Zhuge Liang paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, his face was very ugly.

Jiang Wei and Yang Yi stood in front of him, bowing their waists, not even daring to breathe.

Jiang Wei had just made a mistake and was discovered by Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was very angry at the moment. Although he didn't say anything serious, the disappointment and anxiety in his voice were like needles, piercing Jiang Wei's heart deeply. Although this matter is not directly related to Yang Yi, in the final analysis, it is Yang Yi's responsibility, but Jiang Wei did not find out, and Zuihou was discovered by Zhuge Liang, so it became his responsibility.

Jiang Wei didn't argue, he knew that Zhuge Liang didn't like people to shirk responsibility. The courage to take responsibility is a necessary morality for leaders that the prime minister has always emphasized. Those who dare not take responsibility are not worthy of being a leader. Although Jiang Wei felt that he was wronged this time, he still didn't say anything.

There was a sound of heavy footsteps outside the door, Wei Yan and Wu Yi walked in side by side, seeing the atmosphere in the hall, Wu Yi stopped his steps, but Wei Yan just stagnated for a moment, and still strode up to the hall. Wu Yi had no choice but to follow. The two stood still in front of Zhuge Liang, bowed their hands, and said loudly: "Prime Minister, we are here." ”

The moment they appeared at the door, Zhuge Liang regained his composure. Looking at the majestic Wei Yan and the spotlessly wiped battle armor on his body, Zhuge Liang smiled. He raised his hand and patted Wei Yan's shoulder: "Wen Chang, it's time for you to change into a new battle armor." ”

Wei Yan smiled and looked at the battle armor with pity: "What the prime minister gave is a supreme glory, and there is no need to change it." ”

"Then at least change this ribbon."

Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, and then he got up heartily. He stroked his beard. nodded arrogantly: "Then borrow the prime minister's auspicious words." ”

Zhuge Liang turned to look at Wu Yi and asked very gently, "Hanzhong is settled?" ”

"Settle in." Wu Yi's tone was calm and unhurried. "Except for the rations that must be left, all the surplus grain is being shipped, and it is estimated that it will arrive in Guanzhong in a month and a half. The total is about 130,000 stones. ”

Zhuge Liang frowned and pondered for a moment: "Didn't you say that there is only a surplus of seventy-eight thousand stones?" How could there suddenly be more than 50,000 stones? ”

Wu Yi bowed and said, "I took out the surplus grain in the manor and borrowed some more. ”

Zhuge Liang exhaled, patted Wu Yi's shoulder, and said nothing. He paced back and forth two steps, then sat down in front of his desk. said lightly: "Wen Chang." Ziyuan, this time I sent you two as other subordinates, hoping to draw on your experience and courage to attract the attention of the Wei army as much as possible. Although Xiahou Ba and the others killed Kirby Neng for a while. But they killed too much. Hu people must have a grudge. After you enter Taiyuan and Yanmen, you must show both power and grace. Wen Chang is brave. Ziyuan is benevolent, I hope you can cooperate with each other, be strong and soft, appease the Hu people, and use them for me. ”

Wu Yi arched his hand, and just as he was about to speak, Wei Yan frowned: "Prime Minister, the Hu people are barbarians, is it useful to be gracious?" Now the Huns are deep into the state, the front has reached the Jiexiu area, and it is possible to enter the east of the river at any time, Cao Wei is not unkind to them, but they still plunder endlessly, sometimes rebel and sometimes obey, in my opinion, it is better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

As soon as Wei Yan spoke, the atmosphere in the room was a little awkward. Jiang Wei looked at Wei Yan with some worry in his eyes. Yang Yi looked at Zhuge Liang, somewhat gloating, as if to say, look, I said he was disobedient. Wu Yi was also very embarrassed, just after meeting, Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang did not agree on their thinking, how would they perform the task in the future?

