Although it has already entered September, the weather in Nanzhong is still oppressively hot.
Finally, the sun turned to the west, and Ma Di was able to lie down on the rocking chair, wear short sleeves, swing a cattail leaf fan, and enjoy the cool air in the small yard.
The rocking chair rocked back and forth, and Ma Su had one foot on the horizontal bar under the rocking chair.
One foot was raised, and the toes were hooked on the wooden clogs. The wooden clogs were shaking, and they were about to fall off at the next moment, but they kept sticking to the feet.
This kind of behavior is not only unworthy of celebrities, it is simply devoid of etiquette.
In fact, Ma Su was not like this when he first came to Yunnan.
He had also served as the nominal governor of Yuexun in the past, but because the rebellion in Yuexun continued at that time, Han officials could not enter at all, and could only stay in Anshang County (now a new town 125 miles northwest of Pingshan County).
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So Ma Su actually didn't even go deep into Yuexun County, let alone Yunnan County, which was further south than Yuexun County.
When he first arrived here three years ago, he realized through personal experience that Nanzhong was regarded as a barbarian land, not without reason.
Men usually wear short-sleeved shirts as their daily clothes, but sometimes they don't even want to wear short-sleeved shirts and just hang out shirtless.
Even among the Han people who came from the Sichuan plains to open plantations in Nanzhong, many of them actually imitated the barbarians and adopted short-sleeved shirts as daily clothing.
This alone made Ma Su complain countless times.
Unexpectedly, as the summer gets hotter and hotter, Ma Dazui, who still wants to wear Hanfu, is suddenly suffocated and has prickly heat all over his body.
From his chin to his legs, there were densely packed white or red dots.
Not only was his body itching, but there was even a burning sensation, which almost scared him to death.
In the end I had to do as the Romans do and put on short sleeves.
Unexpectedly, this outfit, hey, I found it is quite good.
Not only are most of the prickly heat on my body gone, but I don’t have to die from the heat.
In the end, he not only wore short-sleeved clothes, but also slept in a bamboo stilt house in the summer. He was becoming a barbarian by the day.
But I can’t do it without sleeping!
Because there are insects and snakes everywhere here, if you don't sleep in the bamboo house, they can crawl on you at night and sleep with you.
Then Ma Su had to comfort himself: Actually sleeping in a bamboo house in summer... it felt pretty good, at least it was cooler than sleeping in a house.
After all, it’s a barbarian land. When you get here, no one should laugh at anyone.
Once you have started, your indulgence will naturally not stop.
So now I’m wearing wooden clogs to enjoy the cool air, is there anything strange about it?
Just as Ma Su was enjoying the gradually cooler breeze, someone suddenly shouted loudly outside the courtyard door: "You Chang, You Chang!"
Before he finished speaking, the visitor had already rushed into the yard.
When Ma Su heard the coming voice, he immediately stood up:
"But Bo Song? Aren't you in Wei County? Why are you here to build a building?"
Zhuge Qiao walked over with his wooden clogs and sat down opposite Ma Su. He didn't care to reply to Ma Su's words, his face was full of excitement:
"Youchang, good thing, great thing!"
At the same time, he shook the paper in his hand so loudly that it almost hit Ma Su's face.
Seeing the usually steady Zhuge Qiao looking like this, Ma Di couldn't help but sit up straight: "What could make you lose your composure like this?"
Zhuge Qiao came over, but he still couldn't suppress his excitement: "Hanzhong urgent report, Liangzhou has been victorious, the Han Dynasty has completely recovered Liangzhou!"
"What?"
Ma Su's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly grabbed it and took a look. It was indeed an official document sent from Hanzhong, and it was already last month.
Although starting from the late emperor, many post pavilions have been built from Jincheng to Hanzhong.
And in these years, with the increasing development of Nanzhong, the connection between Jincheng and Nanzhong has become closer and closer.
But it still takes a long time to deliver urgent messages from Hanzhong to here, even if we travel day and night.
