[Three Kingdoms] After crossing, I opened the sick and weak main road line

Jia Xu was very desperate, but under the watchful eye of Wei Kui, he couldn't even resign, not to mention whether Wei Bokui would let him go, and rumors of running away, the officials in the official office A single mouthful of saliva from his colleagues could drown him.

He is used to being comfortable with Jia Wen. He doesn't care what others say about him. No one dares to make irresponsible remarks under his nose. He can't hear those who scold him behind his back. Just go.

But Wei Ji refused to let him go, even if he had thousands of strategies, he couldn't use them.

It stands to reason that Wei Boxie is an outsider, even if he is accompanied by the brave Lu Wenhou, they alone can't intervene in Liangzhou's affairs, but they just reached an agreement in private, if it wasn't for the sudden locust plague, they would have brought I went to Yecheng to pay homage to the top of the mountain with the mission.

In the case of natural disasters, having a colleague who can handle practical things is indeed a lot of peace of mind. Ma Teng and Han Sui are not fools. If they hadn't made up their minds to join Jizhou, they would not dare to let an outsider handle Liangzhou's government affairs casually.

Wei Ji is a good man, but he is too worried. There are a lot of colleagues in the government office, and there are a lot of people at his disposal. Why do he have to dig an old man who is about to reach the age of knowing his destiny from the bed? work?

Where is the law?Where is justice?

Jia Wenhe never thought that he would be busier after hugging his thighs, but he is an optimistic person. There are locust plagues everywhere now, and Jizhou is temporarily unable to allocate manpower to help. He will not let Wei Bocuo do whatever he wants in Liangzhou.

If you don't take people away, his precious hair will fall out.

The optimistic Jia Wenhe got up early and went to bed late to work with tears in his eyes. He accidentally worked until summer. Wei Bocuo was finally leaving, and the work of appeasing the people to resume production after the locust disaster in Liangzhou was also done.

Lu Wenhou couldn't stay idle in the city. Seeing that their major general Ma Chao was a malleable talent, he led him to beat up the surrounding Qiang tribes honestly for a few months. No one was left behind, and all of them were taught a lesson. over.

In previous years, the Qiang tribes were the first to get into chaos when encountering natural disasters. This year is good, and before they get into trouble, the iron hooves of Xiliang's big horses have stepped on their heads.

If it weren't for the fact that the former driver and the latter driver were too far away, they could even run thousands of miles there and beat up the bastard who was obsessed with finding trouble for them until he couldn't get up.

What's the matter?

In any case, in short, Wei Ji and Lu Bu had a very fulfilling life in Liangzhou, and they didn't leave Guzang City until they had done everything they could.

The way of life in Xiliang and the Central Plains is very different. The frontier is bitter and cold, and the harvest from farming is not as good as that in the Central Plains. Focusing on animal husbandry and business is not stable. How to develop next depends on the meaning of Jizhou. It is not clear in the letter , Wait for the principals on both sides to meet in person before discussing the next thing.

Wei's caravan returned from Liangzhou all the way. Seeing the land of Guanzhong after the locusts were raging, Wei Ji originally wanted to go back to Hedong for a day, and then went to Yecheng with Lu Bu, but he was given by Cao Cao as soon as he came back. stopped.

Cao Mengde waited for him for a few months, finally got him waiting, and immediately pulled him to work together. The most serious locust plague was not in Liangzhou but in Guanzhong. As a native of Hedong, Cao Mengde lived in Liangzhou Does he have the nerve to stay for so many days?

Liangzhou is not their territory. If Ma Teng and Han Sui want to seek refuge with their elder brother, they have to show some skills. Now that they have nothing, they drag their people to stay and work. Those two people have a good plan. Is Wei Ke also a fool?

Why don't you think about the chaos in your hometown when you work for others for no benefit?

Before Wei Ke could figure out the situation, he was dragged by Cao Cao to inspect the people's situation. Lu Bu narrowly escaped and let the caravan go back to Hedong by itself. Seeing that Wei Ke had nothing to do, he galloped to Chang'an City. .

He is not the one who is in charge of the caravan. Although he is the most official, it is Wei Ke who gives the order, not him. He is just a little guard who has learned a lot from the past. How can he be blamed for such a thing that has been delayed for several months? on the head.

