Shi Changshi's deployment of troops was indeed effective. First, Dong Zhuo made many military exploits in Xiliang and put down the rebellion of Bianzhang and Han Sui. Then Sun Jian killed Ou Xing and regained Lujiang. Zhang Rang and others were overjoyed when they heard the news and hurriedly
He reported the good news to Liu Hong. Liu Hong formally issued an edict, appointing Dong Zhuo as the shepherd of Liangzhou and the Marquis of Zhuxiang. He appointed Sun Jian as the Grand Administrator of Lujiang and the Marquis of Wucheng.
When the news reached Xiangyang, Liu Xin looked up to the sky and sighed. Although he had never thought about stopping Dong Zhuo from occupying Xiliang, he had an instinctive resistance to Sun Jian coming to Jiangdong, so when he heard that Ou Xing had fled to Lujiang, Liu Xin couldn't wait
The emperor wanted to send troops across the border. Unfortunately, Liu Xin tried his best and failed to completely wipe out Ou Xing, but still gave Sun Jian a chance.
Back in the backyard, Liu Xin was still unhappy, but she looked up and saw Ma Yun walking out of the room happily and said, "Husband, I accomplished a big thing today."
Liu Xin asked strangely: "A big thing has been accomplished? What thing?"
Ma Yun mysteriously took out a piece of white silk, handed it to him, and said: "Today A Chou came to see her aunt again. I secretly dipped the white silk in water and wiped it on her arm. Look, this
Everything turned gray."
Liu Xin didn't expect that Ma Yun was still wondering whether A Chou had changed her appearance. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Maybe the little girl hasn't showered for many days and soiled your handkerchief."
Ma Yun said unconvinced: "Who said that? I see that her arms are really much whiter. One day I must find an opportunity to take off the birthmark on her face and have a look."
"Don't be ridiculous, you act like a child." Liu Xin knew that Ma Yun could do whatever he said. Since Huang Chengyan made his daughter so ugly, he must have his own purpose. Why bother to expose it?
What about others?
Thinking of Huang Chengyan, Liu Xin suddenly had an idea in her mind and asked: "Does A Chou come here often? The Chinese New Year is coming soon. If she comes again, remember to prepare some gifts for her."
"Yes, I come here almost every month." Ma Yun suddenly said with a bad smile, "Why did you think of asking A Chou today if you have figured it out and want her to be your daughter-in-law? If you have figured it out,
You can ask Cai Mao to come out and talk about it."
Liu Xin said angrily: "Am I as boring as you? I was thinking that her father, Huang Chengyan, should also be a very talented person. This kind of person still needs to be won over."
When it came to business, Ma Yun also put away her smile and asked, "Do you want to recruit Huang Chengyan?"
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "People like Huang Chengyan are keen on loving the mountains and rivers and would not be willing to become an official. However, it is said that he has good relations with Sima Hui and others. He should also be familiar with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang.
My idea is to recruit those people through him."
Ma Yun said: "Husband, your idea is good, but it is not realistic at the moment. Who knows how old these people are now."
The two walked while talking and came to the room. Ma Yun waved her hand and told the maids to leave. She had already seen that Liu Xin seemed to be in a bad mood just now. Seeing no one around, she asked with concern
: "Husband, what troubles you encountered?"
Liu Xin sighed and said: "I just got the news that Sun Jian captured Lujiang and has now been appointed as the governor of Lujiang. Sun Jian is a fierce tiger. Now that he is near Jingzhou, how can I feel at ease? If Jushu hadn't dissuaded them, maybe Lujiang would be here now
It's already in my hands. Alas, if I'm not careful, I'll lose everything."
Ma Yun thought for a while and said: "Husband, you men have this bad habit. You always eat from the bowl and look at the pot. That's all you need to do with women. You have to keep a clear mind when it comes to expanding your territory.
, now is not the time to conquer the world. Nowadays, the world is gradually becoming chaotic again. It is not easy for Jingzhou to have such a peaceful situation. It is the right way for you to manage Jingzhou well."
Liu Xin was awakened by Ma Yun's words and nodded repeatedly: "Honey, you are right. I am indeed a little eager for quick success."
