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On the dock outside Jiangling City, a military ship with a 2,000 stone was slowly docking. The military dock was already martial law, and more than a thousand soldiers were closely defending each other, ten steps and five steps. No idle people were allowed to approach. Even more than a thousand workers who were originally carrying goods on the military dock were driven out of the dock area.

In the distance, dozens of businessmen were whispering, not knowing that the big man would be coming.

"Can it be the King of Han come?" someone whispered.

This idea suddenly made many people around him excited, "It is very likely that Changsha County is fighting, how can the King of Han sit in Chengdu? He will definitely come."

The discussions of the crowd grew louder and louder. At this time, a cavalry rushed over and shouted loudly: "Leave all of them, and do not gather here."

At this time, several more cavalrymen rushed over. They raised their whips and slapped the merchants, which scared the merchants to scatter. At this time, the ship was docked on the dock, and several soldiers were guarding a general wearing a golden helmet and walking off the ship quickly. The person coming was Liu Jing.

After receiving the express letter from Gan Ning to send in Bali, he set out for Jiangling. The situation in Jingnan was changing rapidly to his expectations. In just twenty days, Zhuge Liang took down the four counties of Jingnan and continued to advance eastward.

In his letter to him, Zhuge Liang also wrote that he was willing to cooperate with his strategy, but he hoped that the Han army could recognize the interests of the Jiaozhou army. However, the letter was vague and did not mention the recognition of the interests of the Jiaozhou army.

At the same time, Liu Jing received emergency information from Jianye intelligence point and used flying pigeon relay to deliver it. Jiangdong had sent 100,000 troops, and Sun Quan personally took charge and drove westward in the water and land armies.

A great war is about to begin. Although the Han army is just waiting and watching, Liu Jing knows that the Han army is actually participating in the war, and is just participating in this battle in a special way.

The military advisor Pang Tong, who came with Liu Jing, rushed off the big ship. Gan Ning, who had been waiting on the dock, hurriedly came up and knelt down on one knee to report, "See Your Highness the King of Han."

Liu Jing quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "You saluted like this, wouldn't it be like telling everyone that the King of Han has arrived in Jiangling?"

Gan Ning apologized, "I forgot this, please forgive me."

"Actually, it's okay. Whether I'm here or not, it's up to you. If the Jiangdong envoy arrives, you can send him to Chengdu to find me."

Pang Tong next to him smiled and said, "Your Highness said he wanted to come to Jiangling secretly, but he stood on the dock but refused to leave. Do you want the people in Jiangling City to come out to greet him?"

"The military advisor is right. If you have any questions, go back to the military camp."

Liu Jing turned over the horse, surrounded by everyone, urged the horse to gallop towards the navy camp.

When they arrived at the Central Army tent, everyone sat down. Gan Ning took out a letter and handed it to Liu Jing, "This is what Zhuge Liang sent to deliver this afternoon about the wooden ox."

Liu Jing took the letter and looked at it. It was Zhuge Liang's official statement, and he was willing to exchange five elephants for wooden cows. He begged Jingzhou to agree.

Of course Liu Jing knew that Zhuge Liang was trying to imitate the wooden ox. It was funny to say that the wooden ox was supposed to be his patent of Zhuge Liang. Now Zhuge Liang has the intention to copy the village. Is it that Zhuge becomes Kong Ming or Kong Ming becomes Zhuge?

Liu Jing ignored him, and he turned around and handed the letter to Pang Tong, laughing and said, "Shi Yuan, take a look and give me an opinion."

Pang Tong knew that Liu Jing had already decided, and he was testing himself. He thought for a moment: "I thought that since the wooden ox has been promoted for civil use, the manufacturing technology will be released sooner or later. Jiaozhou can actually get two wooden oxes back to imitate it. The reason why they made great efforts to use five elephants to exchange for wooden ox is actually a kind of reward, but it is more of a way of testing."

"What to test for?"

