"After ten years, you don't seem to have changed much!" In the living room of Li Xiu's house, Zhao Deyan looked at Li Xiu in front of him and said with great emotion, although the two often correspond, but since he went to Hongzhou, the two have indeed not met again, but after so many years, Li Xiu's change is indeed not too big, but his temperament has become more mature and stable.

"Brother Deyan, you have changed a lot, not only have you become fatter, but you also seem to have become younger, I almost didn't dare to recognize you just now!" Li Xiu also looked Zhao Deyan up and down at this time, and said with a happy expression on his face.

When Li Xiu first saw Zhao Deyan, he had just fled back to the Central Plains from the grassland, because he had been a slave on the grassland for many years, and he was tortured, and as a result, the whole person was very old.

"Haha, I knew you would say that, when I saw him in the palace before, I didn't recognize him!" At this time, I saw that Ma Ye also laughed and pointed to Zhao Deyan next to him, speaking of which, Zhao Deyan was also his subordinate before, but when they met in the palace before, they didn't recognize Zhao Deyan at first, and they didn't know until Li Shimin's introduction.

"Hehe, speaking of which, I would like to thank the colt, if it weren't for the recommendation of the colt at the beginning, I would have been able to take revenge, and I have my own small family over the years, and the whole person also feels like I have a head." Zhao Deyan heard Li Xiu and Ma Ye's words, and said with a smile at the moment, in fact, he has indeed changed a lot over the years, not only in appearance, but also in mentality, at the beginning, he only had hatred in his heart, but now he has a responsibility to his family.

"Don't talk about this, you can take revenge, but also rely on your own ability, now we are not young, we have to look forward in the future, at least earn a family business for our children!" Hearing Zhao Deyan's words, Li Xiu patted him on the shoulder with emotion at this time and said, who would have thought that Zhao Deyan, who was so down-and-out at the beginning, would have such a day.

After a few sighs, Li Xiu hurriedly invited Ma Ye and Zhao Deyan to sit down, and took out his own collection of good tea for the two to taste.

In some places, because of the water, soil and technology, the quality of tea is relatively high, so some famous teas have been formed, such as the tea that Li Xiu took out is the famous Gwangju tea, the so-called Gwangju, in fact, is the Xinyang of the later generations, and Xinyang Maojian is the famous good tea of the later generations, although there is no Maojian this tea now, but the quality of the tea in Gwangju is indeed very good, plus it is closer to Chang'an, so Gwangju tea has also become one of the favorite teas of Chang'an nobles.

"Good tea, speaking of Hongzhou is also rich in tea, but unfortunately the process of tea making is not as good as Chang'an, originally last year, I also specially invited a few masters of tea making to Hongzhou, want to improve the local tea-making technology, but unfortunately there has been no result, it was transferred back to Chang'an, I don't know if I can drink Hongzhou tea in the future." Zhao Deyan couldn't help but praise after tasting tea, he is also a good hand at tea tasting, and he is also very picky about tea, and ordinary tea can't enter his mouth.

"The tea in Hongzhou is also good, in fact, the entire Dongting Lake is very suitable for planting tea, and now the tea production in the south is still a little small, and there will definitely be more good tea in the future!" Li Xiu also nodded at this time and said, Hongzhou is located in Hunan Province in the future, and Hunan Province is also a large tea province, and the tea output is said to be second only to Fujian, Hunan black tea and Anhua black tea are all famous teas in the country.

Hearing the praise of Hongzhou's tea, and also concluded that there will be more good tea in the south in the future, which made Zhao Deyan's eyes light up, and then he also chatted with Li Xiu about tea, Ma Ye didn't like tea very much before, but later under the influence of Li Xiu, he also liked tea, and he also liked the advantages and disadvantages of tea in various places, so he soon joined in, and the three of them chatted very lively for a while.

However, after chatting about some gossip, and Li Xiu also inquired about the situation in Zhao Deyan's family, the topic finally turned to the right track, and then I saw Ma Ye Zhengse: "Yesterday, His Majesty has officially appointed Deyan as the deputy commander of the Feinu Division to assist me in rectifying the internal affairs of the Feinu Division, and the current Feinu Division is too chaotic, especially some people's hands are too long, I have long wanted to cut off these people's hands, but I am worried that my energy will not keep up, and now with Deyan, those previous ideas can finally be implemented." ”

"The commander is right, on the way to Chang'an, I met the lobbyists sent by the prince and the king of Wei within one day, these people know my itinerary well, but my itinerary is only known to a few people within the Feinu Division, and now it has been leaked, I estimate that the entire Feinu Division has become a sieve now, and there is no secret at all!" Zhao Deyan also said very seriously at this time.

