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"I will hand over all the cavalry from Jingzhou and Yizhou to you, including the cavalry currently in Hanzhong, a total of twelve thousand people. After purchasing war horses, this number will increase. There are Qiang people outside the west, you can recruit them at will."
Liu Zhang pinched his forehead. There were no cavalry in the Jing and Yi states. Even if there were, they were far from being a match for the Liangzhou cavalry. Conquering Liangzhou would be a big problem. This was also a problem that Liu Zhang had been worried about.
Liu Zhang said to Zhang Ren in a deep voice: "All cavalry are equipped with white-barred spears and ring-headed knives. After having stirrups, saddles and horseshoes, they must meet the standards of riding and shooting, and they must also focus on throwing spears. I hope this army can intimidate
Liangzhou's elite cavalry."
Farming people are not good at riding, but it does not mean that they cannot train more sophisticated cavalry than foreign cavalry and nomadic Han cavalry. Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry is an example, not to mention the addition of stirrups, saddles and horseshoes, which can be trained on the grasslands west of Chengdu.
An elite cavalry is not impossible.
If the training is successful, this cavalry will certainly not be able to swallow hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou cavalry, but it will act as a deterrent and deliver a fatal blow at a critical moment.
Liu Zhang added: "In addition, train 10,000 to 20,000 infantry, all of which use short knives and long weapons. The long weapons are daggers and hooks and sickles. No matter how you train them. The last thing I saw is to make them able to block the charge of the cavalry."
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There are also those twenty long-range crossbows. You select hundreds of soldiers who are good at shooting and train them to use long-range crossbows. The final effect I see is that they can accurately shoot the enemy from a distance of 150 steps.
Understand?"
Zhang Ren frowned, what about stirrups, saddles, horseshoes, and long-range crossbows? He didn't understand them all, and he didn't know if they could achieve the unprecedented effects of riding and shooting, throwing spears, and killing enemies from a hundred steps away that Liu Zhang said.
But as a general, he saw the surprised look on Ma Jun Zuo Bo's face just now, and with confidence in his heart, he replied loudly: "The last general will take the order."
Liu Zhang nodded: "Other soldiers, let them work in the fields during the spring and autumn harvest seasons, and they must be trained strictly during the rest of the time. Their training is separate from the elite cavalry and hook and sickle infantry, and the latter must be carried out secretly. Any participating soldiers and generals,
You are not allowed to go home within five years. I also gave the same order to the Hanzhong Wu Class. From the perspective of outsiders, we only have an army that works in the fields in the spring and autumn and trains in the winter and summer."
"yes."
"Go ahead."
Zhang Ren left, leaving Ma Jun and Zuo Bo behind. They were about to leave when Liu Zhang stopped them.
"Any other instructions, my lord?"
Liu Zhang pondered for a while and said: "Listen, starting from today, you will go back and divide the craftsman room into three levels, high-level, intermediate, and ordinary. The ordinary craftsman room is responsible for general development, such as improving the efficiency of the assembly line, designing chair styles, etc.
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The intermediate craftsman room is responsible for the manufacture and improvement of special civilian and general military machinery. Civilian machinery must be unreplicable or difficult to replicate, such as complex waterwheels, papermaking, printing, ink, and military machinery such as the casting and improvement of spears, spears, and swords.
, before the Sichuan Army equips its troops, there must be no leaks.
As for the advanced craftsman room, it is a top-secret existence. For example, the manufacturing and production of stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes must not be left to workshops. You can recruit a group of full-time workers yourself. These workers are the same as trained cavalry infantry. Within five years,
You are not allowed to go home. Only those who are willing to abide by this condition can be hired. We also have crossbows, swords and carts, etc., and they are all placed in the senior craftsman camp."
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he pondered: "Remember, these three craftsman camps are not divided according to technical level, but top secret level. All intermediate craftsman camps enjoy reserve officer treatment, and high-level craftsman camps enjoy at least two hundred stones."
If officials have the above treatment and make outstanding contributions, they will be granted the title of marquis."
"Thank you, Lord." Neither Ma Jun nor Uncle Zuo expected that Liu Zhang would attach so much importance to the craftsmanship. They used to engage in mechanical work out of interest and never thought about getting ahead in this way. With such treatment, what more could they ask for?
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"But." Liu Zhang said with a cold face: "Anyone who leaks secrets must be severely punished. Ma Jun, I will give you a thousand soldiers to be in charge of the high-level craftsmen's room. Uncle Zuo, I will give you five hundred soldiers to be in charge of the intermediate craftsmen's room."
