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Chapter 318 Release

After returning from worshiping the ancestors, Liu Jing returned to the county mansion. After a short rest, he studied ink and wrote a quick book. After writing two letters, he asked someone to bring Kuai Qi.

Although Kuai Qi is not as majestic as his uncle Kuai Yue, he is seven feet six inches tall, has a face with Chinese characters, and has outstanding facial features.However, being imprisoned in the dungeon for several days made his face pale, his breath vain, and his demeanor no longer.

For Kuai Qi, Zhuge Liang's eldest brother-in-law and a leader among the younger generation in Xiangyang, Liu Jing showed enough respect, stood up and greeted him and said, "You must be Kuai Zishou. When Kong Ming and I corresponded in the past, he often mentioned In the name of your step, praise your step as a handsome man, there are few people in Xiangyang who can compare."

Kuai Qi looked at Liu Jing, his mind was extremely complicated, the two had a "vengeance to kill their father", he should have hated him to the bone, and would never stop dying.

But both sides are masters, not to mention that Kuai Yue died by slaying himself. Liu Jing did not insult his corpse afterwards, but prepared clothes and coffin for Kuai Yue, and sent someone to send them back to him. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his uncle. corpse.

After Liu Jing captured him, knowing that the hatred between the two sides was so deep that there was no room for maneuver, he still did not kill him, but treated him with courtesy.Kuai Qi really didn't know how to face Liu Jing.

Seeing Kuai Qichu standing there, silent, Liu Jing said to himself: "Uncle Ling Kuaijun is very wise, handsome and outstanding, and he is an outstanding person in Chu. Although we are enemies, I also feel sorry for Kuaijun in my heart." I am deeply impressed."

Kuai Qi still didn't say a word.

Liu Jing continued: "Since I decided to return the corpses of Uncle Ling Kuai Jun and Liu Pan, I will definitely not go back on my word. I can help send their coffins back to the north today."

After Kuai Qi entered the door, he had already made up his mind not to respond to Liu Jing. This is the only way he can express his attitude now.However, Liu Jing's words directly let him fail, and he said with a look of surprise: "Liu Jun will let me go back to Xiangyang?"

Liu Jing nodded and said, "A man promises a thousand gold, what I say will naturally count."

Kuai Qi looked directly at Liu Jing for a long time, and Fang sighed: "I often hear that Mr. Liu is famous for benevolence and righteousness, and Kong Ming is full of praise. I was still suspicious before, but now I am convinced." I lost my father, but I was brought up by my uncle. I don't care about my own life or death. I just want to send my uncle back to my hometown and bury my ancestors in the tomb, so that the family and future generations can worship every year. Liu Juncheng's kindness, I will never forget it .”

Liu Jing took out two letters from the desk, handed them to Kuai Qi and said, "Here are two letters, one is for Liu Jingzhou and the other is for Kong Ming. Please pass them on for me."

"It must be delivered to Liu Jun." Kuai Qi accepted the letter, and at the same time, he couldn't help feeling that Liu Jing really valued his wife and younger brother Zhuge Liang. He had countless old friends in Xiangyang, but he was the only one who cared about Zhuge Liang and asked him to deliver the letter on his behalf. .

Liu Jing said again: "Going north with one step, you must pass through Baqiu. I heard that after Cai Degui abandoned Linxiang and fled, he took thousands of remnants of defeated soldiers to defend Baqiu in vain. When you arrive at Baqiu, you might as well tell Cai Degui, In a few days, I personally led the army ship and headed north to Baqiu. Since Cai Degui fought against me, he was bound to lose in the battle. He ran away three times. If he had not retreated when I arrived with the army, I believe he would never have the fourth time. Here's your chance to escape!"

Kuai Qi was silent for a while, Liu Jing's words were too arrogant and conceited, but if it was someone else, he might argue with Liu Jing, but Cai Mao, who also hated him deeply, nodded and said: "I will send Liu Jun Tell Junshi Cai the truth."

Liu Jing took the initiative to ask: "When do you plan to leave? I'll have someone prepare the boat."

Kuai Qi bowed down and said: "My uncle has passed away for many days, it is really not suitable to procrastinate for a long time, it is best to leave immediately, please arrange it with Liu Jun."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then I won't leave any more."

Kuai Qi bowed again and said, "Liu Jun, I will take my leave." After speaking, he withdrew slowly and sat down.

