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From ancient times to the present, China has been a country with blood and human feelings as its bond, like a pyramid. The top is the royal family, and the bottom is the major powerful families holding great power, and the world's reputation, counties and counties, are gradually decreasing downwards.

At the lowest level of this blood pyramid, there are also millions of families composed of the same surname clan.

In each county, it is also a pyramid-shaped power and status system. The whole world is made up of pyramids of all sizes, forming the largest, strict and stable social hierarchy system.

Like other counties in Jingzhou, Chaisang also consists of families of all sizes and small, and at the top, the three major families of Chaisang, the Tao, Zhu and Zhou.

Among them, the Tao family is a family of merchants, with the highest wealth in Jiangnan. It is not only Chaisang, but also the largest merchant in Jingzhou and Jiangdong. The Zhu family is the largest landlord in Chaisang. Almost every farmer in Chaisang is a tenant of the Zhu family.

The Zhou family is different. The Zhou family is also a big landlord, but the Zhou family's land is not in Chaisang, but it is mainly concentrated in Wuchang area.

Among the three major families, although the Tao family is the most wealthy in Jiangnan, its power status is the lowest, while the Zhou family is not rich, but it is a prosperous place in Jiangxia's power field.

The Jiangxia County Magistrate Zhou Bing is the younger brother of Zhou Gu, the head of the Zhou family. The wife of Su Fei, the number one general under Huang Zu, is also the daughter of the Zhou family. Even Huang Zu's concubine is also from the Zhou family. Before Liu Jing took control of Chaisang, even Chaisang's general and county magistrate Zhou Ling, was also the nephew of Zhou Gu.

Compared with the Zhou family's strong power in Jiangxia's power field, the Tao and Zhu families are in a weak position. So Chaisang has the theory of Zhou, Chuan Tao and Niu Zhu. On weekdays, the three families are independent and do not violate the boundaries of each other, and get along well.

The Zhou family is dominant and superior, while the Tao and Zhu families are closely related and are connected.

This time, the battle for Chaisang's defense was due to Liu Jing's strong entry into Chaisang, which had a great impact on Chaisang's power structure. In particular, Liu Jing seized power and killed the tooth general Zhou Ling, causing the dispute over the power of the Chaisang family to stir up again. Under the calm situation on the surface, the undercurrents surged.

After Zhou Ling was killed by Liu Jing, the Zhou family was silent for a while. They could not see the Zhou family in terms of fundraising and post-war pensions. However, after Liu Jing rushed to Xiangyang to report his work, the Zhou family gradually recovered.

The head of the Zhou family is Zhou Gu. He is about fifty years old. He has a white and thin face and is also knowledgeable. He has a bit of a celebrity style. Zhou Gu also served as a county magistrate in Changshan County, Hebei in his early years. The Yellow Turban rebelled and swept over Hebei. Zhou Gu escaped his life in the troubled times, so he abandoned his official position and returned to the south, focusing on managing the family.

Over the past decade, the Zhou family gradually became a famous family in Jiangxia, and its status is still above the Tao family.

But in the past half month, as Liu Jing gradually controlled Chaisang, the Zhou family was in an unprecedented crisis. Zhou Gu was worried about it and thought about countermeasures.

In the room, Zhou Guzheng wrote a letter to his brother Zhou Bing. Zhou Bing is the governor of Jiangxia and one of Huang Zu's confidants. Although Huang Zu is the prefect of Jiangxia, his energy is mainly focused on the army. Zhou Bing is basically responsible for handling Jiangxia's government affairs, and he is very powerful.

Zhou Ling, who was killed by Liu Jing this time, was the nephew of Zhou Gu and Zhou Bing, and was the son of their deceased elder brother. Zhou Ling was killed. Of course, Zhou Gu couldn't swallow this tone, but Liu Jing was powerful and controlled the Chaisang army. The Zhou family dared not fight strongly, so they could only endure it until now.

