The military generals watched the city gate on the long road, but Chu Huan was on the long road to view the city gate.

Chu Huan's team, at this time is still some distance away from Shuoquan City, but from a distance can see the outline of Shuoquan City, it is undeniable that Shuoquan City is the largest city Chu Huan has seen in the northwest, although the city wall is tall, but the top is bare, there are no towers, a city should have a defensive construction, but it is difficult to see at this time.

Chu Huan knew that this city had been devastated by war, and many of the defensive facilities had definitely been demolished by the Xiliang soldiers, but this was the capital city of Xiguan Road, and it was the political heart of Xiguan Road.

Xuanyuan Shengcai rode in front, and the procession approached the city gate, and the officials who greeted him had already seen the governor's procession, and they had already greeted him here.

Chu Huan and Du Fugong rode side by side, and from a distance, Du Fugong had already stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My lord, it seems that it is not easy to gain a foothold here. ”

"Why did Mr. Du say that?"

"Didn't you see it?" Du Fugong said calmly: "We have sent someone to inform Shuoquan City in advance, according to the rules, they should be ten miles outside the city to greet them, and they should also set up a color shed, this is the rule, but now not to mention the color shed, they are not even three miles away from the city......!" At this point, he didn't continue, but his eyes flashed with a strange look.

The two teams of people finally met at the city gate, Chu Huan had already seen clearly at this time, in addition to the big and small officials of Shuoquan City, there were also many gentry representatives, plus soldiers, there were hundreds of people, densely packed, Chu Huan saw at a glance the military generals who were walking in the front, and the small-eyed official Chu Huan was not familiar, but that military general was Chu Huan's old acquaintance, it was Dongfang Xin.

Dongfang Xin is the commander of the Tianshan Dao Praetorian Guard, but now he is the general of the Pingxi Army, commanding the eight battalions of the Pingxi Army, and holding the military power.

Chu Huan urged him to step forward, Dongfang Xin had already led all the officials and gentry to stop at this time, and saw that Chu Huan had galloped out of the team, turned his head and glanced at the official beside him, the official understood and had already stepped forward, arched his hand and smiled at Chu Huan: "The governor is coming to Shuoquan, the local officials and gentry are all overjoyed when they hear the news, and they are waiting here early. He already knelt on the ground and saluted Chu Huan.

After Dong Shizhen knelt down, the large group of officials and gentry behind him also bowed down, Dongfang Xin strode forward, the sound of the armor rubbing on his body clicked, he didn't kneel, but bowed his hand towards Chu Huan, his face was expressionless, and said: "The last general Dongfang Xin, I have seen the Governor, the last general is wearing armor, it is inconvenient to kneel and worship, and I hope that the Governor will understand." ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "You have been waiting for a long time. The general of the East is wearing armor, and it is inconvenient to visit the shrine, and of course the governor does not care. He raised his hand and said, "Rise up, all of you!" ”

After he spoke, none of the officials and gentry moved, Chu Huan just didn't hear it, and repeated: "You are here to greet you, the governor is very grateful, everyone has worked hard, let's get up." ”

This time, many people in the crowd looked up, but no one got up.

Chu Huan frowned, but Dongfang Xin's face showed a bit of triumph, turned around, and said in a rough voice: "Since the Governor asked you to get up, you all get up." ”

As soon as his words fell, a group of people learned about Suosuo, and they stood up one after another, Xuanyuan Sheng next to Chu Huan suddenly changed color, but Dongfang Xin had already said: "Lord Governor, you have just arrived, everyone is not used to it, for a while, the military and political affairs of Xiguan are all handled by the last general and Dong Zhizhou, and everyone is not used to the Governor for a while." ”

"Of course." Chu Huan had already turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "What General Dongfang said, this governor knows very well in his heart, everyone is not comfortable for the time being, it doesn't matter, this governor will let everyone adapt as soon as possible, and will also let General Dongfang adapt as soon as possible." ”

