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Early in the morning, tens of thousands of people crowded outside Xiangyang City. They carried their children on their shoulders. Everyone was looking forward to it and staring at the river intently.

Today is not an important festival, nor is it a fixed special day, but when a piece of news spread, tens of thousands of people in Xiangyang flocked out of the city, crowded on the pier to wait for a group of important guests to arrive.

Even their state shepherd, Liu Jing, appeared on the pier. Thousands of soldiers maintained order. Liu Jing chatted and laughed with the officials in a low voice, while looking at the river from time to time. His eyes were also full of interest. Today they waited for nothing. Important guests, but a group of animals, a group of animals that most Xiangyang people have never seen.

At this moment, cheers broke out on the pier, Liu Jing also stood up, and smiled at Xu Shu: "They are here!"

I saw a mighty fleet coming from the river, about [-] thousand-stone cargo ships. The huge sail of the leading ship was printed with a circle logo, which was the logo of Jiangling Wu's Trading Company. They undertook the transportation of this important cargo.

The crowd began to get excited and rushed to the pier one after another. Thousands of soldiers tried their best to stop the crowd from rushing onto the pier

At this time, the first big ship docked, tens of thousands of people calmed down for a moment, and tens of thousands of eyes fixed on the cargo ship, only to see a dark-skinned man slowly walking out of the ship leading an elephant, and walked down. ship board.

There was a burst of cheers on the wharf, mixed with the excited screams of the children. This is an elephant transported from Xiang County in the south. A proposal made by a steward at the Wuchang Wharf has finally become a reality today. Hundreds of elephants were obtained through the exchange of pig iron with the government offices of Jiuzhen County, Jiaozhi County and other places through Jiangling Wu's Trading Company.

In fact, only [-] elephants were transported to Xiangyang, and the remaining [-] elephants were placed in Jiangling and Wuchang respectively. They were not used for people to watch, but were used as animal power on the wharf. Greatly improve the loading and unloading efficiency of the terminal. [

As the elephants disembarked one after another, they were soon surrounded by enthusiastic Xiangyang people. They talked a lot, curiously watching this group of rare beasts they had never seen before, especially the children were very excited and rushed to use it. Feed these faraway guests with young leaves and rock salt prepared earlier.

In fact, Liu Jing also has a baby elephant, which was given to him by Sun Quan. It is still in Wuchang and has not been transported back to Xiangyang. However, Liu Jing bought these elephants for another purpose, which is to contact the Jiaozhou government.

Jiaozhou has officially become the territory of the Han Dynasty since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom. However, the current situation is more complicated. The entire Jiaozhou is controlled by three major forces.

One is Lai Gong, the governor of Jiaozhou appointed by Liu Biao, who currently controls Yulin County; the other is Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu appointed by Liu Biao, who currently controls Cangwu County.

Another force is Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi appointed by the imperial court. His sphere of influence is mainly in Nanhai County, Gaoliang County, Zhuya County, Hepu County, Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County and Rinan County. He is currently the largest force in Jiaozhou .

Although Lai Gong and Wu Ju were appointed by Liu Biao, they were actually independent warlords. Only Wu Ju admitted that he was a minister of Jingzhou in name, but he respected Liu Qi as the lord of Jingzhou and did not recognize Liu Jing's status.

As for Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, also became a separatist force, but he was very willing to establish some kind of relationship with Liu Jing. Shi Xie's most urgently needed pig iron was exchanged for an elephant.

At this time, a young man about 25 or [-] years old, accompanied by Wu Qing, the owner of the Wu family business, walked up quickly. He bowed deeply to Liu Jing, "Scholars see Liu Zhoumu!"

Liu Jing had received a quick letter from Wu Qing in advance, and he knew that this Shilin was Shi Xie's grandson, who was the official of Jiuzhen County, and this time he came with the elephant team.

Liu Jing clasped his fists and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the Prime Minister of Shijun, and Jingzhou has neglected the Prime Minister of the county."

"Don't dare!"

Shihlin's attitude was very respectful. He took out a letter from his pocket and presented it to Liu Jing with both hands, "This is a handwritten letter from my grandfather to Zhou Mu. Please read it!"

Liu Jing took the letter and didn't rush to read it, but turned around and told Xu Shu, "Please Yuan Zhi take Shijun Cheng down to rest, and get to know the officials of Jingzhou by the way."

Xu Shu nodded, waved his hands and said with a smile, "Please, Prime Minister of Shijun!"

Xu Shu took Shilin down, and Liu Jing opened Shixie's letter and read it quickly. It was not because he wanted the two families to repair each other and vigorously develop trade. However, at the end of the letter, Shixie actually mentioned that Liu Bei was named Jiaozhou pastor. one thing. [

That's why Liu Jing was a little surprised. He only found out three days ago that Liu Bei had been named Jiaozhou Shepherd by the imperial court. This Shi Xie was far away in a remote place in the south. How could he know about this so quickly?

Liu Jing suddenly had a premonition that this scholar's visit this time was probably related to Liu Bei being named Jiaozhou Mu. The three major warlords in Jiaozhou were all prefects, but there was no Jiaozhou Mu. Means the water in Jiaozhou is getting muddy

The spectating of the elephants on the pier continued, but Liu Jing returned to the official room. He was not very interested in these elephants. What he was interested in was the news that Xu Shu would bring him.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Qi Zhou Mu, Xu Changshi is here."

"Please come in!"

