In another big tent, Jia Xu sat down and lowered his head without saying a word. If he had a little bit of luck before and refused to face reality, then now he had to face reality.

All his family has been taken to Jiang Xia. Now Cao Hong can prove the fact that he surrendered to Liu Jing. What way out can he go?

Unless he escapes into the world and never knows about the world, but in his name for decades, Jia Xu has made countless enemies. The world is so big that he can live in the world.

Jia Xu sighed without a long sigh. He knew that he had no way out except to be loyal to Liu Jing and help Liu Jing defeat Cao's army for survival.

At this time, Liu Jing walked into the tent and sat down opposite Jia Xu. He looked at Jia Xu quietly for a moment and smiled faintly: "Mr. and I will have a gentleman appointment!"

Jia Xu looked up and looked at Liu Jing in confusion. What is a gentleman's appointment. Liu Jing pondered for a while and continued: "I hired Mr. to be my staff for a year. A year later, Mr. is willing to stay. I welcome him. If Mr. wants to leave, I will never stop him."

Jia Xu showed a bitter smile on his face. Maybe there was no way out, but there was a step to face. Once he got on Liu Jing's ship, would he still want to get off the ship?

At this time, Jia Xu had no choice but to accept his fate. He thought about it and smiled, "How much salary does that young master plan to give me?"

Liu Jing suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Jia Xu actually asked for the salary. This was his concession. Liu Jing also smiled and said, "Of course I will give the husband a generous salary, I just hope that he can solve my problems."

Jia Xu put away his smile, and he pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you tell me frankly whether you want to take the post of the governor of Jingzhou?"

Liu Jing nodded, "If the name is not right, the words will not go well."

"It should be so. Taking the position of governor of Jingzhou will also help you cooperate with Jiangdong. The young master can use Cao Hong to exchange for governor of Jingzhou to let the emperor recognize you as governor of Jingzhou. In this way, Xiangyang and Nanjun will be in a moral disadvantage."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "Actually, I still have more than 10,000 prisoners of war in Cao's army, and Li Dian was also captured by me, and even Le Jin's head."

Jia Xu's eyes were extremely surprised. Did Cao Ren lose this far in this battle? Lian Lejin was unfortunately killed.

"If you add a Li Dian, it will be even more problematic. However, more than 10,000 prisoners of war are of great use. They are the best laborers, allowing them to farm, mining, and even exchange them for food or supplies with Jiangdong."

Liu Jing shook his head, "I plan to let all of these more than 10,000 people go home and let them go back to reunite with their wives, children and parents. I don't want to treat them as military slaves."

Jia Xu is also a visionary person. He immediately understood Liu Jing's profound meaning. If he put more than 10,000 prisoners of war home, the name of Liu Jing's benevolence and righteousness will spread to the Central Plains. Although there is no immediate benefit, it will have positive significance for Liu Jing to seek the Central Plains in the long run.

Jia Xu smiled, "In this way, these prisoners of war must understand that Prince Jing released them out of benevolence and righteousness, so don't let them think they were replaced."

Liu Jing also laughed, "Mr. said it well. If you are a good person, of course you have to leave your name."

He pondered for a while and said, "In addition, there is also the matter of Changsha County. I would like to ask sir, how should I get Changsha County?"

Jia Xu thought for a moment and asked, "Who is Zhang Ji, the current prefect of Changsha County?"

"He should be loyal to the prefecture governor, but the county magistrate Liu Pan and Liu Qi have a close relationship, and the commander Huang Zhong is my master. However, I am worried that the old general Huang and Liu Pan have a friendship, so he will not easily agree to be loyal to me."

Jia Xu walked a few steps behind his hands and said to Liu Jing: "If I'm not wrong, Liu Bei and Liu Cong are both planning Changsha County. Liu Cong will use the method of changing the prefect to control Changsha County, while Liu Bei wants to break through from Liu Pan. As for the young master, I suggest that Huang Zhong be won over first. The key is the army. If the army can be controlled, then simply march directly into Changsha County without any major troubles."

