"Just call, Bai Ningning!" Bai Tu hugged the baby girl, sat at the head of Xiahou Juan's bed and said.

"Well, Ning Ning must be the best playwright in the future." Xiahou Juan looked like she wanted her daughter to "inherit her mother's business".

As for the name "Ningning", Bai Tu had already thought of it - if it was a boy, it would be called "Bai Ning", and if it was a girl, it would be called "Bai Ningning".

That's right, precisely in commemoration ...... No, it should be said that it symbolizes Bai Tu's "miss" for Gan Ning, and the "commemoration" is a bit unlucky.

If all goes well, Gan Ning should be able to return this year, of course...... In fact, no one can guarantee whether he will be able to come back.

This is definitely not the meaning of saying "I am your father" to Gan Ning, but it is a normal expression of friendship, just like the current Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the sons of the two are called Sun Yu and Zhou Ce respectively.

The birth of Lord Ning Weng made the court of Chu State more peaceful......

Although the sea is not quiet, but on the Xichuan side, the special investigation team is already investigating, and in general, the navy is still superior.

The only thing that is slightly disturbing is that Gan Ning and the 20,000 most elite navy have not yet returned.

As for the canonization of Lord Ning Weng, Bai Tu still abides by the rules he has formulated, but he has only given the title of "Lord Weng", and for the State of Chu, he has not made any additional rewards, and there will be no additional appropriations because there is an additional "Lord Weng...... All gifts are expenses within the palace of the king of Chu.

Bai Tu is not worried, Xiao Ningning will not be like her second brother Lu Yan in the future, and there is also the title of Marquis Qu who can inherit.

First, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and there is no need to arrange everything, and secondly, ...... The various workshops invested by the King of Chu and his family, not to mention the big business, Xiahou Juan also has so many scripts, isn't it?

According to "Chu Law", after the creator's death, the successor can inherit it for another fifty years...... Xiahou Juan's copyright was not contracted to others.

Compared with having a younger sister, Bai Qing and Lu Yan are more concerned about the "earth-shaking" changes in their "carefree" childhood since the beginning of this year!

The two brothers are four years old this year, and according to the habit of counting imaginary years, they are five years old, which is half a year younger than Deng Ai that Bai Tu first saw.

If you want to be literate, it's still early, but ...... The most basic number concepts, as well as the basic sounds in Syncoping Rhymes, should be a good place to start!

Of course, for the sake of them as children, Bai Tu thinks that two hours a day is enough, and an extra hour is enough, and there is no need to pay too much attention to the cultivation of rhythm and logical identification of teaching results.

specially invited the special master of the Ministry of Rites - after all, it is a basic content that cannot be more basic, and there is no need for any important ministers to teach.

Although with the identities of Bai Qing and Lu Yan, they must not be taught by the first-line ministers in terms of age, but the second-line and honorary courtiers think that many of them are willing to do this enlightenment.

It's just that Bai Tu feels that it is not only "wasteful", but also just enlightened, and they have a specialization in the art industry, and they may not be able to do better than the super-level Mengshi.

In most of the townships and counties, the Mengshi is a concurrent teacher, but for the entrenched King of Chu, it is natural to invite one of the most top-notch students in each subject.

At the same time as them, those who entered the palace of the king of Chu were Wang Lang's grandson, Queen Yuanyuan, and ...... Deng Ai, who occasionally accompanies him in his spare time.

These enlightened knowledge, for Deng Ai, naturally has no effect, not so much as accompanying the reader, but rather as a "class teacher".

Compared with back then, Deng Ai's Zu'an heart has long been put away, and the whole person is a lot more mature and stable, and he has become a "child of someone else's family" in Jinling and even Chu State.

Although Deng Ai is only eleven years old now, he is the fastest time to learn knowledge, and his mental power is still developing, but if he goes to Chengji, he will awaken the official seal and be stable nine times out of ten!

It's just that Deng Ai wants to be a blockbuster and ...... I want to get my own official seal in the imperial examination, so I have been accumulating, and I am ready to wait for the eighteen-year-old, that is, the imperial examination in the thirteenth year of the Chu calendar, and then officially enter the office.

