How do you want to do that? Talking and talking, I still came back to this question.

Liu Feng was a little helpless, but he had to think about it. As a result, there are only two paths.

"I'm going south to Changsha this time, and if you have relatives there, I can take you with me. Or, I'll send a detachment of soldiers overland to send you back. Liu Feng said softly.

The beautiful woman directly ignored Liu Feng's method of sending a team of soldiers to escort her back. She was also a little afraid, there were too few guards, and she was not at ease.

As for what Liu Feng said, he was a little interested in taking her to Changsha together.

"You should be Liu Feng. Do you want to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors when you go to Changsha? Revert to your original surname, Kou. Revive the Kohls? The beautiful woman asked with interest.

"I'm Liu Feng, if I don't go to Changsha to do something, it's inconvenient to tell my wife." Liu Feng smiled and refused to answer.

When the two met in Pingshui, it was strange that Liu Feng would answer. Therefore, the beautiful woman didn't care, but said with a smile: "If you want to revive the Kou clan, you might as well go to Xiangyang." Saying that, the beautiful woman paused and said, "My husband's surname is Liu, and he lives in Xiangyang." It is related to the Cai family, and with your ability, it will definitely be reused. ”

Regarding the beautiful woman's husband's surname Liu, Liu Feng didn't pay attention to it. On the contrary, this sentence is related to Cai's, but it has attracted Liu Feng's attention.

The scholars surnamed Cai in Jingzhou have no semicolon except for the top Cai family.

However, Liu Feng was noncommittal about Liu's proposal. smiled and said: "I don't want to restore my surname, with the name Liu Feng, even if I defect to Mr. Cai, I'm afraid I have to consider whether to accept me." Not to mention what reuse. ”

Restoring the surname Kou is equivalent to severing relations with Liu Bei, so there is no obstacle to defecting to the Cai family. But using the name Liu Feng means that he is still related to Liu Bei, and Cai Mao may not accept Liu Feng.

Liu Feng said this clearly. Liu also understands.

"I've heard everything that happened in Xiangyang, and you still think about Liu Bei?" Liu frowned deeply and asked.

"I changed my surname to Liu at the age of fifteen and became a son for others. In order to get ahead. Now that he hasn't made a name for himself, he will restore his surname, won't he make the world laugh? Hey. Liu Feng sneered.

These words, of course, are just perfunctory to Liu. His purpose is always to occupy the surname Liu, and he doesn't want to leave the relationship with the Gan family, and keep this surname to justifiably retaliate against Liu Bei.

However, Liu Feng's words. Liu believed it. If you put her in Liu Feng's position, she will not be reconciled.

At the age of fifteen, he became a son, and called him a father for three years. Eventually, the adoptive father had his own son and kicked him away. No one will be reconciled, and everyone will be full of resentment.

Faced with the opportunity to lean on the behemoth of the Cai family, Liu Feng categorically refused, just to not let the world look down on him. Liu found that he was becoming more and more appreciative of Liu Feng. couldn't help but encourage: "A manly man should have this kind of courage." I believe that you will be able to build a foundation that is even bigger than Liu Bei in the future. Then restore his surname in a dignified manner, so as not to let the world look down on him. ”

Although what Liu said was very pleasant, Liu Feng had to remind: "This is a bit far away. ”

A flush rose on his pale face, and Liu Shi suddenly woke up, these words were really far away. Facing Liu Feng, she really couldn't help but say these words.

Of course, there is appreciation, and I want to recruit Liu Feng for the Cai family, but. Liu looked up at Liu Feng's heroic face, it was undeniable that this ruthless man made her feel very special.

Terrible thoughts rose uncontrollably.

Suddenly, Liu realized the horror of this idea, and quickly extinguished that terrible thought. straightened his face, calmed himself down, and said softly: "I'll go to Changsha with you." ”

But it is only her face that is calm, but her heart is never at peace.

Liu's husband's surname is Liu, and her husband is an old man, who was fine for the first few years, but over the years, her husband has become more and more bad. She has been married for a long time, but she has no heirs.

It is terrible for a woman to have no children, and her resentment towards her husband rises uncontrollably. Almost unstoppable. In order to avoid her husband's notice, but also to distract yourself. In the name of returning to her parents' home, she drove a boat and drifted on the Yangtze River.

Once, she was also young, an unmarried young lady. I also once fantasized about marrying a young talent, and then running a family and having children. But when she was young, she married the old man as a stepfamily for the sake of the family. lives a superficial life, but in fact, it is just a widow.

