Devil’s Advent

Zheng Fan held a bowl of soup in his left hand and a piece of pancake in his right hand, one mouthful of soup followed by two pancakes, half of his body was facing the market in front of him.

The bazaar is extremely lively, mostly merchants and merchants, and the sound of hawking is endless, but it is not a loose sale;

The sellers are all displaying samples, and there will be a lot of goods in the future;

Buyer, weigh the quality of the sample, and hold a finger in the cuff to negotiate the price;

During the period of Situ's family, Ming'an County was a trading ground connected to Xueguan. Although it experienced several wars and when the savages retreated, it almost became an empty city. Ming'an County, which is located in a prime location, soon recovered, and the bustling market was even more prosperous than before.

Zheng Fan likes this lively and noisy feeling very much. The world is full of hustle and bustle for profit. This kind of prosperity and excitement, with the accumulation of time, will soon attract more people to settle in.

On the way to his triumphant return last time, he had a discussion with Xu Wenzu on this matter, and he said bluntly that Ying must not stop the migration of the population to the east of Shanxi.

At the same time, the huge gap in population demand in eastern Jin will produce a siphon effect, recruiting Chu people from Chu, and recruiting savage "nobles" and savage slaves to Xueyuan;

Thinking of how it was still a blank land when the war was fought, but now the construction has been quite effective, the prince felt a great sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Although the planning and design are all due to the blind man and Si Niang, it does not prevent me, the mascot, from taking the time to feel good about himself.

"how?"

Zheng Fan asked.

Beside the table, there were not only Chen Daole and He Chunlai standing, not only the master and apprentice of the sword master and maidservant sitting, but also two little guys.

Yes,

Prince Jingnan and Crown Prince Yan were also brought here by Zheng Fan.

It is almost an open secret of the palace that Prince Pingxi wants to cultivate Prince Jingnan's son. From the moment the prince announced to the world with Prince Jingnan's son in his arms at the ceremony of conferring the king, everything has already been paved.

But it's not good to bring a prince without a prince every day;

It’s impossible to let a friend’s child be your own child, but at least you have to keep a bowl of water level on the surface, and you can’t do too much.

Ji Chuanye first replied; "Godfather, the emperor once said that the world thinks that you are the most brave and good at fighting, and that you are the contemporary military god of my Great Yan, but few people know that your godfather's ability to govern the world is not inferior to him.

Chuanye has never traveled eastward since he entered the east of Shanxi. The bustle of Fengxin City is because the palace is in Fengxin City.

The godfather is not only Dayan's military god, but even after getting off the horse, godfather can also be the assistant for my Dayan's great prime minister! "

Dazaifu is a cabinet ranking created by Ji Laoliu. After this guy raised the cabinet rank, in order to check and balance, he ranked the senior officials in the cabinet to prevent them from clumping together.

Chen Daole laughed in his heart and said: Don't let Jin Dong's army loyal to him, don't let the territory that has already been operated, he must go to Beijing to be a prime minister, unless his prince is crazy.

He Chunlai thought about it a step further. According to the prince's prudence, it is impossible to enter the capital alone, nor will he enter the capital on a light ride, and it is very likely that he will enter the capital with an army;

At that time, it would actually be pretty good to be a grand minister or prime minister in Beijing.

Zheng Fan just smiled and turned to look at Tian Tian;

Tiantian replied: "Mr. Bei said that the most important thing for goods and silver is circulation. Only when they are circulated can they generate value. My child has seen the development of commerce and circulation."

Zheng Fan nodded without commenting.

At this time, a group of soldiers outside patrolled the street, seeing a group of people sitting here, the leader frowned slightly.

Ming'an County, no, to be precise, it is east of Fengxin City, there are basically no "tourists" and the like, it is completely in the shape of a caravan, but the people in front of them are obviously not.

This group of soldiers immediately made a gesture to come in for questioning, He Chunlai took the initiative to step forward and took out the badge of Jinyi's personal guard.

When the leader saw the waist card, his face was solemn at first, and then, when he looked at the table again, the prince happened to also turn around.

"king……"

The leading captain wants to kneel;

He Chunlai stretched out his hand, supported him, and winked at him.

The captain nodded, indicating that he understood, and immediately turned around and left with his men.

Nowadays, most of the people who can become local leaders in the east of Shanxi are old soldiers who have retired from the army, and the old soldiers have basically gone to battle with Prince Pingxi, so it is not surprising that they recognize the prince.