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Perhaps it was the stimulation of the Han family and the princes of the auxiliary Han after Jiaozhou entered Chu.

Although the Huainan area was relatively calm, the North Sea Fleet operated by Liu Bei frequently appeared near the Donglaixi Port and Donglaidong Port controlled by the Chu State.

The land part of the eastern part of Dongnai County has also been the subject of repeated border clashes.

Liu Bei suffered a dumb loss because of the two excellent port positions in the east of Donglai County at the beginning of his occupation of Qingzhou, which were seized by Gan Ning's troops.

In the end, several counties in the eastern part of Donglai County were handed over to the actual control of the Chu State, and the "Donglai West Port" and "Donglai East Port" were developed one after another, which was the location of the later Weihai Port and Yantai Port......

In the six or seven years after Liu Bei, the Marquis of Qi, although he gradually realized the importance of sea power, he started late, had a poor foundation, and did not have advantageous geographical conditions, so he was only in Beihai County...... In later generations, near Weifang Port, a port was opened, and some "war ships" were also built.

However, judging from the assessment of the wind catcher, the "warships" built by the Qi army are at most the level of the Chu State six or seven years ago - much more advanced than the Jiangdong warships ten years ago, but compared with the two countries of Chu and Wei horizontally, it is a little "hurtful feelings".

In addition, it is "probable" that the Qi army recently purchased new warships from the Wei State, although the number is not large, but after being the main ship, it is also somewhat "decent".

The reason why I say "very likely" is because the wind catcher did not find any evidence, so he was cautious in his words, and in fact there was no other possibility......

After Gan Ning left Qingzhou, the two ports and several nearby counties, as well as the navy left behind, were handed over to the commander of Lü Meng.

Because it is a non-local enclave, "Chudonglai County" did not carry out the reform of the two-tier system of prefectures and counties, but still maintained the autonomy of the local Taishou.

Chu Donglai guarded Lu Meng too much, and although he did not have any outstanding performance in recent years, at least he did not lose an inch of land and sea to the Chu State.

Not only at sea, the so-called Han North Sea Fleet has always been pressed in the waters near the North Sea and dare not show its head too much, and in the face of Guan Yu's repeated pressure, they have also behaved neither humbly nor arrogantly.

At the most difficult time, the battle situation between the two sides on land was almost imminent, but they were all unloaded by Lu Meng......

Other words...... Not very remarkable!

That's right, it is precisely because "nothing happened" that no matter in the eyes of Chu State, Qi Hou Mansion, or other parties, in the eyes of most people, Lu Meng's sense of existence is very low.

It's not even as good as Ling Tong......

Especially in the past two years, Ling Tong has repeatedly fought with Haikou in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and at least some of the achievements can be named, but what about Lu Meng?

can only get the stability of "no war in Donglai", and even if it is not for Bai Tu intervening behind his back every year, the evaluation of Lu Meng by the officials is afraid that he will not be rated as "A", at most it is only "under A", or even "above B".

It can be seen that even in the court of the Chu State, although there is no dissatisfaction with Lu Meng, there is not much appreciation, but Bai Tu always conveys some concerns with the wind guard......

There is nothing Bai Tu can do about this, so he can only personally go out every year to "bring rhythm" and give Lu Meng a score.

First, others don't know, but Bai Tu understands Lu Meng, and second, ...... Others don't know enough, but Bai Tu understands Guan Yu better!

Although Bai Tu has long known that Zhuge Liang, who he couldn't ask for back then, said that he was just traveling, but he turned out to be "permanent" in Liu Bei, but in the forces of Qi Hou, Guan Yu is still the undisputed "No. 2".

Guan Yu can be said to be the only "Thorn History" in the entire Chinese civilization that is not a prince, but still has real power - Qingzhou Thorn History!

This is not only the brotherhood between Liu Bei and Guan Yu, but also Liu Bei's trust in Guan Yu's ability, so that nearly one-third of the forces under the command of the Marquis of Qi and almost the entire military and political affairs of Qingzhou are entrusted to him......

