All Liu Hong has heard these days is the bad news, and when he heard the good news, he couldn't help but relax a little, his tone softened, and asked, "Oh, what good news, bring it to me to see." ”

Zhang Rang hurriedly got up from the ground and handed over the chapter: "Your Majesty, please see, Jingzhou Mu Liu Xin broke the Nanyang Yellow Turban." ”

These days are full of defeat news, and finally hearing the news of a victory, Liu Hong was in a good mood: "Hahaha...... Good, good, good! Father, Liu Xin seems to have been recommended by you, this time I remember your first merit! Hahaha...... Passed the decree, crowned Liu Xin as the Marquis of Xiangyang, and the rest of the meritorious generals were rewarded separately. I've been having trouble sleeping these days, but now that I've finally got the good news, it's time for me to relax. Scatter the dynasty! ”

After Liu Hong finished speaking, he ignored the strange gaze of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military forces, got up and went back to the harem to be happy, he had not spoiled the palace maid for several days, and he was excited for a while, and he felt a little unbearable.

Liu Xin broke the Nanyang Yellow Turban, and adopted Kuai Liang's strategy, through Zhang Rang to the imperial court, saying that Nanyang's territory was too wide and not suitable for management, and requested that Nanxiang and Xiangyang counties be divided from Nanyang and Nanjun, and Liu Hong did everything according to it, and Jingzhou was divided into nine counties from then on. So, Liu Xin appointed Xu Huang as the Taishou of Nanyang and stationed in Wancheng; Zhang He was the Taishou of Nanxiang and stationed in Zhangling; Kuai Liang was appointed as the Taishou of Xiangyang, Tian Feng was appointed as the Taishou of Changsha, Cai Mao was appointed as the captain of the naval army, Fu was awarded as a special driver, Kuai Yue and Han Opera were engaged, Cai Yong was the main book, and Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun were all named captains. Since then, Liu Xin has controlled the four counties of Jingxiang in one fell swoop, and at the same time weakened the strength of Bei Yu of Nanjun, mastered the Jingzhou naval army, and the battle of Wancheng can really be described as killing three birds with one stone!

The Nanyang Yellow Turban Rebellion led to the almost slaughter of the gentry of the gentry in Wancheng and its surrounding counties, and the money, grain, and wealth plundered by Zhang Mancheng and others were equivalent to as much as six billion yuan after careful counting, and Liu Xin pocketed all of them, and Jingzhou's financial crisis was once resolved.

Liu Xin returned to Xiangyang and looked at the Fu Zhu, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun sitting in the hall, these people were all his civil and military cronies, and said in high spirits: "In the first battle of Wancheng, Nanyang and other four counties have been pacified, I want to go all out and send troops to crusade against Jiangxia and other five counties and unify Jingzhou, what do you think?" ”

Liu Xin is no longer the Liu Xin of the past. In the past, his ideal was just to be a thief, robbing the rich and helping the poor. When he came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, he just wanted to live a peaceful and stable life. But now it is different, he has the ambition to fight for the world, so he desperately wants to unify Jingzhou and lay a solid foundation for the future hegemony.

Unexpectedly, Fu Zhu, Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue said in unison: "Lord, this matter must not be!" ”

Fu Zhu said: "My lord, although Jiangxia and other five counties refuse to obey orders, the county guards are also court officials, and they rashly raise troops, and the division is unknown. ”

Kuai Yue said: "Lord, although the battle of Wancheng was a complete victory, it was a fluke. Now that Nanyang is newly determined, the people's hearts are not stable, and the soldiers and horses also need to be trained and skilled, so it is not appropriate to fight again at this time. ”

Kuai Liang said: "My lord, Nanyang and Yingchuan have been hit by bandits, and the people have been displaced. Now that there are more than 100,000 refugees outside Xiangyang, it is appropriate for the lord to practice benevolent government at this time to win the hearts of the people. ”

Zhao Yun also said: "Big brother, the three gentlemen are reasonable, please think twice." ”

Liu Xin groaned, he was indeed in a bit of a hurry, and he must not forget the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it! So he bowed his head and said: "You are right, my surname is too anxious, Jiangxia and other five counties will let it go first, and it is important to deal with the current affairs." ”

Fu Zhu and the others were all overjoyed, and they couldn't imagine that Liu Xin could be so good, and they all said: "The lord is wise." ”

Only Xu Zhu was a little unhappy, the last time he went to Wancheng, Liu Xin left him to protect the safety of Xiangyang, and he was not able to kill happily for a while, he was depressed, and he always thought that he would strive for a pioneer to do it next time, and it seemed that he was going to be in the soup again.

Liu Xin said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the most important thing at the moment is to resettle the refugees outside the city. There are two ways to resettle the refugees, one is to provide disaster relief by the government, and the other is to recruit migrant workers to provide relief through work, and I am ready to expand Xiangyang City. ”

"Expansion?" Everyone immediately discussed, Xiangyang is already a big city in Jingzhou, it is the state city of Jingzhou after all, both the area and the population size are second to none, the last time Liu Xin wanted to expand as soon as he arrived in Xiangyang, but was dissuaded by everyone, and now he brings up the old thing again.

Liu Xin continued: "Yes, expansion. The city of Xiangyang in my plan should be at least four times larger, the streets and various areas of the city should be carefully planned, the moat should be greatly widened, the city walls should be strengthened and heightened, and several large solid granaries should be built in the city. Liu Xin is determined to implement the policy of "building high walls and accumulating grain", which is not only his place of governance, but also a base for him to compete for the world.

