In May, the government and government underwent great changes, Xu Xiang, a native of Sikong Runan, was worshiped as Situ, and Ding Gong, a native of Guanglu Xunpei, was worshiped as Sikong, so that in just one month, all the three princes of the court were replaced, which is a very rare thing.

When the news came, people of insight shook their heads and sighed, worried about this empire.

Xu Xiang is a member of the Xu clan in Runan. The Xu clan of Runan is a famous scholar clan, and there are many famous scholars, and the most outstanding clansmen of this generation should be regarded as Xu Shao and Xu Jing, who are known for their comments.

Xu Xiang'a attached to the ten permanent servants, the ten permanent servants are extremely flattering, and he considers himself the protégé of the ten permanent servants, because of this, he has been prosperous in official affairs, and now he is one of the three princes Situ.

And Ding Gong is a person, his character is not much better than Xu Xiang, he also tends to be inflammatory, but he is not so blatantly attached to the eunuch, after all, his reputation is too bad, but in private he still has a very good relationship with the ten permanent servants, and when Dong Zhuo was in turmoil later, he was also one of the few ministers who stood up to support Dong Zhuo clearly, and was despised by the people of the time.

In this way, the three princes of the court are Taiwei Cui Lie, Situ Xu Xiang, and Sikong Ding Gong, among these three people, the best reputation may be Cui Lie, but he is also an official who spent money to buy, and he is also despised.

Such three people occupy the position of the three dukes, representing the Han Emperor Liu Hong and once again obey the words of the ten permanent servants, the people of the time have sighed, the flattering people are stealing from the temple, the righteous and talented people are not allowed to advance, the road is blocked, the government is chaotic, the people are not happy, and the day of the great chaos in the world is not far away!

The more mediocre the emperor and the more chaotic the government is, the easier it is for them to get into trouble, and I don't know how many careerists are ready to move, waiting for the opportunity they feel is suitable to start something.

Of course, Wang Rong, Zheng Xuan, and Cai Yong are all worried, they are all loyal to the Han, of course, they hope that the Han will get better and better, but now the situation is getting worse and worse, day by day, the whole Han world is like a cloth bag that has been poked with a thousand holes, leaking air everywhere, and they can't make up for it here, they can see that the world is about to be messed up.

The three of them often get together to drink a few glasses of wine nowadays to borrow wine to drown their sorrows, and perhaps the only thing that makes them happy is that the situation in Wuling County is getting better and better, which can be regarded as one of the few pure lands in the Han Dynasty.

Of course, there is another thing that makes the three of them feel very gratified, that is, the relationship between Wang Heng and Cai Yan, a pair of children, is getting better and better, since Wang Heng wrote those few sentences of "Luo Shen Fu" into a banner with beautiful lines in accordance with Cai Yong's construction, and gave it to Cai Yan, and made a very sincere review to Cai Yan, explaining to Cai Yan why he didn't tell her before leaving.

In fact, Cai Yan saw that Wang Heng returned safely, and there was no resentment, although he still colded Wang Heng for a few days, it was just a little careful thinking of his daughter's family, seeing Wang Heng apologize to himself so little, he panicked all of a sudden, women in this era are not as "barbaric" as later generations, Cai Yan also accepted his mother's admonition since he was a child, and he must abide by women's morals.

Seeing Wang Heng doing this, Cai Yan couldn't hold her face anymore, plus she looked at the beautiful banner written by Wang Heng himself, and she was happy in her heart, so she started to smile with Wang Hengyan again.

These days, Wang Heng chats with Cai Yan in the yard every day when he is free, and grapes are planted in the yard.

Wang Heng does the most thing with Cai Yan every day is to play Go together, Wang Heng will play Go in later generations, but in this era, he has become a little unable to play, to be precise, he is not very adaptable, because the Go of this era is different from the nineteen-way Go of later generations, it is seventeen-way, and many formulas and tesuji are not used.

It took a long time for Wang Heng to initially adapt to the game of Go in this era, and his level was getting higher and higher, but after a few games with Cai Yan, he found out what a Go master was.

There is no way, Cai Yan's IQ is too high, otherwise Cai Yong would not have passed on all his skills to Cai Yan, and Cai Yan is also better than the blue in many aspects.

Cai Yan enjoys this feeling very much, in her mind, Wang Heng is too perfect, too good, both civil and military, it seems that everything is the most powerful, finally there is a door that is not as good as her own, her little vanity has been greatly satisfied, she likes to watch Wang Heng pinching the chess pieces with her fingers and frowning sadly, whenever this happens, she will purse her lips and smile.

After Wang Heng found out this, he also felt very happy about losing, and he could smile at the beautiful people, what is the point of losing a few games of chess?

In addition to playing chess, Wang Heng will also ask Cai Yan for advice on rhythm and piano skills, in terms of music, although Wang Ei has also dabbled in and taught Wang Heng, but the research is not as deep as Cai Yong, and the gap between Wang Heng and Cai Yan in music and piano skills is also very huge.

Cai Yan is also happy to be Wang Heng's music teacher, she also has a set of teaching disciples, under her tutelage, Wang Heng's piano skills are also improving by leaps and bounds, and she can play tunes.