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Anyone who dares to leak secrets in the intermediate craftsman room will be punished with a serious crime. Anyone who leaks secrets in the high-level craftsman room will be beheaded at the least, and the family will be confiscated and the clan will be exterminated. You all have the right to behead first and then report. If you can't restrain it..."
Liu Zhang glanced at the two of them coldly: "Your heads have to be moved, do you understand?"
Ma Jun and Zuo Bo looked solemn and said in unison: "We will live up to the great trust of the Marquis."
After Ma Jun and Zuo Bo left, Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. Internal affairs had such advantages. He only had to issue orders himself, and all the hard work was the responsibility of his subordinates.
Suddenly Zhou Buji came over and said to Liu Zhang: "Sir, you are going to kill Uncle Ma Jun on the left and a house confiscator on the right. I have seen the horseshoes and crossbows and understand their uses. You can
Aren't you afraid that I will leak the secret?"
"I can't guard against you anyway, I'm too lazy to guard against you." Liu Zhang didn't even look at Zhou Buji.
In fact, judging from the nine months of the expedition, although Zhou Buyi did not show any loyalty, he helped a lot at critical moments.
When he left Chaisang, it was he who suggested that Huang Quan go to Wuxi Mountain Pass to meet him and stabilize Shuzhong. Huang Quan wanted to monitor Wei Yan, and it was he who told Huang Yue that there was no need to monitor him.
When he was in Baichuan, if it hadn't been for his first letter, waiting for the Xiangjiang River to burst its banks, he would have had to wait at least a month before he could send troops to Xiangyang. By then, Xu Shu had no idea how many reinforcements he had recruited, how many soldiers he had trained, and how many tricks he had thought up.
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The second letter prevented the Sichuan army's armor and arrows from being damaged. Not only did it not give Xu Shu a chance, it also severely damaged the Jingzhou army.
And now it seems that the last few sentences in the letter are, "Now the seasons are changing...the dragon flies to the sky and the phoenix returns to its nest...if an animal dies on the road, it is easy to be infected..."
Comparing it with what happened in ancient Xiangyang, and thinking about it carefully, it would be difficult for Liu Zhang to think that there was no deep meaning.
"The Liu Bei you mentioned has indeed risen. Judging from the move of abandoning Chang'an, it seems that Zhuge is wise and Liu Bei is broad-minded and has hidden ambitions. The Lord said that he was a hero when he was in trouble. Sure enough, he was prescient. I think he is
There should be great development in Xiliang, so I decided to join him."
Zhou Busuo said firmly.
"Are you serious?" Liu Zhang looked at Zhou Buyi.
"That's natural." Zhou Buji picked up the book and sat down where Ma Jun had been sitting. After a while, he said leisurely: "But, if you are willing to agree to my two conditions, I will stay."
"Two more, I won't agree to even half of your conditions."
"Then you're leaving me with no choice."
"How are you doing?"
"Does that count as my begging you?" Zhou Buji said pitifully and with a bitter face.
Liu Zhang looked curious, wondering what had troubled Zhou Buyi, and nodded: "Okay, please tell me."
Zhou Buyi's face was filled with joy, and he immediately approached Liu Zhang with the book in his hand. What he saw above was a diagram of the composition of a knife cart. Because the structure was too complex and the dimensions were too large, Huang Yueying was always unable to mark the drawings.
As for the size, it was not until I learned the "Three Miao Numbers" from Liu Zhang that I finally figured out the size.
Zhou Buyi pointed at the numbers above, frowned, and said thoughtfully: "I have been studying this book for a long time. Sister Huang Yue also told me something before, these ten numbers are by no means as simple as replacing square characters.
.Because this combination of digits brings many calculation methods.
I have only understood a few, but I know that what I have understood is only superficial. It must be profound and profound, as well as these angles and the fractions above. I probably know that they are proportions, but it seems that there are also very profound calculations..."
Zhou Busuo raised his head and said seriously: "Can you teach me?"
Liu Zhang sweated. He didn't expect that these knowledge from later generations of elementary and junior high schools would stump Zhou Buyi, a genius child. He couldn't help feeling a little proud, and said with a stern face: "I'm so busy, why should I teach you?"
"Master, please accept my disciple's bow." Zhou Buji kicked away his chair and bowed to Liu Zhang.
