Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

On the other side of him, Zhang Yan didn't say much when he heard the words. He just sighed and led the two of them back into his carriage.

It's just that this time, the groom in charge of driving is no longer the guy who followed all the way from Luoyang, but replaced by one of the many servants of the Qiao family. He is more than 1.8 meters tall, half a point taller and burly than Zhang Yan Attendant bridge two.

Now that this kind of thing has happened today, Zhang Yan has no way to pretend to be an ordinary passerby, to understand from some basic perspectives what kind of things the people of Lujiang need.

At the same time, he couldn't continue to delay his itinerary any longer, so he could only choose to visit Qiao Xuan at Qiao's house empty-handed.

After all, it’s okay if the other party doesn’t know the whereabouts. Once the other party knows, Zhang Yan has to visit the other party as soon as possible. Otherwise, others will think that his son-in-law has something for the Qiao family. What opinion, or thought that there was some conflict between him and Qiao Ying.

It's okay if it's the latter, after all, no matter how much outsiders guess about the affairs of the husband and wife, they don't have the right to intervene too much.

But if it is the former, after it reaches the ears of the gentry in the Lujiang area, it will inevitably leave everyone with a feeling of arrogance in Zhang Yan's attitude towards the aristocratic family.

This is an indiscriminate disaster.

On the other hand, Qiao Ying was not as complicated as Zhang Yan thought.

At this moment, just because she had been away from home for a long time, it was inevitable that she would feel a little excited before returning home.

Taking the two of them into the carriage, Zhang Yan had already adjusted his mood soon.After all, in life, it is impossible for everything to happen according to his personal ideas. There is no way for such a thing to happen today.

After figuring this out, he didn't worry about not being able to "understand the people's sentiments" properly, but took Qiao Ying's hand and began to appreciate the scenery inside Wancheng through the carriage window.

Looking at the servants of the Qiao family guarding him on the third floor and the third floor around his carriage, and seeing the appearance of the other party who was afraid that an assassin would plot against him, Zhang Yan subconsciously felt a little funny, even in his originally depressed mood. All became better than before.

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"Ying'er, didn't you say earlier that the local aristocratic families in Lujiang are much worse than those in other places, even the servants' strength is the same."

"But looking at the situation now, how do you feel that our Qiao family, let alone a third-rate family, is not far behind those large families like Xuzhou's Chen family and Mi family with tens of thousands of servants?"

Gently hugged the other person's waist, probably because he was in a more relaxed mood now, Zhang Yan even ignored a large light bulb sitting opposite the two of them at this time, just leaned over to Qiao Ying's ear He lightly teased the other party.

Hearing this, Qiao Ying also blushed a little, but she didn't know whether it was because of Zhang Yan's behavior or what the other party said earlier.

"It's not because my father is worried about our safety..."

"Husband, you really... ask questions knowingly."

Justifying in a low voice, Qiao Ying leaned on the other's shoulder with a blushing face at this moment, feeling the harmony and tranquility between the two.

But this atmosphere didn't last too long, a honest and honest voice came from the front of the carriage.

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"Young Master, that's not what you said. I don't think our Qiao family has anything incomparable to those big families!"

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"It doesn't matter that our Qiao family is not as powerful and powerful as those aristocratic families in the north, but Mr. Qiao said that compared to the number of years of inheritance, we are not inferior to those guys at all."

"Especially in the past two years, Jiangdong's development has been rapid."

"After the envoy drives out all the Baiyue forces in the south, we will definitely develop better and better."

……

A carefree voice came from the front of the carriage, and the servant Qiao Er took the time to interject a sentence between Zhang Yan and Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words.

To be honest, after getting in touch with Qiao Er for a period of time, Zhang Yan found that Qiao Er was quite interesting.

After meeting the opponent just now, Zhang Yan found that although Qiao Er was extremely tall and strong, his personality was not as rough and straightforward as his appearance, but rather a bit of a showman.

He is younger than Zhang Yan, but he is indeed much older than his young master Qiao Ying. When chatting, he knows more than Qiao Ying, but it may be in the details Not as perfect as Qiao Ying knew.

Especially after learning that he is the new prefect of Lujiang and the future master of Wancheng Kingdom, Zhang Yan's somewhat exaggerated complaints made Zhang Yan look at the servants of the Qiao family with admiration.

