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The Governor's Office of Yuanzhou was still so dignified. When he learned that Liu Ce was visiting Jiang Xun, he immediately ordered someone to prepare a great refreshment to welcome him.

Jiang Xun is already forty-eight years old, and has been promoted to Governor of the Far East at the age of 27. He has been in office for 21 years and is considered diligent and dedicated.

Now the imperial court has issued an order to let his younger brother Jiang Ze take over the position of governor, and it is time to return to Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangnan to serve as a free job and retire.

Now that he is about to step down, Jiang Xun has nothing to regret.

The situation in the Far East has stabilized, and the eastern grasslands outside the Great Wall are under the control of Liu Ce. There is no need to worry about Hu Nu going south anymore. I believe that as long as the steady development continues to develop step by step, the losses caused by the Far East provinces over the years will gradually recover and revitalize.

With her personal relationship, Jiang Xun's beloved daughter (adopted daughter) Jiang Ruoyan finally got married to Liu Ce and was named a first-class lady of the imperial edict by the court. This is a big deal. Now I just hope that I can hold a grandson (grandson) earlier.

Of course, compared to these, what made Jiang Xun the most relieved and excited was that his fourth son, Jiang Rui, who had been separated for many years, was actually still alive in the world and was by his side. The key was that his ability was so outstanding, which reversed the decadent situation in the Far East in one fell swoop and created one miracle after another.

Now, Jiang Xun is a winner in life. Success and retirement at this moment will surely leave a strong mark on the genealogy. As long as Jiang Ze takes over and continues to cooperate with Liu Ce, the provinces in the Far East will definitely become the most powerful areas in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

With the eager expectation of Jiang Xun and Shi Yunlan, Liu Ce and Song Yanran finally stepped into the hall of the Governor's Mansion. Jiang Xun and his wife were excited and stood up to meet them.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Liu Ce and Song Yanran saluted Jiang Xun and his wife.

"Liu Ce met Governor Jiang, and met Mrs. Shi..."

"Minister Song Yanran, I have met the Governor General, and Mrs. Shi..."

Looking at Liu Ce and Song Yanran, Jiang Xun nodded constantly, especially after looking at Liu Ce for a few more times, then said, "Get up, please take your seat..."

After Liu Ce and Song Yanran thanked him, they immediately got up and went to the guest chair on one side to take a seat. Soon a maid brought the newly brewed tea to the two and placed it on the coffee table for each of them.

"Ahem cough cough..."

Jiang Xun picked up the teacup, coughed intentionally or unintentionally, and then pretended to be deep and said, "Liu Ce, what did you call me? Should you change your words now?"

Liu Ce immediately reacted, got up and smiled and bowed to Jiang Xun and Madam Shi: "It's because of negligence. Xiao Xu pays homage to his father-in-law and mother-in-law..."

Jiang Xun smiled and nodded with satisfaction. Mrs. Shi was even more excited and hurriedly said to Liu Ce: "Child, don't stand stupidly, sit down quickly, I'm not hungry when I'm hungry, are you? Mom prepare some food for you? Seeing that you have been out for so long, people have lost weight..."

Mrs. Shi was inexplicably enthusiastic about herself, which made Liu Ce still puzzled. What is the reason for this? Maybe it is the so-called fate.

"Thank you, my mother-in-law. I've already used the meal when I came down, so I don't have to worry about it..." Liu Ce hurriedly refused.

Seeing this, Jiang Xun looked at Shi Yunlan complainingly, waved his hand and said, "Look at what you said? When is it now? It's almost noon. I also asked my son if he had eaten breakfast? If you really worry that he was hungry, hurry up and prepare lunch..."

"Hey!" Shi Yunlan immediately stood up and said, "Look at my memory, it's true, I'll cook in person..."

Seeing this, Song Yanran smiled with Liu Ce, stood up and said to Shi Yunlan, "Auntie, let me go to the kitchen with you, and I'll help you with it?"

"This..." Shi Yunlan was a little embarrassed, "Miss Song, you are a guest, how can you ask you to help?"

Song Yanran smiled slightly: "Auntie, please let me help, and you can also enjoy the scenery of the Governor's Mansion..."

When Shi Yunlan heard this, he glanced at Liu Ce with a look of inquiries on his face.

Liu Ce smiled and said, "My mother-in-law, please let Yanran go. She cooks in a sloppy manner, so you can give her more advice..."

Shi Yunlan then felt relieved and said to Song Yanran: "I really didn't expect that Miss Song is really good at cooking. It's good that she is just helping her. Please follow me..."

"Um……"

Song Yanran responded, then grimaced at Liu Ce, and followed Shi Yunlan to the kitchen. In the huge living room, only Liu Ce and Jiang Xun were left.

Liu Ce bowed to Jiang Xun and said, "My father-in-law, this time I am here to visit you. First, you are about to step down. Let me tell you apart. Secondly, Xiao Xu wants to know some of the situation about uncle..."

Jiang Xun smiled and said, "I had expected you to ask this question. Who is my younger brother? You will know if you listen to me tell you something about his life..."

As he said that, Jiang Xun took out the pipe, stuffed a handful of tobacco into it, lit it, and took a deep breath. After spitting out a cigarette ring, he slowly asked Liu Cedao about some of Jiang Ze's situation.

"You uncle is not a kind man and a trustworthy woman. You are a person who will never give up to achieve your goals. As long as you can get benefits, anyone can sacrifice, even if your own son and daughter can do it.