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "Wen Chang, I know that these Hu people are not credible, but they are in a hurry, and we need them to help now, so we can only tolerate them for a while." When we restore the Han family and dominate the world, it's not too late to clean them up. At this moment, we can't kill them, otherwise, we will have tens of thousands of more enemies whose whereabouts are uncertain. ”

Wei Yan patted his head and smiled embarrassedly: "The prime minister is reasonable, but I thought too much." ”

Wu Yi and Jiang Wei were relieved, but Yang Yi was a little disappointed.

Zhuge Liang immediately told Wei Yan and Wu Yi about the relevant battles, and the two listened carefully and left satisfied. As soon as they went out, Yang Yi couldn't wait to say: "Prime Minister, Wei Yan is reckless and killing, isn't it too reckless to hand over more than 10,000 elite horsemen to him?" ”

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and interrupted Yang Yi's words. "With Wu Yi's help, Wei Yan will be fine." He said to Jiang Wei again: "Wei Yan and Wu Yi are about to set off, you must also be well prepared, and you can't make any more mistakes." With an army of 80,000 and more than 40,000 people, the food consumed every day is nearly 10,000 stones. Soldiers, in the land of death and life, should not be negligent, and should be cautious in everything, and think twice before acting. ”

"Thank you Prime Minister for your teachings."

"I know, you're all hard these days. The transfer of more than 100,000 people, military equipment, food, grass and salaries, none of them is a trivial matter. Wei Gong, you are good at calculation, and you should help Boyo more in these things. ”

Yang Yi responded and said enthusiastically: "Please rest assured, Prime Minister, I will cooperate with Boyo." ”

Jiang Wei was silent.

"In addition, from today onwards, the daily accounts will be handed over to me for review."

Jiang Wei raised his eyebrows, his eyes looked at Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang also looked at him. Jiang Wei wanted to speak and stopped. Zhuge Liang said: "Boyo, if you have anything to say, just say it to your face." ”

Jiang Wei licked his lips and said, "Prime Minister, your body is just right, you shouldn't work too hard." I'll be more careful in the future, so the prime minister should have a good rest. If there is anything, it will not be too late for me to report back to the prime minister. ”

"If anything, it's too late." Zhuge Liang waved his hand and motioned for Jiang Wei to stop talking.

After the autumn harvest, the people and soldiers of various counties rushed from all over the country to push the newly harvested grain and gathered in the area of Chang'an and Fengyi. The 80,000-strong army was assembled, and the total number of people who carried grain reached 1230,000. It is impossible for so many people to gather around Chang'an, and the front is already moving towards Tongguan. Since the beginning of the year, preparations for this war have been in place for more than half a year, and Wei has already received the news. There are no secrets at all, so the deployment of the march is also semi-public, and the only people who can really be called strange soldiers are more than 10,000 foot cavalry led by Wei Yan and Wu Yi.

Almost all of these main forces led by Jiang Wei were foot soldiers, including more than 40,000 elites trained by Zhuge Liang. More than 100,000 people get together, any little thing is enough to make people dizzy, according to the rules of the army, food is distributed once every three days, this time the food is nearly 30,000 stones, the slightest mistake, someone may be hungry. Once hungry. There is a risk of causing a riot.

Marching to fight a war is by no means a simple matter. If we can't manage these hundreds of thousands of people in an orderly and strict manner, and command them uniformly when they go into battle. Once you meet a strong enemy. These people will scatter in a hurry.

Jiang Wei is very attentive. He learned very quickly, but his experience was not enough to lead more than 100,000 people, and Zhuge Liang wanted to help him check it. It is also out of care and love. It's not that he doesn't worry about handing over power to Jiang Wei, but he's really worried that Jiang Wei won't be able to carry this burden. This has not yet been released, something like this has happened, once the army is dispatched, everything is complicated, and Jiang Wei will make mistakes in his busyness. Without going through it, Zhuge Liang was really not at ease.

Jiang Wei saw that Zhuge Liang was resolute, and it was difficult to persuade him again, so he had to close his mouth.

