At the beginning of December of the second year of the Han Dynasty, seeing that the New Year was about to end, people did not have the slightest festive celebration, and the three counties under Chen Lin were busy recovering from this year's floods. Especially in the three counties of Shangyong, Xicheng County almost started from scratch, and at this time, there were rumors of mobs in the Danshui Basin, and many people who fled in Shangyong County were unwilling to go to Xicheng. The work of settling the displaced people was proceeding in an orderly manner, and Chen Lin was planning how to recruit the displaced people from the Danshui Valley into Hanzhong in order to enrich the population of Hanzhong.

"Lord, the relationship between Bashanyi and my Hanzhong is now like one, this time the catastrophe in the mountains is also quite damaged, and the danger in the mountains is even worse, now the leaders of the three departments take the initiative to ask Lord Liu for help, if it is handled properly, Bashanyi may be able to be used by my Hanzhong, if it is not handled properly, it can also make trouble like the Danshui Basin." Jia Xu is reminding Chen Lin to take this matter seriously. It turned out that as soon as the heavy rain stopped, Chen Lin received a letter from Yan Pu, the county leader, saying that the leader of the three departments of Bashan personally went down the mountain to ask Liu Hua and Liu Zixia, the officials of the mutual market, for help, saying that the flood had caused unimaginable losses, and tens of thousands of Yi people were short of food, hoping that Liu Hua could persuade Chen Lin to support the Yi people in Bashan.

Zhang Song said at this time: "The establishment of the mutual market of the lord is really a work of heaven and man, the lord, Song suggested that such a mutual market can also be set up in Guanghan and Brazil." The Yi people in Shu are all over the mountains, almost every mountain is inhabited by such Yi people, if you can subdue the Yi people in this way, Shu is stable, and there is no longer an annual Yi people to make trouble, this is a great good thing. "Zhang Songnai is a native of Shuzhong, and he knows that every year in Shuzhong, especially in the south, there are people of different sizes who make rebellion every year. These people live a hard life, and there are not many fields in the mountains, so there is not enough food and clothing, so there are always some tribes that can't hold on to the mountains and plunder the Han people. When Zhang Song came to Hanzhong this time, he was greatly surprised to see that Chen Lin had subdued tens of thousands of Yi people in Bashan properly, so he couldn't help but suggest this policy to Chen Lin.

Chen Lin smiled, the mutual market provided some food and daily necessities to the Yi people, but the mountain goods and animal skins brought out by the Yi people from the mountains also met the needs of the Han nobles, so the opening of the mutual market did not allow Chen Lin to invest too much financial resources, on the contrary, it was often profitable. Chen Lin heard Zhang Song say this, in fact, even if Zhang Song didn't mention it, Chen Lin would do it in Guanghan and Brazil, although there are very few Yi people in the two places, but if it is not handled well, it will be troublesome. At this time, he simply sent Zhang Song a favor, so he said: "Ziqiao has benevolence and righteousness, it is rare, how can a certain refuse, okay, when the things of Bashan Yiren are done, let Zixia lead the mutual market of the three counties, and Liu Dacai is an expert in this." "Liu Hua has done a seamless job of mutual markets over the years, and the affairs and disputes between the Han and Yi people are handled by Liu Hua, and there has been no mistake, Chen Lin is very satisfied. Zhang Song was moved when he saw that Chen Lin agreed to his request, and nodded again and again.

Chen Lin turned his head again and said about the Bashan Yi people: "The leaders of the three tribes want my Hanzhong to support their food for a month, and a month for 40,000 or 50,000 people, it also costs 10,000 or 20,000 stones. What is Zi Xia's opinion? Chen Lin attaches great importance to Liu Hua's opinions on the ethnic policy, because Liu Hua can always give the right advice.

Jia Xu: "Lord Liu did give a suggestion, and it is not as good as Lord Liu." Mr. Liu said in the letter that the Yiren and Hanzhong are now dependent on each other, and the Yiren have slowly become inseparable from the mutual market transactions in Hanzhong. In this catastrophe, I Hanzhong must not be saved, otherwise my years of efforts in Hanzhong will be in vain, but Lord Liu said that they should not give them food for no reason. Therefore, Lord Liu suggested that Bashanyi exchange labor for food. ”

Chen Lin: "Oh, exchanging labor for food? How to exchange labor for food? Jia Xu: "Do you remember the lord, didn't our army hope to recruit an army dominated by the Bashanyi people before, but it didn't work out." Now Lord Liu thinks that the time is ripe, and if this method is proposed at this time, the Yi people will not refuse. There are two reasons, one is that the relationship between our Hanzhong and the Yi people is not comparable to yesterday, and the other is that at this time, our army vigorously supports the Yi people to tide over the disaster, and the Yi people will be grateful first. ”

Chen Lin lowered his head and thought about it, now the Yi people in Bashan are so sad, so what about Shuzhong, although the Han people in Shu have not suffered much flooding, but the Yi people who live in the mountains are different. So the Yi people have no way to live, they still have to rebel, or they still have to go down the mountain to plunder the Han people, it seems that Shu has been busy for a while. Chen Lin did not immediately decide on the matter of Bashan, but said loudly to Huang Yan: "Ordered Guanghan and Ziyuan and Guofu of Brazil to take the initiative to contact the Yiren tribe in this county, and let Zixia send people to Shu to assist and help the Yiren tide over the flood, and don't let the Yiren rebel after they suffer." ”

As soon as Chen Lin finished speaking, Jia Xu and Zhang Song were shocked, neither of them thought of this matter, as strategists, they glanced at each other, a little guilty, such a thing actually made the lord himself think of it first, dereliction of duty. But when I heard Chen Lin say that he would do his best to help the Yi people of the two counties, then the Yi people of Bashan would definitely be able to be helped, but it was just how to do it. The three of them had a heated discussion about this again, now Hanzhong has no money to raise more soldiers and horses, and the current Hanzhong army has reached its limit, so the matter of recruiting Yi people into the army is over, and they can only change the method.

