Yue's hand, Huang Yue felt a little painful, but endured it, Liu Zhang thought for a while and said: "No, we have to get married quickly, otherwise it will be spread out, it will not be good for you and our children's future, I think it will be twenty days." ”

"Is it so urgent? It's too late to prepare. ”

Liu Zhang thought about it for a while, although the wedding was simple, but Huang Yue was a woman of the Huang family after all, and it was impossible to do it hastily.

Huang Yue's belly may not take shape until two months later, Liu Zhang thought about it and said in a deep voice: "In this way, it will be set on the same day of the Shangyuan Festival, what do you think?" ”

Huang Yue nodded shyly, Liu Zhang leaned out and kissed Huang Yue on the lips, called in the lotus and said, "Lotus, from today onwards, you will take two maid rings to take care of your wife, and you can ignore everything else." ”

"I ......" Huang Yue was about to speak, Liu Zhang pressed lightly, and continued: "If I see that Mrs. is still making ginseng soup herself, tearing flower petals, one petal beats you with a stick, and a bowl of ginseng soup with eighty sticks, do you hear clearly?" ”

"Yes." The lotus replied.

"Husband, ......" Huang Yue looked at Liu Zhang, her eyes were a little moist, whenever a woman is fragile, a man's concern is always very warm.

It was the first time for Liu Zhang to call himself "madam" in front of people, and he couldn't help but call him "husband" in front of people.

………… Everything is developing peacefully, Huang Yue is taking care of his body, internal affairs continue to advance, more and more barbarians and Qiang people are entering Shu to make a living, there is nothing abnormal in the family, and Yizhou is preparing for the spring examination of the four subjects, and it is also very cooperative.

Since the saying that "literacy can become an official" spread among the people, a wave of learning has sprung up among the people, especially the emergence of cheap books and paper, which has fueled this trend of learning.

In addition, the government vigorously promoted the slogan: "Knowledge changes destiny, reading makes dreams come true", and announced that next year's four academic examinations will be added, and a low-threshold, promising discipline will be added, which includes administrative ability tests and arguments.

As long as those who pass the examination, regardless of the farmers and industrialists, they can become reserve officials at the very least, enjoy allowances, and those who are good can directly take office and glorify their ancestors.

The people are more enthusiastic about letting their children study, the people of Yizhou, especially the people of Chengdu, are not poor, every family has some surplus money, and the craftsman's house is specially printed cheap books, the people are competing to buy, and the collection of books in Yizhou has greatly increased.

In the unbusy winter, you can see the scene of children taking time to set up a small bench on the edge of the steps to study, and some aspiring young people who were originally illiterate also recite new words while working.

On the fifth day after the New Year, a military report came from Jingzhou, more than 3,000 Wuxi barbarians plundered Wuling, and the leader of Wuxi, Jinbao, followed the example of Liu Zhang last year, chose the day of Chinese New Year's Eve to launch an attack, and sure enough, he was invincible, and the passes set up by the Sichuan army along the way were broken through and approached Wuling City.

The gate of Wuling City was closed, and the barbarians could not conquer it, so they went to plunder the village, only to find that the village had been fortified and cleared, the grain was transported to the city, and the people were also in the city.

The barbarians failed to rob, and could only retreat to the mountains, only to find that the mountain road back had been Qin Ci, the commander of Wuling, united with the soldiers and horses of Changsha Lingling, and sealed the mountain pass into the mountain, and Huang Yueying led 5,000 troops, was rushing from Jiangling, the barbarians had no way to enter the sky and no door, and after starving for two or three days, all surrendered, and those who did not want to surrender were powerless to resist and were captured.

Three thousand young adults, for the sparsely populated Wuxi, is a big number, Jinbao negotiated with Huang Yueying to no avail, and asked Ye Wutie to negotiate with Liu Zhang, hoping to release three thousand warriors to return to the mountain, Liu Zhang asked Huang Yueying to decide for himself.

So Huang Yueying pulled these 3,000 people to the recovered disaster area Tuntian.

The relationship between Wuxi Man and the Sichuan army intensified even more.

Wuxi in December, due to the higher terrain, extremely cold, the mountains of Youxi have been snowed, the heavy snow has not completely covered the grass and bushes, blue and white, Abu and Ye Wutie out of the earthen village, dripping with snow on the grass, rustling, the two stood on the edge of the cliff, for a long time without words.

Just now, another alliance of Wuxi Man, under the strong pressure of Ye Wutie, ended in vain again.

(To be continued)