Liu Chan asked again: "What about the situation on the grassland?" ”

"The situation on the grassland side is the responsibility of Pang Sikong."

"Let Weichen talk about this." Pang Tong said with a smile: "The Qiang people who are still on the grassland and have become the people of my Han Dynasty have a population of 160,000, with Qinghai as the center and a land of thousands of miles.

Meng Qi established thirty-four cities in these places, and the pastures had been divided, but compared with the interior of Liangzhou, there were more troubles on the grasslands, but with Meng Qi there, he couldn't make any waves. ”

Liu Chan muttered: "The land of thousands of miles is not small, it is equivalent to the boundary of several counties, but it is a pity that the land is vast and sparsely populated, but it is also possible to establish a county, and pass the order down, and take this land of thousands of miles as Qinghai County, which belongs to Liangzhou."

Summoning Deng Zhi as the Qinghai Taishou and taking office on the same day can make Deng Zhi reclaim more land in other places without destroying the grassland, attract those noble leaders to farm, and pass on corn and sweet potatoes to the past, and when they get used to farming life, our Han city is based in Qinghai, and the Qiang people problem will be completely solved. ”

Pang Tong smiled: "Encroaching step by step, Your Majesty is clever." And Deng Zhi can be literate and martial, and he is better at the way of envoys, with him as the Qinghai Taishou, I believe that Qinghai County will soon be able to settle down. ”

Liu Chan nodded and said in a deep voice: "The original people of Liangzhou are 270,000, plus 230,000 inside, and the 160,000 in Qinghai County is 660,000.

After Liangzhou settles down for a few years, you can use soldiers and horses to force the Qiang people in other places to submit, and then Liangzhou will be the big state of the Han Dynasty. ”

Xu Miao got up and said solemnly: "Weichen will definitely do his best to govern Liangzhou." ”

Liu Chan bowed slightly, got up slowly, and patted the dust on his body: "Okay, let's go back, after Deng Zhi takes office, pass on Meng Qi to come back, and I have other tasks to hand over to him." ”

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the beginning of September 224 AD.

In the early morning of this day, Xu Miao ran to the mansion with an excited face: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Great joy, cotton is finally blooming. ”

Liu Chan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Oh? It's going to open so soon, take me to see it. ”

Xu Miao said excitedly: "Yesterday, the fruit just cracked some cracks, and today it has opened a lot, Your Majesty, please." ”

When everyone came to the field, they saw that the cotton tree was full of cotton fruits, dozens of large and small, and the old cotton had cracked at the root position, revealing white velvet cotton.

"That's it!" Liu Chan gently pulled a lock of cotton out of the husk, and said with a smile: "With this clothing, the quilt is no worse than wool duck feathers." ”

"Great!" Xu Miao also picked a few cottons, and said happily: "It seems that the yield of this cotton is two or three hundred catties per mu, and when the time comes, the people will plant half an acre of land every year, and they will not worry about wearing it." ”

Xu Miao said, tears of excitement in his eyes, people live for a lifetime, isn't it just for food and clothing, now the birth of cotton, as long as the planting is promoted, it can solve the problem of people wearing.

Xu Miao was originally a Wei minister, and now he even expects Liu Chan to destroy the Wei State as soon as possible, promote cotton to the entire Han Dynasty, and benefit the people of the world.

Liu Chan advised: "This cotton can't be picked at one time, it has to be picked when it is opened, otherwise it will be spoiled when it rains." Therefore, I have been busy in the past two months, and I have to get the seeds out of here, and I will give you a way to keep the seeds later, and when Deng Zhi arrives in Liangzhou, I will have to go back. ”

A few days later, Deng Zhi arrived in Yuzhong, Liangzhou.

Liu Chan asked Deng Zhi to go to Qinghai County to serve as the Taishou and ordered Ma Chao to come back.

In the main hall of Yuzhong Mansion.

Ma Chao returned from Qinghai and came to meet Liu Chan: "The last general will meet Your Majesty." ”

"Meng Qi, please get up!" Liu Chanxu helped Ma Chao up and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, you're back, I should also go back to Yizhou." ”

Ma Chao arched his hand and said: "I heard that the three mothers have been born, Your Majesty has two princes and a princess, and the last general will congratulate Your Majesty." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chan nodded, and said to Ma Chao: "Now Jincheng, the Qiang people in the land of thousands of miles on the border of Longxi have been attached, and I have established Qinghai County, with Deng Zhi as the guard. However, at present, Liangzhou has not completely settled down.

