The next morning, Liu Bang, Xiao He, Cao, and Zhou Bo all came to meet.

Liu Bang and others were near Pei County, and there were many people in their family. They were not worried that no one would take care of them. They only rode horses with self-defense weapons and coins and clothes. Zhou Bo carried a linen bag and walked over with his nine-year-old sister. Although he changed into a clean-looking dress, he was still patched and was still the most poor among the group.

Chen Xu asked the guards to inform the other guards placed in a foot house in the city and more than a dozen young men also drove to meet up with them. With Jiang Chuyue's carriage luggage and the servants who were taken care of by her, the number of people became nearly fifty people and more than ten carriages. In order for Chen Xu and others to eat, drink, wash and wash on the road, Jiang Beiting was full of carriages.

After eating, drinking and cleaning up, at the beginning of Yin, the sun rose and the team started to leave the city.

Jiangbeiting took his wife and servants all the way out of the south gate of the county town, and Fan Kuai also brought his wife and children to see him off. When he learned that Liu Bang was going to follow Mr. Xu to leave Pei County to Xianyang, there were hundreds of idle gangsters coming after hearing the news. They were wrapped in a convoy and sent to seven or eight miles outside the city before then waved his hand and said reluctantly.

"Brothers, Ji followed Mr. Xu to Xianyang. When he settled down, he would invite you to Xianyang to play!" Liu Bang rode on his horse with great enthusiasm and bowed goodbye to a group of hooligans.

"Brother, don't lie to me. If you don't come and invite me, I'll go to Xianyang to find you!" All the gangsters of all sizes shouted loudly.

"Don't worry, Ji Fei is a person who has no faith in his words!"

"Brother Ji is here to take care of you. We are waiting for news in Pei County!"

"Haha, it must be certain. It's getting late. Please come back. Don't miss Mr. Xu's itinerary!"

Looking at Liu Bang who was surrounded by a group of hooligans, Chen Xu finally understood Jiang Beiting's difficulties.

Liu Bang was indeed very high in the gangster community in Pei County, and staying in Pei County was indeed a disaster. Especially now, he is still a minor official in the county, responsible for managing prisons and prisoners. In addition, two officials with higher positions, Xiao He, Cao Shen, colluded with each other. They were basically a typical underworld gang entrenched in Pei County. Even Jiangbeiting could not deal with it.

However, the three biggest gangster leaders have been taken away by themselves. I think these gangsters will soon be subjected to Jiangbeiting's governance.

"My father-in-law and mother-in-law stay here, let me say goodbye here. Thank you for your kind hospitality these days. The son-in-law will definitely have a feast in Qinghe Garden when he returns to Xianyang in the future!" Chen Xu also said goodbye to the Qiu family in Jiangbeiting.

"Be careful on the road of the virtuous son-in-law. He has been to Wuzhong for nearly two thousand miles. After arriving, he would ask the postman to come back with a letter!" Jiangbeiting nodded.

"Don't worry, father-in-law, say goodbye!" Chen Xu turned over and took a group of people to the south in the noisy farewell sounds, and soon disappeared between the large rice fields and mulberry fields.

Jiang Beiting glanced at a group of gangsters who were still waving to each other, and breathed a breath of relaxed expression on his face.

Although he had never quite understood why Chen Xu was interested in Liu Bang, a hooligan in Pei County, this time he went back and forth, he solved a big problem in his mind and could start to let go of the idle gangsters.

It was lively for many people to travel, and Liu Bang and Xiao He and others were very familiar with the south. They walked forward and chatted loudly. Zhou Bo also changed into a new set of clothes, followed Chen Xu with a long sword hanging on his waist and was very excited.

He would never have thought that he would make friends with Chen Xu, a noble young man from Xianyang because of a pot of loaches and a basket of crabs, so he has been in a state of dizziness in recent days.

"Mr. Xu, if you want to go to Wuzhong, go south through Pengcheng, Xiapi and then take a detour to Xiaxiang. Huaiyin leaves Sishui County and enter Donghai County. Then cross the river and arrive at Kuaiji County. Although there are many water and water along the way, they are still flat..."

Liu Bang, Xiao He, Cao, Jiang Chuxing and others rode their horses like stars surround Chen Xu in the middle, and walked while introducing the way to Wuzhong.

"Xia Pi..."

Hearing this extremely familiar place name, Chen Xu suddenly remembered Zhang Liang, so he said, "I still have an old friend in Xia Pi. I don't know if I am still there now. I'll wait to go to Xia Pi to inquire!"

"This place is less than three hundred miles away from Xia Pi, but the weather is hot and sunny. We will wait until the morning and evening to rest in the afternoon. We should be able to arrive the day after tomorrow. Unfortunately, this official road has been disrepaired and the bumpy road is slow. If it were a flat cement road, it might be a day!" Xiao He shook his head regretfully.

