"No, you can't stay! If you leave more soldiers and horses here, then this plan will not be like this! ”

Seeing Deng Ai's resolute demeanor, Huang Zhong thought about it and could only shake it and say, "Then we can only do our best to ensure the exchange of news between us." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info In case the news is not clear, the old man will not be able to save you, and you are afraid that this trick will be self-defeating...... It's a pity, it's a pity that our telegraph can't be set up here for the time being. ”

Deng Ai said: "What the old general said is yes, I will be careful here, and I will ask the old general to bother more on the way back." ”

Huang Zhong said: "This old man knows it in his heart...... Ai'er, do you see that the old man should go to the Abu clan as a guest on the way back? ”

Deng Ai smiled: "That's how it should be!" ”

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A few days later.

Huang Zhong led the two thousand men and horses to pass through the village of the Abu clan again, and Wen Xun, the patriarch of the Abu clan, immediately sent the previous elders to greet him. At the banquet, Huang Zhong almost drank wildly, and complained to the elder when he was half drunk and half awake, saying how disobedient Deng Ai was, and as soon as he returned to Guangzhou, he would suggest to Lu Ren that Deng Ai be transferred back to Guangzhou immediately and sever the relationship with the Meng Shu family. In the topic, the key person is naturally Zhu Rong's clan sister Shui Ling, Huang Zhong also does not accumulate virtue in his mouth, and the little goblin and little **** scolding non-stop, until he drank too much and fell down in the banquet.

Seeing that Huang Zhong was drunk, the elder naturally got up to say goodbye and rushed back to the clan to report this important news to the patriarch of the Abu clan. Because Huang Zhong was "drunk", 2,000 men camped on the avenue near the Abu clan village for a day, and only set off for Guangzhou the next day.

The news that Huang Zhong inadvertently "revealed" was really important to the Abu clan, making the Abu clan patriarch and elders even more sure that Lu Ren had no intention of intervening in the disputes between the various clans in the Southern Barbarians, otherwise why would Huang Zhong be so resistant to the matter of a marriage relationship between Deng Ai and Shui Ling?

Of course, in order to be safe, the patriarch of the Abu clan immediately sent the elders to Guangzhou to find out how Lu Ren was doing, and also instructed the clansmen to monitor Deng Ai's cottage more closely.

In any case, these things will take some time, and at this time, in the cottage of the Meng Shu clan, Meng Shu and Zhu Rong are feasting the leaders of the three small clans who have also been oppressed by the Abu clan for a long time...... If Lu Ren was present, he might have laughed out loud, because these three were actually the three allies of Meng Shu during the later Nanzhong Rebellion: Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana, and Ah Huilan.

After the three rounds of drinking, the third section of the Golden Ring first asked: "Patriarch Meng Huo suddenly invited us to come here for a banquet, presumably there is something important to discuss, right?" Patriarch Meng Huo doesn't have to be polite, it's clear! ”

Meng Yu glanced at Zhu Rong and motioned for Zhu Rong to speak. Zhu Rong nodded, raised his glass to the three of them, and said: "In the past, our four clans often took care of each other, and there were many exchanges between mountain goods and grain and rice. It's just that we are all oppressed by the Abu clan in the same way, and every year they forcibly take away a lot of food and property that we have worked hard for, and our clan is difficult to prosper because of this. The purpose of inviting the three patriarchs here today is to discuss the union of our four clans, so that we can grow stronger and stronger, and enter the fight against the Abu clan, and no longer have to be oppressed by them, and no longer be robbed of our food and property by them! ”

When the three patriarchs heard this, they looked at each other. In fact, who wants to be oppressed and plundered? It's just that although Zhu Rong's words are very exciting, the total number of people in these three tribes is only about 3,000, plus more than 3,000 people from the Meng tribe, and there are only about 7,000 people who have died, which is still too far behind the Abu clan with more than 20,000 people. Maybe this is secondary, the real thing is that the four clans are all the same, and the internal affairs are extremely difficult, and the things to eat are barely enough, where is the spare energy to engage in armaments?

However, Meng Huo, Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana, and Ah Huilan, these four Nanban tribes have always had a close relationship. Decades ago, before the Abu clan had taken possession of the original fertile land, the Mong clan often exchanged products with the other three clans, and there were often intermarriages between the four clans.

Later, the Abu clan captured the land of the Meng Shu clan, and the other three clans often came to their aid. It's just that the strength of the four clans is far inferior to the Abu clan who were secretly supported by the Yong clan at that time, and they were all defeated and expelled from the Abu clan one after another. Until now, the Mong Ho clan lived in hilly areas, and the other three tribes made their home in the mountain caves where the Mong Ho clan now lived. Usually, they rely on planting some thin fields and hunting in the mountains to seek food, and then collect mountain goods, gold, silver and jade and the like to exchange for some rice and grain to make a living, and such a clan will definitely not be able to prosper.

