In the following days, Liu Qi had nothing to do, so he had to do something to usher in. Because the wedding is in charge of the special person, this time the person in charge of the wedding is the great Confucian Song Zhen, this old man is a native of Zhangling, rich in learning and five cars, only through the world, is a scholar with Yu Turn, Lu Ji is equally famous, proficient in etiquette, coupled with a strange temperament, do not like to be lively, to be able to invite such a Confucian to be the wedding officiant, it is rare in the whole Han Dynasty, it is indeed a very glorious thing.

Liu Qi's wedding, this is a major event in the entire Jingyang Prefecture, all the officials of Jingzhou and the big and small have sent people to send congratulatory gifts, and even many people have come in person.

The generals under Liu Qi were naturally ecstatic, and they came from thousands of miles to pay a visit, the general of the left army, Wuling Taishou Pei Qian, General Huang Zhong, Zhonglang General Du Xian, Yangzhou Shucao engaged in Huan Rank, Weiwu Zhonglang General, Guiyang Taishou Sima Zhi, Dangkou Zhonglang General, Lingling Taishou Pan Jun, Yue Zhonglang General, Nanhai Taishou Jiang Wan, Lijie Zhonglang General, Cangwu Taishou Deng Zhi, Xiandeng Zhonglang General, Changsha Commander Huang Zhong, An Jun Zhonglang General, Changsha Changshi Du Raid, and Yangzhou Literature engaged in Wang Cang, Yangzhou Classics engaged in Yu Translation, Yangzhou Dazhong Zheng Pang Tong, Yangzhou Master Book Fanqin, Yuzhang Taishou Huaxin and Diannong Zhonglang General Liao Li and others also came to Xiangyang in person to say goodbye.

At this time, Liu Pan, the Taishou of Changsha who happened to be in Xiangyang, also came to Liu Qi's house, and the relationship with Liu Qi became closer and closer, which made the plan to count on Liu Pan to help him restrain Liu Qi suddenly failed, and he couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed.

Liu Pan is Liu Qi's cousin, with a strong and rough personality, as soon as he saw Liu Qi, he clamored to have two tricks with him, and Liu Qi agreed with a smile.

After the ensuing fierce confrontation, Liu Pan had to admire, because whether it was hand-to-hand melee combat, or sword competition, whether it was marksmanship or archery, Liu Qi was much stronger than him.

Where does Liu Pan know, for more than a year, Liu Qi has to practice martial arts every night before going to bed and after getting up in the morning, his hand-to-hand melee combat is from Hua Tuo's five bird drama and the fusion of several military body boxing learned in military training in later generations, swordsmanship is obtained from Yu Ban, Xu Shu and others, spearmanship is obtained from Yu Turn, Lu Meng and others, archery is obtained from Huang Zhong, Gan Ning and others, these people are all famous masters, plus he himself has practiced diligently, practice makes perfect, although it is only more than a year of work, his attainments in various skills have surpassed that of his younger brother Liu Pan.

Liu Pan respected the warriors the most, and after seeing that he was defeated by Liu Qi, he couldn't help but be convinced, and since then he has followed him closely and become a die-hard fan of him, and told the truth about Cai Mao's conspiracy to use himself to control Changsha and clamp down on Liu Qi.

Liu Qi didn't expect that he would be able to subdue the other party lightly, and he actually had a good impression of him, a martial artist, and then said with a smile: "Cai Mao's conspiracy, do you think that my brother doesn't know?" But do you think that with the strength in your hands, you can deal with Huang Hansheng and Du Zixu who I deployed in Changsha? Du Zixu has both civil and military skills, has a good command of the army, Huang Hansheng bravely crowns the three armies, and he is old and strong, whether it is a thesis or a discussion of martial arts, you can't compare with it, but because you are my brother, plus you didn't do anything out of the ordinary, I didn't move you, otherwise, you would have died in Huangquan a long time ago. ”

At the same time, Liu Pan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, secretly glad that he didn't listen to Cai Mao's demagogic words and seized military power from Huang Zhong and Du Xi without authorization, otherwise I am afraid that he would really die without a place to be buried.

"That Cai Mao is really a sinister villain, he almost killed my life, please rest assured, brother in the future, I will hand over this life to you, brother, I will never dare to have any other thoughts, and my second brother Liu Hu, in the future, I will only obey the orders of my eldest brother, you will do whatever you let us do, go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, frowning is not a hero." Liu Pan made a long bow at Liu Qi and said solemnly.

Cai Mao couldn't help but be full of anger after hearing the news, and said with a gloomy face: "This little beast Liu Qi is full of intrigues, what's the good?" Even a guy like Liu Pan is willing to follow him, but fortunately, Ben Jiang didn't really count on him, otherwise it wouldn't have ruined my big thing? Hehe, Liu Qi'er, the general is in control of the core of the entire Jingzhou Nanjun, with 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers under his command, plus Huang Zu has also taken refuge in the general recently, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers and thousands of warships under his command, plus there are also tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of Lai Gong in Jiaozhou, with the strength of nearly 100,000 troops to control Nanjun, Jiangxia, Jiaozhou, and Jingnan counties, how can you compare with me? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Cai Mao sneered again: "What's more, you waste has now formed a big enmity with Jiangdong Sun Ce, although you have won Lujiang County, but you are directly facing the double pressure of Cao Cao's fierce generals Zhang Liao and Jiangdong Sun Ce, in the middle of the two powerful forces, this little power in your hands will be exhausted at some point, where is it like the territory that Ben will master, there are non-war places everywhere, and the situation is stable?" By the time the power in your hands is almost exhausted, when you are about to start the operation, you will surely die without a place to bury. ”

