Zhang Xi returned to Xiakou, found Liu Bei as soon as possible, and reported to Liu Bei about Zhou Yu's illness and the current military preparations in Baqiu and other places.

As soon as he heard that Lu Su had replaced Zhou Yu in Baqiu, and that Zhou Yu had returned to Chaisang to recuperate, Liu Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Lu Su can't fully believe it, after all, Lu Su adheres to the Sun-Liu Alliance, and he doesn't have much experience in leading troops on the front line, so Sun Quan shouldn't let Lu Su continue to send troops into Bashu.

But what should be guarded is still to be guarded, Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to disband the assembled Jiangxia troops, but did not let Zhang Fei and Xu Shu relax their vigilance, and Chen Zhuo's sailors still went to the mouth of the Youjiang River in the name of changing guards.

As for Zhou Yu

"Zhou Gongjin is really okay?!"

"According to Mr. Zhang, Zhou Gongjin should recuperate for half a year with peace of mind, and if he is tired again, he will inevitably have life worries."

"That's good."

Liu Bei asked such a question, and after expressing an attitude, he didn't mention Zhou Yu again.

After that, Zhang Xi said goodbye and left Liu Bei's mansion.

Because Jiangdong made such a fuss, Liu Bei still had to continue to sit in Jiangxia, and he would not take it lightly because the Baqiu guard was replaced by Lu Su.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong will not go back to Wuling for a while, and they must wait for the gaffe to completely subside before they will go back with Liu Bei.

Originally, Zhang Xi thought that since Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were here, then he also had helpers, and those government affairs in Jiangxia would be much easier to handle.

But Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong said that this kid was just thinking about peaches to eat.

They also have their own jobs, but they just change their offices.

Liu Bei has a lot of things around him that they need to consult, and they also need to make choices.

Besides, Zhang Xi should understand the four words of loyalty to duty.

Zhang Xi is the prince of Jiangxia County, so Zhang Xi should be responsible for the government affairs of Jiangxia County, and no matter how busy he is, he can't push them on.

Zhang Xi was depressed, so he could only continue to run to the mansion every day, and the time for intimacy with his wife was repeatedly compressed.

But fortunately, Sun Shangxiang's relationship with Zhang Xi has been very good recently, and after coming back from a trip to Baqiu, Sun Shangxiang is obedient to Zhang Xi.

I don't know if I am grateful to Zhang Xi for saving Zhou Yu, or if I was instilled with some strange concepts when I was in Baqiu, in short, Zhang Xi now feels less and less that this Sun Shangxiang is the Sun Shangxiang on the historical line.

It's also so gentle, so gentle that people don't want to go to work the next day.

Well, be faithful to your duties.

Zhang Xi still went to the government every day to report seriously, and finally completely solved the problem of tax collection in Jiangxia County before winter.

After that, there is the proposal for the renovation of the swamp and terraces, which is quite a headache.

You have to do it as well as you can, and you have to save as much money as possible. Zhuge Liang, Party A, is really difficult to serve.

At this time, Lu Su, who was in Baqiu, suddenly visited Xiakou and brought a rather amazing suggestion.

Liu Bei Group is going to hold a military discussion again.

This matter is indeed very unbelievable, because Lu Su suggested that the two families change land.

The chips that Jiangdong took out were Nanjun, and what they asked for were Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang.

See again one for three.

Lu Su is really obsessed with this one-for-three plan.

But Zhang Xi was the first to quit.

If you play one for three when Nanjun has just been beaten, then Zhang Xi will have to support it.

Now one for three, what do you want?!

In previous years, in addition to the geographical location, in terms of economic value, the southern county occupied by Zhou Yu, even if there is only half of the southern county, it is far more than the three counties.

But it's different now.

Changsha and Guiyang counties are hard to say, but Jiangxia County, this year Zhangxi is the resettlement of displaced people, and the use of new farming technology, the population and tax income have greatly increased, and in the next few years, in addition to grain production, it is really hard to say that it is worse than Nanjun.

It's all my own hard work.

In addition, the important geographical location of Jiangxia County is like a stone pressing on Jiangdong's head, if Jiangxia County is given to Jiangdong, then Jiangdong can free up his hands and toss even more.

Not to mention Zhou Yu, a guy who didn't die in the end, he will definitely make a hindrance from it, and he can't say that one day when he gets better, he doesn't need Lu Meng to go out, he himself will take the soldiers to Jiangling City for a walk.

Anyway, Zhang Xi disagreed.

Zhuge Liang disagreed.

But it's not that I don't agree to change the land, but I feel that Jiangdong's conditions are not good, and it's completely a lion who is opening his mouth and thinking about peaches to eat.

From a military point of view, Zhuge Liang is not completely opposed, after all, such a land exchange can connect the territories of the two families, and it is quite inconvenient to govern without being so troublesome one by one.

