The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

The Lingnan tyrants scrambled to participate in the suppression of bandits. This is a later story.

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

Xia Jing woke up the next morning, and while Baimei was helping her dress up, she opened a few portraits on the dressing table.

These portraits were sent by King Qian a few days ago. The beauty in the portraits is the daughter of several forces in the south of the Five Ridges.

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

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

Of course, Hongmei and Baimei had seen the portraits, they were all young girls, just at the right age for marriage, and about the same age as Fifth Master, if there was someone that Fifth Master really liked, they would be very happy that Fifth Master could start a family.

But they knew that these things were beyond the control of their servants.

Seeing that Xia Jing was looking at it seriously, Hongmei couldn't help but asked, "Princess Wang wants to help Fifth Master arrange a marriage?"

Xia Jing heard the words, Piao Yuan's thoughts returned, she collected herself, and rolled up the portrait with a smile, "How can a lifelong event be decided so hastily, what if the woman and Xiao Wu don't get along? This is a lifetime." The big event is related to the happiness of the second half of Xiao Wu's life."

Hongmei looked at the rolled-up portrait with her head tilted, and said regretfully, "Wangfei doesn't want to drink daughter-in-law's tea earlier and hug her grandson earlier?"

After hearing her words, Xia Jing couldn't help laughing: "We first came to Lingnan to settle down, and everything is complicated. At least in the past few years, I don't care if Xiao Wucheng gets married. It's good to delay it for a few years."

"However, the girls in these portraits are all very beautiful. It's a pity for the fifth master to miss their slaves."

"Hehe, beauties in the world are like crucian carp crossing the river. Xiaowu is still young, and I can't bear his small body being squeezed dry by beauties." Xia Jing glanced at Hongmei and smiled meaningfully.

Thinking of the ambiguity of these words, Hongmei couldn't help but blushed.

After breakfast, Xia Jing and Li Chengmu took the carriage to Xia Zhai together with the gift prepared by the housekeeper.

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

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

The impression of the Xia family is still in Li Chengmu's childhood, when he was a cute and handsome little boy with baby fat.

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

"Xiao Wu has met his grandfather and grandmother, and several uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, brothers and sisters. Good morning, everyone."

In fact, this kid recognized Daddy Xia and Mrs. Chen from his childhood memories, needless to say the uncles and aunts, depending on their age.But let him distinguish who is the uncle, the second uncle and the third uncle, please forgive him, he really can't tell.

Not to mention the cousins ​​and cousins ​​of the same generation, although Xia Jing introduced him to the Xia family before coming here, the relationship between the characters in Xia Jing's mouth made it really impossible for him to match the numbers in reality, so he can only generalize See you soon.

Xia Jing stood behind, couldn't help laughing, "We'd better go in and talk if we have something to say."

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

"Yes, yes, let's go in and talk about the old days. We haven't seen my good grandson for more than ten years. Our brother Mu has grown into a big guy."

The Xia family surrounded Xia Jing and Li Chengmu and entered the gate of the mansion, and the maids following behind called the guards to drive the carriage into the mansion, and moved the gifts to the main hall.

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

Li Chengmu stood up to salute his elders in a serious manner and received many gifts.

Received a lot of gifts, and the elders can basically recognize them all.

After the personal guards brought the presents in, Li Chengmu stood up again and distributed the presents to everyone.

"These gifts are prepared by the palace, and also prepared by myself."

Father Xia accepted the gift in surprise, it was a well-made leather whip, "Brother Mu also prepared a gift for us, you have a heart."

Li Chengmu handed a box of jewelry to Mrs. Chen, "I got a lot of good things by accident this time when I went out to train soldiers. I heard that the leather whip you gave to your grandfather was made of crocodile skin. It was made of crocodile skin during Dayu's military training. North Korea is rare, very rare.

The gemstones that I gave to my grandmother were all selected by me. Regardless of the water color, they are all first-class gemstones. I hope you and the elders will like them. "

"This is too precious." Mrs. Chen was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly pushed the box back.