Zheng Fan stood up, motioned for Chen Daole to pay the bill, and then said:

"Okay, let's go."

Now that you have been recognized here, Xueguan, you have to go early.

The party got into the carriage, and the two carriages drove out of the gate of the county seat. When they just left the gate, Zheng Fan signaled to stop.

Immediately afterwards,

Zheng Fan got out of the car first, followed by Tian Tian and Ji Chuanye.

The prince was facing the city gate, and there were rows of corpses hanging on the walls on both sides of the city gate, no less than a hundred.

However, there are only five fresh ones, and the rest are basically dried. In some cases, only one skull is still hanging there.

The corpses are processed, so there is no need to worry about the plague.

Zheng Fan didn't cover the eyes of the two children, but let them stand here and watch openly.

These two children,

One is the son of the old Nan Wang,

One is Prince Dayan,

If you can't bear to see this scene, it's really a shame.

"Spring is coming."

"yes."

He Chunlai took two steps forward, pointed to the corpses hanging on the city wall and said:

"Your Highness, these people are basically divided into three categories;

One category is the stewards who do their best in this field;

The first category is the officials in this county who have filled their pockets;

One category is caravan shopkeepers who evade taxes.

According to the laws of the Pingxi Palace, caravans traveling in the east of Jin must abide by the laws of the Palace, and those who violate the laws will be severely punished!

According to the laws and regulations of the Pingxi Palace, the officials under the palace, who corrupted the law, would be killed without pardon! "

Tiantian and the prince nodded together after hearing this.

Zheng Fan asked: "Look at these corpses. The earliest ones are several years old, and the newest ones are still a little tender. Let me ask you, do you think that the corrupt and perverted people in this world can be killed?"

"My child has always liked to eat Shaqima. After eating it, after a while, I want to eat it again."

"Father Huang once said to Chuanye that those who are superior should be attracted by profit."

Zheng Fan reached out and touched Tian Tian's head, and said to Ji Chuanye:

"That's what your father told you when he was still the prince?"

"yes."

"The people, the events, the pattern are different."

"Children are taught."

Zheng Fan looked at the corpses and said, "Those who practice cool methods can do it for a while, but they can't do it forever. Every spring, weeds regenerate, and this is the same reason.

It is impossible to get rid of this grass forever. It seems to be removed, but after a rain, it must come out again.

But, because of this, you can ignore it, anyway, what you do is useless.

One generation weeds one generation, and one generation takes care of one generation's affairs.

Just like my sword, the holder of the sword often wiped the sword. Once he slacked off and the sword rusted, he would be the one who died on the battlefield. "

"Children are taught."

The two children saluted together.

The prince smacked his lips lightly, and after finishing his tutor addiction, he waved his hand:

"Okay, let's get in the carriage."

...

The horse-drawn carriage team finally came to the boundary of Xueguan.

In the land of eastern Jin, there are three villages.

The largest one is naturally Fengxin City, which has the largest population;

The area around Xueguan and Zhennanguan is also a reclamation area, in order to make the defenders of these two great passes as self-sufficient in food and grass as possible.

Among them, because of the foundation laid by the Hou Mansion back then, Xueguan could clearly see a piece of fertile fields after approaching its boundary, and the work of autumn harvest had already started.

The carriage was driving on the official road in the field, looking at the busy figures on both sides.

There are men, women and children, and there is no shortage of strong laborers;

When the army's winning bidders are busy with farming, they have to participate in production.

In fact, earlier, Zheng Fan thought of raising a purely off-the-job recruiting army, but as the scale of troops required for his family's great business increased, he found that this was not feasible at all;

Without him, the burden is simply too great.

It's not that they can't afford it. In the past, Dayan used the power of the whole country to support the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army, and Jindong can do it now;

However, he wants to operate and develop, and eat as much as he earns, just to keep the situation from collapsing. The ambition of Pingxi Palace must not stop there.

Now, only the 30,000 elite cavalry led by Liang Cheng are out of production, and the rest of the troops stationed in various places have to be responsible for reclamation.

In front, there is a caravan, the caravan is under the banner of Prince Pingxi's Mansion, and will pass through the Snow Customs to go to the snow field.

The shopkeeper of the caravan waited respectfully. After the two carriages merged into the caravan, the caravan continued to move forward, passed the checkpoint, and entered the snow customs.

