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

Lu Bu and Wei Qie came here together, the brightly colored pheasant feathers were particularly conspicuous in the sunlight, Cao Ang was a bodyguard who did his duty, and he was very happy to see a guest coming over with crooked eyes, "My lord told you two to come here Just go in directly, no need to pass on and wait."

"Thank you, little general Cao." Wei Ji thanked him warmly, feeling very fond of this energetic young man.

Cao Ang was even happier when he heard this title, and quickly waved his hands and said reservedly, "It's not hard work, it's hard work."

He has no military merits yet, he just took up the job of a personal guard with the lord, and calling him "little general" is for his father's sake. when.

It's no wonder that this person can become the head of the clan, and he speaks nicely.

Lu Bu was very dissatisfied with the young general who was lucky enough to be with their lord. He strode forward with a straight face, slapped him on the shoulder and taught him a lesson, "Be serious, what do you say with a hippie smile?"

"Yes." Cao Ang quickly suppressed his smile, and waited until Lu Bu entered before grinning and rubbing his shoulders. With such great strength, it's no wonder he won't lose the battle. He doubled his training at home tonight. First, he improved his strength, and then he became the second Lu Fengxian.

Zhang Wenyuan and Sun Bofu will all become his defeats.

Lu Bu didn't know that there was another young man around him who wanted to surpass him, but even if he knew, it was nothing. Not being envied by others is a mediocrity. He is so powerful, Lu Fengxian. One day, the title of the world's number one general will not fall to others.

Guo Jia is gnashing his teeth, thinking about the young man who is as good at planning as he is in the mouth of their lord. He doesn't think that a young man who has just won the crown can compare him. Guo Fengxiao is a unique genius in the world, and no one can compare. .

The lord was fooled by the young man, and it happened that he was not in Yecheng, so he kept him by his side for a while. Now that he is back, the others can stay where they are cool.

When he, Guo Fengxiao, was making suggestions by the lord's side, that kid didn't know where he was playing with mud.

Lu Bu and Wei Ji came in together, the first thing they saw was Guo Jijiu whose face was constantly changing, the two looked at each other, not knowing what this man was doing, so they simply ignored him, went forward to salute and made the preparations Take out the official documents.

Coincidentally, the plague of locusts happened. They spent a lot of time in Liangzhou. During this period of time, they were not idle. They happened to find out the situation in Liangzhou. Before he went to Xiliang in person, he felt that Ma Teng and Han Sui might deceive , After really understanding what kind of life the Xiliang people live, I feel that as long as I have a little conscience, I won't make fun of so many people's lives.

Both Ma and Han were from Liangzhou. Even if they cheated, their ultimate goal was to enter the Central Plains, and they would never let the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains go to Liangzhou.

That place is too poor, not only the Qiang and Di people like to plunder, but the Han army is also half-soldier and half-bandit, otherwise it would be impossible to support so many soldiers with county taxes alone.

There are endless wars in the Central Plains, but the large-scale wars in the Central Plains began in the seventh year of Guanghe. So far, it has only been ten years since the war was full. , it is rare for the whole city to be deserted.

But Bianjun is different. Liangzhou is farther away than Bingzhou and Youzhou. It has been in chaos, let alone ten years, it is rare to have a stable life for ten months.

When locusts destroy crops, the first thing to look at is the number of acres that can be cultivated and the number of household registrations. If you don’t look at it, you won’t know. After looking at it, you realize that there is so much difference between Liangzhou and Guanzhong.

To be honest, if he was allowed to make his own decision, he would not choose to win Xiliang at this time.

The Central Plains is undecided, and there are places where people and food are used everywhere. If the protagonist wants to pursue a great cause, the most important thing is to win the Central Plains, rather than waste his energy to return the barren and remote counties to his heart.

The severe drought in Guanzhong made the people miserable in just two or three years. The people in Liangzhou are used to no rain. The people in Guanzhong fled everywhere because of the birth of Dong Zhuo. In Liangzhou, countless A Dong Zhuo.