Dongfang Xin smiled, but Dong Shizhen had already smiled and said: "The Governor is tired of saddle horses, and the lower officials and others have prepared a feast in the city to catch the wind and wash the dust for the adults, it is almost dark, let's go into the city, and the lower officials will introduce the officials one by one for the adults." ”

Chu Huan smiled and said: "Admit it, admit it, it's hard for Lord Dong and your colleagues, everything will be arranged by Lord Dong." ”

The group entered the city, the largest restaurant in Shuoquan City was called "Beiwanglou", the female dependents were inconvenient to attend the banquet, and the governor's palace had been cleaned out, Xuanyuan Shengcai wanted to participate in the banquet, so he assigned Qi Hong to lead the team to go straight to the governor's mansion, and Xuanyuan Shengcai led twenty guards to guard Chu Huan.

This team of two hundred people has been removed from the establishment of the Royal Guard, and belongs to Chu Huan's personal guard, Xuanyuan Sheng is the commander of this guard, Chu Huan is on the way, and finally the white blind man and others are also incorporated into the guard, just because the number is too small, except for Xuanyuan Shengcai, the commander, Chu Huan arranged the position of captain under him, and after discussing with Xuanyuan Shengcai, the white blind man and the wolf baby were awarded the position of captain, and Ma Zheng and several other camel guests were directly incorporated into the guard, Qiu Ruxue because of his special identity, is still Chu Huan's personal entourage, and Sun Zikong has not been incorporated into the guards.

There are dozens of tables in the north watchtower, Dong Shizhen first introduced the officials to Chu Huan, the officials of the six departments have arrived, outside Shuoquan City, the four battalions of the Pingxi Army are stationed, and the generals of the four battalions are all followed, the composition of the Pingxi Army is very complicated, there are not only the state armies before the Xiguan Road, but also part of the Northwest Army, and some of the guards brought by Yu Busuci from the Guannei, after the Xiliang Iron Cavalry invaded the northwest, a group of scattered sand, Yu Buqu prepared the armies, and organized the eight battalions of the Pingxi Army, It is also the most powerful military force in the northwest today.

Of the partial generals of the four major battalions, two are cronies who have been following Dongfang Xin, and two partial generals, one was a Qianhu of the Northwest Army, and the other was Yu Buyuan's old subordinates.

In addition to the ministers and generals, there are many gentry who come today, Chu Huan is looking forward to seeing the old lady Su, he knows that many of the clansmen surnamed Xiguan have returned to their hometowns, when he was in the capital before, he knew from Linlang's letter that the old lady Su had led the clansmen back to Yuezhou, but I didn't see the old lady Su today, the Su family sent out, it was the seventh old lady of the Su family, Su Zhongyan, this is the sister-in-law of the old lady Su, and also Linlang's cousin, when he was in Yunshan Mansion, he had seen it, Su Zhongyan saw Chu Huan, obviously very excited, But when they were introduced, the two of them just said hello and didn't talk deeply, Chu Huan is a smart person, and Su Zhongyan is not a stupid person, knowing that this kind of occasion is not the time to catch up.

Seeing the Su clansmen, Chu Huanxin was still somewhat happy, but when he saw another gentry, Chu Huanxin's little joy suddenly disappeared.

He didn't expect that today's greeting crowd would be Gao Lian.

Gao Lian is a native of Beishan Dao, and he is the richest man in Qingzhou, Beishan Dao, Chu Huan has a lot of intersection with him, as a representative of the gentry of Beishan Dao, Gao Lian once united the gentry of Beishan Tianshan and Tianshan, and planned to annex the land of the seven surnames of Xiguan by renting land, so as to suppress the gentry of Xiguan, Xiguan seven surnames are the representatives of the gentry of Xiguan, once the land of the seven surnames is annexed and swallowed, then the seven surnames want to make a comeback, there is no possibility.