The Juggernaut opened the curtain, looked at the scene outside, and said:

"I thought it would become cooler here, but it looks like it's more lively than it was back then."

After all, the palace moved from Xueguan to Fengxin City.

"This is in line with the law of development." Zheng Fan said with a smile, "It doesn't matter whether there is a war or not, and it doesn't matter whether the palace is here or not, this checkpoint cannot be calmed down."

The Juggernaut glanced at Zheng Fan and asked, "Why did you enter the city like this?"

Not only entering the city like this, but also the obvious hidden traces on the road, which made the Juggernaut a little curious.

Jinyi's personal guards also stayed far away and did not follow closely.

"If you want to see something real, you have to be low-key."

"So, what do you want to see?"

"It's not clear yet."

The maidservant interjected at this moment: "Master, don't ask any more, our lord just likes the feeling of this white dragon fish suit."

Immediately afterwards, the sword maid added:

"Master, the more you ask, the better the prince feels."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Zheng Fan laughed and threw a peanut in his hand at the sword maid,

laughed and scolded:

"As long as you are smart, don't you know that you are your master?"

Juggernaut has no words;

But in fact, in the past few years, the kind who are neighbors at home and often visit, are almost inseparable when they go out to fight, and their tempers with each other have long been clear to each other.

The sword maid was somewhat dissatisfied and said:

"Then what are you asking, my lord, knowingly and knowingly, are you here to grab something?"

"No, it would be embarrassing if you have to catch the handle temporarily."

"Then, since the prince has the handle, why didn't he just send him out?"

"That's a good question."

Zheng Fan looked at Tian Tian and Ji Chuanye beside him,

Especially when asked about Ji Chuanye;

"Inheritance."

"The baby is here."

"Has your father taught you how to deal with a person you hate?"

"Father taught me before. Father said that it is secondary to judge whether a person is annoying or not. The main thing is to judge whether the person is useful or not."

"go on."

"If a person is useful, even if he makes mistakes, as long as his mistakes are not as useful as he is, he can let go."

"Well, listen, do you hear that?"

Zheng Fan threw another peanut at the sword maid,

road:

"Catch what should be caught, what should be taken, are you staying here alone to help me guard this city?"

"I……"

"I don't have children who are well-informed, so I've been eating for nothing in the past few years."

Hearing this, the Juggernaut turned to look at Zheng Fan.

"Learn a lot from your master, how to behave as a person, and how to look at things and people. This also contains the true meaning of swordsmanship."

"Heh." The Juggernaut didn't bother to speak.

The sword maid showed doubts in her eyes, and said unconvinced:

"My lord, do you know how to use swords?"

"Ask your master."

The Juggernaut had no choice but to say, "Listen more, it's useful."

"oh."

The sword maid had no choice but to agree, she believed in Master.

...

A long time after entering the city, when the caravan was about to go out from the north gate of Xueguan, the carriage that the prince was in left the caravan.

There are rumors in the world that when Prince Pingxi was still Marquis of Pingxi, in order to show his determination to defend the Snow Pass for Dayan against the savages, he built his mansion almost close to the North City Gate.

In fact, the real reason is that the Juggernaut was guarding the North Gate back then.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Hou Mansion, and the two rows of soldiers at the gate immediately stepped forward to check.

"Presumptuous, is this a place where you can park at will!"

He Chunlai got out of the carriage first, took out his token, and scolded:

"The king is here, kneel down to see the prince!"

Zheng Fan also opened the curtain at this time and got out of the carriage.

"My lord..."

The palace has long been relocated from Xuehaiguan to Fengxin City, and now those who are sent to guard the gate of the old Hou's mansion at Xuehaiguan, naturally cannot be very good soldiers, so they don't remember the appearance of Prince Pingxi.

But firstly, the token cannot be faked, and secondly, wouldn’t it be obvious to seek death by pretending to be a prince in Xuehai Customs?

the most important is,

When Zheng Fan glanced over them,

The kind of aura that military people can feel personally made them let go of all doubts and immediately knelt down:

"I pay my respects to the lord, lord Fukang!"

Zheng Fan ignored them, but stood at the door and looked at the signboard of Hou Mansion for a while.

Later, Tian Tian helped Ji Chuanye get out of the carriage, and said to the prince:

"Brother, this is where I used to live."

The Sword Master and Sword Maid also came down, and the two habitually looked at the alley next to the palace.

"Going home."

Zheng Fan turned around and smiled at everyone.

