Chapter 168: Spring Dream Without a Trace

Liu Jixing can be said to have a special hobby for eating, because of his current identity, as long as he opens his mouth to say what he wants to eat, as long as it is in this world, there is basically nothing that he can't meet his requirements. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info whether it is the resurrection of Liu Gang, the king of the Wei of this world, or the soul of Liu Jixing in the later generations, it is actually resonant with this food.

Of course, Liu Jixing is not a luxury person, although he is the first person in Lingnan, but his mental maturity still makes him extremely restrained in all aspects. What's more, since he came to this world inexplicably, he is well aware of the theory of retribution and cause and effect, and he is usually extraordinarily restrained on his own behavior and standards.

Originally, according to the development of history, He Xiaoyao, who conquered Yongzhou City, and the Meichuan Guard, which he led, were specially responsible for Liu Jixing's collection of food and jewelry. Stationed near the sea gate, the purpose is naturally self-evident.

As the first commander of Meichuan Capital, He Xiaoyao served as the leader of the pro-guard army appointed by the emperor personally as a general of Ning Yuan under the fifth grade, and the current situation in the Lingnan court can be said to be a great honor.

Of course, in Liu Jixing's own heart, He Xiaoyao is not only the leader of his own guards, but also a general who can conquer cities and territories like Guo Jing. and the original positioning of the leader of Meichuan in history, which was only for Liu Jixing to be responsible for the corruption of pearl diving and seafood, this extravagant nature has completely changed.

The number of people set at the beginning of the establishment of Meicheon Capital is still 8,000 as recorded in the history books of later generations. For the pro-guard army of the warlords in general, the number is not too large and conspicuous. After all, like Zhou Xingfeng, the current ruler of Chu Land, the number of his guards in the capital has reached an astonishing 30,000 people. In comparison, Liu Jixing's Meichuan will not give people a flamboyant feeling.

However, these soldiers in Meichuan are all elites recruited from all over Lingnan, and after the experience in Liu Jixing's first special forces green battalion, and a group of commanders who graduated from the Dongguan Military Academy were summoned. Today's Meichuan can be said to be the elite of the Lingnan soldiers, and it is also a special soldier of amphibious operations. Of course, he has not yet fought head-on with the princes' guards, and it is really difficult to comment on the strength of Meichuandu.

At the beginning, He Xiaoyao was ordered to set off from Chudi, and did not completely take away all the soldiers, but left a thousand soldiers to guard Haimen, which is the foundation of Meichuan Capital. Because Haimen is rich in pearls, as for Liu Jixing's favorite seafood, it is naturally indispensable.

People outside will naturally only see that Liu Jixing has set up a special team to serve him in order to covet food. This kind of luxury will naturally be criticized and questioned, but what Liu Jixing needs is this kind of effect, making people think that they have nothing to do.

In fact, only a few people really know that Liu Jixing established Meichuan to garrison Haimen, and another main reason is that the pearls produced here are the most pearls in the world. The value and use of pearls in this era can be said to be as important as gold and silver exchange currency. In order to keep his coffers income, and in order to maintain his huge expenses, Liu Jixing believes that he is an excellent developer, and naturally adopts a protective policy here.

In fact, many people can't find out, because the spread of news in this era is too slow, not to mention the underdevelopment of transportation, which also leads to many people not being able to see it with their own eyes. The high-profile protection of the imperial court not only made Haimen, a small market town of the day, develop rapidly and become a scale not inferior to a small county, but also solved the problem of food and clothing for countless people.

Although Liu Jixing sent someone to collect a large number of pearls, he also pretended to catch a large amount of seafood. In fact, Liu Jixing was not allowed to act privately, just like the ending said in history, leaving the lives of pearl divers at risk, blindly seeking results for the purpose. Instead, a large number of talents have been trained in the coastal areas, and these are specialized deep diving talents with good water quality in various coastal areas.

Such measures and decrees not only greatly encouraged the people's loyalty to the imperial court, but also gave these people a sense of belonging to their work and to the court of the Liu family in the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu Jixing also adopted a method for the first time in later generations, that is, to improve the civil service system of the imperial court.

