In mid-March, the apricot blossoms of Xiangxueju bloom on time, and the pink color glow spreads all over the green earth, which is the most beautiful spring of the year.

Xiangxueju has been open for five years and has become the most famous resort in Huazhou, and every year when the apricot blossoms bloom, tourists from all over the world come to enjoy the rare beauty in this world. Hearing the news of the apricot blossoms, he couldn't even sit still, threw the government affairs to Jiang Anyi, and took his family to Xiangxueju's residence to enjoy the flowers.

The road to Xiangxueju has been widened into eight horse-drawn carriages in parallel, and there are four such roads, with Xiangxueju as the center, leading to the southeast, northwest, and four directions. Zhenwei Dart Bureau's Wei Ji Carriage and Horse Shop has dozens of trips of carriages and horses every day between Huiye Mansion and Xiangxueju, six copper plates can easily come and go, the Weiwu Dart Bureau that competed with Zhenwei Dart Bureau has long disappeared, behind the backer Metropolitan Governor Yang Xiangliang died in battle, the head of the dart Zhang Tiangang rebelled, the Weiwu Dart Bureau was copied, and the dart master under the door was imprisoned or scattered, and some were simply accepted by the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, and sold their lives for the opponent.

Zhang Tiangang did not die, when Jiang Anyi went out to conquer the Gobi, Zhou Shaofeng led people to rob the prison and rescued him and defected to the Great Qi State. Jiang Anyi was silent for a long time after learning the news, for him, Zhang Tiangang's harm was greater than Yang Siqi's, Yan'er's husband Li Mingfeng was the apprentice of Liu Ziwei of the Yuantian Sect is the news revealed by Zhang Tiangang, Jiang Anyi didn't tell anyone about this matter, if Daqi Guo used this news to coerce himself, how should he deal with it, Zhang Tiangang ran away, and the trouble was not broken.

Yesterday, I received the news sent by Chen Han, the situation in Shasu has stabilized, Longgai has been in charge of the government, Luo Na is listening to the government, and Tu Lezan has specifically dealt with the government for the prime minister. Wei Cheguo did not notice that the old king was dying of the pain of losing his son, the second prince Bo Lian and the third prince Mo Wei had returned to Boshi City to compete for the throne, and each of them had a group of men and horses to support, arguing in the court every day, not knowing that Lang Luo and Yang Siqi were ready to attack at any time, and Suo Tu and Cummings also sent a reply from Teng Gongli, thank him for his reminder, and prepare to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Jiang Anyi put Chen Han's spy report on the lamp and lit it, the seeds of the rebellion in the Western Regions had been sown, and it was too early for it to spread out, and he didn't know if he would still be in Huazhou by then. When he came back from Shasu Kingdom, he passed by the military village, the gold mine was already being excavated, and nearly a hundred horse thieves were killed.

The construction of the military village is not satisfactory, there are no trees and large stones in the Gobi, and it is too expensive to transport materials from the pass, you must know that Jiang Anyi wants to set up two large military villages in the Gobi, and the leaky walls on all sides can not stop the crazy horse thieves, not to mention the army in the Western Regions.

Back in Huiye Mansion, Jiang Anyi brought Li Laigao and asked the hundred craftsmen to make local materials in the Gobi, and the method of refining bricks, there is a lot of clay in the Gobi, which should be able to refine green bricks, and with the brick wall, it is much easier to gain a foothold in the Gobi. Li Laigao was very interested, and personally took 20 craftsmen from 100 engineering departments to go to the Gobi with He Xigui's 1,500 light horses, An Yong had been in the Gobi for five months, and it was time to change his guard.

Jiang Anyi has already sent a letter to ask Dong'er to take Chenzhi and Yunsi back to Pingshan Town to serve the old lady, and let Siyu bring his children to Huiye Mansion to reunite with Jiang Anyong.

The apricot blossoms of Xiangxueju are blooming, and the peaches, plums and apricots in front of and behind the houses of the people of Huiye Mansion are also blooming, and the entire Huiye Mansion is wafting in the fragrance. Several pear trees planted in Jiangfu also bloomed, white as snow, plain and elegant, nothing to do in the evening, Jiang Anyi likes to sit under the pear tree and drink a few cups, the fragrance of flowers is accompanied by the fragrance of wine, and the days are comfortable.