Subsequently,

Step through the door.

After taking down the Snow Customs, the Hou Mansion was actually rebuilt later, purely from an architectural point of view, it is still very new;

But for a house, once no one lives in it, it will easily look "old";

And the house where people have lived in, the easier it is.

Zheng Fan took a group of people to stroll around the house;

at the same time,

The news of the prince's return to the mansion was also immediately spread.

Soon, the first group of civil servants and generals from Xueguan who received the news gathered at the gate of the Hou Mansion;

The soldiers guarding the gate didn't stop it, because the prince didn't let Jin Yi's personal guards take over here.

But even if no one stopped him, after learning that the prince was inside, none of the first batch of civil and military men dared to go in first.

What is the purpose of the prince coming in disguise and directly entering the mansion?

The power of the sky is unpredictable, the power of the sky is unpredictable.

Big guy, you look at me, I look at you, well, just wait, the sky will fall, and the taller ones will go up first.

Slowly, more and more people began to gather here.

And Brother Ke Yandong finally came on horseback. He himself was not in the pass today, but he was inspecting Suibao in the west. After getting the news, he came back immediately.

He is the commander-in-chief of Xuehai Customs, in the east of Shanxi, the military and government are in charge, and the army is the first;

The prefect of Xuehai Customs was surnamed Wen. He was from the Wen family, that is, the family of the blind daughter-in-law's natal family. People came early, but they kept hanging their hands and waiting.

Brother Ke Yandong looked at him, and he also rolled his eyelids and smiled.

The two usually work together to preside over the matters in the Xueguan area, so it is impossible to say that there is no conflict;

"Is the prince really here?"

Brother Ke Yandong asked the gatekeepers.

"Yes, it is the prince."

Brother Ke Yandong tidied up his armor and walked up the steps. The people behind seemed to have found their backbone and lined up to follow up.

Unexpectedly, after climbing the steps, Ke Yandong suddenly stopped and took two deep breaths.

Everyone in the back staggered, and the second-ranked Prefect Wen was directly pushed to the ground.

Brother Ke Yandong glanced back at him, and walked into the Hou's mansion without further delay.

The people behind immediately supported Wen Zhifu, and the big guys followed in together.

Someone will clean the Hou's mansion every once in a while, but it is not like the emperor's Xingyuan, which is equipped with court ladies and eunuchs even when the emperor is not there, because even when the prince lives here, there are very few servants in the mansion.

Brother Ke Yandong went directly to the back house,

On the threshold in front of the backyard, two children were sitting.

There was a thick pile of paperwork in front of each of the two children, as if they were sorting it out. Seeing a group of people approaching, the two children did not show any signs of panic.

"This is the record of the barbarian general's embezzlement of Baohu's farmland. Put it here."

"This is a record of suppressing dissidents and promoting relatives. Put it here."

"This is a note about blackmailing Hailan's department, put it here."

"Brother, this is an anecdote for arbitrarily provoking and ambush Gesang's caravan. It should be put in your place."

"Yes, yes, yes, this is disrespectful after drinking, and it should be left to you, brother."

Brother Ke Yandong opened his mouth, and his breathing began to tremble.

The generals and civil servants in the back also looked at each other in blank dismay, only feeling that a terrible pressure had hit.

Tian Tian raised his head and seemed to realize that there was a large group of people standing in front of him, and said in surprise;

"Uncles, why are you standing here, go in."

Although the child's appearance has changed rapidly due to growing up, many people present have already vaguely guessed the identity of the two children.

Just wait for Brother Ke Yandong to take the lead in saluting, so that everyone can keep up.

Who knew that Brother Ke Yandong was a little staggering, as if he had lost his mind, he just nodded numbly and walked in.

The group of people behind had no choice but to follow in together, but they did not forget to show courteous smiles to the two dolls.

As for the two children, they looked harmless to humans and animals, and did not greet anyone, and continued to sit down and sort the books in front of them.

The big guy finally entered the back garden of the palace,

at this time,

There stood a man in a white python robe, with a chair beside the man.

When the crowd came in, the man turned around.

After a long time no see, seeing the prince's majestic face again, everyone's minds froze for a moment.

Immediately, the prince's actions and words,

Let Ke Yandong, the chief soldier of Xueguan, collapse on the ground with a "bang", shaking like a sieve.

The prince patted the chair beside him,

road:

"Come on, Brother Dong, let me sit on the lonely throne for you."