Zhang Xi was pulled by Zhuge Liang in this way, said goodbye to his wife and Xiaoba, left Wenrou Township, and started working again.

Deng Fang's survey report had been sent to Hanzhong ten days ago, and after Liu Bei read it, he was already anxious to return to Chengdu.

Deng Fang said in the report that he only sent people to inspect the mountains around Dongchuan and found no less than 30 mining areas, and some of these ores were even directly exposed on the surface, which was very convenient to mine.

Deng Fang even pleaded guilty to Liu Bei in the report, saying that it was a serious dereliction of duty that he had supervised Nanzhong for so long and had not discovered such an important mineral.

But for this matter, you really can't blame Deng Fang.

Deng Fang is a standard Confucian student, learning the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of governing the country, he is passing by Dongchuan, and when he sees those open-pit minerals, he will only think that it is a bad place, not a single grass grows, and it is not suitable for farming, and he will never associate this landform with minerals.

I haven't studied it.

If it weren't for Liu Bei sending a letter to remind him that Deng Fang sent craftsmen who knew how to explore mineral exploration, he would not have known that the "barren land" that he thought could not be cultivated was actually a copper mining area.

Liu Bei also knew this, so he didn't reprimand, but just replied and asked Deng Fang to continue to send people to investigate the other places Zhang Xi said.

Then Liu Bei began to ponder, more than 30 copper mining areas. How can you produce a lot of copper, and you should not worry about the money and food in the next few years, right?!

Liu Bei is happy, he is in a very good mood, he is sixty years old, and he ate two more bowls of rice in the evening.

But within a few days, Liu Bei received a note from Yang Hong, the Taishou of Shu County.

Two things.

First, the discovery of copper mines in Jianning County has been spread to Shuzhong, and the Shuzhong family has a lot of discussions, and some people are ready to move, and the situation is a little unstable.

Second, Yang Hongzuo invited the king of Hanzhong, because of the continuous war, the people of Shuzhong lived in poverty, and hoped that the king of Hanzhong would follow the example of the previous emperors, open the mountains and rivers and Heze, and allow the people to enter the mountains to seek food.

These two things are put together, which shows that Yang Hong has no intention of hiding it at all, that is, telling Liu Bei, you see that we support you in attacking Hanzhong so much, ask for money for money, and ask people to give people, shouldn't you also give us a little reward and comfort?!

The copper mine in Jianning County is pretty good, can we get a kick?!

Although, in fact, there are ways for the Shuzhong family to meddle in the copper mines of Jianning County, but now it is not Liu Bei who is in charge, and everyone has accepted Liu Bei as the master of Shuzhong, so if Liu Bei can take everyone to make a fortune together, it is better than sneaking.

Liu Bei was in a hurry at that time.

It's mine! It's mine! It's all my money!!

But as soon as he thought of what Yang Hong said about the instability of Shuzhong, Liu Bei immediately realized that if he didn't go back to talk to these Shuzhong families, then Shuzhong might really be unstable.

Therefore, Liu Bei had to reply to Yang Hong, asking him to temporarily preside over the overall situation of Chengdu and maintain stability, and he hurriedly found Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to discuss what to do next.

What else can be done, everyone knows.

Zhang Xi complained at the time, what did Deng Fang do, how to survey the distribution of minerals, he can make trouble all over the city? !

Zhuge Liang didn't speak. If Deng Fang wants to have this ability, why should he ask for the old man to give up the position of the governor of the capital.

Liu Bei can't help it, Deng Fang is the first batch of people in Jingzhou to take refuge in him, and he looks okay on weekdays, but he didn't expect that once he practiced, he would be completely exposed.

And Deng Fang was also wronged.

He is just a literati, and being the governor of the capital is only a transitional nature, how can he fight against the local families in Jianning County.

Deng Fang sent people to investigate the distribution of copper mines, maybe he hadn't received the real news yet, and the people from the local family in Jianning knew it before him.

