Fan Xicheng stared at Han Qian, the young master who was shivering in the cold wind in the uncovered wilderness in front of the city with his hands tied and his breasts exposed, and the young master Han Qian, who was walking towards the city, was full of emotion in his heart.

Just over two years ago, who would have imagined that the young master was still useless at that time, and the head of the family had to vomit blood all day long, but today, he has turned into a young man who can make the court helpless and want to dominate a corner of Xuzhou and stand on his own?

For more than a year before, while lifting the ban on land, Xuzhou used rumors of gold mines to attract displaced people to pour in.

Fan Xicheng, who has been staying in Xuzhou and staying in Qianyang City to serve Han Daoxun, is very clear in his heart; He also knew that through the redemption, the Xi clan people who had now gathered near Qianyang City had exceeded a thousand people.

The power that Han Qian secretly operated in Xuzhou was directly reflected in the expansion of the Xuzhou Boat Gang fleet and armed guards.

Before the Feng clan moved westward, the Xuzhou Boat Gang had 16 large and medium-sized semi-armed sailing ships, 400 sailors and 300 armed guards, which had almost exhausted the Jianyong directly controlled by Han Qian in Xuzhou, so that the Wufeng Mountain plantations, mines, and casting grounds could only employ displaced people to cultivate and work on a large scale.

Logically speaking, this manpower alone is not enough for them to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, and it is not enough for them to compete with the local native surname forces.

The westward migration of the Feng clan and slaves was a more prominent turning point.

The Feng clan and the slaves and maids were helpless in Xuzhou, but the internal cohesion had not yet dispersed, and once they became vassals controlled by them in Xuzhou, they could almost have thousands of brave men and women to be used by Han Qian, thus making their power in Xuzhou greatly increase to the point where they could directly compete with the four clans.

After the second batch of Feng clansmen and slaves arrived in Xuzhou, Han Daoxun ordered the city gate to be closed and strictly forbidden to enter and exit, Fan Xicheng still felt that the head of the family was making a fuss, but until today, seeing Han Qian directly appear in the city, he really understood in his heart, or the head of the family understood the young master's calculations and ambitions best!

Fan Xicheng looked at Zhao Kuo and several other family soldiers standing behind the head of the family, they were all looking at each other at this time, and they didn't know how to deal with the scene in front of them.

Could it be that after the head of the family gave the order, they really wanted to shoot the young master under the city on the spot?

Fan Xicheng has followed Han Daoxun's side for the longest time, and he understands Han Daoxun's sincerity for the people best, but less than half a month after the second batch of Feng clansmen arrived in Xuzhou, the young master directly led so many people this time, and went to Xuzhou without telling him, and he could understand that the young master was determined to stand on his own feet this time, and he was determined to stand on his own feet according to Xuzhou, and he was dedicated to asking for the people's life, and he didn't want to see the war that caused the people to be exiled and separated.

Just seeing the young master's appearance of guilt and walking towards the city, Fan Xicheng was very confused in his heart, could it be that the young master was confident that he could persuade the head of the family to agree to the Han family's independence from now on?

Fan Xicheng peeked at the face of the head of the family, Han Daoxun Tieqing, his heart was in chaos, and he didn't know how to untie the dead knot in front of him.

Of course, Fan Xicheng also noticed that the expressions of some people in the city were somewhat perfunctory, perhaps thinking that the head of the family was just pretentious, and he didn't know what the young master thought, what kind of momentum could be achieved with such a small number of people, could it be true as the head of the family expected, to become a vassal of Tanzhou and fight against the court together?

In this way, the land that used to belong to Jiangnan West Road will be torn apart by the war again, and the people will have no livelihood, right?

Han Qian walked under the city, shivering by the cold wind, looking up and seeing more than a dozen bows poking out from behind the battlement wall, the arrows flashing at him with cold light, and secretly scolding his mother in his heart, thinking that he would really not do this kind of thing of being a good man in the future.

It's just that he regretted it too late at this time, so he could only be bold and shouted: "I fought in the bloody battle at the head of Xichuan City, saved Jingxiang for the imperial court, and made great achievements, others said that my sword went off the rails, and I should not be rewarded, and I have no resentment in my heart, I returned to Xuzhou, and there was no trouble in Xuzhou, but the Feng family's experience is a lesson from the past, and my Han family can't help but guard against it." ”

Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo and the others looked at each other at this moment, but they didn't expect Han Qian to go to the city to plead guilty, and he dared to loudly proclaim his intention of disobedience, didn't he force the head of the family to kill him?

Han Daoxun's withered face seemed to have a whole mountain pressing on his heart, and at this moment he seemed to exhaust all his strength and said: "Since this son dares to throw himself into the net, then I will detain him first, and when the imperial court sends someone over, I will personally escort him back to Jinling to plead guilty!" ”

Zhao Kuo and the others stood there without moving, and Fan Xicheng had to take a few people and walk down the city tower......

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"Ahh

Although Xuzhou was not as cold as Jinling at this time, Han Qian walked all the way with his naked chest, which was enough for him to feel good, and under the supervision of Fan Xicheng, he walked into the east courtyard of Furong Garden, the back house of the Thorn Mansion, and Han Qian sneezed.

Han Laoshan and his wife and Qingyun were holding clothes in their hands, but they only dared to stand far away, and did not dare to come over to help Han Qian put on the clothes.

"Aunt Zhou, Kuaiyun helped me make a bowl of ginger sugar tea to dispel the cold, I was about to freeze to death!" Han Qian greeted Han Laoshan's mother-in-law absently.

