Chapter 6 third quarter

Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun ate dinner together with Zhuge Liang, Shunying, Jun and Ma Liang. Zhuge's family hadn't entertained these many guests for a long time, and there was no time to buy vegetables, so Shunying had to cook noodles for dinner.To Liu Bei's surprise, noodles are the most troublesome thing to make. It takes a lot of effort from kneading and cutting noodles to cooking, but at Zhuge's house, as long as he shouts "noodles are gone", it doesn't take a stick of kung fu. The hot noodles were served on the table again.Jun and Ma Liang went outside to play chess as soon as they got their faces; only Guan, Zhang, Zhao Yun and Liu Bei were left at the table; A bowl of noodles, with two bowls on the arm, ran into the house, and disappeared as soon as I put the noodles down.

"I don't think this person has any real skills." Zhang Fei muttered while eating. "How to say?" Zhao Yun asked. Guan Yu raised his eyes from the side, but didn't speak. "You can also make noodles." Zhang Fei snorted after taking a sip of the soup. As soon as Liu Bei put the bowl away, he couldn't contain his curiosity: Is Zhuge Liang in the kitchen?What are you doing there?How can these delicious boiled noodles be served so quickly?Liu Bei walked directly into the kitchen without greeting them.Zhuge Liang and Shunying were slightly taken aback by his unexpected arrival. "The general is here?" Zhuge Liang, who was leaning against the cupboard, stood upright with a smile; Shunying, who was watching the fire and boiling water in front of the stove, nodded to Liu Bei.Liu Bei took a look and saw that not only his husband and wife were in the kitchen, but there were three other people!One for kneading and two for cutting!Take a closer look, it's not a human!It's... a wooden man.Liu Bei was stupid, he really was a wooden man!The limbs and face are very rough, but the joints are very flexible, and the whole body is covered with a layer of varnish.A wooden man who can make noodles?Liu Bei pointed to one of them and asked dumbfounded, "This is..."

"It's a machine." Zhuge Liang said with a smile. "Nonsense!" Shunying pushed Zhuge Liang. "It's just a game," Shunying explained, "I always like to make wooden things, and sometimes I do things with wooden figures. By the way..." She glanced at Zhuge Liang, "Kong Ming was once scared by my wooden dog It’s a jump!” Shunying pointed to the bamboo pipe under the kitchen to divert water, and said, “It’s driven by water power, General.” "Making a table of noodles is of course a game." Zhuge Liang said leisurely, "However, if there is a country that is poor and weak with few people..." He looked at Liu Bei with a smile in his eyes, "How to make the most of it? How about manpower to support the overall operation of the country? Machinery.” Zhuge Liang answered himself, “Use the power of machinery! Three wooden figures in a district are not worth mentioning, but if there are three hundred or three thousand wooden figures, it can make up for a village, a county, or even a city. The lack of manpower in the country is a shocking move."

"Ashamed, ashamed..." Liu Bei whispered.He had never thought of these things before.For more than 20 years, although he has always wanted to start a business, how to develop and maintain it is what Liu Bei is least good at. "It will be different in the future..." This thought shook Liu Bei's heart like lightning!With Zhuge Liang, everything will be different, just like a blind man who suddenly has bright eyes; like a deaf man who can hear voices suddenly!Every step in front, after the "cao hut pair", became the palm print on Liu Bei's palm, so that he could see it when he lowered his head.

"Mr. Kong Ming, there is another question." Liu Bei said. Zhuge Liang, who was about to leave the kitchen with four bowls of noodles in hand, stopped. "What?" he asked with a smile. Hot air drifted in front of Zhuge Liang, covering his young face. "I don't have enough troops," Liu Bei wondered, "Jingzhou's population is not large..." "Army? That's easy." Zhuge Liang replied, "It's not that there are few people in Jingzhou, it's because people don't want to register for household registration." He smiled, and didn't even put his face down, "Because once you have a household registration, you will be taxed by the government and adjusted. Issue corvee. The general can suggest to Liu Biao that if all unregistered households report truthfully in the newspapers, the source of troops can be increased.”

