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188 Three Years

Ma Zhou let out a "hey", the robe is definitely the most sophisticated armor in the world today, which man in the army wouldn't want to own one?As soon as the robe armor was made, he missed it.

Liu Jing pondered and said: "With the current manpower, we can't make many jackets throughout the year, which is like a drop in the bucket for us. Zijin, you should recruit more manpower as soon as possible. Don't be stingy with money, people are more important than money. important."

Ma Zhou couldn't help laughing and said: "With Liu Jun's words, things are much simpler. There are not many things in Leiyang, but there are many blacksmiths. As long as Liu Jun spares money, he will surely attract a large number of blacksmiths."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "I will leave this matter to you."

"promise."

Then, Liu Jing's eyes fell on the weapon rack next to the robe, on which were placed knives, swords, axes, hand halberds, long halberds, spears, and hooks.

Liu Jing walked up and took out the Huanshou knife on the top of the weapon rack. This knife was about four feet long, with a narrow, long and straight blade. There was an inscription in official script in wrong gold on the spine of the knife: "Thirty big swords made in April of the second year of Jian'an to auspicious sheep."

Auspicious sheep means auspiciousness, and Sanqian means thirty refinements, which means that the knife is made after repeated folding and forging thirty times.

Naturally, this saber was not as good as Liu Jing's and Ma Zhou's sabers, but it was quite excellent.

Now Liu Jing no longer wears the sword given to him by his late brother Liu Yuan. What he now wears on his waist is a four-foot-long, beautifully decorated and gorgeous hundred-steel sword.

Liu Jing simply asked Ma Zhou a few words, then put the ring head knife back on the shelf, and then played with the various weapons on the weapon shelf one by one, and finally picked up the rather heavy halberd.

Perhaps related to the long-standing tradition of China, people in the Han Dynasty had a surprising preference for halberds.

Although the halberd can be stabbed, chopped, and hooked, its cutting power is very small and it is difficult to control; when wearing armor to fight, the small branches are not very useful.Moreover, the head of the halberd is about twice as heavy as the head of the spear, and it takes much more effort to dance than the spear.History has also proved that it is far less practical than the spear, so it is not surprising that it was eliminated by the spear.

Hearing Liu Jing's order to "make less halberds and more spears", Ma Zhou felt that this proposal was a bit strange, but he didn't think much about it.

Because the barbarians in the south are good at using spears, Jingzhou people also have a tradition of using spears. Unlike people in the Central Plains, their soldiers mainly use halberds.

Liu Jing stayed in Yefang for more than half a day before leaving satisfied.

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August is not only the season of autumn harvest, but also the season of "counting people".

"Han Shu·Gao Di Ji" contains: "August, the beginning of the year is the calculation of Fu." In this year, the Han Dynasty formally collected the calculation of Fu from the people for the first time, and then it was customized.

Every August in the Han Dynasty, counties and townships would conduct household registration surveys, which were called "case ratio", that is, tax collection and calculation, so it was called "August counting people."

The people in Zhongshui and Pingyang Townships had just finished their busy autumn harvest, and before they had time to take a breath, they rushed to the temple with their families to accept the "case verification" and "review" of the township officials.

"Reading", that is, face-to-face inspection, is actually a crucial part of the tax calculation procedure. Therefore, everyone from the township temple, from the township coward to the small official, pays special attention to it, especially the county lord Liu Jing is currently in the township. , they must be taken more seriously.

By the time Zhongshui and Pingyang Townships had finished reviewing the cases, Liu Jing had already stayed here for more than half a month, and it was time to leave.

After returning to Ling County this time, he probably won't come again in the short term.But with Ma Zhou guarding here, he is quite at ease.

It was Chu Fang who came to pick him up. For more than half a month, he led a warship to kill several unscrupulous bandits in the Hunan and Zhonger waters.

When Liu Jing came back, the four townships in Ling County had also completed the case comparison, so he got into the toilet and looked through the case files.

Thanks to more than 1 Qimin households newly registered in Zhongshui and Pingyang Townships this year, the total number of households in Ling County has surpassed the [-] mark and reached nearly [-].

If the world does not fall into turmoil, this alone is enough to remove the "trial guard" from Liu Jing's head and become a "true" county magistrate.

Even, since the number of households in Ling County exceeded [-], it would be a matter of course to change the county magistrate to county magistrate.

The autumn harvest was over, and the counting of people was also over. Ling county was free for a while, so Liu Jing took the opportunity to order the relocation of the county government.

The news that the county government moved to Linzheng Township had spread very early on. As Liu Jing sent prisoners to Linzheng Township to build official houses, the rumors were basically settled, so for Liu Jing's order, the county officials Min didn't seem too surprised.

