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Chapter 444
Since Zhuge Dan was destroyed, Liangzhou began to actively prepare for the war.

Food and equipment were transported to the front lines from all over the country.

Of course, only with the strength of the government, there are naturally some shortcomings.

But Liangzhou is an important commercial route.

Money can make a fool, there is no business that cannot be done, only the business that cannot be negotiated.

Swords, crossbows, and armor from central Shu were sent to Liangzhou in a steady stream. They used to be sneaky, but now after the recovery of Longyou, they gradually became more vigorous.

Zhuge Wuhou would never have imagined that the wooden cow and horse he invented would become a sharp weapon for smuggling grain.

The so-called wooden cow and horse are actually a kind of wheelbarrow, which is transported by one person, which is very suitable for the mountain road from central Sichuan to Longxi.

Guzang’s iron workshop and wooden workshop, in view of the characteristics of high mountains in Zhongshu and gentleness in Liangzhou, and according to Yang Zheng’s prompt, they jointly built a kind of pulley cable wooden car. A lot of manpower.

Economically, Shuzhong has long been integrated with Liangzhou.

No, the dependence on Liangzhou is getting higher and higher.

Sichuan brocade silk, tea, lacquerware, and pottery need to be sold from Liangzhou.

And the luxury goods such as Putao wine, mink fur, jade, spices and so on they need also need to be imported from Liangzhou.

The operating logic of a country is actually the economy.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to fight the Xiongnu because of the money saved by Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing.

The Eastern Han Dynasty collapsed, and the century-long Qiang-Han War dragged down the economy of the Central Plains.

According to Wei Guan, once Liangzhou cut off the trade route, Central Shu would immediately fall into crisis.

Liangzhou is a nationwide system, with the government selling and operating bulk commodities.

However, the Shu Kingdom is a system of smuggling by the gentry tyrants, and the profits obtained do not go to the court, but flow into the pockets of the gentry tyrants.

Every time the volume of trade increases, the Kingdom of Shu becomes weaker.

Of course, if you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred, and cutting off trade routes will also do great economic harm to Liangzhou.

But Liangzhou is used to living a hard life, and has only just had a meal. Putao wine, sable fur, jade, and spices are not irreplaceable things, and they can be tolerated, but Shu Kingdom may not be able to endure it.

Even many royal objects of Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, were transported from Liangzhou.

And it has continued to increase in the past two years.

In Liangzhou, only Xia Houzhi lived a little more luxuriously, but not too much.

Especially after giving birth to his son Yang Xu, he changed a lot, and he began to have a bit of a "mother Liangzhou" bearing.

Yang Zheng has repeatedly banned the extravagance of the government, and he himself has set an example.

So far, there are only four wives and concubines, and one more is on the way.

As for the generals and tyrants, those who live a more luxurious life are also left to them.

Liangzhou's superstructure has a small burden, so it can travel lightly and participate in world competitions.

Just as Yang Zheng and Du Yu were deploying front-line military affairs, Meng Guan came back from Hedong.

Five big bullock carts creaked and "invited" all Ji Kang's family back with more than a dozen members, old and young, old and young. However, Liu Ling happened to go back to Qiao County, so there was only Ji Kang's family.

Yang Zheng led Du Kuan, Zhang Yu and other famous people in Liangzhou to meet him.

But all he received was a cold face from Ji Kang, "I have never seen such a brazen person!"

Du Kuan and Zhang Chen turned their faces away, pretending not to know Yang Zheng.

It was rumored that Ji Kang had never been angry for more than ten years, and it seemed that he was about to relapse today.

After doing everything, are you still afraid of being scolded?
Isn't Dong Zhuo brazen enough to win over Cai Yong?

Yang Zheng smiled awkwardly but politely, "A certain Xiang heard the name of Ji Zhongsan and admired him for a long time, so he had to do this trick."