You must know that in history, when Liu Bei entered Shu, he entrusted Jingzhou south of Xiangyang and almost all of his team to Guan Yu.

And "at that time" Liu Bei pulled all the troops on the front line of Jingzhou to Xichuan, and after officially turning his face with Liu Zhang, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei led people from Wuxia all the way to Yizhou.

Liu Zhang had just surrendered, but Liu Bei was also in Hanzhong with Cao Wei......

It is said that whoever is in Jingzhou will focus on defense - after all, Yizhou and Hanzhong have opened up such a large battlefield and pulled away so many troops, which is also the main strategic goal of Liu Bei's forces at that time!

At that time, Cao Cao, ten years had passed since the Chibi fiasco, and his vitality gradually recovered, and he was preparing to go south again.

The first to bear the brunt was half of Jingzhou in Liu Bei's hands, not to mention that it was stuck in the north of Guan Yu at that time, and it was still an important town in Xiangfan......

However, at this time, when anyone who is changed, they will "shrink under the tower", Guan Yu resolutely took the initiative to attack, and in two years, he won successive battles, and in Jian'an for twenty-four years, taking advantage of the heavy rain in Xiangfan and flooding the Seventh Army, he beheaded Pang De and surrendered to the ban, which shocked China and the Central Plains!

In addition, Cao Wei's active preparations for war in northern Jingzhou have always been based on the exploitation of the people as the power source, the people of Jingzhou are southward, and Guan Yu is like a bamboo, and the people from all over the country have raised troops to join Guan Yu in the south.

The Jingzhou battlefield even once "stole the show" from the Hanzhong battlefield at that time, Cao Cao had been named the Duke of Wei and resided in the Wei capital Yecheng, but the Han court was still settled in Xudu......

Guan Yu's results made Cao Cao once want to take the Han court to the north, so as not to be attacked by Guan Yu.

If this situation really develops, not to mention the possibility that Guan Yu can successfully subdue the Central Plains...... But as long as Guan Yu can defeat Northern Jingzhou and Liu Bei's victory in Hanzhong, the situation of Shu Han in later generations will be no less than Cao Wei.

However......

Just when Guan Yu's record was the most brilliant, Lü Meng led the people in white to cross the river, backstabbed Nanjun, and Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, who were guarding the rear for Guan Yu, surrendered without resistance.

Moreover, Lu Meng treated the families of the generals of the Jingzhou Army with a strategy of attacking the heart, and everything was better than in the past, and publicized this, and then knew that the old nest was ended, but the soldiers whose families were unharmed had no intention of fighting, Guan Yu also defeated Maicheng, and was finally captured and beheaded.

It can also be imagined that Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and even the ministers of Shu Han were in the mood at that time.

First of all, there was a huge surprise on the Jingzhou battlefield, which had no expectations, but before the joy could be vented, it was shocking news......

Of course, although this "ending" is very sudden, if you review it, it is not abrupt.

Guan Yu resolutely went on a northern expedition when the main force was in Yizhou, which was incompatible with the grand strategy of Liu Bei's forces at that time.

The three-legged support of the "Longzhong Pair" and the alliance with Wu to resist Cao were not reflected in Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, and even contradicted it, which can be said to be unquestionable in tactics, but not wise at the strategic level.

With Guan Yu's arrogant and confident temperament, stimulated by the good news in Yizhou and Hanzhong, and seeing an opportunity in Northern Jingzhou, it is not surprising that he will send troops.

But...... The dispatch of troops by Soochow at that time was by no means unexpected.

Even if the governor of the capital at that time was not Lu Meng, but Lu Su, who had a certain tacit understanding with Guan Yu and advocated maintaining an alliance with Liu Bei, it would never be possible to sit back and watch Guan Yu's Northern Expedition go smoothly.

After all, Sun Liu was already a little disrespectful about the ownership of Jingzhou, and no matter how he thought about it, it was impossible for Sun Wu to watch Liu Bei while being in Dafali City, Yizhou, while turning "Lianwu against Cao" into "preventing Wu from attacking Cao".