What is it like "Today we offer hardware, and tomorrow we offer ten pieces of gold, and then we have to sleep overnight. From tomorrow, we will look at the surroundings, and the mountains will be over again."

What about "Shanyue's notoriety is known to everyone from Donghai to Jiaozhou, and everyone knows it."

What about "Why are things in the Lujiang area always so bad?"

Zhang Yan was a little surprised by one set of rhetoric after another. The domestic servants of the gentry in the Jiangdong area were able to speak well. Obviously, they had received a lot of education. They were not like the servants of the northern gentry, but mostly served as servants. Call it the same way.

What surprised him even more was that this person didn't have the slightest sense of being a domestic servant.

This is not to say that Qiao Er's behavior is so disrespectful, but that although the other party obeys the orders of the two, he is not at all cautious in front of Zhang Yan, and even makes him faintly doubt whether this person is the same as himself or not. What local residents of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Fortunately, it didn't take too long, and Qiao Ying couldn't stand the other party's nagging. First, she bluntly told the other party to keep quiet, and then leaned on Zhang Yan's shoulder and introduced to the other party in a low voice.

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"Qiao Er has also worked in our Qiao family for a long time. As soon as I could remember when I was a child, he was bought back by my father as an orphan."

"This man has no other shortcomings in his daily life, and he works hard. He just likes to follow those scholars in the city to listen to their teaching in his free time. Those people knew that he was a servant of our Qiao family, so most of them didn't drive him away."

"After so many years, even though he hasn't read any serious books, after all, he has been influenced by his ears and eyes for a long time, and he is much smarter than ordinary servants."

Softly introducing the situation of her servant to Zhang Yan, Qiao Ying didn't know whether the other party could accept Qiao Er's somewhat detached character.

Beside her, Zhang Yan naturally didn't pay too much attention, just patted her hand like this, and then asked the servant Qiao Er with great interest.

"Oh? Then tell me, why do you think Lujiang will develop better than those northern counties?"

"Just go ahead and say it. I won't punish you if you say something bad. If you say something well...then I have some extra rewards for you."

Perhaps this is because the time between the two of them has not been together long enough, and the mutual understanding between them is not too deep.

If Ye'er were here today, he definitely wouldn't worry about whether Zhang Yan could have servants under his command who didn't look like servants.After all, according to Zhang Yan's character, he wished to get along with the servants and maidservants in his family on an equal footing, and even took the initiative to draw in the gap and sense of hierarchy between himself and those servants several times.

But then again, this process of showing herself to Qiao Ying bit by bit, gradually deepening the connection and understanding with the other party, is not a fun thing for Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan smiled and teased Sao Qiaoying's palm, while outside the carriage, Qiaoer explained to several people openly after hearing the words.

"That goes without saying, of course it's because we have a lot of people in Lujiang."

The voice became a little higher, and Qiao Er was obviously very confident in his own ideas.

"Think about it, my lord. Although our Lujiang River is not as good as those in the hinterland of the Central Plains like Nanyang and Henan, it still has a population of four to five million people, right? Isn't this much better than many counties and cities in the north?"

"Everyone has two arms and one head, so how bad is the daily work... We people in Lujiang are not lazy, as long as we have enough time, the development will definitely be much faster than those places with fewer people. .”

"In addition, our Lujiang River has a vast territory. When you drive away those Baiyue, the envoy, you will definitely be able to feed more people and create more value."

"At that time, even compared with places like Runan and Nanyang, our Lujiang River will not be far behind!"

He smiled and explained to Zhang Yan, probably because Qiao Er and Qiao Ying were familiar, he was not very nervous in front of Zhang Yan, instead he seemed to be talking freely.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but laughed softly.

"Good guy, do you know people-oriented?"

Indeed, as the other party said, the area of ​​Lujiang or the six counties in the east of the Yangtze River was larger than most of the northern counties. The settlement of ethnic minorities is a kind of forced compromise for the status quo.

If Zhang Yan can really take his hand out to reform the land among the minority groups in the southeast, then both the population and the arable land area will have a huge increase in the Yangzhou area. This is why he chose Yangzhou as his own. One of the reasons for the base.

In addition, there is a very rich water network in the entire six counties of Jiangdong. Although there are many hills, there are no too high mountains. The discovery potential is far greater than other areas of the same level in China, and it can be said to be a geomantic treasure land second only to Jingluo in the Central Plains.

