Big Joe, Little Joe loves me

Chapter 179 Birth of Dragon and Phoenix
Ming Palace.

In the courtyard full of fragrant flowers, Liu Gan held the sword in his right hand, swayed it from left to right, and continuously danced out the majestic sword flowers.

Liu Gan hasn't played sword for a long time, not because he doesn't want to practice, but because he is really too busy and has no spare time to practice sword.

Even if it's just for exercise.

Fencing is like many sports. After a while, if you want to pick it up again, you will inevitably feel unfamiliar.

At least, Liu Gan now thinks that he has changed. If he was at his peak, five swords per second would be no problem, but now it is far from it.

"People say that weapons are one inch short and one inch dangerous. To be fair, why do you like to use short swords?"

Liu Gan put his sword back into its sheath, and said to the only bystander in the courtyard.

Zhu Gongdao watched Liu Gan's swordsmanship with a blank face. In fact, in his eyes, Liu Gan's swordsmanship was ordinary.

Although Liu Gan occasionally has some strange tricks, but these tricks are hardly worth mentioning in front of Zhu Gongdao, a veteran of the world.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Gongdao has no less than ten ways to deal with Liu Gan in one move.

"convenient."

Zhu Gongdao said lightly.

When Liu Gan heard the words, he couldn't help smiling. He thought that Zhu Gongdao would have some unique answer, but he didn't expect it to be for convenience.

But thinking about it, it seems to make sense. A person who kills people all day long should not shine his weapon where others can see him.

Killing people in this way will have an unexpected effect.

"It seems that I am destined to fail in this life, you are such a powerful master."

Liu Gan sighed slightly, looking preoccupied, he didn't know whether he was worried about not being able to become a master, or was worried about other things.

Zhu Gongdao asked, "Unhappy?"

Liu Gan nodded and said with a wry smile: "I don't know how to say it, a lot of disturbing things have happened recently, and I suddenly feel very tired. How far do you think a person needs to live in order to be considered happy?"

"I don't know." Zhu Gongdao shook his head slightly, pondered for a while and then said: "It's good to be alive."

Liu Gan was stunned, and only when Zhu Gongdao told him such a thing could he listen to it, and it might not be effective if it was told to anyone else.

There are really too many unsatisfactory things in life. If you want this today, you will not be able to reach it, and tomorrow you will not be able to reach that one. As time goes by, the regrets in your heart will gradually increase.

Some people spend their whole lives for power, some people do everything for fame and fortune, and some people can survive well, which is already a luxury.

"Fairness, do you have a dream? If you were given a wish, what would you most like to achieve?"

Liu Gan heaved a sigh of relief and asked solemnly.

"Dream..." Zhu Gongdao lowered his head and fell into deep thought. However, after contemplating for a long time, he found that he still couldn't give an answer, or could not find a satisfactory answer.

In fact, Zhu Gongdao's silence has already given the answer.

Liu Gan walked slowly in the garden, smelling the fragrance of flowers, stroking the green leaves with his hands, and said slowly: "I have had many dreams, as big as hanging a pot to help the world, and as small as idling for life. Every dream at the beginning, think about it now. I think it's childish and ridiculous, but that doesn't stop them from becoming my dream."

"Because I think that only those who have dreams can live happily and have value, not just because they are alive, so they live. Do you know what I want to do most now? I want to turn the tide, I want to help the building Will fall! I think that even if I can't live forever, I will still be infamous!"

"You promised me that you would not harm Liu Xie." Zhu Gongdao said seriously.

"Of course I remember that." Liu Gan stopped, turned around, and faced Zhu Gongdao: "I can stand firm and let him not move a single hair, but some people will never let him go."

"He didn't have a deep hatred, who would want to put him to death?" Zhu Gongdao didn't understand.

"You are wrong. Maybe there is no deep hatred yet, but as time goes by, more and more people will want to put him to death!" Liu Gan said.

"Why?" Zhu Gongdao asked.

"Because of interests, have you ever heard a saying that cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents!" Liu Gan sighed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "For some people, the existence of Liu Xie is equivalent to cutting off their wealth. There is no way to make money, do you think there is such a deep hatred?"

Zhu Gongdao remained silent.

Liu Gan didn't say any more, he believed that Zhu Gongdang's intelligence was enough to understand the meaning of these words.

Whether Liu Xie is dead or alive, maybe Liu Gan, the captain, can make a decision at the beginning of the ship, but once the big ship sails into the vast sea, many decisions will become involuntary. , had to post.

After all, in addition to the captain, there are many crew members on this ship.

"I don't care about others, I just hope you remember what you promised me."

Zhu Gongdao stared deeply at Liu Gan, and said solemnly.

Liu Gan nodded slightly. He understood that what Zhu Gongdao valued most was commitment, so he generally would not make promises to Zhu Gongdao easily.

A man's promise to a woman may be just a promise of eternal love under a momentary slip of the tongue, but a promise between a man and a man is sometimes a promise of gold, as important as Mount Tai.

I don't know why, every time he chats with Zhu Gongdao, Liu Gan can get a sense of vitality, as if reborn from the ashes, which is very strange and pleasant.

Maybe this is the power of friendship.

For the time being, Liu Gan put all his troubles behind him, and he decided to calm down, prepare his troops and organize his troops.

He invited Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, two generals under Lu Bu's command, to the Shenji Battalion, and exchanged their training experiences with the eight commanders of the Shenji Battalion.

He took Liu Ye's newly modified siege equipment, took the essence and discarded the dross, and produced a series of amazingly powerful siege weapons.

He invited Chen Wang Liu Chong to the Shenjian Camp, and together with Tai Shici and other arrow experts, they discussed the advantages and disadvantages of crossbowmen and archers.

He appointed two brothers, Zhonglixu and Zhonglilin, who were famous for shipbuilding, as captains of Louchuan, and transferred them to Moling to build a thousand-man warship.

He applied the method of military and civilian farming to every inch of land under his rule, and at the same time eliminated the banditry in the territory, reclaimed uninhabited wasteland, and fully supported the development of industry and commerce.

……

There are six counties in Yangzhou and two counties in Yuzhou, making a total of eight counties.

Under Liu Gan's rule, things are changing with each passing day and flourishing, and the people under his rule have received rave reviews.

Of course, there are also a lot of bad reviews and bad words, but compared to the praises that are spread by word of mouth, they are almost negligible.

The days passed day by day, and in winter, Da Qiao's nine-month pregnant belly finally started to move.

In the first year of Jian'an, in December, Empress Qiao of the Ming Dynasty gave birth to a son and a daughter.

The boy is the eldest son, named Liu Chen.

The girl is called Liu Yu.

(End of this chapter)