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After a while, Ma Dai walked into the big tent quickly. It was indeed a coincidence that Ma Dai had just arrived in Hanzhong, and when he heard that Liu Jing was leading an army to inspect Hanzhong, he hurried to the barracks.

This time Ma Dai came to Hanzhong on a special trip to borrow food. Ma Chao fled to Tianshui County, killed the prefect Wei Kang, captured Ji County, and called himself General Zhengxi. However, there was a serious shortage of food in the army, so he had to send his brother Ma Dai to Hanzhong for help.

Ma Dai stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "The last general, Ma Dai, will see the State Shepherd!"

It was the first time Liu Jing saw Ma Dai. He saw that Ma Dai was tall, with piercing eyes, and quite handsome. He couldn't help liking him very much, and said with a smile, "General Ma, please get up!"

Ma Dai got up, took out Ma Chao's autographed letter, and presented it to Liu Jing, "This is my elder brother's autographed letter, Zhou Mu please read it!"

Liu Jing took the letter and looked at it. It turned out that Ma Chao got the support of the Di people and won tens of thousands of troops. "Fuck" was so ineffective, it made Ma Chao revive again.

Liu Jing nodded and said with a smile: "It is a good thing that Meng Qi can make a comeback again. I am deeply sorry for not being able to support Guanzhong in time. If the food can make up for my guilt, I am very happy. Now that Meng Qi has opened Of course, I will fully support it.”

Liu Jing groaned for a while and then laughed: "Fifty thousand shi of grain is enough to express my sincerity!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, not only Wu Yi next to him was startled, but even Zhao Yun's face changed slightly. Fifty thousand shi of grain was too much, and Ma Dai was even more ecstatic. They only planned to borrow it. Unexpectedly, Liu Jing gave [-] shi of food five times, which made him very pleasantly surprised. You must know that the so-called borrowing is just a way of saying, and they have no intention of paying it back at all. [

Ma Dai wasn't sure, and asked tentatively, "I'm afraid we won't be able to pay back [-] shi of grain!"

Liu Jing waved his hand and said with a cheerful smile: "Our two families are allies, so why talk about the word 'return', the [-] shi of grain is considered to be my support for you."

Ma Dai was grateful in his heart, and gave a deep salute, "We are extremely grateful for Zhou Mu's benevolence and righteousness."

"No need, besides, there is a shortage of livestock in Hanzhong to transport food. Could you please send a team of mules and horses to Hanzhong to transport food?"

"I understand. I'll go back and report to my elder brother to arrange mule and horse transportation."

Ma Dai was so anxious that he left in a hurry. As soon as Ma Dai left, Wu Yi said anxiously, "The state herd promised [-] shi of grain. This will greatly expand Ma Chao's strength, and it will not be good for us to win Guanlong in the future!"

Liu Jing smiled faintly, "If Ma Chao had enough mules and horses, he wouldn't be short of food. How much transport capacity can he provide? Up to two thousand mules and horses, each mule carrying three stones of grain, travels between the high mountains, one round trip at least One and a half months, but only [-] shi of grain, how long will Cao Cao allow him, so what if I promise him [-] shi of grain?"

Everyone immediately came to their senses and burst into laughter. Even Zhao Yun couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't think of this either. Ma Chao can only be happy for nothing in the end."

Next to him, Wu Yi smiled and said, "It's best to detain his team of mules and horses as well, as compensation for borrowing food!"

Everyone laughed again, at this time, Liu Jing ordered: "Go and invite Liu Min!"

After a while, Liu Min, who joined the army, hurried into the big tent, bowed and saluted, "See Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing pondered for a long time before slowly saying: "There are two things, please join the army and make a trip."

"State shepherd, please order!"

"One is that you and Ma Dai go to Ji County together and tell Ma Chao that I will send troops to Guanzhong on the eastern front to relieve his pressure, and at the same time draw a detailed map for me to march out of Qishan Mountain, and secondly, you can make a detour when you come back. Guanzhong, meet Cao Cao and send me a letter to Cao Cao."

"My minister obeys!" [

Liu Jing immediately wrote a personal letter to Cao Cao and handed it to Liu Min. Then he said to Zhao Yun and Wu Yi: "Although my plan is to send troops after spring plowing next year, the art of war lies in the fact that reality is difficult to determine, so you It is still necessary to send troops to Guanzhong on a small scale, take Chencang Road or Ziwu Road to "harass" Cao Jun, and send more scouts to map the terrain."

Zhao Yun and Wu Yi looked at each other and nodded together, "We understand, please don't worry, Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing inspected Hanzhong for three days, then left Hanzhong, followed the cargo ship to Shangyong and returned to Xiangyang. At this time, it was late August, and the time for the public selection of scholars in Jingzhou and Yizhou was getting closer

Nanyang County, Wancheng, these days Wancheng has gradually become lively, the most obvious is that the number of scholars on the street has increased, and scholars from Guanzhong, Zhongyuan, Hebei and Hedong counties have gathered in the south, and Wancheng is their must pass However, their ultimate goal is Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and Nanyang is just a transit place for scholars.

At this time, there are still 20 days before Jingzhou’s open selection of scholars. It is said that all scholars who go to Xiangyang to participate in the selection of scholars will be free of board and lodging in Xiangyang. There was an endless stream of scholars, and there were more than 8 scholars who crossed the border from Nanyang to Xiangyang, which was unprecedented.

