Early the next morning, Liu Bang, Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Zhou Bo all came to meet.

Liu Bang and the others are near Pei County, and there are a lot of people in the family, they don't worry about no one to take care of them, they only ride horses with self-defense weapons and carry coins and clothes, and Zhou Bo carried a linen package and walked with his nine-year-old sister, although he changed into clothes that looked clean, but he was still patched and patched, and he was still the poorest of the group of people.

Chen Xu asked the guards to inform the other guards and more than a dozen teenagers who were placed in a foot house in the city to also drive and ride horses to join them, plus Jiang Chuyue's carriage luggage and the domestic servants who accompanied him, the number became close to fifty people, more than ten carriages, and Jiangbei Pavilion was full of food, drink and wash on the road for Chen Xu and the others.

After eating and drinking, the sun rose at the beginning of the day, and the procession set out of the city.

Jiangbei Pavilion took his wife and servants all the way out of the south gate of the county, and Fan Xu also came with his wife and children to see him off, and learned that Liu Bang was going to follow Xu Gongzi to leave Pei County to Xianyang.

"Brothers, Ji followed Xu Gongzi to Xianyang, and when he settled down, he invited you to Xianyang to play!" Liu Bang rode on a horse in high spirits and said goodbye to a group of hooligans.

"Brother, don't tell me to wait, if you don't come to invite, I'll go to Xianyang to find you!" Hooligans of all sizes shouted loudly.

"Don't worry, Ji Fei is a person who doesn't believe in his words!"

"Brother Ji is going to take care, I'll wait for your news in Pei County!"

"Haha, it must be, it's not early, please go back, don't miss Xu Gongzi's trip!"

Looking at Liu Bang, who was surrounded by a group of hooligans, Chen Xu finally understood Jiangbei Pavilion's hardships.

Liu Bang does have a very high status in the hooligan world in Pei County, and staying in Pei County is indeed a scourge, especially at the moment he is still a small official in the county seat, responsible for managing prisons and prisoners, and there are also Xiao He Cao Shen, two officials with higher positions, colluding with each other, basically a typical underworld gang entrenched in Pei County, even Jiangbei Pavilion has no way to deal with it.

However, at the moment, the three biggest hooligan leaders have been taken away by themselves, and I think that this group of hooligans will soon be submissive to Jiangbei Pavilion's governance.

"My father-in-law and mother-in-law will stay, I will say goodbye here, thank you for the hospitality of the past few days, and his son-in-law will definitely feast in Qinghe Garden when he returns to Xianyang!" Chen Xu also said goodbye to the Jiangbei Tingqiu clan.

"Be careful on the road, I will go to Wuzhong for nearly two thousand miles, and after I arrive, I will ask the postman to bring a letter back!" Jiangbei Pavilion nodded his head.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, farewell!" Chen Xu turned over and rode south with a group of people amid the noisy farewell sound, and soon disappeared between the large rice fields and mulberry fields.

And Jiang Beiting glanced lightly at a group of hooligan ruffians who were still beckoning, and exhaled a relaxed look on his face.

Although he didn't quite understand why Chen Xu was interested in Liu Bang, a hooligan from Pei County, this coming and going has solved one of his biggest problems, and he can start to let go of these idle ruffians.

There are many people rushing to the road, and Liu Bangxiao and others are very familiar with the south, talking and laughing loudly all the way forward, Zhou Bo also changed into a new set of clothes, and a long sword hung on his waist and followed behind Chen Xu very excited.

He would never have thought that he would befriend Chen Xu, a noble son from Xianyang, because of a pot of loaches and a basket of crabs, so he has been in a dizzy state for the past few days.

"Xu Gongzi, if you want to go to Wuzhong, you will go south through Pengcheng, Xiapi and then detour to Xiaxiang, Huaiyin out of Surabaya County and enter Donghai County, and then cross the river to Huiji County, although there are more waters, but it is quite flat......"

Liu Bang, Xiao He, Cao Shenjiang, Chu Xing and others rode horses like stars and moons, surrounded Chen Xu in the middle, and introduced the road to Wuzhong as they walked.

"Xiapi ......"

Hearing this unusually familiar place name, Chen Xu suddenly remembered Zhang Lianglai, so he said: "There is an old man in Xiapi, I don't know if he is still there, wait until I go to Xiapi to investigate!" ”

"Here is less than three hundred miles away from Xiapi, but the weather is hot and cloudy, I still wait for the morning and evening to stop at noon, the day after tomorrow should be able to arrive, but it is a pity that this official road is in disrepair and potholes and the road is slow, if it is a flat cement road, maybe one day will arrive!" Xiao He shook his head regretfully.

"I want to come to the cement road soon, I heard that the Surabaya county guard is convening the cement factory under the county to discuss the road repair!" Jiang Chuxing said with a smile.