It is said that this person is really good-looking, about eight feet in length, with a handsome appearance, although he is dressed in coarse linen and slovenly, but there is a unique temperament in his gestures and gestures.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Kang regained his composure, "I'm a wild crane in the clouds, and I don't have a strategy in my chest. It won't help the general's great affairs. Now that the general has seen it, how about I return to my hometown?"

The men, women and children in the car also looked at Yang Zheng eagerly.

Yang Zheng bowed his hands and saluted them. He wanted to meet the owner of the Changle Pavilion, but he felt a little abrupt, so it was time to stop. The future will be long, "Since it is a wild crane in the clouds, you might as well live in Liangzhou for a few days. I will never disturb Mr. Qing's residence."

After finishing speaking, he coughed twice, and hoped that Du Kuan and Zhang Chen would help him out.

But these two people just lowered their heads, as if they had no face to face people, they just folded their hands, neither looked at Ji Kang, nor Yang Zheng, as if they were also forced to bow by the overlord.

Ji Kang looked Yang Zheng up and down, as if he wanted to see through Yang Zheng's intentions.

Yang Zheng smiled with numbness on both sides of his face, "Please sir, there are many clean places in Liangzhou."

Ji Kang sighed helplessly, simply sat back in the bullock cart, closed his eyes, and said nothing.

Not speaking is the default.

Yang Zheng was delighted in his heart, as long as this great god is worshiped in Liangzhou, he can forge iron if he likes to forge iron, paint if he wants to paint, play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, whatever he wants, as long as he doesn't seek death or tiresome work.

The news of Ji Kang's visit to Guzang spread, and the people of Guzang rushed to watch.

After so many years, a celebrity finally came.

One by one laughing and pointing.

Yang Zheng hurriedly asked people to disperse them. Liangzhou has a large number of Qianghu people, and the folk customs are relatively open. It would be bad if Ji Kang was disturbed.

Celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties were particularly delicate, and Wei Guan's grandson was "watched and killed" by the big girls and the little widows.

The grand banquet prepared by Yang Zheng was useless, Ji Kang kept his eyes closed the whole time, didn't say a word, didn't eat a bite, and didn't give any face.

However, his family members are not as resistant as he is. Overlord Meng Guan stepped forward and traveled all the way, so he probably suffered a lot.

After serving food and drinks, Yang Zheng chose a clean and elegant house for them, and thoughtfully sent a hundred soldiers to guard them.

Cao's family and Xiahou's family are one family, so the sons-in-law of the two families should also be one family, Yang Zheng comforted himself.

I kept feeling in my heart that in this era, a son-in-law is really a huge political resource.

At the same time, Hedong County.

Zhong Hui stared blankly at the ashes that should have been Ji Kang's residence, "What's going on?"

Anger made his handsome face turn red.

The governor of Hedong was terrified, Zhong Hui was the most popular in the past few years, he had won the trust of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, and he was also a nobleman in Yingchuan.

After pacifying Zhuge's birthday, Zhonghui rose even higher. The imperial court wanted to promote him to be a servant of one of the nine ministers, but he refused. The imperial court granted him Chen Hou, but he refused. Join the army in the office of Ren Ji.

Although the official is not very big, Sima Zhao always consults his opinions on matters large and small in the court.

"One, a group of strong thieves came from Guanzhong and took Ji Zhongsan away..."

"A strong thief?" Zhong Hui looked to the west, "Could it be that Yang Zheng got there first?"

Being able to sneak into Hedong County and take dozens of members of Ji Kang's family away is certainly not a simple force.

Taiwei Sima Fu didn't have to do this.

The Qianghu and Huns did not have such strength.

"Ji Kang, Wolong also, don't get up. Now that you enter Liangzhou, the thieves are bound to be rampant!" Zhong Hui murmured, "It's a step too late."

The previous Zhuge Wuhou, known as Wolong, had passed away for more than 20 years.

(End of this chapter)