Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 92
After the planting technology of Lantian was spread in the southern counties, the agriculture in each county began to grow explosively.

At the beginning of the 11th year of Jian'an, Quyuanli was successfully improved in Linwu County. Lantian summoned craftsmen to mass-produce it, and popularized it in southern counties before spring plowing that year.

New tools and new technologies seem to have magical powers. The Yue people who used to hunt for a living also settled down and farmed under the influence of the villagers.

This also attracted many residents from Lingling County in the west, Cangwu County in the south, and Yuzhang County in the east to migrate to the counties of Guiyang.

The population registered by household in several counties in the south more than doubled. In the four counties under his command, Zhang Fei recruited more than [-] new soldiers, most of whom were Yue people who were good at shooting and hunting.

Most of the people who moved from Cangwu and Yuzhang were undocumented Yue people, but those who fled from Lingling County to Guiyang County were mostly Han people with nationality.

Yingdao County, which borders Guiyang County, is located near Jiuyi Mountain. After the several plagues in Jingnan, the population was only 3 to [-], but it lost nearly [-] people in less than a year.

A small population means less taxation, which is an important criterion for local officials to consider their achievements. After investigation, the county magistrate of Yingdao found that the people under his rule fled eastward to Guiyang County via Jiuyi Mountain.

Gan Ning allocated land to the newly immigrated people, and matched with experienced farmers for guidance. Guiyang County, which was originally lifeless, was built into a large southern county in one fell swoop.

Xu Xiang, the county magistrate of Yingdao County, first sent people to negotiate with Gan Ning, but to no avail, and then sent the county lieutenant to lead [-] garrisons to hunt down Gan Ning by force, but was killed by the other party in the name of rebelling bandits.

Seeing that neither civil nor martial arts worked, Xu Xiang suffered from being dumb, so he went to Quanling County to report to Liu Du, the prefect.

Xu Xiang said: "That Gan Ning is extremely rampant. After he became the county magistrate of Guiyang, he brought troops to our Yingdao rule to kidnap the people many times. He sent people to beg for them but was attacked by the other party. If things go on like this, the Yingdao will have nothing. People, today the humble official came to plead guilty."

Liu Du, the prefect, was furious when he heard this, "Who is Gan Ning? How dare he do such a domineering thing? We belong to a small county in the south of Jingnan, and we are all plundering like him. How can we support the people in the future?"

"It is said that he is a general of Liu Xuande in Guiyang, and he seems to have been a bandit before," Xu Xiang said.

Liu Du, who was still furious, suddenly became discouraged. Liu Bei was driven to Guiyang by Liu Biao, and was even made a joke in Jingzhou official circles.

This Yuzhou shepherd was someone who had defeated Cao Jun in Bowang, Liu Du immediately hesitated when he thought of these things.

"Father, if you are afraid of Liu Xuande, why not write a letter to Governor Zhao?" Liu Xian suggested.

Liu Du shook his head and said, "If you want to go to Chen County, you have to go through Guiyang. If you take a detour from Nanping, you will be emptied by Gan Ning when you go to Yingdao County."

"Prefect, why don't you negotiate after a fight, magistrate Xu, how many troops does Gan Ning have in Guiyang?" Xing Daorong asked.

"It should be three to five hundred people," Xu Heng replied with his head bowed.

Xing Daorong snorted coldly: "Three and five hundred people will stump you? Prefect, leave this matter to me?"

"If we started a war, wouldn't it be a bad idea for the government to hold us accountable in the future?" Liu Du hesitated.

Xing Daorong: "Prefect, the reasoning is based on type, and this matter is Gan Ning's fault, even if Zhao Fan reports to Xiangyang, what are you afraid of?"

Liu Du nodded and said, "General Xing's words are justified. I'll send 2000 of you to beg Gan Ning, and try to capture him alive so as not to hurt the peace."

"2000 people are too many, 1000 people are enough." Xing Daorong raised his hands and clasped his fists.

"Very good. General Xing hurried to organize the army. County magistrate Xu rushed back to the camp road first, and prepared supplies for the army." Liu Du ordered.

