In the evening, the officials in the military advisor's general's mansion were particularly busy.

After working one day, everyone handled many documents. While the sky was still bright, the officials quickly completed the final copying work, tied up the documents, stamped the knot, and hung a small bamboo plaque that recorded the destination and time of the documents.

In order to prevent the documents from being damaged, a cloth bag is also required, and then classified according to the general direction, packed in bundles and put them in a box.

The specifications of the file box are unified, and the lid can be opened. When the light is in hand, the officials will come to collect these documents, then summarize them uniformly, divide the destinations, repackage them, and finally put them into the postal and communication system covering the three states of Jing, Yi and Jiaozhou.

As Zhuge Liang's assistant, Ma Su had to process more than five times more documents every day than others. In two years, he had already made the mud knife and carving knife so that he could make him proficient in it. Even if he closed his eyes, he would cut a piece of sealing mud with a shaking wrist. It would not be too much or too little.

On this day, Ma Su's performance was a bit abnormal, with the tied knots loose and the sealing mud evenly. If Zhuge Liang were here, he would probably have taken it from home and remade it silently.

But Zhuge Liang was not there. In the afternoon, he went to visit the King of Hanzhong to discuss government affairs, but he has not returned yet.

It's been two hours!

Is there something wrong?

Ma Su was sitting restless when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the corridor. He quickly sat upright, holding his pen in his hand, and muttered softly: "Three scholars were promoted, fifteen people were promoted to integrity, and fifteen people were promoted to capture groups of thieves. Sixty-one people were promoted to improper persons, and sixty-five people were promoted to success..."

This is the list of promotions and appointments for county officials in Jiaozhou that he has just read. In the past month, 61 people have been promoted in the name of arresting thieves or arresting unrighteous people. It can be seen that after winning over more powerful local families, various places in Jiaozhou began to clean up grassroots order.

Although officials were promoted because of theft, it is hard to say whether they were "thieves" or rebellious local forces. In Ma Su's opinion, most of the so-called "thieves" in the jurisdiction of the King of Hanzhong in the past two years have been local forces that have been confronted with the government orders of counties and states and then severely attacked.

At this time, Ma Su was talking about these things, not because he had any special thoughts about it. It was just that he heard the footsteps, it was Kong Ming who had come back, and he subconsciously acted like he was busy with official duties.

The door was pushed open, Ma Su calmed down and looked up. However, he saw that the official who was collecting the documents came in, so he spread out like a deflated ball.

"Wait a minute, it's not going well yet. Military Advisor Zhuge must come back and see him!"

Shuzuo said disappointedly: "Do you have to wait for a long time? I heard that the military advisor Zhuge was just halfway through and was urgently summoned by the King of Hanzhong!"

"What?"

Ma Su's heart thumped a few times, and he stood up and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

Shu Zuo couldn't help laughing: "You don't even know, how could I know?"

Ma Su lost his ground and patted his forehead, and continued to sit down and wait.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang was unfolding a piece of silk and watching it carefully.

Generally speaking, contemporary military and political institutions use bamboo slips or wooden slips as carriers. Only important documents that are extremely easy to carry and hidden can be used with silk. Just like the silk in front of you, it is probably the size of a two-palm size, with obvious fold marks on it. The characters are written in a dense manner, obviously hidden somewhere and carefully transported out.

Zhuge Liang read the document once and read it again.

Pang Tong was impatient, so he got up and walked around the desk, stood behind Zhuge Liang and watched together.

He had the ability to see ten things at a glance. He looked up at Liu Bei in surprise: "Since last year, Yecheng has sent people to search for medical books written by Hua Tuo from many sources, and offered rewards to invite Hua Tuo's disciples. Fan A, who is good at acupuncture, has this happened?"

Liu Bei nodded slightly: "This news comes from Xu Du... from the Imperial Doctor Ringgit. There will be no mistake."

"I remember there was still an information at the beginning of the year." At this time, Zhuge Liang folded the documents as they were and handed them back to Liu Bei's desk.

Pang Tong asked: "Which copy are you talking about?"

"Do you remember the Shiyuan who came from Yecheng? It mentioned that Cao Gong rewarded his army on the dynasty and returned halfway, and sent Cao Zijian as an agent to inspect the army in China and abroad. The next day, the ministers of the Duke of Wei congratulated him on the day of the day, and even the Xiongnu Chanyu came to pay homage to him. After the congratulations, he arranged a grand sacrifice to the tomb. Cao Gong still sent Cao Zijian as an agent and did not participate."

In terms of contemporary customs, the celebration of the beginning of the year is a major event. As the first grand congratulations of the founding of the Duchy of Wei, it has a more distinct political declaration role. The so-called "the major affairs of the country are sacrifices and wars." Unless there are huge and majeure factors, Cao Cao would never fail to participate.

At that time, when Chengdu Central received this news, he immediately paid great attention to it, and specifically asked people to inquire. The result of the inquiry had not returned yet, and there was such a news without any beginning or end from Xu Du.

In other words, there was no beginning or end; but if it was linked to the previous situation in Yecheng, the things represented behind it were simply obvious. But this may be of great importance, and no one dared to assert for a while.

Pang Tong tug the beard on his chin and pondered for a while. He said in a deep voice: "We must find a way to explore it!"

Liu Bei nodded: "I have asked Zizhong, Xianhe and Gongyou to use all their strength to investigate."

The confrontation between the Cao and Liu families has developed to this extent, and both sides have become full-fledged behemoths. At this time, it is impossible to solve all problems with simple military means, just like in the early days of troubled times. The so-called military attacks and plans, followed by diplomatic relations, and the confrontation between the two sides has spread to many links such as economy, politics, intelligence, diplomacy, etc.

Liu Bei completely relied on Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's means in terms of military and political affairs, but in terms of intelligence and diplomacy, he still retained the original system, and was responsible for his closeness to Yuan Cong and his old friends. The complicated arrests were General Mi Zhu, General Zhaode, Jian Yong, and General Bingzhong, Sun Qian.

These three people have been with Liu Bei for a long time and often serve as guests and have a mission to communicate with each other. Therefore, they have a wide range of connections in the Central Plains, Hebei and other places. After Liu Bei entered Shu, these three people seemed to have no actual duties and only received generous gifts from gold, silk, and wealth. In fact, they had their own affairs specifically responsible to Liu Bei.

However, Mi Zhu was implicated by Mi Fang and left the door to thank the guests for a long time. His identity was indeed a relative, but because of this, Mi Fang's actions were particularly intolerable. Sun Qian has been in poor health recently and has been on leave for more than two months.

Liu Bei said something and shook his head.

"Xian and one person are not enough. Kong Ming and Shi Yuan, you can discuss it and recommend a few people to participate together." He thought for a moment, and said again: "In addition, Kong Ming notified Jingzhou and Jiaozhou again to let the people they have control over will also move!"

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong bowed to the order, and then they said a few more gossips before they broke up.

The two walked along the long corridor in the Hanzhong Palace.

Pang Tong suddenly said: "I will arrange for troops from all over the country to make some preparations and then stockpile additional food, fodder and supplies. If...if... if it is true, you must not miss the opportunity!"

Zhuge Liang nodded: "I can only ask Zilong to come forward to do this matter. Don't make a big move and let outsiders see the clues."

“That’s natural.”

After walking for a while, they entered the area of ​​the military advisor's general's mansion. The two bid farewell and went to the office. Zhuge Liang returned to the house and saw Ma Su's eyes full of anticipation.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Young Chang, the King of Hanzhong is correct. You can become the magistrate of Mianzhu County first."

Ma Su was overjoyed: "Thank you, the military advisor!"
Chapter completed!