"PS: I've been stuck for a while, and I've lost a lot of time, so I'm sorry to the book friends who are waiting for more."

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"Are you still satisfied?"

Leading Zhao Yu and his entourage around the mansion, Chen Lang asked Zhao Yu with a smile.

"I'm satisfied, I'm tired of the county."

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded.

According to his visual inspection, this mansion originally belonged to the former governor Cao Suo, and the size of the mansion was not inferior to the Xianghou Mansion of the Zhao family in Luyang.

"Where, where."

Chen Lang smiled and waved his hand, and then joked: "The dignified captain, how can you not have your own mansion, wouldn't it make people laugh at me Yingchuan County if it spreads?" …… Although I also hope that the captain can stay in the humble house for a few more days, considering the wine cellar, I still ask the captain to move it quickly. ”

"Hahaha."

The crowd laughed.

Not to mention, in the days when Zhao Yu lived in Chen Lang's Mansion, Niu Heng, He Shun and the twenty black tiger thieves had no wine every day, and they really drank a lot of wine in Chen Mansion.

You know, in today's era when the imperial court has decreed a 'ban on liquor', alcohol is becoming more and more scarce.

Suddenly, Zhao Yu noticed that in the courtyard corridor in the distance, there were several men and women who seemed to be peeping at them, looking at their clothes, and they seemed to be maids and servants in the mansion.

He raised his hand and asked, "Juncheng, are those people ......?"

Chen Lang glanced back and explained, "It's the old domestic servants and maids in the house. After Cao Suo defected, those close to him packed up their things and fled, but there were still some people who had nowhere to go and chose to stay. …… If the lieutenant can't trust them, he can find a day to dismiss them. ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, turned his head to He Shun and said, "He Shun, this matter is handed over to you." ”

"Yes!"

He Shun hugged his fists.

Since it is a housewarming, it is natural to hold a banquet to celebrate.

In view of not trusting the original cooks and servants in the house, Zhao Yu borrowed a team of cooks and servants from Chen Lang to prepare a banquet to entertain the guests.

Chen Lang naturally would not refuse.

But who should you invite?

It stands to reason that the priority to invite is naturally his brother in the Black Tiger Village, after all, with the gradual expansion of his Black Tiger Village, and Zhao Yu himself became the Lieutenant of Yingchuan, the former brothers of the Black Tiger Village gradually gathered less and separated more, and Zhao Yu naturally hoped to take advantage of an opportunity to get the brothers together again.

However, due to various reasons, this matter cannot be done for the time being.

For example, Chen Mo, he is sitting in Kunyang at the moment, monitoring Guan Shuo's rebel army, so he can't leave easily.

Seeing this, Jing Nu came up with an idea on the side: "It's better to invite acquaintances near Xuchang first, and then return to Kunyang in the future, and choose another time to hold a banquet." ”

As soon as the words fell, Niu Heng immediately spoke in support: "Okay, it's good to drink two meals...... Uh, no, I mean Jing said it well. ”

Seeing Niu Heng waving his hand again and again to change his words, Zhao Yu rolled his eyes.

But if you think about it, that's all there is to it.

He nodded and said, "Then let's choose to be close first, in addition to our brothers, we will also invite the officials of the county guard and the Governor's Office, as well as Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Xu Shen, Xu Ma, Huang Ben, Zou Bu, and that 'Captain of the Wangbu', I just want to reprimand him face to face." ”

Of course, He Shun knew that Zhao Yu was referring to Wang Qing, and while feeling amused, he asked again, "What about Chen Zu?" ”

"Hmm......"

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Please come too, but let him come as a 'businessman', in order to hide his identity, it doesn't hurt to let him bring a few good businessmen or children of the family." ”

I have to say that with the gradual expansion of his 'Zhao Yu power', some former 'dark lines' such as Ma Gai, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong have gradually had to surface, firstly, Zhao Yu wants to give these brothers some benefits and can't let them stay in the dark all the time, and secondly, it is also because of the shortage of talents in his Black Tiger Village - he appointed Zhang Feng and Ma Hong as county lieutenants in Yingyin and Changshe, which is based on this consideration.

