Chapter 57: Do you deserve to be in charge of Jingxiang?
Jiangling's two thousand craftsmen, in accordance with Liu Cong's request to separately manufacture parts, have produced more than two thousand pairs of iron armor and more than one thousand two hundred pairs of horse armor. The 70,000-strong army was also completely reorganized and controlled by Wei Yan and Fei Yi.
For the heavy-armored soldiers required by Liu Cong, Wei Yan followed the training method of Wei Wu soldiers. Each of them carried a sixty kilogram sandbag and ran for forty miles, and selected more than 5,000 from 70,000 people with strong bodies and long-lasting endurance.
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The forging of armor stopped, not because of time or craftsmen, but because there was no pig iron. In the feudal era, iron production increased in the Song Dynasty, and the pig iron mining rate and utilization rate in the Han Dynasty lagged behind. Despite this, Liu Cong was already very
Satisfied, he took Zhang Zhongjing and rushed to Xiangyang, leaving Pang Tong and Huang Zhong to continue integrating the army.
Xiangyang, in the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, Liu Biao was lying on the bed, his face pale. Mrs. Cai was sitting beside the bed, crying and wiping her tears.
"Are you crying? I'm not dead yet." Liu Biao saw Mrs. Cai crying. Although she was still weak, he comforted Mrs. Cai.
After hearing this, Mrs. Cai not only did not stop crying, but cried even more vigorously: "If you have any chance, I..."
Liu Biao smiled, raised his hand to caress Mrs. Cai's face, wiped her tears, looked at the back of his hand covered with age spots, and looked at Mrs. Cai's beautiful face. Liu Biao felt a little regretful, regretting that he could not accompany Cai.
Madam longer.
"I will go slower in reincarnation. In the next life, I will be born later and wait for you. You will still be my wife."
Hearing this, Mrs. Cai's face instantly turned red with embarrassment, but she still cried: "Xuan'er doesn't want the next life, Xuan'er and her husband are not enough in this life."
"Cough...cough..." Liu Biao ignored his cough and raised the corners of his mouth: "I, Liu Jingsheng, am so lucky to have you in this life."
After saying this, Liu Biao tried to get up, but Mrs. Cai quickly helped him sit on the bed.
"Madam, do you still resent Cong'er for killing your two brothers?" Liu Biao suddenly asked solemnly.
Mrs. Cai wiped her tears and said: "Things have happened, what's the use of my resentment? I have raised Cong'er since childhood, and I really treat him as my own. How can a mother resent her own son?"
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Hearing this, Liu Biao nodded with a smile and said, "Madam, you must remember to never let the Cai family and Cong'er go against each other."
"I received a military report a few days ago that Cong'er was in Wuling County and killed the Jinxuan clan! Cong'er was too cruel. Madam, the Cai family must not go against him."
Mrs. Cai was shocked again, and said firmly: "Husband, Cong'er, he will never do anything to me, a mother. For my sake, neither will the Cai family."
"I hope so." Liu Biao sighed and told Mrs. Cai some other things.
"My lord, the eldest son wants to see you!" A servant suddenly came in to report. Liu Biao left Liu Qi's mansion that day. He was so angry that he forgot to punish Liu Qi, so Liu Qi was still free at the moment.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Cai got angry and said: "He still has the nerve to come? He made his own father so angry that he almost died. Why are he here now?"
When Liu Biao thought about Liu Qi's behavior that day, he became angry and said: "Tell him to get out of here, just do what he said, and I will pretend that I don't have this son!"
At the gate of the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion, Liu Qi, neatly dressed, knelt at the gate of the house and shouted into the house: "Father, I know that I was wrong. Father, please forgive me for my drunken behavior."
"Father, the child wants to see his father."
At this time, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue came over. Without even looking at Liu Qi, they walked straight into the mansion.
"General Cai, Mr. Kuai, wait a minute, please beg my father for me. I want to see him." Liu Qi suddenly ran behind the two of them and called to them.
Cai Hao and Kuai Yue looked at each other and saw each other's speechlessness.
Liu Qi usually hates Cai. When he meets Cai Mao, let alone say hello, his expression of hatred is basically written on his face. Does he know to call him General Cai when necessary?
The two ignored Liu Qi and were about to go in when Liu Qi said angrily: "Stop!"
"Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, my father is seriously ill and you won't let me go to see him. Aren't you afraid that the news will spread and be reviled by the world?"
Cai Mao was a little angry, but he still maintained the etiquette of the aristocratic family: "My eldest son, if I don't see you, it is the lord himself who gave the order personally, and it has nothing to do with us."
"Then can't you go in and beg for me? I'm worried about my father's health, so can't I even go in and visit him?"
"Brother? Why do you have the nerve to say you care about your father's health?" Liu Xiu's voice came from behind Liu Qi.
Liu Xiu, Wang Kai, and Liu Pan were walking together. Liu Xiu looked at Liu Qi who was making trouble unreasonably in front of the Prefectural Mufu Mansion. For the first time, he felt that this big brother disgusted him so much.
"Brother." Liu Xiu and others still bowed to Liu Qi. Then Liu Xiu said: "Brother, you have gone too far this time. You should go back to your house to think about your mistakes behind closed doors and reflect on yourself. Wait for your father to forgive you.
That’s what you should do for the Son of Man.”
Liu Qi looked at him disdainfully, "What? Are you afraid that I will steal Liu Cong's position as the crown prince of Jingzhou?"
"You? Why are you so mean-spirited? I am doing it for your own good, and we are planning to plead with your father for you." Liu Xiu was angered by these words.
Before coming, Liu Xiu discussed with Wang Kai and Liu Pan to plead for Liu Qi in front of Liu Biao. They never expected that Liu Qi would become like this.
Liu Qi smiled coldly: "You remember, I am the eldest son, and Jingzhou will be mine in the future. Even if my father dies now, Jingzhou will still be mine!"
"How could you say such rebellious words?" Liu Xiu had always loved literature, but faced Liu Qi who was completely ruined, he was at a loss for words.
"What can you do to me?" Liu Qi crossed his arms, looking like a rogue.
"Bang!" Just when Liu Qi was feeling proud, the back of his head was hit by a flying scabbard.
"Ah! Who hit me?" Liu Qi looked back angrily.
"Me." Liu Cong, with Xu Feng and others, and dozens of personal guards, rode slowly from the street.
To be honest, Liu Cong had arrived a long time ago. Seeing Liu Qi kneeling at the door of the house, he hid on the street corner and waited for a while. Liu Cong would never have imagined that Liu Qi, who was known for his gentleness and elegance, would become such a virtuous person.
"Thump, thump..." The horse's hooves stepped on the bluestone, making crisp sounds.
Looking at Liu Cong slowly approaching, Liu Qi felt as if he was shocked by the sound of horse hooves stepping on the stone slab. Remembering the time Liu Cong hit him, and seeing him staring at him, Liu Qi felt a little fear in his heart.
"Greetings to the Crown Prince!" Cai Mao and Kuai Yue saluted as they looked at Liu Cong who was dismounting from his horse. This sentence, Crown Prince, was like the tip of a needle, making Liu Qi feel uncomfortable in his heart.
"No courtesy." Liu Cong raised his hand to support him, walked to Liu Qi, and stared at him for a long time. It wasn't until Liu Qi was stunned by his look that he said, "If you don't go back and think about your mistakes now, how dare you be in Zhou Mu?"
It’s shameless to speak loudly at the door of the house!”
"Son of man, you made your father so angry that he became ill. As a human being, you are not worthy of being a human being. You are a beast who only knows how to drink, get drunk, and rape maids, but you still want Jingzhou? Are you worthy? You can control it.
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Liu Cong took a step forward every time he said a word, and Liu Qi was forced to retreat repeatedly.
"Second brother, I am your brother, and we are still brothers." Liu Qi was humiliated by Liu Cong in public, and looked a little embarrassed.
Liu Cong kicked him down and put the unsheathed sword on his neck!
"Second brother, don't kill me, don't kill me!" Liu Qi looked at Liu Cong's fierce expression and panicked completely.
Liu Cong smiled coldly: "Kill you? Are you worthy of letting me use the knife? Duan Kun!"
"The end is here!"
"Bring him back to my house, ground him, watch him, think about it for me, and don't let him come out without my order. If he dares to stab you, I'll take care of him."
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"Liu Cong, you bastard, I am your big brother, you can't do this to me?" Liu Qi was dragged away, still cursing.
Cai Mao and Kuai Yue looked at this scene as if they were getting to know Liu Cong again.