Chapter 861: Hairy Crab
For Chen Xu's sudden arrival, Jiang Heng, the county guard, was very excited, and he was very surprised by the arrangement of this scene with his niece, but since it was a voluntary matter between Chen Xu and his niece, Jiang Hu didn't ask too much.
He has also heard a little about the changes in his niece in the past two years, but he is too far away, so he doesn't have the heart to care, and he can't care about it, he has always been worried about Jiang Chuyue's attitude towards Chen Xu, but now he sees that his niece really takes care of Chen Xu as a wife, so he still has a little hope that this matter can be faked and done, and finally become true, even if Jiang Chuyue can marry and become a concubine, it will inevitably make the Jiang family's status rise again.
To be able to marry the daughter of the family to Chen Xu, almost all the princes and princes of Xianyang have this idea.
Marriage has always been one of the most important means for nobles to strengthen ties with each other, including the emperor, which is also an ancient tradition handed down from ancient clan society, and in ancient times, different clans relied on intermarriage to maintain unity and help each other, and finally slowly developed into a large clan.
Jiang Heng naturally knew very well the purpose of Chen Xu's coming to Wuzhong, and specially invited Chen Xu to the study, and after retiring all his family members and servants, he told him everything about Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew in the past two years.
"Thank you Jiang County Guard for your arrangement and inquiry, I will only stay in Wuzhong for three or five days and then go to Langya County, and then go back to Xianyang along the Eastern Road, if the county guard still has any letters or items that need to be brought back to Xianyang, Xu can bring them back by the way!" After listening to Jiang Heng's news, Chen Xu put down the teacup and said with a smile.
"It's rare for the Hou Ye to come to Wuzhong, why don't you stay for a while, Gao Xuan, the lieutenant of Minzhong, will also come to Wuzhong in a few days, ready to meet the emperor in Wuzhong!" Jiang Heng hurriedly said.
"I left the parade this time because I had a special arrangement, so it was inconvenient to stay and visit the emperor, and this matter was also kept secret by the county guard, everything on this trip was a private ......visit," Chen Xu said with a slightly serious expression.
"I see, Heng Province, I will never reveal the matter of Hou Ye's coming to Wuzhong, and Hou Ye will temporarily live in Hengfu these days, so that Heng can ask Hou Ye more about the strategy of governing county affairs!" Jiang Heng nodded and said sincerely.
"Haha, the county keeper said and laughed, I came all the way to Huiji, and found that the people along the way are simple, grain planting and silkworm breeding are all in order, and the county is also very prosperous, this is all the work of Jiang Daren's governance, why Xu Xu pointed fingers, the people take food as the sky, as long as the people under the rule are well fed and clothed, there are houses and fields to support themselves, naturally everything is developing smoothly, and Fang Caixu inquired in the city, the county has developed very well in the past two or three years, and all kinds of businesses are also thriving, with the humanities and heritage of Wudu, In a few years, Wuzhong will definitely be governed by the county guard, and when Xu comes to play again, I'm afraid he won't be able to recognize it! Chen Xu waved his hand and said with a hearty smile.
"All this is actually thanks to the work of Hou Ye to lift the ban on commercial law, although Wuzhong is far away from Xianyang, but the local businessmen have already known the great merit of Hou Ye lifting the ban on commercial law through the Oriental Road and newspapers, since the edict of the new commercial law arrived in Wuzhong, Heng in order to implement the commercial law, arranged manpower to post notices in all the towns and villages under the county to explain the commercial law, so that many businessmen in the county are very enthusiastic and enthusiastic, just in the past few months this year, the city has opened a variety of commercial houses and gardens as many as more than 500, There are also a lot of luxury items such as porcelain, tea, wine, vinegar in Xianyang, so the atmosphere in the city is indeed much more active and prosperous...... "Jiang Heng was very emotional, and talked about the changes in the county town a little.
"That's good, it's not in vain I took all the trouble to bet with Li Si, as long as the business is prosperous, ordinary people are enough to earn some money through labor to subsidize the family, and it will be stable after a long time, but Xu is a pseudonym, so it is inconvenient to live in the county guard's mansion, and now I have found a place to stay, just in the Five Lakes Park not far from here, the environment is quiet and quiet, Lord Jiang does not need to be deliberately arranged, the things for eating, drinking, and living are all available, and I will wander around the city in the last few days, By the way, if you secretly contact Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew, they will leave, and when the time comes, they will come to worship Lord Jiang before leaving, so they will not bother today and say goodbye! Chen Xu stood up.
"Alas, why is Master Hou in such a hurry, which makes Heng feel very guilty and uneasy!" Jiang Heng stood up very depressed.
"The main thing is that the fifth princess is about to give birth, Xu is very worried, otherwise he will definitely stay and play for a while, Lord Jiang can rest assured, Jiangnan is a land of natural treasures, the climate is suitable and the products are abundant, especially the many ingredients, it is a good place to make food, Xu He will bring his wife to disturb him again in the future, and Lord Jiang must not dislike it when the time comes......"
"Hey, what is the Hou Ye, if the Hou Ye and the princess come, Heng will definitely sweep the streets to greet him, I think Wu Zhong's father and many businessmen, wealthy gentry, and hundreds of disciples will feel honored......"