"Your Highness, please think that five elephants can't be handed over in one or two days, at least two years, or at most years, during this period, they occupy Jingnan. If your Highness is determined to ask their elephants, this surface will naturally not be able to be pulled down, and they have to continue occupying them. If Jingzhou wants to retake Jingnan, then their elephants will not be given again. This is actually using five elephants to exchange for the Jingnan occupation period in 2018. The empress suggests that the elephants would rather not be given, and the wooden ox will give them two. Instead of imitating them privately on a large scale, we should take the initiative to allow him to imitate them. They owe us a favor."

Liu Jing nodded. His conclusion was the same as Pang Tong thought, but the process was not as complicated as Pang Tong thought. At this time, Liu Jing asked Gan Ning again, "Tell me about the battle situation of the Jiaozhou Army."

Gan Ning ordered the soldiers to carry a wooden frame and hang the map on it. He pointed to the map with a wooden pole and said, "At present, the main force of the Jiaozhou Army has gone to Poyang County and Yuzhang County. There are only a thousand people stationed in Linxiang County in Changsha County, and there are one thousand people in the remaining Jingnan County. According to the latest information obtained this morning, Zhuge Liang is currently leading the main force in Yuzhang County, while Zhang Fei is the only one who leads 5,000 people in Poyang County."

Liu Jing frowned slightly. The main force of the Jiangdong Army must have come by boat. Zhuge Liang's main force should be placed in Poyang County. How could it be placed in Yuzhang County?

At this time, Pang Tong next to him smiled and said, "I understand Kong Ming. His combat is always the real one, and the real one is the virtual one. If I was not wrong, Kong Ming wanted to drag the Jiangdong Army to the land to fight to make up for the shortcomings of the water war between the Jiaozhou Army."

"How can I see it?" Gan Ning asked curiously.

Pang Tong shook his head, "I can't explain it clearly, just by feeling."

Liu Jing did not say a word, and walked slowly in the tent with his hands behind his back. He was pondering about something more important. At this time, he turned to Gan Ning and said, "I have a letter, you can use the pigeon letter to send it to Jianye immediately."

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After everyone's discussion, Liu Jing came to another other tent, which lived in Lu Li, who was captured in Linxiang County.

Lu Li is over 40 years old this year, with fair skin, medium figure and good-looking. He was originally a side housemate of the Lu family and had no status in the Lu family. He was responsible for some businesses on the Yangtze River. He thus met Tao Lie, a great businessman in Jingzhou.

Tao Lie also intended to marry the Lu family, so he betrothed his youngest daughter Tao Hua to Lu Li. Lu Li never dreamed that it was this marriage that he once despised made him become prosperous.

Because Tao Hua was Tao Zhan's relative aunt, Lu Li became a relationship with Liu Jing and was appointed as the magistrate of Qu'a County by Sun Quan. At the same time, he also became a core member of the Lu family and became one of the decision-makers of the Lu family. Many legitimates who used to look down on him should respectfully call him Uncle Sheng respectfully in front of him.

This made Lu Li very moved. Who would have thought that a marriage that changed his fate so much, and his wife, Tao, became one of the most important wives in the Lu family.

Other captured people, such as Bu Zhi and others, have been released by Gan Ning, but Lu Li was persuaded to stay because Liu Jing wanted to see him.

Of course, Lu Li was treated preferentially and arranged his daily life according to the level of a distinguished guest. Despite this, Lu Li still seemed a little restless and did not know what his destiny was.

Lu Lizheng walked in the big tent with his hands behind his back, and suddenly felt something. When he turned around, he saw a young man standing at the door of the tent. He was tall and heroic, with extraordinary weapons and a terrifying aura in his eyes.

Although Liu Jing has been to Jiangdong several times, Lu Li has never seen him. He does not know Liu Jing. Seeing that the human beings in front of him are extraordinary, he dare not look down on him, so he asked, "Is this envoy looking for me?"

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "I'm here to see my uncle."

Aunt

Lu Li was stunned and suddenly realized that the person in front of him turned out to be Liu Jing, the King of Han, who was so scared that he knelt down and bowed, "I'm going to see His Highness the King of Han."

Liu Jing quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "It should be that I gave a big gift to my uncle. Why did it turn around? Please get up quickly."

