Qin Gong

Chapter 306 Going back to Xianyang and meeting Lu Sheng by chance
Bai Yan stayed in Lantian for one night, bid farewell to Sima Xing in a hurry the next day, and set off for Xianyang.

along the way.

Bai Yan rode a war horse and led the iron cavalry to gallop along the official road. Passers-by along the way retreated to both sides of the official road when they heard the sound of horseshoes from a distance.

The farther to the west, the more the scenery along the way highlights the scene of late autumn.

Looking at the roadside scenery, Bai Yan on horseback couldn't help but sigh with emotion. When he left, everything was blooming. On the day of his return, it was the late autumn that was about to enter winter. Everything withered and the autumn leaves fell.

Xianyang City.

Due to his haste, Bai Yan led Gui and others to Xianyang before sunset.

But just as Bai Yan was about to enter the city, he suddenly found a carriage in front of him that gave way. He thought it was a carriage of merchants or gentry, but Bai Yan ignored it.

Who knew that after riding by, he suddenly heard a voice calling himself.

Bai Yan, who reined in the horse, rode on the horse, followed the sound, and then saw Lu Sheng, who had met several times, was waving to him at the window of the carriage.

"Yan!"

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and an earnest Lu Sheng stepped out of the carriage in a hurry.

Seeing this, Bai Yan raised his hand to signal the soldiers to stop, then got off his horse.

"Yan!"

Lu Sheng didn't wait for the groom to take the wooden stool, he jumped off the carriage, and then quickly walked in front of Bai Yan, and bowed his hands to salute.

Bai Yan also bowed his hand in return.

"Young shopkeeper, this is it?"

After Bai Yan finished his ceremony, he looked at Lu Sheng curiously. This Lu Sheng obviously returned to Xianyang from outside.

For Lu Sheng, Bai Yan can't say that he has a special fondness for him, but he doesn't have any malice. Although Lu Sheng is eager to attack and a little greedy, he is also human, and he is not like Lu Lu, who used means to steal bamboo slips and do despicable acts.

What's more, if it wasn't for Lu Sheng, Bai Yan and Xu Shi wouldn't have had the chance to get to know each other, and Bai Yu's poison might not have had the chance to be cured.

Bai Yan always remembers this favor.

"Go to Yingchuan before!"

Hearing Bai Yan's question, Lu Sheng looked at his carriage and said with a smile.

Looking at the young Yan in front of him, although Yan was wearing common clothes, he couldn't see anything, but with so many cavalry soldiers behind him, and Yan's actions just now, Lu Sheng couldn't see that the young man in front of him must have won another battle. .

Thinking of this, Lu Sheng felt even more excited in his heart. After all, he thought it was pretty good to be waiting.

And Yan's status and rights may have surpassed that of Gan Si, who served as the chief official in Yuzhong, Shangjun.

Yan, in Lu Sheng's eyes, is a network!
"Yingchuan?"

Bai Yan was a little curious when he heard Lu Sheng's words.

Lu's shops in Yingchuan are basically all controlled by Lu Qi. Lu Sheng's going to Yingchuan should not be to deal with Lu Qi. Lu Qi said that the Lu family has strict rules and some things can't be touched. Lu Sheng didn't It is necessary to give up the current position and go to Lu Qi's territory in Yingchuan to compete for shops.

"It's related to the matter you participated in before! If you have time, I will order someone to go to the mansion or restaurant to prepare wine, and you and I will discuss it in detail!"

Lu Sheng looked at Bai Yan, clasped his hands and asked.

Perhaps worried that Bai Yan would not agree, Lu Sheng frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and then made up his mind.

"Lv Sheng was in Xianyang, and met Minister Jiang Jing by chance. I think he will have made great achievements this time. In this country of Qin, if he knows Minister Jiang Jing, it will definitely help him in his official career in the future."

Lu Sheng said to Bai Yan.

In Lu Sheng's eyes, this was another favor he gave to Bai Yan, after all, the servant was the official who accompanied the king on his trip, with an annual salary of [-] shi.

Although he has no real power, he is still an official who can see the king and whose annual salary is comparable to that of a public servant.

But what Lu Sheng didn't know at the moment was.

After his words fell, many of the cavalry soldiers behind Bai Yan had strange expressions on their faces.

Four hundred stones?servant?

If it was in the past, when the iron cavalry officers heard the news, they would definitely feel that the servant was a high-ranking official, and it would be a great thing if he could climb high.

But now looking at the general and listening to the young merchant's words, it feels weird.

Although the servant is an official of the king, he has no real power. He is not as good as Yilang and Zhonglang. Let a left concubine go to curry favor with the servant?
There are hundreds, even thousands, of Qin's Ministers, Yilang, and Zhonglang. As long as they are the sons of officials who want to become officials, they can start with "Lang".

But Zuo Shuchang, General Jue, looking at the whole Qin country, how many people are there!

thought here.

Not to mention Feng Nian and Gui, even the other cavalry officers vaguely guessed that this young merchant probably didn't know the identity of the general.

Many officers and men thought in spite of themselves that if the general hadn't removed Qin Jia and Jue Bian yesterday as he passed by Lantian City and didn't want to cause a commotion when he went to the city and didn't return to the building, otherwise the merchant saw the Jue Bian worn by the general here today. , I'm afraid I can't say what I just said.

Beside the carriage.

When Bai Yan heard Lu Sheng's words, he frowned slightly, looked at the cavalry soldiers behind him, and then looked at the sky.

"How about choosing a day, Yan has important things to do today, so don't delay, choosing a day is in a restaurant, preparing wine and waiting for the young shopkeeper!"

