Night slowly fell, and the inner city of Xiangyang, which was supposed to be full of lights, suddenly became quiet. In comparison, the outer city of Xiangyang, which belongs to the people, became a place with chariots and horses...

The Kuai family was overjoyed, and the entire Jingzhou began to take action. All the gentry families gathered in Xiangyang. Although Kuai Liang notified it in the morning, many gentry families dozens of miles away rushed towards Xiangyang. Their large aristocratic family gave face to the Kuai family. After all, Kuai Liang is the second leader of the Kuai family, and Kuai Liang himself is also a high-ranking official in Jingzhou.

The little gentry tribes were to build relationships. This was a happy event for the Kuai family and also an opportunity for them to gather together.

"There are so many people coming!" Liu Mang was also in Kuai's mansion, watching the Kuai family, which was crowded with people, speak to Jia Xu next to him.

"Of course there are quite a few! Jingzhou is probably the place with the most gentry!" Jia Xu replied. If there are the most gentry in the world, it is really Jingzhou. Other places such as Zhili. When Dong Zhuo was there, Dong Zhuo was finished. Li Jue and Guo Si killed another group. There were not many people in Zhili, let alone those gentry. The rest also fled to Xudu with the Emperor of Han. The same is true for Yangzhou. Those who have the ability ran away and were buried with Yuan Shu without the ability.

Gongsun Zan, Han Fu, Liu Yu, and Yuan Shao was the last one. These forces alternated with each other. The gentry who was close to Gongsun Zan, Han Fu, Liu Yu was also killed. The same was true for Yanzhou. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was like this. There were only the most remnants of the gentry in Jingzhou, because there were only two masters in Jingzhou. Even if Liu Biao replaced the former governor of Jingzhou, they were basically peacefully evolved. The original Wang Rui of these gentry could give them benefits. Liu Biao gave them more than them. Naturally, these gentry knew who they chose. What's more, Wang Rui was beheaded by Sun Jian!

There were many gentry, so there were naturally more people. Fortunately, Liu Mang spent hundreds of gold to prepare for this dinner, otherwise, this dish would not be enough.

"The more people, the better!" Liu Mang didn't care how many gentry there were in Jingzhou. What he cared about was that there were many people. He went in public to announce that the Kuai family had already boarded his chariot in Yangzhou.

"There are really a lot of people coming!" He was also expressing his feelings as well as Liu Mang. He was paying attention to the coming and going gentry, the servants and gifts they brought. There were countless gold, silver and jewelry, and people were coming and going, and the carriage could hardly move.

"How great would it be if Jingzhou was the winner!" The fat black man looked at these gentry enviously. There were hundreds of gentry families in Jingzhou, each of which was rich. You can see how rich Jingzhou was. If it fell into the hands of any prince, it would definitely be able to use this as a foundation to fight for dominance in the world. The greed in the eyes of the fat black man became deeper and deeper, and Liu Biao and Liu guarded the door. He was not worthy of this wealthy Jingzhou at all.

That's right, this black fat man is Liu Bei's chief dog-headed military advisor Pang Shiyuan. Pang Tong looked at the crowd greedily. The number of people in Jingzhou was millions and 100,000 armored. If they were really mobilized, the entire Jingzhou could pull out a army of 300,000 was not a joke. This is the foundation of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, but Liu Jingsheng did not know how to use it. If Liu Biao had any ambitions, then Cao Cao would not say that Liu Jingsheng was a gatekeeper, but he would be wary of Liu Biao.

Pang Tong originally set a plan for Liu Bei to besiege Lu Bu's army, take down Yangzhou and cooperate with Sun Ce in Jiangdong to seek Jingzhou, and rely on Jingzhou's heritage to dominate the Central Plains. In this way, Liu Bei could really dominate the world with Sun Ce and Cao Cao in Jiangdong.

However, in a battle in Yangzhou, Liu Bei not only failed to destroy Lu Bu, but almost trapped himself in. Tens of thousands of soldiers returned, and even lost his general Chen Dao and Bai'er Chong's armored soldiers.

Fortunately, Pang Tong helped Liu Bei kill his ally Zhang Xiu and seize Zhang Xiu's foundation. Otherwise, Liu Bei's army would really not be able to deal with it. Not to mention fighting for dominance in the world, self-protection is a problem.

Liu Jingsheng was not worthy of this wealthy Jingzhou. Pang Tong sighed and then put away his greedy Zhongshan wolf's eyes. Take Jingzhou slowly. Liu Biao is already old after all. The lord of Jingzhou will be replaced sooner or later. Isn't the Kuai family and the Cai family united for the successor of Jingzhou? His Pang family is not bad either. It is really hard to say who Jingzhou belongs to.

Thinking of this, Pang Tong has a good mentality and more people, the more people he has, the more he is, the more he can brush his relationship.

"Liu Mang, Liu Hanyang, you will know that everything you do is just a dowry for my Lord!"

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"Han Cheng, the head of the Han family in Changsha, came to congratulate him! Send a pair of jade bis in the Western Regions!" Naturally, there was a man who arranged for a congratulations at the door. His voice was very loud, and he shouted from the outer hall, and everyone inside could hear it.

Changsha Han family? Someone was surprised by the gifts from Changsha Han family. Not to mention the Western Regions, even from the palace, it was only worth hundreds of gold. It was not worth surprise. What they were surprised was that Han Cheng, the head of the Han family, was from Changsha. Changsha was on the southern border of Jingzhou, and the distance to Xiangyang was not close. Even if he did not stop, it would take half a day, but Changsha Han Cheng really came here.