Father Xia often travels out because of his business, and the skill of riding a horse must be mastered, so he couldn't put it down when he got such a rare leather whip. Seeing the old woman push the box back, he had to put the leather whip in the box. On the table.

"Your grandmother is right. You are leading the army to fight outside. This leather whip is more suitable for you. It is a waste of money to hand over to me."

Although the uncles of the Xia family were also greedy for the whip, they all nodded in agreement after hearing Father Xia's words.

Xia Jing looked at this scene amusedly, Father Xia was very fond of this leather whip, and Xia Jing took a real look at the reluctance in his eyes.

She laughed and said: "Xiao Wu grew up in the palace. What kind of leather whip did he want? This time he got something good and knew to give it to his elders. This is his filial piety. Gifts have a price, and filial piety is the most precious. The two of you Take it."

After listening to Xia Jing's words, Father Xia and Mrs. Chen accepted the gift with confidence, and in a blink of an eye they praised Li Chengmu for his filial piety and a good and sensible boy.

After being praised by the elders, Li Chengmu was in a good mood, and he delivered gifts from several uncles and aunts to them, and got another compliment from them.

Xia Jing looked at her son's embarrassing expression, and believed that if there was a tail behind him, it would probably shake like a propeller.

After dividing the presents among his peers, Li Chengmu was enthusiastically dragged to the side hall by his cousins, and the elders were very happy to connect with their brothers and sisters.

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

"South of Lingnan is bordered by the sea in the south, and the coastal areas have always been troubled by pirates. It is bordered by Annan in the west, and there are many chieftains. In addition, the Great Yu Dynasty's control over the border has weakened, resulting in a lot of banditry in the mountains of Lingnan.

Xiao Wu took advantage of the training of soldiers and suppressed many bandit dens by the way, and the harvest was good, and the whole place was kept safe.He's just showing his edge, you have to protect him well in the palace. "

Xia Jing smiled helplessly: "Father, he is my son, how could I put him in danger."

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

Speaking of bandits, Xia Qingshan said at this time, "This time we sold salt to Lingling County in Jingzhou. The salt is not easy to sell. Snowflake salt is very popular with the powerful families in Lingling County. But just as we were about to leave, I heard something."

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

The Xia family all looked at Xia Qingshan, he has been back for a few days, why haven't they heard him mention it?

"The governor of Jingzhou heard that Lingnan cleared out hidden households, re-measured the land, and after registering it, he must know the benefits of doing so.

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

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

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

Xia Jing shook her head: "Yuan Rujiang, governor of Jingzhou, is also considered a capable minister. There is no precedent for this kind of decree. How can he implement it without preparation? The situation in Lingnan and Jingzhou is different, so how can you copy this decree rote? ?”

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

The power of the Lingnan aristocratic family can be suppressed by the Qian Palace, so the implementation of this decree by the Qian Palace went smoothly.

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

The richness of the land can be seen.

The abundance of products here is also the cradle for hatching famous giants and aristocratic families.

These Jingzhou local snakes occupy most of the land, how could they let Yuan Rujiang use their interests?

Their combined power cannot be underestimated, even the governor of a state has to avoid their edge.

Xia Qingshan shook his head and guessed: "Who knows what he thinks, it may be that Jingzhou's financial revenue has been decreasing year by year, forcing him to learn from Lingnan's reform, so as to increase Jingzhou's taxes."

With the current situation of the imperial court, it can be said that the imperial court can't control the local area, and the local area can't take care of the imperial court. Under such an opportunity, it would be strange if Yuan Rujiang didn't do anything.

Presumably for this reform and the implementation of the administrative decree, Xia Jing guessed that he must have not reported to the court.

The country is precarious, and those "capable ministers" in the court will let the local officials mess up. To be on the safe side, they must be more inclined to the original policy.

In case the officials forced the people to rebel, the imperial court would not even be able to collect the original tax.Risky things are not suitable for those old scholars and stubborn people in the court.