"What should I do specifically?" Liu Jing asked without saying a word.

Liu Jing has long been confident about collecting Changsha County, but he is more willing to let Jia Xu express his opinions. This is a roundabout way of employing people.

It was difficult for Jia Xu to deal with Cao Cao from the beginning, and Jia Xu would be reluctant to do so. It would be better to let Jia Xu take over things that were not related to Cao Cao first. When he gradually got used to his role, it would not be too late to talk about Cao Cao. The key is to ask Jia Xu to participate in the decision-making.

Everything has a process. It is obviously unrealistic to let Jia Xu play a big role as soon as he starts. It is necessary to give Jia Xu a time to adapt, or use some small things to warm up and solve the ownership problem of Changsha County. This is undoubtedly the best opportunity.

Jia Xu didn't know much about Changsha County. He just used common sense to infer some things, but if you ask him how to do it, he couldn't answer for a while. Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that Wen Pin was loyal to the young master. I don't know why Wen Pin chose the young master instead of Liu Cong?"

Liu Jing secretly praised her with a vicious look and indeed she is well-deserved. Wen Pin and Huang Zhong are the same people. Jia Xu did not talk about Huang Zhong, but talked about Wen Pin. If he could find the reason why Wen Pin was loyal to him, he found a solution to Huang Zhong.

In fact, this is also the way Liu Jing took Huang Zhong. Jia Xu and he thought of going together. Liu Jing took out a flat box from his arms, opened it, and handed a blood letter written on silk to Jia Xu. "This is the last words left by Liu Xian. It said that the provincial governor appointed me to inherit the Jingzhou master before his death, but it was tampered with by Cai Mao and others, and Liu Xian was also killed because of this. It was this blood letter that made Wen Pin make a choice."

Jia Xu laughed, "Since there is this blood letter, isn't it simple? I suggest that Wen Pin write a letter to Huang Zhong, and then the young master asks Liu Min or Zhou Busi to meet Huang Zhong with this blood letter. In this way, in the face of righteousness, I think no matter how good Huang Zhong and Liu Pan have a personal relationship, he will not throw away the principle because of his personal relationship."

It can be said that the heroes have similar opinions. Jia Xu proposed the plan exactly what Liu Jing thought, but Jia Xu was even more clever. Liu Jing was an insider, and Jia Xu relied on inference, but he was able to deduce from Huang Zhonglian to Wen Pin. This is called learning from one example and only a scheming person like Jia Xu wanted to get it.

At this time, Jia Xu smiled again: "If the young master only wants the army of Changsha County, then transfer Huang Zhong to Jiangxia. If the young master wants to legitimately incorporate Changsha County into the Jiangxia power, then it is best to have a plan on the prefect of Changsha County. In fact, the method is very simple!"

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Changsha County borders the northwest and the south county and the northeast with Jiangxia County. Its geographical location is extremely important. Although Changsha County is separated from Xiangyang and has no direct territory, because Changsha County is a must-pass passage for the four counties going south to Lingling, Guiyang, Xiangdong and Linhe, it also has an extremely important strategic position for Xiangyang.

At present, except for Xiangyang County and Fangling County, the territory controlled by the Cai Mao Group is only left with several counties in the south. In order to effectively control several counties in the south, it is an urgent matter for the Cai Mao Group to establish a strong military and political force in Changsha County.

After Cai Mao had just stabilized his control over Xiangyang, he immediately set out to deploy senior military and political officials in Changsha County. Cai Mao also knew that it was impossible to replace people at the same time. He first replaced Zhang Ji, and then found a way to transfer Huang Zhong back to Xiangyang. This was more secure, so replacing the prefect Zhang Ji became the first thing to do.

