The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 46 Layout of Jingzhou
The next day, Liu Biao summoned Liu Bei again and said, "My dear brother has lived in the city for a long time, and I fear that military affairs will be neglected. Xiangyang belongs to Xinye County, and there is quite a lot of money and food. My dear brother can lead our troops to Xinye to garrison. We can recruit some soldiers. You can also guard against Cao Cao, what do you think, brother?"

Liu Bei has long been idle, but Liu Biao has never arranged a job for him, and it is not convenient for him to mention it by himself.

So Liu Bei packed his luggage, took Guan, Zhang, Zhao and others, and led more than a thousand remaining soldiers to station in Xinye.

When the people in Xinye heard that Uncle Liu Huang, who is full of benevolence and righteousness, came, they rushed to tell each other to welcome Uncle Liu Huang.With such a good mass base, Liu Bei recruited some soldiers and had several thousand soldiers under his command.

When the spies passed the news to Jiangxia, Zhang Wu felt that he could start to make plans. He wanted to lay out a big picture, including Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Cai Mao and even the whole Jingzhou.If the plan is successful, he will not only be able to control the entire Jingzhou, but also include Liu Bei's small gang and Jingzhou's outstanding talents.

At that time, Zhang Wu will be a powerful prince who dominates one side, and he will be truly qualified to fight for hegemony in the world.

The core of this situation is the conflict between Cai Mao and Liu Qi due to Jingzhou's heir. As long as this conflict is intensified, Cai Mao and others may do extreme and stupid things, thereby disrupting Jingzhou, and Zhang Wu can fish in troubled waters.

Zhang Wu never doubted the boldness and stupidity of Cai Hao and his sister. In the original book, they dared to kill Liu Bei in private, and then raised their hands to surrender when Cao Cao's soldiers were overwhelming.It can be said that the Cai family only has their own family's interests in their eyes, and will not take the interests of Jingzhou and Liu's family into consideration at all.

This is actually a common problem of most big families in this era. They only care about the interests of the family and disregard the interests of the country and the nation, and they don't care about the life and death of the people. It doesn't matter who is the emperor, as long as it can bring benefits to the family.

For example, Chen Gui and Chen Deng, father and son of the Chen family in Xuzhou, were Tao Qian's subordinates when Tao Qian was the pastor of Xuzhou.After Liu Bei became the shepherd of Xuzhou, they defected to Liu Bei.When Lu Bu captured Xuzhou, their father and son took refuge with Lu Bu again.Later, Cao Cao came to attack Xuzhou, and the father and son betrayed Lu Bu and defected to Cao Cao.

Xuzhou has changed so many masters back and forth, and the Chen family is not affected at all. They have no integrity at all, so Zhang Wu is also deeply wary of those who come from wealthy noble families.Now there are no gentry who take refuge in him, even if someone comes to vote in the future, he will be more careful.

Zhang Wu first sent people to spread rumors throughout Jingzhou, saying that the eldest son Liu Qi was really wise and powerful. After he came to Jiangxia as the prefect, he managed Jiangxia in an orderly manner and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The civil and military officials of Jiangxia County, including Zhang Wu, were sincerely convinced of Liu Qi and expressed their sincere gratitude to Liu Qi in the future. No matter what happens, I will firmly support the eldest son.

This news made Cai Hao restless. Although he hated Liu Qi before, he didn't take Liu Qi seriously at all, because Liu Qi only occupied the title of eldest son and had no other strength at all.Once Liu Biao was dead, Cai Hao could kill Liu Qi as easily as crushing an ant.

It's different now. If Liu Qi really has the support of Jiangxia County, especially Zhang Wu, then he will have the support of the army.The Jiangxia navy is the strongest in Jingzhou, and the Xiangyang navy and Jiangling navy can't beat the Jiangxia navy together.

Moreover, Zhang Wu was able to defeat and capture Jiangdong fierce general Han Dang alive. His strength was not weak. Looking at the entire Jingzhou, Wenpin might be able to resist him.Zhang Wu also has two sworn brothers, so Chen Sun doesn't know how strong he is, but Gan Ning's bravery is well known now, so it's hard to deal with!