Zhou Buji's master was eighty years old if not a hundred, and was completely worthless. Liu Zhang was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Seeing that kowtowing was useless, Zhou Buyi sat down again and said, "Sir, I really admire you. You have been silent for six years and have become a blockbuster. You have a way of commanding troops and subordinates. You can also recite poems and write poems. How can Jin Lin be the best?"
The thing in the pond changes into a dragon when the storm happens. 'Absolutely.
I didn’t expect to know the numbers of three seedlings, horseshoes, and printing. I saw that it was you who suggested it in the above comment by Military Master Huang. You are truly unique through the ages. I, Zhou Buyi, am so impressed..."
"It's useless to be a disciple, why don't you give me ** soup instead?" Liu Zhang glanced at Zhou Buyi coldly: "I have to go to Xicheng and the southern suburbs to inspect, so I won't talk to you anymore."
Liu Zhang stood up and was about to leave. Zhou Buji became anxious and said loudly: "Two things, you must agree to one. As long as you agree to one, I will definitely repay you in the future."
"What's one more thing?"
Zhou Busuo smiled and said: "When will Sister Ronger come back?"
Liu Zhang was stunned, wondering why Zhou Buji suddenly mentioned this, and said casually: "She will come back when Miss Yue and I get married."
"Can it be earlier?"
"none of your business?"
Liu Zhang suddenly thought of something and said seriously to Zhou Buyi: "If you are willing to teach Xun'er well and let him learn poetry, the way of governing a country, and the method of commanding troops to defend the enemy from you, I will take the time to teach you numbers.
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"Threaten me? If I haven't figured out ten numbers in a few years, I'll die." Zhou Buyi said contemptuously.
Liu Zhang was even more contemptuous than him and glanced at Zhou Buyi with disdain: "How many years? If I didn't teach you, you wouldn't be able to do it for hundreds of years. Do you know what mixed arithmetic is? What are the three laws? Nine
What does the nine multiplication table look like?
Do you know what a sequence is? Do you know the rules of geometric sequence and arithmetic sequence? Do you know the arc angle? Do you know sin and cos? Do you know differential? Do you know derivative? Do you know what Fourier series is? Do you know what is
Laplace's theorem? Do you know..."
Zhou Buyi looked at Liu Zhang stupidly, completely stunned.
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he snorted, "More than these ten numbers, you said that you know astronomy and geography, which is pure nonsense. Do you know the core temperature of the sun? Do you know the volume of Mars? Do you know the laws of celestial bodies?"
Do you know about black holes and wormholes? Do you know what gravity is? Do you know how many continents there are in the world? Do you know Newton's three laws? Do you know antimatter? Do you know..."
Zhou Busuo held his fingers in his mouth like an idiot.
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he turned around and breathed a sigh of relief. He said that these were not purely deceiving Zhou Buyi. Instead, he thought that if he really couldn't stick to Huang Yueying's policy and strategy, someone must inherit his career.
Huang Yueying is right. In fact, she is already a carrier of the restoration of the great Han Dynasty. She can die, but she cannot give up this mission, and the only one who can continue it is Liu Xun.
Liu Xun was originally very young. Liu Zhang thought that if Liu Xun could not take on the big responsibility, he would choose his brother Liu Hao to inherit the foundation. Liu Hao was honest and had no utilitarianism. Liu Zhang knew this and could feel relieved.
Liu Zhang was just worried that Liu Mao didn't have the ambition to rebuild the Han Dynasty.
But if Liu Xun had Professor Zhou Buyi, the situation would be completely different. First of all, Liu Xun was filial and had his own instructions, so he would not avoid difficulties and continue his great cause.
With Professor Zhou Buyi, coupled with his diligence and studiousness, although he has little talent, diligence can make up for his weakness. Five years later, ten-year-old Liu Xun may be able to take on a big job.
Moreover, Zhou Buyi has been his teacher for five years, and it is impossible to have no feelings. When the time comes, Liu Xun will have Huang Yueying outside and Zhou Buyi inside, as well as the solid foundation he has laid. It may not be impossible to aspire to the world and build a great man.
This was Liu Zhang's purpose of deceiving Zhou Buji, and judging from Zhou Buji's idiotic expression, he should have succeeded.
"Okay, I agree." Zhou Buyi took a long time to react and agreed depressedly.
Taking refuge in Liu Bei was just a joke on his part. From the abandonment of Chang'an, Zhou Buyi could really see that Liu Bei was the type of person Liu Zhang said he was, willing to obey his military advisor completely.
