In the humble house of Yi, Liu Bei became a guest of honor, and talked for a long time with the four brothers of Yi, Liu Ba, Jiang Wan, Pan Jun, Liu Min, and the Ma family.

After some in-depth talk, Liu Bei learned that Pan Jun was Jiang Wan's aunt's cousin, and Liu Min was Jiang Wan's aunt's cousin, both of whom were one year younger than Jiang Wan, and they were also talents in Jingnan.

The three have known each other since childhood, studied together, ate together, and are often inseparable.

Liu Bei was invited by Iraq this time, and finally did not come in vain, and there were four talents in a row, Jiang Wan, Pan Jun, Liu Min, and Ma Liang, who were willing to follow him to Jingnan.

Not only that, but even Yi Ji also expressed his plans during the banquet, preparing to go to Liu Biao tomorrow after Liu Biao's birthday, so he asked Liu Biao to go to Jingnan to help Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was very happy, there is a way to drink a thousand cups of confidant, drunk that night, drunk and talked a lot, and then cried to the people present about his ill-fated fate, basically saying that God is unfair, as a member of the Han family, he only wants to restore the Han family, but in the end nothing can be done.

There is a way that men don't flick when they have tears, but they don't get to the sad place. As Liu Bei spoke, hot tears dripped down his cheeks, making everyone else present sad with him.

That night, Liu Bei did not return to the post station, and Yi was afraid that Liu Bei would have something, so he directly arranged Liu Bei to rest in his own guest room.

Early the next morning, after Liu Bei woke up, his head was still a little foggy, and he remembered that he had lost his temper after drinking last night, so he hurriedly asked Daoqian, who was from Iraq.

Yi didn't blame Liu Bei, but thought that Liu Bei was a man of temperament, and the rest of the people were also moved. Even Yi himself seems to have cried because of Liu Bei last night. The distance has narrowed a lot with Liu Bei.

After breakfast. went to Liu Biao's mansion together. At this time, the civil and military officials of Jingzhou gathered together, and Liu Biao held a grand banquet in the courtyard of the mansion to invite the officials who came to celebrate his birthday.

Liu Biao is fifty-three years old this year and currently has three sons, the eldest son Liu Qi, the second son Liu Cong, and the youngest son Liu Xiu.

The eldest son, Liu Qi, was born to Liu Biao's ex-wife, and is now twenty years old, in the spring of this year. Liu Biao has just held a crown ceremony for him. Liu Qi's appearance is very close to Liu Biao, and at the same time, he is erudite, knowledgeable, and witty, which is deeply loved by Liu Biao.

The second son Liu Cong and the youngest son Liu Xiu were both born to Liu Biao's wife Cai, Liu Cong is only five years old this year, and Liu Xiu is less than a year old, and they are still very young.

When Liu Biao came to Jingzhou to take office, the people of Jingzhou were not convinced, and the thieves gathered to make trouble. Each county occupies the county. In order to win people's hearts and solve the difficulties faced at that time. Liu Biao consulted with Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, and Zuihou decided to marry Cai's wife, relying on Cai's influence in Jingzhou to crack down on local thieves.

The Cai family is a famous family in Jingzhou, and it is also a family surname. As a result, the Cai family gradually stepped onto the stage of history. Because of Cai's merits, Liu Biao let Cai Mao and Liu Biao's nephew Zhang Yun jointly take charge of the army.

Cai Mao was nepotistic and promoted the Cai clan, and his younger brothers Cai Zhong and Cai He held important positions in the army. As a result, the Cai family gradually became arrogant.

Cai tried his best to win over Liu Biao's nephew Zhang Yun and gave him a lot of money, so Zhang Yun and Cai Mao stood on the same front.

Since Liu Cong was born, the Cai family has been waiting for an opportunity, with Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Cai Zhong, Cai He, and Liu Biao's wife Cai inside, everyone has formed a small group, and they are also in Jingzhou to woo civil and military officials, the purpose is to let Liu Cong take over Liu Biao's position in the future and become the lord of Jingzhou, and do not want Liu Qi to be the lord of Jingzhou.

Cai's series of actions were carried out in secret, and they did not intend to touch on this sensitive topic too early, after all, Liu Biao's body was still very strong, and he had not yet mentioned the inheritance of the heirs, and Cai's was not good to speak blatantly.

Of course, the Cai family also has some scruples, the area they can control is only Xiangyang and Jiangling, Jiangxia's Huang Zu is Liu Biao's best friend, with heavy troops, and the strength of Guangjiangxia County is almost 50,000 people, almost catching up with half of the entire Jingzhou army.

And Huang Zu is a person who can fight and win Liu Biao's trust, the key is that Huang Zu just looks down on Cai Mao the most, thinking that Cai Mao climbed up by nepotism, although the position is higher than Huang Zu, but Huang Zu has never put Cai Mao in his eyes. In addition, Huang Zu still has several fierce generals under him, and the combat effectiveness of the army is also the strongest in Jingzhou, and Huang Zu's son Huang Jie is Liu Qi's friend of life and death, so Cai Mao does not dare to act rashly, once he openly supports Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou, Huang Zu will inevitably fight against him!

The situation in Jingzhou seems to be a bowl of calm water, but in fact it is an undercurrent surging, in addition to Cai Mao and Huang Zu, the two shili, Jingzhou has another soldier and horse this year, that is, Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu led the crowd from Guanzhong to Jingzhou, Liu Biao took in Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses out of his own considerations, and played Zhang Xiu as the Taishou of Nanyang, stationed in Wancheng, and sped on the situation in the Central Plains for him.

