Early in the morning, Liu Pan smiled and said to his father, Liu Biao, "Father, the sun is nice today. Why don't we go out for a walk?"
On the other side, Huang She was prepared to continue his war of words with Liu Pan. This was because he knew that Liu Pan's plan to expand the army was impossible to stop. He had already prepared a lot of manuscripts and was waiting for Liu Pan to bring up the matter of expanding the army again. Then Huang She would refute him one by one.
Who knew that Liu Pan would suddenly give up and change the script. He no longer wanted to play the game of expanding the army. From this war of words, it became a trip.
The weather was nice? Huang She looked at the sky outside. Although it wasn't raining, there was no sun either. What was nice about it?
Even Liu Biao frowned. It was obvious that his body didn't want to go out for a walk.
"Father, the weather is the freshest after the rain. Father, you should also move your body. You will get rusty if you stay in the Prefecture Overseer Mansion!" Liu Pan said to Liu Biao. "The doctor said that you should move around more. As the saying goes, if you move more, you can live to ninety-nine!" Liu Pan said with a look of concern for his father.
"Haha!" Liu Pan's words made Liu Biao very happy. Who didn't want to live to ninety-nine? People like Liu Biao wanted to live longer. Therefore, Liu Biao's words were very much to Liu Pan's liking.
"Good, good, good!" Liu Biao said "good" three times in a row. "Then let's do as Pan 'er said. Let's go out for a walk. I haven't left the Prefecture Overseer Mansion for a long time!" The last time Liu Biao left the Prefecture Overseer Mansion was to catch Liu Biao in the act. It had been a long time since he left the Prefecture Overseer Mansion!
"Men, prepare the carriage!" Liu Biao was about to order people to prepare for a walk outside the Prefecture Overseer Mansion.
"Wait!" But he was stopped by Liu Pan.
"What happened to Pan 'er?" Liu Biao was a little confused. He was the one who wanted Liu Biao to go out for a walk. Now, he was the one who stopped him. Liu Biao didn't understand.
"Father, if you go out like this, there's no point in running! Let's disguise ourselves before going out! "Liu Biao said to Liu Pan.
"Disguise yourself?"
"That's right, Father. Father, how long has it been since you've had fun with the people of Jing Province?" Liu Biao asked with a smile. "Father, you need to disguise yourself so that you can truly share joy with the people. As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. Father, you are close to the people. Naturally, the people of Jingzhou will also be close to you!" Liu Pan said to Liu Biao.
"En!" Liu Biao nodded. "Pan 'er is right!" If Liu Biao drove out with his car, the commoners would probably avoid him. What was the point of that?
"Good! Come, let's bathe and change! "Liu Biao said as he entered the mansion.
"We'll be waiting for Father!" Liu Pan bowed and shouted.
"Liu Pan, what are you trying to do?" Seeing Liu Biao walk into the mansion, Huang She approached Liu Pan. The two of them had been at odds for a long time. Therefore, once Liu Biao left, they immediately went against each other.
"I'm not trying to do anything!" Liu Pan had a very innocent expression. "I'm just trying to be filial as a son!" Liu Pan said to Huang She righteously.
"Pei!" Huang She directly looked at Liu Pan with disdain. "Liu Pan, don't you feel disgusted acting like this in front of me?" Huang She spat on the ground. "Filial? I think you can't wait for Lord Liu Biao to die so that you can inherit the throne of Jing Province!"
"General Huang, you can say whatever you want, sigh!" Liu Pan's expression was as if the world didn't understand him. "However, General Huang, you are right about one thing. If I inherit the throne of Jing Province, the first thing I will eradicate is the Huang Family!"
