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Early in the morning, the outside of Xiangyang City was filled with tens of thousands of people. They carried their children on their shoulders, and everyone was looking forward to it, staring at the river intently.

Today is not an important festival, nor is it a fixed special day, but the outbreak of news caused tens of thousands of people in Xiangyang to flock out of the city and squeezed on the dock to wait for the arrival of an important group of guests.

Even their state governor Liu Jing appeared on the dock, and thousands of soldiers maintained order. Liu Jing whispered with the officials while looking at the river from time to time. His eyes were full of interest. Today they were not waiting for important guests, but a group of animals, a group of animals that most people in Xiangyang had never seen before.

At this moment, cheers suddenly broke out on the dock, and Liu Jing also stood up and smiled at Xu Shu and said, "They are here."

A fleet of ships rushed over the river, consisting of about twenty thousand stone cargo ships. The huge sails bulging up for the large ship were marked with ring marks. It was the logo of the Wu Family Trading Company in Jiangling. They were responsible for the transportation of this batch of important goods.

The crowd began to get excited and rushed to the dock. Thousands of soldiers tried desperately to stop the crowd from rushing to the dock.

At this time, the first big ship landed, and tens of thousands of people suddenly became quiet. Tens of thousands of eyes stared at the cargo ship. A dark-skinned man slowly walked out of the ship with an elephant and walked off the board.

The dock was suddenly filled with cheers, mixed with the excitement of children's screams. This was an elephant transported from Xiangjun, southern China. The suggestion made by a manager at Wuchang dock was finally realized today. This time, a total of elephants were transported from Jiangling Wu's Trading Company to exchange them with government officials in Jiuzhen County, Jiaozhi County and other places.

In fact, there were only more than twenty elephants transported to Xiangyang, and the remaining ninety elephants were placed in Jiangling and Wuchang respectively. They were not used for people to watch, but for livestock on the dock, which could greatly improve the loading and unloading effectiveness of the dock.

As elephants disembarked one after another, they were soon surrounded by the enthusiastic Xiangyang people. They were talking and curiously watching the group of strange beasts they had never seen before. The children were extremely excited and rushed to feed these tourists from afar with the tender leaves and rock salt that had been prepared early.

In fact, Liu Jing also had a baby elephant, which was given to him by Sun Quan. It is still in Wuchang and has not been transported back to Xiangyang. However, Liu Jing also bought these elephants with another purpose, which is to contact the Jiaozhou government.

Since Emperor Wu of Han destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom, Jiaozhou has officially become the territory of the Han Dynasty. However, the current situation is relatively complicated, and the entire Jiaozhou is controlled by major forces.

One is Lai Gong, the governor of Jiaozhou appointed by Liu Biao, who currently controls Yulin County; the other is also appointed by Liu Biao, Wu Ju, who currently controls Cangwu County.

Another force is that he was appointed as the guardian of Jiaozhi by the court. His sphere of influence is mainly in Nanhai County, Gaoliang County, Zhuya County, Hepu County, Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County and Rinan County. It is currently the largest force in Jiaozhou.

Although Lai Gong and Wu Ju were appointed by Liu Biao, they were actually warlords. Only Wu Ju nominally recognized himself as a minister of Jingzhou. However, he respected Liu Qi as the lord of Jingzhou and did not recognize Liu Jing's status.

As for Jiaozhi Guard Shi Xie, he also became a separatist force, but he was willing to establish some kind of connection with Liu Jing. This time, the purchase of elephants was a kind of trade relationship that Shi Xie and Liu Jing tried to establish, and Liu Jing made an exception and agreed to exchange elephants with the pig iron that Shi Xie needed the most urgently.

At this time, a young man about 25 or 26 years old walked up quickly, accompanied by Wu Qing, the head of the Wu businessman, and he bowed deeply to Liu Jing, "Shilin meets Liuzhou's master."

Liu Jing had received Wu Qing's express letter in advance. He knew that this Shilin was Shi Xie's grandson, and he was appointed as the governor of Jiuzhen County. This time he came with the Xiang team.

Liu Jing clasped his fists and said with a smile: "It turns out that he is the Shi County Magistrate, and Jingzhou has neglected the County Magistrate."

"Don't dare"

Shi Lin was very respectful. He took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Liu Jing with both hands, "This is my grandfather's handwritten letter to the provincial governor. Please check it out."

Liu Jing took the letter and did not rush to read it. Instead, he turned around and ordered Xu Shu and said, "Please take the Shi County Chief down to rest and get to know the Jingzhou officials by the way."

Xu Shu nodded, waved his hand and smiled, "Please ask the Shijun Magistrate"

Xu Shu took Shi Lin down, and Liu Jing opened Shi Xie's letter and hurriedly read it. He was just willing to repair the two families and vigorously develop trade. However, at the end of the letter, Shi Xie mentioned that Liu Bei was named the governor of Jiaozhou.

Liu Jing was a little surprised. He only knew that Liu Bei had been named the governor of Jiaozhou by the court. This Shi Xie was far away in a remote place in the south. How could he know about this so quickly?

Liu Jing suddenly had a premonition that this Shilin came this time, probably related to Liu Bei's title of Jiaozhou Governor. The warlords of Jiaozhou were all guarded, but there was no Jiaozhou Governor. Liu Bei was named Jiaozhou Governor, which means that the water in Jiaozhou began to be muddled.