Since Zhang Xiu served as the Taishou of Nanyang, he has been conscientious, on the one hand, he has rectified the rule of officials, on the other hand, he has secretly recruited troops and horses and trained the army.

In the spring of this year, Yuan Shu sent a large army to plot against Nanyang, and sent 20,000 troops to attack, but was defeated and retreated by Zhang Xiu, and beheaded more than a dozen enemy generals.

In the past, in the battles between Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, there were more defeats and fewer victories, but now Zhang Xiu became famous in a battle, and his reputation in Jingzhou suddenly became irritable.

Cai once tried to send someone to win over Zhang Xiu, but who knew that Zhang Xiu had been there and muddy, and neither agreed to attach to Cai's nor refused.

Today is Liu Biao's birthday, most of the civil and military forces at all levels in Jingzhou have come, Liu Biao, accompanied by his eldest son Liu Qi, met with officials at all levels one by one, this subtle move alone, many people can see that this is a signal released by Liu Biao.

After the banquet officially began, Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Jingnan because he pacified Zhang Xian's rebellion, and also became Liu Biao's guest, and Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Huang Zu, Zhang Xiu and others all sat in the hall, and the rest of the people sat in the open air outside.

On this birthday, Liu Bei did not come in vain, and when he entered Liu Biao's mansion, Yi Ji was by his side and kept introducing the people present. However, Liu Bei has a very good memory, and he can remember people only by seeing one face.

Liu Biao is very happy today, compared with last year, this year has added two new faces, namely Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei, at first the arrival of the two, Liu Biao just out of benevolence and righteousness, I didn't expect that these two people helped him solve two problems this year.

Zhang Xiu defeated Yuan Shu's army, held Nanyang, and took the initiative to attack, the victory was also very beautiful, 20,000 people came, almost completely annihilated by Zhang Xiu, this is Liu Biao since the town of Jingzhou, the first time to take the initiative to attack and win a battle.

Liu Bei helped him quell Zhang Xian's rebellion, so that Liu Biao would not lose the four counties of Jingnan. Although it is said that there are many barbarians in the four counties of Jingnan, it is not easy to govern, but after all, it is also a territory belonging to Jingzhou, if it is lost, it will not be able to get over the face, not to mention that his nephew Liu Pan also died in the hands of Zhang Xian, Liu Bei can be regarded as avenging Liu Pan.

For this reason, Liu Biao's opening remarks first praised Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei, and introduced them to the civil and military acquaintances.

Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei also looked at each other, and after hearing about each other's deeds, they had a feeling of being a hero and cherishing a hero.

According to the strategy formulated by Liu Biao, Liu Bei was in the south, Zhang Xiu was in the north, and Huang Zu was in the east, and the Jianghan Plain around Xiangyang and Jiangling was protected on three sides, which was the richest area in Jingzhou and the main grain producing area, and more than half of Jingzhou's taxes came from this area.

Liu Zhang and Liu Biao in Yizhou in the west are clan relatives, so they do not invade each other, and they don't have to worry.

If this strategy is maintained, Jingzhou will become more prosperous and prosperous in a few years. As for the outside of Jingzhou, Liu Biao has not thought about it for the time being.

When people are old, the ambition of the year is gone, Liu Xian's idea is to enjoy his old age, and when he is old, let his eldest son Liu Qi inherit his mantle, as for the future, he will not have so much energy to manage, whether Jingzhou will continue to adopt his main defense strategy, or expand its territory, that is a matter for future generations.

An hour later, the birthday banquet ended, Liu Biao was in a good mood, drank a few more glasses, and ended up getting drunk.

After the birthday banquet was dispersed, civil and military officials at all levels were ready to embark on the road back, Liu Bei went to the home of the Yi nationality again, said goodbye to the Yi nationality, and then hired two carriages to carry Jiang Wan, Pan Jun, Liu Min, Ma Liang four young talents, and returned to Jingnan.

Jiang Wan, Pan Jun, Liu Min, and Ma Liang are all people without families, and they covered a roll, without worry, and directly embarked on the road to Jingnan with Liu Bei.

The next day, Yi took the initiative to see Liu Biao and reported the report of this investigation to Liu Biao, saying that Liu Bei was a general, and he also knew how to govern the place, and he could govern Jingnan very well, and he was also loyal to Liu Biao, and he had always been grateful to Liu Biao for his kindness, and he did not have any disobedience.

After Liu Biao heard this, he was relieved.

Subsequently, Yi Yuan said that Liu Bei's subordinates lacked practical talents, and he was willing to go to Jingnan to assist Liu Bei in governing Jingnan.

Liu Biao felt that it was okay for Yi to stay by his side, so he agreed with Yi and asked Yi to be the Taishou of Changsha and assist Liu Bei in governing Jingnan.

After that, the Yi nationality also praised Jiang Wan as the Lingling Taishou, Guan Yu as the Wuling Taishou, Huang Zhong as the Guiyang Taishou, and Liu Biao also agreed one by one.

Yi Ji left the hall with Liu Biao's letter of appointment, and before he left Liu Biao's mansion, he heard a shout from behind.

"Sir, please stay!"

Yi Yuan looked back and saw that the person who called him was none other than Liu Qi, Liu Biao's eldest son.

"I don't know what the eldest prince called me?" (To be continued......)