Emperor Sun made his fortune from scratch

The gold, silver and jewels obtained from the elimination of the Haoqiang in Shu this time were, without exaggeration, almost piled up into a mountain and filled seven or eight treasuryes. The treasury was guarded by soldiers of the Zhaowu Army day and night, and no one was allowed to approach without Li Zhao's warrant.

Chengdu's granaries were quickly filled, and the surplus was sent to Hanzhong and elsewhere.

Even if he gained a lot, in Li Zhao's opinion, these were not what he wanted the most.

What really matters is the millions of acres of fertile land in the Chengdu Plain.

Although the degree of land annexation in Shu is not as good as that of Hanzhong in the past, the powerful are also greedy, so that a considerable number of people in Shu have no land to plant. When Shi Ai first entered Shu, the reason why he was able to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and horses was because the people were poor and forced to join the army.

Yang Mingsheng is currently working in Hanzhong and was called to Chengdu. With Deng Xin as the main body, Yang Mingsheng and Chen Zihong as the deputies, the land was redistributed.

Li Zhao knew very well that the Zhaowu army was very concerned about how much land they could get. When some middle- and high-level generals meet in private, they often talk excitedly about this matter.

Li Zhao needed to use the land to win the hearts of the army and improve the loyalty of the soldiers and the combat effectiveness of the army, but it was impossible to distribute them all.

"Those who win the hearts of the people win the world", Li Zhao naturally understands this truth. If he wants to gain a firm foothold in Shu, he must win the support of the people of Shu. Only when the common people cultivate with peace of mind and pay taxes and grain normally can the Zhaowu army have a stable rear.

Deng Xin knew that this matter was important and cumbersome, and could not be completed in a short time. Li Zhao believed in Deng Xin's ability, and did not give him a specific time, let him do it, and asked him to do it with only one request, trying to satisfy most people. If it is finally found that the land is not enough, as long as the news spreads, Li Zhao believes that the other living Shu heroes will take the initiative to donate generously.

The matter of land was handed over to Deng Xin, and Li Zhao's eyes were once again set on Nanzhong. A few days ago, an order had been sent to Nanzhong to ask Deng Yu to come to Chengdu, but Deng Yu did not come.

Li Zhao was very unhappy, and sent a large number of Black Ice Platform spies to infiltrate Nanzhong, including some people from those deep mountains and old forests.

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At this time, in Nanzhong, Deng Yu was frowning in the study. He's been under a lot of pressure lately, and the pressure comes from many sources.

The Zhaowu army is powerful, and it is difficult to fight against it with Nanzhong, and Deng Yu has never thought of being an enemy with Li Zhao, but there are some things that make him unable to make a choice. I am worried that if I am not careful, I will usher in a catastrophe.

The Zhaowu army slaughtered the powerful people of Shu and seized their wealth and land, and the news soon spread to Nanzhong.

The local tycoons were extremely angry, in their opinion, the ancestors took a huge risk to come to Nanzhong, suffered heavy casualties in the conflict with the barbarians, and finally accumulated a lot of wealth, why should they give it to Li Zhao, is there any reason

for this? So they united to put pressure on Deng Yu, stating that they would never support the entry of the Zhaowu army into Nanzhong.

Zhu Fan also sent him a letter, with the same attitude as Haoqiang, suggesting that Nanzhong ostensibly submit to Li Zhao and pay tribute to Chengdu every year, but must not be controlled by the Zhaowu army.

Thinking of these things, Deng Yu sighed. Li Zhao has written many times, inviting him to come to Chengdu to meet. But now the situation in South Africa and China is complicated, and it is impossible to leave. Deng Yu was almost sure that once he left Nanzhong, the powerful would immediately rebel and the situation would get completely out of control. And if he loses control of Nanzhong, his weight in Li Zhao's eyes will be suddenly reduced, and the Deng family will completely lose its current power and status, which is unacceptable to Deng Yu.

As for learning from Li Zhao to slaughter Haoqiang, Deng Yu really couldn't do this. Moreover, in the Deng family's army, there are many sons of Haoqiang. If you really do this, you may have been discovered in advance before you do it, and you will be attacked by Haoqiang.

After thinking about it, there was no good way, so he said to his soldiers: "Go and bring Yongqi over."

"Yes.

Deng Yongqi was quickly brought in, did not salute his father, sat down by himself, and kept a straight face.

Deng Yu was not angry, Deng Yongqi had been under house arrest by him for so long, it was normal to show this expression.

"What is the situation in Nanzhong now, I think you also know, where should my family go, what do you think?"

Deng Yongqi said coldly: "When the interruption continues, but it is chaotic, such a simple truth, my father doesn't understand."

"Tell me more about it. Deng Yu frowned slightly.

"There are only two ways to do this. First, he slaughtered Haoqiang, used his huge money and food, recruited soldiers, bought barbarians, and then united with Zhu Fan to kill Chengdu and fight to the death with Li Zhao. Second, if his father doesn't want to fight, staying in Nanzhong is a dead end, and Li Zhao will attack Nanzhong sooner or later, so he should leave quickly. Qutang Pass and Jianmen couldn't go, so they should lead their troops into the mountains and forests, arrive south of Nanzhong, and then detour to the plateau, all the way to the east, through Dali, and back to Qi.

After hearing this, Deng Yu was silent. Deng Yongqi's idea was too terrifying, especially the second one, he wanted to travel thousands of miles alone, trek through mountains and rivers, and return to Qi State. There were so many brutes on that road, how could it be so easy.

Deng Yongqi saw that his face was entangled, and said unhappily: "If you don't fight, if you don't run away, what does your father want to do?" Li Zhao can't take care of Nanzhong for the time being, but with his character, he will never tolerate it for too long, and it will be a matter of time before the Zhaowu army comes to Nanzhong. "

Thinking about my father for a long time, is there no way to do this?"

"There is no possibility, my father died of this heart." Deng Yongqi said politely.

Deng Yu is his father after all, Deng Yongqi is not a hard-hearted person after all, and sighed: "There is another way, maybe you can try

?" "What way?"

"Give up the city, enter the south, central and southern, and wait for the Qi army to recover Shu in the future, and will definitely reuse his father."

Deng Yu's face was embarrassed, the south was full of mountains and forests, and there were a large number of barbarians living in it; Besides, who knows if the Qi army can recover Shu.

At this moment, the soldiers came to report, and Li Zhao sent a letter.

After reading the letter, Deng Yu's face was overjoyed, and he handed the letter to Deng Yongqi, and said happily: "Nanzhong is fine, wonderful!"

In the letter, Li Zhao solemnly said that he had never been interested in such a barbarian place as Nanzhong, and the Zhaowu army never intended to enter. The Deng family can always be in the south of the town and block the barbarians for him. Because of the opposition of some people in the army, he hoped that Deng Yu could send a son and live in Chengdu for a long time. He also asked Deng Yu if he had a daughter of the right age in the family, and he was willing to marry the Deng family; In order to show his sincerity, Li Zhao also sent more than a dozen boxes of gold, silver and jewelry as a dowry.

Deng Yongqi didn't believe it very much, and always felt that there was some conspiracy behind Li Zhao.

"Father should also be cautious in case he is deceived by Li Zhao.

Deng Yu smiled: "You are too worried, how can your father believe Li Zhao's one-sided words." But at least he showed his intentions, indicating that he had no intention of attacking in the short term. My father plans to marry your third sister to Li Zhao, and the two families will become in-laws. If your third sister can give birth to an heir in the future, my Deng family's position will be more stable.

Deng Yongqi still wanted to persuade again, but Deng Yu was too lazy to listen anymore.