The seventh day of the first lunar month is a very important festival in Jingxiang, and it is also the first big festival after the New Year.

On this day, people make soup with seven kinds of vegetables and eat it, and cut it into a human shape with colored silk or gold leaf, etc., and post it indoors or wear it on the temples, of course, there are also banquets for relatives and friends, outings and other activities.

Many things, such as travel, work, etc., also need to be carried out after the day has passed. Before Ren's Day, it is collectively referred to as the New Year, and it is a time of leisure and fun.

Li Tai also followed the local customs, and chose to feast on the Hongbin Tower on the day of Ren's Day with the officials and guests from afar to celebrate the first festival of the year.

The delegation from Gangneung also arrived at the city on this day and was directly arranged into the Hongbin Tower.

When they saw this grand and gorgeous building that could accommodate thousands of people at the same time, they couldn't help but be amazed, and when they heard the name and function of this building, they couldn't help but praise it.

After all, talents always like the superior of Corporal Lixian, and this Jingzhou General Li was willing to spend a lot of money to build such a majestic building to entertain guests from all over the world, and his attitude towards talents is also self-evident, and soon established an impression of knowledge and courtesy in the minds of these Jiangling people.

Li Tai personally stood at the door of the banquet hall on the second floor to greet the envoys of Gangneung, although most of these people came to Gangneung for the first time, but Li Tai's portrait had been spread in Gangneung for a short time, coupled with his outstanding appearance and temperament, so that these Gangneung people were sure of his identity at first sight, and they did not wait for the introduction to make a salute.

There are more than 20 people in this mission, and the first one is an old man who is nearly fifty years old is the envoy sent by the king of Xiangdong, whose name is Zongyi, and his official position is Jiangling Ling. Some of the people behind him also served under the Xiangdong Palace, while others were just villagers and had no official position.

But no matter how high or low these people are, Li Taiquan treats each other politely, and they are invited to sit down separately in the hall.

"Zong Ling Yaming has heard of it for a long time, and today I finally see the dignity, which is really happy."

After everyone sat down, Li Tai raised his wine glass and said with a smile to Zong Yi, who was sitting next to him: "I am from the north, and the customs of the southern soil are unfamiliar. Before reading the "Jing Chu Years Chronicles" written by Zong Ling, I learned that there are various customs in this township, and I was able to follow the customs of the countryside and negotiate with the masses! ”

This Zongyi was chosen as an envoy by the king of Xiangdong, and naturally he was not a vulgar type, but a person with a good reputation in Jiangling. His family also has a long history, and even the custom of picking wormwood during the Dragon Boat Festival is closely related to his family. Of course, there is no way to verify whether this is true or not, after all, they are all written and recorded by their own families. As Li Tai said, "The Chronicles of the Years of Jing Chu" is a work written by Zong Yi to introduce the customs and customs of Jingxiang.

Seeing that Li Tai was so polite to him, Zong Yi also took a glass of wine and drank it all, and then said to Li Tai: "A certain group of people visited General Li on the order of the king, and they also secretly kept their personal intentions in addition to official business, and wanted to enter the country to enjoy the hometown of Nanyang under the rule of the general. ”

Although Zong Yi is a famous person in Jiangling, his ancestral home is Nanyang. This is also the case for many Gangneung people, which are all affected by the Hu Death Rebellion in history. Northern clans such as Jingzhao Wei, Du, and Hedong Liu fled to the Nanyang Basin and settled around Xiangyang. Originally, these families in Nanyang continued to migrate south and gathered in the Gangneung area.

Hearing Zong Yi take the initiative to talk about such a layer of local origins, Li Tai smiled again: "So according to what Zong Yi saw when he entered the township, is the politics here good or bad?" ”

"The general's prestige has been admired for a long time, and this trip has seen the countryside and villages endlessly, and there are many people living and working in peace and contentment, which shows that Xingzhi has skills, and he is worthy of being a famous minister in Kansai, benevolent and brave!"

On such an occasion, it is natural to say good things, not to mention that the rural scenery that Zong Yi and others have seen is indeed much better than the inherent impression and memory in his heart, so Zong Yi said sincerely.

"It's not just a skill in Xingzhi! In the old years, Nanyang was politically unbalanced, mostly barbaric, and completely unanalized, and the people who left their hometowns did not even know where the ancestors were, and they were helpless to look north and sigh. Now General Li's governance is in good order, the old wasteland has become a rich town, the slippery folk customs are gone, benevolence and righteousness have reappeared in the township, and the people's feelings are simple and simple. We and other homesick people should be deeply grateful to General Li for his benevolence! ”

A young man in his twenties stood up from the table, because he was more emotional, the wine in the cup was spilled, but his tone was full of enthusiasm, and even revealed a bit of flattery.

Li Tai couldn't help but be happy when he heard these enthusiastic words, and looked at this young man of his age with great interest. He is indeed good at managing the Nanyang Basin, but this young man is originally from Jiangling, why is he so excited? Is it just because I went back to my hometown to find the right place to burn the right paper?

