The Lingnan heroes are scrambling to participate in the suppression of bandits, which is a later story.

Besides, after the family banquet in King Qian's Mansion, there may be only a few people in a few rooms who can really sleep without distractions this night.

Xia Jing woke up the next morning, and when Bai Mei helped her with her makeup, she opened several portraits on the dressing table.

These portraits were sent by King Qian a few days ago, and the beauties in the portraits are the daughters of several forces in Lingnan.

King Qian sent this portrait over, the meaning could not be more obvious, he wanted to use Xiao Wu's marriage to consolidate the power of Lingnan.

It's just that Xia Jing was very disgusted by this, so she never replied to the front yard.

Hongmei and Baimei have naturally seen the portrait of people, they are all young girls, it is the age of marriage, and the age of the fifth master is similar, if there is really something that the fifth master likes, they are also very happy that the fifth master can start a family.

But they knew that these things were not for their slaves and maids to put their beaks in.

Hongmei saw that Xia Jing was looking seriously, so she couldn't help but ask, "The princess wants to help the fifth master set up a marriage?" ”

When Xia Jing heard this, her distant thoughts returned, she settled down, and rolled up the portrait with a smile, "How can a lifelong event be decided so hastily, what if the woman and Xiao Wu's personalities don't get along?" This is a major event in a lifetime, and it is related to the happiness of Xiao Wu in the second half of his life. ”

Hongmei tilted her head to look at the rolled-up portrait, and said with pity: "The princess doesn't want to drink daughter-in-law's tea early and hug her grandson early?" ”

Xia Jing heard her words and smiled dumbly: "We first arrived in Lingnan and settled down, everything is complicated, at least in the past few years, I don't care about the little fifty percent not getting married, and it is okay to delay it for a few years." ”

"However, the girls in these portraits are all very beautiful, and it is a pity that the fifth master missed their slaves."

"Hehe, the beauty of the world is like a carp crossing the river, the fifth year is still young, I can't bear to let his little body be squeezed dry by the beauty." Xia Jing glanced at Hongmei and smiled meaningfully.

Hongmei thought about the ambiguity of these words, and her little face couldn't help but turn red.

After breakfast, with the gifts prepared by the housekeeper, Xia Jing and Li Chengmu took a carriage to the Xia Mansion together.

When the Xia family received the news, the whole family was very happy and waited at the gate of the mansion early, ready to welcome their noble nephew.

I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and it's impossible to say how close Li Chengmu is to them.

The impression of the Xia family is still stuck in Li Chengmu's childhood, when the child was a few years old and still had baby fat, a very cute and handsome little boy.

Li Chengmu didn't expect that the Xia family would greet him at the door, and he was stunned for a moment when he just got off the carriage, and then hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Xiao Wu has met his maternal grandfather and grandmother, and he has met several uncles and aunts, as well as his brothers and sisters, good morning, everyone."

In fact, from the memories of this kid when he was a child, he recognized Father Xia and Chen, needless to say, several uncles and aunts, the age is there. But let him distinguish who is the eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle, please forgive him, he really can't tell the difference.

Not to mention the cousins, cousins, cousins and cousins in the same generation, although before coming, Xia Jing introduced him to the Xia family, but the relationship between the characters in Xia Jing's mouth made him really unable to sit in the right seat in reality, so he could only meet him in a general way.

Xia Jing stood behind and couldn't help laughing, "Let's go in and talk about it if we have something to say." ”

Chen noticed Li Chengmu's embarrassed and confused expression, and reacted and stepped forward to hold his hand, with a loving smile on his face.

"Yes, yes, let's go in and catch up with the old days, we haven't seen my good grandson for more than ten years, and our brother Mu has grown up."

The Xia family surrounded Xia Jing and Li Chengmu into the mansion, and the maids who followed behind beckoned the guards to drive the carriage into the mansion and carry the gifts to the main hall.

Everyone walked into the main hall and sat down as the guest of honor.

Li Chengmu stood up and greeted his elders in a serious manner, and received a lot of gifts.

I received a lot of gifts, and the elders could basically recognize them all.

When the guards brought the gifts in, Li Chengmu stood up again and distributed them to everyone.

"These gifts are prepared by the palace, and there is also a heart prepared by yourself."

Father Xia took the gift in surprise, it was a leather whip with exquisite workmanship, "Brother Mu'er also prepared a gift for us, I have a heart." ”

Li Chengmu handed a box of jewelry to Chen's hand, "This time I went out to practice, and I unexpectedly gained a lot of good things, and I heard that the leather whip given to my grandfather is made of what crocodile skin is made, which is rare in the Dayu Dynasty and very rare."

