There is already an obvious New Year's flavor in the city.

Everywhere there are vendors selling children's ready-to-wear clothes, tiger shoes, hats decorated with colored threads, all kinds of knick-knacks, and snacks all over the street, which are carried by the merchants.

In Fucheng, you will only see such a situation during the New Year, food, children's toys, clothes and hats, these are the best to sell.

In this relatively less affluent year, people are most willing to spend money and are most willing to spend money, or buy food for children, buy new clothes, new shoes and new hats.

Adults can be thrifty, and children can spend as much as they can...... In this year, there is no fundamental change in a few hundred years.

This time, when I returned home, there were not many people who came with me.

Lao Yajiang basically settled in Fuzhou, and most of them followed him back, Liu Yi had no home, and he had to follow him to the north, and of course he also followed him to Fucheng for the New Year.

The young tooth general, Gao Shilai and Jin Jian followed directly, Tian Heng stayed in Nan'an for a holiday to accompany his parents for the New Year, and then took the people who followed the north to the north.

Zhang Huchen, Lin Cunxin and others did not return to Zhangzhou or Jianzhou, but went directly to Fucheng, where they were preparing to move their families to Nan'an after returning from Beijing.

At the beginning of the Nan'an regimental training, no one was confident that they could see how long they could last, so even if Zhang Huchen and others agreed to Xu Zixian's solicitation at that time, they still had to take a look and say, everyone has a family, and they have to consider their own future, even if they feel that Xu Zixian is a good lord, it is still impossible to invest all their net worth in at once.

Of course it's different now, Xu Zixian is not what it used to be, Zhang Huchen and others have been able to invest their wealth in Nan'an, and they are at ease, and their family will not object, they will only support it.

Chen Zuo is an old bachelor, Luotuo is a scholar, in fact, he is a very capable and shrewd person, he has been poor, and his daughter-in-law has not married, and this time he also followed directly to Fucheng.

Chen Daojian accompanied his grandmother to celebrate the New Year in the nursing home, and rushed to Fucheng after the New Year.

The Nan'an Hou Mansion, which was quite empty before this, suddenly had nearly a hundred more people, and the entire Hou Mansion seemed to come to life.

There are a lot of princes' mansions on Zongmu Street, when Xu Zixian and others rode back to the house, many people from the prince's mansion came out to eat melon seeds to see the excitement, and saw the Nan'an Hou Mansion brigade passing by in the angry horse car, especially when Xu Zixian rode a big green horse by, many people's eyes were round.

This is the prince of Nan'an Houfu?

In many people's memories, Xu Zixian is still the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who is shabby in his clothes, has a down-to-earth atmosphere, has a yellow face, is of ordinary height, and has a thin body.

At this moment, Xu Zixian has completely subverted people's old memories.

It's not that people's looks have changed much, the biggest change comes from temperament.

The height is a little higher than before, but in fact, the body is much stronger, the body is well-proportioned, and the body is strong, which is an external change.

The inner change is that kind of self-confidence and calm temperament, the brilliance of the eyes flashing, the calmness of the gestures, and a rather obvious atmosphere of the superior who has been in the top position for a long time and can be the master of the house.

Money, power, status, these things are external, and the internal changes are changed through the breath of the individual, of course, it is also related to the dress or the psychological cues of the person.

In short, on the street of the clan, everyone saw Xu Zixian, it was a big surprise, Xu Zixian who felt that there were changes from the inside to the outside, due to the different perceptions of each person, in less than an hour, the heads of each family received mixed reports, for many clans or the heads of the Minjue family, the young head of the Nan'an Hou Mansion who returned to Fuzhou has become an existence that cannot be ignored.

The men are thinking about the power and prestige, and the women are still concerned about the marriage of Xu Zixian and Chen Wenjun.

Xu Zi first rose to prominence, but the Marquis of Changwen's Mansion has always been an important town for the powerful families in Fuzhou Mansion. The third lady of Chen Dujing's family, Xiuwai Huizhong, is a first-class existence in terms of talent and appearance, coupled with the connections of Changwenhou Mansion in the civil official system, and the Chen family is a well-known local merchant on Fujian Road, and its commercial houses and shops are all over the road, mainly engaged in the trading of cloth and raw silk. In terms of wealth, of course, it is far less than the Pu family, but it is also quite a top-level existence in Fujian Road.

