The foreign tribes in the Jiaozhou area originally had more women than men, but Liu Xin suddenly sent a hundred thousand agricultural reclamation regiments. The soldiers of these agricultural reclamation regiments married many local women who were waiting to be married, and even some unmarried men from the alien tribes could not marry.
Now, Liu Xin has promulgated a new law that even officials must marry local women as wives and concubines. As a result, local women who were already in "demand exceeds supply" have become even more popular.
As Liu Bei was marching towards Rinan, he asked passers-by to ask who had an unmarried woman of the right age. As a result, all the passers-by shook their heads at him.
Why choose an unmarried woman of the right age? Because Liu Xin has issued a decree before, whether the soldiers in the Reclamation Corps or the officials stationed in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan counties, they can only marry unmarried women who are over fifteen years old or
Widows, whoever forcibly marries a married woman or a woman under the age of fifteen will be punished by death.
Along the way, Liu Bei was not idle. He had already thoroughly studied the laws issued by Liu Xin. It can be said that there were traps everywhere. If you were not careful, you would fall into Liu Xin's tricks and die without a burial place.
Liu Bei had no choice but to make inquiries while rushing on the road. As far as Nishijuan City in Ninan County, he could not find an unmarried woman of the right age. Today was already the tenth day since Liu Bei left Xiangyang, which was also the last day of the deadline.
At the opening of Xijuan City Gate, Feng Lie, dressed in military uniform, came out in person, cupped his hands and said, "I thought I would have to wait a few more days, but I didn't expect Master Liu to be so resolute in his actions that he arrived in Rinan so quickly. Haha, haha, Feng has already
Let’s have a banquet at the Prefect’s Mansion to welcome Master Liu. Please come, Master Liu!”
Liu Bei's heart tightened. This banquet was obviously the Hongmen Banquet! But back then, Liu Bang had Fan Kuai to help him and an army of 100,000 troops behind him, but he was alone.
But how could a person not bow his head under the low eaves? Not to mention the hundreds of tough barbarian soldiers standing behind Feng Lie, even the flying tiger guards around him were probably killed by Liu Xin. Liu Bei sighed
After taking a breath, he said: "Thank you for your kindness, General. I didn't expect that Liu, who could be regarded as a hero of his generation, would die here today! Liu is not going to the city anymore. General, please do it here, so as not to dirty the ground of the Prefect's Mansion."
Feng Lie had an innocent expression on his face and said with a smile: "Master Liu, what are you talking about? You were sent to Rinan by the Lord. How could Feng kill you? Feng really invited Master Liu to the banquet."
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At this point, Liu Bei has nothing to be afraid of. At worst, he will just fight to death, but he will die vigorously, like a hero! Liu Bei took a step forward, pressed the hilt of his sword tightly with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Liu
A certain official is now a fourth-rank official. According to the law, should he marry four local women as his wives and concubines? However, Liu has not been able to marry a single local woman in his journey, and today is the last day of the deadline. Should he?
Have you executed the order to kill Liu without mercy? Hum, in that case, what are you waiting for? Let’s do it right here!”
The situation is there. In front of Liu Bei are Feng Lie and hundreds of soldiers of the Seventh Army. Behind him are a hundred flying tiger guards. He has fallen into the siege. Although Liu Bei is also in the army
For many years, his martial arts skills were actually mediocre, and it was impossible to fight out. He fought desperately just to gain a reputation of not fearing life and death.
At this time, the captain of Feihu's personal guard suddenly raised his hand towards Feng Lie and said: "This is to General Feng, I was ordered to escort the new literary promotion envoy Mr. Liu. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. I am now asking for orders to return and ask General for instructions."
Down!"
Feng Lie waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go back."
After receiving Feng Lie's order, the flying tiger guards all bowed their hands to Liu Bei, turned around and left. Liu Bei's back was suddenly empty. Liu Bei didn't know why, so he took a step back, but his hands still refused to leave the hilt of the sword.
But Feng Lie laughed and said: "Master Liu is tired from the journey and must be too nervous. Please relax a little. Having said that, Master Liu's worries are not unreasonable. Indeed, don't talk about marrying four local women now.
Even marrying a local woman is difficult! However, Mr. Feng has admired Mr. Liu for a long time, but he has not been able to meet him. Hearing that Mr. Liu is coming to Rinan to take up a post, Feng cannot help but be happy. The difficulties faced by Mr. Liu
, Feng Mou has already considered that your four wives and concubines have been prepared for you by Feng Mou. After Master Liu has finished the wedding banquet, Feng Mou will send Master Liu to the bridal chamber. Master Liu must thank me properly then.
This is a great matchmaker."
Liu Bei's nervous mind suddenly relaxed. He had always thought of himself as a gentleman, but he never thought that he had judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
Now that I think about it, the team of flying tiger guards who escorted him did not harm him and treated him with great respect along the way. Feng Lie came with a large group of people not to harm him, but just to make things easier for him.
The welcome ceremony was more grand.
Liu Bei's hands gradually left the hilt of the sword, and he was silent for a moment. Then he suddenly bowed deeply to Feng Lie and said, "Liu is overly concerned. I hope the general won't blame him."