It's just that Chu Huan gave Old Lady Su some guidance, and when he was in the household department, he went toe-for-tat with Ma Hong, the secretary of the household department, and finally bought time for the seven surnames of Xiguan to raise grain, and the gentry of Beishan and Tianshan represented by Gao Lian intended to merge the seven surnames of Xiguan to enter Xiguan, which can be said to have been completely destroyed by Chu Huan.

Gao Lian's mind is insidious, but from his face, it is difficult to see his vicious thoughts, that smiling face, it is like a very good-hearted old man, when he was introduced, Gao Lian was humble, Chu Huan smiled on his face, and asked: "How can Mr. Gao be in Shuoquan City?" ”

Gao Lian said with a smile: "The villain will be the subject of the adult in the future, Xiguan has suffered a heavy blow, the northwest is one, although the villain is from Beishan, but it is also a northwestern, my Gao clan has been operating for several generations, and there is also a slight amount of money, but the villain also understands that the family and the country are all over the world, compared to the country, the family is really not a part of the people, and the villain cannot keep the thin property and waste time......!" ”

Chu Huan smiled faintly: "What does Mr. Gao mean?" ”

"The villain has moved his family to Yuezhou." Gao Lian Zhengse said: "The villain also wants to contribute to the reconstruction of Xiguan, the villain was still worried before, but now the governor is sitting in Guanxi, the villain is full of confidence, under the leadership of the governor, Xiguan is united, and will be able to reproduce the prosperity of Xiguan." ”

Chu Huan was a little surprised, and Dong Shizhen next to him had already smiled and said: "Lord Governor, Gao Lian's family moved to Yuezhou, not only the Gao family, but also many Beishan gentry also migrated here, they brought a large number of grain seeds, purchased fields, and donated a lot of military food ...... before!" Fu Xu said with a smile: "My lord doesn't know, just ten days ago, the Chamber of Commerce was convened, and Gao Lian was elected as the president of the Yuezhou Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Chamber of Commerce President?" Chu Huan was even more surprised, but his expression was calm, and he said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Gao has become the president of the Yuezhou Chamber of Commerce...... Mr. Gao is a native of Beishan, but he can come to help Xiguan, and the governor is very relieved! ”

Dongfang Xin shook his head and said: "What Lord Chu said is not right, since Gao Lian has moved his family to Yuezhou now, and has been elected as the president of the Yuezhou Chamber of Commerce, then he is from Xiguan, and he has nothing to do with Beishan." ”

Chu Huan bowed slightly and said, "I see, then I will have to rely on Mr. Gao in the future." ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Governor, but there is an order, and the villain must do his best, and dare not slack off in the slightest." Gao Lian is very humble and has a smile on his face.

"Your Excellency the Governor, everyone has arrived, so let's take a seat." Dong Shizhen Zhang Luo said.

At this moment, I saw a person walking quickly to Dongfang Xin's ear, said a few words in his ear, and then quickly retreated, Dongfang Xin turned to Chu Huan and said: "Lord Chu, I'm really sorry, the army has urgent business, and the last general will rush back to the barracks immediately to solve it, so I can't accompany the adult, farewell!" Arched his hand, without saying a word, turned around and left, with a wave of his hand, the four partial generals looked at each other, two of them turned around and left, the remaining two looked at each other, and finally followed, one of them walked out a few steps, looked back at Chu Huan, Chu Huan already recognized him as the partial general of the Zhenzi battalion Su Quan, who was once Yu Buyuan's subordinate, seeing Su Quan's face with a slight hesitation, and with a little regret, he finally left.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the lower officials also have urgent matters to do, please retire!" Dongfang Xin only took a few steps, and another official next to him said.

"Lord Governor, my father is not in good health, and the subordinate must go back to take care of him first, and he can't stay today, and I ask your lord to forgive me!"

"The lower official has something to do, please retire first!"

When Dongfang Xin walked out of the door, more than a dozen officials had already said goodbye to Chu Huan, and without waiting for Chu Huan to speak, he turned around and left, unceremoniously.