At this time, Cao Cao was fighting Ma Chao in Guanzhong, and he had no time to ask about this large-scale migration of scholars. In fact, the local governments could not stop them, unless they could also be like Jingzhou, who only judged the poor and the poor.

At noon that day, a carriage drove slowly into Wancheng accompanied by several horse-riding attendants. The curtain of the carriage was raised, revealing the face of a middle-aged man. Young scholars, the vigor shown by the scholars made him secretly jealous. He is now nearly 60 years old, but he doesn't know how many years there are in his official career.

This middle-aged man is Kuai Yue who followed Cao Jun to Yedu in Jian'an 13th year. He served as Taichang Shaoqing in the imperial court. Just last month, the imperial court officially appointed him as Jingzhou Biejia. This is actually Liu Jing's request After weighing it over and over again, Cao Cao also felt that it was more appropriate for Kuai Yue to be a middleman. He needed to build a communication bridge with Liu Jing, and Kuai Yue was obviously the most suitable candidate.

The carriage drove into Wancheng, and stopped slowly in front of a house. The plaque on the gate of the house said the word "Deng's Mansion". This is the main house of the Deng family in Nanyang. , Huang's family moved to Xiangyang for refuge, now relying on Pang's family.

The Deng family is divided into two, one part is in Nanyang, and the other is in Xiangyang Xinye, with Nanyang as the main and Xinye as the supplement.

The current patriarch of the Deng family is Deng Yi who once served as the governor of Jingzhou. Deng Yi was appointed by Cao Cao as the governor of Nanyang County, but he only took office for half a year before returning home from illness. Now he is recuperating at home.

When Kuai Yue was in Jingzhou, he had a very good relationship with him. When he returned to Jingzhou this time, Kuai Yue felt a little uneasy, so he came to visit Deng Yi first.

The carriage waited outside the mansion for a while, and then a young man came out of the mansion in a hurry. He was Deng Yi's third son, Deng Hong, who was only in his twenties this year and in his prime.

He stepped forward and bowed to salute: "I have kept Shibo waiting for a long time, my father is inconvenient, so I asked my nephew to bring Shibo into the mansion."

Kuai Yue knew that Deng Yi's legs were disabled and it was difficult for him to walk, so he nodded and said with a smile, "Then there will be nephew Lao."

Kuai Yue got out of the carriage, followed Deng Hong into the mansion, walked all the way to the depths of the mansion, walked into a courtyard, and saw Deng Yi looking at him with a smile in an octagonal pavilion in the courtyard.

"Alien, don't come here?"

Kuai Yue walked into the pavilion with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "My brother seems to be in good spirits, enjoying the happiness at home!"

Deng Yi had a leg problem, so he could only walk slowly with a cane. He sat down most of the time, and he apologized: "I can't greet my brother, please sit down!"

Kuai Yue sat down, and a maid served them tea. Kuai Yue sighed and said, "How time flies! Two years have passed in a flash."

"Yes! A lot of things just happened yesterday, but Jingzhou has changed a lot."

Deng Yi felt very sorry, his legs were not good, Liu Jing sent people to invite him to Xiangyang several times, but he had no choice but to decline.

"My brother still can't walk?" Kuai Yue asked with concern.

Deng Yi shook his head, "It may have something to do with age. Now I can only walk a hundred steps with a cane at most. I used to be able to walk one or two miles without any problem. I am old!"

"My virtuous brother is two years younger than me. I want to be an old man and go to Jingzhou to become an official. How can my virtuous brother talk about being old?"

Speaking of this, Kuai Yue glanced at Deng Hong next to him. Deng Hong saluted and retreated knowingly.

Only Kuai Yue and Deng Yi were left in the room, so Kuai Yue lowered his voice and said, "I heard that Jingzhou Biejia is an empty post, is this really true?"

This is something that Kuai Yue has always cared about. He doesn't know much about the situation in Jingzhou, and people in the court know the specific situation. It's just rumors that Liu Jing has drastically changed the system, which made Kuai Yue inexplicably worried. This time he passed through Nanyang , I came to visit Deng Yi specifically for this matter.

Deng Yi was very aware of Kuai Yue's uneasiness, so he smiled slightly and said: "Jingzhou has indeed undergone a great transfer of power, but He Yidu took over the post of Jingzhou. Balance, this is normal, don't worry too much about Xenodu."

"I don't know what kind of change it is?"

"The main reason is that the power of the state government has been transferred to the Hussar General's Mansion. The state government is still there, but it is just a false card."

Kuai Yue was stunned, "Then I, Jingzhou Biejia, is still a nominal job?"

Deng Yi took a deep look at him, and sighed secretly in his heart, he found that Kuai Yue was a little different from before, he was so sophisticated and sharp in the past, many things didn't need to be said at all, and he could understand it with a hint, but now he seemed a little dull.

"Does Yidu think that Liu Jing will let a minister from the imperial court take over the power of Jingzhou?" Deng Yi finally couldn't help reminding Kuai Yue directly.

Kuai Yue remained silent. It's not that he didn't understand, but he had a little luck. After all, he was personally called by Liu Jing to go to Jingzhou, and he and Liu Jing also had friendship in the past, including his brother Kuai Liang and nephew Kuai Qi. Many of the Kuai family's children are serving as officials in Jingzhou, so he has a little luck in his heart, maybe Liu Jing will entrust him with important tasks.

But Deng Yi's frank words shattered his last hope and made Kuai Yue extremely depressed. After a long while, he sighed softly, "At the beginning I made a wrong step, but in the end I made a wrong step."

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