Farmer of Shu Han

Sima Yi, who was sitting on the main seat, waved his hand, signaling the guards standing around Guo Mo to leave.

"grown ups?"

The two brothers Sima Zhao and Sima Shi became anxious immediately.

This is a meticulous work. What if it hurts someone violently?

"Don't worry, when you brought Guo Canjun here, you must have searched him thoroughly."

"If you are worried, then you two will stay, and the rest of you can go out."

Sima Yi gestured to the two brothers, then looked at Guo Mo with a smile:

"Besides, at a time like this, Guo Canjun probably wouldn't behave badly to the old man, right?"

When Guo Mo heard this, he forced himself to smile: "Teacher is joking."

Sima Yi didn't point out, just asked:

"It's been eleven years since Guo Canjun came to Wei, did he ever miss his wife and children in Shu?"

Guo Mo subconsciously took half a step back, Sima Yi's words made him even more suspicious:

"What do you mean by Taifu's words?"

Sima Yi sighed leisurely, with a look of nostalgia on his face:

"I have also exchanged letters with Zhuge Kongming many times, and I know that he is a man of firm will."

He looked at Guo Mo again: "Thinking of it, the person who can personally entrust him to come to Dawei to work carefully must be a person with a firm mind."

Guo Mo's expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to move his hands, he remembered that he was in the mansion, let alone a sharp weapon, even without shoes, and his heart sank.

Seeing Guo Mo's movements, the two brothers Sima Zhao and Sima Shi who were guarding Sima Yi's side drew their swords together with a "clang".

"do not worry."

Sima Yi stretched out and pressed down, not only to Guo Mo, but also to signal Sima Shi and Sima Zhao to put away their swords.

"Guo Canjun, although you are a master of the Han Dynasty, I also know that in the early years, you bought a lot of wool for the Wei army."

"Of course, the price is a little higher, but at that time, even if others wanted to buy it, there was no way for them to buy it. After all, you have made some contributions to Dawei."

Guo Mo couldn't believe his ears when he heard Sima Yi's words:

The majestic Grand Tutor of the Wei State, knowing his identity, actually claimed that he had made contributions to the Wei State?

"Teacher... you? You already know my identity?"

"Some time ago, someone from the Han Dynasty came to vote. His surname was Yang Mingyi. He claimed to be the long history of Zhuge Kongming during his lifetime. He confessed a lot of detailed works."

Sima Yi didn't want to hide it, but directly revealed his source: "Guo Canjun is on the detailed list."

When Guo Mo heard this, he blurted out: "Impossible! Yang Weigong is deeply trusted by the prime minister, how could he betray the country and turn to the thieves?"

Sima Zhao pressed his sword and shouted angrily: "Bold! Who do you call a thief!"

On the contrary, it was Sima Yi, who looked lifeless:

"Hearing what Guo Canjun said, could it be that he admits that he is really the secret agent sent by Zhuge Kongming?"

Guo Mo didn't bother Sima Zhao, but stared at Sima Yi. After a long silence, he said slowly:

"Whether I admit it or not, in the eyes of the Taifu, it must be irrelevant, right?"

Sima Yi shook his head:

"No, on the contrary. To me, whether Mr. Guo was sent by Kong Ming is very important."

After Guo Mo was sure that Sima Yi knew his identity, he was already planning to die.

Unexpectedly, Sima Yi didn't let anyone pull him out, and he still looked unhurried, which made him a little confused, so he asked, "Why?"

Sima Yi looked past Guo Mo and looked into the distance, a little complicated and a little admiring:

"I heard that after the death of Zhuge Kongming, the whole country of Han, regardless of the officials and common people, wept bitterly and regretted it."

"Someone took the opportunity to write a letter, saying that Zhuge Kongming was wrong. I didn't expect that he would be punished by Mrs. Liu, and the wife, family and children of the greedy person would be exiled to the border county."

"As a minister, you must have no regrets if you can get this kind of treatment."

His eyes fell on Guo Mo again:

"Since Mr. Guo was sent by Zhuge Kongming, if he can return to Han, he will be rewarded heavily, right?"

