Chapter 965 Nothing to do

  With the restoration of the Silk Road, Longyou Commercial Road has two busy periods every year.

  One is the beginning of spring in March, when caravans who have been holding back for a winter will concentrate on purchasing goods at this time.

  One is the turn of October and November in the winter, when caravans will stock up goods for the winter.

  The caravans going out from Hanzhong now basically take Qishan Road to Longyou first, and then go west or east depending on the situation.

   Needless to say, if you go westward, you will only go to Liangzhou if you are closer, and if you are farther away, you will go to the Western Regions.

  Walking east, either take the Longguan Road, or go back to the middle road.

  Although the road is a bit far away, it is really much easier to walk than going directly from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.

   And go to Longyou first, you can also replenish Liangzhou goods by the way, and then take them to Chang'an for sale. The profit is much higher than going directly from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.

  Because of this, over the years, Hanzhong Shudao gradually disappeared.

   Seeing this, the big man simply blocked these roads directly, so as to prevent Wei people from spying on them.

  At the end of February in the 14th year of Jianxing, in the courtyard at the back of Juepinju in Luoyang, a handsome and elegant gentleman was instructing his staff to prepare all kinds of materials for departure to Chang'an.

  As the products produced by Dahan have become the trend of the world, every spring, not only the caravans of Dahan have to prepare for departure.

  It is Wei State and Wu State, but any caravan that has a way to go to Longyou to buy goods will basically not be idle.

  The reputation of Juepinju is getting bigger and bigger in Luoyang, and most of the internal sources of goods are from the west.

  In order to maintain the reputation of his own restaurant, Mi Shishilang must be very careful about picking up goods from the west.

   This side is busy, but there is a maid coming in from outside.

  When Mi Shishilang saw it, he hurried up to greet him.

   "Lang Jun, my princess welcomes you."

  Mi Shishilang twitched the corner of his mouth invisibly, and then burst into a bright smile in an instant, and said happily:

   "The princess is here? Wait for me to greet you."

I followed the maid to the wing room reserved by Princess Qinghe, and saw a middle-aged woman sitting in the room, with a slightly serious face, and her lips were often pressed tightly, showing that she was someone who had a strong opinion or a strong temperament. woman.

  Although her appearance is not first-class, the accumulation of time has given her a deep charm, and her high bun adds a bit of unattainable air to her.

   This is not the temperament that ordinary women can possess, but this temperament makes up for her appearance very well.

   "Meet the princess."

"rise."

  Princess Qinghe sat still, but she just raised her chin, imperceptibly showing her strength.

   "Thank you, princess."

  Mi Shishilang stood upright, with his head bowed and hands down.

   "I've been feeling dull lately, so I wanted to eat some of your delicious food, so I came here."

  Princess Qinghe asked calmly, "Shishilang, I wonder if you have any new dishes here?"

  Mi Shishilang quickly replied: "Yes, yes."

   "Oh?" Princess Qinghe showed a very interested expression, "Come closer, and listen carefully to me."

   "No."

  Princess Qinghe's personal maid saw this and quietly led the others out.

  The moment the door closed, Princess Qinghe couldn't wait to stand up, and the seriousness and strength on her face had disappeared.

   Instead, there was a smile that could not be concealed from the corner of her mouth, and she could only hear her soft voice:

   "What are you doing standing so far away? Come here quickly."

   "I heard that you wanted to go to Chang'an in person, so I hurried over here."

  Mi Shishilang, who was dragged by Princess Qinghe to sit next to her, nodded and said:

   "Longyou's commercial road is about to open, so you have to go early. Most of the Han people's things are in high demand. If you go late, I'm afraid they will be snatched away by others."

  Princess Qinghe's husband-in-law, Xia Houmao, raised a concubine, which led to discord between the couple.

  In the end, it developed to the point where Princess Qinghe united with Xia Houmao's younger brother to kill Xiahoumao.

  Its hatred is so, its poison is so.

