Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 799
The soldiers yawned and walked down the city wall, guarding the city wall all night. They were so tired that they couldn't open their eyes. The soldiers who came to replace them had already arrived on the city wall. The two sides changed their guards one by one. Leading the team, standing aside, watching the soldiers at the east gate finish changing guard one by one, he nodded, and was about to go to the next gate, but was hurriedly stopped by a soldier.

"Lieutenant Sima," the soldier called out.

Sima Fu stopped, looked at the soldier, and waved his hand. His followers no longer stopped him, and the soldier ran up to Sima Fu. Sima Fu asked, "What's wrong? What happened? "

"It's like this. More than half an hour ago, there was a carriage parked at the gate of the city, ready to go out. We went to check, but this person showed his identity as a servant of the Taifu, and he refused to tell us who he was. Where are you going?" said the soldier, Sima Fu frowned, and the servant of the Taifu shot, Mr. Jia?He looked around, and sure enough, there was a carriage parked by a city wall near the city gate.

Sima Fu asked the soldier to go back to have a rest, and he led the people towards that side.

The horse pulling the cart, with its head down, just sprayed out a thick mist from the tip of its nose, while a man curled up, sitting at the front of the carriage, pulling the reins, huddled in his clothes, resting with his eyes closed, Sima Fu also Before he could speak, the soldiers on the side shouted: "Who is it?!" Hearing the violent shouts of the soldiers, the groom who was resting suddenly raised his head.

Sima Fu also saw the appearance of the groom clearly. The groom was handsome and sharp-eyed. He didn't look like a groom at all. He looked at the soldiers in front of him, especially Sima Fu. He got out of the carriage, bowed his hands, and said: "My servant, Xu Fu, is the disciple of Duke Jia, a servant of the Taifu. Mr. Jia retired yesterday, and he wants to go back to Liangzhou to recuperate. I sent him home."

Sima Fu was taken aback, and quickly returned the gift. Xu Fu handed over the biography and other things to Sima Fu for inspection. Sima Fu asked for a while, but said nothing, "I heard Mr. Jia's name earlier, I wonder if you can allow me to send him off?" , Xu Fu nodded without hesitation, he came to the side of the carriage, rolled up the curtain, Sima Fu looked inside, and saw a thin old man squinting his eyes, sitting in the carriage.

"Meet Mr. Jia!"

Sima Fu paid homage, and many soldiers behind him also paid homage to him. Jia Xu looked at him in a daze, but did not reply. Xu Fu closed the curtain and said, "Don't blame me, Master, I'm a little confused." , Sima Fu nodded, looked into the distance, and shouted: "Let go!!"

The carriage finally left Luoyang and drove towards the west at high speed.

Sima Fu watched the carriage leave, for some reason, he felt a little sad, the power of time, how many heroes have become such a handsome old man, how many ambitions, in the end, there is only a belief in returning to the roots.

"What? Left??"

Inside the Shangshu Mansion, Xun Yu turned pale with shock, stared wide-eyed, looked at Sima Fu in front of him, and asked, "Are you sure Xu Fu took Mr. Jia and left Luoyang?"

Sima Fu lowered his head and said, "It's like this. I see Mr. Jia's expression is very bad, and I didn't dare to keep him for questioning."

Xun Yu frowned, thought for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, you go out." Sima Fu left the Shangshutai, and Xun Yu sat in front of the desk, still a little unbelievable. Yesterday, he received a call from Mrs. Xun Yu still didn't quite believe the officials' report that Pu She had left Luoyang and returned to Xiliang. Jia Xu, an old man who cherished his life, would never dare to leave Luoyang just like that.

The emperor had just appointed his disciple to preside over his original policy, let him cultivate his body in Luoyang, Jia Xu left like this, isn't this a direct disobedience to the emperor's order?How could someone as smart as him do such a thing?

Perhaps it was because he felt that the emperor would never kill him, so he acted so boldly, but he was never a person who would take risks.

Could it be that he is really going to die?

Xun Yu trembled all over, thought for a moment, and then shook his head, no, in terms of life-saving, no one in the world can surpass him, absolutely not!

He wanted to report to the Hall of Houde. After thinking about it, he decided to forget it. The emperor should have gotten the news before him. What is important now is Jia Xu's original affairs, how to contact him, and how to act. He and his disciples realized that it was difficult to take over, Xun Yu rubbed his forehead, why is it so difficult these days.

Yuzhou
It has been almost a year since Zhuge Liang governed Yuzhou. During this year, Yuzhou has undergone major changes. First, it took the lead in completing the processing of the western mines, and Zhuge Liang set up a huge belt here. It is an official mine called Yuzhou Mine. Through his contact with Ma Gong, he bought a large number of recently developed products from Miaotang Gongfu.

What he bought was not machinery, but craftsmen and technology.

At first, the officials in Yuzhou were a little scared. The local government spent money to buy manpower from the temple. This is an unprecedented thing, and it sounds like something is wrong. It feels like bribing the temple, but Zhuge Liang ignored it. , Regardless of the concerns of the local officials, he wrote a letter directly. As for the Gongfu, Ma Jun quickly replied.

He can send some craftsmen to help build the latest mining and iron smelting equipment here in the Yuzhou Mine.

This is exactly what Zhuge Liang hoped, and the two started a long discussion with letters.

