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Chapter 1 Homecoming

Yejia Manor, Hanoi, Huai County.

Since Ye Zhao accidentally broke through the Taiping Cult in Ji County, Wei Xian was implicated and removed from his post as the prefect of Hanoi. Now the prefect of Hanoi is Zhang Huai, a Qinghe person, and is a student of Cai Yong. He takes good care of the Ye family. Now the Ye family is in Huai County. Although it is not a top family, it can be regarded as a prominent family.

This time Ye Zhao went to Suiyang to take office, and the court gave him a three-month deadline, so Ye Zhao was not good at training troops on the road, so he asked Ding Li to protect the craftsmen with his men to Suiyang, while Ye Zhao took Guan Hai, Gao Sheng, Meng Hu and Qiu Chi to die, and Zhang Yue and ten other guards to go back to Huai County first.

The Ye family manor was built outside the city. Over the past three years, Ye Zhao has been gathering a large amount of funds in the north. In addition to daily expenses and wealth used to manage relationships, most of the family funds have been secretly sent to the Ye family in Huai County. This manor, which was originally just a private property of the Ye family outside the Huai County, has now been expanded several times, and compared to Ye Zhao's departure, it is already a bit of a big family. Early in the morning, Liang Uncle and Xiner who received the news were already outside the manor.

"Young Master, you are back." When Ye Zhao arrived at Yezhuang with his personal guards, Uncle Liang immediately stepped forward and helped Ye Zhao hold the war horse. A happy smile appeared on his face full of pleated ones.

"Uncle Liang, Xin'er, you have suffered in the past three years." Ye Zhao stepped forward, hugged Uncle Liang, looked at Xin'er who had already fallen out with a graceful and graceful smile, and said with a smile.

"Why does it mean to be hard for me?" Liang Uncle Liang smiled and said, "And over the past three years, the envoy Zhang Huai has taken good care of my Ye family. I am only responsible for collecting tenant rents and operating some county industries. If you want to say it is hard, the young master may have suffered a lot in that bitter and cold place in the past three years."

"Hey, I am a man who is born to be unable to endure hardship." Ye Zhaosa smiled and said, "Well, Xin'er is much more beautiful."

"Young Master, you guys, you are tired all the way, I'm afraid you're tired. I've prepared hot water for you. Go and wash it up." Uncle Liang smiled.

"Well, it's still uncle Liang who knows me." Ye Zhao nodded and walked to the manor, saying to Uncle Liang: "I have to go there in person when I come back this time. I heard that the envoy likes calligraphy and paintings. I remember that a teacher at home gave me annotation of the Analects of Confucius, and I will take it to me tomorrow. I will go to thank you in person."

Cai Yong's annotations are something that is not exchanged in this era. In this era, except for those nouveau riche who get rich, most officials pay attention to the demeanor of famous scholars. If they send anything like gold and silver, they will be underestimated by the other party. No matter what, Zhang Huai has helped the Ye family. Cai Yong's annotations are sent. First, thank you, and second, they will make friends and expand their connections.

"Don't worry, young master, I'll send someone to submit a visit later." Uncle Liang nodded. This is not a visit. Zhang Huai was also the prefect of a county. If you want to help the Ye family, it is naturally more formal to go to the visit. The etiquette that should be left must not be missing.

"Then I'll have to worry about Uncle Liang." After taking everyone into the courtyard, Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at everyone and said, "You have worked hard all the way. This time I will stay in Huai County for several days. Please relax."

"Here!" Everyone bowed quickly, and a servant led everyone to rest.

"Young Master is back this time, I will only stay for a few days before leaving?" Uncle Liang and Xiner followed Ye Zhao and looked at Ye Zhao with some loss.

"Well, the court ordered me to take office in Suiyang within three months, so it would be difficult to delay." Ye Zhao nodded and said, Suiyang is far away in Yuzhou, and it is at least 500 miles away. Even if he is as fast as he is now, he has to go one month. He is still preparing to spare some time to understand the people's situation in Suiyang.

"This time I'll ask Xin'er to go with the young master." Uncle Liang glanced at Xiner lovingly.

"Well, this time I went there to manage the place, and there was no war. I'm going to take you with me." Ye Zhao nodded. Uncle Liang and Xin'er were loyal servants of the Ye family. Ye Zhao still remembers that when he first came, it was the time when the Ye family was in a turmoil. In the huge Ye family, only these two people were willing to stay by his side, and they were already Ye Zhao's relatives.

"I won't go." Uncle Liang smiled and shook his head, "The Ye family is getting bigger and bigger now. I'm not relieved to hand over the wealth to others. I'm here to help the young master keep this wealth."

Ye Zhao nodded when he heard this. Now the Ye family has a wealth of wealth, and many of them are shameful and prone to covetousness. Ye Zhao is not at ease to leave it to others.

"Xin'er, go and prepare to wait for the young master to take a bath." Uncle Liang turned his head and said to Xin'er.

"Here." Xin'er's pretty face turned red and she retreated obediently.

"The young master is now in his prime and it's time to get married. I wonder if the young master has a woman he likes? The old slave has already prepared a betrothal gift for the young master." Uncle Liang turned his head and smiled at Ye Zhao.

"This has never happened." Ye Zhao shook his head. In the past three years, in addition to the convenience of governance, he has also collected various medicinal materials to improve his physical condition and Guan Hai and others. He or he is studying the fighting style of this era. These things have filled his energy. In terms of emotions, there is no time, and in terms of love, it is not easy to find a suitable one.

This suitability is not just about the two parties' meeting each other. In this era when marriage is basically based on the words of the matchmaker, whether the two parties are in love is secondary, and more importantly, it is a difference in the door.

The Ye family's current status is very embarrassing. Although the accumulation of three generations has reached the threshold of the scholar class, they are the third-rate scholars at the bottom. Even so, it is still because of Cai Yong. If Ye Zhao had not become a disciple of Cai Yong, the current Ye family would be similar to Zhao Rong at best, and they are considered a wealthy family.

This is also the embarrassment of the Ye family. They have weak connections and are not worthy of the aristocratic families. But if they marry a wealthy woman, this problem is not small for the Ye family today. He is not an emperor and can ignore the difference between the two families. Anyway, there is no family in this world that is comparable to the emperor.

Of course, there is no lack of aristocratic families marrying rich and even common people, but the problem is that Ye Zhao is the only one in the Ye family and cannot be willful when it comes to the issue of a righteous wife.

"There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no descendants are the greatest." Uncle Liang sighed and looked at Ye Zhao and smiled, "Young Master, why not put Xin'er in the room first?"

"Is Xin'er?" Ye Zhao groped his chin and smiled, "It's not bad, but is Xin'er willing?"

"Young Master, you can do it." Uncle Liang smiled.

"If it's someone else, it's fine. Uncle Liang and Xinerzhao are treated as relatives. If Xiner doesn't want to, then it's my sister Ye Zhao. The Ye family will be Xiner's parents' home in the future." Ye Zhao shook his head. He was not trying to have a free love relationship, but he really treated Xiner as his family.
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