Gaozhou City, which used to be the new city of Gaoliang County built by Wang Ze for his younger brother Feng Fu, after the destruction of Nanchen, this city was changed to the state governance of Gaozhou by the Great Sui, and this Gaozhou City is still the political center of Gaozhou because Mrs. Xian and the Feng family live here.

Although the Sui Empire and the Xia Kingdom completely turned their faces, because of the war between the Xia Kingdom and the Sui Dynasty, it was difficult for merchant ships from other parts of the Sui Empire to continue to reach the Western countries west of the Zhenla Kingdom for trade, and even the ships in some ports in the north could not even cross the Yizhou Strait.

However, in Lingnan, Jiao and Guangzhou are not in this ranks, because of the friendship between Feng Fu, Mrs. Xian and Wang Ze, there are many merchants of the Xia Kingdom who come and go here, and even many merchants within the Sui Empire have established their own businesses in various ports in Lingnan.

In this way, Lingnan became more prosperous with the sea trade with Xia and Western countries, and with the development of time and economy, the two states of Lingnan have become more and more prosperous under the stimulation of sea trade.

Today, Gaozhou New Town, which originally had less than 100,000 people, has become a big city with a population of more than 200,000 people, and if you add the population of the old city of Gaoliang County and Gaozhou Port, it is actually more than the population of Nanhai County, the political center of Lingnan.

In the city, the mansion designed by the two master apprentices of Tan Carpenter personally for Feng Servant and Mrs. Xian has been a little old after decades of baptism, and some places have undergone a lot of changes over time, but it seems to have a sense of historical precipitation.

In front of the mansion, the alley outside the street is full of people, and from time to time there will be businessmen from other places passing by and looking at this mansion with curiosity and awe.

Today's Xian clan is much more powerful than the same period in history, after more than 20 years of birth and rest, Mrs. Xian not only has more than 200,000 slang tribes, but even more than 200,000 Han tribes, and there are nearly 500,000 people under Mrs. Xian's command alone.

Thanks to the good relationship between the Xian clan and other slang tribes in Lingnan, as long as Mrs. Xian gave an order, an army of more than 100,000 people could be established within the next month, even if it only took ten days to mobilize 50,000 troops, and the Lu Yuan Army led by Mrs. Xian alone had at least 5,000 elites.

These Deer Volunteers were all the bravest warriors selected from the slang people who were good at mountain walking, and then they went through the most arduous training, and then equipped them with the most sophisticated armor and weapons, which can be regarded as the elite of the standing army in the hands of Mrs. Xian.

It can be said that these 5,000 soldiers of the Lu Yuan Army are enough to be worth the 20,000 or 30,000 troops of the general state and county armies of the Sui Empire.

Mrs. Xian not only treats the people of Lingnan very well, but also has the corresponding deterrence of soldiers and horses in her hands, and the combination of the two is much higher than Wei Huan's prestige in Lingnan.

From this point of view, being a good person is not a long life, only a good person on the basis of strong strength is called a good person, and if you don't have the strength to be a good person, you can only be slaughtered as a fat sheep.

"Click"

With the crisp sound of horses' hooves, a handsome young man in a golden crown and brocade robe trotted over on a handsome war horse, followed by a hundred and ten guards, all of whom were also riding fine northland horses, and wearing fine leather armor purchased from the Xia Kingdom.

"The third son is back!"

With a shout, seeing the arrival of the handsome young man, the guards in front of the Feng Mansion were in a panic, some people stepped forward to greet them, and some people hurriedly went in to report, of course, there were also full-time grooms who hurriedly led their son's beloved war horse to the stable to raise.

"Childe's journey has been so hard!"

Most of the guards brought by the handsome young man stopped outside, only two personal guards followed all the way, and the commander of the guards on duty in front of the mansion was busy stepping forward to pat the fart, but unfortunately the handsome young man was in a hurry to go inside and ignored it.

It turned out that this young man was Feng An, the third grandson of Madame Xian, who had only returned home until now after joining forces with Wei Huan, the governor of Lingnan, to clear the Shengliao tribe in Yulin County in the summer, although he had been leading the army since he was fifteen years old, but Feng Ang was still only a young man under the age of twenty.

In the past few months of going out to fight, he really misses his elderly grandmother at home, if it weren't for Wei Xunqiang who took him to Nanhai County as a guest, otherwise he would have arrived home last month.

Feng Ang thought in his heart that he would walk into the second gate with his head held high, and the two personal guards immediately stopped outside the door to be on duty, because if he went further inside, it was already an inner house, and only very close relatives would come in on weekdays, so these two Feng An's personal guards could not enter. Bibi eBook

The second gate also has a gate, pushing open the gate made of high-grade mahogany, as soon as Feng Ang entered, a number of maids who knew the news in advance greeted him.

