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As soon as he arrived at the door of Youjiao Station, Liu Hu rushed out and said anxiously: "Brother Jing, uncle has sent someone to find you twice, go quickly."

Liu Jing was stunned. Without thinking carefully, he turned his horse and ran towards the dock. Liu Hu quickly rode a horse from behind, "Brother Jing, wait for me, I'll go with you."

"Tiger, did the sender say anything?" Liu Jing asked on the ferry.

"No, but my uncle seems to be in a hurry. The sender asked me to find you. I have searched all Fancheng. Uncle Meng and Xiaobao don't know where you went."

Liu Hu had some complaints in his eyes, "Where have you been?"

Liu Jing smiled and looked at Xiangyang City. He had a premonition that Liu Biao was anxious to find him, which should be a good thing.

The two crossed the river and entered Xiangyang City, rode their horses toward Liu's mansion......

Today is the beginning of the first lunar month and the last day of the government's rest. For Liu Biao, who had been busy for two days, it was his first day of rest. At this time, Liu Biao was sitting in the study reading. He liked reading the books the most in his life. His collection of books can be said to be full of great things, and he is one of the best in Jingzhou.

Liu Biao was unwilling to be disturbed when reading a book and needed absolute silence. However, he seemed a little restless at this time. He was waiting for Liu Jing and sent someone to inform him for almost an hour, but Liu Jing was delayed in the future, which made Liu Biao feel a little unhappy.

Although Liu Biao was only the governor of Jingzhou, he was a direct relative of the Han Dynasty and had no obstacles to reaching the Ninth Five. He felt that he was more suitable to inherit the Han Dynasty than the current emperor. Especially Cao Cao used the heavens to command the princes, and he believed that he had no choice but to continue the Liu country.

Although he was ambitious, Liu Biao did not dare to march to attack Cao Cao in the north. He knew that he was far from Cao Cao's opponent. Even if Yuan Shao invited him to attack Cao's army from north to south, he would not dare to send troops because of doubts.

Liu Biao's greatest wish was to be able to support troops in the south, establish the Southern Han Dynasty, and continue the Han Dynasty in the south.

Although he had ambitions, Liu Biao did not have this courage. Whether it was Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, or Huang Zu, whom he trusted the most, they all firmly opposed him having this idea, which turned Liu Biao's ambition into a fantasy.

In the past two days, Liu Biao's eyes were focused on his nephew Liu Jing. After the Chinese New Year, the child should be seventeen years old. Seventeen is the beginning of his career. Whether it is Kuai Yue, Liu Bei, or Chang Liu Qi's advice, Liu Biao could not get rid of his suspicion of Liu Jing.

His Jingzhou foundation must be passed on to his son, and no one can imagine that anyone can covet it, and even his nephew is no exception. The more capable Liu Jing acts, the more worried Liu Biao will be.

But on the other hand, Liu Jing is his nephew after all, and he is more trustworthy than outsiders. Especially when he is smart and capable, he can indeed become the right-hand man of Liu Qi. Everything has two sides, it depends on how he arranges it.

It was Liu Bei's repeated persuasion last night that finally made Liu Biao make a decision.

At this time, the guards reported outside the door: "Lord, Duke Jing is here, Duke Hu is here too."

"Let them come in." Liu Biao put down the book and waited for Liu Jing to enter.

Liu Jing and Liu Hu walked into the study quickly, knelt down and saluted together, "Welcome to my uncle"

Liu Hu is Liu Biao's nephew, and it is slightly separated from Liu Jing. However, Liu Biao also likes him very much, likes his silly and honesty.

Relatively speaking, Liu Biao did not like Liu Hu's brother Liu Qing, who had mediocre qualifications and had no excellence.

"You two can get up," Liu Biao said with a smile.

The two of them stood up, and both stood with their hands down. Liu Biao smiled at Liu Hu and said, "Hu'er, stand aside first, and I will say a few words to your brother Jing first.

Liu Hu hurriedly took two steps back and stood against the wall. Then Liu Biao asked Liu Jing, "I heard that you have freed the five slaves."

Liu Jing nodded, "It's true"

"Why" Liu Biao asked as he stared at him.

"Reporting to my uncle, there are many slaves, and self-cultivating farmers will inevitably reduce, which is not conducive to the government's taxes. My nephew has always opposed the acquisition of slavery, but he is weak and unable to persuade the wealthy families. He can only do his best to restrain himself."

Liu Jing's remarks against slavery mean that in Liu Biao's heart, if there were enough self-cultivated farmers in Jingzhou and sufficient taxes, his dependence on the major wealthy families in Jingzhou would be much smaller. Unlike now, almost half of the military rations are provided by the wealthy families, which makes him unable to offend the Jingxiang family.

However, Liu Jing's actions still made Liu Biao slightly unhappy. He did not seek his consent and released the slaves without authorization. Once it was spread, although Liu Jing had a reputation, his identity was his nephew. What did the Jingxiang family think that Shi Nu was his intention and was hinting to them.

