In early April, the branches are covered with locust flowers.

On Lychee Road, Zhang Wenjing, who was riding with Li Xia, was still talking and laughing.

Although I also try my best to look like a lady, I am really happy after traveling for four months.

"Is that a lychee?"

"No, that should be Shan Minzi."

"Okay." Zhang Wenjing turned around again, looking for traces of lychee.

She had never eaten it in her life, but she knew that it must be delicious since Su Dongpo said, "If you eat three hundred lychees a day, you will grow up to be a Lingnan native."

It's a pity that the lychees are not yet ripe and they have to return to Hanzhong.

"Let me ask you, if I want to eat lychees when the season comes, can you also ask a fast horse to bring them to me?"

Li Xia said: "Although I can't let the horse deliver it, next time we inspect southern Sichuan, we can go out in the summer."

"You are quite good at talking." Zhang Wenjing leaned in his arms, looked up and smiled: "I'm just teasing you, I won't really embarrass you. If you become the emperor, don't force you to ride for me and laugh like a concubine in the world of mortals.

, I want to be a virtuous concubine."

It was like a willful joke, with her clever thoughts in it.

When they return to Hanzhong this time, they are going to get married.

Zhang Wenjing did not want to embarrass Li Xia because of her status. After joking, she continued to point her finger at the scenery around her and smiled sweetly.

…

On the sixth day of April, they returned to Hanzhong and ended their journey.

"So tired."

In the boudoir, after Zhang Wenjing took a bath, she sat on a chair and let Yan'er wipe her hair. She looked at Yuan Yan and asked with a smile: "What are you busy with, Sister Yuan?"

"Draw up a parallel prose, and then a vernacular, to inform the princes of Pingling County in various places about the opening of the palace, and to recruit capable people... Well, there are too many things to read out."

Yuan Yan was sitting at the table writing, without looking back, and said: "By the way, I have made all the preparations for your wedding. I thought you would come back in February to get married."

"I thought I would come back after persuading a few local dignitaries, but I found out that there was a good opportunity to seize Chongqing Mansion." Zhang Wenjing stretched out her hand, and Ren Feng'er applied ointment to her, "When I was in Chongqing Mansion, I wanted to tell him

There’s no need to go to all the trouble, just pray to heaven and earth. I thought maybe Fifth Brother would send someone, but is there anyone here?”

Yuan Yan didn't answer, but asked a question jokingly.

"Simply bow to heaven and earth? When the love is so strong, you can't control yourself?"

Zhang Wenjing was embarrassed and angry, her pretty face glowed, and she spat: "Sister Yuan, what are you talking about? You are still a female champion."

"Look at you, are you so happy?"

"Well, it was fun." Zhang Wenjing's eyes became brighter as she recalled the close friendships along the way, "He said it was called 'love' before getting married. Well... falling in love is really interesting."

"Is it worth your five years of waiting?"

"Well, I don't regret it."

"Don't say this in front of a poor man. You have to work hard on your horse. Go and rest when you are tired. I have to be busy for a while."

"Okay, I have to sleep well for two days... By the way, Fifth Brother didn't send anyone here, did he?"

Yuan Yan stopped writing, nodded, and said: "This decision is difficult to make, so why bother forcing them?"

Zhang Wenjing muttered: "Zhang Wulang doesn't know the world's heroes."

After all, she was a little disappointed with this brother. As she counted Li Xia's deeds, the feeling of admiration that she had always felt filled her heart again. Finally, she covered her head and looked forward to the marriage...

~~

The plaque on the Shuai Mansion has been replaced by the four characters "Prince Pingling's Mansion".

This has a very different meaning for the Hantai shogunate, and even for scholars throughout Sichuan, Shaanxi, Longxi, and Dali.

The prince of Pingling County opened a palace and established his own official position, which meant that he could get the position of an official without being named on the gold list.

As for how much weight a subordinate official has?

People with different visions may see the weight in different ways, but under the rule of Prince Pingling, it is an official.

…

"Long history."

"Long history."

Han Chengxu walked slowly along the path of Qianya. Hearing this call along the way, he felt filled with emotion.

When they entered the meeting hall, they saw that Li Xia had arrived and personally stepped forward to help Han Chengxu sit down.

"Should I do it or not? I can still walk and sit. Please take a seat, please."

"I've been away for four months now, and I'm tired of all the hard work behind the scenes."

"It's not hard work. I'm happy to see that the prince has finally rectified his name. I'm so happy." Han Chengxu clapped his knees and said, "One day, when I see the prince take the De Mansion, I will die with peace of mind."