  Now with the matter of Xiahou's three families, although Princess Qinghe has not reconciled with Xiahoumao, the two have long been like passers-by.

  If it’s a princess from the Han Dynasty, it’s not a big deal if you raise a few faces in your own princess’s mansion with a sense of revenge.

   But whether it is Mrs. Ding, the first wife of Cao Cao who raised Princess Qinghe, or Mrs. Bian, his successor, they are all decent.

  With their leading management, the concubines and princesses in the harem of the Wei State are in a good mood.

   In addition, Cao Wei had just founded the country not long ago, so Princess Qinghe did not suffer from any bad habits.

  Until the Bian family passed away a few years ago, and then the Xiahou family encountered Cao Rui’s suspicion one after another, and tended to decline.

  No one can control her anymore, and political marriage can no longer restrain herself, so Princess Qinghe finally let go of her worries.

   Just at this time, a handsome gentleman appeared.

  This gentleman is good at riding and shooting, knowledgeable about literature, gentle and elegant, considerate, and can come up with new things to make people happy from time to time.

   What's even better is that this kind of good young master has no foundation in Luoyang, and he is just a little guy that the princess can handle.

  Such a good person, it's a pity not to be a face...

  At this moment, when Princess Qinghe learned that Mi Shishilang was going to Chang'an in person, she felt a little bit reluctant:

   "This kind of thing, you just have to send your servants to do it. Why do you have to go there in person?"

  Mi Shishilang smiled bitterly and said:

   "The princess is not..."

  Princess Qinghe interrupted him:

   "There is no one here, you just call me Qinghe."

  Mi Shishilang almost choked on his saliva, but when he saw him groan, he finally shouted: "Qinghe."

  Princess Qinghe smiled, and at the same time, a few faint crow's feet appeared in the corners of her eyes.

   "Qinghe... It's not that I don't know that now Luoyang is rich and powerful, and sometimes there are people who eat and drink in Juepin, and many of these things are mostly supplied by Kansai."

   "How could I not be more careful? After all, Luoyang is not easy to gain a foothold!"

  Princess Qinghe has gone through three generations of Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Rui, so she is naturally not an ignorant daughter.

  Nowadays, the aristocratic family is very powerful, some people, even she can't afford to provoke them.

  It’s okay to be fine on weekdays. After all, others know that Juepinju is covered by her, and Mi Shishilang has the identity of a fellow Huang Quan as a tiger skin, so no one will look for trouble when nothing happens.

   But if something happens, not to mention that she may not dare to admit that Mi Shishilang is her face, but if she dares, if others really want to say that they don't give face, the person who loses face will only be her.

  So it is true that Princess Qinghe knows what Mi Shishilang said.

  She took Mi Shishilang's hand:

   "Then...then you have to be careful. I heard that the Shu people are rampant in Kansai. You have to pay attention to protecting yourself."

   Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered something, and said quickly:

   "Given the status of the eldest princess, it can be considered useful on weekdays. After returning home, I will send someone to send a token over."

   "Don't dare to say anything else. If you go to Kansai all the way, if someone from the officials or checkpoints dares to embarrass you, you can just say that you are from the Princess Mansion."

   "Even Sima Yi, the governor who guards the pass, as long as you don't take the initiative to cause trouble, he will give me a little face if you think about it."

  Mi Shishilang showed emotion: "Thank you, princess."

  Princess Qinghe said angrily, "Why do you call me Princess again?"

   "Qinghe..."

   "In a few days, I will go to the palace to ask Your Majesty to invite the goddess to the mansion, pray for you, and bless you for a safe journey."

  Hearing the word "heavenly girl", Mi Shishilang almost choked on his own saliva again:

   "Qinghe, you really have a heart, I really don't know how to repay it..."

  Mi Shishilang is anxious to rush to Kansai, and someone is more anxious than him.

  In Guanzhong in February, the snow had just melted, and Lian Zhao, who was sent by Cao Rui, had already arrived in Chang'an, and read out the decree to Sima Yi:

  Written by Da Sima's recruiter, he moved Chang'an Tongren, Chenglupan, etc. to Luoyang.

