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On the vast river surface, a fleet was surging down the river. The fleet did not raise its huge sails, but it was fluttering red flags, which were particularly dazzling under the blue sky and white clouds. This was probably the largest wedding fleet in history. There were many warships and six thousand troops, stretching for dozens of miles, with a spectacular momentum.

On the ship of the main building of Siqianshi, Liu Jing stood in the building with his hands behind his back and looked into the distant river. After more than a year, he came to Jiangdong again. Although he had formed an alliance for some kind of alliance and for the friendship between Jing and Wu, his mood was completely different when he was the same.

The first time he was to win over the Jiangdong Alliance and fight against Cao Cao. With a humble attitude, he did not hesitate to endure the shame of Sun Quan at the same time admitting Liu Qi as the lord of Jingzhou, and even more so he did not hesitate to conspire for a good treatment, deliberately creating the illusion of Xun Yu visiting Jingzhou.

But this time, he accepted the loser's bow in the manner of a winner. Of course, he also needed to reconcile with Jiangdong, so that he had no worries and had all his might to move westward and seize the greatest geostrategic advantage. Therefore, his coming from the east was also with the greatest sincerity.

Although he was about to become the groom, he was not very excited. At this time, his thoughts flew to Bashu thousands of miles away, thinking about how to seize Bashu, Hanzhong and Guanzhong, laying the most solid foundation for him to finally win the world.

"Prince, Liyang County is ahead," a soldier shouted on the deck.

Liu Jing also saw a dark city on the north shore in the distance. A smile suddenly appeared in his eyes. Zhao Yun should have been waiting for him on the dock.

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Zhao Yun had been waiting on the dock for a long time. Behind him, five thousand elite soldiers were lined up in an orderly manner, preparing to board the boat and return to Jingzhou.

At this time, Liu Jing's big ship slowly stopped on the dock. When Liu Jing appeared on the side of the ship, five thousand elite soldiers knelt down on one knee, and everyone shouted in unison, "See the governor of the state."

The movements were neat and the shouts were loud and loud. Liu Jing couldn't help laughing. When will Zhao Yun have such collective etiquette be there?

Looking at Zhao Yun again, he was glaring at the deputy general Li Qun with a slight uneasiness on Li Qun's face. Only then did Liu Jing realize that this matter had nothing to do with Zhao Yun, but it was not harmful.

He smiled and waved to the soldiers, "Thank you for your hard work, brothers, please get up."

The soldiers stood up and their movements were still very neat. Liu Jing walked off the boat. Zhao Yun hurriedly came up and bowed, "I am not aware of the state governor."

There were more than a dozen generals following Zhao Yun. In this case, Liu Jing changed his name to Zhao Yun, "General Zhao is exempted from gifts."

He also praised the generals behind Zhao Yun: "We have done a perfect job in this Eastern Expedition and completed the task successfully. I will give you a lot of rewards to commend everyone's achievements."

Everyone was overjoyed and thanked them together. The generals went to arrange the soldiers to board the ship. Zhao Yun then smiled at Liu Jing and said, "Congratulations, brother."

Liu Jing smiled bitterly, "I came to Jiangdong thousands of miles and mobilized many people. Just because my mother-in-law wanted to meet her son-in-law, she was so angry that she thought about it."

"This is also human nature."

Zhao Yun also smiled and said, "If someone marrys your only daughter, he will naturally have to look at his son-in-law. I heard that Princess Shangxiang of Jiangdong is beautiful and virtuous, and it is also a blessing for her to marry her."

It is rare that Zhao Yun would joke like this. Liu Jing was in a good mood and patted his arm and smiled: "Since my brother said that, let's accompany me to Jingkou."

"I'm just thinking of this, I'm going to be a guard for my brother."

The two looked at each other and laughed together. At this time, a soldier rushed over and bowed to report: "The governor of Qibingzhou, the governor of Jiangdong Zhou is here."