Ten years ago, a hundred thousand troops from Myanmar and Laos were approaching the border of Lingzhou and took the Dingnan Pass. At that time, the chief general who guarded Dingnan Pass was your uncle, with only less than 5,000 troops in his hand.

It is logical that you can't defend it at this time no matter what, but your uncle did it, and repelled the attack of the Myanmar barbarians and won the victory of this defensive battle.

However, do you know how he defended Dingnan Pass? It was really shocking. In order to motivate the soldiers to defend the city, he not only gave all his belongings to the soldiers, but also gave himself his concubine to the soldiers in the pass for fun.

Under this kind of motivation, the soldiers of the Dingnan Pass naturally had high morale. They attacked the Myanmar-Lao army several times, and they forced them to retreat until they were exhausted. Your uncle Jiang Ze was also famous for this battle and was appointed as the governor of Lingzhou by the court.

Unfortunately, his behavior of sending his wife made our Jiang family shame, and your grandfather scolded him hard. However, your uncle was deadly and did many despicable things afterwards. The biggest thing that happened was the Jiangnan bloody case.

About seven or eight years ago, your uncle had just been transferred back to Jiangnan from Lingzhou to serve as the admiral of the newly established Jiangnan Navy, responsible for dealing with the harassment of Yingzhou pirates. At first, the war went smoothly. Yingzhou pirates were repelled several times, achieving a series of victories, and severely hit the arrogance of Yingnu.

However, this situation lasted for less than a year. After Jiang Ze had a preliminary understanding of the pirates in Yingzhou, he formulated a plan to take the initiative to attack Yingnu on the islands near the coast of Ningzhou, intending to completely eliminate the threats Yingnu had to Jiangnan.

In order to succeed in this attack, Jiang Ze tried his best to prepare for a year, and made every effort to build nearly 100 warships that could take hundreds of people. After dispersing gold and silver from all over the country, he officially began to mobilize the Yinggang in all parts of the waters of Ningzhou.

In order to win, Jiang Ze brought his only two sons onto the warship, and he was the two best sons under his knees. The two brothers Jiang Song and Jiang Bai were used to inspire the navy soldiers.

Unfortunately, that battle failed. Nearly half of the more than 160 warships were burned by Yingko, who had already prepared. Less than 40% of the nearly 10,000 sailors returned to the camp. This was a tragic failure. In this battle, fourteen-year-old Jiang Bai also fell into the sea and died.

This incident seemed to have a huge blow to Jiang Ze. In order to cover up, you are also worried that your grandfather would blame him for affecting his status in the family and actually pushed all the mistakes to his son Jiang Song who went out to sea together.

She even forced Song'er's mother and sister to destroy all the matriarchal family, Romon and his family. Only Jiang Song escaped, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

Alas, my younger brother, is really cruel. He can even ignore family affection for his own purposes. His actions are too cruel. After this incident, the court removed his post as the admiral of the navy by the court and transferred back to Lingzhou to serve as the governor.

Now that he has been transferred to the Far East as the governor, you should be more at ease. Your uncle is not as easy to talk to as your father, I must always be careful..."

After listening to Jiang Xun's words, Liu Ce had a preliminary understanding of the new governor. In short, he was a person who could do anything. It seemed that the court was making trouble for himself and was always on guard against himself.

However, can Jiang Ze stop himself? When he had only a few thousand people in his hands, he could establish a foothold in the Far East. Now he has his strength and strength that has never been the same as before, so why are you afraid of?

"Don't panic..." Seeing Liu Ce silent, Jiang Xun thought he was worried, knocked on the remaining cigarette residue in the pipe, took out a handful of cigarettes from the cigarette box and stuffed it into the pipe, comforting him, "After all, your uncle just came to the Far East and there are still many places that are not familiar with, and it is inevitable that there will be places that rely on you. You, there will be no conflict in a short period of time, so be at ease..."

After saying that, Jiang Xun lit the tobacco on his pipe again and began to suck the clouds and blew the mist.

Liu Ce smiled and said, "Son-in-law, thank you for your advice. Don't worry, your son-in-law will definitely get along well with this third uncle and ensure you have a happy life..."

Jiang Xun heard this and said with a smile: "Actually, compared to Jiang Ze, the one who is most at ease with me is you. You are also very strong-willed. I am afraid that Jiang Ze will not provoke you, and you will provoke him..."

Liu Ce smiled slightly: "My father-in-law is too worried. The son-in-law will not be so reckless. As long as the third uncle does not mess with the son-in-law, the son-in-law will not have the leisure to fight with him."

"hehe……"

Jiang Xun laughed dryly, and the expression on his face obviously expressed distrust of Liu Ce's words, but he did not look nervous, because he believed that his son-in-law had the absolute ability to handle the relationship with Jiang Ze. After all, although Liu Ce was not a person who was willing to suffer losses, he was not an unreasonable person.

“It’s time to eat~”

At this moment, Song Yanran and Shi Yunlan and his servants came to the food hall next door with a table of food, and shouted at Liu Ce and Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun immediately walked towards the dining table with Liu Ce. As soon as he approached, he saw Shi Yunlan praising Song Yanran with a smile on his face: "I really didn't expect that Miss Song's cooking skills are really exquisite. After a while, the table of dishes was ready, and the old man was just trying to fight, haha..."
Chapter completed!