And these gems for my grandmother, are personally selected by me, whether it is the color of the water is a first-class gemstone, I hope you can like it. ”

"It's too expensive." Chen was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly pushed the box back.

Daddy Xia often runs out because of business, and the skill of horseback riding must be mastered, so he is a little in love with such a rare leather whip, and when he saw the old woman pushing the box back, he also had to put the leather whip on the table.

"Your grandmother is right, you are leading troops to fight outside, this leather whip is more suitable for you, and it is a waste to hand it over to me, and it is a tyrannical thing."

Although several uncles of the Xia family were also greedy for leather whips, they all nodded in agreement after listening to Father Xia's words.

Xia Jing looked at this scene with a smile, Father Xia was very fond of this leather whip, and the forbearance in his eyes was taken seriously by Xia Jing.

She smiled and said: "Xiao Wu grew up in the palace since he was a child, what kind of leather whip do you want, this time he got good things and knew to give them to the elders, this is his filial piety, the gift is valuable, filial piety is the most precious, you two just accept it." ”

Father Xia and Chen listened to Xia Jing's words, so they accepted the gift with confidence, and in a blink of an eye, they praised Li Chengmu with a smile for his filial piety and commendability, and he was a good boy who was sensible.

After receiving praise from the elders, Li Chengmu was in a good mood, and sent gifts from several uncles and aunts to them, and received a good compliment from them.

Xia Jing looked at her son's stunned expression, believing that if there was a tail behind him, it would probably be shaking like a propeller.

Dividing the gifts of his peers, Li Chengmu was warmly pulled to the side hall by his cousins, and the elders were very happy for their brothers and sisters to contact each other.

There were no juniors in the main hall, and Father Xia talked about Li Chengmu's suppression of bandits.

"Lingnan is bordered by the sea in the south, and the coastal areas have been plagued by pirates, and the west is bordered by Annam, and there are many Tusi, coupled with the weakening of the control of the border by the Yu Dynasty, resulting in many bandits in the Lingnan mountains.

Xiao Wu used the training of soldiers to suppress a lot of bandit dens by the way, and the harvest was good, and he kept a place safe. It's just starting to show his edge, and you have to protect him well in the palace. ”

Xia Jing smiled helplessly: "Dad, he is my son, how can I put him in danger." ”

"If you know, it's good." Father Xia has personally experienced the banditry in Lingnan, and it can be said that he hates it deeply, and Li Chengmu's performance this time is very satisfying to him.

Speaking of bandits, Xia Qingshan spoke at this time, "This time we sold salt to Lingling County in Jingzhou, the salt is not worried about sales, and snowflake salt is very popular with the families of Lingling County." But just as we were about to leave, we heard something. ”

These words attracted Xia Jing's attention, "What's the matter?" ”

The Xia family all looked at Xia Qingshan, he had been back for a few days, why hadn't they heard him talk about it?

"After Jingzhou Assassin Shi heard that Lingnan cleaned up the hidden households, re-measured the land, and registered the register, he must have known the benefits of doing so.

Therefore, he also wanted to implement it in Jingzhou, but first in Lingling County, to see the effect or the reaction of the family to this decree. ”

When Xia Jing heard this, she sneered: "Needless to say, in the end, it must have given up halfway." ”

Xia Qingshan looked at her in surprise, "How do you know?" Did the palace also get the news? ”

Xia Jing shook her head: "Jingzhou Assassin Yuan Rujiang is also a capable minister, there is no precedent for this kind of decree to follow, how can he implement it without preparation?" The situation in Lingnan and Jingzhou is different, so how can this decree be copied rigidly? ”

A first-class family in Lingnan may be reduced to a third- or fourth-rate family in Jingzhou.

The power of the Lingnan family, the Qian Wangfu can be suppressed, so the Qianwang Mansion implemented this decree very smoothly.

But it is different in Jingzhou, which covers a wide area, and has the reputation of the land of fish and rice.

You can see how rich the land is.

The abundance of products here is also the cradle of incubating famous giants and powerful families.

These Jingzhou land snakes occupy the vast majority of the land, how could they possibly let Yuan Rujiang move their interests?

The power of their union cannot be underestimated, and even the history of a state has to avoid its edge.

Xia Qingshan shook his head and guessed: "Who knows what he thinks, it may be that Jingzhou's financial revenue is decreasing year by year, forcing him to want to learn from the Lingnan reform in order to increase Jingzhou's taxes." ”

The current situation of the imperial court, it can be said that the imperial court can't control the place, and the local government can't take care of the court, under such an opportunity, it would be strange if Yuan Rujiang didn't make any moves.

Presumably this reform and the executive order, Xia Jing guessed that he must not have reported to the imperial court.

The country is in turmoil, and those 'capable ministers' in the court will not let the magistrates mess up, and for the sake of safety, they must be more inclined to the original policy.