"It's good that the third son is back!" A female manager in her thirties looked at Feng Ang and said in surprise, "I thought it was the boys joking again, the third son, go and take a look, the old lady doesn't know what's going on these days, I've been taking care of her these days, I haven't had an appetite to eat, and I can't sleep all night!" ”

"What? What the hell is going on with Aunt Huanpei? Let's talk as we go! After hearing this, Feng An's face suddenly changed, and he knew that the female leader in front of him was the daughter of Ah Niu Aweng, his grandmother's childhood playmate.

Since Aunt Huanpei was ten years old, she has followed her grandmother, and now it has been more than 20 years, and she can be regarded as the most trusted person of her grandmother.

Thinking of this, Feng Ang couldn't bear it anymore, picked up his shirt and trotted quickly towards the inner court, and the female head of the house, called Huanpei, also trotted all the way to follow, and kept saying: "It seems that the old lady suddenly received a letter the day before yesterday!" I don't know! ”

Hearing this, Feng Ang was immediately annoyed in his heart, what kind of person is so ignorant, his old grandmother is now nearly eighty years old, and she can't do chores anymore, so on weekdays, everyone looks for themselves when they have something, or they look for the two brothers Feng Soul and Feng Huo.

Of course, because among the three brothers, only Feng Ang is the smartest, not to mention the overall situation, and very patient, so many things have always been handed over to Mrs. Xian to deal with, and Mrs. Xian is also willing to listen to what Feng Ang said, which is also one of the reasons why the female head of the department is very happy to see Feng Ang come back.

The two of them trotted all the way through a verandah, and then passed a flower stand, and saw their gray-haired grandmother lying on an old rocking chair under a dense tree in the inner courtyard, looking as if she had fallen asleep with her eyes closed, and looking older than she had left a few months ago.

Feng Ang knew that this rocking chair was moved back from the East China Sea by his father Feng Fu when he was young, and he had always been regarded as a treasure, and later when he saw that his grandmother liked it, he gave it to his grandmother, and he himself imitated and built a new one, and later after his father died of illness, the rocking chair that his father gave to his grandmother became a sustenance for his grandmother to miss her father.

In addition to Mrs. Xian, there were two maids waiting on the side, and the two hurriedly saluted after seeing Feng Ang coming, but Feng Ang waved his hand to let them leave first, after all, it is definitely not easy to make Mrs. Xian behave like this.

Huan Pei obviously knew the secrecy of the matter, and she immediately left with the two maids, and she also gestured to deliver the letter to Feng An's mother first.

"My grandson is not filial, and I actually delayed for several months before I came back to see my grandmother!" Feng Ang simply knelt down and buttoned his grandmother's head a few times, making the wooden floor under his feet feel vibrating.

Hearing Feng An's voice, Mrs. Xian, who was half-asleep, opened her eyes and laughed, looking very happy, but because she was too old and thin, her bright and sharp eyes in the past were not so sharp, and outsiders who didn't know why still thought she was a kind ordinary old lady.

"It's good to be back! You have been in the past few months, and the mountain roads are difficult and dangerous, and it is not easy to write letters, so it is enough to let my old lady worry about you all day long, and you should still want your mother to worry about you, it really shouldn't be! But fighting for the country is also what it should be! Mrs. Xian chattered with concern, "Since you have already returned, have you gone to see your mother?" ”

Feng Fu's wife is also surnamed Xian, which is considered to be the family of Mrs. Xian's mother's family, and was named Mrs. Song Kangjun in the Sui Dynasty.

"As soon as my grandson came back, I heard that my grandmother was unwell, so I came to visit my grandmother in a hurry!" Feng Ang stood up and carefully kneaded his grandmother's muscles that had been much looser, "I don't know what it is after all that makes my grandmother so haggard?" ”

"Since you haven't gone to see your mother yet, let's hurry up, don't let her wait!" Mrs. Xian looked at the young Feng Ang kindly, as if she saw the young and vigorous Feng Servant standing in front of her in high spirits, and among her grandsons, he was the most like Feng Servant, and he was also the one with the most overall situation.

"Grandmother, me!" Feng Ang opened his mouth and said.

"Let's go!" Mrs. Xian didn't wait for Feng Ang to say anything, so she continued to smile and said, "That is, I received a letter a few days ago, which made me think a lot, I have been hesitating before, after all, my old woman is almost eighty years old, and it is impossible for you to be the master of the house all the time."

Now that you're back, when you see your mother, your two brothers will come back in the evening to discuss the matter! I'll tell you more about it then! ”

Hearing his grandmother say this, Feng Ang knew that there must be something important, but very private, otherwise his grandmother would not be like this, at least she would summon some high-ranking and powerful generals in the clan to come, only if it was related to Feng's own interests, there would be such an arrangement.

Soon, Feng Ang went to the inner house to visit his mother after a long absence, and after eating with the family, Feng Soul and Feng Huo were also called back by Mrs. Xian, it seems that both of them and himself are at a loss, and now Feng Ang can only honestly listen to what his grandmother says.