First of all, a decree was implemented here, that is, these people who paid for the income of the imperial court were included in the same treatment as retired soldiers, that is, the imperial court was responsible for the policy of contributing funds to these people to provide for their old age or let their close relatives take up their posts. This not only greatly guarantees the stability of the people's families, but also makes the majority of the people more loyal to the court.

Although it may take a process for the government decree to be believed and adapted, the people near Haimen are now migrating from other places. Their participation made the local people also excited, and more people became more active in trying the imperial decree.

This is also a way to retain the compilation of Meichuan Capital, and it is also a way to cover up Liu Jixing's way of letting Meichuan Capital play a real role. Because He Xiaoyao was born in the navy since he was a child, he belongs to the leader of Liu Jixing's other strange army, a subordinate of the pirates of the four seas, known as Captain Jie Ke, and is a master who is particularly good at naval warfare.

Of course, the ministers who gradually understood Liu Jixing's strategy, more people thought of it, because the location of Haimen borders Fujian. Although Liu Jixing did not openly call for an attack on Fujian, he had already given a big warning to Fujian. However, Fujian is now nominally under the jurisdiction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and if there is a strange army of Meichuan to guard Haimen, it is really a chess piece for Emperor Liu Jixing to deal with Fujian.

Regardless of Emperor Liu Jixing's original intentions, He Xiaoyao, who was born in the real navy and pretended to be a pirate, can be said to be the best choice for Haimen Meichuan. Because although Captain Ke was sent out by Liu Jixing, he is now the same as the Dragon King of the Four Seas. In order to have a better connection with Captain Karma's navy, Liu Jixing naturally chose He Xiaoyao.

In fact, Liu Jixing still has a little selfishness, and in order to collect seafood for Liu Jixing himself, this compilation must be kept in Haimen.

As for why Liu Jixing sent He Xiaoyao to Chu, in fact, there are no enterprising and capable generals in Lingnan, and Liu Jixing can only boldly cultivate these young generals with ideas. Whether they succeed or fail, it is a new attempt for Liu Jixing.

Sending a master of naval warfare into the inland rivers to fight the classic guerrilla warfare of later generations can be regarded as a surprise soldier from heaven, completely subverting everyone's thoughts. Liu Jixing naturally didn't dare to say to people that the worst plan to put He Xiaoyao into Chu was the same as when Guo Jing entered Chu Di.

What's more, today's Chudi Guojing is also a force, with his help and support, at least He Xiaoyao will not be alone. Now it seems that the outcome of this operation can not only avoid the speculation of the Lingnan ministers about their strategy, but also help Guo Jing's action unexpectedly.

Liu Jixing also knew the strategy of the great man at the beginning, and he was convinced of the worship of the great man. Nowadays, in this era of cold weapons, using the tactics of great men can be said to be one of the weapons to win a hundred battles.

What's more, Lingnan has always been remote, and the separatist forces in the Central Plains do not think of Lingnan, coupled with the inconvenience of transportation and the blockade of information, they do not know the intention of Liu Jixing's layout and arrangement.

In this era, Lingnan can be said to be truly extremely desolate, although Liu Jixing vigorously opened up the road and a large number of displaced people survived. But for the miasma-ridden Lingnan, many places are still untouched and primitive.

Many places in Lingnan are mysterious, and the local residents dare not set foot in the area, let alone the people in the Central Plains. Although Haimen is close to the island, how many such places are there along the coast? As a later generation, Liu Jixing can be said to know the general topography of Lingnan well, which is Liu Jixing's biggest advantage at present. It's as if your own army has a monitor in the air, and you have a clear grasp of the general situation of each place, while others can only speculate.

Liu Jixing's clear and long-term layout continues, and the strategy has been implemented in half a year, and when the decree is implemented, Lingnan can be said to be solid. Liu Jixing is confident and has always been firm, and he doesn't have to worry about the invasion of the Great Song Dynasty a few years later. Now we can also vigorously take Lingnan as the center to develop our own strength and lay out the future battle situation against the Central Plains.