However, it was not easy for the new prefect to go from Xiangyang to Changsha. He either took Nanjun Road or Jiangxia Road. After repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Cai Mao finally decided to take Jiangxia Road. At least on the surface, he still maintained a friendly attitude with Liu Jing, and Xu Shu was also negotiating in Xiangyang.

The new prefect of Changsha County took the waterway, followed the Han River south, moved into Xia River in Mianyang County, entered Yunmengze, and then entered Dongting Lake through the Yangtze River.

That afternoon, a fleet of three 300-stone passenger ships sailed from Yunmengze into the Yangtze River. This place was already within Nanjun, but it was far from Jiangling City, where the population gathered in Nanjun. It was surrounded by endless lakes and waters, which were rare in the population, and even fishing boats were rarely seen.

"Premier Han, this time we have a long way to go to Changsha!" One of the people who worked at the bow of the boat sighed.

The new prefect of Changsha appointed by Cai Mao was named Han Xuan. He himself was a prominent clan in Changsha County and had always been an official in Fangling County. He was one of Cai Mao's confidants.

Han Xuan was about forty years old, and he was ordinary in both knowledge and appearance. He was the kind of ordinary person who was overwhelmed when he entered the crowd.

But Cai Mao took a fancy to his background. The Han family is a famous family in Changsha County. With the support of the family, it would be much easier for Han Xuan to replace Zhang Ji.

Han Xuan stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the river with his hands behind his back and smiled, "Things are not as difficult as you think. As far as I know, Zhang Ji once proposed to the First Lord three times to resign as the prefect, but the First Lord refused. Now I will take over his position, and he will not refuse. Moreover, I understand Zhang Ji, who is committed to medicine and has no interest in the officialdom. This trip to Changsha will not take much effort."

Seeing that Han Xuan was confident and his followers praised him, Han Xuan became even more content and began to imagine the grand occasion of his reign as the prefect of Changsha.

At this moment, a row of ships came from the east, about a hundred ships, all of whom pulled up sails and came by sailing through the wind and waves. When the fleet of ships approached, someone suddenly shouted in horror, "It's a black dragon thief!"

I saw a black dragon printed on the sail on the headed ship, which was particularly dazzling in the sun. Because the Jinfan thief who dominated the Yangtze River surrendered to the government six years ago, more than a dozen large and small water thieves emerged on the Yangtze River, the most famous of which was the Black Dragon thief.

It is said that the leader of the Black Dragon Thief was surnamed Zhang, and there were more than a thousand tribes. His nest was in Junshan, Dongting Lake, and he was active in the Yangtze River for many years and made a living by robbing merchant ships. However, since this year, the Black Dragon Thief was mainly active in the Jiangdong area. Han Xuan never thought that he would meet in Nanjun today.

Han Xuan was extremely nervous, but they had no choice but to escape, so he shouted loudly: "Don't panic, just give money and avoid disaster."

Han Xuan brought a lot of money and goods during this trip, especially 10,000 taels of gold. Cai Mao asked him to bribe the officers under Huang Zhong. Now that he is targeted by the thief, Han Xuan doesn't care about money anymore, as long as he can save his life.

In a moment, more than one hundred fast ships surrounded Han Xuan's three ships. On the crane, hundreds of men in black raised military crossbows. They did not hesitate and shot arrows at Han Xuan's ship together, and screams suddenly sounded.

Dozens of followers brought by Han Xuan were shot in an arrow, and most of them were killed or injured in a moment. The leader of the man in black waved his hand and the thief jumped onto the ship and killed all those who were not dead.

The leader of the man in black rushed to Han Xuan's ship and quickly walked into the cabin. Several subordinates dragged Han Xuan up from the bottom cabin. Han Xuan was so scared that he trembled all over and said a word. The leader of the man in black smiled coldly at him, "Han Xuan, you really shouldn't have come to Changsha to stir up this muddy water!"

He suddenly stabbed Han Xuan in the heart. The moment before his death, Han Xuan realized that these people were not black dragon thieves.
Chapter completed!