Three Kingdoms

Li Dian sat on the horse, and after a long time he looked away from the blackened fields.

Zhuang He in these acres was almost mature. It was supposed to usher in Zhuang He's own glory, but it was artificially destroyed.

It was too late to put out the fire.

In this kind of weather, it is impossible to put out the fire.

Fortunately, these farmlands were surrounded by field ridges, which somewhat limited the spread of the fire. In addition, some people discovered that they were fighting with those who set fires, which triggered a warning, so they were not destroyed in large areas.

"The men who were guarding the fields were all killed..."

Bodies were lined up on the ground.

It was like a burned Zhuanghe, dilapidated.

As long as a person is alive, there are infinite possibilities.

When a person dies, he is dead, leaving only the possibility of returning to dust and returning to dust.

Some corpses were thrown into the fields and turned into charcoal together with Zhuang He. The ones placed in front of Li Dian were relatively complete corpses.

The remaining black smoke filled the surroundings, like the shady curtain of war spreading.

Li Dian looked towards the forest and became angry. In front of the local officials and people who came in a hurry, Li Dian shouted angrily, his voice shocking the whole field. He seemed to be so furious that he could not control himself...

"This is treason!" Li Dian was furious and said, "If you destroy our food and grass, you will never be spared!" 』

The local officials and the country people looked at each other in shock.

The word "treason" should never be used lightly. Once used, it is like some legendary swords. It will not be sheathed until it is stained with enough blood...

Now it is obvious that Tian Mu did not spontaneously combust. At least the corpses who were originally guarding Tian Mu could not have stabbed themselves in the back and then "committed suicide". So there is no doubt that someone is sabotaging it.

"Those who died because of obstruction and rebellion will be compensated according to the number of those killed in battle!" Li Dian's face was still full of anger, and the muscles on his face were beating, "Tell their family that I will cut off the murderer's head to comfort him!" 』

Local officials were obedient.

Soon the scouts who had dispersed came back to report that they had found some traces. They quickly combined the situation at the scene and deduced that it was the barbarians in the mountain, possibly the Di and the Taoists...

Li Dian immediately ordered someone to "invite" Pu's Di people.

When Pu came, everyone was confused.

At this time, Li Dian had already asked his soldiers to start building temporary barracks in the nearby area, and began to arrange fixed sentries and patrolling cavalry. Groups of soldiers patrolled the mountains and forests, monitoring all the movements around them, looking murderous.

"General!" This matter has nothing to do with me! I was wronged, wronged! ” As soon as the Di King of the Pu family saw Li Dian, he rushed forward and prostrated himself on the ground, “I swear to the Di God! It was definitely not done by me! 』

"Di Shen?" swear? Li Dian sneered, "Then did your Di Shen say who did it?" 』

"This..." Pu's Diren King naturally didn't know. Although he had some guesses, how could he say it so easily, so he pretended to be stupid, "This...how could this know...there are so many people on the mountain, coming and going..."

"Doesn't your Di Shen have one more eye than an ordinary person?" Li Dian sneered and said, "There is an extra eye and you can't see. So what do you need the extra eyeball for?" Just dig it out! Let me tell you, the people who came to attack smelled like fish! Who do you think it will be? ! 』

The Di people's gods live in water and have three eyes. Therefore, the Di people also like to peel off the skin of fish and stick it on their bodies as decoration to show that they are close to God. After a long time, Di Ren's body will inevitably have a fishy smell.

Later, it was said that Erlang God was the god of Di people. He had three eyes, raised dogs, and liked to fish with a harpoon. Then the harpoon evolved into a three-pointed two-edged knife...

Although Mr. Pu said that he had mainly settled down and no longer lived after aquatic plants and no longer wore fish skins on his body, he was still aware of this habit. Li Dian said it smelled fishy. , my heart skipped a beat.

Mr. Pu still doesn't know what Erlang Shen is, but neither the Taoist nor the Yi people have this habit of sticking fish skins on their bodies, so it's hard to find an excuse.