The happiest people are Deng Yuan and Lai Ci. During this time, the two of them commuted between the county house and Ciyou residence every day, and the time spent on the road alone exceeded an hour. No more suffering from running around.

On the contrary, the stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, seemed not very willing. She was very satisfied with where she lived now, but when she moved to Linzhen Township, which is very small in size, the living environment would definitely be far worse than it is now.

But it's impossible not to move, not to mention Lai Ci, even Liu He and Liu Rao are clamoring to go with brother, can she stay alone?

After all, Liu Jing still likes to mess around, and move to a county...

The relocation of the county government was by no means an easy task. Among other things, it took three or four days to move the files and documents of the county temple. It was not until ten days later that the relocation work was basically completed.

Since then, Ling County has returned to calm again, only the prisoners are still building up Linzhen Township.No, it should now be called Ling County County Government.

Time flies, and it is almost the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

In the Han Dynasty, there was an upper-counting system. Every year, "at the end of autumn and winter, each county's household registration, cultivated land, money and grain entry and exit, and the number of thieves are counted."

The county should "plan" to the county, and the county is responsible for reporting to the court.The imperial court's evaluation of the performance of counties and counties is also mainly based on this plan.

Therefore, even if the people in the jurisdiction are in dire straits and thieves and bandits rise up, the people will still be happy and the grain will be plentiful according to the plan.

It is a great "spectacle" in the world for the county to bully its county, and the county bullies the imperial court. Therefore, the folk proverb goes: "It is better to play with skill than to fight with strength."

Liu Jing has been in Ling County for less than a year, but he has done things that other people may not be able to do for many years. His real political achievements are probably much better than the nonsense made up by Pang County.

In the last few days of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Jian'an, all the officials of the [-] counties under Changsha's administration arrived at the county government to report the achievements of each county in the past year.

As for Ling County, as expected, it overwhelmed all the counties, and ranked first in the class schedule, which really made a big splash.You know, in the past Ling County was either the number one or the second to last, and it has always been the subject of jokes among Changsha counties.

"Liu Zhongda is really a genius in the world, I am not as good as it." Liang Guan black robe, Huan Jie with bearded cheeks, couldn't help sighing like this.With Liu Jing's method, even if Yu Xu was resurrected, he might not be able to do better than him.

Liu Pan couldn't help stroking his thick and delicate long beard, and said with a smile: "Ling County is a 'ju county', and it can be said that it has accumulated evils for a long time. Zhong Da is resolute and decisive, so it took less than a year , and achieved remarkable results. However, such a method can only be used once, and it will not be easy to become the number one among the Changsha counties next year.”

Zhang Xian said with a smile: "I think that Zhong Da will make great achievements next year."

Huan Jie nodded and said in agreement: "On this point, the officials and the Fujun see the same thing."

"Your Majesty, Bo Xu's words are too much..." Liu Pan's mouth was modest, but his smile couldn't be concealed.

This year is rare to see good weather. Not only Liu Jing's Ling County, but also all the counties under Changsha's administration have achieved good political achievements, which made Zhang Xian very satisfied.

Of course he didn't just read the plan books. Changsha County has five postal supervisors in the east, south, west, north, and middle, and the fourteen counties of Changsha are all under their supervision. Zhang Xian relies on the five postal supervisors and dare not say He knows the counties under his rule very well, but the general situation can still be understood.

Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang all had a bumper harvest this year, and Zhang Xian was extremely happy, and every time he thought of Liu Biao in the north, who was in a state of desperation, Zhang Xian would smile from ear to ear.

From the beginning of the first month of this year until now, for nearly a year, Liu Biao has been in Nanyang, fighting hard with Cao Cao.

The current situation is that neither side can do anything to the other. It is foreseeable that in the next year or two, it will be difficult for Liu Biao and Cao Cao to decide the winner.

And this is undoubtedly the result that Zhang Xian wants to see the most. Liu Biao is restrained in the north by Cao Cao, so naturally he has no energy to go south to find trouble with him.

Zhang Xian is not a person with great ambitions, and he is already satisfied with being able to separate Jingnan.The situation in the Central Plains is chaotic, so he can be his own emperor in Jingnan with peace of mind. The situation in the Central Plains is clear, and he can also follow the story of Dou Rong's return to Han, without losing wealth, and perhaps his descendants can also benefit.

A few days later, the third year of Jian'an (198 AD) came as scheduled.

This Zhengdan, Zhang Xian had a very comfortable life, while Liu Biao had a very bad time. Originally, he had planned to attack Zhang Xian in Jingnan last year and rule Jingzhou.Unexpectedly, after Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, he let Yuan Shu in the south and Lu Bu in the east not attack, but instead rushed into Nanyang.

