Chapter 10: The Way to Governance

Adou didn't expect that he would just open a page of "The Secret Records of Lu Gong" and find a wooden ox and a horse.

The effect of this wooden ox flowing horse may only be considered average for the Central Plains region, but for Bashu, the effect of the wooden ox flowing horse is not average.

The Shu road is difficult to move, so if the Shu army wants to leave Shu, food and grass are a big problem. Bashu has rich resources, and people often say that Shu is a place of dragon prosperity, but if these resources are not transported out, it would be useless. Before the Three Kingdoms, it was after the Qin State captured Bashu that the national strength began to be greatly improved. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bei, also stayed in Bashu for several years, accumulated enough capital, and then left Bashu to seize the world.

However, all of this has a prerequisite, that is, Longdi.

There is a saying that Shu Wanglong refers to the vast territory west of Hangu Pass. When Hanzhong attacked Longdi, there were many roads, including Xiegu, Ziwugu, Qishan, and Sanguan. However, these roads have one common feature, that is, it is very inconvenient to transport grain and grass.

Therefore, based on Lu Ban's creativity, Zhuge Liang invented the wooden ox and flowing horses to transport food and grass. Although the drawing of the wooden ox and flowing horse in A Dou's hand is not as good as that of Zhuge Liang's later invention, it is much better than any current transportation method.

A Dou then turned backwards, and various different tools were spread out among them, including civilians, military, civilian water mills, etc., A Dou had seen them, but those siege equipment were unheard of.

The siege weapons in "The Secret Record of Lu Gong" are all divided in detail, and Adou also sees that many siege weapons need to be coordinated to be used. It can be said that how siege weapons in "The Secret Record of Lu Gong" are combined to form a three-dimensional offensive, which makes people unable to defend.

"My friend, stop watching, come and sit down first. This old bald man has something to ask you!" Tong Yuan's voice came.

When A Dou looked up, he found that Tong Yuan and the other two were already sitting in the pavilion. There was still a seat in the pavilion. Tong Yuan pointed at that location and signaled A Dou to come and sit down.

Adou hurriedly put away the "Lu Gong's Secret Record" and sat next to Tong Yuan. Wang Yue asked, "I think your sword technique should be Taoist sword technique!"

Adou nodded, while Wang Yue looked at Zuo Ci next to him with great meaning. Zuo Ci immediately shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, I have never seen this sword technique."

"Zuo Ci, the Taoist priests in the world, and you don't know about it? Don't hide it from me!"

Zuo Ci shook his head again: "I never lie. Although I know the celestial phenomena, I am not aware of everything. You should ask this friend for such a thing."

"Dog, I'll ask you, who is your master, but a Taoist priest?" Wang Yue asked carelessly.

"Yes, my younger master is indeed a Taoist practitioner. But his life is inconvenient to reveal it." A Dou said.

Wang Yue had to ask again, but heard Tong Yuan beside him rescue and said, "Okay, old bald man, there are many talented people in the world! If they don't want to say it, don't make things difficult for this little friend."

"Hmph!" Wang Yue snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Yingchuan.

After a rain, the weather gradually warmed up. At noon, you could see bits of water flowing through the mountains, mixed with a few crystal grains of broken ice, shining with seven colorful lights under the warm sunlight.

Although the plants have not sprouted yet, the animals that are gradually awakening during hibernation have brought a touch of vitality to the land of China.

The sun shines on the earth, reflecting the ground into a golden color. In this golden color, there is a dark green ocean. When I walk in, I find that it is a large forest of pine trees.

A little squirrel poked his head out of the tree hole and looked at everything outside curiously, but soon, the squirrel heard a "da da da" sound from a distance. The little squirrel panicked and rushed into the tree hole.

Several fast horses passed by the pine trees, brought a trace of dust, and headed straight to the inside of the pine forest. Finally, they came to the front of a large house in the middle of the pine forest.

There is a large open space in front of the house, all of which are paved with bluestone slabs. On the vermilion door, the nails made of brass were polished to a shiny one. In front of the door, there were two rows of weapon stands, with seventeen weapons on it, but there were no swords. Next to the weapon stand, there were a few free weapon stands.

