Zu Ti, Yang Jia and others waited with anticipation in Longkang County, and today it has been three days since the night of the night attack on the city father, but they have not seen Zhang Zai lead his troops to attack Longkang. Yang Jia looked at Zu Ti, who was slightly disappointed, and said, "It seems that Zhang Zai is not fainting, he will not come to Longkang." When Zu Li heard this, he had no choice but to put away his loss, and slowly spoke: "Since Zhang Zai didn't make a decision, he must have chosen another strategy!" It's not a way for us to sit here, and I'll send someone to the city father to find out the news and see where Zhang Zai has gone! ”

Yang Jia followed Zu Ti's words and said: "I really hope Zhang Zai has the middle strategy!" Shang Ce looked like he had abandoned the city and fled, and he was extremely embarrassed. However, the combat power of Zhang Zai's army, the defender of the lost land, has not weakened, and we can only get an empty city! Although Zhongce seems to protect people and land, but in fact, there are dangers lurking secretly, as long as we incite the residents in the city, the city father county will not be attacked! When the time comes, we will have both man and land! ”

Zu Ti didn't understand this truth, and nodded in agreement with Yang Jia's words! On the other hand, he ordered the scouts to go to the city father to inquire about the situation.

It wasn't until late in the evening that the scouts who had gone to spy on the news came back tired, and the results were not satisfactory. Zhang Zai and the others in Chengfu County have already gone to the empty building, and they went north to join Fan Ya in Qian County, and the city father is now just an empty city.

Yang Jia and Zu Ti, who were anxiously waiting in the room, the guests and others were disappointed, and Zu Ti also sighed when he heard it, it seems that this Zhang Zai is not simple! Then he changed his frustrated expression and said: "Our army has got food, and Zhang Zai has already run away, it seems that Deqian County is just hanging his hands!" All the soldiers have also worked hard these days, and tonight Zu Ti plans to invite everyone to come to the house for a banquet and drink, wash off the fatigue of his body, and hope that Zhu Qing will not refuse! ”

When everyone heard that the general had invited him, they were immediately interested, which is a good thing! In the past few days, the frightened north and south have been eating coarse grains and dirty water, and the whole person has lost weight, but he really wants to eat a meal in the sea. The most important thing is to feast on Fenwei, as long as you find the right opportunity to do what you like, afraid that you will not have the opportunity to be knighted?

In the evening, everyone arrived as promised to the Longkang County Order's office on weekdays, which is really nowhere to go, so the location can only be set in the county Yafu Pavilion, how can so many people sit in the private house where Zu Li lives, of course, Longkang County also has a mansion that can sit a hundred people, but those houses are all owned by local landlords and suzerains, and Zu Li does not want to and cannot forcibly take the looted for himself. Although those landlord clans are rampant in the countryside on weekdays, the source of wealth at home is also very disgraceful, but after all, they are the most powerful handful of people in the local area, and if they are not careful, they are very likely to get into trouble, so that the ancestors who have finally gained a foothold in Longkang fall into the dilemma pointed out by the people. It was the ancestors who followed the rules to keep Long Kang's civil affairs as they were, and they could only wronged themselves in an ordinary private house.

Yang Jia and Zu Ti's subordinate officials and staff, everyone talked and laughed, and when they crossed the county ya's side gate, they saw that Zu Ti's servants had prepared wine and food in the courtyard, and Zu Ti took his family to stand on the side with a smile and wait for everyone to enter the bed.

After everyone saluted each other, they finally sat down, and Yang Jia directly observed Zu Li's sons as soon as he took his seat. To be honest, I have been busy with the war a few days ago, and I have only heard of the names of Zu Ti's sons, but I have never had the opportunity to make friends, Yang Jia saw the opportunity to test the preferences of several people this time, after all, I will have to deal with them for a long time in the future, and it is certain that I will be able to deal with the personalities of several people.

