Ma Chao ran away all night, and the sky gradually became brighter. They stopped the war horses by a stream. Ma Chao looked back and saw that except for Ma Dai and Pang De following him, only five or six of his personal soldiers were left. The rest of the soldiers were wiped out. He couldn't help but sigh and felt sad, "This is God who wants to destroy me. The world is so great. Where can I, Ma Chao, have a place where I, is there?"

Pang De stepped forward and advised: "The chief of Dihu, Yang Qianwan, and the governor, have always had a close relationship. It is better to go to join him, or go to Xiliang to sue Nangong Suo, and borrow troops from him to seize Wuwei County."

Ma Chao shook his head, "Yang Qianwan is a hypocritical person. Last time he only gave me soldiers, but not war horses. It can be seen that one end, and now my entire army is wiped out, how could he pay attention to me? As for Nangong Suo, that man is even more profitable. If I go to surrender to him, he will definitely tie me up to Cao Cao for benefits."

At this time, Ma Dai stepped forward and said, "I have a word from you. I wonder if you want to listen."

Ma Chao sighed, "Now I have anything I can't listen to, you can say it!"

"If my brother is determined to continue to be a prince in the country, I have nothing to say, but if my brother is willing to put aside his dominance, I think it would be a good choice to surrender to Liu Jing. If Liu Jing is not able to send troops to fight with his brother in Guanzhong, he will definitely feel guilty. I don't think he will treat his brother indifferently."

In fact, Ma Chao just wanted to surrender to Liu Jing. He knew that Liu Jing was determined to be the world. If he could assist him in seizing the world, he would also let himself command Xiliang. This was indeed a good choice. Thinking of this, Ma Chao asked Pang De again, "Ling Ming is willing to surrender to Liu Jing with me?"

Pang De nodded, "I will follow the governor. Wherever the governor goes, I will go?"

"All right!"

Ma Chao finally made up his mind and turned around and said to several personal soldiers: "Let's go to Hanzhong for an hour!"

A few days later, Ma Chao and his group followed a large group of merchants into Nanzheng City, disguised themselves as merchants not to enter Nanzheng, but to pass the checkpoints of Cao's army in Qishan.

It was winter at this time, the wind was cold and the streets of Nanzheng City were empty. Ma Chao said goodbye to the merchants and found a hostel. Everyone sat down to discuss countermeasures. Ma Chao didn't want to find Zhao Yun. He believed in his identity and wanted to find Liu Jing directly, but he didn't know whether Liu Jing was in Chengdu or Xiangyang.

At this time, the shopkeeper brought in a pot of hot water and smiled: "Everyone, wash your face first!"

Ma Chao asked with a smile: "May I ask the shopkeeper, do you know whether Liu Zhoumu is in Chengdu or Xiangyang?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "The governor of the state is neither in Chengdu nor Xiangyang. If he wants to find him, it would be a coincidence that he is in the city."

Ma Chao was very happy. It turned out that Liu Jing was in the city, which was great. He thanked the shopkeeper and then said to Ma Dai: "Second brother went to the military camp to explore Liu Jing's words. If he didn't want to take us in, then we will go to Jiangdong again."

Seeing that his brother was worried, Ma Dai smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry! Liu Jing is a person with a heart. If he can't even tolerate his brother, how can he compete for the world?"

Ma Chao sighed slightly, "I hope this is the case!"

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Liu Jing arrived in Nanzheng City three days ago. He forced Zhao Yun to return to Chengdu to visit relatives. He temporarily took over Zhao Yun's position. He did not live in the city, but in the military camp outside the city.

At this time, he was inspecting the disaster camp outside Nanzheng City and listening to the report of the Hanzhong Governor's Office Shi Fazheng on the resettlement of the victims in Guanzhong.

This is due to the disaster-stricken wave caused by the Xiliang coalition's attack on Guanzhong a few months ago. Nearly 200,000 victims fled to Hanzhong. Now Cao's army has controlled Guanzhong, and order has been restored to Guanzhong, and the victims have also begun to return one after another. In fact, Fa Zheng and the others have done a lot of resettlement, and today they report to Liu Jing.

The disaster camp covers an area of ​​about 3,000 acres and has built thousands of large tents. When the number of people is the most, 200,000 victims were placed here, but now most of them have returned home, with a small part left. The disaster camp also looks very empty. Five or six large tents have been left in a row, and all of them are empty. Only soldiers are cleaning up and burying garbage.

Fa Zheng reported to Liu Jing: "Qi Bizhou Governor, more than 200,000 refugees have returned to their hometowns, and there are still 50,000 or 60,000 people. The ministers and officials have repeatedly mobilized them to go back, but many people are still unwilling to go back."

"Why is this?" Liu Jing stopped and asked.

"These victims said that Hanzhong is stable and there is no war. Anyway, they will rent land when they go back. It is better to live in Hanzhong rent land. About 20,000 to 30,000 people have this idea."

Liu Jing frowned. He didn't want Guanzhong to become a thousand miles apart. After he seized Guanzhong in the future, he would not be able to establish his capital in Guanzhong. He still hoped that Guanzhong would return to his hometown. At this time, he saw that someone seemed to live in a big tent, so he walked over directly.