Xiangxueju is a collection of scenery, singing and dancing entertainment, tavern teahouse, Qinglou casino in one place, every year the apricot blossoms of Dabeitiangou open when the people are thousands of people, with the fame of Xiangxueju is getting bigger and bigger, this number is still snowballing growth, now not only and Zhou, Qingzhou, Leizhou dignitaries will come, even far away in Fuzhou, Huangzhou, Duanzhou have people come to enjoy the scenery and have fun, Yongchang Imperial Capital in the son brother a month in advance by the beginning of the come. In the minds of the world, Huazhou has moved from a desolate land of a hundred battles to the Huazhou mentioned by Ma Wenxiang in the Biyi Garden Literary Conference, and if you don't praise Huazhou, you will be despised if you don't praise the two sentences of "the sky is vast and the wilderness" and "the desert is lonely and the sun sets over the long river".

In the past two years, Guo Huaili has continuously invested the money he earned into buying fields, building houses, and taking care of the scenery, and now Xiangxueju has covered an area of more than 400 hectares, which can accommodate more than 600 people at the same time. The popularity of Xiangxueju has led to the prosperity of the business of houses and small shops in the surrounding villages, that is, the income of Tengjian House for tourists is worth half of the income from farming, and countless people have benefited from Xiangxueju.

The rich people of Huazhou understand that land is the most valuable thing, and the four hundred hectares of land with the most beautiful scenery in Dabei Tiangou have fallen into the hands of Guo Huaili (Tong'er), these people can only retreat to the second, and buy land near Xiangxueju, the original 400 wen a mu has become a sky-high price of ten taels of silver, even so, the new Wufeng County Ling Yao Wenqing ordered that the land near Xiangxueju was strictly prohibited without his approval.

Ordinary people can't buy land even if they have money, but like Mr. Ning, the magnates of Huazhou, as well as the nobles of the family and Beijing, have their own methods, and soon the official land near Xiangxueju was sold out, and countless chic mansions popped up like mushrooms after the rain, becoming a separate garden for these magnates to vacation and receive guests.

It was less than twenty miles from Wufeng County to Xiangxueju, and there were endless cars and horses on the official road, and six tall horses escorted a young man in the middle to the direction of Xiangxueju. On the avenue, the fragrant cars and BMWs are continuous, but these seven horses are still eye-catching, and the guards on horseback are all powerful, bending bows and carrying swords, and at a glance they are the children of wealthy families.

"Brother Yan, there is a word Wei on the body of the big car in front, it should be Wei Ji Che Ma Xing. Fang Thorn Shi's method of stipulating that the chariots and horses should go on the left is really good, so many chariots and horses are in order, and the imperial capital should also follow this rule. Watching the wind makes a lot of messy things every year, and they don't see such useful things as they say a word. There were too many carriages and horses, and the speed of movement was not fast, and the young man in brocade in the team looked around and saw that the carriages and horses on the avenue were divided into two sides, and he was a little surprised.

Next to the young man was a man in his thirties, his eyes scanned the surroundings sharply, and his body swayed gently with the horse's movements, and at first glance he knew that he was a skilled master of bowing horses. Hearing the young man's question, Yan Shengsen retracted his gaze and smiled: "Brother Ren has good eyesight, eighty percent of the passenger carriages that went to Xiangxueju were from Wei Ji carriages and horses. ”

The young man said with a smile: "You mean Master Jiang, the court has clear rules that prohibit officials from competing with the people for profit, so that the imperial historian can inevitably impeach Master Jiang if he hears your words." ”

Yan Shengsen's face turned white, and he distinguished: "Brother Ren said that he was laughing, how dare I say bad things about Lord Jiang, we Brother Renren, you also heard it in Wufeng County, Lord Jiang has a good reputation in Huazhou, this Xiangxue Ju has increased the commercial tax of at least 30,000 yuan for Wufeng County every year, and the people in this vicinity can save three or five yuan even if they rent out their own houses, which is all the virtue and politics of Lord Jiang." ”

The young man laughed and said: "My uncle-in-law praised you for being a warrior in a hundred battles, if it weren't for me, I would be reluctant to let you come to merge with me, how can you mention Jiang Shi and you look like a bear, this is not like you in my uncle's mouth." ”

Yan Shengsen straightened his chest and said proudly: "It's not that the last general is boasting, he has never been timid in the face of Mo Cai and the Western Regions people, and he has slashed dozens of enemy horsemen with a steel knife in his hand. The last general watched Lord Jiang rush into battle with his own eyes outside the Huiye Mansion, and sighed to himself. Who is a man in the army who does not admire Master Jiang so much that he can win battles and be rewarded for his meritorious service with such a general. ”

"Okay, okay, the lonely king is joking, Brother Yan is still serious." The jealousy in Shi Chongren's eyes flashed, and the smile on his face did not show the slightest abnormality.