"That's a good thing, it's better to build a cement road from Dongfang Road to Pei County, so that it will be convenient to go to Xianyang and Pei County later......

"Haha, Brother Liu thinks too much, even if the road is built, at least a few years later, the county guard of Surabaya County does not have the courage of Qinghe Hou, and those merchants will not take over easily if they don't have enough money and food, I also heard Jiang County Ling talk about this matter, from Pei County to the north to build a straight cement road to Yuncheng, although the distance is only four hundred miles, but according to the calculations of the merchants, it will cost at least more than 15 million yuan, set up two service stations in the middle, and then set up a medium-sized logistics market in Pei County, In this way, it can connect Surabaya County with the East China Sea, Jiujiang, Dangjun, and Huiji, forming a north-south transportation artery, and Pei County can get great profits, but the county guard is still hesitating, although the merchants are more enthusiastic, they can't make it without money, food, and fart......" Xiao He explained with a smile.

"What Lord Xiao said is that fifteen million yuan is just a rough budget, and the grain tax of the entire Surabaya County is only one million stone a year, and this money is indeed too much pressure!" Cao Shen also nodded in agreement.

"Actually, this matter is not impossible, as long as the emperor allows the use of the tax ......grain from the official warehouse," Liu Bang replied.

"It's not easy to say, taxes and grain are the lifeblood of the imperial court, in addition to the daily expenses of officials and county officials, but also to supply the rations of hundreds of thousands of servants every year, how can they be used casually?" Xiao He shook his head again.

Xiao He, Liu Bang, and Cao Shen are all officials of Pei County, so naturally they are still relatively clear about the officialdom trends of Pei County and Surabaya County.

And when Chen Xu heard these words, he was naturally moved.

That is to say, since the construction of the Eastern Road, coupled with the implementation of the new commercial law, officials around the country have begun to prepare to build roads, and the biggest problem is money, businessmen around the country can not spare no effort to support the road construction of the local county as they did to support Chen Xu, and there is no commercial loan all rely on the tax of the county, the pressure of this expenditure is very great, and the businessman cannot afford it, although there is a large amount of grain reserves in the granary of the local county, but if the court does not open his mouth, these taxes and grains cannot be used casually. Since ancient times, grain has been the lifeblood and foundation of a country's stability.

However, at present, with the slow promotion of new agriculture, the grain production has increased significantly in the past two years, and the grain reserves of the entire Daqin have nearly doubled, and now there is no major war, and the army's supply is almost half, so much grain backlog in the warehouse is also a big problem, and there should be no problem in releasing half of these taxes and grains to develop infrastructure.

Therefore, Chen Xu inquired in detail about the reserves of the granaries in Surabaya County by Xiao He and others, and soon had some plans in his heart, but this matter would not be discussed until the emperor returned to Xianyang.

The weather in May, it is the height of summer, the weather in the south is unusually hot, Chen Xu is not in a hurry to go to Wuzhong, with a group of people in the morning and evening to take advantage of the cool to hurry, at noon when it is hot to find a place to rest, by the way to ask some local officials and businessmen to observe the people's feelings, in case of heavy rain sometimes have to stay for a whole day, so stop and go, until the fifth day to reach Xiapi.

Xiapi City is still the same dilapidated appearance, but it looks much more lively, the streets are bustling with merchants and peasants driving oxen, horses and wagons carrying baskets, and the complexion on their faces is much better than three years ago, and there are many more shops and foot houses in the city, and there are many more restaurants.

After entering the city, he found a foothouse to rest, Chen Xu took Jiang Chuxing, Jiang Chuyue and a few guards to the foothouse where Zhang Liang was waiting at the bridgehead.

The foothouse is still as always, and there is not much change, but through the cars and horses in front of the door and the people who come in and out, it can be seen that the changes in Xiapi in recent years are still very great, most of these people in and out are business travelers, speaking accents in different places in the east, west, north and south, although it is not yet the time of Shen, but there are already many people in the store eating and chatting.

"Master Hou, what's different about this foot house?" Dismounted in front of the foothouse, looking at the inconspicuous foothouse in front of him, Jiang Chuxing asked a little strangely.

"Three years ago, I met an old man here, and today I passed by and came to inquire about it!" Chen Xu threw the reins of his horse to one of the guards and strode into the foothouse.

"Are the two Langjun and the little lady staying or having some food?"