Liu Feng looked at Liu strangely, this beautiful woman seemed to trust him strangely. Aren't you afraid that he will have evil intentions?

Forget it, it's saved after dealing with it. When you go north to Xiangyang, take her back by the way.

"So I will at once order a detachment of men to enter the ship, and send a few maids to Madame." Liu Feng nodded and stood up.

"I'm tired." Liu was also afraid that Liu Feng would see something, so he gently nodded his light chin and said. But she didn't get up to see her off, and she still had pain in her shoulder.

Liu Feng didn't mind, and walked out.

After coming outside, Liu Feng immediately ordered a team of soldiers to station in the big ship, and then ordered the fleet to set sail again and sail to Dongting Lake.

At this time, it was no longer going downstream, but upstream, so the speed of the fleet became unstoppably slow.

It wasn't until the second day that Liu Feng and others came to the vicinity of Dongting Lake.

At this time, Dongting Lake has not yet been reduced by later generations, and it is truly the second largest lake in China. Needless to say, the scenery is very beautiful.

Because it is the middle of winter, the water surface is also very calm.

But under this calm, there is a great danger. Thousands of thieves lurk in this calm lake, ready to attack and plunder the riches.

During this journey, Liu Feng was not all idle, he asked Li Lie in detail about the distribution of water thieves in the Dongting Lake water system.

I learned that although this water thief is divided into more than a dozen branches, there are actually only two forces. The first is to dominate the northern region of Dongting Lake, the blood water thieves, this water thief itself has 1,500 people, and there are 1,200 people and horses attached to it. In total, there were about 3,000 people. Among them, Li Lie of the Black Water Thief is dependent on this water thief. The leader of the thieves is a man named Li Ran.

The second is the Changsha water thief who dominates the southern part of Dongting Lake, because the bandit leader Zhang Gu is from Changsha, so he got his name. There are also two or three thousand people in the upper and lower forces.

The strange thing about these two forces is that although these two forces occupy Dongting Lake, they do not interfere with the water of the well, and there are few times when there is a conflict, and sometimes they face the encirclement and suppression of the officials and troops, and they will join forces to resist.

There are five or six thousand people in the north and south, no wonder Liu Biao can't be wiped out.

This extremely oppressive number of words made Liu Feng weigh it and extinguish his desire to exterminate all these water thieves for my use.

Unless the forces are built and Gan Ning is found as the governor of the navy, it is possible to exterminate these people in one fell swoop.

At that time, Liu Feng's fleet quietly collected a group of two hundred water thieves left by Li Lie on the island, as well as hundreds of gold. Continue south to Changsha.

Changsha is located on the edge of the Yangtze River and Hunan River. The boat can directly reach the vicinity of the castle. But then again, the county towns of the four counties such as Changsha and Lingling in Jingnan were all established on the edge of the re-water system.

Water transportation is relatively developed.

In addition, Liu Feng also had a detailed understanding of the population of the four counties in Jingnan and the surrounding ethnic minorities.

The situation is not optimistic, Jingzhou has a million households, of which Jingnan has only 200,000 households, a population of 7.8 million. You must know that in terms of area, Jingnan and Jingbei are basically equal. But the population density varies so much.

It is no wonder that after Liu Bei took Jingnan, he was afraid of Cao Gong's strength in the north and Sun Quan's persecution in the east, and the original strength was so different.

The difference in strength is nothing, there are still several ethnic minorities in the south of Jingnan, with a population of no less than 100,000, and countless brave warriors. It is also a scourge.

There are water thieves in the north, ethnic minorities in the south, and the population itself is small. Sure enough, it can only be used as a temporary foundation, not as a foundation for the world. Only by taking Yizhou, which has a population of one or two million, can its power soar. In order to advance, you can go north from Jingzhou, and you can defend Yizhou when you retreat.

After research, Liu Feng came to such a conclusion.

In the cabin of the three big ships on Liu Feng's trip south, Liu Feng knelt on the main seat, and there were Xu Tian, Zhang Dao, Chen Da, Zhang Gui, Zhou Shun, and Deng Ai.

Slowly glancing at these henchmen, Liu Feng said in a deep voice: "I am about to enter Changsha, I will divide the army into two parts, one part will enter Changsha with me, and the other part will be stationed near Xiangshui to take care of the ships." ”

"Chen Da, Xu Tian, you two will walk with me, and the rest will be stationed."

"No." The six of them answered the promise in unison.

In fact, this matter does not need to be so solemn, and the purpose of Liu Feng's convening of civil and military forces is actually for Deng Ai. Liu Feng withdrew his gaze from the rest of the people and cast his gaze on Deng Ai's tall and mountain-like body.