Of course, if it is only a small amount of copper ore, then the people of the local family in Jianning will not make a big fanfare, but will secretly cooperate with Deng Fang, throw out some mines to deal with Liu Bei, and then everyone will eat a large amount of copper ore together. Fertilizer and water don't flow into outsiders' fields.

But this time Deng Fang is a large-scale investigation, some open-pit mineral deposits are also counted, and some large mineral deposits in the mountains have also been found, and the families of Jianning have summed it up, probably thinking that with such a large reserve, Deng Fang probably does not have the courage to cooperate with them to swallow it privately.

But if Deng Fang didn't dare to hide it, then these copper mines would be swallowed by Liu Bei alone, and they were a little unhappy.

At this time, the local families in Jianning had a disagreement.

Some people think, since this is the case, it is better not to do two endlessly, anyway, this place in Nanzhong has always been repeated, and the Yi people and Han people live together, so it is better to simply turn the other way around, close the passage into Nanzhong, and the local families will unite and swallow this mineral together.

But some people don't think so, such a large mineral deposit, even if all the families in Jianning are mined for hundreds of years, they may not be able to mine it all, there is no need to take such a big risk to rebel, it is better to release the news, muddy the water, and attract the gang of families in Chengdu to enter the fight against Liu Bei, maybe they can fish in troubled waters and seize a part of the mineral deposits by relying on their local advantages.

Both propositions have their own supporters, such as Meng, Yong is more inclined to the former, and Li is more inclined to the latter.

But anyway, because of these disputes, the news leaked after all, and most of the families in Shu County basically knew the news.

Then Chengdu was boiling.

This is copper, that is, money!!

Last year, when Liu Bei supported Hanzhong, everyone suffered heavy losses, and pointing to Hanzhong to subsidize everyone's losses, it would take at least three or five years to wait.

After all, it always takes time to reclaim the land and wait for the harvest.

But the copper mine is there, as long as you have to mine it.

What everyone needs now is nothing more than a justifiable talisman. Liu Bei has always flaunted benevolence and righteousness, so he can't not give us this little benefit, right?!

Therefore, on the one hand, these people sent people to Jianning County to investigate on the spot, and at the same time encouraged Yang Hong to write to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to open up the mountains and rivers to Heze, so that they could enter the mountains and mines for copper.

The information obtained by the Shuzhong family is much more detailed than the information sent by Deng Fang to Liu Bei, knowing such a large copper mining area, Liu Bei alone can't eat it, even if it is a small mining area, it is also a family heirloom for a hundred years, so the Shuzhong family feels that it is impossible for Liu Bei not to give such a small benefit.

But Liu Bei was really reluctant to give, because he had no intuitive concept of how much copper ore could be produced in more than 30 mining areas and how much five-baht money could be minted.

Zhuge Liang has a concept, but the concept is also limited, after all, Deng Fang is not clear, and Zhuge Liang has not investigated on the spot.

I can only judge by experience, and I feel that since Chengdu is so controversial, it must be a lot of reserves, otherwise the whole Chengdu will not be alarmed.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei to return to Chengdu to stabilize the situation first, and then he and Zhang Xi went south in the starry night and rushed to Jianning for a field investigation, and then Liu Bei decided.

Liu Bei accepted this suggestion and set off for the south and returned to Chengdu.

But halfway through the road, Liu Bei received a second report from Deng Fang, saying that in the south of Dianchi Lake, a lot of copper ore production areas have also been discovered, the scale is not much smaller than Dongchuan, and what is even worse is that a lot of iron ore areas have been discovered together this time.

Then Liu Bei kept receiving reports from Chengdu, and even Huang Quan, Qin Mi, Wu Yi, Fa Zheng, and Li Yan began to participate.

Liu Bei immediately knew that the matter of Jianning County did not need Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to investigate on the spot, and it must be a large reserve.

After all, according to Deng Fang's exploration report, copper mines have been discovered in an area that is about to cover half of the county, even if they are all small mines, this coverage area means that the number is not small.

