Hold His Hand

On New Year's Eve, when Xie Chengze read the letter and missed Lu Yanzhou, Lu Yanzhou also thought about Xie Chengze.

Lu Yanzhou, whose pseudonym was Yan Hang, arrived in Jiangnan, and he was not in a hurry to do anything. Firstly, it was Chinese New Year, and secondly...he hadn't grown his beard.

When Lu Yanzhou was in the capital, he spent most of his time at Xie Chengze's Zhuangzi and rarely appeared in front of people, but some people still knew him.

In order to avoid being recognized by others, he planned from the beginning that he would wait for his beard to grow long before appearing in front of others.

His beard grows quite quickly, but it will take a while to grow. Recently, Lu Yanzhou has found some other things to do, such as refining weapons.

But on New Year's Eve, he didn't do anything, but called A, B, B, D, and other people who he had arranged to come to Jiangnan together, and then the big guys had dinner together for the New Year.

"I don't know if Aze has received the things I sent, and if he is thinking about me." Lu Yanzhou sighed.

A, B, C, and D are not very old, so Lu Yanzhou taught them as children. They have a good relationship with Lu Yanzhou.

Recently, I realized that Lu Yanzhou and Xie Chengze have a very good relationship, and they are even closer to Lu Yanzhou: "Young Master Yan, don't worry, the master must be thinking of you!"

They didn't know what to call Xie Chengze before. After all, if they were careless, it would be easy for others to discover Xie Chengze's identity. After much deliberation... they simply asked Lu Yanzhou.

Lu Yanzhou did not hesitate: "Isn't that your master? Just call him master."

So A, B, C, and D were called that, and so were the others, although their current master was actually Lu Yanzhou.

At this moment, everyone said one after another: "Young Master Yan, the master must miss you very much."

"Master likes you the most."

"Master has never liked anyone else!"

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"That's true. He only likes me, and he must be thinking about me." Lu Yanzhou agreed with their words.

Apart from him, Xie Chengze couldn't possibly like anyone else!

A, B, C, D and the others also nodded in agreement. Eunuch Xie was cold-faced to everyone else, and only spoke softly to Lu Yanzhou, being gentle, considerate and affectionate. He must love Lu Yanzhou very much.

Although they like women and don't quite understand how two people should be together, Young Master Lu and their master are really an enviable couple!

Lu Yanzhou reminded them again: "Remember to write a letter and tell him that I have been thinking about him."

Everyone immediately agreed that they would definitely speak well for Lu Yanzhou, and let their master not forget Lu Yanzhou!

The atmosphere was lively, but Lu Yanzhou and the others didn't eat well.

Dayan will come to an end, which is related to the fact that the aristocratic family and the royal family have been enclosing land, so that the people have been displaced, and it is also related to climate change and natural disasters in recent years.

If there were no natural disasters, Dayan would still be able to survive for a few more years, but now the natural disasters are too severe, and many places are in short supply of grain, so the price of grain is not cheap, and the price of meat is even more expensive.

Lu Yanzhou and the others spent the Chinese New Year hastily.

After the new year, Lu Yanzhou's beard has grown, and he deliberately tanned himself, coupled with a completely different style of dressing... He has changed from a handsome young man to a tall and strong man with a beard. Chinese.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Lu Yanzhou couldn't help but said to Xie Jia: "If Ze sees me like this, will he not like me?"

Xie Jia has long been used to being asked this way, and knows how to answer: "No, master likes you the most!"

Lu Yanzhou was really satisfied with the answer, and said again: "He likes me now, but if I was like this when we first met, he would definitely not take me home!"

Xie Jia: "..." I can't answer this question, and he thinks... this is the truth.

Eunuch Xie couldn't possibly see a bearded man on the road and snatch him home.

When the year was so young, many people were starved to death.

Some people are used to being enslaved and endure all the suffering in silence, but there are also people who are ready to fight when they face death.

But how can these people beat the fat and strong guards raised by the big family?They can't rob the granary of the aristocratic family at all. The last target of these scrawny rioters is the tenant farmers or farmers who are struggling at the bottom like them.

The life of the robbed peasants would be difficult.

Some looters went too far, not only robbing food, but also burning houses and killing people, and even displaced many people.

Displaced people will become robbers when they have nowhere to go. This is a vicious circle.

What's even more frightening is that when the weak can't survive, they will bully the weaker people. At this moment, women and children can hardly even survive.

Lu Yanzhou didn't wait any longer, he took the hundreds of soldiers he trained and started to fight the robbers.

Kill the evildoers, and the rest, young and strong, will be incorporated into the army, and the old, weak, sick and disabled will be allowed to farm... Lu Yanzhou quickly occupied an area with excellent weapons and disciplined subordinates. land.

At this time, in other places, people have already laid down large areas.

Lu Yanzhou was not in a hurry, he worked hard to manage his own territory, subjugated local tyrants to divide the land, and did not ask for anything other than to allow more people to survive.

