As soon as Liu Xin said that there were people outside, Ling'er's face turned white, her current posture on Liu Xin's body was too ambiguous, if she was seen by others, she would not have to be a person in the future.

But I heard a soft sound of "clucking" outside, followed by two cat meows of "meow, meow", Ling'er put her mind at ease and said in a trembling voice: "It's scared to death, it turned out to be a wild cat." As she spoke, she found that Liu Xin's hand had touched her chest, and the face that had turned white with fright just now couldn't help but blush with shame.

Cheating is sometimes only a thought, if it weren't for the wild cat just now, I am afraid that Liu Xin would have pressed Ling'er under his body at this time, but now Liu Xin has already lost interest, retracted his hand, and said stupidly: "Yes, it must be a wild cat lying on the window, but after being pinched by you this time, it is really fatigued." ”

Ling'er blushed and said softly: "As long as the master likes it, the slave can help the master pinch it every day." ”

Liu Xin had completely returned to normal at this time, and said with a smile: "Okay, I've worked hard for you, you can also go down and rest early." ”

Ling'er let out a soft "um" and slowly got up from Liu Xin's body, twisting and pinching, her heart was full of loss,

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Xin and his entourage boarded the building boat, this kind of building ship is not only tall and big, but also the deck is very wide, not only Liu Xin and the war horse they rode, even Ling'er's carriage also went on the boat smoothly, but the capacity of a ship is limited after all, this time a total of four building ships were used to pull all the people and horses on the boat,

Liu Xin stood on the deck, looking ahead, remembering that Jingzhou under his jurisdiction spans the north and south of the river, and the army and materials are transported back and forth very frequently, and he is now 300 cavalry to use four building boats to cross the river, so he said without looking back: "General Su, you go back and tell Kong Wen that to develop a kind of ship, each ship must be able to carry at least a thousand soldiers and their war horses." , equipment, provisions, this kind of ship is not used for water warfare, as long as there is a certain ability to protect itself, the main use is also to land and transport supplies. ”

Su Fei arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, there are ordinary transport ships that can carry hundreds of soldiers, but they are not as stable and safe as the building ships, and it is inconvenient for the warlords to get off and off the horses. ”

Ling'er crossed the Yangtze River with her parents more than once when she was a child, and she sat in some small boats, like such a huge building boat, she was still riding for the first time, poking her head out of the car window from time to time, looking around, Liu Xin turned her head to see her curious appearance, smiled faintly at her, Ling'er was full of shyness, retracted into the car in a panic, and then secretly stretched out the pretty face out of the window,

The fleet arrived on the other side of the river in a short time, Liu Xin and his entourage abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, there was already a group of soldiers waiting there in two columns on the dock, and a captain walked forward quickly, arching his hand and saying: "The last general, Wang Wei, is here to greet the lord on the order of General Zhang." ”

Liu Xin felt very familiar when he heard this name, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he nodded and asked, "How is the war going?" ”

Wang Wei said: "Back to the lord, General Zhang has won successive battles, and now he has surrounded the barbarian rebels in a village. ”

Liu Xin knew that Zhang Fei's surname was irritable, and he was worried that he would kill too much, so he hurriedly said: "You immediately send someone to inform Yide, tell him to besiege but not attack, and go back to Wuling City to see me." ”

Wang Wei turned around and commanded, and several fast horses galloped away,

The group got on the horse and walked in the direction of Wuling City, Liu Xin asked Wang Wei to follow him, so as to learn the details of the matter from him, most of the more than 1,000 people brought by Wang Wei were infantry, and the advanced speed of the team naturally slowed down, but in this way, Liu Xin had time to listen carefully to Wang Wei's narration, and if there was something he didn't understand, he would interrupt his words, ask a question, and finally figure out the ins and outs of the matter.

Kuailiang sent an urgent report that was not exhaustive, now listening to Wang Weidao, Liu Xin gradually became clear about the cause of the matter, there is a family surnamed Lin in Wuling County, which has a very prestigious status in the local area, and has long monopolized the trade between the barbarians and the Han people, the barbarians live in the mountains, only a small amount of fields, and the sale of mountain goods has become an important economic source for them, most of which are sold through the Lin family, Lin Zhen, the eldest son of the Lin family, walks between the barbarian villages all the year round, and gets along with a barbarian girl. Lin Zhen was unwilling to marry a barbarian woman to go home, the girl couldn't think about it for a while, so she committed suicide by throwing herself into the river, and the family found the Lin family's theory, but was injured by the Lin family, the barbarians were very grouped, something like this happened, the whole clan was very angry, and the patriarch personally led him to rush into the Lin family, to seek justice, and the two sides clashed again,

The barbarians live in the mountains and forests, the living conditions are harsh, and they have also developed a relatively rough surname, sharp axes and machetes are both their production tools and their weapons, and they have always carried them with them. Even the patriarch couldn't stop it, in this conflict, except for some young and beautiful women in the Lin family who were robbed up the mountain by the barbarians, the rest of the old and young were all killed, Lin Zhen also died, the gold and silver property in the family was looted, and the house was burned to the ground.