Hu people solve the villages without leaving any survivors. They always kill young adults, old people and children, and take their daughters back as slaves. Luoyang City is only a little bigger than the villages in Liangzhou. I don’t know the villages that were plundered and burned. how many.

He was not surprised that Ma Teng Han Sui had the idea of ​​attacking the Central Plains. After all, compared with Liangzhou, they could live a fairy-like life in the Central Plains.

Yuan Huan carefully read the things on the paper, and after hearing Wei Ji's tactful objection, he raised his eyes to Guo Jijiu who was sitting up straight without knowing it, "What do you think of Feng Xiao?"

Guo Jia crossed his arms, squeezed his chin thoughtfully, glanced at General Lu who was so murderous that he almost wrote the words "not to be offended" on his face, and laughed, "My lord is right, Jia Wen And indeed a wise man."

Not only is he a smart man, but he is also a smart man with a vision.

There are a lot of smart people in this world, but most of them are short-sighted. They only see the little benefit in front of them and rush forward. They can have a long-term vision and can hold down two obviously not very smart generals. several.

Their lord won't take Jizhou and quit. Anyone with a discerning eye can see this. Jia Wenhe is far away in Xiliang, but judging from the current situation, that person is also keeping a close eye on the situation in the Central Plains. .

The little emperor couldn't control the court, and Guanzhong had no other generals capable of leading troops except Huangfusong. If the Xiliang army wanted to invade Guanzhong, they could easily break through Huangfusong's defense line without waiting for Guanzhong to become chaotic.

But if that is the case, they will completely tear themselves apart from the Central Plains. Next to Guanzhong is Jizhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou. At that time, anyone can enter Guanzhong in the name of saving the emperor. No matter who wins Guanzhong in the end, the West Liang's soldiers and horses must be the first to go out.

After working so hard to break into Guanzhong, they may even be beaten back to their hometown before they can rob food. Smart people would not do this kind of thing of making wedding dresses for others.

But it's different to rely on their lord at this time, as long as they stay honestly in the one-third of an acre of land in Liangzhou and don't show any intention of making trouble, their lord will not watch the people of Xiliang starve to death.

After all, people all over the world now know that Lord Zhou Mu of Jizhou, and now Lord Situ, is a good man who is kind and caring for the people. He has managed Jizhou in an orderly manner in Jizhou for several years, not only making the people of Jizhou full, but also opening warehouses. Food was given to refugees who fled from other places, and a library was built in the academy to give the children of poor families the opportunity to study. In the cold winter months, many large houses were built to prevent the homeless people from freezing to death outside.

Master Situ is a good man, and he would not be indifferent after learning that the people of Liangzhou were starved of food and faced the danger of looting by the Qiang people at all times.

Guo Jia has doubts about their lord being a good person for the time being, but his doubts are useless. The important thing is what people in the world think, hey, he is really not easy, why no one sees the gentleness of their lord under the surface What about the truth?

Guo Jijiu shook his head and sighed for a while, noticing that their lord's gaze on him became more gentle and subconsciously shuddered, he quickly tugged at his sleeves and got serious, "Liangzhou has limited soldiers and horses, they can indeed borrow Attacking Guanzhong will add chaos to us, but we have Lu Fengxian, Lu Wenhou, Ma Teng, and Han Sui who are brave enough to conquer the world, and they are not enough in front of General Fengxian, so they dare not act rashly."

Lu Bu straightened up very much to save face, and the praise for Guo Jia was very useful, yes, that's it, there is nothing wrong with him, Lu Fengxian is so powerful, no one is enough in front of him, with him guarding Guanzhong, come from Xiliang One hits one, two hits one pair, and no one wants to make trouble under his hands.

He has long said that their Bingzhou cavalry is no worse than Xiliang Dama. If Ma Chao had been born more than ten years earlier, the two of them might have been able to fight evenly. The Qiang people are not bad, but they are not qualified to fight against Lu Fengxian.