"You!" Huang She's eyes widened as he pointed at Liu Pan. However, he immediately sneered. "Eradicate the Huang Family and inherit the throne of Jing Province? Liu Pan, are you dreaming? Not to mention that you are only the second son of the Prefecture Overseer and not his biological son, even if you are, as long as the Huang Clan exists, you can forget about taking that position! "
"Then let's wait and see!" Liu Pan's face also darkened. He, Liu Pan, was not Liu Biao's biological son. Today, Huang She brought it up, causing Liu Pan's face to turn ugly.
"Hmph!" Huang She coldly snorted.
"Huang She, you will beg me!" Liu Pan's face began to brighten up. This was because the current master of Jing Province, Liu Biao, had already finished bathing and changed his clothes. Therefore, regardless of the extent of the conflict between Liu Biao and Huang She, Liu Pan had to act as if nothing had happened in front of Liu Biao.
"Pan 'er, what do you think of father's attire?" Liu Biao smiled as he looked at Liu Pan.
"Father is indeed worthy of being the head of the Eight Horses!" Liu Biao did not care about his own words of praise. The so-called Eight Horses was synonymous with Liu Biao when he was young. When he was young, he received a good Confucian education. He participated in the Imperial College's student movement and was known as one of the "Eight Horses". Along with Zhang Yin, Xue Yu, Wang Wen, Xuan Jing, Gong Chu, Liu Zhi, and Tian Lin, he was also known as the Eight Horses.
At that time, Liu Biao was really high-spirited. He offended the Ten Constant Attendants, but he was not afraid at all. He could be called a hero at that time. Therefore, everyone named Liu Biao as the head of the Eight Horses.
"What's the point of bringing up the past!" Although Liu Biao was waving his hand, the smile on his face could not be concealed.
"Okay, let's go! It's time to have fun with the people! "After saying that, Liu Biao strode down the stairs.
When Liu Biao goes out, it is impossible for him to not bring his bodyguards. However, these bodyguards were arranged to travel in secret.
Liu Biao's method was really good. After coming out, Liu Biao's mood was much better. He looked around. Because of Yangzhou's trade, although the relationship between Jingzhou and Yangzhou was not good, because Jingzhou and Yangzhou bordered Yangzhou.
Because of this, his trade route was very developed.
Liu Biao looked around and saw that there were busy people everywhere, seeking their own interests.
Liu Biao looked very satisfied. How could he not be satisfied because these people were busy working for his country? Most of the money earned by these people went to Liu Biao's pocket.
"How much is this?" Liu Biao went forward and asked a shop that sold jade. Liu Biao, in addition to being fond of calligraphy and painting, was also very interested in jade. So when he saw a piece of jade in the shop, he couldn't help but be interested.
"This piece of jade … You really have a good eye, Sir. We found it in the depths of Yi Province. Later, our master carved it into fine vermilion, and it took shape!" The shopkeeper of the shop said to Liu Biao, who was standing over there.
Liu Biao played with the jade and did not speak.
"Sir, do you want it?" If you want it, we can sell it for 70% of the price. What do you think? " The shopkeeper could be considered a person who knew how to judge people. Looking at the group of people who were wearing gorgeous clothes and a few people who were faintly looking around, he knew that those people were some guards. To be able to have these elite guards who were wearing silk clothes, he naturally knew that this old man's purchasing power was astonishing.
So he was very attentive.
"Do we look like people who don't have money to buy?" Liu Pan was a little angry. He wanted to spend money to buy a gift for Liu Biao. This way, he could win Liu Biao's favor. If the price of the gift was too low, he, Liu Pan, would not be able to take it out.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The shopkeeper over there nodded his head repeatedly. This rich man was the boss.
"How much is this jade?" Liu asked the shopkeeper over there.
"Sir, this jade is worth this much!" As he spoke, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand.
Three fingers.
"Hmm?" Liu Pan immediately frowned.
Seeing Liu Pan's frown, the shopkeeper thought that his price was too high, so he quickly lowered the price. As long as he could sell it, he would make a lot of money. This was because jade was a priceless treasure in the eyes of people who knew the market. But for people who did not know, it was just a stone.
