Huang Yueying's eyes showed a little regret. She thanked Zhuge Dan and asked him to stay for dinner, but Zhuge Dan refused and left.

"It's a pity." Huang Yueying said regretfully.

"It's a pity." Zhuge Jun also sighed, "I think the public holiday is quite insightful, I don't know that Brother Weishenme doesn't need him." ”

"Because his celebrity habits are too heavy." Huang Yueying said lightly: "He is insightful, but he is also broad and not cautious enough. can win the hearts of the people and make a name for themselves, but they can't do great things. It's not that such a person can't be used, it's just that he doesn't fit your brother's temperament. I think that when he came to Chengdu this time, he probably did a little bit of brotherhood, and then he had to choose another high branch. ”

"Li Yan?"

"He won't look down on Li Yan." Huang Yueying sighed again: "I estimate that he will go to Jiaozhou, Deng Yang started with 2,000 stones, and he will not be moved." ”

Zhuge Jun also shook his head helplessly: "Everyone wants to be rich, but they don't care whether this wealth is righteous or unjust, what can I do." Wei Ba is flying and domineering, and how strong can he be compared to Li Yan. The world is sinking, the people's hearts are not ancient, the gentleman is embarrassed, and the villain is ambitious. ”

"This is also the number of gases." Huang Yueying took out the letter from her sleeve and pushed it in front of Zhuge Jun. "However, his interpretation of the battle situation is the same as your brother hoped. Can't let Nanyang's Meng Da and the others be idle, instead of letting them attack Wu and destroy the overall situation, it is better to let them encircle Luoyang and lay down the victory as soon as possible. ”

Zhuge Jun glanced at Huang Yueying in surprise, and hurriedly took out the letter to read it. Zhuge Liang said very clearly in the letter, as Zhuge Dan analyzed. Zhuge Liang was in no hurry to attack Luoyang now. It was indeed because he was not sure of winning a battle. The Wu army has not yet been able to enter the combat position, and it is not easy to attack Luoyang with the strength of the Shu Han army alone, even if there are a large number of fire bombs in hand, they may not be able to go down in one go. The Wei army also has fire bombs, the number is not small, in the case of the imminent loss of Luoyang, they will not leave their hands, the battle will definitely be very tragic.

What's more, Luoyang City is not an ordinary small city. The power of the fire bomb was not enough to crush the Wei army in one fell swoop. It is bound to be a stalemate. Zhuge Liang was unwilling to pay a heavy price, but Zuihou was picked up by Wu Jun. He quickly marched to Hangu Pass in order to create a situation that forced Li Yan not to sit idly by. forced him to send troops to fight for merit.

How to lead Li Yan to Luoyang. And not to attack the state of Wu. It depends on whether Huang Yueying can talk about moving the Wei family. Nanyang has four liliangs, Meng Da, Wei Feng, Deng Zhi and Zong Pre, the latter two are Zhuge Liang's supporters. At least not against it, it will definitely not oppose helping Luoyang, if it can be said that Wei Feng can be moved, Meng Da alone will not be able to object, and the strategic direction of this army will be set.

With Wei Feng's help, Wei Ba will have some scruples, at least he will no longer be as unscrupulous as he is now.

In terms of general thinking, Zhuge Dan and Zhuge Liang coincide. It's a pity that although they are of the same race, their temperament is not far apart, Zhuge Liang is unwilling to use Zhuge Dan, and Zhuge Dan is not in the mood to wait slowly, he wants to take a more convenient road.

This is a very frustrating ending.

Huang Yueying did not hesitate, and visited Mrs. Zhang in the house that day, but Mrs. Zhang understood what she meant, but did not give a specific answer. After Huang Yueying left, Mrs. Zhang called Mrs. Xi.

"You pack up and get up and go to Xiangyang immediately. Now that Xiangyang has been recovered, it is time for the Xi family to regain its strength. Mrs. Zhang said lightly: "Ziyu is in Jiaozhou, the head of the family is in Liangzhou, the business travel between the two places is like a carp crossing the river, Xiangyang is a must-pass place, it is a pity that the Xi family does not seize such an opportunity to revitalize the family business." ”

Mrs. Xi was overjoyed. She had long wanted to leave Chengdu for Nanyang. First, this can get along with Wei Feng day and night, and second, the Xi family can also seize the opportunity to rise again. With a big backer like Wei Ba, it is not a trivial matter for the Xi family to gain an advantageous position in business. What can you do in Chengdu, the strength of the Wei family manor has been drained, and there is no other point in staying in Chengdu except being a hostage.

"Ziyu already has two sons and a daughter, you should also work hard and add Ding to the Wei family as soon as possible." Mrs. Zhang patted Mrs. Xi's hand earnestly: "Zirou is the eldest son, you can't be pressed by Ziyu for everything." ”

Mrs. Xi blushed and responded like a mosquito.

……

As Huang Yueying expected, Zhuge Dan soon left Chengdu and went straight to Jiaozhou. He first went down the river, transferred to Wuling, and visited Deng Yang, the Taishou of Wuling. Seeing with his own eyes that his friend back then has now become a 2,000-stone Taishou, Zhuge Dan is envious. He spent a few days in Wuling, and then went all the way south to Jiaozhou.

When he arrived in Jiaozhou, it was the time of the New Year of the eleventh year of Jianxing.