But Zhou Gu also keenly realized that Liu Jing's entry into Chaisang must be Liu Biao's arrangement, with a clear purpose, to regain control of Jiangxia from Huang Zu. Then, as the Zhou family, living in Chaisang City, would inevitably be affected by the conflict between Huang and Liu, so how could the Zhou family survive in this dangerous crack?

This is the real reason why Zhou Gu was worried. He had to ask his brother Zhou and ask him clearly what to do with the Zhou family? If it really doesn't work, the Zhou family will temporarily move to Wuchang County.

At this time, a knock sounded outside the door, and the butler said outside the door: "Master, the second master of Wuchang County is urgently mailed."

Zhou Gu immediately put down his pen and "take it in" he was writing a letter to his brother, but he didn't expect that his brother's letter arrived first.

The housekeeper came in, handed him a letter, and slowly retreated. Zhou Gu opened the letter, but his brows frowned slightly. At this time, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded, and Zhou Gu's clan brother Zhou Xin appeared at the door, "Head of the family, have you heard that the second brother has written?"

Zhou Xin is also an important figure in the Zhou family. Zhou Gu never shows up on the excuse of being in poor health. He usually asks his clan brother Zhou Xin to deal with it. Zhou Gu nodded and “come in and speak”

Zhou Xin walked into the room, stared at the letter in Zhou Gu's hand, and asked, "What did the second brother say in the letter?"

"What else can you say?"

Zhou Gu sighed and handed him the letter, "Let us be low-key and tolerate Liu Jingxu, and not let us move to Wuchang, saying that this is what Huang Zu means."

Zhou Xin hurriedly read the letter and frowned and said, "Head of the family, did you think it was Huang Zu who wanted to use us?"

"I think so too, but what choice can we have?" Zhou Gu said worriedly.

Zhou Xin was silent. They really had no choice. After a moment, Zhou Gu turned around and asked, "I asked you to find Tao Qun yesterday, what did he say?"

Zhou Xin hurriedly said: "I heard that a 400-packed fleet of cargo in the Tao family was detained by Huang Sho in Xiakou. Huang Sho forced the Tao family to hand over Huang Yong and Tao Zhan, otherwise the Tao family's fleet would not have thought about Jiangxia. Now the Tao family is a little confused. Tao Qun and Tao Miao are challenging the head of the family and asking Tao Sheng to give the family an explanation. But Mr. Tao went to Jiangdong again, and no one can calm the chaos of the Tao family."

Zhou Gu sneered and asked again: "Did Liu Jing interfere?"

"How can he interfere? This is the family's internal affairs. Besides, Huang Zu hopes that he will snatch the Tao family's ships and give Huang Zu a reason to send troops to Chaisang."

Zhou Gu walked a few steps behind his back. The Tao family is very important to Liu Jing. The Tao family's business path was cut off, which was a fatal blow to the Tao family. Although the consequences of the Tao family's chaos were not seen for the time being, an intuition told Zhou Gu that the decline of the Tao family would inevitably be beneficial to the Zhou family and Huang Zu's recovery of Chaisang.

Zhou Gu thought for a while and said, "Tao Qun and Tao Miao can be used. Try to contact them as much as possible. If you have any news, please tell me any time."

With Liu Jing being appointed as Sima of the Chaisang Division, Liu Biao and Huang Zu reached a compromise, and the overall situation of Jiangxia was determined, but it did not mean that Jiangxia was calm.

On the contrary, the struggle between Huang Zu and Liu Jing around Chaisang is still undercurrent. Huang Zu did not dare to send troops to attack Chaisang openly, but used another method to deal with Liu Jing.

Huang Zu knew that the Tao family's money and grain were important to Liu Jing. In order to implement a plan to remove firewood from the cauldron, Huang Zu turned his target to the Tao family, and his son Huang Sho came out. Just three days ago, Huang Sho seized the Tao family's 400 cloth-carrying fleet in Xiakou and arrested dozens of Tao guys.