"300 gold, right?" Liu Pan frowned, but he still nodded to the shopkeeper. "I don't have that much gold, I'll get someone to send it to you later!" "Three hundred gold isn't a small sum, so Liu Pan wouldn't bring that much money out to shop.
"No, no, no!" The shopkeeper hurriedly shook his head.
"Why? Don't you trust my reputation?" Liu Pan said to the shopkeeper with a little anger.
"No, no! Sir, I think you've misunderstood. How would we dare to look down on you! " The shopkeeper hurriedly put on a smile and said, "Sir, you misunderstood me. This is not 300 gold coins. This item is only sold for 30 gold coins!"
The shopkeeper explained. He had been frightened by Liu Pan's words. How could an item that originally cost 30 Gold Coins be sold for 300 Gold Coins? How could it not be frightening? Hence, he explained.
"30 gold! Good! Carry it for me! " Liu Pan said to the shopkeeper.
"Pan 'er, you're filial!" Liu Biao was still very satisfied with Liu Pan's actions. Huang She was secretly regretting that he did not seize this opportunity.
Looking at Liu Biao's expression, it seemed that he was very interested in this jade.
However, Huang She missed this opportunity once, but it would not be so easy to miss the next one.
"It's fine, as long as father is happy!" Liu Pan said with a smile. Soon, the shopkeeper packed up the jade for him.
"Someone, give this shopkeeper 30 gold!" Soon, one of Liu Pan's subordinates carried a box over. When the box was opened, a golden light flashed inside.
"Shopkeeper, count it!" Liu Pan said to the shopkeeper. There was a total of 30 jin of gold inside.
"No need, no need, I believe you, sir. It's just this!" The shopkeeper was in a difficult position again. He stammered to Liu Pan.
"What's wrong? If you have something to say, say it! " Liu Pan said to the shopkeeper.
"It's just that, sir, can you give us that kind of exchange?" The shopkeeper said to Liu Pan.
"Exchange?" Liu Pan froze for a moment. Even Liu Biao froze for a moment. What is hand over?
Looking at Liu Biao and Liu Pan, the shopkeeper took out a few pieces of paper from his counter and showed them to the Liu family's father and son. "The two of you must have come to our Jingzhou from afar!" ‘
"From afar?" Liu Biao and Liu Pan's expressions were a little strange. One of them was the lord of Jingzhou, while the other was the future successor.
However, Liu Biao did not refute, so the shopkeeper continued to speak.
"This exchange, for example, the one in my hand has 10 gold written on it, so it's worth 10 gold!" “
"It's worth what it says?" Liu Biao was a little confused. "If I write 100 gold on it, then it's worth 100 gold!" “
"Of course not!" The shopkeeper patiently explained to the Liu family's father and son.
For example, this one has a painting of Minister Xu, so it's worth ten gold ingots. And this one has a painting of the Hero Palace, so it's worth one gold ingot. And there's another one called the Golden Lü Bu, which is worth one gold ingot. And that one is worth a hundred gold ingots! " The reason why the shopkeeper asked for the payment was for convenience. With the payment, he didn't need to send people to look after the gold. He just needed to laze the gold. However, he didn't expect that these people didn't have the payment and instead gave it to the gold.
But gold was good too. It was a hard currency anyway.
"Minister Xu?" Liu Biao was stunned. Who was this Minister Xu? "It's not from Jingzhou?"
"Of course it's not from Jingzhou! This one is called Xu Shu. Xu Yuanzhi is the minister under His Highness the King Of Shu of Yangzhou. Because of his great contribution to Yangzhou, he was printed on this exchange! "The shopkeeper said to the two of them.
"Yangzhou's exchange?" Liu Biao listened to the shopkeeper's words.
"These are all from Liu Mang, the King Of Shu of Yangzhou?" Liu Biao looked at the exchange in the shopkeeper's hand and asked.