After quickly scanning the above content, Ma Su couldn't help but exclaim: "Wonderful! General Zhao attacks like the wind, and Feng Junhou's temple is like a god. Isn't it true that a good warrior has no great achievements?"
"The great man no longer has any worries and can concentrate on Guanzhong. The Prime Minister's ambition can be achieved..."
When Ma Su said this, he suddenly paused again. He didn't know what he thought of. The joy on his face was actually mixed with a bit of bitterness, and he sighed unconsciously.
Zhuge Qiao knew that the opponent was most likely thinking of the Battle of Longyou again.
I saw him smiling and saying: "I have another piece of good news."
"Oh? It seems like today is really a good day. I wonder if Bo Song has any good news?"
Ma Su quickly adjusted his emotions and asked.
"The queen gave birth to a prince. His Majesty was overjoyed and pardoned the world. You Chang, did you know? You are also among the pardoned people!"
Zhuge Qiao said, taking out another document from his arms and putting it into Ma Di's hand:
"Before coming here, I have already handled all the paperwork for you at the county government. Now you are no longer an exile and can return to Jincheng at any time!"
After hearing this, Ma Su spread out the documents in disbelief.
There were not many words on the document, but he read it for a long time, and finally his hands started to shake.
Then close your eyes, open them, blink hard, raise your head, and look to the horizon.
The courtyard wall has blocked the sun, and only a ray of golden light falls on the root of the wall on the other side.
Ma Su took a deep breath and smiled: "Bosong, thank you!"
Zhuge Qiao waved his hand:
"Thank you for what? It's just a convenient job. Besides, thanks to your plan for Liu Zhou's rebellion this time, Yunnan no longer has the worry of rebellion."
"Depending on your talent, even without this pardon, you will still be re-employed in the future."
Ma Su shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Bosong, please don't praise me anymore. I know my own affairs. What kind of plan is that? It's just following the old wisdom of the Prime Minister and Feng Junhou."
Thinking about the past, I claimed to know military affairs, but in fact I just sat and discussed military affairs. One battle in the street pavilion almost became the laughing stock of the world.
How dare you call yourself talented now?
Seeing that Ma Su was in a low mood, Zhuge Qiao said "tsk" and took out an official document from his arms.
This move made Ma Su's eyes widen: How many things does Zhuge Bosong hide in his arms?
"You Chang might as well take a guess, what does this official document say?"
"What? Is there a third happy event?"
Ma Su said jokingly.
"Ha, that's right! This is the third happy event!"
Zhuge Qiao laughed.
Recovering Liangzhou and being pardoned himself was the greatest joy in Ma Su's opinion.
Is it possible that this third happy event can surpass the previous two.
"The Han Dynasty has announced to the world that the Liangzhou Prefectural Department wants to take an exam to select talented people. Anyone who is willing to serve the Han Dynasty, regardless of good or bad, can go to Liangzhou to take the exam."
"Anyone who can pass the examination will be appointed as an official by the governor of Liangzhou according to their merits. From the county governor to the district chief, they will all have the opportunity to serve."
As soon as Zhuge Qiao said these words, Ma Di's eyes immediately burst into light: "Regardless of good or bad?"
"You Chang don't need to be so surprised. The official document said that there are many Qiang and Hu people in Liangzhou, and this Feng Junhou is good at caring for the Hu people. If this lowly person is talented, there is nothing wrong with letting them deal with the Hu people.
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When Ma Su heard this, he nodded: "I see..."
Shit!
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Ma Su already felt that something was wrong.
Nowadays, the aristocratic families in Shu have either been dismembered into a pile of mud by the Prime Minister and Feng Mingwen, or they have been divided and bribed and become lackeys. How can they still have the confidence that the late emperor had when he entered Shu?
Isn't the weapon of differentiation and bribery just the wool taken from the hands of the barbarians?
That's all for the Prime Minister. While Feng Mingwen single-handedly dismembered the aristocratic families in central Shu, he actually made those aristocratic families willing to pay and provide food to suppress the Hu people.
With his skill of "turning the stars", he is unparalleled in the world, and no one can match him.
