In order to achieve this plan, a considerable amount of resources are required to be mobilized. In order to ensure that we can reach Jingzhou, Jiaozhi and even Rinan County alive, many people need to prepare in advance.
He, Mr. Zheng, was delicate and rich, but he couldn't bear the pain of being displaced. He didn't want to walk in the middle of the road and get sick and die while going south. That would be a great loss.
Therefore, preparations must be made, and the route from Luoyang to Jiaozhi must be planned.
As a result, the Zheng family's huge family resources began to operate, and they began to investigate a route directly to Lingnan. A large number of children belonging to the Zheng family began to embark on this road to death that was far from safe.
As for what will happen to those who are unaware after this, and how those conservative people will be attacked by Liu Bei, Zheng Tai doesn't care.
As long as he and his family are protected, nothing else matters. Each of these bastards is careful to protect themselves first, watching me move and doing nothing...
It’s not a good thing at first glance!
Do you expect me to help you charge into battle?
Do you expect me to trade my life for your good life?
Zheng Tai said you think too much.
Let me push you to charge into battle!
Therefore, during the period when Liu Bei was operating against the governor of Yangzhou, Zheng Tai did nothing. He calmly waited for his family to plan a reliable escape route for him.
There are some remarks from the conservative side, but these remarks do not touch the fundamentals of Liu Bei. Liu Bei doesn't care, and neither does the court.
Gui Bao, the governor of Yangzhou, was successfully dismissed from his post by the imperial court. He was dismissed as a commoner and rushed back to his hometown to reflect.
Cheng Yu successfully became the governor of Yangzhou and became the administrative chief of the Yangzhou area. On the first day he took office, he announced that he would promote the imperial slave restriction order in Yangzhou, hoping that people in the Yangzhou area would firmly support the imperial decree.
Then, the Lu family of Wu County and the Gu family of Wu County, which had great reputation in Jiangdong, took the lead in responding.
They released a large number of family servants to Cheng Yu, and mobilized other small and medium-sized families within their sphere of influence to respond, calling on everyone to abide by Cheng Shijun's orders and the imperial decrees.
Together, these servants and their families came up with a pretty good number and gave it to Cheng Yu, which showed his sincerity.
So the slave restriction order in the Jiangdong area started to be promoted in full swing, starting with Wu County and Danyang County. The first fire after Cheng Yu took office was vigorous and lively.
At the same time, Cheng Yu announced that he had received a considerable amount of development funding from the imperial court and was preparing to promote a large-scale reclamation movement and collective farm construction movement in Yangzhou to turn wasteland into fertile farmland and grow food that could feed more people.
He decided to use the organized freed slaves to launch a large-scale reclamation operation to reclaim a huge amount of wasteland in Yangzhou. From Wu County to the south, it would take five years to reclaim more than one million acres of land that could grow food.
Fertile farmland.
Under the call of Cheng Yu, Yangzhou's large-scale production movement began in February of the fifth year of Jian'an. Cheng Yu planned to complete the large-scale reclamation of one million acres of fertile land by the tenth year of Jian'an and increase Yangzhou's grain output by about three times.
He launched his own production plan ambitiously.
What's interesting is that while various sports in Yangzhou were unfolding, Gu Yong, a veteran player who worked hard in the general's palace, was transferred by Liu Bei to the state minister of Xuzhou Langya Kingdom and began to perform his duties abroad.
Gu Yong's clansman Gu Ti was summoned by Liu Bei and became a general.
In addition, Gu Yong's eldest son, Gu Shao, who was only five years old, was personally recommended by Liu Bei to enter the Sili Academy to study in the kindergarten grade.
At the same time, the two children of the Lu family, ten-year-old Lu Yi and four-year-old Lu Ji, were also recommended by Liu Bei to enter the Sili Academy to study in the kindergarten grade.
Obviously, they were roped in.
The Gu family and the Lu family became the first local powerful families in the Jiangnan area to be won over by Liu Bei.