Guo Mo didn't hear the answer he wanted, and he couldn't understand what Sima Yi wanted to do.

He was only afraid that Sima Yi would have some conspiracy, so he made up his mind that from now on, he would only treat himself as a dead person.

Just die, and you have to die to understand.

"Sima Gong, my identity has been exposed, and I know that I have no way out, but before I beg to die, please give me a definite answer, Yang Yi and Yang Weigong, did you really betray the big man?"

Sima Yi smiled and said calmly:

"The matter has come to this, what good is it for me to lie to Mr. Guo?"

Guo Mo received Sima Yi's definite answer, but still couldn't believe it:

"How could it be? How could it be possible? Yang Weigong... Sima Gong also said that he is the long history of the prime minister, how could he betray the big man?"

When Guo Mo took refuge in Wei State, Yang Yi joined the army only in the prime minister's residence.

However, this person is extremely talented. After so many years, it is very possible for him to be promoted to a long history by the prime minister.

Sima Yi seemed to be very patient, and actually explained to Guo Mo:

"According to what I have heard, it is said that after Zhuge Kongming's death, Feng Mingwen was ordered to lead the army. Yang Yi had always been at odds with Feng Mingwen, so Feng Mingwen took the opportunity to squeeze him out."

"He, the old man in the prime minister's mansion, is not only being embarrassed everywhere, but also has no rewards for his achievements over the years, and even the right to be a long history has been deprived."

"Yang Yi deeply felt that Feng Mingwen was unfair, and in a fit of rage, he turned to Wei."

Upon hearing this, Guo Mo blurted out, "Impossible..."

Then after thinking about it, he hesitated and added a word at the end: "Is it?"

It should be impossible, right?

Over the years, Feng Mingwen first promoted the world with his excellent writing and created a new generation of writing style.

Then, his reputation shakes the world, and he is known as the world's famous general.

It's just that as this person's reputation spread all over the world, some of his indecent names also spread to the world's ears.

What kind of clever talk, cruel and merciless, foresight and foresight, who will get revenge...

Before Guo Mo left Dahan, he also heard a little bit of this person's reputation.

However, he was sent by the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, so he naturally knew that Feng Mingwen was one of the candidates that the Prime Minister valued.

Since this person is now ordered to lead the army, it means that the prime minister finally chose him as his successor.

Guo Mo may not trust Feng Mingwen, but he trusts the prime minister of Han Dynasty.

Guo Mo has never met Feng Mingwen, but he has met Yang Weigong.

Yang Weigong is indeed talented, but he is too narrow-minded.

When the first emperor was there, because of his discord with Liu Zichu (namely Liu Ba), the first emperor had to transfer him out of Shangshutai and changed him to be the remote leader Hongnong prefect.

"There must be something hidden in this, I am afraid it is Yang Weigong's one-sided remarks."

Sima Yi didn't care about Yang Yi, anyway, he was not in his hands now.

What he cared about was Feng Mingwen.

"I'm also quite interested in this matter. According to Mr. Guo, do you trust Feng Mingwen more?"

Guo Mo said calmly: "I have never met Feng Mingwen, how can I know who he is? But since the Prime Minister let this man lead the army, there must be a reason."

When Sima Yi heard this, he laughed:

"It makes sense, it makes sense! Thinking about what kind of person Zhuge Kongming is, how could he easily hand over an army of tens of thousands and the land of two states to a villain who likes to fight revenge?"

Sima Yi stroked his beard, and asked a second time: "Mr. Guo, you have been away from Han for so many years, do you want to go back and see your wife and children?"

Guo Mo's face was full of doubts, hesitantly asked again: "What is the meaning of the Taifu's words?"

"Doesn't Mr. Guo want to know what Feng Mingwen is like? Besides, I want to trade Mr. Feng Mingwen for something I want."

"What?"

"Wang Shuang, and Deng Ai's skeleton."