Guo Jia raised his hand to tell Lu Da fool not to be so embarrassing, and then continued, "Xiliang doesn't dare to act rashly, the initiative is in the master's hands, and the rest depends on what the master plans to do."

It's not right to keep them in Xiliang to stare at them all the time. It's better to exchange a little food for stability than to keep the enemy watching from behind. Ma Teng and Han Sui have experience in defending against the barbarians. If you are capable, you don't need it for nothing.

In a place like the Central Plains where there are many families, if you don’t need local people, you can use them as much as possible. In places like Xiliang, as long as there are people, people can use them, and people will starve to death.

As long as the food is in their hands, Liangzhou will not be able to cause trouble behind their backs in a short time.

Wei Ji nodded, thinking that Guo Jia's words were reasonable, but he felt that it was a little inappropriate to let Jia Xu take care of Liangzhou's internal affairs, "Although that person is talented, he is just a little lazy. , I am afraid that the official affairs in the official office will never be finished."

He had been in Liangzhou for several months, and every day he had to send someone to Jia's mansion to get that person out of bed and take him to the official office.

Rather than letting Jia Xu take care of Xiliang's internal affairs, he would rather recommend himself. Wei's generation doesn't have many people who can use them, and there are no side branches to help. He has to personally handle everything. Selling salt is not a trivial matter. In a place as big as the state, if the Hu people get too much salt by accident, all the Wei family members will die.

He doesn't worry about anyone going, so he might as well go by himself.

"Tired temper?" Yuan Huan gave Guo Jia a half-smile look, and then said with a smile, "It's okay, I didn't intend to let him stay in Xiliang."

The most dangerous thing in Liangzhou is not Xiliang's soldiers and horses, but Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe. That one person's lethality is equal to all the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou. Dare to let such a time bomb stay in Xiliang.

Isn't it because he is lazy and doesn't like to work? If it's a big deal, their family Guo Jijiu used to want to sleep until noon. Now after going through so many things, isn't it easy to handle everything?

It's not easy to be lazy under his hands, it's better to see who is better at them.

Guo Jia was a little annoyed by the look in their lord's eyes. He drank the cold tea in the teacup with no expression on his face, and stared angrily at the black-hearted lord who didn't save him any face. non-stop.

Wei Ji didn't notice the turmoil between the two of them, and he didn't hold back anymore when he heard this. He didn't need to worry about Guanzhong's business anymore. It's not a good thing that Wei's momentum is too big. Only by handing over the things that shouldn't be touched in time The way of the family's long-term survival and the method of making salt are not theirs. They have already made a lot of money with this method. Greed is a big taboo for businessmen. future.

"My lord, if no one is going to Liangzhou at the moment, please ask yourself to share your worries." Wei Boxie is a sensible person, and he didn't intend to beat around the bush. There is a lot of grain, and the account book for selling fine salt is not in the same place as other account books. Guanzhong has just experienced a plague of locusts, and the government has insufficient grain. Does my lord have any plans to use the grain sold for fine salt to help the people?"

Yuan Huan smiled, "Since the food was bought by the Wei family in exchange for salt, it will naturally belong to the Wei family. It is not appropriate to take the food directly, and ask Meng De to buy it at the market price plus [-]%, so as to save you from wasting your time."

Wei Ke paused, hesitated for a while but did not refuse.

The cost of making salt is not high, but it also requires cost. They are taking the path of small profits but quick turnover, so that the people can eat cheap and clean salt. The cost is mainly manpower. If all the grain in the granary is really taken out, Wei Not to mention that his vitality was seriously injured, at least the income of the past two years is gone.

It was a surprise that the lord was willing to buy it at the market price. At worst, he would donate the last [-]% in the name of the Hedong Wei family.