Lu Li was excited and ashamed in his heart. He hurriedly asked Liu Jing to sit down, poured him a bowl of tea, and asked, "When will your highness come to Jiangling?"

"I just arrived an hour ago. I came late, so I was wronged."

Liu Jing called out his uncle and made Lu Li blush. Although he was indeed Tao Zhan's biological uncle, the person in front of him was the King of Han and he could not afford it. He smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness might as well call me Uncle Ting. The younger generations call me this, and Zhan'er used to call me this."

"That's fine. I'll call you Ting Bo with the princess. May I ask my aunt now."

"She is very good at the moment. She is just a Buddhist and stays in the Buddhist temple to recite scriptures all day long."

After a few greetings, Liu Jing slowly turned the topic to the main business. He smiled and said, "Last time, Jingzhou publicly promoted his scholars, almost all the famous families in the world responded, why didn't they see the Lu family's brother?"

"I don't know much about this. I can ask the head of the family when I go back."

"Okay, Ting Bo can ask the head of the Lu family and say hello to Lu Gongji on my behalf. When he visited Xiangyang, he suffered a leg disability. I was very sorry. I hope he had time to come to Bashu to see him, and I would take him to travel the mountains and rivers of Bashu in person."

Liu Jing's sincerity moved Lu Li. He didn't know how to express his gratitude for a moment, so he had to nod in silence.

After Sun Quan personally led a 100,000 army to send troops, Jianye City gradually became quiet. People no longer mentioned the battle in Jingnan, but another kind of anger spread rapidly in the city, that is, the new verbal tax was added, which increased everyone's tax by 50%. Although it was for various excuses and reasons, everyone understood that this was the war tax.

The heavy taxation pressures the middle and lower classes to breathe. People are full of anger and dissatisfaction with the Sun regime. Jianye City is talking about tax issues everywhere.

At noon that day, Liu Min came to the Xishi Tavern near Jianye Guesthouse as usual. This is one of the five major taverns in Jianye. It covers an area of ​​about five acres and consists of taverns and hostels. It was famous as early as Jingkou, but its other identity is the intelligence center set up by the Han army in Jianye.

Liu Min is also quite nervous these days. The 100,000 Jiangdong troops will go to Yuzhang and Poyang to fight, which will cause a major change in the situation in the entire south. Although the war itself has no direct relationship with Jingzhou, the end of the war has a huge impact on Jingzhou. Liu Min came to Xishi Tavern every day, and wanted to get news from Chengdu from here.

When he arrived at the door of the tavern, the bartender had already known him and quickly led him to the second floor. He had a seat by the window. The bartender whispered to him: "Envoy Liu, please sit down first, I'll ask the boss if there is anything."

Liu Min sat down and looked at the situation in the tavern. Perhaps it was noon, the tavern was very prosperous, with drinkers full of noisy and shouting, and all kinds of curses came one after another.

"I think he might as well as become emperor, so that he would be renamed." A butcher cursed angrily, and the business was particularly loud.

Everyone knew that he was referring to Sun Quan, and someone smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, why do you say this? Why is it more worthy of being an emperor?"

"In that way, everyone can call him long live. Are we just 10,000 taxes now?"

Everyone burst into laughter, and some frivolous and good things shouted: "Mr. Liu is right, he is Sun now."

But there are also steady people who shake their heads gently, and some kindly advised: "Liu Butcher, disaster comes from the mouth, be careful."

"I'm afraid of nothing"

Liu Butcher, who had a fat face, cursed: "At present, at least half of his mother has to pay taxes. At least half of them are old enough to go to Jingzhou to kill pigs and not be angry with him."

Everyone laughed at first, and then there was a lot of discussion. At this time, the old man sitting opposite Liu Min sighed: "Although the words are rough, the reason is not rough. The taxes are really heavy now. If this continues, many people will probably flee to the north or Jingzhou."

Liu Min's heart moved and bowed and smiled, "The father-in-law's words are based on me. I mean that the people are going to escape to Jingzhou."

