Before they even reached the city gate, someone came out to greet them. About twenty people were divided into two teams, all wearing dark red short coats and leather boots, with a knife on their waist. They looked very energetic. Standing at the head was a young man.
He stood with his hands down and his expression respectful. Xu Zizhen didn't recognize him at first glance, but he didn't expect the young man to speak first when he came closer.
"Master, are you back?"
Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment, and upon closer inspection he realized that he was actually Xiao Xuan, the former young master of the Xiao family. It was just that the young master was just a playboy at the time, but now he is as serious as an orthodox upper class member of the British Empire hundreds of years later.
Social steward.
"Xiao Xuan? Ha, I haven't seen you for half a year, and I almost don't recognize you." Xu Zizhen got off his horse and stepped forward to pat Xiao Xuan on the shoulder.
Xiao Xuan lowered his head slightly and replied seriously: "Master, my name is Xu Xuan now."
"Seo Hyun?"
"Yes, I will take the young master's surname."
Xu Zizhen was speechless for a moment, and he didn't know whether he was surprised or moved, because he knew that people in this era were based on their ancestors and would not change their names easily. Even their surnames were more important to them than their lives.
Xu Xuan looked up at Xu Zizhen, with a hint of excitement and gratitude on his face, and said: "The young master saved my life, and I will be the young master's person from now on. What's more, the young master does not dislike the things I did before, but instead gave me
New student, Xu Xuan’s life belongs to you, young master.”
Xu Zizhen quickly interrupted him: "Don't, don't, don't, I'll be nervous if it's so serious. You used to be careless, but your nature is not bad. I knew this a long time ago. Besides, I don't have a close friend in Daxia. With you,
It's really hard for you to help me manage such a big business, so don't talk about yourself like a slave in the future, I'm not used to it, understand?"
"Friend?" Xu Xuan was shocked and froze there. His eyes became moist and he repeated these two words. After the Xiao family was wiped out, he had lived in fear for a long time because he was once a member of the Xiao family.
Even though he was just an adopted son, he still bore the mark of the Xiao family, but Xu Zizhen did not dislike him, and kept his promise to help him escape from the Xiao family and arranged him here.
Where is this place? It is Yaode City, a private city granted to Xu Zizhen by the Emperor of Great Xia, and in the blink of an eye, Xiao Xuan became the biggest person in the city besides Xu Zizhen. Xiao Xuan is not a fool, on the contrary, he is very smart, and
What's rare is that he has a grateful heart.
The kindness of being alive was already hard to repay, and with this feeling of knowing and trusting him, he suddenly had an idea at this moment, even if Xu Zizhen asked him to die now, he would not hesitate.
Seeing that his eyes were red, Xu Zizhen quickly interrupted with a smile: "Well, I haven't been to my own land yet. This time I will bring my mother and my wife to come and see it together."
Xu Xuan quickly gathered up his emotions and greeted everyone behind Xu Zizhen. When he saw Hu Sanniang, he naturally called him "Old Madam". When he saw Zhuo Ya, he also respectfully called "Young Madam". Zhuo Ya blushed but did not deny it. Anyway, in her heart, this was
It was a matter of time, but Xu Xuan didn't know if it was intentional or not. Then he saluted Su San and Gillian in the same way and called her "young mistress". As a result, the two girls blushed and became slightly angry.
Amidst the laughter, Xu Xuan led the more than twenty men in dark red gowns to clear the way, and led Xu Zizhen to start a "territorial review."
Xu Zizhen later understood that these men in dark red coats were all his inner city guards. In addition to the children of the Yun family, they were masters of the top three Jue Halls. They were all elites who could fight one against ten outside.
Since the inner city is responsible for the collection of trade materials from all parties, the security task is quite heavy. Xu Zizhen asked and said that there were more than a hundred such elites in total, all of whom were personally selected by Yun Shanglan.
Yaode City has the Jingsai Army Division in the south and the Xiangqing Army Division in the north. It was originally a peaceful and peaceful place, but now with more than a hundred elite guards, the inner city of Yaode City is protected like an iron barrel, making ordinary thieves Don't even think about getting in here.
Outside the city is a tributary of the Yellow River, which the locals call Lingzhou River. It goes from west to south and turns right outside the city to the east, seeming to surround Yaode City. On the north side of the river, except for Yaode City, Outside Decheng is the vast grassland. Looking from a high place, you can see herds of cattle, sheep and horses grazing leisurely under the blue sky and white clouds. It is like a beautiful picture.
The more Xu Zizhen watched, the more excited he became. He never thought that the fiefdom Li Qianshun gave him would be such a good place. At this moment, he regretted the suggestion he made to Li Renxiao. Who said slavery was bad? I think it is good. Well!
After walking around for more than an hour, Xu Zizhen couldn't walk around anymore, so he asked Xu Xuan to take him into the city.
When he entered the city, he found that it was a different scene. In his concept, a small place like Yaode City was at best like a small village in a TV costume drama. At most, there were some small vendors on the street selling pottery. Selling cucumbers and the like, I didn’t expect that the inner city was actually very lively. Pedestrians were walking back and forth, and there were many shops on both sides of the street. There were restaurants, cloth shops, pawnshops, and gambling houses. Apart from the fact that they were smaller than Xingqing Mansion, they looked like nothing else. How much difference.
Xu Zizhen was so happy that he blurted out: "The old man is very interesting!"
Gillian and Su San asked curiously: "Which old man?"
"Uh...it's nothing. Let's go, I'll treat you to a big dinner!"
I have the final say on my territory, Xu Zizhen felt like this now, and when Xu Xuan led him to a magnificent building, he was completely dumbfounded.
The house in front of me can no longer be called a house. The gate tower is towering and the courtyard is deep. From the appearance alone, it is much more imposing than any Song or Xia palace that Xu Zizhen has ever seen. Although there are two "low-key" written on the plaque at the door. The big character - Xu Mansion.
"This...is this my home?" Xu Zizhen asked, pointing at the plaque.
Xu Xuandao: "Yes, young master, this is your consort's residence."
Xu Zizhen didn't know what he thought of. He froze in front of the door and frowned for a long time. Then he suddenly pulled Xu Xuan and whispered: "Prepare some manpower for me. Once my wedding is over in a few days, you can build the inner city wall." I stripped it and replaced it with this house."
Xu Xuan was startled: "Master, what are you..."
"Hush... I'm going to shoot the first bird. I'm not an orthodox Daxia person. Taking up such a good place and building such a big mansion will sooner or later make people jealous. If you don't quickly put your tail between your legs, I will have to fight with your damn adoptive father." It’s the same, understand?”
Just kidding, even if Xu Zizhen doesn't read history books, he still knows something about history. From ancient times to the present, unless the feudal princes are strong enough to become kings, none of them will have good results. Although Yaode City is not big, it can If you do it too well, it will make people jealous.
Xu Xuan was a smart man. He immediately understood Xu Zizhen's intention and agreed immediately. Xu Zizhen felt relieved.
You must not be too arrogant as a person. It would have been difficult to survive in the Song Dynasty. Don't make trouble for a long time and get slaughtered in Xixia. That would be a big loss for Dafa.
Just as he was thinking about it, a Tingting curling figure suddenly walked out of the courtyard, with cascading hair and picturesque eyebrows, but with a bit of sadness in her expression. She came to the door and looked at Xu Zizhen with a mixture of anger and resentment.