Sima Yi came down from the horse and came to the door. He was about to send someone to call the door, but suddenly remembered something, so he looked back at his men and found that these people were all wearing waist knives. So Sima Yi said, "You guys, take off all the knives and put them on the weapon stand here."

Several people immediately removed the sword and placed it on the weapon stand. One of them came to Sima Yi and asked, "Sir, do you want the sword on your waist to help you remove it?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "No, the owner of this family has the most weird temper. He is not allowed to bring weapons in, but there is one exception, which is sword! Anyone with a sword does not need to remove weapons. So you see, there are all kinds of weapons on this weapon, but there is no sword."

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man with slightly dark skin came out from it. The middle-aged man was nearly eight feet tall and a little thin. He had a little beard on his mouth slightly raised, and he had a long sword around his waist.

After seeing Sima Yi, the middle-aged man immediately came up and smiled at Sima Yi: "It turns out that Zhongda is here, please come in!"

Sima Yi bowed to the middle-aged man and said respectfully: "I have met my senior brother."

"Okay, why do we need these red tape? Come in quickly!" The middle-aged man pulled Sima Yi and walked inside.

"Senior brother, don't you know if the master is here?" Sima Yi asked.

"A few days ago, the master went out and said he wanted to gather with a few old friends. It seemed that he had gone to Tongbai Mountain..." the middle-aged man replied.

The two walked to the hall and saw three more people coming out of the hall. One on the far left was wearing a brocade robe, with long hair, and just spread on his shoulders, with a slightly raised corner of his mouth, looking in a slutty look. The man nodded slightly to Sima Yi, as if he had greeted him.

On the right are twins, they look exactly the same, both of them are neither tall, dark skin, and very thin, but they are shining in their eyes.

These three people, plus the middle-aged man who opened the door before, were Wang Yue's fourth adopted sons. And this big house in the pine forest is naturally Wang Yue's home.

The first one to open the door was Wang Qiong, the oldest; the introverted man with long hair and brocade robe was named Wang Chao, who was a fellow villager with Wang Qiong; one of the twins was named Wang Kai and the other was named Wang Peng. These four were adopted sons accepted by Wang Yue, and it is said that they had obtained the true teachings of Wang Yue.

When Sima Yi was young, he came here to visit Wang Yue's disciple. However, Wang Yue saw that Sima Yi was not qualified and had a mediocre understanding and was too utilitarian, so he didn't want to accept Sima Yi as his disciple, but Sima Yi had a prominent family background. For the sake of Sima Yi's family, Wang Yue still accepted Sima Yi as his registered disciple, so Sima Yi called the four senior brothers in front of him. It was precisely because Sima Yi was very familiar with Wang Yue and his disciples that he recommended Wang Yue to Cao Cao to pursue A Dou.

After several people sat in the hall, the senior brother Wang Qiong took the lead and asked: "Zhongda, you are now a high-ranking official under the King of Wei's tent. I heard that the King of Wei's army is still in Jingzhou, why did you run back to Yingchuan?"

"Senior brother is joking. In fact, this time I came here on the order of His Highness the King of Wei, and I have something to ask for Master and all the senior brothers." Sima Yi said modestly.

"Our senior brother is still polite. Just tell me what you have to do!"

Sima Yi took out a document from his arms, handed it over with the portrait of A Dou, and said at the same time: "His Highness of Wei hopes that the master will come out of the mountain and capture this person. If he cannot capture it, he can kill him! Since the master is not here, he will have to bother you with the senior brothers."

"Liu Chan!" Wang Qiong pursed his lips: "Zhongda, we cannot agree to this matter. Liu Chan is the son of Liu Bei, far away in Chengdu. Even if we have the ability to do everything, we cannot take Liu Chan's life in the Hanzhong Palace, which is strictly guarding in Chengdu. And even if we succeed, we cannot come back!"

Wang Kai next to him interjected: "Zhongda, what the senior brother said is that even if there is an internal supporter in the Hanzhong Palace, this matter will be extremely difficult and must not be done!"

"Haha, my senior brothers misunderstood. Liu Chan is not in Chengdu. If I expected it to be right, Liu Chan should be in Nanyang or near Runan."

"Jingzhou? Runan? Zhongda, what's going on?"