"What is the basis for this? Jiangdong has increased taxes every year, and recently it has increased the tax on edibles. The tax has been more than twice as high as Jingzhou. Water flows to low places and people go to high places. If you can't survive, can't you still leave?"

"Is it time to be unable to survive?" Liu Min said in surprise.

The old man shook his head, "Although it is not so serious, it is soon. If taxes are added in the autumn, I will probably rebel. You can see the rice price. When will the rice price in Jiangdong exceed the money? The shops in Taipei City have closed down more than half, and the business is depressed. But he is still so warlike, he has been defeated repeatedly, and he is exhausted and has suffered money. He is incompetent in governing the country."

Liu Minran was silent. Although he had heard a lot of complaints these days, he did not expect that the situation in Jiangdong had become so serious.

At this time, the bartender quickly walked forward and whispered to Liu Min: "Please follow me."

Liu Min knew that there must be news, so he quickly got up and bowed to the old man, followed the bartender to walk to the backyard quickly.

Behind Xishi Tavern is Xishi Hostel, with more than a dozen yards of various sizes. The houses are deep. He followed the bartender into a small yard. The bartender smiled and said, "Envoy Liu, please wait in the house."

Liu Min walked into the room. The room was not big and was very neatly tidy. A woman about ten years old sat opposite her, who was very elegant. She was Guan Xi, the owner of Xi's Tavern, and was also the intelligence head of the Han army in Jiangdong. She was smart and capable, and was highly valued by Liu Jing.

Liu Min stayed in Jiangdong for two years and only met her once. She knew that she was directly under the jurisdiction of the King of Han, so she was quite polite to her.

Guan Xi stood up and bowed with a smile: "See Liu Shenjun"

Liu Min is a minister of the Han Palace and a government official, while Guan Xi belongs to the military and is the vice-captain of the military. The two are not in the same system. Liu Min also smiled and replied, "I dare not be the one, but what news does Guan Zheng have?"

Guan Xi smiled, "I just received an order from the King of Han today, which is related to the envoy Liu, so please sit down."

Liu Min sat down, and Guan Xi took out a roll of paper and handed it to him. Liu Jing sent a pigeon letter, and his handwriting was very small. Liu Min quickly took the roll of paper, opened it and looked at it quickly, nodded. He did have a task.

He thought about it and smiled, "Your Highness ordered me to go to Kuaiji County. I wonder if the Captain Guan can arrange a boat for me."

"No problem, I don't know when the envoy will leave"

"I'll go back and clean up and leave in the afternoon."

The two discussed the details of arranging the ship again. At this time, Liu Min remembered something and said to Guan Xi: "Now the people of Jianye are in a state of grievances, the lieutenant can report to the King of Han."

Guan Xi smiled and said, "I am the one who runs a tavern. How can I not know these things? Jianye is indeed complaining now, but I also have to collect information from other counties and then summarize them before reporting to the King of Han." "It turns out that I don't know if other counties will be better."

Guan Xi shook his head, "According to some information I have heard, Jianye has the lowest tax, and the highest tax is Kuaiji County, but it is actually Wu County. Therefore, officials of the Wuyue faction strongly opposed the Western Expedition because the people in Wuyue could no longer bear it."

Liu Min was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe this is what the King of Han expected. Jiangdong was in chaos from the inside, which would help us unify the south."

Guan Xiyanran smiled and said, "Envoy Liu is a person who asks me, and I will ask you more advice from you in the future."

Seeing that she was smiling cutely and charmingly and pretty, Liu Min suddenly remembered that she was a widow, and her heart was pounding. She quickly lowered her head and said, "I dare not, we can communicate with each other if we have the chance."

Guan Xi knew countless people and had a deep experience. She saw Liu Min's embarrassment and was amused, and said, "Then I won't bother you. Please go to have a meal first. I will arrange the boat in the afternoon."

Liu Min hurriedly bowed and slowly retreated. Seeing that Liu Min was quite polite, Guan Xi immediately felt a little fond of him. She looked at Liu Min's back and her eyes softened.
Chapter completed!