Chen Zhen didn't say anything, and looked at Wei Ba thoughtfully.

He rushed to Zhuya in person, not only hoping to convey Zhuge Liang's wishes, but also wanted to see Wei Ba's strength with his own eyes. Along the way, he had seen a lot, shocked by the lives of the people under Wei Ba's rule. At this moment, he was at the beginning of the

After going to Zhuya Island, he looked like he was very interested in the scenery of Zhuya, and asked a lot of questions, but in fact he wanted to inquire about the population on Zhuya Island from the side.

Unexpectedly, Wei Ba was very calm and didn't let him talk, so he told him the situation directly.

The population is quite large, so it is not available for the time being. This is the actual situation of Zhuya Island.

Chen Zhen understood Wei Ba's meaning, so he believed that Wei Ba did not hide it from him. From another perspective, Wei Ba actually knew his purpose, so he calmly showed his strength in front of him.

People in the mountains and fields are brave and cruel, but they are not disciplined and private fights are OK. If they really get into a big formation, they will easily be defeated once they encounter a strong enemy. Chen Zhen understands this common sense. Victory soldiers refer to physical fitness.

, However, the winner may not be able to become real soldiers, nor is it the elite. However, Wei Ba's strength cannot be underestimated. With the situation in Zhuya Island, more than 70,000 households, even if each household is given one, it will be

More than 70,000 people.

This is just Zhuya Island, a fiefdom directly controlled by Wei Ba. If other regions were added, Wei Ba's strength had already surpassed the court.

No wonder Zhuge Liang lacks confidence.

Chen Zhen now feels that it was a mistake for Zhuge Liang to send Wei Ba to Wuling area in order to deal with Sun Quan; later, after Wei Ba made meritorious service, he did not recall Wei Ba back to Chengdu in time. Another mistake was another mistake; later, Wei Ba was allowed to directly rule the fiefdom.

Zhuya Island was even more wrong. The Han Dynasty rules that all the kings and princes had the right to enjoy taxes and had no right to govern fiefs. Although Zhuya was the fief of Wei Ba, Wei Ba himself could not directly manage Zhuya.

Instead, it should be governed by other officials of the court. At that time, the court knew nothing about Zhuya, and no one was willing to travel thousands of miles to work on a deserted island that had never been heard of. He was confused by Wei Ba's autonomy. As a result, raising a tiger was a disaster. This caused Wei to be

The situation of actual separatism.

Zhu Ya has become Wei Ba's private town, and those refugees who come back across the sea have also become Wei Ba's private department.

In this way, although the losses in the Battle of Pengcheng are huge, what is it for Wei Ba? As long as he is given time, he can quickly rebuild a larger structure.

The Prime Minister was eager to launch a war to unify the world. Could it be that he wanted to solve the Central Plains problem as soon as possible and not give Wei Ba too much time?

In an instant, Chen Zhen thought a lot. The more he thought, the more he felt dimmer.

...

The wine and food that are very different from the Chinese style, the song and dance full of wild style, and the enthusiastic and thoughtful etiquette cannot dissipate the dimness in Chen Zhen's heart, but instead becomes more and more intense.

Although he didn't have much contact with Wei Ba, he could see that Wei Ba was at this moment and Wei Ba before the Battle of Pengcheng.

At that time, he was full of energy, as if he was a new blade, with a strong aura.

Now he is taciturn, like a thousand-year-old ancient sword, and is introverted.

When he raised his wine glass, he was the hospitable master with a warm smile on his face, but when he sat alone, you could find his eyes calm and even some sadness.

Chen Zhen would not think that Wei Ba was scared by the battle of Pengcheng. On the contrary, he felt that Wei Ba was like a piece of jade. After thinking about that bloody battle, he now emitted a warm and deep light.

Zhang He is the stone from another mountain that attacks jade.

Looking at Wei Ba's calm eyes, Chen Zhen couldn't help but feel frightened. He had seen such eyes in Zhuge Liang's eyes, which were confident eyes. But now, Zhuge Liang's eyes are no longer confident.

His eyes were filled with blood because of staying up late. His eyes were no longer as clear as abyss. Instead, they became more angry and anxious that he shouldn't have at his age.

After the dinner, Wei Ba stood up to see him off, but Chen Zhen refused to respond. He looked at Wei Ba quietly, with some requests in his eyes.

Wei Ba frowned, put down his bowed hand, and smiled and said, "Mr. Xiaoqi, please move your toes to the tower. Let's enjoy the moon and drink tea. How about it?"

Chen Zhen smiled with relief and said, "Dare you not obeying your order."

Wei Ba smiled slightly, and seemed not to hear the changes in Chen Zhen's words. He turned around and led Chen Zhen to the backyard. Chen Zhen had very little date with the father and son of the Wei family, but he did not see that the pattern of the backyard was the same as that of Wei Yan in Hanzhong Manor.

On the west side is the courtyard where Wei Ba and his wife live. On the east side is a two-story building, which is Wei Ba's study, which is more than a hundred steps away from the small building on the west side.

Chen Zhen followed Wei Ba to the small building and saw the knife in the middle at a glance. He paused: "This... is the enemy of ten thousand people left by the Guanhou?"

Wei Ba was a little surprised: "I didn't expect that Mr. Xiaoqi also knew about this knife."

Chen Zhen smiled, walked to the desk, stood upright, put his hands on his chest, lowered his head and stood silently for a moment, opened his eyes again, and gave another salute.

Wei Ba looked quietly, and saw Chen Zhen giving him a favor. A maid came up, set up a teapot, and set up a teacup. Wei Ba waved his hand, and the maid stepped back and brought it to the door.