"I think the cement road is coming soon. I heard that the Sishui County Magistrate is summoning the cement factory under the county to discuss road construction with merchants!" Jiang Chuxing said with a smile.

"That's a good thing. It's best to build a cement road that leads to Pei County from Dongfang Road. It will be convenient to travel to Xianyang and Pei County in the future..."

"Haha, Brother Liu is thinking too much. Even if the road is built, at least a few years later, the Sishui County Magistrate does not have the courage of Qinghe Hou. Those merchants will not take over easily without enough money and grain. I also heard from the Jiang County Magistrate talk about this. He built a straight cement road directly to Yuncheng from Pei County to the north. Although the distance is only 400 miles, according to the merchant's calculation, it will cost at least 15 million yuan. Two service stations are set up in the middle. Then a medium-sized logistics market is set up in Pei County, so that Sishui County and Donghai, Jiujiang, Dang County, and Kuaiji can form a major transportation route between the north and the south. Pei County can obtain great benefits. However, the county magistrate is still hesitating. Although the merchants are more enthusiastic, they can't even make money and grain..." Xiao He explained with a smile.

"What Master Xiao said is that 15 million yuan is just a rough budget, and the annual grain tax for the entire Sishui County is only one million stones. This money is indeed too stressful!" Cao Shen also nodded in agreement.

"In fact, this is not impossible. As long as the emperor allows the use of tax grain from the official warehouse..." Liu Bang continued.

"It's not easy to talk about. Tax and grain are the lifeblood of the court. In addition to spending the daily expenses of officials and county soldiers, it also has to supply the food for hundreds of thousands of servants every year. How can it be used casually?" Xiao He shook his head again.

Xiao He, Liu Bang, Cao Shen, were all officials in Pei County, so of course they were quite clear about the official trends in Pei County and Sishui County. They also talked about the construction of cement roads. Only Zhou Bo’s level difference was a bit big and he couldn’t get into it, so he could only rush to follow him.

And Chen Xu was naturally moved by these words.

In other words, since the construction of the Oriental Road and the implementation of the new business laws, officials from all over the country have begun to prepare for road construction. The biggest problem is money. Merchants from all over the country cannot spare no effort to support the road construction of local counties like they did when they supported Chen Xu. Moreover, there is no commercial loan and it depends entirely on the taxes of counties. This expenditure is very pressured and merchants cannot afford it. Although there is a large amount of reserved grain in the granary of local counties, if the court does not speak, these tax grains cannot be used casually. Since ancient times, grain has been the lifeline and foundation of national stability.

However, at the moment, with the slow promotion of new agriculture, grain production has increased significantly in the past two years, and the grain reserves of the entire Daqin have almost doubled. Moreover, there are no large-scale wars, and the supply of the army has been reduced by almost half. So much grain backlog is moldy and rotten in the warehouse. It is also a big problem to release half of these tax grains to develop infrastructure.

Therefore, Chen Xu asked in detail about the reserves of granaries in various places in Sishui County by Xiao He and others. He soon had some plans in his mind, but he had to wait until the emperor returned to Xianyang to discuss this matter.

The weather in May is midsummer. The weather in the south is extremely hot. Chen Xu is not in a hurry to go to Wuzhong. He took a group of people to take a ride in the morning and evening. When it was hot at noon, he would find a place to rest. He asked some local officials and merchants to understand the people's conditions. When it rained heavily, he would sometimes stay all day, stop and walk, and not arrive in Xia Pi on the fifth day.

Xia Pi City is still the same dilapidated, but it looks much more lively. The streets are bustling with merchants and farmers driving cattle, horses, trucks and carrying baskets. Their complexion is much better than three years ago. There are many shopping malls and foot houses in the city, and there are also many restaurants.

After entering the city, he found a foot house to rest, Chen Xu took Jiang Chuxing and Jiang Chuyue and a few guards to the foot house where Zhang Liang was waiting for him.

The foot house has not changed much as before, but it can be seen through the cars and horses that stayed in front of the door and the people entering and leaving, the changes in Xia Pi have been very big in recent years. Most of these people entering and leaving are business travelers, speaking accents from different places in the east, west, south, and north. Although it was not yet Shenshi, there were already many people in the store having dinner and chatting.

"Mr. Marquis, what is the difference between this foot house?" Jiang Chuxing asked a little strangely when he got off the horse in front of the foot house.

"Three years ago, I met an old friend here. Today I passed by and came to ask for questions!" Chen Xu threw the reins of the horse to a guard and then strode into the foot house.

"Do you want the two men and the little wife to stay or eat some food?"