On this trip south, this clever boy was the first to guess his intentions. In addition, over the years, Deng Ai has either followed Xu Tian to handle logistics in the army, or followed Chen Da to master the method of training and arranging formations.

Solid foundation. Being a military marquis is more than enough. Now he has an extra battalion of soldiers and horses, which is just handed over to him.

"There are more than 380 water thieves such as Li Lie, plus 200 people led by Zhang Gui. The two teams mixed up and then divided into two battalions, one of which was still under your command and the other was under Deng Ai's command. The first half of the sentence is said to Zhang Gui, and the second half is said to Deng Ai.

This time, 380 people were recruited, and with the addition of Liu Feng's original army, his strength had increased to 900 people.

"No." Zhang Gui first promised that although the mixed ranks would inevitably bring about a decline in combat effectiveness, the number of troops under his command had increased by one-third.

Liu Feng had already confessed that in the next two or three years, there would rarely be a major war. What he has is time to train, so that his combat ability can be improved step by step.

In comparison, the precocious Deng Ai was a little stunned. Marquis?

There are only two military marquis under Liu Feng's account, and if he also becomes a military marquis, there will be three military marquis in the army. It is equivalent to mastering one-third of the soldiers and horses under Liu Feng's account.

One-third of the soldiers and horses show Liu Feng's heaviness. It was so thick that Deng Ai was surprised. However, his surname is strong and confident. After a pause, he immediately raised his fists with both hands and bowed to Liu Fengyi: "No." ”

At the same time, a wave of excitement rose in Deng Ai's heart. The troops have been commanded, and the troops have finally been commanded. The arrangement of troops in the book of war, etc., is no longer on paper. It can be made a reality.

A young man is a young man after all. That hint of excitement happened to fall in Liu Feng's eyes, and he smiled in his heart.

At that moment, the ship, which had been moving forward, suddenly stopped. It seems that Changsha has arrived, Liu Feng thought.

"My lord, I've already arrived in Changsha." Not long after, the soldiers who entered the door to report confirmed Liu Feng's thoughts.

"Landing, go to Changsha." Liu Feng suddenly got up and said.

"No."

The six of them also got up and answered the order.

Landing is a bit cumbersome, and it doesn't just take people ashore. On this trip, Liu Feng brought not only people, but also more than a dozen horses, including Wuyun Horse. As well as a horse-drawn carriage.

However, these things were tossed by Chen Da and others, and Liu Feng did not bother with anything. The only thing that made Liu Feng bother was Liu.

On Liu's big ship, Liu Feng stood at the bow with Liu.

After three or five days of cultivation, Liu's pale complexion regained a hint of ruddyness. The convex and backward body stands against the wind, and no matter how you look at it, you can feel pleasing to the eye.

But the resolute look in her eyes made Liu Feng a headache.

"I'm going to Changsha to see my uncle, what are you going to do?" Liu Feng said helplessly.

That's right, the woman in front of her wanted to follow him to Changsha for a walk, saying that she was distracting. No matter how much he tried to persuade her, she resolutely refused to retreat, not wanting to stay in the barracks with the soldiers.

"Distraction, of course." The breeze blew, and a wisp of green silk blocked Liu's glazed eyes, and he reached out very elegantly to brush away the wisp of green silk, and Liu said as a matter of course.

This trip, she was originally for relaxation.

It's really distracted, Liu Feng has asked before, and the Liu family has no relatives in Changsha at all. I don't know any friends. I don't know why I came with him in the first place.

"Madame really doesn't think I'm malicious and sold Madame?" Liu Feng said helplessly.

The smile in Liu's eyes was sheng, and she had gotten along with Liu Feng a few times recently. Found something very interesting.

That is, Liu Feng's character is certainly upper, and he is ruthless enough. But he is a soft man, as long as you don't threaten him with words, he is a harmless person.

It's impossible to sell her with any bad intentions.

After laughing, Liu looked at Liu Feng very seriously and said, "It's really just to relax, ride a horse, or hunt." As long as you send a few escorts with you, I won't trouble you again. ”

Scatter your mind and ride a horse. With Liu's current identity, there are few such opportunities, I remember that when she was a teenager, she was still a master of hunting, and it was easy to bend a bow and shoot arrows with both hands.

It's a pity now. Liu lowered his head slightly, looking at his incomparably white and tender hands, and a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes.

The feeling at that moment reminded Liu Feng of a person.

Mi's.

(To be continued)