"Kong Ming, aren't your hands hot?" Shunying interjected with a smile. "Hot, hot..." Zhuge Liang whispered and ran out quickly.Putting the noodles on the living room table, he ran back again, pinching his earlobes with his fingers to relieve the heat, and said with a smile: "General Zhang said the noodles are delicious, haha! My lord, not Liu Biao as the lord. This point, if Ling Liang trains the sergeants, it will be easy to do, as long as..." Shunying stuffed a bowl of noodles with chopsticks into Zhuge Liang's hand and stopped him from speaking. "Leave early tomorrow morning?" Shunying asked.

Zhuge Liangliang nodded. "Madam, let's go to Xinye together?" Liu Bei suggested. "No, I'm going back to my mother's house." Shunying smiled and asked, "Kong Ming, how long do you want me to wait?" Zhuge Liang raised a finger while eating noodles, thought for a while, and added another one. "Two years?" "Oh." Zhuge Liang said vaguely. "If you don't come within two years," Shunying raised her eyebrows, "I'll assume you've divorced me." "Oh, oh..." Zhuge nodded. Shunying took his finger and squeezed it hard, Zhuge Liang only looked at Shunying and smiled.Liu Bei was overjoyed with a "hehe" and exited the kitchen.As soon as he withdrew, Shunying threw herself into Zhuge Liang's arms, unable to hold back her tears.She is a smart woman who knows what to do and what not to do.Staying by Zhuge Liang's side would only distract him, Shunying thought: Although it's lonely to go back to her mother's house, it's safe. "Take care of Guoer." Zhuge Liang said softly.Shunying pressed her face on Zhuge Liang's clothes, but did not reply. "And you," he said again.Shunying said: "Two years, right?" "Yes." Zhuge Liang replied. "I will really think you abandoned me." Shunying whispered. "That means I'm dead..." Before Zhuge Liang could say anything, Shunying hugged his neck and stopped his lips.

is one long kiss. The lips of both of them were wet and tasted parting. "I won't make you wait either dead or alive," Zhuge Liang pulled Shunying away, and looked at her with a smile, "Even if I die, I will die so that the world will know; that way, you will know." Shunying lowered her eyes. She has always believed in him, from the first meeting until now. "Jingzhou, I think it will not be peaceful soon." Shunying asked suddenly, "Will he die?" "Ok?" "Are you going to die?" Shunying asked stubbornly. Zhuge Liang smiled, smiling like the stars were falling on his face, and he said: "It's not possible."

Shunying still believes in him, and once she believes in him, life will be easier.This was Zhuge Liang's last night in Longzhong. Shun Ying was by his side, and the two of them were lying on the bed together, holding hands, lying quietly.Zhuge Liang slowly inserted the five fingers of his left hand into the gap between Shunying's fingers one by one, and held them. "This is what I must do." Zhuge Liang said. "I know." "Ling you, Ling Yuanzhi, Second Sister, and others...all saw Beichenxing." "I know." "However," Zhuge Liang turned over and kissed his wife's face with a smile, "the first opponent I will face is not an enemy..."

"That is?" Zhuge Liang laughed loudly: "I'm afraid it is Shunying's little brother! Haha." If there is someone Zhuge Liang can't avoid in Jingzhou, it is Shunying's younger brother Liu Qi. The name "little brother" is a nickname from childhood to adulthood.Shunying's mother is the eldest daughter of Cai Xie, a prominent family in Xiangfan, Cai Xie; Cai Xie's second daughter is Liu Biao's second wife.Liu Biao had two sons, the youngest son, Liu Cong, was born to his second wife; the eldest son, Liu Qi, was born to his ex-wife.Although Liu Qi has no direct blood relationship with Shun Ying, but because of his simple and gentle nature, his relationship with Shun Ying is better than that of Liu Cong.

