It seems that you have not forgotten these ten covenants, Wei Wenchang, you are indeed a trustworthy person. ’

Liu Feng's spirit was lifted, he jumped up, and said to everyone: "My father is far away in Jiangling, and I don't know much about the situation in Changsha. ”

Liu Feng hurriedly went to greet Wei Yan, and after a few words of reassurance, he strode out of the banquet hall.

Looking at the back of the heroic departed, Huang Zhong's eyes flashed with a little shame, and he secretly sighed: "If it weren't for what I asked, the eldest prince would not have been scolded by his father." However, he is so young, and he has such a pampered and unfazed bearing, which is really remarkable, and if it is timely, he will be able to achieve great things......"

Liu Feng, who strode away, as soon as he got out of the banquet hall, left the house and went straight to the north gate of Linxiang. As last time, he still had no defense, and told his men to open the city gates, and rode out alone.

"Wen Chang, don't come unharmed, you have kept me waiting for a long time." Liu Feng smiled at the oncoming Wei Yan.

Wei Yan stepped forward, turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "Wei Yan pays a visit to the eldest prince." ”

What does this bow mean, Liu Feng couldn't be clearer, within a day, he can get the hearts of the two tiger generals, if it weren't for the presence of many people, Liu Feng was afraid that he would be smiling from ear to ear.

"Why should Wen Chang be polite, let's go into the city and drink."

Wei Yan is older than himself, and he is a person who is self-assured, and it is not easy to be able to put down his body and worship himself, so Liu Feng should not show any care and greetings from his superiors in front of him, and immediately take Wei Yan's hand and go into the city.

"Slow down, big boy." Wei Yan didn't move, looking at that expression, it seemed that there was something else.

Liu Feng said: "It seems that Wen Chang still has something on his mind, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Wei Yan said: "The eldest prince can take Linxiang within ten days, and it is still bloodless, I am really convinced, so I will attach to the eldest prince and Uncle Liu Huang." However, I still have a big gift to give to the eldest son, even if it is to make amends for my slow treatment of the eldest prince. ”

Gift? You Wei Yan itself is the biggest gift, don't you still want to send money and food, this is not in line with your Wei Yan's style.

Liu Feng couldn't guess what medicine was sold in Wei Yan's gourd, so he was curious: "Where is this gift, I'm very interested." ”

"Right there." Wei Yan raised his hand to guide the party.

Liu Feng was stunned for a moment, his thoughts were racing, and he suddenly guessed Wei Yan's intentions, and couldn't help laughing: "Wen Chang, your big gift shouldn't be Guiyang County, right?" ”

The corners of Wei Yan's mouth raised a look of pride: "The eldest prince guessed correctly, I ask the eldest prince to allow me to go south with four hundred men and horses from my headquarters, and within ten days, I will give Guiyang County to the eldest prince." ”

Sure enough, Wei Yan was eager to prove his talent. Previously, he agreed with him to take Linxiang in ten days, so this time he also proudly claimed to take Guiyang within ten days.

"It's naturally good that Wen Chang is willing to go to Guiyang, but it still takes a few days to go to Guiyang, and ten days will be a bit short." Liu Feng was a little worried about Wei Yan's bold words, "In this way, I will allocate another three hundred soldiers and horses to Wen Chang, even if you go south to take Guiyang, as for when to take it, I am not in a hurry." ”

"Take a mere Guiyang, with 400 soldiers and horses in my headquarters, ten days is enough, the eldest prince doesn't believe me." Wei Yan had a look of ambition on his face, and he didn't take the enemy of Guiyang in his eyes at all.

Of course, Liu Feng knew how much ability Wei Yan had, but he was worried that his fame in history was still in the future, and it was difficult to determine how much ability he had at this time, so he was worried that Wei Yan would be arrogant and would not be able to step down in case of a business trip.

Now seeing Wei Yan so persistent and confident, Liu Feng's refusal to agree would be tantamount to despising him, so he smiled proudly: "Wen Chang is out of the horse, of course I am a hundred at ease." Well, I'm here to wait for the good news from the editor. ”

"Without further ado, then I'll leave immediately."

Wei Yan is obviously not a person who drags mud and water, once the plan is set, even if he bids farewell to Liu Feng, the four hundred men and horses will not enter the city to rest, and go directly to the Xiangshui Wharf in the west.

Wei Yan unexpectedly took the initiative to ask for battle this time, but helped Liu Feng solve a troublesome matter.

In fact, for the four counties of Jingnan, Wuling and Changsha are the most important. Wuling has the smallest population, but the barbarians of all ethnic groups live together, the situation is quite complicated, and it is adjacent to Nanjun, the core area of Jingzhou, and its important surname is self-evident.

As for Changsha, it is reported that at the time of Huanling, the population of Changsha County reached more than 1 million, and the warlords fought for more than ten years, although Changsha was in the south, less affected by the war, and a large number of refugees from the north flowed in to replenish, but the population was also difficult to avoid a large number of unnatural deaths, coupled with the local tyrants took the opportunity to annex the land, many peasants who lost their land were forced to become powerful private servants, and by this time, the registered population of Changsha County did not exceed 300,000.

Still, this is already quite a remarkable number. Of course, due to Changsha's backward economy, many of these 300,000 people are still producing in the primitive slash-and-burn method, and the unit of grain output is simply unable to provide excess grain except for barely feeding themselves.

However, with such a population base, coupled with the fact that Changsha County controls Xiangshui, an important water system connecting Jiaozhou, Liu Feng can be said to attach great importance to this county, and after breaking with Liu Bei in the future, he will mainly rely on the management of Changsha County to deal with Liu Bei.

As for Guiyang County in the south, it is remote, more sparsely populated, and the territory is mountainous, and its strategic location is far inferior to Changsha, and in Liu Feng's eyes, it is only a gateway to Jiaozhou.

Liu Feng's original intention was to seize every minute and every second as much as possible to run Changsha, and before turning against Liu Bei, he must completely bring this county under his control. And Wei Yan's invitation to fight just so that Liu Feng didn't have to lead his troops south, coming and going and wasting a few months of precious time, which was naturally what he was happy to see.

After bidding farewell to Wei Yan, Liu Feng returned to the banquet hall of the Taishou Mansion, and the atmosphere that had become embarrassing just now because of Liu Bei's letter of reprimand became lively again after Liu Feng went and returned. All the officials felt that Liu Feng did not hesitate to be scolded by his father in order to protect the interests of the people of Changsha, and they were all grateful in their hearts.

This kind of scene is exactly the effect that Liu Feng wants, so he is not afraid to come, and he drinks until he gets drunk late at night.

The next day, I didn't know how long I slept, and I was woken up by a knock on the door in a daze. Liu Feng, who woke up, only felt dizzy, staggered out of bed, and when he opened the door, it was Ma Jian who knocked on the door.

"When is this going on, is there anything that matters?" Liu Feng squinted his eyes and raised his arm to block the dazzling sunlight.

Ma Tan's expression was a little mysterious: "The eldest prince, just now the guard at the door stopped a person who wanted to go out of the south of the city, I think the eldest prince must be very interested in this person, so I had to disturb the eldest prince's dream." ”

"Who is it?" Liu Feng's mind was much clearer, and Ma Yan's expression and words aroused his curiosity.

"This person is the famous Liu Ba, Liu Zichu."