  After hearing the imperial decree, Sima Yi was still a little stunned and unbelievable, even though he was scheming and experienced.

  It's just that he reacted quickly, covered up his gaffe, and bowed his head to accept the order.

  When the news spread, some people couldn't bear it anymore and came to Sima Yi:

   "Da... Da Sima, for example... it's the beginning of spring, and it's time to cultivate the fields. If the conscripts are recruited, the people will be in turmoil, and it will even affect the grain harvest in Guanzhong!"

   This person is none other than Deng Ai who was promoted by Sima Yi.

  In the past few years, under the authorization of Sima Yi, Deng Ai has vigorously carried out farming in Guanzhong by virtue of his experience in farming in Runan, and the results have been remarkable.

  Now the Guanzhong Army not only has sufficient food supply, but even has a surplus.

   This is originally Deng Ai's political achievements. Hearing that His Majesty suddenly wants to recruit conscripts, is there any reason not to rush?

  Relocating the Tongren and Chenglupan to Luoyang sounds simple, but others don't know how much these things weigh and how many laborers are needed.

  How could Deng Ai not know?

  Bronze figures originated from the Twelve Golden Figures cast by Qin Shihuang. The minimum height is three feet, and the maximum is five feet.

   It weighs a thousand stones (30 tons) and weighs 340,000 jin (87 tons).

  Although there are only two buildings left, such a large and heavy object is integrated into one body. How much manpower would it take to move it to Luoyang?

  The dew bearing plate was made by Han Wu.

   Compared with the Tongren, Chenglu Pan is even worse.

  However, the dew plate is not integral, it can be disassembled, and it is more convenient to carry than the bronze figure.

  But the required manpower and material resources are more than that of the bronze man.

  In addition to clocks, Tuo Tuo and other things, the total labor required will not be less than tens of thousands.

   Not to mention that from Chang'an to Luoyang, there is a section of road called the Weihan Ancient Road, which is hundreds of miles long.

  There are dangerous mountains in the south, big rivers in the north, Hangu in the east, and Tongguan in the west.

(Note: The section of the Yellow River from Chang'an to Luoyang is very dangerous. From the pre-Qin period to the Han Dynasty, and even the later Tang Dynasty, the rulers never gave up using it, but it has not been completed after nearly two thousand years of work. At most, they can only pass some light Scattered small boats, cannot be used on a large scale)

  If such a huge and heavy object is transported on this section of the Weihan Ancient Road, how many extra manpower will be added?

   Calculated in this way, there is nothing to do in Guanzhong this year!

  Without the presence of the angel sent by Cao Rui, Sima Yi's expression became gloomy.

  Your Majesty knows that he is good at civil engineering and happy women.

  In fact, in the past few years, he took the lead in writing letters several times, persuading His Majesty not to spend more people's power to build the palace.

  As for female sex, it is considered as His Majesty's personal hobby, so just turn a blind eye and close one eye.

  In the past two or three years, I thought His Majesty had listened to it, but I didn't expect to make such a decree today!

  He wants to conquer Guan Zhong's civilian husbands!

  Before Longyou was lost, it was conquered as soon as it was conquered. After all, as long as Hanzhong was blocked, unless the Shu captives grew wings, they would have nothing to do.

   And now?

  Guanzhong is like a dilapidated house, the west wall has collapsed, the north wall is half collapsed, and the south wall is full of holes.

  The only intact east wall does not give much support.

  Only by relying on the original pillars in the house, can it hold on. Unexpectedly, His Majesty still wants to take them out.

   into his mother's!

  Even though Sima Yi was patient enough, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

   It was well said at the beginning, all matters in Guanzhong should not be questioned, as long as it can stop the Shu people.

  Now I know that the so-called "don't ask questions" means that I don't even ask for my opinion, but just give Guanzhong a bottom line?

   Inhuman gentleman?

   No wonder Sima Yi was so furious.