The onlookers of the elephants on the pier continued, but Liu Jing returned to the official room. He was not very interested in these elephants. His interest lies in the news that Xu Shu would bring to him.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Qi Bingzhou Governor, Xu Changshi is here."

"Please come in"

After a moment, Xu Shu walked in quickly, and he said with a solemn expression: "It turns out to be the same as we guessed, Shi Xie wants to form an alliance with us."

Liu Jing immediately ordered the guards, "Please ask Military Advisor Jia to come here, and there is also Military Advisor Sima."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Xu appeared at the door with a smile, followed by Sima Yi, Jia Xu said, "My nose is very smart. I sniff it and I knew it was going to have a dinner party, so I pulled Sima over."

Everyone laughed, and the laughter diluted the tension in the room. The four of them sat down in the room. Xu Shu said slowly: "I just talked with Shilin for a moment. He was very frank and bluntly told me that he had two tasks to come to Jingzhou. The first task was to form an alliance with us to deal with Liu Bei."

Liu Jing asked without saying a word, "What about another mission?"

"Another task is to establish a trade relationship with Jingzhou. They want to buy tinea oil and pig iron from Jingzhou."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "You can reply to him, there is no problem with forming an alliance. Now we cannot establish a direct trade line with Jiaozhi. We must pass through Liu Bei's sphere of influence. Transporting tincture oil and pig iron will only waste Liu Bei. We will trade some ordinary goods first, at least Liu Bei dare not intercept it."

Jia Xu smiled, "This is a good excuse, and Shi Xie has nothing to say."

Sima Yi beside him pondered: "What does the Zhou Mu agree to form an alliance with Shi Xie mean?"

Of course, an alliance is not just an excuse. Sima Yi would not think so simply. He just wanted to know how Liu Jing was considering Liu Bei and Jiaozhou. After all, Liu Biao took over part of Jiaozhou back then, but they only considered moving westward.

Liu Jing sighed slightly and said, "Sometimes I have to admire Cao Cao's resources and means. He can always use it at will and put it against me, but it has to face it."

Jia Xu's expression also became serious. He looked at Liu Jing silently and asked in a deep voice: "Master is saying that Liu Bei was named the governor of Jiaozhou."

Liu Jing nodded, "He appointed Liu Bei as Jiaozhou, which invisibly disrupted the balance of Jiaozhou. Shi Xie hoped that I could restrain Liu Bei from behind and block Liu Bei from going south. I guess Lai Gong and Wu Ju would also send envoys to Jingzhou or Eastern Wu to find support one after another. In this way, my plan to move west was invisibly disrupted, and I had to reconsider the plan."

"The governor of the state wants to change the plan." Sima Yi was shocked. Once the Bashu plan of Jingzhou was suspended or suspended, it would cause a serious blow to the Dongzhou soldiers. He suddenly became a little nervous.

Liu Jing saw Sima Yi's nervousness and couldn't help but smile, "I just said that Cao Cao's methods disrupted my plan to move west, not to stop it. Does Zhongda understand?"

Sima Yi breathed a little relieved, and he laughed a little badly, "It's a mess to care, I'm a little out of control."

"This is not a loss of composure, but the Bashu strategy is related to our future life and death. My uncle has no ambition to move west and north, so he is very concerned about Jiaozhou, but I am not the former Liuzhou master. I know very well which is more important, and I am afraid that it will disappoint Cao Cao."

Jia Xu smiled, "Maybe Prime Minister Cao gave us a big gift."

"Jingnan" Xu Shu blurted out.

Everyone looked at each other and laughed again. Liu Bei's troops were insufficient. Once he went south to Jiaozhou, Jingnan would be empty. They only needed to use a small number of troops to occupy Jingnan. This was indeed a big gift from Cao Cao.

Liu Jing thought about it and said, "But then again, we want to seize Jiaozhou, but not now. Even if Liu Bei seizes Jiaozhou, I am not optimistic. The small population will not be a big deal. At most, it will be the second South Vietnam country. Our combat readiness resources are limited and we must concentrate on going north. I hope that ten years later, our army will begin to enter Jiaozhou."

Everyone nodded silently, and Liu Jing smiled again: "This Shixie is just a small episode. Let's return to the original plan and stabilize Jiangdong first. I received a pigeon letter from Chaisang last night. Jiangdong's matchmaker has passed Chaisang. It seems that Princess Jiangdong can't marry him."

Two days later, the Jiangdong ship slowly docked at the dock. Qiao Xuan stood at the bow of the boat and saw Jia Xu on the shore. He couldn't help laughing. The two of them met more than 20 years ago and their friendship was pretty good. Dong Zhuo sent Jia Xu to persuade Qiao Xuan to become an official, but Qiao Xuan refused to agree and fled to Jiangdong overnight.

The last time they met was in Wancheng, where Qiao Xuan traveled around the world, passed through Wancheng, and visited Jia Xu, who was working for Zhang Xiu at that time. It has been more than ten years.

"With brother, don't you be fine?" Qiao Xuan laughed.

Jia Xu didn't expect that it would be Qiao Xuan's arrival. He was surprised and happy and stepped forward and bowed and said, "Old Guo, how could it be you?"

Qiao Xuan got off the boat, and the two hugged each other tightly, looked at each other and said with a smile: "I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, but I didn't expect to meet again in Jingzhou."

At this time, Jia Xu saw a little boy following Qiao Xuan. The little boy was holding a lacquer plate and a wooden box on it. Jia Xu asked strangely: "This box is"
Chapter completed!