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There was a storm in the Chaisang County yamen, and the courtyard was filled with several large boxes. The soldiers and yamen runners were busy inside and outside and packed up all kinds of things. This was not because the Chaisang County yamen was about to move, but because the military yamen that worked with the county yamen was about to move to Wuchang.

Liu Jing finally decided to move the military yamen to Wuchang. The reason was very simple. He was no longer the lord of a city, but the lord of a county, although he had deep feelings for Chaisang.

But feelings cannot allow him to effectively rule Jiangxia County. Chaisang cannot compare with Wuchang County, regardless of size, population, tax, or family concentration.

"Those dozen boxes are soldier lists, all bamboo slips. Please put them down carefully and don't fall down."

In the courtyard, dozens of soldiers were carefully carrying more than a dozen large boxes out of the room. A military marquis reminded them. At this time, Xu Shu hurried in. He glanced in the courtyard and did not find Liu Jing. He asked, "Ma Junhou, did you see Sima?"

Xu Shu is no longer the magistrate of Chaisang County. He was appointed as the chief secretary. The chief secretary is actually an aide and not a formal official position in the court. Yi Ji served as the chief secretary of Jiangxia, who represented Liu Jing in charge of government affairs and was in charge of Jiangxia's government affairs with the county magistrate. Xu Shu is also the chief secretary, but he was in charge of military affairs.

Military soldiers never take officials in charge of government affairs to heart, but Xu Shu is highly respected by the soldiers. In the hearts of the soldiers, Xu Shu is actually a military advisor. Ma Junhou hurried forward to salute, "Report to the Chief Secretary, Sima is in the room."

Xu Shu nodded and walked quickly towards Liu Jing's official room. In the official room, all the books and other items were emptied, with only empty bookshelf and tables. At this time, Liu Jing was sorting out some of his books in the box, which would be the last item to be moved away.

"Sima makes it easy for me to find"

Xu Shu walked in with a smile, "I heard that Sima was patrolling the city. I had already searched for a long time in the city. It turned out that he was still in the military yamen."

Liu Jing put the last book into the box and said to the two soldiers next to him: "You can move it away."

Two soldiers moved the bookcase out, and Liu Jing then took off the dust from his clothes and asked with a smile: "Is there anything important?"

"What else can I do?"

Xu Shu sighed, "I will follow Sima to Xiangyang tomorrow. Who will take over my affairs? Sima is reluctant to designate it, I can't explain it."

Liu Jing looked at him and smiled and said, "Don't the subordinates of the Changshi have a famous job, can you spread the matter to them evenly. If there is any problem, they can discuss it."

"But... there must be a seal holder, right? Do you also want me to designate it?" Xu Shu asked hesitantly.

Liu Jing nodded, "If Yuan Zhi has someone he trusts, he can also designate another one."

Xu Shu smiled bitterly in his heart. It turned out that the reason why Liu Jing kept silent was to let him handle this matter by himself. In fact, he also guessed it vaguely, but he couldn't be sure, so I came to confirm it today. Xu Shu thought for a while and said, "Then let Lu Sheng hold the seal."

Lu Sheng was the Shu Zuo who followed Liu Jing in Youjiao Station back then. Later, he was transferred to the gate guarding army in Fancheng to be the leader of the army. Then he followed Liu Jing to Chaisang. He is now one of Xu Shu's famous responsibilities. Although his ability is average, considering his loyalty to Liu Jing, Xu Shu decided to hand over the seal of the Chief Shijun to him.

Liu Jing smiled and did not interfere with Xu Shu's decision. He changed the topic and said: "Yesterday Wei Yan rushed back from Yangxin County overnight and advised me not to go to Xiangyang. He was worried that I would be detained by the provincial governor in Xiangyang. Yuan Zhizhi thought I could go."

Xu Shu sighed slightly, "I'm not hiding Sima, I've considered this issue, and Wei Yan's worries make sense. But everything has its pros and cons, it depends on how Sima weighs the pros and cons."

