In the night, Jiang Wan got out of the car unhurriedly, put his hands on his chest, walked into the gate of the Zhennan General's Mansion, and was at the door. Although his current identity is the chief history of General Zhennan, he still has an invisible position, that is, the Prime Minister's Mansion joins the army, so few people will really regard him as a pure general of Zhennan Changshi, and the guards at the gate can't let him in casually. And Jiang Wan knows this situation, and he doesn't want to embarrass people, every time he comes, he has to wait outside the door to report.

General Zhennan Changshi has to wait outside the gate of General Zhennan's mansion to report, which is probably something that only Jiang Wan can bear.

Jiang Wan had just stood still, a crisp sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and after a while, Zhao Tong rushed to the door with two personal guards, turned over and dismounted, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Jiang Wan.

"Mr. Gongyan, you are ......"

Without waiting for Zhao Tong to finish asking, Jiang Wan picked up and said, "I'm here to see the general, and so are you?" ”

Zhao Tong understood, and nodded a little embarrassedly: "Yes, I also came to see the general, a little ...... Bagatelle. ”

Jiang Wan immediately understood. He said quietly: "The general is on the front line, bordering the state of Wu, and he has a great responsibility. Now that Guanzhong has not won or lost, it is impossible to have another dispute with Wu State. ”

Zhao Tong understood and nodded silently. He pulled Jiang Wan into the door and walked directly to the backyard. Zhao Tong is Wei Ba's senior brother, and everyone around Wei Ba knows it, and no one dares to stop him. He took Jiang Wan all the way to the front of the inner hall, then stopped, bowed down and said, "Mr. Gongyan, please." ”

Jiang Wan was a little embarrassed: "It's better for the general to ask first, I'm close." There is no hurry. ”

Zhao Tong smiled: "Mr. is a business matter, I am a private matter, of course it should be public before private." Or sir please. ”

Jiang Wan didn't say anything, nodded to Zhao Tong, and walked in. Ding Feng held the war knife and stood at the door of the inner room, and when he saw Jiang Wan coming in, he greeted inside. As soon as the words fell, Wei Ba came out from inside, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gongyan is here." I don't let people know anything. I'm going to meet you. ”

Jiang Wan smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face was indifferent. He arched his hand: "The general is busy with military affairs, how dare he work." ”

Wei Ba smiled and welcomed Jiang Wan in, and sat down as the guest and host. Served with wine. Straight to the point, he asked, "Sir, still have unfinished words?" ”

Jiang Wan put down his wine glass. Sit upright and be courteous. "I agree with the general's resolution during the day. It's just that, but it's not enough. The prime minister and the general of Zhenbei are in Guanzhong, although there is no war for the time being, the situation may not be comprehensive. With Wan's speculation, the Wei army temporarily stopped attacking, which was nothing more than a shortage of soldiers' food. The autumn harvest was imminent, and after the Wei army collected food and conscripted military service, it was inevitable that they would attack again. Relying only on the strength of Guanzhong, I am afraid that it will not be able to ensure that Guanzhong is safe, and the general still has to prepare in advance. ”

Wei Ba asked rhetorically: "In my opinion, what kind of preparation should I make?" ”

Jiang Wan said: "One is food, and the other is soldiers. This year, the Tuntian Tuntian has achieved initial results, and the generals' training has also achieved remarkable results. If we can fully support it, the war in Guanzhong will naturally not be a problem. Not only is it more than enough to hold Guanzhong, but even if it is to recover Longyou, there is a chance. This is a great achievement, the general is skilled in military affairs, haven't you thought about it? ”

Wei Ba put away his smile and was silent. He understood Jiang Wan's intention. Jiang Wan was not satisfied with his attitude, but he couldn't explain it clearly in front of everyone, so he came to him, hoping that he could give Prime Minister Zhuge more support in private. Compared with the superficial public discussion, private contact may be more able to express the meaning of the prime minister's office he represents.

Wei Ba raised his eyelids and said lightly: "Does Mr. want me to fish with all my might?" ”

Jiang Wan was stunned and looked at Wei Ba in a daze. He didn't expect Wei Ba to reject him so directly, and there was no room for relaxation. This surprised him very much, and there were various indications that Wei Ba had always wanted to maintain his relationship with Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, but his performance today was very different. Could it be that Wei Ba has other ideas? If this is the case, it will be a big deal for Zhuge Liang.

Wei Ba took in Jiang Wan's expression. He smiled, "Sir, I actually understand what I mean. I think the prime minister will understand my intentions as well. Wei is strong and Han is weak, and we need more time to accumulate strength, so how can we act in a hurry. In terms of current strength, being able to hold Guanzhong is a great victory. Everyone can see that we do not have the strength to expand outward for the time being, and reluctantly doing so will only affect the overall situation. The prime minister is wise, he must understand the truth, and he will also understand my hard work. Mr. Gongyan doesn't have to worry about me. ”

Jiang Wan sighed, very frustrated, he knew that it would be difficult for him to change Wei Ba's decision and not be able to complete the task assigned by the prime minister.

"The biggest crisis today is not about soldiers and food." Wei Ba coughed, and Zhengse said: "As Mr. Gongyan said, the training in Tuntian has already achieved initial results, and if I give it a while, I will definitely be able to give the prime minister greater support." But the prime minister's body has no one to help, if he really does his best, who will preside over the overall situation, has Mr. Gongyan ever thought about this problem? ”

Jiang Wan looked at Wei Ba puzzled. Wei Ba's words, is he concerned about Zhuge Liang's health, or does he want to achieve greater benefits, to replace Ma Jian and him, and become a position under Zhuge Liang and above ten thousand people?