Liu Jixing had a combination of work and rest during this time, and in order to cover up his eyes and ears in Xingwangfu, he usually spent a lot of time eating, drinking and having fun, so he naturally studied food thoroughly. I remembered that when I came to Yongzhou City in my previous life, I was very interested in this strange snake written by Liu Gong, which I had to eat every time.

Stir-fried snake skin, cold snake silk, a product of snake soup, such as various styles of practice, Liu Jixing can be said to be all fine.

Hua Rui didn't seem to be on the same channel, and she didn't seem to have the heart to listen to it at all, and she didn't listen to Liu Jixing's food at all. She didn't think about the things in Shuzhong in her heart, but many things were mixed together, and her mind was full of cranky thoughts.

Liu Jixing looked at her in a trance, although he was a little surprised in his heart, but he immediately understood, after all, in this short period of time, the stimulation she suffered was too great. He didn't bother her, but he didn't have any interest in talking, took her little hand, and led her down the hill slowly, and approached the city gate.

Because he had just occupied Yongzhou City, and even Zhou Dunqi, who was the defense envoy, had not yet been arrested, although He Xiaoyao seemed to be relatively relaxed as the commander, he had actually been very tight.

Zhou Dunqi is the most famous person in Yongzhou City, although he is now the brother of Zhou Xingfeng, the lord of Chu Land, in fact, the relationship has long exceeded the five suits. But people in this era recognize this family relationship, He Xiaoyao naturally understands and disdains Zhou Dunqi's identity, and what He Xiaoyao values is Zhou Dunqi's ability to perform in Yongzhou City.

Because this Zhou Dunqi is not only the assassin of Yongzhou City, but also the Yongzhou defense envoy personally appointed by Zhou Xingfeng, in this era, this is his most important position in Yongzhou City. However, what He Xiaoyao values is another identity for him, that is, he is also the training envoy of the Yongzhou regiment.

Many people are very strange that the defense envoy, as the most important military governor of a state and a government, can be said to be generally the assassin, reflecting his highest authority in the state capital. Why did you want to give Zhou Dunqi the identity of another regimental training envoy, this has to start from the particularity of Yongzhou City.

Because Yongzhou City is strategically speaking, it is one of the southwest gates of Chudi, connecting Lingnan and Lingxi. The most important city of Yongzhou is also a mixed settlement of Chudi, and it is an important window for communication and liaison with Wuxi. The transportation and trading of materials from the south to the north is also a bridgehead for the communication of the barbarian alliance and win-win situation.

Because of this importance, its importance in Chu and even on the Xiangjiang River is naturally more obvious.

As an important state official under Zhou Xingfeng, Zhou Xingfeng naturally regarded Zhou Dunqi as his cronies, and believed that he was more willing to regard Zhou Dunqi as his relatives. Because Zhang Wenbiao was promoted by the guards general around Zhou Xingfeng, there were many reasons and there was no other way to mediate. transferred him to Hengzhou, although he was also a defensive envoy like Zhou Dunqi, but his defensive envoy was a defensive envoy, which took into account the defense of several states, which was much more valuable than Zhou Dunqi's defensive envoy.

Zhou Xingfeng has always been very suspicious, and he can't avoid being wary of Zhang Wenbiao, so the importance of Zhou Dunqi, the defensive envoy, is naturally even more self-evident. Zhou Xingfeng was on guard against Zhang Wenbiao, but he didn't know that Zhang Wenbiao was also on guard against Zhou Xingfeng, because he had a very good personal relationship with Zhou Dunqi, and Zhou Dunqi was in Yongzhou City, and Zhang Wenbiao was actually happier in his heart.

He Xiaoyao learned about the entanglements through the intelligence of the secret party. He values another identity of Zhou Dunqi, and that is because this regimental training envoy is different from the Self-Defense Forces elsewhere. Because Yongzhou has always been mixed with Han and barbarians, it is quite difficult to recruit soldiers here, not to mention recruiting the children of the Han and Barbarian clans for group training.