The women are all discussing, Xu Zixian doesn't know what kind of luck he has made, and he can actually marry the third lady of the Changwen Hou family?

Men certainly don't shy away from this ignorance.

Xu Zixian's identity and status, self-made ability, what proof do you need?

And in terms of age, it is the most suitable, in other powerful families, young men under twenty years old of course grab a handful. But young men of this age are generally still living in the shadow of their parents and grandparents, and it is quite a good achievement to be as famous as Xu Ziwen.

And Xu Zixian is much more clever than Xu Ziwen, his ability and family background are no longer under Zhao Wangfu, and even better is that Xu Zixian has no eldest relatives, let alone brothers, only one sister, without the control of the clan elders and the dumping of peers, Chen Wenjun married in the past and was the head of the house, such a family matter, what is there to dissatisfaction with the Changwen Marquis Mansion?

The women only care about the process of family affairs, a few days ago the king of Qi personally went to the three rites of Nacai and asking for names, Najib and so on, Xu Zi went to the city first, and what he wanted to do was to pay for the collection and ask for the ceremony.

Such an urgent itinerary is of course quite urgent for the marriage of the powerful family, but considering that Xu Zi will go to Beijing after the first year, it may be two or three months away, and it is understandable that the Changwen Marquis Mansion is in a hurry to complete the process.

"What kind of dowry can that broken house give?" Chen Xu listened to his family's report and stood on the front steps of the hall and scolded bitterly.

The air pressure in the Jingyuan Marquis's mansion is relatively low, and the family members are a little careful when they talk and walk.

Not only Chen Jingzhong, but also Chen Jingfu and the two brothers were cautious, lest they provoke their father and provoke a scolding, even if Chen Man himself was a little low-eyebrowed.

The family affair is not successful, the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion has become a big joke in the clan street, Chen Man's wife Xu is the daughter of a certain prince, she has been arrogant since she was a child, and she rubbed her chest for several days after knowing this, and Chen Man's father and son were also scolded by this woman for several days.

On this day, after listening to the report of her family, Xu Zi led a large group of people back to Fucheng, and Chen Xu's heart disease was committed again, but she didn't listen to anything else, so she cared about the progress of Xu Zi's first marriage.

asked, of course, no one spoke, only Chen Man muttered: "The imperial court may increase the number of closed households to the Nan'an Hou Mansion, and now people are proud, you should be careful." ”

"You don't talk nonsense, the old waste raises a bunch of small waste, and it makes people quit, and there is no way to fart!"

After scolding Chen Man, Chen Xu had a strong curiosity and took people to climb the watchtower in the west corner of the Hou Mansion to watch.

The palace and the prince's mansion are not only guarded by tooth generals, but also a number of tall watchtowers are generally built to prevent thieves from being mixed in the palace.

In addition, there is a big drum at the top of this tall building, once there is a police officer can beat the big drum, and after hearing the drum, the nearby provinces will send people to come to the rescue. No matter how they get along, the clan is connected to each other on the street, and there will still be mutual assistance.

In fact, there are few thieves who can get to the point of knocking on the rules to call the police, generally speaking, the most important role of this watchtower is to find the fire alarm, in fact, it is quite effective.

It was not easy for the woman to climb the tall building in a hurry, but the strong curiosity made Chen Xu pant and climb up, and Chen Man also followed with a sad face.

There are not many idlers on the street, but there are not many people who watch Xu Zixian and others, and each mansion will send people over to see the movements of this prince of Nan'an Houfu.

Many people also sighed that in two or three months, the son of Nan'anhou will be Nan'anhou.

Many princes are still thinking about the reward for the war on the river embankment, Xu Zixian was already a general of Sanpin Zhaowu before, and it is a great achievement to kill a thousand ranks, and it is enough to be promoted to the great merit of appeasing the envoy on the civil official, but in the clan, it is still quite difficult to promote the title.

