Chapter 199 Jiang Wei's father

"Young master, my subordinates have found that Longxi County is indeed diverting water from the tributaries of the Wei River..." Xiao Tian reported. Before he finished speaking, Ma Chao interrupted him and asked, "Is there anyone stationed there?"

"No one." Xiao Tian replied.

"Vit's very good. Call the old fox, little fox and Yang Fu. Let's go and have a look."

"No!"

In a short time, five people came to the upper reaches of the Wei River with 500 people from Ma Chao's guard. They saw that the water here was very high and the flow was very fast. Longxi County artificially built a dam. On the one hand, the level of the Wei River was slowly introduced into Long County, and on the other hand, it was used for water conservancy.

Ma Chao carefully walked around the dam and saw that the dam was built of stones mixed with soil. One layer was used to block the Wei River, and the other layer was used for irrigation. If you want to flood Longxi County, you must block the first entrance and destroy the second dam. As a result, the water of the Wei River naturally lost control and flooded the whole county in Longxi.

Ma Chao estimated the amount of this project. If 3,000 troops are sent, it can be done in four or five days. In addition, it will take about a week to build a raft. Although part of the grain and fodder of the army has been burned, there are quite a lot of grain and fodder this time, not to mention a week, even a month, that can support it.

But if you really use this plan, the harvest of this good field in Longxi will turn into nothing. Moreover, after occupying Longxi County, its restoration project also required a lot of manpower and material resources. In this way, some gains outweigh the losses.

"Young master, this Longxi County is a great talent, and he has such a great plan for his people's livelihood, and he has done so rigorously and successful..." Jia Xu said, and he didn't know what he was reminding Ma Chao.

"Young master, someone is too optimistic. If such a water situation really breaks the dike, the whole Longxi County will become a land of water. In this way, it will hurt the sky..." Yang Fu said the words in his heart directly.

"Young master, although I am a little arrogant, I also feel that water and fire are ruthless. Once this mouth is dug, it will be difficult to block it again. In particular, this gap can be blocked, but it is not easy to block the human heart..." Fa Zheng also opened his mouth in the end and couldn't frown.

Ma Chao sighed: he is an entrepreneur, not a destroyer. It is not only to attack the county, but also to capture the hearts of the people. This plan to flood Longxi can indeed allow you to capture Longxi in a short time, but after the attack, people's hearts are scattered and the people have deviated. What's the use of such a county?

I am Ma Chao, not Cao Cao. Cao Cao's generation of treacherous heroes can slaughter Xuzhou or flood Pi. But in addition to the famous Jinma Chao, he is also a traveler from the era of equality for all. Although in that era, 'equality for all' was just a fake fig leaf, I really can't do it if I really tear off this layer of moral conscience.

After sighing leisurely, Ma Chao said, "Go back, flooding a county in Longxi. Although it is a wonderful trick, there are endless troubles. It's really not the gentleman's work..."

"The young master is wise." Jia Xu, Fa Zheng and Yang Fu all arched their hands and sincerely thanked Ma Chao for his good words.

On the way back, Ma Chao was in a low mood. Seeing Xiao Tian beside him, he asked, "Have you found the name of the county guard of Longxi County?"

"I have heard back to the young master. This person's surname is Jiang, and his name is Yan. After the large scholar of Liangzhou, he is from Tianshui Ji County. He is proficient in military tactics, reads many books, treats people with trust, and is deeply supported by the people and soldiers.

"Oh, how can you forget this English..." Before Ma Chao answered, Yang Fu was surprised first, patted his head and said, "Young master, this person knows a famous talent of the Jiang family. In Tianshui, there is a saying that there are three heroes. The three heroes refer to their subordinates, Yin Feng and Zhao Ang, and Yiying refers to this Jiang Qian. This person, a great talent and a famous student, is many times stronger than his subordinates, like the clouds on the edge of the sky, not stained with the secular atmosphere. But I don't want to be the governor of a county, but I can do so well. It's a true name! Just...

"Just what?" Ma Chao is very puzzled. How can there be such a person in this history?

"It's just that this person has never been a good government, but now why has he become the governor of Longxi County?" Yang Fu replied and suggested, "If Longxi County Shouzhen is Jiang Qian, I would like to be a lobbyist to see if I can persuade Jiang Qian to return to my heart."

"Well, listen to what you said, I'm afraid Jiang Qian won't do anything to kill it. But even so, I dare not let Yang Bei drive single into the dangerous situation, so I sent Brother Chou to meet Jiang Qian with him.

"Good." Yang Fu nodded and was already thinking about the words in his heart.

But Ma Chao turned around in his mind and stirred up the brain cells: there are many outstanding figures in Liangzhou. Except for Jia Xu and Yang Fu, he really hasn't heard of any 'one hero and three heroes'. Yin Feng and Zhao Ang Ma Chao have also seen it, and they are still much different from Yang Fu. If it weren't for the family power, they wouldn't be able to fight for the title of 'Three Heroes' at all.

But Yang Fu himself sincerely praised Jiang Yan, which shows that Jiang Yan really has the ability. But his ability should be similar to Yang Fu. What is several times better than Yang Fu? That is the ancients' self-humility. Ma Chao didn't believe that there was such a Zhuge Wolong in Liangzhou, a place of plagiarism...

The distribution of ancient talents is very regular. Generally speaking, it is easy to produce talents in places where there are many scholars and literary styles are prevalent. For example, in the land of Sili, Jizhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Jingzhou, it is because of the prevalence of literary style and the large number of colleges that there are many heroes for a while. The most famous Yingchuan College has had first-class talents such as Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and so on. In places like Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou, it is easier to produce military generals. Super first-class generals such as Lv Bu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Guan Yu, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun are all from these places.

Generally speaking, where there is chaos, there are awesome people who fight fiercely; where there is peace, there are good students who can study at ease. This is the distribution of talents determined by the ancient region. Although there are special circumstances, they basically follow this law.

And this Jiang Yu is obviously a great man with both literature and martial arts. This kind of person is extremely difficult to appear in places where folk customs are fierce. Once it appears, it will be well-known and famous. But now, Ma Chao has lost another hair: he still can't think of any record of this ginger in history...

"Bless, young master, someone went to Longxi and brought a generous gift." Yang Fu laughed and said, as if he felt that Ma Chao would definitely agree: "Someone has a good personal relationship with Jiang Qian. A few days ago, I also received a letter from him and learned that he was happy with a unicorn, Mingwei. Go this time and bring the congratulations of the young master.

"It's so good that Mr. Jiang Qian really have a gentleman's friendship..." Ma Chao sighed absent-mindedly: Yang Fu and Jiang Qian are really close to each other, and they don't even know what the other party is doing?

In fact, this is also a way of communication among ancient literati. Unlike modern people, who meet and ask 'Where are you getting rich now?' Most ancient people did not talk about knowledge and governance alone. This style is also a place that modern people should learn from.

However, after a moment, Ma Chao was full of excitement: Jiang Yu's son, Jiang Wei?

"Brother Chou, is it difficult for you to kidnap a baby?"

The ugly brother who was still in the barracks sneezed for some reason and looked at the day and said strangely: It doesn't mean that it's going to rain. Is it because the young master misses me?