Of course, Cai Yan also has a place to learn from Wang Heng, she likes Wang Heng's book the most, and feels that this book is more free, unrestrained, beautiful, elegant and more in line with her aesthetics than the real books and seal books commonly used in this era.

In addition, the two also talked about poetry and papers, talked about it every day, got to know each other more and more, and naturally got along more and more harmoniously.

Wang Heng is still very satisfied with this state, and he already feels very satisfied and comfortable to be able to live with Cai Yan like this every day.

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Li Ming, the steward of the Tongjiang Firm, returned, and he brought back a huge sum of money for the goods, and also brought a shipload of Donghai County's specialties to Jingzhou to sell.

The Elk family was very satisfied with the goods sent by Tongjiang Firm this time, and they took the initiative to pay half of the extra payment, on the condition that they hoped to fully cooperate with Tongjiang Firm in the future, and fully act as an agent for the sales rights of these special commodities of Tongjiang Firm in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

To this end, the Elk family also sent a steward named Elk An to Hanshou to negotiate cooperation with Chen Shulai, who actually led the sales of these special goods.

Elk An is the current head of the Elk family Elk Zhu a brother, in the Elk family status is not low, he brought Elk Zhu to Wang Heng a handwritten letter, as well as a lot of gifts, including more than ten pigeon egg size of the East China Sea pearls, the most rare is that these pearls are the average size, crystal warm, is indeed a rare treasure.

Lu Zhu expressed his admiration for Wang Heng in the letter, although he is a businessman, but he is also a person who reads poetry and books, and knows how to read books, so his words are not vulgar, although they are all compliments, but they quote scriptures, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Of course, Wang Heng will not be arrogant enough to think that he really has any tyranny, and with a shake of the tiger's body, he can make the giant and celebrity Lu Zhu thousands of miles away take the initiative to vote, he knows that Lu Zhu is just a businessman's habit, and he wants to have a good relationship with himself and win the exclusive distribution rights of his own special goods.

For the Elk family, getting the distribution rights of these special commodities is a good opportunity to further expand the influence of the Elk family in the Qingxu area.

It just so happens that Wang Heng also hopes to have a good relationship with the Elk family, after all, the status of the Elk family in today's business world is too high, and Lu Zhu can be regarded as a good talent, what if he can really get his investment in the future?

Besides, these special commodities can be better promoted in the Qingxu area with the power of the elk family.

Therefore, Wang Heng met with Lu An, and after meeting, he found that Lu An was not a simple steward, he was dressed as a scribe, gentle and polite, and he couldn't see the vulgarity and copper smell of merchants at all.

After Lu An saluted Wang Heng, he knelt opposite Wang Heng, and Wang Heng said gently: "Thank you for the gift that your family master brought to your feet, I like it very much!" ”

Elk An said respectfully: "Don't dare, don't dare, some meager courtesy, not respect!" ”

Wang Heng asked about the customs of Qu County again, in fact, Qu County is not far from Linyi, where Wang's family is located, and later in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Qu County once became the county of Langya County, but the traffic in this era is too underdeveloped, Wang Heng naturally has not been there.

Elk An answered Wang Heng's questions one by one, Qu County is a region southwest of Lianyungang in later generations, in this era is near the sea, so the seafood is very rich, but with the river into the sea, the alluvial sediment continues, and the land also keeps moving eastward, and in later generations, Qu County is not near the sea.

Wang Heng asked about the situation of the head of the Elk family, speaking of Lu Zhu, Lu An's face suddenly appeared with respect, he said that Lu Zhu is only twenty-three years old this year, but he has been the head of the Elk family for several years, over the years, Lu Zhu has a good vision, the decision is correct, the Elk family is also thriving under his leadership, and the assets have doubled, so the Elk family is also very convinced of the young family owner.

Listening to Elk'an's words, Wang Heng also nodded secretly, Elk's later deeds proved that his vision was indeed very clever and long-term, from the fact that he dared to scatter all his family wealth to follow Liu Bei when Liu Bei was the most depressed, and the two brothers joined Liu Bei together, and even married his sister to Liu Bei, which can be seen.

At that time, how many people could see that Liu Bei was able to succeed later?

After talking to Elk'an, Wang Heng took out a handwritten letter of his own and handed it to Elk'an, which expressed his gratitude to Elk Zhu and agreed to cooperate with Elk'an.

Wang Heng also said to Elk An that he agreed to cooperate with the Elk family, and asked Elk An to go back this time with a shipload of goods, Elk An was overjoyed, so that in the future, the Elk family and Tongjiang Firm can basically trade once a month on average, these goods are very popular in the rich Qingxu area, and can bring rolling wealth to the Elk family.

After Elk An left, Wang Heng immediately asked the master craftsman to string the more than ten big pearls into a pearl necklace and gave it to Cai Yan, although Cai Yan is not a woman who is greedy for money, but these dozen pearls are so cute, she can't put it down when she gets the pearl necklace, Wang Heng sees that she likes it, and naturally she is very happy in her heart.

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However, it was said that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had led hundreds of sailors from Cai Mao, dozens of standard ships, fighting ships, and a batch of well-made weapons, and their hearts were full of joy.