What's more, Guan Yu has not yet achieved "anti-Wu" - Mi Fang's surrender without a fight is indeed a big surprise, but if Guan Yu is really prepared to "prevent Wu", it is impossible to put Mi Fang, who has always been "despised by himself" and even just punished, in such a critical position in Jiangling.

It is conceivable that even if Mi Fang was a little disciplined and did not surrender immediately, but held on to one or two, Guan Yu was bound to retreat to the rescue, and then the battlefield in Jingzhou would still be a disadvantage from joining Wu to resist Cao and fighting against Wu Wei......

Of course, Mi Fang's astonishing move directly saved even the "disadvantage".

As a result, Liu Bei's group also missed an opportunity to "flourish", especially when Liu Bei ignored the dissuasion of Zhuge Liang and other important ministers out of emotion, and resolutely launched the battle of Wu, and after suffering the defeat of Yiling, "Ji Han" was basically destined to be "Shu Han".

However, Guan Yu, who is so confident and unruly, is now in the city Ji world, but he has been "forced" by Lu Meng to make no achievements, which already shows Lu Meng's ability!

Qi Hou, or even just Qingzhou, if he really wants to take back Donglai, Chu State can only rely on the navy, and at most it can only control the coastal area.

And it has been preserved so far, of course, there is "the prestige of the Chu State" as the main reason, but Bai Tu will not think that with Guan Yu's temperament, he will be completely deterred by the "prestige of the Chu State".

Whenever Guan Yu sees the opportunity and can not give Chu State time to negotiate and use diplomatic means, now "Chu Donglai County" is long gone......

It can be said that Lu Meng's merits are not too great for Guan Yu!

However, now the situation has changed, and in the case of the growing strength of the Chu State, as if it is constantly widening the distance from other princes, "Jiaozhou into Chu" has become the last straw......

The Marquis of Qi began to cooperate with the Wei State, and the Marquis of Qi advocated the establishment of the Han North Sea Fleet, the Bohai Fleet of the Wei State, and the ...... The unclaimed folk pirates have reached a certain consensus in the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea.

Coupled with the "Chu Donglai County", and even at the same time facing the pressure of increasingly tense land conflicts, Donglai's navy has been unable to completely lock the entrances and exits of the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea since last year - this is why even Zhouhu and Yizhou appeared last year!

After the North Sea Fleet acquired new warships this year, it began to swing across the waters near Donglai, which was quite implicated in linking up with the land army.

Without the analysis of other think tanks in the Chu State, Bai Tu can also see that what Donglai is facing now is not only Guan Yu, but the entire Qihou Mansion, and even the linkage of the entire auxiliary Han forces behind it.

In Yongliang, Yonghou and Zhai Hou, who have recovered, or at least deterred, the Western Regions and rebuilt the capital of the Protectorate, also began to gather their strength back to Longyou, and gradually had the meaning of clenching their fists - and under Longyou's fist, it was Hanzhong Zhang Lu who "faced Guanxi and I only promised to face Liu Zhang, and I attacked with heavy fists in the face of Liu Zhang"!

Since the Battle of Badong, everyone knows that Hanzhong is covered by the state of Chu......

At least it is a "cover door" that the state of Chu does not want to lose.

However, now the state of Chu only relies on "majesty", and it is no longer able to cover him.

The frontier of Huainan and the former foreign metropolis Shouchun began to become more and more depressed because of the "secret" attitude of Qi Hou, and even the atmosphere became more and more solemn.

And compared with Shouchun, which is just a solemn atmosphere, Wancheng, the frontier town of Chu in Jingzhou, has been really tense at the beginning of the sixth year of the Chu calendar......

"Jiaozhou into Chu" shook the prestige of Chu at the same time, as if it also touched something terrible switch, the year "Ningning" was born, but Chu was not peaceful.

Of course, now whether it is the Chu State, the Wei State, or the other auxiliary Han princes, they have long passed the period of "going to war at every turn", and everyone is a prince with a big power burden...... the "switch" has just been pressed and gradually began to warm up.