The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 500 Practice is the real test...

"That's not right. The battle report of Yanzhou should not have been transmitted to Yizhou so quickly, right?" Pang Tong realized something. Could it be that Liu Zhang had already had the idea of ​​surrendering to Liu Bei, otherwise why would he write a letter to Liu Bei so early to ask him to send troops to help attack Zhang Lu?
"After all, the Governor of Yizhou and Lord Xuande are both relatives of the Han royal family, and there are many first-rate figures among the civil and military officials around him, so they should be able to see the situation in the world." Yang Ji shook his head and said.

Although Liu Zhang himself was not very capable, he still trusted the civil and military officials under him, otherwise he would not have been so easily fooled by Zhang Song and others.

"Then what is he doing?" Zhuge Liang was a little confused. Since Liu Zhang didn't want to have any war with Liu Bei and even wanted to join Liu Bei's army, what did he mean now?

"Tsk, the Governor of Yizhou wants to take over Hanzhong, just wanting to hand over the entire Yizhou to Lord Xuande." Sima Yi sneered. He could understand Liu Zhang's current mentality.

"What Zhongda said is correct, but there may be some calculations by the civil and military officials of Yizhou." Yang Ji nodded and said, "But this is not a big deal. The civil and military officials of Yizhou are just going with the flow."

"If they come out now, what credit can they get?" Pang Tong frowned, "Do they know our next goal?"

"Who knows? Maybe Lord Bo'an said something to the governor of Yizhou." Yang Ji shrugged. Many things about Liu Bei were not hidden from Liu Yu, the elder of the royal family. Otherwise, he would not have directly informed Liu Bei when he noticed something wrong with the previous incident in Chang'an.

Having said that, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and Pang Tong gave up the idea of ​​trying to find out the thoughts of the civil and military officials of Yizhou. After all, with Liu Yu's wisdom, he would definitely know what he should and should not say.

Sima Yi thought for a while and asked Yang Ji: "Then, Commander, do you want to go to Yizhou in person, or transfer military officers from other places to Sichuan?" Considering the terrain of Sichuan, if Liu Bei wanted support, he would probably need suitable military officers. If the army marched into Sichuan, Zhang Lu might have been captured before Liu Bei's troops entered Sichuan.

"Moreover, with the capabilities of Yizhou's civil and military officials, there should be no need to ask Lord Xuande for help, right?" Sima Yi was a little confused about this. After all, Yang Ji had just said that Yizhou had no shortage of first-rate figures among its civil and military officials.

"Oh, I will go to Yizhou in person when the time comes. As for the military commanders..." Yang Ji pondered for a while, "In fact, the governor of Yizhou still has two generals under his command."

Yang Ji glanced at Sima Yi, who seemed to be really confused about why Yizhou asked Liu Bei for help, and said, "Any one of Yan Yan and Zhang Ren can take back Hanzhong, but you all know what the terrain of Sichuan and Shu is like."

"Then..." Sima Yi was about to ask why, and then he realized why Yizhou asked Liu Bei for help. Liu Zhang and Liu Bei had to contact each other first before they could discuss matters after joining Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong had very calm expressions, and it seemed that they had already understood what Yizhou was thinking. Only Sima Yi, who had never been to Yizhou, was still wondering about the thoughts of the Yizhou civil and military officials.

"Lord Chen asked you to go to Yizhou in person. In addition to attacking Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, there should be other things for you to do, right?" Zhuge Liang said. Just as Yang Ji said, Yizhou is not incapable of taking back Hanzhong, but the terrain there is really... hard to describe.

However, if Liu Zhang was determined, he could still take back Hanzhong. It would just take a little longer. After all, Yizhou was not short of soldiers and generals.

Now Zhang Lu of Hanzhong is just a background board for the contact between Liu Bei and Liu Zhang. For Liu Zhang, Hanzhong is just difficult to conquer, not completely impossible to take.

For Liu Zhang, who had no shortage of soldiers, advisers, or logistics, taking back Hanzhong was just a difficult task, not an impossible task.

