The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Coming out of the yamen, Zhang Fan followed his usual habit for the past two months and walked directly towards the house. He wanted to see Ru Xue quickly. After all, Ru Xue was already pregnant in October, and she might give birth at any time. If it wasn't because he had to be busy with official duties and couldn't take time off, Zhang Fan would have wanted to stay by Ru Xue's side for twelve hours a day, but the form obviously couldn't make him fulfill his wish. Teacher, "Jun" will be ranked in front of "Dear" this time, even if Zhang Fan takes care of his family, he will not be able to let go of everything, and now it is his prosperous career, and he will put his family first. , although Zhang Fan himself has such a plan, no matter whether it is his family, colleagues, subordinates, or the Ming Dynasty he wants to serve, or the emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty, they will not let him do this.

That is to say, no matter what, if Zhang Fan is in a hurry to accompany his pregnant wife, he will have to wait until he returns from the yamen. Besides, this is feudal ancient times, and there is no paternity leave.

When Zhang Fan first became an official, he always liked to walk, but after he was appreciated by Long Qing and the power in his hands gradually increased, he always liked to ride a horse. Perhaps it was because he had just arrived in Daming Not only that, the first time he felt the most thrilling was when he was on a horse. Once upon a time, the person who couldn't even handle a horse very well, now deeply likes this way of walking. Zhang Fan liked to ride unless he had to. Besides, riding a horse was the fastest way of traveling at that time. It just so happened that Zhang Fan wanted to go home in a hurry anyway, so it just happened to be the right time for him. .

But even so, this is the Shuntian Mansion after all, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, under the feet of the Son of Heaven. Naturally, there must be such laws. Unless there is an emergency military situation in the capital, or other special circumstances, otherwise, it is absolutely not allowed. Although there has never been an express regulation for riding horses in the capital, but in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, this Shuntian Prefecture has a history of more than 100 years as the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it has its own set of laws and regulations. , There has never been an express regulation, but it seems that there are some regulations even in the speed of riding a horse.

In short, even if you are anxious, as long as you are only doing it for personal matters, then you have no privileges. Zhang Fan is like this now. Go home.

Liang Chao, who has always been by Zhang Fan's side in charge of guarding work, can naturally understand Zhang Fan's mood at this time. Although he has not married a wife and had children, he has experienced a lot of such things, and he knows something about it. , and now there are some things to report to Zhang Fan, Liang Chao also intends to use this to divert Zhang Fan's attention.

"My lord," Liang Chao said to him when he rode his horse to the same position as Zhang Fan, "I have some things to report to my lord."

"En," Zhang Fan responded and nodded, but obviously, he didn't pay much attention to it.

"It's about the southwest side," Liang Chao said again.

"Hmm..." Zhang Fan still didn't pay much attention, but only for a moment, he came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Liang Chao at the side, and quickly asked, "What did you say?"

"Xiaozhi said that there is some news about Southwest here," Liang Chao said again, but he also sighed silently in his heart.

"What's going on in the Southwest?" Zhang Fan asked, "Is it the news about Zhang Yong and Wang Xin, or the news from the Five Poison Sect, or the news about Fang Zhenqian? "These three guesses are the most important that Zhang Fan can think of, but in comparison, Zhang Fan is most concerned about the last one. After all, if Fang Zhenqian is found and brought here, Zhang Fan will have something to deal with. Fang Yueling's excellent bargaining chip, presumably in that case, it will not be difficult for Fang Yueling to hand over the antidote that can completely remove the "Five Immortal Honeydew" that Yingyue has.

"Don't hit people, it's not about these things." Liang Chao shook his head and said something that disappointed Zhang Fan, but he didn't finish his words, "It's just that the situation in the Southwest has been really weird recently. ,"

"Oh, what a weird method, let me tell you about it," Zhang Fan was indeed a little frustrated when he heard the news that he didn't want to know, but he still asked.

Seeing that Zhang Fan's attention had been diverted, Liang Chao felt a little happy in his heart, and began to speak: "I still remember the past, when Wei Yinbao rebelled, although Wei Yinbao really deserved to be killed, those people in the southwest who didn't know But they are very supportive. At that time, the people in the Southwest always treated us with cold eyes, no matter whether they were officials or businessmen, and they didn't buy it very much.

