Chencang Mountain, located in Hanzhong to Guanzhong must pass through the pass next to the pass, in the south bank of Weishui, the east is only more than 200 miles away from the famous Mei Wu, the terrain is precipitous, the scenery is handsome, originally just a mountain forest field, now is the base of Niu Fu's gang of bandits. For a long time, Niu Fu and others have been using this as a base to rob past merchants, and even rob local towns, causing peace in the surrounding places. Zhang Lang had long wanted to exterminate this gang of bandits, but because of the continuous war, he had no time to take care of it, which caused Niu Fu's gang of bandits to be a disaster to this day.

In the valley between the two main peaks of Chencang Mountain, there is a wooden house fence, from time to time bandits come in and out, or go out to patrol and rob, or transport the goods and people obtained from the robbery back to the cottage.

In the hall, Niu Fu was looking at a map in front of him, with a thoughtful look on his face.

A little minion rushed in, knelt down and said, "General, the military division is back." ”

Niu Fu hurriedly raised his head, and saw Li Ru, who was dressed as a servant, walking in quickly, clasping his fists and bowing: "General." ”

Seeing him like this, Niu Fu asked puzzledly, "Why are you like this?" ”

Li Ru said with palpitations: "I was almost caught in Fufeng County!" ”

Niu Fu was taken aback and hurriedly asked what was going on. General Li Ru explained the consequences of the matter. Niu Fu snorted coldly, "Ma Bufang, he is looking for death, one day I will not spare him if I enter Fufeng!" Li Ru nodded sympathetically. Niu Fu asked, "Did you get anything out of going to Fufeng this time?" Li Ru said: "Except for what Ma Bufang did was somewhat unexpected, other things were quite smooth, and all the scholars were willing to get in touch with Prime Minister Cao Cheng to wait for the opportunity." Then he took out a list from his bosom and handed it to Niu Fu with both hands.

Niu Fu took the list and looked at it, and nodded with a smile. Put the list on the bookcase, frowning, "Do you think Prime Minister Cao Cheng can defeat Lu Bu?" ”

Li Ru smiled: "There is no doubt about it! How can Prime Minister Cao Cheng's eloquence be comparable to that of Lu Bupifu? Moreover, Prime Minister Cao Cheng's fierce generals are like clouds and ministers, occupying half of the states and counties and people in the world, the money and food are inexhaustible, and the troops are inexhaustible, and it is only a matter of time before Lu Bu is defeated by Prime Minister Cao Cheng! ”

Niu Fu had a bottom in his heart and nodded. Thinking of something, he called Li Ru to the press table, pointed to the location of Fufeng on the map and asked Li Ru: "I got the news that Lu Bu has arrived in Fufeng County?" ”

Li Ru nodded, "Not only Lu Bu, but also Miss Dong Ying." Niu Fu frowned, and there was a look of resentment in his eyes. Raising his head, he said to Li Ru: "I want to intercept and kill Lu Bu on the way, what do you think?" ”

Li Ru was shocked, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no!" Lu Bu is brave and unparalleled, and the thousand tigers and iron armor under his command are all brave people who can fight one against ten! Even if we are ambushed, we have no chance of winning! General, we must not take any chances! Otherwise, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Niu Fu frowned, unwilling. Li Ru persuaded: "General, for the sake of today's plan, you should wait for the opportunity, and you must not act rashly!" As long as Prime Minister Cao Cheng's army captures Luoyang and enters Hangu Pass, we can act! Until then, don't act rashly, so as not to get into trouble! ”

Niu Fu frowned and nodded. Li Ru breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Niu Fu agreed.

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A few days later, in the evening, Niu Fu would walk out of the cottage hall. Looking into the distance, I saw that under the sunset, thousands of mountains and ravines seemed to be dressed in a red and yellow shirt. Niu Fu recalled the scenery of the year and couldn't help but feel resentful. Suddenly, I saw more than 100 small minions gathered in a clearing on the left, as if they were discussing something. Niu Fu was curious and walked over. When everyone saw Niu Fu coming, they were all shocked, and hurriedly saluted Niu Fu with their fists, and some people were still hurriedly collecting something.

Niu Fu was suspicious in his heart, pointed to a small minion who was collecting things behind him and shouted, "What are you hiding?" Take it out! ”

The little minion didn't dare to disobey, and hesitantly took out the thing hidden behind him, which was a notice.

Niu Fu took the notice, looked at it, and looked shocked, it turned out that the notice was written with the content of bandits and robbers from all over Zhao'an, and it promised in the name of the general Lu Bu: As long as there is no great evil, you can abandon the evil and follow the good, the government will not blame the past, and distribute houses to cultivate cattle and farmland.

Niu Fu glared at the little minion in front of him who had just hidden the notice, and shouted: "You are hiding this thing, you obviously want to rebel!" Come on, drag him down and cut him down! The little minion was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy. Niu Fu's two cronies dragged him down despite his pleas, and cut down the little minions in front of everyone in the cottage. There was silence in the square, and everyone was concerned.

Ushisuke returned to the hall and sat down, looking indignant.

Li Ru said worriedly: "Lu Bu's trick is really clever!" In this way, I am afraid that everyone will not be at peace! Niu Fu said coldly: "Whoever dares to leave, I will break him into pieces!" ”

Li Ru said: "This is not a long-term solution!" ”

A cronie hurriedly rushed in, clasped his fists and said, "General, Fufeng County has issued a new notice!" Then he took out a pair of notices from his bosom and presented them to Niu Fu with both hands. Niu Fu took the notice and opened it to see that Li Ru also leaned his head over. The two saw that it was written: Whoever captures Niu Fu and Li Ru, regardless of life or death, will be exempted from the crime, rewarded with 100 taels of gold, and named a county prince.

The two were shocked, and Li Ru said again and again: "It's not ......good, it's not good," he glanced at Niu Fu, "As soon as such a notice comes out, it is inevitable that there will be no people who want to make money!" Niu Fu was also worried, and his brows were tightly locked.

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Turning his gaze to Zhang Lang. After leaving Fufeng County, Zhang Lang and his entourage went all the way west and inspected Tianshui County, Longxi County, and Jincheng County. Everywhere he went, Zhang Lang had a detailed understanding of agriculture, the displaced people, commerce and trade, and the situation of the scholars, in general, the problems of agriculture and commerce were handled well, while the problems of the refugees and the scholars encountered some obstacles, and the scholars continued to adopt a non-cooperative attitude towards the government on behalf of Lu Bu, which led to the stagnation of many things in the local area, after all, many people in the scholars served in the government, and if they did not cooperate with the yang and the yin, it would be difficult to get things done.

As for the difficulty of solving the problem of the displaced people, it is also related to the scholars, and in order to solve the problem of the displaced people in a short period of time, the first thing is to have land to secretly protect them. Although Zhang Lang has adopted a policy of encouraging land reclamation, the number of displaced people resettled in this way is limited after all, and to fundamentally solve the problem, it is still necessary for the Shi clan to cooperate and take out a large amount of grain land in their hands, but this is obviously impossible, and few Shi are willing to give up the land in their hands.