General Lu Da forgot how straightforward he was when he took other people's cubs to sweep up the Qiang tribe. In short, it was not his fault that he made a thousand mistakes. It has nothing to do with Wei Qi being dragged away by Cao Cao. He just obeyed orders. Never take the initiative to make trouble.

The red steed carried the tall general and ran all the way, with only a few soldiers by his side, and did not slow down until he reached the city gate.

Lu Bu clenched his whip tightly and raised his eyebrows when he saw Guo Jia who was expressionless at the city gate, "Why are you here?"

Guo Jia raised her eyes slightly, "There are migratory locusts in Guanzhong, where else can I be if I'm not here?"

"Isn't there Cao Mengde here? I thought you would stay by my lord's side and refuse to leave." Lu Bu grinned and said condescendingly, "Guo Jijiu has never liked to deal with trivial matters. Could it be that he came here to cause trouble?"

Guo Jia:  …

Why didn't this person die outside?

Guo Jijiu has been working in Chang'an City for so many days, and he is no longer the Guo Jijiu who likes to bicker with others. After being ridiculed by his old enemy, he didn't bother to refute, so he waved his hand to let the soldiers standing under the city gate let him go. Then he walked back into the carriage and wandered back to his residence.

What's the use of fighting?

If the quarrel can make all the crops grow back overnight, he can immediately scold Lu Da foolishly.

Lu Bu was excited and wanted to say something more, but the old enemy just glanced at him, turned around and left, his fist hit the air without any response, it felt quite wrong.

Today's Chang'an City has nothing to do with the word "prosperity" at all, it is dusty everywhere, the pedestrians on the road are in a hurry and have no energy, and the horses pulling the carts are also weak and listless. The flower sky and brocade land of the old capital.

General Lu Da gripped the horse's belly and took a few quick steps. He walked to the side of the carriage and knocked on it. He was so bold that he leaned over and pulled the curtain of the carriage. A naive smile.

If the window was not too small for him who is tall, he even wanted to get in directly.

"I'll talk about it when I get back." Guo Jia glanced at him slowly, and then closed the car curtain after saying a word.

The sun was about to set, and it was much cooler outside than at noon, but it was only a little better than at noon, and it was far from the real coolness.

There are children playing together on the side of the road. The adults are busy making a living. Only three or four-year-old children can play carefree. If they are older, they will help the family with work.

At the entrance of the alley, a few young women were sitting there doing needlework while watching their children so that they would not run away. The world was in chaos, and it was better in Chang’an city, but it looked different outside of the city. The children were still young, and everyone Don't take it lightly.

"I heard that bean sprouts will be planted outside the city. The bean sprouts given by the government are said to be used to raise land to prevent locusts. I don't know if it will be useful." The woman sitting at the threshold whispered. Knowing what's going on outside, worrying about it all day long, they don't have a peaceful life, they will do whatever the government says, and they don't know when this kind of life will end.

Next to him, the older man sighed, "I hope it will be better. I heard that the officials in Chang'an are from Jizhou, and the emperor is also in Jizhou. The place where the emperor can escape should be better than Chang'an."

"My uncle's family is in Jizhou. I heard that the people there live much better than in Chang'an. The state shepherd in Jizhou hates bandits and bandits. Since he took office, he has sent troops to wipe out bandits. They don't have to be afraid of being caught and robbed when they go out." One person said that they have been from Chang'an for generations and have never been to other places, but there are still a few relatives living in other states and counties.

If it was in the past, relatives and friends were far away, and they gradually became estranged. It is not easy to send letters these days, and the post station is not something that ordinary people like them can use. send a letter.

I don't know when, there is a place in Chang'an City where I can send letters to relatives and friends in other prefectures and counties. Although the letters are only sent to Fucheng County, I need to go to pick them up, but this is much better than before.

Scholars communicate with each other through letters. Not everyone has a domestic servant to deliver letters. There are government post stations that can help. It is much more convenient to go to the county seat than to visit a friend's house thousands of miles away. Only those who have scholars at home can I know that the post station is not only delivering documents to the government now.

Most of the people in Chang'an City have small savings, either someone is an official at home, or the family has small assets. When there is chaos, you can avoid most of the rioters by closing the doors and windows and not going out. As long as the men in the family are not too useless, life can always be Clean up and clean up.

"The state herdsman of Jizhou is indeed a good official, but Cao Mengde, who is now in Chang'an, was the state herdsman of Yanzhou before. I heard that when he first arrived in Yanzhou, Yanzhou was similar to Chang'an now, and now the people in Yanzhou can eat as much as they want. Dress warmly, I hope we can get well soon here too."