Unexpectedly, I would meet Zhou Yu here, and Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Please come to Governor Zhou."

Zhou Yu also heard the report. When a huge fleet of Jingzhou arrived, he immediately realized that it was Liu Jing's arrival.

In fact, the settlement agreement between the two parties has been signed, and Shi Ci, Lu Meng and others have also been released ten days ago. For Jiangdong, it is urgent for the Jingzhou army to withdraw from Liyang.

Zhou Yu had no choice. He sent people to see Zhao Yun several times, hoping that he could withdraw his troops as soon as possible as possible according to the agreement between the two sides, but Zhao Yun had only one reply to him and did not receive an order to withdraw troops.

Now that Liu Jing has arrived, Zhou Yu finally saw a glimmer of hope, he rushed from the mine.

"Governor Liuzhou, are you safe?" Zhou Yu walked quickly with more than a dozen guards and laughed loudly from a distance.

Liu Jing smiled and stepped forward and bowed, "I didn't expect to see Gongjin here. It was a surprise."

"I hope to meet the provincial governor in Jingkou and celebrate the provincial governor's wedding, but there is no way. If General Zhao doesn't leave, I have to stay here."

When Zhou Yu said this, he looked at Zhao Yun meaningfully, and the implication was to remind Liu Jing that the Jingzhou army in Liyang should be withdrawn.

Liu Jing naturally understood his reminder. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Gongjin, because he couldn't transfer so many warships for a while, so he was two days late. Now he is already on board, so Gongjin can also return to Jingkou."

Zhou Yu then noticed that the Jingzhou army was lined up on the ship. He couldn't help but feel a little bit of resentment in his heart disappeared. He was overjoyed and quickly apologized, "Please forgive me for being stupid. I didn't see the army evacuating. I said irresponsible for a moment, please don't be surprised by the governor of the state."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, looked back at Zhao Yun, and then said to Zhou Yu: "General Zhao wants to go to Jingkou with me. Can Gongjin enjoy his face? Let's go to Jingkou together by my boat."

Since Liu Jing spoke, Zhou Yu had to give him anyway, but he had to arrange for Li Yang to accept him. He thought for a while and said, "Of course I am willing to go with the provincial governor, but please give me some time and I will arrange it."

"Gongjin will make arrangements when he goes back, I will set off tomorrow morning."

The next morning, the wedding fleet in Jingzhou left Liyang and continued to head towards Jingkou. On Liu Jing's ship, two more guests were added, one was Zhao Yun and the other was Zhou Yu.

Zhao Yun was worried that Liu Jing went deep into the tiger's den alone, so he insisted on following Liu Jing. Zhou Yu and Liu Jing were on the same boat. On the surface, it was Liu Jing's invitation, but Zhou Yu happily agreed, probably there was a deeper intention behind this.

After the Jiangdong Army suffered a crushing defeat in the Western Expedition, the balance pattern of the entire south was broken, Jiangdong fell into a trough, and Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Jiaozhou. Liu Jing and Cao Cao signed a settlement agreement and frequently contacted Bashu.

Jiangdong has sensitively realized that a new tide of competition in the entire south is about to set off, so what kind of strategy will Liu Jing adopt? This is particularly important for Jiangdong.

However, in the absence of mutual trust between Jingzhou and Jiangdong officials, it is particularly necessary for Zhou Yu to develop a personal relationship with Liu Jing.

In the viewing cabin, the personal soldiers packed a table of wine and food, and Liu Jingzheng and Zhou Yu sat opposite each other and drank, discussing the friendship between the Battle of Chibi.

"What is the real intention of Cao Cao's troops stationed in Hefei," Zhou Yu asked.

In fact, Zhou Yu certainly knew that Cao Cao's garrison in Hefei was related to the instability within Jiangdong, but he wanted to know Cao Cao's real strategic arrangements. He believed that Liu Jing's vision would definitely see through Cao Cao's appearance.