"No one!" Wei Ba said categorically: "For now, if the prime minister is not secret, no one will be able to replace him." Therefore, I hope that Mr. Gongyan will send a message to the Prime Minister and ask him to take care of his health for the country. If he can live to be seventy years old, I think he will have the opportunity to see the revival of the Han family, otherwise, the world will be unpredictable. ”

Jiang Wan was up and down in his heart, he didn't know what the true meaning of Wei Ba's words was, but he knew very well that Wei Ba's words at least showed that he was clear about the correspondence between him and Zhuge Liang.

Jiang Wan retreated, Zhao Tong stood outside the door, and when he saw Jiang Wan's eyes wandering, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he didn't want to ask more. Jiang Wan went out, Zhao Tong entered the inner room, knelt in front of Wei Ba, and before he could speak, a look of shame appeared on his face.

Wei Ba glanced at him and pouted: "Sun Dahu? ”

Zhao Tong nodded awkwardly.

"What's so good about that woman?" Wei Ba asked puzzledly: "Kefu, I won't talk about these nonsense things." With her temper, if you get her back, won't you ask for trouble, and will the family be stable in the future? ”

"I know, but I have to get my son back." Zhao Tong smiled helplessly: "This is the first child of my Zhao family, I can't ...... Let him grow up in the country of Wu. As you said, Lu Ban is not a person who can teach children well, and if she raised her, wouldn't it be ......"

"So, you still want to get her back? The sister-in-law of the Pan family is so good, you bully her so much, do you have no conscience......"

"She asked me to beg you." Zhao Tong took out a letter from his arms and sent it to Wei Ba with both hands: "This is written by her own hand, I don't know what it is written." ”

Wei Ba was a little surprised, hesitated for a long time, and then took it, opened it and looked at it. is similar to what Zhao Tong said, Pan Ziyu hopes that Wei Ba can take Sun Dahu and the child over through negotiations with Wu Guo, that child is the heir of the Zhao family, Sun Dahu is also Zhao Tong's woman, and he can't stay in Wu State forever. She and Sun Dahu are also sisters, and they will be sisters for the rest of their lives.

Wei Ba was a little embarrassed to say, and accepted the letter. "I want to find a way, but I may not be able to do it, although Sun Quan is honest now, he is not convinced, and he may not be able to listen to me."

Zhao Tong was relieved and said with a smile: "Ziyu said, if someone can do this, only you." The next time you have time to go to Chenyang, she will cook herself and prepare a table of Pan family's private dishes for you. ”

"I'm afraid there won't be a good feast." Wei Ba sneered, and immediately turned to the topic: "Okay, let's talk about Chenyang's situation." What are the movements of Wu Jun? ”

Zhao Tong told him what he had learned. At present, although there is no war between Wu and Shu, everyone knows that this war is far from being won or lost. Of course, Sun Quan was preparing for war, but it didn't go well.

Wei Ba is in Tuntian, Jiangnan, the main manpower comes from the barbarian tribes in the mountains, Sun Quan also has the problem of insufficient population, the previous solution is to plunder Shanyue, the strong to supplement the army, the weak to supplement the people, now the situation has changed, if the conditions he gives are not good, those Shanyue will run to the area controlled by Wei Ba. In this way, the cost of Sun Quan's tuntian was greatly increased, but the harvest was much smaller.

In desperation, Sun Quan could only learn from Wei Ba and make extensive use of various machinery. In order to obtain these jishu, on the one hand, he sent fine works into the Wuling area to steal learning, and on the other hand, he also gathered some people to develop them, such as Zhang Zhao's nephew Zhang Fen is now a master craftsman, and now he is very busy.

However, Sun Quan failed to open a school like Wei Ba, especially the Engineering School, and it is said that he originally planned to follow suit, but he was strongly opposed by the family, and Zuihou could not do it.

"The family is even against this?" Wei Ba was very surprised.

"Of course, there are so many official positions, and the more people who fight for it, the less chance there is." When Zhao Tong talked about this, he seemed much calmer. "It's nothing to open an engineering school to train craftsmen, but if you want to run an engineering school, you have to run a school of economics, and how to arrange it after the students come out is a big problem. Dahan ran a Taixue school in Luoyang at the beginning, and 30,000 Tai students could not enter the school normally, so they called friends in Luoyang and became Liliang that Qingliu relied on. Yin Jian is not far away, how can Sun Quan not be careful. ”

Wei Ba smiled bitterly, he realized that he had taken such a big advantage in Jingnan and Jiaozhou, it turned out that the family not only means strength, but also means resistance to reform.

After sending Zhao Tong away, Wei Ba returned to the inner room, Xiahou Hui was sitting in front of the desk looking at Pan Ziyu's letter, and when she heard Wei Ba's footsteps, she raised her head and glanced at Wei Ba: "Husband, why did you take such a troublesome thing?" ”

"Trouble?" Wei Ba disagreed: "She took the initiative to give in, what else is not easy to do, I believe that Sun Quan will be very willing, maybe she will give a thick dowry." ”

"Sun Dahu is willing to be a concubine?"

"What kind of concubine? Pan Ziyu didn't agree to give up the eldest woman......" Wei Ba faced Xiahou Hui's smiling expression, and suddenly felt that something was wrong: "My God, this Pan Ziyu is bad enough, she said it well, but ......"...... (To be continued......)