Zhuge Liang said that he was the gatekeeper for Jiang Wei, but once he started working, he could no longer control the degree, and more and more things were handed over to him, Jiang Wei and Yang Yi were unknowingly reduced to supporting roles again, and Zhuge Liang's face slowly became haggard after recovering a little. It's just that he is infected by the enthusiasm of work, and he himself does not feel tired at all, and only feels tired after a day's work.

Whenever in the dead of night, Jiang Wei helped Zhuge Liang take off his shoes and socks and hold his cold feet, Jiang Wei always blamed himself.

……

When Zhuge Liang was preparing for the attack in Guanzhong, Wei and Wu were also making pre-war preparations, and many of them were the same, including the purchase of fire bombs from Jiaozhou.

Cao Rui was originally a little hesitant, after all, this was not a small amount, 300,000 pieces, 16,500 gold, it was a huge amount of money at any time. But when he heard that Sun Quan had raised funds and bought 300,000 pieces in one go, and Zhuge Liang had also exchanged his war horse for a million fire bombs, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and sent someone to inform Cao Fu as quickly as possible, don't hesitate, trade immediately, if possible, add 500,000 pieces, and renew a new order for 300,000 pieces.

Cao Fu, who was waiting for instructions in Jiaozhou, was overjoyed when he heard the news and hurried to see Wei Ba. Wei Ba listened to his request and was a little embarrassed.

"The first order goes up to 500,000 pieces, and that's not a problem. However, it is a bit difficult to sign a new order for 300,000 pieces. Originally, it wasn't a problem, but now that Wu Guo has just renewed a 300,000 pro-order, my production task is very tight. ”

Cao Fu was anxious: "Wu Guo bought it again?" ”

"yes." Wei Ba scratched his head: "I didn't expect the market to be so hot, it seems that the original estimate is still a little guaranteed." ”

Cao Fu doesn't care about the life and death of the country, he only cares about the difference he sees as he sees that the difference may be lost. "What then? Can you sell it to me first? ”

"Of course, whoever does business will give the money first, and whoever will have the goods first. I'll tell you the truth, if it weren't for the sake of Taichu's face, I wouldn't even be able to give you the first batch of 300,000. You still haven't even paid the deposit. ”

Cao Fu had a bitter face and was thinking about it for a long time, when a military soldier walked in and said a few words in Wei Ba's ear. Wei Ba waved his hand at Cao Fu: "Okay, you go to Yuanrong and see if she can give you a transfer." I'm going fishing, if you have time, let's go with you? ”

Cao Fu didn't have the heart to fish at this time, he said goodbye to Wei Ba, and came to the backyard in a hurry, ready to discuss with Xiahou Hui. As soon as he entered the backyard, he was dumbfounded, there were at least thirty people sitting in the hall in the backyard, all quiet, looking like they were all waiting to talk about business. From time to time, someone goes upstairs and someone goes downstairs.

Cao Fu was hesitating to come forward to report, the bell walked down from upstairs, saw Cao Fu at a glance, and hurriedly asked, "Cao Jun, are you here to see Madame?" ”

"yes, yes." Cao Fu was overjoyed, hurriedly walked over, and was about to go upstairs with his legs. The bell stopped him and said with a smile: "Madame has an explanation, no matter who it is, you must come in order." ”

Cao Fu rolled his eyes, and his smile suddenly froze on his face.

The bell whispered again, "However, if you are here for the Flame Bomb, then you don't need to go up." Madame has already arranged for you, a total of 500,000 pieces, you hurry to the account office to hand over the money, get the order, and you can pick up the goods tomorrow. ”

Cao Fu was overjoyed, bowed down to thank him, and turned around to leave. The bell grabbed him and ordered: "When you pay the money, pay an extra hundred gold to make a ship, and drive that ship away, the ship is full of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and even the sailors are ready." All you have to do is pay the sailor's wages again. Madame is very busy, so I won't invite you up for tea. ”

Cao Fu was relieved, took out two horseshoe gold and stuffed them into the bell's hand, and gave them over again and again: "Grandma, you have really helped a lot." ”…… (To be continued......)