Before arriving outside the city gate, someone heard the wind and greeted him, about 20 people lined up in two teams, all dark red short coat cowhide boots, with a knife at the waist, looking very energetic, standing at the head of a young man, standing with his hands down and looking respectful, Xu Zizhen didn't recognize it at first glance, but he didn't want to get close The young man opened his mouth first.

"Young Master, are you back?"

Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment, and after a closer look, he found that he was Xiao Xuan, the former young master of the Xiao family, but at the beginning, this young master was purely a gentleman, but now he is serious like an orthodox upper-class housekeeper in the British Empire hundreds of years later.

"Xiao Xuan? Ha, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and I almost don't recognize you. Xu Zizhen immediately stepped forward and patted Xiao Xuan on the shoulder.

Xiao Xuan hung his head slightly, and replied very seriously: "Young Master, my name is Xu Xuan now." ”

"Xu Xuan?"

"Yes, with the young master's surname."

Xu Zizhen was speechless for a while, and he didn't know whether he was surprised or moved, because he knew that people in this era were based on their ancestors, and they would not change their names and surnames easily, and even their surnames were more important to them than their lives.

Xu Xuan looked up at Xu Zizhen, with a trace of excitement and gratitude on his face, and said: "The young master saved my life, and I will be the young master's person from now on, not to mention that the young master does not dislike the things I did before, but gave me a new life, Xu Xuan's life is yours, young master." ”

Xu Zizhen hurriedly interrupted him: "Don't don't, I'll be nervous if it's so serious, you didn't care about it before, but your nature is not bad, I knew this early on, and besides, I don't have a close friend in Daxia, and it's really hard for you to have you to help me manage the big business, so don't talk about yourself like a slave in the future, I'm not used to it, understand?" ”

"Friends?" Xu Xuan was shocked, stunned there, his eyes moistened, and he repeated these two words in a muttered manner, after the Xiao family was wiped out, he lived in fear for a long time, because he used to be a member of the Xiao family, even if it was just an adopted son, but he still had the mark of the Xiao family on his body, but Xu Zizhen did not dislike him, and helped him get out of the Xiao family very trustworthy, and arranged him here.

What is this place? It is Yaode City, which is the private city that the Emperor of Great Xia gave to Xu Zizhen, and he Xiao Xuan has become the biggest person in this city except Xu Zizhen in the blink of an eye, Xiao Xuan is not a fool, on the contrary, he is very smart, and what is rare is that he has a heart that knows how to be grateful.

It is difficult to repay the kindness of life, and it is also a combination of knowledge and trust, at this moment he suddenly had a thought, even if Xu Zizhen let him die now, he would not hesitate.

Xu Zizhen saw that his eyes were red, and he hurriedly interrupted with a smile: "Okay, I haven't come to my own place yet, this time take my mother and my wife to take a look." ”

Xu Xuan hurriedly packed up his emotions and greeted everyone behind Xu Zizhen, seeing Hu Sanniang, he naturally called the old lady, and when he saw Zhuo Ya, he also respectfully called the young grandmother, Zhuo Ya blushed but did not deny it, anyway, in her heart, it was a matter of time or time, but Xu Xuan didn't know if it was intentional, and then he also saluted Su San and Gillian and called the young grandmother, which caused the two girls to blush and sneer.

In the midst of laughter, Xu Xuan led the more than 20 dark red coats to open the way, and took Xu Zizhen to start a "territorial review".

Xu Zizhen also understood later, these men in dark red coats are the guards of his inner city, except for the children of the Yun family, they are the masters of the first three peerless halls, and they are all elites who can fight one enemy and ten outside, because the inner city is responsible for the collection of trade materials from all parties, so the security task is quite heavy, Xu Zizhen asked, saying that there are more than 100 such elites in total, all of whom were personally selected by Yun Shanglan.

There is the Jingsai Military Division in the south of Yaode City, and the Xiangqing Military Division in the north, which is a calm and peaceful place, and now with these more than 100 elite guards, it is even more protective of the inner city of Yaode like an iron bucket, and ordinary thieves don't want to touch it here.

Outside the city is a tributary of the Yellow River, the locals call it the Lingzhou River, from west to south in the city just turned a bend to the east, as if the Yaode City was enclosed, and in the north of the river in addition to the Yaode City is the vast and boundless grassland, from a high place to look down the distance can see herds of cattle, sheep and horses leisurely grazing under the blue sky and white clouds, it is like a beautiful picture.

The more Xu Zizhen looked at it, the more excited he became, he never thought that the fief that Li Qianshun gave him would be such a good place, at this moment he regretted the suggestion he made to Li Renxiao, who said that slavery is not good? I think it's good!

After turning around, more than an hour had passed, and Xu Zizhen couldn't move anymore, so he asked Xu Xuan to take him into the city.

When he entered the city, he found that this was a different scene, in his concept, Yaode City is a small place like a TV costume drama at best, there are at most some small vendors on the street, selling pottery and selling cucumbers or something, but I didn't expect the inner city to be very lively, pedestrians go back and forth, there are many shops on both sides of the street, restaurants, cloth villages, pawnshops, gambling houses, everything is there, and it looks like everything is not much worse except for the scale smaller than Xingqing Mansion.

Xu Zizhen blurted out happily: "The old man is interesting enough!" ”

Gillian and Su San said strangely: "Which old man?" ”

"Uh...... It's nothing, let's go, brother, I'll invite you to a big meal! ”

I am in charge of my territory, Xu Zizhen has such a feeling now, and when Xu Xuan took him to a magnificent building, he was completely dumbfounded.

The one in front of me can no longer be called a house, the gatehouse is towering and the courtyard is deep, just from the outside, it is much more magnificent than any Great Song Dynasty or Great Xia palace that Xu Zizhen has ever seen, although there are two low-key big characters written on the plaque at the door - Xu Mansion.

"This ...... Is this my home? Xu Zizhen asked, pointing to the plaque eatingly.

Xu Xuan said: "Yes, young master, this is your concubine mansion." ”

Xu Zizhen didn't know what he thought, he was stunned in front of the door and frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly pulled Xu Xuan over and whispered: "Prepare manpower for me, and as soon as my marriage is finished in a few days, you will pick up the city wall of the inner city for me, and this house will also be replaced for me." ”

Xu Xuan was taken aback: "Young master, ...... are you?"

"Shh......h The gun shot the first bird, Lao Tzu is not an orthodox Daxia person, occupying such a good place and making such a big mansion, sooner or later it will attract people's eyes and jealousy, if you don't quickly pick up your tail, you will have to be like your dead ghost father, understand? ”

Just kidding, Xu Zizhen knows a little bit about history even if he doesn't read history books, from ancient times to the present, unless the princes who have been divided are strong enough to be called kings, otherwise none of them have good results, although the territory of Yaode City is not big, it can be too good and attract people's eyes.

Xu Xuan is a smart person, he immediately understood Xu Zizhen's intentions, and immediately responded, and Xu Zizhen was also a stone in his heart.

You must not be too arrogant, it will be difficult to mix in the Great Song Dynasty, don't make trouble for a long time and be slaughtered in Western Xia first, then it will be a big loss.

Just thinking about it, suddenly a Tingting curly figure came out of the courtyard, her hair was like a waterfall and her eyebrows were picturesque, but her expression was a little sad, and she came to the door and looked at Xu Zizhen with resentment.