Nanyang County.

In the past, the chaotic war, the labor and wealth of the people, made this the first county in the world become a piece of fat for the Quartet, and even the east and west were divided, and the north and south were divided, causing chaos in Nanyang, and hundreds of people were displaced.

This has made Nanyang, both economically and in terms of people's livelihood, fall countless times.

However, after the Ming Marquis Mansion recaptured Nanyang, it began to recuperate.

The first is Yizhou's support for Nanyang, although Nanyang was chaotic in the past, but there was also development, when Mujing was still in Hanzhong, he supported the construction of two gallop roads, opening up the relationship between Nanyang and Hanzhong.

After Cai Tu took charge of Nanyang, he coordinated with the Minghou Mansion to use the cement used as a strategic resource in the Minghou Mansion to build a cement road from the north of Nanyang to Xiangyang Yicheng.

This cement road is unprecedented, and it is also a road to revitalize the traffic between the entire Nanyang and Xiangyang.

The total length is 400 miles.

It has not been built now, and it has almost exhausted the finances between Nanyang and Xiangyang.

But even if this road is only two-thirds repaired, the convenience it brings to Nanyang and Xiangyang is that it can be seen by the naked eye, and the carriage returns in one day, what kind of concept is this, I can't think of it.

This also brought convenience to Nanyang's gradual recovery of vitality.

What's more, since last year, the Yuyan area has been fighting repeatedly, and the displaced people have poured down to Nanyang, and the population of Nanyang is also skyrocketing, which is absolutely convenient for the development of Nanyang, and more manpower and material resources to build roads.

Wancheng, this is the county seat of Nanyang, but also the link of Nanyang to gather the Quartet, whether it is in the north, in the east, or in the south of Jingzhou, in the west of Hanzhong, countless caravans, all regard this as a transit station.

This has made Nanyang's business develop explosively.

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Cai Tu is the Taishou of Nanyang, he is very busy, not only busy with the development of Nanyang, but also busy with the safety of Nanyang, the situation in Jingzhou has lost, and the impact on Nanyang is also very great, and even in Nanyang, some turmoil has begun to break out.

After all, Nanyang is part of Jingzhou.

Although there is no recognition of Liu Biao, but it recognizes the influence of Jingzhou, the influence of the Minghou Mansion, whether it is big or not, whether it is small or not, the Minghou Mansion can still rule Nanyang, they will not have a problem, but once the Minghou Mansion abandons Nanyang for the second time, then the people of Nanyang will be completely disappointed with the Minghou.

Nanyang used to be the former prime minister of the imperial court, Mushan, and now sit in the southwest of the princes Ming Marquis Mujing's dragon place, but Mu gave up Nanyang, which is equivalent to losing the hearts of the people, once the hearts of the people are lost, it is difficult to make up for it.

What is more important for him now is to stabilize people's hearts.

"Taishou-sama!"

Zhuge Xuan hurriedly came.

"Zhuge is in such a hurry, is there something wrong?" Cai Tu is reviewing some of the copywriting in his hand, this is the county to bring up, this year's census, in the Minghou Mansion, has done several times to do a thorough survey of household registration, but Nanyang is not ideal, a little messy, household registration is difficult to clear.

"Go out of the city tonight, the north gate of the city, and cross the water!" Zhuge Xuan said in a low voice.

"What's the matter?" Cai Tu frowned.

"Summoned by the Lord!"

"My lord?" Cai Tu's face became solemn: "Isn't the lord in Guanzhong?" ”

"It's already south!"

"Going south in person?" This made Cai Tu very surprised, there were soldiers and horses from Guanzhong to the south before, the affairs of Beiwutang, he was unwilling to take care of it, and the pastoral army was strictly disciplined, and he was rarely spared, he was not afraid, of course, Zhang Liao passed by Wancheng and borrowed food from him in his private capacity, he also arranged it properly, he believed that there would be soldiers and horses in the follow-up who would go south to Jingzhou on the road to Nanyang, after all, the battle of Jingzhou is not ideal now, and there is no way to increase troops.

But he didn't expect that Mu Jing would go south in person.

What this meant, he could not have known.

At his level, he is already a high-level member of the Minghou Mansion, even if he can't enter the Zhaoming Hall, he can be regarded as an extraordinary status in the Minghou Mansion, and it is naturally impossible not to pay attention to the overall situation.

Mujing went south, representing the Ming Hou Mansion giving up the battle for Guanzhong.

He sighed and said, "Since the lord is going south, the military situation must be urgent, and the lord can't be made to wait for a long time, I'll go now!" ”

"No!"

Zhuge Xuan said: "The lord doesn't want to expose his whereabouts, you are Nanyang Taishou, you must be the target of the Quartet spies, the goal is too big, once you go out of the city in person, it is difficult to hide some people, you must go out of the city at night!" ”

"Good!"