Especially Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, each received a hundred steel knives, which just made up for the thirty steel knives that Zhou Tai was destroyed before, Zhou Tai took this hundred steel knives that were far better than his previous knives, and he couldn't put it down, and he couldn't wait to clear the water bandits immediately, and try that the blade was not sharp.

Of course, this is just an itch in his hands, of course he knows the sharpness of this knife, this kind of knife can be called a treasure knife, to Zhou Tai knows, master craftsmen to create such a knife, often for several years, if you want to buy such a knife, hundreds of thousands of money may not be able to buy, because there is no price, maybe only a few dignitaries can have such a treasure knife, and it will be treasured at home, will not use it to fight.

But in Jingzhou, even lieutenants and Sima like them can distribute such a treasure knife, and let them use it at will, which is really jaw-dropping, which makes Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai inexplicably grateful, and an impulse to die for a confidant can't help but rise in their hearts.

After a short run-in training, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai began to lead their subordinates to seven or eight hundred sailors to start clearing the surrounding water bandits.

There are a lot of water bandits in Wuling and Changsha, most of them inhabit Dongting Lake, the area of Dongting Lake is slightly smaller than Peng Lize, but the complexity of the waterway is more than Peng Lize, there are many small islands in the lake, and there are at least dozens of rivers of all sizes that flow into Dongting Lake, and the water bandits want to hide, escape is very convenient, and it is not easy to clear and suppress.

However, many of the sailors that Cai Mao allocated to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were Wuling locals, many of whom were local fishermen, and they were of course very familiar with the situation in Dongting Lake.

In this way, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's subordinates have increased to thousands of people, which is already a large-scale water force.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai also became famous in Dongting Lake, and many bandits in Dongting Lake either fled from the wind, washed their hands and went ashore, or simply defected to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, which also greatly reduced the number of bandits on Dongting Lake. However, there are still some bandits who are still resisting.

On this day, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai brought more than 1,000 people to prepare to wipe out a group of water bandits on Junshan Island, the largest island in Dongting Lake.

Junshan, also known as Xiangshan, Dongting Mountain, according to legend, thousands of years ago, Emperor Shun toured south, his two concubines and Empress Ying then came, the boat encountered a strong wind, was trapped in Dongting Mountain, the two concubines got the news here, Emperor Shun had died in Cangwu, they were grief-stricken, Fuzhu cried, spotted blood and tears sprinkled all over the bamboo forest on the mountain, and later formed a spotted bamboo. Soon after, the second concubine died in Dongting Mountain due to grief and was buried here.

In order to commemorate these two concubines, the name of Dongting Mountain was also changed to Junshan, because the two concubines were rumored to be the goddess of Xiangshui, Junshan was also called Xiangshan.

Junshan covers an area of thousands of acres, the scenery is beautiful, there are many places of interest and historic sites, there are a large number of various kinds of bamboo and tea trees, known as the blessed land of the cave, but it is such a treasure land, due to the chaos of the Han Dynasty in recent years, the people are not able to make a living, the control power of the government has declined, and Junshan has also been occupied by water bandits, and has become a criminal abyss.

Today, there is the largest group of water bandits in the entire Dongting Lake on Jun Mountain, and the leader is named Shen Yu'er, and the total number of people now exceeds 500.

Shen Yuer was originally a fisherman by Dongting Lake, and later due to the compulsion of life, he joined the water bandits, and after joining the water bandits, he soon stood out in the water bandit gang because of his martial arts and ruthlessness, and became the leader of this group of water bandits, and occupied the blessed land of Junshan.

Now, Shen Yu'er has been entrenched in Junshan for many years, coercing nearby fishermen to join him, increasing the number of his gang to more than 500 people.

Shen Yu'er's gang not only robbed passing merchant ships on the surrounding waters, but even often took the initiative to go ashore to rob the rich families and Qianshou around Dongting Lake, and many places in Changsha and Wuling had been poisoned by them, and they not only robbed property but also young women every time, and it was difficult to be spared if they had a little appearance, because Shen Yuer was very lustful.

Due to the ineffectiveness of the local government in Jingzhou in the past, and even the unintentional suppression of bandits, Shen Yu'er and his gang have been living a life of impunity, but this time, their good days have come to an end.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai set their sights on Shen Yu'er and his gang, because Shen Yu'er's gang is the strongest and most evil water bandit gang in this area, if they are defeated, the rest of the water bandits will not be in trouble, and they will even look at the scenery.

On this day, under the leadership of the sailors who were familiar with the local terrain, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's fleet set off from the Xiaoling Navy camp and sailed to Junshan Island, preparing to raid Shen Yu'er and his gang.

After a few hours of travel, the fleet had sailed to the north of Junshan Island, and a few miles away from Junshan Island, the lookout on the mast shouted loudly: "Junshan Island is about to arrive!" ”

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, who had been in the cabin to close their eyes and recuperate, heard the shout, and immediately stood up, walked out of the cabin, and came to the bow of the ship, Jiang Qin took out a telescope and looked in the direction pointed by the looker, and sure enough, a huge island appeared in his field of vision.