Those very exotic women are obviously from the Western Regions, and those rugged men, judging by the clothes on their bodies, should undoubtedly come from the grassland.

The commerce of Jiangnan is prosperous, and merchants from the Western Regions and grassland merchants come to Jiangnan to do business from thousands of miles away, exchanging local treasures for special products in Jiangnan, and they can make a windfall in one trip.

Even the Tang family has a business in Jiangnan, and the scale is not small, in fact, until now, Tang Ning doesn't know how rich his cheap father-in-law is.

This also means that although he is far away in Jiangnan, he doesn't dare to be too prodigal, in case he is seen by Tang Fairy's eyeliner, he can't go back.

After all, her current identity is not Xiaoyi's best friend, but the dignified third lady of the Tang family.

They had not yet entered Jiangnan Province at this time, but after all, they were the Beijing officials of the Ministry of Officials, and after checking into the post station, the local officials of Anzhou heard about it and came to visit them one after another.

After that, the local officials did the east and held a dust-washing banquet, and they participated in such banquets all the way.

Follow the customs of the locals, on such an occasion, Tang Ning did not refuse, when the Jingguan arrived at the place, it was not a good thing to be too high.

Anzhou Prefecture is just a small city, neither prosperous nor rich, the best restaurant in the city, it looks a little dilapidated, and the food is not quite to Tang Ning's taste.

There will be a curfew at night in Jingshi or some important cities, but in a small city like Anzhou, there is no need for a curfew, and the nightlife of the people is more lively than that in Jingshi.

Although the hall downstairs is not full, it is also sitting.

The most striking guest was a table of Westerners, whose distinctive looks made them attract the attention of others more than others.

A few men are okay, two of the women, tall and good-looking, are standard Western Regions beauties, and most of the men downstairs glance at them from time to time.

Among them, there was also a man who looked like a Han man, and judging from the position where he was sitting, he should be the highest status among these people.

This is a strange phenomenon that Tang Ning saw, just like Xiaowan Kingdom, it is obviously a country in the Western Regions, but the envoys are Han people, and this caravan in the Western Regions is also the leader of the Han people.

When they chatted, they spoke Western Dialect, and Tang Ning couldn't understand a word.

On the other hand, when the prairie people drank in a big bowl and spoke loudly, Tang Ning could occasionally understand one or two sentences.

This is thanks to Wan Yan Yan, when Tang Ning taught her Chinese, she also learned a lot of their cautious language from her, although she can't communicate with the grassland people, but she can probably understand what they mean by stringing together the words she can understand.

"The eldest prince", "the third prince", "the fourth princess" are among the words they mention the most, and the reason why there is no second prince is because the second prince is dead.

Obviously, these people are all from the Wanyan Ministry, and what they say is also the matter of the Wanyan Ministry, and from them, Tang Ning has heard a lot of news from Wanyan Yan.

After the second prince died in the state of Chu, his power on the grassland was inherited by the little barbarian, although the eldest prince and the third prince have always wanted to seize her strength to strengthen themselves, but they have failed many times, and the heir of the Great Khan of the Wanyan Department has officially formed a three-legged trend.

Of course, this is only for the three of them, the real commander of the Wanyan Department is still their father, he has most of the power of the Wanyan Department in his hands, and in the past few years, he has been leading the expansion of the Wanyan Department......

Before Tang Ning left Jingshi, he had heard that the situation on the steppe had changed.

At the beginning, Chen Chu formed an alliance, one country secretly funded the Shuhu Ministry, and the other country secretly supported the Jiagu Ministry, forming a counterweight with the Wanyan Ministry, thinking that it could completely curb the expansion of the Wanyan Ministry.

Their goal was indeed achieved, but no one expected that in just two years, the Wanyan Department would further suppress the two parts, and the situation of the three parts competing against each other had a tendency to be broken.

It is no wonder that Emperor Chen attaches so much importance to the affairs of Jiangnan, the Jiangnan Rebellion alone is nothing to Chen Guo, but if there is a problem in the north, the imperial court will have no time to take care of it, and under the attack of the north and the south, the situation of Chen will immediately become grim.

Although his soul comes from another world, after all, he lives in Chen Guo, and his family and friends are also in Chen Guo, and he doesn't want to see such a situation.

Tang Ning couldn't understand what those steppe people said next, and he didn't continue to listen, turning around and going back to the box.

It's just that during their chat, sometimes mixed with one or two sentences of broken Chinese, he couldn't help but think of Wan Yan Yan, the former little brute girl has become today's female Khan, Tang Ning always has a mysterious premonition, and the two will meet again one day......

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The convoy stayed in Anzhou for a day before setting off again, and two days later, arrived at the border of Ezhou.

Although Ezhou is still far from the destination of their trip, it does belong to Jiangnan West Road, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials have errands to be busy when they enter Ezhou.

Tang Ning had read the information of the states in the south of the Yangtze River earlier, and Ezhou was already very rich compared to other state capitals that passed by along the way, and copper mines were also produced in the state.

However, Tang Ning knew what the purpose of his trip was, the examination of Jiangnan officials had always been like that, even if there was anything tricky, he didn't plan to delve into it, let alone waste time here.

The local officials of Ezhou had already greeted them outside the city, and the Ezhou Thorn Shi personally stepped forward and arched his hand: "Several adults have come from afar, and the Ezhou Thorn Shi and the Ezhou officials are waiting for ...... here."

Yu Shi Zhongcheng stepped forward with a smile and said, "Lord Yu is polite, let's go into the city and talk." ”

Ezhou Thorn Shi looked at him and said in surprise: "It's actually Lord Qi who came to Jiangnan this time, we haven't seen each other for a long time......"

Ezhou Thorn History and Yu Shi Zhongcheng obviously knew each other, and Yu Shi Zhongcheng, who was accustomed to bowing his head and waist along the way, finally straightened up this time, and looked at Tang Ning's gaze with a warning meaning.

Tang Ning didn't care about this, he didn't plan to stay in Ezhou for a long time, and he would set off again in two days at most.

After all, the official examination in Ezhou can be delayed, but the matter of rebellion and rebellion cannot be delayed for a moment.

Of course, when nothing unexpected happens.

When the group entered the state city, they were arranged at the post station.

In the post station, Tang Ning was resting in his room, and in another secluded room, Ezhou Thorn Shi looked at Yu Shi Zhongcheng, and wondered: "Why is it Brother Qi who came this time, Yu Shi Tai is too small to make a fuss, could it be that something has changed."

"Brother Yu's guess is right." Yu Shi Zhongcheng looked at him, his face was solemn, and he said: "The candidates for this examination in Jiangnan are different from the past, they have changed again and again, it must be that His Majesty has something in mind about Jiangnan, and he has to guard against ......."

Ezhou Thorn Shi looked at him and said suspiciously: "Could it be that the candidates sent by the Ministry of Officials this time are any tricky......

"This person is not easy to deal with." Yu Shi Zhong Cheng said with a gloomy face: "Along the way, even the official was suppressed by him, and he was afraid that he really wanted to stir up some chaos in Jiangnan." ”

"Are there still few people who want to stir up trouble in Jiangnan" Ezhou Thorn Shi looked at him, pursed his lips, and said gloomily: "Since he has bad intentions, we might as well strike first......