Back then when he supported Liu Qi to serve as the prefect of Jiangxia, Cai Mao actually wanted to make Liu Qi look ugly, but Zhang Wu, who was born as a thief, was so easy to deal with!It must be that Liu Qi promised Zhang Wu something, why is Zhang Wu so stupid, if someone draws a cake for you, do you believe it?

Even if Cai Mao thought hard, he would never have imagined that although Zhang Wu's body had not changed, his soul had changed. He also never imagined that Zhang Wu, the thief who only knew how to rob people in Xiangyang before, would actually plot against him.

If I had known that this idiot Zhang Wu was so good at fooling around, I should have done it first. Back then, I had chosen one of my brothers to serve as the prefect of Jiang Xia, and promised some benefits to the three Zhang Wu brothers. Wouldn't it be possible to take Jiang Xia into my own hands?

Just when Cai Mao was annoyed, another news came.

While the people in Jingzhou spread the name of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, many people said that Liu Bei appreciated the eldest son Liu Qi very much, saying that he had the image of a benevolent lord, and the two were even more intimately called uncle and nephew.

At first, Liu Qi made Cai Mao very disgusted, and then Liu Bei made Cai Mao even more upset, and now the two people he hated got together, which made Cai Mao even more annoying.

Ordinarily, it is Liu Biao's housework to choose who to be his successor, and it is ultimately up to Liu Biao to decide.But there are two people who can express their opinions on this matter, one is Liu Biao's stepmother Mrs. Cai, and the other is Liu Biao's brother-in-law Cai Mao.

In the past, Cai Mao felt that with his sister at Liu Biao's side, and his Cai family controlling the military power in Jingzhou, it was natural for his side to win.

But now Cai Mao was a little panicked, because Liu Bei was not an ordinary person, he was the emperor's uncle who was appointed by the emperor himself, he was Liu Biao's brother of the same clan, and he was qualified to express his opinions on Liu Biao's housework.Moreover, Liu Bei's status as the emperor's uncle can also represent the Han clan in a certain sense, which poses a greater threat to Cai Mao and the Cai family.

If Liu Qi succeeds Jingzhou Mu with the support of Liu Bei and Zhang Wu, then Cai Hao and the Cai family will be in trouble.

No, I have to find a way quickly.

Therefore, Cai Mao hurried to the state pastoral mansion to discuss countermeasures with his sister, Mrs. Cai.

"This Liu Bei is really annoying. A bereaved dog was taken in by me in Jingzhou. He didn't feel grateful and dared to make trouble for me. If I knew it, I would have tried my best to persuade my husband not to take Liu Bei!" Mrs. Cai said angrily.

"Fortunately, we made a plan to drive Liu Bei to Xinye, so that he would not have the opportunity to slander his brother-in-law. But I think this person is very ambitious, maybe he will use Liu Qi to seize my Jingzhou." Cai Mao also said with a gloomy face. .

"Then what should we do? This matter will ultimately be decided by the husband. I have persuaded the old man many times to make Cong'er his heir, but he just refuses. Does he still have plans to make Liu Qi? Hmph!"

"I am a big man who has always been the head of the family. Maybe my brother-in-law has some concerns, but I think my brother-in-law also loves Cong'er very much. In addition, Cong'er has my Cai family's support, he should still lean towards Cong'er in his heart."

Madam Cai suddenly said harshly: "You are in charge of Jingzhou military power, can you think of a way to kill that Zhang Wu? This hateful thief dares to meddle in my family affairs, he deserves to die!"

"Well, that Zhang Wu holds Jiang Xia's military power, and with the help of Chen Sun and Gan Ning, it is difficult to get rid of it in a hurry!" Cai Mao said with some embarrassment, "However, I can see if I can buy him off. I used to be very greedy for money, so I will send someone to lobby first."

"Okay, you go ahead and make arrangements. Your brother-in-law is not feeling well these days. When he gets better, I will find an opportunity to mention Cong'er's matter."

"Okay, then I'll go first."

(End of this chapter)