In the past, Liu Bei defended Xuzhou, and he should have given up. Jiangdong was still a barren land at that time, and Xuzhou soldiers were lured south. Who could fight the enemy? Liu Bei defended Xuzhou to death, which shows that Liu Bei valued the city very much. But this time facing the huge imperial capital of Chang'an,
Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang and gave up.
However, although Liu Bei can listen to others, what else will he do if he has Zhuge Liang? Although people like Liu Bei are willing to serve, only one of them can shine under him.
As for teaching Liu Xun, it was not entirely because he wanted to learn the knowledge. One sheep was herded, and two sheep were beaten. Zhou Buyi had his own reasons for being in Chengdu, and it was not enough for outsiders to teach Liu Xun, just by the way.
It's just that Liu Xun's wooden head is giving him a headache.
"Fourier, I must learn from you, even if I have to face that wooden head.
"Zhou Buji clenched his fists. He was extremely excited at the thought of learning so much knowledge. He jumped up and down on the spot, and all the maids passing by were dumbfounded.
The Yizhou government decree was implemented, Huang Quan and Wangfu cultivated mulberry trees and prospered commerce, Zhang Ren trained troops, and Ma Jun and Zuobo studied weapons and machinery, all of which were carried out in an orderly manner.
Under the leadership of Huang Yueying, Jingzhou embarked on three major tasks. The first was to eradicate bandits. There were too many bandits in Jingzhou, so Huang Yueying used a simple method to set up a model.
Huang Yueying took a group of bandits who were willing to recruit and made them bigger and stronger through the support of the government, so that the surrounding bandits would follow suit. Moreover, the leader of this group of bandits was rumored to have done all kinds of bad things.
But just when this group of bandits was at its peak, the leader announced his surrender to the government. Huang Yueying treated him warmly, and the leader, who had committed many evil deeds, was also given a big official position.
The shock of this move was huge. The biggest bandits surrendered, and other bandits were naturally frightened. Moreover, bandits who had committed many evil deeds were treated well, so those of us who were a little more restrained should be treated even more well. In addition,
These people had not been thieves for a long time, so they all wanted to surrender.
At the same time, Huang Yueying made great efforts and used tricks to eliminate a group of stubborn bandits. All the bandits were cut in half or quartered. The big and small leaders received the punishment of Lingchi and the entire family was beheaded.
The contrast between recruitment and extermination is too strong, and Huang Yueying's reputation for killing General Le Jin in the two battles in Fancheng, coupled with Fan Lixiang's popularity among the people, the bandits restrained themselves and accepted recruitment in large numbers, and the old, weak, sick and disabled returned to their hometowns.
, alloted fields, and all the rest of the elite were incorporated into the Fan family army, which was famous and prestigious in the world. The situation in Jingzhou quickly turned around.
Cui Zhouping used his popularity to recruit more than two hundred literate children from poor families and common people. After teaching them basic political management and handling official documents, he sent them all to remote areas and took up their posts. Some of them became county magistrates and county magistrates as soon as they were promoted.
This move greatly stimulated other poor families and common people who wanted to stand out, and they flocked to Cui Zhouping's name. Cui Zhouping and other professors began to officially run the school.
People's livelihood in Jingzhou has not recovered and business cannot flourish, so Huang Yueying took advantage of Jingzhou's advantageous position in the heart of the world. It did not do business or open workshops, but only served as a hub for the import of Yizhou products to other places. Through convenient water transportation and the geographical location connecting the east, west, north and south, it
Yizhou's cheap and rare products are continuously spread to other states and foreigners all over the world. Through transportation, they also reap a lot of dividends from Yizhou's commercial development.
Use this money to develop people's livelihood and business. Jingzhou is beginning to show signs of recovery. As life improves, ordinary people support Liu Zhang and Fan Lixiang more. Children's songs in Jingzhou have been sung:
"The Red Emperor is reincarnated, destined to be the king, and the Red Star descends to earth to save the common people."
The first two sentences are about Liu Zhang, and the last two sentences are about Fan Lixiang. This shows how high the popularity is.
And these are the results of one or two years of internal affairs. But time does not move so fast. Just as Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying expected, accidents will always come faster than tomorrow.
Until these results are achieved, there will always be some people who will not settle.
The end of August 200 AD.
Unlike last year, the four civil service examinations were deliberately scheduled after the harvest season. With the great harvest in Yizhou, the four civil service examinations were also held as scheduled. As in previous years, there were more craftsmen, doctors, and military people, but there were very few literati.
