Zhuma Dongling Pavilion

In 6000 BC, the ancient Yangtze River Estuary between Dantu and Guangling, including Dongling Pavilion, was still a vast sea area.

Since the river carries more than 400 million tons of sediment into the sea every year, the flow rate at the entrance to the sea slows down. In addition, supported by the tide, the sediment continues to settle. Dunes and sandbars have appeared in the shoals, and a strip of sand has gradually formed on the north bank of the river.

The sand spit is hundreds of miles long.

After more than a thousand years, the shoal turned into a piece of land surrounded by water.

During the Neolithic Age, humans and horses began to thrive here. By around 2,000 BC, the shoals and sandbanks were connected into one, historically known as the Yangtai Beach. At the same time, under the combined winds and waves pushing sand from the north of the Yangtze River, the north

A sand spit phenomenon also appeared at the entrance of the Huai River. From there, an arc-shaped sand bank was formed to the south. Before 1,500 BC, the sand bank south of the Huai River merged with the sand bank on the north bank of the river.

The original large bay was closed into a huge lagoon separated from the open sea.

In the end, Hailing was created.

The name Hailing comes from the meaning of the mausoleum of the sea.

It was later known as Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province. Today, Taizhou City still has a district and county named Hailing.

Hailing County is also the second city in the east of Guangling County. The so-called Eastern Supervisor Caodu only manages three counties, namely Sheyang, Yandu and Hailing. The populations of the three counties are not too large.

The registered population of Yandu is less than 20,000; and that of Sheyang is only just over 40,000.

In comparison, the population of Hailing is even smaller than that of Yandu, with only more than 13,000 people.

Yandu, the former Han Dynasty salt field, is now abandoned; while Hailing existed as a Yandu transfer station, responsible for connecting the salt transportation from the north to the south of the river. However, today, it has lost its original role and has become

A forgotten place.

In March of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao led his troops to march south and besieged Rang County.

Zhang Xiu defended the city, but Cao Cao failed to attack for a long time, and the war situation fell into anxiety for a while. In May, Liu Biao sent troops to support Zhang Xiu, preparing to cut off Cao Jun's retreat. At the same time, news came that Yuan Shao had conspired with counselor Tian Feng to plan

The minister Xu Du was empty, so he sent troops to make a surprise attack.

Under this situation, Cao Cao retreated his troops in a hurry.

However, Liu Biao's troops were in danger to intercept him in front, and Zhang Xiu led his troops in pursuit. Cao Cao was attacked from both sides.

So, Cao Cao ordered his men to dig a tunnel through the night, and the baggage was evacuated first. At dawn, Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao, one of Cao's troops, retreated, so they pursued them with all their strength. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao had already arranged an ambush, and Zhang and Liu

When the troops arrived, an ambush suddenly arose, and they attacked by foot and cavalry. After defeating Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao's troops, they retreated safely. After arriving at Wancheng, Cao Cao knew that Zhang Xiu could not be captured for a while, so he decided to slow down temporarily. However,

In order to resist Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao's counterattack, Cao Cao ordered Manchong to be the prefect of Nanyang and stationed in Wancheng.

Man Chong then recommended Wei Yan as the Sima of Nanyang and stationed troops in Zhongyang Mountain to resist the sneak attacks of Jingzhou soldiers.

Wei Yan was originally from Nanyang.

He went to Cao Cao for more than a year and a half and made many military exploits.

Therefore, Cao Cao readily agreed to appoint Wei Yan as the Sima of Nanyang County, and at the same time appointed Nanyang Eastern Inspection School Captain, and Wei Yan took over the post...

After the arrangements were made, Cao Cao returned to Xudu.

In April of the same year, Cao Cao sent Pei Mao as an envoy to Guanzhong in the name of the Emperor.

Pei Mao ordered Duan Xuan and other generals in Guanzhong to kill Li Jue and annihilate his three tribes. Duan Xuan followed the edict and was appointed as the general of Annan and paid homage to Xianghou. Since the previous year, Guo Si had been punished by his general Wu Xi.

Zhang Ji was killed in the first year of Jian'an. After Li Jue's death, Dong Zhuo's remaining party was wiped out. After Cao Cao returned to Xudu, he ordered Zhong Yao to take over Chang'an. However, Chang'an has gone through wars and has long since lost its eight hundred years.

In the name of Qinchuan, he later ordered the exemption of taxes in Guanzhong for three years in the name of the emperor. He also added the post of Fuyi Guards Army to supervise the troops and horses in Guanzhong.

When Cao Peng came out of Guangling, he still didn't know what Hailing Lieutenant meant.

You must know that Hailingwei is already an official with a rank of 300 shi, and in terms of rank, he is only half a rank behind Deng Ji.

However, considering the scale of Hailing, it is just a lower county. At the county level, Hailing is undoubtedly the first level than Haixi. Therefore, Deng Ji can be called an order, with a rank of 600 stones. As for Cao Peng, he is just a

The rank of the county captain in Xia County is nearly two levels lower than Deng Ji.

Originally, Cao Peng planned to ask Chen Qun for advice.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qun had returned to Xiapi.

