Soldiers come to the world

From ancient times to the present, for ordinary people, state affairs are far less interesting than the marriage of men and women. Ordinary people don't care about the arrival of the emperor's envoy, but the story of Princess Shangxiang's "rejection of marriage with force" has spread widely. Entering Jingkou City has become a topic of discussion in every household.

There are not many ordinary people in Jingkou for the time being, there are only a thousand households, and there are very few pubs and hotels. So far, there are only five pubs opened, and the largest Xi's tavern is located on Jiangnan Street, the main road of Jingkou City. .

The tavern covers an area of ​​four acres and is four floors high. There is a hostel at the back. There are more than [-] bartenders and wine girls. The business is booming every day, and there are many customers, especially civil and military officials from Jiangdong, who will come here to gather and drink.

In the evening, Xi's Tavern was bustling and bustling as usual. The three floors of the restaurant were full of customers, and the bartenders were rushing back and forth, serving food and tea. Several middle and low-level officials, they take turns to treat guests, and come here to gather and drink here every now and then.

"It's really spectacular. Princess Shangxiang even gave the Gu family three arrows. I wonder what Gu Sima's face was like?"

Everyone laughed, and an official picked up the earcup and said: "It can only be blamed that the Gu family is so ignorant that they want to marry Princess Shangxiang. I heard that Princess Shangxiang even gave Gu Ji an arrow. Putting on the hat, Gu Ji was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, he thought he could subdue Princess Shangxiang, he was so self-righteous."

Another official also said with a smile: "It is estimated that Princess Shangxiang will not be able to marry after such a commotion, who dares to marry her!"

"That's not necessarily the case. The female university should be married. As long as Princess Shangxiang likes it, she can marry. After all, she is our Jiangdong princess."

"But she said that if you are not a hero in the world, you will not marry. Could it be that she is allowed to marry Liu Jing? Isn't there a rumor that everyone wants Princess Shangxiang to marry Jiangxia?"

"Hehe! The Sun-Liu alliance has become the Sun-Liu marriage. It's wonderful! It's simply wonderful!"

Everyone was chatting and joking, at this time a person next to him sneered: "What is the marriage between Sun and Liu, the two families of Sun and Liu are about to go to war, you are still dreaming!"

The name of the person who said this was Lu Xin, a younger brother of the Lu Xun family, and the official was Jiang Donghu Cao. The news spread widely, and the room fell silent, and someone quickly asked, "Ziyi, what happened?"

Another person said: "But it has something to do with the envoy of the Son of Heaven?"

Lu Xin nodded, "It's either an envoy from the emperor, or an envoy from Cao Cao. I heard a piece of news."

Speaking of this, Lu Xin lowered his voice and said: "I heard that Cao Cao made Chenggong the prefect of Nanjun, and planned to give up Jiangling City to Jiangdong."

The room suddenly exclaimed, "Is this news true?" Everyone asked one after another.

"Of course it is true, but I don't know how Marquis Wu made the decision, but the news is absolutely reliable. This matter has not been made public yet, so please don't go out and spread it."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became heavy, and no one spoke. Everyone knew very well that once the Jiangdong Army occupied Jiangling City, the two families of Sun and Liu would definitely go to war.

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The shopkeeper of Xi's Tavern is a beautiful woman named Guan Xi, who is 25 or [-] years old. She is a widow.

Everyone knows that she was originally the concubine of Hu Shun, the largest merchant in Jiangdong. After Ni Shun died three years ago, Guan Xi was kicked out of the Hu family by Hu Shun's wife. She used her savings to open a Xi's Tavern in Soochow City. , the business is very good, especially most of Jiangdong officials sympathized with her, and became the main guest of Xi's Tavern.

This time when Soochow moved the capital, she sold the tavern in Soochow City, followed her to Jingkou, and reopened the Happy Events tavern, which was also full of customers.

Of course, this is just an appearance. Guan Xi is actually a pawn in the competition between Dow's firm and Jiangdong Hu's firm. She was originally an orphan adopted by the Tao family. It was her information that provided internal information, and Dow's firm was able to defeat Hu's firm in the iron ore competition in Liyang.

Now Guan Xi's identity has changed again, she has become Liu Jing's secret intelligence leader in Jiangdong, and her wedding tavern is also Jiang Xiajun's intelligence gathering point in Jiangdong.

Guan Xi is petite and plump, with a beautiful face like a peach blossom, a pair of winking eyes that can speak more than her mouth, so many high-ranking officials in Jiangdong want to continue her as a concubine, but she is very comfortable among the officials, and she has no intention of marrying anyone, but And didn't offend anyone.

At this time, she was doing accounts in a room of the hostel, when a bartender appeared at the door and whispered: "Xi Niang, there is news."

"Well! What news."

The bartender closed the door and reported: "Just now, Lu Xin and the others heard the news that the envoy of the Son of Heaven had arrived and appointed Cheng Pu as the prefect of Nanjun, and promised to give up Jiangling City to the Jiangdong army."

Guan Xi received an order from Wuchang a few days ago, ordering her to pay attention to the purpose of the emperor's envoy coming to Jiangdong. At this moment, Guan Xi realized that the information was of great importance and had to be sent away immediately.

She wrote a pigeon letter, handed it to the bartender and said: "Go to Beigu Village and send this pigeon letter away immediately."

As a woman, she is meticulous and never sends pigeon letters in the tavern, which is easy to be discovered. She concocted a famous dish of roasted pigeons in the tavern, and raised meat pigeons in Beigu Village in the north of the city, and the pigeons were mixed together. In it, any messages are sent out of town to ensure safety.

