When the Qiao family returned to the main hall, there was a small square table in the center of the house, and four long benches were placed in front of the table, which were the new furniture that Feng Zhong had asked the carpenter to make for himself according to the drawings provided by Long Xiang.

The life of a few people in a family does not need to follow the etiquette of a high-ranking family, and it is very practical to use a table of eight immortals with a bench, and Long Xiang recommended what he saw in the countryside when he was a child to Feng Zhong to experience.

Feng Zhong had just introduced the furniture, and the four of them quickly experienced sitting on a bench.

Sitting around the Eight Immortals table, I didn't know what to say for a while, and there was not a single servant in the room at this time, so naturally no one brought them water to quench their thirst.

Qiao Ling was the first to complain: "Mother, is Long Xiang a little too much, he lives alone in the Hou Mansion and brings us to a small place..."

"Forgot again? When you say that, don't call them by their first names." Chen frowned and drank lightly.

Qiao Ling hurriedly apologized: "The child was in a hurry just now, and it was good for him to give this place, but there was no one to serve him..."

"Bear with me first, I'll talk to him when I go back, remember that this is Hefei, not the original Shouchun Bridge Mansion, don't think about doing whatever you want." Chen reminded in a deep voice.

"Oh." The three sons and daughters echoed in unison.

Chen's mouth was a little dry, so he instructed Qiao Ling: "Ling'er, you go to Feng Zhong's house and ask him how to make a fire, and I don't know if the water in the tank is clean..."

"Shall I go?" Qiao Ling pointed to herself.

Chen asked rhetorically, "Your eldest sister and second sister are not married yet, so they can't show their faces everywhere, is it possible that you let me go?"

"Uh... The boy didn't mean that, I'll ask right away..."

Qiao Ling didn't have an entourage to call, and he was a little uncomfortable for a while.

Feng Zhong brought dinner to the Qiao family, and then walked out of Hefei No. 1 Courtyard and went straight to Sima Mansion in Longxiang.

When they arrived at the place, they found that Long Xiang and the others had gathered together to eat soup cakes.

Tang Yu, who was the first to discover Feng Zhong, beckoned to him: "Old Feng, have you eaten?"

Feng Zhong nodded, "My family also eats this tonight."

"What about the Bridge family? Can you all adapt to it?" Long Xiang asked curiously.

Feng Zhong was noncommittal, glanced at Cao Xuan and said, "I didn't ask too much, I heard that Yunqi was going to adjust the city defense of Hefei, so I just brought the soup cake over and rushed here."

"There's no need to be in such a hurry..."

Long Xiang responded lightly, and continued to use chopsticks to pick up the noodles.

Lu Su heard something unusual, he held the bowl and asked Long Xiang, "Isn't there a servant of the Qiao family to follow?" Why do you want General Feng to deliver food?"

Long Xiang replied: "I asked Qiao Ling on the way, those entourages were controlled by Li Tun, and the Qiao family didn't bring them out in order to get out, so naturally there was no one to serve them when they arrived in Hefei..."

"No." Lu Su put the bowl on the table.

Seeing this, Long Xiang also put the bowl: "What's wrong?"

"The Qiao family lives in a mansion in Shouchun, and there are servants to serve them, and now that they have nothing left in Hefei, it is not appropriate for you to settle them in Hefei No. 1..."

Long Xiang explained: "Uncle Zhong's house is the best in Hefei, and I can't use the best hospitality?"

Lu Su waved his hand and explained: "We all know that it is very good, but others may not appreciate it, the Qiao family is used to living in the Gaomen compound, and now let the family live in the small courtyard of the farmhouse, there will be a gap in the heart, I suggest that it is still according to the original plan, and the main book house will be cleaned up."

Long Xiang pinched his chin and sighed, "I thought there were a lot of them, so I asked Uncle Zhong to clean and renovate the main book, but later I saw that there were only four people, so I thought that Hefei No. 1 was the most suitable, and it seemed that it was a good intention to do bad things."

"Hefei No. 1 has no guards, I'm worried that the Qiao family will not be adaptable, since Mr. Zijing said so, I will let people continue the renovation tomorrow, but it will take more than ten days for the main library to complete the renovation, so I can only let them hold on for a little longer." Feng Zhong also agreed with Lu Su's opinion.

Long Xiang knocked his forehead and looked at Lu Su to laugh at himself: "When the mansion is renovated, not only do you have to give them guards, do you have to prepare servants?" How many idlers do you have to raise in Hefei..."

Lu Su smiled and said, "I think that to help people to the end, they should be equipped with servants

It has to be matched, with Hefei's current tax revenue, it is not worth mentioning dozens of idlers in a few hundred places..."

Long Xiang nodded solemnly: "You just look at it, the summer grain should be about to be harvested, many households have stored grain, I plan to wait for the summer grain to be harvested, and then open the market trade in Hefei, and make a small adjustment to the original system of only entering and not leaving, so that the outside goods can circulate in and enrich the lives of the people."

"It's a good thing to think about the people, but Hefei still has very few troops, and if it is remembered by the big forces, I am afraid that it will inevitably be baptized by war." Lu Su's face was solemn.

"Yes, yes, don't forget Zheng Bao." Tang Yu also stood up to remind.

Long Xiang said confidently: "I have Xu Zhongkang and his tiger and wolf soldiers, it should be easy to deal with Zheng Bao, at least there is no problem in defending the city, and Yuan Shu is gone, Hefei is located in a critical position in Jianghuai, and it is impossible to hide it deliberately."

Lu Su stroked his beard and said with a look of relief: "It seems that Yunqi knows in his heart, whether Sun Ce goes north to the Central Plains or the Central Plains goes south to Jiangdong in the future, Hefei has important strategic significance, and resting on his laurels is like drinking water to quench his thirst, how do you plan to adjust?"

Long Xiang thought for a while and said tentatively: "At the same time as Hefei opens, I also plan to build a post house to let the traveling merchants and envoys who come and go to Hefei rest, and it is also convenient for us to centralize management.

"Very good, the world does not only rely on war, reasonable diplomacy is very necessary, Yunqi knows better than anyone else, and he still says that he has no ambition?" Lu Su pointed at Long Xiang and quipped.

Long Xiang smiled bitterly, "Zijing forgot what I said that day? It's easy to attract hatred when you stand out, so it's best to find a big tree to enjoy the shade."

"I have been counting the princes of the world, and you have not stated your intentions, there are not many big trees that can enjoy the shade..." Lu Su looked at him and expressed his puzzlement.

"Zijing don't worry, the big tree can't grow in a day, the lord of my expectations may still be a sapling, it's not too late to wait patiently for a few years, what do you say?"

Long Xiang did not answer directly, but told the other party by analogy that he had one thought now: quietly enter the village, and don't shoot.

"Hmm."

Lu Su nodded slightly, and said in his heart You are really cautious, a typical rabbit does not scatter eagles, probably want to wait until the pattern is clearer, and then prepare to make a move? But heroes in the world are not stupid, and there are relatively few opportunities to vote late.

After thinking about it, Long Xiang's background is very low, and it is normal for him to have a narrow vision and pragmatic thinking.

Lu Su thought that he would stay for three years, and there was no need to change Long Xiang's mind.

After a few people finished eating the soup cakes, the topic shifted to Xia Harvest.

Due to the increase in the population of Hefei City, some of the new fields cultivated in the first half of the year were not as fertile as those along the river, so the rice yield was uneven.

At this time, there are no landlords in Hefei, and the poor harvest will be unbalanced.