In addition, children and adolescents from the areas he occupied were also gathered by him.

Lu Yanzhou asked them to teach them to recognize simple characters and learn Arabic numerals. He will definitely need many officials in the future, and he can train them from now on.

What these people learned was determined by Lu Yanzhou early on, and the textbooks were written by him when he was in the capital, and they can be used directly now.

In order to quickly popularize knowledge, Lu Yanzhou also promoted sentence reading and improved papermaking and printing techniques.

While busy, Lu Yanzhou kept in touch with Xie Chengze.

It's just that in today's troubled times, he doesn't send things much, he only sends letters, and he only dares to write some romantic things in the letters, he doesn't write confidential things.

Occasionally, there are confidential letters or important things to be sent, so a special person should be arranged.

The same is true for Xie Chengze. Every time he receives a letter from Lu Yanzhou, he will ask the sender to bring a reply letter to Lu Yanzhou. The letter he writes is not long and does not involve any confidentiality.

But from time to time, Xie Chengze would arrange for someone to bring Lu Yanzhou some supplies that Lu Yanzhou was in short supply, such as iron.

At this point, I have to say that Xie Chengze has great powers, he can always get what Lu Yanzhou needs without anyone noticing, without revealing himself at all.

Sometimes those who help deliver supplies don't know who asked them to deliver so many supplies.

Lu Yanzhou has a reserve of knowledge far beyond that of ordinary people, and Xie Chengze secretly supports him. Although the territory he occupies is not large, it has developed very well and steadily. The fields in the area are not abandoned, and all of them have been planted.

However, in the eyes of the officials in the DPRK and China, he does not have many people under him, and he does not expand wildly. He is of the kind that is not threatening, so that no one cares about him.

Their armies are all dealing with those who make the most trouble.

That's how Lu Yanzhou developed quietly.

Time passed quickly, and a year passed in the blink of an eye. In this year, the grain harvests in various places were still not very good. Only the place managed by Lu Yanzhou, because he paid special attention to it, the harvest was not bad.

At this time, in the capital, Xie Chengze's power is growing.

Wars broke out frequently in various places. The aristocratic family felt that it was the fault of the emperor, while the emperor felt that it was all the fault of the aristocratic family. The conflict between the two sides became more and more serious, and Xie Chengze benefited from it.

At the end of the year, it is inevitable to hold a banquet in the palace, and there will be another palace banquet today.

There were many more people attending the banquet this year than usual—some places became chaotic, and the gentry there fled to the capital, filling the already crowded capital to the brim.

These people kept clamoring for the emperor to send troops to recover the lost land, but sending troops to fight would cost a lot of money, so the emperor was naturally not happy.

In the afternoon, the gate of the palace was already packed with carriages.

Countless people got off the carriage, slowly entered the palace, and then sat down according to the arrangement.

Some of these people often enter the palace, but some are here for the first time. At this time, there is a young man who has just arrived in the capital and it is the first time to enter the palace. He talked to the people around him: "The capital is really different. , there are many things that I have never heard or seen before, and it is also very prosperous."

"Indeed," said the person beside him, "there are a lot more delicacies in Beijing and China these days."

"It's a pity that the government is controlled by traitors!"

"The thief Xie is really hateful. He acts arrogantly and doesn't take us seriously!"

The two were discussing, when they saw a man dressed in a dark red dress with a peerless appearance slowly coming in from the door.

After he came in, the whole banquet scene was quiet for a moment, but he glanced around and smiled slightly, which inexplicably gave people the feeling of looking down on the world.

The young man who entered the palace for the first time stopped breathing, his heart was beating fast, and he couldn't help asking: "Who is this beauty?"

The person who chatted with him before breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down: "He is Xie Chengze."

That Xie Chengze, who everyone shouts and beats, looks like this?This young man who had just arrived in the capital was stunned.

Xie Chengze was relatively low-key a year ago and had a good temper, but this year...he suddenly became aggressive, and his temper was even more unpredictable.

In this regard, officials in Beijing and China not only cursed, but also gloated.

Xie Chengze is punished for doing too many bad things!No, his man is dead!

It's just... Without that Lu Yanzhou, Xie Chengze is even more difficult to deal with!

Xie Chengze, who was considered more difficult to deal with, was actually in a good mood. Not long ago, Lu Yanzhou sent him many things, including candy.

And he sold the sugar for a good price, and sold them to His Majesty.

He planned to exchange the money for supplies and send it to Lu Yanzhou in a few days.

A year has passed, and now he feels that Lu Yanzhou may really be able to change the dynasty... It's very good.

It's a pity that there are more and more people in the capital getting in the way.

He can raise it for a while, and when the time is right, he will kill everything that should be killed.

At this palace banquet, sugar appeared.