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy greeted him politely, but after seeing Chen Xu's open hat, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses and couldn't help but show an extremely surprised look on his face and stammered: "You...... Are you Xu Cheng Xu Langjun? ”

"Hehe, you're not mistaken!" Chen Xu patted the young man's shoulder with a smile, his eyes swept over the entire hall and said, "It seems that your business is much better now!" ”

"Xu Langjun, please take a seat!" The young man happily greeted Chen Xu and the three of them and sat down by the window, poured tea diligently and said, "Why did Xu Langjun come suddenly, I went to call my father over, he must be very happy, and he often talks about you!" ”

"Don't worry, go and help us get some food first, by the way, the Lang Jun named Zhang Tai who came to stay when he was sick three years ago, do you know where he went?" Chen Xu put the hat on the table and asked with a smile.

He ...... He didn't go anywhere else, he was still in our foothouse, and he married my sister! The boy quickly replied.

Belch~

Chen Xu showed an extremely strange expression on his face, and after being stunned for a long time, his face slowly recovered, and he said happily: "That's good, you go and find him, just say that the old man came to visit!" ”

"Okay, okay, sit down for a while, I'll go call him!"

The young man turned around and ran to the backyard, and after a while, a middle-aged man hurriedly ran out while wiping his hands on his clothes, and when he saw Chen Xu, he greeted him with an extremely excited smile on his face.

"Sure enough, it's Xu Langjun, I thought Erlang recognized the wrong person!"

The middle-aged man was very excited and bent down to salute Chen Xu repeatedly.

"Hehe, I passed by Xiapi this time and came to visit you, I just heard that Zhang Tai has become your son-in-law, can you call him to talk?" Chen Xu also bowed happily.

"Xu Langjun waits, Erlang has already called him, Xu Langjun is rare to come, don't be busy today......" The middle-aged man wiped the table while talking, and also called a helper to make tea again, and arranged for someone to go to the back kitchen to prepare meals.

Chen Xu didn't refuse, chatted with the shopkeeper for a few words, and saw the young man who had just left hurriedly coming with a young scribe wearing a blue robe and Zhang Fu on his head, it was Zhang Liang who had been separated for three years.

"Sure enough, it's Brother Xu, you want to mess with me!" Zhang Liang's excitement was beyond words, and he strode in front of Chen Xu and shook Chen Xu's hands vigorously.

"Haha, I thought Brother Zhang Tai had left, but I didn't expect to see him again, it's really fate, I introduced Brother Zhang, this is Brother Jiang Chuxing, and this is the fiancée of the Jiang family, Sanniang Chuyue!"

"Brother Jiang, Sanniang, this is the old man I met in Xiapi three years ago, Brother Zhang Tai Zhang!"

"Zhang Tai has seen Brother Jiang and the third lady!" Zhang Liang arched his hand.

"I've seen Brother Zhang!" Jiang Chuxing also hurriedly surrendered.

"I've seen Zhang Langjun!" Jiang Chuyue's cheeks blushed and she saluted.

After greeting each other, Zhang Liang grabbed Chen Xu's arm and said, "Brother Xu and the two of you are here today, don't leave, it's noisy here, let's go, go to the backyard study to talk!" ”

The courtyard behind the foothouse has been renovated, the ground has been re-paved with stone slabs, and the original five or six houses have now become more than ten, and the stables have been enlarged considerably, and more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages have been parked around the courtyard, and the goods are still tied to them, and it seems that there are caravans resting here.

Under Zhang Liang's tugging, Chen Xu smiled bitterly and followed him to a fairly spacious study in the backyard to sit down, and a girl with a baby on her back came in from outside.

"The lady came just in time, let's see who is coming" Zhang Liang pointed at Chen Xu excitedly.

"Xu Langjun!" The girl was stunned for a moment, her face showed a touch of excitement and blush, and she hurriedly lowered her head and saluted Chen Xu and the others.

"Hehe, I can't imagine that three years have passed, Brother Zhang has tied the knot with Miss Xiaodi, and he also has an heir, which is really gratifying!" Chen Xu looked at the girl in front of him who was selling barbecue every day with him, and touched it in his pocket a few times with emotion, grabbed out a few gold cakes and stuffed them into the girl's hands.

"This time I passed by Xiapi, and I didn't prepare a gift in a hurry, these gold rights are used as congratulatory gifts, by the way, there is also this ......"

As Chen Xu spoke, he untied a jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into the baby's swaddling clothes.

"Brother Xu, how dare you accept such a big gift!" The girl didn't seem to come back to her senses, but Zhang Liang couldn't help but pull Chen Xu's arm and shout.

"Huh~, what a big gift, it's just a small gift, don't shirk!" Chen Xu smiled and waved his hand and sat down.

"This ...... This ......" Zhang Liang was a little at a loss by Chen Xu's repeated enthusiasm.

"Lady go to the back kitchen and tell her father-in-law, please make a table of good wine and good food, today I will accompany Brother Xu and the two guests from afar to have a good drink!" Zhang Liang couldn't refuse, so he could only let his wife prepare wine and food.

