Zhuge Liang is a workaholic. After the banquet, he went straight to work.

"Liang has a merciless request. I would like to ask the generals to lead their troops to protect me. Liang wants to go to the counties in the south to inspect the public situation."

Zhuge Liang's tone was very sincere. In addition, after everyone exchanged cups and changed cups, they were already familiar with each other, so naturally there was no reason to refuse.

"How about my third brother and I lead the army to protect Governor Zhuge."

Although Guan Yu has an arrogant temperament, he is still very talkative, and Zhuge Liang also likes him.

In addition to the favor of Xu Shu, the military advisor, Guan Yu also recognized Zhuge Liang for his conduct, behavior and speech.

"I have no opinion."

Zhang Fei did not refute Guan Yu's words.

Zhuge Liang thanked the two of them and said,"Thank you so much, Yunchang, for your virtue and righteousness. In this case, shall we set off immediately?"

"It is better to obey orders than to be respectful!"Guan Yu handed over.

Fazheng, Li Yan and other Yizhou army generals and advisors sent them out of the station.

Under the protection of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang led more than a hundred troops and set off directly towards the counties at the southern end of Yizhou.

But Naturally, there is no need to send out a large army to investigate the people's sentiments.

In addition to avoiding the waste of food and grass, it also prevents the barbarian tribes at the southern end of Yizhou from being vigilant and worried and causing some misunderstandings.

Although Meng Huo led the southern barbarian rebels to rebel, there are many barbarian tribes in the southern end, and more The common people still choose to work at sunrise and rest at sunrise.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang specially told Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to let the soldiers change their armor and dress up as caravans to avoid meaningless fights.

They are located in Yuexun County, Yizhou, and the southern end is beneficial. Zhoujun, Yongchang County, Yunnan, Xiandian and other places in later generations. The roads along the way are rugged, with high mountains and deep valleys, and even many cliffs. It is very inconvenient to walk.

Even they have received the 'ability bonus' All the soldiers felt it was inconvenient to walk, let alone the people in the extreme south of Yizhou?

Although they were southern barbarian tribes, they also belonged to the Han people.

Zhuge Liang secretly remembered in his heart that development and construction must be carried out in the future, at least to build A cement road, or a canal can be dug to pass through.

If you want to get rich, build a road first!

After walking for seven days, they encountered a village.

Seeing their caravan dressing up and selling some special products, these villages warmly entertained them.

Zhuge Liang talked with the leader of the village and learned a lot of information about the southern end of Yizhou. There were young soldiers in this village who joined Meng Huo's rebel team.

They did not really rebel against the Han, but because of the instigation of powerful families and the combination of life and death. Unable to live in poverty, they had no choice but to raise troops to rebel.

It is said that the people in the southern end of Yizhou are fierce and have not obeyed the king's laws since ancient times. This is mainly because most of the southern end is tropical rain forest and primitive forest in remote mountains and remote areas.

Poisonous insects and miasma are everywhere. There are few cultivated fields and they are not as perfect as those developed in later generations. It is a primitive tribal area.

Survival is not easy. The people either become thieves, or have to leave their hometowns, or choose to rebel against the exploitation of those wealthy families.

"Yizhou was heavily surrounded by mountains such as the Shu Road. After Liu Zhang surrendered, His Majesty did not lead his army to sweep across the country, allowing more aristocratic families to survive.……"

Zhuge Liang sighed in his heart. In this era, the aristocratic families were the incarnation of evils such as exploitation, oppression, and land annexation.

Except for Yizhou, all the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty were devastated by wars. The aristocratic families and ordinary people were displaced in the wars and suffered heavy casualties.

On the contrary, Yizhou, although it was first swept by Cao Cao and then attacked by the Liangzhou Army and Changshan Army, was all in Hanzhong County and other places. That is the northern county of Yizhou.

As for the counties at the southern end of Yizhou, Liu Zhang's surrender had avoided the impact of the war.

Although this did not allow the common people to endure the suffering of the war, it also allowed more aristocratic families to survive safely.

These aristocratic families were the local emperors of Yizhou. They were naturally disobedient and even wanted to threaten the Han by threatening their own dignity.

Meng Huo and other Southern Barbarian rebels were just pawns!

After chatting with the village owner and other villagers, Zhuge Liang suddenly understood why the war in Yizhou had been in a stalemate for a long time.

It's not that the Yizhou Army is too weak, but that the Yizhou Army are all local soldiers and are closely involved with these aristocratic families.

Zhuge Liang is not exaggerating. It is estimated that many generals and advisers in the Yizhou army have some kinship with these powerful families.

"I said no wonder why the war has been stalemate for a long time. It seems that the Yizhou Army really did not go all out!"Zhang Fei cursed loudly.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had been following Zhuge Liang for protection. Naturally, they heard his subtle inquiries and learned the answers of the people in these villages.

Although their Jingzhou Army rushed to aid Yizhou, they were still in the dominant position. It was the Yizhou Army. Zhang Fei thought that someone among them must be a collaborator!

"Third brother! Don't talk nonsense! Guan

Yu frowned and said:"We have been in Yizhou for three or four months, and we are familiar with the behavior of the generals and counselors of the Yizhou army. They are not that kind of people!" Zhuge

Liang nodded and said:"It's just a village now. We can't believe everything they say. We still need to inquire from many parties and compare with each other!""

"That's right, who knows if there's a scam in it!"Guan Yu nodded.

The group of them stayed in the village for three days, bartering with each other for a lot of things, and then set off again.

The further south you go, the more rugged the mountain road is, and the less development and construction there is. It is natural here There are also cities, but they are not as prosperous as the north.

Compared with other states and counties in the Han Dynasty, they look even more shabby, like primitive tribes.

However, in some large cities in Yongchang County and Yizhou County, they also saw a lot of prosperous scenes. But most of them are controlled by aristocratic families.

Nowadays, due to the war, even taxes are collected by these aristocratic families!

This made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei grit their teeth. They are now loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, so they will naturally think about the big man.

In their view Come on, these aristocratic families are like blood-sucking insects lying on the body of a big man.

"Yong Kai, Zhu Bao, Gaoding...these big families in Yizhou and Yongchang counties had been inciting Meng Huo to join forces with the Nanman rebels to rebel.

It seems that if you want to solve the rebellion, you need to solve these wealthy families first!"

After this period of open and secret inspections, Zhuge Liang finally figured out the shortcomings of Yizhou.

Guan Yu said somewhat faintly:"In these cities, I saw many objects that did not belong to our Han Dynasty. They must come from the Shan Kingdom!"

"That secret Silk Road?!"Zhang Fei's eyes lit up.

Their Jingzhou Army rushed to Yizhou's aid. In addition to helping Yizhou deal with the Nanman rebels, they also wanted to find this secret Silk Road.

They inquired for a long time from the generals and advisers of the Yizhou Army, but there was no clue. News.

Who knew that when we came to Yongchang County and Yizhou County further south, we would find many clues.

"The secret Silk Road between Yizhou and Shan?"

Zhuge Liang quickly deduced a lot of information from the conversation between Guan and Zhang:

"These aristocratic families in Yongchang County and Yizhou County purchased goods from outside the Han Dynasty, then transferred them here and sold them to the Shan Kingdom.

Many rare treasures from the Shan country were also transferred here and sold to the outside world of the Han Dynasty.

It seems that this is the role of this secret Silk Road."

As Zhuge Liang spoke, he sneered a little:

"No wonder they needed to stir up barbarian rebellion.

If the Han army is allowed to completely take over the counties at the southern end of Yizhou, after taking control of this place, they will no longer be able to act as middlemen!"

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