Mr. Xing Cao used several pieces of wood to record the main points of the request report, carried them in his bag, held the festival charm, and returned to Anyi. Before leaving, he specially instructed that the gifts given by the prince of Chu must not be used lightly, for fear of being accused of fornicating with the princes. It is recommended to report upwards. Therefore, Zheng Anping agreed to add another article to the report: "Why should the Chu people give a dowry gift?" ”

After sending the torture Cao away, Mang Wei and Chen Si added some daily necessities, such as Ding stove bowls and bowls, and re-dried and patted the mats, quilts, pillows and other items to make them soft; The official uniform was re-washed.

Only a few days later, the woman sent a dowry, which was a full set of seasonal clothes, as well as bedding such as mats, gowns, and pillows. The parties agreed on the date of marriage. Because of the same townspeople, they made an appointment on the same day. Zheng Anping then sent invitations to his colleagues and borrowed two of them to drive them.

Two days before the marriage, both the townsman and the lifufu set up a banquet in the township to entertain all the people. On the day of the wedding, Zheng Anping set up a banquet in the square to invite the whole township. At dusk, Chen Si and Mang Wei each drove a car, went out from the inside, entered from the inside, and went to the woman's house to pick up the bride; And he went out of the inside, and went in and out, and returned to his house. It's not a long way to go, so I have to make a detour. The villagers went to the end of the village first, and greeted the man as the woman's township; I went inside again and greeted the woman as a man's village. Chen Si and Mang Wei's parents are not in Xianyang, although Mang Wei has a younger brother and Xianyang, but he can't show his face, and he doesn't even dare to invite him to the wedding banquet, for fear of revealing flaws. Zheng Anping asked the two doctors and his wife who borrowed the car to act as the man's parents respectively to bless the newlyweds.

Before going to court the next day, the two couples came to Zheng Anping's mansion together and served the soup prepared by the bride herself. Zheng Anping respectfully bowed back and drank soup; Although it is homely, it has a special warmth. Zheng Anping thought about his marriage back then, although it was extravagant and abnormal, it was less warm, and he sighed secretly in his heart.

After the next court, a group of colleagues gathered in Zheng Anping's house. The two couples, the five guards and the five wangs had already raised the fire to prepare the meal and prepare the banquet. The wine and meat in the courtyard are fragrant, singing and socializing, lively and different from the township.

After a busy and warm wedding, peace was restored to the village. The person who went to Anyi to ask for instructions and reports has returned. It was not the original criminal Cao who came back, but the staff recruited by Zhang Lu in Xie County, and everyone called him Mr. Xie Yan. Although Mr. Xie Yan came back on Zhang Lu's orders, he did not use a post boat, but came back from a mercenary boat in Weishui. The reason why this is so is because he brought back a boatload of salt, about ten stones, and asked someone to ask Zheng Anping to borrow a car to pull it.

Several people struggled to pull the salt back, Zheng Anping asked Mr. Xie Yan to sit down in the hall, and Chen Si and Mang Wei came over to accompany them and listen to Zhang Lu's instructions.

Mr. Xie Yan said: "Xing Cao was summoned by Pi Wei, so he was ordered to reinstate his life. ”

Zheng Anping saluted in the seat and said: "Respectfully! ”

Mr. Xie Yan took out the wooden slip and said, "What is consulted by the King of Qin, Zheng Cheng should handle it, and the camera will deal with it, so there is no need to report it." ”

Zheng Anping said: "Oh! ”

Mr. Xie Yan said: "Brother Chen, Brother Wuwei has a good wife, no joy, but no long things, no gifts." But the second brother likes it in the house, and it is very fortunate to use it! ”

Chen Si and Mang Wei both bowed down from their seats and said, "How dare you!" ”

Mr. Xie Yan said: "An Guojun is entitled, I will follow the will of the people, and follow the courtesy, without increasing or decreasing. ”

Zheng Anping said: "Oh! ”

Mr. Xie Yan said: "The strategy of the Qin State with troops is unspeakable. If you consult the east of the river, then you can fight! ”

Zheng Anping was shocked and said, "Battleable? What is the food for the soldiers? ”

Mr. Xie Yan said: "This is why I repay you." The matter of transporting salt consulted by Cheng, and the salt was not transported abroad, but the price of stone salt was two stones, and it could be transported to Anyi. ”

Zheng Anping said: "What do you mean? ”

Mr. Xie Yan said: "Hedong has less grain and is rich in salt, and the princes have more grain and lack of salt. One stone of salt is easy to two stones, and the merchants are ordered to transport grain to it, and salt from afar; The price is cheap and popular. In this way, Anyi got 200,000 stone millet without work with 100,000 stone salt, and it should be the cost of 100,000 people for a month. ”

Zheng Anping applauded his palms and exclaimed: "This great talent is also what Mr. must do!" ”

Mr. Xie Yan said: "If you dare to be greedy for the merits of heaven, this lord will discuss it, and you will get it occasionally!" "Smug in his words.

The three of them praised this method and complimented Mr. Xie Yan. Mr. Xie Yan said: "The doctor praises it, and Wei Shu doesn't dare to take it." In the world of commercial banks, it is natural to have more than enough to make up for the shortcomings. Anyi is rich in salt, salt, and the people rely on it. Nothing to speak of. But this matter should be spread everywhere, so that the whole world knows, and it can be used. Wei Shu privately entered the doctor with 15 stone salt, and was willing to get 30 stone millet from the doctor, thinking that it was the capital of food and lodging. Doctor's permission! ”

Zheng Anping said: "Mr. has to obey the order, exercise in Xianyang, food and lodging should be served." How dare you get the salt of the gentleman! ”

Mr. Xie Yan said: "The entry of Weishu into Xianyang is not only a mission, but also a good thing. Therefore, I did not dare to work in the pavilion, self-help boats, and lodged under the doctor's eaves. The doctor is still one or two. ”

Zheng Anping's words made him feel sudden, but after a moment of silence, he still said: "Sir, but at your own convenience!" ”

Subsequently, Mr. Xie Yan told Zhang Lu's analysis and instructions on other events one by one, and kept saying all the questions that Zheng Anping asked for instructions. Zheng Anping responded one by one: "Oh! ”

After dinner, Zheng Anping asked Mr. Xie Yan to rest in the ear room. When Xing Cao was there, he also lived there. I live in the back house. In the wing room were Wuwang and five guards.

