Dahan Pirate Air Force

Two days later, a big event happened in Chengdu: the imperial examination results were released.

This was the first imperial examination in the Shu Han Dynasty. Both aristocratic and poor families were not optimistic about this new system.

From an aristocratic family, it is natural that they do not want their poor family to creep into their heads.

People from poor families are also worried about being targeted by aristocratic families, which will affect their future. They prefer to follow the old method of apprenticeship and study to get recommendations.

Therefore, there were very few candidates for the imperial examination this time, and most aristocratic families, especially those from Shu, did not participate.

Even Cheng Qi, a young nobleman who was close to Zhang Bai, had no interest in taking the exam.

Only some Jingxiang aristocratic families and meritorious aristocratic families, as well as recommended poor families, actually participated.

The former includes Pang Tong's son Pang Hong, Pang Jushi, and Mi Wei, Mi Zhu's son, who joins in for the sake of friendship.

There were very few poor families who were recommended, and there was only one decent one, Shen Ruli who was recommended by Zhang Bai himself.

This Shen Ru Li claimed that he once studied under the great Confucian Fu Qian.

Although I don't know whether it is true or not, his literary talent is still good. He attracted attention in this exam and actually got the second place.

The top prize was none other than Pang Hong, and the top prize fell to Mi Wei.

These people are all Zhang Bai's friends.

After that, all the winners were given official positions, most of which were Dian Book or Chief Book in prefectures and counties.Only the No. [-], No. [-] and No. [-] students are awarded the positions of editor, reviewer and doctoral degree in the Chinese Book Department.

Needless to say, this is of course Zhuge Liang's arrangement. The wealth should not flow to outsiders, and it is best to keep our own people around.

This was done a bit clearly, which inevitably made some people feel inappropriate. The main reason was that the local nobles did not like to see it.

But Zhuge Liang doesn't care about this, as long as the Jingxiang nobles he loves most have no objections, not to mention that Liu Chan is also dedicated to supporting him now, and most importantly, as long as Master Zhang Bai is happy.

Zhang Bai spoke highly of Pang Hong, saying that he was upright and outspoken, and did not shy away from praising or criticizing others. He was an upright person.

Zhuge Liang understood as soon as he heard that they were all from time travel. Obviously Zhang Bai knew this person's history!Then there's nothing you can't use.

Although all these things made the local gentry very dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do about it, because it was their own decision not to participate in the imperial examination.

And they were also more concerned about Liu Chan's attitude.

Liu Chan now has unlimited trust and dependence on Zhuge Liang. Huang Hao suddenly disappeared. He himself was probably killed by Zhuge Liang.

Although he was a little sad and felt that Zhuge Liang was too domineering, it made him more afraid of Zhuge Liang, and he did not dare to have the slightest objection and obeyed Zhuge Liang's words.

The low profile of the local gentry promoted another thing, which was the Southern Expedition.

With Liu Chan's approval and the large amount of food Zhang Bai brought this time, the southern expedition was quickly advanced.

The local nobles who were originally very opposed to this matter had nothing to say this time. After all, the Southern Expedition did not ask them for money or food, so it was still acceptable.

The plan had been decided a long time ago, and according to Zhuge Liang's plan, a four-pronged attack was launched.

The first route is the west route, led by Zhuge Liang, Ma Di, Yang Yi, etc., with Guan Xing as the forward and the main force.

The entire army of 5000 troops set out from Chengdu to attack Gaoding in Yuexun County, the main force of the rebels. Because the Gaoding army was too numerous to attack in a hurry, they prepared to build a camp near Beishui for a confrontation.

The second route was the east route, led by Ma Zhong, the subordinate governor, who set out from Jiangzhou to attack Zhu Bao's rebels in Xianxu County. Zhu Bao had only over 1000 troops, so Ma Zhong only led less than 3000 people along this route.

