Chen Yuan thought for a moment: "If the people of this tribe are willing to compensate, let them use gold and rice seeds to compensate. The more, the better. Of course, rice seeds will be given priority."
As for how much weight a second-level expert can carry, Chen Yuan now has some idea.
Thousands of kilograms of objects are simply light to them and will not hinder their flight at all.
If three people go there, they can carry at least three thousand kilograms of stuff back.
What?
Not willing to compensate?
Then beat them until they are willing. Three second-level ones are like three gods, and they will give these barbarian tribes their brains.
Liu Bei approved Chen Yuan's plan.
At that moment, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Tai Shi Ci rose directly into the sky and flew towards the south.
The reason for keeping Zhang Fei is very simple, that is, there must be a second-grade strongman on duty at all times to protect Liu Bei's safety.
Chen Yuan has always been afraid of speculating on powerful people with the utmost malice.
If Liu Bei really takes advantage of the fact that there is no second-grade strong man here and arranges for a second-grade master to assassinate Liu Bei, it would be too unfair.
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that Liu Bei has a second-grade master by his side at all times.
Now that the three of them have left, the attack on the clan traitors can only be temporarily stopped. Fortunately, they can collect information without any delay.
In the past few days, Jian Yong has been recruited from Jiangling by Liu Bei, just in time to learn about Jingzhou's intelligence.
Someone has been experimenting with rice seeds to see if, as Chen Yuan said, it is "drought-resistant", "grows regardless of the location", and "it only takes more than fifty days from planting to harvesting".
Everyone was sitting in the hall, listening to Jian Yong's introduction to the situation in Jingzhou.
Jian Yong still looked lazy, lying on the seat: "My lord and gentlemen, the situation in Jingzhou is very complicated."
Liu Bei nodded: "Xianhe, please elaborate."
Jian Yong continued: "There should be three forces in Jingzhou now, the government, powerful people and clan thieves. Which one do you think is the most powerful?"
Chen Yuan said decisively: "Powerful!"
Jian Yong was a little stunned: "How did Zichu know?"
You must know that at this time, Jingzhou gave people the impression that it was already dominated by clan thieves, and some clan thieves even openly pretended to be prefects and county magistrates.
Chen Yuan actually knew that the strongest person in Jingzhou was Hao Qiang.
Chen Yuan looked as if he should take it for granted: "I don't know, but I know that no matter which state or county in the world, the most powerful ones are the local tyrants, and Jingzhou is naturally no exception. The clan thieves are just appearances.
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"What Zichu said is true. According to my observations over the past few days, the entire Jingzhou seems to be troubled by clan thieves. In fact, these clan thieves are nothing short of a disease. Without strong support, they are nothing more than local chickens and wagyu.
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Chen Yuan nodded: "What Xianhe said is true. In that case, tell us about the powerful people in the seven counties of Jingzhou now."
Jian Yongzheng said: "It goes without saying that the Huang family of Jiangxia, I think everyone knows it, let me talk about Nanyang. Nanyang is the hometown of the emperor. There are countless powerful people. Emperor Guangwu can conquer the world. The powerful people of Nanyang contribute a lot. Therefore, Nanyang
The powerful forces in Nanyang can be said to be one of the strongest powerful groups in this dynasty. In fact, I suggest that we don’t touch the powerful forces in Nanyang for the time being, because their strength is too strong.”
"Nanyang's powerful families include the Deng family, the Fan family, the Zhu family, the Yin family, the Li family, the Wu family, the Jia family, the Lai family, the Zong family, the Han family, etc., headed by the Deng family, although they are not included in the current imperial court.
There are no high-ranking officials in Nanyang, but they have been entrenched in Nanyang for more than a hundred years. They are intertwined and have huge potential power. They also intermarry with each other. They have long formed a big network covering Nanyang. Even the current prefect Qin Zhe
Even though he has a background in suppressing the Yellow Turbans, he is also helpless against them."
The ancestors of the above families mentioned by Jian Yong were almost all among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai. In the early and middle periods of this dynasty, the Nanyang Deng family was ranked among the four most powerful in the world.
Although the power of Nanyang has declined due to various reasons, it is not something that the current Liu Bei Group can touch. If it touches it, it will inevitably suffer severe backlash.
Chen Yuan thought thoughtfully, no wonder Nanyang had such a unique position in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. When Zhang Xiu occupied Nanyang, he could become one of the princes in the world with just one county. This place was so rich.
Jian Yong finished talking about Nanyang and started talking about Nanjun.
Needless to say, Jiangxia is basically the world owned by the Huang family. If they want to completely control Jiangxia, the Huang family cannot get around it.
"In Nanjun, the Zhonglu Kuai family and the Xiangyang Cai family are the most powerful. Most of the powerful people in Nanjun are headed by these two families and dominate Nanjun. The current governor of Nanjun is Guo Yong, who is from Julu Guangzong."
This Guo Yong was the father of Queen Guo, Cao Pi’s later queen.
"The four counties in Jingnan, the governor of Changsha County is Zhang Xian, the governor of Lingling County is Liu Chuo, the governor of Guiyang is Lu Kang, and the governor of Wuling County is Cao Yin."
These four prefects are all celebrities.
Let's talk about Zhang Xian first. This person is highly suspected to be the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing. If so, it can only mean that Zhang Zhongjing's legitimate occupation is a court official or a high-ranking official with two thousand dan.
Needless to say, Lu Kang was born in the Lu family of Wu County. Among his sons was Lu Ji, who was pregnant with Lu Lang, and among his grandsons was Lu Xun. He himself was also very capable.
Cao Yin is not well-known, mainly because his name is so prominent, and he has the same name as Cao Xueqin's grandfather.
We need to focus on Liu Chuo, the governor of Lingling County.
You must know that the entire four counties of Jingnan were originally the territory of the Changsha Kingdom of the Han Dynasty.
The ancestor was Liu Fa, the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. Liu Fa's mother was a maid. One time Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty got drunk and favored her, so Liu Fa was born.
Liu Fa, who came from such a background, was naturally not favored by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, so he was sent to Jingnan, where he was granted the title of Changsha.
Originally, there was only one place in the Changsha Kingdom: Changsha. Fortunately, Liu Fa had some skills and knew how to please Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, so he brought Lingling, Wuling and Guiyang all within the scope of the Changsha Kingdom.
This Liu Chuo is a member of Liu Fa's branch. Let's put it this way, the entire Lingling is controlled by the Liu family. Speaking of which, he is also a descendant of the great ancestor.
Those with the surname Liu in Lingling, such as Liu Ba and Liu Min, are all descendants of the great ancestor.
Why does Liu Ba look down on Liu Bei? This is probably not the reason.
Good guy, who is more noble than the other? Are you the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan, I or the queen of Emperor Jing? They are all descendants of the same ancestor and can be said to be descendants of the great ancestor. Why should I seek refuge with you?
In history, after Liu Bei took over the four counties of Jingnan, he adopted Liu Feng as his adopted son. Liu Feng was the son of the Kou family of Luohou and the nephew of the Liu family of Changsha.
Strictly speaking, the two should still be related by blood.
Moreover, the adoption of Liu Feng played a very important role in stabilizing the four counties in Jingnan. Do you really think that this adopted son was accepted casually?
That would be to underestimate the political wisdom of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.