Hanzhong County has nine counties under its jurisdiction, and hundreds of people have participated in the road repair project!

A large amount of cement was transported from Hanzhong City to the other eight counties, and the sand and gravel were taken locally.

The main road in the county was re-leveled and re-paved with sand and cement.

The people who have rice and white flour are even more energetic, and when they are resting, they are still talking about Lin Chuan's goodness:

"Master Lin Xianshi is good to us people!"

"Look at this white-flour steamed bun, you can eat it all!"

"And this white rice, it's so delicious!"

"You know how to eat!"

"What's the matter? You're eating less?! It's all the blessing of Immortal Master Hou Lin in Tohan! ”

Although there was no shortage of food for the people who had a bumper harvest last autumn, they did not eat rice and white flour at every meal, but more often ate potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn.

Not only do the people read about Lin Chuan's goodness every day, but the businessmen who often come and go to Hanzhong County to do business also feel the convenience of the cement road, and after returning to their hometowns, they also began to talk about the well-being of the people in Hanzhong.

"Brother Li, why did you come back so quickly when you went to Hanzhong this time?"

A local businessman looked at his fellow villagers who had just returned from Hanzhong with a spring breeze on his face and asked curiously.

"Brother Zheng doesn't know, Hanzhong has changed a lot now!"

"Oh? Brother Li, why don't you come and sit at my house and solve my doubts? ”

"Okay, I brought some Hanzhong specialties and I'm about to share them with Brother Zheng!"

After a while, the merchant surnamed Li, who came to the house of the merchant surnamed Zheng, began to tell what he had seen and heard in Hanzhong.

"Brother Zheng, come and taste the liquor I brought back from Hanzhong! In addition to Xuchang, the world can only drink in Hanzhong, and this altar is still begged from relatives in Hanzhong! ”

"Okay, thank you Brother Li, it's almost full!"

After a cup of belly, the two of them shouted at the same time!

"Brother Li, who made such a fine wine?"

"This wine is from the hands of Hou Lin Immortal Master of Hanzhong!"

"It turned out to be brewed by Hou Lin Immortal Master in Hanzhong, such a beautiful wine is really immortal wine!"

The two of them had another drink, and they felt a little drunk.

"By the way, Brother Li, I remember that it took at least a month to go back and forth to Hanzhong before, why did you come back in less than twenty days this time?"

"Hahaha, because Hanzhong Road is a wide and solid cement road at this time!"

"Concrete road?"

The businessman surnamed Zheng heard about the cement road for the first time, and it was only after the explanation of the businessman surnamed Li that he understood what a cement road was.

"With this concrete road, you don't have to worry about the carriage getting stuck in muddy water in rain and snow, and the road is wide and solid, so you can drive four carriages side by side!"

"This is all the credit of Immortal Master Lin of Hanzhong, and the people and merchants all praise Immortal Master Lin!"

After listening to the explanation of the businessman surnamed Li, the businessman surnamed Zheng also moved his mind to go to Hanzhong to do business, so he said:

"Brother Li, this road is convenient, and the goods are so easy to sell?"

The businessman surnamed Li smiled again when he heard this:

"Brother Zheng doesn't know that the commercial tax collected by Lord Hou of Hanzhong is extremely low, and the people of Hanzhong have surplus grain and savings at this time, and the goods I brought were sold out in just three days!"

"So?! Brother Li, how about you and me next time we go together? ”

"Don't hide it from Brother Zheng, I also have this intention, you and I will be able to make a lot of money in Hanzhong if you and I have a joint venture!"

"Okay, hahaha,!"

"It's done!"

The two who agreed to go to Hanzhong to make a fortune together raised a glass to celebrate again.

Xuchang, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Jia Xu found Cao Cao and said to Cao Cao:

"Prime Minister, the person I sent to Hanzhong has returned, this is what he has seen and heard in Hanzhong, please take a look!"

Cao Cao took the letter handed over by Jia Xu, said a hard word, and began to read it carefully.

