Jianye was once named Moling, and Moling County has been the political and economic center of a large area north of Danyang since the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Speaking of which, the name was changed to Jianye only in the past few years.
After Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan came to power. He was eager to make achievements and had aspirations beyond those of his father and brother, so he moved his base from Wuchang to Moling.
Changing one’s destiny and building a career naturally has the connotation of making achievements.
But... after all, Jianye was built not long ago. Whether visually or in various senses, compared to other prosperous places in Jiangdong, Jianye is really deserted.
Sun Quan, who was already a bit rebellious, wanted to find some people in Jianye to help receive Liu Bei, but no one responded at all for a while, which was really miserable.
The real economic center of Jiangdong actually depends on Wu and Hui.
Especially Wu Jun.
Wu Guotai is now in Jianye, but in fact the Sun family's mansion is also in Wu County.
After Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce across the river to Jiangdong, he also moved his family from Shucheng to Wu County.
In addition, Wu County's location is relatively remote, and its safety is definitely better than that of Jianye and Wuchang. Sun Zhou and other high-level officials from Jiangdong mostly brought their families and relatives to Wu County.
The Qiao family and Qiao family are among them.
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At that time, Lu Xun's grandfather, Lu Kang, defended Lujiang County, also known as Shucheng - he fought hard but was defeated, and eventually died of illness.
With more than half of Lu's casualties and vitality greatly reduced, it seems to be quite difficult.
But after all, the Lu family has retained the fire. Today, the Lu family is still known as one of the four surnames in Wu County. In any case, it can be said that the end of the world has not been reached.
Lu is not a native of Lujiang, which is understandable.
In fact, when Sun Ce attacked Lujiang, the person who was brutally eaten was undoubtedly the Qiao family in Wan County.
Three years later, after Sun Ce attacked Shucheng, he invited Zhou Yu. The two of them joined forces and swept the remaining areas of Lujiang in an instant.
The largest family in Wancheng is the Qiao family, and the person in charge of them is naturally Mr. Qiao - the man who people today call Mr. Qiao.
Qiao Guolao has two daughters, one is married to the overlord Sun Ce, and the other is married to Zhou Lang Zhou Yu. On the surface, people seem to have forgotten that this is just a family struggling for survival after a war.
A helpless act.
Compared with the political marriage, Er Qiao's marriage may be more embarrassing.
People only know that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were very proud of themselves, and how many Jiangdong women dreamed of marrying these two high-spirited men. Who has ever thought about what the mood of the two young men was like over the years.
Hidden beneath the glamorous exterior, a tragic fact is ignored by most people.
Today's Qiao family, except for Qiao Guolao, who is still a member of the Qiao family, the rest of the Qiao family...are basically out of ten.
One can only imagine what happened back then... How could anyone imagine the consequences of the war to be so beautiful?
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But after all, because Qiao Guolao has two "virtuous sons-in-law", his status is quite high at least among the upper class society of Soochow.
The Qiao family is supported by the Zhou family and the Sun family. Although it is not as wealthy as those famous families, it is definitely not poor.
But…
Sun Ce's death...Zhou Yu had suffered another setback in his career before, and the hidden conflicts in the Qiao family seemed to have gradually surfaced.
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Qiao Guolao actually lived a very happy life as a child.
After being brought to Jiangdong by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Qiao's own property was not only dead, but it was also difficult to regain its previous situation.
A few tea shops may be the only family property that Mr. Qiao can take care of on a daily basis.
These tea shops basically cannot make ends meet, and they rely entirely on the support of the Zhou family and the Sun family to continue operating.
On this day, Qiao Guolao still went out early, planning to go to his shop, drink some tea, listen to the gossip of the neighbors, and spend the day doing nothing.
However, as soon as he went out and stepped out of the threshold with his front foot, he was stopped by a call from his back foot.
"father!"
The voice sounded like that of a young woman, and besides Qiao Guolao's two daughters, who else could be the person who could speak so directly to Qiao Guolao and shout out this word in such a rapid tone?
"Nan'er? You...why are you back?"
Qiao Guolao turned around and looked at the visitor with a little surprise, and his tone was slightly nervous.
It was Xiao Qiao. At this moment, Xiao Qiao was unaccompanied, so he walked straight towards Qiao Guolao with a cloth bag in his arms.
Seeing that there was no one around, Mr. Qiao Guolao had not seen his daughter for a long time. After a long time of reaction, he finally felt happy and went to greet her with a smile.
However... maybe because his eyes were dim, Qiao Guolao didn't see the expression on his daughter's face clearly at first.
After getting closer, she realized that Xiao Qiao... was staring at her with an angry look.
Father and daughter meet happily, what happened to Xiao Qiao?
Mr. Qiao Guo is wondering:
"Nan'er, are you the only one? The Zhou family didn't say anything?"
"Gongjin is coming back soon..."
Xiao Qiao still looked angry, but at least he answered Qiao Guolao's question.
It's just...this question is a bit misleading, isn't it?
"My son-in-law is coming back? That's great! Our two families haven't seen each other for such a long time. After I make some arrangements, you can ask your son-in-law to come home when he has time, so we can..."
"father!"
Xiao Qiao shouted angrily again, and the voice she shouted made Mr. Qiao a little scared.
He quickly looked back and saw that no one was around, and immediately pulled his daughter home.
Xiao Qiao did not resist, and was panting along the way. Xiao Qiao, now a young woman, still has some childishness of a girl. She is in her twenties, and her appearance and temperament have not faded at all. Even though
Wearing simple clothes and carrying a cloth bag, the aura of wealth and nobility on his body cannot be concealed at all.
From these alone, we can see that Xiao Qiao actually lived a good life after marrying into the Zhou family.
But...she doesn't seem to be in a good mood? What on earth is going on?
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Back home, Qiao Guolao didn't plan to hang out in the shop.
Along the way, he finally noticed something was wrong with his daughter.
Before closing the door, he repeatedly confirmed that no one outside the house had noticed Xiao Qiao's return - if word spread about Xiao Qiao's current attire and appearance of being alone, it would be rumored that he had been driven back to his parents' home...
Finally...Qiao Guolao breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking back, he frowned and planned to ask Xiao Qiao what happened.
To be honest, getting angry in the middle of the road for no reason is not what Mr. Qiao expected to see from Xiao Qiao.
"Nan'er, tell dad what it is..."
As a result, until now, Qiao Guolao still didn't say everything he said.
Because as soon as he turned around, he saw Xiao Qiao's beautiful face stained by a few lines of tears——
"What's wrong, Nan'er? Tell dad...is it...is it the Zhou family that bullied you?"
