Seeing Liu Jing's full agreement, Liu's mother felt a little relieved. The reason why she asked her second son Liu Ji to serve as an official early was because she was afraid that he would be influenced by Liu Yao at home for a long time and lose his ambition to make progress. The eldest son Liu Yao was already destined to have no future.
After what he did, his second son Liu Jijuan could never follow in his footsteps again.
Signaling the second son who was kneeling on the ground to get up, Liu's mother took Liu Ji's hand and sighed: "I will be at peace if I entrust Ji'er to Zhongda."
Liu Jing glanced at Liu Yan who was looking lost and said: "Although Brother Ji is young, he is calm, abides by etiquette, and his actions are elegant. To come to my sect to be a clerk with swords and pens is a bit unfair."
Liu's mother shook her head and said: "You can't say that. In terms of talent, when Zhongda entered the market as an official, wouldn't it be even more humiliating? Now he has become the leader of a hundred miles. Besides, although his position is humble, he still holds an important position and can
It would be most suitable for him to always listen to Zhongda's teachings."
Mother Liu obviously did not make a hasty decision on this matter, she must have thought about it all the way.
Liu Jingdao: "I have a special friendship with Wenlang, and I will definitely treat Jidi like my own son in the future." Then he added: "Since Jidi has decided to become an official, he must choose his name in advance."
Liu's mother replied: "Before his father passed away, he had already chosen a good name for him, and he called him Wenshi."
"Ji Zheji, could it be that before his father passed away, he had already seen that Liu Yao was not the one to build a family business? And he placed his hopes on his second son?" Liu Jing couldn't help but guess in his heart.
"Liu Ji and Liu Wenshi, that's a very good name." Liu Jing then pointed to the car behind him and said, "There are so many people coming and going here, it's not a place to talk. I've prepared the fields and houses, please get in the car."
Seeing Liu Jing's attentive appearance, Liu's mother sighed softly: "Then it will be troublesome for Zhongda."
Liu Jing smiled and replied: "How can this be called trouble? As a landlord, I naturally have to do my best to protect my relatives and friends."
Not only was Liu's family impoverished, they also had very little possessions, except for several carts of books.
Along the way, Liu Jing and Liu Yao chatted about their current situation. After all, they had not seen each other for more than a year.
There was a look of hesitation on Liu Qian's face, and he answered Liu Jing's questions one after another. He obviously lacked interest in conversation. It was obvious that Liu's mother's previous words had touched him quite a bit.
Liu Yao has always been free and easy, but his appearance now is quite rare.
However, Liu Jing was not so naive as to think that just relying on Liu's mother's words could make Liu Yao give up his desire to live in seclusion. The two had known each other for a long time, and he knew best that Liu Yao's heart was as hard as iron and could not be shaken.
Nope either.
In this regard, Liu Jing has sighed countless times and gave up long ago.
The new residence he prepared for Liu Yao's family is located in the southwest of Ling County, at the foot of a mountain.
Compared with the several acres of small house and several thatched huts in Linxiang, the new residence is much better. It covers an area of more than ten acres and has ten houses. They are all spacious and sturdy. There is a vegetable garden in the front yard and elm trees in the back yard.
Nine plants can raise cicadas.
In addition, Liu Jing also allocated 200 acres of rice fields to his family for living.
You know, in the past, Liu Jing's family, plus the Song family, who were hangers-on, could live a worry-free life with only 230 acres of rice fields.
But who made Liu Yao addicted to alcohol? The Liu family's annual expenses were astonishingly high.
The reason why Liu Jing only gave the Liu family 200 acres of land was not because he was holding back the door, but because he was worried that if he gave too much, Liu Jing would use it to buy wine, indulge in alcohol all day long, and drink himself to death.
Mother Liu was very satisfied with her new residence and thanked her profusely.
Liu Jing was busy with business, so he left after a while.
The next day, Tao Guan also arrived. This time Liu Jing did not show up, and it was Cai Sheng who received him.
Liu Jing found an opportunity to meet him later. Tao Guan was still the same as before, with a short body and a funny appearance, which was very ridiculous. However, when he opened his mouth, he gave people the impression of being knowledgeable and polite, as well as his appearance.
There was a huge contrast.
Liu Jinghao sat upright and asked, "Ziyi, what are your plans next? Do you want to continue selling cakes as a business?"
Tao Guan nodded and said: "Yes, the villain does not know how to make a living. He has no choice but to make cakes."
Liu Jingdao: "Ling County is a remote and small county. It is no better than Linxiang. The population in the city is less than 10,000, and the people are even poorer. It may not be easy for you to support your family by selling cakes here."
It's not like Tao Guan has never thought about this problem, but he only has this kind of thing. If he doesn't make a living by selling cakes, what else can he rely on?
Liu Jing groaned and said: "You know Zuixiangju, right? It was opened by one of my tribesmen. Now that Linxiang is in danger, Zuixiangju will naturally not be able to continue operating. This tribesman of mine is planning to open it again in Ling County.
Open a drunken country house. If you are willing, you can become a shop owner, and the salary will be enough to support your family."
Tao Guan had a close relationship with Cai Sheng. From the latter, he vaguely guessed the relationship between Zuixiangju and Liu Jing. He was surprised by Liu Jing's thoughts: "Ah? Liu Jun lets a villain be the owner of Zuixiangju? How can this make him
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If you use a dwarf as the owner of a restaurant and let outsiders know about it, you still have to be laughed at to death?
Liu Jing smiled and said: "It's just a wine shop, with Ziyi's ability, there will be no problem."
Tao Guan felt very warm in his heart, and he bowed deeply and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Liu. I am deeply grateful."
Liu Jing shook his head secretly, there was only so much he could do.
In the following days, the fleets carrying soldiers and their families returned one after another. At the same time, there were also a large number of people who had fled from the north. In just a few days, the number of refugees exceeded 10,000, and they are still growing at a rapid rate. It can be said that
It is expected that as the situation continues to worsen in the future, it will continue for a long time.
These refugees must not be left alone, otherwise it will cause extremely serious consequences. While Liu Jing sent a large number of soldiers to guard and defend, he also asked for help from the four counties of Ancheng, Chaling, Youxian, and Rongling in the east, as well as Lingling and Guiyang counties.
Want food.
Liu Jing believed that they would make a rational decision. If they did not provide food, then don't blame him for leading the refugees to their territory.
On that day, while Liu Jing was immersed in writing letters to Lingling and Guiyang counties, he suddenly received a report that a fleet had arrived on the Xiang River.
This fleet consists of more than thirty large and small ships, including ten ships, fourteen battleships, and the rest are barges.
They were the only navy left in Changsha. After they were defeated by the Jingzhou navy led by Cai Mao on the Linxiang River that day, they did not even dare to return to the Linxiang camp and fled all the way to Ling County.
Even Ling County was not their ultimate goal. If Liu Zong and others had not led the warships to block the way south, they would probably have fled to Lingling in one go.
Liu Jing couldn't help being "livid". In this crisis, they didn't want to fight against the northern enemy, but wanted to flee Lingling. It was really unbearable.