Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Xiangyang, Cai Mansion.

In the main hall, cracklings occurred one after another.

The hall is filled with piles of account books, and the accounting gentlemen are dialing the abacus beads to count last year's rental income.

"The ten counties of Nanjun collected a total of 100,000 dendrobium of grain and rice."

"Jiangxia County’s income from grain and rice last year was about 50,000 dendrobium"

"The total of Changsha County has been collected..."

Listening to the statistics of each county, Cai Hao, who was sitting in the upper position and enjoying a cup of tea, could not help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. The rich heritage of aristocratic families is not only due to generations of officials, but also to the fact that they have been in the state. This county has huge influence.

And this influence is not only because the family is powerful and has a large number of children serving as officials in the state and county.

It is also because the wealthy families own huge amounts of land and hold wealth that is as rich as the country.

With wealth, you can use it to cultivate relationships, thereby feeding back power, and then use power to obtain more wealth.

In this way, a virtuous circle of favoritism is formed, which can maintain the family's prosperity for hundreds of years.

"When it comes to foresight, it has to be you, the eldest brother."

"If it hadn't been for the eldest brother's move to support Liu Jingsheng, how could our Cai family, with Liu Jingsheng's protection, have tripled their land output in just a few years!"

"Even in the four counties of Jingnan that were previously inaccessible, our Cai family can still get a share of the pie."

"In the future, if our Cai family can be ranked alongside the Yuan family and the Yang family, you will be the greatest contributor."

The second brother Cai Zhong poured tea and complimented him a lot.

A look of pride flashed across Cai Mao's face.

After the compliment, Cai Zhong showed regret and sighed:

"It's a pity that we failed to capture Nanyang County this time and it was stolen by Liu Bei's fellows."

"Nanyang is five hundred miles of fertile wilderness, with twice the amount of fertile farmland as in Nanjun!"

Cai Zhong's heart ached as if it were being cut.

Cai Mao looked disapproving:

"Although the lord of Nanyang County has not been captured, this does not affect our Cai family's ability to acquire land."

"I have ordered your third brother to escort the grain harvest from Nanyang. I estimate that it will soon pass through Xinye at this moment."

Cai Zhong's eyes often brightened, but he said worriedly:

"After all, Nanyang County is now owned by Liu Bei. Will he let us take those ownerless fields and take them for our Cai family?"

Previously, Nanyang County was plagued by Yuan Shu and Zhang Ji one after another. The local people either died or fled, or took refuge in the mountains. The big families in Jingzhou, such as the Cai family and the Kuai family, took advantage of the situation to extend their tentacles to Nanyang and plundered the unclaimed land..

As a result, a large amount of private land that originally belonged to the peasants was collected by various wealthy families without spending a penny.

Among them, the Cai family was the first to bear the brunt. In the Wancheng area alone, there were five farms, with thousands of acres of fertile land..

When Zhang Ji occupied Wancheng, although he was at war with Liu Biao, he was afraid of the Cai family's influence and did not dare to touch the Cai family's property in Wancheng.

This is also where Cai Mao's confidence lies. Even Zhang Ji

, who is as cruel as Zhang Ji, dare not touch me, Cai. In the interests of the family, Liu Bei, a man who weaves mats and sells shoes, dares to have such courage?

So Cai Hao smiled disdainfully:

"Second brother, you are worrying too much. Liu Bei naturally knows the background of my Cai family."

"I don't even think he has the guts to touch even an acre of land or a grain of rice from my Cai family!"

The words just fell.

The sound of footsteps sounded, and Cai Hefeng rushed into the mansion in a hurry.

"Brother, something happened, something happened to our farm in Nanyang!"

Cai He entered in such a hurry that he even stumbled and nearly fell down.

Cai Mao frowned and said displeased:"Why are you in such a panic? How unbecoming!"

"Big brother, I went to Nanyang to collect grain. Unexpectedly, our farm was looted."

