The water flows meandering all the way to the south.

Juoyang, as the name suggests, is located on the north bank of the Juishui River. To be more precise, the overall north-south flow of the Juishui River turns a corner here, and Juoyang is located in the northwest of the river.

A short distance south across this river is the border of Xinye County.

Today, Leshi has two main gathering places.

One of them is the Hanoi Le family, such as Le Yang, who once served as Liu Han's prefect of Hanoi.

The second is the Le family of Nanyang, who has lived here for hundreds of years. He was previously unknown and his family status was not high. He only became successful in the Later Han Dynasty, but he was not famous. It was not until the Cao Wei Dynasty that he really became famous.

Strictly speaking, this is a relatively "young" aristocratic family, which has been powerful for no more than a hundred years.

If history does not change, Nanyang, a place sandwiched between the northern and southern forces, will definitely not have an easy future. The gradual decline of Lejia is a high probability event.

Even now, Roca's future is uncertain.

It's hard to say what will happen to them if there is a war between the north and the south.

Of course, this is all a matter for the future. For now, Nanyang Leshi is prosperous, and its family power even far exceeds that of Shangshu Ling Leguang, and they are ushering in their most golden age.

As the saying goes, people shy away from home, the closer they get to Le family's old house in Tuoyang, the more unstable Le Lanji's mood becomes.

While sitting in the carriage, I would secretly wipe my tears from time to time.

Shao Xun held her in his arms and comforted her softly.

Lan Ji put her arms around his waist, buried her face in her arms, and occasionally replied.

Most of the time it was quiet, the two of them just hugging each other quietly.

Feelings are sometimes accumulated little by little.

After crossing a stone bridge, Lan Ji suddenly shouted to stop.

Shao Xun took her hand and walked down to the roadside.

Cai Cheng signaled with his eyes, Shao Xun looked at the manor not far away, and waved for the carriage to leave.

Le Lanji stood by a white apricot blossom forest, pointed with her slender hand, and said happily: "It's still the same. There was such a forest when I was a child, but I didn't expect it to still exist now."

Shao Xun was also a little surprised.

Nanyang Leshi's manor has never been besieged? It's a bit incredible.

This is the difference in thinking between men and women.

Le Lanji happily walked into the apricot blossom forest, gently picked up a flower and smelled it.

Shao Xun was thinking about how many private soldiers the Le family had trained, and there was something there.

If someone told him now that the entire county of Juiyang is a large manor owned by the Le family, he would dare to believe it.

Therefore, despite the fact that when the kings were in power, killing noble officials in Luoyang was like killing chickens, even Le Guang was killed by Sima Yi. But if Le Guang had slipped out of the capital and returned to Juoyang, Sima Yi really couldn't have killed him.

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But then again, in order to maintain the family business, members of the gentry still had to go to Luoyang in droves to contribute to the local family construction. This was something they had no choice about.

To put it simply, it is easy to kill a scholar but difficult to eradicate him.

It took the Northern and Southern Dynasties three hundred years to weaken a group of monkey-like families that could barely be accepted by the royal family. There was a long way to go.

"Is that the young lady up front?" There were more than ten households of gardeners on the edge of the apricot blossom forest, cultivating a large vegetable field for the Le family. An old man squinted his eyes and asked.

Lelan Ji was stunned for a moment, then slowly seemed to recall this person, and asked tentatively: "Zhang Dianji?"

"It's the old servant." Zhang Dianji was overjoyed. After a hurried salute, he shouted to the people who came out after hearing the news: "My dear wife, I'm going home to visit you."

Birds in the forest fluttered up, chirped, and then landed on the branches. They tilted their heads and looked quietly at the woman with reddish eyes.

The garden guards were stopped at a distance by soldiers.

Le Lanji looked around carefully and found that except for a few people, she didn't recognize most of them.

She turned back to look at Shao Xun and said, "When I was little, I loved going out to play, and my favorite was coming to the vegetable garden."

"Are you here to steal melons?" Shao Xun said with a smile.

Le Lanji rolled her eyes at him and smiled without saying a word.

Shao Xun looked at the garden guards who were whispering to each other again. He seemed to hear the Guanzhong accent and suddenly thought deeply.

It seems that Leshi has also gathered a group of Kansai people, but the number should not be large, and they are the kind of people who are unorganized or separated.

