A year later, Sun Ce returned to Wancheng.

When we left at the beginning of the year, the attack and defense of Wancheng was not long. The houses that were demolished by Cao Cao had not been cleaned. Even the places where the east gate of the inner city were smashed by stone throwers had not been repaired. Traces of war could be seen everywhere. Now the houses have been rebuilt and the city gates have been repaired. There are many pedestrians inside and outside the city, bustling with people, and a prosperous scene, especially with many scholars, they either hold the paper roll in their hands, insert it at their waists, or put it in Ziguan, talking and laughing loudly, passing by Sun Ce and others as if no one was around, without any fear of Dian Wei, Chen Dao and others.

Some people recognized Sun Ce, but they just stopped and bowed to Sun Ce, and turned around and left. It was not surprising. At most, they said a few gossips and said hello. On the contrary, some young women were cheerful. After recognizing Sun Ce, they waved their arms and screamed at Sun Lang. They were obviously particularly excited, and then they bit their handkerchiefs with their female companions and kept laughing.

Sun Ce returned the favor one by one. Since entering the city, he has never put down his hand.

Yang Xiu lay in the carriage, his eyes shone through the car window, watching Sun Ce swaying all the way, wanting to say a few sarcastic words, but he couldn't find a suitable reason, so he had to snort and turn his head aside. Yang Hong sat aside, but he felt a little emotional. When Yuan Shu was in Wancheng, no one liked him. Not only did the aristocratic family ignore him, but ordinary people even ignore him. Now Sun Ce is warmly welcomed by the people of Nanyang, and it is not easy for the court to snatch Nanyang from him.

"Ayao, you will soon be the prefect of Nanyang. Why don't you go out to meet the people?" Yang Hong stroked Yuan Yao's shoulder and gently pushed. "Go, be close to the people."

Yuan Yao shook his head. "I am neither too tall nor too brave to him. Even if I stand with him, no one will notice me. Why bother to humiliate myself?" He looked at Yang Xiu and chuckled: "Although my brother is not as handsome as him, he is also a kind person. If he can stand shoulder to shoulder with him, he will not be inferior. It's a pity that he is injured, so he can only see him as being the leader."

Yang Xiu felt stuffy in his chest and almost bit his tongue. He stared at Yuan Yao fiercely. "Did you do it on purpose?"

Yuan Yao looked confused. "Brother, I don't understand what you said."

"Oh, forget it, forget it." Yang Xiu waved his hand. "I want to take a break. I will see Yan Xiang later. Zhang Xun is easy to talk to. Don't bother me." He thought for a while and said to Yang Hong: "Uncle, by the time, the imperial edict should be coming soon, right?"

"If your father and Xun Lingjun agree with your opinion, you should have arrived. The journey from Nanyang to Guanzhong is smooth and the post station is well maintained, especially in Nanyang County, where the staff and facilities are in line with each other, the world's best."

A trace of uneasiness flashed in Yang Xiu's eyes. The edict was delayed. Is it because they did not agree or is there another reason? If the opportunity is missed, the appointments of these two prefects will not play the role they deserve.

The convoy entered the inner city and entered the military camp again. Sun Ce got off his horse and looked at the empty military camp, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. Zhou Yu went out to fight, but it did not mean that there were no troops stationed in Wancheng. Why did Wenpin never show up? He was wondering, Yan Xiang hurried over with a few officials and bowed from afar.

"I don't know that the general is here and has never been welcomed. He will be sentenced to death or death."

"Okay, I know you're busy, so I'm not going to let you know. Of course, I'll check the posts and see your achievements. Nanyang is doing well, and you are a prefect."

Yan Xiang smiled and was humble. "I just tried my best. Nanyang Energy recovered so quickly, which is not something I can do alone. Du Envoy, General Zhou and the officials in the mansion have made contributions." He lowered his voice again. "General, isn't Yuan Yao mourning? Why did he come here?"

Sun Ce smiled. Yuan Yao was mourning. It was said that he should have been there for three years, but he couldn't resist the court's use of his chess piece, so he threw the ceremonies aside. "Didn't Yang Wenming tell you? He should have gone from Nanyang to Runan."

Yan Xiang was very surprised. "Isn't he going to Runan to worship General Yuan? In a few days, it will be the anniversary of General Yuan's anniversary. I am rushing to handle the official duties at hand these days and am preparing to take time to go to Runan. I just heard that the general came to Wancheng, and I was surprised and thought something big had happened."

"There is indeed a big deal, but I'll talk about it later. Where is Wen Zhongye? Where has he been?"

Yan Xiang became uneasy. Sun Ce suddenly appeared in Wancheng and did not inform him in advance. Now he was anxious to ask Wen Pin where he was. All signs indicate that Sun Ce was suspicious of him. "Half a month ago, I received a message from Wuguan that the general of the chariot and cavalry gathered troops in Lantian camp. Wen Zhongye was worried that Xu Shu could not take care of him. The last time Xu Rong broke into Nanyang, he rushed to Qing County to deploy defenses."

Sun Ce nodded, asked a few more questions, and turned his head and saw Yan Xiang's expression uneasy and looked very nervous. "Yan Fujun, are you doing something? Are you very busy with official business? I think you seem very nervous."

Yan Xiang thought about it and decided to meet with each other frankly. "General, did I... do something wrong?"

Sun Ce looked confused. "No."

Yan Xiang wanted to speak but stopped.

"You don't have to guess." Guo Jia suddenly said: "If you do something wrong, you still need the general to deal with it personally? Du Envoy Du is enough."

Yan Xiang let out a long sigh, patted his beating heart, and smiled bitterly with a self-deprecating smile. "Guo Jijiu is right, I'm too nervous these two days. It's also because Du Bohou made a fuss. Jiangxia, the battle situation in Nanjun was not decided, so he stared at me, the prefect of Nanyang. I couldn't even sleep well, for fear that he would take me as a typical example. Suddenly seeing the general, I thought I had made some big mistakes, but he didn't dare to make a decision and wanted to ask the general to come forward."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing. "It seems that Du Bohou, the governor, is very competent. Even you, the prefect of Nanyang, are so nervous. Those powerful families should be more honest."

"The general said very much. Now the powerful families in Nanyang are looking forward to Zhou Gongjin's ability to recover Jiangxia and Nanjun as soon as possible, and let him go to those two counties to inspect. Don't keep staring at Nanyang. General, do you know what the people of Nanyang call him now?"

"It seems that it's not a good name."

"Du Baihu."

"Why is this name? Emotion?"

"It was indeed a rumor. He was honest and spared no effort to rectify the powerful. Nanyang has sufficient financial resources and reduced a lot of miscellaneous taxes. The people love him, while the powerful are afraid of him like a tiger and privately called him a white tiger. He said that his innocence is innocent and the tiger is powerful. It spreads over and over again, but it is more popular than his real name."

Sun Ce was very pleased. Du Ji was worthy of being a talented person, and this governor was very good at doing a great job. Although he often received reports from Du Ji and received a lot of news about Du Ji, he didn't know that he had such a nickname. Nanyang Energy's management was so good, and Du Ji's contribution was greater than Yan Xiang.
Chapter completed!