"......" Fan Xicheng saw that Han Qian didn't care at this moment, he couldn't cry or laugh, and let the others stay in the courtyard, he accompanied Han Qian into the house, and while helping him untie the binding, he sighed and said, "Young master, you don't know what kind of person the head of the family is, and the head of the family will never let you mess around." No matter what you do, you shouldn't come into the city at this time! ”

"Master Fan, what do you think in your heart?" Han Qian stared at Fan Xicheng and asked.

Fan Xicheng smiled bitterly in his heart, it was only fourteen or fifteen years since the founding of Great Chu, and even the head of the family, Han Daoxun, was still serving as the secretary of the Shengzhou Jiedu Embassy when he was young, and he was even more stumbling for half of his life, and he did not live under the Han family until he was in Chuzhou, and he naturally had no loyalty to Dachu personally.

It's just that after too much turmoil, Fan Xicheng misses the days when he would rather be a peace dog, and doesn't want to experience war again, of course, the Han family really has the possibility of self-reliance based on Xuzhou, and he won't resist it deep down.

He believed that in the Hibiscus Garden, most of the family soldiers had the same thoughts as him.

However, Fan Xicheng's allegiance is always to the head of the family, Han Daoxun.

That's why he felt that Han Qian shouldn't go into the city at this time, at least not before the head of the family changed his mind.

Seeing that Fan Xicheng was silent, Han Qian no longer dwelled on this topic, and asked again, "What about Zhao Kuo and others?" ”

Han Qian was escorted directly into the Furong Garden from under the city, and he didn't see Zhao Kuo's figure.

"Zhao Kuo is also responsible for guarding the city." Fan Xicheng said.

Only then did Han Qian pull up his trouser legs, untie the secret decree wrapped around his calf, hand it to Fan Xicheng and said, "Before my father is angry with me, you can quickly show him this, but except for Fan Ye and my father, this secret decree must not enter the eyes of third people!" Zhao Kuo, Ji Fu, Han Laoshan and others are no exception. ”

"This ......"

Fan Xicheng glanced at the content of the secret decree, and stood there stiffly, as if he had been struck by lightning, subconsciously suspecting that this secret decree was forged by the young master Han Qian.

However, Fan Xicheng thought that without the direct instruction from Emperor Tianyou, and without the active cooperation of the three princes, it would be very easy for the young master Han Qian to abscond out by himself or with a few people, but the last time he absconded to Xuzhou with so many people and materials, the difficulty was not ordinary.

Fan Xicheng hurriedly went to the front office to see Han Daoxun with the secret decree, at this time Han Zhou came over with a bowl of ginger tea, Han Qian put on his robe, drank ginger tea to warm his body, and waited for a while before seeing his father and Fan Xicheng hurriedly coming over.

"What the hell is going on?" Han Daoxun closed the door before taking out the secret decree and placing it on the table, and asked with a calm face.

"His Majesty summoned the child into the palace two months ago, intending to remove the Tanzhou Jiedu Embassy within two years, so that the officials of the three states of Tanlangyue were all ordered by Jinling, not the hereditary of the Ma family. By the autumn of next year, the child will reorganize an elite army and horses in Xuzhou, and he can send troops from the upper reaches of Yuanshui to contain Tanzhou and create favorable conditions for Jinling to send troops. Han Qian said.

"Why didn't you send someone over and explain to me beforehand?" Han Daoxun thought that he had wavered a little at the head of the city and wanted to order Han Qian to be shot, but now that he thought about it, he was afraid, and asked.

Of course, Han Qian would not admit that he did not inform him in advance, purely intentionally testing his father's intentions, but unfortunately this old and angry young man is still too stubborn, and he doesn't think that separating Xuzhou at this time will benefit the country and the people!

Han Qian could only say at the moment: "Only in this way can our father and son play in front of Qianyang City be performed beautifully, and they can completely deceive Tanzhou and other forces - and then ask my father to order the gate of Qianyang City to be opened, so that the Feng clan and Zuo Si soldiers and horses can enter the city, and then my father will send someone to Jinling to ask for the punishment of the children without saying goodbye!" Only in this way can Your Majesty have an excuse to continue to reward our father and son! ”

Fan Xicheng had to admit that after such a set of processes, the world would firmly believe that the imperial court was forced by the situation in the southwest to temporarily acquiesce to the fact that the Han family was self-reliant according to Xuzhou, but he also knew in his heart that in this way, the head of the family, Han Daoxun, would completely become a traitorous villain in the eyes of the world!

Since the beginning of "Epidemic Water Sparse", Han Daoxun didn't care much about his personal reputation, and asked hesitantly: "Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhougang were given to death, and the Feng family was raided, how could the Feng clan help the imperial court contain Tanzhou?" ”

"The Feng clan people have no value, what is really valuable is the Feng family's five thousand slaves and maids," Han Qian said, "Feng Yu and they don't know the existence of the secret order, they are all convinced that my father and I have the ambition to divide Xuzhou, so then I will isolate the Feng clan from the slave and maid tribes, and I believe that Feng Yi and the others will not object." After I have incorporated and digested all the slaves and maids of the Feng family, the attitude of the Feng family will not be worrying at that time. ”

In the end, more than 5,600 people of the Feng clan and slaves and maids moved into Xuzhou, of which there were only more than 400 children of the Feng clan, and more of them were slaves and maids, tribes and their dependents driven by the Feng clan over the years.

The Feng family moved to Xuzhou, originally under the fence, with no money, no food, no land and no land in his hands, Han Qian wanted to incorporate the Feng family's slaves and maids and subordinates at this time, how could Feng Yi and others refuse?

For Feng Yi and others, instead of offending the Han family father and son at this time, it is better to attach themselves to the Han family father and son, a big tree rooted in Xuzhou, in the hope that the Feng family can rise again.