His own side surfaced either actively or passively, which made Zhao Yu feel a little uneasy, so he decided to ask Chen Zu to continue to lurk, in case of accidents in the future, he still has a chance to make a comeback.

Of course, this is only one of the considerations, in fact, Zhao Yu also plans to let Chen Zu form a cross-county caravan to see if he can get a batch of grain from Hebei.

He had a hunch that no matter whether the rebels' strategy of 'meeting Liang County' was successful this time, the counties north of the Great River would probably face another disaster of food shortage.

This is not that he is worrying about the sky, take his Yingchuan County as an example, there are 20 counties under the rule of Yingchuan County, but how many counties are there that are ploughing on time this year?

On the one side of Yingchuan County, there are only four counties of Kunyang, Xiangcheng, Runan, and Yangzhai, and the county towns that are still occupied by the rebels, such as Zhaoling, Yuncheng, Dingling, Linying, Yanling, and Xinji, at best, only cultivate sixty percent of the land in previous years, and the grain production during the autumn harvest may not be as good as the three counties of Kunyang.

But the grain produced in these ten counties will feed the people of twenty counties.

Yingchuan County is even worse here, the three counties of Kunyang plus Yangzhai have to feed the people of their own county, but also Yingyang, Yingyin, Changshe, and Xuchang - at that time, the rebels will definitely not take the initiative to send food to Yingchuan County.

However, the situation in Yeongcheon-gun is not the worst.

As far as Zhao Yu knows, the worst is Henan County, which was originally a major grain production area, and this year's farmland was made a mess by Xiang Ji and Zhou Zhonger under Xiang Xuan's command, and it is destined not to receive much grain when the autumn harvest comes.

Considering that his Yingchuan County is next to Henan County, Zhao Yu has no doubt that Henan County will try every means to ask him for help from Yingchuan County, and even before the winter of this year, there will inevitably be a large number of Henan refugees pouring into the neighboring Yingchuan and Liang Counties.

You must know that Henan County is a large county with a population no less than that of Yingchuan County, with conservative estimates of 400,000 to 500,000 households and a population of more than 2 million in the entire county.

Once it is determined that Henan County will not be able to harvest grain this year, I don't know how many people will starve to death.

Fatally, once the hungry people of Henan County poured into Yingchuan County, Yingchuan County would inevitably be dragged down, and the hungry people of both counties would flock to other neighboring counties - a disaster far worse than the rebels.

Although the more chaotic the Jin Kingdom is, the more beneficial it is to his Zhao family, Zhao Yu does not want his family business that he has worked hard to plan for more than seven years to be washed away like this.

Therefore, the only way he could think of was to buy grain from Hebei, although he also knew that he might not be able to buy much grain, but it was a hope.

On July 18, Zhao Yu skipped an inauspicious festival and held a banquet in Xinfu on this day. 5599

Coincidentally, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong, who came from Kunyang to take up their posts, also happened to catch up with this banquet.

After learning that he had been appointed as the county lieutenant of a county, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong were very excited.

Although they used to be the creditors who occupied a village in Yingshan, and were called the 'Nine Thieves of Yingshan' by the people of Kunyang, then when they were the leaders of the bandits, where could they be officials to be prestigious?

That night, the Duwei Zhou Mansion held a banquet to entertain the guests, Chu Yan, Wang Qing, Ju Sheng, Qin Yu and other people from Zhao Yu's forces needless to say, and the officials of the county guard and the Duwei Office were also present, as well as Chen Zu, and also invited a few good local businessmen from Xuchang.

Even Li Junshou, in view of his inconvenience, also sent someone to send a congratulatory gift as a housewarming, which can be said to have given Zhao Yu enough face.

At the banquet that night, all the guests returned happy, and even Zhao Yu should have worn a mask that only covered half of his face, and drank a few more glasses.

