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In the past three days, Deng Ai has already set up the village properly, so he will naturally be able to spare his hands to do something else. And at this moment, there are people sitting in a circle in Deng Ai's small bamboo building, Deng Ai, who is less than twenty years old, is obviously the core figure in this circle.

"Brother Deng, tell me about it, if the Abu clan has a grudge against us, what should we do?"

Facing Zhu Rong's question, Deng Ai just smiled casually. In the past three days, Deng Ai has not relaxed his inquiry into relevant information except for seizing the time to build a camp. Although it is impossible to inquire in detail in three days, at least he can grasp some key situations, so that Deng Ai has a rough idea in his heart.

Seeing Deng Ai slap his palm, a soldier moved out a ground-shaped sand table, Deng Ai pointed to a certain place on the sand table and asked Meng Shu and Zhu Rong: "Patriarch Meng, Mrs. Zhu Rong, are we in this area?" ”

Meng Shu and Zhu Rong may not be able to understand the map, but they can understand the sand table with this scale. After taking a closer look, Zhu Rong nodded and said, "That's right, we are here, here is Brother Deng, your mountain, and then here, here...... These are where several of the tribes in our neighborhood are located. Ay? This is the territory of the Abu clan. ”

Deng Ai planted a small flag in the place Zhu Rong pointed to, and after thinking about it in his heart, he said: "From us to Abu's territory, it will take about seven days to go back and forth, right?" ”

Everyone nodded in unison.

Deng Ai made a few more changes on the sand table, and then raised his head and said to Meng Shu, Zhu Rong and the others: "The Abu clan here occupies the most fertile land in the surrounding area, isn't it?" ”

Everyone nodded in unison again.

Deng Ai put aside the things in his hand at this time, and said to everyone: "You are worried that Abu's will come to seek revenge, but have you ever thought about why Abu's current strength?" ”

As soon as this sentence was asked, the people present immediately began to gossip, saying everything. However, Deng Ai knew it in his heart, and to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than that the Abu clan occupied the fertile land in the local area...... To be precise, it cannot be said to be fat, but the degree of development is relatively high, and it has a good foundation for life; On the other hand, it is nothing more than that Abu's people are backing him up.

Seeing that it was almost the same, Deng Ai waved his hand to silence everyone, pointed to the sand table and said to everyone: "Fight? I'm not afraid, because given the terrain of this area, I dare say that the four hundred men I brought with me can withstand the attack of thousands. But everyone, I came this time on the orders of my master to teach you the art of farming in Nanzhong, and a few days ago, I really couldn't stand what Abu's did before I came out, and I also had a grudge with Abu's.

"To put it mildly, I'm not here to fight, if I really can't, I can take someone back to Guangzhou, and I won't set foot on the land of Nanzhong in the future, but what about you? Although I came out that day, the purpose was also to help you keep the cattle, in the end, this is your own business, and I am not an outsider to talk nonsense. I just want to ask you, do you want to grow stronger and no longer be bullied by the Abu clan, or do you want to still be the same as before, what you have worked hard to come back from, but you have to pay it to the Abu clan, and then live a tight life by yourself. ”

Meng Shu was anxious, slapped his big hand on his thigh, and said in a buzzing voice: "Brother Deng, if you have anything to say, just say it!" I'm not saying bad things about you, I hate that you Han people always like to talk so tortuously. ”

Immediately, Zhu Rong slapped Meng Shu back, and then said to Deng Ai: "Little Brother Deng, if you have something to say, you can say it." ”

Deng Ai said: "Okay, then I'll make it clear." First of all, you want to grow stronger and stop being bullied by the Abu clan, right? ”

"Yes!"

"So, how does it take to be stronger? The population in the tribe is large, and there are many warriors, so that the fighting power is strong? ”

"Of course."

Deng Ai shook his head: "Wrong! If you want to have a large population, the first condition is that you have enough food so that you can afford to feed a large population. If you have a large population, but no one has anything to eat, then your tribe will be in turmoil itself. Taking a step back, if your population is smaller, but you have enough money, you can use it to absorb other tribes into your tribe. In the words of our Han people, this is called 'milk is a mother', you give food to others, and others will naturally help you work. ”

Zhu Rong hesitated: "Brother Deng, we also understand this truth, but ......"

