Seeing that there was a suspected ambush in the primeval forest, Liu Qi said that he didn't need to worry about it and just rushed forward. However, Chen Wen couldn't be careless and tightened the bag he was carrying with his hands. This bag contained gold jade clothes.

Liu Bang's golden slips, things that are more important than life, cannot be lost.

Chen Wen took out the bow and arrow on his back, thinking that if there were a few ambush soldiers in the pine forest, he would kill them with a quick shot; if a large number of ambush soldiers came, he would know who the leader was and shoot him with an arrow. This is called catching thieves.

Capture the king first.

Liu Qi held the Goujian sword in his hand and rode forward. In front of him was the place where he once camped to catch crocodiles by the Yangtze River. He had to rush to the open area to fight, but he couldn't let go in the dense forest with towering ancient pines.

The strange thing is that Liu Qi and Chen Wen nervously rushed out of the virgin forest and came to the open area. They did not encounter cold arrows or heard the cries of killing from the ambush. Liu Qi was puzzled. Something was wrong. He clearly saw the forest leaves in front of him.

It is stirred up and the wind blows everywhere.

Liu Qi tightened the reins with a cry, and the horse under him stood up and neighed. When he turned around, he saw another false alarm. He saw a huge ape staggering and struggling to catch up with Liu Qi and Chen Wen, followed by

A large group of chirping apes appeared, and the suspected ambush Chen Wen saw in the pine forest turned out to be apes from the primeval forest and came to see him off.

Liu Qi and Chen Wen looked at each other and smiled. Isn't that giant ape the ape king who saved everyone's lives when they fought against thousands of tomb rats in the Chu King's Tomb at Wangshan Mountain?

The two quickly dismounted and waited for the ape king to come over. In order to catch up with Liu Qi, the ape king did not bother to imitate walking upright and ran on all fours. However, the ape's leg was injured by a stone falling from the stone door of King Chu's mausoleum.

, otherwise it would not run slower than a horse.

In order to show friendship to the ape king, Liu Qi took a few steps forward, faced the ape king who had already run up to him and straightened up, patted the ape king's shoulder, and called out affectionately: "Brother Ape."

The ape king burst into laughter and squeaked a few words. Although he could not understand what he was saying, Liu Qi roughly guessed what the king meant based on the shape of his lips. Could it be that when he met Hu Banxian in front of Longmen Square to test his words, Liu Qi drew the Goujian Sword.

The ape king saw the scene where everyone knelt down and worshiped and called themselves the king. And the ape king understood it?

The ape king did not pat Liu Qi on the shoulder this time, but maintained his respect for Liu Qi. He squeaked a few more times and waved his hand towards the apes, and saw a commotion among the apes. Four or five apes imitated humans and walked upright.

He carried a large tiger skin with neat steps.

The ape lifted the tiger skin to Liu Qi's feet and laid it down flat. He saw that the tiger skin was golden yellow, and the fur rippled with golden waves in the river wind. Even though it was a tiger skin, lying on the ground still gave off a vague tiger power.

Liu Qi looked closely at the tiger skin and found that the incision on the tiger's belly was not smooth. It looked like it had been cut by a sharp stone tool and was definitely not skinned by humans. He also saw that the tiger skin had several damages, which were obviously scratched by the claws of apes.

Judging from the entire yellow tiger skin, it looks like a strong South China tiger. Various signs indicate that the great apes hunted this South China tiger and learned from humans' cherishment of tiger skins.

Presented to a human being who can be called a king and can be respected by apes - the eldest son Liu Qi.

Liu Qi exclaimed, "Oh my god, there is no justice. The ferocious South China tiger was actually killed by the ape. The monkey peeled off the tiger's skin. It was really a tiger killing in the mountains. The ape claimed to be the king."

Looking at the precious tiger skin in front of me, there is no doubt that this ape king is probably even more powerful than E Huan. Although great apes are apes, they are human beings. From a certain perspective, they are still the ancestors of human beings. If we get along with each other,

Over time, we will be able to communicate well with each other.

Since the ape king sincerely offered the tiger skin, how could Liu Qi refuse to accept it? Liu Qi bowed his hand to the ape king and said, "Thank you, brother ape." Then he asked Chen Wen to put away the tiger skin and tie it into a bag on his horse, and accepted it with a happy smile.

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The ape king bared his teeth and grinned again. At this time, the ape king, Liu Qi, didn't look very ugly, he was quite cute. The ape king who could peel off tiger skin actually respected Liu Qi so much, which shows how powerful human beings are.

Even the ape king who can kill a tiger will respect him.

The king of apes offers tiger skin, and the harmonious coexistence between humans and animals should be the most wonderful thing in nature.

Liu Qi accepted the tiger skin offered by the ape king, saddled his horse, and on the horse, he bowed his hands to the ape king and then galloped with Chen Wen.

Not far away, he heard a thumping sound behind him. Liu Qi turned around and saw that the ape king was running on all fours following the horse, while hundreds of great apes were looking at the entrance of the primeval forest.

Didn't come here.

Chen Wen saw this and said: "Sir, I'm afraid the ape king wants us to take him with us."

Seeing the ape king limping and struggling, Liu Qi couldn't bear it anymore. He stopped his horse and waited for the ape king to run up and asked: "Brother ape, what are you doing?"

The ape king was a little out of breath. He squeaked a few times and rubbed Liu Qi's thigh with his thick mouth. There was a praying look in his eyes. It was obvious that the ape king wanted to go with Liu Qi.

