The three-day dance festival is the carnival of the Yi and Miao people, everyone is unrestrained, drinking together, singing and dancing, singing and dancing, singing and riddles, men and women, very lively and festive, Bao'er also pulled a few times to dance, with the permission of Liu Zhang, so hard to dance with a bitter face.

In the past three days, when the barbarians were celebrating the festival, Liu Zhang was very busy, and first took the old Han farmers to see the Wuxi area, close to Dazhai, which places are suitable for cultivating fertile land, and discussed suitable seeds.

After Liu Zhang and the old farmers saw it, they all felt that Wuxi was actually very suitable for grain growth, but it was difficult to develop much fertile land in a short period of time, because except for the place close to Dazhai, it was surrounded by mountains and forests, and it took a lot of work to open up the wasteland.

Moreover, the terrain is dangerous, and the Yi and Miao people cannot climb several cliffs to farm.

However, fortunately, the population of Wuxi is not very large, and if all the fertile fields are opened, they should be able to barely make a living.

Seeing that the time for seedling cultivation was approaching, as soon as the dance festival passed, Baojin mobilized the entire Wuxi people to come out and open the fields under Liu Zhang's instructions.

The Sichuan army brought a large number of farm tools, and the Wuxi people also had some hunting tools, although it was not easy to open the fields, but they were barely able to make do.

Everywhere are digging ditches, building ridges of people, Wuxi people fought bravely, and the work was also in full swing, Liu Zhang ordered the Sichuan army to be divided into three batches, take turns to go to the fields, ditches, paddy fields, square land, soon there was a cone.

Liu Zhang and Baojin organized a large number of people to gather and burn the dead wood in the mountains, and poured grass ash and manure into the fields, and used plows, rakes, and stirred in the soil, and everywhere was black and stench.

In a square field, a barbarian of about forty years old dug a nest and threw a few vegetable seeds into it, this action was learned by the old farmer, and now he is very skilled, and he feels fresh, and he is very energetic to dry.

Liu Zhang and Baojin watched from the sidelines, and the barbarian raised his head to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and asked Liu Zhang with a hoe, "%%e$$^^^?" ”

Liu Zhang looked at Baojin, and Baojin said with a smile: "He said, this field is full of his own dung and water, even if something grows in the future, can he eat it?" ”

Liu Zhang smiled: "I don't know if I can eat it, but this green vegetable is planted in March, and it can be eaten in April and a half, and I will stay here until May to plant seedlings, and I will eat it for you when the time comes." ”

Bao Jin smiled and translated to the barbarian, the barbarian laughed, the barbarian generally has a low lifespan, and the forty-year-old person looks a little old, with a kind face, after listening to Liu Zhang's words, he is in full swing again.

In fact, when the Han people arrived, the barbarians were wary of the Han people, and the Han people were not wary of the barbarians.

It was only at this time, when everyone had worked together for so long, and they could not speak to each other, but they could talk with gestures, wine glasses, and smiles, and the barbarians were wary of the Han people, and the Han people also eliminated many doubts about the barbarians.

At the end of the day, we are all people struggling to survive.

Liu Zhang and Bao Jin sat on a big rock, looking at the scene of the mountains clearing the wasteland, Bao Jin asked Liu Zhang casually: "General, you are a descendant of the Han royal family, are you really unwary of us barbarians, are you willing to treat us equally?" ”

Barbarians generally do not call themselves barbarians, and Bao Jin deliberately belittles himself.

Liu Zhang looked at the sky on the green mountains in the distance, and said quietly: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different." ”

Bao Jin frowned and looked at Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang noticed Baojin's gaze, his face did not change, and continued: "Whether it is the Xiongnu, the Qiang people, the Wuhuan people, the Xianbei, or the Shanyue, Baimiao, or Kunming, as long as they are of different races, they are wary of our Han people, if they are not guarded, then they will eat the consequences, and it is impossible for Ben Hou to do that kind of stupid thing." ”

Baojin thought for a while, then sneered and said: "No wonder the Han army brought by the emperor always has a group of guards, and has also set up a lot of protection for our Wuxi, the establishment of the Wuxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the establishment of the border army, taking over the command of the flag director, and distributing food on time, all to prevent us from rebelling, so in this case, why did the imperial uncle descend to our poor and remote land?" ”

"Am I just here to open up with you?" Liu Zhang looked at Baojin and said with a faint smile: "As I just said, the hearts of non-people of my race must be different, and this kind of disagreement is caused by the war that Han people and people of other races do not understand and because they do not understand.

