Chapter 353: The Big Wedding Day (Thanks to [The Masked Superman from Mercury]
Chenliu County Sheriff's Mansion.
Lu Yan is now the governor of Yuzhou, and the official position of Chenliu County Governor was awarded to Liu Bei by Cao Cao.
In the past, Liu Bei's position as governor of Yuzhou was fictitious, just in name but without reality. He never even officially took office for a day.
After being changed from the governor of Yuzhou to the governor of Chenliu, Liu Bei's official position seemed to be reduced, but in fact he truly took control of the real power and was completely integrated into the Cao Group.
Chenliu is the place where the Cao family started, the foundation of the rear, the center of industry, commerce, and agriculture. It is the heart and soul of Lao Cao and the treasure of Lu Yan. Handing Chenliu County to Liu Bei shows that Cao Cao values and recognizes Liu Bei.
Liu Bei also lived up to the trust placed in him by Lu Yan and Cao Cao.
Since taking office, Liu Bei has worked conscientiously and meticulously.
If Mao Jie, Yi Ji and others hadn't stopped him, Liu Bei might have rolled up like 007.
Although the two brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not around, Liu Bei's family members have all been taken to Chen Liu. Now he has a good career and family, and he is living a fulfilling and comfortable life.
During the war in Hebei, a large number of refugees crossed the Yellow River and poured into Yanzhou.
Although Dongjun, Taishan County and Henan Yin shared part of the burden, tens of thousands of refugees still poured into Chenliu County.
Mao Jie has now handed over almost all the work in his hands to Liu Bei. Naturally, Liu Bei also needs to handle many matters dealing with the refugees.
After resettling tens of thousands of refugees in Chenliu County, Liu Bei finally deeply understood the good intentions of Lu Yan's series of policies set up in Chenliu County.
All land is controlled by the government and then uniformly distributed to refugees who are willing to settle down.
Within five years, taxes will be halved. After five years, the tax will be only 1 out of 10 taxes, and the land will be owned by the refugees themselves. This series of policies has a clear bottom line, that is, "fields cannot be traded privately, nor can they be used for economic purposes."
Any mortgage!”
Therefore, Liu Bei discovered that in Chenliu County, there were no powerful nobles annexing land, and there were no high taxes. Naturally, the refugees adapted and recovered very quickly.
After being registered, the refugees become members of the local people.
Now that the people are living and working in peace and contentment, they have become more supportive of local officials and the court. Liu Bei has become more and more energetic in his work and has a growing sense of accomplishment.
After reviewing today's documents, Liu Bei sighed with emotion: "I, Liu Bei, have always loved the people, but I have no plan to calm the people... Fortunately, I met my husband later, and I saw that the world can be governed like this! Lu Qiaoqi
What a genius, a genius!"
"Alas! If sir could have been born before the Han Dynasty fell apart, wouldn't the Han Dynasty have been spared this disaster?"
"No... the disaster of the family cannot be destroyed or established. If it hadn't happened to be in troubled times, I'm afraid even Mr. could only look back and sigh, right?"
Liu Bei thought a lot. He now has a deeper understanding of the stubborn diseases of the Han Dynasty and understands the most fundamental reason for the collapse of the dynasty...
"I was born in the worst of times, but it was also the best of times!" Liu Bei stood up, looked at the slowly falling snow outside, and murmured to himself: "I, Liu Bei, am truly blessed to be able to witness the renaissance of the Han Dynasty.
Lucky to be alive!"
Just when Liu Bei's thoughts were sublimating, Yi Ji's voice suddenly sounded outside the hall, "Brother Xuande, Brother Xuande!"
"It's Uncle Ji!" Liu Bei greeted him with a smile: "What is it that makes you so anxious that you lose your most important demeanor?"
"Oh! Why do you care about your manners? Tomorrow is Zhicai's wedding day. Today we have to go and help him support the occasion!"
