The news that Cui Ju led the troops to the north, Nanhai County also knew, and there was a lot of discussion in the streets and alleys, and it was rumored that Nanhai County was also going to send troops to the north, which made many shops in the city close.

Although Li Xiaofei has the emperor's edict in hand, such a big matter must be discussed with the Chen family.

Chen Hongyi and Chen Wen opposed sending troops to the north, which made Li Xiaofei a little surprised, after all, sending troops to attack Cui Ju could not only expand their strength, but also justify it.

"Cui Ju is not openly rebelling at the moment, his army has not yet fought with the imperial court, if we attack Cui Ju first, it seems that we are at a loss!" Chen Wen explained

"The old man doesn't care about these false names, it's just that Cui Ju has already sent heavy troops to guard Wuling Pass, and dug ditches to divert water, washing away many roads on our Lingnan side. Now he is not worried about us sending troops at all, we might as well stand still, and he will not dare to despise us! What's more, Sun Hanwei in the north seems to have colluded with Cui Ju, and he also sent heavy troops to hold Qixia Pass! We've lost the opportunity to send troops! Chen Hongyi said very truthfully

Zhou Dapeng looked at Li Xiaofei: "Lord Li, even if you send troops now, you can only enter the army by sea, but it is getting farther and farther away from Cui Ju's territory!" ”

Li Xiaofei waved his hand: "The imperial court has no clear will, the master is right, only wait and see how it changes!" ”

"No, our troops are not moving, it's not really inaction, Tian Erzhuang is familiar with the terrain, you take five hundred people to find the way to the west and mark it all the way! Zhu Asan led the sailors to the north, waiting for an opportunity to capture the coastal county seat of Wei! The rest of us are shopping around the city, eating, drinking, and having fun, and calming the people! "Chen Hongyi had already made arrangements

Li Xiaofei still doesn't understand, even if it's a bluff, isn't it good to support the court, but also to eat, drink and have fun to calm the people's hearts.

"Master, our soldiers in the South China Sea are well fed, and we can go directly to the west and north, why do we have to make so many detours?"

"Master, I'll tell you the truth, you are a foreigner, so naturally you want to unify the Central Plains with the Northern Expedition, but the people of Nanhai County don't think so. The life of Nanhai County is so comfortable, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, eating melons, fruits, sea fish, and inexhaustible rice, why do you have to go to the north to work hard. A few years ago, because of the civil war on the Champa side, we couldn't buy rice, and because of the strong wind and rain for several years, everyone had to follow me north desperately. ”

Li Xiaofei was stunned, he really hadn't considered it from the perspective of the locals of Nanhai County, in other words, he didn't want his father, brother and children to go to the north to work hard, this thing was something that the righteous path could not change. Human nature is like this, I can live a good life, why do I have to live a life of licking blood on the tip of a knife.

"In that case, it is hopeless to rely on the soldiers and horses of Nanhai County to go north," Li Xiaofei was a little disappointed

"That's not necessarily, born in sorrow and dying in peace, Nanhai County does not fight the idea of the north, but the north may not fight the idea of Nanhai County. If we can mobilize the enemy, it is not impossible for us to counterattack the enemy and go all the way north. But before we can do that, we need to let the north know as much as we can that we're having a good life. ”

"It's not easy to stretch for hundreds of miles of mountains, people think that Lingnan is a wild place and won't come," Li Xiaofei said

"Yes, if a person returns to the Central Plains with great fanfare at this time, will it have a miraculous effect? Or Nanhai County has made a generous move and bought out the grain and rice in the north, and they have no grain and rice, will they come and loot it? Chen Hongyi's eyes rolled

"Master is telling me to go back?" Li Xiaofei was a little incredulous

"You think it's a good errand? This is a real life of nine deaths, you may be robbed and robbed at any time, and you will lose your life if you don't do it! ”

"But I'm the only one who is the right person! Cui Ju knows me, most of Pharmacist Zhu's subordinates also know me, and our own Liang Kingdom also knows my name."