Liu Jing waved his hand and said, "Let's sit down and talk."

Day ago, Liu Jing received the Duke from Xiangyang. November 20th will be the 62nd birthday of the provincial governor. The provincial governor will celebrate the fun and order officials from all over Jingzhou to gather in Xiangyang to celebrate their birthday. At the same time, Liu Jing also received a handwritten letter written by Liu Biao, hoping that he could go and celebrate his birthday.

It is obvious that Liu Biao's birthday was prepared for him, Liu Jing, and Liu Jing guessed it, but he also had excuses not to go, such as the Jiangxia naval army increasing its troops, Peng Ze, etc. However, Liu Jing also realized that if he really wanted to occupy Jiangxia, he still had to go to Xiangyang.

The two sat down, and Liu Jing ordered someone to serve tea again. Xu Shu said slowly: "Let's talk about not going, don't worry about the provincial governor's detaining Sima. Secondly, we occupied Jiangxia, and finally forced the provincial governor to admit the facts. From this point of view, if we don't go to Xiangyang, we can still occupy Jiangxia, but the disadvantages are also obvious."

Liu Jing nodded silently. In fact, he was more concerned about the disadvantages. He also thought of some disadvantages, but he wanted to hear Xu Shu's opinion more.

Xu Shu took a sip of tea and continued: "First, the guild was responsible for an unfilial crime. Although we can find various excuses, those excuses can only coax foolish women. The officials of Jingzhou knew in their hearts that it was the Duke who refused to go to Xiangyang. In addition, Cai Mao and others made a big announcement that even if they refused to attend the uncle's birthday, the Duke's reputation would definitely be damaged."

"What else is there besides reputation"

Xu Shu laughed again and said, "In fact, reputation is nothing. After all, some people will understand the Duke's difficulties. The biggest disadvantage is how Duke gets Jingzhou, Ruogong refused to go to Xiangyang this time, but was in Jiangxia without authorization, which will anger most of the officials in Jingzhou.

The reason why Huang Zu attracted people to hate was because he had separatist Jiangxia. Jingzhou's government orders were invalid to Jiangxia. If Duke became Huang Zu's second, when Duke took Jiangxia to annex Jingzhou in the future, several Jingzhou officials would support him."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing understood what Xu Shu meant, and Xu Shu hoped that he would go to Xiangyang.

Liu Jing laughed, "Since I've said this, I'll go there, but I have to make some preparations so that I'm really detained in Xiangyang."

Xu Shu returned to his official rank and arranged for the replacement. Liu Jing thought about it again and then ordered his subordinates: "Prepare the horse, I want to go to Tao Mansion."

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The Tao Mansion was also in chaos at this time. Since Liu Jing's ruling center was about to move to Wuchang, the Tao family also had to consider the future of the family.

After some internal family negotiations, the Tao family made a decision that Chaisang was still the foundation of the Tao family, and the family ancestral hall was still in Chaisang, but the family business was transferred to Wuchang.

So in the past few days, the Tao family has also started a major relocation. There are also Tao's houses in Wuchang City, warehouses and business banks. The Tao family has sent people to take care of them in advance. In the past two days, it is necessary to move money, property accounts and other items to Wuchang first.

Tao Sheng was busy directing the moving house in front of the Tao family. Although it was early winter and the weather was full of cold, Tao Sheng was still sweating profusely. At this time, a family member rushed to report, "The head of the family, Duke Jing is here, right outside the mansion."

Tao Sheng was startled and hurriedly walked out of the mansion. He quickly walked out of the door. He saw Liu Jing standing on the steps and waiting patiently. Tao Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Why is the man here today?"

"I have a few things I want to discuss with the Tao family, so I came to visit me."

After the war ended, Liu Jing went to the Tao family and made a special trip to propose marriage. The Tao family had agreed to the marriage, but Tao Lie made a request, hoping that the marriage would be approved by the provincial governor.

