On May 21 of the fourth year of Chongzhen, after nearly 20 days of travel, Wanhua and Fan Lichun finally arrived in Jiexiu, Fenzhou.

Fortunately, since Sun Chuanting defeated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the whole Shanxi is relatively peaceful, and the road is safe.

Of course, this is said again, if it weren't for Wanhua with Wang Wu and more than a dozen of them to ride elite guards, and Fan Lichun was also accompanied by thirty or forty family members, this force should not be underestimated.

Otherwise, there will be bandits and bandits jumping out to find trouble!

As soon as everyone arrived at the gate of Jiexiu County, the team guarding the city gate saw that Fan Lichun was back, and they ran over in a panic.

"Hey, it turns out that Master Fan is back, and the old lady was still talking about you when he went out of the city a few days ago!"

"Oh!"

When Fan Lichun heard this, he couldn't help asking, "Is my father going away?" ”

"Whether it's a long way out, I don't know if the little one is out, anyway, the city that came out the day before yesterday hasn't come back yet!"

Fan Lichun listened, but he was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and after finding out a few broken pieces of silver to reward him, he just beckoned Wanhua into the city.

The gatekeeper was rewarded by Fan Lichun, and his face was even more happy, nodding his head, that is, he scolded the people who entered the city on the side to make way, and he looked like a servant of the Fan family!

Seeing this, Wan Hua couldn't help but sigh in his heart, you can get a glimpse from this gatekeeper, and know the whole picture, it seems that the influence of the Fan family in Jiexiu is really not small, it is estimated that the county government, the state capital and other yamen are all set up by the Fan family!

When I entered the county seat, I saw that the streets and alleys were very lively, the shops along the way were lined up, and the small stalls and vendors were countless, and the sound of selling was endless.

The street is full of pedestrians, and it seems that the business here is also very prosperous.

Looking at the clothes of these ordinary people, although they are not gorgeous and glamorous, they are basically clean and tidy, and then look at their faces, they are also relatively ruddy, so it seems that the life of the people here is also good.

Of course, this is also because the business here is relatively developed, and in the places far away from such prosperous towns, it is still relatively poor.

And as the situation in the Ming Dynasty slowly deteriorated, there were more and more displaced people and rebel leaders entering Shanxi, such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

As soon as these people came in, many poor people had different thoughts, and under the instigation of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the poor people were also unwilling to endure the exploitation of the government and local squires, and they also joined the ranks of rebellion.

Then there is a cycle of death, because they rebel, so that more and more people have no way to continue their lives, what to do, join the rebel army,

As soon as the rebel army grew, more people could not survive, and these people joined the rebel army again, and in this way, Shanxi, which was originally quite stable, was also in chaos later!

Thinking of this, Wanhua couldn't help but sigh in his heart, now that Sun Chuanting has come out in advance, and he has beaten Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in Shanxi, I don't know if the current Shanxi will be the same as in history, and it will become a pot of porridge.

Not long after, Wanhua and his party arrived at the Fan family's mansion.

I saw that on the plaque of the gate of Fan's house, there were two gilded characters of "Fan Mansion" written in Douda, which was very noble and extraordinary, and there were two huge stone lions sitting at the door, which looked very powerful and lifelike.

When the servant at the door saw Fan Lichun coming, he hurriedly greeted the house, and then came over to serve Fan Lichun to dismount.

Not long after, more than a dozen people came out of Fan's Mansion to greet them, all of them were dressed in brocade clothes, glamorous, and they were worth a lot of money at a glance.

When they got closer, they were talking to Fan Lichun enthusiastically, and their words were full of flattery.

Then Fan Lichun roughly introduced these people to Wanhua, all of whom were his uncles and brothers, and only two of them were the leaders of Fan's business.

These people began to see that Wanhua's dress was relatively ordinary, and they didn't care very much, but when they learned that Wanhua was a garrison general, and looking at Fan Lichun's appearance, they seemed to value Wanhua quite much.

They all changed their smiling faces, and they all came to Wanhua, enthusiastically and Wanhua.

Such a scene, for Wanhua, is naturally familiar, and in a few words, the atmosphere is even hotter than Wanhua.

Then, Fan Lichun invited Wanhua and Zhang Chan into Fan's mansion, personally brought Wanhua and them to the first-class wing, and arranged Wanhua and their party properly, which is needless to say.

After everything was arranged, Fan Lichun said to Wanhua: "The general has worked hard all the way, and my father unfortunately went out to do business, so he will come back tomorrow, so the reception banquet for the general will be held tomorrow, and I hope the general will forgive me!" ”

Wan Hua smiled slightly, hugged his fists and replied: "The shopkeeper is polite, the shopkeeper has arranged such thoughtfully, I am too late to be grateful, where is there anything to forgive and not forgive!" When the shopkeeper said this, it really tormented me! ”

"Hahaha,,,"

Fan Lichun heard this and laughed a few times.

Along the way, he and Wan Hua are also familiar with each other, and I feel that Wan Hua is really good at talking, and his head is also okay, which is not as unreasonable as ordinary generals.

The two exchanged a few polite words to each other, and Fan Lichun said goodbye and left.

After Fan Lichun left, Wang Wu on the side saw that there were no outsiders left and right, so he said to Wanhua: "Master Hu, the last time we met their Fan family in Yulin, we let go of a lot of them at that time, will we be recognized by them now?" ”

Wanhua smiled slightly, and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, I've thought about this a long time ago, it's okay."

At that time, we just put some errand boys, where are they qualified to appear in the Fan family's mansion, besides, at that time, they were all scared to death, their heads were about to be planted in the soil, how many people saw me?

And my dress at that time was very different from now, that is, someone had seen me, and now that such a long time has passed, I have doubts in my heart, but now that I am a guest of honor in the Fan family, does he dare to say anything about a small role! ”

After speaking, Wanhua couldn't help but look around again at the courtyard where he lives now, and the environment is very beautiful.

"This Fan family's mansion is not a great place, and the family servants are also ordinary, if they really feel that something is wrong, with our current manpower, it is enough to wash their Fan family if they suddenly make trouble in the Fan Mansion!"