Especially the craftsmen. A large number of craftsmen and handicraftsmen were envious when they saw the status of the craftsmen in the craftsmen's houses in Chengdu. Especially Ma Jun, whose rank was as high as two thousand stones, which they had never dared to imagine.
The success of Ma Jun Zuobo and others set up a monument for them, and they all moved towards this monument. Anyone with some expertise poured into Chengdu.
However, this year's selection of craftsmen has changed from last year. It is no longer purely based on who has exquisite skills. Instead, the vacant positions in the workshop and craftsman room have been arranged in advance. Only those who agree with the vacant positions can participate in the selection.
Of course, your skill is so good that you can create an exception for a workshop. If so, Zhang Song, the bank's wine maker, will find you and open a joint workshop with you.
The salary and hierarchy of workshops and craftsmen's rooms also make these ideal craftsmen work harder and harder. The technicians in the workshops want to enter the craftsman's room, the ordinary craftsmen want to enter the intermediate craftsman's room, and the intermediate craftsmen want to enter the high-level craftsman's room.
The activity of technology development has been greatly increased.
There are also slightly more doctors than in previous years, and martial arts people, because of their great success and the rewards from the Wuxi Barbarians, a large number of barbarians and Qiang people entered the martial arts examination. The influx of these barbarians, some are good at shooting, some are good at rock climbing, and their overall physical strength
It is also higher than the Han people. It is the new vitality in the Sichuan army. Liu Zhang transferred a large number of secret cavalry and infantry trained by Zhang Ren.
In the Yin Mansion in Chengdu, Yin Bai walked to his room with a mournful head. Passing by the living room, his father Yin Yuanzheng was sitting in the middle of the lobby talking to Mr. Yan, and stopped Yin Bai.
"Where have you been? Just cry, I'm not dead yet."
Yin Bai said dullly: "Forget it, the Jingzhou Brick business was taken away by the Qu family. We only got a red brick and white brick business. Oh, I'm really pissed off."
When Yin Bai thought of this, he couldn't help but get angry. He really wanted to beat Quxi's teenage brat to death on the wall.
"Are you just going to cry over this?"
Yin Yuan walked down from his seat and glanced at Yin Bai. Yin Bai was sunburned all over because of running business. He had just come back from a sunny day, and his clothes were soaked and stuck to his body. There were big spots on his face and forehead.
With beads of sweat, except for his gorgeous clothes, he is no different from a peasant.
Yin Yuanqi said: "Look at what you look like. Are you still the eldest young master of the Yin family? You have almost embarrassed me. How many times have I told you? Business is a small skill. If you can make money, make it.
Forget it if you can't make money, do you think you are a businessman who doesn't know the morals of saints? Land is the foundation at all times."
"Sigh." Yin Yuan said and sighed: "Look, it's been almost a year. Not only has our Yin family's production area not expanded, but several Yin family members have betrayed their ancestors and sold their land because their family members were sick.
There is no such thing as being in the government. He is simply a traitor to the clan.
If you don't pay attention to these things, why worry about bricks? I think your head is just a brick."
"But." Yin Bai said unconvinced: "I think business can make money and bring glory to the family. Why does it have to be land? Besides, can't you also buy land if you have money? If you were willing to pay more than the government back then,
If we buy the land of those households at such a price, won’t our Yin family also suffer a loss?”
"You still said." Yin Yuan yelled: "If I pay a high price, how can I buy other land from other mud-legged people in the future? Of course the government can squander it with the taxes we pay. Can we compare to Liu Zhang? You business
To make money, no matter how much money you make, is it still buying land? You can’t buy land now. No matter how much money you make, what’s the use?”
Yin Yuan was furious.
"But I just think that doing business is a lot of fun, and it's much more interesting than collecting land rent."
"you……"
"Okay, okay." Mr. Yan came down from his high position, comforted Yin Yuan who was panting, and said to Yin Bai: "Mr. Yin, you should also listen to your father's advice. He is doing this for your own good.
, and it is also good for the whole family.
What's more, let's not talk about making money to buy land. We buy land at a high price and the government collects heavy taxes from it. This is purely an unprecedented harsh government. Let's not talk about it for now.
It is the recent order issued by King Huang Quan, asking the people to monitor our actions. If we have any rebellious intentions, all our property and land will be owned by those lowly peasants. What is the reason for this?"
"Master Yan, won't it be okay if we don't rebel?" Yin Bai said.
