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Chapter 356

After the ceremony of spring plowing was over, Liu Jing began to inspect Mintian, Juntun, and even Shanri Jingman's residence without stopping. Afterwards, he drove east along Liushui all the way, trekking through the sun, and arrived in Liuyang County at noon the next day.

Liuyang, like Baqiu, is a county newly established by Liu Jing last year, and the first county magistrate of Liuyang is Liu He, Liu Jingyi's mother and brother.

"Liu He, Chief of Liuyang, meet the general..." Upon hearing the news, Liu He personally led the officials and people of Liuyang to welcome him at the county boundary.He is 17 years old this year, and his height has grown to seven feet two inches, which is no different from an adult.

Looking at his younger brother, who was dressed in a high crown and a yellow ribbon around his waist, and whose face was somewhat similar to his own, although he was a little immature, he was quite majestic, Liu Jing couldn't help showing a gratified smile.

He was 17 years old when he crossed over. At that time, Liu He was just a boy with combed hair and eggs in his arms. In a blink of an eye, he had grown up and served as the butcher of Baili.

On both sides of the Liushui River, there are fields and ravines, low hills and verdant flowers and trees, full of greenery. Liu Jing took Liu He's hand and said: "'The way of government is to calm the people.' Here, the paddy fields are flat and densely populated. , the common people are diligent in crops and live and work in peace and contentment, from which it is not difficult to see that my younger brother governs Liuyang quite well."

Liu He said modestly: "This is all thanks to the meritorious Cao Liu Yu and Tingxuan Zhang Kui." Gongcao and Tingxuan are the county temple officials. All belong to the Liuyang clan, and the Liu surname is a branch of the Longqiu Liu clan.

Liu Yu and Zhang Kui, who were standing behind Liu He, were delighted when they heard this, but they kept their expressions on their faces. They all said: "I am ashamed to be an official. The Ming court has the style of a general and the talent of Zi Qi. Discipline the people, search for old people, simply pull out good officials, only use morality as the reason, and ignore the criminal law.

Liu Jing said with a smile: "Ziyi knows his shortcomings and knows how to appoint talented people. It can be said that he understands the importance of politics. Liu Gongcao and Zhang Tingxuan assisted Ziyi to govern the county and manage the people. This is why they have this kind of atmosphere. This is not true. Is it the saying in "Yi Zhuan" that "the public can do things, the order of the virtuous and the Jinshi, and the future must be happy"..."

Liu Jing quoted the words of "Yi Zhuan" and praised the three people, all of them were delighted.

Then Liu Jing took Liu He's hand and strolled along the north bank of Liushui. The officials of the general's mansion and Liuyang County were a few steps behind them.

While admiring the beautiful scenery around, Liu Jing chatted with Liu He, "Ziyi, how is your mother?"

Now that Liu He has become self-reliant and became the magistrate of a county, his stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, naturally moved to the Liuyang official residence to live with her son.

Liu He nodded and said, "Auntie is in good health, but she is often worried about my marriage recently."

"Ziyi is 17 years old this year, and he has indeed reached the age of marriage," Liu Jing asked with a smile, "I wonder if Ziyi has someone he likes?"

"No." Liu He shook his head slowly. "Actually, I wanted to wait another year or two before getting married, but my mother urged me so urgently."

Liu Jing said with a smile: "Since Ziyi has other plans in mind, leave this matter to me. I will persuade her when I see my mother later." The engraved stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, has become a loving mother and is obedient to him.

Liu He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, "My brother will speak up, and my mother will definitely listen."

Liu Jing said again: "As for your marriage... I remember that Huan (jie) Changshi had a younger sister who was thirteen or fourteen years old. She was gentle in nature, beautiful in appearance, and knew a lot about literature. She has not been promised to anyone yet. I don't know if Ziyi has any intentions." ?”

Liu Hedao: "My younger brother has also heard for a long time that Huan Changshi's younger sister, Huan Xiang, is both good in appearance and good in appearance. She is really a good match. If I can get her as a wife, my wish is enough."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "After I went back, I asked Huan Changshi for a marriage contract."

Liu He said: "Brother, please worry about it."

"My brother, why do you need to say anything?" Liu Jing then asked his younger sister Liu Rao. Women in the Han Dynasty could get married at the age of fourteen or five, and Liu Rao was only one year younger than Liu He. He was sixteen this year. Liu Jingcai never married her because her younger sister's temperament was uncertain.But this matter should not be delayed for a long time. If it is delayed, my sister will become an old maid.

Liu Jing, Liu and the brothers reunited after a long absence. Once the chatterbox started, they couldn't stop talking and laughing all the way, and walked to the city of Liuyang.

Liuyang County was originally Liuyang Township, with a limited scale, only three or four miles away, the moat was very narrow and shallow, and the city walls were quite low.After Liu He came to Liuyang, he devoted himself to people's livelihood, and temporarily ignored the expansion of the city.

Liu Jing was very satisfied with this. If Liu He took office, he would serve the people and win good people, but he would be disappointed.

Liu Jing went to the official house of the county temple to visit his stepmother, Mrs. Zhang. That day and night, Liu Jing stayed in the house, and he and Liu He fell to their feet together. The brothers chatted until late at night.The next day, Liu Jing briefly inspected Liuyang Township, and then set off for Linxiang.

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Spring plowing in February and rice planting in March. By mid-April, rice planting in Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang was basically over.Because of the rice planting season, March is the top and April is the bottom. Once it is delayed to late April, the harvest will be affected.

Since the beginning of the first lunar month, Liu Jing has devoted most of his energy to farming, patrolling Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang, and persuading the people to farm and mulberry. It was not until this time that he was completely relieved.

At the end of April, Liu Zong returned with his warship, and Liu Jing personally led civil and military personnel to meet him at Beijin Ferry.

Seeing Liu Zong get off the boat with a face full of wind and frost, Liu Jing stepped forward and grabbed his hand firmly, and said with emotion: "Brother Cong, you have worked hard..."

Liu Zong sighed: "When I read "Han Ji" in the past, I often envied Ma Fubo's achievements in Nanjing Luoyue and Xitu's burning seeds. !"

Liu Jing nodded heavily, deeply convinced.

At the beginning of November, Liu Zong was ordered to go south to pursue Zhang Jin and attack Yulin County. Now it is the end of April when he returns, which took more than five months and more than 160 days.

Although there were no hard battles during this period, more than a hundred soldiers died of the epidemic, and hundreds of people were infected.This is still the system that Liu Zong strictly followed Liu Jing to formulate. Every time the camp is closed, it is necessary to clean up, sprinkle lime, and drink boiled water... If there are no such measures, the number of dead will double, and it may not be able to stop.

It is so difficult to capture Yulin County, which is adjacent to Lingling County, but the difficulty of attacking Jiaozhi County is ten times that of Yulin County.

This is also the reason why Liu Jing lacks interest in Jiaozhou. Even if he defeats Liu Biao in the future and occupies Jingzhou entirely, he will never use large-scale military forces against Jiaozhou.

In history, Sun Quan took advantage of Chibi to defeat Cao Cao's prestige, and used Buzhi's tricks to trap and kill Wu Ju, only barely occupying half of Jiaozhou.In the end of Shixie's life, Sun Quan did not get involved in Jiaozhi.

Taking history as a mirror, Liu Jing naturally knows what to do to best suit his own interests.

(End of this chapter)