I came here to tell the banner owner and everyone in Wuxi that we are not here to oppress and exploit you, we can also live in harmony, we can form a whole, no longer fight, and integrate into the family, so that everyone will have a lot fewer casualties, whether it is Wuxi people or Han people, they can live better.

I Liu Zhang does not hesitate to use force, but I will not use pure force to deter, maybe now it seems that the owner of the Baojin Banner feels that you are under the constraints of our Sichuan army, and it is mainly the situation of force, forced to submit to the Sichuan army, but after a long time, the banner owner will find that you are in my heart, the same as the Han people, and now use force to deter in order to give you time to understand me. ”

"Deterrence by force is to let us understand." Bao Jin repeated Liu Zhang's words, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "General, this is still a conquest, but thanks to Uncle Huang's honesty, you are much friendlier than other conquerors, and this friendliness contains the posture of a strong man." ”

Bao Jin said solemnly to Liu Zhang: "General, Wuxi is willing to obey the rule of a powerful person who respects my Wuxi, of course, this is on the premise of Uncle Huang's sincerity. ”

Bao Jin emphasized the latter sentence, always thinking about those Han people who sneaked up the mountain, Liu Zhang said that he had always been vigilant about Wuxi, and Bao Jin took it for granted that those Han people were also a means of Liu Zhang.

But Liu Zhang didn't care about the latter sentence, and said with a smile: "It's enough to have a lord, the dissent of the alien race can't be eliminated in a day or two, I hope the banner owner and I will work together." ”

"Yes." Baojin's subordinates bowed to Liu Zhang.

At this time, Bao'er stared at Liu Zhang's back and ran over, and casually saluted Liu Zhang and Baojin, "Let's go to grow vegetables together, it's fun." Bao'er took a strong hand and was about to leave, but she didn't.

"Don't be rude." Bao Jin scolded: "A good general is a general's personal guard, and he has the heavy responsibility of guarding the general, how can he leave casually?" ”

Bao'er pouted and didn't speak, sullen.

Baojin apologized to Liu Zhang: "General, Bao'er is stubborn, don't be surprised, but I, Wuxi, is not like the Han Tu, the clansmen hunt, I, the lord, oh, the banner master, will all be together, now farming, it's not good to be idle, so let's go, Uncle Huang will rest for a while, we'll talk later." ”

"Wait." Liu Zhang stood up, did two chest expansions, exhaled and said, "I'll go too." ”

Everyone looked at Liu Zhang in surprise, and Liu Zhang smiled: "Make a show, tell everyone, I am also a person who can go to the ground, and it is convenient for ......." Liu Zhang glanced at it so much, and understood what Liu Zhang meant, but looking at Bao'er's pure natural smiling face, he became depressed and became a bitter melon.

Liu Zhang used to be in the acting department, and he also played a farmer when he was a trick, although he was a fancy showman, but he knew some agricultural knowledge, and now he looks fresh.

As for identity, it is necessary to pay attention to the identity of the Han people, and to be too close to the people is to surrender their identity and be looked down upon, but in the barbarian areas, everyone has to work hard to survive, and I don't feel that there is anything shameful about working alone.

Liu Zhang also wants to try it in the field, farm work, doing it for many years, it is hard, but once you do it, you will feel fresh, Liu Zhang sees so many people doing it in full swing, and he doesn't mind trying his hand, otherwise the treasure will go down, and it is not a matter for him to pestle here.

Liu Zhang's landing caused a lot of boos, many people looked over, those barbarians had only heard that the Han Dynasty was a very big country, there were many, many people, and the Han Tianzi was in charge of a place a thousand times larger than Wuxi.

And Liu Zhang is the emperor's uncle of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the general of the Han Dynasty, or the general who has won countless battles, with these impressions, these barbarians have formed an untouchable impression of Liu Zhang, and they never expected that Liu Zhang could also go to the ground.