As for the second half, Zhao Yu handed it over to Niu Heng, He Shun, Wang Qing, Chu Yan and others, while he took the quiet girl to stroll along the backyard path under the moonlight.

"How does it feel?"

Standing by the pool in the backyard, Zhao Yu asked Jingnu gently.

"Some noisy ......"

Glancing back at the front mansion where laughter was still heard, Jing Nu took Zhao Yu's arm and said softly.

Zhao Yu suddenly smiled, gently took off the mask on his face and put it in his arms, and then reached out and gently took off the mask on Jingnu's face, and asked with a smile: "I mean, I finally have a home, how does it feel?" ”

Jing Nu obediently snuggled in Zhao Yu's arms, and said softly: "As long as the young master is here, no matter what, it is Jing Nu's home." …… This mansion is good, but in my heart, it is far less than ......."

She didn't finish speaking, but Zhao Yu still understood what she meant.

It is undeniable that this mansion is not inferior to his Luyang Zhao mansion in terms of scale, architecture, and furniture, but it does not have the slightest feeling of 'home'.

Because of this, although Zhao Yu and Jingnu were a little excited at first, they quickly subsided.

"At least, it's pretty good to enjoy the moonlight here."

Hugging Jingnu's waist, Zhao Yu laughed in a low voice: "Although it is not as moonlight as the next moon and a half......

The quiet girl smiled, hugged her beloved man, and leaned her head on him.

A moment of grinding of ears and temples made Jing Nu feel a trace of lust in her heart, and secretly glanced up at Zhao Yu, but saw that he was also looking at her directly.

"It's better to ...... Shall we go and rest? ”

"Hmm."

The two smiled tacitly, each put on their masks, and led their heads towards the main house in the backyard, completely ignoring the fact that the guests in the front yard were still drinking and having fun.

That night, the two had a good time.

The next day, Jingnu woke up early.

It may be that when she opened her eyes, what she saw seemed unfamiliar, a trace of surprise flashed in Jing Nu's eyes, and her hand subconsciously touched the sword she placed next to the bed.

But soon she realized that this unfamiliar room was the master bedroom of their new mansion.

"Home...... What?'

glanced at Zhao Yu, who was still sleeping on the couch, wearing only a dirty dress, Jing Nu put on a coat, got off the couch gently, walked to the window and pushed open the window, so that the fresh air outside the house could wash away the boredom in the house.

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a dressing table in the room.

"Is it the dressing table that Mrs. Cao used to use?"

Walking to the dressing table, Jingnu gently swiped her white fingers across the tabletop.

She remembered that there was also a dressing table in the master bedroom of the Luyang Township Mansion, and she had sat at that table many times, and she was fortunate to have Mrs. Zhou, who she regarded as her mother, carefully combing her long hair.

She turned her head to look at the bronze mirror.

Her hair is now longer than when she was younger, but the lady who was as gentle as a mother is no longer there......

Thinking of this, Jing Nu's eyes couldn't help but redden.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

“……”

Glancing at the door alertly, she took the mask and put it on, and at the same time picked up the sword and hid it behind her, turning to open the door.

I saw that outside the door of the house, there was a girl of the same age as her, dressed up, and it seemed that she was a maid in the house.

"What's the matter?"

Jingnu asked blandly.

I don't know if I was afraid of the mask on Jing Nu's face, or afraid of Jing Nu's flat tone, the maid quickly lowered her head and said timidly: "I'm disturbing Madame, the slave maid just saw Madame open the window, so I came to inquire to see if Madame has any orders......

"Not at the moment."

Jingnu replied calmly, and immediately closed the door.

She returned to the dressing table, sat down on the stool, picked up the comb on the table, and slowly combed her long hair in front of the bronze mirror.

"Ma'am...... What?'

Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, Jing Nu suddenly had a very wonderful feeling.

Today, she is called Madame, just as she once called the mother-like Madame.

It made her feel as if she was getting closer to the lady she had in mind.

"Huh."

Combing her long hair, she had an unconcealed smile on her face.