At the same time, Huang Shi issued an ultimatum to the Tao family, and the Tao family must hand over Huang Yong and Tao Zhan immediately, otherwise the Tao family's fleet would not have thought of passing by Jiangxia again

Jiangxia is the main waterway hub of the entire Jingzhou. Cutting off the Tao family's fleet through Jiangxia undoubtedly cut off the Tao family's Jingzhou commercial road, causing an extremely heavy blow to the Tao family. It was this incident that triggered a long-standing conflict within the Tao family. Two important figures from the family, Tao Qun and Tao Miao, joined forces to attack Tao Sheng and asked Tao Sheng to give the family an explanation.

The house leaked and rained all night. Last night, Tao Sheng received a handwritten letter from Liu Biao, asking him to marry his daughter Tao Zhan as his second son Liu Cong. The wife was just a nicer statement, but she was actually a concubine. He asked him to send his daughter to Xiangyang as soon as possible. He continued to attack, which made Tao Sheng finally unable to withstand this huge pressure.

He couldn't sleep all night, and just dawn, he came to the military camp and asked Liu Jing for help

The Chaisang Military Camp was originally located in the north of the city, covering an area of ​​more than 20 acres, and there was a wall built around it. However, Liu Jing felt that the old military camp had no training ground, so he moved the military camp to the Nancheng Schoolyard, and the Beicheng Military Camp was converted into a grain warehouse.

Currently, there are more than 2,500 troops in Chaisang, including 500 old brothers brought by Liu Jing from Fancheng. In addition, Gan Ning and hundreds of his subordinates, but they are not stationed in Chaisang, but in Longwan City, about seven miles west of Chaisang

Longwan City is Chaisangzi City, with a circumference of only three miles. It is actually a military city, close to the Yangtze River. Standing on the city, you can shoot arrows directly at the ships in the Yangtze River, so that Gan Ning and Liu Jing can support each other.

It has been five days since Liu Jing returned to Chaisang. During these five days, he has almost devoted all his energy to rectifying the army. This army of 2,500 people will become his capital for the uprising, and it is the army that truly belongs to him. How to build this army into an elite army? Liu Jing has been working hard for it these days.

In the room, Liu Jingzheng and Xu Shu discussed military affairs. Xu Shu was highly recommended by Liu Jing and was appointed as the lieutenant of Chaisang County and was also a counselor of military affairs.

This was the first official position Xu Shu had obtained in Jingzhou in several years. Although his official position was not very high and he was just a county lieutenant, in fact, he was Liu Jing's military advisor and was in charge of military affairs for Liu Jing. He handed over the affairs of the county lieutenant to his deputy and almost didn't ask much about it.

The two were discussing the military's reward and punishment regulations. At this time, a soldier reported at the door: "Report to Sima, the head of the Tao family has important matters to ask for a meeting."

Tao Sheng is Tao Zhan's father and has a little future relationship with Liu Jing. The important thing is that the Tao family will be an important source of money and food for Liu Jing, so he cannot be neglected. Liu Jing ordered: "Please come in."

After a moment, a soldier took Tao Sheng into the room. Tao Sheng looked sad and bowed to the door, "Young Master Jing, the Tao family is in big trouble. I have no choice but to ask the Youth Master for help."

Liu Jing and Xu Shu looked at each other, and Liu Jing comforted him: "The head of the family doesn't have to worry. Sit down and say slowly, there will always be a solution to the matter."

Tao Sheng sighed, and intercepted the ship by Huang Shot, saying that the Tao family's merchant ship was not allowed to cross Jiangxia, and said worriedly: "Compared with the oppression of the Huang family, the coercion of the Zhou Mu is a deadly thing. Zhou Mu actually asked Jiu Niang to be Liu Cong's concubine. If he did not agree, he would hold the Tao family accountable for the unfavorable care. Now the whole family is in chaos. Young Master, what should I do?"
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