"Yes!" The shopkeeper nodded.
"Do you really believe that His Highness the King Of Shu of Yangzhou would use these pieces of broken paper?" Liu Biao asked doubtfully.
"Hey, what are you talking about? Master, His Highness the King Of Shu of Yangzhou is very busy every day. How could he cheat us ordinary people? Besides, if you don't trust this exchange, you can go to Yangzhou to exchange it! "The shopkeeper said.
"Can I exchange it?" Liu Biao asked.
"Of course, you can exchange it at any gold house in Yangzhou. Let's not talk about the ones far away. Let's talk about the nearest one, the gold house in Xinye. His Highness the King Of Shu put hundreds of thousands of gold there. If you don't trust this exchange, you can exchange it. His Highness the King Of Shu even helped you deliver it!" The shopkeeper said.
"Gold house?" The shopkeeper explained the gold house to Liu Biao again.
The more he explained, the more Liu Biao frowned. In the end, Liu Biao directly became angry. With a bang, he slammed the table over there. "Outrageous!" “
"Father?" Liu Pan went forward to comfort his father. He did not understand what was going on.
"Pan 'er, come with me immediately!" Liu Biao furrowed his brows.
"Father, what's wrong?" Liu Pan also frowned and asked Liu Biao. They could not go back now. This was only the first stop. Liu Pan's show had not come out yet.
However, Liu Biao's determination was firm. "This Liu Mang brat, good! He wants to take over Jingzhou. Let's talk about this next time. Come with me immediately. Pass down my order. In Jingzhou, no one is allowed to do this kind of thing called 'exchange'! Those who violate this order will be beheaded! "Liu Biao was not a fool. On the contrary, he was very smart.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have entered Jingzhou alone. Although he didn't win against the ten attendants, he still managed to escape unscathed. Later on, he rode into Jingzhou alone and relied on his glib tongue to force Jingzhou into his embrace.
Crossing Hannan, Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao. Liu Biao sent Jiangxia Governor Huang Zu to meet him in Fancheng and Dengxian. Sun Jian defeated Huang Zu and then besieged Xiangyang. Liu Biao sent Huang Zu to sneak out of the city at night to gather the troops from various counties. When Huang Zu wanted to lead his troops back to Xiangyang, Sun Jian attacked him. Huang Zu was defeated and fled to Xian Mountain. Sun Jian chased him through the night. Huang Zu's troops hid in the bamboo forest and shot Sun Jian to death with arrows. From then on, Yuan Shu was no longer able to defeat Liu Biao. After Sun Jian's death, Liu Biao cut off Yuan Shu's grain supply line, causing him to be unable to occupy Nanyang. This forced him to move towards Yanyu, which indirectly led to the Battle of Kuang Ting between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. Not only did this completely remove Yuan Shu's ambition of coveting Jingzhou, but it also used the strength of Cao Cao's army to weaken Yuan Shu's power, causing him to move further away from Jingzhou. This reduced his threat to Jingzhou and also strengthened his rule over Jingzhou.
After that, he pacified Jinnan. Changsha Governor Zhang Xian led Lingling and Guiyang Prefectures to rebel against Liu Biao. Liu Biao sent troops to besiege Jinnan and did not succeed for many years. After Zhang Xian died of illness, the people of Changsha made his son Zhang Yi their ruler. Thus, Liu Biao took down Zhang Yi and expanded his territory. He took Lingling and Guiyang in the south and Hanchuan in the north. He had thousands of miles of territory and hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
After pacifying Jingnan, Liu Biao and Jiao Province Governor Zhang Jin started to have animosity. In the fourth to eighth years of Jianan, Zhang Jin sent troops to deal with Liu Biao. However, Jiao Province did not have many soldiers and generals, so even after fighting against Liu Biao for so many years, it was still useless. In the eighth year of Jianan, Zhang Jin was killed by his subordinates. In order to take over Jiao Province, Liu Biao sent his subordinate Lai Gong to take over Jiao Province. He hoped to take over Jiao Province before the Imperial Court appointed officials. At the same time, he appointed his subordinate Wu Ju as Cangwu Governor to replace Shi Huang, who had just died of illness. On the other hand, the Han Court, led by Cao Cao, appointed Jiaozhi Governor Shi Xie as' Suinan Zhonglang General, Dong Du (Jiao Province) Seven Prefectures, Jiao Province Governor as before 'to go against Liu Biao's power in Jiao Province.