A young man of fifteen or sixteen came to greet him diligently, but after seeing Chen Xu lifted up his hat, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and couldn't help but look extremely surprised and said stutteringly: "You... are you Xu Cheng and Xu Langjun?"

"Haha, you admit your mistake!" Chen Xu smiled and patted the boy's shoulder, his eyes swept across the hall and said, "It seems that your business is much better now!"

"Langjun Xu, please sit down!" The boy happily met Chen Xu and the other two sitting down beside the window, poured tea attentively and said, "Why did Langjun Xu come suddenly? I'm going to call my father over. He must be very happy, and he often talks about you!"

"No hurry, go and help us get some food first. By the way, do you know where the husband named Zhang Tai who came to stay after getting sick three years ago?" Chen Xu put his hat on the table and asked with a smile.

"He...he didn't go anywhere else, he was still in our house and married my sister!" The young man quickly replied.

Uh ~

Chen Xu showed an extremely strange expression on his face. After a long time of stunned life, his face slowly recovered and said happily: "That's great. Go and find him, just say that the old friend is here to visit!"

"Okay, three of you sit down for a while, I'll call him now!"

The boy turned around and ran to the backyard. Soon a middle-aged man hurried out while wiping his hands on his clothes. When he saw Chen Xu, he showed an extremely excited smile on his face to greet him.

"It's Xu Langjun, and I thought Erlang had recognized the wrong person!"

The middle-aged man was excitedly bent down to salute Chen Xu.

"Haha, I passed by Xia Pi this time and came to visit you specially. I just heard that Zhang Tai has become your son-in-law. Can you call him to talk?" Chen Xu also bowed happily.

"Hangjun Xu, Erlang has called him there. It is rare for Xu Langjun to come here. Let's not hurry to leave today..." The middle-aged man wiped the table while talking, and called a helper to make tea again, and arranged for someone to go to the kitchen to prepare meals.

Chen Xu did not refuse and chatted with the shop owner for a few words, and then he saw the young man who had just left came hurriedly with a young scholar wearing a blue robe wearing a Zhang Fu on his head. It was Zhang Liang who had been away for three years.

"It's indeed Brother Xu, I want to ruin me!" Zhang Liang's excitement was beyond words, and he rushed to Chen Xu's face and held Chen Xu's hands and shook them hard.

"Haha, I thought Brother Zhang Tai had left, but I didn't expect to see him again. I really have a good fate. Brother Zhang and I introduced him to him. This is Brother Jiang Chuxing, and this is Chu Yue, the third wife of Jiang's family!"

"Brother Jiang, Sanniang, this is an old friend I met in Xia Pi three years ago, Brother Zhang Tai and Zhang!"

"Zhang Tai has met Brother Jiang and the Third Lady!" Zhang Liang bowed.

"I've met Brother Zhang!" Jiang Chuxing quickly bowed.

"I've seen Mr. Zhang!" Jiang Chuyue saluted with blushing cheeks.

After greeting each other, Zhang Liang grabbed Chen Xu's arm and said, "Brother Xu and you two are here today. Don't leave. Here is a noisy place. Let's go to the study room in the backyard to talk!"

The yard behind the foot house was renovated and the ground was repaved. It turned out that five or six houses have now become more than ten, and the stables have been expanded a lot. More than ten carriages have been parked around the yard, and goods are tied on it. It is obvious that there are caravans resting here.

Under Zhang Liang's pulling and pulling, Chen Xu followed him to a relatively spacious study in the backyard with a wry smile, and a girl carrying a baby came in from outside.

"My wife is here just right, let's see who is here." Zhang Liang pointed at Chen Xu excitedly.

"Langjun Xu!" The girl was stunned for a moment and showed a hint of excitement and blushing on her face. She quickly lowered her head and saluted Chen Xu and the other two.

"Haha, I didn't expect that three years have passed, Brother Zhang has already tied the knot with Miss Xiaodi and has a child. It's really gratifying!" Chen Xu looked at the girl in front of him who was selling barbecue every day with him, and touched her pocket a few times, grabbed a few golden cakes and stuffed them into the girl's hand.

"This time I passed by Xia Pi, I didn't prepare any gifts when I came in a hurry. These gold lords were used as congratulations. By the way, there is also this..."

While speaking, Chen Xu took off a jade pendant from his waist and put it in the baby's swaddle.

"How dare Brother Xu accept such a great gift!" Before the girl seemed to have come to her senses, Zhang Liang couldn't help but pull Chen Xu's arm and shout.

"Hey~, why did you get a big gift? It's just a small gift, don't refuse!" Chen Xu waved his hand and sat down with a smile.

"This...this..." Zhang Liang was a little at a loss by Chen Xu's repeated enthusiasm.

