Yangpingguan is located in the western part of the Hanzhong Plain, where the plains and the mountains meet, and the Han River, also known here as the Shui Shui, passes through the mountains and nourishes the fertile Hanzhong Plain. There are mountains and rivers, eyes full of fragrant grass, and there are really attractions that can no longer be real - the tomb of the five tiger generals Jin Ma Chao, for Wei Ba, a senior otaku in the two generations, this is a paradise that he never dared to think of in his previous life.

Of course, for him, although Jin Machao's tomb is famous, it is far from catching up with the other fame. Just more than ten miles away in the southeast, there is a mountain that is not tall, but the terrain is steep, it is simply a holy place in the hearts of the fans of the Three Kingdoms in later generations, it is not only the place where Huang Zhong, another five tiger generals, became famous in a war, but also the place where Zhuge Liang, a generation of saints, was buried, its name is Dingjun Mountain.

As a senior otaku who is accustomed to learning about the great rivers and mountains of the motherland from the computer screen, it is a miracle to be able to stand here and look at Dingjun Mountain in person, not to mention that 1,800 years ago, although the drums of Huang Zhong's battle to kill Xiahou Yuan have been gone, but the wise and almost demonic Prime Minister Zhuge is still planning the Northern Expedition. He is now not looking at history from afar, but watching history from the sidelines, and perhaps even participating in history, which is a subtle taste of something strange.

After a few days of masochistic exercise, Wei Ba felt extremely tired and at the same time appreciated the beauty of being close to nature. He somewhat understood that in his previous life, those who called themselves travelers, Weishenme, ran outside as soon as they had time, it turned out that compared to nature, the city was indeed a jungle of reinforced concrete.

Wei Ba was so happy that he didn't go back until the sun set, and then he rushed back to Weiyang City with Wei Wu. As soon as you enter the gate of the prefectural temple, you can smell the strong aroma of food. After a day of playing, the hungry brothers glanced at each other, raised their eyebrows in unison, and took a step to snatch it up the hall. Although Wei Wu was small, his steps were big and fast, and it only took two steps to rush into the atrium before Wei Ba. Wei Ba was a little depressed, but he still quickened his pace and rushed over. Unexpectedly, he had just entered the door, but Wei Wu suddenly stopped, Wei Ba didn't have time to stop it, and hit Wei Wu's back with a bang, and his nose hit the back of Wei Wu's head, the pain was unbearable, and tears and snot poured out all at once.

"Oh hey, don't brake suddenly, it's easy to rear-end." Wei Ba shouted angrily and reached out to push Wei Wu, but Wei Wu ignored him and shouted timidly: "Dad!" ”

Father? Wei Ba was taken aback, immediately put down his hand, instinctively arched in front of his chest, lowered his head, extremely well-behaved, and extremely respectful. This is purely muscle memory, and if you really want him to consciously make this pose, there is absolutely no such standard. It can be seen that the original thing was afraid of his father Wei Yan to the core, and he didn't even have the idea of stabbing him.

Although Wei Ba's movements were instinctive and very fast, the snot and tears would not be withdrawn by themselves, and as soon as his head was lowered, they flowed down the tip of his nose and dripped on the ground in front of him. Through the hazy teary eyes, he saw a pair of big feet in combat boots. The feet paused in front of him, and quickly turned to Wei Wu again.

"You still know that when you came back, I thought you died outside?" Daddy Wei Yan's voice is a very rich baritone and a little magnetic, but the tone is too cold, which makes people sound very unpleasant. Wei Ba knew that his younger brother Wei Wu was a good seedling of a fierce general at a glance, and he was more favored than his eldest brother Wei Feng, his father was reluctant to let him die, and his weak body was the one who his father wanted to die outside.

"That...... I accompanied my brother for a run and exercise. Although Wei Wu's voice was low, he was not flustered.

"Run?" Wei Yan sneered: "Running is also called exercise? Is it to run faster when it comes to escaping? ”

Wei Wu opened his mouth and stammered, not knowing whether he didn't know how to answer, or smelling the smell of the horsewhip, and didn't dare to say more.

"Humph!" Wei Yan grimaced, glanced at Wei Ba, who lowered his head, and then looked at the few drops of water from unknown sources in front of his feet, shook his hand in disappointment, and his voice came from afar: "I won't eat it." ”

Hearing the sound of his father's heavy footsteps in the distance, Wei Ba seemed to have unloaded a mountain, raised his head, and looked at the food all over the hall, he realized that the aroma of Weishenme's food was so strong that it reached the front yard.

Wei Feng, the eldest brother who had been standing aside silently, walked over, grabbed the shoulders of a younger brother with one hand, and said gently: "Okay, Dad doesn't blame you, he was angry with those officials, don't take it to heart." Eat quickly, after a day of playing, your stomach will definitely be hungry. ”

"Thank you, brother." Wei Wu answered honestly, tiptoeing, avoiding the food on the ground, finding a place to sit down, picking up the bowl, and munching on it. Wei Ba also found a place to sit down, while eating, he looked at the eldest brother Wei Feng, seeing that Wei Feng frowned, looking at the food on the table but didn't have the heart to eat, so he asked: "Big brother, dad weishenme and those Peng ...... Angry? ”

Wei Feng glanced at him and forced a smile: "What else can there be, isn't it just about spring ploughing." ”

Wei Ba raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with spring ploughing?" "Qingming is followed by Gu Yu, which is the beginning of spring sowing in one season a year. Wei Yan also led the Hanzhong Taishou, these things are also within his jurisdiction, and the reason why he came to Chuyang these days is to check the preparations for spring ploughing.

