Three Kingdoms

"Smart people tend to think a lot..." Fei Qian rode forward slowly and said to Zhuge Liang beside him, "But also, sometimes he thinks too much and ignores things that should be noticed... …』

"Please give me some advice." ” Zhuge Liang pursed his lips.

Zhuge Liang did not expect that after he arrived at the General's Mansion, he did not start arguing and discussing certain things in the General's Mansion as he had expected. Even Pang Tong did not follow him, but Fei Qian took him out all the way. General Hussar's Mansion arrived at Chang'an Mausoleum.

Fei Qian pointed forward slightly.

This is near the Yangling Mausoleum of Chang'an and relatively close to the Jingshui River.

Because of the convenient water conservancy, this area has always been an area with relatively dense farming and relatively high population density in Guanzhong. On this land, the construction and development of water conservancy facilities and mulberry farming have never stopped.

The reason why I chose to take Zhuge Liang to the area near Yangling is because this place best represents Chang'an. It can also be regarded as the Han Dynasty has officially entered its heyday. The rule of Wenjing also has the foundation of the prodigal and willful Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty...

In the surrounding countryside, basically everything you see is plowed fields.

In the fields, farmers are working the fields. Although the weather is not very hot or even a little cold, they basically wear short clothes and jackets and work in the fields with bare hands and feet.

Don't underestimate this short coat, it represents the class gap between slaves and farmers. Slaves are not people, they are tools. No one would give a tool that deals with mud and water all day long any clothes, so slaves are basically naked, with at most some rags around their waists.

The farmer is different.

"In the pre-Qin period, most of the people working here were slaves of the Six Kingdoms..." Fei Qian pointed out, "But now... they are all people of the Han Dynasty..."

Slaves have no human rights, so when they see a noble, they must either hide in the grass or kneel on the ground immediately. They cannot look at the noble's face, nor let the noble see their own face.

But now, the farmers working in the fields did not stop their movements because of the arrival of Fei Qian and others. They were still working, and they did not need to avoid anything, nor did they need to kneel on the ground immediately.

"But the problem is..." Fei Qian glanced at Zhuge Liang, "There are still many people who want them to kneel on the ground again..."

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, and then turned his attention to the farmer not far away.

These farmers had a natural demeanor. They did not appear a little nervous because of the arrival of Fei Qian and others, nor did they move out of shape because of the need to perform in front of Fei Qian and others. They were still dealing with the land step by step, as if It's what their ancestors have been used to for thousands of years.

Farmers have the right to walk on the same roads as Fei Qian and others, but slaves cannot even walk on the road and can only walk through grass and shrubs. Anyone who sees a slave can kill him, as long as he thinks that the slave has hit him, and then has enough money to compensate the slave's value, but he cannot kill the farmer easily, because the price paid is obviously much higher, even Kill for life.

Farmers could also live in houses. Although these houses were built on the Loess Plateau, maybe they were just holes dug into the mountains, but at least they had earthen walls, front yards, eaves and windows. Slaves were not qualified to live there. For a house, the most you can do is make a nest in the ground and put up a straw shed.

Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang again and found that Zhuge Liang didn't find any problems along the way. Or maybe he found out but didn't say anything?

Hey, it is a youth version after all...

"Do you know why in the pre-Qin period, there were many slaves, but in the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were gradually more farmers? Fei Qian asked. There were also slaves in the Han Dynasty, but obviously no more than during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Some people even proposed the complete abolition of slavery at one time. Although they were suppressed in the end, it has been shown that in the Han Dynasty, some people were aware of the problem and tried to solve it. The problem is that the old forces are very powerful and cannot be defeated.

"Isn't it true that the general's system of farming is not a slave?" ” Zhuge Liang did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Most of the people who work in the fields are indentured slaves, not domestic slaves. ” Fei Qian doesn’t have any taboos. In a certain respect, the proletarians who rent the fields from Fei Qian are indeed regarded as Fei Qian's slaves, because most of their income must be turned over to Fei Qian. However, these people have a limited number of years, not This will be the case for their entire lives. When their farming years are over, they will gradually become normal farmers and homesteaders.

So these people are more like indentured slaves. And this kind of slave who signed a contract and gave the fruits of his labor to a certain or uncertain master will exist in human society for a long time, in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and even...