Kuai Liang said uneasily: "My lord, such a large construction project requires a lot of manpower, money and materials. ”

Liu Xin smiled and said, "Don't worry about this matter, Mr. Zirou, I have already calculated it." To expand Xiangyang City, the major expenses mainly include manpower, land, masonry, and wood. Manpower is easy to handle, and the 20,000 Yellow Turban captives don't know what to do, so they should be punished with two years of hard labor, and it should be enough to recruit some more people from among the refugees. Land, masonry, and wood must be purchased with money, and the recovery of Wancheng this time has recaptured as much as six billion gold and silver property from the hands of the Yellow Turban, which is more than enough to build the city. ”

In the past, Nanyang County was the largest and richest county in Jingzhou, and the savings of the large families of the Shi clan for more than 200 years were very considerable, first plundered by the Yellow Turban, and now this wealth is in the hands of Liu Xin, in his jargon, this is called "black eats black", anyway, he now has money, and his waist is hard.

Kuai Yue said uneasily: "Use these captives to build the city wall, what if they make trouble?" ”

Zhang Fei said in a loud voice: "What are you afraid of, my old Zhang carries a spear to supervise the work every day to see which one dares to be disobedient!" "After arriving in Xiangyang, Liu Xin found a skilled craftsman to use the iron brought from the river to carefully build, Zhang Fei couldn't put down this weapon, except for entering this hall for a meeting, even if he slept easily, he refused to leave.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Liu Xin couldn't help laughing, and said, "If you want to be an overseer, I am still reluctant to yield your talent." These captives do not need to worry, most of them are just ordinary people who have been deceived by others, and I have set a system for them, those who work hard in the first year can receive wages from next year, and those who continue to work seriously next year can regain their freedom the year after. If they don't work hard, the first time they find out, they are sent to a black house for five days, and the second time they are found to be sent to a black house for ten days, I don't believe they dare to be disobedient. ”

"The Black House?" Everyone looked at Liu Xin in puzzlement.

In fact, Liu Xin doesn't know how much of a role the black house has, but he has only seen it in some miscellaneous books, but he has a colleague who has been locked up in a black house after a mistake, and it seems that he has suffered a lot. Liu Xin smiled and pretended to be mysterious: "You don't have to worry, you'll know when the time comes." ”

Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were busy training the 10,000 recruits, and the other 10,000 recruits had been allocated to Xu Huang and Zhang He, and the 5,000 elite soldiers from Changsha were also taken by Tian Feng, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu were still in charge of the guard of Xiangyang City and the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion. Seeing everyone go separately, Liu Xin paced back to the back.

Under Ma Yun's arrangement, this state pastoral mansion was divided into several separate courtyards, which were divided into Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others to live in. Each courtyard has its own new gate, which leads directly to the outside, but the back garden in the house is shared by several families, and usually some women play in the garden. It's early summer, and the garden is full of foliage, birds and flowers, and the scenery is pleasant.

Bian Yu and Ying'er naturally lived in the same courtyard with Liu Xin and Ma Yun, but Liu Xin has been very busy since she arrived in Xiangyang, and occasionally went back to the house, but also surrounded her wife and children, but rarely met her. Although she was born in a prostitute family, she couldn't pull her son to dangle in front of Liu Xin at this time to attract Liu Xin's attention, and she really couldn't think of any way to get close to Liu Xin in a hurry.

Some time ago, Bian Yu heard that many people from Nanyang and Yingchuan fled from outside the city, and she had heard that Liu Xin was a good official who loved the people when he was in Hejian. So, these days, Bian Yu ran out of the city every day to help them help them to help the refugees. She was originally from a humble background, and when she saw the refugees outside the city, she was touched by the scene, and she couldn't help but be moved by the truth when she thought that there were many women from good families who would be forced to fall into the dust, and now she goes out early and returns late every day, and is fully engaged in disaster relief work. Ma Yun was not worried about her safety, so she sent a team of flying tiger guards to follow behind as guards.

Ma Yun was selling her "Theory of the Heart" theory to Cai Yan in the pavilion by the garden pond at this time. In Hejian, Ma Yun once sold "Yue Xin Shuo" to Fan Juan, but it was taken as a joke by Fan Juan and Zhao Yun. Later, she promoted it to Bian Yu, but she still returned with a feather.

Now, Cai Yan actually listened attentively, seemed to have a lot of experience, and said to Ma Yun: "Sister Yun, what you said seems to have some truth, but if the earth we are standing on is a round ball, then how can people not fall?" ”

Ma Yun saw that his "doctrine" finally had an audience, and this audience began to think further, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and said: "This involves another problem, that is, the problem of attraction, I will tell you slowly later......

"Oh, what? Can I come and hear it? Liu Xin didn't know when he came to the pavilion.

Cai Yan saw Liu Xin, and hurriedly got up and said a blessing: "The folk girl has seen an adult." ”

Ma Yun pulled her up and said, "Hey, you don't have so much etiquette at home, you go on." ”

Cai Yan was a little embarrassed when he saw that his husband and wife were here, and said, "Sister, I've been out for a long time, it's time to go back, and I'll listen to my sister tomorrow." ”

Liu Xin looked at Cai Yan's slender back and said to Ma Yun: "Wife, what kind of nonsense are you telling the children again, no one listens to your set in this world." ”

Ma Yun said unconvinced: "She already understands a little, but if you interrupt her, I will start from scratch tomorrow." By the way, did you tell you what I asked you to say last time? ”