In the spring of the eighth year of Jianxing, Chengdu was very lively.※※
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang was preparing for the Northern Expedition, and a large number of civil and military officials followed the army northward. The soldiers recruited from all over the country were like a long dragon with no heads to see. The head had left the northern gate of Chengdu and extended to the winding Daba Mountain, but their tails were still south of Chengdu.
Compared with the Northern Expedition team, the team going to Jingzhou seemed very shabby. Apart from their own families, the people who were on the journey could hardly see the old friends who saw him off. Although the Prime Minister came forward to confirm the words of Wei Yan, the general of Zhenbei, did not dispel everyone.
Suspicion. Many people suspect that Zhuge Liang came forward to support Wei Ba was just to avoid a formal break with Wei Ba, and that Wuling was a trap. The essence of Wuling had not changed. Going to Wuling not only meant to take risks with Wei Ba, but also meant
The risks may be greater than those of Wuling when they officially parted ways with the Prime Minister.
In the face of such huge risks, many people remained silent. Chen Zhi finally chose to wait and see, and he didn't even come to see Chen Yi off. However, Chen Yi was not alone. After thinking about it, he finally decided to go to Wuling. He did this
It’s not that he had confidence in Wei Ba, but because he really had no choice. Zhuge Liang had a very poor evaluation of him. After returning from Hanzhong, he once said, “He came to the crowd to be in chaos, which is more important than Kong Wenju” because
In other words, Lai Min is unemployed at home and thinks about his mistakes behind closed doors. He is over 60 years old and has no hope in his career. He is a great scholar who educates barbarians and keeps his name in the future generations. He can still gain a place in "Biography of the Scholars" for him.
Attractive.
There were also some merchant ships traveling with Lai Min. His Majesty Liu Chan and Empress Zhang took the lead in raising funds, pieced together, and gathered more than 200,000 stones of grain to send to Wuling. These were the Wei family, Guan family, Zhang family, Ma family and
After putting together the surplus grains from some large and small manors, Liu Chan personally rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion. After discussing with Prime Minister Zhuge for a long time, the Prime Minister agreed to allocate 50,000 stones of rice from the Shaofu.
Lai Min stood on the boat, looked at the Chengdu city in the distance, and sighed: "I don't know if I have a chance to see Chengdu again and His Majesty."
Chen Yi said with a smile: "Hello, Jiang Taigong met King Wen in eighty directions. You are only in your early sixties and are in good health. You will definitely have the opportunity to see Your Majesty restore the Han Dynasty and cleanse the Central Plains. In the future, you will also be above Yuntai.
There is a place where Gong Zunyan can be found."
"Little Master, I'm here to fool me again." Lai Min smiled and cursed, feeling a little relaxed. "Described above the cloud platform. I dare not expect it, but I hope that I will be satisfied if I see Your Majesty settle down in Luoyang."
"Let me, even if Your Majesty decides to rule Luoyang, Nanyang will never become an imperial town."
"You know what a fool." Lai Min's eyes rolled: "Although Nanyang is not an imperial town, the Jingxiang system is a pillar of the imperial court, so how can it be bad? If you guessed it, the Prime Minister encountered the main force of the Wei army in Guanzhong, and he could not do so.
If we break the deadlock, we will eventually have to break through Wancheng and go straight to Luoyang. How can we miss the help of Nanyang elders?"
Chen Yi nodded repeatedly and said half-truely: "Lai Gong is very good at his opinion, and boys can't get it. With a great scholar like Lai Gong, Xiao Wei will definitely have the opportunity to make contributions."
...
Fei Yi stood at the head of Linyuan's city. He watched the fleet slowly sailing in the distance and rushed towards Chenyang. He let out a gentle breath.
Zhang Wen, who stood side by side with him, smiled: "Wenwei, can you sign a contract now?"
"You can sign it." Fei Yi tilted his head and looked at Zhang Wen: "Hui Shu, my task has been completed. What about you? Do you have to plan for yourself? You won't deceive yourself, I believe Sun Quan is really an accountant Let's not blame him?"
"What can I do? My family is all in Wujun." Zhang Wen smiled bitterly: "A real man, you can't ignore the family for your own safety."
"Actually... there is no other way." Fei Yi smiled strangely.
"What's the solution?" Zhang Wen looked at Fei Yi, couldn't help but smile, and punched him hard: "If you have anything, say it quickly, don't pretend to be advanced with me."
"I still don't know what kind of person you, Zhang Huishu, are you? Why do you have to tell me?"
"You mean... to learn from Pan Jun?"
Fei Yi nodded: "I think you understand that now the three kingdoms are united together, and their strength is similar, but my Han Dynasty is orthodox, and no one can match morally. Now that Guanzhong has started, Jingzhou has also stepped into one foot, Prime Minister, Ma Su The three generations of Wei Ba, the old, middle-aged and young are all heroes of the times. The world in the future will definitely belong to our great man, and Jiangdong is no exception. Since you are jealous of Sun Quan because of your talent, why don’t you give up the final result and return to the great man? If you are with Sun Quan would be somewhat afraid of a certain important minister of my great man. Even if he didn't use you, he wouldn't dare to hurt your life."
"Do you have the right person?"
"Isn't General Fuyi and the commander of Wuling Wei Ba is the most suitable candidate?"
"Ha, I knew you Fei Wenwei had no good intentions." Zhang Wen laughed and glared at Fei Yi: "You think I am as stupid as Lai Min, and you can't see the Prime Minister's trick of playing hard to get? Wei Ba , It is still a question of how long he can live in Wuling, so I won’t be fooled by you. It’s better to die with Wei Ba than I am now.”