Of course, as a domestic servant, Qiao Er didn't think that it was normal to be so far away.

For an ordinary person who has not received too complicated education, he can realize the importance of population, so this person's thinking has surpassed most individuals at the same time to some extent, which also shows that the ancients were actually It's not ignorant, it's just that my vision hasn't reached that level, so it's inevitable that I'm a bit blocked in certain decisions.

If Qiao Er really spoke clearly about the advantages of the entire Lujiang River, and was more clear than Zhang Yan himself... Zhang Yan had to think carefully about whether this person was his "citizen".

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"Well, Mr. Zhang, that's what I think. There must be many good places in Lujiang, but I'm blind, so I can't see it yet, and I can't figure it out."

"Zhang Shijun, you are willing to come to Lujiang from such a good place as the imperial city to be the prefect. You must know the advantages of Lujiang much better than me, otherwise you would not come here."

Scratching the back of his head with a smirk, Qiao Er didn't say anything more, but flattered Zhang Yan habitually.

Opposite him, Zhang Yan laughed at the clumsy appearance of the other party after hearing this.

"Stop it, you don't have to flatter me, I didn't come to Lujiang to show my talents."

"At the beginning, I chose such a place, just because it is closer to your Qiao's house, so that it is convenient for Ying'er to come home and visit from time to time."

"If you really want to say it, then I'm not a virtuous lord, just a man who dotes on his wife."

Holding Qiao Ying's palm with a smile, Zhang Yan watched his lovely wife's face turn a little rosy, and felt a little happy in his heart, and rarely said a witty sentence in front of outsiders.

And Qiao Er is obviously also a very talkative person, following this incident, he continued to chat with Zhang Yan.

"Hey, speaking of this, Mr. Zhang, you are really discerning."

"Our two young masters of the Qiao family, no matter who they are, are real Jiangdong famous flowers, and they are also the jewel in the palm of the head of the family, Lord Qiao. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were born with a golden spoon in their mouths."

"Although people in the mansion have been rumoring that it is a blessing for our Qiao family to have a marriage like yours... But we have been here for more than ten years, Mr. Qiao Ying You grew up under our own eyes, whether it is appearance, character or talent, he is the first in Jiangdong, even in the entire Han Dynasty, and he is not too shy compared to the daughters of those princes and nobles."

He turned his head and compared his thumbs to Zhang Yan. This gesture had already appeared in the Qin and Han Dynasties. It existed as a "one" gesture in drinking and punching, so there was nothing wrong with Qiao Er's gesture.

I just don't know if it's because of this person's personality that some people are crazy. Qiao Er's next sentence made the atmosphere of everyone present become a little awkward——

"Even a few days ago, the young master of the Zhou family who belonged to the same first-class Lujiang family as us..."

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"Qiao Er! Don't talk nonsense!"

Some shy girl's voice stopped the other party in an instant, Zhang Yan only felt that at that moment just now, Qiao Ying's fingers that had been holding him all this time had become a little cold and stiff.

"..."

As if she didn't know how to speak, and as if she was worried about something, Qiao Ying's face suddenly turned pale when she heard that the servant in her family was speaking freely. At the same time, she watched Zhang Yan who was beside her opened her mouth, It seems that I want to explain something, but I don't know where to start.

At the same time, Qiao Er also seemed to know that he had said something wrong in front of Zhang Yan and caused a lot of trouble, so the half-spoken words earlier stopped abruptly, and the whole person became a little silent.

The carriage, which was still a little bustling before, became a little silent for a while.

"Husband... I..."

Qiao Ying opened her mouth to Zhang Yan with some hesitation, but felt that her fingertips seemed to be soaked in a lot of cold sweat, as if she couldn't even grasp the other's fingers.

And then, Zhang Yan's voice gave her the illusion of falling into an ice cave in the dog days.

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"Young master of the Zhou family... but Zhou Gongjin from the Zhou family in Shu county?"

Some curiously asked the two of them, Zhang Yan didn't feel anything special at the moment, but was a little surprised that the two had known each other so early.

You must know that in any historical materials, there has never been any mention of the acquaintance between the "Jiangdongqiao family daughter" and the "Superior Governor of Eastern Wu".