"When my foolish brother inquired about it, he found out that the one who robbed our food and grass was Liu Bei's general Zhang Fei!"

As soon as these words came out,

Cai Mao's expression suddenly changed, as if he had been slapped hard.

Just now.

He was still full of confidence, expecting that Liu Bei would not dare to touch his Cai family's interests in Nanyang. In the blink of an eye, Liu Bei His subordinates actually robbed all their food and gifts! Slap him in the face!

Slap him in the face openly, slap him in the face of the Cai family!

Cai Mao clenched his fists, and his face instantly lit up with endless anger.

"What a big-eared thief, who is he? He dares to bully our Cai family like this!"

"Brother, there are at least 80,000 dendrobiums of grain in Nanyang. How can we just let the big-eared thieves snatch it away!"

Cai Zhong fanned the flames and shouted angrily.

"Good, good, good to you, Liu Bei!"

"How dare you not take my Cai family seriously, then don't blame me for being rude!"

Cai Mao stood up and shouted angrily:

"Prepare your horse, I'm going to the state capital to meet the lord!"

…

In the state capital.

Liu Biaozheng frowned deeply and looked gloomy, studying the emperor's edict in his hand.

The veins on his forehead were faintly bulging, showing the anger in his heart.

It was an edict appointing Liu Bei as the shepherd of Jingzhou and transferring him to the imperial court to serve as a Taiwei.

The emperor is Cao Cao's puppet, and the court is Cao Cao's court. This is something that even a fool can see.

Although the official position of the state pastor is low, he is a veritable native emperor.

The position of Taiwei is extremely popular, but how much is it worth?

Are you, Cao Aman, playing tricks on me, Liu Biao?

"Cao Cao's move is certainly suspected of provoking a fight between us and Liu Bei in the name of the Emperor."

"But according to our careful investigation, all the generals under Liu Bei are ready to make a move, and they have proposed strategies to Liu Bei to capture Jingzhou."

"It can be seen that Liu Bei is probably already mobilizing for the southern invasion."

"Furthermore, people in Xiangyang have been agitated recently, and rumors are spreading everywhere. It is said that the people of Jingxiang are looking forward to Liu Bei."

"There are various signs that Liu Bei has regarded himself as the herdsman of Jingzhou, and sooner or later he will go south to seize our Jingzhou."

"The more I thought, the lord should strike first and immediately send troops to attack Liu Bei, without giving him a chance to mature!"

Kuai Yue was completely opposite to his original attitude, and he urged the army to march out of anger.

Of course, this change was because he was worried that Liu Bei would send troops south.

The private reason was that his family's farm in Nanyang was also robbed by Zhang Fei.

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, I gave you Nanyang, but you still covet Jingzhou!"

"You are really a greedy villain!"

Liu Biao murmured to himself, clutching the emperor's edict tighter and tighter in his hands.

Although he was angry, he could not make up his mind for a while.

At this moment, Cai Mao burst into the palace with anger all over his body.

"Jingzhou is the Lord's Jingzhou, how can we allow others to interfere with it!"

"Liu Bei is very ambitious and wants to seize the lord's inheritance. I, Cai Mao, will not tolerate it!"

"Please give the order, my lord, to use all my troops in Jingxiang to attack Liu Bei, the unjust man!"

"I, Cai Mao, am willing to be a vanguard. I will never withdraw my troops until my lord recaptures Nanyang!"

Cai Mao stood solemnly in front of the hall, and angrily asked Liu Biao to fight.

Cai Mao Kuai Yue.

The head of the two major clans in Jingzhou, the chief of his civil officials, the head of the military generals, and the two most trusted ministers.

At this moment, they have all expressed their support for the crusade against Liu Bei and the recovery of Nanyang.

Liu Biao's remaining hesitation was instantly wiped away, and a murderous intent surged on his face.

"Pass on my orders!"

"In the near future, all the troops in Jingzhou were mobilized, marched north, defeated Liu Bei, and recaptured Nanyang!"

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