Fei Yi smiled faintly: "Hui Shu, since you said that, then pretend that I have never said it. In a few months, even if you want to beg me, I will not help you. A gentleman acted according to the opportunity. , Obviously, you haven't made such a decision yet."
"And!" Zhang Wen looked at him disdainfully. "If you really want to help me, you should choose a more secure candidate."
"Okay, I'll pay attention to you."
...
As the last batch of supplies from Chengdu was transported to Chenyang, Wei Ba finally instructed Liao Li to end the negotiations with Wu. Sun Quan had a very bad year, and Pan Jun and others were detained by Wei Ba in Longyan Beach. Keeping these more than 5,000 elite soldiers, Sun Quan had to allocate a large amount of food from Changsha and Lingling every day. He not only had to supply Pan Jun and others, but also had to bear the shameless exploitation of Wei Ba, and at the same time provide for Wei Ba's subordinates. Such consumption is not only too much Big and very heartwarming, he didn't want to wait one more day.
Therefore, Mrs. Sun was sent to Chengdu as quickly as possible by him, and the supplies from Chengdu also passed through Wu Jun's headquarters without any damage and entered Chenyang in a big way. Sun Quan did not want Wei Ba to have any excuses for delaying it, he did not want to go back He only wanted to take Pan Jun and others back for one more day, and then began to encircle and suppress Wei Ba and counterattack Wuling's strategic deployment.
Wei Ba knew this well. While Fei Yi was negotiating, he also began to get busy. On the one hand, he sent someone to Xuanwei of Xiongxi tribe, and on the other hand, he devoted a lot of energy to Xupu. The rice fields in Chenyang are ready for spring plowing. After all, foreign aid is limited. If you want to gain a foothold in Wuling, self-reliance is the key.
Wei Ba is more confident than anyone else about whether the scattered arable land scattered in the valleys of Wuling can survive by relying on the scattered arable land scattered among the valleys. First, the barbarians have always lived like this. With his help, the barbarians can definitely live better. Second, As he remembered, Taizu was able to establish a revolutionary base in northern Shaanxi and create a Nanniwan. His current conditions were much better than Taizu at that time. Why couldn’t he have enough food and clothing?
If you want to exert the power of knowledge, Wei Ba must first change the mentality of those intellectuals. These days, scholars are determined to read the books of saints and enter the official career, becoming a bureaucrat who has given up his power, but not many people are willing to focus on their industry. .Wei Ba could only set an example and devote most of his energy to benefit the barbarians. He could only leave the military to Guan Feng.
Together with Li Zhu, Wei Ba and Li Zhu first built a school in Chenyang, settled Lai Minxian and informed the egomen of various tribes to send children of appropriate age to the school to study. In order to avoid the barbarians' sending them. The hostage's psychological resistance was so generous that he offered generous conditions for the school, not only allowed to eat and stay for free, but also given priority to join the government in the future. With these conditions, coupled with the temptation of following the great scholars to read and read, there were four major tribes. The elf is leading the role model. Many barbarians were moved and quickly sent their children. Not long after, the school recruited more than a hundred little princes, future elf men and other barbarians.
Of course, the children cannot come alone. Many leaders of the tribe personally rushed to Chenyang. On the one hand, they escorted their own babies to school, and on the other hand, they also asked Wei Ba for help in person. In that war last year, the Wu army destroyed them. Most tribes are facing a survival crisis for crops that are about to mature. If they do not ask Wei Ba for help, it will be difficult for them to persevere.
Wei Ba was prepared for a long time. For this day, he thought of many ways and finally made it barely. Liao Li transported grain from Changsha, Chen Yi brought grain from Chengdu, and he blackmailed a lot of grain from Wu Jun. , coupled with the food he seized over the past, he was able to deal with the difficulties he had finally overcome.
However, Wei Ba did not simply give the food to the barbarians and just finished it. He left the leaders in Chenyang and seized time to teach them how to build fields around water and how to use water trucks to improve river water for irrigation, and created a large amount of iron. Make farm tools for them.
Wei Ba’s intention is very real. He needs to let the barbarians improve their productivity and live a better life so that they can have the energy and motivation to support him. However, the barbarians felt a strong kindness from Wei Ba’s enthusiasm and generosity. They praised each other and patted their chests to ensure that as long as God commanded them, they could gather and stand by at any time.
The barbarians were straightforward and would not hesitate to praise anyone they liked. The God-General’s reputation of grace for the people was spread through the barbarians’ mouths, and then they were spread farther away by the merchants traveling to Jiaozhou.
Lu Kai and Huaigen, who were stationed in Yanguan, also heard these rumors. They were very nervous and strictly prohibited the tribes of the Xiongxi tribe from contacting the merchants. However, the words were like the wind, and the news about the gods was still with those goods. He quietly entered the Xiongxi tribe and spread between his mouth and ears.
Lu Kai felt that the situation was serious, so he sent an urgent report to Sun Quan. Judging from various signs, Wei Ba might send troops to Yanguan and enter Yulin, and ask Sun Quan to support him immediately.
After receiving a call for help from Lu Kai, Sun Quan was full of headache, restless and restless, and had no idea of irritation, so he had to urge the car to the General's Mansion of the Auxiliary State and ask Lu Xun for advice.
ps: Sweat, the chase behind was too tight, Lao Zhuang was trembling, and I asked for monthly tickets to support me, Lao Zhuang didn't want to be knocked over to the ground in the end.