"To be honest, I'm also conflicted, in fact, maintaining the status quo, the South China Sea can be guaranteed for at least 100 years of tranquility. And here we are today

In the same way, it will either be a thousand years of abundance, or it will never be recovered. Then I will be a sinner for the ages! Chen Hongyi touched the bookcase in front of him

"Actually, I'm also thinking about this problem, in this case, we might as well wait, maybe there will be an edict from the imperial court soon" Li Xiaofei also felt that if he and Chen Hongyi started the war, it would be too selfish to take tens of thousands of Nanhai sons to fight hard.

"It's okay, over the years, I have taken away more than 100,000 good men from Lingnan, and only more than 30,000 people have returned, most of whom are buried in other places. Maybe as people get older, their hearts will be much softer. ”

"Master, I've been here for so long, do you want to go to the counties to take a look?" Li Xiaofei immediately changed the topic, in fact, he also wanted to go to all the counties of Nanhai County to take a look, his county guard was too idle.

"It's okay, I'll take you to meet these local parents, in the future, you'll have to work here for decades! How can you do things if you are not familiar with your subordinates and the people's feelings? ”

The master and apprentice packed up for a while, and then got on an ox cart and set off with more than a dozen entourages.

There are only four counties under the rule of Nanhai County, namely Panyu, Longchuan, Boluo, and Sihui. The county where the county is located is Panyu, and Li Xiaofei, the wealthy Li Xiaofei of Panyu, has long seen it, and all the officials are also familiar with it.

Out of Panyu City, then go to the east to Boluo County, the more east the road is narrower, the houses on the road from the earth building bamboo building wooden building to the wooden house bamboo house, has been much inferior to Panyu County.

Li Xiaofei couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, it turned out that the prosperity of every place was on the surface, and the depth was the same poverty.

There were not a few people on the side of the road, Li Xiaofei thought that he would either go into the mountains to hunt or work in the fields, and said, "Only hard work can live!" It's not easy."

Chen Hongyi smiled, "You always think about things from your own point of view, haha, you think they are living a hard life, but they laugh at you for working hard!" At this time, they are still sleeping at home, so they will not go to farming."

Li Xiaofei's mouth was half open, and his eyes were wide open, "This, then they can't get up after three poles in the sun, what do they eat?" No wonder the houses here are so low! ”

"You don't know this, the land in Boluo County is fertile, what is planted, and the growth is good, melons and fruits are everywhere, and you can catch fish by inserting some bamboo chips and bamboo tubes by the river, so you don't have to work hard to farm!"

Li Xiaofei shook his head, "It turned out that they were born in a blessed land, but it's a pity, if they were more industrious" Before he finished speaking, Li Xiaofei realized that he was using his own thoughts to measure others again, so he stopped

Chen Hongyi touched his beard, "Actually, it's good for them to be like this, they have no quarrel with the world, and they are content"

Li Xiaofei knew that this was meant for him, "But now is the world of great contention, and someone has to protect this paradise."

Chen Hongyi was waiting for his words: "Yes, you and I understand this truth, but the people in it don't understand." After all, the Central Plains is too far away from them! ”

The master and apprentice stopped talking and continued to move forward in an ox cart, and the houses on the side of the road opened one after another.

People along the way saw Chen Hongyi put down the bamboo basket in his hand and bowed, and Chen Hongyi kept waving his hand.

After Chen Hongyi walked by, people went to the fields to pick melons and vegetables, or went to the river to fish and graze cattle, which was very peaceful.

When I arrived at the Boluo County Ya, I saw a courtyard surrounded by bamboo, with nine rooms in the middle, and there was not even a plaque of the county Ya.

There were only a few children playing mud beads at the entrance of the county government, and they did not avoid it when they saw the living coming, and continued to squat on the ground Tan mud beads.

Chen Hongyi got out of the ox cart and coughed twice, and a person came out of the bamboo hut in the middle and trotted all the way.

"Chen Dashuai, you haven't been here for many years!" The man had gray hair and looked to be at least seventy years old

"Brother, I'm not as lucky as you, I can enjoy decades of happiness here"

The old man laughed, "Alas,

Who told you to defeat us all? Otherwise, you'll stay and enjoy yourself."