"The stepmother can't tolerate me, my father prefers younger brother Cong, Qi's life and death are at stake!" Every time Liu Qi saw Zhuge Liang, he would repeat these words. His eyes were also full of tears.Every time, Zhuge Liang would change the topic; if Liu Qi insisted on asking him to give a countermeasure, Zhuge Liang would say, "My son's family affairs are not something I can talk about." Don't offend Liu Biao and Mrs. Cai for Liu Qi, it was Zhuge Liang who did it before leaving the mountain. idea. "Sangu Thatched Cottage has caused such a big commotion, Mr. Qi will definitely rush to Xinye." Zhuge Liang said to Shunying, "When I arrive in Xinye, he will ask me the original problem again." "Kong Ming's answer this time will be different from the past." Shun Ying laughed. "I have to find a foreign aid for my lord." Zhuge Liang had already referred to Liu Bei as "my lord". The laughter was quickly swallowed by the summer starlight. When Zhuge Liang woke up, there was nothing beside his pillow. After asking, Shunying left before dawn.Saying goodbye without Shunying, it was very peaceful.Zhuge Liang ordered Jun to take good care of the fields in Longzhong, and marry Miss Lin into the house as soon as possible. He stroked Ma Liang's back and said, "If I want your help, will you come to help me?" Ma Liang smiled shyly, and replied: "No matter Where is Brother Zhuge, where is Liang, as long as you tell me, I will be there immediately." So farewell. Say goodbye to Longzhong, say goodbye to the mountains and forests, say goodbye to the gurgling streams, and say goodbye to the years of sunny farming and reading.The lush wheat seedlings in the field will no longer see that slender and neat figure, the spring flowers blooming on Fulong Mountain will no longer be heard, and the sound of the zither clanging at night will no longer be heard. "Liang Fu Yin" flew into the starry sky and froze on the shining sky, so as not to let the world hear about it!So farewell.Zhuge Liang cupped his hands, holding Bai Yu in his palm.He said that when the world is settled, he will return to Longzhong, taste the sweetness of Zhugejing's clear water, and hold a handful of floating stars in Mianyue Spring.When Zhuge Liang said these words, he didn't believe that he would come back one day.Maybe...it will come back, the soul will return! The sound of horseshoes spread to Xinye.The appearance of Zhuge Liang's feather fan scarf has been passed down and praised by the people of Xinye.As soon as he entered the mansion, before he could wipe away the wind and dust, he saw a man flashing out from behind the screen: fair-skinned, slender, dressed in five-color robes, wearing a sage crown on his head, and wearing cloud boots, with a lot of bitterness in his smile .When Liu Bei saw him, he hurried forward to meet him, and happily took his hand: "Nephew!" This is Liu Qi. "Hello, Uncle." Because Liu Biao and Liu Bei have the same surname, Liu Qi has always respected Liu Bei as his uncle.Liu Qi looked at Zhuge Liang, and said, "Kong Ming..." Hearing his voice, Zhuge Liang groaned inwardly: "Oh, this too weak young man has a habit. When he calls "Kong Ming", he can't help but get dizzy eyes." Red, like a catastrophe, is happening today! "Kong Ming, you... are here?" Liu Qi said. "Yes, Mr. Qi." Zhuge Liang cupped his hands. "Oh? My nephew knows Kong Ming?" Liu Bei laughed. "Kong Ming and I are cousins." Liu Qi said hurriedly, eager to show his unusual relationship with Kong Ming in front of Liu Bei, and then said, "Uncle, I have sent someone to prepare thin wine in the tall building in the back garden, just for Kong Ming to wash away the dust. Kong Ming," he grabbed Zhuge Liang, "go, you and I will go together!" Before Liu Bei could speak again, Liu Qi dragged Zhuge Liang away. Liu Bei patted his head, tall buildings in the back garden?Isn't that an old building dedicated to storing sundries and weapons?It hasn't been cleaned for many years, why is Liu Qi preparing wine there? "Strange, strange..." Liu Bei walked around the room a few times, and suddenly ran towards the back garden! "Where is Mr. Qi?" As soon as he arrived in the back garden, Liu Bei caught a gardener and asked. The gardener blinked and pointed upwards: "Upstairs." Liu Bei looked up and saw