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Chapter 36 The Seven Southeastern Provinces United Bushi

In fact, in today's matter, it was really not Zhang Yan who deliberately found fault, but Sun Ce's rudeness first.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the overall status of women was very low, but there was one type of people that was different, that is, the wives of various duchies and marquises.

The term madam first refers to the official wives of a lord of a country in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Their status is only lower than that of the husband who is the lord, and they cannot be confused with ordinary women at all.

No matter in the pre-Qin and Western Zhou dynasties or in the Han Dynasty, anyone with the title of wife is undoubtedly not a noble class who actually owns a fief. Just like Zhang Yan as a marquis, his wife will automatically have a lower-level title. As Yan's status rises, Qiao Ying's status will also increase day by day, which has been officially recognized by Dahan.

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In a truly formal official banquet, if the host is an aristocrat, the presence of family members at the banquet often represents a kind of respect for the guests.

Because in many cases, noble lords and their wives actually represent two different interest groups.When two people appear together, it means that the other party has fully accepted your existence.

It's just that this kind of knowledge is not a bad street thing, and you can only understand it when you have reached the level of actual contact.

The children Sun Ce usually comes into contact with are not high-level, so he really doesn't know the twists and turns.

It seems that among the people he usually comes into contact with, the one with the highest status is just the son of an aristocratic family.

Perhaps many of these aristocratic families also have the right to inherit the title, but the right to inherit and the actual title are two completely different things, and he doesn't understand the situation at all.

Leaving aside Sun Jian's education to Sun Ce after he returned, Kong Rong came back to his senses after seeing the two leave the scene on the other side, and broke the silence of the scene by taking the initiative to give birth.

"Hehe, what a saying that is about estrus and ending with courtesy, well said!"

"Worthy of being the Marquis of the Wan Kingdom, you can get a glimpse of true knowledge and insights from a casual word!"

After Sun Jian and his son left, the atmosphere in the hall gradually became active, and everyone no longer pretended to be asleep as before.

But Zhang Yan smiled and waved his hands:

"You don't need to be like this, if you really want to talk about it, I just showed you a joke."

"It's not easy for me and my wife to get together, so I never see outsiders pointing fingers at this matter. Sun Jian's son is young and vigorous, so I inevitably want to teach him a few words. Think about it."

To be honest, Zhang Yan didn't expect that today's incident would happen in advance, everything was a temporary idea, but now that I think about it, I feel that I was quite hasty

As for the rest of the people, they naturally smiled and said it's okay, and then saw the wine, meat and delicacies being put on one by one, and the banquet started like this.

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After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhang Yan quietly waved his hand after everyone was full, and all the singers and dancers in the hall went away, leaving only a few waiters waiting at the door .

Seeing that the previously noisy room gradually quieted down, the eunuchs and governors put down their wine glasses, bowls and chopsticks one by one, and turned their eyes to Zhang Yan's direction.

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"Ahem, everyone, to be honest, I invite you to Lujiang today. Apart from inviting you to watch the recent military parade and exercise in Lujiang, there are some things I want to discuss with you."

Smiling and cupping his hands to everyone present, Zhang Yan glanced over them one by one.

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"Oh?"

"Hehe, I said, Demao, you must have something to hide."

"But it's okay, we are all county guards, and we have some strength in our hands. If you encounter any difficulties, Demao, we can help you, and we will definitely not shirk."

On the seat close to Zhang Yan, a middle-aged man with a square face put down his wine glass with a smile and said to him.

This person was Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang from Yanzhou.

If you count the relationship between Zhang Yan and the Yuan family, these two can be said to be old acquaintances.

"Thank you, brother Boye, for your kindness. Since that's the case, I'll just say it straight."

Returning a salute to the other party, Zhang Yan sorted out his language, and then expressed his thoughts to everyone.

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"Gentlemen, you may not know something...About half a month ago, a plague of locusts rose from the south of Jingyang and swept through many counties along the way."

"Although we have known about this in advance through some means, it is a pity that manpower is useless due to natural disasters. Even though we have made various preparations in advance, my autumn grain in Lujiang this year has still suffered a lot of losses."

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He didn't choose to explain his purpose as soon as he came up. Zhang Yan first mentioned the locust plague that just ended two days ago.

Sure enough, upon hearing this news, many eunuchs who were not far from his prefecture suddenly panicked.

The locust plague... everyone knows it. If it doesn't happen, it's okay. Once it happens, it will hardly be a loss of one city or one place, and it will often affect many places.

Especially these people are not far to the north of the Lujiang River. If according to what Zhang Yan said, the locust plague crossed the Lujiang River, they would be the next target.

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"Demao... and this thing!?"

