Xinye exchanged for Nanyang County, which Liu Mang had long thought. Liu Bei knew that Nanyang County could not be defended, so he naturally abandoned it. Although Nanyang County has more than 20 counties, it was indeed like a useless rib for Liu Mang. It was a pity to take it without any taste.

Even if there are more than twenty county towns in Nanyang County, the accompanying capital is even more fertile because of tributaries of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the soil here is very fertile. Once these twenty county towns are added, it can be said that there are tens of millions of fertile land, and the Jingzhou gentry will have a large piece of cake. Because Nanyang County did not know how to manage it when it was under Zhang Xiu's command, the fertile land there is empty and there are not many people. There are millions of people in Jingzhou. Just move a little. If there is such an extra Nanyang County, it may create a Nanyang Deng family, so the Jingzhou gentry here is all hot. The actual shortcomings in these twenty county towns can create a batch of wealth.

Nanyang County is really not very good for Yangzhou. First of all, Nanyang lacks population. If Liu Mang gets Nanyang County, he needs to go to Nanyang to migrate the population. Yangzhou does not have to be small. Although a million people are now a burden for Liu Mang, it is because of the food and grass problems caused by the rush. Waiting for Yangzhou to stabilize, this million people cannot fill all parts of Yangzhou. Therefore, Liu Mang does not have that many people to fill Nanyang County. Even if there is a population, the geographical location of Nanyang County is not suitable for Liu Mang's Yangzhou. Nanyang County and Yangzhou are separated by half of Yuzhou. It can be said that the small half of Yuzhou plus the Yangtze River completely cut Nanyang County and Yangzhou. How can Liu Mang take care of Nanyang after getting Nanyang?

It would be fine if the alliance with Jingzhou is now broken, and Nanyang will be in danger.

By comparison, Liu Mang could not leave Nanyang County. But if it was given to Jingzhou for free, Liu Mang would not want to do so. The entire Battle of Fancheng can be said to be the Yangzhou army that was working hard. The 30,000 troops sent by Liu Biao were either coolies or soy sauce, and the Jingzhou army was just providing food and grass. Nanyang County could not be given to it for so long to exchange for things.

Liu Mang's reserve price is this Xinye City. In recent years, Xinye has become a county town. In the past, Xinye was also part of Nanyang County. There are four or five county towns around Xinye. There are more than twenty counties in Nanyang, so this kind of transaction depends on whether Jingzhou is doing it.

Jingzhou has a natural danger in the Yangtze River for Yangzhou. It can be said that Liu Mang’s Yangzhou army is difficult to cause much damage to Jingzhou, but Jingzhou has a bridgehead to march into the Central Plains, that is Xinye City.

There is no eternal friendship between the princes. Liu Mang, Xinye City, must control him in his hands no matter how much he said.

For Liu Biao, he was unwilling to lose Xinye City, because with Xinye City, Jingzhou had the opportunity to develop externally. However, for the gentry in Jingzhou, Xinye City did not have a single Nanyang County worth a lot, and Xinye City could only develop several county towns no matter how much Xinye City developed. However, Nanyang County has more than twenty counties, not to mention that there is another Wancheng. You can arrange dozens of gentry families, especially the Zhang family has the greatest idea of ​​Nanyang County. The Zhang family is now a big gentry, but he still

I wanted to further become a noble family, and Nanyang County was an opportunity. Once Nanyang County belonged to Jingzhou, some people in charge of Nanyang County could compete with him, the gentry closest to Nanyang County. So the Zhang family kept saying good things in front of Cai Mao. After getting Nanyang County, half of the benefits were given to the boss Cai family. Cai Mao was tempted. Of course, Cai Mao didn't dare to take half of it. It was okay to get 30%. The remaining two floors were to be given to the Kuai family, after all, they were allies.

The big cake of Nanyang County, along with the Huang family and Lumen Academy, was very enthusiastic. Jingzhou exchanged five county towns for more than twenty cities, which was almost four times the benefit. With more cities, there were many more official positions. Lumen Academy still had many students who could not get the vacancies. The Huang family was also a noble family and wanted to get benefits. Originally, the western border of Jingzhou was basically not related to the Huang family, because there was only one Fancheng, and there was only one Zhang family in Fancheng. Now there was one more twenty county town in Nanyang County. It was okay for his Huang family to almost occupy two or three, so that he could reach the west of Jingzhou.

As for Jingzhou, there are many sensible people. They naturally know that even if Xinye does not need to replace it, Liu Mang might not want Nanyang County. Xinye is really important to Jingzhou's location. This is a bridge to march into the Central Plains. With this bridge, Jingzhou can truly set foot in the Central Plains and develop. Otherwise, although the Yangtze River can protect Jingzhou as a natural barrier, the same Yangtze River can completely block Jingzhou from the Jingchu generation.

Just like Lujiang is facing Jiangdong, Jiangdong Sun Ce lost more than 100,000 troops for Lujiang, a bridge that marched into the Central Plains. Even now, Jiangdong Sun Ce is eyeing Lujiang.

But these sensible people did not speak, and there was Kuai Liang inside. If it were before, Kuai Liang would have stood up to object, but this time, Kuai Liang remained silent for some reason.

In this way, with the support of the major families of Jingzhou, Liu Biao, who was already indecisive, had to agree and exchange Xinye for more than 20 cities in Nanyang County.

"Xinye has obtained it!" Liu Mang almost couldn't help laughing when he heard the envoy from Liu Biao, Jingzhou who came to deliver the documents. Xinye has obtained it, it can be said that whether it is Jingzhou or Jiangdong Sun Ce, it was really completely blocked on the south bank of the Yangtze River. As long as Xinye and Lujiang are not lost, these two princes will really not harm Yangzhou.

After Liu Biao's envoy left Liu Mang finally laughed out loud.

"Congratulations to the lord for congratulating you on getting Xinye City and occupying half of the Central Plains!" Jia Xu on the side was also smiling. He knew that Liu Mang was in a good mood, so he immediately gave it to him. With Xinye City, it can be said that Liu Mang already occupied half of the Central Plains. If he took Yuzhou and half of Xuzhou, the Central Plains area would be really under Liu Mang's command.

With Xinye City, Liu Mang no longer needs to station troops in Zaoyang at the same time. He just needs to keep one part of Xinye, and the garrison position in Guangzhou can also be retreated.

Liu Mang smiled and did not refute. Jia Xu said again, "I don't know if there is anyone who chooses the prefect of Xinye, the lord, who is the prefect of Xinye?" Jia Xu continued to ask. Xinye City now belongs to Liu Mang, so naturally he needs to transfer troops and the personnel configuration of Xinye City.
Chapter completed!