Therefore, if they wanted to contact Yizhou, they only needed to send an important senior official to Yizhou to watch the Battle of Hanzhong to show how much Liu Bei valued Yizhou. There was no need to let Yang Ji enter Sichuan.

Although allowing Yang Ji to enter Sichuan can better demonstrate Liu Bei's attention to Yizhou, allowing Yang Ji to enter Sichuan is really too much attention. It is hard to say whether people in Yizhou will have some unnecessary thoughts.

It was impossible for Chen Xi and his men to be unaware of this matter, but they still mentioned Yang Ji's name and asked him to go to Sichuan to contact the civil and military officials of Yizhou, proving that there must be other reasons for Yang Ji's going to Sichuan.

"Zichuan wants me to go to Hanzhong to investigate the roads leading to Guanzhong." Yang Ji said helplessly. He didn't want to go either, but Sun Qian couldn't spare the time to investigate the terrain now, and he and Zhao Yun were the only ones under Liu Bei who could accommodate all the terrain of Sichuan and Shu into the secret mirror.

However, it is impossible for Zhao Yun to go to Sichuan and spend some time recording the terrain of Sichuan. His and Qu Qi’s real business is to preside over the national grain planting plan.

It is not known how many more days Zhao Yun can stay in the military camp before he has to set off with Cookie. However, Cookie will go to all parts of the country to collect various kinds of good seeds and promote the good seeds he has cultivated. Zhao Yun, on the other hand, needs to travel all over the country to explore the conditions of the fields in various places.

This was an extremely arduous and time-consuming task, but Zhao Yun took it on without hesitation, even though he could issue administrative orders and have county officials report the relevant land data to Liu Bei.

However, after going through so many things, if Zhao Yun still believed the data on land and fields reported by county officials, then the wisdom he gained over the years would be in vain.

Of course, this does not mean that the land data reported by the counties are wrong, but this national land statistics is related to the various plans that follow. Chen Xi and his team must accurately know the current land situation of the Han Dynasty in order to formulate subsequent policies.

Now they don’t need to compromise with certain guys. If they want to become military nobles, of course they can, but they must first return the land they have occupied from the local people, otherwise they will not even be qualified to enter!

As for how to develop the black land worth six or seven million, according to Chen Xi's idea, he wants to hand it over to the aristocratic families for development. After all, those aristocratic families have land that they own legally and in compliance with regulations.

After all, Chen Xi was born into an aristocratic family. It is impossible for him to betray the class he came from. All he can do is to improve this class.

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"What does it mean to inspect the road?" Zhuge Liang was stunned. He didn't know what Yang Ji meant. Did the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong need to be inspected?
"If you want to be rich, build roads first. This principle is very important." Yang Ji looked at Zhuge Liang seriously. Building roads can bring about more than just convenient road traffic.

"But, can the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong really be built?" Zhuge Liang said hesitantly, "and after the Han Dynasty is reunified, roads must be built in other places as well, right?" You know, until now, Sun Qian has not completed the county-level roads in Qingzhou. How could he run to Yizhou so quickly to build a road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong?

Yang Ji thought about it and said, "According to Zichuan's idea, I should be the one to oversee the construction of the road and bridge from Guanzhong to Hanzhong."

Yang Ji's expression was a little subtle. When Chen Xi first told him about this, he also thought that it was Sun Qian who came to repair the road. But after Zhuge Liang's reminder, Yang Ji found that he seemed to have been fooled by Chen Xi.

"Ah?" Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and Pang Tong were all stunned and looked at Yang Ji at a loss. Did Yang Ji do something wrong that he was asked to build the road?

Of course, it’s not that they have any objection to road construction. They have seen the huge benefits brought by smooth roads.

But, how can I put it, letting someone like Yang Ji build roads is, no matter how you look at it, an act of discarding the donkey after it has done its work.

"Don't think too much." Yang Ji knew what the three people were thinking at a glance, "I don't have any research in road and bridge engineering construction. At most, I can help Gongyou get an elite talent suitable for road and bridge construction. This is probably the main reason why Zichuan found me."

Although science and technology are the primary productive forces, the potential of elite talents in this world after shifting to production and construction should not be underestimated.