Liu Qi hesitated for a while. How could we go so far away with the ape king? Isn't it good for the ape king to be the king in the primitive forest? Why must he follow humans?

Chen Wen spoke: "Sir, take the ape king with you, it saved our lives."

"Okay." Liu Qi patted the ape king on the shoulder and drove the horse forward. The ape king jumped up happily and actually tore open the bag on the horse's back three times, put it around his neck, and then blew it with his hand.

With a loud whistle, the apes at the edge of the primeval forest dispersed chirping.

Liu Qi slowed down his horse, but the ape king was very excited and ran in front of the horse. After running for a while, Liu Qi thought about running like this. Before he reached Xiangyang, the ape king would die of exhaustion, so he and Chen Wen got on the horse.

They discussed while riding, and the result of the discussion was to go to Dangyang at night to rest for the whole night, borrow a carriage from Jiang Wan, the sworn brother of Dangyang County Magistrate, and take the Ape King back to Xiangyang.

Liu Qi, Chen Wen and the Ape King ran quickly and slowly for several hours, and it was already late at night when they arrived at Dangyang City.

A curfew was still implemented in Dangyang. Since the city gate guards knew Liu Qi and Chen Wen, they opened the city gate and let them in.

Liu Qi and Chen Wen took the Ape King directly to the county magistrate's post house. They were told that the county magistrate Jiang Wan had gone to Lingling, and Jiang Wan told the guards in the house that if the eldest son Liu Qi came, he would be greeted by Haosheng and specially prepared.

A sturdy carriage was given to the young master Liu Qi.

Jiang Wan seemed to have expected that Liu Qi would come, and reserved a few upper rooms. However, Jiang Wan did not expect that Liu Qi and Chen Wen only brought an ape through Dangyang, while E Huan and the ten bronze guards did not.

Did not come together.

He rested all night in Dangyang, got up early the next morning, took the ape king with him, and the ape and the ape were in the same carriage. They slept in the open and went straight to Xiangyang. There were no obstacles or bandits robberies along the way, so it went smoothly.

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When Liu Qi left Xiangyang, he left the city overnight through E Huan's garrison at the west gate, and when he returned to the city, he entered through the main city gate.

On the road into the city, you can see people fleeing with their children in twos and threes.

After Liu Qi and Chen Wen dismounted and inquired, they learned that wars continued in the north, agricultural production was paralyzed, and the people lacked food and clothing. They heard that Jingzhou under Liu Biao's rule had many fields and was relatively stable, so people flocked to Jingzhou to avoid the war.

Of course, according to historical records, the people who poured into Jingzhou in the next few years were not only a large number of civilians fleeing the war, but also many unappreciated talents or insightful people who went south to Jingzhou or defected to Liu Biao in an attempt to seek an official position under Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou.

Part-time job, show your talent.

After asking about the reason, Liu Qihe and Chen Wen got into the carriage.

Liu Qi felt a little heavy and said, "Brother Wen, that night's meteor shower by the Yangtze River was so magical."

Chen Wendao: "Yes, Master, things have changed."

Liu Qi was silent for a while, without saying anything. From a distance, he saw a large number of people at the city gate, who seemed to be gathering together to read the notice.

When he arrived at the gate of the city, Chen Wen got off the carriage and squeezed into the crowd. When he came closer, he saw that it was a notice issued by Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, to calm the people. The general content was that as long as there were no murders, arson, or crimes, anyone who came would be welcome and could be registered.

With a household registration, you can be allocated an appropriate amount of land, and the taxes for the first three years can be reduced or exempted as appropriate, and the government will uniformly build houses and live in them. With such a good policy to stabilize the people, it is no wonder that people fleeing from the war flocked here, and Liu Biao made a fortune from the population.

During the Three Kingdoms War, the era of cold weapons, population was an important factor in determining the outcome of the war. The reason for this is that since the Yellow Turban Army uprising, various princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and rogue bandits caused chaos everywhere. In addition, years of locust plagues, droughts, natural and man-made disasters have reduced the population of the Central Plains.

It is obvious that the war at this time is about population. Without a sufficient population base, there will be no suitable soldiers to supplement the army, and there will be no one to cultivate food to feed the army. Without an army, how can we defend and attack the city?

It seems that if Liu Biao was not compassionate about accepting people who were fleeing the war, he was far-sighted.

Liu Biao's policy of reassuring the people caused a sharp increase in the population of Jingzhou in a short period of time. Liu Qi could probably think of the benefits of a large population for the war, but Liu Biao might not have thought that after receiving a large number of refugees who fled to Jingzhou from the north, it would inevitably

It aroused envy, jealousy and hatred among the princes competing for hegemony. History records record that one or two years later, Yuan Shao sent Sun Jian to attack Jingzhou and Soochow Wu wanted to annex Jingzhou. Even further, in 208, Cao Cao fought the Chibi War and fought with many soldiers who coveted Jingzhou.

Having enough food does not matter.

The abundant and fertile Jingzhou, which covers ten countries and seven counties in its thousands of miles, is like a passionate and charming woman who takes off her clothes and lies on the bed. Anyone with a bit of wildness will want to pounce on her, bite her, or simply possess her.

Liu Biao was finally buried along with Jingzhou shortly after his death. This was caused by the military strategic thinking of Pianan Yiyu. When facing power, facing tigers and wolves, you must be strong, otherwise, it will be like a big girl's journey of thousands of miles. No matter how well raised Jingzhou is,

Unable to hold on, he ended up making a wedding dress for someone else. Liu Biao didn't understand this until his death.
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