The refugees from Kansai who came in groups tended to gather in groups and hug each other, so they would not be accepted by the Nanyang natives.

The two continued to move forward.

After passing the apricot blossom forest and vegetable fields, all you can see is endless farmland.

The millet seedlings were growing well in the fields, and farmers came with hoeing duties. When they heard that the young lady from the Le family had returned, they all fell to their knees.

What's outrageous is that when they heard the word "Mr. Chen", they just stood there blankly without any expression.

Obviously, in Juiyang, "Le Xiao Niangzi" is greater than "Chen Gong".

Bankers have a deep-rooted fear and respect for their masters, which has been strengthened from generation to generation.

Rural farmers, some of whom don't even know what dynasty they are in now, have never been outside the ten miles of this manor in their lives.

They don't even know what the imperial court is, and whatever the master says is what it is, and it has the power of life and death over them.

Obeying the master's orders is almost a bone-deep instinct.

In comparison, those who have gone out to fight with the main family members are considered knowledgeable people, and they are obviously the more core members.

There are many scattered villages outside the manor, where many people live.

At this time, they heard shouts and went out to look around.

Someone put away the mulberry leaves in the bamboo basket and went out to look out.

Some people put down their half-mended clothes and leaned against the door to look at each other.

Someone drove the chickens and ducks into the house and reached for their heads behind the fence.

Farmers in the fields, women in the courtyard, children grazing... it's such a big scene.

Shao Xun wandered leisurely, looking around casually.

Farmers raise poultry and even large livestock, whether they are their own or fostered by the owner, it is very good, after all, the things are real.

There are many fruit trees planted in the front and back of the yard, and they are blooming one after another at this time, which is really beautiful.

The fields are filled with grain and pockmarks, and the ridges are covered with mulberry trees.

Beside the river, there are herds of cattle and sheep, happily munching on the fresh grass.

The production and management are very effective!

No wonder the Le family sent people to take care of Guangchengze, and the production suddenly increased by several percent. This can be seen just by looking at their management of their own manor.

The manor arrived quickly, and Shao Xun even saw the rumbling water bucket.

Beside the water basin, there are craftsmen who are forging iron, constantly making various farm tools and even weapons.

Outside the gate of the manor, Leshi's tribe dispersed far away, driving the crowd away and leaving a large open space in the middle.

Shaw's personal soldiers arrived suddenly, driving the crowd out together with Le's tribe, and continued to expand the open space.

The open space was quickly filled with crowds of people.

Le Kai was supporting an elderly woman, who was surrounded by everyone in the middle.

The woman has white hair and wipes her eyes with a silk handkerchief from time to time.

When they saw Shao Xun and Le Lan Ji coming, they suppressed their longing, bowed to Shao Xun, and said: "It is the Le family's good fortune that Mr. Chen is here. Please come in."

"Old Madam, there is no need to be polite." Shao Xun returned the gift and said softly.

"Auntie!" Le Lanji couldn't stop the tears on her face. She didn't care about the loss of etiquette, so she rushed over, hugged her mother, and cried bitterly.

The old lady was quite the person in the scene. She gently comforted her daughter and then invited Shao Xun inside.

Liu Ling took the lead and entered with two teams of soldiers.

Shao Xun and Lucai chatted for a while at the door.

"Jueyang is a good place. Hongxu has taken care of the farm and house in an orderly manner, which makes my family pale in comparison." Shao Xun said with a smile.

"Ming Gong is joking." Le Kai said modestly: "My family is actually nothing. The Taiyang clan, the Langya Wang clan, and the Hedong Pei clan are all well-run families. My family is just a small scene."

Shao Xun laughed.

He knew Lucky was telling the truth.

Shaw now owns a lot of land and has many bankers, but it lacks talents and operates a bit extensively. Perhaps this is the difference between the nouveau riche and the established aristocratic families.

But it doesn't matter anymore. The old money has pomp and circumstance, the new rich has energy, and he doesn't care much about his family's property and barely cares about it.

What he spent the most time on was actually the army he created. This was the foundation for his life.

Seeing that most of the soldiers had entered, and the Yi Cong and Silver Spear Army who had come to protect him were also stationed not far away, Shao Xun and Le Kai entered arm in arm, looking very close.
To be continued...