This is a medium-sized camp. There are a large group of people living in, about ten people. The tent is separated by curtains, and men and women live on one side. At this time, the men and women went to help collect food. There were only six or seven women, children and elderly people in the big tent. When they saw the black crowd pressing in, they were so scared that they hid in the corner. An old man in his sixties and seventies came up, "Who are you looking for?"

Fa Zheng quickly introduced to him: "This is our provincial governor, let's take a look at you."

The old man knew Fa Zheng and knew that he was a high-ranking official in Hanzhong. The young official turned out to be a provincial governor. The old man was so scared that he knelt down quickly, "The little people didn't know that the provincial governor was here, please forgive me!"

Liu Jing helped him up and smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm just here to ask about the situation, is it convenient?"

“Convenient! Convenient!”

The old man quickly packed up a place, laid a mat, and asked Liu Jing to sit down. Liu Jing was not polite and sat down directly. He asked the old man to sit down too, turned around and smiled at everyone, "It's enough for the Chief of the Law and Governor Wu to accompany me, and the rest are waiting outside the tent."

Everyone retreated one after another, leaving only Fa Zheng and Wu Yi with Liu Jing. The two of them also sat down behind Liu Jing. Liu Jing then smiled and asked the old man, "Master-in-law? Who is the one from?"

"Xiaomin's surname is Liu, from Baqiao Township, Chang'an. I took two sons, a nephew, and their wife and children, and a family of fourteen people. I escaped the war and came to Hanzhong. My nephew and two Changsuns went to help the government work, and there were only a bunch of old and young people left in the tent."

"So my father-in-law is also named Liu, and we are our family!"

Liu Jing smiled and said to Fa Zheng again: "It's too crowded for fourteen people to squeeze into a tent. There are many empty tents now, so there are no need to rush to put them away. If you want to evenly, it's best for a couple to take their children to live in a tent."

In fact, Fa really wanted to force these victims back to Guanzhong, so he didn't want to improve their living conditions. However, since Liu Jing spoke, he had to nod and agree, "I understand, and I will send someone to re-arrange them immediately."

The old man was extremely grateful and quickly kowtowed to pay homage, "Thank you for your concern to the provincial governor, and the common people are grateful!"

Liu Jing waved his hand and smiled, "But I also want to ask, are my father-in-law and his family planning to return to Guanzhong?"

The old man scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled: "I'm not hiding the state governor, it's more profitable in Hanzhong. We don't want to go back."

"Why?" Liu Jing asked curiously, "What profitable?"

"That's right. We have inquired. The land rent in Hanzhong is one acre of two dou of wheat, plus six liters of tax, while the land rent in Guanzhong is two dou of five liters of land per acre of land. The same tax, so one acre of land earns five liters of grain."

Liu Jing couldn't help laughing, "But Guanzhong has his own house, but Hanzhong doesn't. He also has to spend a lot of money to build a house. No matter how you calculate this account, it will be beneficial to Guanzhong!"

The old man shook his head, "I also asked, if you rent a hundred acres of land, the owner can provide houses and cattle, and the same is true for renting official fields. Moreover, the broken houses in Guanzhong cannot shelter from wind and rain. A little property is basically brought. More importantly, one day, there may be another war, and the fugitives will be ten times more vicious than bandits, and they really can't afford to torture."

Liu Jing was speechless for a while, and he smiled bitterly and said, "The father-in-law is indeed able to settle the accounts, I'm disturbing you!"

He stood up and bowed, and left. The old man was nervous and didn't know whether this was a blessing or a disaster when he said to the governor of the state.

After walking out of the camp, Liu Jing walked a long way in thought and stopped slowly. He said to Fa Zheng slowly: "In the future, we will find a way to make the people of Guanzhong slowly move back to Guanzhong, but not now. When we take down Guanzhong and start the implementation, not only new victims, but old victims of the past will also persuade them to go back. There are too many people in Hanzhong."

Fa Zheng smiled bitterly in his heart. It’s not that Hanzhong has too many people, but that the population is only so large. With Hanzhong’s population, Guanzhong’s population will naturally be less. The provincial governor wanted to migrate the population and fill in Guanzhong. He quickly agreed, “I remember it!”

At this time, a personal soldier rushed over and said to Liu Jing: "Report to the provincial governor, General Ma Dai was waiting for the provincial governor in the military camp, saying that there was an important matter to discuss with the provincial governor."

Liu Jing nodded, Ma Dai was here, and Ma Chao should have arrived, and he immediately ordered: "Return to the military camp immediately!"

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In the side tent of the military camp, Ma Dai was drinking a bowl of hot soup uneasily. The personal soldiers told him that the provincial governor had visited the disaster camp and asked him to sit for a while. Although Ma Dai comforted Ma Chao and said there was no problem, he actually had no clue. His key brother Ma Chao was also a prince and was not an ordinary general. Can Liu Jing really accept them?

Or, even if he accepts it, what status will he give them? The more he thinks, the more worried he feels, and he can't sit still.

Just then, footsteps came from outside, and personal soldiers informed him, "The governor of the state is here!"

Ma Dai hurriedly stood up, and saw Liu Jing strode into the tent, and asked with a smile: "Where is General Meng Qi?"

Ma Dai felt a little relieved, at least there was no problem staying. He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Associate the state governor!"

"So it's General Ma Dai. Didn't your brother come to Hanzhong?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!