(Thanks to the book friend "Confused Little Boy, Duan Daxian" for the reward!) )

In the hall of the Xu family, a thin piece of letterhead in his hand, held in Xu Guanzhong's hand, it is like a weight, he has always said that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his color remained unchanged, but at this moment the expression on his face is like a marquee, angry and happy, it can be said that he has seven emotions.

Yang Zaixing on the side was sitting on the chair where the old god was there, and the task given to him by the benefactor had been completed, as for whether Xu Guanzhong was willing to go to Dengzhou, it was not up to him to decide, and Ximenqing did not force it.

"Brother Xu, what is going on?"

For Ximen Qing, since he left the Daimyo Mansion that day, Yan Qing put some thought into it, and inquired about some of his deeds in Yanggu County and Bianliang, Tokyo, and finally came to the conclusion that this person was a lucky villain who was greedy for women and had no virtue.

With such a pickled character, from Yan Qing's point of view, Xu Guanzhong, who has always been clean and self-conscious, will definitely not stoop to serve, but because of the kindness of the divine doctor An Daoquan at the beginning, if he hopes to repay the favor, I am afraid that things will be difficult to do.

"Hey!"

Xu Guanzhong sighed, with a bitter smile on his face, he had also thought that after Ximenqing went to Dengzhou, he might use various means to force his own family to be his master, and he also thought of various countermeasures, but the current situation was greatly unexpected. A note, asking directly about the heart, but it forced himself into a desperate situation, a few words, but the torture was the character.

When Yan Qing saw Xu Guanzhong like this, she was also curious, she didn't know what was written on this letterhead, which made her friend who had always been scheming so embarrassed, and she had obviously lost her square inch.

"This year's drought, winter and spring, Hebei and Shandong, starvation floating in the wilderness, its scene can be seen. I want to send people by sea to buy grain from Jiaozhi and Champa and make preparations. This matter is complicated, and the money involved is even more amazing, if I have to mediate with Brother Xu, I am willing to trust me with full responsibility and never hinder. ”

The whole letter is only a hundred words, but it is a bloody word, and every sentence is heart-wrenching.

The Daimyo's Mansion is located in Hebei, Xu Guanzhong is also the head of the classics, such a celestial phenomenon, so unclear that this year's drought has become a foregone conclusion, if the government does not make preparations early, when the autumn harvest of the imperial court to collect grain and pay taxes, I am afraid that it is the period when the people will die and leave the chaos. When the time comes, I will be hungry for thousands of miles, and I will eat my son, but I am afraid that I will not know.

In such a tragic year, even if Xu Guanzhong is clean and self-conscious, he also has the people in his heart, if he has the ability to save it in case, how dare he not do his best. It's just that although Ximen Qingxin didn't say it, they were smart people with each other, and their intention to solicit them had been fully revealed.

If Xu Guanzhong is just a person who values his own reputation, then he can be rejected, and Ximenqing naturally has no intention of recruiting such a person who values his name more than he does things.

But looking at the current situation, this Xu Guanzhong is so entangled, it is obviously not the kind of rotten Confucianism who only values reputation and ignores the common people. On the one hand, he has his own innocent reputation, and on the other hand, the people of Hebei and Shandong are really in a dilemma.

Thinking that at the beginning, when he went to Beijing to martial arts, he saw the darkness of officialdom and was unwilling to join the stream, so he resolutely gave up his career and lived in seclusion in the mountains, which shows that he attaches great importance to his innocent reputation.

Yan Qing is also a person with outstanding intelligence, but when she grabbed this note, it was like holding a hot potato, she couldn't throw it away, she couldn't hold it, she frowned tightly, and she was silent.

"My benefactor said that if you see Mr. Xu in a dilemma, there is still a letter here!"

Yang Zaixing looked at the two in front of him with interest, and took out another letter from his arms, but gently put it on the coffee table in his hand.

Before there was such a "pearl", for Ximenqing's second letter, whether it was Xu Guanzhong or Yan Qing, they all felt a little constrained, and they didn't know whether to open it.

"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided!"

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Guanzhong is worthy of being a clear-minded person, and now his family has been in the game since he read the first letter, since this is the case, what is there to fear about this second letter.

Laughing happily, sweeping away the depression just now, Xu Guanzhong stood up from the chair, and with the leisurely and complacent look on his face, he stepped forward to take the second letter.

It was also a note, but when Xu Guanzhong's eyes fell on this note, his original composure receded, replaced by a look of horror, and his hands trembled uncontrollably, driving the note to swing back and forth.

A few curved ink lines outline a very simple pattern, and the names of Song, Liaojin, Goryeo, Dongying and other countries are listed everywhere in the pattern.

"Is this a map of the nations?"

Yan Qing also looked incredulous at the moment.

The so-called maps are actually maps of later generations, but in ancient times, all kinds of maps could almost be regarded as the top secret of the state, and they would not be lost to the people at all. That Xu Guanzhong has traveled all over the world since he was young, and he is familiar with the terrain of mountains and rivers everywhere, and he is simply the Northern Song Dynasty version of "Xu Xiake". Although there is no very detailed description of the coastal direction of the Great Song Dynasty from north to south, the general direction can be known.

If it was only the map of the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, Xu Guanzhong would not be so surprised, after all, with Ximenqing's current status, it is normal to have been in contact with the map of the imperial court. But on this note, all coastal areas, whether it is Liaojin, Goryeo Dongying, or even the overseas Ryukyus, are also marked. What is even more rare is that many small southern countries such as Cochin, Champong, and Zhenla are all listed.

Xu Guanzhong didn't know whether this sketch map was correct, but just because of the topography of the coastal territory of the Great Song Dynasty, he knew that the ** of the ten drawn on this map was true.

Looking at this simple map, the countries are scattered in front of you, and the Huanghuang Song Dynasty only occupies thirty percent of the land, thinking about the Han and Tang Dynasties, the northern expedition to the Xiongnu Turks, the west to the Silk Road, the east, west, north and south thousands of miles away, how majestic it should be.

Xu Guanzhong is not an idle person, this map of the nations is imprinted in his mind, and he can't help but think about it, and he can't help himself.

If you can go to these overseas places one day and experience it for yourself, this kind of life must be very exciting!

It looks like an ordinary cottage farmer, with only an inch of land under his feet. And those scholars and doctors, as far as the eye can see, is only a mansion and a road, even if it is the central Zaifu, the vision is only in the Liao, Song, Western and Xia Kingdoms.

Xu Guanzhong, although he lives in a rural hut, is looking at the world, he is really a big-minded and bold person, and he has learned many languages of Khitan Jurchen and even Western Xia Mongolia, because he has been faintly aware that the situation of chaos in the world has begun. It's a pity that although he has a plan to manage music, he may not be able to win his master.

Just some time ago, Hebei Tianhu had invited people to him, but he refused. And this Ximen Qing, judging from this map that includes the universe, is not small.

Zhou Gong was afraid of the message day, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time.

In troubled times, there must be people who are traitors, but they cannot be blindly judged and summarized by the words of moralists.

In this way, it may be necessary for me to go to Dengzhou and take a good look at this Ximen Xianggong!