"Since the imperial army quelled the rebellion and the bandit chieftain Wei Yinbao subdued the law, this situation has become more and more serious. The people in the southwest are also more resistant to people from the Central Plains. In the past, they would still buy something from those who sold goods, but after that, as long as they heard that the thing came from the hands of Han people, they would never buy it.

"This situation has continued until a few days ago, which is why we were not good at inquiring about news there. In the past, our people either pretended to be visiting relatives, or brought some goods and pretended to be businessmen. The visiting relatives are okay. , it is not easy to be seen by others, but there should not be too many people, it will be a bit suspicious, and this business identity is always beneficial, whether it is in Mobei, Liaodong, or Yiliba, it is a good thing to inquire about. , and an unobtrusive identity, but once it reaches the southwest, it won't work very well, "

Zhang Fan nodded after listening to Liang Chao's words. It seems that the people in the Southwest are quite united. This way of boycotting goods will be everywhere in the streets after 500 years, but there are very few people who can really do it. Not much, but in the feudal Ming Dynasty, people in the southwest began to do this, and from what Liang Chao said, the effect was very good. Zhang Fan had to admire the people from the southwest.

"However, this situation suddenly changed a few days ago." Liang Chao suddenly changed the subject, and said, "People in the southwest seem to be less against our past merchants, and not only , On the contrary, I started to welcome you. My lord, I would like to say something bad. When my lord gave me the right to investigate the Southwest affairs, I felt that I couldn't get rid of it. No one thought about it. Now, The people who went to us as merchants were very popular, and the goods were often sold out within a short period of time, and the local people no longer said a word to us, but It's quite cordial."

Hearing Liang Chao's words, Zhang Fan frowned. Things would turn out like this, which made Zhang Fan really puzzled. It is understandable that I adjusted my mentality and began to show enthusiasm for the people from the Central Plains, but now, things are changing too fast. After all, according to Liang Chao’s words, two months ago, there were still some people from the Central Plains there. There is a lot of resistance, but now it has only been two months, this attitude has changed completely, and it is unacceptable completely and quickly.

Zhang Fan believed that Liang Chao would never joke about this matter to tease him, and at the same time, Zhang Fan also did not believe that so many people would change his attitude so much in such a short period of time ,So……

"This incident is too unusual," Zhang Fan said. "Our people have investigated those people who bought the goods. Are they ordinary people who have lived in the local area for a long time, or did they appear suddenly, and we can't know their origins?" people,"

"There are all of them, but most of them are almost local people who were born and raised in various places, and they can all be detected by the brothers, and some people who appear suddenly are not absent, but those are really pitifully few, and it is estimated that there are only a few people in one place. Just one or two," Liang Chao said here, paused, and continued, "Could it be that your lord feels that someone is provoking the local people?"

"It's not impossible," Zhang Fan frowned, and it seemed that he was very troubled by this matter, "But now, we still know too little to be sure, but there is one thing I'm sure of. , the people there will have such a big change, there must be a reason for it, "

"My lord, what should we do in the future," Liang Chao continued to ask.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Fan said: "Let's do nothing, and continue to pretend to be merchants and sell goods there. However, send me some people over there. Be more secretive, and don't let people find out your whereabouts easily. Check to see where all the bought goods have gone. Also, in various places in the southwest, if you meet someone who cannot be traced, no matter if it is one or two people, you must keep an eye on me. Find out where they are from, whether they have any relationship with those two people, and tell them to be careful, unless it is absolutely necessary, remember not to make any moves, so as not to startle the snake, "

"I understand," Liang Chao responded to Zhang Fan's order.

The two talked and walked, and they had already returned to Zhang Fan's house before they knew it.

Before he had time to get off the horse, Zhang Fan saw Xiangmei who was already waiting in front of the door walking over quickly, and said rather anxiously: "Young master, why did you come back, hurry up,"

"What's the matter?" Seeing her anxious look, Zhang Fan thought something happened, so he hurriedly asked.

"Young Madam, she is going to give birth," Xiangmei replied,