In a country like Yan State, the so-called party formation and private business are all the ways at all, and there is no obscurity, that is, even the blind know that the family and factional disputes in Yan State are already above board, and what is hidden below is just means and strategies.

Therefore, most of the officials walked around each other in the twilight of Qin, which was also a very common thing in Beijing.

Several children of the nobles came to visit the Han Mansion and gathered in Beijing, which was really a very inconspicuous thing.

If a large number of military officials came to intersect with Han Xuanchang, it would be somewhat surprising, but a group of military aristocratic children who did not have much real power came to visit Han Mo, it was not a strange thing, at least under such an intersection, they were still covered with a veil of female dependents.

Because many people know that the wives of these children have an excellent relationship with Fan Xiaoqian, the daughter of Fan Yunao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and now Fan Xiaoqian has become Han Mo's wife, and it is also a very reasonable thing to move around with these sisters.

For these children of the military, if it was in the past, they might not have entered Han Mo's door, after all, from a certain point of view, they were already divided into the faction of the Fan family.

But now Han Mo is the uncle of the Fan family, and everyone knows that although the side branch of the Fan family does not lack heirs, Fan Yunao has only one daughter, and regards Fan Xiaoqian as the pearl of his palm, and he is also very satisfied with his son-in-law.

And to tell the truth, everyone can see that the Fan family now has a faint tendency to be attached to the Han family, and in this case, it is even more beneficial for the Fan faction to move around with Han Mo.

Therefore, after noon, there were more carriages coming to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, and when the curtain of the carriage was opened, it would be a young couple who would come out, and it was several military children who led their wives to visit.

In terms of identity and status, none of the guests who came could compare with Han Mo, but Han Mo was tidy today, dressed in white brocade, and everyone who arrived would personally greet him in front of the house, perfectly fulfilling his duties as a host.

After the female relatives entered the house, they all went to Xiaoqian's side, while the male guests were led to the back garden, where a banquet had already been set up.

According to the original plan, Xiao Qian had two sisters, but the husbands of two of them were far away in the Northwest Army, so naturally they could not attend the banquet, and the rest had four military children, but this time there were two more people, a total of six military children.

Han Mo was still a little confused at first, but it soon became clear that the guests who came today were really a little weird.

Of the four guests in the plan, one of them could not come for some reason, that was Lu Zongxuan, the son of Lu Yingji, the governor of the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, who did not come to the banquet, but there were three more children, although the wife and Xiao Qian had no friendship, but these three people were figures in the circle of military children, but they were pulled over by several other people.

Without receiving an invitation, the three of them were naturally a little embarrassed when they arrived at the mansion, but Han Mo showed extreme enthusiasm, which made the embarrassment of several people go away.

There is a big table in the back garden, full of melons, fruits, wine and food, the sky is beautiful, it is a good day, under the shade of the trees, the cool breeze caresses, it is unusually comfortable, compared to the banquet in the hall, these guests are also a lot less restrained.

Sitting at the wine table, everyone was still a little restrained at first, and they didn't dare to speak easily, after all, Han Mo's identity was indeed unusual, and this group of military children, although they were all descendants of the military department, but they themselves did not have much power, even if they were their fathers, they were not considered high-ranking and powerful in the military department.

The weight of the Yan family is known to the world, and the children of non-family nobles can only be regarded as second-rate or even third-rate noble children, and they have always been despised by the children of the family in Beijing.

But now the most popular people think that the children of the family have made a post to invite everyone to the banquet, and they have shown great enthusiasm, which makes these military children a little moved, but they are also a little apprehensive in their hearts.

Han Mo raised the wine cup and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from you, after Han Mo entered Beijing, he has never invited guests, and today is the first time, because in my heart, you are worthy of my invitation!" ”

The six military disciples didn't dare to speak, they just looked at Han Mo.

"You're all doing things for the country, so it's worth it." Han Mo smiled and said: "To do things for the country, it is always far better than those who do nothing, they are all the pillars of the country!" ”

Although it is a short sentence, this sentence speaks to the hearts of these people at once.

