After spring.

Yizhou also ushered in its first extremely important event.

That is to organize spring plowing.

Since war lasted almost the entire year last year, grain output was greatly reduced and the harvest was poor.

If we don't pay attention to it this year, it will inevitably affect people's livelihood and even the country's foundation.

This time Liu Bei personally intervened in the matter and ordered Zhuge Liang to personally coordinate the execution.

And when you are busy.

Chengdu also welcomed an uninvited guest.

Upon hearing that this person was coming, Liu Bei's eyebrows immediately furrowed into a Sichuan eyebrow.

His arrival will definitely cause some troubles.

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Due to the alliance between the Sun and Liu families, Liu Bei specially ordered the military advisor general, Zhizhong Pang Tong, to go outside the city to greet him, which gave the Soochow envoys enough face.

The envoy sent by Sun Quan was none other than Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin.

Standing at the top of the city, Pang Tong's eyes drifted over and he saw Zhuge Jin's figure from a distance. He pondered for a while before walking out of the city.

"Oh, it's Brother Ziyu, we haven't seen you for a long time!"

When he came closer, Pang Tong also had a smile on his face and bowed his hands in front of him.

Hearing this, Zhuge Jin raised his head to look at him, and immediately returned the courtesy and responded: "Shi Yuan?"

The two of them were polite for a while, but Zhuge Jin looked pointed and said bluntly: "We haven't seen each other for two years. Didn't you expect that Shi Yuan helped Uncle Liu Huang pacify Xichuan?"

Although the words that came out of the blue were congratulatory on the surface, there was a hint of sarcasm between the lines.

Naturally, this cause and effect must start several decades ago.

Sun Quan wanted to bring his troops to Daonan County and join forces with Liu Bei to take the land of Xichuan.

But Liu Bei naturally would not agree to this, so he followed Yin Guan's advice and refused on the grounds that he and Liu Zhang were from the same clan and could not bear to attack.

Naturally, this matter will be settled!

Zhuge Jin mentioned it, naturally to ridicule Liu Bei and his ministers.

However, how could Pang Tong fail to understand the meaning, so he responded calmly with a smile: "Tzuyu is ridiculous!"

"Yizhou is so difficult and dangerous that it cannot be quelled by a strong attack."

"This is just Liu Jiyu's understanding of affairs and righteousness. He knew that he could not defend Yizhou, and he did not want Dazhou County to fall into the hands of outsiders, so he joined hands with our lord to fight against Cao's thieves so that he could revive the Han Dynasty.

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As soon as these words came out, Zhuge Jin frowned, and then he stopped talking.

He did not expect that Pang Tong would be so eloquent that he would excuse Liu Zhang's surrender from Kaicheng as the two families joining hands to fight against the enemy.

But he also understood that continuing to fight would only hurt the harmony between the two families, thus damaging the alliance.

Seeing that Zhuge Jin was not debating, Pang Tong also borrowed the donkey from the slope, so he squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Brother Ziyu, please, my lord is waiting in the house."

After that, a group of personal guards escorted the two into the city.

Then he quickly arrived at the Prefectural Mufu.

In the mansion, when he saw Zhuge Jin arriving, Liu Bei immediately stood up and came to receive him. He said with a smile: "It's Ziyu here. Come and sit down. You and I haven't seen each other for nearly two years. We need to talk more today."

yes!"

"Uncle Emperor, please."

Everyone sat down in order of priority, and Pang Tong accompanied the marquis beside him.

Later, Liu Bei picked up the wine that had been warmed on the desk and saluted Zhuge Jin: "Tzuyu, come, let's drink this cup!"

The two of them finished the drink, and then Liu Bei asked each other: "Ziyu, I forgot to ask, how is Wu Hou's health lately?"

"Uncle, I miss you. Marquis Wu is in great health, so don't worry, uncle."

"That's good, let's do this. Bei has prepared a hundred pieces of Shu brocade. Ziyu must take it with him when he returns and pass it to Wu Hou for Bei. This can be regarded as a little thought of mine."

"Thank you for your kindness, uncle. Jin will definitely bring it."

The two talked for a long time, but Liu Bei kept getting closer to him, chatting about everyday things, without giving him any chance to talk about serious matters.

After a long time, Zhuge Jin discovered that Liu Bei seemed to be consciously avoiding talking to him about serious matters.

After pondering for a moment, he immediately made a decision in his mind, interrupted his words, and then said bluntly: "Uncle Huang..."

"Actually, the reason why Marquis Wu sent Jinba to travel across mountains and rivers to Chengdu this time was to congratulate the emperor's uncle on his success in Yizhou."

"Secondly, Marquis Wu hopes that the emperor, for the sake of our two alliances, can return the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling?"

As soon as this statement came out.

Liu Bei's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly said: "Ziyu, what does Wu Hou mean by this?"

"Could it be that you don't trust our army and want to terminate the alliance?"

Faintly hearing the threat in Liu Bei's words, Zhuge Jin quickly responded with a smile: "No, no, no, the emperor misunderstood."

"Isn't this the place where the emperor's uncle has settled in Xichuan and has a foundation?"

"My lord has also considered that the emperor's uncle will need to get in touch with Jingzhou through Jiangling in the future, so he just hopes that the emperor's uncle will return the three counties of Jingnan in exchange for the Jingzhou we borrowed before."

After a while, the words fell.

After Liu Bei heard this, he quietly exchanged glances with Pang Tong who was standing by. Then tears immediately filled the corners of his eyes, and he began to twitch with sadness unconsciously.

For a moment, I just cried and didn't see him reply.

Seeing this, Zhuge Jin couldn't help but be confused for a moment, then he looked at Pang Tong who was standing by and asked: "Shi Yuan, this is your uncle?"

Hearing this, Pang Tong just smiled and explained: "Tzuyu, you don't know something. It's not that we don't want to return the Nanjun we borrowed."

"It's just that although Yizhou has been captured, Ziyu also knows that Hanzhong is still controlled by the traitor Zhang Lu."

"If Hanzhong is not captured, Yizhou will be unrest!"

"Wu Hou, coming to ask for the return of the land at this time is really disturbing the emperor's uncle."

"What are you worrying about?"

After saying this, Pang Tong narrowed his eyes and said, "Of course it's because Wu Hou came to ask for it at this time, putting the emperor's uncle in trouble!"

"The two families are already in an alliance. If they don't agree to Wu Hou's request, they may harm their harmony."

"But if we return it at this time, it will also lower the morale of our entire army, which will not be conducive to our army's subsequent attack on Hanzhong."

"That's why the emperor's uncle was so sad and shed tears just now!"

A voice revealed.

Zhuge Jin then comforted him: "Uncle, why are you so sad?"

Called for a long time.

Liu Bei just wiped away his tears and said with a slightly consultative tone: "Tzuyu, do you think you can tell Wu Hou to give me a little more grace?"

"When our army is ready for war, and we go north to destroy Zhang Lu, attack Hanzhong, and capture Liangzhou, will Bei Dingran happily agree to Wu Hou's request?"

"this……"

As soon as Liu Bei said this, Zhuge Jin still didn't understand that this was his strategy to slow down the army.

Then he said: "Uncle Emperor, this is not a day when Wu Hou will not grant grace."

"I think the emperor also knows that our army has captured Jiaozhou. If the emperor does not return the three counties, we will not be able to contact the Jiaozhou Department. I hope the emperor can understand."

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For a while, both sides were in a stalemate over this matter.
Chapter completed!