"I have admired Ma Gong's ability for a long time, so I would like to borrow a hundred from the craftsman, thinking that the mine in Yuzhou will be used. Ma Gong is worthy of the great sage, and he is able to agree. Liang is really happy and grateful. I only hope that the craftsman can set off sooner, for ten years. Strategy." In Zhuge Liang's letter, he first praised Ma Jun for his straightforwardness and sincerity. In addition, he mentioned the construction of Yuzhou and even the ten-year strategy. I hope that Ma Jun will pay more attention to it.

"Well, reading Mr. Zhuge's letter, I feel relieved. People in the world have misunderstood the craftsman for a long time. I never thought that Mr. Zhuge would ignore those pedantic words and openly write to buy it. I also care about the ten-year strategy. Since Zhuge You are here for business, and you are close to me, so I will be more generous, and I will not say that a craftsman will pay ten thousand yuan, Zhuge Jun will give it at nine thousand yuan, and it will be fine."

".Thank you Magong for your reply. The development of Yuzhou has just begun. The temple is funded and all of it is being used and under construction. Money is in short supply. Hundreds of craftsmen need 90 yuan. It is a bit expensive. I wonder if Magong can save some more? Thank you Inexhaustible, play the Son of Heaven at the Xia Ding meeting, and praise Ma Gong's kindness."

"good!"

Seeing Ma Jun's reply, Zhuge Liang smiled, looked at Yuan Yao at the side, and said happily: "Who said Ma Gong is rich? You see, this is agreed, great, you just wait for the craftsman Come, wait until they arrive, the matter of the mine can finally be resolved, and then, we can mainly take care of the farmland and road matters."

Yuan Yao frowned and said: "Master, Ma Gong has a very good relationship with my father. When I was in Luoyang, he also came to take care of me. This person... Well, I think this matter is definitely not that simple. , Mr. Ma is a bit... just a little bit stingy." After all, Mr. Ma is Yuan Yao's elder, so he dare not say it too bluntly, he can only remind him cautiously.

Zhuge Liang frowned, and said displeasedly: "Yao'er, Ma Gong is a talented person in the world, a great sage who is respected as a son, how can you say that about him? Talking about elders behind their backs, is it the place for younger generations?" Why? You haven’t finished those test questions yet? I’ll add some more for you!”

"Stop! Shijun, I know I'm wrong!!" Yuan Yao yelled, but unfortunately, his begging for mercy could not move the ruthless and cold-blooded Shijun, holding a bundle of test papers, Yuan Yao wanted to cry Tears out of the study.

After waiting for a long time, finally, when these craftsmen arrived, Zhuge Liang was very happy when he heard that the craftsmen had arrived. He came to receive these craftsmen in person. When Zhuge Liang arrived, these people immediately stood up and saluted, and Zhuge Liang returned the salute with a smile.

These are some simple and honest craftsmen, they didn't dare to raise their heads, and they didn't dare to speak. They chatted with Zhuge Liang for a while, but they lowered their heads and stammered, and Zhuge Liang was very gentle with them. After chatting for a while, they realized that these people are all good craftsmen in the Gongfu. Although they have not participated in the research and development for the time being, they are all important confidantes under Ma Jun's command.

Being able to lend these people to him for a year, Ma Gong is worthy of being a talented person, Zhuge Liang thought in his heart, and became more and more happy.

"Then tomorrow, I will trouble you to go to the mine, I wonder if I can?"

"Mr. Zhuge can't." Several craftsmen shook their heads in embarrassment. Zhuge Liang was taken aback and asked, "Why?"

"Ma Gong sent us here, but didn't give us any tools. We came empty-handed. We didn't bring any blueprints or tools."

"Can you find it in Yuzhou?"

"Materials can be found, but blueprints, tools and so on are only available in the Gongfu."

The smile on Zhuge Liang's face gradually froze.

Asking the officials to take good care of these craftsmen, Zhuge Liang hurried back to his study, took out his pen and ink, and began to write letters.

"Ma Gong, the craftsmen are here today, thank you Ma Gong again for your great kindness, but whether Ma Gong forgot to give the blueprints and tools, these craftsmen are empty-handed and unable to build, I hope Ma Gong can help a little bit, and send the materials together. Things can't be delayed any longer."

"Mr. Zhuge, you just borrowed five thousand dollars from me as a craftsman at that time, and you borrowed a craftsman's time for a year. This is already my greatest help. These craftsmen are all capable people, and they are all under my command. Confidant skilled craftsman, now, I have to borrow the rest. These blueprints and tools are all produced by the Gongfu with a lot of money and hard work, and cannot be easily lent to others. In addition, the blueprints are [-] yuan, and the prices of various tools are different. , I will introduce them one by one to Mr. Zhuge"

"Magong, let's explain it once and for all. Apart from these tools, where else can you collect money?"

"There is also the cost of instructing the craftsmen for you. The craftsmanship of the Gongfu cannot be taught in vain. You also have to pay for the loss of tools, otherwise we will not replace them if they are damaged. damages caused by the vacancy of the government.”

"Crack!!", Zhuge Liang slapped the letter on the table fiercely, took a deep breath, I am a moral person, I must not be angry, and I must not say dirty words, Kong Ming, hold back, Wen Rengong Disciple, you are still too naive.

Zhuge Liang smiled calmly, picked up the letter just now, and continued to read.

"Mr. Zhuge, I heard that the Yuzhou Bank is doing a good job. You don't have to rush to give me the money. You can deposit it directly in the bank, and I'll just take it out from here! Also, Mr. Zhuge, if you need any help, just Open your mouth, and I will definitely help you with all my strength, as long as the price is right!"

"Me! Yours! Me!!"

(End of this chapter)