Liu Jing did not change his original itinerary because of Gan Ning's arrival. The next day, he appointed Wang Qiang as the captain of the northern part of Changsha, set up Baqiu as a county, and worshiped Wang Qiang as the governor of Baqiu County. The general's military exploits made him the first Bailihou under Liu Jing's command.
Liu Jing also appointed Liu Zhu as the captain of Lingjiang. Together with Wang Qiang, he guarded Baqiu, controlled the Yangtze River, Xiangshui River, and Dongting. He controlled Liu Qi in Jiangling in the west and Huang Zu in Jiangxia in the east. Liu Jing himself led the army including Gan Ning. Most of the troops returned to Linxiang.
In addition, Liu Gao also stayed in Baqiu, and he planned to go north to Xudu in the next two days. Of course, in name, he was a scholar from the Central Plains who took refuge in the south of the Yangtze River. Seeing that the world was finally settled, he went north to return home.
Liu Jing's fleet returned all the way south. As soon as it arrived in Luoxian, it received a letter from Zhang Jin.
This letter is full of thousands of words, with various citations and references, and is of great literary talent, but in fact it is all meaningless nonsense. Summed up in one sentence, it is to ask Liu Jing for the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang. Zhang Jin wrote in the letter Finally, he threatened that after writing this letter, he would lead his army north to Quanling that day and wait for Liu Jing's good news.
Is Zhang Jin going crazy? There was a sarcastic look on Liu Jing's face. It took Liu Biao ten years to gather tens of thousands of elites. If they go against him, they will inevitably end up with their entire army annihilated. Why should he, Zhang Jin? ?With the rabble he brought from Jiaozhou?
Liu Jing was filled with disdain and threw the letter aside.
Lingling and Guiyang counties are his forbidden territories, and he will definitely not give them up to Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin, on the other hand, has a domineering attitude, and he will not be willing to return without success. In this case, there will be a battle between the two sides. .
However, now that Liu Jing has initially settled in Changsha, Zhang Jin is working on an expedition. Obviously, the longer it takes, the more beneficial it will be for Liu Jing, so he plans to wait for Zhang Jin for a while before talking about it.
A few days later, Liu Jing returned to Linxiang smoothly. With Huan Jie and his clan brother Liu Xiu in charge, Linxiang was quite stable and there were no twists and turns.
To Liu Jing's surprise, Huan Yi sent someone to send his family back.
Liu Jing hurriedly returned to Longqiu Liu's Wu without even setting foot in the county. This time, not only his family, but also many members of the Liu clan in Longqiu returned. Liu's Wu, which had been deserted for more than two years, became a new place again. Get lively.
"Mother..." Liu Jing returned home and went into the hall to meet his stepmother Zhang.
"Thank you Zhongda for your hard work. No need to be polite." Mrs. Zhang smiled from ear to ear. She never dreamed that her stepson Liu Jing would one day become the lord of Jingnan and a prince.
Liu He asked from the side: "Brother, I heard that you led the army north to attack Cai Mao and recapture Baqiu. Is everything going well?"
Liu Jing smiled and nodded: "I have recaptured Baqiu and restored all of Changsha."
Liu He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. If the north is certain, brother can free up his hands to deal with Zhang Jin with all his strength."
Liu Rao flattered Liu Jing with a cute look on his face and said, "Brother is like a god in his military skills and is victorious in every battle. How can Zhang Jin be my rival?"
Liu Jing burst out laughing after hearing this, and then turned to his wife Deng Yuan and son Liu Qi.
Deng Yuan had removed her filial piety, and she was already beautiful. She put on bright clothes and exquisite ornaments, and she immediately became radiant.
Liu Jing came to his wife and picked up his son Liu Qi. Unexpectedly, after being separated for several months, the little boy was no longer close to him. He kept struggling, calling "Mom" in his mouth, trying to escape Liu Jing's arms.
Liu Jing coaxed him for a long time before he managed to get the little guy to calm down and stop struggling. He couldn't help "complaining" to Deng Yuan: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in the Northern Army, but it doesn't make me feel troublesome. I don't want to control a small kid, but it's like this."
Disaster."
Deng Yuan was quick in thinking, and after a change of thought, he replied with a smile: "How can a tiger father have a pig? Liu Lang has benevolence and righteousness in his heart. In order to protect the people of Jingnan, he is not afraid of violence, uses the weak to resist the strong, and defeats the powerful enemy. A Yang
Quite like Liu Lang."
Liu Jing laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Young Master is right, 'Dragon gives birth to dragon, phoenix gives birth to phoenix, and the son of mouse can dig holes.' My son, Liu Jing, must also be a dragon."
Liu Jing stayed at home and had dinner with his family before preparing to return to Linxiang with his wife and children.
What surprised him was that when Deng Yuan came out of the dormitory, he suddenly changed into a simple robe, and his bun was also empty. He could really be called "the clothes have no embroidery, no jewelry."
Deng Yuan was born in the Deng family of Nanyang, one of the most wealthy families in the world. Since childhood, he has been well-dressed and well-fed, and has loved luxury goods. Except during the period of filial piety, Liu Jing had never seen such a simple wife. He asked puzzledly: "Young Master, why is this happening?"
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Deng Yuan replied: "Liu Lang first settled in Jingnan. Changsha had been hit by military disasters and floods before, and most of the people lived in hardship. As Liu Lang's wife, if I show off my beauty to others, what should the people think?
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Liu Jing suddenly realized, and then said with emotion: "Young Master is really my good wife."
Deng Yuan said: "This is just my duty and does not deserve special praise."
Liu Jing shook his head and said: "Otherwise, Shaojun's clothes are his own belongings. There is nothing wrong with wearing them. It's just for me that he has to put them in the box. How can you not approve of this?"
Liu Rao said with a shy face: "Second sister-in-law, if you don't wear those jade jewelry anymore, you can give them to me."
Deng Yuan glanced at Liu Rao with her beautiful eyes, nodded and said: "Okay." Then he asked his maid Ah Shu to fetch a few boxes of jewelry and gave them to Liu Rao.
Liu Rao hugged him happily, leaving Liu Jing and Liu He speechless.
Standing under the big locust tree outside his house, seeing Liu Jing about to leave, Liu He finally couldn't help but express what he had been holding in his heart for a long time: "Brother, I wanted to stay in Lingxian and fight alongside you.
After being rejected by you, you said you had plans for me after the war..."
Liu Jing smiled, fortunately Liu He could endure it till now, and said: "Of course I haven't forgotten this matter. Aruo, since you became a disciple of Duke Huan last year and then entered the Leiyang County Temple as an official, you have grown up in more than a year.
Great. Since you have no intention of studying academics but have the intention of becoming an official, I will naturally give you a chance. Liuyang Township in the east of Linxiang is surrounded by mountains and rivers, has fertile land and is densely populated. I want to establish a county here.
You can temporarily act as county magistrate."
Liu He is sixteen years old this year. Although Sun Quan promoted Xiaolian and served as the county magistrate of Yangxian when he was fifteen, Liu Jing is not a person like Sun Ce who simply relies on force to seize the foundation. He values reputation more. In other words, he is more shameless.
If Liu He, his younger brother Liu He, who was only sixteen years old and had no good reputation, was directly appointed as the chief minister of Baili, he would inevitably fall into disgrace. But with a new county, Liu He would be under much less pressure as he started his official career.
To be honest, Liu He was a little surprised. He had expected to be the head of a county, but he didn't expect Liu Jing to ask him to go to the new county. Fortunately, Liuyang was closer to home, so he wouldn't have to go far away.