Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 9 9. Farming Methods

"Military Advisor Zhuge has been busy with official business recently and is not in the palace. General, why don't you go back for now and see him when he returns?"

The guards at the gate of the military advisor's residence were in a dilemma. The general wanted to see the military advisor as soon as he came up, but the military advisor seemed to have been busy recently. He was so busy that he was hardly seen during the day except when he went home at night.

"No problem. Could you please present this scroll to Madam Zhuge? This is the art of Mohism. I have heard that Madam Zhuge is very clever and I believe she will be interested in this."

Feng Xi was not surprised that he did not meet Zhuge Liang. After all, the future Prime Minister Zhuge was so busy with everything that he died of overwork. Now the situation in Jingzhou was still unknown, and Zhuge Liang would definitely not be able to sit still.

"I will hand this item over to Madam later. May I ask the general's name? I will be able to tell you something."

"Okay, I'm General Feng Xi of the Front Army. Thank you for your help, brother."

Feng Xi handed the things to the guards and left on horseback.

The guards did not delay either. The Zhuge family did not have so many evil traditions. The guards quickly handed the things to Huang Yueying's maid, who then passed them to Huang Yueying.

"Something sent by a general? It is said to contain some clever tricks?"

Huang Yueying was a little surprised, but she soon stopped caring. After all, in her opinion, those officers were mostly rough or dandy, so what tricks could they have?
Huang Yueying casually flipped open the parchment scroll and saw the detailed structure of the curved plow inside. She immediately sat up straight and began to read it intently.

"Excellent, excellent... Such a change will at least make it more flexible, and the demand for human and animal power will be greatly reduced..."

Huang Yueying immediately looked at the parchment next to her. After opening it, she saw only some words. She was a little disappointed. However, after taking a closer look, she found some unheard-of farming methods. She couldn't help but stare at them.

"Xiaolu, what was the rank and name of the general you mentioned just now?"

Huang Yueying looked at the maid, who recalled it carefully but couldn't remember it clearly. After all, as a maid, she rarely came into contact with such people and was not so sensitive to official positions.

Huang Yueying had no choice but to call the guard and asked Feng Xi's name and official position. She decided to wait for Zhuge Liang to come back in the evening before telling him.

Zhuge Liang also came back in a hurry in the evening. Because of Guan Yu's murder, Zhuge Liang had to interact more with people from Jingxiang, and even had some exchanges with people from the Dongzhou faction.

As for the Yizhou faction? They would rather sit on the sidelines and watch the busy work of the Jing and Dong factions. After all, this matter would only benefit them.

As soon as Zhuge Liang came back, he sat down at his desk, extremely distressed by the current situation. It was obvious that Liu Bei wanted to fight to the death with one side.

Today in the court, I have already analyzed to Liu Bei the plots of Sun and Cao regarding Guan Yu's corpse, but Liu Bei was so furious that I couldn't persuade him, let alone others.

It just so happened that Fa Zheng, the leader of the Dongzhou faction after the reshuffle, was also ill recently and unable to attend the court. In the huge court, no one dared to offend Liu Bei.

"My husband has worked hard. Xiaolu, hurry up and pour tea for the master."

Huang Yueying walked in with her maid, which relieved the pain on Kong Ming's forehead. "Madam, you came here suddenly. I'm afraid you have something to say?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and took Huang Yueying's hand. He knew that his wife would not do anything without a purpose. When he was busy with work, she would considerately leave him quiet space.

"Brother Liang, no matter how busy you are, you have to take a break. Today, a general from the front army named Feng Xi presented this to our mansion. My husband, please take a look."

Huang Yueying also spread the parchment scroll sent by Feng Xi on Zhuge Liang's desk. The drawings marked with words and the list of farming methods jumped into Kongming's eyes.

"Oh? This thing is quite interesting... The design of this plow is indeed ingenious. This structure can greatly save animal power and manpower. These suggestions are also quite logical. General Feng Xi of the front army..."

Zhuge Liang first read the contents of the parchment scroll, and was quite in agreement with Feng Xi's proposal of the curved plow and intensive farming method. Zhuge Liang could not help but begin to recall what Feng Xi's abilities were.

As the leader of the Jingxiang faction, Zhuge Liang had some impression of Feng Xi. The Feng family was also a prominent family in Nanjun. However, a fierce battle between Zhou Yu and Cao Ren later led to the accidental death of the head of the Feng family. Feng Xi, as the new head of the family, defected to Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang did not have a bad impression of Feng Xi. But to be fair, among his peers, Zhuge Liang still valued Ma Su more. He did not expect that he had made a mistake this time and did not see that he had such ability.

The only relatively clear memory is the Battle of Hanzhong, when Liu Bei and I were on the top of a hill and saw an army breaking through Cao's layers of defense like a sharp blade, and even breaking through the Tiger Guard's defense at one point. The long, thin orange torrent actually withstood the Tiger Guard's counterattack, allowing Wei Yan and his troops to rush in.

When Wei Yan shot Cao Cao with an arrow, he and Liu Bei stood up excitedly at the same time. Although Cao was lucky and the arrow just hit his front teeth, it was still a big blow to the morale of Cao's army.

"Bunaga is truly a brave general."

This was Liu Bei's first statement, and Zhuge Liang quite agreed with it. Regardless of Wei Yan's ambition and loyalty, Liu Bei's evaluation was fair in terms of marching and fighting.

"Feng Xi and Zhang Nan are also very good at commanding. They will definitely become the backbone of our Han Dynasty in the future."

This was Liu Bei’s second sentence, and it was also the first time that Zhuge Liang heard Feng Xi’s name from Liu Bei.

"Kong Ming, you have to pay close attention to these two. I intend to train them. Although they may not be as powerful as Yide and Zilong, they are more than capable of leading troops on their own, just like Cao Ren under Cao Cao."

Zhuge Liang just smiled faintly after hearing this. After all, the Five Tiger Generals were still there, and brave generals such as Wei Yan and Ma Dai were also in their prime, so the second generation of generals could be trained slowly.

Kong Ming's thoughts returned to the present from his memories of Hanzhong. As the person in charge of internal affairs, he still had a clear vision and could see that the opinions above were very practical.

"I will discuss this with everyone tomorrow to see if there are any obstacles to its implementation. If it can really increase crop yields, it will be a great achievement for General Feng."

Zhuge Liang was quite impressed with Feng Xi's seemingly crooked ability. Even if Feng Xi was not good at fighting, he would be more than qualified to be a logistics personnel such as a military farm lieutenant in the rear, and he might even be remembered in history for his farming ability.

Feng Xi naturally didn't know about Zhuge Liang's criticism of him, otherwise he would have sneered at it. You Zhuge Kongming, I'm helping you wholeheartedly, but you always want to transfer me to the rear to be a military governor?
You're not the one who repays kindness with enmity.

(End of this chapter)