When Cai Tu heard this, he also knew that he had summoned a little, so he nodded.

Mujing can be regarded as his Bole.

If it weren't for Mu Jing, he might still be hidden by the family, and then depressed, living this miserable life, instead of now, becoming a minister and holding power, and even opening another line, ruling the Cai family, which has been in charge for hundreds of years.

Zhuge Xuan left in a hurry, he thought about it, and said to a long entourage beside him: "Where is the son now?" ”

"It should be in the county office!"

Chang Sui said: "Gongzi filled the vacancy of Wancheng's county master book position a month ago!" ”

"Why didn't I know about this?"

"The son is ambitious, and he is unwilling to use your prestige, but he has attracted a respected Confucian in Xiangyang County, and he has become filial and honest.

"This kid!"

Cai Tu still has high expectations for his son, when he was in the family, his son was a scholar who was recruited by the head of the family as a soldier, and then finally found it back, he is the identity of Xiangyang Taishou, personally went to Lumen Mountain, sent his son to Lumen Mountain, in June this year, his son came down to Nanyang.

"Go get him!"

Cai Tu wants his son to show his face in front of Mu Jing, which is very helpful to his future career.

As Nanyang Taishou, he will not show favoritism.

But as a father, he naturally wants to pave the best path for his son.

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At night, the streets of Wancheng were under martial law, dozens of horsemen quietly left Wancheng, after going out of the city from the north of the city, crossing Wanshui, crossing the plain, and then entering a mountain stream between the two mountains.

This place is a bit hidden, even if the lights are shining and hidden by the mountain, Wancheng can't notice it.

"Subordinate Cai Tu, meet the lord!"

"Subordinate Zhuge Xuan, meet the lord!"

Entering the camp, Cai Tu and Zhuge Xuan didn't say a word, and knelt down directly.

"In the barracks, there is no need to count so many courtesies!"

Mu Jing knelt in front of the desk, looked at the two of them, and a smile rose on the corner of his mouth: "Get up!" ”

"No!"

The two of them took the order and stood up, but they were still a little restrained.

"Sit down!"

Mu Jing smiled and said, "Why, the two officials have become bigger, but they have no courage, they are so restrained, I am not a man-eating tiger!" ”

"The lord is wise and powerful, like a fierce tiger!"

Cai Tu patted the horse slightly, and then sat down.

"You Cai Mengting has also become so sleek, it's a bit rare!" The corners of Mu Jing's mouth moved slightly, and he said with a smile.

"After all, being young and vigorous is when you are young, and now that you are in charge of a place, all aspects of the relationship must be reconciled, if you can't change your temperament, you will offend people and be not conducive to management!"

"It's a good thing to have this awareness!"

Mu Jing said: "As a parent official, it is a power and a responsibility, the people put the future on us, we must have this responsibility, even if we suffer a little loss, we must coordinate the relationship between the four parties!" ”

Saying that, he sighed: "Now many officials are arrogant, thinking that being an official is a higher level of heaven, but they don't know that being an official is no different from being a grandson!" ”

Parents are officials, what are parents, parents worry about their children, whether they are ancient or modern, present or future, parents worry about their whole life.

"The lord speaks brilliantly!"

Zhuge Xuan arched his hand and said.

"Zhuge , how are you doing?" Mu Jing is still very concerned about Zhuge Xuan, Zhuge Xuan is also a talent who died early and was buried by history, in the troubled times, there are a lot of reputations, but talents are more buried by the killing of this troubled times, some people, give him a stage, he can do better than those who leave a name in history.

"I'm getting used to it!"

Zhuge Xuan said in a deep voice: "Although I have always felt that it is easier to be by the side of the lord, but it is also an experience to come out by myself and be alone, for the long history of Nanyang, perhaps it is the biggest feeling in my life!" ”

"Just get used to it!"

Mu Jing encouraged: "You are capable, I am optimistic about your future, Nanyang will not be your end, this is just your starting point, but you have to take care of your body, I think your look is not very good, it should be too tired, a good body is a person's best capital!" ”

He also joked and said: "You and Meng Ting are also the two in command, if you are self-motivated, you have to kill Meng Ting and take the position yourself, but I look at Meng Ting, so I don't need you Ruo, he sits firmly in this position, if you want to get on the throne, what should you do, it's easy to solve, live past him, won't you be able to do it soon!" ”

It's a joke, but it's true.

Sima Yi is the best example, he has survived Cao Cao, survived Cao Pi, well, the old ministers of the Three Dynasties, and was overwhelmed by Cao Rui, okay, he survived Cao Rui again, and survived the three generations of the Cao family alive, and then, he took down Cao Wei Jiangshan.

This is the capital of a long-lived person.

Something you can't learn.