When Yin Yuan was about to scold him, Mr. Yan held him down and said earnestly to Yin Yuan: "Master, why don't you understand? This means that Liu Zhang has never thought of letting us go. We are a thorn in Liu Zhang's side.
Winning those bastards to deal with us.
If you still don’t believe it, then Liu Zhang recently organized Qin Mi and others to train officials, dear. Do you know that Zheng Laoer from Zhulin Bay? The one who lights up his pipe and brags all day long.
I have been working in the fields for more than 20 years, and I am almost 40. Just because I worked as a handyman in my study for two years and knew a few words, hey, I was selected. When I came back recently, I was bragging about wanting to be Zhu Ti.
The county household has been appointed, do you think this is ridiculous?
Why did Liu Zhang ask these untouchables to serve as officials? Isn't it just to eliminate the foundation of our family? If these untouchables take shape in the future and let the untouchables sit on our heads and shit and urinate, Liu Zhang will think that we are no longer useful and will
We kicked it away and found any excuse, and that was the end of Jiangzhou and Hanzhong.
Look at Xiangyang, there are 60,000 people, Liu Zhang killed them all without blinking an eye, and they are surrounded by the applause of the untouchables. Don’t you still understand what Liu Zhang is thinking?”
Yin Bai pondered and said nothing, which sounded very detrimental to the family, but Yin Bai felt that as long as he did business well and did not break the laws, why would Liu Zhang kill him?
It’s just that it’s hard to say it out loud.
"Mr. Yan, stop talking. This traitor lacks discipline. I will repair him when I find a time." Yin Yuan glanced at Yin Bai. Yin Bai was even more depressed than when he first came in, and entered the room gloomily.
Master Yan sighed: "My son's matter is not urgent. What is urgent is that now Liu Zhang has resorted to this trick. Anyone who can read will be recruited as officials. If this continues, we will have no way to survive."
The three treasures of the family that control the government and the princes are talent, influence and financial resources. Talent is the first, influence is second, and financial resources are the last. Now the biggest reliance has been shaken. As the head of the largest local family in Chengdu, Mr. Yan naturally
concern.
Yin Yuan also nodded: "We must take action, otherwise when Liu Zhang trains those mud-legged people, we will no longer have the power to threaten him."
"Don't do anything without permission." Mr. Yan said hurriedly: "Look at Liu Zhang's actions. He is calm and ruthless, leaving no room for anything, and he is used to tempting people to rebel. The Sichuan army is powerful and loyal to Liu Zhang. I'm afraid he is waiting for us now.
The rebellion must be wiped out in one fell swoop. We must not move lightly, otherwise Jiangzhou, Hanzhong, Wuling and Xiangyang will be our fate. We must find the perfect opportunity."
"A perfect timing?" Yin Yuan frowned.
Mr. Yan nodded: "Yes, the timing is perfect, and we can't take the lead. Liu Zhang is not easy to deal with. We have to wait. Liu Zhang has offended too many people. We don't want to be the one to take the lead.
Contact the people who need to be contacted, provoke those who can be provoked, and see who stirs up trouble first. When we are absolutely sure, we will strike with all our strength and vow to wipe out Liu Zhang."
Mr. Yan finished speaking through gritted teeth, his white beard trembling, and Yin Yuan nodded deeply.
Brazil, Qujia Tea Garden.
Qu Xi and a servant walked into the manor. The servant fanned Qu Xi and said, "Master, you are really amazing. Although our Qu family is the most prominent family in Brazil, our financial resources are not as good as those of the Yin family in Chengdu. The master actually won the Jingzhou Qing Dynasty."
Brick business, we can make a lot of money this time."
The servant's face couldn't help being happy, but Qu Xi just nodded lightly. Qu Xi was the direct grandson of the former head of the Qu family. After the entire family was executed, Qu Xi became the sole heir to the Qu family's property. The government did not take any of the Qu family's property.
All of them were handed over to Quxi, and these properties were protected from being taken away by others because Quxi was weak.
So now, the Qu family is the most prominent family in Brazil, and Qu Xi’s property is the first in the Qu family. Now Qu Xi is alone, relying on a group of servants to protect all the property. In the past nine months, Qu Xi has done business through
Taking advantage of Yizhou's boom in business, the Qu family's industry has doubled, making many people jealous and resentful.
The most criticized thing about Qu Xi is that all members of Qu Xi's family were killed by Liu Zhang, and he also catered to Liu Zhang's policy of promoting business. This was simply disobedient and unfilial, and he often poked Qu Xi's backbone.