"It's only the end of August now. If it was half a month ago... wouldn't it just happen to coincide with the harvest of summer grain? Demao's loss this time, I'm afraid it won't be too small?"

"Why, could it be that the county doesn't have enough food this year, brother, although I don't have much food here, at least I have some."

Looking at Zhang Yan's figure with concern, Kong Rong and others heard Zhang Yan's words and thought that the other party called them here to borrow some food from them.

These few of them are basically from Qingzhou, Xuzhou or Yanzhou, and each of them is a large grain producer.If Zhang Yan was really in trouble, they would support some food and sell him as a favor, but it was not impossible to do this business.

"Demao, do you need my support?"

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Facing everyone's kindness, Zhang Yan shook his head.

Although his grain harvest is mediocre this year, he still has some grain in his hands, so he won't have to borrow grain from everyone.

Besides, if the shortage of food was really enough, Zhang Yan would not engage in such extremely food-consuming things as military exercises.

Nodding to everyone gratefully, Zhang Yan paused for a moment, and then he spoke out his real purpose.

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"Thank you for your kindness. I am indeed short of food in Lujiang this year, but it has not reached that point yet. If there is a need in the future, I will take the initiative to speak up, and I will not be polite to you."

"It's just that today, I called everyone here, but it's not because of my own business."

He looked at a vacant table beside him, where the wine, meat and food were all served, but no one moved his chopsticks.

It was the seat he left for Sun Jian before.

A trace of pity flashed in Zhang Yan's eyes.

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"Everyone, my Lujiang River was quite prosperous last year, and this year I have opened up a few hundred miles to the south, so I have some leftover food."

"It's just like some counties in the south of me. If they don't make preparations in advance, I'm afraid they will fall into a large-scale famine if they are not careful."

"Let me give you an example, let's not talk about anyone else, but the prefect Sun Jian who just left the meeting."

"Most of his grain in Jingzhou is rice, and this disaster has been crushed all the way from his head in Changsha County. I am afraid that his losses will not be lower than mine."

Having said that, Zhang Yan paused.

In fact, he should not have said this today.

According to his thinking, as long as he mentioned a few words about the locust plague at the banquet, Sun Jian would tell the difficulties he encountered, and he would be able to move forward to the next step.

It's just that no one thought that Sun Jian would bring his son, that stupefied young Sun Ce, here with him.

Sun Jian left the banquet early after being made such a fuss by him, and Zhang Yan's words naturally fell on him.

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"Guys, this is what I think."

"Since we are all envoys of the Emperor of Han, if one side is in trouble, we should help each other."

"Prefect Sun Jian is in trouble now. I called everyone to my Lujiang to take this opportunity to discuss with you whether each family can provide some food to help Prefect Sun Jian overcome this disaster."

Trying to tell everyone, Zhang Yan's eyes are also secretly looking at a few people.

His main purpose today is twofold, one of which is to get some grain from these large producers, to see if he can help Sun Jian, and not to force him to be unable to eat anymore, and come to Lujiang to rob himself.

But as expected, after hearing that he said that he wanted to ask for food for Sun Jian, not for himself, all the people present became quiet one by one.

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These people are not fools.

I am willing to lend you Zhang Yan grain because of your Zhang Yan background. Today's Lujiang is rich and can afford it.

As for places like Changsha... Although it cannot be said how poor it is, in the eyes of these prefects in the northern Central Plains, it is really not worth mentioning.

As an important place in Jingnan, the biggest feature of Changsha is the dense water network, which is too dense.

In the impression of these northern princes, Changsha will be caught in small-scale floods almost every once in a while, and food production reductions are simply too common.

If you lend food to Sun Jian...it is almost like giving it away for nothing, and there is no need to expect Sun Jian to pay it back one day.

Besides, according to Sun Jian's temperament, even if the other party insisted on not paying back, he and others would have nothing to do with Sun Jian? ...

The other party is a well-known martial artist, without enough military power to support them, everyone probably doesn't even have the courage to ask for a debt.

"This... Demao, isn't it appropriate?"

"It's not that I look down on Prefect Sun Jian or your reputation. It's just that Changsha is located in a remote place and far from the Central Plains. The food from our places will probably be consumed on the way!"

"The cost of transporting grain is so high, if we want to transport enough grain to Prefect Sun Jian, we may not have enough grain for our own family."

"Our food is not brought by the strong wind, but collected from the hands of the family. If it is so generous, wouldn't the forces under those hands be going to make trouble?"

In the end, it was Kong Rong who broke the unspeakable silence and tried to respond like Zhang Yan.

It's not that they don't help, but that the cost of helping is too high!

If I do this favor and don't get enough benefits, I'm afraid my house will be fried!

However, after Zhang Yan heard this, he didn't feel lost at all.

Or in other words, he still felt very happy.