"My wife, go to the kitchen and tell her father-in-law that she would also like to make a table of good wine and good food. Today I will accompany Brother Xu and two guests who have come from afar to drink the wine!" Zhang Liang could not refuse, so he could only ask his wife to prepare good wine and good food.

Zhang Liang was originally a Korean nobleman. His grandfather and father were re-elected as prime ministers of the five dynasties of South Korea. His family was naturally extremely wealthy since childhood and had seen many money and jade. However, after the destruction of the country, the family was in a slump. Then he defected to Xianyang to live in a wealthy business family who moved to Xianyang. He also secretly planned to kill the First Emperor to restore the country. However, the planning failed. After Bolangsha failed to ambush the emperor, he became a dog of a family. After being rescued by Yi Shengjia, he hid all the way to Xia Pi. Then he met Chen Xu who had been waiting here for a long time. After a thrilling battle with Huangshigong, Chen Xu

He successfully prevented Huangshi from passing the plan of Taigong's military strategy to Zhang Liang, and Yi Shengjia was taken away by Chi Songzi. At this point, Zhang Liang had nowhere to go and stayed in this house. Because he had been studying and literate since childhood and was young and handsome, it aroused the admiration of his daughter after a long time. The owner of the shop owner naturally hoped that his daughter could marry such a handsome scholar. So after thinking about it, Zhang Liang agreed to marry a girl last spring, and then he completely settled in Xia Pi. This year, he gave birth to a son, which completely changed his destiny.

And all his changes are inseparable from Chen Xu.

If Chen Xu hadn't given the right medicine to treat him in time, he might have become tuberculosis for a long time and die.

On the bridge, Chen Xu and others had an incredible encounter and war with Huang Shigong, and what Chen Xu said when he left, Zhang Liang slowly gave up the idea of ​​restoring the country.

What's more, countless news spread throughout the world from Xianyang. His failure to ambush the First Emperor was actually because the immortal disciple Chen Xu interfered. After spending more than a year in fear and anxiety, Zhang Liang completely gave up his plan to restore the country.

With the protection of the immortal disciple, Hou Qinghe, no one in the world dares to assassinate the emperor again.

Zhang Liang was lucky that time. If Yi Sheng Jia arrived a little later, he would have been buried in the river without any corpses.

Although Zhang Liang had never guessed Chen Xu's identity, he met Huangshi Gong on the bridge at that time. Chen Xu once said that he and Huangshi Gong were both here specifically for him, and he actually met the legendary immortal figure Chi Songzi.

This made him more suspicious and even extremely uneasy about Chen Xu's identity, and he had been trembling in the past three years.

Today, when he suddenly heard that Chen Xu was coming, he naturally wanted to ask Chen Xu's true identity.

After drinking tea and chatting in the study for a while, Chen Xu asked about Zhang Liang’s past three years and found out that Zhang Liang has opened a private school in Xiapi City to teach some children to read and read. He often helped the county government copy some court orders and documents. Although his income was not too high, he ensured that the whole family would not have to worry about food and drink. Now he has gradually gained some reputation in Xiapi. Moreover, because of his outstanding literary talent, he is highly appreciated by the county magistrate and may become a county official.

However, when Zhang Liang asked about Chen Xu's identity and experience, Chen Xu naturally talked nonsense, and Jiang Chuxing rolled his eyes next to him.

Seeing Chen Xu and Zhang Liang so enthusiastic, they were still old friends, but there was no truth in that, which made Jiang Chuxing deeply suspect that Chen Xu had ulterior motives for Zhang Liang.

An hour later, it was already the end of Shen Shi. Chen Xu was slightly drunk and came out of the footstool shakingly, taking Jiang Chuxing and his sister, Zhang Liang and the footstool family to bid farewell.

Zhang Liang stood at the door of the foot house, looking at Chen Xu and the other two who were escorted by a group of guards in the sunset, his face full of melancholy. He shook his head and sighed slightly until Chen Xu and others left and lost sight.

"Why are you sighing?" the girl asked with the baby on her back and holding Zhang Liang's sleeve.

"I don't know where this Xu Cheng came from, but it always makes me feel uneasy!" Zhang Liang said with a wry smile.

"Xu Langjun is kind-hearted and kind-hearted. If it weren't for his slave, he wouldn't have met his husband. Now that he has a Dalang, please give up on us mother and son. Don't abandon me and Dalang and leave!" The girl lowered her head and said with a little red circle in her eyes.

"Don't worry, madam, although I have concealed some of my identities, I am doing it for the family. But Xu Cheng reminds me of one person, but I am very unsure. Oh, it's better, it's good that it's wind outside, don't let Dalang suffer from the cold, go in quickly!"
Chapter completed!