Compared with the extravagant life of most of the children of the family, these ordinary officials and eunuchs are naturally far from it, in fact, the big cake of the Yan Kingdom has always been divided by the family, and the benefits obtained by these marginal nobles are only a very small part after all, such a situation actually makes the family nobles and non-family nobles have a rift, and the non-family nobles have a deep complaint about their own interests.

The expenses of the children of the family are naturally much higher than those of these non-family children, and although there are many children of the family who are officials, most of them have nothing to do, and they only know how to bully men and women all day long, arrogant and domineering, not the children of the family, and naturally they are also the objects of bullying by the children of the family.

And Han Mo's sentence of "working for the country" suddenly made these non-family children feel extremely comfortable, and their impression of Han Mo was very good.

Everyone immediately raised their wine cups and said, "Lord Xiao Han is serious!" ”

After a glass of wine, the young man's sense of restraint is loosened a lot, after all, he is young and vigorous, no more sleek than those old guys, as soon as Han Mo took the lead in a few words, everyone immediately began to take over the conversation, after three rounds of drinking, the sense of restraint has almost dissipated, everyone is chatting, these guests are all children of soldiers, and they have all practiced martial arts, regardless of the level of kung fu, but they all have their own set of ideas, and slowly the topic has turned to martial arts, and then to the command of the army.

Han Mo behaved extremely gently from beginning to end, with a smile, and everyone saw it in their eyes, only thinking that this little Lord Han was really unusual, humble and polite, no wonder he was so favored by the saint.

The best wine was sent up one jar after another, and the young people gathered together to drink freely, and of course, after three rounds of wine, they were already red-faced and red-eared, and they were drunk.

As for the female dependents, Xiao Qian and Han Qin naturally took care of them on the other side.

"Han Mo's favorite thing to make is a good friend like you." As the master, Han Mo naturally drank a lot of wine, and Qingjun's face was also a little drunk, and he didn't pretend to be deep, patted the shoulder of one of the people next to him and said, "Talk about wine, be happy, be happy!" ”

The person next to him was patted on the shoulder by Han Mo, and suddenly felt flattered, this person's name is Yao Jing, and now he is serving as a captain in the Eagle Xiang Battalion of the Royal Forest Army, and his official position is not high, compared to Han Mo's command position, it is very far away, but today he can drink and talk with the commander of the Leopard Battalion, but he is also quite excited in his heart.

In the laughter of everyone, Han Mo waved his hand to a subordinate not far away, and the subordinate immediately left quickly, but in a moment, he saw three heavy servants under the leadership of the subordinate, each holding two long wooden boxes, the wooden box was very beautiful in appearance, full of simple and solemn atmosphere, and when it came to Han Mo, they stood in a row.

Han Mo got up and said with a smile: "You guys gave Han Mo face today, and Han Mo was very happy to come and drink and talk. There are some gadgets here, I think you can still see them, and please laugh! ”

Everyone looked at each other, looking at the six long wooden boxes, but they couldn't guess what was inside.

Han Mo made a look, several family members immediately stepped forward and distributed the wooden box to the six people present, everyone took the wooden box, looked at each other, and finally one person opened the wooden box and took it out, but it was a very peculiar weapon, it seemed to be a knife, but compared to all kinds of knives in the Central Plains, this kind of knife was very special.

"I got it from Nanyang." Han Mo smiled: "It's just a fresh picture, you are all people who practice martial arts, you must still be a little interested in such things!" ”

As soon as they heard that it was a Nanyang knife, everyone took it out and watched.

The East China Sea has opened maritime trade, and Nanyang's goods have begun to enter the Central Plains market.

Things from the South Seas, although novel, but the value is also extremely expensive, almost everything is a luxury, as for this kind of props, now not in the market circulation, the so-called rare is expensive, the value is naturally extraordinary.

"The so-called treasure knife gives heroes, although these knives are not as good as treasure knives, but they are also sharpened like clay, extremely sharp, not comparable to ordinary knives!" Han Mo said with a smile: "Even in Nanyang, it is also very rare, and only my Dayan warrior is worthy of using this knife!" ”

When everyone heard this, they knew the value of this knife, and they all immediately got up and thanked Han Mo, but they all felt in their hearts that Han Mo was really generous, and his shot was also different.