But from an economic point of view, Zhuge Liang, who had just seen the tax collection in Jiangxia, was also a little reluctant to let Jiangxia out, let alone exchange one for three, Jiangdong was taking a big advantage.

Only Pang Tong is in favor, because Pang Tong only considers military accounts, and does not consider economic accounts for the time being.

From a military point of view, after Liu Bei obtained Nanjun, he would be able to connect Wuling and Lingling counties, and turn the defense line from scattered defense into a whole, so that when he marched west to Yizhou in the future, he would not have to fortify along the Yangtze River to guard against the small actions that Jiangdong might make.

Again, the population and grain production of Nanjun are not comparable to the three counties, this is a more stable base than the three counties, and it would be a pity not to take it down.

As for the pressure of Cao Jun in Xiangyang after the exchange of Nanjun. This is not important, Cao Cao is now busy sorting out internal problems, where is it so easy to go south again.

So, the final decision was handed over to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei thought about it for a long time, and then summoned Lu Su again, and after some entertainment, he gave Lu Su an answer.

Change, you can, but you can't change one for three.

Liu Bei first generously showed Lu Su Jiangxia's taxes and demographic statistics this year, and let Lu Su know that the current Jiangxia is different from the previous Jiangxia, not only the problem of taxes, but also the population has increased a lot.

After all, Zhang Xi has resettled 50,000 or 60,000 displaced people, and so many people are all homesteaders with arable land, which is a very big wealth for any force.

Lu Su didn't suspect that Liu Bei showed him a fake account book, and anyone who had a face in these years couldn't do such a thing.

Therefore, after reading Jiangxia's tax and Dingkou book, Lu Su immediately knew that his idea of exchanging three for one might not be able to do it again.

If this is replaced by Lu Su, he will not change it.

Originally, when Lu Su thought that he would have to run for nothing again, Liu Bei suddenly proposed that Jiangxia County, plus half of Changsha County, could be exchanged for Nanjun.

This is Liu Bei's own decision.

First of all, Zhou Yu did not control the entire Nanjun, part of the Nanjun area south of Xiangyang was still in Cao Cao's hands, and Wulin and other places in the east were also given to Liu Bei early, not counting Jiangdong's control category.

Therefore, what Jiangdong can get out is only half of the southern county.

Secondly, now that Jiangxia County has developed greatly, Dingkou and taxes have increased substantially, and it has not experienced many wars, and all infrastructure facilities are complete, once Jiangdong gets Jiangxia County, it can immediately obtain benefits.

Finally, regarding the northern half of Changsha County, that place was originally the place where Liu Bei's forces and Sun Quan's forces were intertwined, and now Liu Bei made concessions, withdrew from these places, and handed them all over to Jiangdong.

The northern part of Changsha is basically the area of Bachuna, which is a relatively mature place for the development of the Yunmengze area, and if Jiangdong can develop another grain production base around Baqiu Lake, it can also make up for the loss of Nanjun, a grain production base.

Overall, this is a land exchange plan that Liu Bei believes is acceptable to both parties.

Not to mention, after Lu Su thought carefully about Liu Bei's condition, he was also a little moved.

When Liu Bei had just occupied the four counties of Jingnan, Lu Su proposed to exchange one for three, which was fair and reasonable at that time, after all, it was really difficult to develop in Jingnan, and Yun Mengze was not so easy to tame.

But Zhou Yu didn't agree at that time, so the matter was vetoed.

Now, Lu Su also thought it was fair, until he saw Jiangxia's tax book and Dingkou book.

Indeed, continuing to exchange one for three, Liu Bei Group suffered a bit of a big loss, and now this plan, in fact, is faintly calculated, Jiangdong is still not a small advantage.

After all, the total number of Dingkou in a county in Guiyang may not be 100,000.

The number of households here refers to the yeoman farmers who can pay the per capita tax, excluding those who are hidden by the family. These people are of no use to the government, first, they cannot collect taxes, and second, they cannot initiate forced labor.

But Lu Su did not immediately write to Sun Quan, but proposed to Liu Bei that he wanted to wander around, walk, and inspect the territory of Jiangxia.

You have to see what the actual situation is, don't look back, it's just beautiful in the account books, in fact, these data are the result of Liu Bei's group's rampant expropriation of Jiangxia.

Liu Bei naturally agreed, and found Zhang Xi, accompanied Lu Su to go around the counties, and by the way, he inspected the work, and came back a year ago.

As for why Zhang Xi is Jiangxia Juncheng, who will go if he doesn't go.

Jiangxia County did not set up a Taishou, only Guan Yu temporarily supervised the Taishou as a partial general.

You can't let Guan Yu accompany Lu Su.

Again, when they were in Jiangdong, Zhang Xi and Lu Su were old acquaintances, if they didn't accompany them, who would accompany them? !

(End of chapter)