Liu Jing sat back in his seat and shook his head slowly. He knew that the favor he bestowed could not completely dispel the hatred in Kuai Qi's heart.But he didn't have such an idea in the first place, as long as he achieved his goal, as for Kuai Qi, he didn't care at all.

In the afternoon, accompanied by Wang Qiang, Liu Jing took out the sealed property of Pan Qin's family. Only gold, silver, money, and cloth were worth more than [-] million yuan.However, after two years of war, although Changsha did not return to the era of barter, the purchasing power of copper coins has been greatly reduced, and gold and silver have also depreciated to a certain extent. Only cloth, which is closely related to people's livelihood, The price did not fall but rose.

And the price of grain has risen the most exaggeratedly. There are more than [-] stones of rice in the Panjiacang, enough to feed [-] soldiers for nearly a month.

Not counting this, Pan Qin also borrowed four or five thousand dendrobium from outside.There is even more money, excluding interest, it is as high as more than [-] million.

Naturally, Liu Jing didn't intend to ask for these money and food anymore, so he asked people to beat drums at the gate of the county mansion to gather the people and enumerate Pan Qin's crimes.

Wang Qiang has not been idle these days, collecting Pan Qin's crimes everywhere. After Pan Qin's death, the people naturally no longer have any scruples. One pile, one piece, is simply too numerous to book. There are dozens of crimes that can be convicted of death. .

Afterwards, Liu Jing burned all the deeds in public, and the people who had borrowed Pan Qin's money and rice talked in private for days, thinking that with Liu Jun's benevolence, these foreign loans would not be pursued.

But after all, it was a matter of self-interest. Seeing that Liu Jingzhen had completely destroyed the lease, the people were overjoyed, and the huge cheers burst out in an instant, almost shaking the world.

Seeing this, Liu Jing sighed to Huan Jie: "I used to hear that there are three evils in the countryside in Luli: the Ziqian family, the powerful, and the petty officials. Among them, the Ziqian family's methods are the most cruel. Seeing that the people are so happy, I have to think about it, Ziqian's family is really the worst trouble among the people, and they can all be killed!"

Huan Jie was taken aback when he heard the words, and hastily persuaded him, "Lingling calm down. Although Ziqian's family has done harm to others, they have done a lot to help others. If Lingling kills them all, the people will encounter inconvenience in the future." Who should I turn to for help? Without the Ziqian family, the number of dead people will be ten or a hundred times that of today..."

Naturally, Liu Jing wouldn't go on a rampage. Those who are qualified to be Ziqian's family are at least rich and powerful, and they also have clothes and surnames. "Lending money and collecting interest" has never been regarded as evil. One of the Four Gentlemen, Lord Mengchang, also lent usury a lot.

Liu Jing said in a deep voice: "What Mr. Huan said is not unreasonable, but Ziqian's family has to impose restrictions, otherwise the people will be burdened by it. I want to issue a decree to fix the interest rate of Ziqian's family. Anyone who violates it will be convicted. What do you think?"

Huan Jie was taken aback when he heard that. To be honest, he still felt that Liu Jing was making a big deal out of a molehill. For the ruler, usury is not even a disease of ringworm, and it will even help stabilize the people.Usury has existed since ancient times, and it will not be eliminated in the future.

But since Liu Jing proposed it, Huan Jie would naturally not object, and nodded, "This is not a bad idea."

The matter of restricting usury still needs to be studied, such as the regulations on interest rates and the scale of penalties... It can't be done in a short time.

However, the alcohol prohibition order was drawn up. On the same day, Liu Jing issued the alcohol prohibition order to the outside world: "There is no distinction between the noble and the people, and there is no high or low status among the people. No one is allowed to brew alcohol privately. Those who violate the order—abandon the market."

As soon as the ban on alcohol came out, there was an uproar in Linxiang.

Although the flood broke out this year, most of the people in Linxiang were short of harvests, but there were still some harvests after all. Wine is a daily need, and everyone more or less brewed some. Alcohol is not etiquette", their demand for alcohol far exceeds that of ordinary people.

The nobles and noble families dare not criticize Liu Jing publicly, but they are full of complaints in private, and even some bold people don't take the law seriously, and still make their own wine and do their own way.

Until a son of the big surname was captured by the thief Cao, he was convicted and abandoned the market, and executed immediately. His head was hung at the gate of the city.

(End of this chapter)