The current Wuling Taishou Lin Pu, that is, the county under Cao Yu back then, he and the Lin family who was wiped out by the barbarians are of the same clan and the same clan, received a report from the chief, learned that so many people died, did not dare to slack off, immediately sent people to the barbarian area to negotiate, ask for the murderer, the people sent to know the relationship between the Lin family and the Taishou, the words were naturally biased towards the Lin family, annoyed the barbarian patriarch, simply cut him in two, contacted other clansmen, pulled the flag and rebelled,

After asking Wang Wei, Liu Xin knew that the barbarian customs are quite different from the Han people, and the barbarian women are born with gentle and affectionate surnames, and are often easily confused by the elegant appearance of Han men, this is the case of the barbarian girl who committed suicide, Liu Xin originally thought that both sides should be responsible, but now it seems that the situation is not what he thinks, and in the eyes of the Han people before marriage, it is a major event that is immoral, in many places, both men and women have to be immersed in the pig cage, and in the barbarians, marriage is not like the Han people, pay attention to what" The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker", young men and women are free to associate before marriage, and even unmarried pregnancy is a very normal thing, and the vast majority of sentient men and women eventually become husband and wife, and it is very rare to break up, so that in the eyes of the Han people, Lin Zhen and the barbarian girl are at fault, and in the eyes of the barbarians, only Lin Zhen is at fault, and the barbarian girl is not at fault.

Not only that, but what surprised Liu Xin was that the barbarian forces in Wuling County were the most powerful in Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang counties, and the early Han Dynasty implemented a policy of Huairou for the barbarians, exempting all the taxes of the seven surnames, however, after hundreds of years of development, the seven surnames have gradually declined, and some new families have gradually risen, such as the Feng family of Wuling, the Jiang family of Guiyang, and the Zhu family, Yong family, Meng family, and Mao family of the Bashu family are all second to none surnames, and the barbarians living in Jingnan belong to the Baipu family, The barbarians living in Jingbei Nanjun belong to the Bashu lineage, and Baipu and Baiyue in Yangzhou and other places actually belong to the same family, but the barbarians in Jingnan and the barbarians in Bashu are getting closer, and the Fengjia in Wuling has the strongest momentum, and there is a faint meaning of becoming the co-owner of the barbarians in Jingnan.

This is quite different from Liu Xin's original estimate, he originally thought that Lingling and Guiyang counties are closer to the southwest, and the barbarian power should be stronger, who knows that the situation is the opposite, the reason for this situation is probably because Wuling is closer to the Central Plains, and it is easier to get in touch with relatively advanced production methods, which has prompted the barbarians to achieve rapid development, in addition, I really can't think of more reasonable explanations,

As for why the Han barbarians live together in Jingnan area, and the Baipu barbarians in Jingzhou are closer to the barbarians of the Bashu lineage, it can only be because the Han people are generally unwilling to intermarry with the barbarians, although most of the barbarian women are beautiful and gentle, but there are still few Han men who are willing to marry barbarian women as wives, and intermarriage can also be regarded as the best means to solve ethnic contradictions and achieve national integration.

Although there are still many situations that have not yet been figured out, Liu Xin already has a relatively clear idea in his mind.

From the wharf to Wuling City, along the way you can see that many people have begun to be busy in the fields, and it seems that they have not been affected by the war in the slightest, and only after asking Wang Wei did they know that the so-called barbarian rebellion is just that they pulled up the banner, refused to pay taxes, and did not take the initiative to attack, on the contrary, after Zhang Fei led his second army to arrive, several battles were carried out in a row, and the barbarian coalition army was defeated and retreated, and now it has retreated from various villages to the village controlled by the Feng family,

At dusk, Liu Xin and his party entered Wuling City, not long after, Zhang Fei also rushed back from the military camp outside Fengjiazhai, he got off the horse, went straight to the hall, and shouted in a loud voice: "Big brother, if you hadn't sent someone to tell me to stop attacking, I would have already laid down Fengjiazhai and escorted the Feng family to the eldest brother, to see if they dare to rebel." ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Yide, I know that your surname is urgent, and you can't finally solve the problem by just fighting and killing, sometimes you still need to use both grace and power." ”

Zhang Fei said unconvinced: "Big brother, how did you become as literary as Mr. Zirou, where is there a big killing, by the way, I came this time and brought a meeting gift to the eldest brother." ”