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Wuchang City, which was 12 years old in Jian'an, has not changed much compared with the previous year, but the population is smaller, and nearly 20% of the people have moved to the newly completed Xiakou City.

Xiakou City is actually a military city. Most of the residents in the city are military families, while most of the land outside the city is military fields, which maintains the glory of the Jiangxia army with almost zero low taxes.

Liu Jing's army had already broken through the compromise reached in 2018,000 people. It was impossible to support such a large army by relying on just one Jiangxia County, and the key was to rely on the support of the Tao family.

It can be said that a Xiakou City was built entirely with the support of the Tao family. When the Jiangdong Army evacuated Wuchang, it plundered all the stock money and grain in Guancang.

The Tao family's huge merchant fleet is active on the long Yangtze River line, reaching Bashu in the west and Yuhang in the east, making profits every year.

Most of these profits were continuously exchanged into food and transported back to Jiangxia, supporting Liu Jing's huge military and civilian expenses.

At dusk, a fleet of military ships coming from Xiakou were slowly arriving at Wuchang Wharf. On the wharf, Tao Zhan, wearing a lavender long skirt, was looking forward to it.

In the wedding year, with the nourishment of love, Tao Zhan became more beautiful and more beautiful, with a bit of charm that a young woman is unique to her. Her figure is still plump and slim, with white and greasy skin and elasticity.

However, Tao Zhan also had something to worry about, that is, they have no children so far. She is nineteen years old, which is the best age to give birth to children. Her expectation for children has always been a concern for her.

As the big ship docked, the boatman working on the dock suddenly became busy. Xiaobao pointed at the few people who had disembarked, and shouted loudly with excitement: "Madam, I saw it, the man is down."

If you want to evaluate the Art of Resistance Award, Xiao Bao will undoubtedly win the highest gold medal. She is fifteen years old this year, but her appearance is still no different from five years ago. She has a fat and round face, round eyes, round small mouth, and her personality has not changed. She always looks like a child who never grows up.

However, she grew taller, and her figure also had the ups and downs and plumpness of a girl. She had a little thought. She didn't allow others to call her Xiaobao again, but she had to call her Xiaobao Niang, but Liu Jing was used to calling her Xiaobao, and she couldn't change it, so she could do nothing.

The Han Dynasty was always tolerant of women. Women could go out, go to public places, date men, and more importantly, they could divorce or remarry after losing their husbands, and the other party did not dislike them.

For example, Jiao Zhongqing is just a minor official. After he is forced to divorce his wife, his wife can even remarry Shouzhi, who has a higher status.

For example, in the Romance of the People's Republic of China, Zhao Fan was willing to promise Zhao Yun his wife. This is actually very normal. Zhao Yun may think that he is not beautiful and may think that the other party is old, but he cannot think that the other party is unfaithful. That can only be the author's personal opinion.

For example, Princess Pingyang, although she has married two husbands in a row, she can still marry General Wei Qing. This is certainly due to the princess identity, but it is more due to social customs. The royal family is like this, let alone the common people's surname.

Even Jun Yeben, who has been passed down through the ages, is also a widow, and she also married Sima Xiangru, who has not yet married.

However, social tolerance does not mean that women can make friends at will, regardless of reputation, especially those with status, who usually will not interact with men of the opposite sex after getting married, which is also a respect for their husbands.

But unlike later generations, she was locked up at home all day long, so she could go to visit relatives and friends, and also travel far away. This tolerance for women continued until the Tang Dynasty, even the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was not until the rise of Cheng and Zhuli in the Southern Song Dynasty that women were finally imprisoned.

Tao Zhan is the wife of the guard. She relied on her identity and naturally had her etiquette. This time, Liu Jing went to Xiakou and Chaisang to inspect the city defense. After a full month, she fell in love with her even more. When she got the news that her husband was going back, she came to the dock to greet her in person.

Liu Jing also saw his wife at first sight. He was happy and walked up quickly, stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "I've let my mother wait for a long time."

Tao Zhan smiled, "Do you want to go to the county government first, or go home directly?"

Liu Jing looked at the sky and it was already evening. Although he had something to discuss with Su Fei, he probably should go home now.

"Mom comes to pick her up in person, how can you not go home?" Liu Jing said with a smile.

Tao Zhan knew that he had gone home with him because it was too late, but she didn't say it out loud, and walked to the carriage with a smile. Liu Jing helped her into the carriage and drove towards the mansion.

In the carriage, Liu Jing stretched his waist long, closed his eyes and smiled, "I'm really tired after running outside for a month."

“夫君是有点变黑了.”

Tao Zhan took out his hand towel to wipe his sweat, and smiled and said, "This is early spring, my husband can actually turn black. I can imagine that he must be in the sun every day."

"No, it's important to add defensive weapons in the city. They are not careless, so I did it myself and worked hard for a month."

"Well, it seems to be quite hard, I have lost a few pounds. I will stew an old hen to help you with it at night."

"No need to stew chicken, just use you to make up for it." Liu Jing smiled ambiguously.

Tao Zhan pinched him gently, and Liu Jing suddenly remembered that Xiaobao was sitting behind him. He quickly changed the topic, "What's the matter with my mother at home during this time?"