The superior only needs to make a simple action, can bring up the emotions of the people below, Liu Zhang took a hoe and dug a few nests in the ground, the people all over the mountain were enthusiastic, digging a ditch and raising their heads high, plowing the field to push the plow, the bison that was beaten so badly became the only ploughing cow, the other paddy fields are pulled by manpower, and the strong man with a thick rope on his chest is sweating profusely.

When it comes to the seedling season, with the efforts of everyone, hundreds of acres of paddy fields have been opened, whether it is good land or not, they have sprinkled ash, lost dung, and opened canals, Liu Zhang saw that the weather this year was colder than in previous years, and directly raised seedlings, and the seedlings were afraid that they would freeze to death, and taught the barbarians to use covering, which was not used by those old Han farmers, and couldn't help but cause an exclamation, only to feel that this Han official was omnipotent.

Covered with leaves, framed with bamboo strips, and covered with patches of rice paddies, the seedlings inside grow slowly.

As the seedlings grew up, the vegetable seedlings slowly poked out of the land, and the barbarians looked at the green and faint vegetable seedlings with novelty, pointing at these vegetable seedlings, and taking care of them, just wanting to taste what it tasted like as soon as possible.

After the seedlings were raised, they were a little idle, and the warriors still went into the mountains to hunt, and everything recovered, and some pheasants and ducks were frenched, and the Han farmers taught these barbarians to breed.

However, because there is no food, they have to rely on wild vegetables to raise, so they don't raise much, and those pheasants and ducks are not used to raising them at home, and many of them have died.

Spring is the time of hatching, one of the surviving hens hatched chicks, watching the hens run around with a flock of chicks, the barbarians finally realized the benefits of breeding, many barbarians have decided to save money, go to the Han place to buy domestic chickens and ducks.

Two months passed in a blink of an eye, and the barbarians finally ate the vegetables they had grown, which was also the first time they had eaten the fruits of their own farming.

The tender green seedlings grew up, and the Han farmers taught the barbarians to divide the seedlings and insert them into the rice fields, and at this time, Liu Zhang had been here for two months, and in the two months, the Han people respected the folk customs under Liu Zhang's instructions, and the two sides were very harmonious, and the Sichuan army also won the favor of the people of all ethnic groups in Wuxi.

Many soldiers and generals of the Sichuan army worshipped brothers with some barbarians and leaders, and the Wuxi barbarians' wariness of the Han people was basically eliminated, and Bao'er's relationship with him was also growing day by day.

Of course, it was Boa's unilateral approach.

Since Bao'er heard that she has a sweetheart in her hometown, and she has always been loyal, she can't help but love the silly goodness even more, and she pesters her all day long.

Now, it's time for the Sichuan army to leave.

The Sichuan army left those old peasants to guide the barbarians in farming, Liu Zhang led 3,000 soldiers to leave Wuxi, before leaving, people from all villages in Wuxi came to see them off, and they wanted to give Liu Zhang and the Sichuan army soldiers souvenirs they made.

"Baojin Banner Master, cherish, if there is any problem, no matter what the problem, you can report to the Wuxi Protectorate, and if the Wuxi Protectorate can't solve it, this official will solve it."

Liu Zhang said goodbye to Baojin, "In addition, the Han people and the Kunming people get along, after all, the culture is different, there may be some friction, the owner of the Baojin Banner dredges it more, if there is anything wrong with the Han people, the Wuxi Protectorate will deal with it in accordance with the law of autonomy." ”

"Yes, the general is benevolent and righteous, we all serve the Han Dynasty as the upper state, and we are willing to return to the general, and the general will cherish it all the way."

Bao Jin said loudly that after two months, he no longer had any prejudices against Liu Zhang, and the Sichuan army's support for Wuxi, no matter what the reason, was obviously effective in improving the lives of the people of Wuxi, and had passed the most difficult period, and Baojin was also grateful.

"The general cherishes all the way." The leaders of the barbarians visited together, the Wuxi people did not hold grudges, whoever was sincere to them, they were sincere to whom, two months ago, they were still shouting and shouting to kill Liu Zhang, and now they also respect this Han official from the heart.

Liu Zhang nodded, and at this moment, Bao'er hurriedly ran out from behind, panting and shouting to Baojin: "I want to go with my good brother." ”

Liu Zhang glanced sideways, as if he saw a black line on his head.