Guo Jia saw that the lord of their family directly took an appointment edict from the book case to Wei Ke, glanced at the above official position and couldn't help raising his eyebrows. Cao Mengde swore a few days ago that this person would definitely stay in Guanzhong after returning from Liangzhou , don't care if it's Jing Zhaoyin or what, in short, he has to stay in Guanzhong to work, but seeing the way the lord has prepared the edict in advance, that guy is probably happy for nothing.

Wei Bo wanted to go to Liangzhou again after he came back from Liangzhou. They did manage internal affairs, but they were not in charge of Guanzhong's internal affairs. The governor of Liangzhou was only doing Liangzhou's work, so it didn't make sense to take care of Guanzhong's borders as well.

Poor Cao Mengde, he still has to deal with the mountain of bamboo slips by himself next time, tsk tsk tsk, luckily he came back early witty.

Yuan Huan had prepared the letter of appointment in advance, and it was within his expectation that Wei Bocuo would take the initiative to invite Ying. It is easy to deal with smart people, especially this person is smart and interesting, unlike Guo Fengxiao who can't stand it for a while and wants to give it to him. looking for trouble.

Their current focus is mainly on the Central Plains. As long as there is no chaos in Liangzhou, it is the best. There is no need for Wei Qi to manage it well, as long as it can be stable. Of course, if they can do something else on the basis of stability love is better.

The soldiers and horses in the border counties should not be taken lightly, and Guangxing School is also necessary. Liangzhou is prone to strong generals, and the education is not done very well. If the Tao of Yao, Shun, Confucius and Mencius can be spread in remote border counties, at least officials can be selected. Times are much easier.

That place is vast and sparsely populated, and the difficulty of governance is much greater than that of the Central Plains. No matter what, safety should be ranked first.

Lu Bu was bored listening to their lord talking to Wei Ji, who was about to be governor of Liangzhou, his eyes turned around and looked at the furnishings in the house, and he played a small game of finding differences by himself.

Well, nothing seems to have changed except for a different style of incense burner under the window.

Wait a minute, he also has a business to come here, why is Wei Bocuo the only one left to talk after meeting the lord, he hasn't said anything about him yet.

General Lu realized later that his matter was also very important, so he quickly gave their lord a wink to signal that he had something to say, and it happened that Yuan Huan had almost said what he wanted to tell him. He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then Let Lu Bu speak, "Fengxian, is there anything else you want to add?"

"One more little thing." Lu Bu cleared his throat and said solemnly, "Ma Chao, the eldest son of Ma Teng's family, is very skilled in martial arts. He made a lot of contributions in pacifying Qianghu in Liangzhou. Seeing, the lord is willing to take him under his command?"

He can vouch for that kid, but he dare not say anything else, he can really fight.

Yuan Huan put down his teacup, and he couldn't laugh or cry when he heard Ma Chao's name. He didn't think that Jin Machao came to the Central Plains to gain knowledge. Compared with the Qiang people in Liangzhou, he felt that coming to the Central Plains was to reduce the difficulty of the game.

The premise is that neither side uses their brains.

Without the use of military tactics, fighting against the Hu people is much more brutal than fighting against the people of the Central Plains. "Fengxian can bring people with him. There are many natural disasters this year, and life is difficult everywhere. There is a tough battle to be fought.”

Lu Bu grinned, "Don't worry, my lord, whoever dares to commit an offense will definitely let him go and never return."

In Chang'an City, Cao Cao was reviewing official documents with a straight face in the official office. Since Wei Ke and Guo Jia left together, everything fell on him alone. There are not many useful people in the official office. He is so angry that he is about to suffer from headaches. up.

When Wei Bocuo comes back, his surname will not be Cao if he touches these things again.

Cao Mengde's handwriting became more and more scribbled. Fortunately, he was worried that people could not understand his handwriting. He didn't fly to the point where he couldn't recognize his handwriting.

At the door, Cao Hong probed his head for a while, then shrank back a moment before stepping into the threshold, "Yuan Rang, you go."

Shaking his head like a rattle, Xiahou Dun quickly retreated to the end of the corridor, making up his mind not to get close to him. He hadn't lived enough and didn't want to take the initiative to seek death.