"It's nothing, the Prime Minister's Office sent a message, asking Hanzhong to prepare more food, at least fifty percent. Last year, my father asked the counties to increase their efforts to cultivate land and prepare to produce more grain this year, but those officials complained that there was land, but the manpower was insufficient, and it was impossible to increase it by 50 percent. My father got angry with them and ...... And hit people. ”

"Oh." Wei Ba replied and picked up his rice bowl to eat again. He didn't ask this with any thoughts, just out of polite concern. But after eating two bites of rice, my heart suddenly moved, and the hand holding the bowl stopped. When Wei Feng saw it, he thought that he was in too much of a hurry to eat as before, choked, shook his head distressedly, moved behind Wei Ba, reached out and patted him lightly on the back, and said while patting:

"You eat slowly, don't rush. The body is just right, don't be too tired. ”

Wei Ba's heart warmed, put down the bowl, swallowed the rice in his mouth, raised his head to look at Wei Feng and smiled: "Big brother...... Big brother, do you think those officials really don't have manpower, or are they cheating and tricky, and they don't want to work hard? ”

Wei Feng was stunned for a moment, looked at Wei Ba in surprise, and then smiled again: "In my opinion, they should really have no manpower." It's not that you don't know that there is no shortage of fields in Hanzhong now, but there is a shortage of people. The four counties of Hanzhong combined were less than 20,000 households, and the rest were taken away by Cao thieves. Don't you see a lot of land abandoned these days? ”

Wei Ba nodded, he did notice this problem, Chuyang is a county close to the county of Nanzheng, and the population is not large, when spring sowing is approaching, everyone who can work in the fields has begun to be busy, but except for the people in the fields around the county seat, the distant places are idle, which is far from the busy scene of spring ploughing in his previous life. He had always wondered how there could be no one, but now after listening to Wei Feng's explanation, he knew that the population of Hanzhong was so small.

Seeing Wei Ba's suspicious face, Wei Feng didn't think too much about it. There are several brothers, only he is now assisting his father Wei Yan in political affairs, originally Wei Ba was also considered an adult, and he should be able to help a little, but Wei Ba has been in poor health, Wei Yan looked at his sick appearance and got angry, and never let him participate. He was forgiven for not knowing much about these things. Wei Ba usually doesn't bother to ask these things, but today he suddenly asked, although it may not be useful, but Wei Feng was still very happy, so he explained two more sentences.

"Hanzhong originally had a large population, one county and nine counties, nearly 90,000 households, and 2.78 million people. When Zhang Lu seized Hanzhong, many people came to Sanfu Liangzhou, and at one time it was close to 150,000 households and 400,000 people. However, after years of war in Hanzhong, when Cao Thief was defeated, many people were forcibly relocated, and the population of Hanzhong fell sharply, so that now there is no one in the field, and it is impossible to supply the army. ”

Wei Ba understood the reason for the drastic decline in the population of Hanzhong, and was a little relieved, but he was taken aback by Wei Fengzuihou's words. There is a large army coming, is Zhuge Liang going to prepare for the Northern Expedition?

"The prime minister wants to go on a northern expedition?" Wei Ba blurted out.

Wei Feng looked shocked, glared at Wei Ba for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Who said that?" ”

"That's what you said." Wei Ba was a little inexplicable: "Didn't you say that the grain in Hanzhong can't supply the army?" ”

"I ......" Wei Feng breathed a sigh of relief and disguised: "I mean my father's army, but I didn't say that the prime minister wants to go on a northern expedition." ”

Wei Ba rolled his eyes, burst into laughter, and glanced at Wei Feng: "You can't even lie, my father has been stationed in Hanzhong for so long, has he been hungry all these years?" You will never say that my father has been stationed in Hanzhong for several years, and he has not even solved the problem of military rations, right? ”

Wei Feng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly became interested, glanced at Wei Ba up and down, and nodded again and again: "Well, yes, you are finally willing to use your brain now, and you can actually guess this secret." I'll just say, although you are weak, your brain is not stupid, you are just lazy and unwilling to do things. It seems that Ah Wu is right, you have recovered from your illness this time, and you are indeed much more sensible. ”

Wei Ba smiled weakly and interrupted Wei Feng's topic: "Say it quickly, is the prime minister going to the Northern Expedition?" ”

The smile on Wei Feng's face dissipated, and the clouds of sorrow returned. "Yes, the prime minister is preparing for the Northern Expedition, and he will soon be stationed in Hanzhong. There are more than 100,000 troops, and how to transport all the grain and grass from Bashu is too expensive, so Hanzhong should store as much grain as possible to reduce the burden of transshipment. ”

"This is a solution, if we can solve the problem of food in Hanzhong, it can indeed solve a lot of problems."

"That's what I said, but Yang Yi is too hateful, as soon as she opens her mouth, it's fifty percent, and she also says that if possible, it's best to double it, and the more the better. He only said that there were many fields in Hanzhong, but he did not say that the population of Hanzhong was too small, and he was simply deliberately looking for trouble. ”

Yang Yi? As soon as he heard this name, Wei Ba's heart was agitated. It was this product that caused the Wei family's father and son to die a few years later, and it turned out that their conflict would start from now on.

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