I left, but there must still be a general in Liangzhou, Meng Qi, the responsibility of sitting in Liangzhou is none other than you. I appointed you as the governor of Liangzhou, in charge of the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou, and responsible for guarding Liangzhou. Ma Dai, you are the deputy governor, Pang De, you are still guarding Yangping Pass. ”

Ma Chao said: "Weichen received the order, and he will guard Liangzhou for His Majesty and deter Xiaoxiao." ”

"Weichen takes the order!" Ma Dai and Pang De also surrendered their orders.

Liu Chan continued: "At the beginning of the year, Cao Pi attacked Anding, and I only left 20,000 cavalry in Liangzhou, but now Cao Pi has withdrawn and ordered Yongzhou to mobilize the remaining 10,000 cavalry.

Now that the surrounding Qiang people are attached and have plenty of war horses, in addition to these 30,000 cavalry, Meng Qi is training 20,000 cavalry for me.

The equipment of the cavalry, I will let the Hanzhong side support, you just need to train. That armored horseman, train as much as you can, and the more the better. ”

Ma Chao arched his hand and said: "No! ”

"Okay, I'll leave for Yizhou in three days, so go down."

"Wait for the resignation!"

Three days later, Liu Chan set off to return to Yizhou, only led the civil and military ministers and nearly a thousand soldiers to accompany him, of course, the newly harvested cotton, Liu Chan also brought a lot back, according to the character of the two tigresses at home, it is not possible to coax them without making some new clothes.

Before returning to Yizhou, Liu Chan had to go to Tianshui first, and Zhuge Liang was still in Tianshui.

A few days later, the group arrived in Tianshui Ji County.

After leaving Liangzhou, Liu Chan was like an arrow, and wanted to return to Yizhou as soon as possible to meet his born child, so after arriving in Ji County, Liu Chan immediately summoned Zhuge Liang and other civil and military officers to explain the matter.

Liu Chan said to a group of courtiers: "I seized the land of Yongliang with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and now Yongliang has been decided, and during the period when Da Sima is stable, the soldiers and horses have not lost much, so there are 90,000 soldiers and horses left in 100,000 soldiers and horses."

I left 30,000 cavalry in Liangzhou, and ordered Meng Qi to expand the army by 20,000, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses to defend Liangzhou.

On the Yongzhou side, there are still 60,000 soldiers and horses. The 30,000 cavalry in Liangzhou originally belonged to Wudu, and the remaining 60,000 soldiers and horses, 10,000 were Hanzhong soldiers and horses, and the remaining 50,000 were brought by me from Yizhou.

Fortunately, in the capture of Yongliang this time, the 30,000 defenders of Yongzhou were scattered all over the place, and all surrendered, these 30,000 soldiers and horses are all locals of Yongzhou, and their families are also in Longdi, which can be used, so the troops left in Yongzhou are the soldiers and horses of the 10,000 Han Dynasty, and the 30,000 Yongzhou troops.

However, after I left, Wei might make a comeback, so these 40,000 troops were not enough, and 10,000 troops were recruited from Longdi, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses to guard the right place of Longzhou in Yongzhou. ”

Zhuge Liang arched his hand and asked, "I don't know who Your Majesty is guarding the land of Longyou?" ”

Liu Chan looked around at the generals, and finally fell on Deng Ai: "Deng Ai! ”

When the generals saw this, they were not surprised, Deng Aike was Liu Chan's confidant, and it was not unusual for him to guard Longyou, Yongzhou.

And now Deng Ai is twenty-seven years old, and his military achievements are impressive, regardless of ability and qualifications.

Liu Chan ordered: "I appointed you as the governor of Yongzhou to guard Longyou. ”

"Zhang Bao, Huang Xu!"

"The last general!"

Liu Chan ordered again: "The two of you are the deputy governors of the left and right, and you will assist Deng Ai to guard the right side of Longyou." ”

"The last will obey!"