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At night, Liu Jing sat in the study and carefully fiddled with his provincial governor's seal talisman. The provincial governor's seal is made of gold, slightly larger than a fist, and is a cube with a kirin carved on it, with exquisite workmanship.

The other seal is his lord seal, which looks similar to the Jinping Pavilion Marquis Seal left by his father in the past. It is cast in bronze, with a turtle as a button, square and flat, only the size of a fist, and is engraved with a small seal Fanxiang Marquis Seal.

This is his title. He turned out to be a town marquis, only one level lower than a county marquis. The titles of the Han Dynasty were very complicated. Simply put, in addition to the titles of kings, the county marquis was the highest, such as Yuan Shao was the Marquis of Ye and Sun Quan was the Marquis of Wu.

Further downward are the marquis of the West, such as Zhang Fei was named the marquis of Xixiang, Zhuge Liang was named the marquis of Wuxiang, etc.

Below the village marquis is the Marquis of Ting. A famous person like Guan Yu was named the Marquis of Shouting in Han, and Yu Jin was also named the Marquis of Yishouting in Yishouting.

Below the Marquis of Ting, there are Marquis of Duxiang, Marquis of Duting, Marquis of Guannei, Marquis of Names, Marquis of Guanzhong, etc.

The titles were mainly used to reward military merits, and most of them were obtained by generals and were promoted. For example, Zhang Liao led the Lu Bu army to surrender to Cao Cao and was named the Marquis of Guannei. After pacifying Yuan Shao, he was named Duting Hou. Finally, Cao Pi was promoted to Duxiang Hou. After Cao Pi became emperor in the same year, he was named Duyang Hou.

The reason why Liu Jing was named the Marquis of Fanxiang was largely because he was a vassal, but his vassal strength was inferior to Jiangdong, so he was named the Marquis of Xiang.

Despite this, Cao Cao also promised him to be the King of Xiangyang. As long as he was willing to surrender, he would be promoted to the title of king. This was a temptation that most people could not refuse. It was precisely because of this that Sun Quan was particularly nervous, fearing that Liu Jing would surrender to Cao Cao.

At this time, Tao Zhan brought a bowl of ginseng tea and walked in. She was diagnosed with pregnancy, so she was extremely careful and even walked slowly and was calm. However, she was less than a month pregnant and her lower abdomen had not yet bulged.

Perhaps because of her impending motherhood, Tao Zhan's temperament has changed a little, becoming more gentle and speaking more kindly. She is rarely angry, and her eyes always reveal a kind of joy that is hard to hide. She feels the beating of life every day.

Her husband's return made her feel better, and she had a lot to say to Liu Jing.

When she walked into the house, she saw Liu Jing paying attention to the seal talismans on the table, and smiled and said, "It's not rare for you to give it to the King of Xiangyang, but you care about a village marquis. I really don't know what you think."

Liu Jing put the seal talisman aside, put his wife's waist and smiled: "I don't care about them either, I'm just a little curious. I heard that you were also named a wife, do you care?"

Tao Zhan thought for a while and smiled, "To be honest, I still care a little. At least my mother has been looking forward to it for a lifetime but has not received the imperial edict, but I have it. It is also a kind of comfort to her spirit under the spring. After enthroning her wife, I went to burn incense to my mother."

Tao Zhan put down the ginseng tea, hugged her husband's neck and smiled, "Do you want the child's heartbeat?"

Liu Jing nodded with a smile, helped his wife stand up, put his ear on her lower abdomen, listened for a while, shook his head and said, "What can't you hear?"

"You enemy, hey, I can't do anything to you."

Tao Zhan glanced back at the door and saw that the door had been closed. Then he slowly unbuttoned his skirt, revealing his white and greasy skin, "Let me listen again."

Liu Jing put his lower abdomen on his lower abdomen and listened carefully. Finally, he heard a little slight heartbeat and couldn't help laughing, "The sound of beating is very small, I guess he is a baby girl."

"It's less than a month now, so of course my heart is not going to beat hard. I'll listen to it six or seven months and you won't say that."

"Actually, I like girls too. As long as they are my children, I like them."

Liu Jing said, but his hand touched her lower abdomen and slid down. Tao Zhan suddenly understood what he meant and was so scared that he grabbed his hand, "My husband can't do it, and his wife will remind him that he can't have sex within the first month."

"Oh, I almost forgot."

Liu Jing also understood in his heart, so he had to let go of his wife helplessly. Tao Zhan tied his skirt, but sat on his husband's lap, put his hands on his neck like a coquettish person and laughed in a low voice: "Have you not your medicine yet?"

"It has nothing to do with taking medicine, is it good? Do I have to take medicine before I need it?" Liu Jing said angrily.

"Actually, I understand your feelings, so I asked Xiao Bao Niang to find you. Why are you..."

Liu Jing was stunned for a moment, and then he understood his wife's intention. Tao Zhan kissed him on the cheek and whispered: "Xiao Bao Niang is already sixteen years old. I have been with you for five years. Have you never thought about her destination?"

Liu Jing understood what his wife meant. She wanted to take a small bag as a concubine. In fact, Liu Jing was not a pedantic person. He knew very well that in this era of high fertility mortality, the reason why taking a concubine was very important was to pass on the family line.

For example, Liu Biao only has one wife and one concubine, but in fact his women are far more than two, only two women are just famous.