This was the first step for Liu Bei to extend his power to the Jiangnan area, and the second step was carried out almost simultaneously with the first step.
However, this second step was really not taken by Liu Bei on his own initiative, but someone took a step toward him, and he responded.
On the third day of February in the fifth year of Jian'an, more than a dozen carriages from Nanjun, Jingzhou, entered Luoyang City one after another. After paying the tax to enter the city through the city gate, the convoy slowly arrived outside a very grand mansion in the city.
, Shao Qing, two young men got off the motorcade.
The two of them submitted a greeting invitation to the doorman at the door of the mansion. The doorman accepted it and went to pass it on. After a while, Cao Cao appeared outside the door with a big smile.
"Degui! Degui! Long time no see! Hahahahaha!"
Cao Cao quickly stepped forward, walked to Cai Mao, held Cai Mao's hands with both hands, and embraced him intimately.
Cai Mao was also overjoyed and hugged Cao Cao. The two looked at each other and laughed.
"After receiving your letter, I have been looking forward to your coming to Luoyang day and night, and now you are finally here, hahahaha!"
"Don't I long to come to Luoyang as soon as possible? I have been working day and night for this, and I hope to see you sooner!"
Cai Mao laughed and said: "Mengde, you are so prosperous now. You are a majestic Henan Yin. The emperor has two thousand stones at his feet. You make me toss and turn with envy!"
"Hahahaha, you Cai Degui, you are actually teasing me here! If I don't get you drunk today, you will never get away!"
Cao Cao and Cai Mao laughed for a moment, and Cai Mao led Cao Cao to Kuai Yue, who had been standing aside with a smile.
"I am not the only one coming to Luoyang this time, there is also a famous celebrity coming with me."
"Kuai Yidu! Kuai Jun! Hahahahahaha!"
Cao Cao bowed to Kuai Yue and said: "A few years ago, we heard about Kuai Jun's reputation. What we were most worried about was why Kuai Jun came and went to make plans. Later, we heard that Kuai Jun left Luoyang and returned to his hometown. The generals were worried about it.
I am very happy about this, Mr. Kuai, your reputation is such that even the generals are afraid of you."
Kuai Yue showed a helpless expression.
"Things at that time were really hard to make a choice. Even I didn't know that He Jin actually had a rebellious intention, so much so that he once offended the general. He came to Luoyang this time just to plead guilty to the general, and to return the favor.
I hope Mr. Cao can say a few kind words in front of the general. If so, I would be most grateful!"
Cao Cao smiled and nodded.
"It is true that no one could see clearly what happened at that time, but Kuai Jun was able to see through the treacherous features of He Jin and Yuan Wei at the last moment and voluntarily resigned and left. This was in itself an act of drawing a clear line with the treacherous thieves. General
You are not an ignorant person, so don’t worry, Mr. Kuai."
"In that case, thank you very much, Mr. Cao."
Goodbye Kuai Yue.
Afterwards, Cao Cao held Cai Mao's hand and led Kuai Yue into his mansion to attend the reception banquet that had been prepared.
During the banquet, Cai Mao and Cao Cao talked about the interesting things they experienced when they were teaching and passing on their knowledge. When they talked about their ridiculousness back then, they couldn't help but laugh. They thought why they were so frivolous back then and could do so many ridiculous things.
matter.
In addition to reminiscing about the past, Cai Mao and Cao Cao also paid attention to letting Kuai Yue participate in their topics and not neglecting Kuai Yue. The only topics that Kuai Yue could participate in were those related to Luoyang.
"Five years ago, I left Luoyang. When I left, I didn't expect that I would come back one day. Now that I'm back, it feels like a lifetime ago, and I realize that Luoyang is really completely different from the past."
Kuai Yue took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Did you hear that the general is planning to expand Luoyang City?"
Cao Cao smiled and nodded.
"Well, that's what happened, and the person mainly responsible for the expansion of Luoyang City is me, Henan Yin."