It has been only three days since Liu Yi returned to the Nanzheng Camp. This time he went out, mainly to build a comprehensive village along the Mianshui River and see the reaction first. After all, this place is different from Jingzhou. Water transportation is not the main thing, and it is difficult to have a lot of water power to use like in Jingzhou. Liu Yi could not think of a better source of new power. Therefore, in Liu Yi's estimate, Hanzhong and even Shuzhong in the future will mostly be dominated by human resources. In this regard, it is better to Jingzhou, at least there is no need to worry about the power issue.

"Boyuan is back?" Jian Yong saw Liu Yi and greeted with a smile: "How is the result of this?"

"It's okay, but the effect has to be seen in the future. The Hanchuan people are not very friendly to us now. This time, they have spent a lot of effort to convince a village to let me transform it." Liu Yi nodded with a smile, and this time he was engaged in large-scale production in Hanzhong.

"A big thing happened after Bo Yuan left." Jian Yong and Liu Yi walked side by side on the road, smiling.

"What? Zhang Lu surrendered?" Liu Yi asked with a smile.

"Yeah." Jian Yong nodded and looked at Liu Yi and said, "Yang Song has some ability. Not only did he successfully convince Zhang Lu to surrender, but he also saw that Yan Pu, who came with him, did not have much hostility towards him, and even got along well."

Nani?

Liu Yi looked at Jian Yong in surprise: "Sir Xianhe, are you and I talking about the same person?"

According to Pang Tong's idea at that time, Yang Song's trip to Nanzheng would be a life-and-death death. With Liu Yi's understanding of Yang Song, he has not yet had the ability to reverse people's hearts, right?

"Not to mention Bo Yuan, we are quite surprised." Jian Yong shook his head and said, "But this time Yang Song's return is quite different from the past, with a bit more handsome demeanor."

"I heard that there is great wisdom between life and death." Liu Yi looked at Jian Yongqi and said, "Is it because he had a great enlightenment and suddenly realized it?"

"It's hard to say, but Zhang Lu did intend to surrender, but the conditions he put forward made the lord quite worried." Jian Yong shook his head. This kind of thing was too mysterious and difficult to judge.

While they were talking, the two had already arrived outside Liu Bei's tent. After reporting, they were soon received by Liu Bei.

"Boyuan is really coming and going." Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi and said with some amusement.

"Well, things are just complicated, but not difficult. What is difficult is people's hearts. This is the case in the future. After doing things, you will come back. If you have enough time in this Hanchuan land, Yi wants to complete improvement within next year." Liu Yi sat down and replied with a smile. It was just that the reconstruction of people's livelihood was not too difficult. Liu Yi also wanted to build a few more roads after Hanzhong was stable to prepare for the future Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

"Xian just told his husband that Zhang Lu intends to surrender?" Liu Yi looked at Liu Bei and asked.

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, but his brows frowned slightly: "It's just that Zhang Lu asked, continue to carry forward the Five Doks of Rice Sect, this matter..."

Liu Yi understood as soon as he thought about it. What Liu Bei was worried about was that the Taiping Rebellion initiated by Zhang Jiao and the strong cohesion of the people in Hanzhong also made Liu Bei a little worried. If Zhang Lu continued to develop like this, would it be the next Taiping Rebellion?

"What do you say about Shi Yuan?" Liu Yi looked at Liu Bei and asked. Religion and other things had to be taken seriously.

"Shi Yuan thought it was feasible, but he needed to set rules with Zhang Lu, first there was a country, then five dou of rice." Liu Bei thought for a while and said, Pang Tong obviously supported this matter, but he needed to set the rules.

"What suggestions do Bo Yuan have?" Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi and said with a smile. Although Liu Yi was not outstanding in strategy and military affairs, he always had some novel ideas.

"I agree with Shi Yuan's idea, but this concept is too vague and needs to be clearer." Liu Yi smiled and said, "For example, the five dou of rice must pay taxes. This tax cannot be taught by the five dou of rice, but is paid by the people of the church themselves. At least they know in their hearts that although they believe in the five dou of rice, they are the people of our great Han. First there is the great Han, and then there is the five dou of rice. In addition, since the five dou of rice is to preach under the rule of the lord, there must be no remarks or doctrines in the doctrine that harms our great Han. It is a good thing to guide people to be good, but they cannot preach that kind of doctrine that is gained for nothing..."

Liu Yi thought and said that the harm of religion was not as great as imagined. The fundamental reason why the Taiping Cult was so popular back then was not because Taiping Cult or Zhang Jiao was so powerful, but because the people could not survive. In addition, the two years of natural disasters made Taiping Cult sweep the world overnight.

Liu Yi's suggestions were similar to Pang Tong. It would be better to be distracted than to block them, which would help Liu Bei's rule over Hanzhong and even the entire Shu area in the future.

Of course, it is best to establish a system and introduce some other sects to compete with the Five Dogs of Rice Sect so that these sects can develop according to this system.