Tao Zhan snuggled in Liu Jing's arms and sighed softly. Although she didn't say anything, Liu Jing understood that it must be related to what he wanted. He apologized in his heart and hugged his wife's shoulder tightly.

At this time, Tao Zhan sat upright and whispered: "There is one thing, I want to ask my husband whether he agrees or not."

"What's up"

"The day before yesterday, my father came to me and said that my grandfather and Zhang Ji, the guard of Changsha, had an old friendship. My grandfather wanted to ask Zhang Ji to take my pulse. I wonder if my husband agrees."

Zhang Ji is Zhang Zhongjing, and he is naturally wise in medical skills, but Liu Jing knew that such things often come from men. It can be seen that the Tao family was also very anxious about Tao Zhan’s nothing.

Liu Jing smiled, "If Zhang Shouyuan comes, of course it can, but he should take my pulse first. Jiu Niang, don't worry about this matter anymore, let it go."

Tao Zhan sighed in his heart. This kind of thing is related to a woman's lifelong happiness. How could she not be worried? However, although she is worried, she doesn't want to show it.

Tao Zhan asked with a reluctant smile: "This time, my husband is going home, there is no plan to go out again."

“暂时应该没有”

As soon as Liu Jing finished speaking, a soldier ran from a distance and reported urgently: "You reported to the Tao family."

Tao Zhan was shocked and held Liu Jing's hand tightly. Liu Jing patted her hand, comforted her, and then asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong?"

"It seems that a merchant ship was sunk by the Jingzhou navy. The specific situation is unknown. General Wei asked to guard the military yamen."

"I'll be here soon"

Liu Jing was very annoyed, but also a little confused. Over the years, they and the Jingzhou naval army have been in peace. Today, the naval army actually attacked the Tao family. What is the reason?

He said to Tao Zhan again: "I want to go there."

"Go quickly, husband, probably my father is there too."

Liu Jing got off the carriage, turned over and urged the horse to run towards the military yamen.

The Jiangxia military yamen and the county yamen have been separated. The military yamen is located in the east of the city. The full name is the Jiangxia Superior Military Office. Liu Jing also served as the Jiangxia Chief Commander since the previous year and has controlled military power in the name of the Chief Commander.

After a while, he came to the military yamen, turned over and dismounted, and walked into the lobby quickly. Tao Sheng was like an ant on a hot pan, extremely anxious. Wei Yan and Xu Shu whispered to him, and they had sent someone to inform him, and the guard would arrive soon.

"My father-in-law, what happened?" Liu Jing quickly walked into the lobby.

Tao Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Son-in-law, this is the last time I talked about the stallion. We got more than a dozen of top-quality stallions from Hexi. Unexpectedly, they were intercepted by the Jingzhou navy in Yicheng County and stole the stallion."

A group of war horses were sold from Hexi a few years ago, but the Qiang people were scrupulous and castrated all stallions. Although the war horses in the army did need to be castrated, the Qiang people's purpose was not to let the stallions flow out.

In the following year, he bought several war horses one after another, all of which were castrated horses. Liu Jing wanted a few top stallions, so he entrusted the matter to the Tao family.

Unexpectedly, the stallion went through a lot of hardships, but was intercepted by the Jingzhou navy. Liu Jing's face changed drastically and he turned around and asked Wei Yan: "Isn't there a military ship guard?"

Wei Yan sighed and stepped forward to report, "The ten escort warships we sent were also severely damaged by the Jingzhou navy's siege. Five warships were sunk, more than a dozen brothers were killed, and many brothers fell into the water, and their whereabouts were unknown."

Liu Jing tightened the hilt of the knife, and murderous intent burst out in his heart. What a great person Zhang Yun dared to kill his man and stole his horse, and lived impatiently.

He turned around and said to Dong Yunling, the military officer, "Dong, the army, and ordered the army to be ordered immediately, prepare two warships and five thousand troops."

Wei Yan next to him was startled and hurriedly stepped forward and advised: "Shou, this matter came suddenly, and the other party's intention was unknown. Perhaps it was to lead us to send troops and not act recklessly."

Liu Jing nodded, "I know that I will be polite first and then soldiers in this matter. Zhang Yunruo refused to admit his account, so he had to meet him."

At this time, Xu Shu, who had been silent, winked at Liu Jing. Liu Jing understood. He comforted Tao Sheng and ordered someone to send him back to Tao's mansion. Then he entered the inner hall with Xu Shu and called Wei Yan and Dong Yun together.

Dong Yun only stayed in Jiangxia Academy for less than half a year before officially becoming Liu Jing's aide, and then served as Xu Shu's assistant. Last year, he served as the governor of the capital's office to join the army, equivalent to Liu Jing's secretary. He went into the house and sat down aside without saying a word.

Xu Shu pondered for a moment and said to Liu Jing: "Zhou Mu was seriously ill. At this time, Zhang Yun suddenly attacked. Have you ever considered a deeper reason?"

Liu Jing nodded silently. He had actually considered it. This might be Cai Mao's plan to lure troops. He wanted to provoke a war before Liu Biao passed away and put himself injustice.
Chapter completed!