"Lord, I'm still sitting here, are you embarrassed to let Zhuge and me fight for power?" Cai Tu's face was black, how unreliable this lord was, before he said such a thing.

"That's putting a little pressure on you!"

Mu Jing said to himself: "Don't think that this position, sit very steadily, someone is doing better than you, I may kick you down!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, in Nanyang, there is really no one who does better than me!"

Cai Tu said confidently.

"I'll see!"

After the greetings, it's time to get down to business.

"What is the situation in Nanyang now?" Mu Jing was more worried about this, he gave up Nanyang once, and didn't want to lose the hearts of the people in Nanyang for the second time.

"For now, it's pretty solid!"

Cai Tu bowed his hand and reported, and said: "The herdsmen defeated Jingzhou, when the news came, I personally inspected the counties and temporarily stabilized my mood, if you want to say chaos, it is Xiangyang, there is more chaos, after all, Liu Biao is in Xiangyang, he has a very good foundation, if it is bad, it can incite a lot of people's hearts!" ”

He paused and said, "I also heard some news, that is, those Jingzhou families have sent people north to contact those clansmen who stayed in Xiangyang City, and they should want to come to some internal and external alliances to recapture Xiangyang City!" ”

"Can Kuai Wu believe it?"

"I trust him!"

"Then I trust you!" Mu Jing raised his head and looked at him: "You know better than me, as long as Kuawu and them are not chaotic, Xiangyang will not be chaotic!" ”

"I'm not going to mess with him!"

Cai Tu said resolutely.

has already taken the boat of the Minghou Mansion, either the ship is destroyed and killed, this can still leave a name before and after his death, he will dive halfway, he will be drowned, and it is worthless, this account, he will calculate, Kuai Wu will also calculate.

Even if Kuai Wu was a little confused, he had a way to make Kuai Wu realize this.

"That's fine!"

Mu Jing is still more relieved Cai Tu: "I don't care about the affairs of Nanyang and Xiangyang, I came to see you in person, it's not because of government affairs, to be honest, I can't take care of it now, Jiangdong tore the alliance, and the defeat of our army is not only the situation in Jingzhou, but even Yizhou, which is dangerous, which forced me to give up the battle for Guanzhong!" “

"I've brought down almost all the main forces of the herdsmen this time!"

"I want to draw Jingzhou in one battle!"

Mu Jing looked at Cai Tu and said, "But once the war drags on, after winter, it will be even more difficult to fight, so I want to capture the thief and capture the king!" ”

"You're going to do two things!"

"First, I went south in a hurry this time, the supply of grain and grass is insufficient, and it will take time to transfer from Yizhou, so I need Nanyang Xiangyang to make full preparations, and I will let Houbei Wutang make up for it afterwards!"

The rules he set by himself, he will not break them until he is forced to do so, but there is still a compromise method, and he can't forcibly collect grain from the locality, but he can do it.

"No problem!"

Cai Tu agreed very simply, and he also knew in his heart that Mu Jing wanted to be the law of his father's Ming Marquis Mansion, but as the lord, he had the initiative, even if he smashed the pot and sold iron, he had to take it out.

"The second thing, you want to find a way to find a cover for me, so that I can have a chance to lead the army into Jiangxia without being discovered by the Jingzhou army!"

Mu Jing's pupils were awe-inspiring.

This battle must not be dragged on.

Therefore, the strategic deployment has been discussed when it was in Chang'an.

Zhang Liao went south, intervened in the main battlefield, and attracted attention.

Huang Zhong personally led the army.

Raid Jiangxia.

Take Liu Biao, eat Jingzhou directly, and then leave the Jiangdong Army behind, and never give them any chance to escape back, betrayal will have to pay a price.

He wanted to take the life of Sun Jian's son to lay the foundation for this battle.

"It's a bit troublesome, but you can find a way!" Cai Tu thought for a while and said, "But the lord allows me to think about it, what name is better!" ”

"Taishou-sama!"

As an entourage, he should have stayed outside the camp tent, but Cai Kan walked in together at the insistence of his father, but recently, he has been beside him, and he was very quiet when he couldn't see Xiao Changsui, and suddenly spoke: "Wancheng is building a road along the east, not Xiangyang, and crossing the waterway from Huyang, straight into Jiangxia, half of the construction has been stopped, and now it can be restarted, and the road needs to be requisitioned, and the time will ......."

"Shut up!"

Cai Tu is a person with a strong sense of rhythm, and when his son finished speaking, he scolded angrily: "The lord is now, how can you open your mouth!" ”

"Who is this?"

He was so careful that he couldn't hide it from Mu Jing, Mu Jing smiled, looked at the young man and asked, "I have reported my name!" ”

"Wancheng Master Book, Cai Kan, meet the lord!"

Cai Kan knelt down and saluted.