In May, the mango is planted, and the wheat seedlings in Guanzhong are high and full of vitality.

Last year, the official army repelled the enemies from all sides, and the people in Guanzhong recognized Liu Bei even more, feeling that they could finally live a stable life.

The displaced people who originally hid in the mountains, the hidden households who were hidden by the big clans, many returned to their hometowns to cultivate the fields, and the production power was stronger than before the invasion of Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Liu Bei returned to Chang'an for two months, persuading farmers to teach mulberry, training the army, and supervising the construction of Taoist temples, and he was very busy.

One afternoon, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang inspected the construction site in the city and happened to meet Zhang Lu, who supervised the construction of the Taoist temple.

Soon after Liu Bei returned to Chang'an, he crowned Zhang Lu as the Marquis of Ganxiang.

This is the first title he gave, and it is also a country marquis higher than himself, in addition to remembering that he left a lot of money and food, he also has the intention of setting an example to the outside world, which means that he will not treat those who surrender badly. (Liu Bei and Guan Yu are still waiting for the pavilion at this time)

The Taoist temple was selected and mapped by Zhang Lu, and many ceremonies of gods and ghosts were carried out, and it took a month to break ground.

At this time, only the foundation of the main hall is good, and the rest of the beams, rafters, columns and other things are being processed, and the scene looks messy.

When Zhang Lu saw Liu Bei coming, he hurriedly greeted him and greeted him, showing his usual humble attitude.

"Gongqi, I see that the construction of the Taoist temple is slow, I don't know when it will be completed?"

"There is no shortage, there is no shortage, thank you for your concern."

Zhang Lu bowed and replied to Liu Bei: "This progress should be normal, right?" Strive to build it before the fifteenth day of the first month of next year, and it will be convenient to bless the people of Chang'an at that time."

"How long is it going to take?"

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and immediately asked politely: "If you have difficulties, you must say it in time, and you must give full support, is there still a shortage of manpower?" ”

Zhang Lu waved his hand and replied: "The workers you have allocated are enough, and the slow progress is due to the fact that the wood and stone have to be mined in the mountains, and it takes a long time to process and transport them back to Chang'an.

"Not necessarily"

Liu Bei remembered that Long Xiang had built Hefei New City in two years, and said that the gap between people was really big.

When Zhang Lu was puzzled, Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "The lord is talking about the dragon breaking, right?" I heard that he built a big city in two years, and he did not requisition the people of Hefei."

"Is this possible? Isn't it a rumor? ”

Zhang Lu showed an incredulous expression.

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled: "It's no secret anymore, Long Yunqi is indeed good at building, and I and the military advisor have heard of it." ”

"When we recover Luoyang in the future, the lord might as well invite him to rebuild?"

Zhuge Liang echoed in a joking tone, and the side also showed that Long Xiang was good at creating.

Zhang Lu slandered the princes of Longxiang's side, and heard that he drove Sun Quan out of Wu County, such a fierce general who can conquer and fight is absolutely impossible to be easily handled, how can he deign to rebuild Luoyang? Zhuge Kongming is really whimsical.

But Liu Bei bluntly said a good idea, and Zhang Lu next to him was even more surprised.

On the way back to General Zuo's Mansion, Liu Bei took advantage of the topic just now and asked Zhuge Liang: "Military advisor, has Ziyu written recently?" I heard that although Yunqi took Wujun and Danyang, other places still resisted, and the Sun family really had a deep heritage in Jiangdong, and I don't know if Yunqi can deal with it. ”

"Rest assured, the lord has the strength to be a prince."

Zhuge Liang first threw out his conclusion, and then slowly explained: "My brother just wrote a few days ago, General Long is gradually stabilizing the situation and expanding his power, and he can control all the Jiangdong officials who surrendered to him;

At present, it is only limited that there are no naval troops and warships, and it is impossible to go to Yuzhang and Jiangxia to fight a decisive battle with Sun Quan, but the Shanyue rebellion in Danyang has been quelled, and many areas on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River have also been slowly taken under Lu Xun's control, and most of Lü Fan's army has withdrawn to Guangling;

Sun Kuang became self-reliant under the support of Lu Fan and Quan Rou because of Sun Yi's killing, Sun Quan's strength is now greatly discounted, General Long's trick is very good, he focuses on Huiji this year, Sun Jing, Zhu Ran and He Qi seem to be difficult to deal with"

"Dividing Guangling, vertical and horizontal, Long Yunqi is no longer the boy of the past."

