Chapter 120 Cao Liu

The people of Zigui did not spend a peaceful night.

The dismissed servants of General Li Yi's mansion brought out a message: a man named Liu Huangshu came from Jingzhou, and it was said that he killed Li Yi in the name of punishing treason!

Who is this Liu Huangshu? The people of Zigui were puzzled, so someone found Li Gong and asked him for advice.

Unexpectedly, Li Gong, who had fled all the way from Yanzhou, was relieved after hearing the name of Liu Huangshu, and the panic on his face faded.

"Liu Huangshu is a benevolent monarch, and he will not invade the people."

Li Gong left this sentence and sent the visitor away, thinking that he could finally sleep well with this news.

The next day, when the people woke up, they found that there were many notices in the streets and alleys of the city.

"Li Yi betrayed his master three times. The first betrayal was... The second betrayal was..."

This notice was different from the previous ones that were written in a simple way. It was full of content and the meaning was very straightforward:

Li Yi was a traitor. Now that Liu Huangshu was the governor of Jingzhou, a relative of the Han Dynasty, in order to prevent this thief from endangering the Han Dynasty, he personally sent troops to eliminate him.

And considering the upcoming spring plowing, Liu Huangshu will soon transfer oxen, curved plows, and good seeds from Jiangling, and will arrange craftsmen to build a water power plant by the river for the people to use, and will send officials to teach new farming and composting methods!

And most importantly, this year's grain tax is only 30%!

This notice caused a small cheer among the people: everyone is not very familiar with Li Yi, and what Liu Huangshu said about farming is all of concern to everyone!

Some people who have been to Jiangling and Gong'an have already described the water power plants and other things there in a vivid way, which made the people yearn for it:

Stone mills and mortars driven by rivers? Our Zigui is right by the river, and the river is the most abundant thing!

Moreover, this year's tax is clearly stated to be only 30%, and it is stamped with the seal of the Emperor Liu. It should not be a lie to us, right?

The uneasiness brought by Li Yi's death disappeared in an instant. The people who have been used to hard times are already imagining how much surplus food they will have at home after this year's harvest.

Liu Bei and others only rested in Zigui for one night, and set out again early the next morning, leading the troops to attack Wu County.

The two hundred defenders of Wu County closed the city gate at the first time, but the captain of the city guard looked at Li Yi's head thrown over and the two thousand soldiers behind Liu Bei, and finally wisely chose to open the city gate.

Just like Zhao Wei's rebellion against Liu Zhang, Zhao Wei's death disappeared, and Li Yi had the same effect on Ba County, which he commanded.

Adhering to the principle of speed before the start of the plan, Liu Bei also left hundreds of soldiers in Wu County to guard and hurried on the road again.

Starting from Wu County, it took three days to reach Yufu, fifteen days to reach Quren, eight days to reach Linjiang, and twelfth days to reach Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou was already the last stop occupied by Li Yi, and for Liu Bei, it was already quite far from Jingzhou.

For more than a month, the group had lost a lot of weight, but even so, Liu Bei was still in high spirits standing on the wall of Jiangzhou:

Yizhou, he Liu Bei is here!

Chengdu is just around the corner!

Pang Tong was also very excited. Although the plan was initially proposed by Kong Ming, after being modified and finalized by him, and finally implemented, this sense of satisfaction filled his chest.

The depressed feeling that Kong Ming had always suppressed Jingzhou disappeared, and Pang Tong wanted to let out a long roar at this time!

Standing on the wall, Pang Tong looked at the northwest direction with nostalgia. Although the mountains in front of him blocked his sight, he knew that Chengdu was in that direction.

"If the lord has 10,000 soldiers who can fight, Chengdu can be conquered in two months." Pang Tong was not without regret.

Since the departure from Linju, only three soldiers have been beheaded for violating military regulations, and another twelve soldiers died in mountain streams, poisonous insects, etc., which can be said to be a miracle!

And they were advancing in the front, and Zilong also led the army to take over in turn, so the soldiers stationed in Zigui at the beginning also caught up again and brought new supplies.

So although the 3,000 soldiers under his command looked tired, they were still able to fight!

Therefore, Pang Tong couldn't help but imagine that if the soldiers available at this time were not 3,000 but 10,000, if Chengdu did not receive the news, he could really consider taking it by force!

Liu Bei waved his hand, his excitement subsided, and he shook his head and smiled:

"Now that we have reached Jiangzhou and captured six cities, 70% of the reserves in the rear have been consumed in a year, but the soldiers are not injured, the people are not harmed, and only money and food are consumed, which is a great victory."

"If we attack Chengdu, the great victory will become a situation where both sides are injured."

Pang Tong was just talking, standing side by side with Liu Bei, blowing a completely different river breeze, and couldn't help thinking:

"I wonder how Jingzhou is now?"

"Since Li Yi's head is useless." Liu Bei suddenly remembered the head that was always used to open the city gate. That thing has been pickled with lime, and it has been effective for more than a month.

"Then I will write a letter and send it to Liu Jiyu."

"Since I have come here, I must explain the whole story to the owner of this place."

At the same time, Liu Bei could not help but imagine:

"In the light curtain, Chengdu is praised as a city that opened up in the sky. I wonder what kind of prosperous scene Chengdu is at this time?"

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The Gong'an County Government is now under the sole management of Kong Ming. As the lord and Zilong's army set out, the money and grain of Gong'an County flowed through Kong Ming's hands like water.

Some were pushed by wooden oxen to support the newly acquired cities, while others were carried by horses to Yizhou as food for the army.