There is no way to accelerate the development of science and technology unless a genius emerges who can integrate current technology and usher in the next era.

Otherwise, no matter how much resources are invested in science and technology, it will take time to develop the various technological principles that are sufficient to usher in the next era.

However, don’t forget that the essence of heaven and earth exists in this world. Just because existing science and technology cannot do something does not mean that the essence of heaven and earth cannot do it.

"Elite talents for civil engineering?" Zhuge Liang's three men were even more confused. Could the elite talents used for killing on the battlefield be used for production and construction? They had never imagined such a scene.

"Why, have you never thought about the application of elite talents in production and construction?" Yang Ji looked at the three people with a smile. He didn't know whether the idea of ​​military-to-civilian conversion existed in this era.

If the Qin Empire had been passed down, Xiangli's assembly line operations would have been transferred to the people. After all, Xiangli was born in the Mohist school and still had some sympathy for the lowest class of people.

As for the others, apart from the agriculturalists, it seems that no other school of thought has developed theories on specific production and construction.

"Okay, while I'm in Yizhou, the homework I leave for you is to think about the application of elite talents in production and construction, and write a paper for me when the time comes." Yang Ji said to Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Sima Yi, especially Zhuge Liang, as he was the one who should think about this aspect the most.

Zhuge Liang, who possesses that kind of spiritual talent, should naturally understand the application of elite talents in production and construction better than others.

"Ah?" Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and Pang Tong were even more confused. No one knew why they suddenly received the homework assigned by Yang Ji, and this homework assigned by Yang Ji made them confused.

"Well, Commander-in-Chief, can you give us some examples? We really can't imagine which elite talents can be used in production and construction." Zhuge Liang said with a wry smile.

It's not that they don't have any production experience, but it's really difficult for these young people from aristocratic families to rely on their little production experience, combined with their understanding of elite talents, to come up with a production and construction version of elite talents.

"I am also going to Sichuan to practice. Where can I find examples for you guys?" Yang Ji shook his head and said, "Since you can't imagine it out of thin air, then practice your theory in production and construction. Practice will let you find the door to the truth."

In fact, Yang Ji did give them examples, but it was best for them to understand this kind of thing by themselves. Other explanations were ultimately just another person's understanding. After all, the ability of elite talent depended very much on personal subjective initiative.

"It just so happens that the cultural situation in the Jiangnan region is very complicated. I will report to Zichuan and ask him to transfer Yuanzhi, Xiaozhi and a few others over to team up with you guys to find out the situation here." Yang Ji gave the three of them a hint.

"General, do the aristocratic families in the Jiangnan region have the courage to do that?" Sima Yi said with a frown. Based on his understanding of the aristocratic families, they would definitely bow their heads when they met a prince like Liu Bei who had already secured victory.

"Zhongda, the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River are different from those in the north." Pang Tong smiled bitterly. Didn't he know what Yang Ji was referring to? He knew it too well.

"What do you mean?" Sima Yi looked at Pang Tong in confusion. They were all from Han royal families. Could it be that the Jiangnan families had some genetic mutation that the Northern families were unaware of?
Zhuge Liang looked at Pang Tong thoughtfully. Although Langya County was not in the Jiangnan area, it was relatively close to the Jiangnan area. So after being reminded by Yang Ji and Pang Tong, he quickly realized the difference between the Jiangnan families and the northern families.

Sima Yi was the same. He was born into a pure northern family and had almost no contact with people from southern families. It was highly unlikely that people from the Sima family would tell him about such things.

"Perhaps because of the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, most of the Jiangnan families are always thinking about establishing their own territory, rather than unifying the north and the south as the ultimate goal." Pang Tong said with a wry smile.

"Uh..." Sima Yi opened his mouth, and his mind flashed through every noble family in the north that he had met, and then he compared them with the noble families in the south of the Yangtze River that he had met.

Unfortunately, Sima Yi had met very few aristocratic families from Jiangnan over the past ten years. The ones he finally met in the north were basically tough guys, completely different from the aristocratic families from Jiangnan described by Pang Tong.

However, there must be quite a few aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River. Why did he meet so few of them in the north?

(End of this chapter)