Without taxes, everything is a castle in the air. The imperial court is bound to do whatever it wants, subject to the power of the aristocratic family, and its control over the local area will also be weakened.

The same reasoning also applies to localities. Yuan Rujiang, the governor of Jingzhou, must also worry about taxes.

If there is no taxation or the taxation is not enough to make ends meet, he cannot raise troops to increase the force in his hands.In the troubled times that followed, he would have no ability to protect himself.

The weak, no matter in the prosperous or the troubled times, are the ones who have been bullied and wronged. If Yuan Rujiang wants to gain a foothold in the troubled times, he must meet the standard of force, otherwise the only way to go is to be eliminated.

"I heard that Yuan Rujiang has a salt well in Jingzhou. You sold the snowflake salt to Lingling County. Did you encounter any trouble from them?"

Xia Qingshan said uncertainly: "That's not true. It may also be the first time we went to Lingling County to sell goods. The local government or the governor's office have not reacted yet. I just don't know if we will be punished by them next time. Make things difficult?"

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

Running a business is exhausting both physically and mentally, and Xia Jing dislikes that her family members have become physically exhausted after spending a few taels of money.

In the future, she will make more good things. Could it be that Xia's family will lead a business team by themselves?

Now that the Xia family has settled down in Lingnan by relying on Prince Qian's Mansion, when Dad Xia is free, he will think of his hometown in Yanzhou again.

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

No, he suddenly interjected: "Do you think we will return to Yanzhou?"

Being a stranger in a foreign land, Xia Jing fully understands the feeling of homesickness in a foreign land.

She was born again, and she often misses the end of the world.

Missing the apocalypse doesn't mean that you can't survive in this world, but simply missing it.

Xia Qingshan frowned, "Let's wait until the day when the imperial court fights back to Gyeonggi. But the defenders didn't even defend the city. It's not easy to fight back after losing it!"

Xia Jing sighed, "Beidi's entry into the Gyeonggi area will have incalculable destructive power to the Gyeonggi area. If the Gyeonggi area has been reduced to ruins, even if the imperial soldiers drive away the Beidi people, the Gyeonggi area will be useless to the Dayu Dynasty!"

Xia Qingshan deeply believes that it is tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to discard it.

Father Xia asked Xia Jing, "Is the current new emperor a hard-working emperor who works hard?"

After Xia Jing was reborn, she had never seen any members of the royal family. She dug up the memories of a few princes from her memory, and she shook her head, "I have very little contact with them, and I don't know what they are like, but from the past few months Judging from the court's movements, it may be a conservative emperor."

To put it nicely, he is the Shoucheng Emperor, but to put it bluntly, he is a mediocre person.

As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.

The women of the Xia family didn't even participate in their conversations. Seeing that they couldn't get in the way, they silently retreated to arrange a banquet for guests at noon.
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Side hall.

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

Others are either already home or still 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 16 years old this year, a few months older than Li Chengmu, and has a more lively and cheerful personality.

Li Chengmu answered him with a smile, "Everything is dangerous. To suppress the bandits is to face the vicious bandits directly. There must be dangers, but as long as you protect yourself, the dangers can be reduced."

Xia He personally poured a cup of tea for him and put it in front of him, flattering Li Chengmu, "Wow, I dare not take it seriously, how can I bother my cousin to pour tea for me, I just let the servant girl do these things. "

Xia He smiled, he is the eldest son Xia Qingshan's direct son, he is responsible for taking care of the younger brothers, if he can do such small things by himself, he will do it himself without hesitation.

"It's not worth the effort."

Li Chengmu enviously said: "The brothers and sisters are so happy to have you as an elder brother who can take care of others!"

Hearing this, the others all grinned, obviously agreeing with Li Chengmu's words very much.

Xia He laughed out loud, "Hahaha, actually, I can take care of my cousin, as long as you want."

"Then let's move around more!"

Xia He nodded, seemingly inadvertently, and asked casually: "Cousin Mu, if I follow you to the military camp to suppress bandits, is that okay?"

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