"Who says it's not? Don't let the chaos continue. Others can abandon their official positions and return to their hometowns. Where can we go back here? I'm afraid that if we leave Chang'an City, we won't even be as good as those refugees."

The women whispered this, and the children were not idle there. They didn't care who the official was, they only wanted to find something delicious and interesting, "My father said that locusts can be eaten as vegetables. This is a high-ranking official. As I said, anyone who dares to eat locusts can become a high-ranking official in the future, I ate several of them yesterday, and they were delicious, so I will definitely be a high-ranking official in the future."

"You don't eat as much as I do. I ate a whole bowl." The chubby guy next to him had a pretty belly, proudly saying no, "Be a great general and beat bad guys."

The two children quarreled over who ate more, and the children next to them quickly joined in after hearing it. One said he would be a high official in the future, the other said he would be a general in the future, and the bold one said he would be a general in the future. The emperor, after being taught a lesson by the older children covering their mouths for a long time, he changed his words tearfully and said that he was no longer the emperor.

The children spoke without restraint, and the adults stayed far away, so they didn't hear what they were arguing about. They vaguely heard some children mention eating locusts, so they started a new discussion.

When the migratory locusts first started, the government posted notices to let the people catch locusts to save food, but not many people dared to do it. There were too many locusts, and a large swath of them rushed over. Even the decades-old trees Everything that can be eaten is clean, and people are exposed to locusts and cannot be eaten alive.

This is just one of them, and the other is the fear of retribution for catching locusts.

Everyone in the world knows that the emperor is so stupid that people can't live. No matter what natural disasters are at this time, it is the emperor's fault. They failed to overthrow the emperor, but instead arrested the envoy sent by God to punish the emperor. Being regarded as the emperor's accomplices and being punished together?

There are not a few people who think this way. No matter how the government arranges it, the initial effect is very bad, because not only the people dare not move, but also the officers and soldiers. The news of the food spread, and the people finally dared to attack the locusts.

The big change in people’s attitude towards locusts started after Yecheng sacrificed to heaven. Yuan Huan used locusts as food in full view, and let so many people present taste what locusts are like. After being struck by lightning and worrying for several days, when I think back to the taste I tasted at that time, only nostalgia remains.

When the news spread to other places, everyone was shocked when they knew what happened in Yecheng, and when they saw the locusts, their eyes were obviously wrong.

Since eating locusts won't kill them, why can only locusts eat their crops?

The state shepherd took the risk of himself to let God not punish them. Things have come to this point. If they don't dare to catch locusts, what is the difference between them and cowards?

Isn't it just a few bugs, eat it!

Yuan Huan asked the official post station to deliver official documents and at the same time send letters to folk scholars, in order to spread the news fast enough, and there must be post stations that can deliver letters in the places he can control. After all, for ordinary people, the official The credibility of the official notice is already very low, and it is not as reliable as the family letter sent by relatives.

Relatives pass on relatives, neighbors pass on neighbors, so that the news can be more convincing. In addition, the government quietly sends people to spread the news. Within half a month, the people in the entire Guanzhong will believe that the mere locust plague will not let them go. dead end.

Man conquers nature, as long as the spirit is still there, nothing else is a problem.

The carriage went all the way back to the government office, Guo Jia asked the driver to leave with a tired expression, and walked to the opposite house by himself. Living in the government house every day is too stressful, even if there is no difference between living in the opposite side and living in the government office, he does not want to live in the government office study.

Guo Jijiu didn't speak, and Lu Bu didn't dare to make too much noise. He asked someone to take the horse, which hadn't had a good rest after running for several days, down to feed fodder. Just pretend I'm farting and don't take it personally."

"Don't worry, I didn't take it to heart." Guo Jia glanced at him, calmly making Lu Bu feel a little nervous.

General Lu didn't know what to say, so he quickly changed the topic and told this person about the situation in Xiliang. When he left Yecheng, Guo Fengxiao wanted to go to Xiliang to learn more, but the master didn't agree, so he didn't go. , He just came back from Xiliang, before he could finish his memory, he hurriedly told this person about it, so as not to forget it later.

Holding a teacup in his hand, Guo Jia heard Lu Bu talking about Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe in Liangzhou who provoked civil strife between the Xiaoyue clan and the former Che Shi and the latter Che Shi in a fit of anger. Just as ruthless.