The bartender took the letter and was about to leave in a hurry, Guan Xi called him back again, "I'll confirm the message again, and I'll notify you to send it away after I've confirmed the message!"

"Yes!" The bartender retreated.

Guan Xi lowered her head and pondered for a moment. This matter is of great importance and she cannot be careless. It is necessary to inquire further, so she took a pot of wine and went to the tavern in the front yard.

An hour later, a pigeon fluttered up from the foot of Beigu Mountain, circled twice, and then flapped its wings and flew towards Jiangxia.

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The time is gradually coming to the early spring of February. The first day of February is a traditional social day. The social day is held twice a year, namely the first day of February and the first day of August. In February, it is to pray for good weather and a good harvest. Only, just like making a wish, you have to fulfill it, it is two festivals that echo each other.

But She Day is also a festival celebrated by the whole people, just like the later temple fairs, every family will go out with food and wine, and gather in open places in every village and mile, sitting on the ground to celebrate She Day.

Although it is still cold in early spring, people's enthusiasm for gathering cannot be stopped. Early in the morning, in the wilderness outside Wuchang City, people from four villages and eight miles came from all over the country to drink and dance, or gather to sing, or take out The extra things in the house are set up to exchange, and the laughter and singing spread across the fields, and the crowds are full of people, and it is very lively.

But for Wuchang people, today is another day for them to sacrifice to the gods of wind and water, because from today onwards, the wind direction has officially turned to the southeast, and sails can be sailed westward.

Early in the morning, the wharf outside Wuchang City was already crowded with people. More than 1 porters who lived by the wharf, boatmen who lived by boats, and fishermen who lived by water gathered on the wharf. The long wooden platform, three stories high, is called Houfengtai, and there are three big flags. The river wind blows the corners of the flags to the northwest, and the flags snap.

Standing at each of the four corners is a young witch in a white dress, dancing in the wind, with fluttering long sleeves. In the middle is a sacrificial altar, on which a red horse, a yellow ox, and a black sheep are enshrined in a large copper plate made of flour.

Dozens of high-ranking civil and military officials from Jiangxia stood under the altar. In front of the altar, Liu Jing from Jingzhou was wearing a black sacrificial robe and a flat crown, holding up three sticks of incense and praying. Beside him stood a boy, a girl, and a child. The boy is the messenger of the wind, and the girl is the servant of the wind.

When the clock rang, a priest shouted: "The auspicious time has come, worship the wind god!"

Liu Jing inserted the three sticks of incense into the censer and knelt down respectfully, followed by more than [-] people on the pier. Liu Jing silently prayed for good weather.

He worshiped three times in a row, got up and threw up a white gauze scarf with the words of offering sacrifices to the wind. The strong wind rolled up the gauze and flew towards the center of the river. He gradually disappeared. The crowd immediately cheered.

Three big men ran up to the sacrificial altar, raised three sacrifices, and ran towards the Fengshen Temple in the south of the city. Thousands of people cheered, sang and danced, and ran behind the three men. The sacrifice to the Fengshen Temple is accompanied by the joyful gathering of songs and dances on the Sheri.

Liu Jing stepped down from the altar and smiled at several senior officials, "Guess what I'm thinking, everyone?"

Jia Xu chuckled, "Of course I hope that the wind will be stronger and our warship will be blown to Jiangling as soon as possible."

"Mr. Jia guessed wrong this time. I was thinking, it's rare that today is a social day, so let's find an open place to lay a mat and drink together."

Everyone laughed together, "As long as Zhou Mu is willing to treat you, we are all willing to accompany you."

At this time, Liu Jing saw Dong Yun standing behind and waving to him, as if he had something to report, he smiled at everyone: "It's a joke, but we have to talk about human relationships. Although today is not a ten-day break, if you want to You can also ask for leave if you go to the club day, but you have to make up for the backlog tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.”

Senior officials are not very interested in this kind of civil society day, but young officials are more playful, and they all look happy when they hear that they can ask for leave.

Liu Jing walked up to Dong Yun, "What's the matter?"

Dong Yun was Liu Jing's secretary and joined the army. At the same time, he was temporarily in charge of intelligence from various places on behalf of Li Fu. He took out a roll of pigeon letters and handed it to Liu Jing, "It's urgent information from Jiangdong!"

Liu Jing took out the pigeon letter and read it. It was an urgent letter from Jiangdong Guanxi. The content of the letter surprised him. Cao Cao was going to give up Jiangling to Sun Quan. He immediately realized that the situation was serious.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Jing whispered to Dong Yun: "Let Jia Junshi and Sima Canjun come to my official room later and say that I have something important to discuss."

Liu Jing got on his horse and rushed towards the city of Jiangling with hundreds of cavalry. He returned to the official room first and walked quickly to the sand table.

This is a clay sculpture sand table he just made last month. It is three feet long and two feet wide. It is composed of four sand tables, including the entire Jingzhou area and the northern Nanyang area. In the near future, Hanzhong and Bashu areas will also be completed.

Liu Jing stared at Jiangling City. So far, Jiangling City is still in the hands of Cao Cao. Liu Bei did not get his wish, but Liu Bei has built a city at the mouth of the Youjiang River and renamed it Gong'an County, planning to turn Gong'an County into his military center.

At this time, Jia Xu and Sima Yi walked in one after another. They felt that something important was happening. When the two of them approached, Liu Jing said in a deep voice: "The purpose of the imperial court sending envoys to Jiangdong last time has been figured out. Cao Cao intends to Let Jiangling City be handed over to Jiangdong."