Seeing that Guo Mo was unclear, Sima Yi explained again:

"Wang Shuang is a general in our army. He is known for his courage. He was captured by the Han people in the previous battle of Guanzhong."

"As for Deng Ai." Sima Yi sighed, "He was a loyal man I promoted. During the first battle in Guanzhong, he led the army to attract the attention of the enemy in order to protect the retreat of the army."

"In the end, he was surrounded by heavy siege, but he still refused to surrender, and finally died in the chaos. To me, this man is like my husband to Han."

"Thus, although I can't save this person, I must at least let this person's bones be buried properly to comfort his mother."

It is understandable to change Wang Shuang, but when he heard about Deng Ai, Guo Mo's heart was suddenly touched.

If I die at this time, I am afraid that my relatives in Shu will never know where my bones will be thrown away?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say: "Teacher's move..."

He originally wanted to say that Tai Tuo's move was a great kindness.

Just thinking that I am the one being exchanged, if I really want to say it, it will make people look down on me, so I can only swallow the second half of the sentence.

Although standing in a hostile position, Sima Yi's actions still made Guo Mo feel a sense of respect.

If he put himself in the same place, after learning about his current situation, the big man would try his best to change himself back.

Even if I am a person who has long had the will to die, I should be grateful, right?

"Looking at Mr. Guo's appearance, I never imagined that I would be able to return to the country of Han one day?"

Up to now, Guo Mo has nothing to hide: "Since I arrived in Wei State, I have never thought that I will be able to return to Dahan safely one day."

"In that case, I'll send someone to Guanzhong to deliver a letter to Feng Mingwen to see what he thinks. I'm afraid I will wrong you in the next few days."

"Let Sima Gong handle it."

After the guards escorted Guo Mo down to guard him, Sima Zhao said dissatisfiedly:

"My lord, Xu Chang is showing off to us. We finally caught this man, and we want to let him go?"

"It's not letting go, it's changing."

"My lord, that Wang Shuang, I heard that he took the initiative to surrender the Shu people, and this is not the first time he has been captured, he was captured by the Wu people before."

"From this point of view, this person may not be a good general. What's the use of my lord replacing him?"

Sima Yi reprimanded:

"What do you know? The army led by Deng Ai and Wang Shuang has no way to advance or retreat. There is no choice but to surrender. You can only die in battle. You can't expect everyone to be like Deng Ai, who would rather die than surrender."

"This is the time for me and Cao Shuang to buy people's hearts. Cao Shuang indulges more courtesy and excludes those who advise me. I abide by courtesy and righteousness, and I am a corporal."

"If others know that I don't even give up on Deng Ai's bones and Wang Shuang, then between me and Cao Shuang, who is more worthy of refuge, do I still need to consider?"

Sima Zhao understood after being scolded by his own adults.

Your lord's approach turned out to be not as simple as what he saw on the surface. He bought people's hearts internally and tempted thieves externally.

He couldn't help but say with some shame:

"It's because the child didn't think carefully."

Sima Yi stood up, took two steps slowly, and then said:

"Guanzhong and Henan are only separated by the Hanwei Ancient Road. Zhuge Kongming is dead. Feng Mingwen, who is now leading the troops stationed in Guanzhong, is our biggest opponent."

"The so-called know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. If you can know Feng Mingwen's personality through this matter, then why not send back an insignificant detail to Han?"

In the past, I passed many letters with Zhuge Kongming, and the two sides sent envoys to and from each other many times.

At any rate, Sima Yi could get a rough idea of ​​what kind of person Zhuge Kongming was.

Now there is a new opponent.

This opponent has a great reputation and a very bad reputation.

Of course, there are good reviews too—but not as famous as the bad ones.

Even if a person like Sima Taifu collided with Feng Mingwen for the first time, he was almost cut off by someone.

It really made Sima Taifu feel lingering fears, and he had a deeper understanding of cruelty, treachery and changeability.

But based on Sima Taifu's understanding of Zhuge Kongming, if Feng Mingwen is really the figure appointed by Zhuge Kongming to command the army in Guanzhong.