"Nonsense." Bao Jin reprimanded: "You are one of the few people in our Wuxi who knows Chinese characters, the general left so many books on farming, what solar terms, what pests and diseases, all you want to come and see, what if you leave, what if the crops are dead?" ”

Baojin knew his daughter's thoughts, but the ghosts could see that he was so powerful that he was obviously unwilling, so he had to use this excuse to keep Bao'er.

Bao'er stomped her foot fiercely, took out a string of white river shell necklaces, walked in front of her, her eyes were red, she stood on tiptoe and put it on her neck, her mouth was panting because of running, she was drenched in sweat, and she was at a loss.

"Oh, oh, oh."

Behind them, there was a shout of excitement from the barbarians, and laughter came and went.

Liu Zhang smiled, took two steps, turned back to Bao Jin and said loudly: "By the way, the banner master, the three thousand Wuxi warriors in Jingzhou, I have already ordered Huang Yueying to be released, whether they return to Wuxi or stay in the local area, they are all voluntary, I believe that they should go back to the mountain to see the flag owner in the near future." ”

After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he turned around, and the barbarians behind him were stunned, and many women and children who had lost their husbands, sons, and fathers wept with joy and hugged each other.

"Let's go." Hu Che'er slapped him so badly, and now he is getting more and more tired of this lucky guy.

The Sichuan army walked slowly along the rugged mountain road, and Bao Jin watched from behind, and said softly: "The means, strength, and sincerity are all there, who can disobey such a king?" ”

At this time, the flower boy said: "Lord......"

"Call me Lord." Bao Jin sighed lightly.

Hua Boy hesitated: "Yes, Banner Master, those Han people who stole up the mountain have disappeared without a trace since we started farming two months ago, what should we do?" ”

Bao Jin groaned and said: "That should be the general's ambush, as long as we are unfavorable to the general, they can take a step ahead of Shamoke to rescue Liu Zhang, now that we have surrendered to Liu Zhang, they should be no threat, don't care." ”

"Yes."

………… The sky was overcast, Liu Zhang and the Sichuan army were walking on the mountain road, Liu Zhang smiled and said to him: "I think that Bao'er girl is beautiful, lively and generous, smart and capable, and the daughter of the flag owner, you won't suffer a loss if you marry her, right?" I have the heart to match you. ”

He glanced at Liu Zhang with a resentful look: "Lord, you know that if I marry her, what will I do in my hometown, I am a very dedicated man." ”

Liu Zhang sighed and shook his head, and at this moment, Wang Xu came over and said: "Lord, the guide said that the road ahead is rugged and the mountains are steep, in order to prevent ambushes, you need to be closely probed to pass, but seeing that the sky is about to get dark, you can only camp on the spot." ”

"Where is the front?" Liu Zhang asked.

"After this road, it is the eastern boundary of Chenxi, and it is Youxi not far away."

"I heard that Chenxi has Rong'er personally dredged, and the farming is also okay, the barbarians are attached, the front is Chenxi, and the back is Wuxi, so there should be no need to worry about safety."

Liu Zhang glanced up at the sky: "It is about to rain, this season rain is endless, and the mountain road is even more difficult to walk, let's reach the Chenxi boundary before dark." ”

"Yes."

Wang Xu took the order and left, and the Sichuan army continued to advance.

At the top of the mountain, a group of people in cyan clothes gathered, looking at the Sichuan army winding under the mountain from a distance, it was Wu Jun who chanted Yang Kai in a graceful manner, and a group of people who opposed Liu Zhang's alliance, the number was extremely large, and the number of men and women reached thousands, and this time Wu Jun dispatched almost all the alliance elites.

Qu Lingchen is also among them.

The top of the mountain is piled up with several piles of rubble in a straight line.

As the old man Yan of Chengdu said, there will always be people who will seize this opportunity, and Wu Jun is one of them.

Originally, Wu Jun valued the battle between Liu Zhang and Wuxi, 70,000 against 50,000, between the wars, there were many opportunities, but he didn't expect that the two parties would make peace in the end, and Wu Jun was angry.

Originally, Wu Jun gave up, but later heard that Liu Zhang personally went up the mountain and erected a farming model in Wuxi, and was overjoyed, thinking that Wuxi, a fierce place, was dissatisfied with Liu Zhang, and it would definitely be unfavorable to Liu Zhang.

(To be continued)