This requirement should be said to be completely reasonable. Liu Jing's parents died. If he does not have a close relative of uncles, it would be fine without the consent of his elders.

But Liu Jing had uncle Liu Biao, and his status was high. Liu Jing should tell his uncle first whether he was in a reasonable and reasonable manner.

This time, Liu Jing returned to Xiangyang, and for a certain period of time, he also hoped that Liu Biao could agree to the marriage. Liu Jing also knew that the possibility of Liu Biao disagreed was high, but that was another matter.

Tao Sheng thought Liu Jing was here to discuss the marriage, so he smiled and said, "Please come in quickly. Zhan'er's grandfather is here too, let's talk together."

Liu Jing followed Tao Sheng into the gate and walked towards the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Tao Lie was joking with more than a dozen juniors, and Tao Zhan was sitting next to her grandfather. She was suddenly surprised to find that Liu Jing was coming. Her face suddenly turned red and she hurriedly avoided.

Since the Tao family officially agreed to Liu Jing's proposal, it means that she is Liu Jing's fiancée. This relationship makes her feel shy and she dare not date Liu Jing like she used to.

According to the etiquette and customs, men and women can date like friends before marriage, but once they enter the marriage process, then when they meet again, it will be a wedding night.

Tao Zhan reacted quickly. She stood up and walked towards the back door. There was a screen in front of the back door. Tao Zhan quickly walked into the screen, but stopped again, hid behind the screen, and quietly looked at Liu Jing.

At this time, Liu Jing walked into the inner hall, knelt down and paid a greeting, "Liu Jing greeted his grandfather."

Behind the screen, Tao Zhan pursed his lips and smiled. The grandfather shouted sweetly, which made her very happy.

The last time in the sneak attack on Chaisang, Tao Lie and Liu Jing established a deep friendship, and this time the negotiation between Liu Jing and Jiangdong even proposed the Tao family terms.

Moreover, Sun Quan agreed happily, which also means that Jiangdong will no longer pursue the relationship between the Tao family and Liu Jing, nor will it make things difficult for the Tao family's business again, which makes Tao Lie feel grateful to Liu Jing.

Tao Lie stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Please sit down, don't take this great gift."

Liu Jing sat down and smiled and said, "I will go to Xiangyang tomorrow, will my grandfather know?"

Tao Lie glanced at Tao Sheng, and Tao Sheng nodded, "I have heard of it, and I heard that the governor of the state is going to celebrate his birthday, and officials from all counties with more than five stones will go to Xiangyang to pay their birthday."

Tao Lie knew that things were not that simple, but there were some things that the Tao family was not easy to deal with, so he smiled and said, "Otherwise, the Tao family should prepare a birthday gift for the husband."

Liu Jing shook his head, "Thank you grandfather, I have prepared the birthday gift. I have seized a lot of good things from Huang Zu's mansion, but the Tao family really needs to prepare a birthday gift."

Tao Lie was stunned, "What the Duke means is that the Tao family is going to pay their birthday too?"

"Yes, my uncle gave me a letter, and the letter also invited the Tao family to attend the birthday ceremony."

Tao Lie was silent for a while before sighing: "Mr. I'm afraid the Tao family wants to restore the former offering."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "If he is willing to restore the Tao family's business in Jingzhou, then I don't think it's okay to restore the offering, at least there is no loss."

Tao Lie pondered for a moment. With Liu Jing's words, he felt relieved. And this was not bad. Not offending Liu Biao was the best result. He nodded, "Okay, let Tao Li and Gong go to celebrate their birthday together."

Liu Jing had another idea. He hesitated for a moment and asked Tao Lie: "This time I want to ask Jiuniang and me to go to Xiangyang with me, and ask my grandfather to allow it."

Behind the screen, Tao Zhan's face turned red. She knew that Liu Jing wanted to take her to see the elders of the family, and probably because she saw Liu Biao, her heart was pounding.

But after a second thought, she remembered that Liu Biao planned to marry her to Liu Cong as his concubine, and threatened and tempted the Tao family, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!