"Wei." Xing Daorong (Xu Xiang) said in unison.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Liu Xian asked worriedly: "Father, can General Xing beat Gan Ning? I heard that there are many brave generals under Liu Bei's tent."

Liu Du shook his head and said, "Of course Guan Yunchang can't be provoked. How can Gan Ning, an unknown person, allow him to be arrogant?"

"Well, I hope General Xing can capture Gan Ning alive." Liu Xian nodded.

When Xing Daorong was about to crusade against Gan Ning, Liu Qi was gradually unable to support himself in the political vortex in Xiangyang.

Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others put pressure on the court, and Mrs. Cai kept blowing pillow wind at night, and Liu Biao couldn't bear the pressure.

Yiji suggested that Liu Qi go out for refuge, but there was no good reason until Jiangxia Huangzu was defeated again.

Taking advantage of Zhou Yu's conquest of Ma and Bao Ertun, Huang Zu dispatched general Deng Long to lead thousands of troops to attack the military town of Chaisang, but in the end he was directly surrounded and annihilated by Zhou Yu who returned to Guanting, and the chief general Deng Long was also captured alive and sent to Wu County.

Although Huang Zu intentionally concealed the news of his defeat, he was still exposed by the caring people in Xiangyang.

When Liu Biao was depressed, Liu Qi came out of the squad and said: "The newly defeated Taishou Huang is not stable. Sun Quan has a feud with us. Sooner or later, he will send troops to avenge him. My son is willing to lead the troops to Jiangxia to garrison and share father's worries."

Liu Biao's eyes lit up when he heard that, and when he was about to agree, Cai Mao reached out to stop him: "Jiangxia's terrain is dangerous, and Governor Huang has been defending it for many years. Although there are occasional defeats, it's nothing to worry about."

Jiangxia is an important town in Jingzhou, and Cai Mao knows better that Huang Zu is Liu Biao's number one confidant. If Liu Qi is placed under his command, he will definitely compete with Liu Cong for the leadership of Jingzhou in the future. His Xiangyang navy may not be able to beat Jiangxia's navy.

"My son is over [-] years old, and I really want to go out to experience some experience, please father to help me." Liu Qi said earnestly.

"How can the eldest son take the risk himself? Brother-in-law, you should think twice," Cai Mao persuaded.

Although Liu Biao was constrained, he was not in a daze. He wanted to help Liu Qi, but he had to take care of Cai Mao's opinions, so he said: "Degui's words are old and solemn, this Jiangxia is not suitable for Qi'er to experience."

Liu Qi's heart turned cold when he heard it, but then Liu Biao said: "Since Sun Ce sent Tai Shici to garrison Jianchang, Pan'er has not made any achievements in the past few years. When you were young, you were like your biological brothers. You will go to You County to help him. A helping hand."

After all, You County is a small county in Changsha County, and its level of comfort is far less than that of Jiang Xia, but Liu Qi was overjoyed to be able to escape at this time.

"Father, please send me a troop." Liu Qi cupped his hands and bowed.

"Degui, allocate [-] to the Xiangyang Navy and let Qi'er take it away." Liu Biao ordered directly.

Cai Mao sat on the wax for a moment. He could not send troops to Liu Bei before, but now the lord is sending troops to his son, and he suddenly couldn't find a reason to refuse.

Seeing Cai Mao's troubled expression, Kuai Yue said, "Young master has never led an army before, so he may be difficult to control if he leads [-] people rashly. Besides, most of the soldiers in Xiangyang are navy troops, and Mr. Pan's side is mostly mountainous."

"Mr. Yidu, I can't leave empty-handed either." Liu Qi ignored Kuai Yue and began to argue.

Liu Biao reached out to interrupt the quarrel between the two, "You both have their own reasons, so let 1 people be taken away by Qi'er by water."

Cai Mao said in his heart that he needed soldiers and ships, and he was trying to find an excuse to evade, but seeing Kuai Yue kept giving him winks, he had no choice but to give up.

(End of this chapter)