Liu Bei sighed, and said with a straight face: "Zhou Lang and Lu Meng are not his opponents, how can Sun Jing, Zhu Ran and He Qi stop it?" It's just a matter of time or time."

"The lord is not afraid that General Long will sit big, and he will not in the future."

Zhuge Liang was cautious in his guess, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to react excitedly, and when he heard this, he stopped instantly, and said seriously:

"Although Yunqi and I have not reached a righteous relationship, and we have not stayed together for a long time, there is no doubt about his loyalty, and the military advisor should not have the slightest doubt."

"Uh" Zhuge Liang couldn't help but be stunned, and said embarrassedly: "Liang is not suspicious of General Long, my brother has also praised him many times, I am afraid that the truth will be revealed in the future, and it will be difficult to deal with the arrogant soldiers under his command."

"Bad to handle?"

Liu Bei looked puzzled: "Isn't it okay to continue to let him lead?" By the way, you just said that Lu Xun, why have I never heard of it? I only remember that he has a Xu Zhongkang under his command."

Zhuge Liang explained: "Lu Xun's original name was Lu Yizi Boyan, a few years younger than General Long, I heard that the proposal to change his name to General Long, Lu Xun, Zhu Huan, and Lu Dai were the three newly selected generals after General Long entered Wu Land, and their status was probably equivalent to Taishi Ziyi. ”

"Lu Boyan is young, and he can stand alone, not bad"

Liu Bei pinched his chin and bowed his head slightly, followed by and asked, "What about Zhu Huan and Lu Dai?" ”

"Zhu Huan is now the Taishou of Danyang, and his brother is the county minister there with him, this person is a talent with both courage and martial arts, as for Lu Dai, he has been confronting Zhu Ran, and he can't see the strength of his military ability, but this person is the same year as the lord."

After listening to Zhuge Liang's introduction, Liu Bei frowned and muttered to himself: "With Yunqi's eyes, this person's talent will not be bad, or because of the same age, Yunqi is talented."

"My lord? What do you say? ”

Liu Bei muttered quietly, Zhuge Liang didn't hear it clearly, and the question surprised the other party.

"Well, nothing."

Liu Bei waved his hand lightly, changed the topic and prevaricated: "I mean to get together with Yunqi less and leave more, and when the national thieves are eliminated and the Han family is revived in the future, he must be left by his side to reunite, even if it is to rebuild Luoyang together."

"Hehe, the lord thinks really far."

When Zhuge Liang responded with a smile, he suddenly saw someone riding a horse and galloping on the south side of Zhangtai Street, and there was more than one person galloping, which made his Jing Zhaoyin's face collapse directly.

Who is so arrogant?

Zhuge Liang was about to send guards to stop him, but Liu Bei greeted him with a smile.

When I looked closely, it was actually the black guy with a leopard's head and eyes.

Wait, the figure with him seems to be a little familiar.

It wasn't until the two of them stayed in Ma that Zhuge Liang found out that it was Ma Chao, and immediately understood what the situation was.

"Hey, big brother."

"Third brother, you and General Ma are."

Ma Chao immediately bowed down on one knee, hugged his fists and said solemnly: "The Ma family suffered an accident, Chao was chased and killed by Han Sui and others, and he was exiled for half a year, and finally went to Chencang to take in General Zhang, and came to see the lord today." ”

"I have to be like a tiger with wings."

Liu Bei helped Ma Chao up with both hands, and said with relief: "Meng Qi doesn't have to be too sad, this life is actually very long, and the first half of his life is also upside down, as long as there is a firm belief, the difficult days will eventually pass." ”

(End of chapter)