Chen Zhen did not take his seat, but slowly paced beside the bookshelf placed along the wall. There were many military books on it, which were packed with green capsules and marked with bone marks. The characters on the bone marks were as big as long swords.

The halberd is rough and almost rude. More of it is a handwritten manuscript, bound into a book and is loaded with a book on cloth. There are long cotton paper marks on the book, which contain words such as "Funan" and "Tianzhu" on it.

The font is somewhat similar to Zhuge Liang's font, and it was obviously written by Wei Ba himself.

Chen Zhen looked at the manuscripts and was silent for a moment: "Are these information you collected?"

Wei Ba walked over, nodded, reached out to pick up the letter with the word "Tianzhu", untied the jade bite on it, picked up a thin page, and handed it to Chen Zhen: "This article is a brief discussion on Tianzhu, and

More than seven thousand words cost me sixty gold.”

"Sixty gold?" Chen Zhen's hand trembled and almost couldn't hold the book.

"Yes, the scholar travels to Tianzhu, and the annual expenses are about ten gold. This is the result of the three students in Tianzhu for two years. They are compiled independently without knowing each other, and finally summarize them."

"Is it worth it?"

"Whether it is worth it depends on how you think." Wei Ba smiled slightly, "As far as I know, there are many people in Chengdu who eat one gold medal for a meal. Do you think they are worth it?"

Chen Zhen didn't say anything more. Of course he knew what Wei Ba said was true.

"After spending these sixty golds, I know what the people of India lack, what they have, and they are targeted. In the future, trade with India will probably make more money." Wei Ba reached out and invited him, and said calmly and calmly.

: "Those businessmen have no energy, no strength, and no mood to do these things, so I have to do it. In terms of the commercial tax calculated by ten gold, I can recover the cost in half a year, and the rest are all profitable.

.”

Chen Zhen looked at Wei Ba in shock. He knew how Wei Ba's account was settled, but he didn't expect Wei Ba would spend so much effort on business.

"Mr. Xiaoqi?" Wei Ba called out and woke Chen Zhen up. Chen Zhen hurriedly covered up and said, "Then you must have made a lot of money?"

"I made some money, but I spent it all." Wei Ba smiled and said, "There are many people around me who are particularly able to spend money."

Chen Zhen sighed: "Your Majesty wants to fight in person, how much can you support?"

"Why does Your Majesty want to fight in person?" Wei Ba asked directly: "Is Your Majesty want to fight in person, or is the Prime Minister want to fight in person?"

Chen Zhen hesitated for a moment: "It was the Prime Minister who suggested that Your Majesty personally fight."

Wei Ba curled his lips and said without any concealment: "I don't agree."

"You don't agree?" Chen Zhen frowned, "Why?"

"The timing is wrong." Wei Ba turned around and walked to the corner of the wall, opened a light green curtain, revealing a map of the entire wall. "Mr. Xiaoqi, do you know that Cao Rui is in poor health?"

"Know."

"Do you know what kind of disease he is?"

Chen Zhen shook his head, how could he know what kind of disease Cao Rui was?

"Cao Rui is over thirty years old and has no children yet. The ministers in the court advised him to choose another child from the royal family to be the crown prince. Cao Rui didn't want to do so, but he still wanted to have a son himself." Wei Ba turned around and looked at Chen

Zhen: "He borrowed the power of medicine and cut off his body. He lost both essence and blood. Now he is in a terminal illness and has not had much time."

Chen Zhen frowned: "What do you mean..."

"I can wait for him to die." Wei Ba laughed silently, his smile was gloomy, which made Chen Zhen feel uneasy and a little chilling on his back. "Cao Rui is proficient in power and is a rare powerful monarch. If it weren't for him,

I'm afraid the Cao family's turmoil had long been taken away by Sima Yi's aristocratic families. It was just because of Cao Rui that the Cao family could persist until now. As for now, the Cao family could not find a crown prince who could be compared with him, so Cao Rui

Once you die, Cao Wei will be in chaos."

Wei Ba raised his head, his eyes were bright and bright: "Cao Rui is a smart man. He knows the consequences, so he is eager to seek negotiations. If the conditions are right, he will not object to the emperor and surrender to my great man. I don't understand,

Why don’t you talk halfway through the talk? Who doesn’t want to talk about it?”

Chen Zhen kept silent, but his mind was overturned. Wei Ba said yes Cao Wei, but the same was true for Shu Han. Now, Zhuge Liang can suppress Wei Ba. Cao Rui was in poor health.

Zhuge Liang is also in poor health. If Cao Rui dies, Cao Wei will be in chaos. If Zhuge Liang dies, Shu Han will be in chaos.

Rather than saying that Wei Ba is waiting for Cao Rui to die, it is better to say that Wei Ba is waiting for Zhuge Liang to die.

He is far away in Zhuya, which does not mean that he is not clear about Chengdu. On the contrary, he is very clear. He can know that Cao Rui is eager to beg for a child and loses both essence and blood. How could he not know that Zhuge Liang is in a state of discomfort and is about to be exhausted?

?So he refused to go to Chengdu, so he stayed in Zhuya.

He was waiting for Zhuge Liang to die. He didn't need to do anything at all, and he didn't even need to care about what happened in Chengdu. He focused all his attention on what happened after Zhuge Liang's death. No matter what actions Zhuge Liang did, as long as he did,

He could not kill Wei Ba, and he could not stop the situation from developing.

Therefore, Wei Ba did not go to Chengdu.
Chapter completed!