The location of Huangmen Pavilion is in the east of Xinye, between Shuishui and Bishui, almost the southwest of Tanghe County, Nanyang City, in the later generations.

So from here to the south, after passing the water, it is the territory of Huyang County, and the distance between the two sides is very close.

Shen Chen and they set off at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, almost two hours, arrived in Huyang at noon, and after hearing about it, the Huyang County Commander personally came over and invited him to the mansion to have lunch together.

Most people in the Han Dynasty ate two meals, in the twelve hours, from 7 to 9 o'clock in the morning, when they called for food, which corresponded to the time of eating breakfast in the middle of the earthly branch.

From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., it is called the time of the sun, which corresponds to the time of the earthly branch, and lunch and dinner are eaten together, and then there is no eating.

But that is for the general public, more than ninety percent of the people are struggling to survive, struggling on the poverty line, and working all day is only two meals to barely make ends meet.

And for the high-ranking elites, don't talk about three meals, you can eat whenever you want.

Therefore, after learning of the invitation of the Huyang County Order, Deng Hong happily went to the appointment after discussing with his wife and Shen Chen, in addition to the county order, there were also two local famous families, the Huyang Feng family and the Huyang Fan family.

Deng Hong asked the servants to guard the vehicle, and then sent someone to the city to find a restaurant to deliver some food, while he and his wife Shen Chen entered the mansion with the Li County Order.

There are two other people around Li Xianling, one is the head of the Feng family, about thirty years old, and the other is the head of the Fan family, who is about forty years old, named Feng Yu and Fan He.

After entering the hall, Li Xian Ling sat in the main seat, Deng Hong and his wife sat in the first position under his right hand, Shen Chen sat alone in the second position, and opposite the two heads of the Feng family and the Fan family.

The two sides greeted each other and talked about their feelings.

Speaking of which, the Feng family and the Fan family have a lot to do with the old Liu family and the old Deng family, and the Huyang Fan family is the family of Fan Hong, the uncle of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, with a huge manor and countless slaves, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

Feng is a descendant of Sikong Feng Yi during the Guangwu Emperor period, and his grandson Feng Shi was the Taiwei of the Han An Emperor, and he was also regarded as a prince of many generations, and his family was very prominent.

The two families and the Deng family are both old families in Nanyang, and they have married the family of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and the Deng family. For example, Liu Xiu's maternal family is the Fan family, and Feng Yi's son married Princess Huojia, the daughter of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty is the daughter of the family.

Not to mention the Deng family, the Empress Dowager Deng and the Deng Mengnu are both the Empress Dowager and the Empress. Their ancestors also have many intersections, such as during the period of Emperor Shun, the Feng family and the Deng family formed a political group, and were framed by Jiang Jing and others and expelled from Luoyang.

Moreover, at that time, the high-level members were allies with each other, and the remaining veins of the lower branches also lived in Xinye and Huyang, which were very close to each other, so there were countless relatives between the Deng family, the Feng family, and the Fan family, and the middle and lower branches.

So to a certain extent, their Deng family really has a rather complicated relationship with the Fan family and the Feng family in Huyang, and they can also talk about the glory of their ancestors and get closer to each other.

But it's a pity that it's the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the glory of the ancestors is not used.

Because in this era, the wealthy family of Nanyang has basically declined, starting from Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, except for He Jin and Zhang Wen who are from Nanyang, and they are not even from a family, the rest of the family has not produced a single high-ranking official.

Now their status is almost no different from Deng Hong, and even worse than Deng Hong now.

After all, Deng Hong now has an official position, and he follows Jingzhou Mu Liu to mix, but they only own some land in the county, which is barely considered a strong man, not a family gatekeeper.

For a while, several people talked about the past of their ancestors, which was embarrassing.

However, after Shen Chen crossed over, he read and practiced calligraphy, and gradually learned the truth of history.

Now I also understand why the Nanyang family, which had been prominent for a hundred years, was so decadent at the end of the Han Dynasty, and was surpassed by the Hongnong Yang family and the Runan Yuan family.

In the final analysis, it is because the Nanyang family is too dazzling in the early and middle Eastern Han Dynasty.

Among the 28 generals of Yuntai, there are 13 people from Nanyang, and the three founding princes of Guangwu: Deng Yu is the great Situ, Li Tong is the Sikong, and Wu Han is the great Sima, all of whom are from Nanyang.

The rest of the princes of the Nanyang family are countless, and the officials of Nanyang in the Manchu Dynasty account for one-third.

It is the so-called boom and bust.

No matter how powerful the family is, it will last for a maximum of a hundred years.

Since Emperor Shun, the Nanyang Shi clan has suffered its first decline.

The eunuch Jiang Jing and others controlled the government and deposed and forced to death countless Nanyang officials headed by the Deng family.