Since this is the case, it is not such a simple matter, and this matter must be handled well.

Therefore, Liu Bei temporarily stopped Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi's plan to go south, and prepared to return to Chengdu, and then consider how to develop Jianning County after arguing with this group of families.

But when Liu Bei returned to Chengdu, his butt was still hot, and he received an urgent report from Jianning County.

Jianning Hao clan Yonghong, Meng was rebelled, united with Zhu Bao, and at the same time raised troops to attack and kill Deng Fang, the governor of the capital of Xuan, and officially divided the two counties of Jianning and Qiqi.

At the same time, Gao Ding, the king of Yueshan County, killed Yueshan Taishou and responded to Yonghong.

In the land of the south and the middle, the three counties are all opposed.

When Liu Bei heard the news, he was furious, while Zhang Xi looked confused.

What's that, Liu Bei is still alive and well, you guys are against it now, what kind of trouble is this?!

But if you think about it carefully, the mineral deposits found in Jianning County are indeed worthy of the collusion of the wealthy families in these places to separate themselves and stand on their own.

With copper ore and iron ore, it is equivalent to having money and armament.

As long as the offensive of Chengdu can be blocked, then this separatist situation will be completed.

As for whether he can block the attack of Chengdu, this Yonghong still has ideas.

After all, everyone now knows that Jingzhou and Yizhou have two consecutive major wars related to the national capital, and their own losses are also very heavy, and the most important thing is that the consumption of grain and grass is quite large. If you don't have enough food and grass, what are you going to use to attack Nanzhong, where the terrain and climate are very harsh?!

And the grain and grass of the rebels in the south. Although there is also a lack of grain and grass in the Nanzhong region, Yonghong also has a way to solve it.

He sent people to negotiate with Sun Quan, asking for the surrender of Sun Quan in exchange for Sun Quan's grain and grass support.

In Yonghong's view, Sun Quan had just fought hard with Liu Bei, and the two sides should be enemies, and if there was a chance to weaken Liu Bei, Sun Quan would definitely agree.

Don't say it, Sun Quan really plans to agree.

After all, Liu Bei will definitely involve energy to quell the rebellion, and he can only support a little grain and grass to hold Liu Bei's energy back, isn't it great?!

As for seeking peace and seeking peace, Liu Bei has no time to take care of Jingzhou's affairs, what else is he asking for and doing? !

Sun Quan thought very well, but this time, even the French strategist Zhang Zhao directly stopped Sun Quan's brainless move.

Lord, we still have to make face.

You stabbed Jingzhou in the back with your front foot, and it can be said that you did it in accordance with the edict of the Son of Heaven, and there is a fig leaf somewhat.

But this time, everyone in the world knows about you sending someone to Hanzhong to sue for peace, and the two families have not yet formally negotiated peace, so you turned around and accepted Yonghong's surrender, funded him with grain and grass to let him rebel and drag Liu Bei, is this the attitude that you should have to seek peace?!

is so capricious, the princes and families in the world, who dares to work for you and serve the dead?!

This kind of thing can be done, but it must not be said.

Sun Quan suddenly came to his senses, and sternly rejected Yonghong's request for surrender, saying that although he had a misunderstanding with Liu Bei, Jiangdong still regarded Liu Bei as an ally, how could he accept Yonghong's rebellious surrender at this time?!

By the way, Sun Quan also sent a letter to Liu Bei in a pretended way, saying that in order to express his sincerity in seeking peace, Zhou Yu could lead his troops into Sichuan and help Liu Bei attack Yonghong.

Disgusted Liu Bei half to death, who dares to let you in, can you still leave again after you come in.

But soon, Liu Bei received another report, saying that Yonghong had formed an alliance with Jiaozhou Shixie, and Shixie had donated Yonghong 100,000 stone military rations.

Liu Bei suddenly got angry with Sun Quan'er, his left hand was down to his right hand, and he was playing very slippery.

Who doesn't know what your relationship with Shixie is, isn't it interesting to play this set?!

(End of chapter)