  In fact, because I didn’t come to Chang’an, I didn’t know how much pressure the Shu captives put on Guanzhong.

  After the battle of Xiaoguan, the reputation of Feng Zei's ghost rider has reached the point where it can stop the children in Guanzhong from crying at night.

  Especially for the soldiers who escaped from the battle of Xiaoguan, many people have already had a serious psychological shadow in their hearts, and their faces changed when they heard of Shu.

  So Sima Yi only did two things in the past few years after he was in charge of Guanzhong.

  One is to accumulate grain in the fields.

  The second is to dig trenches and build walls.

  Of course, digging ditches and building walls is not a big image project like Cao Rui.

   Instead, build camps, dig trenches, erect barriers, and spread antlers...

  Anyway, as long as it can stop the cavalry from advancing, everything will be arranged.

   Just outside Chang'an City, the newly built small city just under the city has five floors.

  Besides the small city, looking around, there are large and small barrier camps, densely packed, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

  Wei State used to be known as the best cavalry champion in the world, but now it dare not compete with the Shu people in the cavalry army, which is simply humiliating.

  But Sima Yi didn't care about these things, as long as he could guard Guanzhong, he would pretend that he couldn't hear what others said.

  Among these defensive measures, some of them even learned from the generals of the Shu captives in Anding County.

  Because over the years, it's not that Sima Yi has never thought about regaining the Anding County, the barrier northwest of Chang'an.

   I just heard that the Shu general who guards stability is a man named Liu Yin.

  It was he who led the remnants of the army to defend the street pavilion, so that Zhang Xi finally failed.

  Sima Yi also sent troops to attack Anding County a few times at the beginning, but Liu Yin defended Linjing City like a tortoise shell, it was simply airtight.

  Even when the opponent showed a flaw, he turned a blind eye and only focused on defending the city.

  If Linjing cannot be captured in the shortest time, and he is afraid that the Shu captives will come from Hanzhong and Longyou for reinforcements, which will cause Guanzhong to ignore the first and last, so Sima Yi can only give up after a little trial.

   But it's not a loss, at least Sima Wei learned some new defensive methods that he had never seen before from Liu Yin, and it was rewarding anyway.

  Facing the Shu captives, the more defensive methods, the better.

   What Sima Yi didn't expect was that before the Shu captive made a move, it was his emperor who stabbed him in the back with his backhand.

   Serving the people of Guanzhong for your own selfish desires, are you really not afraid that the Shu captives will suddenly attack Guanzhong?

   "No, it must be because His Majesty was confused for a while and didn't understand the situation in Guanzhong."

  Sima Yi took a deep breath and calmed down, "I have to go back to Luoyang!"

   "What about the servant?"

   Deng Ai asked anxiously.

  Sima Yi's eyes flickered: "As for the servants, first collect them according to what the angel said."

"But…"

   Deng Ai became even more anxious.

   "The recruiting of servants can't be completed in a short while, so we have to give us some time."

  Sima Yi pressed his hand, "Besides, for such a big event as carrying the bronze figure bearing the dew plate, it is always necessary to be well prepared."

  Deng Ai suddenly realized.

  While Chang'an and Luoyang were arguing with each other between Tongren and Chenglupan, Li Yi, who joined the army in the prime minister's mansion, came to Guzang, the governor of Wuwei County, in early March.

  He personally delivered a letter that he kept close to him to Governor Feng.

  After reading the autographed letter from Prime Minister Feng, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

  The playful look on his face was so incomprehensible even to Li Yi who called him his elder brother.

   "Brother?"

   Governor Feng carefully put away the letter, and said lightly:

   "Oh, nothing."

(The origin of the two bronze figures in Chang'an during the Three Kingdoms period is still inconclusive in the historian circles. Some say they were made by Qin bronze figures, while others say that they were cast in imitation of Qin bronze figures in Han Dynasty. The book temporarily adopts the statement of Qin bronze figures. After all, Qin Shihuang's The Twelve Bronze Men are relatively famous.)

  (end of this chapter)