The first battle is sure to be safe all the way, and thousands of levels of beheadings can make Xu Zi peek at the prince first, but how can this kind of opportunity be easy to have?

The hereditary replacement of the Qi Wangfu is not that its ancestors beheaded more than 10,000 people when they were plagued by widows a hundred years ago, which changed the family's century-old scenery.

The King of Qi himself has also accumulated a lot of contributions in various battles, so that he has the huge prestige and potential strength he has now.

In the first battle of Jiangdi, more than 1,000 people were beheaded and more than 2,000 prisoners were captured. But it is mainly local rogue rangers and swordsmen, and there are not many similar battles and captures on Jinghu South Road.

Xu Zixian wanted to receive a higher knighthood reward with this battle, but it was almost impossible.

The promotion of knights, honors, and ranks is inevitable, if Xu Zi first passes the lock hall test, the imperial court will also give him a fairly high starting point official position on Fujian Road, and will not be like ordinary martial arts, who can only be a middle and lower-level military attache at the deputy commander level.

It is more likely that the imperial court will give Xu Zixian more seals.

Xu Zixian's merits are still far from being promoted to the rank of knight or hereditary replacement, but there is no opportunity and hope, which is also the most important reason why many powerful families attach importance to him or are jealous of him.

There are now 600 households in Nan'anhou Mansion, and this time the great merit will go up, maybe the general's rank will be higher, and the rank of official will be dispersed to the pillar country.

And the closure of households, at least to 3,000 households, the general favored prince, although no merit to the country, the title may be a duke, may also be a marquis, but the actual seal is also a thousand to 3,000 households, Nan'an Hou Mansion is only 600 households, because the first generation of Nan'an Hou is absurd and incompetent, the prince is a real food seal, Nan'an Hou Mansion is simply pitiful, it can be seen how unfavored it was at the beginning.

This time it is added to more than 3,000 households, which can be regarded as making up for the feudal households owed by the previous imperial court to the Nan'an Hou Mansion, making up for the regrets of the year, and Xu Zi can comfort the ancestors first, and at the same time, he can also repay the merits, Chen Man's judgment should be correct.

But how can this woman be willing to accept the facts, if Xu Zixian does not withdraw from the family, Chen Xu is dissatisfied with the little sister in every way, in her opinion, of course her own son is the best, and the family background of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion is much thicker than the Nan'an Marquis Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zixian categorically rejected Chen Man, and the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion and Chen Jingzhong became a joke, this woman felt that she was being looked at with strange eyes wherever she went, and she was angry that she hadn't slept well for many days.

Now Chen Xu hated Xu Zixian deeply, and when he saw Xu Zixian riding a big green horse, he couldn't wait for a curse, telling Xu Zixian to fall off the horse and fall to his death.

"Chang Wenhou is also confused." Chen Man muttered on the side: "A villain like Xu Zixian rises quickly, and he falls miserably, and watch him rise up a tall building, and then wait for him to collapse." ”

Chen Xu was very happy to hear this, but the woman still paid attention to the dowry, and when she saw the large team of people following Xu Zi first, and many people carrying various square boxes and round boxes, Chen Xu turned around and went downstairs with a depressed face. What is the credit, the rise, the woman does not understand, but judging from the rich dowry in front of her, the Nan'an Hou Mansion is completely different from the past.

"the broken house." Chen Xu said hatefully: "Let's see how long you are proud." ”

"It won't be long." Chen Man hurriedly said: "The Chengcheng Sect, stand on the side of King Zhao and see how long he can run amok." ”

Chen Xu turned his face back and said, "You men who are in charge of the house, you don't act just by talking? Seeing this little thief proud, my heart is burning uncomfortably. ”

"His Royal Highness King Zhao is the master." Chen Man was quite embarrassed and said, "If King Zhao doesn't give an order, no one can do anything." ”

"It won't last long, don't worry." Chen Mandao: "If King Zhao really wants to deal with him, no one can save him, not even King Qi." ”