When the news spread, some people couldn't bear it anymore and came to Sima Yi:

"Da... Sima, it is the beginning of spring, and it is the time for farming and farming. If we recruit laborers, not only will the people be in turmoil, it will also affect the grain harvest in Guanzhong!"

This person was none other than Deng Ai, who was promoted by Sima Yi.

In the past few years, under the authorization of Sima Yi, Deng Ai relied on his experience in farming in Runan to vigorously carry out farming in Guanzhong, with remarkable results.

Nowadays, the army in Guanzhong is not only in sufficient supply of food, but is even able to make some savings.

This is Deng Ai's political achievement. When I heard that His Majesty suddenly wanted to recruit servants, why should I not be anxious?

Moving the bronze figures and dew-bearing trays to Luoyang sounds simple, but that's because others don't know how heavy these things are and how many laborers are needed.

How could Deng Ai not know this?

The bronze figures originated from the twelve golden figures cast by Qin Shihuang. The smallest one is three feet high and the largest one is five feet high.

It can weigh as little as a thousand stones (thirty tons), or as heavy as 340,000 kilograms (eighty-seven tons).

Although there are only two left now, such a huge and heavy thing is integrated into one piece. How much manpower will be needed to move it to Luoyang?

The dew-catching plate was made by Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is "twenty feet high and seven circles wide. It is made of copper and has an immortal holding his palms up to catch the dew."

Compared with the copper figure, the dew-bearing plate is even better.

However, the dew-receiving plate is not one piece, so it can be disassembled and transported, which is more convenient than the bronze man.

But the manpower and material resources required are even greater than those of the Bronze Man.

In addition to the bells, bamboo poles and other items, the total number of laborers required would not be less than tens of thousands.

Not to mention, there is a section of road from Chang'an to Luoyang, called the Xiaohan Ancient Road, which is hundreds of miles long.

There are dangerous mountains in the south, big rivers in the north, Hangu in the east, and Tongguan in the west. There are many dangerous roads, and the narrowest ones can only be driven along the same track, or you have to climb over the mountains.

If such a huge and heavy object is transported on this stretch of road, how many more manpower will be needed?

After all, there is nothing to do in Guanzhong this year!

Without the angel sent by Cao Rui present, Sima Yi's face also darkened.

He knows that His Majesty is fond of civil work and loves women.

In fact, in the past few years, he had made several memorials to persuade His Majesty not to use more people to build the palace.

As for female sex, just treat it as His Majesty's personal hobby and turn a blind eye.

Over the past two or three years, I thought His Majesty had listened, but I didn’t expect that he would actually issue such a decree today!

He wants to conquer all the people in Guanzhong!

Before Longyou was lost, the conquest was conquest. After all, as long as Hanzhong was blocked, the Shu captives could only do nothing unless they had wings.

And now?

Guanzhong is like a broken house. The east wall has collapsed, the north wall has collapsed in half, and the south wall is full of holes.

The only intact east wall did not provide much support.

Only the original pillars in the house were able to hold them together, but His Majesty unexpectedly thought of removing them.

Enter his mother's!

Even though Sima Yi was patient enough, he still couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

As I said at the beginning, I don't have to worry about anything in Guanzhong, as long as I can stop the Shu people.

Now I realize that the original so-called "not asking" means that you don't even ask for my opinion, but just take the piss out of Guanzhong?

Not a human being?

No wonder Sima Yi was so furious.

In fact, it was because I didn't come to Chang'an and didn't know how much pressure the Shu captives put on Guanzhong.

After the battle in Xiaoguan, Feng Thief's ghost cavalry became famous enough to stop the children crying at night in Guanzhong.

Especially the soldiers who escaped from the Battle of Xiaoguan, many of them have already had serious psychological shadows in their hearts, and their expressions changed after hearing about Shu.

Therefore, in the years after Sima Yi became the governor of Guanzhong, he only did two things.

The first is to accumulate grain in the fields.

The second is to dig trenches and build walls.

Of course, digging ditches and building walls is not a big image project like Cao Rui.

Instead, they build camps, dig trenches, erect ramparts, and lay out antlers...

Anyway, everything that can block the cavalry's advance has been arranged.

Just outside Chang'an City, the newly built small partition city under the city has five floors.

Outside the small city, if you look around, you will see large and small fortresses, so densely packed that you can't even see the edge.

The Wei State originally conquered the world with its fine cavalry, but now it dare not compete with the Shu people in cavalry. It is simply humiliating.

But Sima Yi didn't care about this. As long as he could defend Guanzhong, he would pretend that he couldn't hear anything others said.

Some of these defensive measures were even learned from the Shu captive generals in Anding County.

Because over the years, Sima Yi had never thought about recapturing Anding County, the barrier to the northwest of Chang'an.

I just heard that the Shu general who guarded An Ding was a man named Liu Yin.

It was he who led the remaining soldiers to defend the street pavilion, allowing Zhang He to finally defeat him.

Sima Yi also sent troops to attack Anding County several times in the beginning, but Liu Yin defended Linjing City like a turtle shell, which was almost airtight.

Even when his opponent showed flaws, he turned a blind eye and only wanted to defend the city.

If he could not capture Linjing in the shortest time, he was also afraid that reinforcements from Shu captives would come from Hanzhong and Longyou, which would lead to Guanzhong being ignored, so Sima Yi had no choice but to give up in the end.

Regarding this matter, Wei State's Grand Sima learned some new defensive methods from Liu Yin that he had never seen before, which was not without gain.

Facing Shu captives, the more defensive measures there are, the better.

What Sima Yi didn't expect was that before the Shu captives could take action, it was his own emperor who stabbed him in the back.

If you serve the people of Guanzhong for your own selfish desires, are you really not afraid of Shu captives suddenly attacking Guanzhong?

"No, this must be because His Majesty was temporarily confused and did not understand the situation in Guanzhong."

Sima Yi took a deep breath and calmed down his emotions, "I have to go back to Luoyang!"

"What about the servant?"

Deng Ai asked anxiously.

Sima Yi's eyes flashed: "For the work of servants, we must first collect them according to the angel's instructions."

"But……"

Deng Ai became even more anxious.

"Recruiting slave laborers can't be done in a short while. You have to give us some time."

Sima Yi pressed his hand and said, "Besides, for such a big event as carrying the bronze man's dew tray, you always need to be fully prepared."

Deng Ai suddenly realized.

Just when Chang'an and Luoyang were arguing with each other about Tongren and Chenglupan, Li Yi, who joined the army in the Prime Minister's Office, came to Wuwei County to govern Guzang in early March.

He carried it with him and personally delivered a letter to Governor Feng.

After reading the letter written by the Han Dynasty Prime Minister, Governor Feng raised the corners of his mouth slightly and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The playful look on his face was something that even Li Yi, who called him his brother, couldn't see through.

"Brother?"

Governor Feng carefully put the letter away and said lightly:
Chapter completed!