The third route is the middle route, led by Li Hui from Pingyi to attack the enemy nest in Kunming. Since there are only his own troops, there are more than 3000 people, but they have to face nearly [-] thieves.

The fourth route is the south route. This one is the Western Region Cavalry and the Air Force Wudang Feijun led by Zhang Bai and Liu Ning, and their target is Kunming.

The two armies of the Central and Southern Routes attacked from both sides and attacked the hometown of Yong Kai and Meng Huo, Yizhou County in the Central South.

The start date of the attack was set for September, two months after Zheng Chuo's fleet of spaceships arrived in Chengdu.

At that time, the weather was gradually entering autumn, and the heat in the south had eased slightly. It was time for Cao Pi's army to go south to attack Wu, and all his preparations were ready.

Zhuge Liang hasn't issued a mission here for a long time. The mission assigned to him by Zhang Bai this time was to quickly prepare a racecourse in Chengdu and hand over the management of the racecourse to Mi Wei.

Without saying anything, Zhuge Liang gave Mi Wei the title of Sima of another department and quickly made arrangements.

The most important thing for Zhang Bai at this time was to rush to Mi City in person to convey the plan for the southern expedition.

In June in Mi City, the heat is unbearable.

Diarrhea and dysentery occurred from time to time in Mi City, but with the medicinal materials prepared by Zhang Bai, the disease did not spread.

Liu Ning has been training troops.

By this time, in addition to the 5000-man cavalry, he had also trained an additional infantry force of about 3000 people for mountain warfare.

These 3000 people were all equipped with bamboo crossbows, scimitars, and bamboo spears with iron tips. They also carried triangular shovels and wood chopping knives. The protective equipment was mainly rattan or bamboo armor, which was relatively lightweight.

Most of these soldiers come from surrounding locals.

Today's Miss City is already a small-scale city, because compared with the surrounding areas of Miss City, the food in the city is relatively abundant, which is particularly attractive to the local poor.

Moreover, at Zhang Bai's request, a horse breeding industry has been formed here, which has also raised a group of people.

With Liu Ning's cavalry here, it was not difficult to raise a large number of well-bred horses. The selected horses were all purchased by Zhang Bai and prepared to be transported to Chengdu.

Zhang Bai was very satisfied with all of this, so he went to the spacecraft construction site every day to watch the construction of the spacecraft.

Half a month later, Chengdu.

Zheng Chuo's fleet did not disappoint, and finally brought back a large amount of silver and war horses.A total of six large ships transported back nearly [-] good horses.

This incident caused a sensation throughout Chengdu.

Not only the ordinary people of Li, but also the nobles were alarmed this time.

Chengdu has never seen so many beautiful tall horses, whether they are from high-ranking families or civil servants and generals. Looking at these "Pegasus" is like looking at luxury sports cars for future generations.

Hundreds of the best horses were robbed, and Zhang Bai made a fortune because this time, what he received was real gold.

In fact, in this era, the output of silver in the Central Plains was not high, and gold was not widely used, so the real treasure of wealthy families was gold.

Each of these hundreds of fine horses can be sold for nearly 20 taels of gold, which is equivalent to a price of 20 to [-] and a half baht.

Within a few days, Zhang Bai had more than 1 taels of gold on hand, and Zhang Bai took all the money without hesitation.

Mi Wei, who was wealthy and wealthy, saw that the money was so profitable that he couldn't help but be jealous. He immediately discussed with Zhang Bai and wanted to contract the remaining horse trade.

Zhang Baizheng had this intention, so he asked Zhuge Liang to hand over the horse farm to Mi Wei. After all, he was not a serious horse dealer. Selling horses one by one was too troublesome.

The two hit it off and immediately sold the remaining nearly 5000 horses to Mi Wei at a discounted price. Zhang Bai made a profit of [-] taels of gold.

After these two big transactions, Zhang Bai's reputation as a rich man rose again, and the savings in the bank also increased greatly.

Fortunately, this gave him working capital for his next business.