Feng Lie waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "He who doesn't know is not guilty. Feng is just a rough man, how can he care about so much. Let's go and have a drink!"
Although Nishinomaki is a county town in Nichinan, its scale is far smaller than that of the small county town in Zhongyuan. There is only one main street running from north to south in the whole city, and there are only two gates. Although it is a main street, it is actually slightly larger than the county town in Zhongyuan.
The alley indicated is not much wider. The Prefect's Mansion is in the middle of the street, and it doesn't take long to reach it.
Compared with the dilapidated state of Nishijuan City, this governor's mansion was built very luxuriously, and it is unknown how much people's wealth and money were wasted. Of course, the governor's mansion was not newly built after Liu Xin occupied Nichinan, but the original governor of Nichinan.
It cost a huge amount of money to build, and the local people contributed both money and effort. It is said that a large number of civilians died from exhaustion in order to build this governor's mansion. No wonder the local government is so unpopular that it was defeated by a small Cham tribe.
However, the huge prefecture has now been divided into three parts. Feng Lie, the commander-in-chief of the Jiaozhou garrison, and Zhang Lin, the prefect of Rinan, each occupied a small part of it as their official residence, while the majority was given to the homeless.
Returned ordinary people lived there. This alone made Liu Xin's prestige among the local people skyrocket.
Today's reception banquet was held in Feng Lie's official residence, and Liu Bei's temporary residence was also arranged here, which shows that Feng Lie is very friendly to Liu Bei. Rinan is close to the sea, and the dishes at the reception banquet are mainly seafood.
The wine he drank was strong wine brought by Feng Lie from Xiangyang, and the table he ate at was a large round table.
Feng Lie himself sat down on the main seat, pulled Liu Bei to his side, pointed to a large plate of sea cucumbers placed in front of him, and said with a smile: "Feng looked at the bad look on Mr. Liu's face. He must have been traveling for days."
To. These sea cucumbers are the most nourishing for qi and blood, Mr. Liu can wrap up this whole plate."
Liu Bei usually only eats simple meals, and he rarely eats high-end foods like sea cucumbers. Of course, due to the difficulty of transportation and preservation, other seafood on the table is even rarer in the mainland. Liu Bei raised his chopsticks and
I don't know how to start. In fact, the original Liu Bei would not be like this. But today he thought he was going to die, but it was a false alarm, which gradually changed Liu Bei's mentality. He even thought that he had been hiding at home for a long time and did not care about political affairs.
Liu Xin had already lost her vigilance towards him, and letting him come to Rinan really gave him freedom.
At this time, Liu Bei didn't know that Huang Chengyan had already completely turned to Liu Xin's side. He knew that the servants in the mansion might be Liu Xin's spies, so he acted extremely cautiously. He only stayed in the homes of Sima Hui, Pang Degong and others.
, he dared to say something from his heart. But there could not be Liu Xin's eyes and ears there, so Liu Bei was confident that no clue would fall into Liu Xin's hands. How could he have imagined that Huang Chengyan himself was Liu Xin's eyes and ears.
Feeling relaxed, Liu Bei drank the wine happily.
After drinking for three rounds, Feng Lie suddenly showed an embarrassed look on his face, frowned and said: "Master Liu, Feng has something to talk to you about first, lest Master Liu blame Feng for not being able to do things.
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Liu Bei's heart couldn't help but tighten again, and he subconsciously pressed his hands to his waist. There was nothing there. Then he remembered that when he entered the hall, he had given the double sword to Feng Lie's personal soldiers. After all, it was the right thing to bring the sword to the banquet.
It was a very impolite behavior. Liu Bei wanted to be a moral model, so he had to pay attention to this.
Without the weapons he carried with him, Liu Bei became uneasy. However, he was a hero after all. He quickly calmed himself down, forced out a smile, and said: "If there is any inconvenience, please let me know."
Feng Lie sighed "Alas" and said: "Master Liu has been traveling all the way, and he also knows how difficult it is to find one or two unmarried women of the right age. But Feng Mou learned that Master Liu was coming to take up the post.
It's too late, most of the young and pretty girls are already married to famous ladies, and Feng can't do anything to steal love. So, so..."
Liu Bei became even more worried when he saw that Feng Lie was hesitant to speak. It was like a dying person suddenly seeing the hope of life, but having a knife across his neck. This feeling made Liu Bei unable to sit still, "
"Huo" stood up and said: "So, General Feng, just tell me!"
Feng Lie seemed to have made a lot of determination. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's really hard for Feng to say it. Anyway, I can't hide it from the left and right, so I'll just tell you straight away. The four women Feng chose for Mr. Liu
They were all widows in their thirties, and their looks were mediocre. Master Liu must have been displeased when he saw them. But Feng was helpless. With these four women, it took Feng a lot of effort to invite Master Liu...
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Liu Bei originally thought it was such a big deal, but when he heard what Feng Lie said, he couldn't help being stunned. After a while, he laughed loudly and said: "General Feng scared Liu. He thought it was such a big deal. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't violate
Liu is satisfied with the decree, so how can he dare to be picky? General Feng is worrying too much!"