I'm afraid that even when Murong Fu from Wu State comes back...
Huh?
Why do I know Wu Di and Murong Fu?
Ahem, forget it, I should read less knight-errant novels from now on.
Ma Su reversed his thinking as quickly as possible:
Under Feng Mingwen's rule, dealing with barbarians is basically a fat job, right?
If it were the Shuzhong family, they would be eager to fill it with their own people.
Let’s think about the complicated relationship between the Liangzhou aristocratic families who fiercely exploited the Hu people, and at the same time often used the Hu people to cause trouble.
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This Feng Wenhe...couldn't he be planning to cause the Shu family to compete with the Liangzhou family, and then benefit from it himself?
He lowered his head and looked at the official document in his hand, which was for taking exams and recruiting talents, and felt that the four words "regardless of good or bad" were too harsh on the eyes.
This Ghost King Feng is really unique in the world when it comes to disgusting people.
If you want to coerce the Hu people to show their self-respect, I will directly introduce the Shu family to Liangzhou and let your dogs bite dogs and your mouths will be full of hair.
Don’t you want to do the job of dealing with barbarians? The Shu family wishes you wouldn’t get a hair out of it!
The familiar technique is so familiar!
It was so familiar that Ma Su seemed to have seen it with his own eyes somewhere.
Thinking back then, weren't the Yi people in Nanzhong also exploited by the government and wealthy families, and also deceived by Meng Huo and others, so they rebelled against the Han?
After the Prime Minister pacified Nanzhong, King Feng Gui lured him to benefit, attracting Xinghanhui, Shu aristocratic families, and even relevant government offices to enter Nanzhong in large numbers.
Over the years, the official roads built by the Qin State and the former Han Dynasty have not only been restored, but even the governor's office of Nijiang is preparing to continue to expand official roads to Yongchang County, the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty, with the support of all parties.
While Nanzhong was being developed continuously, it also transported traditional materials such as lacquer, rhinoceros skins, and cattle to the Han Dynasty.
There is also newly discovered copper.
The most important thing is that it has become a sugar cane producing area for making brown sugar.
In this process, some of the wealthy families and barbarian Qushuai who originally existed in Nanzhong disappeared, and some cooperated with the Dudu Mansion, which greatly maintained the stability of Nanzhong.
It can be said that as long as nothing unexpected happens, it will only take the past two years for the Han Dynasty to completely control Nanzhong.
Nanzhong has become a sugarcane producing area, but what about Liangzhou?
I'm afraid that not only will it become a horse-producing place, it will also become a wool-producing place.
Think about it, the Xinghan Hui, the Shuzhong family, and the Liangzhou governor's office all poured into Liangzhou. How similar is it to Nanzhong back then?
So Ma Su can almost see that Liangzhou's wealthy families and barbarians will either cooperate with Feng Wenhe or... just disappear!
At most, it's the difference between disappearing directly or disappearing gradually.
Even some things that he couldn't figure out before are now completely understood.
Why did Feng Wenhe vigorously support families like the Li family and the He family when he was suppressing aristocratic families in Shu?
Isn’t it just for this time?
Because aristocratic families like the Li family and the He family are fundamentally different from traditional aristocratic families.
Their expansion is mainly based on wool.
If there is any discord among the Liangzhou aristocratic families, the Li family and the He family are the vicious dogs that bite the most viciously under Feng Yong, and they are the ones that will not stop until they die.
The only difference between Liangzhou and Nanzhong is probably the evaluation of Feng Wenhe.
The legend of Feng Ghost King is passed down orally by the Yi people in Nanzhong.
However, the Hu people in Yongliang praised Feng Langjun, the successor of the mountain god.
The more Ma Su thought about it, the more excited he became. Regardless of Zhuge Qiao's surprised eyes, he stood up suddenly, took two steps back and forth, and murmured to himself:
"Using the world as a chessboard, using Yizhou and Liangzhou as corners, holding aristocratic families as sons, and competing for the world, this is what a man does!"