Liu Jing picked up his ear cup and smiled and said, "Cao Cao can station troops in Hefei. He can go through Chaohu and Ruxu River to enter the Yangtze River. However, according to my information, Cao Cao did not build a large-scale ship in Hefei. This is obviously not an attitude of attacking Jiangdong. Of course, if someone in Jiangdong is willing to send a boat to Jiangbei, Cao Cao is of course willing to visit Jiangdong, it depends on his luck."

Liu Jing meant that Cao Cao did not intend to attack Jiangdong, but at the same time he was reminding Zhou Yu to beware of Sun Ben and Cao's army collusion and send a ship to Cao Cao.

Zhou Yu nodded silently. Liu Jing's reminder was very necessary. Wuhu County Magistrate Luo Lin was Sun Ben's confidant. If Sun Ben was so obsessed with profit and ordered Luo Lin to collect civilian ships to Cao Cao, the consequences would be unimaginable. He really wanted to remind Wu Hou to control the local government along the river as soon as possible.

"Does the governor of the state think that why Cao Cao didn't build a large-scale ship in Hefei is because of his lack of national strength?" Zhou Yu asked again.

"It has something to do with the lack of national strength, but I think the more important reason is that Cao Cao's attention is in the West, and he actually can't take care of Jiangdong for a while."

“In the West”

Zhou Yu thought for a moment and immediately understood, "Zhou Mu is talking about Ma Chao."

Liu Jing nodded, "Ma Chao and Han Sui have 100,000 armored soldiers, and the cavalry and spearmen are particularly sharp. Cao Cao's military strength in Guanzhong is weak, only Zhong Yao's ten thousand troops. The dangerous pass in the western part of Guanzhong has been occupied by Ma Chao. Once Ma Chao rebels, he will definitely annex Guanzhong. If the Yellow River is frozen, he will even cross the river and enter Bingzhou. The troops will point to Yedu. For Cao Cao, Ma Chao is like a thorn on his back. How can he be in the mood to go south to Jiangdong?"

Zhou Yu knew that Liu Jing must have a secret connection with Ma Chao, otherwise he would not say anything about Ma Chao's rebellion easily. After all, if there was no civil strife in Jiangdong, Cao Cao would have no choice but to take advantage of it. Zhou Yu sighed softly, feeling a little sad.

At this time, Liu Jing asked again with a smile: "I heard that Wu Hou had the intention of expanding the south. Are you planning to take Jian'an County?"

Zhou Yu did not want to hide this. In fact, Zhang Hong had already revealed his secret during the negotiations. He nodded and said, "The main purpose is to consider taking Jian'an, Luling and Linchuan County, and at the same time consolidate Linhai County. I don't have any suggestions for the governor of the state."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "After taking Jian'an County, I naturally wanted to continue to seize Nanhai County. However, when Jiangdong heard that southward transportation was the biggest problem. I suggest that you can go to the sea and develop settlements along the coast, and expand inland with point belts. This will be much easier to take Jian'an County or Nanhai County."

Zhou Yu thought about it, and he thought of the boat problem and tentatively said: "But when you walk on the sea, you will break through the limit of thousands of stones. Does the Zhou Mu think it is OK?"

Liu Jing laughed, "I remember the limit in the contract is the Thousand Stone Warship, so what's wrong with building a large merchant ship?"

Zhou Yu was overjoyed. A big window seemed to be opened in front of him, allowing him to see the infinite beautiful scenery outside the window. Yes, walking on the sea and building a large merchant ship, Jiangdong would naturally head towards Jiaozhou.

Thinking of Jiaozhou, Zhou Yu immediately thought of Liu Bei again. He was shocked and looked at Liu Jing. He saw a cunning smile in Liu Jing's eyes. Zhou Yu suddenly realized that he and Liu Jing looked at each other and laughed together.
Chapter completed!