I can only say that Liu Jing was still a little reckless in his work. Although he was not satisfied, Liu Biao didn't want to say much, but just said lightly: "It's good to increase self-cultivation farmers, but these slaves returned to Runan and added Cao Cao's self-cultivation farmers, and instead became capital enemies. What do you say?"

Liu Jing was prepared in his heart. He knew that Liu Biao would definitely be dissatisfied with this matter. He said calmly: "Please calm down my anger. My nephew said that these slaves were originally prisoners of war in the Yellow Turban Army. Because the people of Runan and the Yellow Turban Army supported Liu Bei, Cao Cao issued a killing order to kill the Yellow Turban Army that supported Liu Bei. If these people return to their hometown, they will definitely not have a good time. Most of them will bring their families to Jingzhou to settle down. At that time, the five people will become 2,000 people and increase the population of Jingzhou. This is a good thing for Jingzhou."

Liu Biao's face calmed down a little, and Liu Jing's words made sense. This situation is likely to happen. His dissatisfaction gradually faded, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

Liu Biao's smile made Liu Jing breathe a sigh of relief, just like a boat rushing out of the rapids and dangerous shoals. He finally passed this level, and the next step should be smooth sailing.

"Okay, I won't talk about this for the time being."

Liu Biao let go of the slave affairs and turned to the topic today, "I came to you today to talk to you about the matter of You Shenghou. This is your first position. Let me ask you first, do you feel that you are suitable for this position?"

Liu Jing thought for a while and said, "My nephew has been in this position for more than half a month. His subordinates work hard and do it very well. Thank you for your care."

"It's not bad, it's only half a month, and it's really not easy, but..."

Liu Biao changed his tone and asked with a smile: "I mean, do you want to change another position?"

Liu Jing secretly looked forward to it. It seemed that Liu Biao really planned to reuse himself. In fact, Liu Jing didn't want to do anything to be the governor of You Jiao. Although he was well-behaved and was stared at by many people, that was not what he wanted to do.

In terms of matters, You Jiaohou's status is not high, and it is a kind of vocational position. Its status in the government is low and the officials look down on them, while the regular army even more look down on these soldiers who have become local servants.

The reason why he went to Youjiao was actually because Kuai Yue had other purposes, not because he was willing to do so.

Liu Jing restrained his emotions and said respectfully: "My uncle's arrangements are not dared not to obey."

"Is that true?" Liu Biao said with a smile: "But there are some arrangements, but you would rather die than follow."

Liu Hu's face was so scared that Brother Jing would rather die than obey his uncle's arrangement. How could he be so brave? It's unimaginable.

Liu Jing's face turned hot. He knew that Liu Biao was referring to the marriage with the Cai family, which was related to lifelong affairs, so of course he could not obey it.

At this moment, Liu Jing suddenly remembered Cai Mao’s visit last night and thought to himself, should I tell Liu Biao this?

After a change of thought, Liu Jing denied his thoughts. Liu Biao did not mention this matter. Cai Mao obviously remained silent. Then why did he say that in order to protect Cai Mao's face, Liu Biao would blame himself, and maybe he would mention marriage again, which would backfire.

Liu Jing lowered his head and said nothing.

Liu Biao just said casually and didn't take it to heart. He continued to smile and said, "Last night, Xuande advised me to use you again. In fact, you are my nephew. How could I not use you? I just considered that you are young and have not enough qualifications. If you value you too much, someone would say that I value relatives and alienation. So I have been thinking about it again, but I have been unable to make a decision. But now I have figured out that I rely on my father's army to fight. From your performance in quelling Zhang Wu's battle in Jiangxia, I decided to let you join the army."

Liu Jing was overjoyed. This was exactly what he expected. He immediately bowed, "My nephew is willing to obey his uncle's arrangement."

Liu Biao nodded and stared at Liu Jing and said, "But you have to understand that I can't give you a higher vocational college."

"My nephew understands uncle's painstaking efforts."

"Just understand. The reason why Zhang Yun was promoted to lieutenant at a young age was also obtained by his accumulation of merits. You have shallow qualifications and it is not a good thing to establish a high position at a young age. So I appointed you as the marquis of the army in my direct army and commanded the five people. Is there any problem?"

The military marquis is Qu Chang, who is one level taller than the Tun Chang, and is lower than the Ya General. He is a middle and lower-level officer. Liu Jing felt a little disappointed. He thought it was at least Ya General, but he didn't expect that Liu Biao was just a transfer at the same level.

However, he was in charge of the fifth army and was directly under the army, which also made up for Liu Jing's loss.

"I'm grateful for my uncle's promotion, but my nephew has no problem."

What a person Liu Biao, he captured the loss that flashed across Liu Jing's face. He was secretly amused in his heart. Liu Jing's loss was as expected. He was only a horizontal transfer for him, so he would of course be disappointed.

After pondering for a while, Liu Biao smiled and said, "In addition, I am going to enable Ganning, you should be satisfied now."

Liu Jing was overjoyed. Gan Ning finally had to use it. The loss in his heart was immediately wiped out. This was what he was most looking forward to. I don’t know how Liu Biao planned to use Gan Ning. He looked at Liu Biao expectantly.
Chapter completed!