The sweet and sour pork ribs and pastries made with white sugar amazed everyone. White sugar surpassed vegetable oil and instantly became the most popular thing in Beijing.

No matter how hard the life of the people is, people from aristocratic families will still spend a lot of money for a pot of sugar.

The candy was made by Lu Yanzhou, but after he made it, he didn't keep any of it, and sent all of it to the capital.

First, he can't let people know that he made it, and second... what he needs is food, not such "luxury goods".

"I don't know how Aze is doing in the capital, whether he has lost weight." Lu Yanzhou still celebrated the New Year with A, B, B, Ding Ding.

Xie Jia said: "Should not be thin." There must be no shortage of meat in the capital, but it is different here.

They usually don't have much meat to eat, but there is no shortage of fish.

Lu Yanzhou knew a lot of things. He improved the boat and occupied a piece of the sea estuary. He recruited some fishermen so they could fish in the sea.

At this moment, Lu Yanzhou sighed again: "I'm exposed to the sun and rain every day, and I'm getting rougher, and I don't know if we meet again, Aze will dislike me."

Xie Jia: "..." Similar questions have been answered too many times, and now he doesn't want to answer them.

A, B, B, Ding tilted their heads and fell asleep.

They've recently started expanding and have been really busy and haven't had a good rest for a long time.

Lu Yanzhou ate everything he hadn't finished eating, and fell asleep with his head tilted.

In the first year, Lu Yanzhou was inconspicuous, but as time went by, he became more and more conspicuous.

In the territory of Dayan, many rebels were no different from bandits in essence, and disappeared after burning, killing and looting.

Some rebels are quite capable, but after several battles, there are victories and defeats.

As for Lu Yanzhou, either he doesn't fight, but if he fights, he will surely win.

The life of the people in the area he occupied is far better than elsewhere!

In the end, wherever Lu Yanzhou's army went, the people rushed to welcome them.

In the blink of an eye, another four years have passed.

Dayan is still there, but the defeat is obvious. Besides Dayan, there are two biggest forces.

One of the forces is the force of the new emperor who entered the capital on the original historical track. This man's surname is Sun, and his name is Sun Chongshao. After suffering a lot, his family suffered misfortune. As soon as he was cruel, he rose up and now has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands.

As for the other force...it is the force led by Lu Yanzhou.

The strength of the two sides is equal, and there is a stalemate.

In the capital city, the Wang family, Wang Tingyun is discussing with the family members.

The aristocratic families have already begun to consider the way out, and some families have even chosen people to join them.

"Sun Chongshao's side, there are already many people who have gone to seek refuge. When our Wang family passes by at this time, we will definitely bow down to them!"

"There is no one at Yan Hang's side, but it is said that Yan Hang was born in poverty, and he dislikes the rich and powerful the most. Most of the officials on his side are from poor families, and there are even ordinary people. If we go to him, we must first been liquidated."

"Zhou Jiaerlang voted for Yan Hang, and he is working with a group of mud-legged people!"

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Everyone was discussing, Wang Tingyun said: "Who do you think can win?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally said: "The strength of the two sides is equal now, and Yan Hang has fewer soldiers, but Yan Hang wins the hearts of the people... the one who wins the hearts of the people since ancient times wins the world."

"Yan Hang has a strong army and strong discipline in the army. Even if he can't win for a while, as long as he is alive, he can always win."

"Yan Hang loves the people like a son... Before Sun Chongshao's soldiers met with his soldiers, they directly surrendered to the enemy."

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Whether it is Wang Tingyun or the rest of the Wang family, they are more optimistic about Yan Hang.

But Yan Hang has always treated everyone equally, and he must follow his rules when he seeks refuge in a family in the past. Some families have surrendered, but they did not keep their land, only their gold and silver property, and they will never forgive them if they commit crimes.

They are cautious about taking refuge in Yanhang.

Wang Tingyun said again: "If we vote for Sun Chongshao, can we make Sun Chongshao win Yan Hang?"

Everyone estimated for a long time, and finally said: "I'm afraid it can't be done."

Wang Tingyun said: "Since this is the case, we might as well make a decision early and go to Yan Hang."

An old man in the Wang family hesitated: "Why don't you wait?"

"We have waited for a long time, and if we wait any longer, it will all be in vain," Wang Tingyun said, "not to mention...the capital will be in chaos."

Wang Tingyun knew his nephew very well, since the world was in chaos, his nephew's behavior became more and more extreme.

Xie Chengze... wants to destroy this big swallow.

If they don't leave, they might be buried with Dayan!

The Wang family finally made a decision to take refuge with Yan Hang.

Xie Chengze heard about this matter soon, and his face turned dark after hearing about it.

The Wang family is going to seek refuge with Lu Yanzhou, what will Lu Yanzhou do?

But he couldn't stop it, and he couldn't stop it.

The current him is dispensable to Lu Yanzhou.

When the capital city is broken, he will also die.