Bai Yan turned his head to look at Lu Sheng, and clapped his hands in ceremony.

It's not that Bai Yan is playing tricks, but after returning to Xianyang, even though it's getting late, he still has to go to the palace to report to see if the king summons him, and then whether the king summons him or not, Bai Yan will go to see Bai Yu.

Bai Yan needed to know if he was not in Xianyang, and whether Lord Changping and the Chu clan had done anything during this time.

Moreover, Sima Xing had said that he needed to see Bai Yu for many things, and Bai Yu would ask him for many things at that time.

Today he can't leave at all!

"Choose a date?"

After hearing Bai Yan's words, Lu Sheng glanced at the cavalry officers behind Bai Yan and nodded.

"Okay! In two days, Lu Sheng will prepare a banquet at the restaurant. Then, you and I will have a drink and talk!"

Lu Sheng didn't make things difficult for Bai Yan, he nodded and said, then saluted slowly.

Seeing this, Bai Yan also raised his hand in return.

After talking for a few words, Bai Yan turned around and mounted his war horse, and rushed towards Xianyang City under Lu Sheng's watchful eye.

In front of Bai Yan's mansion.

The servants of the mansion were sweeping the fallen leaves with a broom.

In the study of the mansion, Mr. Bao, dressed in Qin clothes, was checking the accounts of the mansion with his slender hands. Before the autumn harvest and the harvest of the year, a lot of accounts needed to be checked by Mr. Bao.

Bai Yan is a general, and the fertile land alone is 49 hectares more than that of the five doctors, and there are 74 hectares of fertile land in total.

These are a huge harvest, not to mention that Bai Yan has [-] households in addition to the farmland and annual salary.

The taxes of these [-] households also need to be counted.

"Ma'am, the minister of Qin has a lot of money and taxes!"

Xi waited on Mrs. Bao, looking at the scrolls of bamboo slips that had been counted, and couldn't help but whispered.

Even in Xixi of the General's Mansion, seeing these, I couldn't help feeling that the Qin State is really a big business. I didn't think it before, but now that the general's title has reached the Zuo Shu, the income of the mansion suddenly doubled several times.

This is completely more than those ministers in Korea in the past. In Korea, Xi knew that many ministers in the Korean court, no matter in terms of land and income, could not compare with the income of the current mansion at all.

"This is only possible with the titles of generals and nobles! You think other ministers can have so many!"

Hearing Xi's words, Mrs. Bao couldn't help laughing.

Before Bai Yan became a general, when he was still the fifth doctor, the income in the mansion was not so much at all, just one step away, the difference is huge.

Even in the state of Qin, countless people never made it this far in their entire lives.

Either have the background and ability of the gentry, or have a chance, one of the two must be present.

"Ma'am, ma'am!"

A servant outside the door suddenly ran into the study in a hurry, and came to Mrs. Bao panting.

Seeing this, Bao Shi was a little puzzled.

Even Xi looked at the servant, not knowing what he was so anxious about.

"Ma'am, the general is back home!"

The servant swallowed his saliva, gasped and said to Bao Shi.

Hearing the servant's words, Bao Shi looked surprised, then quickly put down the bamboo slip in his hand, and Xi quickly followed behind.

inside the yard.

Bao Shi and Xi Fang had just left the study and came to the yard, and saw a young man in commoner clothes leading a few cavalry soldiers into the yard.

Looking at the familiar face, Bao Shi was a little lost.

When the seemingly thin young man looked over, Bao's beautiful eyes met him, and then he came back to his senses and hurried forward.

"General!"

Bao Shi saluted Bai Yan.

Bai Yan looked at Baoshi in Qin clothes, a smile appeared on his face, and then he raised his hand to return the salute.

"lady!"

Bai Yan said softly, with mixed emotions in his heart. Before entering Zhao to fight, and then Yanmen was not stable, so he never dared to let Baoshi go to Yanmen.

After returning from this trip, apart from Wang Zhao, he is also planning to take Bao Shi to Yanmen.

Although Xianyang is extravagant, he may rarely come back in the future.

What's more, what happened to Yao Jia last time also made Bai Yan realize that among the dignitaries and gentry in Xianyang, many people have seen the Bao family after all.

It is impossible for the Bao family to stay in this small mansion all his life.

"Go and prepare meals for the general!"

After Bao got up, he turned his head to Xi Xi who had finished compiling the ceremony beside him, and said softly.

Xi nodded quickly, but before she left, Bai Yan called her to stop.

"Wait a minute!"

Bai Yan called Xi to stop, then looked at Bao Shi, and thought for a while: "Ma'am! Bai Yan came back from the king's summons, and will return to the palace later! Then I have something important to see my uncle."

For the first dinner back this time, Bai Yan knew that he couldn't eat with Bao Shi in the mansion.

Wang Ming couldn't delay, but going to see Bai Yu would be a long night and dreamy.

"Okay! You are ready to prepare the official uniform for the general!"

When Bao Shi heard Bai Yan's words, he smiled with a pretty face, and said in a considerate manner.

this moment.

Seeing Bao's salute, looking at Bao's graceful, yet glamorous cheeks, Bai Yan, who was already a little guilty, suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

There are tens of thousands of women in the world, each with their own differences, and Bai Yan has also seen such stunning women as Zhao Qiu.

But the beauty of the Bao family does not lose to anyone.

And the most touching thing about Bao is not just his beauty.

"Your Madam!"

Bai Yan raised his hands and cupped them in salute.

After watching Bao Shi go away, Bai Yan just turned his head and told the other soldiers to go to rest first.

(End of this chapter)