Concubine is a kind of status. In the Han Dynasty, the status of concubines was not low. According to normal customs, the last destination of the personal maid was a concubine, but Liu Jing hoped that Xiaobao could marry the person she liked.

Liu Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You asked Xiaobao to find me, so that's what you mean, but is your husband so unbearable? You must find a woman."

"That might be possible"

Tao Zhan smiled and said, "If there is a princess, the county lord appears, and he is obsessed with you and wants to marry you, you might be so unbearable."

Liu Jing was stunned for a moment, but Tao Zhan turned around and walked away. He walked to the door, turned around and looked at him with a smile. His eyes were meaningful and Shi Shiran walked away.

Liu Jing had a headache. This talkative little bag must teach her a lesson when she has the chance.

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The next morning, Liu Jing left Wuchang City under the escort of several cavalry and ran towards Xiakou. At this time, Xiakou City was already the military center of Jiangxia, with more than 10,000 soldiers stationed. In addition to 10,000 infantry, it also included 20,000 naval troops and more than 2,000 warships. The naval army captain Gan Ning and Jiangxia chief Wei Yan commanded the navy and land armies respectively.

Although Xiakou City is already the military center of Jiangxia, it has 10,000 troops each in Wuchang County and Anlu County. In addition, there are 5,000 troops garrisoned in the important town of Chaisang. In addition, the 5,000 troops led by Huang Zhong in Changsha, a total of 60,000 troops have formed a powerful separatist force in Dongjingzhou.

With Cao Cao's appearance in Fancheng, this means that the war is coming. For more than a month, Xiakou City has been preparing for combat. Not only has it concentrated on training the army, but it also stored a large amount of supplies in the city. In addition, a military castle was built on Huanghe Mountain to detect any movement on the river.

At noon the next day, Liu Jing and the cavalry finally arrived at Xiakou City. He did not enter the city, but went directly to the military camp in the east of the city. Liu Jing's arrival immediately caused a sensation in the military camp.

Wei Yan led dozens of military officers above the camp to greet him. Seeing Liu Jing rolling over and dismounting, Wei Yan quickly stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and said with his fist: "Last general Wei Yan, please see the governor of the state."

"See the governor of the state" dozens of generals knelt down together.

Liu Jing hurriedly stepped forward to help Wei Yan up, "General Wei asked him to get up."

He smiled at the generals again and said, "Please get up, all generals."

The generals suddenly became lively and surrounded them together, asking, "Prince, we can't wait when the war will start?"

Seeing that the generals' eyes were full of expectations, Liu Jing smiled, "I'm here to discuss the war this time, everyone is satisfied."

The generals were overjoyed and even more excited. They surrounded Liu Jing and walked into the camp.

After entering the Central Army tent, Zhou Buyi led several officers to greet him. Zhou Buyi is currently serving as the chief minister and is one of Xu Shu's assistants, but he is actually following Wei Yan and in charge of daily military affairs.

Liu Jing waved his hand, so that everyone would not have to be polite. At this time, Wei Yan stepped forward and whispered: "Lord, you can't really fight a war, right?"

He refers to what Liu Jing said when he entered the military camp just now. He couldn't help but feel a little worried. Cao Cao was in Xiangyang, which made him feel more or less inexplicable fear. Liu Jing saw the fear in his eyes and couldn't help but sneer, "What are you afraid of? Before the Cao army arrived, can't the Jiangxia army defeat them with the strength of the Jiangxia army?"

Wei Yan was shocked and looked down and did not dare to speak. Zhou Buyi stepped forward and explained: "We have also discussed the attack on Xiangyang by the governor of the state. The main reason is that Cao Cao is in Xiangyang. When our attack on Xiangyang will inevitably arouse Cao Cao's attention to Xiangyang's defense. We all think that it is better to wait until Cao Cao leaves Xiangyang and go north, and we will send troops to Xiangyang again and capture Xiangyang County in one fell swoop."

Liu Jing shook his head, "It's a pity that you don't understand what I mean."

As soon as he finished speaking, a long laugh came from the door of the big tent, "I understand what the governor of the Zhou Dynasty means."

When Liu Jing turned around, Gan Ning and deputy general Li Jun appeared at the gate with joy on his face. Liu Jing laughed and walked forward, "Xingba runs very fast."

Although everyone often jokes, the courtesy should not be abandoned. Gan Ning and Li Jun knelt down on one knee to salute, "I will meet the provincial governor in the end."

Liu Jing stepped forward to help them up, looked at Gan Ning and said with a smile: "It seems that you have not only mastered the clan liquor, but also mastered the wind-chasing legs. You ran over as soon as I arrived at Xiakou."

Gan Ning said a little embarrassedly: "I came to the chief to discuss joint training of water and land. I happened to walk to the gate of the camp and heard that the governor of the state has arrived."

"You are here just in time, let's discuss the matter of sending troops to Xiangyang together."

Liu Jing asked Gan Ning to get in. He patted Li Jun on the shoulder again, staring at him and asked meaningfully: "Have you recovered from the injury?"

Li Jun nodded silently, his voice slightly hoarse, "Thank you for your concern, Mo Jiang's injury has been completely healed."

Li Jun's secret has always been kept secret by Liu Jing. When his injuries were almost healed, he was appointed as the left deputy lieutenant of the navy by Liu Jing. Together with the right deputy lieutenant Chen Shuo, he became Gan Ning's left and right deputy general. He did not expect that Liu Jing would still use him, and his heart was full of gratitude.

"Come in and sit down."
Chapter completed!