Under Ma Yun's persuasion, Liu Xin gradually calmed down. No one can become fat in one bite, and everything must be done slowly.
Throughout the four years of Zhongping, the Han Dynasty was in turmoil, rebellions occurred one after another in various places, but Jingzhou was calm.
Today's Jingzhou is no longer what it used to be. The ditches all over the state ensure that agricultural production no longer completely depends on God's gift. Although the whole of Jingzhou has suffered a severe drought this year, the harvests in summer and autumn have not been greatly affected.
The newly built water conservancy facilities can be said to have contributed a lot to the impact. The roads extending in all directions and the stable social environment have brought great convenience to the development of business. Among Jingzhou’s tax revenue, commercial tax has accounted for 30%, which is
It was unthinkable in the past.
Due to the implementation of lower land rents, farmers' incomes have also increased year by year, and the conflicts between farmers and powerful landlords have been greatly eased. The noble families also invested a large amount of funds in handicrafts and commerce, and made huge gains.
Profits can fully make up for the losses caused by the reduction in rental rates, and their resistance to Liu Xin's new tax policy has turned from resistance to support.
Liu Xin has more time to spend with her family. You can often see Liu Xin and Ma Yun in pairs in the east area of the city. The two of them always go in and out of the academy together in the academy. Outsiders envy them as a couple.
While loving each other, they also lamented that in Jingzhou now, the people are prosperous and the society is stable, and Liu Xin is really comfortable being the state shepherd.
In fact, all these are just appearances. Liu Xin never relaxed for a moment. The whole Jingzhou was loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
What Liu Xin attaches most importance to is the construction of the army. He always keeps in mind the saying "Political power comes from the barrel of a gun". In the past two years, Jingzhou's five major armies have each expanded to 20,000 people, and their respective
This training never relaxed for a moment.
With Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping's cavalry, the Jingzhou army already had 10,000 cavalry. Not only that, Liu Xin also circled a large piece of land in Yunmengze in Changsha and established a horse farm of his own.
He began to breed his own war horses. The stirrups that Liu Xin had high hopes for had been mass-produced, but they were not equipped with troops. This was a secret weapon that Liu Xin would not use unless absolutely necessary. Although he developed stirrups and researched
The institute has spent a lot of time and energy, but to be honest, it does not have much technical content. Once it is made public, it will be copied quickly. Therefore, the stirrup is still in a strictly confidential stage.
Another important achievement of the institute in terms of weapons is the successful development of the trebuchet. After two years of research, the first trebuchet was finally produced. This trebuchet is already similar to the first trebuchet in history.
There is a big difference. Although it also uses the principle of leverage, the trebuchet developed by Liu Xin adds some triggers and insurances similar to those in modern firearms, which can save manpower, make it easier to calibrate the attack direction, and improve the range.
Further away.
The research institute is the place where Liu Xin and Ma Yun put the most effort. It is not only a place for developing weapons, but also develops many civilian equipment and production technologies. This aspect is more reflected in agriculture.
The Improved Breed Farm is the outstanding work of the institute. Through investigation, Liu Xin discovered a large area of wild rice in the Yunmengze area. Liu Xin knew that Yuan Longping's hybrid rice had fed a billion people, and that so many dynasty changes in Chinese history had
It is related to the peasant uprising, and the main reason is that the peasants do not have enough to eat and cannot survive. The total amount of land remains unchanged, and excessive reclamation will bring ecological disasters, so the best way is to increase production. Now
The grain seeds used by people in Jingzhou for farming are all provided free of charge by the government. Despite the drought this year, the harvest is still nearly 20% higher than in other places. In addition to water conservancy facilities, grain seeds also play a big role.
One thing that makes Liu Xin most proud is that he introduced the concept of standardization in the research institute. Whether it is the production of stirrups, trebuchets or various civilian appliances, all accessories are of the same size, and their errors are measured.
Strict regulations. In this way, no matter which part is damaged during use, it can be replaced in time. This is especially important for some weapons that are easily damaged in war. On the battlefield, two or more pieces
A damaged weapon can be disassembled and reassembled to become a intact weapon.