"This is the thing..." Sima Yi explained the story to the four brothers of the Wang family. Only then did the four of them realize that no wonder Sima Yi found people like him. It turned out that Liu Chan was also a gossip. Facing such a person, if he wanted to run away, the regular army would not be able to capture him.

Many generals in the Three Kingdoms era were born as gossips. For example, when Guan Yu killed someone in his hometown, he was also wandering around the world. At that time, Guan Yu's wanted orders were flying all over the world. Guan Yu still lived a good life, not to mention that A Dou's experience in the world was still above Guan Yu. With the government, it was really difficult to catch A Dou. For example, when Chen Gong grabbed Cao Cao, it was purely because Cao Cao had no experience and awareness of being a fugitive, so he was caught by Chen Gong.

The four brothers of the Wang family thought about it and looked at each other for a few seconds. Finally, the boss Wang Qiong said, "Since that's the case, then I will help you with the four of you."

"Thank you, the four senior brothers!" Sima Yi said, and took out a document from his arms, handed it on it, and said, "Four senior brothers, this is written by His Highness the King of Wei, and there is also a seal of His Highness the King of Wei on it. The four senior brothers can rely on this to cooperate with the governments in various places."

It is not easy to find someone in the vast crowd, but if there is a different cooperation between the government, at least with the cooperation of the government, you can get the general direction of Adou, which will be much more convenient to find.

Xu Du.

Jia Xu came near Cao Pi and said, "Your Highness, there is news from Wang Chang. After investigation, it was found that Caiyang County Magistrate Li Dong did open an iron ore privately, and his weapons were colluding with Wei Feng. Caiyang Order Li Dong was arrested and had been beheaded on the spot."

Cao Pi nodded. Now Wei's mocking remnants finally cleared it himself, and Cao Pi also had one less worry. Wang Chang did a good job in this matter and did not disappoint his expectations.

"Your Highness, Wang Chang also sent back an important news that Cai Yang discovered Liu Chan's trace again!"

"Liu Chan?" Cao Pi immediately took out the map and placed it on the table. He quickly found Cai Yang's location. He frowned and said, "This is Cai Yang. If Liu Chan kept going east, based on time, Liu Chan should be about to enter Yuzhou. If he walked north, he should be near Wancheng now."

Cao Pi lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Immediately order Xiahou Ba to take people to Runan to stand by. Once Liu Chan is found, he will chase him immediately. He ordered Tongguan, Hangu Pass, Wuguan, Hulao Pass and Xingyang, all those under the age of 20 are prohibited from leaving the pass!"

Cao Pi's order was equivalent to blocking Sili. These three levels were the only way to get from Sili to Yongzhou, while the two were the routes to Yanzhou. Cao Pi did this, even if A Dou went north to Nanyang, he could not get out of the Sili area.

After Jia Xu left, a man in a short robe came out of the back hall and knelt in front of Cao Pi.

Cao Pi looked at the man and said, "Has there been any abnormal movements on the fourth brother's side recently?"

"When I go back to the prince, the fourth prince drank and wrote tribute all day long, without any abnormal movement."

Cao Pi nodded, and heard the man in the short robe continue, "I just received a secret report from Lord Sima, and he had already told Wang Yue's four adopted sons to go after Liu Chan."

"Okay, tell Bo Ren immediately and let him pay attention to the whereabouts of Wang Yue's adopted sons at any time!" Cao Pi said.

The Boren mentioned by Cao Pi was Xiahou Shang. Xiahou Shang was from Cao Pi's secret residence, so Cao Pi naturally hoped that his people would take it with him for the arrest of Liu Chan.

These days, A Dou has been staying on Tongbai Mountain and discussing martial arts with Tong Yuan and the other four. If you are hungry, you have food in the Huai Temple. If you are thirsty, you have mountain spring water on the mountain. If you are tired, you will go to Huai Temple to lie for a while.

The four of them are all martial arts masters. After a few days, Adou felt that his understanding of martial arts had a newer understanding.

Among the three people, Tong Yuan, Zuo Ci and Wang Yue, Tong Yuan is the oldest and over 100 years old. Although Tong Yuan is from Xiangyang, he has lived in the north for decades and is very familiar with the northern Xianbei, Qiang and Di people, so Tong Yuan has a bold habit of grassland people.