Zhuge is a northerner, and for a long time, his footsteps have not entered the south of the Yangtze River. This time he entered Jiaozhou on the occasion of the New Year, and the scene he saw opened his eyes. The north is the cold wind howling, the wind and snow are combined, Jiaozhou is warm as spring, along the way, no one wears cotton clothes at all, spring came to Jiaozhou early, appeared on everyone's face.

The Central Plains is in a big war, but Jiaozhou is peaceful. There is no war, no death, only a prosperous business, happiness and well-being. With the arrival of batches of northern merchants, the grain and cotton sales in Jiaozhou have been greatly opened, and the prices have also risen all the way, the growers have received tangible benefits, and those textile workshops have also made a lot of money.

With money in the purse, there is a smile on the face, men, women and children have worked hard for a year, not only to fill their stomachs, but also to pull a few beautiful cotton cloths, make two new clothes, and dress themselves up beautifully for the New Year. For ordinary people, this is the most real happiness, enough to make them smile.

Zhuge felt the joy of the people of Jiaozhou and sighed. In Chengdu, there may be many people who will say that Wei Ba is a chaotic minister and thief, but in Jiaozhou, there are probably few people who will oppose Wei Ba. The common people can't control so many righteousness, whoever can let them live a good life, they will support whom, and Jiaozhou has always been an uncivilized place, there are not many supporters of Confucian scriptures here, except for a limited number of people in the big family who have read the scriptures, I am afraid that the vast majority of the people do not even know who Confucius is.

In such a land, it is very appropriate for Wei Ba to bluff people in the name of a god general. Where will these almost barbarian people care about worshiping ghosts and gods and staying away, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the gods will be far more real than the Han Emperor who is far away in Chengdu.

Zhuge Dan saw Wei Ba who was listening to Lai Min and Liu Xi's discussion in Huaiyi Hall in Yulin.

Hearing that Zhuge asked to see him, Wei Ba was also very surprised. He knew that Zhuge Dan went to Chang'an, and he always thought that Zhuge Dan would take refuge in Zhuge Liang, but he never thought that Zhuge Dan would go around in a circle and come to Jiaozhou again.

"Zhuge is on vacation, how is the scenery of Chang'an?" Wei Ba greeted him with a smile and pulled Zhuge to the court, "You won't be the prime minister's envoy to check on the chaos in my Jiaozhou, right?" ”

Zhuge Dan was very surprised, if it wasn't for someone to introduce him first, he couldn't believe that the young man with a smile on his face in front of him would be the world-famous Zhennan general, to put it nicely, this is approachable, to put it ugly, this is a gentlemanless majesty, almost frivolous. However, he was very satisfied with Wei Ba's attitude, celebrities and celebrities didn't pay much attention to the rules of those officialdoms.

"Don't dare, Jiaozhou is prosperous under the rule of the general, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, even in Guanzhong, everyone knows it, so why do you need to send someone to investigate. Besides, I'm not the prime minister's envoy, I'm here to travel in Jiaozhou. ”

"Haha......" Wei Ba stroked his palm: "Since I am not the prime minister's messenger, then I can rest assured." To tell you the truth, the prime minister is fighting in the Central Plains, and I'm also very nervous here. An army of 100,000 consumes a thousand gold a day, and as soon as he stretches out his hand, my waist will be deflated, and I am really afraid. ”

Zhuge Dan couldn't help laughing. "The general is making money every day, and he can't afford the expenses of an army of 100,000?"

"Alas, you don't know, although I make a lot of money, I also have a lot of expenses." Wei Ba sighed deliberately: "The sages all said that they wanted to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but Jiaozhou is a rich people and a strong army, and what I can control is very limited." I always feel that I am a donor now, matching them with a small amount of money, which business is not worn out? It's all hard-earned money. ”

Zhuge smiled and said nothing. He knew that Wei Ba was now very rich, and he probably couldn't believe him when he said these words, for fear that he was sent by Zhuge Liang to reach out and ask for money, so he said ugly things in front of him, so that he couldn't open his mouth. However, he had no intention of reaching out for Zhuge Liang at all, nor did he plan to accept Wei Ba's words.

"General, how's the battle in Luoyang?"

"Luoyang? It's a lively fight. Wei Ba asked rhetorically: "Didn't you hear the relevant news when you were on the road?" ”

"I've heard some, but it's just hearsay, just a few words, and I don't argue with the truth or falsehood."

"Oh, that's right." Wei Ba nodded understandingly, and roughly explained the battle in Luoyang.

Zhuge Liang's soldiers approached Hangu Pass and never launched an attack. Wu has not stopped advancing, Lu Xun commanded the army after more than a month of fierce battles, all take Yingchuan, and now have entered Henan County, the troops are in the Yuanguan Pass, and Zhuge Liang has formed a flanking Luoyang trend, and will soon launch a siege on Luoyang.

Zhuge Dan was surprised: "Nanyang didn't send troops? ”

"Nanyang? What kind of troops did Nanyang produce? Wei Ba asked with a surprised face: "The general said as early as the beginning of last year that he wanted to rest with the people, when did he change his hexagram again?" ”

Zhuge Dan glanced at Wei Ba and didn't say any more, feeling a little uneasy. He couldn't figure out what was going on, was it because Huang Yueying didn't listen to his advice, or did Huang Yueying not say anything about moving the Wei family? Nanyang's army did not move, even if the main force of the Wu army entered Henan County and surrounded Luoyang City, I am afraid that the whole army would not be exhausted, and they would inevitably leave a considerable part of their forces to prevent Meng Da and others from sneak attack.

For Zhuge Liang, this is not good news...... (To be continued......)