The further he spoke, the more passionate his voice became. With his heart surging, he finally couldn't help but roar:
"Woohoo! The great man is in danger and the people are hanging upside down. The man is responsible for bringing peace to the troubled times and making great achievements..."
Unexpectedly, before Ma Su finished speaking his impassioned words, a scream was heard outside the courtyard door:
"Ma Su! What a thief, let me catch you!"
When Ma Di heard this voice, his expression changed drastically with fright on the spot, and his originally impassioned voice sounded as if someone had pinched his neck:
"Didn't she go back to Dianchi Lake? Why did she come back again?"
Zhuge Qiao said "Oh" and replied from the side: "I asked someone to call her back..."
"Bosong is harming me!" Ma Su looked at Zhuge Qiao's innocent eyes and cried out, "I will die without a burial place!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "peng" sound, and the door of the small courtyard was knocked open, and Hua Wan's figure appeared in the small courtyard, with light shining between the palms of his hands.
When Ma Su saw her like this, he was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.
"Where to run!"
Seeing him like this, Huawan gave a sweet shout and raised her right hand!
Ma Su knew that this barbarian girl was not bad at martial arts, and she even had the skill of flying knives that she had learned from her mother, Mrs. Zhu Rong. When he heard the sound of breaking through the air behind him, he dwarfed!
There was only a "snatching" sound, and a flying knife sank into the trunk of a tree next to him.
"Lady Hua, putting an end to Liuzhou's rebellion is a matter for the Governor's Mansion. Why are you so unreasonable if you rely on me?"
The heat had not dissipated, but Ma Su only felt a chill on his body.
It's okay if he didn't say this. As soon as he said this, Hua Wan gritted his teeth and said bitterly:
"The matter in the Governor's Mansion was your plan to deceive me into ignorance! You made a good deal with me at the beginning and tricked me into going to appease the barbarians, but later you used a poisonous trick to induce the barbarians to rob my cavalry!"
"I lost a lot of horses and a lot of money and food. I am really not the son of man!"
Also, it was most likely this guy's idea to let the Governor's Mansion drag out the chaos, which also caused his cavalry to miss a business trip.
This loss is huge!
Although in the eyes of others, Hua Wan is also a barbarian girl, when she said the word "barbarian" at this time, she was very smooth.
Because in her opinion, only those barbarians who refuse to accept civilization can be called barbarians.
My eldest son is Yushi Zhongcheng, my uncle is the leading general, and I have the second largest cavalry in Nanzhong. I will kill anyone who dares to call me a barbarian!
Anyway, I’m not afraid of being beaten to death!
The worst they can do is go to Hanzhong and cry to Grandpa Zhuge, saying that they look down on people and don't abide by Grandpa Zhuge's rule that "Han and barbarians are as one".
And...in addition to Grandpa Zhuge, there was that other person who also owed me a favor back then!
Naturally, Ma Su didn't know all the trump cards in Huawan's hands, but he had been living in Yunnan for three years, so he naturally knew that this barbarian woman was someone who could run amok in Nanzhong.
In addition, during the period of peace and chaos between Liu Zhou and Liu Zhou, some of the arrangements were indeed not very authentic, and I was feeling weak. How could I dare to be tough with her at this time?
Fortunately, the Han Confucian scholars were accustomed to talking with their fists, and their skills were much better than those of ordinary people.
Seeing Hua Wan with angry eyes and stomping after him, Shusheng Ma, who was in short-sleeved and long trousers, took a running start, jumped over the courtyard wall, then jumped off the wall and ran away.
Only a broken cattail fan was left, slowly falling to the ground.
Huawan:……
She really didn't expect that Ma Su could be so shameless.
"Uh... flower lady?"
Zhuge Qiao watched the scene dumbfounded, swallowed his saliva, then came back to his senses, and asked a cautious and tentative question.
"Oh, I have met Zhuge Langjun."
This is Grandpa Zhuge’s son, so we can’t neglect him.
Hua Wan quickly gathered her clothes and bowed, very ladylike, and at the same time quietly hid the flying knife that had not been thrown out on her body.