Although Wang Yue looks rough on the outside, he finds that Wang Yue is a polite person, both in his behavior and in his conversation, he has the aura of a literati. Since Wang Yue was the imperial teacher, and even if he teaches martial arts, he will not be a rude man.

Among the three, Zuo Ci was the one who Adou couldn't see through the most.

Zuo Ci gave A Dou the feeling that it was not just unfathomable. Every time he talked to Zuo Ci, Zhuge Liang would always flash out of A Dou's mind. This Zuo Ci was like an enhanced version of Zhuge Liang.

Astronomy, geography, medical science, military strategy, poetry, songs, alchemy and health preservation, none of them can be difficult to keep Zuo Ci. Zuo Ci gives people the feeling that he is a master of all things.

Late at night, A Dou, Tong Yuan and Wang Yue sat in the pavilion. A small charcoal stove was growing in the middle of the pavilion. A pot of wine was boiling on the stove. The strong fragrance of wine rippled around and penetrated into the noses of several people, making people feel excited. A Dou felt that before he could drink it, he was a little intoxicated.

On a high slope in the distance, Zuo Ci stood on it, looking up at the sky, and in Zuo Ci's left hand, holding a quick parchment paper and a pen in his right hand. Zuo Ci would bow his head from time to time and draw two strokes on the parchment paper.

"Two seniors, the wine has been cooked. I'll call Senior Zuo Ci to come over!" A Dou said.

"No need, this bull's nose is observing the celestial phenomena. At this time, he doesn't like others to disturb him the most. We drink ours, don't worry about it." Wang Yue said.

"Yes, this bull's nose used to look at the sky after three or five days. Now it's been a little over a dozen days, and it's quite strange! Just ignore him and let him see enough!" Tong Yuan said.

A Dou nodded. Although it is winter now and the sky is not as clear as summer, as long as you don’t have cloudy days, the stars in the sky can still be seen very clearly.

At this time, Zuo Ci, who was far away, looked at the sky blankly and muttered to himself: "What's going on? Why has the celestial phenomena changed again!"

At this time, Zuo Ci's mind fell into a moment of contemplation, and his thoughts couldn't help but float to the Lingdi Guanghe Sann.

Zuo Ci still remembers that it was also a winter day when Emperor Ling Guanghe was in the third year. At that time, Zuo Ci's master saw the Zhangjiao scholars everywhere, and observed the celestial phenomena at night to determine the determination. The Han Dynasty was about to perish, and the three parts of the world would cause chaos in China for a hundred years. In the eleventh year of Jian'an, Zuo Ci's master sat before the transformation and calculated the last hexagram based on the celestial phenomena, that is, the Lord of Heaven will be born thirty years later.

But just one year later, the twelve year of Jian'an, the celestial phenomena suddenly became chaotic. Since then, the Emperor Star flashed and darkened, and even Zuo Ci couldn't understand it. After the celestial phenomena stabilized, Zuo Ci discovered that the Emperor Star had been born! This was completely different from the thirty years that his teacher had calculated.

Now, the direction the Emperor Star pointed to made Zuo Ci feel surprised. There are only a few people in Tongbai Mountain. Could it be that there are those who are destined among these people?

Zuo Ci looked back at the people who were drinking. Wang Yue and Tong Yuan were definitely not the ones with destiny. It seems that the only one with destiny is the boy named Liu Chan!

Suddenly, Zuo Ci thought, isn't Liu Bei's son named Liu Chan? And this year should be fifteen or sixteen years old. Although there are many people with the same name and surname in the world, the lower three points have become a decisive today. In the future, the descendants of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan must be the descendants of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. It seems that the young man in front of him is Liu Bei's son Liu Chan.

Thinking of this, Zuo Ci couldn't help but start thinking in his heart. Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, Zuo Ci, had seen him, was a very outstanding talent, but utilitarianism was too strong and did not look like a loyal person; Sun Quan's son Sun Deng was pretty good-looking, and he should be a benevolent king, but Zuo Ci also secretly met Sun Deng, because Sun Deng was not a long-lived person.

In Zuo Ci's view, Liu Chan is a long-lived person, but he does not have the aura of a superior person. Instead, he has the habit of a hero in the world, which makes Zuo Ci unable to associate with the majestic aura of the emperor.
To be continued...