But what stunned Zhou Dunqi was that he not only succeeded in completing it one after another not long ago, but also recruited a regimental training camp of several thousand people. When Zhou Xingfeng heard the news, he personally sent someone to inspect it. It was discovered that the regimental training recruited by Zhou Dunqi was still a mixed self-defense force of Han and barbarians, which was simply a miracle in the current shortage of soldiers in Chudi.

The Lingnan Southern Han army successfully entered Yongzhou City, but did not suffer resistance from this team, Liu Jixing naturally received the information, and after knowing the reason, he couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.

That's because Zhou Dunqi had just recruited a group to practice, and according to Zhou Xingfeng's instructions, he was also placed in the only horse farm in Yongzhou City, Dong'an Horse Farm, and let the Ma Army command Sha Wuyu practice. Zhou Dunqi's own original intention was also to let these people learn equestrianism first, and then hand it over to Zhang Wenda, the commander of the infantry army, to train them.

However, things in this world often backfire. This regimental training, which has not yet had time to take shape, has not yet been able to become the main force of Yongzhou City, because Zhou Xingfeng's supply will naturally not be so fast, and it will suffer the fate of the Southern Han army falling from the sky.

Naturally, their basic weapons are not equipped in place, and their equestrian skills are far from being at home, because they do not have a coach like Liu Jixing who can train specially. So when He Xiaoyao sent people to destroy the horse farm, these people, like the people, basically did not have any resistance, and they disappeared everywhere in a hurry.

This may be one of the biggest oolongs of the Chudi regime, but He Xiaoyao discovered Zhou Dunqi's ability in it. What is it that allows him to obtain such a large source of soldiers, He Xiaoyao must have a long talk with Zhou Dunqi. Of course, if he does not compromise and does not surrender, this wish will obviously be difficult to achieve.

Therefore, He Xiaoyao would rather drag it than force Zhou Dunqi to submit, he wanted Zhou Dunqi to see his sincerity and his own helpless despair. After all, if he wanted to conquer Zhou Dunqi now, He Xiaoyao could completely destroy the strength of the dozens of people around Zhou Dunqi as long as he issued an order.

Zhou Dunqi obviously did not have the slightest strength to resist, because under He Xiaoyao's supervision, it was impossible for him to get out of trouble, so he could only watch He Xiaoyao arrange various measures in Yongzhou City in an orderly manner. The reason why Zhou Dunqi has not yet succumbed is obviously comparing endurance with He Xiaoyao.

He Xiaoyao doesn't care about these things, the overall situation of Yongzhou City is in his hands, and Zhou Dunqi's future is only between trade-offs. Thinking of Liu Jixing's instructions, although He Xiaoyao also sent most of the soldiers to set up an ambush near Yongzhou City, there were still a few soldiers left at each city gate.

Of course, if according to Ma Yu's bold idea, he said that there was a patrol and arrest that he had set up to help, and there would be no problem with the security of Yongzhou City. As long as there are soldiers to come forward to deter, he thinks that one soldier at each gate is enough.

But He Xiaoyao did not follow Ma Yu's advice on this point, he also thought that the truth was that the truth was false, but he didn't want to take other risks suddenly and unexpectedly when he had an absolute advantage, because the army he led was alone after all. Liu Jixing hoped that he would establish a base in Yongzhou City, and he was ready to defend or guerrilla at any time.

Zhou Xingfeng's reinforcements were obviously not so fast, and now the fastest may be the nearby Zhang Wenbiao's team. In order to deter the remaining forces in the surrounding area that have not been completely purged, the team sent out is also responsible for strangulation, because these people are likely to be the cronies who accompanied Zhou Xingfeng at the beginning, Zhang Wenda, the commander of the Yongzhou City Infantry Army.

According to the report of the secret party laid out in Yongzhou City, there are still these people in Yongzhou City. So in order to let everyone see the scale and power of Yongzhou City's usual garrison, He Xiaoyao still retained a number of soldiers to garrison at each city gate, but the soldiers were divided into two shifts.