Zhang Liang was originally a Korean nobleman, his grandfather and father were re-elected as the prime minister of the five dynasties of South Korea, the family was naturally very solid since childhood, and he had seen a lot of money and jade, but after the destruction of Korea, the family road was in a slump, and then he went to Xianyang to live in the family of a wealthy merchant who moved to Xianyang, and also secretly planned to kill the first emperor to restore the country, but a plan was unsuccessful, Bolangsha ambushed the emperor after the car failed, and became a lost dog, after being rescued by Yi Shengjia, he hid in Xiapi for thousands of miles, and then met Chen Xu, who had been waiting here, After a thrilling battle with Huang Shi Gong, Chen Xu successfully prevented Huang Shi Gong from passing on the Taigong Art of War to Zhang Liang, and Yi Shengjia was also taken away by Chi Songzi, so Zhang Liang had nowhere to go, and stayed in this foot house, because he was literate and young and handsome since he was a child, and after a long time, he aroused the admiration of his daughter in the foot house, and the shopkeeper introduced a businessman, and naturally hoped that his daughter could marry such a personable scholar, so Zhang Liang still agreed to come down after thinking about it again and again, and married a girl last spring, So far, he has completely settled down in Xiapi, and gave birth to a son in the spring of this year, which completely changed his fate.

And all his changes are inseparable from Chen Xu.

If Chen Xu hadn't prescribed the right medicine to treat him in time, maybe he would have died after a long illness.

And on the bridge, Chen Xu and others had an unbelievable encounter and battle with Huangshi Gong, coupled with what Chen Xu said when he left, Zhang Liang also slowly dispelled the idea of returning to the country.

What's more, countless news spread all over the world from Xianyang later, and his failure to ambush the First Emperor was because Chen Xu, a disciple of the Immortal Family, got in the way, and after spending more than a year in panic, Zhang Liang completely gave up his plan to restore the country.

With the protection of the immortal disciple Qinghehou, no one in the world dares to assassinate the emperor anymore.

That time was Zhang Liang's luck, if Yi Shengjia had arrived a little late, he would have been buried in the river and there were no bones.

Although Chen Xu's identity Zhang Liang has not guessed, but when he met Huang Shigong on the bridge, Chen Xu once said that he and Huang Shigong came specifically for him, and even met the legendary fairy character Chi Songzi.

This made him more and more suspicious and even extremely uneasy about Chen Xu's identity, and he had been trembling for the past three years.

Today, when he suddenly heard that Chen Xu was coming, he naturally wanted to ask about Chen Xu's true identity.

After drinking tea and chatting in the study for a short time, Chen Xu asked some Zhang Liang about the past three years, only to know that Zhang Liang has now opened a private school in Xiapi City to teach some children to read and write, and often helps the county government copy some court edicts and documents, etc., although the income is not too high, to ensure that the whole family does not have to worry about eating and drinking, and now he has gradually gained some reputation in Xiapi, and because of his outstanding literary talent, he is quite appreciated by the county order, and he may join as a county official.

However, when Zhang Liang asked about Chen Xu's identity and experience, Chen Xu was naturally talking nonsense, and Jiang Chuxing, who was listening, rolled his eyes beside him.

Seeing that Chen Xu and Zhang Liang were so enthusiastic, they were still old people, but none of them were true, which also made Jiang Chuxing deeply suspect that Chen Xu had ulterior motives for Zhang Liang.

An hour later, it was already the end of Shen Shi, Chen Xu was slightly drunk, staggered out of the foot house, and took Jiang Chuxing's brothers and sisters and Zhang Liang and the foot house family to say goodbye.

Zhang Liang stood at the door of the foothouse, looking at Chen Xu and the three of them who were escorted by a group of guards in the sunset, his face was full of melancholy, and he shook his head slightly and sighed until Chen Xu and the others were out of sight.

"Why is the husband sighing?" The girl asked while carrying the baby and holding Zhang Liang's sleeve.

"I don't know where this Xu Cheng came from, it always makes me feel uneasy!" Zhang Liang said with a wry smile.

"Xu Langjun is a kind-hearted person, if he wasn't a slave, he wouldn't have met his husband, now that he has Da Lang, please take pity on our mother and son, don't abandon me and Da Lang!" The girl's eyes were a little red and she bowed her head and said.

"Don't worry, lady, although I have concealed some identities, but it is for the good of the family, but this Xu Cheng reminds me of a person, but I am very unsure, alas, it is windy outside, don't let Da Lang suffer from the cold, go in quickly!"

Zhang Liang took the girl and turned around and walked into the foot house, although it was evening at this time, but the foot house still had diners and passengers in and out, the evening breeze was blowing, there was a strong aroma of barbecue blowing from the direction of the bridge, faintly on the bridge, people came and went, and the noise made this small county full of vitality and vitality. (https:)

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