that the eight-foot-tall building was half suspended in the air, and there were no stairs to go upstairs! "How did this get up there?" "Stupid! Use a ladder!" The new gardener didn't know Liu Bei, so he just laughed at him. "Ladder?" Liu Bei looked around, "Where is the ladder?" The gardener said: "Young Master Qi ordered you to remove the ladder as soon as he and the young man went upstairs, and put it back in half an hour. Hehe..." The gardener squinted his eyes, looked at the dark tall building, and smacked. , "I don't know what the higher ups are doing." Liu Bei was dumbfounded, for a moment he forgot to ask someone to pick up the ladder again.He didn't understand why Liu Qi pulled Zhuge Liang upstairs as soon as he came, and pulled out the ladder as soon as he went upstairs, so that neither Zhuge Liang nor himself could get down.Of course Liu Bei didn't know, at this time upstairs, Liu Qi had already knelt down in front of Zhuge Liang with a plop! "The stepmother can't tolerate me, my father prefers younger brother Cong, Qi's life and death are at stake!" Zhuge Liang smiled wryly, and couldn't remember how many times he heard the same words. "Master Qi is using tricks to deal with Liang." Zhuge Liang helped Liu Qi up, and went to the side of the building to look around, but there was really no way to go down. "If you say tricks, count them as tricks!" Liu Qi begged, "Going upstairs and pulling the ladder, I thought about it for a long time. Kong Ming, I just want to protect myself, you can save my life..." When Liu Qi's knees gave way and he was about to fall to his knees, Zhuge Liang grabbed his arm in time.Zhuge Liang felt Liu Qi trembling, and felt the deep fear in his heart, that fear was like a tide, which could swallow him up at any time.Liu Qi's tears fell on the back of Zhuge Liang's hand one by one, making him more sympathetic when he was helpless. Everyone is different, who has the right to tease another person? "Today, you can't go up to the sky, and you can't go down to the ground. The words came out of your mouth, and they went straight to my ears!" Liu Qi put most of his body weight on the arm of the person opposite, "Kong Ming, you can't do it yet!" say?" Zhuge Liang sighed. "Shen Sheng is in danger inside, but Chong'er is safe outside," he said. Although Liu Qi is cowardly, he has read some books. Zhuge Liang used twelve characters to introduce an ancient story to his eyes!Both Shen Sheng and Chong'er were the sons of Jin Xiangong in the Spring and Autumn Period.Xian Gong has a favorite concubine named Li Ji, who wants her son Xi Qi to inherit the throne, and designs to frame Shen Sheng and Chong Er, saying that they want to kill the king.When Chong Er learned of this, he immediately fled abroad; Shen Sheng, who stayed behind, was forced to hang himself to death!Decades later, Chong'er returned to the country and became the king of the country. He was Duke Wen of Jin, one of the Five Overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Kong Ming advised me to leave Xiangyang?" Liu Qi asked in a low voice, wiping away tears. "With the lessons of Shen Sheng and Chong Er, isn't it obvious what Mr. Qi should do?" Zhuge Liang laughed and didn't answer him directly. "So, where should I go?" Zhuge Liang thought for a while: "As far as I know, Sun Quan wanted to capture Jiangxia a long time ago. Within a year, there will be swords and guns; Huang Zu guarding there is not Sun Quan's opponent. At that time, you might as well ask to be the prefect of Jiangxia." "Thank you! Kong Ming! Kong Ming...Thank you!" Liu Qi took the hand of the person in front of him, and "thank you" tears.Zhuge Liang smiled faintly.Mr. Qi, he sounds like a very well-known person, but who knows that he worries about his life all day long?Hearing a way to escape by accident, he was so grateful that he almost knelt down.And the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang thought again: The emperor is also twenty-seven years old this year. He sits on a high dragon chair and is looked up to by everyone, but how much bullying he has suffered in private! ?From Dong Zhuo to Cao Cao, who doesn't treat him like a child?There must be... Wisdom, the most important thing is wisdom, not background.Zhuge Liang smiled, as usual a little