After sitting down, a young man in a green shirt sighed: "Zong Xuan doesn't have this blessing, such a treasure knife, rare in the world, his favorite thing on weekdays is weapons, if he knows that Lord Xiao Han gave me such treasures, I'm afraid he will be envious!" ”

Lu Zongxuan is the son of Lu Yingji, the commander of the Nine Gates, and he did not come today.

In fact, Han Mo understood the reason in his heart, Lu Yingji was the commander of the Nine Gates, and he was a close confidant of His Majesty the Emperor, although he belonged to the Ministry of War, but Lu Yingji did not contact anyone on weekdays, but only managed his own one-acre and three-point yamen wholeheartedly.

This was naturally meant to show loyalty to the emperor.

His yamen is extremely special, in charge of the nine gates of Yanjing, the yamen is not big, but it is extremely sensitive, if Lu Yingji moves around too much with other officials, it will arouse the emperor's suspicion.

If Lu Yingji does not contact other officials, he will naturally strictly restrain the actions of his family, and Lu Zongxuan's inability to be present today is actually something that Han Mo expected.

The boy in the green shirt sighed, and someone next to him immediately coughed, obviously reminding the boy in the green shirt not to talk nonsense, so as not to cause Han Mo's unhappiness.

The boy in the green shirt knew that he was speechless and didn't dare to say any more.

Han Mo just smiled slightly and said, "Everyone has their own difficulties, Han Mo understands this truth. I've got one for him, too, but ...... Now I'm embarrassed to send it in my name, this ......! Speaking of this, Han Mo didn't continue, but smiled very implicitly.

The originally cheerful banquet was suddenly a little embarrassing.

Yao Jing next to Han Mo pondered for a while, and finally said, "Lord Han, actually...... In fact, Zong Xuan has also had some trouble recently, and he is in a hurry, so don't blame him for ......! ”

Han Mo smiled and said: "Everyone, the title of adult, we will be exempted in private, everyone has similar interests, it is better to be called a brother in private?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and with Han Mo's identity, everyone didn't dare to call them brothers.

"Don't worry, I don't mean anything else." Han Mo smiled slightly: "It's just that I really need some friends, some friends who work for the country!" ”

Han ...... If Lord Han can afford to look down on your brothers, we will call you Brother Han in the future, you see...... Can it be made or not? Yao Jing said cautiously beside him.

For the children of the aristocracy, it is normal to call them brothers, but it is just that they are called brothers and sisters with the children of a family of Han Mo's status, and these people still feel a little weird.

"Wouldn't that wronged you?" Han Mo said with a smile.

Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly they all clenched their fists and bowed: "Brother Han!" ”

Han Mo smiled, he knew that although he was called a brother to these people, he didn't expect these people to really do anything for him, what he needed was a circle.

Based on these few people, integrate into a circle, as long as you integrate into it, there will always be many opportunities to follow, and you will always seek some things you need, if you control it well enough, you can naturally get a lot of help.

The circle is the foundation, and the foundation needs to be firmly established step by step, if there is some so-called power in the hand, but it is alone, then these so-called powers will be too weak at some point.

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"Zong Xuan has a piano building on the bank of the Liujing River in Nancheng, and business has always been very good." Yao Jing explained: "It's just that there have been some troubles recently, and Zong Xuan can't deal with it, sighing every day, I haven't gone out for a while!" ”

Han Mo touched his chin and said, "Why?" But I saw that everyone's faces showed a slight strange color, and even two people showed obvious anger on their faces.

Yao Jing said cautiously: "Qinlou...... Being bullied, guests don't dare to come to the door! ”

"Domineering?" Han Mo was stunned, Lu Zongxuan is Lu Yingji's son, although the Lu family is not a high-ranking power, but it is not a household that can be bullied, but now someone dares to occupy the Lu family's property, so the other party's origin must be not small.

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