He remembered that this young man claimed to be surnamed Liu when he introduced himself just now, and at this time, he looked so excited again, and after a little silence, he said with a smile: "Liu Lang's reputation is too much, and the people are also in obeying the law and governing their business diligently. Liu Langxian is also here, may I ask who Liu Nanjun is? ”

"Jiangling is known as the elegant name of Xiaonan County, which is not only Liu Sizhen's brother, Liu Lang is not only the son of Liu Jiahui Liu Gong of Xiaonan County, but also a young man from Jingtu!"

Zong Yi next to him frowned slightly when he looked at the young man who suddenly stood up and found it excitedly, but then he smiled and introduced to Li Tai.

When Li Tai heard this, he bowed slightly, and he also knew the young man's life experience in his heart.

He also knows a lot about Jiangling people these days, Nanyang Liu's Liu Zhixuan, Liu Zhiheng brothers are also Jiangling celebrities, especially Liu Zhixuan's reputation is much greater than Zong Yi, so big that Xiangdong King Xiao Yi is jealous of him, when Liu Zhixuan fled back to Jiangling from Jiankang, Xiangdong King directly sent someone to poison Liu Zhixuan in the middle of the way, and then personally wrote an epitaph for him and gave money to bury him.

Of course, in addition to being jealous of Liu Zhixuan's fame, Li Tai felt that the main reason for the king of Xiangdong, as a political figure, was probably that he did not want Liu Zhixuan to return to Jiangling, so as not to let the local faction of Jiangling gather around him again and interfere with his control of Jiangling.

The Liu family of Nanyang was originally a famous family in Jiangling, and Liu Zhixuan's brothers served as the Taishou of Nanjun before and after, and Nanjun was the original rule of Jiangling. If Liu Zhixuan successfully returns to Jiangling, it will be similar to Liu Zhongli, who is one size younger, and he will inevitably have friction between them.

Knowing the life experience of this young man Liu Lang and seeing that he was overly enthusiastic about himself, Li Tai had a little understanding in his heart, and wrote down the matter for the time being, and then changed the topic.

When people from Gangneung go north, one of the questions they are more worried about is whether the northerners will be too barbaric?

The different cultural customs and living habits between each other are also an important reason for the estrangement, Li Tai's hospitality to the Gangneung mission is also deliberately close to the Jingxiang customs, after all, he is also going to move to the south of the town in the coming year, this arrangement not only expresses respect for the people from Gangneung, but also allows himself to adapt in advance.

With such attentive hospitality from the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion and Li Tai, this Renri banquet can be regarded as a joy for the guests and hosts. The only thing that is not very harmonious is a handwritten letter from the king of Xiangdong that Zong Yi presented to Li Tai.

In addition to the ceremonial New Year's greetings, the king of Xiangdong also focused on the war that was now taking place in Yingzhou with Hou Jing's rebellion. The letter was full of optimism, and there was also a faint hint of contempt for Hou Jing.

After all, Hou Jing was famous before, and he was the king of Lianke, but now after facing the Xiangdong Wangwu, the war in Yingzhou has a stalemate, which inevitably gives people a feeling of not being able to do it. It seemed unstoppable before, but in fact, it was just because the opponent was too weak!

Li Tai also read a little bit of the king of Xiangdong from this letter, and even a little bit of contempt for himself, after all, he not only drove away Xiao Laoliu, who was entrenched in Yingzhou, but also blocked the front of Hou Jing's rebellious army, which reflected the extraordinary military strength of the king of Xiangdong.

Li Tai knew that Xiao Laoqi was a cheap skin, afraid of power but not of virtue, if he didn't knock it occasionally, his tail would be cocked to the sky. However, he hadn't thought about how to beat Lao Qi next, and the next piece of news that caught his eye made him angry.

The king of Xiangdong confessed in his letter that after his brother King Shaoling was expelled from Yingzhou, he not only sent an envoy to the north to contact, but before Wei Ding came to plead for borrowing land, this sixth man had already sent an envoy to Northern Qi first, and was crowned as the king of Liang by the lord of Qi.

Li Tai was busy with political affairs before, he hadn't been back to the town for a long time, and he didn't have eyes and ears for Xiao Laoliu, so he really didn't know about it.

Originally, he thought that this sixth man was a bit of a dead end, but he didn't want this guy to still be very wild, and while accepting the canonization of Northern Qi, he sent someone to borrow a foothold from him, which was to brush him up!

Although Li Tai did not agree to Xiao Laoliu's request at all, he was also angry when he was played, and by the way, he also wanted to kill six to show seven, so when he decided to lead the department led by Li Yunxin, the assassin of Yingzhou, and accompanied Wang Jie of Anzhou, and followed the Lu people, to attack the king of Shaoling, who was entrenched in Qichang.

(End of chapter)