Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 689

Lan Tian met most of the former officials of Yuan Cong who entered Sichuan with Liu Bei, as well as the talents he absorbed in Jingzhou during his stay in Jiangling.

Zhuge Liang introduced to Lan Tian in the order of his seat, just like a university teacher rolled his name, usually a combination of first name plus word plus official position.

Due to the large number of people, Zhuge Liang introduced concisely, and Lan Tian just nodded slightly in response.

After Zhuge Liang's 'roll call' was completed, Liu Bei took over the chatterbox and presided over the dinner. He acted as everyone's memory of the difficulty of founding the country, counted the great achievements of Lantian in recent years, and then raised a glass to take the lead in toasting Lantian.

The contents of the cup have a miraculous effect on setting off the atmosphere. The originally serious atmosphere instantly became relaxed. The civil servants and military generals in the hall came alive. Everyone whispered to each other, enjoying the fine wine and food, and admiring the music and dance in the hall to add to the fun.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Bei called Lan Yuan to his side, and the singer and dancer were immediately stopped by the attendants, and the hall returned to calm.

"Why did it stop? Keep playing the music, keep going"

In order to express his enthusiasm, Zhang Fei drank from the wine jar and the Lantian wine glass, but it turned out that the two jars went down a bit, and his complaint was stopped in time by Zhang Bao behind him, looking around at Liu Bei who was sitting on the main seat. His drowsy head regained consciousness.

Zhao Yun, who was sitting not far away, was speechless and wondered why this line was so familiar?

Liu Bei got up and pulled Lan Yuan, and introduced to the officials with a smile: "This is Lan Yuan, Lan Boyang, Ziyu's eldest son. The next time I called Ziyu's family to Chengdu to marry two young people, and you all know each other."

"Congratulations to your majesty for being such a good son-in-law, and congratulations to General Lan."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"Congratulations General Blue"

Taichang Lai Gong took the lead to congratulate, and the officials in the hall stood up and said auspicious words. Liu Bei let Lanyuan go back with satisfaction. Zhuge Liang, Huang Zhong, Pang Tong and others lined up to toast. For a while, the whole main hall was like a market. .

Because there were too many people toasting, it was impossible for Lan Tian to respond with a full glass, and just sipped it with a smile.

The official structure in Chengdu is complicated. Lantian can tell the clues from the seating positions of the officials in the hall and the tone of the toast. The native gentry in Yizhou were marginalized.

The local gentry in Yizhou were ruthlessly suppressed after Liu Yan entered Shu. They resisted for a short time during the weak Liu Zhang period. Unfortunately, they soon ushered in the current master. These encounters were extremely desperate in their hearts, so they were extremely eager The intervention of external forces allowed the local gentry in Yizhou to regain the right to speak in Shu. Qiao Zhou, who persuaded Liu Chan to surrender in history, is a typical representative.

There were all kinds of people who came to toast, and Lan Tian was most impressed by Fei Shi, except that they had met in Jingzhou before, and Lan Tian heard resignation in his words.

In the officialdom, there are different performances of being happy in the officialdom, but one can tell at a glance that he is unhappy. Fei Shi is talented but does not know the art of dealing with others. Being relegated by Liu Bei will also be ostracized by others.

Lan Tian secretly made up his mind whether he could help Fei Shi, a talented but "flawed" scholar in Shu, like "helping" Yu Fan.

The political atmosphere in Jiaozhou is simpler. There are no relevant factions fighting in it. At this stage, all the goals are for development. Drastic reforms have a huge demand for talents. The newcomers trained by the existing academies and schools alone cannot make up for political experience in a short time lack of.

The big banquet is of no use to enhance the relationship, it is purely for the sense of ceremony and the lively atmosphere, so that Lan Tian was still sober when he left.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Bei summoned a group of ministers to discuss matters. He named Liu Shu, the daughter of Mizhen, Princess Jin, and Liu Wan, the daughter of Ganqian, Princess Yu. At home, Lai Gong ordered Taichang to take full charge of the wedding and announced March [-]th as the wedding date.

There are still a few days before March [-]th, Lu Lingqi goes to the palace to talk with Gan Qian every day, and Lan Yuan has to cooperate with Lai Gong in the wedding process, but Lan Tian seems a little bored.

Lan Tian called Shang Gaoyuan out of the other courtyard, intending to go to the streets of Chengdu to have a look, but before the two of them had time to go out, Zhuge Liang sent someone to send an invitation.

The prime minister's mansion is not far from Hanzhong Wang's mansion. Lan Tian will go to the appointment soon on horseback. Zhuge Liang will greet him in front of the mansion gate. The two will walk into the mansion and find that Zhang Fei is also there.

"Yide? Why are you here?" Lan Tian was extremely curious, thinking that even if you are close to a scholar-bureaucrat, you don't have to 'stalk' like this, right?

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and smiled wryly: "I don't know where Yide learned how to count. He came here every day to ask for food after the Chinese New Year, but now Yizhou is in the middle of recuperating. Large-scale transportation of food to the military will not only consume a lot of food, but also cause a lot of damage. It is really not worth the loss to conscript the peasants to affect production, why don't the three generals wait for the first class?"

Zhang Fei widened his eyes and shook his head, and flatly refused: "How can we do that? Although we are resting and recuperating, Cao Pi can also rest and recuperate. Ziyu asked me to send troops to Liangzhou to harass, but I can't make the other party happy. Anyway, Wudu is already dead. , I’m not afraid of wearing shoes with bare feet.”

"Why don't you send fewer people? At least you can save me some money." Zhuge Liang persuaded.

"At least three to five thousand cavalry are needed. Otherwise, too few people will not only be useless, but will easily be surrounded by Liangzhou defenders. You are so smart, military commander, why can't you think of a way? Send more mules, horses and animals to carry food?" Zhang Fei proposed Suggest.

"The road to Shu is so difficult. Chengdu is two thousand miles away from Wudu. Most of the cattle and horses are used for farming. How can there be more for long-distance transportation? Besides, the animals will be tired." Zhuge Liang frowned and shook his head.

Wooden cattle and horses?When Lan Tian heard the conversation between the two, these four words suddenly popped up in his mind, and he thought that it was the prime minister's invention anyway, so why not remind him to take it out earlier?

Romance is too exaggerated about wooden cows and horses, describing it like a perpetual motion machine. Lan Tian believes that there is such a good thing that saves manpower, but it definitely needs to be manipulated.

"I know how ingenious the military division is. You might as well build some wooden oxen and horses to assist transportation according to what Yide said just now. Even if you save half of the manpower, it will be a great contribution to the Northern Expedition." Lan Tian also suggested meaningfully.

"Uh, the wooden ox and wooden horse mentioned by Ziyu is also an idea. The transportation of food along the Shu Road is indeed a big problem. I will come down and think about it, and maybe I can create something." Zhuge Liang was moved by the words and couldn't help but click He nodded, and then said to Zhang Fei: "The water in the distance can't quench the thirst in the near future. Yide should return to Wudu to guard it early. It always takes time to make a wooden ox and a wooden horse."

"Huh? How many months will it take?" Zhang Fei scratched his head and asked.

(End of this chapter)