Then some of the reputations about this person circulated in the Great Wei may have to be re-evaluated.

Because of this, Taifu Sima didn't dare to make a conclusion easily for a while, what kind of person the other party is.

I'm even more unsure of those reviews, which ones are fake and which ones are true.

"It's true! Brother, it's true! The younger brother followed what the elder brother said, and personally took people to see it."

In Wuyuan County, Xu Xun was full of excitement, dancing and reporting to Feng Junhou:

"Brother, you are amazing. You even know that there is an iron mine in Yinshan Mountain. Those old craftsmen have said that there is indeed a big iron mine in that place."

As Xu Xun said, he subconsciously glanced around to confirm that there were no outsiders, and then continued:

"That mine runs from Wuyuan County to the north of Yinshan Mountain. I don't have enough manpower, and I'm afraid that Huo Shao will find out first, so I don't dare to send people across Yinshan Mountain to see how big the mine is."

"Anyway, according to the current situation, it is very big, much bigger than Nanzheng and Nanxiang."

Although he had expected it, Feng Junhou couldn't stop his heartbeat when he remembered that Baotou of later generations would belong to the Xinghan Society in the future:

"Have you bought them all?"

"I bought it!"

Xu Xun nodded again and again, "Didn't my brother worship Wang Zhaojun by the river when he led the army over last year?"

"That's why I told Huo Shao first that since my elder brother worshiped there, the Xinghan Society will use it as a boundary to cover the area north of the Dahe in Wuyuan County."

At this time, in Jiuyuan, there were not many Han people, and almost all of them were Hu people.

And the Xianbeihu who was originally entrenched here has also been reduced by at least half because of the massacre last year.

Although Hu people from outside Yinshan moved in one after another, there was still no way to make up for the population lost in the war last year.

So at this time, Jiuyuan's hometown is even more sparsely populated than Liangzhou.

The hometown of Jiuyuan is said to be this county or that county. In fact, the main population is still concentrated in the Gaoque area, that is, Shuofang County (that is, Houtao Plain in later generations).

Wuyuan County is located in the middle of the Hetao. If you ride a horse and run for several hours, you may not be able to see a few people.

This is also the reason why the imperial court promised that the Xinghan Society could freely enclose land in the border county.

I'm not afraid of you enclosing the land, but I'm afraid that you don't want to go to the frontier.

Not to mention that Xinghanhui also undertakes the resettlement work of some veterans in the army.

Those old soldiers who are used to seeing blood are sent back to their hometowns. If they are not properly arranged, it will be an unstable factor.

But put it on the border, it is very reassuring.

"Then Huo Shao first saw that we were buying land in Wuyuan County, and advised us to go to Yunzhong County (that is, Qiantao Plain) to buy land, saying that the land there is worse than that in Wuyuan."

Xu Xun couldn't help laughing out loud as he said that.

"Huo Shaoxian is kind too." Feng Junhou didn't follow Xu Xun's smile, but asked a question, "Where's the coal? Did you find it?"

Speaking of this matter, the smile on Xu Xun's face disappeared, and he shook his head:

"Not yet. We have looked at the north side of the Dahe River a lot, and we haven't found any usable coal mine yet."

"But brother, don't worry, there are many trees in Yinshan Mountain, we..."

Feng Junhou shook his head:

"No, since it has been decided that this place will be an important base of the Xinghan Society in the future, if it is possible not to cut down the trees on Yinshan Mountain, try not to do so."

"Try to look around Yinshan Mountain, if it doesn't work, you can also go to the south of Dahe River to look for it."

If the "Memoirs of Feng Junhou" at the bottom of the Feng family's box is not mistaken, Yulin and other places in the south of Hetao are the coal mining bases second only to Datong.

If there is a vein extending northward, it doesn't need to be too big, it will be enough.

Anyway, with Dahan's current industrial technology, it doesn't take much coal.

"Little brother understands."

"Well, let's go to Shuofang."

Shuofang County is the last stop of this inspection. After seeing Shuofang, Feng Junhou will follow Qin Zhidao back to Chang'an.