It was such a person who was able to rule Jingzhou so well.
If it was not for his age, who knew what would happen to the world?
After that, Liu Biao met Liu Mang. A gentleman met a boorish man. Liu Biao was unable to reason with Liu Mang and was unable to beat him.
Because of Liu Biao's intelligence, Liu Biao felt uncomfortable when he saw the Jiaozi. Like Kuai Yue and the others, he immediately saw through the reasoning behind it.
If this Jiaozi was really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and even the commoners, merchants, and officials used it, then Jingzhou would really have to take on Liu Mang's surname.
As such, Liu Biao did not even go shopping and wanted to go back immediately.
"Father, father?" Liu Pan quickly chased after him.
"Pan 'er, it's all thanks to you this time!" Liu Biao praised Liu Pan as he walked. If it wasn't for Liu Pan, he would not have discovered this Jiaozi. As long as there was still time to stop this Jiaozi, then Jingzhou could still be saved. Therefore, Liu Biao praised Liu Pan very much.
But Liu Pan didn't want this praise, because his matter hadn't started yet. Moreover, wouldn't it be better for everyone to use this so-called 'hand over'? It was convenient and fast.
Seeing that Liu Biao was determined to go back, Liu Pan could only grit his teeth and make a gesture to Xiu Cheng.
Xiu Cheng nodded and walked in front of Liu Biao.
As Liu Biao was in a hurry, Xiu Cheng in front of him accidentally bumped into a woman walking on the street.
"Aiyo, do you have eyes? Do you know how to walk?" The woman opened her mouth to speak.
"Sorry, sorry!" Xiu Cheng hurriedly apologized to the woman.
Liu Biao frowned and did not say much. He wanted to go back to the Prefecture Overseer's Mansion immediately to prevent any changes from happening.
However, the words that followed made him unable to move.
"Oh, judging from your accent, you should be from Jinnan!" As she spoke, the middle-aged woman said, "I'm also from Jinnan. I'm from Changsha. Where are you from?"
"I'm from Guiyang!" Xiu Cheng said.
"Guiyang? Then we're half from the same hometown. I have a sister who married Guiyang. It's not easy for the two of us to meet here. Come, come, come, big sister will be the host. Let's drink together!"
"No need, no need. I'm still busy over there!" Xiu Cheng hurriedly waved his hand.
"Where are you busy with?"
"Prefecture Overseer's Mansion. I'm just a handyman!" Xiu Cheng did not say that he was a soldier, but a handyman.
"Prefecture Overseer's Mansion? All the more reason to tell me. I heard that Madam Cai of your Prefecture Overseer's Mansion has given birth again. I heard that it's a divine child from the heavens. She's been pregnant for three years! "The middle-aged woman said to Xiu Cheng.
"Divine child from the heavens? Madam Cai? "Liu Biao stopped in his tracks.
Liu Biao laughed inwardly when he saw Liu Biao's reaction. However, he still went up and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Father? Why did you stop? "
"I'm tired. I want to rest!"
"You can't say that. How could our Madam Cai give birth to a child?" Xiu Cheng asked deliberately.
"Sigh, why would I lie to you? Everyone in Jinzhou has heard about it. Let me tell you a secret. I heard that the child doesn't belong to our Prefecture Overseer! "
"Boom!" Liu Biao's head exploded.
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