"Before, there were Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui, but now..." Li Dian looked at Pu, as if staring at a prey, examining the most suitable place to strike, "Is this what you want to repay Yu?" Throw away my good intentions as if they were gravel! The crops that my people have worked so hard to plant are burned at will! 』

Pu fell to his knees with a thud, "General!" We are good people too! You know, there are good and bad people, and those who can do such things must be bad. If the general puts the blame on us, won't it make the bad people happier? The general is aware of this! 』

"How can I know you are good?" Are others bad? Li Dian said with narrowed eyes.

"This... Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui are bad!" We are good! ” Mrs. Pu subconsciously wanted to throw all the blame on Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui.

Anyway, it is impossible for Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui to come forward to defend themselves now, so what's the problem if they take two or three more blames?

Li Dian sneered. Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui were hiding in the mountains and forests to the south and east of Hanzhong, and had little connection with the Qinling Mountains to the north. However, Li Dian did not want to expose Pu's lies, but took advantage of the situation and said: "Are you telling the truth? 』

"Uh, this, this... of course it's true! ” Mr. Pu swallowed his saliva and nodded in response.

Now that things have happened, it is naturally impossible for Pu's Diren King to change his mind and say, "General, I am joking with you. Do you think this joke is funny?"

"Very good, you send people to summon the kings of the Di people, the kings of the Yi people, and the kings of the Yi people from all sides, and they will gather in Nanzheng in fifteen days!" Let’s discuss together to eliminate the rebellion! Li Dian sneered and said, "If you don't come... Haha, don't say that the general didn't pay homage first and then send troops!" 』

Mrs. Pu didn't bother to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead and kept saying yes. She just wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but was stopped by Li Dian, "Where are you going?" 』

"I...I am, no, General, you are not going to inform..." Pu pointed outside the barracks, as if a prisoner about to be paroled was stopped again, with a tangled face, "I'm going to inform..." …』

"Why are you going to tell me that you are the only one in your tribe?" Then why are you called the King of Di Ren, forget the King of Errands! ” Li Dian waved his hand, “Let your men inform you! You stay here! We want to see how much harvest these unburned crops can produce! 』

Although most of the Zhuanghe that opened up wasteland was burned, there were still some that survived because someone warned them. Li Dian wanted the Pu family to be a witness and understand how productive these barbarians were around Hanzhong. They used this as a way to motivate these Hu people to change their production and living habits, so that these Hu people could move from the mountains and forests to farming.

Carrots and sticks, neither one can be missing.

Pu's family may be the earliest donkey.

"Just a party?" ” Pu’s Diren Wang was not at ease. What if some king comes and Li Dian makes a mess? In the past, the prefects and generals of the Han Dynasty often did this kind of thing. They said they were talking about peace talks, and then they suddenly killed all the barbarian men who participated in the talks, and then plundered the women and used them as slaves...

Li Dian seemed to understand Pu's worries, so he said: "You can also send representatives...but they must be representatives who can make the decision!" What resolutions will be discussed at the meeting must be determined on the spot! Don't say anything else then and ask if you can't make the decision! The ugly words have been mentioned before. If such a situation really occurs, it will be intentional to make things difficult for everyone! When swords and guns finally meet, don't blame heaven and earth! 』

Pu wiped the sweat from his head, "That's right, that's right, the general is right, he's right..."

The fact that the king does not need to come in person shows that Li Dian has already taken a step back, and it also proves that Li Dian is not too murderous towards them, the barbarian kings, and really wants to discuss and solve some problems together, so as the notifier The Diren King of the Pu family began to think about it in his mind. After all, the power of notification was in his hands. Who to notify and how to notify seemed to be something he could do in a small way, such as asking Liang Diren...

The Diren King of the Pu family suddenly became excited when he thought of this. He patted his chest and said that he could inform Li Dian on behalf of Li Dian, so that Li Dian could rest assured.