Deng Ai waved his hand and said, "You want to say that your tribe doesn't have much money and food, right?" And the tribes that went to Guangzhou with you before were in a similar situation to you? It seems to me that you can unite these tribes, maybe only three hundred or five hundred, but if you all come together, can you say that there can be seven or eight thousand people? That would be a big tribal alliance. And everyone is in this group, Abu will not dare to act rashly against you. As far as I know, there are actually about 20,000 people in total, and if you really want to fight with your tribal alliance of seven or eight thousand people, even if he wins, he will break his muscles and bones, so I believe that as long as the Abu clan is not too stupid, he should not dare to fight easily. ”

Zhu Rong said: "Brother Deng, your words are reasonable, but our land here is barren and can't feed so many people!" ”

Deng Ai smiled: "No, no, no, how can seven or eight thousand people not be able to raise them?" I've seen your land here, and the grain you can grow according to your previous methods will not be enough, but after you concentrate your manpower, and then adopt the correct farming methods, then let alone seven or eight thousand, I dare to even say that raising seven or eighty thousand is not a problem. The key question is whether you are willing to do it, and whether you dare to do it. On the other hand, you can trust me or not. If you can't trust me or my master, then I'll take my people and leave Nanzhong now, lest I turn around and be told that I am deliberately provoking the relationship between you Nanzhong clans. ”

These few words made Meng Shu and Zhu Rong's gang quiet down at that time. The tribe of Meng Shu has about 3,000 people, which is a relatively large tribe in this area, but their farming methods are too backward. Let's put it this way, when Lu Ren was in charge of Tuntian under Lao Cao, the harvest of the people in the Central Plains was basically "mu of land into stones", and it was good to have six or seven percent of this "stone in" in Nanzhong, so when they heard Deng Ai say that their land could actually support seven, eight thousand, or even seven or eighty thousand people, they didn't believe it in their hearts.

But on the contrary, Deng Ai is not bragging. You must know that when Deng Ai first followed Lu Ren's side, he learned all kinds of farming, and it was Lu Ren who later asked Deng Ai to transfer to the military. But even so, Deng Ai also served as the chief executive of Guangzhou as a trial guard, and he has practical experience in many aspects, so how many people can be supported by the land here in Meng Yu, Deng Ai actually has a lot of confidence in his heart.

After a long time, in the end, Zhu Rong opened his mouth first: "Brother Deng, I believe you in what you say." It's just that you also think about it, it takes time to open the fields and farm, but we have already had a fight with the Abu clan, and this is ......"

Deng Ai smiled back: "I understand, and we must also fight and win a battle with the Abu clan, otherwise we will not have time to open the fields and farm with peace of mind, and second, if this battle is not fought well, the other tribes will not be able to defect to us if they are afraid of the Abu clan." So now I want to ask, will you be, will, dare to believe me, and then have this battle with Abu? ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and finally Meng Shu slapped his thigh again, and said sullenly: "Dare!" What would not dare! If we win, we can live a good life in the future, and if we lose, it's a big deal, let's change a place as before! No matter what, it's better than staying here and being bullied by the Abu clan! ”

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A few days later, Lu Ren received a letter from Deng Ai, and after reading it carefully, Lu Ren asked the messenger about Deng Ai's recent situation, and secretly calculated in his heart: "The key is to see how to grasp between me and Deng Ai...... Don't be in a hurry in advance, write back to Elle first, and remind him of what to do next. ”

It's a few days in the blink of an eye......

"Qiqi, the Guangzhou messenger has returned!"

Deng Ai was inspecting several fortifications in the cottage, and when he heard the report from his own soldiers, he frowned and asked his soldiers to quickly bring the messenger over. The messenger saluted Deng Ai, took out Lu Ren's reply letter to Deng Ai from his arms, Deng Ai opened the letter and pondered for a long time, let the soldiers light the fire, and burned the letter, but secretly thought in his heart: "Master's thoughts...... It's poisonous! ”

Glancing around at the surrounding soldiers, Deng Ai smiled and explained: "My master clearly said in his letter that in order to ask me to wait for food and clothing, it will not be long before someone will send another batch of grain and grass just in case. It's just that the road here is quite difficult to travel, and there is a fear that thieves will rob the road along the way, so it will be sent out after thorough preparations. It's inconvenient for him to say much, so be careful and vigilant. ”

All the sergeants led the order in unison, and Deng Ai came to the watchtower on the north side of the cottage. With a canopy in his hand and a scan of the surroundings, Deng Ai asked the sergeant in charge of watching, "What's wrong with you recently?" ”

The sergeant replied: "In recent days, more than a dozen Southern Barbarian Orions have often appeared in the northern forest, but looking at their clothing from a distance, it seems that they are not from the Meng clan. ”

Deng Ai was amused in his heart, but he still asked with a straight face: "Nanban Orion?" And not from the Meng clan? (To be continued.) )