"Contract..." Zhuge Liang took a breath. According to Zhuge Liang's intelligence, he clearly understood Fei Qian's meaning. Indenture slaves are voluntary, or semi-voluntary, but after all, they still have the opportunity to choose. But for domestic slaves, they don't even have the opportunity to choose. They are slaves from birth, unless they happen to explode and are seen by the superior. If you are promoted out of the ordinary, you will be a slave for the rest of your life.

"Emperor Xiaowu just promoted a knight slave, and he has already been criticized... Does the general want to promote the slaves of the world?" Zhuge Liang said, "This is an enemy of the world..."

Fei Qian laughed and said, "If that's the case, why didn't Guanzhong rebel?" 』

"That's because..." Zhuge said halfway, then realized there was something wrong, so he swallowed the next words, and then frowned slightly and started thinking.

"Kong Ming must have seen everything around him these days, right?" Fei Qian glanced at Zhuge Liang and felt that the little white radish still looked so crisp and delicious. "Are there people who work in the fields with accumulated resentment and are miserable?" 』

Zhuge Liang shook his head slowly.

Not only are there none, there are also many farming families who rent Fei Qian's fields, and they enshrine Fei Qian's particularly long-name tablet. You must know that these farming families are not wealthy families, and in such family conditions Even now, they still have to squeeze out the food between their teeth to exchange for a custom-made god's throne in the temple, which is enough to prove in the hearts of these people whether Fei Qian is a bad person or a good person.

This makes Zhuge Liang a little strange, and there is actually another aspect behind the words of General Hussar, that is, the Guanzhong nobles also have no special objections to Fei Qian occupying so much land for farming...

Fei Qian smiled, waved to Huang Xu, then took out a small scroll from Huang Xu's hand and handed it to Zhuge Liang, "This is the law of farming... I believe Kong Ming has not looked at it carefully..."

Farming law?

Zhuge Liang took it in his hand. This is true. After arriving in Chang'an, I was overwhelmed with all kinds of things. Then I walked around and looked around, and then thought about Pang Tong's words. Then there was time for Zhuge Liang to pay attention to some of the details of the laws promulgated by Fei Qian? After all, these laws are only implemented in Feiqian territory and are basically not seen in other places.

"This... this is..." Zhuge Liang quickly found the point, then looked up at Fei Qian. Just as he was about to say something, he found that Fei Qian had handed over another scroll.

"Juetian Law." Fei Qian said.

Zhuge Liang subconsciously took it, then hesitated for a moment, without unfolding it, but said: "There are other laws, why don't you share them with Liang?" 』

Fei Qian laughed and said to Huang Xu, "Give it all to him..."

Huang Xu also smiled slightly, then took off a cloth bag from the horse beside him and handed it to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang tore open the tie of the bag, and there were about ten volumes of books inside...

"Ah, it's almost here... Kong Ming might as well go back and read these books slowly..." Fei Qian said, "A certain person brought Kong Ming here today to treat Kong Ming to a farm meal..."

Fei Qian swung his saddle and dismounted.

The others also dismounted together.

Zhuge Liang followed Fei Qian, took two steps, and suddenly said: "Even so... there are still flaws in the general's law..."

Fei Qian nodded, but he didn't seem to care about what the flaw was, or he knew what Zhuge Liang wanted to say. What he said next seemed to have nothing to do with what Zhuge Liang said, "I also brought someone with me before." One person, eating farm food together...Does Kong Ming know who he is? 』

"who? ” Zhuge Liang couldn’t help but ask.

Fei Qian glanced east, and then said calmly: "It's Your Majesty..."

Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, then looked at Fei Qian's back. After being stunned for a moment, he followed up again, but it seemed that his back was straighter than before...

But Zhuge Liang still didn't realize that many things about General Hussar, whether they are flaws or secrets, are all on the table, but some people can see them, some people can't, and some people can't. Even if you see it, you will be ignored until you finally realize it...

……(?·??·?)??……

Youzhou.

Yuyang.

Cao Chun wanted to expand the cavalry ranks.

I think about it very much, thinking about it day and night.

Cao Chun was restless because of Zhao Yun's threat...

