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Chapter 111 The Return

Now Liu Jing is no longer a fledgling, and his reputation has reached the point where even the eunuch Zhang Xian and the meritorious Cao Huanjie feel jealous.

In this way, Liu Jing won Zhang Xian's trust at the top and the love of all the officials at the bottom. In the eyes of others, the position of chief bookkeeper was one of heavy government affairs, but he was able to do it with ease.Of course, this has a lot to do with his bold delegation of power.

The only bad thing is that he often has to run errands for Zhang Xian, doing things such as reading books, giving letters, and welcoming distinguished guests.

The time is long, and it has entered August in a blink of an eye. Liu Jing has been working as the director for a month and a half. He can use eight words to evaluate: "The sharpness is restrained, and it is quite satisfactory."

First of all, the position of chief bookkeeper is mainly to pick up and make up for Zhang Xian. The word "stable" is overwhelming. With Wu Juwufu's light and tough personality, he was honest and honest when he was the chief bookkeeper, and there was never any trouble.

Secondly, it is natural that Liu Jing is not interested in the post of director.He didn't regard the master book as a long-term solution from the beginning, so why worry about it.

It was Liu Zhu who really caught Liu Jing's heart. After nearly fifty days, Liu Zhu finally led the fleet back.

Although all six ships returned safely, three of them had scars all over their bodies, apparently attacked by bandits on the way.

"Liu Jun, I am lucky to live up to my fate..."

Liu Zhu is nineteen years old, one year older than Liu Jing. His original appearance was quite outstanding, especially his pair of red phoenix eyes, which were very lively and energetic, which was particularly eye-catching. But now his facial skin is dark and rough. appearance.

Liu Jing held his hand tightly, and said a thousand words, all of which turned into a sentence of "Thanks for your hard work".

Liu Zhu showed his white teeth with a smile, and said: "I was just a thief at first. Liu Jun didn't think I was a despicable person. I was pulled out of the rivers and lakes, cultivated with all my heart, and recreated with kindness. The ancient assassin Yu Rang once said: "People If a countryman meets me, I will repay you as a countryman.' This is also my heart. Liu Jun handed over millions of dollars worth of cargo to my hands, even if he died, he must fulfill Liu Jun's heavy entrustment."

Liu Jing pressed his shoulder hard and asked, "Wenxiu, tell me quickly, what dangers did you encounter along the way?"

Liu Zhu said: "The section of the Xiangshui River in Changsha is relatively calm. Only the Dongting area near the Yangtze River is haunted by thieves. Once entering the Yangtze River, especially in the area of ​​Yunmeng Lake, there are many thieves. Whether it is going or returning, the fleet has been attacked. Thieves attacked."

"So that's the case." Liu Jing nodded, not too surprised, Yunmengze has been a lawless place since ancient times, where thieves are rampant, and no one can cure it.

In the past, King Chuzhao was attacked by the state of Wu and fled to Yunmengze. "Zuo Zhuan" records: "The king's bedroom was attacked by robbers, and he attacked the king with spears. Wang Sunyou received it with his back and hit his shoulder."

That is to say, the bandits in Yunmengze killed King Chu Zhao when they came up. Fortunately, Wang Sunyou blocked the sword for him.Then King Chu Zhao took advantage of the thieves robbing the jewels, and fled ashore.The embarrassment of the scene is not difficult to imagine.

Liu Jing asked, "Wenxiu, what about the casualties on board?"

Liu Zhu replied solemnly: "The fleet has been attacked by bandits four times. A total of five people were killed and 18 people were injured."

To be honest, the casualties were smaller than Liu Jing expected, but if you think about it carefully, they are not too small. The number of all six ships added up is less than 200, and the casualties are more than [-], more than one year. to make.

Liu Jing pondered, and said: "Wenxiu, don't be stingy with money, the deceased must be well compensated, and they must not be allowed to sacrifice in vain and die with regret."

Although only five people died, the pension is definitely not a small amount, because people in the Han Dynasty believed that the soul would not die after death, and would continue to live in another world, that is, "death is like life", so the emperor's down Thick burials are popular among the common people.In order to allow the deceased to be "gloriously buried", the family members of the deceased did not hesitate to sell their houses and land, and even borrowed usurious loans, which caused extremely serious social problems.During this period, there were many wise people who set an example and called for light burials, but after all, it is difficult to change the world's customs.

Liu Zhu said with a serious face: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I will arrange this properly."

Liu Jing said again: "The wounded should also be comforted."

"promise."

Since the two met, Liu Jing has always asked people all the time, as if the hundreds of thousands of goods on the ship did not exist, but Liu Zhu took the initiative to mention:

"This time I went to Xiangyang, whether it was rice, leather goods, medicinal materials... or South China Sea treasures such as pearls, tortoise shells, and jadeite, they were all sold out. From Xiangyang, I brought back cloth, silk, silk, silk, bronzes, and gold. lost four horses and 22 cows."

Liu Jing heard that there was a horse, and asked curiously, "What kind of horse did you buy?"

Liu Zhu squinted his phoenix eyes and said with a smile: "Back to Mr. Liu, they are all good horses with a body height of nearly six feet."

Liu Jing was greatly surprised. You must know that in troubled times, horses are the most important resource. In Changsha, even if you want to buy a southwest pony, it is by no means an easy task.

Liu Zhu explained: "Originally, there were no good horses in Xiangyang City. These four horses were sold to me by Guanzhong people living in Xiangyang."

Liu Jing suddenly realized that this is no wonder, he could even guess that the whole transaction must be completed on the Hanshui River, if there are good horses in Xiangyang City, they will either be forcibly requisitioned by the state government, or they will be forcibly taken by the powerful clan How to win, whoever gets Liu Zhu to take advantage of it.Then Liu Zhuzhi's words proved his guess to the point.

Seeing that Liu Zhu's tired face couldn't be concealed, Liu Jing didn't ask any more questions, and asked him to go home and have a good rest first, and wait until tomorrow to talk about what's going on.

Liu Zhu politely rejected Liu Jing's kindness and insisted on finishing the finishing work. It was already evening when everything was settled.Liu Zhu fell asleep when he got home, and when he woke up the next morning, he was busy again.

Liu Zhu's smooth return made Liu Jing half relieved. He originally thought that Wang Qiang would come back at the end of August, but he looked left and right, but he never found him. He couldn't help worrying. He didn't return until September [-]nd. , and the fleet has only five ships.

Even though Liu Jing was upset, he didn't get angry at Wang Qiang because of the loss of the cargo, and asked with concern: "Zijian, what happened?"

The more indifferent Liu Jing behaved, the more ashamed Wang Qiang felt. He wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in. He gritted his teeth and said, "Although there were some twists and turns when the fleet went south, it went smoothly. When it returned, it passed Ling, Gui, and Changsha. The waters of Ling County at the junction of the three counties were attacked by Jing Man, thousands of them were besieging the fleet on bamboo rafts, if the villain hadn't broken through the encirclement in time, they would have lost more than just one ship."

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(End of this chapter)