After Emperor Huan, with the abolition of Deng Mengnu, the Nanyang family improved a little, and it was hit again.

And the blow was devastating, leading directly to their rapid withdrawal from the political center and eventual loss of power in the struggle for hegemony among the princes of the late Han Dynasty.

In addition, after the baptism of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Nanyang, the population has been greatly reduced, and the power of the family no longer exists, making it basically difficult for them to influence the situation at that time.

Now the descendants of the political allies of the Deng, Fan, and Feng families who were in the Shun Emperor period have gathered again, time flies, the years have changed, and everyone has fallen from the top wealthy families in the central government to the local small tycoons, which makes them infinitely emotional for a while.

After chatting for a while about the glory of the ancestors, the Li County Commander asked curiously: "Is Gong Cao planning to take the bride back to Xiangyang?" ”

Deng Hong nodded and said: "Yes, this time Liu Yuanjun gave me a one-month vacation, and I went back to my hometown for more than 20 days, and I plan to go back this time." Huyang Ling asked, is something happening in Xiangyang? ”

Li Xianling smiled: "It's not that anything happened, it's just that the envoy is not in Xiangyang now." ”

"Oh?"

Deng Hong and Shen Chen glanced at each other and wondered, "I don't know where the envoy is now?" ”

"In Wancheng."

"What are you doing in Wancheng?"

"Gong Cao didn't know, more than ten days ago, a court envoy came to Xiangyang, saying that the court had sent a servant to Jingzhou as an angel."

Li Xian Ling pointed to the northwest and said, "After the envoy learned about it, he has rushed to Wancheng to meet the angels. ”

Hearing this, Shen Chen immediately glanced at Deng Hong.

Deng Hong's brows tightened, and he sighed and said, "Alas......."

Li Xianling and Feng Yuan Fan He didn't know why, and said in surprise: "Why is Gong Cao sighing? ”

Deng Hong said according to Shen Chen's words: "I sigh at the misfortune of the Son of Heaven, and secondly, I sigh at the misfortune of Nanyang, I am afraid that Nanyang will suffer a catastrophe in the future." ”

"This ......"

Several people glanced at each other, they were happy today, had a light meal together, and exchanged feelings by the way, and they would be considered acquaintances in the future.

Why did all of a sudden become sad and the atmosphere changed in other directions?

But since they had made a start, it was impossible for the three of them to pretend to be okay and change the topic, so Feng Gao had no choice but to say: "Why did Gong Cao say this? ”

Deng Hong looked around and said, "Think about it, this time the angel came over, it must be to invite King Liu to envoy Junqin. If the Son of Heaven is well, why do you need King Qin? Since last year, everyone knows about the civil strife in Guanzhong. ”

"Hmm."

Fan He nodded and said: "Guanzhong displaced people poured into Nanyang in large numbers from Wuguan, Liu Yuanjun sent people to send them to Tuntian in Nanyang, and we Huyang also accepted a group of hungry people, and now they are placed in the area of Tangzi Township to cultivate." ”

Deng Hong said: "The Guanzhong family, who has moved south since last year, said that the Son of Heaven had long wanted to move east to Luoyang, but he was kidnapped by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, and he has not been able to do so. In this civil strife, the Son of Heaven must have planned to move eastward, so he asked Liu Yuanjun to send troops and money and grain to King Qin. ”

"Isn't that a good thing?"

Everyone wondered.

Deng Hong said again: "But everyone thinks about it, Guanzhong is in chaos, there is an extreme shortage of food, millions of people have fled, and even the Son of Heaven has been forced to move east to Luoyang, it can be seen that the situation in Guanzhong has reached a very serious point, is this still a good thing?" ”

Li Xianling shook his head and said: "I understand what Gong Cao means, but since the Son of Heaven has moved east to Luoyang, and Liu Yuanjun can be the king of Qin, everything will be fine." ”

Deng Hong said speechlessly: "The county still doesn't understand my words, what I mean is actually that the situation in Guanzhong is that even the people and the Son of Heaven can't stay, which means that Guanzhong has no one to grow grain since the year before last, and last year there were continuous disasters, and the Xiliang Army was in civil strife. ”

"You mean, they're going to take Nanyang?"

Everyone was shocked.

"Not bad."

Deng Hong nodded and said: "As I expected, this year there will inevitably be people from Wuguan to the south, Kou Luo Nanyang, and then Nanyang will definitely fall into a war." ”

"Forehead ......"

The three of them looked at each other again, slightly stunned in their eyes.

After being cold for a while, Li Xianling glanced at the slave beside Deng Hong, and the servant poured wine for Deng Hong.

He himself picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Gong Cao is too worried." Now Liu Yuanjun has 70,000 or 80,000 people with armor, and those Xiliang people in Guanzhong dare to invade my Nanyang? Or drink alcohol is important. ”

"Yes, drinking and drinking, these gossips will be less narrated, if it reaches Liu Yuanjun's ears, I am afraid he will be unhappy."