When Liu Jixing came over with Hua Rui's hand, he was quite excited when he saw the ten Southern Han soldiers standing at the city gate majestically. Because these soldiers are their own soldiers, although they were not brought up by themselves, they were also indirectly influenced by themselves and grew up.

Although these soldiers look different ages, they all stand straight and have a spirit, maybe the military supplies provided by Liu Jixing are quite sufficient, and everyone has just captured the treasury of Yongzhou City, these soldiers are also in good spirits. Under the leadership of a military commander, he really paid attention to the perimeter of the city gate without squinting.

This captain looked no more than thirty years old, with extremely strong muscles, and although he seemed to have a loyal and honest appearance, he stood on the left side of the city gate with his hands quite nimble. Liu Jixing knew that although this person looked honest, he would definitely not be a fuel-efficient lamp, otherwise how could He Xiaoyao send him such a glorious and arduous task to guard the city gate.

He looked at everyone who seemed to be smiling honestly, and a pair of eyes looked around indifferently, but Liu Jixing saw that everyone he checked was actually very attentive to capture it with his eyes. But there were still a few catchers with him, all of them standing solemnly with knives on their shoulders, patrolling the passing crowds and vehicles at the city gate.

Chudi is also a famous tea export area, so the people who pass by usually carry some profits. As for the vehicles coming and going, it is even more of a concern of local forces, because at this time, no matter what kind of vehicle it is, it is not something that ordinary people can have.

During the period when Ma Chu was in charge of Chudi, the most famous smuggling in Chu was not the famous illegal salt trade in history, but the tea dealers who were abundant in Chu. With the successive turmoil in Chu in the past ten years, not only the income of Chu's tea export has dropped sharply, but also the number of people who smuggle tea has also decreased.

Because in the past, the tea industry in Chudi, like the salt industry, had always been owned by the regime, and if private individuals dared to make a profit, it would be obviously against the regime. But after all, the emperor is far away, and as long as he gives some benefits to the local inspection, he can generally escape. But now that the warlords in Chu are almost self-sufficient, they are in need of these resources and supplies.

If anyone wants to make money by pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth, or taking some benefits from the hands of warlords, no warlord or separatist force will do it, and even list these as military supplies. Therefore, the smuggling activities detected today are generally severely punished in the hands of warlords in various places. They served in the army at the slightest and were imprisoned or killed.

Oh!

It seemed that a huge roar that shook the sky not far away sounded, and the city walls seemed to tremble, and ordinary people stood trembling in fright.

Liu Jixing felt that his heart was almost half accelerated, and when he saw Hua Rui's face pale, he couldn't help but quickly cross a wisp of true qi into her body. Gently holding her in the crook of her arm, I felt her body trembling slightly.

The roar was not long, but it seemed to linger for a long time. Everyone's eardrums were swollen and uncomfortable, but the captain seemed to be very strong, and soon gathered everyone to stand at the door. After a while, I saw a dozen or so other soldiers rushing out with guns, and as if they saw that everything was fine, they stood inside the city gate, holding guns and facing the situation outside.

Liu Jixing was thinking about whether to go in, when Xia Qinghou's voice and Gao Yangyi's voice sounded in his ears. They were rushing over, and Liu Jixing pulled the flower stamen and stood on the side of the city gate waiting.

It seemed that he saw a few figures coming from a distance, and before Liu Jixing could say hello, he saw two people rushing over from left to right. Before the other few people could see it clearly, Liu Jixing felt that his eyes were flowering, but the people seemed to faint.

When he woke up again, Liu Jixing found himself sleeping on a stone bed, which was actually a stone bed carved from milky white jade. With no one around, it was a quaint bedroom.

When I opened the window, I heard the birds singing and the flowers outside.

Liu Jixing stretched his waist, only to find that he was just lying on the hard jade bed, and there was still a faint fragrance left around him. At this moment, this faint fragrance is still all over the room, and Liu Jixing is sure that it is not from Hua Rui.