Xu Xuan and Chen Jiao were not in Guangling County, so Cao Peng returned to Dongling Pavilion early the next morning after staying one night at Guangling Guanyi.

Dongling Pavilion is located between Hailing and Guangling.

Theoretically, it belongs to Guangling County.

However, because Dongling Pavilion is remote, Guangling County has no intention of paying attention to it.

In addition, Cao Peng had previously stationed troops at Dongling Pavilion, so it was natural that Dongling Pavilion should be included under the jurisdiction of Hailing County.

Along the way, Cao Peng was thinking about this strange appointment.

Xun Yan wanted to take him back to Xudu, which Cao Peng could understand. He and Xun Yan got along very well during this period, and it was normal for Xun Yan to have such thoughts. But Chen Deng not only left him in Guangling, but also paid homage to him.

He was appointed Hailing Lieutenant, and at the same time organized the three counties in the east of Guangling...

This appointment is somewhat unexpected.

After all, Cao Peng was just a Haixi soldier before, so why did he suddenly become the postal supervisor of the three counties of Gangji?

Cao Peng didn't pay much attention to the position of Captain Hailing. A lower county with a population of only 13,000 people had a county magistrate and a county magistrate at the same level. In comparison, he, Captain Hailing,

It doesn't seem so important...

In the distance, Dongling Pavilion is in sight.

A smile appeared on Cao Peng's face, and he shouted: "I'm back!"

The sound spread far away and lasted for a long time.

But to Cao Peng's surprise, after he shouted, there was no movement at all.

It stands to reason that the place where Wang Mai is stationed is not far away, so at least someone should be able to hear him.

Strange!

Cao Peng scratched his head and rode towards the river.

The hut in the peach forest is clearly visible...

There was smoke curling up from the kitchen, so he must be cooking. Cao Peng took a deep breath, urged his horse to move quickly, and soon passed through the peach forest and came to the outside of the fence.

The simple courtyard seemed very lively.

Next to the courtyard gate, a chicken coop was built at some point, with more than a dozen chickens circled on the facade.

"The master is back!"

Wearing cloth clothes, with a wooden hairpin in his hair, and a pair of white cloth like an apron tied around his waist. Buluan walked out of the kitchen and saw Cao Peng outside the fence. He immediately shouted in surprise. Before he finished speaking, he saw Cao Peng coming from the main hall door.

, a large group of people rushed out with a huff.

The leaders were none other than Wang Mai and Xia Houlan.

Gan Ning, Hao Zhao, Bu Zhi and Kan Ze were behind them.

The last two girls who came out were Huang Yueying and Guo Huan.

Guo Huan and Buluan seemed to respect Huang Yueying very much. A group of people ran out of the lobby, and Wang Mai rushed out of the fence gate and grabbed the horse's reins.

Cao Peng jumped off his horse and asked in confusion: "Why are you all here?"

"Hey, Miss Huang said that you will definitely come back today, so we have prepared a banquet at home and let us come together to welcome you."

Cao Peng raised his head, looked across the crowd, and met Huang Yueying's eyes.

Huang Yueying smiled at him, with a hint of mischief in her eyes. Cao Peng also smiled immediately... When he came back, all the pressure seemed to be gone in an instant.

"Just now I was discussing with Zishan the inscription on the shabby house of Mr. Zishan.

No matter how high the mountain is, there will be immortals if there are immortals; no matter how deep the water is, there will be spirits if there are dragons... Well written, very well written, the young master is really talented and learned."

Cao Peng laughed and walked into the small courtyard surrounded by everyone.

The stable in the yard glowed white and hissed at night, as if to welcome its owner back.

Cao Peng went over and made out with Zhao Yebai for a while. It was only two months since he left Guangling, but it felt like two years.

After adding some fodder to Zhao Yebai, Cao Pengcai entered the middle hall with everyone.

After passing through the central hall, I saw that wine and food had been laid out on the back porch. It was obvious that Buluan had worked hard to catch the wind. A table full of wine and food could not be prepared in a short time. Especially the three-course meal. The duck takes time to cook. There are several wine jars next to it, with water droplets hanging on them and a wisp of ice mist floating on them.

"Sister Aluan has been busy since last night to welcome you back.

Xiao Huan even chilled the plum wine for you in the well. He just took it out and the wine is just right. Ah Fu, everyone is waiting for you."

Huang Yueying laughed softly.

But it made Buluan blush and Guo Huan even lowered his head.

The shy attitude of a little girl is enough to make people fascinated.

Kan Ze smiled and said: "Today we have Yueying, three beauties under one roof. Young master, you are so blessed. Although it is a humble house, you envy ordinary people like us."

Cao Peng's face suddenly turned red.

"Brother Nian, don't make fun of me, don't make fun of me."

While talking, everyone sat down on the back porch.

Huang Yueying's three daughters did not sit down at the table, but left quietly.

"Sir, I heard that you did great things in Jiangdong."

"ah?"

"I heard Xia Hou say that you saved the lives of a newlywed couple... It's a pity that the poor woman was killed by an adulterer. Since ancient times, beauties have had a bad fate, and the ancients have never deceived me."
To be continued...