Ma Yun is obviously more interested in the four great inventions of ancient China. Now, Xiangyang's papermaking technology has been very developed, and it is no longer difficult to develop printing technology on this basis. Although Ma Yun knows a lot about movable type printing, she still
Starting from woodblock printing, the first thing she printed was the household registration book.
Household registration management is her old profession, and Ma Yun can be said to be familiar with it. Nowadays, Jingzhou's population is growing rapidly. The stable environment, wealthy life, and medical advancement have brought about an increase in the birth rate and death rate.
At the same time, the development of Jingzhou has attracted a large number of immigrants. Today, Jingzhou has not only replenished the population lost due to the war, but also increased to nearly 7 million people. It is urgent to strengthen household registration management.
The compass is not only very important for navigation, but also plays a big role in marching and fighting. Liu Xin spent a lot of effort to find a few natural magnets. According to Ma Yun's impression, the oldest compass in China looks like a spoon.
However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not process the natural magnets into that shape. Instead, they broke several magnets one after another. In the end, they had no choice but to spend a lot of labor and finally grind the magnets into a needle shape.
It can be used, but the effect is not ideal yet.
As for the invention of gunpowder, it was much simpler. The formula ratio of "monosulfide, dinitrate, and charcoal" was often mentioned by the chemistry teacher when Ma Yun was in middle school. These things together became black gunpowder. However,
There is still a long way to go to put this kind of gunpowder to practical use. Liu Xin does not want to see that the Chinese invented gunpowder and only used it to make firecrackers, while Westerners introduced gunpowder and produced guns.
The history of attacking the Chinese is repeated here.
Liu Hong simply turned a blind eye to the chaos in the land of China and continued to live his life of debauchery. Liu Hong summoned dozens of palace maids to bathe in front of him almost every day, but Liu Xin only sent a small amount of flying incense.
, how could he sustain his squandering? At the end of the year, this kind of flying incense was finally used up.
Liu Hong, who finally felt a little "sexual happiness", was scratching his head and was at a loss for what to do. However, Zhang Rang came up with a good idea. He proposed to build a nude pavilion in the West Garden and have people pick green moss to cover the steps.
Above, the canal water was drawn around each threshold and circulated through the entire nude swimming pool. Liu Hong also chose a jade-skinned and light-bodied singer to row a boat with a pole and sway in the canal water. In the scorching heat of midsummer, he ordered the boat to be sunk.
In the water, watching the jade-like gorgeous skin of the female palace maids who fell into the water finally aroused his interest again.
Liu Hong and his maids would drink and have fun in the cool hall of the Naked Pavilion, often drinking all night long. He even sighed: "If this happens for ten thousand years, he will be a god in the sky." Liu Hong
They often drank all night until they were so drunk that they were unconscious. Sometimes they didn't even know it was dawn. The palace chamberlain had to throw a big candle at His Highness to wake him up from his sleep, and even the chamberlains had to compete to imitate him.
Call, pretending to be real to wake him up.
As the world becomes more and more chaotic, heroes gradually emerge, such as Gongsun Zan. He was originally just a junior high school student in Youzhou. After making several military exploits, he actually sat in the position of the prefect of Peiping. After many twists and turns, Liu Bei also became an official.
Xixian Lieutenant became the magistrate of Pingyuan County, and Sun Jian took advantage of the local rebellion to further occupy Yuzhang County. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others were also ready to take action, each raising private soldiers and generals.
After receiving this information from Phantom, Liu Xin suddenly felt that the curtain was about to begin. It was not that Liu Xin had never thought of assisting Liu Hong, but, not to mention "accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger", the emperor's power was too great.
One word can kill you, but Liu Hong himself will never be able to help you. Instead of letting Liu Hong drag down the entire country, or even the entire nation, it is better to let yourself take his place.
In February of the sixth year of Zhongping, officials of all sizes in Jingzhou returned to their yamen one after another after taking a month's leave. Liu Xin also sat in the hall, looking through various reports. He understood that the days were getting closer and closer to Liu Hong's death.