Yuyang now has less than 2,000 cavalry, but only half of them are veterans. The rest have been continuously added during this period. However, if it is necessary to respond to Zhao Yun's threat, Cao Chun feels that such a cavalry formation is obvious. It can't last long.

After Tadun's death, his tribe can be regarded as the source of a cavalry force. If all of them are included, there will be about six thousand. However, although these Wuhuan people are superb, their fighting quality is not necessarily high. Compared with the cavalry under General Hussar, their combat effectiveness is not superior, and there is another very important problem. The loyalty of these people is not very high.

Although the Wuhuan people are now attached to Yuyang, as if they will obey Cao Chun's orders, Cao Chun knows that this is just an appearance, just like many tribes in the desert, they are attached to Strong, but once the strong falls, they will bite the corpse like a hyena, and then decide to follow the next strong, or become the leader themselves.

Just like when the Xiongnu fell, Xianbei rose up.

The only person who can protect himself, especially in areas like the Han border, is his own strength and the sword and gun in his hand.

Although the Wuhuan people have a history of cooperation with the Han people, Cao Chun does not feel that he can take it lightly. Although Cao Chun tries his best to give these Wuhuan people a relatively fair treatment, letting them know that they are the same under the banner of the Cao family. They want to protect their own tribe and property, but Cao Chun also knows that if the truth about Tadun's death is revealed, he will face a knife stabbing him in the back...

Cao Chun felt like he was walking on the edge of a knife in Yuyang. The situation was unstable, surrounded by enemies, and there were no soldiers available and no help. Originally, Cao Cao's supplies should have arrived on time, but then some problems arose, some due to weather problems and some due to man-made problems.

The more important issue is that Cao Chun felt the smell of blood approaching. This was a warrior's intuition. He believed that war would come soon. Perhaps on the day when the snow melted, he would hear the roar of war drums... …

If you want to fight a war, money, food and utensils are naturally indispensable, but Yuyang seems to be unable to support such a war consumption now. The products of Benlai in Yuyang County are relatively rich, rich in salt and iron. It was once the county with the highest tax revenue in Youzhou, and it was also an important northern border county with a large population. But now, most of those who have the strength to leave have already moved away, and the rest are those who are reluctant or unable to leave. The overall economic strength has declined a lot.

Fortunately, there was a lot of snow in Youzhou this year and it melted late. Until now, the wilderness outside Yuyang City was still covered with white snow and traffic was cut off. This gave Cao Chun some peace of mind.

But peace of mind does not mean sitting back and waiting, because the smell of blood seems to be lingering on the tip of Cao Chun's nose, if it is there, it will not go away.

"Military Ju..." Cao Chun held his hand on the wall of Yuyang City and looked into the distance, "What do you think, Military Advisor, of the Xianbei incident?" 』

In the Han Dynasty, military advisor was a very popular position, almost equivalent to "staff officer" or "adjutant" in later generations. If it corresponds to various deputy managers in later generations of enterprises, it would not even include the word "general". The kind on.

Jushou didn't care about the title, or he cared but didn't show it. When Cao Chun asked, he said, "There are many things wrong with it." 』

The Xianbei people sent someone to contact them, saying that they were willing to join forces with Cao Chun to deal with Zhao Yun's threat. Although something like a covenant has been waiting to be torn up since the first day of its birth, it still has a certain effectiveness in certain periods of time.

"So, Commander Ju, does he have a clever plan?" ” asked Cao Chun.

Cao Chun didn't trust the Xianbei people either. In this world, how could anyone say a few words and then there would be sincere cooperation, uh, that's what the childhood sweethearts meant, and then they would immediately be in step and cooperate tacitly?

"If what I expected is true..." Jushou frowned and said slowly, "I'm afraid the hussars have hit Xianbei hard again... Xianbei would have done this..."

"What? "Cao Chun couldn't help but look at the wildness again. Those white and black colors were still dazzling, "How is that possible? This...this weather, such roads..."

"The general has forgotten how the hussars attacked the Xianbei royal court last year?" Jushou looked into the distance and said, "In the desert, the barbarians live in pursuit of water and grass, drifting erratically. There is only winter in the year when they do not migrate... This is the biggest flaw of the barbarians in the desert... Originally this It doesn't matter if there are flaws everywhere. After all, no one can compete with the weather. The wind and snow are the enemy. Since the Han Dynasty, there have only been Wei Hussar... and now there are Fei Hussar... If he is someone, he will definitely attack Xianbei again. Completely free from the threat of the desert..."