"Come, come, drink."

The three of them played a round game, and they didn't believe these words, and it was inconvenient to talk about them.

Because Liu Biao is still there, they are here to say that Liu Biao's territory will be unstable in the future and will be attacked by the warlords in Guanzhong, isn't that a slap in the face of Liu Biao?

What's more, Liu Xian's strength is indeed not bad, although it has not yet reached the peak of history, that is, around 200 AD, after annexing the army of Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha, and completely pacifying Jingnan, he has more than 100,000 soldiers with armor.

But now it can be regarded as a hegemon.

So no one believed Deng Hong's words.

Seeing that they didn't believe it, Deng Hong looked at Shen Chen with a little weakness.

These are all taught to him by Shen Chen, in order to strategically intimidate the clans and low-level people around Xinye, and when Nanyang is baptized by war in the future, let them attach themselves to the Huangmen Pavilion.

But now, it doesn't seem to have had much effect.

Shen Chen put up two fingers and gestured a V, of course, not in Biye, but signaling to use Plan B.

Deng Hong took a sip and sighed: "I know you don't believe my words, but it's okay, I expect that soon, there will be news from Wuguan, and please be ready when the time comes." ”

"If it's really as Gong Cao said, Liu Yuanjun should be able to repel the incoming enemy."

Seeing that he had been talking about this topic, Li Xianling was relieved.

Deng Hong said: "That's natural, but Liu Yuanjun's real enemy is not the Guanzhong Xiliang Army, but Cao Cao in the north, this thief is cruel and violent, has slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, Surabaya is endless, if he attacks, I am afraid that Nanyang will ambush corpses all over the field, so I mean I hope everyone is vigilant." ”

"Then thank you Gongcao."

"I'll keep that in mind."

Feng Hao and Fan He both responded quite perfunctorily.

Seeing this situation, Deng Hong could only say: "I have said it all, if I find that I am not wrong in the future, when Cao Cao attacks, everyone can come to Huangmen Pavilion to seek shelter from my people, we have dug trenches and built fortresses, I believe that most of the disasters can be avoided." ”

This is to get a shot first.

Just as when he was in Huangmen Pavilion, Shen Chen told everyone that Cao Cao was coming to slaughter Xuzhou, and no one believed it.

When the butcher's knife is not really on the head, no one is willing to give up their family business and flee.

Only if they see the facts will they believe what you say.

So what Deng Hong is doing now is just like what Shen Chen did back then, first opening his mouth to make a prophecy to remind him.

They did not believe it, but when the prophecy was fulfilled, they would naturally believe his words.

At that time, with the support of these local noble families, coupled with the fact that the people everywhere have received Deng Hong's favor and have a reputation among them, they will soon be able to unite the people around Xinye Huyang and strengthen the power of Huangmen Pavilion.

Therefore, at present, it is only Shen Chenbu's bureau, and when things develop according to the original trajectory of history in the future, it will be the time to blossom and bear fruit and harvest fruits.

After the banquet, Li Xianling and Feng Fan and some Huyang villagers sent Deng Hong out of the country.

The convoy continued southward in the direction of Caiyang.

Caiyang is the ancestral land of the Cai family, and this time I will also go by the way to worship, and then go west from Caiyang, and board a ship from Fancheng back to Xiangyang.

And just when Deng Hong and Shen Chen went to Xiangyang, Liu Biao also saw an angel in Wancheng at this time.

It was the servant Zhao Qi who came, and after the two greeted each other, Zhao Qi explained the intention of coming, the Son of Heaven wanted to move east to Luoyang, but Luoyang was already dilapidated, and he hoped that Liu Biao could send troops and money and food to support the Son of Heaven.

Upon learning of this, Liu Biao immediately agreed.

Last year, according to Shen Chen's tuntian system, more than 200,000 displaced people in Xinna reclaimed more than one million mu of land, and the wheat has been planted, and it will be harvested in the spring.

Seeing Liu Biao's promise, Zhao Qi was very happy, so he stayed in Wancheng for the time being and discussed details with Liu Biao, such as the specific amount of money and grain, and how many soldiers and horses were sent to Luoyang to repair the palace and so on.

After waiting for a few days, Zhao Qi got a satisfactory answer from Liu Biao, so he planned to take an ox cart from Wuguan back to Guanzhong again, and return to Liu Xie, who was in Hedong at this time.

Liu Biao, on the other hand, returned to Xiangyang and immediately acted in accordance with the content of the previous discussion with Zhao Qi, and sent soldiers and craftsmen to Luoyang to transport grain and grass materials.

At this time, Deng Hong and Shen Chen stayed in Caiyang for two days, then left Cai's house and went west into the territory of Fancheng.

It's the familiar East City Gate again, and it's the familiar figure lying on the female wall.