"Brother Han. Where are you from?" Although the Han family is not a noble family, they still have some status in Changsha. Therefore, when they entered the Kuai family, someone recognized Han Chenglai and went forward to say hello.

"Don't mention it!" Han Cheng looked tired. It was obvious that he didn't want to talk about things first, but wanted to find a place to rest first.

"Can you give me a cup of tea first?" Han Cheng was the head of a gentry, but he did not show any arrogance in the Kuai family. He called the young man to a servant of Kuai Liang. This was not Han Cheng's high quality, but the powerful force of the Kuai family.

"Wait! It'll be fine soon!" The servant nodded and walked towards the backyard to bring tea to Han Cheng. Han Cheng drank it all in one go, like an old cow drinking water. After drinking the water, he spoke. Han Cheng was lucky. When he came, he happened to be preparing to come to Xiangyang and have something to do with the Han family caravan. He was already on the way to Xiangyang. When he heard this, the Kuai family was overjoyed. He left the caravan and came without stopping. He could enter the Kuai family before he had time to rest. Fortunately, he had time to catch up. It was not wasteful of Han Cheng's hard work.

"Liu Song, the head of the Liu family in Maicheng, came to congratulate him and sent two thousand-year-old ginseng trees, wishing a new couple a happy marriage!" Maicheng was fine, but it could still arrive in half a day if he walked by water. However, it also showed the friendship of the Liu family.

"The head of the Ge family in Xiangyang and the young master came to congratulate him and gave him a hundred taels of gold!" This is a newly promoted gentry who didn't buy antiques or anything else, just gave him money.

"Superficial!" Although there are many gold coins, who can't get it out of the audience? For the Ge family who gave hundreds of gold coins, it is superficial!

Especially some scholars and famous scholars who have a scholarly family are even more disdainful of the Ge family.

"Xiangyang Confucian scholar Cheng Kang came to congratulate him and sent him a Duan inkstone and a wolf hair!" The Xiangyang Confucian scholar was just Cheng Kang's own humble reputation. In fact, Cheng Kang was a great scholar. Although he was not as good as Pang Degong and Mr. Shui Jing, his education on Confucianism was not low at all. Many disciples under his disciples were officials in Jingzhou. So as soon as Cheng Kang arrived, many people immediately greeted him with fists.

After that, the head of the family near Xiangyang and some officials from Xiangyang City also came to Kuai Liang's mansion. This was a good opportunity to curry favor with the Kuai family. Liu Mang looked at these famous scholars of the gentry. These people might have some power, but they could not control the overall situation of Jingzhou. When the banquet started, such people were sitting in the living room outside.

The highlight has finally come.

"Cai Mao, the head of the Cai family, brought his second brother Cai He and the third brother Cai Zhong to congratulate him! I gave him a pair of Dongzhu, a hundred pieces of silk cloud silk, a hundred taels of gold, and a blood coral!" Cai Mao's handwriting is really not small. This hundred pieces of cloud silk can have a hundred gold. In addition to Dongzhu and blood coral, these can add up to nearly a thousand gold. These are many, but there are only exchanges between aristocratic families, let alone the Kuai family and the Cai family.

"Military Advisor Cai!" When he heard Cai Mao's arrival, it was not just a servant who came to greet him, but Uncle Chen could come and bent down at Cai Mao and said respectfully, "Military Advisor Cai, our master specially asked us to come to welcome Military Advisor Cai and ask Military Advisor Cai to take the seat!"

Kuai Liang did not come to greet Cai Mao in person and didn't pick out anything. Kuai Liang had that personality, not to mention that today is Kuai Liang's happy day. Maybe he was preparing things. There were still many things to pay attention to when the ancients got married.

"Military Advisor Cai!" As soon as Cai Mao appeared, all the heads and officials present held their fists and bowed their heads to Cai Mao and said, "Cai Mao is the military advisor of Jingzhou, and the Cai family is even more than one family in Jingzhou. Those heads and officials naturally have to salute, and those famous scholars need to salute Cai Mao regardless of whether they want to or not. After all, etiquette cannot be abolished.

Cai Mao did not respond to the famous heads of the family, but responded first to a housekeeper. Cai Mao saw Chen Bo and laughed, "You are Chen Kang!" Cai Mao said to Chen Bo. Cai Mao and Chen Bo were very kind. If they were just a housekeeper, they would be completely disdainful of Cai Mao. The heads of the gentry were not worth mentioning in front of Cai Mao. Cai Mao could not remember many of the names of the heads of the gentry, but Cai Mao still remembered the housekeeper of Kuai Liang. When Kuai Liang left Kuai Mansion and split the family with his brother Kuai Yue, he took away his family and such a Chen Kang.

"Brother Zirou has worked hard for you over the years!" Cai Mao said to Bo Chen in a tone of his own. The Cai family and the Kuai family were originally family friends, and they have formed alliances over the years. The relationship is still OK. Cai Mao may not be happy with Kuai Liang's violent temper, but he still compromised with Kuai Liang.

"I dare not, these are what Chen Kang should do!" Uncle Chen still bent down and refused to make a contribution.

"Let's go! Take me in first!" It's not good to be at the door. Cai Mao could not be too enthusiastic about a housekeeper, just ask questions about his or her best.

"Please be here for military advisor!" Uncle Chen opened his hand and pointed the direction in front.

Cai Mao's arrival attracted the attention of Liu Mang and Pang Tong, but the two still did not show up.

"Cai Mao is here!" Cai Mao's arrival was expected by Pang Tong. It was strange that Cai Mao did not come if the Kuai family and the Cai family had such a good relationship.

Cai Mao has arrived, so some important people from Jingzhou below will also appear one by one!

Sure enough, the Huang family is next to Cai Mao. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!