Liu Biao was so angry that he almost vomited blood. The two had worked together in the past, so they could be regarded as allies. Wouldn't Cao Cao's behavior make relatives hurt and enemies happy?

At this time, Cao Cao was already riding a tiger, and the emperor was in his hands, which made him a little underestimated the heroes of the world. At first, he thought that Zhang Xiu was just an unknown pawn who could be destroyed easily, but he didn't expect to get carried away for a while, and fell into a big somersault.Regardless of whether it is public or private, he must bite the bullet and fight until the winner is completely determined.

Last year, Cao Cao personally conquered Nanyang twice, both of which were disgraceful. In March this year, he personally conquered Nanyang for the third time, encircling Zhangxiu in Rang County.However, Zhang Xiu held on to the city, and the soldiers used their lives. Cao Jun besieged for two months, but was unable to conquer Rang County.

In May, Liu Biao once again sent troops northward to aid Zhang Xiu, and surrounded Cao Jun's back, cutting off Cao Jun's food road, and at the same time preparing to cut off Cao Jun's retreat.

At this moment, soldiers from Hebei Yuan Shao came to report to Cao Cao that Yuan Shao and Tian Feng were going to attack Xudu secretly while Cao Cao was away to welcome the emperor.

Cao Cao was terrified. At this time, Zhang Xiu was guarding the city, and Liu Biao's army was blocking his way back. Yuan Shao was also plotting in the dark.

After all, Cao Cao used his troops. When retreating, he dug tunnels at night to make the baggage withdraw first, and then ambushed the elite soldiers behind him, thus breaking Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu's chasing army and returning safely to Xudu.

At this point, Nanyang, which has been disturbed for more than a year and fought almost every day, finally regained peace.

It's a pity that although the war is over, the suffering of the people in Nanyang has not ended. As the saying goes, after the war, there will be a big epidemic. Since the spring of last year, a large epidemic has broken out in Wan County, Nanyang.

This "cold belly" disease is very terrible and highly contagious. The patients died suddenly within six or seven days, and there were very few survivors.

After a year of dissemination, with Wan County as the center, it is hard to escape with a radius of hundreds of miles.

Xinye is also within the affected area.

There is no distinction between high and low in the targets of the epidemic, no matter whether they are big surnames or small people, they are all treated equally.Even the common people who live together with clans are more dangerous than the ordinary people.

The Deng family in Xinye was attacked by typhoid fever, but in a few days, there were 400 people in the family, 80 people died, and the death toll accounted for [-]% of the whole group. For a while, every family felt the pain of zombies, and every room was crying sad.The members of the Deng Clan were horrified and separated, and the huge Xinye Deng Clan declined in an instant.

Deng You's mansion is still surrounded by houses, with many halls and high pavilions, looking luxurious and magnificent.However, in the past it was extremely lively, but now it is frighteningly deserted, and it has been a long time since I saw anyone.

Deng You was lying on the bed in a house full of pungent medicine smell, his cheeks were flushed strangely, his exquisite beard had become extremely dry, and his cloudy eyes were looking out the door absently.

"Father……"

"Owner……"

Deng Lang, the second son of Deng You, and Zheng Dang, the prison slave, stood on the steps of the house with a terrified expression, tears streaming down like rain.

In the beginning of the Deng family, Deng You's eldest son, Deng Chong, contracted typhoid fever. Deng You loved his son dearly, but unfortunately he was also infected.Now that Deng Chong and Deng You's stepwife are dead, Deng You himself feels that his time is numbered.

Deng You exhausted all his strength and said, "Zhong Chang, after I die, you will take your family and goods and go south to Changsha to join your brother-in-law Liu Zhongda."

Knowing that his father was about to die, Deng Lang fell into grief, weeping bitterly, unable to restrain himself, he did not answer Deng You's words for a while.

Deng You suddenly became angry, almost sat up, and shouted: "Answer me! Are you going to let me die with regret?!"

"Father..." Deng Lang stopped crying immediately, and replied: "Son, son, obey."

Deng You seemed relieved when he heard the words, or exhausted his strength, fell back on the bed, and said to Zheng Dang: "Zheng Dang, you have traveled to Changsha several times and are familiar with the road. I entrust all my family members to you, and you must take them safely." to Changsha."

"No." Zheng Dang replied while weeping.He has been Deng You's little history since he was a child, and the relationship between the two is far from that of an ordinary master and servant.

Deng You's thoughts changed, and his complexion deteriorated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Young Master..."

As he was dying, Deng You couldn't help murmuring his daughter's name.

(End of this chapter)