Yan Shengsen is the nephew of Yan Building Materials, originally a personal guard, Yan Building Materials was demoted to Beidaying and then led the army to reinforce Huazhou, Yan Shengsen was with him, because of the meritorious service of killing the enemy from the nine grades of the accompanying Rong Lieutenant has been promoted to the six grades of Zhao Wuwei, two years across the twelfth level, if in the civil system is unimaginable, but in the military general system to kill the enemy and record the promotion is normal, all many soldiers hope that the border is restless, and there is a war that means merit and promotion.

Shi Chongren was annexed to the state, and there was no one around him who could be used, Yan Yan recommended Yan Shengsen to Luo Wangye, and Shi Chongren appointed him as the Sima of Luo Wangfu, and he would command six hundred guards in the future. This time, the kings were too hasty, and Wuyang Mansion was not prepared at all, so they could only divide out a thousand feudal towns outside the west city of Wuyang Mansion in accordance with the edict, and the palace was too late to build, so it temporarily requisitioned a piece of mansion in the east city, and simply opened up the decoration as a temporary palace.

On March 6, King Luo drove to Wuyang Mansion, and Quan Xingqing led the officials of the palace to greet him, explaining that the palace was too late to be built, and he could only requisition a house for the prince and the concubine to live temporarily. Shi Chongren and Concubine Liu were very satisfied after seeing the temporary residence, and asked the whole assassin to send people to rebuild it as an official palace according to the system. Shi Chongren came to Wuyang Mansion, which was completely released, and the affairs of the palace were left to Liu Shuliang (third uncle) and Zhuang Songweihe, a friend of the palace, who took Yan Shengsen and other guards out of the city every day to hunt and play in the mountains and rivers.

On this day, when he returned to the house, he heard that the apricot blossoms of Xiangxueju in Huazhou had bloomed, Shi Chongren suddenly wanted to go and see, he had heard of the name of Xiangxueju in Beijing, Wuyang Mansion was only five or six days away from Huiye Mansion, and it was the time to rush to Xiangxueju when the apricot blossoms were in full bloom. There is a difficulty in this, Zheng Taizong has an edict that the vassal king cannot leave the domain at will, and it is even more taboo to go beyond the state, but almost two hundred years have passed, and some rules have been clearly extinct.

Claiming to be ill, Shi Chongren took Yan Shengsen and others out of Nanfeng County Pass to Huazhou. Looking back at the dangerous pass of Nanfeng, the flag fluttering in the sky above the pass, guarding the road of Huazhou's eastward expansion, Shi Chongren's mind flashed through the secret confession of the Son of Heaven to himself before leaving Beijing: I am optimistic about the gateway to Merge State, take a look at Huazhou for me, and also take a look at Jiang Anyi.

Along the way, the people of Huazhou have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and they can be called the people's health and Wufu, which is not one or two points stronger than that of Bingzhou. Shi Chongren once deliberately missed the lodging, borrowed to live in a small country town, although the people in the town were plainly dressed, but the folk customs were simple, the villagers were harmonious, in order to entertain them a few passers-by, killing chickens and cutting meat, and the fruit wine brewed by himself was called rich.

When Shi Chongren heard that there were only more than 300 households in this town, and he also hired a gentleman to teach children to read, he was surprised when he heard that there were only more than 300 households in this town, and he also hired a gentleman to teach children to read. Uncle Wang's two grandsons, the eldest is ten years old, and the younger is eight years old, both of whom are enlightened in a private school in the west of the village.

"The prosperity of politics is in the hearts of the people", in the middle of the night, Shi Chongren stood in the courtyard and looked at the bright moon in the sky and muttered: "Jiang Anyi's prestige in Huazhou is too high, if he is allowed to pacify the Western Regions again, I am afraid that it will not be the blessing of the court or the blessing of my Shi family." ”

Although he lacks a good impression of the eldest brother sitting on the throne, and is far less close to the second brother King Chu, Shi Chongren did not dare to ignore the explanation of the Son of Heaven when he left Beijing. The position of the envoy was in charge of both civil affairs and military power, and his position was similar to that of the previous governors, and Emperor Su stripped the civil power of the four major protectors to reduce the risk. However, the Western Regions Coalition Army invaded Huazhou, and the court soldiers and horses were trapped in the north to deal with the desert people, so Jiang Anyi had to be appointed as the economic envoy.

Jiang Anyi has always been loyal to the court, and Huazhou paid a tax of four million taels last year, so Shi Chongwei decided to wait a little longer and transfer Jiang Anyi from Huazhou in a year or two. Even so, Shi Chongwei was still a little uneasy, and secretly ordered Shi Chongren to guard against Jiang Anyi by taking advantage of King Luo's annexation of the state, to see if he was still loyal.