Li Dian nodded slightly. Pu made some small moves, and he could pretend not to know. After all, now he needed to convey the decree to a farther place, and he had to take the first step. As for whether Pu Shi is in place or in the stomach, it is not too late to wait and prepare it slowly later.

Although the sudden appearance of Wang Kai, a poor lobbyist, and what happened here in Tian Mu made Li Dian feel a little shadowy, his trust in Qiusi Feiqian and his judgment of the general trend of the world still made Li Dian Dian firmly stood on Chang'an's side and worked hard to solve the various problems that appeared in front of him.

In the autumn of the eighth year of Taixing, in Nanzheng, Hanzhong, what Li Dian didn't know was that he inadvertently took this opportunity to initiate the first large-scale consultative meeting of Hu representatives. Of course, this is just the beginning, and the subsequent changes will truly lead to the correct path for government decrees to reach the countryside...

……━((*′д｀)yao(′д｀*))━!!!!……

"What? 』

Shen Yi could hardly believe her ears.

"Isn't Li Mancheng telling lies with his eyes open? ! ” Shen Yi slapped the table with a loud bang, “Obviously it was the Qinling people who did it, but they say it was Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui!” This is what Liang Diren does! I don’t believe he doesn’t know! 』

To choose Liang Di people, one is that Liang Di people are stupid enough, and the other is that Liang Di people are in the Qinling Mountains. Once Li Dian really sends troops to clear out the troops, there will be few soldiers and no one can be captured. If there are more soldiers, the same will happen. No one can be caught.

The Qinling Mountains are so big that if Liang people really want to hide their cats, they can hide them for ten to eight years!

As long as Li Dian is a little careless and starts the fight easily, Shen will immediately follow, lift Li Dian up high, and lift him to the point where even if he wants to step down, he can't find a ladder. At that time, Li Dian could only admit defeat or hold on. Regardless of whether he admitted defeat or held on, the final result would be that Hanzhong's troops, money and food were wasted needlessly, and it would also make Li Dian lose control of his troops in other areas. The control power of the country has weakened, causing more people’s livelihood problems...

And all of this has obviously been repaired and paved with stone slabs, but Li Dian doesn't want to take this road!

How can this be done?

"Li Mancheng is full of lies! He lied! Shen Yi patted the table, "How could he lie?" ! 』

A liar hates being lied to.

A person who conspires most hates other people's conspiracies against him.

Shen Yi felt that Li Dian was simply shameless and obscene. How could he lie so openly?

"Expose him!" Shen Yi even lost part of her reason because of her anger, "I want to expose this guy's lies!" 』

Shen Dan was silent for a while and then said: "No." 』

"Why? ! ” Shen Yi was still immersed in anger, but after seeing his brother’s serious face, he calmed down somewhat and thought for a while, “I understand... I was wrong... However, I can’t let Li Mancheng do this... 』

Shen Dan nodded, and then changed the topic to another direction, "I heard that... a person was detained in Nanzheng Prison... It is said that he is a fellow villager of Li Mancheng... who is crying out for injustice and mourning all day long... …』

"Fellow fellow?" ” Shen Yi’s eyes flickered.

Everyone knows that Li Dian's hometown is not in Hanzhong or Guanxi, but in Shandong. The synonym of fellow Li Dian naturally represents people from Shandong...

"So..." Shen Yi frowned and said, "This is a lobbyist, and then Li Mancheng took it off to show his loyalty?" 』

Shen Dan nodded, then smiled, "If this lobbyist is really from Shandong...do you know what this means?" 』

Shen Yi suddenly raised her eyebrows and said, "Qiao Qi is in trouble!" 』

You must know that almost all of the Hussars are generals with foreign surnames, or they are subordinate generals!

And once someone among them has a problem, it will inevitably trigger a series of problems!