At this time, Cai Ling, the son of Cai Mao, suddenly walked in and said respectfully: "Qiqi's father, the second cousin wrote that Zhang Yun had 'died of a violent illness' last night, and the person who did it did it was very clean, but for the sake of insurance, he has been killed." Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to find out the cause of Zhang Yun's death, and it is impossible for anyone to find out the whereabouts of Zhang Yun's huge wealth. ”

"Haha, well done, although Zhang Yun died, the general broke an arm, but the blessing is bad, hehe, the general actually took Huang Zu under his command again, this is a figure far superior to Zhang Yun in terms of seniority, prestige and military strength, I really didn't expect this Liu Qi to be so stupid, not only did he not know how to win over Huang Zu, but he pushed him to the general."

Cai Mao sneered, silently calculating his strength, and at the same time thinking about how to further win over those people under Liu Qi, he believed that with Liu Qi's arrogant character, he would definitely cause dissatisfaction among his subordinates in the future, and when the time came, as long as he casually gave some favors like Huang Zu, he would definitely be able to capture their hearts.

At this time, Liu Qi naturally didn't care about Cai Mao's thoughts, because he met a rare guest and a distinguished guest today, that is, Han Ji, the mayor of Yicheng.

Liu Qi knew that this person was not an ordinary person, but a real talent, especially in the field of equipment manufacturing, the talent is particularly prominent, in the history books, this person later successfully improved the water drain of the old Nanyang Taishou Du Shi and further promoted it, so that the production efficiency was greatly improved.

During his tenure as Cao Wei's supervisor and supervisor, Han Ji made the country's weapons and equipment sufficient, so he was promoted to Si Jin Du Lieutenant, and later became Cao Wei's Situ and Taichang.

This is a high-ranking official of the Three Princes, and it is impossible to hold it without enough prestige and virtue.

Of course, there are already a lot of such talents under Liu Qi's command, Pei Qian is the future Cao Wei's Shangshu Ling, Wang Cang is the future Cao Wei's servant, Du Xi is the military advisor of Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei, and was posthumously awarded as one of the Shaofu of the Nine Qings, Hua Xin is the Situ of the Cao Pi era, Pan Jun is the Taichang of the Sun Quan Dynasty, Lu Meng and Lu Su's status in Eastern Wu is even more well-known, and even Liu Ye is still named the Great Honglu although he is a member of the Han clan.

Therefore, when he thought that so many important ministers in the Three Kingdoms had gathered under his command, Liu Qi couldn't help but feel a little proud.

And this time, Han Ji actually took the initiative to mention the matter of instrument manufacturing when he visited him, which made Liu Qi feel even more proud, because with the later skills he learned, as long as he dialed it slightly, he could be praised as a genius by Han Ji.

But I heard Han Ji say: "I heard that there is an ordnance department in the army of the eldest prince that specializes in the production of equipment, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Liu Qi nodded and said with a smile: "Lord Han is really well-informed, and he even knows such things. ”

Han Ji said with a smile: "This is mainly because the lower official is very concerned about things like the production of instruments, and I also heard that the eldest prince has developed a new plough, called the Jingzhou plow, this plough is very convenient in farming, and it is conducive to deep ploughing of the land, and it has actually tripled the agricultural harvest of Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang counties this year, so Xia Guan is very curious to know the principle of use of this plow, as well as the specific shape, I wonder if the eldest prince can satisfy Xia Guan's curiosity?" ”

Liu Qi smiled faintly: "What's wrong with this?" My lord, please see, the shape of this Jingzhou plow is like this......"

Next, Liu Qi found a piece of cloth, painted on it, and then talked about the principle and shape of the Jingzhou plow.

Han Ji nodded while listening, admiring Liu Qi's genius idea, and then said with a sigh: "Listen to your words, the official knows that there are people outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky, the eldest prince's whimsy, the essence of the instrument, I am afraid that it is no less than Zhang Musheng (Zhang Heng)." ”

Liu Qi smiled and said lightly: "How dare this son be compared with Zhang Musheng? It's just that there are some assumptions, by the way, this son heard that Lord Han is especially good at metallurgy, and he happens to have a little idea on this road, so he just took it to ask Lord Han today. ”

"Oh? I don't know what it is? The lower officials must listen attentively. Han Ji knew that with a genius like Liu Qi, he would definitely be shocked, so he hurriedly said.

I saw Liu Qi lead Han Ji to a secret room, Zhengse said: "This technology is called the steel filling method, also known as the group steel method, the raw and cooked method, the main technology is 'burning pig iron fine, heavy soft collar, several nights into steel', because it is to let the pig iron and wrought iron 'stay' together, so the iron smelted is called 'su iron'." ”

"What? Is there such an amazing technology? The technique of pouring iron into wrought iron and smelting it several times to become steel is really unheard of, but it is really feasible based on the experience of the following officials in iron-making over the years. Han Ji's face couldn't help but show a touch of excitement, and he really wanted to test it immediately.