Qu Xi laughed at all these and ignored them. Even those tribesmen who made fun of him did not bother to pay attention to them and stopped interacting with them.
Walking into the mansion, Qu Xi said calmly: "Yin Bai won't give up if he loses this time. Moreover, our Qu family's financial resources are still too weak. Compared with the wealthy families in Chengdu, we can't stand on the stage, especially since we don't have the support of our clan members.
The situation is very serious. Trade routes must be opened up.
Only when our financial resources are in the eyes of Uncle Liu, the government will look at us differently and take us seriously, and we can make more money through the government, you know?"
"I know, I know." The servant said with a smile on his face: "I think there are a lot of good goods coming from the Western Regions. We can't just sell them. I think we should also buy some things. We will definitely make a lot of money.
It’s just that it’s too far from Yumen Pass in Shuzhong, let alone buying it, even if it’s sold, it will be exploited by merchants from other states and counties, alas.”
The servant sighed. At this moment, Qu Xi saw a woman in white sitting at the door of the hall. The woman was looking at the ground. It was her sister Qu Lingchen.
If there is anyone left in the Qu family now, besides myself, there is only this sister.
"Sister." Qu Xi called out.
Qu Lingchen raised his head and said nothing. Qu Xi sent the servant away and said happily: "Sister, why are you here?"
"Do you still know that I am your sister?" Qu Lingchen stood up and looked at Qu Xi coldly, like a frost on his beautiful eyebrows from a distant mountain.
Qu Xi's smile froze on his face. He knew what Qu Lingchen meant. Back in the tea garden, Qu Lingchen had already expressed his desire for revenge to him.
Qu Xi has always been unconcerned about what his tribe thinks of him, but now his sister is like this too, and Qu Xi feels a little heartbroken.
"I ask you, when I went to Guiyang, did you inform the junior sister?" Qu Lingchen met Xiao Furong when he went to Wuxi. The two senior sisters were originally very close, but since Qu Lingchen came down from the mountain, because of Liu Zhang
In their relationship, every time they meet, they are at war with each other.
Xiao Furong and Liu Zhang finally separated this time, so Qu Lingchen went to see Xiao Furong. The two sisters talked about many things. Qu Lingchen also found out that someone sent a letter to Xiao Furong when they were in Guiyang.
It's just that Xiao Furong still thinks it was just a joke, and Liu Zhang was never assassinated that night.
Naturally, Qu Lingchen wouldn't say either.
Qu Xi raised his head and looked at Qu Lingchen, his eyes already telling Qu Lingchen the answer.
Qu Lingchen clenched the scabbard and looked at Qu Xi: "I have been thinking whether it was you or Huangfu Xuan who informed Liu Zhang. I didn't expect it was really you, Qu Xi, do you know what you are doing? Liu Zhang is our Qu
You actually helped him when his family was annihilated? Do you know what other tribesmen think of us? Are you worthy of your dead grandfather and the more than 70 members of the Qu family?"
"But that itself is a misunderstanding." Qu Xi answered loudly. Maybe he felt that he was not confident enough. He turned his head and said softly: "That letter was written to Xiao Furong because Huangfu Xuan told me your whereabouts.
Yes, I don’t want anything to happen to you, and Huangfu Xuan understands you. Sister, ask yourself, is it your true intention to kill Liu Zhang?
Grandpa kidnapped Aunt Huang Yue first and was the biggest supporter of Pang Xi. Although this cannot cover up Liu Zhang's vengeance to destroy the family, from Liu Zhang's point of view, he did nothing wrong.
As a son of the Qu family, I have no need to think about Liu Zhang, but I have to continue the Qu family and take revenge. I have never thought about it. Even if I, Qu Xi, am afraid of death, I am even more afraid that the Qu family will be cut off, and you,
Sister, you are my only relative in this world and the only person I care about. I don’t want anything to happen to you.
Sister, I don’t care what others think, whether they call me a coward or call me unfilial, I just want you to come back and we can live a good life together."
After Qu Xi finished speaking, his face looked lonely, and he entered the back room. When he passed by Qu Lingchen, he paused, and finally walked straight in.
Qu Xi originally wanted to say something, but he knew that he would not avenge his family. It made no sense anyway, but he had never had any thoughts of revenge. Not from the beginning.