"Ah!" Liu Bei slapped his forehead and said in annoyance: "I have been so busy working that I forgot about this... Go quickly, go quickly!"
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Xi Zhicai's house is in Xuchang City.
Because Xi Zhicai's parents died young, he had almost no contact with other members of the family.
Since Xi Zhicai defected to Cao Cao, apart from occasionally getting together with friends such as Lu Yan, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others, he has been living by himself. Now that he is married, as his good friend and colleague, he naturally has to help him.
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Yiji is quite good at etiquette and so on, so he took care of many things in Xi Zhicai's wedding.
Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Liu Bei, Han Hao and others were helping Xi Zhicai take care of trivial matters and receive guests.
However, what makes Guo Jia very strange is, "Zhicai is getting married tomorrow. Why haven't I seen that guy Lu Changsheng?"
The next day.
Almost overnight, half of Xuchang City was decorated with lights and colorful decorations.
The people in Xuchang City were surprised and woke up one after another, "I'm afraid a big shot is getting married!"
Cao Cao contributed the extremely luxurious carriage given to him by Cao Hong to serve as Xi Zhicai's wedding carriage.
Then, Chen Dao and Huang Xu, two and a half young men, and a hundred elite soldiers, wearing red cloaks and bright silver battle armor, followed Xi Zhicai to a house to pick up the bride.
The Deng family is far away in Xinye, and Xinye is Liu Biao's territory. Naturally, it is impossible for Xi Zhicai to go to Xinye to pick up his bride.
The bride has actually come to Xuchang a long time ago, but has been renting in a small house.
The procession to receive the bride was huge, and the carriages were followed by the welcoming soldiers. Their majestic bodies, neat queues and steps showed the supreme elegance of a strong man.
Along the way, there were servants and attendants distributing wedding candies to the people on both sides of the road, and the children even gave them wedding money. For a time, the entire Xuchang City was filled with a festive atmosphere.
Xi Zhicai paraded through the streets in his groom's clothes, his heart filled with joy and gratitude to his friends and colleagues.
However, from time to time, he would look back behind him or around him, as if he was looking for someone.
"Where's that guy Changsheng? Did he really forget it again?" Guo Jia, who was following the wedding team, became a little anxious.
From last night to now, Lu Yan has not shown up. If Lu Yan was absent from such an important occasion, Xi Zhicai would probably be sad for the rest of his life.
"Arrived!"
"Go to the bride's house!"
Xi Zhi was Cao Cao's first real mastermind. He followed Cao Cao in east and west expeditions, and never complained at all. Xi Zhi was one of the greatest contributors to Cao Cao's rise, and his importance in Cao Cao's heart
It's always been heavy.
Moreover, Xi Zhicai has an easy-going personality, never cares about fame and fortune, and gets along very well with all his colleagues.
Therefore, for Xi Zhicai's wedding, almost all of Cao Cao's advisors, generals and major aristocratic families sent people to attend the wedding, and the worst of them also sent people to congratulate and give gifts.
Arriving in front of the bride's house, Yiji began to sing a ceremony...
After the entire ceremony, not to mention Xi Zhicai, even Guo Jia, who was standing aside to watch the ceremony, felt numb.
Just when the bride was about to be taken out of the house, a burst of noise suddenly sounded from outside the crowd, "Wait a moment! Wait a moment!"
"Who is so rude? You interrupt someone else's wedding!"
"Yes, he is such an uneducated guy, I almost want to beat him up!"
"Is it...kidnapping?"
"No way, who dares to steal the kiss of such a big shot...do you want to die?"
The crowd of onlookers was separated by a group of soldiers, and Lu Yan appeared together with Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, Tai Shici, Dian Wei and others who had come back specially!
"F*ck!!! It's Lu Qiaoqi! There are also Zhao Zilong, Xiahou Ziheng, Taishi Ziyi, and General Dian Wei!"
"Who is it that just said that you want to beat them up? Hurry up!"
"Uh... this is supposed to be for cheering, not to steal the bride... I still won't do it..."