Li Chengqian and Li Tai sent people to woo him, Zhao Deyan could only talk to Li Xiu, he didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of others, let alone tell Li Shimin, as for Ma Ye, there was no need to hide it, because with the power in Ma Ye's hands, it was easy to find out about this matter, but like this kind of thing, Fei Nu Si also had a choice to report it to Li Shimin, or even hide it, because in case Li Shimin felt that Fei Nu Si was dividing the relationship between their father and son, then the entire Fei Nu Si would not have good fruit to eat.

"Their courage is really getting bigger and bigger, Brother Deyan, you didn't promise them, did you?" Li Xiu also frowned when he heard Zhao Deyan's words, and said with some annoyance at the moment, Li Tai will forget it, but Li Chengqian has been carefully cultivated by himself for so many years, and he originally thought that he had learned very well, but now it seems that Li Chengqian has become more and more like Li Tai, which makes Li Xiu a little puzzled, why Li Chengqian, who was so smart before, has become like this, can it be said that people's IQ will also change?

"Of course I won't agree to them, but I don't dare to offend both parties, so I refuse more tactfully, I guess they won't give up so easily, maybe they will be harassed by these people in the future." When Zhao Deyan said in the end, he couldn't help but show a helpless expression, officialdom is like this, even if you don't like the other party, you can't really tear your face, especially if the other party is someone you can't afford to offend.

"I'm afraid of a bird, except for Your Majesty, no one needs to bird them, whether it is the prince or the King of Wei, they all have to stand aside for me, if anyone dares to make it difficult for you, Lao Tzu will personally go to Your Majesty to complain!" Ma Ye heard Zhao Deyan's words but said angrily, Zhao Deyan is his favorite helper, if anyone dares to embarrass him, it will be impossible to get along with himself.

"This ......" Hearing Ma Ye's words, Zhao Deyan didn't know what to say, but glanced at Li Xiu with a wry smile.

Li Xiu could better understand Zhao Deyan's situation, so he also smiled at this time: "Uncle Ma is angry, Brother Deyan is different from you, you are the founding minister, even the prince and the king of Wei dare not easily offend you, but Brother Deyan does not have as much credit as you, for the prince and the king of Wei, at least on the surface, you can't be too offended." ”

"What the horse said is right, although I don't dare to be too much of the prince and the king of Wei, but you don't have to worry about it, I will definitely take care of the internal affairs of the Feinu Division, and I will definitely not show favoritism because of anyone's relationship!" Zhao Deyan also assured Ma Ye at this time that he knew that the reason why Ma Ye was so angry was not only because of his shortcomings, but also because he was worried that he would not be able to do the things of Fei Nusi because he had too many concerns, so he also opened his mouth to assure, hoping to dispel Ma Ye's concerns.

"I believe in your ability and character, especially before Li Xiu also highly recommended you, even if I can't trust you, I won't doubt Li Xiu's vision, so you don't have to explain, it's just that I have a tough personality, and sometimes I will inevitably have conflicts with some people, and you may have to make some choices then." Ma Ye had something to say, and even said ugly things in front in the end, if he had a conflict with someone in the future, Zhao Deyan could only choose to stand on his side, otherwise Fei Nu Si was not of the same mind, and there would definitely be chaos.

"Rest assured, the public is public, private is private, and the public will never be abolished because of private!" Zhao Deyan also said again very seriously at this time, when he came back this time, he also decided to show his skills in the Fei Nu Division, after all, Ma Ye is old, if he can pick the big beam of the Fei Nu Division, then he is likely to take over Ma Ye's position in the future, and with the importance of the Fei Nu Division, he will also become a pivotal minister in the court, so that he can earn a better background for his children in the future.

"Uncle Ma, everyone's personality is different, and the way of doing things is naturally different, you can't ask everyone to want to be like you, and I think there are some places in the Feinu Division that also need to make some changes, after all, our Datang is also changing, not to mention anything else, the territory alone has expanded by nearly one-third, and the Feinu Division wants to keep up with the changes in Datang, and it must also make changes itself, and the introduction of some talented people like Brother Deyan is also to lay the foundation for the changes of the Feinu Division in the future!" Li Xiu also smiled and persuaded at this time.

Although Ma Ye is stubborn, but in these matters related to the imperial court, he is willing to listen to Li Xiu's advice, which is also the reason why he discusses with Li Xiu when he has something, so when he heard Li Xiu's words, he also showed a thoughtful expression, and after a while, he nodded approvingly, although there are internal problems in Feinusi, it is also a good time for reform, otherwise sooner or later it will not be able to keep up with the pace of Datang.

"By the way, the matter of Hou Junji has been decided, but it has not yet been announced, if it is announced, I am afraid it will cause a shock in the court!" At this moment, Ma Ye suddenly thought of another thing, and spoke again with a serious expression.