March of the ninth year of Jianxing, Guanzhong, Wangxian County.

The spring breeze blew green Guanzhong, and last year's heavy snow turned into a trickle, moistening the land of Guanzhong. The water originates under Liupan Mountain, all the way to the south, irrigating thousands of hectares of fertile land on both sides.

The water conservancy foundation in Guanzhong was originally good, otherwise it would not become land and sea, 800 miles of Qinchuan was once the granary of the Great Qin Empire to conquer the world, after more than 200 years of development in the Western Han Dynasty, Guanzhong's geographical advantages were exerted to the extreme. Since then, Guanzhong has never recovered the prosperity of the year, and the water conservancy facilities that have spent a lot of manpower and material resources have also slowly collapsed in the passage of time, and have lost their due role.

After that heavy snowfall, Zhuge Liang had already realized that this war would not end soon, and that the long-term confrontation needed sufficient food as a backing, so he immediately focused on Tuntian. Before the weather warmed up, he inspected the water conservancy situation everywhere and prepared for the relevant matters of Tuntian.

At the beginning, Wei Ba occupied Guanzhong and reported to the candidates for the Taishou of the three counties of Guanzhong, but Zhuge Liang only agreed to one, that is, Zhao Su was appointed as the Taishou of Jingzhao, and the Taishou of Feng Yi and Fufeng counties have not been appointed. When Ma Tan came to Guanzhong, he was originally going to serve as the Fufeng Taishou, but later for various reasons, he was reappointed as the head of the Zhenbei General Mansion, and he also led Feng Yi Taishou, but the Fufeng Taishou was still empty.

Now Zhuge Liang intends to be in Fufeng Tuntian, of course, he can't let Fufeng Taishou be absent, so he appointed Liao Hua as Fufeng Taishou, presided over Tuntian affairs, and transferred Ma Zun to be the county Gongcao.

Ma Zun is a member of the Ma family who helps the wind, and once worked as a Tianshui Taishou. It was he who locked Jiang Wei and others out of the door, forcing Jiang Wei to have no way out, so he had to surrender to Zhuge Liang. Later, Ma Zun was captured in Shangqi, and he was a Fufeng man, so of course he surrendered logically. However, after he surrendered, he has not been reused, and it is not until now that Zhuge Liang let him serve as the county gongcao, which can be regarded as re-embarking on the official career.

The county Gongcao is in charge of personnel and is a position with great practical power. Together with the main book and the main secretary, they are called the three chief officials. When traveling in Taifu, Gong Cao is qualified to take a car alone. Zhuge Liang asked Ma Zun to do such an important position, which was a gesture of goodwill to the Fufeng Ma family, and he did not appoint Ma Cao, who had followed Wei Ba to fight in Wuguandao. It also made the Ma family acceptable.

After all, Ma Cao is too young. Another martial artist. It's not quite appropriate to do gongcao.

In this way, the Fufeng Ma family calmly accepted Zhuge Liang's overtures in exchange. They accepted Ma Cheng's suggestion as the new head of the Fufeng Ma family. Ma Cheng was born after Ma Chao arrived in Chengdu, and it can be said that he is the only heir of Ma Chao, who is only thirteen years old this year, but he has a knighthood, which is very rare, and it can be seen that Ma Chao's identity in Shu Han was special. For the Fufeng Ma family, it is also quite face-saving to be dominated by a prince and marquis with a title.

What's more, there is news that the prime minister intends to let Ma Cheng's sister Ma Wenshan marry Liu Li, the king of Anping.

With the support of the Ma family, those families of Fufeng also showed favor to Zhuge Liang, and the affairs of Tuntian were carried out smoothly. Under the command of Zhuge Liang, Juntun and Mintun were carried out at the same time, and everyone worked together to seize the time to repair those water conservancy facilities that had been covered by time. After more than two months of hard work, Fufeng has a new look, and countless tall waterwheels stand on both sides of the Huangshui and Weishui, lifting the clear river water to a high place to make up for the inconvenience caused by the ditches that are too badly damaged to be repaired for a while and a half. The sound of flowing water is like a beautiful ballad, as if lamenting the reappearance of the glory of the past and reciting the wisdom of the prime minister.

Zhuge Liang was dressed in a crane and held a yak tail, looking at the busy people and soldiers in the fields, with a faint smile on his face.

As long as it can hold out until August, the army will be self-sufficient in food, and there will be no more worries about the difficulty of transporting thousands of miles.

Yang Yi walked over quickly, and just saw the smile on Zhuge Liang's face, and couldn't help laughing: "Prime Minister, you are really far-sighted." You see, as you expected, Li Yan intercepted the grain from Jiaozhou to Fangling. ”

Zhuge Liang took the official document in Yang Yi's hand, glanced at it, and snorted softly.

"Prime Minister, just let Li Yan mess around?"

"How can you say he's messing around?" Zhuge Liang said unhurriedly: "What Li Yan has done, so far, there is nothing out of the ordinary. He was a hussar general, and I was not in Chengdu, so of course he was in charge of internal and external affairs. Maybe he has a reason for doing this. ”

Yang Yi was a little uneasy, after Ma Jian came last time, after a long talk with Zhuge Liang, he made concessions, agreed to write a book to Wei Ba with Zhuge Liang, and supported Jiang Wan to stay in Lingling, on the condition that Zhuge Liang would return to Chengdu to preside over the overall situation, and Li Yan and others could not be allowed to take advantage of the loophole.

This incident is of far greater significance to Jingxiang people than to Zhuge Liang himself.