There was no right or wrong in what happened in Brazil, and it was later proven that Liu Zhang had realized his mistake. Qu Tian entered the Hall of Heroes, protected the Qu family, and did not cover up the fact of the massacre. This was enough for a prince. Although Qu Xi was sad, but
I have no hatred for the Sichuan Army.
But how do you tell this to outsiders?
Qu Xi's heart has long since died. Qu Lingchen is the only person he wants to explain to now, but he knows that his sister's hatred cannot be resolved by him.
Qu Xi walked into the house and left a letter for Qu Lingchen. Qu Lingchen opened it and read it. It was a letter from a wealthy family in Chengdu inviting Qu Xi to a banquet on the Double Ninth Festival. How could Qu Lingchen not understand that this was someone's secret marriage?
Party, unite against Liu Zhang's forces.
Wu Jun and the anti-Liu Zhang alliance had already noticed this. Although Yizhou seemed peaceful and peaceful, it actually hid a huge crisis.
The letter was crumpled into a ball by Qu Xi. It was full of wrinkles. Qu Lingchen could almost see Qu Xi's face when he read the letter.
My brother really doesn't intend to take revenge.
Then do you still want to persist?
"Ask yourself, is it your original intention to kill Liu Zhang?" Qu Lingchen thought of Qu Xi's words, Huangfu Xuan understood him. Ten years ago, he went to the mountains to learn martial arts. It wasn't that he liked martial arts. It was just that he couldn't see it.
It's what the family does.
The filthiness of the family is something every family member knows all too well. Some people regard this filthiness as a sense of superiority, while others are numb to this filthiness and just go with the flow.
Unfortunately, Qu Lingchen became the third type of person and hated the behavior of the aristocratic family. Qu Lingchen ran away from home because he saw his grandfather forcing a farmer family to sleep in the wilderness and die miserably on the road.
Huangfu Xuan understood his own heart. What Liu Zhang did was what he hoped to do and what he hoped to change. Otherwise, he would not have been moved by Liu Zhang's feelings on Yunmengze Island.
It can be seen from the Xiangyang report that Liu Zhang really put in his actions and efforts.
If I were not a member of the Qu family and was just a spectator of the massacre in Brazil, what would my mentality be like now?
After the Xiangyang massacre, the alliance absorbed many of the missing Xiangyang aristocratic clan children. Like himself, they hated Liu Zhang to the core. However, Qu Lingchen felt that what the Xiangyang clan had done and be exterminated was too severe, but it did not deserve sympathy.
As for the Brazilian Qujia, he first funded Pang Xi and then kidnapped Huang Yue. Liu Zhang did not kill the clan, but just wiped out the family. If he was just a spectator, should he think Liu Zhang was benevolent?
Qu Lingchen's thoughts were in turmoil. He might never forget that scene. Before running out of the refugee camp, Liu Zhang's deep kiss was not only the feeling, but also his own psychology at that time.
Apart from panic, suddenness, and confusion, he didn't feel any disgust at all. Instead, he noticed with horror that he felt a trace of happiness. It was so specific that Qu Lingchen couldn't deny his feeling.
That feeling of happiness is buried deep but very clear.
That feeling made Qu Lingchen panic, so he came here to criticize Qu Xi to regain the hatred he felt he should have.
But Qu Xi's words not only failed to bring back the feeling of hatred, but made him even more hesitant.
At this moment, Wu Jun appeared at the gate of the manor with a graceful Yang Kai. Wu Jun signaled to Qu Lingchen, who hesitated for a while and walked over silently.
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Wuxi. Youxi tribal village.
On a large piece of earth dam, the leaders of the Five Streams: Youxi, Chenxi, Wuxi, Yuexi, Wuxi, and hundreds of tribes and more than a dozen ethnic groups in other river basins gathered, and all of them looked unhappy.
"Ni Nibu (a commonly used curse word among the Miao people, "eating shit" should be similar to "eating shit"), if this continues, all the people in my Dazhai will disappear. The weather is so hot this year that we can't hunt prey, and everyone will go to the Han people.
I went to collect rations from a certain place, and they said they would come back after one year of farming. That was nonsense.
And what about the official promotion? There are hundreds of people in my village, and a dozen of them have left. You think it’s irritating or not.”
Within a tribe, young adults are the guarantee of survival. A teenager has to support women and children (old people usually fend for themselves). Losing a teenager is a great loss for these small tribes.
Not only will there be less prey, but they will also be bullied by other tribes, so they are particularly concerned about it. If a village with hundreds of people is occupied by a dozen young people, its strength will be greatly reduced.