Cao Hong gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly. He only hated that he didn't take Cao Ren with him when he came out this time. If Cao Ren was there, how could such a terrible job fall on him.

Xiahou Yuanrang usually looks so reliable, but if he has the ability, he will be reliable at this time!

Cao Zilian gritted his teeth and glared at Xiahou Dun, who was dodging fast, rubbed his face and moved his body so that he would not be overwhelmed when he ran later, and then took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"What's the matter?" Cao Cao put down his pen and looked at his good brother. This guy has been lingering at the door for so long, and what he wants to say must not be good, otherwise the two of them would not shirk each other, "Tell me, I'll accept it." live."

"Really?" Cao Hong took a step back subconsciously, looked at his cousin who had a strange expression, tensed his body and was ready to run away at any time, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that Wei Wei was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, and now it's over. Take office and go to Liangzhou."

click-

The book case was directly broken into two halves.

Cao Zilian opened his eyes wide in shock, he even forgot to run, looked at his callused hands, and then at his cousin's hands on the desk, he shuddered in awe, and quickly took the After finishing the things that came down, "There is also news from Yecheng that the lord means that we can choose any person to be an official in Guanzhong, and Yecheng will also send more than a dozen experienced and capable officials to Guanzhong. Don't worry, brother." There are not enough people."

Cao Cao twitched his lips, "How many tens are there? Is it enough to fill the government offices of all counties in Guanzhong?"

Cao Hong: ...

What nonsense are you talking about?

Unexpectedly, there was no response. Cao Cao gritted his teeth, let go of his hands and stood up. The book case that had become half of it fell apart without a support point, and the bamboo slips piled on it scattered all over the floor.

Cao Hong carefully moved to the side, but he didn't dare to pick up the bamboo slips when they rolled to his feet.

Cao Cao squeezed his wrist, endured the pain and managed to maintain his expression. After a while, he continued, "Yecheng means that we can choose anyone to be an official in Guanzhong, right?"

Cao Hong nodded cautiously, took out the official document from his arms and handed it over, "If I'm not mistaken, that's what I mean."

"It's easy to handle." Cao Mengde squinted his eyes, read the above content at a glance, and then looked up with a sinister smile, "Do you remember the list I wrote two days ago? Make a copy of the list and give it to Yuan Rang, and the two of you will lead the troops to 'invite' everyone on the list to Chang'an."

He understands that there is not enough manpower around his elder brother. Anyway, the above said to let him recruit talents as much as he can, as long as he can get people around, Yecheng will give him the answer to any problems that cannot be solved.

What does this mean?

It means that he can arrest people to work by any means!

He has an elder brother who will give him the bottom line, reputation is not important, the big deal is that after being captured, he will be sent to Yecheng for a few days, and he will get it back if he is willing to work. Those who are not willing to work... Heh, he wants to see Who is capable enough to withstand the "lenient teaching" of their elder brother.

"What if they don't want to come?" Cao Hong raised his hand and asked a very important question.

He has seen that list, most of them are great Confucian scholars living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and there are also officials who were squeezed out of the court a few years ago. It is impossible to call them to Chang'an by recruiting them in the name of Captain Sili. useless.

Cao Cao looked at the silly brother like a fool, and emphasized, "Lead the soldiers to 'please', is there anything you don't understand?"

Xiahou Dun, who had been hiding at the door, understood, and immediately stood up in front of Cao Hong, "Understood, don't worry, general, within three days, we will 'invite' everyone on the list to Chang'an."

I have brought troops to invite them, and I still don’t understand. Those who are willing to come are invited, and those who are not willing to come are to be snatched. It’s easier.

The boss of their family deliberately asked them to change their address in order to become a military general. This time, he could not be a general even if he called him a general. It would be strange if he didn’t show his popularity. Hurry up and 'invite' a few people who can help him with his official duties. Otherwise, the unlucky ones who can't let go of their anger are themselves.