proud.At this point, the ladder climbed up the tall building.Liu Qi made a "please" gesture to let Zhuge Liang go forward, and he followed behind, carefully supporting Zhuge Liang's elbow all the way. "Kong Ming!" Liu Bei's heart fell when he saw Zhuge Liang. "Uncle, farewell!" Liu Qi left in a hurry. Looking at Liu Qi's back, Liu Bei suddenly remembered that his brisk expression just now was quite different from usual. "Strange..." Liu Bei murmured. "My lord?" "Qi'er seems very happy?" Liu Bei turned to ask Zhuge Liang. "The carp is naturally happy when it gets off the golden hook." "Fish?" Liu Bei didn't quite understand. Zhuge Liang waved his hand, looking at the back garden in midsummer, the golden sunlight sprinkled on the roses, sprinkled in the jasper-like leaves of the rose, and the dust was light, just like the breath floating in the air.Behind the carved corridor, there is a small pond, in which there are demon red lotus flowers. The red carps stop in the depth of the pond, and when they wake up, they will bite the lotus stem one by one, making the lotus bloom lightly even when there is no wind. Gently swaying, like the aftermath of a song.In the beautiful and tranquil Jingzhou, if there is no fame, wealth, desire, power, or war in the world, this tranquility can always be preserved.It's a pity... Zhuge Liang coughed and asked Liu Bei, "How many soldiers are there under the lord's command?" "Five thousand." "That's not enough." Zhuge Liang smiled. Liu Bei felt embarrassed. "There must be at least 10,000 people." Zhuge Liang said, and added, "Half of them are sailors. And," he estimated, "they will have to be recruited within half a year." "Half a year? Is it too tight?" Liu Bei stayed in Xinye for more than six years and did not recruit many soldiers. Zhuge Liang frowned slightly: "I'm afraid it will be half a year. Cao Cao has wiped out Wuhuan and pacified the north. After he rests for a while, he will start a war on the Yangtze River. Jingzhou and Jiangdong cannot escape this calamity. Now that we have avoided it It’s too late, so we have to fight head-on! My lord,” he joked, “do you want to fight Cao Cao with 5,000 people?” Sweat ran down Liu Bei's back. "Even if there are 10,000 people, it won't help." Liu Bei said. "Young Master Qi, there are still 10,000 people." Zhuge Liang said, "20,000 people are enough." "enough?" "Of course it's not enough to fight Cao Cao, but it's enough to draw Jiangdong into the flames of war." Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing when he saw Liu Bei's face getting more and more ugly. , this is all the worst plan." Liu Bei exhaled, and said eagerly: "Then, do you want to come and listen to something good?" "Good plan? Oh, Duke Jing Sheng is dying." Zhuge Liang said. Liu Bei was taken aback! "Because the Huang family has a close relationship with the Liu family, so I know. Duke Jing Sheng can't wait another year. After the death of Duke Jing Sheng," Zhuge Liang directly talked about this taboo topic, seemingly fearless, "If my lord can It is not impossible to lead Jingzhou, your popularity is higher than that of Liu Cong and Liu Qi, if you can do this, even if Cao Cao attacks with millions, it doesn't matter." "It doesn't matter?" "That is to say, Cao Cao will definitely be defeated and return." Zhuge Liang smiled. Looking at his smile, Liu Bei believed him again; but what he said next made Liu Bei's mood, which had just recovered, sink again. "Liang is worried, God gave the lord good luck, but the lord does not accept it; Liang is worried, the lord can't bear to drive Jing Shenggong's son Liu Cong from the seat of the lord of Jingzhou." He said Liu Bei's heart! "Then ask Lord Jing Sheng as soon as possible to go to Fancheng to garrison!" Zhuge Liang said again, "Xinye is too small, like a person whose hands and feet are tied up, and he can't even escape." After all, Zhuge Liang broke off a stick of magnolia, pinned it on his clothes, and left with a salute. "Lonely Kong Ming is like a fish with water." For a moment, Liu Bei remembered what he said to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and he almost admired himself. up.Although, to his own fish, the water in Kong Ming's pool seemed to be a bit muddy, so muddy that he couldn't see through it.