In case the officials force the people to rebel, the court will not even be able to collect the original taxes. Risky things are not suitable for those old pedants and stubborn people in the court.

Without taxes, everything is in the air, and the imperial court is tied to whatever it wants, subject to the power of the family, and the control of the place will be weakened.

The same principle applies to the locality, and Yuan Rujiang, the assassin of Jingzhou, must also be worried about taxes.

If he does not pay taxes or does not make ends meet, he cannot raise troops and increase the force at his disposal. In the following troubled times, he had no ability to protect himself.

The weak, whether in the prosperous times or the troubled times, are the party who has been bullied and wronged, if Yuan Rujiang wants to gain a foothold in the troubled times, he must meet the force value standard, otherwise there is only one way to go.

"I heard that Yuan Rujiang has a salt well in Jingzhou, and you sold snowflake salt to Lingling County, and you didn't encounter their troubles, right?"

Xia Qingshan said uncertainly: "This is not true, it may be the first time we go to Lingling County to sell, and the local government or the Thorn History Mansion has not yet reacted, but I don't know if we will be troubled by them next time?" ”

Xia Jing bowed, "Actually, you can recruit more people, cultivate a group of smart and capable people, and promote them to be stewards, and the caravan can slowly let go of them in the future." ”

The runner is tired both physically and mentally, and Xia Jing doesn't praise the family, and they have become a few taels of silver to exhaust their bodies.

In the future, she will tinker with more good things, will the Xia family rely on themselves to lead the team to run the business?

Now that the Xia family has settled down in Lingnan by relying on the Qian Wangfu, when Daddy Xia is fine, he will think of his hometown in Yanzhou again.

Once people get older, they will love their hometown very much.

No, he suddenly interjected: "You say, did we return to Yanzhou one day?" ”

Being a stranger in a foreign land, Xia Jing understands the homesickness of being in a foreign place.

She was born again, and she often missed the last days.

Missing the end times does not mean that you can't survive in this world, but simply missing it.

Xia Qingshan frowned, "Wait for the day when the imperial court returns to Gyeonggi." But the city was not defended, and it was not easy to fight back if it was lost! ”

Xia Jing sighed, "Beidi's entry into the Gyeonggi region is immeasurable, the destructive power of the Gyeonggi region is immeasurable, if Gyeonggi has become a ruin, even if the soldiers and horses of the imperial court drive away the Beidi people, Gyeonggi is also a chicken rib for the Dayu Dynasty!" ”

Xia Qingshan thought it was true, the food was tasteless, and it was a pity to abandon it.

Father Xia asked Xia Jing, "Is the new emperor a diligent emperor who works hard?" ”

Xia Jing hadn't seen anyone in the royal family since she was reborn, and she shook her head when she flipped out the memories of several princes from her memory, "I have very little contact with them, and I don't know who they are, but judging from the movements of the court in the past few months, it may be an emperor who has been shoucheng." ”

The good thing to say is to keep the emperor, and the hard thing to say is to be a mediocre person.

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

The women of the Xia family did not participate in their topic, and when they saw that they could not interject, they silently withdrew and went to arrange a banquet for the guests at noon.

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Partial hall.

Xia He and Xia Hu in the Xia family's big house are all of the same age as Li Chengmu.

Others are either already home or young.

As soon as he entered the side hall and sat down, Xia Hu couldn't wait to ask, "Cousin Mu, is it dangerous for you to suppress bandits outside?" ”

Xia Hu, Xia Qingshan's third son, is sixteen years old this year, a few months older than Li Chengmu, and his temperament is more lively and cheerful.

Li Chengmu replied to him with a smile, "There is danger in everything, and the suppression of bandits is to directly face the extremely vicious bandits, there must be dangers, but as long as you protect yourself, the danger can be reduced." ”

Xia He personally poured a cup of tea for him and put it in front of him, which flattered Li Chengmu, "Wow, don't dare to be, how can you bother your cousin to pour tea for me, just let the maid do these things." ”

Xia He smiled, he is the second son of Xia Qingshan, the eldest house, and he has the responsibility to take care of the younger brothers below, he can do this little thing by himself, he will not hesitate to do it himself.

"It's not enough to raise your hands."

Li Chengmu said enviously: "Younger brothers and sisters, I am so happy to have your brother who can take care of people!" ”

Hearing this, everyone else grinned, obviously agreeing with Li Chengmu's words.

Xia He laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, in fact, I can also take care of my cousin, as long as you want." ”

"Let's move around more after that!"

Xia He nodded, as if inadvertently, and asked casually: "Cousin Mu, if I follow you to the barracks and suppress bandits, is it okay?" ”

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