After a while, Xu Shu walked in quickly, and he said with a solemn expression: "Sure enough, as we guessed, Shi Xie wants to form an alliance with us."

Liu Jing then ordered the guards, "Please come over with Junshi Jia, and Junshi Sima."

As soon as the words were finished, Jia Xu appeared at the door with a smile, followed by Sima Yi, Jia Xu said: "I have a very good nose, and I know it's time to have a dinner when I smell it, so I brought Sima over by the way."

Everyone laughed, and the laughter diluted the tense atmosphere in the room. The four of them sat down in the room, and Xu Shu said slowly: "I talked with Shilin just now, and he told me frankly that he came Jingzhou has two missions, the first mission is to form an alliance with us to deal with Liu Bei."

Liu Jing didn't show his expression and asked again: "What about the other mission?"

"Another task is to establish a trade relationship with Jingzhou. They want to buy Jingzhou's kerosene and pig iron."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said: "You can reply him, there is no problem with the alliance, now we can't establish a direct trade line with Jiaozhi, we have to pass through Liu Bei's sphere of influence, transporting kerosene and pig iron will only be in vain to Liu Bei, let's do some ordinary goods first trade, at least Liu Bei dare not intercept it."

Jia Xu chuckled, "That's a good excuse, and Shi Xie has something to say."

Sima Yi next to him pondered for a while and said, "What does it mean that Zhou Mu agreed to form an alliance with Shi Xie?"

Of course, forming an alliance is not just an excuse. Sima Yi doesn't think so simply. He just wants to know what Liu Jing thinks about Liu Bei and Jiaozhou. After all, Liu Biao took part of Jiaozhou back then, but they only considered going west.

Liu Jing sighed slightly and said, "Sometimes I have to admire Cao Cao's resources and methods. He can always use them at his fingertips, putting me at a disadvantage, but I have to face it."

Jia Xu's expression also became serious, he looked at Liu Jing silently, and asked in a deep voice: "Your lord, you mean that Liu Bei was named Jiaozhou pastor?"

Liu Jing nodded, "He granted Liu Bei the title of Jiaozhou, which actually disrupted the balance of Jiaozhou. Shi Xie hoped that I could contain Liu Bei from behind and prevent Liu Bei from going south. I guess Lai Gong and Wu Ju would also send envoys one after another. Jingzhou, or go to Soochow to find support, in this way, my westward plan will be "disrupted", and I have to reconsider the plan."

"The state shepherd wants to change the plan?" Sima Yi was taken aback. Once Jingzhou's Bashu plan was suspended or aborted, it would deal a serious blow to Dongzhou scholars, and he suddenly became a little nervous.

Liu Jing saw Sima Yi's nervousness, and couldn't help but smiled, "I just said that Cao Cao's method disrupted my westward plan, not stopped it, does Zhong Da understand?"

Sima Yi heaved a sigh of relief, and he laughed a little bit badly, "Caring makes chaos, I lost my composure."

"This is not a gaffe, but the strategy of Bashu is related to our future survival. My uncle has no ambition to go west and north, so he is very concerned about Jiaozhou, but I am not the former Liuzhou Mu. I know which is more important, I'm afraid It will disappoint Cao Cao."

Jia Xu smiled, "Perhaps Prime Minister Cao gave us a big gift."

"Jingnan!" Xu Shu blurted out.

Everyone looked at each other and laughed again. Liu Bei's troops are insufficient. Once they go south to Jiaozhou, Jingnan will be empty. They only need a small amount of troops to occupy Jingnan. This is indeed a message sent by Cao Cao. A big gift.

Liu Jing thought for a while and then said: "But then again, we want to capture Jiaozhou, but not now. Even if Liu Bei captures Jiaozhou, I don't think much about it. The population is too small, and it will not be a big deal after all. At most, it will be the second South Vietnam is just the country, our resources for combat readiness are limited, we must concentrate on heading north, and hope that after ten years, our troops will begin to enter Jiaozhou."

Everyone nodded silently, and Liu Jing smiled again: "This Shixie is just an episode, we still return to the original plan, and stabilize Jiangdong first. I received a pigeon letter from Chaisang last night, Jiangdong's matchmaker has already passed Chaisang, so it seems that the Jiangdong princess must not marry."

Two days later, the Jiangdong ship slowly docked at the pier. Qiao Xuan stood at the bow and saw Jia Xu on the shore. He couldn't help laughing. The two of them knew each other more than [-] years ago, and they had a good friendship. Dong Zhuo sent Jia Xu to persuade Qiao Xuan to become an official, but Qiao Xuan refused and fled to Jiangdong overnight.

The last time they met was in Wancheng. Qiao Xuan traveled all over the world, passed by Wancheng, and met Jia Xu who was working for Zhang Xiu at that time. It has been more than ten years since then.

"Brother Wenhe, don't come here?" Qiao Xuan laughed.

Jia Xu didn't expect Qiao Xuan to come, he was surprised and happy at once, stepped forward and bowed his hands and said, "Old man, how could it be you?"

After Qiao Xuan got off the boat, the two hugged each other tightly, looked at each other and said with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for more than ten years, I never expected to meet again in Jingzhou."

At this time, Jia Xu saw Qiao Xuan followed by a little boy who was holding a lacquer plate with a wooden box on it. Jia Xu asked a little strangely, "Where is this box?"

Qiao Xuan chuckled: "Inside the box is a post about us, Princess Shangxiang, me! Naturally, it's a matchmaker."

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