After many busy days of weddings, and then looking at Chen Si and Mang Wei's double pair, Zheng Anping couldn't help but feel a little lonely: if he is the only one in the back house, if there is another woman...... He quickly dismissed the idea. He knew that when a man had more than one woman, there was an atmosphere of murder in the family, especially since they all had sons of their own, and this man still had a small property!

Xianyang Palace finally informed him that the Prime Minister summoned Zheng Anping.

Zheng Anping took Chen Si and Mang Wei into the Xiangfu together, and it was the Xiangfu soldier Cao who had been fighting in Wu'an who received him, and a confessor was on the side to listen to the record, which showed that Zheng Anping not only reported to the Qin Xiang, but also to the King of Qin.

Bing Cao was very polite, welcomed the three of them into the school, and sat down on both sides of a few cases, behind which was a screen, and behind the screen, if nothing else, it should be a document to record the content of the meeting.

As usual, Bingcao inquired about the time of Kawato's arrival, the shogunate, the decrees issued, and other routine matters, and then asked Zheng Anping to freely recount Kawato's political achievements. Zheng Anping had already discussed with the ministers and bureaucrats in Hedong before the plan, how to describe it at that time, how complicated and simple, now he asked, took out the wooden slab, and narrated it one by one according to the items prepared in advance: first said that Zhang Lu traveled to every county in Hedong in order to investigate the form of various places; The recruitment decree promulgated in the following section, as well as the rectification of Quwo and Anyi. Speaking of the disaster in Shangjun, the Prime Minister's Mansion asked Hedong to levy 10,000 troops to save each other, and Zheng Anping tried his best to exaggerate how Hedong overcame many difficulties and completed the Prime Minister's decree. He recounted the process of building the road in turn, as well as the various difficulties, accidents, and disasters in the process, and spoke very emotionally. Speaking of rectifying the salt industry in Xie County, it is very thrilling; Speaking of discovering the entrance to the road, it is full of suspense and luck! In the end, when it came to the immigrants in Shangjun, he brushed it off and said: "Fortunately, thanks to the gift of Shangjun, those who serve in Hedong will move to Hedong eight or nine times out of ten, and each will be given a name, and they will live separately in each county and have their own business." Those who have not yet entered are also properly resettled and recruited as county guards. One should be grain and rice, and he did not dare to lack it. ”

During the entire process of Zheng Anping's narration, Bing Cao put his hands on his knees and listened attentively, barely interrupting Zheng Anping's narration. After Zheng Anping finished speaking, Bing Cao asked: "At the end of the year, there is a tribute?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "The confession of Hedong is very important, and I dare not write it and save it in the case." It is the situation of the mountains and rivers east of the river. Chen Si took out the map of the situation of the mountains and rivers in Hedong that he had drawn from his arms and presented it to Bing Cao. Bing Cao took it and said: "The situation in Taihang and Handan painted by the former doctor, the king and the prime minister are both sighing as treasures; Now that the situation in Hedong is restored, it is also a treasure! Then he said loudly inside: "Hedong offers a pair of treasures, which is worth a thousand gold!" Then asked Zheng Anping: "In the coming year, what does Hedong want?" ”

Zheng Anping pointed to the picture of Anyi and said: "After Jiangshan, there is a valley of water, with abundant water and grass, suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry. The road is out of Yan, and Xintian is neighbored. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, Hedong is willing to get thousands of prisoners, and the city is here, which is the left of Anyi, the valley of the water, the mouth of the control road, and the road to Xintian. Then train the troops to accumulate food, and out of the way also. ”

Bing Cao asked: "Xintian, Pingyang, the old capital of Jin, the homeland of Han, when Fenshui is in the water, the good land is in Yan." The north leads to Taiyuan, the east is out of Taihang, and if you want to take it, what should you do? ”

Zheng Anping said: "It will also tempt its people, take advantage of its weakness, pass its way, and make it change." It is out of the army to come to Pi's and trace the Fenshui upstream; The strange soldiers came out of Quwo and marched forward in the mountains. Attack it from the beginning to the end, and break it. ”

Bing Cao asked: "If you want to take the way, what can you do?" ”

Zheng Anping thought to himself: It's coming! Then he replied in an agreed word: "The one who heard the past is Anyi Weimin, or in Xintian, or in Jiang, or in Tang, or in Yi. These numbers are all Korean, and there are few of them. Most of it is out of the road, living in Nanyang, Daliang. However, Nanyang and Daliang, there are few people and land, and there are many people who live in the middle of the country but have not come out. The road is also narrow in the mountains. There are not the abundance of water and grass, the abundance of mountains and rivers, the people are very poor, or the clouds have a home. If you take advantage of its momentum and recruit it, it is a false reality. I am real and the other is false, and I will break it. ”

Bing Cao asked, "What is the effect of guarding the dead and rebelling against the Dao?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "Keep the mouth of the road, but after more than a month, the minister will return." Or the day is hundreds, and they are all on the left side of Anyi, and they must choose the good one, and they will enter Anyi. In three months, there may be tens of thousands! ”