When Ju Shou said this, Cao Chun's expression immediately became solemn. The Hussars raided the Kirbineng Court before. Although Cao Chun heard about it, he still couldn't help but classify it as something similar to the "Battle of Dragon City". And Wei Qing's Battle of Dragon City, I don't know. People just clapped and applauded, but those who knew the ins and outs were sweating for Wei Qing.

It was Wei Qing's first expedition as commander-in-chief of the entire army to attack the Huns. It was also an almost desperate move by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who resisted the pressure of most ministers. Because of the failure of the siege of Mayi, the peace faction once again gained the upper hand within the Han Dynasty. Anyway, it was the emperor's daughter who was getting married, and the people of the Han Dynasty were paying for it. Once the peace faction came, they did not have to provide money or effort to fight the war. Secondly, there must be no other benefits, so most of the people are of the peace faction. Under such pressure and deadlock, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Wei Qing as the general of chariots and cavalry to lead the expedition.

It wasn't that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had already seen Wei Qing's talent at that time, but that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no choice. After all, he had just killed Wang Hui. During the siege of Mayi, Wei Qing was not even a side commander, but during the Battle of Dragon City, he immediately became the commander-in-chief of the entire army.

Sure enough, in the Battle of Dragon City, even though four groups went out, three groups were defeated. Only Wei Qing braved the wind and snow and successfully attacked Dragon City. It wasn't that Wei Qing had planned to raid Dragon City from the beginning, but that Wei Qing had no choice but to risk his life at that time. You must know that in the Han Dynasty, when there were no positioning instruments, any strong wind could cause Wei Qing to deviate from the direction and disappear forever. In the desert.

Cao Chun previously thought that Zhao Yun's last success was just luck similar to Wei Qing's, and luck cannot be copied. Now when he heard Ju Shou say it, he suddenly understood that it was not luck, but ability. , the soldiers under the hussar general Fei Qian have the ability to fight long distances in winter!

"You, why didn't you tell me earlier!" 』Cao Chun felt a little chill on his back, and even couldn't help but look around the outside of the city, seeming to be looking for something.

Jushou sighed and said, "It only took me these two days to figure it out... If Xianbei hadn't come to envoy, I might not be sure..." Facing new things, not everyone can react immediately and understand its operation process. of. Even a wise man like Jushou can only guess.

It’s snowing heavily in the cold winter, isn’t it nice to hide from the cat all winter? Do you have to trek through the snow to get here? Wouldn't it be more convenient to wait until the spring snow melts completely? Unless something unexpected happens and the Xianbei people can't wait any longer for a month or two...

So what unexpected change will happen? Could there have been any changes that forced Xianbei, who was originally as arrogant as the king of the desert, to lower his head and seek cooperation with Cao Chun, who was obviously not from Zhao Yun's side?

The answer is naturally obvious.

"And..." Jushu swallowed, as if it was very difficult to say the next words, "And... I have a suspicion that this Xianbei envoy is also... also part of the hussar strategy... After all, cavalry is beneficial to the wild, not It is also beneficial to Jian..." Yuyang, although it is currently a bit dilapidated, it still has border heritage after all. The entire city was built to cope with wars from the beginning, and as the repair work further progresses, the defense capabilities will naturally gradually improve. Enhancement, so even though I heard that the Hussars have some special siege methods, wouldn't it be better if they could choose to defeat their opponents without attacking the city?

"What? ! ” Cao Chun suddenly felt a cold air coming up from the soles of his feet, which seemed to be connected with the coolness on his back, “The military advisor’s intention is that this Xianbei envoy...”

"The Xianbei envoy is probably true..." Jushou said with a bitter smile, "It's just that these Xianbei actions are... expected..."

"This... what should we do..." Cao Chun was young after all, and became somewhat panicked, "Does the military advisor have a plan?" 』

Jushou sighed and said, "X... let me think about it carefully..."

Cao Chun couldn't help but take a long breath, and felt that the smell of blood was getting stronger...