As he spoke, Chen Hongyi carried the old man into the house, and introduced Li Xiaofei at the same time, "This elder is Lord Chen Yuanzhi, the commander of Boluo County, is my eldest brother, and our brothers haven't seen each other for forty-three years."

Chen Yuanzhi waved his hand, "What kind of big brother county order, just call me Brother Zhi!" You haven't been back for forty-three years, but I'll get you a rhinoceros horn every year! ”

Chen Hongyi's eyes lit up and he held Chen Yuanzhi's hand, "Brother Zhi, hurry up, take it out, see if it can be blown?" ”

Li Xiaofei was in a daze beside him, and the two old men were like two children when they met.

Li Xiaofei was still surprised, Chen Yuanzhi had already led Chen Hongyi to the next room to get rhinoceros horns.

When Li Xiaofei chased him out, the two old men were already blowing rhinoceros horns with red faces and puffed cheeks.

Woo-woo, woo-woo, woo-woo sound after whin.

Then the two of them coughed and laughed.

Chen Hongyi pointed the rhinoceros horn in his hand at Li Xiaofei, "You kid also come to blow it, see what you can do"

Li Xiaofei came over and carefully took the rhinoceros horn and began to blow it, the first time was a poof, Chen Hongyi got up to teach him.

Chen Yuanzhi said while laughing, "It seems that the apprentices you are looking for are similar to you back then, they are all so stupid!" Haha"

Chen Hongyi snorted, "Hmph, that's this kid stupid, I was a clever ghost back then!" ”

"Hey, stupid has the advantage of being stupid, stupid people concentrate on things, but they get things done. Smart people always want to do this and that, but in the end, they can't do anything! ”

"Brother Zhi is talking about yourself, hahaha"

Chen Yuanzhi stroked his beard, "Haha, I won't tell you, in the past few decades, I have learned a lot of crafts!" Boiling tea, boiling salt, picking bird's nests, hunting tigers, picking pearls, weaving fishing nets, haha, too many! ”

Li Xiaofei hadn't been able to blow the rhinoceros horn yet, Chen Hongyi took down the rhinoceros horn, "Forget it, don't blow it, follow me to eat Brother Zhi's big house, eat his bird's nest pearls, and then drink his tea"

Chen Yuanzhi bent his fingers in his mouth and whistled three times, and after a while, three carriages came to pick them up.

Li Xiaofei went out and saw the carriage, thinking that he had seen it wrong: "Where did the horse come from here?" Much higher than the war horses of the Central Plains"

"These things are bought from far away, and there is nothing rare about them."

"Yo, I don't have a horse as the king of the county, and you have a horse in this county order, haha, I'm going to beat your local tyrant!"

"Haha, you still don't change your life, okay, these three carriages will be yours!"

The three of them came to Chen Yuanzhi's mansion, Li Xiaofei looked up for a long time, the private residence of this county order is much larger than the palace of Emperor Liu Jian in Xiangyang City, and the wall alone exceeds the county seat of Panyu.

After changing his clothes, a sedan chair was carried forward, Li Xiaofei looked at all this in front of him and was a little familiar, and suddenly thought that the layout of the palace in Jinling City was like this.

It's just that there is no sign of a certain palace here, but the layout and furnishings are almost the same as the palace inside, it can be said that there are some in the palace in Jinling, and there are no ones here.

Chen Hongyi joked to Chen Yuanzhi on the sedan chair, "Brother Zhi, you are going to die, if we accuse you of the crime of trespassing, we will exterminate the Nine Clans!" ”

"Hey, you seem to be my cousin, and you are also in the Nine Clans, will you be punished or punished by the time come? By the way, I've always kept that seat for you, and no one has sat in it for decades."

The three of them laughed, Li Xiaofei looked at the servants who were doing chores inside and the walled houses covered with red paint, and instantly understood that this Chen Yuanzhi had already started the soil emperor in Boluo, and he didn't take the court in his eyes at all.