In other words, there is no need for a problem to really arise at all. As long as the minds of the people above and below the Qiusi have wavered and they think there may be a problem, then there will definitely be a problem...

There is a sniffer riding on the horse, those guys who look like hyenas, wouldn’t they be excited if they smelled it?

"In that case, all we need to do is spread some rumors... That's right!" Not long ago, wasn't there an official from Dali Temple who came to Hanzhong? How about... Hahaha..." Shen Yi smiled widely, as if it was because he had reached the stage where he could lie wantonly, and he mobilized an unknown nerve in his body and became excited.

Shen Dan shook his head and said with a smile: "Wrong, this time, since Shandong has taken action... we'd better not get involved for the time being... We should be going to Jingxiang now... The land of Shangyong, we It should be fully reduced and grain and grass should be stored to prepare for emergencies... Alas, it is a pity that this Zhengxi coin is too difficult to imitate..."

The first generation of Zhengxi Qian was already the embodiment of industrial processing and manufacturing technology. Stamping and casting are two completely different concepts. In the coin-making workshop where the craftsmanship is strictly kept secret, how to make the coins have neat jagged edges is a problem that the Shen brothers cannot solve at the moment.

Of course, it is impossible for Feiqian's current stamping machine tools to have as strong and high-quality alloy steel as those of later generations. However, the diligent and intelligent craftsmen of the Han Dynasty, because of their familiarity with bronze craftsmanship, cleverly took advantage of the fact that bronze softens at a lower temperature than steel. The melting point of alloy-doped bronze is lower than that of pure copper, so when the copper softens, it can be easily stamped.

It just consumes a lot of fuel, but these days Feiqian is using coal on a large-scale industrial basis, so it is almost equivalent to unlimited fuel...

And people like Shangyong Shen and others can't figure out this aspect of the craftsmanship, so they can't imitate Zhengxi coins on a large scale at all, let alone the more refined and patterned Husband coins in the later period. .

This made old-school gentry families like the Shen family hate Zhengxi Qian very much. Because they were unable to dissolve the copperware they stored on a large scale and liquidate it quickly.

Thinking of this matter, Shen Yi couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Just like a pretender in later generations said, he has no interest in money. To a certain extent, this is indeed the case. After reaching a certain level of wealth, money will be "useless" to him personally, because he himself will not calculate how much money he uses every day, and how much food and clothing he spends in a month. No matter how much money you have, you have basically lost the concept of using money, and are more about converting money into assets, including various means of life and production, and using this to deprive and appropriate more people's surplus value of labor.

Because of the small-scale peasant economic system of ancient feudal society, the total amount of copper coins circulating in a certain area was actually very small. Therefore, it was very convenient for local wealthy families, big families, etc. to use copper coins, grain, and cloth to exchange each other. , large-scale control of money input and triggering small-scale inflation and deflation, in order to harvest the wealth of ordinary people.

Because ordinary people in the feudal era could only save a small amount of money on a daily basis, and the more money they saved, the more they were harvested by this method. After saving money for a lifetime, they would be harvested for the rest of their lives. This is the ultimate true purpose of those who preach every day about how good the small-scale peasant economy is.

Shen hated Fei Qian and hated Fei Qian's methods.

I hate the new farmland system, I hate the new production workshops, I hate that the small-scale peasant economic system that Fei Qian has gradually broken down cannot be sustained...

As long as the Shandong nobles can freely exploit small farmers and tenants, then these Shanxi nobles will be full of jealousy and hatred, and they will never care about Shunping. The more self-isolated nobles are, the more they feel uncomfortable with the changes brought about by Fei Qian. They want to return to the original economic system, want to return to the days when local governments had the final say, and want to become a powerful local force that can speak for themselves regardless of black and white, so they work tirelessly to sell everything they can, including their own souls.

Shen quickly sent people to Jingxiang and contacted Cao Jun...

Anyway, Shangyong is right next door to Xiangyang, although this next door is somewhat far away.