Li Xia hurriedly said: "Don't say that. Mr. Han will see me rule the world and serve as prime minister for ten years before he can live a long life."

In the past, if Li Xia mentioned his ambition to "unify the world", although Li Xia would not be embarrassed, others would still think it was far away.

Now that I say it, it is natural.

But it is obviously impossible to become prime minister for ten years. Han Chengxu sighed in his heart about life, old age, illness and death, and responded with a smile: "I look forward to that day."

"Since Mr. Yi Ning went to Longxi to supervise farming, Mr. Han and I are the only ones discussing today. Let's talk about the current internal affairs first. The next two things will be focused on, one is currency and trade, and the other is attracting the population."

"Does the prince hope to use business travel to allow the population and materials from Jiangnan to flow into Sichuan and Shaanxi?"

"In this way, we have the foundation to accumulate strength."

Han Chengxu smiled and said: "To put it simply, tea goods traveled to the Western Regions, Tianzhu, traded horses, and returned with gold and silver. The gold and silver went down the Yangtze River, hired laborers, and returned with the goods."

"That's exactly what I mean. In this process, we must also build our currency reputation. Only by doing this can we expand our doubled strength to ten or twenty times..."

Over time, the general direction of internal affairs has been partially adjusted.

"When it comes to foreign affairs, they can be divided into many directions. Guanlong must guard against the Mongolian counterattack. We don't know when the battle for the throne will end. On the other hand, the soldiers are still training and farming for the time being..."

"I'm afraid the battle for the Mongolian Khan's throne won't be too fast. There is someone who has ambitions to fight for supremacy and is also paying attention to this matter."

"Has Li Fen sent an envoy?"

"Not yet. Mongolia's intelligence is clear. He obviously has more information than us. He hasn't taken any action yet. It's probably because Kublai Khan hasn't gone far enough."

"How did Mr. Han predict this?"

"If Kublai Khan approaches Hara and Lin in one year, fights in one year, stabilizes the situation in Mobei in one or two years, and returns to rest in another year. The best time will be two years later, when the war in Hara and Lin is at its most intense.

, Kublai Khan also lost the most money and food."

"Two years?"

Li Xia pondered: "The terrain of Guanlong is different from that of Sichuan and Shu. The ambushes, defensive counterattacks that I was good at in the past are not suitable..."

"Prince." Han Chengxu asked, "Have you thought about how to conquer the Zhang family?"

"Difficult." Li Xia said: "The main difficulty is that there is Shi Tianze in the middle, and the Zhang family is based on Shuntian Road. Bozhou is just the front line for Zhang Rou to temporarily occupy the Song Dynasty. In other words, the Zhang family is too far away from me. If you want to join me,

, will inevitably be surrounded by nobles from all over the world. They will not choose this way, and it is very rare to be able to achieve 'secret communication'."

"Secret passage song..."

Han Chengxu shook his head and sighed: "If it were the time of Brother Meng, it would not be difficult to communicate secretly. But Kublai Khan's methods are much more powerful."

"I also noticed it." Li Xia said: "There is a very important difference. Does Mr. Han remember? When we went north to Kaifeng, Shi Tianze clearly had different intentions."

"Shi Tianze must have had a secret conspiracy with Li Fen." Han Chengxu was very sure and said: "I talked with Mr. Yang in detail. Shi Tianze was deeply involved in what happened back then."

"But in the past two years, I haven't noticed any changes in the historian's family."

"The prince is saying...Kublai Khan has completely conquered Shi Tianze?"

"What a powerful method."

Han Chengxu said: "I don't know how Zhang Rou will react when the news of the marriage between the county prince and Miss Zhang spreads, and what Kublai Khan will do to the Zhang family?"

Li Xia nodded and said thoughtfully: "At this time, Kublai Khan must be cautious."

After talking for a long time, Han Chengxu stroked his beard and said, "After talking about internal and external matters, the prince has to settle the family affairs."

"By September, Qiao'er will be eighteen, and I want to marry her as my concubine...the same as Wen Jing."

In Li Xia's own mind, with Wang Jue, it would be easier for the wives at home to make arrangements.

When the time comes, Gao Mingyue will be the princess, Zhang Wenjing and Han Qiaoer will be the side princesses. In Nian'er, Tang An'an will be granted the title of Lady of the County.

Maybe you need to apply for a seal from the imperial court, but that doesn't matter.

Prince Pingling has the final say.

Although this status is not important, it is very important. Nian'er and Tang Anan don't care much about it, but Zhang Wenjing and Han Qiaoer's family relationships require this status.

As expected, Han Chengxu was overjoyed and couldn't stop stroking his beard.
To be continued...