Now Zhu Rong proposes that the four clans unite again to resist the oppression of the Abu clan, and the patriarchs of the three clans are also powerless. The reason is very simple, if you want to resist oppression, you have to fight, and if you fight, you must gather young and strong men in the clan. But if all the young and strong men of all the tribes gather together to fight, there will be no one to engage in production and hunting to ensure the supply of food, and will not all the tribes starve to death?

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Rong proposed this alliance, the patriarchs of the three clans shook their heads and poured bitter water into chaos. It's just that for the reaction of the three clan patriarchs, Meng Shu and Zhu Rong can be said to have expected it a long time ago, so when the bitter water of the three patriarchs was poured, Meng Shu and Zhu Rong were still smiling and playful, and Zhu Rong smiled and raised his glass again: "Don't worry, the three patriarchs, after drinking this glass of wine, our couple will take you to see something, and you will understand that the alliance plan proposed by our clan this time is not as unwise as before." Please! ”

The three patriarchs each took a moment, and they all peeked at Meng Shu together. They all know that Meng Huo's scheming is far inferior to his wife Zhu Rong, and it is precisely because of this that the clan affairs of Meng Huo's family are actually handled by Zhu Rong, and they can't see anything real and false on Zhu Rong's face, so if they want to find out, they have to see what kind of look Meng Huo is. I saw that Meng Shu was full of smugness on his face at this moment, and he seemed to be very confident in his own strength, which really made the three patriarchs a little confused. After a moment's hesitation, the three of them glanced at each other and drank this cup of toast.

After drinking the wine, Zhu Rong kicked Meng Shu up with a gentle kick, and the couple led the three patriarchs to visit the village. The first place to arrive was the warehouse where the Meng Shu clan stored their grain and rice, and as soon as they entered, the three patriarchs were dumbfounded...... How many years have these three ever seen mountains of grain and rice? After a hasty calculation, the grain stored by the Meng Shu clan is enough for 5,000 people to eat for more than a year!

Jin Huan Sanjie's mouth opened wide, and his voice became stuttering: "Meng, Meng Patriarch, this, this, what's going on!?" ”

Meng Shu raised his chin quite smugly and snickered. Zhu Rong glared at Meng Shu on the side and explained to the three patriarchs, "Ignore him! A little food and forgetfulness. In fact, the grain here is temporarily borrowed by our clan. ”

The third section of the golden ring was shocked: "Borrowed? The food here ...... Who will lend you so much food? And you have borrowed so much, can you pay it back? ”

Zhu Rong smiled: "Of course you can!" We've seen it here, and we'll look elsewhere. Please! ”

A few people came out of the warehouse cave and came to the farming area outside the village. The three patriarchs arrived last night, so naturally they couldn't see anything in detail, but now when it was daytime, when they had the opportunity to watch carefully, they found that the current farming methods of the Meng Huo clan were completely different from the past. There is little flat land in the hilly area, and I remember that in the past, the Meng Huo family just opened some fields on the slightly flatter ground to plant some grains, but now the neat terraced fields are reclaimed and feel comfortable from the bottom of my heart. There are also semi-automatic irrigation tools such as novel waterwheels, water tanks, and bamboo pipes that are being erected on the edge of the terraces...... The three patriarchs all felt that the Meng Huo clan had simply become very strange.

If you take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that there are many people dressed in Han costumes in the fields and villages who are working with the people of Menghu, and they will explain something to the people of Mengshu from time to time, and the people of Mengshu are also listening attentively one by one. In addition, there are some children who do not go to help the adults with their work, but gather together to listen to the lectures of the Han people, as if they are learning the Han language and knowledge. The three patriarchs understood something a little at this time, and the third section of the Golden Ring was the first to ask, "Patriarch Meng Huo, where did these Han people here come from?" ”

Zhu Rong's face showed a very fascinated and respectful look: "You also know that in order to make a living, our clan has to collect a lot of Nanzhong products every year and go to Jiaozhou to exchange a lot of grain back. Some time ago, the mutual market between Jiaozhou and us was suddenly interrupted, and my wife and I hurriedly went to Guangzhou and asked them if they would continue to trade with us, but they went to Yizhou and met Lu Yizhou. This Lu Yizhou not only expressed his willingness to continue trading with us, but also sent an army and a group of craftsmen to teach us how to farm. Do you know that for the same piece of land, the grain yield they cultivate is at least three times that of our Nanzhong! ”

"Three, three!?"

The three patriarchs counted with their fingers in a random manner, but unfortunately the more they calculated, the more confused they became.

Ah Hui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mrs. Zhurong, the Han people have always been cunning and changeable, you should be careful that they have other tricks." Maybe this Han official of Lu or something actually wants to occupy the Nanban? ”

Zhu Rong shook his head and said: "You are wrong, if Lu Yizhou really wanted to occupy our Nanzhong land, he would have sent a large army to attack it. Maybe you've heard of it, right? He had fought a battle with the Jiaozhou Shijia before, and the Jiaozhou Shijia was defeated, and finally sent hostages to Luyizhou. When my wife and I went to Guangzhou and Yizhou, we saw some of Lu Yizhou's troops, and felt that Lu Yizhou's army was very brave, and the weapons we used were not comparable to us at all! (To be continued.) )