Zhuge Liang is not a Jingxiang person, he doesn't rely on Jingxiang people, he can also rely on other people, what Li Yan can do, he can also do it, and he can do it better, as long as he is willing. However, for the Jingxiang people, if the Yizhou and Dongzhou factions flood into the court in large numbers, they will inevitably encroach on their interests, and there are so many positions, and there are more other factions, so of course the Jingxiang faction will be less. Unlike the people of Yizhou, who have land, the Jingxiang people are outsiders, and if they do not have power in their hands, they will soon be unable to gain a foothold in Yizhou.

This is the reason why Zhuge Liang and Ma Jian were able to reach mutual understanding. Yang Yi is also from Jingxiang, and of course he hopes that Zhuge Liang and the Jingxiang family will cooperate closely as always.

However, Zhuge Liang refused to return to Chengdu for a long time, but spent a lot of effort to Tuntian, which made Yang Yi very incomprehensible and worried.

"Wei Gong, don't worry." Although Zhuge Liang didn't look back, he seemed to see Yang Yi's worry: "It's not just that we don't want to see Xiangyang go to war. ”

Yang Yi said indignantly: "I know, Wu Yi doesn't want to, but he is too cunning, he actually pretends to be sick and does nothing." ”

"It's not just Wu Yi, but also Wei Ba." In front of Yang Yi, Zhuge Liang had no intention of concealing it, and he didn't want Yang Yi to misunderstand his meaning and have other ideas. "The grain transported to Guanzhong is not only to support us, but also to support Wei Yan. Wei Feng is also in Xiangyang, once there is a war in Xiangyang, Wei Feng will be in danger, if Wei Feng is in danger, will Wei Ba agree? ”

Yang Yi was a little dizzy, but he understood that the prime minister was waiting for Wei Ba to jump out first. Wei Ba and Li Yan are now very ambiguous, and the prime minister wants to force them to turn against each other, and then take action himself.

"Spread the word to Chengdu, and said that we are ready, and as soon as the food arrives, we can send troops to attack Longyou. As for the battle in Xiangyang......" Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment: "Until Li Yan's order is delivered, I will not express my position for the time being." ”

Yang Yi was stunned for a moment and nodded again and again.

……

"What is Li Yan doing?" Wei Ba threw the official document he had just received on the case, and said angrily: "Xiangyang is so easy to fight? ”

Xiahou Hui glanced at Wei Ba, handed the child to the bell, and walked over: "What's wrong?" ”

"Li Yan asked Meng Da to attack Xiangyang and asked me to provide a little more grain and grass." Wei Ba sneered, "He treated me as his cang. ”

Xiahou Hui took the official document and looked at it, and glanced at Wei Ba: "Is it interesting?" ”

Wei Ba blinked innocently: "What do you mean?" ”

"Li Yan's actions, aren't they all expected by you. You have to tell me that there will be a war in Xiangyang, and there is no need to use this way, right? Don't forget, when it comes to intimacy, I have a closer relationship with Zhongquan. ”

Wei Ba smiled dumbly, got up and walked to Xiahou Hui's side, and hugged her shoulder: "Yuanrong, you are too careful." I really think Li Yan is too stupid to do this. What kind of place is Xiangyang? The last time I hit Xiangyang, it was unexpected, and I pulled Lu Xun as a helper, but I didn't beat it. This time Cao Rui is in Wancheng, and Sima Yi is in Xinye, if it weren't for Sun Quan's distraction, I think Sima Yi would personally guard Xiangyang. Meng Da sent troops, isn't he asking for hardship? ”

Xiahou Hui also put away his smile and said after a moment's silence: "Husband, I know you are worried about the safety of your brother. However, since he is a soldier leader, he will inevitably encounter danger. He is the eldest son, and now the title is not as good as yours, and he is afraid that he will not be convinced. If you rashly ask him not to go to war, he may not listen to you. ”

Wei Ba sighed, this was what he was really worried about. What Li Yan will do has nothing to do with him. In his opinion, Li Yan will sooner or later be a dish on the prime minister's case, and the happier he jumps, the faster he will die. It's not that he doesn't want Wei Feng to go into battle, as Xiahou Hui said, since it is a general, it is natural to go into battle and fight, he just thinks that it is not worth sending troops in this kind of inevitable defeat situation, and losing the strength of the Wei family because of the political struggle between Li Yan and the prime minister.

"I see." Wei Ba rubbed Xiahou Hui's shoulder and muttered for a moment: "I want Taichu to go to Rinan." ”

“weishenme？” Xiahou Hui was a little worried: "He has never been a magistrate, and he will be a taishou all of a sudden, can he do a good job?" ”

"He's smart." Wei Ba patted Xiahou Hui: "I have a lot of confidence in him, and he is also interested in himself, now it depends on whether you are willing or not." After all, Ninan is a wild place, and if you are not careful, something will happen. However, if you can work out from there, you won't have a problem doing anything in the future. ”

Xiahou Hui nodded silently: "Since you say so, then what else can I say?" ”

"Well, don't worry, I'll arrange the most competent manpower for him."

"You're so attentive, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as letting him exercise, right?" Xiahou Hui suddenly laughed: "You won't make a game against my brother, right?" ”

Wei Ba touched his nose in embarrassment. "How can you think of me like that, Yuanrong, you have too much heart." He thought for a moment and said, "If you have to say that you are going to do it, it's not bad." However, the game I have set up is much bigger than you think. ”

"Tell me, how big is it?" Xiahou Hui forced over, and a touch of crimson flew on his face: "Jiangdong, it's still the whole world." ”

"The world, but it's not the world you say." Wei Ba smiled, opened his arms, drew a big circle, and Zuihou took Xiahou Hui into his arms. "It is a world several times larger than the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Wu combined, I want Taichu to become my pioneer in conquering the world, are you willing?" …… (To be continued......)

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