After a while, Cao Cao, who had finished reading the letter, asked Jia Xu, "Wenhe, is the word said in this letter true?" ”

"Back to the prime minister, he sent nine people to the nine counties of Hanzhong County, and the report he got in the end was basically the same!"

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and then said to Jia Xu:

"In that case, let's get to work!"

It turned out that Cao Cao was still a little hesitant about the time to build all the cement roads under his rule, for fear that it would affect the people's farming.

Therefore, after thoroughly understanding the changes in Hanzhong's cement straight road, I made up my mind to implement it nationwide.

Jia Xu, who received Cao Cao's order, was ordered to leave.

The cement materials in the early stage have been prepared, and the notice of recruiting people has been immediately issued to all places.

Following Lin Chuan's way, under Jia Xu's supervision, work started one after another in various places!

Soochow, Kure County.

Sun Quan, who learned that Cao Cao was building roads across the country at this time, called Zhou Yu and Lu Su.

"Gongjin, Zijing, don't be polite!"

"I learned that the Cao thief is building straight roads in various places at this time, I don't know what the Cao thief wants?"

Zhou Yu and Lu Su heard Sun Quan's inquiry, and the two who had also heard it spoke one after another.

"Lord, the straight road built by Cao Cao is made of cement provided by Lin Chuan, a disciple of the Immortal Family."

"The spies who came back from Hanzhong said that this cement straight road is not only smooth and hard, but also not afraid of rain and can be used by four carriages in parallel!"

Zhou Yu replied first.

Then Lu Su also continued:

"Recently, the number of businessmen going to Hanzhong has gradually increased, and the entire Hanzhong County can be described as changing with each passing day and thriving!"

After Sun Quan listened to Zhou Yu and Lu Su's words, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Pacing back and forth in the study, Sun Quan finally said again:

"At this time, Cao thieves requisitioned a large number of people to build roads, can our army directly take Xuchang?"

"Lord, never! It's too risky! ”

Lu Su directly opened his mouth to dissuade Sun Quandao.

Zhou Yu also persuaded on the side:

"Lord, although Cao Cao has requisitioned a large number of people to build roads at the moment, this is the time for spring sowing."

"Our army is not as abundant as Cao Cao's grain and grass, once the army is raised, it will affect this year's grain harvest, as long as Cao Cao sticks to it, maybe our army will not attack itself before winter!"

Lu Su also followed up and said:

"What Gong Jin said is very true, please think twice!"

"Now we can't fight, and if we drag it out and wait for the thieves to finish repairing the cement road, how can we fight as a whole?!"

Zhou Yu and Lu Su were unable to answer Sun Quan's questioning for a while.

After Cao Cao got Lin Chuan, a disciple of the Immortal Family, he didn't have to worry about grain and grass at first, and then he got a hundred refined steel, and now he wants to build a cement straight road for the whole country!

Cao Cao's strength on the face is already far superior to that of Dongwu!

"Lord, for the sake of today, the only way to do this is to unite with Liu Xuande again and force Cao Cao to fight a decisive battle in Chibi!"

In the end, it was Zhou Yu who gave Sun Quan advice.

Jiangxia.

Liu Bei was also discussing with Zhuge Liang how to deal with Cao Cao at this time.

"Kong Ming, now that Cao Cao's power is growing stronger and stronger, time is no longer on our army's side!"

Zhuge Liang was also silent for a while when he heard this: he knew in his heart that after receiving Lin Chuan's help, Cao Cao made Shu Han no longer able to return to the sky!

But Zhuge Liang was by no means a person who was caught with his hands tied, so he said to Liu Bei in a deep voice:

"My lord, we can only unite with Sun Quan of Eastern Wu and decide the victory in a battle with Cao Cao!"

Liu Bei knew that this was the only way, so he said to Zhuge Liang:

"I'll write to Sun Zhongmou now, when does Kong Ming think it's appropriate to send troops?"

"Before this fall's harvest!"