The water power workshop was fully operational, and the coal obtained in Jingzhou and purchased from other places was ground into powder, and then packed and sent to the front line.

Mi Zhu also became busy, and all the money he had earned before was converted into grain and grass, which was continuously transported from Jiangdong.

Lu Su was even so shocked that he wrote a special letter to inquire about the situation.

In this regard, Kong Ming chose to tell part of the truth: in terms of the division of counties and counties, Zi belongs to Jingzhou, and Liu Jingzhou just intends to take back the place that belongs to Jingzhou.

In Gong'an County, the water power workshop dedicated to Dr. Zhang has also been expanded to two. In addition to Jinchuang medicinal powder, medicinal powder for repelling insects, preventing miasma, and treating swelling has also entered the production process.

During this busy time, Kong Ming also discussed with Zhang Zhongjing what kind of disease smallpox was.

Zhang Zhongjing stroked his beard, thought for a moment and said:

"Since military advisors are familiar with history, they should remember the eighteenth year of Jianwu."

Kong Ming's memory has always been top-notch, but he only took a few strokes to understand: "Ma Fubo?"

Zhang Zhongjing stood up, found a scroll of bamboo slips from the bookshelf behind him, spread it out under the light, found a line of records, and explained:

"At that time, there was a rebellion in Jiaozhou, and Shizu ordered Ma Fubo to put down the rebellion. The two sides fought fiercely for two years. The Han Dynasty records that General Fubo defeated the thief. However, when he was living in Jingzhou, he heard rumors."

"At that time, the bandits and bandits relied heavily on dangerous mountains, and General Fubo could not quickly defeat them. An epidemic arose from behind the bandits, and the rebels rebelled and were defeated by General Fubo."

"General Fubo killed tens of thousands of thieves and captured tens of thousands of people. However, when his troops returned to the court, the Han army also contracted the disease. The symptoms were similar to typhoid fever, with pimples appearing on the body. According to legend at that time, they were captive sores."

"Later on, there were occasional records in various states and counties. People at that time called it the god of acne and asked witches to drive it away."

Kong Ming sat quietly, feeling that there seemed to be an invisible giant beast opening its mouth south of Jiaozhou, ready to devour anyone at any time.

"Daqin's illness caused An'an's death, and An'an's friendship with Guishang... And Guangmu's so-called Indochina Peninsula has an ancient body and poisonous ways..."

Kong Ming felt that he had glimpsed the truth, and Shi Yuan's words came true. Smallpox may have already arrived!

"Is there a way to solve it?" Kong Ming asked.

Zhang Zhongjing shook his head, put away the old bamboo slip and said:

"Since Ma Fubo, we have never heard of this epidemic causing disaster. When the military advisor mentioned this, could it be that Jingzhou is unfair because of the epidemic?"

Kong Ming no longer hid it: "I heard a few days ago that the decline and collapse of a large Western country may be related to this epidemic."

Zhang Zhongjing listened intently to Kong Ming's narration.

After coming out of Zhang Zhongjing's residence, Kong Ming took a long breath and looked at the sky.

Ever since Light Curtain gained scattered knowledge, Kong Ming felt that the sky was getting wider and wider, and he had returned to the time when he was a child and ignorantly studying.

But fortunately, I am not Prime Minister Zhuge of the Northern Expedition, and I have many people around me!

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There are always large armies passing through Zigui County. The people of Zigui County watch the armies coming and going, crossing Zigui and continuing westward along the river.

But the same thing is that it doesn't intrude on the people.

And just as the soldiers were coming, the people of Zigui County got what they wanted.

There is a small room next to the county house in Zigui. There are curved plows and a rough model of a plow in it. If you have money, you can directly buy a plow or a plow for your own use.

But if the family does not have much money left, they can choose to rent it from the county government. It costs nothing to rent, but the county government will charge 10% more tax when the harvest is harvested.

This is easy to calculate. Uncle Liu Huang said that the tax is 30%. Even if it is 10% more, it will only be 40%. 40% is not high. After all, the previous seller wanted glory and had to charge 60%.

Therefore, many people did not hesitate for too long and chose to sign the lease.

Li Gong was different and had quite a lot of money, so he directly chose to buy it.

As for the cattle, you can rent them from wealthy households in the city. It is not expensive if you pay based on the number of times.

It was almost time for spring plowing, so Li Gong and his son simply worked together to lift it into the ground and give it a try.

Although there is no intuitive comparison, Li Gong can also feel that this thing does save a lot of effort.

While resting in the field, Zhao A, a local, came over to drink some tea. His field was right next to Li Gong, very close.

"Mr. Li, if this state's pastoral capital were like Uncle Liu Huang, wouldn't you have no need to escape here?"

Zhao A asked.

Mr. Li was silent, and after a while he whispered:

"Uncle Liu Huang, like me, also escaped from the north."

Zhao A said "Ah", looking very surprised:

"But wasn't General Li defeated by Uncle Liu?"

Li Gong was too lazy to argue so much. Generals like Li Yi could only survive three days in the north, and they could only dominate here for several years.

After a while, Zhao A cautiously said:

"Mr. Li, do you think those people from the north will come to beat Uncle Liu Huang?"

"It should be possible, what?"

Zhao A felt a little regretful and said, "Uncle Liu Huang is quite a nice guy. It would be great if Zhou Mu could always be him."

Li Gong thought of Cao Bing who was so frightened that he fled here, and sighed:

"Let's plow the land first."

It is true that I said that I am not good at writing ancient lines. What I wrote can only be said to be a kowtow to everyone.