"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Guan Lin waved his hand directly, "Mr. Zhuge, I will be honest with you today, and I hope you will be honest with me. You, I know very well how Hua Tuo died in the hands of Cao Cao.

If the miracle doctor Zhongjing goes to Jiangdong, will he be able to come back? Will the Marquis of Wu be willing to let him come back? So...it is impossible for me to agree to the miracle doctor Zhongjing going to Soochow!"

"Then... this matter will be difficult to handle." Zhuge Jin shook his head, "As worried as you are, why wouldn't Marquis Wu be so worried?"

With this in mind, Zhuge Jin shook his head regretfully and continued to move forward...

He was about to go far away.

Who would have thought that at this moment, Guan Lin added a sentence with a rather regretful tone:

"It's a pity that this is the case. I originally wanted to give Hefei to Governor Zijing as a meeting gift, but...it's a pity, it's a pity!"

This time... Guan Lin also turned around, stretched out, and made a gesture to leave.

But Zhuge Jin stood still, as if the "sensitive" nerve in his heart had been touched all of a sudden.

He ran over in an instant, his eyes full of expectation, and he grabbed Guan Lin's arm.

"Guan Fourth Young Master, stay!"

"Fourth Young Master Guan——"

Guan Lin looked at Zhuge Jin's eager eyes and opened his mouth teasingly: "Mr. Zhuge is leaving!"

"I'm not leaving!" Zhuge Jin said solemnly, "I don't dare to leave anymore -"

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Three days ago, Zhuge Liang set off from Chengdu, and today... finally arrived in Bazhong.

He came to inspect the local indigenous businesses, as well as the land and farm patterns...

Including the payment of various taxes in Bazhong area.

Reminded by Guan Lin's answer sheet, Zhuge Liang had already begun to establish the "Commercial Department" and conduct research before implementing the "dividing a small family into an area".

However, the composition of the Bashu region is complex and the differences between regions are huge. It is not easy to achieve those two points...

Zhuge Liang needs a lot of time.

Since arriving in Bazhong today, Zhuge Liang has been able to feel the distribution of acres, the number of tenants, the power of wealthy landowners, and the fact that tenants cannot make ends meet every year.

…Each of these is a huge obstacle to the ‘national policy’ of apportioning one person to another.

"It looks like we need to do it step by step!"

“Haste makes waste!”

Standing in a field, Zhuge Liang wore a bamboo hat... against the noon sun.

Ma Su followed Zhuge Liang, and he also questioned the merchants and farmers here with great interest.

He knew that Zhuge's military advisor was here to inspect commerce and agriculture, and he also knew that Zhuge's military advisor planned to establish a commercial department, which would be equivalent to a specialized department to manage merchants in Shu.

But Ma Su is not optimistic...

He chirped and murmured: "I don't know where the military advisor heard this proposal? Establishing a commercial department? Haha... when it comes to filling the treasury, what can be done faster than casting small coins?"

Ma Su's eyes lit up, as if he had found the fastest way to make money.

at this time.

A fast horse was galloping on the official road. It seemed that because he saw Zhuge Liang, he quickly got off the horse and ran quickly to the fields.

When he arrived in front of Zhuge Liang.

The man gasped for air.

"Why are you so anxious?"

The person who came was a junior college student, a native of Bazhong.

He hurriedly said: "Reporting to Zhuge Military Advisor, unfortunately... a large number of Cao Jun's troops were discovered... in the mountain road fifty miles away from Bazhong!"

"What?"

As soon as the news came out, Zhuge Liang, who had always been calm and composed, quickly frowned, and his expression became extremely nervous in just a moment.

Ma Su reacted quickly, and he quickly reminded, "Oh no, three days ago... my lord... ordered people to remove all the protection on Micang Road and Lychee Road. If the Wei army comes to kill, I'm afraid... I'm afraid...

A flat river... can reach directly to the Bazhong City!"

For a moment, Ma Su's eyebrows couldn't help but count down.

Zhuge Liang quickly asked: "How many more soldiers can Bazhong raise?"

The primary school teacher replied truthfully: "Most of them go home for the holidays...In a short period of time, they can...raise more than a thousand."

As soon as he said this, Ma Su felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, "Commander Zhuge, Bazhong is in danger now. You need to evacuate here immediately!"

"——If I leave, Bazhong will be gone!" Zhuge Liang spoke firmly.

"What?" Ma Su also panicked.

"Don't panic..." Zhuge Liang made a decision as if after only a very brief thought, "Bashu, Bashu... Without Bazhong, how can there be Shuzhong? Bazhong cannot be lost no matter what!"

Zhuge Liang immediately ordered to the small school, "Take me to the tower immediately."

"Zhuge Military Advisor... there are only more than a thousand people in Bazhong, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..." The small school looked embarrassed... He knew that in today's Xichuan, if Zhuge Military Advisor made a mistake, then... it would be devastating for Uncle Liu Huang

Sexual blow.

"I don't need any of these more than a thousand people. I will hide them all... and open the city gate!"

"ah…"

Zhuge Liang's words shocked the small school.

Zhuge Liang then ordered Ma Su:

"——Young Chang, go to the carriage and get my guqin!"

"Is this what the military advisor wants?" Ma Su looked horrified.

"I want Bazhong to become an empty city." Zhuge Liang said calmly: "For now, I can only bet on Cao Cao, bet that he is suspicious by nature, bet that he has not left Hanzhong at all, bet that he will not dare to enter the city!"

Following Zhuge Liang’s words…

Ma Su's eyes became more and more frightened.

He realized.

This time, if the two parties in the game are Zhuge Military Advisor and Cao Cao...

That’s not just a battle at the pinnacle of strategy;

It’s the ultimate game of courage and psychology!

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Chapter completed!