Just as Chen Lin came up with a plan, a person rushed in and shouted: "Lord, there is no return." "But it is a member of Wuying, Wuying is no secret in Hanzhong now, the real secret is another organization, except for the Chen family brothers and Huang Yan Zhoucang, few people know the secret. I saw this shadowless running in quickly, as if there were 100,000 urgent things, and rushed to kneel: "My lord, there is no shadow to report, the 30,000 troops of Wancheng in Nanyang County do not know where to go, and even the general has not appeared in Nanyang for many days." ”

Chen Lin and the others were shocked, Yuan Shu was not in Nanyang, and there were 30,000 troops who were missing. Chen Lin hurriedly asked, "But is there any other news?" Wuying replied: "It is reported that the general has subdued the entire territory of Yuzhou half a month ago, and now the henchmen Liang Jiliang Benyuan and Liang Gang Liang Xingyun are guarding Yuzhou. ”

Chen Lin shouted: "Impossible, even if Yuan Highway defeats Yuzhou, Erliang is far inferior to Ji Fuyi or Zhang Jian's function to make Yuan Highway trust, even if Yuan Highway wants to keep people to guard Yuzhou, it should be one of these two people, not Liang Benyuan Liang Xingyun, impossible." ”

Zhang Song rushed out: "What if General Hou wants to use Ji Fuyi and Zhang Jiangong to do more important things?" Jia Xu was thoughtful, and after a while, he looked enlightened, but Chen Lin was shocked, something more important? Isn't it important that Yuzhou is such a big place and one of the richest states in the Han Dynasty? Suddenly, Chen Lin looked at the two of them with a look of horror on his face and said, "Jingzhou? ”

Jia Xu and Zhang Song both nodded, Jia Xu and Zhang Song both thought of going together, Chen Ze interjected and asked, "Why did the two gentlemen conclude that Yuan Highway must be from Tujingzhou, and not for my Hanzhong?" Chen Lin took the lead and said: "It can't be my Hanzhong, Yuan Highway is new to Yuzhou, Yuzhou is a rich land, my Hanzhong is far in the southwest of the Han Dynasty, if Yuan Highway attacks my Hanzhong, then Yuzhou to Hanzhong, across most of the Han, Yuan Highway defense line is so narrow and long, how to defend it, unless Yuan Highway is crazy, otherwise it will not attack my Hanzhong." So since Yuan Highway has no intention of taking Hanzhong, there is no need to attack our Shangyong three counties to offend our army, so although the three counties of Shangyong are close to Nanyang, they are also safe for the time being. "Just say that the east and west of Hanzhong County are across thousands of miles, not to mention that there are hundreds of miles in Nanyang, and there are hundreds of miles in Yuzhou, there are two thousand miles of defense line, Yuan Shu is not so stupid to rob Hanzhong, especially in the case of Jingzhou, so taking Jingzhou and then taking Hanzhong is Yuan Shu's strategy.

At this time, Jia Xu said: "What the lord said is that Yuan Highway must take Jingzhou, take Jingzhou, but down the river, Jiangdong is difficult to resist Yuan Highway's military momentum, Jiangdong will go down again, then Yuan Highway can be from Yuzhou and Jiangdong out of the two armies to attack Yangzhou, Yangzhou, Yuan Highway according to the southern states, can be majestic Central Plains, Yuan Highway is not small. "Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Jiangdong, Yangzhou, these four places happen to be connected, the southeast corner of the Han Dynasty, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, which is not the richest place, if Yuan Shu really owns these places, who in the world is still Yuan Shu's opponent? I have to say that Yuan Shu still has a certain foresight and can specify such a strategy. Speaking of Yuan Shu, the identity of the fourth and third dukes, is to take advantage, and almost effortlessly subdued Yuzhou, like Yuan Shao in the north, he took Jizhou in a blink of an eye, Chen Lin once again sighed at the advantages of the famous family.

But Chen Lin looked at what Jia Xu said, without a dignified expression, and couldn't help but be puzzled: "Wenhe, if this Yuan Highway is like this, won't our army be taken by Yuan Highway sooner or later in the future, why don't you see Wen He a little worried?" ”

At that time, Zhang Song also laughed: "Lord, that is Mr. Jia knows in his heart, and it is expected that the general will not succeed in the future." Chen Lin was shocked: "Oh? Zhang Song was stunned and saw that Jia Xu did not like it at all, so he said: "The lord thinks about it, although the general now has a rich land and a strong army under his command, but Yuan Highway has one thing, and he will definitely lose." ”

Chen Lin was even more puzzled, only to see Zhang Song laughing, and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Jia doesn't know if you and I think the same in our hearts, if you and I write this in the palm of our hands, is it the same?" Chen Lin, Huang Yan and the others were very amused, and hurriedly said: "Hurry, just follow Ziqiao." ”

Jia Xu had no choice but to pick up the pen and ink in the palm of his hand and write two words, and Zhang Song also wrote at this time. Chen Lin and the others surrounded and shouted to open it quickly. I saw that Jia Xu's palm was the word "water war", and Zhang Song's palm clearly wrote "water army", Chen Lin and others suddenly realized, Jia Xu and Zhang Song looked at each other, saw that they were exactly the same, and laughed.