Fortunately, he didn't stand on the opposite side, otherwise, that person would have no scruples about such things as massacring the city and killing the people, and it is absolutely impossible for their master to bet on the lives of the people, so it would take a lot of effort to convince him.

Lu Bu finished the matter honestly, and seeing that Guo Jia's complexion was better than before, he asked tentatively, "How is the situation in Chang'an City? My lord will not let it go, why is it so much more desolate than before? "

He only stayed in Liangzhou for three or four months. Guanzhong was in chaos when he left, but that's what chaos is all about. At least there is movement and vitality. Why did he become lifeless when he came back?

He knew that the plague of locusts started from this place, but the people in Guanzhong should have gotten used to natural and man-made disasters, and it was a bit unaccustomed to suddenly become depressed like this.

"Everyone is almost running away, how can it not be lifeless?" Guo Jia sighed, put down his teacup and sighed endlessly.

He didn't like to take care of these things before, and many official duties were quietly stuffed to Xun Yu. Only when he saw the household registration book, the grain book, and the strings of numbers on it with his own eyes, did he realize how important it is to take care of all the things. not easy.

If Xun Yu was here, the people in Guanzhong might not have fled so much. He thought that his reaction was fast enough, but the real effective way would have to be news from Ye City.

I have to say that their lord is not an ordinary person when he is cruel. He is very cruel to others, and he is even more ruthless to himself. Most people really dare not do those things when they worship the heavens. In the whole world, only their lord is as cruel It's deviant and makes people unable to say a word "no".

To turn the tide and help the building collapse, it is the people's great fortune to have their masters in the world.

It's a pity that the Han family can no longer be supported. After this locust plague, even the people in Guanzhong no longer show any virtue to the royal family. They scolded the emperor more and more ruthlessly. The little emperor is innocent, but the royal family surnamed Liu is not.

Lu Bu's brows became tighter and tighter, not because of Guo Jia's later sighs, but because their lord took the risk of eating locusts himself when he sacrificed to heaven, "After we left Yecheng, did the lord take that kid from the Cao family with him?" By your side?"

"Now it's not just the Dalang of the Cao family, but also a man named Dian Wei who stayed in the past." Guo Jia is from Chang'an and knows everything about Yecheng, "That man wanted to stop the Lord from eating locusts when he was offering sacrifices to heaven. , was suppressed by the soldiers and locked up, those people would have been released after a few days of detention, but he was accused of going to the lord because of his excessive appetite, and then he was promoted to the mansion as a guard."

It is said that the man was able to beat dozens of people by himself. He had just arrived in Yecheng when he was offering sacrifices to heaven, and he was hungry for two days when he was on the way. I can't hold him alone.

"Dian Wei?" Lu Bu squeezed his chin and laughed, "I've never heard of it."

He didn't care about the codes or Wei, Cao Ang was brought by the lord's side, and he didn't know how to persuade the lord to beat him up. He always thought that the boy Sun Bofu was enough to cause headaches, but the Cao family boy was compared with the Sun family boy. Favorably.

It is understandable that Sun Bofu is a headache. After all, his father, Sun Wentai, is careless. It is normal for his son to be unreliable in his father's career, but Cao Mengde looks so steady, why is the child in the family so reckless?

It must have been spoiled by Sun Bofu.

The corners of Guo Jia's mouth twitched slightly, trying to say something nice to poor Cao Jia Dalang, "My lord is still with Wen Ruo, if there is a real danger, Wen Ruo won't let my lord mess around, this matter should have nothing to do with Cao Ang."

"I know." Lu Bu clenched his fists, his tiger eyes narrowed fiercely, "I just want to beat him up. Cao Mengde is not easy to mess with. You have to find a good reason in advance to beat his son."

Guo Jia:  …

Is it so direct?

Just as the two of them were talking, a servant's voice suddenly came from the door, "Master, sir, yes, yes..."

Trembling and stammering, he didn't say a word after talking for a long time, it was Wei Ji who saw that he was so frightened and came out to make a rescue, pushed open the door and greeted the two people inside with a smile, "Marquis Wen, Guo Jijiu. "

Standing behind him was the dark-faced Cao Cao Cao Mengde.

Lu Bu:! ! !

Didn't these two people go down to inspect the people's situation?How come back so fast?