The two talked all the way, Jiang Heng personally sent Chen Xu outside the gate, told Jiang Chuxing to take good care of him, and then sent Chen Xu away.
"Sister-in-law, what will happen next?" Jiang Chuxing's brother and sister still rode horses to accompany them, while several guards scattered around to escort them, and a group of people walked slowly on the bustling street with hats.
Chen Xu looked at the sun in the sky and said: "It's getting late today, let's wander around the city for the time being, tomorrow I'm going to visit the two old people, if nothing happens, I will leave for Xianyang in three days, I don't know what Brother Jiang and Miss Chuyue plan?" ”
"Sanniang and I naturally accompany my sister-in-law, although this Wuzhong is prosperous, but it is not as knowledgeable as the road, not to mention that we may not have been back to Xianyang for a long time, accompany Hou Ye to go back to visit the second and third uncles......"
Jiang Chuxing originally planned to follow Chen Xu to Wuzhong and stay for a while before returning to Pei County, but when he saw his sister's lonely expression, he quickly changed his words.
"That's fine!" Chen Xu nodded slightly.
Wuzhong as the county seat, but also the former capital of Wu, so the prosperity is much more lively than the Wancheng, the city range is also much larger, but because for hundreds of years here has been a constant war, the more Wu is destroyed, the more Chu is destroyed, the more Qin destroys Chu, the city has been destroyed repeatedly, and later Li Si became the left minister and then implemented a large-scale demolition campaign, Wuzhong is the first remote princes to bear the brunt, so most of the city walls have long been dilapidated, many places have collapsed or even missing, some places have been repaired, but there are still gaps and holes everywhere, Therefore, Wuzhong can not be said to be a complete city, so there is no city gate that can be decent, many places inside and outside the city are not very clear, plus there are criss-crossing rivers and lakes everywhere, the whole city is very loose, small bridges and flowing water extend in all directions, rivers and lakes can always see fishing boats and cargo ships intertwined, it is completely a typical water town scenery.
Chen Xu had never been to Suzhou in his previous life, but he knew that this was the hometown of the originator of Jiangnan gardens in later generations, and Suzhou gardens were the best in the world, in addition to silk and Suzhou embroidery, what Chen Xu remembered the most was the hairy crab in Yangcheng Lake.
Although crabs are not worth much at all in this era, and the common people don't like to eat them, it doesn't mean that Chen Xu doesn't like to eat them, you must know that the hairy crabs of Yangcheng Lake in later generations are sold, and the genuine hairy crabs of Yangcheng Lake are dozens or hundreds of yuan, even if the washed crabs that have passed through the water are labeled with Yangcheng Lake, they have to be twenty or thirty yuan.
But right now, the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake don't need money at all, as long as Chen Xu is happy, he can completely wrap up Taihu Lake and Yangcheng Lake by himself and eat them every day.
And about this ancient city with a long history, there are many places that can be visited, the palace of the old Wu, the West Lake, Yangcheng Lake, Gusutai, plus the palaces and city gates built by the emperors of the past dynasties, the gate of Changmen, the Xu Gate, the Snake Gate, the Lou Gate, the Qi Gate, etc. are towering, and you can see a lot of historic sites when you look around on a horse.
Jiang Chuxing came once, and he was still relatively clear about the places of interest inside and outside the city, and took Chen Xu to walk around Wuzhong, and at the same time, he naturally tasted some local snacks sold in roadside restaurants and stalls, grilled fish, dried whitebait, ice powder, etc., so all the way down, a group of people almost never idle.
While shopping, Chen Xu naturally paid attention to the commercial development in the city.
In addition to the Quyuan miscellaneous houses that can be seen everywhere in the county, the most of the people in the city are the locals who carry baskets, set up stalls along the street or wander around to sell aquatic products such as melons, fruits, lotus roots, roots, fish and shrimp, and everywhere looks very lively, and at several bustling streets with a large flow of people, Chen Xu also saw Huaxia Qianzhuang, Jiangxi porcelain, Shui's tea house, Fan's winery and other chain institutions that have almost opened all over the country, and even saw a newspaper kiosk in an inconspicuous corner. There are some newspapers and several sets of paper books in the book, which are from Xianyang at a glance, and it can be seen that although Wuzhong is far away from Xianyang, the information is not too far behind.
Chen Xu spent thirty dollars to buy the latest issue of the newspaper, but the time was still in early April, and it can be seen from this that these newspapers and periodicals were not specially transported quickly, but brought by caravans.
There was nothing Chen Xu wanted to see in this issue of the newspaper, and it was still the news of the emperor's tour to Xinzheng, and there was no news about Li Shun's envoy to Yueshi, so Chen Xu could only guess that Li Shun's trip was not smooth, perhaps ...... Maybe it's really hanging, thinking that Li Shun may be unfavorable, Chen Xu suddenly lost his mood, and after a newspaper was hastily flipped over, he handed it to Xiao He, Liu Bang and others to read.
And in the following wandering, Chen Xu also paid attention to looking for his Qinghe store for a long time, but he didn't find it, and asked a few well-dressed locals, but they all shook their heads and said they didn't know.
It seems that Wuzhong is too far away, and Huangfu has not opened a chain store here.
However, although there is no Qinghe store, it is not very disappointing to have a comprehensive commercial institution such as Wuhuyuan, which is opened by local merchants to eat, drink, play and shop.
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