Yang Jia glanced at the people in the courtyard a few times, and then sneered in his heart, it is really a person who walks away from tea, people are warm and cold, and the world is cold! There are only a few people in the dignified general Yuzhou Assassin History? I'm afraid I heard that Zu Ti was stupid and wanted to leave the Northern Expedition! The Fan Yang Zu clan is considered a middle-class scholar clan in the Northland, how can the number of people in the clan not even be a hundred!

Yang Jia's sigh is also very easy to understand, the Wei and Jin dynasties of the local clan were strong, it can be said that one person has attained the Tao chicken dog ascended to heaven, when a clan rises, the relatives and friends who can't beat the eight poles will all be attached to it, and the middle table will gather together! The number of clans exceeding 100 could only be regarded as a thing of the past at that time, and clans of three or four hundred people could be seen everywhere. There is no one of the largest scholar clans in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of the Wang clan in Linyi, the number of clans has reached an astonishing number of more than 500 people, and the inner relatives of the Wang family plus the relatives of the outer surname outside the Wang family plus the private soldiers of the Wang family [Note 1] are directly as high as more than 500 people, and the existence of this kind of local high-ranking surname can directly affect the likes and dislikes of the people of the world! As for why this special existence is formed, it is easy to say. Regardless of the system of conquest and inspection in the Han Dynasty or the Jiupin Zhongzheng system in the Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the main basis for the election of talents is honesty and filial piety, and talent and ability are secondary. Honesty and filial piety are not as easy to measure as talent, and they all depend on the evaluation of villagers. As long as one of your clan is an official, relatives and friends will immediately attach themselves to it, and all relatives and friends will praise your filial piety and honesty, so that you will be famous, and this situation will naturally allow you to be elected as an official, so that the current situation will be formed in an infinite cycle. For example, Yuan Shao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao's ancestors had a prosperous situation of the fourth generation and three dukes, and when Yuan Shao arrived, it was even more terrifying, how huge the Yuan family was! Protégés and former officials are all over the world, a total of thirteen states in the world, and Yuan Shao monopolizes the land of You, Hebei, Qing, and four states! Another example is the Lu family of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, whose family power is comparable to Yuan Shaoxiang.

The Zu clan is a first-class scholar clan in Fanyang County, how can the number of clans be less than 100 people, I know with my toes, most of the people in the family heard that Zu Ti was going to go on a northern expedition, and they shook their heads and sighed and left! Knowing that it is impossible to succeed, why are you stupid to mix it in! It was Yizu who could only bring his wife and children and his subordinates to Qiaojun.

Suddenly, an enthusiastic voice came from Yang Jia's ear and said: "The foot is Yang Zhi, who is often praised in the mouth of the family Yan!" Zu Lian smelled Mingxin's name and came to pay tribute to Mingxin for a cup! ”

Zu Lian's words directly pulled Yang Jia's thoughts back, Yang Jia turned his head and smiled modestly, and the two took each other's arms and drank wine. As for the number of clans that Yang Jia was thinking about just now, he has long forgotten about it, why worry about such idle things!

Yang Jiazu and Zu are both people with a lot of hair, both of them intend to know each other better, of course, there will be no dull scene of not talking, the two of them have witty words and frequent toasts. There is a lot of hatred for seeing each other.

Zu Li, who was in the first seat, glanced at the people who sat down, and found that Zu Jian and Yang Jia frequently bumped into wine, and they were like-minded, and their relationship was so harmonious that they seemed to be old friends for many years. Zu Ti nodded with satisfaction at Zu Li's back; "It seems that Zu Jian is also a person with a heart."

[Note 1] In ancient times, relatives of patrilineal blood became 'inner', and relatives outside the paternal lineage became 'outside' (e.g., 'maternal father' was the father-in-law, and 'nephew' was the son of the sister). During the two Jin Dynasty, the relationship network of the family name was very large, such as the elder brother and younger brother of the concubine in the family can be attached to this family. So it's not surprising that a high-ranking family can reach a few hundred people.