Liu Bei was a little curious about Liu Yi's ideas, so he immediately asked Pang Tong to discuss it. In the next two days, he was almost repeatedly evaluating the gains and losses of this matter and negotiating with Yan Pu and others.

Basically, the offer and surrender have been basically decided. Now the main direction of negotiation between the two sides is no longer the issue of whether to surrender or not, but the direction of the future development of the Five Doks of Rice Cult, which can be obtained from Liu Bei and the obligations to be fulfilled in the future.

Regarding these issues, Yan Pu obviously could not make the full decision. In the next few days, he returned to Nanzheng several times to report his thoughts to Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu didn't expect that Liu Bei would think so much about these issues. He was the Shijun of the Wudou Rice Sect, but he was also a prince. He knew the issues that Liu Bei was worried about and why the questions raised by Liu Bei were, but he was unwilling to compromise on some things that affected the Wudou Rice Sect.

The negotiation lasted from mid-August to the end of October. The original atmosphere of war disappeared quietly, but on the future development direction of the Five Dogs of Rice Cult, both sides were red in the face. Finally, at the end of October, both sides made some concessions and compromises, which was a consensus. Zhang Lu also announced his official surrender to Liu Bei at the end of October, and the battle in Hanzhong came to an end.

As Zhang Lu officially announced his surrender and handed over military power to Liu Bei, the one who felt the strongest under Liu Bei's command was Liu Yi. In the past two months, he had been wandering around the Hanzhong people and persuaded people to accept some of his reconstruction plans. With Zhang Lu's surrender, Liu Yi could clearly feel that the Hanchuan people's resistance and rejection were much less. In addition, some villages that had been transformed by Liu Yi over the past two months have gradually become richer, and the Hanchuan people's attitude towards Liu Yi and the entire Liu Bei army gradually became friendly. Many active-minded elders began to actively invite Liu Yi to build.

At this point, the situation was completely opened. What surprised Liu Yi even more was that in the Nanzheng treasury, there were more than 300 million coins stored, which was the largest amount that Liu Yi had seen at one time so far.

Although many of these were to be rewarded and given to the meritorious soldiers, they still could not stop Liu Yi's enthusiasm. On the day he heard that Zhang Lu officially surrendered, Liu Yi rushed to Nanzheng overnight and discussed with Liu Bei to use the money to repair a road to Guanzhong.

"As soon as I heard that I had money, you came back?" Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi with some displeasure. The money, aside from the rewards to the soldiers, was about 200 million. This money would probably not be kept in Liu Bei's hands for long.

Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi with some concern: "Boyuan, this money, Bei wants to build some weapons and armor, and cannot be used to build a plank road."

He was really worried that Liu Yi would disagree and asked him all directly. Liu Bei felt his heart twitching again.

"Don't worry, lord, I will leave behind the finances for building weapons and armor, but the rest does need to be given to me. If two roads to Guanzhong can be built, when the time comes, our army can directly divide the troops from Shuzhong into two groups to Guanzhong. Xiangyang takes advantage of the situation to advance north to Nanyang. Sili, and a battle can determine the land of Guanzhong and Sili!" Liu Yi looked at Liu Bei and said seriously.

"Boyuan, I'm thinking too far, just wipe my saliva." Pang Tong pulled Liu Yi and joked.

Now that I haven't even obtained Yizhou, Liu Yi began to think about Guanzhong. According to Pang Tong's estimate, even if Liu Bei takes Yizhou, it will take at least five or six years to consolidate the foundation before he can tell the matter of Guanzhong.

Liu Yi glared at Pang Tong, walked back from Liu Bei's desk, and knelt in his seat. It was not that he had never seen the world, but that over the past two months, he has inspected many places, including the terrain of Ziwu Valley. Although the roads there are difficult to walk, according to Liu Yi's calculations, a road can be built on the existing basis. Once Ziwu Valley goes out, it is only more than 70 miles away from Chang'an. If the roads in history are smooth and the troops are sufficient, it is entirely possible to achieve it. In this way, the possibility of determining Guanzhong is very high.

By then, if you get Guanzhong, you will have a high-quality horse source and Liu Bei can train cavalry. By then, the three-pointer of the world will be Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and Sun Quan will be the weakest situation. Liu Bei's power will also be connected to the north and the south, becoming a well-deserved overlord.

"Lord, forgive me, Yi has lost his composure!" Liu Yi bowed to Liu Bei and said with a wry smile. He was also shocked by the huge wealth that fell from the sky. If the money could be allocated by himself, then the land of Hanzhong could completely become a solid foundation for Liu Bei.

"It's okay." Liu Bei shook his head, looked at Liu Yi and smiled, "I know that Bo Yuan is also a public servant, but how much does it cost to build this road?"

"The journey of Jigu is not difficult. It already has a foundation. It is just that the plank roads and bridges are renovated. The cost is similar to that of Jiameng Pass. But the important thing is the road to Ziwugu. I want to build a road here and requisition tens of thousands of people, which will take a year." Liu Yi said seriously.

Hiss ~
Chapter completed!